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

[Sensible Shoes]

Does anyone else have a huge shit eating grin plastered to their face right now?

So bad I want to get my teeth whitened.

Is it summertime yet cuz Van Halen always feels like summertime to me.

By the time the concerts get rolling it will be as good as summer. This stuff is all making winter nonexistant.

[ZahZoo]

Dammit! I can't hear it. Does it sound like anything else?

Yeah it reminds me of angels singing and heaven's parting right about that microsecond before you pop your nut...

[Warham]

Eddie's facebook page has a better quality clip for "Blood & Fire".

http://www.facebook.com/eddievanhalen

Wolfgang just rips on this track.

[hain23x]

I'm loving all the new stuf but on this track in particualr can't you just hear Mikey's high harmony coming in on the end of the line "the stakes have never been high"?. It's almost like a ghost moment for me. Like if you lost an arm and still itched. other than that it's fantastic

[ToraToraTora]

There's a spoken bit in Blood and Fire where Dave says, " See told you i was coming back" and i admit it, i had a tear in my eye. Wonderful stuff!

[Zing!]

I'm having early 80's flashbacks. Sitting in study hall talking about the best parts of the new Van Halen album. Next thing I know I'll be doodling the classic =VH= logo on my desk with a pencil (except the wifey would probably not approve).

It seems safe to say that if all of the previewed tracks so far haven't met or exceeded most everyone's expectations, then Dave's masterful handling of the PR certainly has! What a banner day to be a Van Halen fan, I say!

[chefcraig]

The timing of when that "Ripley" track was leaked to the net about a year ago is interesting. That could have been around the time VH were recording this new version.

[Halen High]

When the VHND put Ripley up on their site about a year ago, I played it about 30-40 times. Loved it, even without vocals and lyrics. Hearing Blood and Fire this morning with Dave singing and what they've done with it just blew me away. Reminds me of Little Guitars and generally how the band sounded during the late CVH era. So far, I love everything I've heard. This could be a great album.

[Halen High]

The timing of when that "Ripley" rack was leaked to the net about a year ago is interesting. That could have been around the time VH were recording this new version.

I think Jeff at the VHND had been told something. It seems too coincidental.

[Yount]

my first listen - don't laugh!

You can always tell the winners
Saints and the sinners
Down at the starting line
I’m a lucid vision
I’ll be your forgiven
I’m your wave tossed guy
Keep right we was runnin’
Double by the dozen
The stakes have never been higher
Come back when you’re younger
‘cause I can feel the thunder
1800-it’s time

ooh yeah!
We can through blood and fire

Now look at all the people here tonight! Ahh!
It’s a world of folk
But that’s just what’s expected
Nada from nowhere
Or even suspected
God must love the lazy, shifters and the crazy
Put so many in high

Oooh yyyyeaaaahhhh!

[Northern Girl]

We came, we came, we came through blood and fire!

[hain23x]

me+bourbon+this lil clip+25 years of waiting =an embarising hot mess lol

[Northern Girl]

embarising

Yes, that's embarrassing! LOL

j/k I don't give a fuck about spelling or grammar!

[Warham]

We came, we came, we came through blood and fire!

I just love the way you type that.

[Panamark]

2nd sip of coffee and listened to Blood and Fire sample, didnt kick me in the guts like Trouble with Never,
but it made me smile, same as Tattoo. Grower for sure.