The Official Van Halen, "Tattoo" review thread.

[ZahZoo]

Alright Va...to explain...and it'll be very clear once you read this...

We were talking about the song...then about a supposed leaked video...then how the leaked video is gone, but how Patty Smith recorded a one minute clip of it herself...

Patty then joined for the third time to tell us about it, except she denied it. We decided that she could join one more time, because she recorded herself for times, playing each instrument.

From there, we decided there was a fifth member of her band...either her mother, or John McEnroe, even though it's Smith...not Smyth...

From there, we decided that we were, or weren't our actual avatars...

...hence the Deadwood reference...

christ...it should be clear you cocksucker...

Finally... the Army returns to normal...

[Rikk]

I've always liked to show my enemies the front door.

[lesfunk]

The Power of Tattoo is working. A buddy of mine who shit all over the song when it came out, I mean, a real Chickenshitter; Totally reversed his position today on his facebook by posting that he was WRONG and the song totally grows on him.

[sadaist]

The Power of Tattoo is working. A buddy of mine who shit all over the song when it came out, I mean, a real Chickenshitter; Totally reversed his position today on his facebook by posting that he was WRONG and the song totally grows on him.

It really needs to be heard & not seen. The video distracts fro m the song. Dave acts a little over silly/excited in a few spots. I dig the video...but only after I had heard the song LOUD on the radio several times. I just think it sounds better when your attention is solely on the song & your imagination creates VH the way each person likes to imagine them best.

In fact, the official video shouldn't even have them in it. Just tattooed naked women pole dancing.

[Little Texan]

I've noticed a "reverse" theme in the video. It starts out with Dave waving a checkered flag in reverse, then at several other points in the video the video is reversed, and the original intro of Down In Flames is heard as the outro at the end of the video.

[VHscraps]

I like the reverse touch on the song, too - the end is the beginning, or back to the future .. or something like that. What did Dave say to the audience when they came on stage at the Wha? 'You're entering time tunnel'!!

I just wonder if that was what they were intending with Tattoo - putting that intro from DIF at the end as a nod to the past. It's only something the nutty fans like us would pick up on.

[ZahZoo]

I think the reverse business in the video is just some creative license taken by the filming/editing staff... nothing more.

[guwapo_rocker]

TATTOO / Up for Breakfast. No fucking comparison. Nuff said.

[guwapo_rocker]

Don'y know why I felt the need to post that, but there it is.lol.

[guwapo_rocker]

It's the #2 song in Canada...

Nickelshit is #1 and #3 there...

Don't know what they're talkin' aboot...

Don't know what that's all aboot. I don'y know anyone up here who is a fan of that shit.

[vandeleur]

After beating people down all week playing the single , loads of none CVH fans are liking the new tune...Lots are saying I'd buy it or i would definatley go see them lol as if they will play newcastle but it shows there could be a new main stream market for them ... Hook them with the single then land them with the 6 pack .

[guwapo_rocker]

I hope they make it over there for you guys this time.

[vandeleur]

I hope they make it over there for you guys this time.

[BITEYOASS]

Well the song is going down a little bit on the itunes charts. Of course that's probably due to the fact that the cheaper Amazon.com mp3 is available for purchase.

[BITEYOASS]

Another reason is that the sales are tabulated hourly, so most everybody has probably purchased the damn thing in the first few days. Who knows what the Billboard results are going to be.