Guitar solo intro to Van Halen's "You Really Got Me"

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There's no way this warrants a whole thread and there's a slim chance anyone will bother, but I still have to ask if the solo adds or detracts from the song. So does it?

― Unfortunate Prankster (Unfortunate Prankster), Friday, 6 May 2005 17:52 (twenty-one years ago)

It just sounds like a bit of wank, but when the main riff of the song kicks in, it's like a thousand Christmas presents opening up on your birthday filled with squirtgun-wielding topless playmates covered in chocolate sauce waiting to play endless rounds of slippery Twister with you.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 May 2005 17:55 (twenty-one years ago)

And it's called "Eruption," by the way.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 6 May 2005 17:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I dunno, U.P. Why not ask this guy?

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 6 May 2005 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 6 May 2005 18:07 (twenty-one years ago)

totally awesome tune. i think it's safe to say an Eddie V guitar solo can improve ANY song. maybe not so much for Van Hagar but that's a different story. i won't swim in that shit. i listened to the superb VH cover of "pretty woman" yesterday: now there's a cool fucking intro. it starts all super ominous, minor-key synth bass, creepy yelpy guitar stabs, it fucking sounds like the Pop Group or something.. so it goes all nut like that for awhile ..and then BLAMMO!! it rips into the main part, all upbeat. total fucking curveball right there. i did NOY see that one coming.

― joey b, Friday, 6 May 2005 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)

classic, for inspiring guitar players everywhere to learn it to impress people w/ their hot licks. dud for same reason

― 6335, Friday, 6 May 2005 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Eruption is a super good call. VH makes me feel like $1,000,000.

― joey b, Friday, 6 May 2005 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)

For some reason I really like the last half of "Eruption" (haha, referring to "half" of a 102-second instrumental) where Eddie does those weird harmonic chords that sound like total rocketship takeoff sequence shit. For some even harder to explain reason I think Van Halen's version of "You Really Got Me" is better than the Kinks'.

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Friday, 6 May 2005 18:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought this was just about the four bar guitar intro to You Really Got Me, which is great because it fucks you up if you hear the first note as on the '1'.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 6 May 2005 18:17 (twenty-one years ago)

ya got me so I dunno what I'm chewin' aww yeahhh

― Dennis, Friday, 6 May 2005 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

i did NOY see that one coming.
-joey B
OTM

― 57 7th (calstars), Friday, 6 May 2005 18:29 (twenty-one years ago)

There's a Kinks live album from the 80s where Dave Davies does a hilarious impression of 'Eruption' - into-ing You Really Got Me, of course.

― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Friday, 6 May 2005 18:49 (twenty-one years ago)

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