The Official Van Halen, "Outta Space" review thread

[dave_is_vh]

NEWS FLASH

NASA has just announced that effective immediately all NASA rocket ships that leave earth will have a bumper sticker saying "Go Home The Earth Is Full"

[kingedward]

Outta Space-Dave's Genius Shining Through

This track does'nt get the props it deserves, For whatever reason, But it's my current favorite, And has been for a few days now. What strikes me are Dave's lyric and delivery. Not an easy song to put words to, Or sing. Eddie is doing the power cord thing, The solo is not blowing away the tune, It's a Dave tune all the way. I mean you else can come up with; COUNTERBLAST, INTERSTELLAR, FACIAL, FULL BOMBER STICKER ON MY ROCKETS ASS: GO HOME, THE EARTH IS FULL. I mean come on, It's fucking killer stuff. Add the fast paced rhythm section, And it just takes me to another place. Dave is stellar throughout, He owns Outta Space.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Too much trouble to put it in here ??

http://www.rotharmy.com/forums/showthread.php?64439-The-Official-Van-Halen-quot-Outta-Space-quot-review-thread

[ELVIS]

There's like a forum and a thread for this, you know...

Just sayin'

[ELVIS]

VA beat me to it...

[ELVIS]

I mean you else can come up with; COUNTERBLAST, INTERSTELLAR, FACIAL, FULL BOMBER STICKER ON MY ROCKETS ASS: GO HOME, THE EARTH IS FULL.

Step out of the rocket ship...

How much have you had to drink tonight, sir ??

[So this is love]

Step out of the rocket ship...

How much have you had to drink tonight, sir ??

Fuuuuuuu

[VanHalener]

This song is straight up in your face
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Eddie, you are indeed the undisputed heavy weight champ of guitar players.

I fooking LoVE this song!

OWWWWWWW

[lurker..]

This is my fav right now.....it is the shit....PERIOD.....can you imagine this live?.....great classic VH.....

[EdVanZep]

"danger rides the web tonight,Burst mode dynamite, spinning up my Facebook page,And i'll ride out towards the outer maze". This tune is slammin , love the saturated Wolf thru the 5150

[Golden AWe]

He said "FACIAL"...uhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuh

[Yount]

"And i'll ride out towards the outer maze".

Thought it might have been "atom age."
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People are sayin' he's really reachin' for it, but if you possibly can, picture a '78 Dave singing this. Oh this song is great. Top notch lyrics.

Can't agree with you Hain23x about the Facebook reference. I laughed out loud when I first heard that! It's the perfect entrance into "Future ain't what it used to be..."

Outta space can mean different things throughout the song - our world is literally in outta space - also in our little world we are running out of space - it can be a drug reference - an isolation reference - a Bowie reference - an admission of our wasteful lives - maybe there's more...
It works on all levels. Dave is a levels man. He blows my mind... into outta space.

[MJS_1973]

First of all I gotta say... I hope VH travel over the pacific ocean and play in Australia on THIS TOUR!! Second thing is... they should play Outta Space in their set list.

[DLR Bridge]

The most troubling thing with Dave singing in this higher register is understanding what he's saying. The opening line to this song sounds like, "need no modem and a Chevy..." I had no idea what the line was 'til I read it. It's still great of coarse.

[Yount]

The most troubling thing with Dave singing in this higher register is understanding what he's saying. The opening line to this song sounds like, "need no modem and a Chevy..." I had no idea what the line was 'til I read it. It's still great of coarse.

I agree totally. When I read it I got it. It should NOT be a single. Be realistic. Blood and fire is clear. This one takes patience but is great all the same.