Okay...

Just a few things I wanted to get off my chest...

1) Acoustic Van Halen? What? I remember an interview with Eddie whereby he stated his music was never meant to be heard that way, so they'd never play it that way. Then lo and behold...

2) Reusing demos as new songs. As excited as I should be about the new Van Halen album, I can't help but thinking I will be short changed on the music. If it's all stuff from old demos that I have already heard, like Down In Flames / Tattoo, then I can't help but feel I'm going to be disappointed. I hold out hope for an awesome - Voodoo Queen / Mean Street type but after the report at melodicrock.com where the best song is supposed to be She's The Woman, another old demo, well, it doesn't give me much hope.

I'm not stupid enough to say I won't like it, but I'm thinking it's highly unlikely I'll love it.

Just can't help thinking maybe we shouldn't have been blessed with a new album.

Know I'm going on little, and I should wait until the album is out before reserving judgement, but that leads me to point 3)

3) Why isn't the album leaked yet?????!!!!