This part of Eddie Van Halen’s solo reminds me of Horizons

[THEMEPARKPIONEER]

At 6:50 sometimes I wonder knowing the musician he is listen closely and came up with some ideas.

 

[Br0ckford]

I absolutely can here that. Great catch.

 

[NoPoncho!]

 

[THEMEPARKPIONEER]

I absolutely can here that. Great catch.

I hope you don’t mind but I’m going to steal that, knowing Eddy. Knowing him he could have very well been to Epcot and took in what he heard, he was so creative like that. I’m pretty sure that solo came after horizons.

 

[Fsunolekrw]

The instrumental Cathedral was on the album Diver Down released in 1982 and by multiple accounts Eddie Van Halen had been playing a version of it at concerts for a few years prior. Horizons opened in 1983.

 

[donaldtoo]

Not getting the Horizons connection, as per the post above (I was 20 in ‘82 and remember it well).
But, he was a beyond amazing musician. He could play 16th notes on the guitar with one finger.
Both he and his brother Alex were classically trained from a young age, then drifted into rock.
You can hear the classical influence in so many of his guitar solos.

 

[THEMEPARKPIONEER]

The instrumental Cathedral was on the album Diver Down released in 1982 and by multiple accounts Eddie Van Halen had been playing a version of it at concerts for a few years prior. Horizons opened in 1983.

I obviously didn’t look into it enough. Then the Horizons guys just had a good taste in music.

 

[WazHatter08]

I hear it in space mountain queue line too, Eddie was a beast bro, RIP Legend

 

[celluloid]

I can hear the vibe, and I can also hear a vibe, likely a sign of the times of old EPCOT Center TV Specials from the parks early years in BIlly Joel's The Entertainer. Makes me want Tomorrowland Terrace with Michael Iseberg too.

Nothing like Rock and Synth.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

It seems that during the part of the early 80s synthesizers were a big thing especially in this one for Epcot..

 

[Skibum1970]

It seems that during the part of the early 80s synthesizers were a big thing especially in this one for Epcot..

Synth's were huge. Van Halen went that way with "Jump" in 1984 and other groups stayed the same. One could argue that synthesizing was synonymous for the 80's as a whole. Of course, I liked the sounds and preferred groups like Rush, among others, who blended everything together. Listening to the Epcot 40th Anniversary soundtracks on Youtube showed how much synth was used and was probably why I enjoyed it so much.