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Afghan Dave

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New Van Halen Video/Single... nooo! :(
« on: January 10, 2012, 01:16:25 PM »
New Video For Tattoo... WTF?

Possibly the BIGGEST video release in decades and it looks like a joke.

http://youtu.be/3WfQ-hV3WtA

The song is a grower but...

I can't believe that they would put out this POS video that does nothing to announce "I heard you missed us.. We're BACK!"


Seem's like there isn't an opportunity Van Halen can't miss these days.

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Afghan Dave

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Re: New Van Halen Video/Single... nooo! :(
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2012, 01:23:55 PM »
Watching again and again and I can't believe that...

1) There is a bored dog watching on the friken STAGE!

2) Wolfie does look like a less masculine Chaz Bono.



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Re: New Van Halen Video/Single... nooo! :(
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2012, 02:01:56 PM »
I like the song better than most of the stuff they put out since 5150.

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Re: New Van Halen Video/Single... nooo! :(
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2012, 02:51:31 PM »
The original "Down in Flames" version could have been turned into a monster... but... in 2012 they release less guitar and say "tattoo" more.

http://youtu.be/3kCj0VfD22o


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Re: New Van Halen Video/Single... nooo! :(
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2012, 06:13:19 PM »
I expected nothing, so I can't say I'm disappointed...
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Re: New Van Halen Video/Single... nooo! :(
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2012, 06:51:00 PM »
That is truly shite.  In every way possible.

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Re: New Van Halen Video/Single... nooo! :(
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2012, 06:54:10 PM »
I can't even be arsed to listen to it, van halen doesn't sound the same without Michael Anthony's backing vocals.
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Re: New Van Halen Video/Single... nooo! :(
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2012, 07:19:01 PM »
that wasn't great, was it? :(

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Re: New Van Halen Video/Single... nooo! :(
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2012, 07:33:56 PM »
That's poor - I really hope that's just the obligatory pop song of the album and that the rest has a bit more edge to it.

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Re: New Van Halen Video/Single... nooo! :(
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2012, 09:47:05 PM »
Ouch, that looked... "geriatric". Tour at a retirement home close to you, soon!  :?
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Re: New Van Halen Video/Single... nooo! :(
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2012, 12:29:20 AM »
Hmmm, I've got mixed feelings on this....

To be fair to Roth, he's just tw@tting about like he always has - what does he care what he looks like?  But the video is edited together in such a random, slipshod way it makes them look like idiots.

As for the song, I don't much like the chorus but it's way, way better than I was expecting.  I might even consider buying the album.... at the very least it's going to be a vast improvement on Van Halen III....


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Re: New Van Halen Video/Single... nooo! :(
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2012, 06:42:50 AM »
Meh.  It's... OK.  The Van Halen saga is too complicated for me to deal with!

Wolfie looks all grown up.  I remember him being born, which makes me feel very old...

The song isn't bad per se....
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Re: New Van Halen Video/Single... nooo! :(
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2012, 12:17:11 PM »
I'm not loving that but I'll still go see 'em live if they tour just because I'd like to see them with Diamond Dave.

Is Dave taking fashion notes from Brian Johnson with the cap thing?

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Re: New Van Halen Video/Single... nooo! :(
« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2012, 12:46:17 PM »
I can't quite point my finger on what I don't like about it. But I don't like it.

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Re: New Van Halen Video/Single... nooo! :(
« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2012, 01:12:44 PM »
I can't quite point my finger on what I don't like about it.

I certainly don't like the lyrics but can do with the rest of the song.

Cheers Stephan