Edward Van Halen

 

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Drop dead legs… drop D, pulled back on the distortion for the intro… then lets the brown sound unwind and kick in.

Not a whammy bar insight on this song and everyone thinks there is… NOPE. Just pure Edward giving everyone a lesson in cool. 

 

Little guitars, crazy crunch and brown tone. and it just lies in the pocket with Alex drumming like they are the same instrument. I actually put a multi media presentation in high school using this song and it killed! I took second place in the school! 

 

Amazing guitar player, changed the world…

Chuck Berry, Jimmy and then Eddie. 

 

My joy in seeing them play this last time was the joy he had on his face playing with his son. They both were having the time of their life. Made me think of the times My boys and I do things together. 

 

My son texted me the news story and I was literally in shock. I know that sounds strange if you have listened to this podcast for a while, I guess to some I seem a little unshakeable. But the truth is… I have admired Eddie for more than 2/3’s of my life. I don’t know if I have gone a few days without listening to Van Halen. I saw them in concert twice and was rocked always. When I heard he died from cancer it was an extra kick in the gut… I should have died from cancer.

But I cried all day long… yep, all day long, I came home and cried in my wife’s arms. Why? Great question… My wife asked me if it hit me so hard because it was cancer and was so close to home… I told her something I had never voiced to anyone ever at that moment. Yes the little boy inside of me let out the truth… in sobs I said “I don’t think he knew Jesus, and I kept thinking God would somehow put me in front of him so I could share Jesus with him”. There I said it, I was heart broken because unless I have other insight… Eddie is in hell. It’s one thing if someone had shared jesus with him and he chose not to follow it… but did he have it shared in a way he would understand a way that was not religious. A way that emphasized how crazy Jesus was about him and what an amazing life you can have with Jesus… He gives peace, life, fulfillment and joy… Did anyone share these with him? I literally sat here and got mad at myself thinking you could have at least sent him a letter… something. But I did not- I literally believed I would see him someday in persona and have a chance to share Christ.

 

So what is today about? Share Jesus, with everyone… it may be too late after today. Take nothing for granted. Your neighbor, your friends, co-workers, people at the gym, wherever you go trust God to work through you. You may be witnessing to the next Eddie Van Halen but regardless everyone deserves the chance to hear the gospel.