The Official Van Halen, "Bullethead" review thread

[Seshmeister]

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[conmee]

Sometimes you're the dog, sometimes you're the hydrant....

That is all.

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[hain23x]

Sometimes you're the dog, sometimes you're the hydrant....


I worked with a guy once who was an equal at the time and said that quote to me. Kind of an asshole type guy. Flash ahead a few months later and he became my boss. so I dug a tunnel out of there and when I turned my 2 week notice into him I said the quote back to him.

[Little Texan]

I don't know if it's the fact I'm listening to this song on computer speakers, but this one is the biggest letdown to me. Something isn't right about it, isn't mixed right, vocals too high and guitar a little subdued sounding, or maybe that it's not in the brown sound tone, new lyrics and vocal delivery...I don't know what it is, but it doesn't seem to have the same bite of the original.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Official clip....

[SNIPER]

Now although I do not play in a cover band, in fact I play in a thrash metal band we ARE gonna re-make this song and go into it in middle of one of our tunes. We started working on it last night. Gonna be killer!!! We are opening for 3 Inches of Blood next month and plan on doing it then. I will get a vid of it up here. Hopefully we do it justice. You all can be the judge of that.

[Combat Ready]

"My Karma just ran over your Dogma".....

Only Dave. Fucking love it!

[Momshell]

"My Karma just ran over your Dogma".....

Only Dave. Fucking love it!

My favorite line too....that's not just 'creative' or 'clever'....that's fuckin' genius!!! Love ya Dave!

[ashstralia]

at the moment, 'bullethead' is not among my faves; that'll change though.

the popular variant of the dog/hydrant analogy here is 'sometimes you're the statue, sometimes you're the pidgeon'.

[ELVIS]

And sometimes a song is better left on the cutting room floor...

The jamming in this song is nice, but Dave sounds like he made those silly lyrics up on the spot...

What does the lyric "A Different Kind Of Truth" have to do with driving, bombing the moon, driving in traffic or anything ??

The first line is cool, but it's lame for a 56 year old Roth who usually has interesting lyrics...


Cringe...


:elvis:

[SNIPER]

"True"

[DlocRoth]

And sometimes a song is better left on the cutting room floor...

The jamming in this song is nice, but Dave sounds like he made those silly lyrics up on the spot...

What does the lyric "A Different Kind Of Truth" have to do with driving, bombing the moon, driving in traffic or anything ??

The first line is cool, but it's lame for a 56 year old Roth who usually has interesting lyrics...


Cringe...


:elvis:

Stay frost, E.

[Seshmeister]

It's just one of those songs where he sticks in all the one liners he has come up with/picked up.

Like the line on YFLM 'In God we trust, everybody else pays cash' these are only cool if you haven't heard them before.

[ELVIS]

Yeah, but Dogtown Shuffle has some thought put into the lyrics...

[ELVIS]

Stay frost, E.

I spent all my thanks...


:elvis:

[Seshmeister]

Yeah, but Dogtown Shuffle has some thought put into the lyrics...

Does he not forget and keep slipping from first to second person?

To be honest I don't pay a huge amount of attention to lyrics.

[ELVIS]

I don't either, but these are not good...

[DLR Bridge]

I've seen the dogma-karma line on a bumper sticker once. Dave's writing is a culmination of originality and lines or catch phrases he's seen and heard elsewhere. He didn't coin the phrase, "the light at the end of the tunnel is the front of an on coming train" that he used in Perfect Timing, however, his "due to budget constraints" amendment in Bullethead is great.

[ThrillsNSpills]

And sometimes a song is better left on the cutting room floor...

The jamming in this song is nice, but Dave sounds like he made those silly lyrics up on the spot...

What does the lyric "A Different Kind Of Truth" have to do with driving, bombing the moon, driving in traffic or anything ??

The first line is cool, but it's lame for a 56 year old Roth who usually has interesting lyrics...


Cringe...


:elvis:

You take it as face value, could be metaphorical.
This is from a guy that encourages people to get the fuck out of the comfort zone because that's where the rewards are.
So when I hear a lyric like "if everything's coming your way then you're going the wrong way" I take it differently than someone driving into traffic. But your milage may vary.

[rocking ron]

For me it's one of the weakest songs on the album!!

[LW-Viper]

you really drive this way to piss me off.....:)

this is great...

[ELVIS]

No, it's silly...

[Yount]

Bullethead is about Dave's cock, duh.

[So this is love]

Bullethead is my least favorite on the album ...

[ELVIS]

Bullethead is about Dave's cock, duh.


Maybe in your mind...

[Yount]

Maybe in your mind...

I was being facetious, you dill.

[DLR Bridge]

"Boldly going nowhere" what a great oxymoron.

Anybody know the words to the original Bullethead? After decades of listening to that without understanding about 90% of what Dave's saying, I'm now curious to know if any of the lines are even similar in theme to the new version.

[78/84 guy]

For me it's one of the weakest songs on the album!!

Well I still love it. It doesnt have the energy of 1977 but i'm happy it made the album. It's still a cool simple tune. Dave does a good job on it for his age.

[Little Texan]

Well I still love it. It doesnt have the energy of 1977 but i'm happy it made the album. It's still a cool simple tune. Dave does a good job on it for his age.

It would've been alot better if it was mixed right. Dave's vocals are too high in the mix and Ed's guitar is too low, and the production sounds really muddy on this one.

[SunisinuS]

You take it as face value, could be metaphorical.
This is from a guy that encourages people to get the fuck out of the comfort zone because that's where the rewards are.
So when I hear a lyric like "if everything's coming your way then you're going the wrong way" I take it differently than someone driving into traffic. But your milage may vary.


You are exactly right.

I figured out the lyrics (for Me anyway): "If everyone is coming your way, you're facing the wrong way"-----How does a hitchhiker stand and which way do they face?

For me it is an updated version of "Running with the Devil".

If you think about hitchhiking all the way through the lyrics....it makes more sense to me.

Going slowly....how many roads must a man walk down.....ect. It is about exploring the world more slowly....and going your own way.

I think it is a kick-ass song.

[Angel]

I love Bullethead. Haven't had a chance to read freaking lyrics yet, so I'm still grasping a little bit at a time. At first I thought it was "bite a bullet" not "bomb the moon". I really don't think the lyrics on this album can be taken at face value. Then again, it could be that I'm just thinking way too much thanks to academia. To me, Bullethead slams Sammy. We'll see if I still feel that way once I get to really sit down and analyze this sucker.

[SunisinuS]

And you might ask yourself, if you hate "Bullethead" where the title of the album came from:

[chi-town324]

heard bullethead on XM BONEYARD channel today....pretty cool! DJ was really talking up the CD and tour

[Polk High]

I used to just skip this song, but it isn't bad. now i actually like it, I also didn't like trouble with never at first either

[gbranton]

Has anyone noticed at the end of the song it sounds like someone is making a car screeching noise with their mouth? "Rrrrrrtt!" Or is it just my imagination (runnin away with me)?

Almost like Gene and Paul in the background of the "Destroyer" version of "Detroit Rock City".

[DONNIEP]

Has anyone noticed at the end of the song it sounds like someone is making a car screeching noise with their mouth? "Rrrrrrtt!" Or is it just my imagination (runnin away with me)?

Almost like Gene and Paul in the background of the "Destroyer" version of "Detroit Rock City".

Yeah, that's Dave. The spoken part of this soung sounds like he could have recorded it back in the day - I'm sure he didn't but it sounds like the old Dave. Especially when he drags out the words "I'm a bullethead..."

[minkahed]

Geez, I fuckin' love this tune. Totally kick ass !!!

When I first heard it, lyrically, I too, thought it might be about that fat guy in chickendick ...

[devildawg]

Ok, quick question . Anyone else catch Dave's lyrics on Bullethead???

What is he saying??

"Stop driving a Dodge, start driving a Hybrid"
OR
"Some days you're the dog, Some days you're the hydrant."

Don

[sadaist]

Ok, quick question . Anyone else catch Dave's lyrics on Bullethead???

What is he saying??

"Stop driving a Dodge, start driving a Hybrid"
OR
"Some days you're the dog, Some days you're the hydrant."

Don



WE HAVE A WINNER!!!


It's "Some days you're the dog, Some days you're the hydrant."


*but your misheard line is pretty funny. Great for an election year ;)

[sadaist]

The slow bluesy part of this song.....motherfuck! I swear it sounds like Dave circa 1979. I haven't heard his voice quite like that in a long, long time. So damn cool. One of my favorite spots of the whole album right there.



Well Ima bulletheeeaaaaad......hurt me!

[tjvhou812]

some days people piss all over you, and some days you piss on people. i like being the dog:)

[Carmine]

The slow bluesy part of this song.....motherfuck! I swear it sounds like Dave circa 1979. I haven't heard his voice quite like that in a long, long time. So damn cool. One of my favorite spots of the whole album right there.



Well Ima bulletheeeaaaaad......hurt me!

That's my favorite part of the song...."Well, Ima Bulletheeeaaaaad", followed by Edwards screeching...the first one...fuckin Van Halen

[fryingdutchman]

Ok, quick question . Anyone else catch Dave's lyrics on Bullethead???

What is he saying??

"Stop driving a Dodge, start driving a Hybrid"
OR
"Some days you're the dog, Some days you're the hydrant."

Don

Now THAT'S funny....

If you listen closely after the line you can hear a dog howl....probably Russell.

[fryingdutchman]

some days people piss all over you, and some days you piss on people. i like being the dog:)

Better to be pissed off....than pissed on.

[DLR Bridge]

I love that line. I wonder if it's a Dave original or something he picked up somewhere. Reminds me, in meaning, a little of "somedays your'e the windshield, somedays you're the bug" by Dire Straits.

[fryingdutchman]

This misheard lyric from ADKOT might even be funnier than the dude who thought "Casablanca gin joint" was "Casablanca ding doink" in "She's The Woman."

[Zing!]

I've got a perpetual mis-heard lyric in the first line of Stay Frosty. I can't sing along to it even with the booklet of Dave's lyrics in front of me. A real tongue twister about arms being too short to box - trouble is, it doesn't sound like English to me, so I never know WHAT he's saying. As for Bullethead, damn is that tune ever fun to sing along to - although I have to give one of my patented Dave screams over the '...piss me off' part so the kids don't hear it. Sure, I could probably turn down the volume, but it's so much more fun to belt out a healthy scream at top volume. Therapeutic, I think.

[fryingdutchman]

I've got a perpetual mis-heard lyric in the first line of Stay Frosty. I can't sing along to it even with the booklet of Dave's lyrics in front of me. A real tongue twister about arms being too short to box - trouble is, it doesn't sound like English to me, so I never know WHAT he's saying. As for Bullethead, damn is that tune ever fun to sing along to - although I have to give one of my patented Dave screams over the '...piss me off' part so the kids don't hear it. Sure, I could probably turn down the volume, but it's so much more fun to belt out a healthy scream at top volume. Therapeutic, I think.

"Your arms are too short to box with God" is a pretty old saying. I think it was even a musical on (or possibly off) Broadway at one point in the past.

I've given up trying to edit any music. My kids are allowed to say "piss me off"...as long as they're singing it!

But the original 7 dirty words are still banned.....

[fryingdutchman]

http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/84/MPW-42247

[DLR Bridge]

This misheard lyric from ADKOT might even be funnier than the dude who thought "Casablanca gin joint" was "Casablanca ding doink" in "She's The Woman."

I remember when you cleared that up for said dude. That was funny. I think I've stuck with singing ding doink to that part of the song ever since.

[DLR Bridge]

I have to give one of my patented Dave screams over the '...piss me off' part so the kids don't hear it. Sure, I could probably turn down the volume, but it's so much more fun to belt out a healthy scream at top volume. Therapeutic, I think.

I usually let out an abrupt cough or a hearty Hank Kingsley "HEY NOWWwwwwww"

[fryingdutchman]

I remember when you cleared that up for said dude. That was funny. I think I've stuck with singing ding doink to that part of the song ever since.

I told my kids about it, and to this day they still sing "ding doink" because it makes them giggle....

In fact, we've incorporated it into our everyday language when one of of us does something stupid; as in "way to go, ding doink!"

[DLR Bridge]

That's a good use for it. Wouldn't work as well in traffic. "Hey! Why don't ya watch where you're going ya ding doink!!"

[Catfish]

I've got a perpetual mis-heard lyric in the first line of Stay Frosty. I can't sing along to it even with the booklet of Dave's lyrics in front of me. A real tongue twister about arms being too short to box - trouble is, it doesn't sound like English to me, so I never know WHAT he's saying. As for Bullethead, damn is that tune ever fun to sing along to - although I have to give one of my patented Dave screams over the '...piss me off' part so the kids don't hear it. Sure, I could probably turn down the volume, but it's so much more fun to belt out a healthy scream at top volume. Therapeutic, I think.

You make me feel like a bad father. I never steer around curses in songs when Little Catfish is listening. I just pretend it doesn't mean anything and hope he doesn't notice.

Like one of his current favorite songs, 'More Human than Human,' (primarily because it's the song played during the trailer of the upcoming Disney movie "Planes") when the chick is orgasming, I'm waiting for him to ask what that is so I can tell him she's getting ready to sneeze.

[Seshmeister]

Wow!


http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4568961_catfish-mate.html


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Common breeding styles
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[SunisinuS]

That's a good use for it. Wouldn't work as well in traffic. "Hey! Why don't ya watch where you're going ya ding doink!!"

It would if you were my size. And I got them cRazY eYes.

[sadaist]

Need a little help.


"I'm a lemon on the lawn baby....

Well I'm a bullethead

come-ah come-ah come-ah come-ah baby

Well I'm a bullethead

Hurt me!"



Can't be right.

[Angel]

Well I'm a lovin' the horn, baby

[sadaist]

Well I'm a lovin' the horn, baby


HAHA! Thanks Angel. That makes a ton more sense than being a lemon on the lawn. But with Dave....ya just never know.

[Angel]

I cheated. Looked it up, it was driving me nuts and work was slow. :D

[Yount]

boldly going nowhere :rolleyes: