now that we've had a few months to absorb the adkot...
tattoo makes even more sense. fucking great song.
a little tarmac under the tires; some time in the rearview mirror.
now that we've had a few months to absorb the adkot...
tattoo makes even more sense. fucking great song.
a little tarmac under the tires; some time in the rearview mirror.
Last edited by ashstralia; 05-24-2012 at 08:00 AM.
I think I'm one of the few people who likes the video better than the song. I think the video is hilarious, kind of a spoof on "Jump." I especially like the part where it shows Alex drumming in slow motion like your garden variety, cheesy '80s hair band video.
As for the song, I don't think it's bad but it's still the weakest on the album for me. I also don't think it flows with any of the other songs on the album. Also, I've always thought "Down in Flames" as well as the original "She's the Woman" were two of their weaker non-album cuts. So I definitely think the album gets off to a weak start though the rest of it is quite good.
It's funny, the other Down In Flames-inspired song in VH's catalog, their rendition of "You're No Good," was also a weak album opener. But they really must love the core riffs of "Down in Flames" to have brought it back again. The original Down in Flames was played a lot during the 1978 tour and they apparently had big plans for it that just never materialized. My contention on why it never took off--because it's just not that good of a song.
thoroughly understand and respect your opinion lou.
it's just that i listened to it last night (with a few beers on board) and loved it, like the first time i heard it.
Although the music is Down in Flames, Roth has rewritten the entire vocal melody and improved it hugely.Originally Posted by loucap81
3 months later, "Tattoo" still makes it for me - but everybody's got their own take, that's it...
"Tattoo" was the first NEW tune since MWM and CGTSNM, I still feel enthusiastic when I listen to it,
and I think I'll never get bored of it.
You're right though, the video did a lot for us fans to dig it.
Sure "Tattoo" is poppier and more radio-oriented than the rest. But again, everybody's got their
own way of enjoying the album.
I personally got tired of "Outta Space" and "China Town" quickly - I'm ashamed but I just can't stand
them; I love the solo and outro in Outta Space, though.
China Town... never made it to me. They'd never made any tune like that in the 6-pack, I mean I hear
a tune that's made up with bits and pieces and sounds artificial.
It's surprising when you have a look into the thread where Army members rank their most liked tunes to
the least, there are amazingly big differences sometimes.
Back to topic to conclude, the moment when Dave's screams meet with the beginning of Ed's solo is classic
and kickass!
Yeah Tattoo is definitely cheerier and bluesier as opposed to the dour, dark mood of the original DIF. Still doesn't do it for me though. And again it's not a bad song, I'd rather listen to it than "I'll Wait," but if I had to rank every song VH ever did it'd be hovering around the bottom.
I listened to Tattoo about 5000 times on youtube before I got the CD and loved it. But it just doesnt fit on the disc with the other material. Maybe because I overplayed the fuck out of it.
That being said, I listened to it a few days ago in the car for the first time in months and its a good song....
Shouldnt have been the first single......
There are no weak songs on this album. It's like admitting which of your kids you hate more.
Fuck Scott Weiland. Fucking asshole. I get trashed all the time and still go to work. And my job sucks ass. -ODShowtime
I listened to Tattoo about 5000 times on youtube before I got the CD and loved it. But it just doesnt fit on the disc with the other material. Maybe because I overplayed the fuck out of it.
That being said, I listened to it a few days ago in the car for the first time in months and its a good song....
Shouldnt have been the first single......
There are no weak songs on this album. It's like admitting which of your kids you hate more.
I honestly believe a lot of the bad rap this song gets is because of the really crummy video for it. Looked cheap, Dave has a couple weird spots in it, song doesn't synch up to video in some spots.....just cruddy. And that visual made us hear the song differently than if we just heard it.
STOP! watching the video & give this song a chance everyone. it really is a pretty good "radio friendly" type of VH song.
Now show me your dragon magic!!!!!
“Great losses often bring only a numb shock. To truly plunge a victim into misery, you must overwhelm him with many small sufferings.”
It's like admitting which of your kids you hate more.
Umm......
Usually the phrase is which of your kids you LOVE more.
Umm......
Usually the phrase is which of your kids you LOVE more.
"Ya know what they say about angels... An angel is a supernatural being or spirit, usually humanoid in form, found in various religions and mythologies. Plus Roth fan boards..."- ZahZoo April 2013
It's cranked and rolling down a Virginia highway with me right now.
~Zero Defects~
OWWWWWW!!!
~Only you can prevent low volume~
so autobiographic
Someone open the sheep pen!!! And give me a fucking job...always wanted to hear how loud a sheep wails with a broomstick up his ass...so autobiographic
Here's someone who doesn't get it.
Obviously not. Rolling eyes must have a different meaning to you than it does me.
Screw interpretation.
Oh yeah... I think I've heard it your way too.Umm......
Usually the phrase is which of your kids you LOVE more.
You can take the peace and send it packin'.
Time to hammer the neighborhood with both garage doors wide open while some angry speakers spill their guts all over the road.
It's Van Halen time!
First up...
Tattoo
OWWWWWW!
Picked up my truck from the mechanic the other day after having a couple of new tires put on. What was BLASTING over the radio? "Tattoo."
My karma just ran over your dogma.
One year ago today....
This Day in CVH/DLR History
1975
Van Halen plays at Gazzarri's in West Hollywood, CA.
1976
Van Halen plays Gazzarri's in West Hollywood, CA.
1987
David Lee Roth plays the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, MN.
2012
Van Halen releases "Tattoo", its first single off the "A Different Kind of Truth" album.
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
Jeez seems like a long time ago , so much had happened since then .
Or maybe it's just because We've been kept more informed ,many thanks to VA and our DDE rep.
Any ways happy birthday tattoo and here's to the army and another year in van halen land like last year
fuck your fucking framing
It was a helluva run that started right about this time last year. Funny thing is, I think I like Tattoo more now thanI did then.
With you on this one.
Yeah I agree
Tattoo really grew on my after a while. In fact, lately I have found myself listening to it more than ever. Really diggin it now. I saw where somebody re-did the video with lots of shots of hot chicks with cool tattoos and I'd say that maybe that made me like it more...Hot chicks make everything better.
The song itself is okay...
It's kinda like Jump was for me when that was first released all those years ago, in that I wasn't necessarily thrilled with the music but the lyrics and vocal delivery were able to overcome my relative lack of enthusiasm for the instrumentation.
Tattoo is a sort of middle-of-the-road, medium-paced tune without a lot of frills. While I thought it was a bit foolish to release it as the single when ADKOT first came out and have it as the lead-off tune of the album, thinking about it NOW it makes perfect sense when considering the rest of the album. Like, if Tattoo had been buried in the middle of the record, it wouldn't really have stood out as much.
Scramby eggs and bacon.
Oh, c'mon...
The song sucks...
It's like a bad DLR solo song...
Nothing like Van Halen...
It was complete sabotage to release that crap as the first Van Halen single in 30 years featuring DLR...
Am not as down on the song as e but it was a fuckwit idea for it to be the opening salvo of zero publicity
Personally, I think songs like Blood and Fire, Big River, You and your Blues, or even As Is would have all fared very well as singles with the right promotion...
Totally agree
Oh, c'mon...
The song sucks...
It's like a bad DLR solo song...
Nothing like Van Halen...
It was complete sabotage to release that crap as the first Van Halen single in 30 years featuring DLR...
Am not quite that negative about the tune, although I would agree that it really just...kinda lumbers along to no particular distinction. It doesn't even have a great guitar solo to punch things up like Jump did, nor does the music build to a climax like Jump did.
When I do listen to ADKOT these days, I give Tattoo and The Trouble With Never a skip.
And yeah, it was a bit odd to release one of the weakest tracks on ADKOT as the lead-off single.
If the song were never changed from Down In Flames, it would have been a great lead single. I love that song. The swagger, the verse's percussively strummed groove, the more effective chorus, the breakdown after the solo, which of coarse, would be edited from a radio single, it was just a damn solid tune.
I think so, Elvis, I think so...even You and Your Blues, which I'm sort of lukewarm about as a tune, would have been a bit more representative of "hey, Van Halen is back with Roth and ready to rock!" than Tattoo. Or Blood and Fire, with the pre-solo bit where Dave says "told ya I was coming back"...
Yeah, some parts of those songs give me the =VH= chills...
Tattoo gives me diarrhea...
It was sabotage, I say !!
Are you sure that's not the Alex Jones SuperTang™??
Tattoo gives me diarrhea...
Eternally Under the Authority of Satan
I think maybe you have the name mixed up with the synthetic paranoid weed you've been smoking...
Haven't touched the stuff in years. But if I wanted to, Bob Marley grows some unbelievable stuff down here. He's got an amazing system of geothermal powered growing lights (since natural light ain't an option here, of course.)I think maybe you have the name mixed up with the synthetic paranoid weed you've been smoking...
Hmmm...
Bump bitches!
Tattoo was played on this date at 11:35pm Hawaii standard time over terrestrial radio on the Big Island.
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