Originally Posted by
Rikk
One thing a lot of people are overlooking when it comes to reworking old songs...
The band always did that. No matter what that shitstick Sambo is whining about, they pulled out old tunes from the demo days throughout their career:
VAN HALEN II was full of leftovers from the demo days that didn't make it to VH I.
WACF has IN A SIMPLE RHYME, the bridge on ROMEO DELIGHT, etc.
FAIR WARNING has bits and pieces, including the bridge on the old SHE'S THE WOMAN.
DIVER DOWN is mostly leftover tracks with a few covers. Hell, HANG 'EM HIGH was LAST NIGHT originally, etc.
1984 has HOUSE OF PAIN, totally reworked.
Even with Cheesehead...
There's one track on BALANCE that's a total rewrite of an acoustic song from the demo days.
There's simply doing what they've done throughout their career. I love when they finish off old tunes. It's like unfinished business finally being finished.
If they do another album with Dave (and I hope they do), there'll be a lot of unfinished business done with so they can look even more into the future. Plus, doing these old tunes probably inspired the new material.