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He notes of the "nifty dance song", "Jackson's voice soars all over the melody, Eddie Van Halen checks in with a blistering guitar solo, you could build a convention center on the backbeat". [34] AllMusic 's Stephen Thomas Erlewine states that the song is both "tough" and "scared". [ 35 ]
Before Eddie Van Halen agreed to add a guitar break to Michael Jackson's “Beat It,” one of the most famous cameos in rock history, he had to be sure the phone call from producer Quincy Jones ...
Following Eddie Van Halen's death on Tuesday from a lengthy battle with cancer, the late rocker's friends and fellow musicians took to social media to remember the legendary musician and Van Halen ...
In 1982, Eddie Van Halen contributed the guitar solo to "Beat It", for Michael Jackson's album Thriller, which became the biggest selling album of all time. [52] Eddie became involved after The Who guitarist Pete Townshend became unavailable and recommended him. [ 53 ]
The famous guitar solo, performed by Eddie Van Halen on "Beat It", was reproduced by Yankovic's producer, Rick Derringer. According to Yankovic, when he presented his lyrics to Jackson for review, he did not know how Jackson would react. Jackson allegedly thought it was amusing and agreed to allow the parody. [1]
Alex and Eddie founded Van Halen in 1972 alongside David Lee Roth and Michael Anthony.As tensions grew between Alex and Eddie, Roth left the rock band in 1985 to pursue a solo career.
The glam metal band Autograph supported Van Halen on a majority of their North American shows. [3] At the time of the final three North American shows, Eddie Van Halen made a guest appearance on the Jacksons' Victory Tour, performing "Beat It" alongside Michael Jackson, when he and the rest of Van Halen were in Irving, Texas. [4]
"When we were finishing 'Beat It,' we had three studios going," Jones told Rolling Stone in 2009, following Jackson's death that year. "We had Eddie Van Halen in one; Michael was in another ...