The Official Van Halen, "Tattoo" review thread.

[SNIPER]

I just heard VH is going Vinyl on new record!!!

[kwame k]

I just heard VH is going Vinyl on new record!!!

Any word on 8-track

[SNIPER]

Any word on 8-track

I will have to get back to you on that one, Kwame

[Sensible Shoes]

I wish I could get the whole six pack on vinyl - although I don't know why.

[kwame k]

I will have to get back to you on that one, Kwame

I keed......

I've been seriously wanting to get back into vinyl....building a system again.

CD's, MP3's just suck......guitar tone killers, IMO!

[kwame k]

I wish I could get the whole six pack on vinyl - although I don't know why.

Sounds better and I wish I had my vinyl six-pack back

[Sensible Shoes]

If I still had a turntable that would help.

[kwame k]

If I still had records that would help, too

[hambon4lif]

I wish I could get the whole six pack on vinyl - although I don't know why.

Because it would kick ass, that's why! I've got the six-pack on the new 180g vinyl and it's fucking awesome!
When you turn up the volume on a CD, it just makes loud noises in the air. When you crank the volume on vinyl, it moves the air itself.

.....and when I get this new VH on vinyl, I'm gonna turn it up so loud that everyone in the neighborhood gets pregnant!

FTW!

[SNIPER]

If I still had records that would help, too

Ha!! I just like the way they smell. Plus It will look nice in my soon to be 7 pack display. This is good news for me.

[Seshmeister]

Sounds better and I wish I had my vinyl six-pack back

I seem to remember having to get up all the time to turn them over though.

[kwame k]

Ha!! I just like the way they smell. Plus It will look nice in my soon to me 7 pack display. This is good news for me.

That snap, crackle, pop when the needle hits the record and then POW....sonic bombast!

Man, I miss that shit!

[Vinnie Velvet]

I just heard VH is going Vinyl on new record!!!

That's right.

I just put in my order at Live Nation.com.

You get a special gatefold cover! It's gonna be great!

[Julius]

I've noticed a "reverse" theme in the video. It starts out with Dave waving a checkered flag in reverse, then at several other points in the video the video is reversed, and the original intro of Down In Flames is heard as the outro at the end of the video.

If you play the video backwards you can clearly hear "Paul is dead".

[Vinnie Velvet]

http://www.store.livenation.com/Prod...1&pc=XM03COMBO

[kwame k]

I seem to remember having to get up all the time to turn them over though.

They were two sided

[fifth element]

If I still had records that would help, too

my boss and i were talking...(he's the only person that I work with who is excited about the VH single, tour, album, etc...), was telling me that he still has all of VH's previous albums in vinyl...
was telling me in detail about the day he saw one of their concerts...(I think he said 1979.)...

lol...should have seen his eyes light up when he started to talk about David Lee Roth...

[SNIPER]

That snap, crackle, pop when the needle hits the record and then POW....sonic bombast!

Man, I miss that shit!

HELL YES!!!!! Just got the chills!!!!

[kwame k]

my boss and i were talking...(he's the only person that I work with who is excited about the VH single, tour, album, etc...), was telling me that he still has all of VH's previous albums in vinyl...
was telling me in detail about the day he saw one of their concerts...(I think he said 1979.)...

lol...should have seen his eyes light up when he started to talk about David Lee Roth...

Well, he likes CVH....he can't be all that bad!

[Seshmeister]

If I still had a turntable that would help.

It's weird isn't it?

I had someone turn up at my New Years Eve do with a single another one of the guests had released back in the mid 80s. There was much excitement about this artefact until I had to break the news I had no way to play it.

[SunisinuS]

It's weird isn't it?

I had someone turn up at my New Years Eve do with a single another one of the guests had released back in the mid 80s. There was much excitement about this artefact until I had to break the news I had no way to play it.

They are still easy to get. 200$ will get you one.

[GreenEyedMurder]

I wish I could get the whole six pack on vinyl - although I don't know why.

I dug up my vinyls of I, II & 1984.

[Seshmeister]

They are still easy to get. 200$ will get you one.

I don't even know where my vinyl is, I think it went about 3 houses ago.

Actually I've been thinking I might throw out my 200 hundred CDs.

[SNIPER]

About 10 years ago I moved into a house that had a box left behind in the closet in one of the extra bedrooms. After a couple of years I decided to finally check it out. I was pleased to find it was full of classic LP records. 4 of them were VH. 1, 2, FW, & DD. Nice find.

[DavidLeeNatra]

Have listened a few times now and it's really grown on me. Great song I reckon. love the lyrics.

davidLeeNatra, I just spent 3 weeks in Berlin. Loved it and loved the people,art and vibe

should have known

[IceCreamBlondie]

ive seen so many new names in the last 2 weeks that i'm pretty sure there are as many new as there are old....and as many RETURNING members as .........well, you get the picture...

at any rate, whoever you are...errrrrr....were.....



welcome back!!!!!!!

Thanks..returning member here.!!!

ROTH ON!!!

[ashstralia]

They are still easy to get. 200$ will get you one.

there are bargains if you're willing to hunt!
i picked up my mitsubishi dp-84da direct drive for $25 from the local salvo's (charity shop)

back to topic... fuck i love this song. =VH=

oh yeah, welcome back icecreamblondie!

[sambo]

Tattoo is closing in on 2 million views on YouTube. Tomorrow is one week since the release.

2 million views in one week.

That's
285,714 views per day
11,904 views every hour
198 views per minute
3.3 views EVERY SECOND..

THE END.

oh, my review still stands... SONG ROCKS.. PUTS A SMILE ON YOUR FACE... THE END.

[IceCreamBlondie]

Because it would kick ass, that's why! I've got the six-pack on the new 180g vinyl and it's fucking awesome!
When you turn up the volume on a CD, it just makes loud noises in the air. When you crank the volume on vinyl, it moves the air itself.

.....and when I get this new VH on vinyl, I'm gonna turn it up so loud that everyone in the neighborhood gets pregnant!

FTW!

I couldn't agree more. Hell, I kept my vinyl and turntable...and it still sounds AWESOME after all these years, better than any download ever will.

So glad my six pack will now become a seven pack! (or is that a six pack with a bonus 40 oz - er?) CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR THE VINYL RELEASE!!!

[Nitro Express]

I couldn't agree more. Hell, I kept my vinyl and turntable...and it still sounds AWESOME after all these years, better than any download ever will.

So glad my six pack will now become a seven pack! (or is that a six pack with a bonus 40 oz - er?) CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR THE VINYL RELEASE!!!

You get the full dynamics of sound with analog recording and a quality vinyl recording and a good turntable is unbeatable for that. Nothing they make today can rival the sound quality the high end systems of the late 1960's and 1970's could produce. plus the equipment was put into beautifully made cases not the low gauge bent sheet metal and plastic shit they make now. What we get now is no background noise and convenience.

[VanHalener]

Thanks..returning member here.!!!

ROTH ON!!!

OWWWWWW!
Welcome back.

Get your Van Halen on right here before your naked streaming eyes!

~WHEWWWWWW~

[Nitro Express]

I keed......

I've been seriously wanting to get back into vinyl....building a system again.

CD's, MP3's just suck......guitar tone killers, IMO!

I have a bunch of McIntosh stuff and this is what I have learned. Go with a tube preamp and a modern high quality solid state power amp. Frankly some of the PA power amps are very good now. Then put your money into the speakers.

[Halen High]

Sounds better and I wish I had my vinyl six-pack back

When CDs were first released, I made the mistake of selling most of my vinyl albums. I kept some CVH and a few others but sold about 100-120 albums all up - boy do I regret that now. I've bought a few second hand ones lately - they range from about $15-$40 in Australia (second hand).

Absolutely thrilled to hear A Different Kind Of Truth will be released on vinyl.

[Jetstream]

Being an artist, I love the large scale cover art of vinyl. I have Van Halen I, Wome and Children First (with classic Dave poster) Fair Warning, Eat Em' N Smile, Crazy From the Heat and Skyscraper and I treasure them

[Halen High]

Being an artist, I love the large scale cover art of vinyl. I have Van Halen I, Wome and Children First (with classic Dave poster) Fair Warning, Eat Em' N Smile, Crazy From the Heat and Skyscraper and I treasure them

I'm not an artist but I share your interest in cover art. CDs just don't have the same impact.

[VHscraps]

I seem to remember having to get up all the time to turn them over though.

That's what you call an 'investment'; those of us who learned about it appreciate music in a way that younger folks who are growing up with downloads don't. Getting up to change sides was just the last stage in a lot of effort to get to the music - beginning, often, with having to send away and wait weeks, or making a special journey to Glasgow, the nearest city to where I lived, and which was the only way you would be guaranteed to get what you wanted.

Investments worth making! And, you don't skip tracks, or just listen to the first 20 seconds of it on youtube before saying 'this sucks'!!

[Roth & Roll]

That's what you call an 'investment'; those of us who learned about it appreciate music in a way that younger folks who are growing up with downloads don't. Getting up to change sides was just the last stage in a lot of effort to get to the music - beginning, often, with having to send away and wait weeks, or making a special journey to Glasgow, the nearest city to where I lived, and which was the only way you would be guaranteed to get what you wanted.

Investments worth making! And, you don't skip tracks, or just listen to the first 20 seconds of it on youtube before saying 'this sucks'!!

Unfortunately, much of what you say is a lost art. I hate to generalize, but the large majority of folks under 35 who grew up in the "digital" age will never understand, or experience this. And that is unfortunate, because that feeling of excitement is one that I remember fondly from my high school years.

Heck, i still vividly remember skipping school and making the 30 minute walk to Sam The Record Man while it was -20 outside, to buy 1984 when it was first released. It was all worth it the second I got home, cranked up my sound system and popped the needle down on side 2 (I always used to listed to new records from side 2 first - a quirky habit), and being completely blown away by Hot For Teacher.

[ZahZoo]

I have a bunch of McIntosh stuff and this is what I have learned. Go with a tube preamp and a modern high quality solid state power amp. Frankly some of the PA power amps are very good now. Then put your money into the speakers.

Can't stress the speaker part... that's the single biggest sin of the digital age. It's doesn't fucking matter how sonically perfect the CD/DVD is and playback unit digitally processes it!! If you are sending that output to a pair of 3/8ths inch ear buds you are losing 90% of the sound... laptop speakers 85% lost... even a good computer speaker system with a 5 inch sub and 2 2.5 inch tweeters you are just getting over driven lows and highs.

On topic... I first listened to Tattoo with ear buds. Caught the groove and mix sounded... just ok. When I got the chance to crack it in my studio... the song breathed. The sonic space opened up wide open. I could not only hear but feel Al's kick drum and Wolf's bass... On another site some yahoo "remastered" the MP3 that was released... claiming it must of been unmastered. Some comments were positive... all he did was run it through an EQ and tweeked the frequencies and hushed some high end. Totally unnecessary... only enhanced the tiny speaker experience. Which sucks no matter what you do and how much you spend on headphones...

Seriously... this won't even sound like the same song live... through real speakers. It will kill...

[Vinnie Velvet]

VH - A Different Kind of Truth - available in double vinyl gatefold cover:

http://www.store.livenation.com/Prod...1&pc=XM03COMBO

[BITEYOASS]

Aw shit! The "Tattoo" video now has over 2 MILLION views on YouTube!