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Jones and van halen famously worked together.

Van halen quincy jones. Eddie van halen s iconic guitar riff is now known as the centerpiece of beat it but when quincy jones approached van halen to record on the track he thought it was a joke. Beat it is a song about being. I went off on him. I went off on him.

Much like lukather initially blowing off jackson though van halen hung up on jones several times before he could be convinced that it really was the legendary producer asking for help. Though unsure what a. I went what do you want you f ing so and so. New york ap before eddie van halen agreed to add a guitar break to michael jackson s beat it one of the most famous cameos in rock history he had to be sure the phone call from producer quincy jones wasn t a practical joke.

0 1995 eddie van halen played the memorable guitar solo on michael jackson s instant classic beat it back in 1983. Producer quincy jones paid tribute to him tonight. Quincy was reaching out because he was in the middle of producing a brand new album by michael jackson which he knew was going to be big. When the producer quincy jones called van halen and asked him to play on a new michael jackson album he didn t think he was the right guitarist for an r b track.

I went what do you want you f ing so and so. New york before eddie van halen agreed to add a guitar break to michael jackson s beat it one of the most famous cameos in rock history he had to be sure the phone call from producer quincy jones wasn t a practical joke. According to stereogum eddie van halen reportedly hung up on and cursed at quincy jones four times before realizing it wasn t a prank call. Rip to the great.

In the interview van halen said that when he was initially asked to play on the track by jones he thought it was a prank call. As the story goes van halen agreed to meet with quincy jones and jackson after the producer asked the rocker if he d be interested in taking his guitar for a spin on the song.