Van Halen - Eruption Guitar Cover by a 14yr old girl!
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She's got the technique down pretty well but it completely lacks the groove and feel. Kind of sounds like a machine generated version of an outake.
Still, not the worst attempt at that I've ever heard.
3/10
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Couldn't make it through Norwegian Wood. Yikes.
If she keeps with it she might just turn out to be an interesting guitar player.
Still, not the worst attempt at that I've ever heard.
3/10
EDIT
Couldn't make it through Norwegian Wood. Yikes.
If she keeps with it she might just turn out to be an interesting guitar player.
For a fourteen year old? Absolutely! I couldn't even play Bastille Day very well on drums at that age. But reading through the linked article I became acutely aware that stuff posted on Youtube gets a somehow elevated status over just hearing some random teen doing a cover. I have heard much much better from people of her age but I agree her chops are impressive and she should stick with it.
Rattlesnake Rock n Roller
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She's OK .. not great, not bad.... but pretty good for 14. It's strange that I have seen this posted about 10 times on various guitar/music websites in the past day and i'm wondering why? 
Rattlesnake Rock n Roller
Senior Member
This is MUCH better and this dude is missing his damn arm!!!
^^That is amazing, I wonder if he played before he lost his right hand?
I like both the 14 year old's take and John's, but nobody will ever surpass the original. When VH's debut was released I was in the record shop when they opened the first shipment. The clerk pulled out a record, unsealed it and put it on the turntable.
That is the only time I've ever witnessed about a dozen people in the record shop, stop what they were doing and look at which album was playing. 6 of us walked out with a copy right there.
And to finish the story, less than a year later VH toured in Edmonton to a packed house and blew us all away one of the best live shows I've ever experienced.
I like both the 14 year old's take and John's, but nobody will ever surpass the original. When VH's debut was released I was in the record shop when they opened the first shipment. The clerk pulled out a record, unsealed it and put it on the turntable.
That is the only time I've ever witnessed about a dozen people in the record shop, stop what they were doing and look at which album was playing. 6 of us walked out with a copy right there.
And to finish the story, less than a year later VH toured in Edmonton to a packed house and blew us all away one of the best live shows I've ever experienced.
TheSound
An Englishman in New York
This young girl is very good, and it's not just about playing, but her ability to understand her timing, syncopation, and the 'feel' as she's playing.
The original though is still sheer genius....
The original though is still sheer genius....
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Rattlesnake Rock n Roller
Senior Member
^^That is amazing, I wonder if he played before he lost his right hand?
I like both the 14 year old's take and John's, but nobody will ever surpass the original. When VH's debut was released I was in the record shop when they opened the first shipment. The clerk pulled out a record, unsealed it and put it on the turntable.
That is the only time I've ever witnessed about a dozen people in the record shop, stop what they were doing and look at which album was playing. 6 of us walked out with a copy right there.
And to finish the story, less than a year later VH toured in Edmonton to a packed house and blew us all away one of the best live shows I've ever experienced.
Yeah man, I can remember on evening in early '78, a buddy of mine from school called me up right after dinner and said "dude, you might wanna get your ass around here now I got a new record you're flip out on" and so I got on my bike and high tailed it around to his house and he put the record on and ... I was in disbelief to say the least when Eruption played, I was convinced it was a keyboard synth. I had been playing guitar for 4 years when I heard that and I just couldn't fathom how on earth that "noise" was being made by a guitar
gcczep
Ever Onward...
Feminine rocks...
Of course, NOTHING can be like the original. I thought she was a bit off but hey at least she gave it a go and was not a disaster. Kudos to her for picking up the guitar. I wish her nothing but to get better at it and pick up other styles of playing.
My first exposure to Van Halen was their cover of "You Really Got Me" and found out later that The Kinks were the originals. Amazing debut all around. Not one weak song in the bunch IMO.
Of course, NOTHING can be like the original. I thought she was a bit off but hey at least she gave it a go and was not a disaster. Kudos to her for picking up the guitar. I wish her nothing but to get better at it and pick up other styles of playing.
My first exposure to Van Halen was their cover of "You Really Got Me" and found out later that The Kinks were the originals. Amazing debut all around. Not one weak song in the bunch IMO.
