Thought it was already leaked as "Start Your Engines"? No?
Here's the scoop over at the Links:
http://www.vhlinks.com/vbforums/show...13#post1432113
Saw this on-line. WTF?
Whether published as a "Promotional gimmick" or an outright mistake on their website, Target.com released the graphic for the new Van Halen album, to be released on February 7, 2012. While viewable online for less than two minutes on New Year's Day (Jan. 01, 2012) and according to their traffic counter, the site received only 644 hits during this time period, astute Van Halen fans were presented with the ad copy which will be published the Sunday before the album is released. Cover artwork is slightly different from the logos already published, depicting a train with the Van Halen logo in the top right corner. In the graphic published on Target.com, the angle of the train is altered, with Eddie Van Halen's "striping" effect added to the locomotive. The VH logo is still present in the upper right corner, and from the text below, the new album is alleged to read "Start Your Engines"
Anyone have the photo with the striping effect?
Last edited by VOODOO_King; 01-04-2012 at 10:22 AM. Reason: Added article
What about " Streamlined" now that all the fatty tissue has been removed from the band?
Some clues may be available here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NYC_Hudson
Thats intersting. I wonder what the sudden intetest in locomotives is about?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whyte_notation
lessee .. a 1 eyed train has been a metaphor in rock/music since before 'train kept a rollin' ..'
then there is wiki's description
"The forte of all Hudsons was power at speed. " - sounds like Ed and Dave on good days
also on wiki -one of the trains was advertised / named "20th Century Limited." - that would be a cool LP name too
(one of the trains was Commodore Vanderbilt - maybe why the Commodores used the train pic previuosly ..? )
to keep it simple it looks like they used a machine that was the powerhouse of it's day that owned NYC rails - it could be why the choose to open in NYC - to power out of NYC like the Mighty Hudson - 20th Century LTD - and steam roll the world with a grittier sound than the happy/bright California sound that they might not be tapping from their goofy fun loving hey day - but rather a House of Pain or Mean Streets, NYC black and white gritty Rock sound - & therefore the massive industrial tour train
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Stephen Hawking
Dave always seemed to like train metaphors too. Roth used to love introducing the song Panama by saying "All aboard for the train leaving for Panama" and then there is the solo track "Big Train". The train thing would appear to be a Diamond Dave direction
And don't forget a bit of the train motif in the California girls video
Gimmee a bottle of carb-free beer, and a low-fat muffin...TO GO!
Poopy
That's not the point. With all of the misinformation that is coming down the pike (tour dates, youtube links with Nuno guitar riffs used to fake people into believing it's new VH, album titles, the new single, ect.) it's hard enough to keep a handle on what's real and what's outright bullshit. If you notice, the fellow wrote "Saw this on-line. WTF?" but couldn't be bothered to name any source for it. Simply posting a link to where you happened to read it doesn't clear things up or even give it one bit validity.
I mean come on...people are getting pissed over show dates that have not been verified, complaining about album cover art when the damned album hasn't even been issued and even whining that the first single MIGHT be called "Tattoo." Rather than a bunch of speculation (which just may have been pulled straight out of somebody's ass) what we need are concrete facts. Naturally, the Van Halen PR machine happens to move at a glacier's pace, but soon enough we'll have the truth.
We're just going to have to start deleting posts CC, we're not going turn this place into one big rumor mill.....
If they list a source, it can stay....
Eat Us And Smile - The Originals
"I have a very belligerent enthusiasm or an enthusiastic belligerence. I’m an intellectual slut." - David Lee Roth
"We are part of the, not just the culture, but the geography. Van Halen music goes along with like fries with the burger." - David Lee Roth
I'm not pissed, I'm worried and bored. THe worst combination I suppose. Trying to participate and not really having anything constructive to add.
Oh dear.
I despise having to delete anything, unless it's by the poster's request. But to tell ya the truth, I really don't see any other way around it without someone else having to scour the internet to verify some random tidbit (that may or may not be factual) because another poster felt like mentioning it.
Whatever happened to verification anyway? I mean it might be difficult to find "three independent sources" anymore, but at least ONE reliable source shouldn't be too much to ask.
And no, "some guy at VH Links" or "That douchebag radio station in Ontario that started the Coverdale rumor" doesn't count as a reliable source.
Eat Us And Smile
Cenk For America 2024!!
Justice Democrats
"If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992
Yeah, it's the basic "TMZ/All News, All The Time - Just Not Necessarily Accurate" way of dispersing information in a hurry these days. Why bother with facts at all when you can get people's attention (and charge more to advertise) without them?
Here's a suggestion:
Bette's weeping
"Meet us in the Future.....NOT the Pasture".......DLR, August '07, VH Press Conference - Tour '07-'08
I just hope that Pitbull doesn't 'feature' on this record....
The Power Of The Riff Compels Me
"Better Late Than Never"
Mighty
Back to the Future
i'm also guessing they covered the O 'Jay's but probably did this one. http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ex1_ExOORE
"FUCK YOU, YOU FUCKIN' BITCH! WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE ANYWAYS? TALK TO ME LIKE THAT? FUCK YOU. DRAG QUEEN LOOKIN' WHORE- YOU AINT SHIT. YOUR THE FRECKLE TO THE LEFT OF MY BROWN EYE. NOW GO MAKE YOURSELF USEFUL...OH, PUT DAD ON THE PHONE"
Definitely, Start your Engines. That is totally VH.
"Can't you hear Jamies cryin? Shes runnin with the Devil oh nooooo!!! oh no!
Van Halen to release new single
Van Halen is making a comeback, as the band's new single "Tattoo" is set to hit the airwaves next Tuesday.
The song is from the upcoming album A Different Kind of Truth, which will hit shelves on February 7.
The band also announced a tour which will begin next month.
http://www.680news.com/entertainment...ase-new-single
Think this confirms A Different Kind of Truth
http://www.cede.ch/en/music-cd/frame...fm?aobj=871255
nothing but the truth!
It is a local news station here in Toronto...my guess is they received advanced information on a possible show here with extra details on the upcoming album. Not too sure, but maybe whoever wrote this didn't know the VH camp was being so tight lipped on album info...thats if this is actually the album title
I think that might be the name judging by the lack of usual people that may know it trying to shoot it down instead they are keeping clear. Hmm
Trashmetal news site has the title 'Start Your Engines'...
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