Van Halen's new single: Is it a rip-off?
Van Halen members Eddie Van Halen, left, and David Lee Roth perform at Cafe Wha? in New York, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
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(CBS) Van Halen has released its first single with David Lee Roth in 16 years and some fans are calling it a rip-off.
"Tattoo," a single and video from the upcoming album "A Different Kind of Truth," was released Tuesday.
According to Rolling Stone magazine, fans are saying it sounded similar to "Down in Flames," a song the band played live in 1977 but never actually recorded.
The black-and-white video shows Roth and Eddie and Alex Van Halen performing "Tattoo" onstage.
In a club date in New York last week, Van Halen premiered another new song, titled "he's the Woman,"
The new album, due out in February, is the first for Van Halen, a 2007 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in more than a decade. Its debut album "Van Halen" was released in 1978.
Listen below and tell us what you think.
2. Michelle Obama says people have inaccurately cast her as an "angry black woman"
(AP) (AP/CBS News) WASHINGTON -- First lady Michelle Obama is challenging assertions she's forcefully imposed her will on White House aides and says people have inaccurately tried to portray her as "some kind of angry black woman."
Mrs. Obama tells CBS News she hasn't read New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor's new book that characterizes her as a behind-the-scenes force in the Executive Mansion, whose strong views often draw her into conflict with President Barack Obama's top advisers.
Watch Michelle Obama "confident" in her husband's campaign
The Kantor book portrays a White House where tensions developed between Mrs. Obama and former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and former press secretary and presidential adviser Robert Gibbs. The book, titled "The Obamas," describes Mrs. Obama as having gone through an evolution from struggle to fulfillment in her role at the White House, while labeling her an "unrecognized force" in pursuing the president's goals. Neither the president nor his wife agreed to be interviewed for the book.
"I do care deeply about my husband," Mrs. Obama said in the CBS appearance. "I am one of his biggest allies. I am one of his biggest confidants." But she sought to put aside "this notion that I sit in meetings."
"I guess it's just more interesting to imagine this conflicted situation here," she said. "That's been an image people have tried to paint of me since the day Barack announced, that I'm some kind of angry black woman."
"There will always be people who don't like me," Mrs. Obama added, and said she could live with that.
Mrs. Obama said that she's "just trying to be me, and I just hope that over time, that people get to know me."
Asked specifically about an assertion of dissension between herself and Emanuel, now the mayor of Chicago, the first lady said she has "never had a cross word" with him. The same, she said, applies to Gibbs, whom she described as "a good friend, and remains so."
"I'm sure we could go day to day and find things people wished they didn't say to each other," Mrs., Obama said. "And that's why I don't read these books. ... It's a game, in so many ways, that doesn't fit. Who can write about what I feel? What third person can tell me what I feel?"
Mrs. Obama said that when questions or conflicts arise involving her and the White House staff, her East Wing staff resolves the issue with her husband's staff in the West Wing.
"If there's communication that needs to happen, it's between staffs," she said. "I don't have conversations with my husband's staff."
Mrs. Obama tells CBS News she hasn't read New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor's new book that characterizes her as a behind-the-scenes force in the Executive Mansion, whose strong views often draw her into conflict with President Barack Obama's top advisers.
"I never read these books," she told CBS's Gayle King in an interview broadcast Wednesday. "So I've just gotten in the habit of not reading other people's impressions of people."
In the book, Mrs. Obama is said to have occasionally bristled at some of the demands and constraints of life in the White House.
In the interview, Mrs. Obama said, "I love this job. It has been a privilege from day one."
"Now there are challenges," she added. "If there's any anxiety that I feel, it's because I want to make sure that my girls (Malia and Sasha) come out of this on the other end whole."The Kantor book portrays a White House where tensions developed between Mrs. Obama and former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and former press secretary and presidential adviser Robert Gibbs. The book, titled "The Obamas," describes Mrs. Obama as having gone through an evolution from struggle to fulfillment in her role at the White House, while labeling her an "unrecognized force" in pursuing the president's goals. Neither the president nor his wife agreed to be interviewed for the book.
"I do care deeply about my husband," Mrs. Obama said in the CBS appearance. "I am one of his biggest allies. I am one of his biggest confidants." But she sought to put aside "this notion that I sit in meetings."
"I guess it's just more interesting to imagine this conflicted situation here," she said. "That's been an image people have tried to paint of me since the day Barack announced, that I'm some kind of angry black woman."
"There will always be people who don't like me," Mrs. Obama added, and said she could live with that.
Mrs. Obama said that she's "just trying to be me, and I just hope that over time, that people get to know me."
Asked specifically about an assertion of dissension between herself and Emanuel, now the mayor of Chicago, the first lady said she has "never had a cross word" with him. The same, she said, applies to Gibbs, whom she described as "a good friend, and remains so."
"I'm sure we could go day to day and find things people wished they didn't say to each other," Mrs., Obama said. "And that's why I don't read these books. ... It's a game, in so many ways, that doesn't fit. Who can write about what I feel? What third person can tell me what I feel?"
Mrs. Obama said that when questions or conflicts arise involving her and the White House staff, her East Wing staff resolves the issue with her husband's staff in the West Wing.
"If there's communication that needs to happen, it's between staffs," she said. "I don't have conversations with my husband's staff."
3. Michelle Obama: No tension with husband's aides
(CBS News)
Michelle Obama said depictions of friction in a new book, "The Obamas," between her and former top aides to her husband, President Obama, aren't true.
In a wide-ranging interview with "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King, the first lady also said that some have tried to portray her as an "angry black woman" since Mr. Obama first announced he was seeking the presidency.
" ... I guess it's more interesting to imagine this conflicted situation here and a strong woman and-- you know? But that's been an image that people have tried to paint of me since the day Barack announced, that I'm some angry black woman."
"The Obamas," written by New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor, reports that there was tension with former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and with former presidential Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
But Mrs. Obama told King that simply wasn't so.
"Rahm is -- and Amy, his wife, are some of our dearest friends," Mrs. Obama says. "Rahm and I have never had a cross word. He's a funny guy."
The book also reports that Gibbs cursed Mrs. Obama during a meeting dealing with the fallout from a book written by her French counterpart, Carla Bruni Sarkozy, which claimed that Mrs. Obama said living in the White House "was hell."
Mrs. Obama says she hadn't heard that at the time, and that Gibbs "is a trusted advisor. He's been a good friend and remains so."
She added that she hasn't read Kantor's book.
"...who can write about how I feel? Who? What third person can tell me how I feel, or anybody for that matter," she told King.
The first lady admits she's one of her husband's "biggest confidantes, but he has dozens of really smart people who surround him. ... That's not to say that we don't have discussions and conversations. That's not to say that my husband doesn't know how I feel."
"You know, I just try to be me. And my hope is that over time people get to know me. And they get to judge me for me."
As for living in the White House, Mrs. Obama told King, "It has been a privilege, from day one. Now, there are challenges with being a mother and trying to keep your kids sane. And I worry a lot about that. I mean, if there's any anxiety that I feel, it's because I want to make sure that my girls come out of this on the other end whole. But me, Barack, we're grown-ups. You know, all the ups and downs, we take it on."
SOURCE:http://www.cbsnews.com/
Top 3 TV News Stories 1-11-2012
1) More Troops arrive in Cordova, Alaska to help the small town dig out of more than 15 feet of snow. The average shovel of snow weighs approximately 30-40 pounds each and that is not the worst of it. Warm tempertures and rain are making the snow even heavier and harder to move. Troops are working around the clock to move the snow from the town and also the ship harbor. Many fishing vessels are in danger of sinking due to the weight of the snow. Fishing is a large part of the economy in Cordova and the town is worried about what this could do. The town sees large amounts of snowfall in February and March, so there is some concern with what will happen in spring, when the snow melts and flood occurs.
2) With the New Hampshire Republican primaries over, the candidates are headed to South Carolina. Mitt Romney is well in the lead for the Presidential candidates, but has not done well here in the past. South Carolina is a socially conservative state and known for being very rough on candidates. The advertising is expected to get very nasty, while the candidates try to discredit Romney. Romney is expected to spend millions on advertising here, in hopes to combat some of the negative campaigning against him.
Source: CBS Evening News
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