Listen closely following Eddie's slide solo to hear Larson and Diamond Dave make sweet harmonized magic. B sus4 B Ever since I was a young boy, I've played the silver ball A sus4 A From Soho down to Brighton, I must have played them all G sus4 G But I ain't seen nothing like him, in any amusement hall F sus4 F B That deaf, dumb and blind kid, sure plays a mean pinball He stands like a statue, becomes part of the. Templeman suggested a different sound for one of the choruses and brought in country singer Nicolette Larson, who was working in a neighboring studio, to lend vocal support. The idea to use a slide came from producer Ted Templeman, and while Eddie was initially leery of trying it, he practiced for a few days and, in typical VH style, pulled off the part with aplomb.Īnother first: Could This Be Magic? represents the debut of an outside singer on a Van Halen album. The track, which marks the guitarist's first recorded bottleneck moment, finds Eddie's whimsical acoustic slide playing expertly shadowing David Lee Roth's vocal on the verses.
But guitarists of all stripes found a lot to like in the bluesy-and boozy, slightly off-kilter Could This Be Magic? Artist:McFly Title:Pinball Wizard Tuning:E A D G B E Intro:Bm Bmsus F7sus F7 Fm7 Em F Bsus B Bsus B Bsus B Bsus B Ever (Bsus) since i was a young boy I (B) played the silver ball From (Asus)soho down to Brighton I (A) must of played em all But i (Gsus) aint seen nothing him In (G) any amusement hall That Fsus deaf dumb and the blind kid. Van Halen - Could This Be Magic? (1980)Įddie Van Halen gave acoustic-shred fetishists much to chew on in 1979 with Spanish Fly, a hummingbird-fast flamenco instrumental from Van Halen II. Five years later, Ozzy Osbourne included an extended, studio outtake version of Dee on his album Tribute, reminding us all of Rhoads' immense and largely untapped talent.ġ1. The lesson covers the chords and syncopated strumming patterns. Tragically, Rhoads was killed in a 1982 plane crash, at the age of 25. Pinball Wizard has been on our Recommend A Lesson list since the very early days at TG. Fingerpicked on a nylon-strong acoustic, the piece is by turns playful, melancholy, heartbreaking and hopeful. Rhoads grew up in a musical family - his mother, Delores, runs a music school in North Hollywood, California - so it was only fitting that "Dee," all 49 seconds of it, paid tribute to the woman who inspired and nurtured his dreams. But while electrified Ozz rockers like Crazy Train and I Don't Know wowed the metal masses, it was the solo classical piece Dee that was Rhoads' true masterpiece. With his inventive, neoclassical spin on Eddie Van Halen's already established bag of tricks, Randy Rhoads became the new heavy metal guitar king after fans heard his work on Ozzy Osbourne's 1980 solo debut, Blizzard of Ozz.
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