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phillybri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 12:44 PM
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Van Halen's new single "It's About Time" released today!
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Jim Sagle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 12:55 PM
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1. Godawful.
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 12:56 PM
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2. I did.
It SUCKS!

And this is the same band that once had such good stuff like "Right Now" and "Running With The Devil?"
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FunBobbyMucha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 12:56 PM
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3. Ass on a stick.
They can't decide if they're VH or VanHagar or VanCherone on this one. Sounds like each of them is playing a different song.

Used to be a big fan, too.
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phillybri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 12:57 PM
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4. I don't think it's a great tune either, but...
Anything new from VH will do for me...
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 12:59 PM
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5. Maybe if they actually DID something new!
This sounds like Limp Bizkit lite.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 01:01 PM
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6. Horrible - but isn't that supposed to be Hagar on vocals?
I thought he rejoined? Or did Eddie get a stick up his ass and refire him again...
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 01:05 PM
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7. Er....a..... I'm speechless.
Eddie sounds OK. But the rest of it is....... I don't know...."archaic"?

Any song that contains the lyric "Uhhhhh!!!!" in the first 10 seconds usually doesn't get my vote.
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 01:07 PM
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8. Why would it sound like me?
Edited on Wed May-26-04 01:08 PM by Archae
I mean, even MY singing isn't that bad. :-)
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 01:14 PM
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10. You know, Archae..........
That actually crossed my mind as I was typing it in. :7

And though I've never heard you sing, I know, that SH has got to be worse than you.

:hi:
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Westegg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 01:12 PM
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9. I listened, and I was WAY confused...
I felt the song was all over the place. There was energy there, yeah, but I felt it was a case of proving that they still HAD energy. Trying too hard, in other words. There was no crucial, classic Eddie riff I could get a bead on, and I honestly wondered, through most of the song, if that was Sammy singing! Who produced this track? Whoever did has, in my opinion, undermined what's best about VH. But maybe that's just the best the guys can muster at this point!
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 01:48 PM
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13. I believe it was produced by Glen Ballard
...the guy who turned Aerosmith into AeroShit.
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Gothic Sponge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 01:14 PM
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11. I gave up on Van Halen after 1984
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 01:43 PM
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12. I really tried to give it a fair listen. I really did. But it BLOWS!
Eddie seems to know how to play guitar again, but he doesn't know what to do with it. Instrumentally, it's like one of those tracks from that horrid abortion of an album they released in 1998. No song structure at all.

The old Van Hagar cheese ballads were absolute SHIT, but at least it was well constructed shit. Think of those as a healthy dose of fiber, and this as watery diahrreah. (probably after drinking too much Cabo Wabo tequila)

Alex? Is he actually hitting the drums? The cowbell is louder. And just like on VDIII, Mikey and his bass weren't even in the room. And Sammy's lyrics (and screeching) - incomprehensible GARBAGE. (But he's a fucking Bush funder anyway, so fuck him)

This is the final nail in the coffin of what was once the greatest rock band in American history :evilfrown:
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 01:52 PM
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14. I thought Phish broke up
:bounce: I can't hear it now speakers.
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Emboldened Chimp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 07:22 PM
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17. Man, what IS your problem with Phish?
They make fun of you in high school or something?
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 07:55 PM
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21. Nothing just an easy target I guess n/t
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phillybri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-04 03:49 PM
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15. Kick
:kick:
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 06:57 PM
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16. How do I know when it's cheese?

I can't tell you, but it smells like cheddar.....

Van Hagar sucks! :puke:
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Emboldened Chimp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 07:23 PM
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18. That was BAD
I used to like these guys back in the day. Alas, that was long ago. This new song is simply terrible. And Eddie is starting to look like Ozzy.
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galadrium Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 07:49 PM
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19. I used to love Van Halen, but this new stuff is horrible
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 07:51 PM
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20. I'm sorry...
...
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