Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Van Halen's Tattoo

I heard the new single from Van Halen, Tattoo, today with the new/old lineup of Eddie, Alex, David and Wolfgang. It's not bad but it isn't the blockbuster song that the album 1984 produced so many of (Hot For Teacher being my favorite).

Several callers to the radio station were not impressed. This brings to mind what influence Michael Anthony brought to Van Halen's songwriting process vs. the relative inexeperience of Wolfgang Van Halen.

Let's wait and see what the whole album brings to the table. If Tattoo is the best song...it won't be pretty!