The Official Van Halen, "Tattoo" review thread.

[bru87tr]

And where might one find this gem? I have only heard the short clip.

In my previous post.

Click view in itunes, it will ask to change store to NZ, say yes and there is the preview.

http://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/tattoo-single/id493505966?wdId=32800

[gbranton]

Wow. After all these years of waiting I suppose a part of me just wouldn't believe it until I heard the first song. I actually got a little choked up listening to that.

[Little Texan]

We should have never doubted Ed and Dave! Are these guys even capable of making bad music together? The magic is definitely still there after all these years.

[gbranton]

Swap meet Sally or Swap meat Sally, which could have several amusing connotations, LOL.

[Little Texan]

I've only heard 90 seconds of Tattoo so far, but I think I might like it even better than Me Wise Magic, and I loved that song!

[Panamark]

Its awesome, hey guys ! I managed to take advantage of our
time difference and got a copy I guess about 18 hours ago.
Only small criticism is Dave's vocals leading into the solo,
sounds like he is pushing it a bit there, but its a totally minor
nit pick. All we wanted was as good, or better than MWM
and CGTSNM, well they have delivered the goods bigtime.
Awesome solo by Ed, a little cathedral style volume control
noodling at the end too. Daves voice sounds great.
I seriously am going crazy now to get the whole album.

I hope Hagar got an early pre-release and has retired forever
in his booze fortune never to be heard of again !!! lol !

[gbranton]

I've only heard 90 seconds of Tattoo so far, but I think I might like it even better than Me Wise Magic, and I loved that song!

To me MWM and CGTSNM felt forced and this feels like the real thing. I've been waiting since the closing seconds of House of Pain on January 9, 1984 for this.

[SNIPER]

To me MWM and CGTSNM felt forced and this feels like the real thing. I've been waiting since the closing seconds of House of Pain on January 9, 1984 for this.

I like it better so far just from the very small sample I have heard. It seems to have life and feel to it and thats what I like. I agree on the other two you speak of. They are killer tunes but I think they may have been lost in direction when those were pumped out.

[diamondsgirl]

also seems like the type of melody that will get stuck in your head

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Guys, wait the extra 5 hours, click on the download icon at the top of the screen, buy it from Amazon, and in turn give Roth Army some much-needed funds to help in future upgrades !!

How many fucking times do I need to repeat that !!

[Seshmeister]

It's now January 10th in the UK but not yet on sale at UK Amazon.

[gbranton]

I read my post above and realized it's ironic that some of us are able to download this today. Release date for 1984, the last REAL Van Halen album? January 9th, 1984.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

I read my post above and realized it's ironic that some of us are able to download this today. Release date for 1984, the last REAL Van Halen album? January 9th, 1984.

Somebody follows @Roth_Army on twitter.....

[Jetstream]

I'm to the point that I wish all the Sammy Hagar fans would just be shipped to a plague infested planet because they are coming onto every freaking review and talking utter crap. Let's get this straight. Let's just break down the translation of "It is only Van Halen with Michael Anthony"...it is the only way Hagar fan can say in cryptic way "Sammy is nothing without Eddie Van Halen". If you took a scan of a Hagar fan's brain, you would say the brain is rather small but if you examined it closer, you would find it is not a brain but just a shriveled up agave worm rolled into a ball.

[lesfunk]

I felt the need to download it on the anniversary of 1984 or else I would have waited