Comments on: Video of the Day: Van Halen, “Tattoo” http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2012/01/10/video-of-the-day-van-halen-tattoo/ The Oklahoman's George Lang Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:24:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: tranport opole http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2012/01/10/video-of-the-day-van-halen-tattoo/comment-page-1/#comment-72164 tranport opole Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:18:01 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/?p=7410#comment-72164 You realize thus considerably with regards to this topic, produced me in my view believe it from a lot of varied angles. Its like women and men don’t seem to be involved except it’s something to do with Woman gaga! Your own stuffs great. Always care for it up!

]]> By: staticblog http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2012/01/10/video-of-the-day-van-halen-tattoo/comment-page-1/#comment-70989 staticblog Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:53:19 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/?p=7410#comment-70989 Kev, I’m probably going to Tulsa for this, and yes, I realize I’m grading on a massive, almost embarrassing curve. “Tattoo” is not great and, as I mention in the second-to-last paragraph, tragically flawed in a few key and possibly avoidable ways. I would consider it, as Stereogum noted, bathroom break material during the show.

]]> By: Led Zeppelin “Immigrant Song” Intro | http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2012/01/10/video-of-the-day-van-halen-tattoo/comment-page-1/#comment-70929 Led Zeppelin “Immigrant Song” Intro | Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:18:26 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/?p=7410#comment-70929 [...] Video of the Day: Van Halen, “Tattoo” Most of us only became aware of Led Zeppelin after they were gone, so what we had left in the early 1980s was the popped-up, sexed-up, goofball-adrenaline Sunset Stripped version, and without exposure to punk, Van Halen became a tool of parental … Read more on NewsOK.com (blog) [...]

]]> By: kev http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2012/01/10/video-of-the-day-van-halen-tattoo/comment-page-1/#comment-70848 kev Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:54:16 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/?p=7410#comment-70848 That’s a near universalist-level of grace you’re giving there. That song is sleepy at best, and pathetic at worst, (not to mention the borderline incompetent video). It seems like they’re all half-speeding it around, afraid to throw their hip out or something. This exact song in 1981 would probably have been played at twice the speed and three times the crackle.

When that youtube footage of them leaked I actually gave about 10 seconds to considering buying a ticket when they come through Tulsa, but that song… never mind. Where’s my cassette of 1984?

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