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Van Halen Post Sample of "Honeybabysweetiedoll"

Posted 02/04/2012 at 2:31pm | by Josh Hart

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We're getting down to the last few songs on Van Halen's new album, A Different Kind of Truth, and today we've got 90 seconds of track eight, a far-out sounding tune called "Honeybabysweetiedoll."

Last year, Sammy Hagar told Rolling Stone that many of the tracks on the new Van Halen album were to be re-worked versions of old demos and song ideas. In an interview with the L.A. Times, David Lee Roth confirmed as much, saying: "It's material that Eddie and I generated, literally, in 1975, 1976 and 1977. Usually fellas in our weight division will kind of gamely — or ironically, wink, wink — try to hail back to it [but] keep a safe, mature distance from it."

A Different Kind of Truth:

1. "Tattoo" (video)
2. "She's the Woman" (clip, live video)
3. "You and Your Blues" (clip)
4. "China Town" (clip)
5. "Blood and Fire" (clip)
6. "Bullethead"
7. "As Is" (clip)
8. "Honeybabysweetiedoll" (clip)
9. "The Trouble with Never" (clip)
10. "Outta Space"
11. "Stay Frosty" (clip)
12. "Big River"
13. "Beats Workin'" (clip)

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EliteMonster

February 04, 2012 at 10:05pm

Okay, just one more thing... FIRE your producer and engineer. They made it sound like a garage recording.... back in the old days it sounded live but HUGE. Whatever he did to Daves voice too it sounds like I'm listening to the playback at a low volume and Dave is standing next to me singing in my ear with nothing on it... Go back, get the old amp, call up Ted Templeman and use the old miking techniques and formula...and I almost forgot, it sounds like your all playing at a reasonably LOW volume... that's not rock n roll guys, that's Gino's shrimp shack on Sat afternoon and keeping it down because Mrs. Kibbleworth at table 3 is complaining.
And before anyone says I'm a Sammy fan, uhh, no. hate him and his dopey breaded chicken band.

EliteMonster

February 04, 2012 at 8:31pm

Now that's cool as shit! This sounds more like VH of old... not conforming... taking chances... experimental. Cool song. I just wish the couple songs I heard were more just doing their thing rather then trying to conform.

Oh and Eddie? .... lose those EVH amps please and buy a bunch of old plexi's... or get a Suhr head, it's about as close as you can get.