VAN HALEN TATTOO VIDEO  
Van Halen "Tattoo" Song Video from 2012
The public's first impression
of Van Halen's new album, "A Different Kind Of Truth," was the song
"Tattoo." Not lost on many knowledgeable fans was the fact that
"Tattoo" uses the foundation of the song "Down In Flames" as the
arrangement, albeit changed, and with new lyrics penned by David Lee Roth of
course. Oddly not mentioned is the fact that this song has
keyboards on it. I don't know that I read one review that mentions
this. I don't mean the times Eddie is playing between the 20th and
24th positions (frets) which are obviously guitar, and one could
inaccurately perceive those parts to be keyboards... I mean hear the
KEYBOARDS! You can hear them in the first verse, behind and between "I
got Elvis... On my elbow... When I flex... Elvis talks."
then you hear the keys clearest of any point in the song. "Tattoo"
being the first single made many believe the songs on this album would not
rock hard. It was released first because it was believed to be the
most "radio friendly" however I disagree. I think all the rest of the
songs on the album after "Tattoo" are worthy of release. All are
harder than "Tattoo" however, except maybe "Blood And Fire". I feel
the public's first impression of this album should have been one of the new
(totally unrecognizable) songs. I would have voted for "Honeybabysweetiedoll."
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