mine are 12 and 7 now. If you remember I quit posting originally when I went back to college. Wife was pregnant with #2 then. And I never resumed after I graduated 2 years later. That is, until now.
mine are 12 and 7 now. If you remember I quit posting originally when I went back to college. Wife was pregnant with #2 then. And I never resumed after I graduated 2 years later. That is, until now.
EAT US AND SMILE!
LOOK WHO'S BACK IN CIRCULATION!
DAMAGE INC!
The more I listen to Tattoo, the more catchy the song gets. To be clear, I love it, but with each listen it gets better and becomes more memorable.
I say this all because it seems like a lot of reaction to the song is relatively tepid. Not around here mind you, but elsewhere. Let me elaborate:
The song is fun. It has a funny subject matter. I love MWM and CGTSNM, but those songs aren't fun or funny. They're great but they're no Full Bug, EWS, or Drop Dead Legs. Tattoo is in that same vein because of it's subject matter. Van Halen hasn't done a fun song in years. Granted, they haven't done any song in years, but still this is a throwback to the party album that Van Halen was known for. Not the half-assed social commentary, Rush-lite wanna be lyrics of the Three Mop Top. This is about, among other things, 40 year old women trying to become a 25 year old. That's classic Dave. Granted the Round Rocker attempted to be fun, but it's pretty clear who wins the lyrical exchange... Sexy Dragon Magic > Honeydew my mello (and it's not even close...)
The music is great. You know what? I forced myself to listen to the pile of shit that is It's About Time, Learning to See, and Up for Breakfast. Truthfully I fast forwarded to the solo's. But what stands out to me is the fact that Ed sounds Eddie again. Not Edward from the Van Hagar period, but Eddie from the WACF, FW, DD time frame. His solo is melodic and feels like a part of the song. The shit he did on those 3 Hagar tracks lack creativity or a flow. Listen to the final chorus before Ed hits the DiF tribute. The music builds and climax better than any VH song has since Little Guitars IMO. Furthermore, the music sounds like it could have been on ALAE partly because of the subtle keyboard you hear in the verse. And since that is my favorite non-VH album, I'm probably obligated to love it. Nevertheless, it's pleasing to my ears.
Bottom line: If the rest of this album is half as entertaining and catchy as Tattoo, the album will be a success commercially and creatively.
Sexy Dragon Magic!
Eat Us and Smile!
The Devil kicking ass at the pleasure dome
give it a few seconds to load...
http://web.archive.org/web/200104300...ML/010775.html
Lol, love it! A few details jump out at me. First of all, that place was so neutered. "Devil, I disagree with you." Really? I disagree? Could someone have a more limp-dicked response? ...
Oh wait, I forgot about reading Fernando's ridiculous posts of Si Senor, and patience... Good times because of the ass kicking. And bad times because of the pussyfooting, politically correct posting.
The Pasture dump. Wow those were some days.
WELL WELL WELL
I'm stayin' so frosty I'se got frostbite one time nah nah yezz yezz yezz all hell yeahhh nothin but yeah I can motherfukkin' diggsit!!
Hoppin and boppin and poppin with best bet for the timely tunes for those a here with them textured tastes stayz frosty nahh nah yezz yeah baby!
All Hail Yeah!
Van Halen is back with mo' swagger mo jagger mo blues you's can use light mah fuse this ain't no ruse right down to yo muhfuggin' sensible shoes aaaaaaaaaaaah yeaaaaaaaaaaah
2/7 an' Ize be's in heaven!!
Bring it!!
Yeah Yeah!!
Great God Ah'Mighty!!
Law'd Law'd Law'd!!
La'wd hab mercy!!
Loons is on the loose again!!
And ready fo' the boogie woogie one time nah!!
fuck yeah
FUCK YEAH
LET'S GET THIS GHETTO CHARIOT A ROLLIN'!!!!!!
LET'S LIGHT THIS TORCH ON THE BACK PORCH LOWDOWN SHAKEY GROUND BLUES YOU'S CAN USE LAWDY MAMA
GOD BLESS THE BAND, MAN
GOD BLESS THE ARMY
GOD BLESS THE MOFO THAT STORMED THE WHA STAGE
GOD BLESS THE EUAS MOFOS FOR MAKIN THIS SHIYITE HAPP'N
GOD BLESS MAX
GOD BLESS E'RY ROTH FAN ON THE PLANET GOD DAMN IT!!!!!
Stay frosty nah!!
Well well well
Bama Lama Bama Loo!!
Great hOGGILY wOGGILY
OOH WELLL WELLLL
DIG IT
AND TO ALL THE DOUCHE HOLE LOSER FAT ASS CHEESY POOF SUCKIN FUCKS ON YOUFACE AND FACEPLUS, YOU SEE ME ON THE STREET AND START TALKIN THAT YAP YOU BETTA GET outta my face AND MAKE IT QUICK CUZ I'SE KICK YO ASS YOU SONOFABITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALL HELL YEAH!
NOTHIN' BUT YEAH!!!!!
THUG POP IN THE HIZZOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!
The clock jus' fell off the motherfuckin' wall again one more time gin nah nah yezz yezz!!!!!!!
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I know my crown gonna fit me well, 'cause tried it on at the gates of hell
Praise Almighty he's back.
Oh dear.
Like a black as smokestack Corvette Stingray in yo' hot tub! Rev-ved up in mah get up not ready fo' no let up!!!
Welcome back, Loons.
I brought my pencil!!!
Welcome back, though I'm sure Loons never left. As I listened to Stay Frosty, the first thing I remembered was a thread Loons and I discussed many times regarding IF Van Halen ever recorded again would their be a real blues based song. And if so, would it be in the vein of Ice Cream Man, Tell the Truth, Full Bug, or Nightlife...
I guess we got our answer. And based on the small clip we got, I couldn't be happier.
Welcome back Loons, you fucking gangsta.....
Eat Us And Smile - The Originals
"I have a very belligerent enthusiasm or an enthusiastic belligerence. I’m an intellectual slut." - David Lee Roth
"We are part of the, not just the culture, but the geography. Van Halen music goes along with like fries with the burger." - David Lee Roth
I did some of my most unholy work in that Pasture!Originally Posted by WARF
Eternally Under the Authority of Satan
Like a thunderbolt to the eardrums Bluesman.
Loons!
"I know who I am! I'm a dude playin a dude disguised as another dude!"
"Man, just cause it's a theme song don't make it not true."
Eat Us and Smile!
Alright!!! Lemme' se yo hands!!
Wow, Loons is back. The Prince Of Darkness himself makes an appearance. And me and redfire aquired a little something something today. Kinda feels like the shit is all coming together.
I was able to purchase tickets today. I use to work at the bank that has its name on the arena here in Tulsa. Anyway, it was a presale for bank employees, and my friends that still work there forwarded me the link and password. But all the floor seats were sold out. Stupid Amex presale.
I ain't no gangsta...I'se jus play one on the interweb. I remember them convos, Redfire. I remember having to watch out for friendly fire when HOP was tellin it like it iz! Look out¡! These new songs are mind roastin!! Just WoW a how how how how WoW!!
The important thing is, DLR is the singer for Van Halen and we be going to see him...
don't you guys feel vindicated for all those years of battlin' the non believers?
there aren't any "right nows" when it's loves or feel so goods. No more writers able to say that the album starts and ends with a whimper.
as my bud Brownsound said, "We won!"
Not just yet, be patient Grasshopper...
When the new album comes out, and the same critics who've been bashing this band for 28 years say how fucking good it is, THEN I'll feel vindicated.....
IF they have the balls to admit it!!Not just yet, be patient Grasshopper...
When the new album comes out, and the same critics who've been bashing this band for 28 years say how fucking good it is, THEN I'll feel vindicated.....
WE'RE ON A MISSION FROM ROTH.
Vindicated is the precise word to use. I feel like we weren't carrying the flag for these years, the torch, for no reason. And even if it felt like a pipedream, we were justified in believing that Dave and Ed could make badass music 20 years later.
Well, there are going to be some media outlets, Rolling Stone namely, that will give the same horseshit review that they've given for almost 40 years now....
Hain, HOP, Loons, Red...
This is pure vindication and euphoria right now. Talking to Brownie and we're like 15 yo kids again! Firing up the Commodore 64 and TI-99/4a home computers, breaking out the old concert shirts and parachute pants... ok maybe not that far.. but damn, feels good to be a VAN HALEN fan for the first time in 28 years!
That is all.
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These next couple of weeks are going to be great. New album in a week, then off to NYC the following weekend. And the NEXT weekend will be the first show of the tour in my backyard!
Someone in another thread around here said something about trying to avoid the piano falling on their head--ain't the the truth!
So I have been listening to my old VH boots and demos, and I can't find a recycled riff for China Town (among other songs). So what songs do we know are brand new? I know that Tattoo, She's the Woman, Bullethead, Blood and Fire, Outta Space, Big River, and Beats Workin' are derived from Down in Flames, She's the Woman, Bullethead, Ripley, Let's Get Rockin', Big Trouble, and Put Out the Lights respectively. So that means You and Your Blues, China Town, As Is, HBSD, Trouble with Never, and Stay Frosty are new tracks, or did I miss something?
Parachute pants are hot.
Found this review today. I didn't know they wrote this well in Idaho...
"Trash-talking Roth replacement Sammy Hagar still can’t drive 55. But the original members of Van Halen apparently still can rock after 55."
"If that’s the general consensus, it will be like Eddie Van Halen snatching away Hagar’s tequila, slamming it, then squirting the lime in Sammy’s eye."
"Now pass me the rest of Sammy’s tequila, so I can mix it with Kool-Aid.."
Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/0...#storylink=cpy
Lil' EUAS is combat ready!!
Hoppin and boppin and poppin with the best bet with the boss beats workin with them timely tunes fo' those with the textured tastes nah nah yezz yezz!
I ain't lyin' to ya...I jus' metcha !!
OONGOWAH Van Roth got the powah!!
2 mo' days!! All Hail, Hail Yeah !!
Hmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmm!!.....................hoy hoy, welllllll I'm the boi!!
LET'S BOOGIE PEEPLE!!!!!!
Ooh sweet.........I'm losing woordsss...cant type...shit...first....time...in 29 years....i can say for certain....there's a new Van Halen album out and it just dropped...and I just synced the fucking deluxe mother fucking edtion onto my ipod...holy shit...this really happened...fuck off now...I'm going to go rock my balls off
Does anyone else feel line China Town is Ed giving the middle finger to Steve Vai. That song feels like Shyboy, from the intro, through the chorus where Ed's guitar mimics the vocal line ala shyboy, to the end with the crazy breakdown before the final note.
Furthermore, HBSD definitely feels and sounds like Ed showing Joe Satriani how to play in drop D and use a whammy pedal. If you've heard The Mystical Potatohead Groove Thing or Searching you'll probably understand what I mean.
I have a lot of respect for Steve Vai. Steve once said Eddie Van Halen was one of those rare players that change the world. Steve said Ed is in that category and he is not. Steve is a good player but he knew Ed had that rare magic that only a very few have.
Hello all you wonderful bastards!
New album sounds great; I'm really diggin' it.
Roth EUAS Militia
Arent you the dude that posted the Gary Cherone Voodoo Doll back in the day?
Yep, seems like a lifetime ago.
A kid born when you posted that would now be at high school...
Sounds about right, since I was just out of high school when I started posting
Yep - I think this every time I hear it. Seems like Ed saying "Hey, I'm the guitar god here, and yes, I can do that too."
My karma just ran over your dogma.
Holy shit! COR is back! I'm listening to new Van HALEN, DLR is still the king, and we're all finally vindicated. Arena rock just got the drop kick in the testicles it's sorely needed for a damn long time! So eat us an smile bitches!
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