Love Diamond Dave because of his intelligence, the very honest and good heart he has, and his easy way to talk about almost everything. Love you Dave, you're a very very good guy
Not only is David Lee Roth an iconic frontman, he also set the template with how every 80s glam-metal band should act in interviews. Think about it. Almost everyone is basically emulating David Lee Roth
@@AsWellYouShould come on bro. Axl Rose, Vince Neil, Joe Eliott, the guy in Quiet Riot, the guy in Poison, Jon Bon Jovi. All of them were imitating DLR. Van Halen itself defined what became mainstream in the mid to late 80’s. That’s why in 1978 they were explosive.
You gotta admit one thing. Dave may be many things to many people (like we all are) but, he appears to be very honest. Not to many of us speak our own minds so clearly and without any apologies.
DLR is one of the most intelligent and down to earth people on the planet. He has spent months navigating the Amazon, climbed Mount Everest, performed for football stadiums full of fans. If you don't understand his genius then you probably score under a 100 on the old IQ test. No problem though, the world needs ditch diggers too! For more info on how deep this guy can go intellectually, read his book "Crazy from the Heat"
@@booshting3520 Intelligence comes in many different forms. Academia is only one single small one of the many types. Experience, knowledge, common sense, skills, life balance, happiness, listening, learning, understanding, doing, falling, getting back up, failing, losing, mistakes, trying, expressing, instincts, genetics, self reflection, respect, compassion, empathy, acceptance, surviving, etc. are just a few of the many types out there that all involves the many different aspects of life intelligence. No exaggeration in the above comment at all. Very few people on this planet have the intellect as DLR because very few have lived like DLR.
What many Van Halen fans don't realize is that David Lee Roth was not only the lead singer, he was their press agent and , at times, their manager - def. in the beginning. Roth did most of the hustling for gigs in the 70's. He suggested the band's name, in the beginning. He basically wrote many of the band's videos, in the later half of the classic lineup (i.e. - the 1984 album videos: all Roth's ideas and coordination etc.). He's def. NOT some stoned out singer "dude" ......
It became obvious when the music fell flat after he left. It didn't have the spirit. It sounded like a rock band trying to create popular music. It wasn't from the heart anymore. It didn't make you feel confident, sexy, or inspired anymore. Technically speaking, it was still great stuff but it lacked the attitude that propelled an entire generation to a prison break.
@@Whaddayamean13 They had SOME good songs during the Hagar era - but I do get what you’re saying. Bear in mind they were still pretty young during the Roth era - Intend to think true , real RnR bands peak at that point. Ex.-Guns & Roses. The game is geared towards the young. The Hagar era was the “grown up” VH. Still some great tunes: Cabo Wabo, Amsterdam, Seventh Seal, Black and Blue, Deja Vu, Pleasure Dome, to name a few. When Eddie became a dad etc. the vibe changed - it rocked , but not in the footloose / fancy free way the original band did - and that mostly was from Roth
David made Van Halen what they are. It was his idea for Van Halen from a school dance band, to a band on tour. Eddie Van Halen didn't think they were good enough. David's dad had a big basement the band practiced in. So he and his dad did a lot to make Van Halen what they became.
Remember the Van Halen’s thought they were the smart ones by hiring David because he owned a PA system...from day one David was in the hot seat! He knows it and I can appreciate the way he overcame all of his detractors. He worked hard and performed some of the greatest studio vocals in the history of Rock n Roll!
Wow, 84', that's when I graduated high school and listened to Van Halen through all of it, and still do ( first 4 albums were awesome ). Basically everything he says is spot on. Very poised, intelligent and respectful. How rare for a cocky rock star, which at the time I couldn't have cared less about, I just liked the music, but watching these now I like him even more, fascinating guy.
Except for putting Rush in the same category as Journey or mentioning Journey in the same sentence. I realize that he qualified that statement by saying one had their thing, the other had their thing, but Rush are unique unto themselves, especially during the early to mid 80's.
LMAO!!! I could listen to him for hours and never get bored, he's so funny and original, he's just himself-doesn't pretend to be anything else. Ur awesome Dave Luv ya!!
I love that all the people making comments are very PRO Roth! It’s nice to see! How can anyone have anything bad to say about a person that is SUCH a happy person!!
7:47 I think he already knew they were splitting up. Say what you want about DLR, but he was a genius...very intelligent and predicted alot of things that came true
I don’t think he knew they’d split. I think he knew he was going to do a solo record though and sadly EVH and AVH got angry about it. DLR has said either in his book or in interviews and/or both that he’d planned to go back but then they hired SH and made an album quickly. Then negative stuff was said and the media made it ugly for a long time so forgiving and forgetting took that much longer. Always seemed messed up to me and still does how SH has talked so much crap about DLR. I didn’t think much about it back when they broke up but to see so much crap on social media from SH still today is crazy. Never heard of such a grudge last that long from someone who wasn’t a part of the band with DLR. Makes me even more of a fan of DLR to see him not care and just continue to be so happy and entertaining for us fans. I find him incredibly inspiring and one of the most interesting people on the planet. The 1996 incident was hard to watch though especially the EVH and AVH interview, but alcohol was obviously still playing a part in a lot of EVH’s anger. Luckily for all of us fans, it didn’t effect the quality of his skills whatsoever. And back then, there was little awareness about how deeply alcohol can effect some. Alcohol and alcoholism is only now being much more understood in the depth of how unhealthy and unsafe it can be yet it’s highly addictive so it will always be a problem for many just like tobacco. Add in the typical lifestyle of a rock god and it’s no surprise so many have succumbed to it. I’m just grateful to have grown up listening to and watching this amazing band in their prime back then and happy for them that they eventually reunited. I think deep down, under the emotions, they all always had a lot of respect for each other in their talents and amazing times and music and all they made together. That music and great times possibly influenced a little of the painful and angry moments from missing it all.?. I’m even more a fan of all 4 of them now then I was back then. Love that Wolfgang got to be a big part of his dad’s band too (though wish MA had reunited with them too) and is now so talented as well. And most lead singers did/do their own stuff. Some go back to the band, some don’t. Even EVH did a few things away from Van Halen. But bands break up all the time. Most relationships are hard work that can easily get toxic so I think the split was probably a lot healthier than it would’ve been had they stayed together. Add in other relationships like spouses, children, managers, etc and it’s surprising any stay together for long and so many that split end up trying again. It’s moments like this interview, listening to their music and watching their videos that always brings back the nostalgia of that great part of our own lives at that time and the memories of what a truly awesome band they were that was so far ahead of the times in so many ways. ❤ to Van Halen and to DLR and his bands. Thanks for the music and memories. ☮️
@@Confidentk9sCa wow I made this comment over four years ago I see I just got this notification your reply, very well said I agree with everything you said. I have to admit I was a big fan when Sammi came in as lead singer, I was seventeen at the time so it was just that time of my life I guess where I got the best of both worlds, ha ha no pun intended, I always like Sammy seemed to me like he was a pretty good guy, but you are right, even to this day when he does interviews he's always got to talk some kind of smack about DLR, I just wish he wouldn't do that, I really don't think I ever heard Dave really say much about Sammy.. very little. Well thanks for your comment and reply all these years later, take it easy
When ADHD was introduced to Rock and roll! But he's great. He's always trying to stay on the bright side of life. Especially in that industry. He was a riot and, be honest, most of what he said was true to form. He says it like it is, unless it's too tacky to do so, then he would spin it into a joke somehow I lighten things up. 💕🙏🏼 God love him
People are just jealous they can't be that charismatic naturally. I share a lot of the same qualities as Dave, I'm pretty animated and eccentric, and even my parents think I'm on drugs. It's just a natural lust for life and a deep confidence in one's self. Not cockyness, confidence. Majority of people in society are trained to be insecure and not draw attention to themselves.
I've always wondered if Dave was slightly manic back then and controlled with proper psych meds ..... but he always seems very articulate and smart in his interviews so I think it was just his internal drive and personality coming thru
WOW !!!!!.....this is great stuff. Dave seems to be sober and completely honest about everything he is asked about. Can you imagine any of todays performers commenting on their peers with such brutal honesty ????
You know, he's such a sleazeball but at the same time, he's extremely charismatic and he seems to have a great sense of humor. He definitely made Van Halen into the band everyone knew in the 80s!
Well stated. I basically wanted to say the same thing about David Lee Roth I would only add that he does seem very intelligent and very diplomatic he would probably make a better president than Trump.
Dave has the world and himself pretty well sorted. I's all nonsense, fun, painful and a bit silly. Play it for what it is because then it ends. God love him.
You can see, when Marth asks about the future of Van Halen, and his own future, he knows something's up, he knows they might split, but he's very diplomatic about it. You can tell he's concerned about it, and already wistful. :-(
David Lee Roth is an intelligent and complicated person. Roth has led a life some of us could only dream of, you can tell his mind is always spinning. I think deep in his soul he is a good person, but narcissistic personality, attention deficit and hyperactivity are who he is and these people usually make it in show business. This guys list of accomplishments are mind boggling, he has climbed the highest mountains and hiked the deepest jungles, rock star, EMT in New York City, philosopher and character. He is amazing in his own way. This interview is back when MTV liked white people.
Jah Roth I am glad that you know the difference between love and infatuation, it stops you from being a serial marrier, and getting yourself in a whole lot of trouble.❤❤
Very much like Dennis Miller, very bright and intelligent, very free form. How many stars at this age 26, have that much insight and personality? None. And funny....forget about it! A very unique individual.
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I could watch DLR interviews all day.
THE SAME
I’m doing that now!!! 20 years later he completely makes sense to me!!!!
I hear that hear that
Love Diamond Dave because of his intelligence, the very honest and good heart he has, and his easy way to talk about almost everything. Love you Dave, you're a very very good guy
Me too and often do. Love David Lee Roth!
Love David Lee Roth...he had the right personality for the right time! And he still does...
I never even met this man and he makes me smile!
+Honey Chiles Me too. I just love him.
April Seventh I fell in love with him in the fifth grade when I first heard Jump.
Honey Chiles My mom and dad went to his concert and got to meet him. They're so lucky.
Not only is David Lee Roth an iconic frontman, he also set the template with how every 80s glam-metal band should act in interviews. Think about it. Almost everyone is basically emulating David Lee Roth
Edward Bliss Van Halen wasn’t glam metal.
Love little dave☺
@@AsWellYouShould come on bro. Axl Rose, Vince Neil, Joe Eliott, the guy in Quiet Riot, the guy in Poison, Jon Bon Jovi. All of them were imitating DLR. Van Halen itself defined what became mainstream in the mid to late 80’s. That’s why in 1978 they were explosive.
The 80' s are his kids
You gotta admit one thing. Dave may be many things to many people (like we all are) but, he appears to be very honest. Not to many of us speak our own minds so clearly and without any apologies.
What a character, pure entertainment, pure rock n roll.
This guy is brutally honest with great eloquence
DLR is one of the most intelligent and down to earth people on the planet. He has spent months navigating the Amazon, climbed Mount Everest, performed for football stadiums full of fans. If you don't understand his genius then you probably score under a 100 on the old IQ test. No problem though, the world needs ditch diggers too!
For more info on how deep this guy can go intellectually, read his book "Crazy from the Heat"
seems kinda empty tho
Hmm, slightly hyperbolic there
@@booshting3520 Intelligence comes in many different forms. Academia is only one single small one of the many types. Experience, knowledge, common sense, skills, life balance, happiness, listening, learning, understanding, doing, falling, getting back up, failing, losing, mistakes, trying, expressing, instincts, genetics, self reflection, respect, compassion, empathy, acceptance, surviving, etc. are just a few of the many types out there that all involves the many different aspects of life intelligence. No exaggeration in the above comment at all. Very few people on this planet have the intellect as DLR because very few have lived like DLR.
@@Confidentk9sCa Still hyperbole
He's got a mouth on him but he's also got a brain to back it up
He’s very intelligent
@@TammyM36so was his father he was a brain surgeon
What many Van Halen fans don't realize is that David Lee Roth was not only the lead singer, he was their press agent and , at times, their manager - def. in the beginning. Roth did most of the hustling for gigs in the 70's. He suggested the band's name, in the beginning. He basically wrote many of the band's videos, in the later half of the classic lineup (i.e. - the 1984 album videos: all Roth's ideas and coordination etc.). He's def. NOT some stoned out singer "dude" ......
hazor777 he even came up with Van Halen!!!!!!
I honestly think Dave probably has genius IQ.
Interesting never heard of it.
It became obvious when the music fell flat after he left. It didn't have the spirit. It sounded like a rock band trying to create popular music. It wasn't from the heart anymore. It didn't make you feel confident, sexy, or inspired anymore. Technically speaking, it was still great stuff but it lacked the attitude that propelled an entire generation to a prison break.
@@Whaddayamean13 They had SOME good songs during the Hagar era - but I do get what you’re saying. Bear in mind they were still pretty young during the Roth era - Intend to think true , real RnR bands peak at that point. Ex.-Guns & Roses. The game is geared towards the young. The Hagar era was the “grown up” VH. Still some great tunes: Cabo Wabo, Amsterdam, Seventh Seal, Black and Blue, Deja Vu, Pleasure Dome, to name a few. When Eddie became a dad etc. the vibe changed - it rocked , but not in the footloose / fancy free way the original band did - and that mostly was from Roth
Sir Diamond Lee Roth --- he made other frontmen look like amateurs
David made Van Halen what they are. It was his idea for Van Halen from a school dance band, to a band on tour. Eddie Van Halen didn't think they were good enough. David's dad had a big basement the band practiced in. So he and his dad did a lot to make Van Halen what they became.
Remember the Van Halen’s thought they were the smart ones by hiring David because he owned a PA system...from day one David was in the hot seat! He knows it and I can appreciate the way he overcame all of his detractors. He worked hard and performed some of the greatest studio vocals in the history of Rock n Roll!
He also owned his own PA system
Very smart, I love listening to his stream of consciousness
Wow, 84', that's when I graduated high school and listened to Van Halen through all of it, and still do ( first 4 albums were awesome ). Basically everything he says is spot on. Very poised, intelligent and respectful. How rare for a cocky rock star, which at the time I couldn't have cared less about, I just liked the music, but watching these now I like him even more, fascinating guy.
I like how honest he is, and how he shares how he feels without sugar coating.
Man, this guy is brilliant! Anyone catch the Joe Rogan podcast with DLR? - amazing!
"You can never truly predict where a rock band's gonna be in a year's time."
Prophetic, since he was out of VH a year after this interview.
he was probably giving us a hint
Aaaww I love this man!!!
the ultimate rock star!
Consider this interview took place when there was no Internet, PC's were rare, no cell phones....holy shit I'm old.
Kinda sorta. PC's were catching on. Lots of people had Apple's. Cell phones were there, just no one had them because they were so expensive.
The world was better off because it didn't hear all of our opinions...of course we don't actually HAVE to read them all, lol!
Always loved the way Dave said, "Rack n' Roll" .......lol
me too xD
Drunk or sober, it was a great interview - he said what he meant, not what you wanted to hear.
living legend
Love what he says about Rush..Very classy. They both ruled in the mid 80's!
Except for putting Rush in the same category as Journey or mentioning Journey in the same sentence. I realize that he qualified that statement by saying one had their thing, the other had their thing, but Rush are unique unto themselves, especially during the early to mid 80's.
DLR is da man! Van Halen was at their peak in 1984. The album, the tour, and the year!
Love him, or hate him (and I do both) you have to admit that he is very unique!
Living Legend...he`s a genuine one-off.....same as Steve Tyler.
David Lee Roth is lots of fun !!! I love him !!! I,m adding this video to my favorites on my 80s channel !!!
Much cleverer than you initially think
Diamond Dave is beyond COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LMAO!!! I could listen to him for hours and never get bored, he's so funny and original, he's just himself-doesn't pretend to be anything else. Ur awesome Dave Luv ya!!
I love that all the people making comments are very PRO Roth! It’s nice to see! How can anyone have anything bad to say about a person that is SUCH a happy person!!
Greetings From New York !!!
David Lee Roth You Are the Best !!! The Man Who Change the Story Of Rock ....
We Love You ....
7:47 I think he already knew they were splitting up. Say what you want about DLR, but he was a genius...very intelligent and predicted alot of things that came true
Pauly m your right, that answer pretty much says that after this tour im gone
I don’t think he knew they’d split. I think he knew he was going to do a solo record though and sadly EVH and AVH got angry about it. DLR has said either in his book or in interviews and/or both that he’d planned to go back but then they hired SH and made an album quickly. Then negative stuff was said and the media made it ugly for a long time so forgiving and forgetting took that much longer. Always seemed messed up to me and still does how SH has talked so much crap about DLR. I didn’t think much about it back when they broke up but to see so much crap on social media from SH still today is crazy. Never heard of such a grudge last that long from someone who wasn’t a part of the band with DLR. Makes me even more of a fan of DLR to see him not care and just continue to be so happy and entertaining for us fans. I find him incredibly inspiring and one of the most interesting people on the planet. The 1996 incident was hard to watch though especially the EVH and AVH interview, but alcohol was obviously still playing a part in a lot of EVH’s anger. Luckily for all of us fans, it didn’t effect the quality of his skills whatsoever. And back then, there was little awareness about how deeply alcohol can effect some. Alcohol and alcoholism is only now being much more understood in the depth of how unhealthy and unsafe it can be yet it’s highly addictive so it will always be a problem for many just like tobacco. Add in the typical lifestyle of a rock god and it’s no surprise so many have succumbed to it. I’m just grateful to have grown up listening to and watching this amazing band in their prime back then and happy for them that they eventually reunited. I think deep down, under the emotions, they all always had a lot of respect for each other in their talents and amazing times and music and all they made together. That music and great times possibly influenced a little of the painful and angry moments from missing it all.?.
I’m even more a fan of all 4 of them now then I was back then.
Love that Wolfgang got to be a big part of his dad’s band too (though wish MA had reunited with them too) and is now so talented as well.
And most lead singers did/do their own stuff. Some go back to the band, some don’t. Even EVH did a few things away from Van Halen. But bands break up all the time. Most relationships are hard work that can easily get toxic so I think the split was probably a lot healthier than it would’ve been had they stayed together. Add in other relationships like spouses, children, managers, etc and it’s surprising any stay together for long and so many that split end up trying again.
It’s moments like this interview, listening to their music and watching their videos that always brings back the nostalgia of that great part of our own lives at that time and the memories of what a truly awesome band they were that was so far ahead of the times in so many ways. ❤ to Van Halen and to DLR and his bands. Thanks for the music and memories. ☮️
@@Confidentk9sCa wow I made this comment over four years ago I see I just got this notification your reply, very well said I agree with everything you said. I have to admit I was a big fan when Sammi came in as lead singer, I was seventeen at the time so it was just that time of my life I guess where I got the best of both worlds, ha ha no pun intended, I always like Sammy seemed to me like he was a pretty good guy, but you are right, even to this day when he does interviews he's always got to talk some kind of smack about DLR, I just wish he wouldn't do that, I really don't think I ever heard Dave really say much about Sammy.. very little. Well thanks for your comment and reply all these years later, take it easy
Gotta love Dave, he's a character and a rock star in every sense of the word.
haha. im 16 too, im a guy, and i love David Lee Roth too. hes the greatest.
My alltime favorite frontman for my alltime favorite rockband!!! Once Dave left Vanhalen was never the same!!
1 word brilliant !!!!!
Me too. Can watch his interviews ALL day long....and I have
He looks pretty dam sure of himself...still does
hell dave was/is way ahead of his time!!! what 26/27 yr old do ya know with such carisma and qucik witidness!!!! VIVA VAN HALEN!
When ADHD was introduced to Rock and roll!
But he's great. He's always trying to stay on the bright side of life. Especially in that industry. He was a riot and, be honest, most of what he said was true to form. He says it like it is, unless it's too tacky to do so, then he would spin it into a joke somehow I lighten things up. 💕🙏🏼 God love him
0:815- “ Do you consider yourself a normal person?”
David Lee Roth: “ Absolutely not!”
No hesitation in responding, I love it!! He is quite confident.
Diamond Dave is the kind of preacher you can handle without ending up in homocide or massive looting. We love you DLR
I love this guy! He's so cute! :)
I know! :3
People are just jealous they can't be that charismatic naturally. I share a lot of the same qualities as Dave, I'm pretty animated and eccentric, and even my parents think I'm on drugs. It's just a natural lust for life and a deep confidence in one's self. Not cockyness, confidence. Majority of people in society are trained to be insecure and not draw attention to themselves.
I've always wondered if Dave was slightly manic back then and controlled with proper psych meds ..... but he always seems very articulate and smart in his interviews so I think it was just his internal drive and personality coming thru
Dam....fine as hell...they don't make like that anymore! He was so fucking original. He still cute, still smiling still talking...love him
Truly a Mad Professor,Dave`s brain doesn`t see red lights,only the green ones....,God blessed him.
WOW !!!!!.....this is great stuff. Dave seems to be sober and completely honest about everything he is asked about. Can you imagine any of todays performers commenting on their peers with such brutal honesty ????
He’s so funny
DLR, awesome dude, awesome band, awesome time period. Long live the 80's. Thank god hes back in the band, and Im pumped to see them live in march.
So awesome
man, he wrote a good book.
In Dave's senior year in high school he was voted most likely to laugh at his own jokes...
He's Goofy and gorgeous...dang
This dude is amazing
The world according to David Lee Roth.....awesome!
You know, he's such a sleazeball but at the same time, he's extremely charismatic and he seems to have a great sense of humor. He definitely made Van Halen into the band everyone knew in the 80s!
Well stated. I basically wanted to say the same thing about David Lee Roth I would only add that he does seem very intelligent and very diplomatic he would probably make a better president than Trump.
^ Clark Kent
@@ken48229 And both would make a much better President that Hillary.
He has a such young spirit!
diamond dave is the best!
Gotta love him!😍
to me VA HALEN is always, will be the DLR era
The king!! No one even comes close!! I’m convinced Roth is from another dimension!!
Positive vibe upbeat attitude, the same here
Love you Dave! The memories....the "Good Times".
“What makes me happy?” I sell smiles for a living, here have one for free” DLR
Lee wasn't into Rush's Techno rock back then, but now Lee is huge house/techno fan. DLR is the man.
Van Halen The most ultimate Rock Band of all time R.I.P EVH
the last 10 seconds were telling and briliant
don't take life to seriously, David Lee Roth haven't and the has a bigger bank account than most of us.
That is some awesome wallpaper
Love his honesty
David Lee Roth rocks my world
He's smarter than you think
He's very smart
4:22 some 30 years later and we still wondering whats going on in the mid east
Dave has the world and himself pretty well sorted. I's all nonsense, fun, painful and a bit silly. Play it for what it is because then it ends. God love him.
Awesome
David is so fuking cool n funny lol..hes like a big kid
You can see, when Marth asks about the future of Van Halen, and his own future, he knows something's up, he knows they might split, but he's very diplomatic about it. You can tell he's concerned about it, and already wistful. :-(
"theres nothing on the paper..i forgot the pencil" LOL dave makes me laugh he could be a comidien
David Lee Roth is an intelligent and complicated person. Roth has led a life some of us could only dream of, you can tell his mind is always spinning. I think deep in his soul he is a good person, but narcissistic personality, attention deficit and hyperactivity are who he is and these people usually make it in show business. This guys list of accomplishments are mind boggling, he has climbed the highest mountains and hiked the deepest jungles, rock star, EMT in New York City, philosopher and character. He is amazing in his own way. This interview is back when MTV liked white people.
on a positive note they put on a great show a couple years ago in SoCal ... my ears are still ringing
Dave rocked a decade and was king!! His place in rock n roll history cant be denied! and yeah most of rock critics look like Elvis Costello
lol omg i love david lee roth!!(:
ICONIC VAN HALEN PEACE HEART
He says he does not consider himself normal I agree with him, The same goes for me ROCK on DAVE!
next level intellect... his book is sensational...
The Elvis Clark Kent line was hilarious!! Would love have a cold beer or 12 with this guy.
amo ha este tipo csm¡¡¡¡ desde peru¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ david lee roth forever
Those were the frickin days...
Damm smart dude!
What a time the 80’s were
Diamond David Lee Roth, if I have to explain it, you simply wouldn't understand.
"I brought my pencil!"
I loved that when he was asked do you consider yourself to be normal and he said "Absolutely not"
he knew in this interview he was leaving VH..
Yummmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyy!
Jah Roth I am glad that you know the difference between love and infatuation, it stops you from being a serial marrier, and getting yourself in a whole lot of trouble.❤❤
this guy is like the riddler...
Very much like Dennis Miller, very bright and intelligent, very free form. How many stars at this age 26, have that much insight and personality? None. And funny....forget about it!
A very unique individual.
wow!