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Eddie Van Halen has been praised for adding "the greatest guitar solo", helping "Beat It" become one of the best-selling singles of all time. [ 11 ] Shortly after its release, "Beat It" was included in the National Highway Safety Commission's anti-drunk driving campaign, "Drinking and Driving Can Kill a Friendship".
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]
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] Eddie met with Quincy Jones and Jackson. Unsure of what he could add to a pop ...
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 ...
Šetkić started a YouTube channel in 2007 (at age 8) and in 2013 uploaded a video of her cover of Eddie Van Halen's guitar solo Eruption.Within a week, this video was seen four million times and in the following two years had been watched eleven million times.
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]
Moffett performed with Eddie Van Halen, who made a few special appearances on some of the shows playing "Beat It" on guitar. Prince complimented Moffett after many shows with the Jacksons (and did the same seeing him live with other artists). He'd nod his head, smile, and say, "That was bad, you're bad." [citation needed]
Steve Lukather provided the main guitar work on Michael Jackson's hit "Beat It", although Eddie Van Halen played the guitar solo in the bridge. Jeff Porcaro played drums on that track, [ 81 ] while Steve Porcaro programmed synthesizer for the Thriller album and also wrote and composed " Human Nature ".