The Official Van Halen, "Blood and Fire" review thread

[bru87tr]

Some have speculated we'll only see a few of the new songs on tour... that would be very, very disappointing. Of the clips and full songs released to date, every damn one of them would be great live!!! Given my choice... perform the whole damn new record and fill the rest with classics.

That is the way they should do it, old school.

[DJBrown]

Sounds very cool! And thats Blood and Fire

To me, this sounds very much like a mix of In a Simple Rhyme and Little Guitars.

It has been a long 26 years. Love it.

[SNIPER]

Still my fav so far

[vandeleur]

So i have dropped the dudes off at school and between checking out the yummy mummies i bang my head phones on and start playing blood and fire .... yeah no shit it rocks ..but as am, walking home i get to thinking of the video .. so here goes .

My take on the song is it works on lots of levels as daves lyrics tend to do but the obvious one is nostalga mixed with celebratory glory .. a bit of " damn good times"
Am going with the whole it looked like we fucked this but hey we got off the floor and were throwing bombs. And am not just saying this is about dave this is just as much about ed ...ie sped 2004 drunk hobo hole in the shoe , next on the dead pool mutherfuker.
And i would think ed would get that in the lyrics .. he cant be ignorant in the he is as much in the last chance saloon as anyone if not more.
So the video :
It starts with a cheesey ray harryhausen scene of rubbish dinosaurs and with the big bold tag line "28 years in the making" and then the riff starts and it goes though the whole CVH era with pics .. but the iconic ones and the funny dave ones, even pics of wolf when he was young etc .
Then cut to the future of them in the studio for the chorus .
The middle 8 there on stage playing . with dave talking to the audience at the end saying told you i was coming back .
The solo is cuts of ed over the years ending with him blazing away now .
The rest of the vidoe is live ...
Ending with the cheesey titles over the end chords " did you miss us were back "

hey what the fuck .....its my two peneth

[ashstralia]

To me, this sounds very much like a mix of In a Simple Rhyme and Little Guitars.

It has been a long 26 years. Love it.

whoa! nice first post, mate! i agree.

[bru87tr]

I know someone posted the full lyrics to this song, but I can't find them in here.

Anyone point me ?

[bru87tr]

I can't get enough of Blood & Fire, I know I have said it many times.

It should be the next single, instant hit!!!

I get goosebumps when Dave says "Told Ya I was Comin' Back", "Told Ya"!

[Seshmeister]

The Official Van Halen, "Blood and Fire" review thread

[bluemustard]

Blood & fire FULL SONG




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[Panamark]

G'day Bluemustard, we are officially connected with Diamond Dave Enterprises now !
Who would have thought it ?
Sorry I had to delete that link... (Unofficial, hope you are not offended)

Only a few days now... !!!

[Carmine]

Blue...as much as I dig this song...a Mod is gonna come along and remove it, buddy. No illegals can be posted bro...


Update: link above has been "Pana-Poofed!"

lol...

[Panamark]

Cant wait for it all to be legit for the "never say die" faithful
like our good old mate Bluemustard !

[hain23x]

When I first heard this clip I was literally transported to when I was about 16 with some really good friends who were big VH fans and we learned this song from a boom box recording of that movie.

That feeling really came out of nowhere and it caught me off guard. It was an amazing moment.

Anyway, this is what it reminded me of when this hard nosed critic eats the food. Now, if you take the time to watch this clip, I'm actually the critic AND the former chef undercover at the other table except I'm scoffing and saying "Ripley?"

[Julius]

2nd lyrics... now that i've heard the FULL track (I just love lyrics!!)

Forgotten empires
Lost victories long past
Everytime I’ve bloomed again
I thought I was the last
And then something crazy happened
And Boom!
I’m doing the victory dance

Dave seems to be singing his best Sting impression in this verse.

[DLR'sCock]

This song is one of the best tracks on the album, but then again.....I haven't heard full clips of the other songs.