The Official Van Halen, "Tattoo" review thread.

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  • twonabomber
    formerly F A T
    ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

    • Jan 2004
    • 11198

    Originally posted by Catfish
    I actually thought it said 'fajita' at first. Frijole is just a bean
    maybe i will walk up to the first Mexican chick i see tomorrow (ain't too hard around here!) and aske her if she likes her frijole flicked.
    Writing In All Proper Case Takes Extra Time, Is Confusing To Read, And Is Completely Pointless.

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    • Sensible Shoes
      Full Member Status

      • Oct 2009
      • 4648

      This bean thing will follow me forever.

      Hey I'm fine! Yes somebody said it had the flavor of "Cathedral" and I do hear that a bit.

      Oh dear.

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      • 78/84 guy
        Crazy Ass Mofo
        • Apr 2005
        • 2557

        I was laughing my ass of at some of the You Tube coments !! The video could have been better but whatev !! I'm just going to throw this out there. Why do you think they felt like they couldn't release this with the Down In Flames lyrics ?? Anyone. And let me state I do love this song, just curious. I listened to the demo today. It's not blowaway to me like Bullithead but still good. Bullithead better not be fucked with or Iwill not like it.

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        • gbranton
          Veteran
          • Aug 2005
          • 1847

          OK want to hear some crazy shit? I researched the painting below a little. It's by Robert Williams, who some of you might know as having painted the original cover (which was rejected) for Guns and Roses "Appetite For Destruction".



          In the late 1960's Williams did advertisements and graphics for Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. So did Williams go from working for one Big Daddy Roth in the 1960's to inspiring our Big Daddy Roth in the new millenium? What I see swirling around Sally's head could sort of be called a green dragon. I see a hula girl lamp as well.

          Originally posted by fryingdutchman
          I think I found "Swap Meet Sally."

          Did some Googling and found this on an online art gallery for artists to display their stuff...look at the background on the left side...

          "Don't want 'em to get you goat, don't show 'em where it's hid." - David Lee Roth

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          • Douglas T.
            Full Member Status

            • Nov 2005
            • 3875

            Not sure glanced thru the post didn't see lyrics posted.

            Tattoo, tattoo

            I got Elvis on my elbow.
            When I flex, Elvis talks.
            I got hula girls on the back of my leg.
            And she hulas when I walk.

            Screaching cherry red
            Screamin' electric green
            Purple mountain's majesty
            Really talk to me. Talk to me, babe.

            Swap meet Sally
            Tramp stamp tat
            Mousewife to bombshell in the time it took to get that new tattoo.
            Tattoo, tattoo

            (Tattoo, tattoo)
            Show me your dragon magic.
            (Tattoo, tattoo)
            So very autobiographic.

            Best believe that needle won't hurt you.
            Best to see these true colors, than to follow one of your false virtues.


            Here's a secret to make you think:
            Why is the crazy stuff we never say, poetry in ink?
            Speaking little red,
            Ex photo pink
            Purple mountain's majesty
            Show me you, I'll show you me.

            Swap meet Sally
            Tramp stamp tat
            Mousewife to bombshell in the time it took to get that new tattoo.
            Tattoo, tattoo.



            (Tattoo, tattoo)
            Sexy dragon magic.
            (Tattoo, tattoo)
            So very autobiographic.
            (Tattoo, tattoo)
            Got a hold on me.
            (Tattoo, tattoo)
            Put a spell on me.

            (Solo)

            Uncle Danny, had a coal tattoo
            He fought for the unions
            Some of us still do.
            On my shoulder is the number
            of the chapter he was in.
            That number is forever
            like the struggle here to win.

            (Everybody!)
            Swap meet Sally
            Tramp stamp tat
            Mousewife to bombshell in the time it takes to get that new tattoo.
            Tattoo, tattoo.

            (Tattoo, tattoo)
            Sexy dragon magic.
            (Tattoo, tattoo)
            So very autobiographic.
            (Tattoo, tattoo)
            Got a hold on me.
            (Tattoo, tattoo)
            Put a spell on me.
            (Tattoo, tattoo)
            I'm in love with you.
            (Tattoo, tattoo)
            I'll show me, show me yours.
            (Tattoo, tattoo)
            Let me take a look at you.
            (Tattoo, tattoo)

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            • ThatArtGuy
              Foot Soldier
              • Jan 2004
              • 672

              You mean the ones I posted on page 9 and then were posted by someone else on the VHND and has been circulating around from there? I might have seen them...
              I brought my pencil!!!

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              • Douglas T.
                Full Member Status

                • Nov 2005
                • 3875

                LOL! I guess I over looked that page! Well maybe someone missed them as well!

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                • Sensible Shoes
                  Full Member Status

                  • Oct 2009
                  • 4648

                  some discrepancies in the lyrics I have read like momshell/bombshell and gold tattoo/coal tattoo. Interesting to find out which are right.

                  Oh dear.

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                  • Douglas T.
                    Full Member Status

                    • Nov 2005
                    • 3875

                    I am guessing the lyrics posted are wrong! Knowing my luck this has already been posted as well!



                    Former Editor of US Weekly magazine and mother of two, Janice Min, sealed a book deal for an insider view on how celebrity moms look so fantastic. Expect From Mousewife to Momshell: The Rules and Celebrity Secrets for Being a Thinner, Younger, and Sexier Mom to hit book stores in the spring of next year.
                    How long do you think it took her to come up with that goofy clever title?



                    It appears this link has the correct lyrics:
                    Last edited by Douglas T.; 01-11-2012, 01:27 AM.

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                    • ThatArtGuy
                      Foot Soldier
                      • Jan 2004
                      • 672

                      I thought gold tattoo to begin with, but it didn't sound right. With the union theme coal sounded more correct, sound-wise and contextually. I still stand by the bombshell lyric, but I've been proven wrong before. Just ask my wife.
                      I brought my pencil!!!

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                      • ashstralia
                        ROTH ARMY ELITE
                        • Feb 2004
                        • 6566

                        this is interesting...http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiCTATTOO;ttCTATTOO.html

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                        • Douglas T.
                          Full Member Status

                          • Nov 2005
                          • 3875

                          Don't sweat the little shit!

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                          • Sensible Shoes
                            Full Member Status

                            • Oct 2009
                            • 4648

                            Originally posted by ashstralia
                            WOW that would make PERFECT sense for Dave - and I do think he had relatives that settled in PA, cannot remember WHERE for the life of me I may have seen that. If coal tattoo is some kind of injury that leaves a mark........

                            Oh dear.

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                            • SunisinuS
                              Crazy Ass Mofo
                              • May 2010
                              • 3301

                              Originally posted by Douglas T.
                              Not sure glanced thru the post didn't see lyrics posted.

                              Tattoo, tattoo

                              I got Elvis on my elbow.
                              When I flex, Elvis talks.
                              I got hula girls on the back of my leg.
                              And she hulas when I walk.

                              Screaching cherry red
                              Screamin' electric green
                              Purple mountain's majesty
                              Really talk to me. Talk to me, babe.

                              Swap meet Sally
                              Tramp stamp tat
                              Mousewife to bombshell in the time it took to get that new tattoo.
                              Tattoo, tattoo

                              (Tattoo, tattoo)
                              Show me your dragon magic.
                              (Tattoo, tattoo)
                              So very autobiographic.

                              Best believe that needle won't hurt you.
                              Best to see these true colors, than to follow one of your false virtues.


                              Here's a secret to make you think:
                              Why is the crazy stuff we never say, poetry in ink?
                              Speaking little red,
                              Ex photo pink
                              Purple mountain's majesty
                              Show me you, I'll show you me.

                              Swap meet Sally
                              Tramp stamp tat
                              Mousewife to bombshell in the time it took to get that new tattoo.
                              Tattoo, tattoo.



                              (Tattoo, tattoo)
                              Sexy dragon magic.
                              (Tattoo, tattoo)
                              So very autobiographic.
                              (Tattoo, tattoo)
                              Got a hold on me.
                              (Tattoo, tattoo)
                              Put a spell on me.

                              (Solo)

                              Uncle Danny, had a coal tattoo
                              He fought for the unions
                              Some of us still do.
                              On my shoulder is the number
                              of the chapter he was in.
                              That number is forever
                              like the struggle here to win.

                              (Everybody!)
                              Swap meet Sally
                              Tramp stamp tat
                              Mousewife to bombshell in the time it takes to get that new tattoo.
                              Tattoo, tattoo.

                              (Tattoo, tattoo)
                              Sexy dragon magic.
                              (Tattoo, tattoo)
                              So very autobiographic.
                              (Tattoo, tattoo)
                              Got a hold on me.
                              (Tattoo, tattoo)
                              Put a spell on me.
                              (Tattoo, tattoo)
                              I'm in love with you.
                              (Tattoo, tattoo)
                              I'll show me, show me yours.
                              (Tattoo, tattoo)
                              Let me take a look at you.
                              (Tattoo, tattoo)

                              Explodo Pink? Only change I think I heard. As this is about the Woman.

                              There it is: if you look a Blacklight lights up "Explodo Pink". Lol....Dave always looks around. Hell I will never get Ink as I am a very private person....but nice to see Dave and VH looking around.
                              Last edited by SunisinuS; 01-11-2012, 01:48 AM. Reason: And I think it is best solo break down quit by Eddie since VH II.
                              Can't Control your Future. Can't Control your Friends. The women start to hike their skirts up. I didn't have a clue. That is when I kinda learned how to smile a lot. One Two Three Fouir fun ter thehr fuur.

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                              • Roth & Roll
                                Foot Soldier
                                • Feb 2004
                                • 727

                                I think many people are overlooking the obvious about the "Tattoo" video - the whole thing is meant to be tongue and cheek.

                                The "botched" lip-syncing, the unplugged instruments, lack of microphones, and reverse film of Dave dancing and throwing (then catching) his scarf, are all an obvious poke at how hard some artists try to replicate a "live" performance for video, when they're just lip-syncing.

                                At least that's what I took away from the video - I loved it.
                                http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/...oker-small.jpg

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