Eddie Van Halen
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Sep 11, 2026
A.J. JacobsHOST
What language is the official language of Suriname, the South American country Suriname? This language is also the mother tongue of Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States, and the only president for whom English was not his first language.
A.J. JacobsHOST
This language is also the mother tongue of actress Audrey Hepburn and guitarist Eddie Van Halen, which, uh, would be very interesting to have all three of them talk together.
A.J. JacobsHOST
What language am I talking about? Suriname's official language, also spoken by Martin Van Buren, Audrey Hepburn, and Eddie Van Halen.
A.J. JacobsHOST
The answer and more puzzling goodness after the break.
A.J. JacobsHOST
[theme music] Hello, puzzlers.
A.J. JacobsHOST
My clues were, what is the official language of Suriname, South American country?
Greg PliskaHOST
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
A.J. JacobsHOST
And the mother tongue of Martin Van Buren, actress Audrey Hepburn, and guitarist Eddie Van Halen.
Chris AkinHOST
You can't replace Dee Snipes.
Chris AkinHOST
This is like replacing Eddie Van Halen in Van Halen.
Chris AkinHOST
You can't do it.
Chris AkinHOST
You cannot do it.
Andy OthlingHOST
And so my dad bought me one.
Andy OthlingHOST
It was like my first, like amazing, like, you know, and this is at the height of my, like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eddie Van Halen thing.
Andy OthlingHOST
So I'm like, Oh, it's the strat.
Andy OthlingHOST
It's got the Texas special pickups in it.
David YasHOST
It's pretty simple for me.
David YasHOST
Ah! Ah! [laughs] Well, this is, this is, this gets at the essence of all of our Van Halen discussions, right? Mm-hmm, yep.
David YasHOST
We, I think we all agree that Sammy Hagar is a better quote vocalist, um, and he rocks on guitar.
David YasHOST
Well, it is, it ...
David YasHOST
No, and I'm gl- and, and I applaud him for that, but go ahead.
David YasHOST
[laughs] Well, he's about to soon now.
David YasHOST
So this is When It's Love by Van Halen, which was the second single from their album OU812, which, uh, which also says it all.
David YasHOST
[laughs] They, they got really stupid by the end.
NatalieHOST
Fast.
NatalieHOST
What guitarist notably performed on the Michael Jackson song, Beat It? Repeat the question.
NatalieHOST
What guitarist notably performed on the Michael Jackson song, Beat It? Fender? No.
CoreyHOST
It's a guitarist.
NatalieHOST
Fast.
NatalieHOST
Okay.
HuggyHOST
All right.
HuggyHOST
Beat it.
Johnny GowdyHOST
Yeah, there's all kinds of weird, there's this weird, like, rock and roll, like, history thing that happened.
Johnny GowdyHOST
Eddie Van Halen played with Sammy Hagar at that first one.
Johnny GowdyHOST
But they had already, Sammy Hagar had already joined Van Halen, just no one was saying anything about it publicly.
Johnny GowdyHOST
Oh,
Barry BaysGUEST
Yeah, and I'll see.
Barry BaysGUEST
You know, so, you know, even on guitar, you know, I never really thought I always wanted to be like, You know, Eddie Van Halen.
Barry BaysGUEST
I
Steve AzarHOST
wish people could see the guitar you're holding up right now.
ThomasGUEST
It's, like, okay, I...
ThomasGUEST
But, I mean, that goes to show you, like, Eddie Van Halen was always some, like, retard.
ThomasGUEST
Like, he didn't get it.
ThomasGUEST
You know what I mean? Like, say you went with David Lee Roth being an egomaniac and kind of, like, a shithead.
FrogPANELIST
he wasn't i'm a nirvana fan
Anthony ZenhauserPANELIST
right if playing three chords makes you a good guitar player then i'm like eddie van halen
Shuli EgarHOST
Uh, Chimichanga.
Shuli EgarHOST
Behind my paywall.
Michael SweetGUEST
Well, I'm a big influence of mine.
Michael SweetGUEST
I'm a huge fan of Eddie, Eddie Van Halen.
Michael SweetGUEST
And I think I steal a little too often from Eddie.
Michael SweetGUEST
But if
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