Van Halen - Mean Street (2015 Remaster)

Watching the guitar god Joe Satriani with Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony on Howard Stern's podcast earlier and Howard asked, "What's the most difficult riff to play?" Sammy gave a couple examples of songs from the Van Hagar days, and without hesitation, Joe said the guitar intro to "Mean Street," off of VH's third album, Fair Warning (1978). Watching Satriani having dificulty playing it, and the bonkers finger tapping technique that goes beyond Eddie's better-known signature style, was crazy. At a point, Joe says, "It's impossible to play, right?"

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