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

[Matt White]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......

Methinks I hear a "Women and Children First" kinda vibe in the way its mixed....with a "DIVER DOWN" kinda song structure...........

I get the feeling there are gonna be a number of songs EVH has kept in his back pocket...knowing that Spammy Haggis would never do 'em justice.......

DAVE & the von Halen's must have been...."Hey! Remember that one thing you were playing for me in my Dad's basement right before I split? Play that thing man......."

[DLR Bridge]

I also liked that Rolling Stone said this- "To be very clear, there's absolutely nothing wrong with a band using old material on a new album. Groups do it all the time and you can't plagiarize from yourself."

As much as it's easy to trash that magazine, they still reach an aweful lot of people who don't know any better about certain things. I wasn't too thrilled with how they immediately poked at the band for Tattoo having a tie to their past. They never would've done that to Radiohead, Dylan or Springsteen, so, kudos for clearing that shit up.

[Romeo Delight]

I get he feeling there are gonna be a number of songs EVH has kept in his back pocket...knowing that Spammy Haggis would never do 'em justice.......

DAVE & the von Halen's must have been...."Hey! Remember that one thing you were playing for me in my Dad's basement right before I split? Play that thing man......."

I was thinking the same thing. So cool

[Carmine]

I havent been more excited for an album release in my life...

and uh...does Dave sound amazing or what?

Did ya all catch the "Look at all the people here tonight" in there?

[Northern Girl]

No! I don't want any damn snippets! Well, at least I didn't have to watch a murder show to hear it! LMAO!

Love it! Sounds great! I am soooo happy!

I have no problem if the songs are reworks. I'm not a musician or songwriter, but I think that if you have unused material that you really love, it would be heartbreaking just to shelve it forever because it's not new.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

I'm feeling a little "Top Jimmy" vibe, no ??

[Warham]

I haven't heard this much bass on a VH album since Fair Warning.

[Guitar Shark]

This probably would have been a better first single than "Tattoo."

[Guitar Shark]

I'm feeling a little "Top Jimmy" vibe, no ??

Definitely, that was my first thought as well.

[chefcraig]

I like it, kinda expected to hear Eddie Money in there at one point.

Shit, you're right. Definitely a little bit of "Two Tickets To Paradise" in there!

[ThrillsNSpills]

I am getting the feeling there are going to be quite a few single releases from this album.

I'd say there's a bit of psychology involved with leaking out dribs and drabs the way they're doing.

Now I have hungry ear syndrome.

[golitely]

What is this? Name that Tune? What's the prize for guessing right (I vote for getting concert tix costs reimbursed)? May they should release 20 secs more each day until the full song is revealed?

[AccidentalAngel]

Love it! Anyone know when it will be released?

[Hellraiser!!]

Look at all the people here tonight!!!!

That's "Ripley", man!!!! This song has a "Little Guitars" vibe.... and BTW, sounds even better than "Tattoo"...

[sadaist]

So it is "Ripley"...which Ed did on his stereo Ripley guitar.

Cool.

SO FUCKING HAPPY!!


Always loved that little riff & tune from Eddie. So fucking stoked it's getting a proper release with DAVE making it perfect. Happy days my boys! Happy days indeed!