100 Greatest Guitar Solos: 46) "Hot For Teacher" (Edward Van Halen)

Posted 10/30/2008 at 12:20pm | by Guitar World Staff

“I winged that one,” says Eddie Van Halen. “If you listen to it, the timing changes in the middle of nowhere. We were in a room playing together and I kind of winked at the guys and said, ‘Okay, we’re changing now!’ Because I don’t count, I just follow my feelings. I tend to do a lot of things in threes and fives, instead of fours.

“My weird sense of time just drives my brother Alex nuts because he’s a drummer, so he has to count. But generally he’ll say, ‘Well, Ed, you did it in five again. If that’s the way you want it…’ But that’s not the way I want it, that’s just what feels right to me.”

Next: 45) "Light My Fire"

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March 20, 2011 at 2:30pm

I don't know how Eddie landed at this rank. He should be at least in the top 5 minimum.
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March 16, 2011 at 1:12am

I don't know how Eddie landed at this rank. He should be at least in the top 5 minimum.

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guitarhero76

March 12, 2011 at 9:51pm

Eddie is one of the top guitarists of his generation that can play not only fast as hell but from the bottom of his heart and soul!

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September 14, 2010 at 12:03am

Van Halen plays according to whatever feels natural to him. When you become that well known it really doesn't matter how you count your beats LOL!

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