The Official Van Halen, "Beats Workin" review thread

[DlocRoth]

This is the song that I wouldn't share with anyone when discussing new Van Halen...

The oxycontin meets helium vocals is the same high range crap that nobody around here liked when Dave first started doing it on ALAE...

Although he sings in the high register better than he used to, it's better he keep it to a minimum...

The jamming in the song is cool as anything on the album, but the MTV theme song sounding riff sounds way too sleeze rockish and dated...

Another one for the cutting room floor...

Have you been in a coma for the last five years?

This is how Dave sings now.....

C'mon, hombre.....

[ELVIS]

No, Chinatown is how Dave sings...

[Nitro Express]

Well cut it then.

This is the 21st century there is absolutely zero stopping you.

I can't understand this ridiculously prehistoric attitude people have saying that an album should have less songs. Maybe in the olden times of LPs that made some sense but not now, you want as much output to choose from as possible.

With how cheap storage memory is now, we can really work their asses off! Hell, if you aren't careful you could drop several gigabites into your morning cereal bowl eat them and not know it.

[Nitro Express]

Van Halen did pretty good for a bunch of old fucks.

[ELVIS]

They did nearly 100% on 11 of the songs...

[DlocRoth]

No, Chinatown is how Dave sings...

Yessir.......

And he kills........

[Mr Walker]

I respect and enjoy reading Elvis' posts and opinions, but I have to disagree on 'Beats Workin'... I think it has tons of swagger and the chorus carries the song for me, but I will admit... it could have been better with a little more attention to the lyrics and melody lines in the verses.

[ELVIS]

Dude, that extra high for Dave singing just gets to me...

[Seshmeister]

I respect and enjoy reading Elvis' posts and opinions, but I have to disagree on 'Beats Workin'... I think it has tons of swagger and the chorus carries the song for me, but I will admit... it could have been better with a little more attention to the lyrics and melody lines in the verses.

I think the album fades 5% at the end but that's absolutely normal.

As I've said before 49 minutes of music v 15?

[ELVIS]

Hmmm...

[K-tuna]

This is the song that I wouldn't share with anyone when discussing new Van Halen...

The oxycontin meets helium vocals is the same high range crap that nobody around here liked when Dave first started doing it on ALAE...

Although he sings in the high register better than he used to, it's better he keep it to a minimum...

The jamming in the song is cool as anything on the album, but the MTV theme song sounding riff sounds way too sleeze rockish and dated...

Another one for the cutting room floor...

yeah ' cause Tattoo is doing so fucking great.

the song rocks and got a great riff and intro ....if Daves vocals are weak take it up with Dave .

[WACF]

I am with Elvis...I just cringe at the beginning.

But...the songs smooths out and the chorus is catchy...very catchy.

[twonabomber]

i'd like to think that the placement of Beats Workin' at the end of the disc is kind of a message. you know, a "in the past we had our issues, but this project wasn't so bad" type of thing. maybe summing up their feelings toward each other.

or i could be reading way too far into it.

[ELVIS]

Probably...

[Mr Walker]

Dave's take on Celebutards...
Hey... as long as you generate pageviews for the bloggers you can make a couple a grand for attending a party in Vega$$ or doing a vapid un-reality show (see Lohan, Kardassian, et al)
Beats fuckin Workin' baby!