Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
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I love the lyrics to this song. It's always meant so much to me. I first heard it at such a difficult time in my life and it spoke to me in such a special way. Wait - oh, this is an instrumental? Oh, wait, ok... well, I'll just cut and paste this comment into some other song then!
@e_bo YES! lol ;-)
There is no other like Eddie. Few men can make a guitar whail and scream quite like he does.
I can’t help but reply to those critical of Eddie. I was tempted to just say, “Dear Eddie haters, you suck,” but then I figured while that’s what I felt inside, it just wasn’t a very good argument. So, to the Eddie haters:
In the course of human history, there have been but a few rock guitarists who will be remembered for changing the face of rock guitar. So far we have Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, and Kurt Cobain (but not in a good way, so I’m not going to talk about his crappy guitar playing and the era of music that was the buttcrack of rock that he was responsible for making popular). What about Jimmy Page? Well, to be honest, Page didn’t really change the face of rock guitar, he just wrote some of the most amazing riffs of all time. What about Iommi? Iommi didn’t really change the face of rock guitar either, but instead created his own parallel heavy metal guitar universe (mainly a sound more than a style) that played along side rock at the time, namely Jimmy Page, who wrote killer riffs in the style that Hendrix invented. So, three guitarists who took what came before and improved on it. Eddie is the last guitarist on this list to change the face of rock guitar and improve on what came before. Their first album came out in 1978, and when people heard it, a new era began. That was 29 years ago folks, and we’re still waiting for the next guitarist to take rock guitar to a greater place. Grunge came along (dang it, I said I wouldn’t talk about this) and guitar playing regressed to the point that the less talent you showed, the more you were revered. That was the point of grunge, it was the antithesis to what was out at the time, i.e. bands that had guitarists who could play. Yes, maybe it had become cliche, shredding guitars that is, but that doesn’t change the fact that it takes far more talent to play what Eddie Van Halen (and all those who tried to copy him) played than it takes to play even the most difficult grunge song.
There are some guitarists who have equaled, even possibly surpassed, Eddie Van Halen in technical brilliance (some mentioned earlier in other posts) although I’d venture a guess that there isn’t a guitar song on the face of the earth that Eddie Van Halen couldn’t play. There may be some who play with more passion than Eddie, although I think he gets unfairly labeled as lacking any feeling: how about 316-an ode to his son you “Eddie doesn’t play with heart” SOB’s, I’m the One (who says happy isn’t an emotion), House of Pain (who says anger isn’t an emotion), Year to the Day (ok, fine, you want sadness and feeling, here’s a depresser), or Josephina (a child to his mother, asking to learn about her childhood)? Just because he hasn’t committed suicide doesn’t mean he doesn’t play with feeling. Anyway, back on track, there may be guitarists who surpass Eddie in every criteria of what it takes to be a great guitarist, but there has never been a guitar player who was as technically brilliant as Eddie AND could play with as much feeling as Eddie, AND influenced a generation like Eddie, AND helped invent guitar hardware like Eddie, AND...etc. In other words, Eddie is the all-around greatest rock guitar player of all time, and Eruption is his trademark song.
If this doesn’t convince you Eddie haters then...YOU SUCK. There, take that.
@jonjuan <br /> I'm actually quite impressed with your 'Essay' jonjuan.... except for the "YOU SUCK." part which is in need of a ! and lets the side down. lol<br /> Anyway, I just wanted to sayfirstly:<br /> Rodrigo y Gabriella are the most interesting thing to happen to the guitar since EVH. Absolutely amazing, I'm tempted to say 'revolutionary' but I'm sure some guittara history nerd will shoot me down. ;-)<br /> Second, and more seriously, I am constantly amazed by the depth of emotion fans feel toward EVH & Diamond Dave. Nobody seems to able to stand on the hill and admire the view?<br /> Van Halen were amazing when they arrived in 1978. Listen to the first album now and it sounds so immature but back then, in 1978, it sounded incredible. Eddie's guitar playing seemed impossible, too many notes, not enough fingers.... "He's a classically trained guitarist you know!" Exciting times. <br /> But Dave Lee Roth was just as amazing. He was another Freddie Mercury, another larger than life character that did far more than sing the words. Dave's on stage antics were just as important as Eddie;s plank-spanking and Dave is ALWAYS on stage (still). When you listen to those studio recordings, you can hear Dave doing his airborne splits in the studio. His ADHD personality comes through in the song and gives it life. They were both essential ingredients to the group and their need for the spotlight is what raised the bar. Van Hagar were technically superior and superb in their own way but never as impressive. Eddie Hater, never. I wouldn't want to be his friend or work with him but I'll listen to his output all day long. ;-)<br /> BTW, Kurt Cobain's contribution to guitar playing was 'The Lunge'. I don't recall anybody lunging properly before Kurt?
Greatest guitar solo ever?
Excuse me, kind Internet user, but I believe you put the wrong punctuation at the end of that statement. I'm sure you meant to put a period or even an exclamation mark, seeing as Eruption is by far something to get excited over. <br /> <br /> Thank you, have a lovely day!
Fucking sweet guitar work here. Right between Stairway to Heaven and Freebird.
Funny, an instrumental song has more comments about its lyrics than most other Van Halen songs...
Btw, you had misspelled instrumental ledskynyrd, you just edited it afterwards, not nice calling people idiots when you're actually wrong...
You're welcome...
Who cares? It's fixed now.
Anyway, this is a great solo. I can't believe such a solo was created while just 'screwing around' in the studio, no knowledge of it being recorded. Here's to Mr. Eddie Van Halen. \m//!
I don't believe "Go red sox" is sung anywhere in the song.
It dosen't say that either, stop spamming, idiot.
Continue spamming.