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    Veteran cantthinkofanything's Avatar
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    Thinking this thing would suck as bad as the first single, "Tattoo", I was pleasantly suprised after listenting to the whole CD.

    Much better than I expected. A lot of the CD sounding like early VH from I through Fair Warning. Really not bad at all. If you like old Van Halen, you should check it out.

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    Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Viva Las Espuelas's Avatar
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    Hmm. Fair Warning, huh? I'll need to check it out.

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    Still Hates Small Ball Spurminator's Avatar
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    Yeah it was surprisingly decent. Forgettable, though. Sort of like Chinese Democracy and the new Alice in Chains. You listen, you think "Cool, I'm glad they can still put together some interesting tracks," and then you never listen to it again.

    Half of the new tracks are reworks of early demos anyway and you'd probably like those versions better. Torrent the "Zero" sessions.

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    Veteran cantthinkofanything's Avatar
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    Yeah it was surprisingly decent. Forgettable, though. Sort of like Chinese Democracy and the new Alice in Chains. You listen, you think "Cool, I'm glad they can still put together some interesting tracks," and then you never listen to it again.

    Half of the new tracks are reworks of early demos anyway and you'd probably like those versions better. Torrent the "Zero" sessions.
    Yeah, I'll agree with that take.

    But I find myself thinking that about a lot of CD's lately. I'm wondering if it's because it's so easy and cheap to listen to something new that I'm not giving any particular CD enough time. In the old days, I'd have to buy a tape or CD and be happy with that until I could afford another one. So I was giving them more time to grow on me and to apprciate them. That being said, I'm going to try to listen to it a few more times. At first listen, I thought there was some pretty cool stuff.

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    Long, Dark Blues redzero's Avatar
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    What decade are we in?

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    I wanna rock!!! HeadBanger's Avatar
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    Solid CD.

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    Surprisingly, I have no interest in the new CD.

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    Veteran cantthinkofanything's Avatar
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    What decade are we in?
    Well what the would you call it then? The Grammy's still call it an album. "CD" is better than that right?

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    That's good. Tattoo was ing terrible. I actually thought the video was a joke when I first saw it.

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    Well what the would you call it then? The Grammy's still call it an album. "CD" is better than that right?
    I think he's talking about Van Halen coming out with new material in 2012... could be wrong though.

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    Thinking this thing would suck as bad as the first single, "Tattoo", I was pleasantly suprised after listenting to the whole CD.

    Much better than I expected. A lot of the CD sounding like early VH from I through Fair Warning. Really not bad at all. If you like old Van Halen, you should check it out.
    From what I read, a lot of it is vault material. Convenient, since the instruments would already be tuned down to support Roth's more limited range.

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    Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Viva Las Espuelas's Avatar
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    He ever had range?

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    I just heard it today and had similar thoughts to the OP, fans should definately be pleased. I hate Van Hager, so hearing some dirty riffs and Dave saying wierd all the time is welcomed. Big River is my fave even tho it's an old demo, should have kept it as "Big Trouble."

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    "Silly VH....thinking they could still create music and play their instruments...." :

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    Veteran cantthinkofanything's Avatar
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    ^ Silly RUSH...thinking that being outstanding musicians means making listenable music.

    But seriously, I don't dislike RUSH but do you seriously believe that Eddie and Alex Van Halen are not brilliant musicians? I would say Eddie > Alex and Neil > Alex.

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    Van Halen ing rocks! that Van Hagar bull !

    lol Rush

    soulless wankers

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    Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Viva Las Espuelas's Avatar
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    I would say Eddie > Alex and Neil > Alex.
    Yeah. That pretty much put an end to that silly comparison. Neil looks like he's having a conniption while he's playing drums. He's definitely lost his touch as of late.

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    Yeah. That pretty much put an end to that silly comparison. Neil looks like he's having a conniption while he's playing drums. He's definitely lost his touch as of late.
    tbh, I haven't listened or payed attention to Rush in along time. And I'm probably not qualified to rate drummers anyway. That said, IMO, they are both among the top drummers in rock (or were). But from what I remember reading "back in the day" it seemed Neil was held in higher regard. So really my ">" was based on opinions of others who probably know more about it than me.

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    The cheapest ticket for VH is $131.00

    No thanks!

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    They were affordable here in Dallas but sold out too fast. I wanted to take the mrs cuz I figuredit would be a good date concert. Plus there's gonna be a Kool and the Gang concert later!

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    Yep. Solid album. It needed Anthony's harmonies though.


    "Range" ll

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