CD: Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth

Of all the reviews I have read, this is pathetic. This is Hard Rock not a sing a long Like a Virgin Madonna song. Lady GaGa is what you looked for in a hard rock band? A history on music for you: The band broke as an island in a sea of disco. The adlib that you mention in the following paragraph is an homage to Eminem. He had a song where he asked for more volume in his headset. DLR even references the confusing part of the song in reference to Hip Hop. In one interview, he claims the band is again an island in a sea of music. Five tracks are reworked. Eight are new creations. Three to four songs rank among the best in the catalog. I do not expect you to have the reverence for the band that some of us long time fans do. But please research prior to reviewing. This reminds me of a hack piece done on a local garage band with under a thousand cd's sold out of a trunk. This band has sold over 80 million records. How about an hours worth of google research. You even complain about up tempo music from a hard rock group. Like going to church and complaining about having to listen to someone at the pulpit preach. Tattoo is a great example. It is a statement about the trashy tramp stamps in one color that some women get compared to the reverential status of a union number on the shoulder of a union member. He even uses a coal miners tattoo as an example in contrast. Not really a tattoo but a permanent facial skin blotching brought on from years in a coal mine. I have no idea how you could not sing with That's the trouble with never or Tattoo. They are both stuck in my head. Sadly you hang this on Eddie for showing off. One of the things that *** Dave off was 1984 and it's keyboard. He thought it was to soft for Van Halen. He went his way and the dark side of the moon, Van Hagar pop rock years begun. Highlights on the record for those concerned. Stay Frosty. The start is so far away from this reviewer opinion it is laughable. NO EDDIE. David Lee Roth with an acoustic guitar. In the style of Ice Cream Man. "If you want to become a monk, you got to cook a lot of rice" Spirituality thru work. The trouble with never is a favorite. An incredible song. The reviewer apparently never heard eruption. A legendary performance from the past and much more indulgent to Ed then anything on the album. Wolfgang van Halen can play the h*** out of the bass and is great in harmony on several of the songs. Imagine if the Beatles had broken up. Then got back together decades later and made some of the best music of their brand. Pop. This my issue with the review. Pop = Beatles, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Hip Hop = Jay z, Eminem. Hard Rock = Van Halen. To mix the two in a review is like mixing oil and water. They don't mix.

van halens new album is the beging of new rock,real rock n roll no more shoegazers ,and fat wallflowers adele,like her but shes the new petula clarck ,rockn -n-fun van halen

Well, either the author of the farticle above is a Van Hagar fan or simply forgot to listen to the album when he was awake! Based on Tattoo alone he may have some reason to knock the contents of the entire album but to omit so much of what is on offer on A Different Kind Of Truth beggars belief! No mention that Wolfgang Van Halen keeps the bassline tight throughout...not a word about Alex`s energetic and explosive drumming... And even though Tattoo is not the strongest track on the album it certainly rocks pretty hard in its own right. Cool lyrics, too! I wonder what it is that the writer thinks is worthy of praise... Bucks Fizz? One must be permitted to muse. Eddie`s axe bleeds for us all over everything! It cuts, chops and shreds with real venom! EVH will have given tableture writers a headache and will also be driving even experienced rockers scurrying back to the drawing board! Hehe! All in all, a truly fantastic album! It will become a benchmark for older rockers on how to make a return to former glory! Not one shred of embarrassment in having this CD in your player blowing out the neighbours` windows! Heck, you can hang the case on the wall and it will still rock harder than some of the tired acts out there!! Long live Van Halen!!!!!!!

The "truth" is ..that you can't handle this album, is way out off your lead...too hard....you didn't get it....better stick with lady gaga...or madonna...it seems thats your kinda music... How the hell did you "honestly" wrote this crap review!!.....when you aren't a rock fan!.....and if you are so..you area a very sissy one. "The other seven are often just noisy" ....let me tell ya, all that noise you talk about its name hard rock...and sounds way better than most of now a day's rock bands. most reviews I read, despise the same tracks you recommend, and do welcome the noise you talk about...shame on ya.

Wow, that song and video are dreadful. Really plodding. I'll be avoiding this...

I think your review is more rushed than this album. Before you criticize someone else's work check your own. It's not REALISE it's realize. You couldn't be more off on your review. First off, You and Your Blues, Stay Frosty, As Is, The Trouble With Never, honeybabysweetiedoll, and China Town are all new and not reworkings. Second, Old? They sound better than most rock bands today. Lastly, your comment about Eddie sounding like an imitator is ABSOLUTELY ABSURD! He plays as fast on this album if not faster than when he was 22 years old! That's not rushing sir, that's called greased lightning!!! Stick to Elton or George Michael.

From all accounts, I take it you weren't actually there to see for yourself. The 07-08 show I saw was fantastic and this album is solid. Who cares what ages they are, they still rock and thats the bottom line. Stay frosty!