This occurred on Sunday, March 30, 1980, at the University of Southern Colorado in Pueblo in Massari Gym. I know, because I was a student there, and part of Concert Crew, and helped build the stage, etc. I was just a grunt, though. I had nothing to do with reading contracts...luckily.
In the 1960's and 1970's, Yul Brynner had outrageous contract demands for his Broadway appearances, including that his dressing room be painted a certain color and that his refrigerator be stocked only with white eggs, absolutely no brown ones.
Reminds me of a story about a teacher who stashed $50 in a school locker, then wrote the directions and combination in the syllabus. No one read the syllabus and thus, never claimed the money.
I sell live aquarium fish online and Dave inspired me to insert something similar in my ads. If people don't read the whole thing, fish can literally die, or at least the customer may annoy the sh out of me by emailing questions they could have gotten the answers from in the ad. So I said if they read the whole thing, to say so in their response email and I would throw in something extra as a freebie in their box. Working incredibly well so far!
I wonder if he ever changed it? He should have a rotating list of 3-4 random items, like "put a sunflower in the middle of my dressing room", "have a hot grilled cheese sandwich prepared for me by the time I get there", etc. since everyone and their mother knows now.
The Ryder gives describes the band's equipment in detail. Electrical requirements because the arena is going to be inspected for electrical loads. The stage & rigging weights, because the city engineers have to review & sign off on it. VH's management was making doubly sure that nothing went wrong because everyone gets sued big time if there's an accident or fire.
No different than teachers putting Easter Eggs in their Syllabus, or according to my dad, having a note that said that if you turn in your test with nothing but your name at the top and no answers filled in, you immediately get a 100 (I think my dad said only a couple people figured it out).
I see the vision, but I wonder if there was ever any time where the contract reader read the Brown M&M clause but thought it so ridiculous they chose to ignore it. I suppose that itself is a warning, though.
Actually, at that time there weren't any red M & M's. They were discontinued in the 70s for the red dye fear and replaced with orange. Red became available again in the late 80s. What's interesting is that the dye used in M & M's was not the one that was banned but they pulled it anyway so as not to scare anyone from buying them. The orange color still used a red dye to make it so it was in there anyway.
I'm trying to remember which band had the same story about what was it Eminem's yeah brown m&M's and supposedly the reason why it was in the contract was that if they didn't read and pay attention and adhere to that part of the contract that means they probably didn't read any of the contract and it wasn't as Petty and stupid as one thought they just wanted to make sure that these promoters read the contracts and stuck to it
This version of DLR could tell stories all day to the amusement of all but that look can't carry the rock like the young lion of the 80's, some things just r better left in the past and the DLR of our youth s long since past..,
You go Dave! Its a check like anything else. Did the bozo promoter bother to read the contract? Not all there hog? It makes perfect sense, its called checks and balances. Another method to make sure things are getting done. It didn't have to be M&M's it could have been Skittles, pretzels, beer. You would be surprised who else does this and you think they are just being moody I seem to remember other performers asking for similar things.
The question was "Why no brown m&ms?" The answer was "Because we wanted to make sure the concert promoters read the entire contract to insure everything for the shows was set up according to specifications & safety regulations" with the thought being that if they got something trivial like the m&ms right then they'd probably get the big things right too. I always wondered about the m&m story & what he said made sense & puts it into logical perspective.
@@3bwana What part of "After all that gabbing" did you not get? Of course I watched. It's nothing but a word salad. It seems you don't know the answer either.
Total BS story. Someone decades ago speculated the BACKSTAGE brown M&Ms demand (which for the record would have been the responsibility of some teenage worker or contracted caterer) was some form of game theory, and Dave (the guy who left VH to sing cover songs) decided to own it.
Don’t let the crazy exterior fool you, the man is a genius.
he sure can tell a story
ARBIZA power trio- That's exactly what I was going to say. Love him or hate him, for better or for worse, David Lee Roth knows how to tell a story.
don't let the flamboyant personality fool you. .......showbiz genius
Dave the genius. Always being one step ahead of everyone else.
Except Yul Brynner.
This occurred on Sunday, March 30, 1980, at the University of Southern Colorado in Pueblo in Massari Gym. I know, because I was a student there, and part of Concert Crew, and helped build the stage, etc. I was just a grunt, though. I had nothing to do with reading contracts...luckily.
Eccentric: Yes. Not all there: Yes. A bit crazy: Yes. Highly Intelligent: Yes
HIGHLY INTELLIGENT ???????? NOT CLOSE...MORE LIKE A CLASS CLOWN.
@@DENIEL381 Oh like someone who screams nonsense to gain attention...
ERIC I THINK YOUR CAPS LOCK KEY IS BROKEN
@@DENIEL381 Yes, because someone who types in all upper-case and uses excessive punctuation is surely a good judge of intelligence.
Oh he's absolutely all there. The man is a genius.
In the 1960's and 1970's, Yul Brynner had outrageous contract demands for his Broadway appearances, including that his dressing room be painted a certain color and that his refrigerator be stocked only with white eggs, absolutely no brown ones.
Definitely the visionary in the band. I'm so glad I got to see Van Halen and DLR in the 80's. Dave took the term "entertainer" to a whole new level.
He’s turned into a nut case.
As a lighting professional, I was just geeked to hear him say PAR-38. Also, I knew of the rumor and the reason behind it many years ago.
Smart enough to leave a good false rumor alone.
he's the master showman
This guy is a freakin genius
Good bussiness man and smart....
I thought he was the bad guy but hes brilliant
He told this story in his autobiography in 1997, also. One of the great books ever.
Reminds me of a story about a teacher who stashed $50 in a school locker, then wrote the directions and combination in the syllabus. No one read the syllabus and thus, never claimed the money.
He spins a good yarn...
Greatest. Storyteller. In Music. Period.
Diamond Dave just never stops moving!
2:01 you can still hear the Dave from the 80s
Huuuuuuge.
I sell live aquarium fish online and Dave inspired me to insert something similar in my ads. If people don't read the whole thing, fish can literally die, or at least the customer may annoy the sh out of me by emailing questions they could have gotten the answers from in the ad. So I said if they read the whole thing, to say so in their response email and I would throw in something extra as a freebie in their box. Working incredibly well so far!
brilliant !
Beautiful!! ... Respect to the os stagehands!
I wonder if he ever changed it? He should have a rotating list of 3-4 random items, like "put a sunflower in the middle of my dressing room", "have a hot grilled cheese sandwich prepared for me by the time I get there", etc. since everyone and their mother knows now.
Osaka0ya Ah... yes! Grilled cheese! That's going in my rider for sure!!
I can't believe he still has to explain this decades later.
At a boy Dave, i love someone that can think outside the box.
Make yourself at home...I did!
He looks like a farmer from Idaho who got lost in New York City
David Lee Roth: The NEW most interesting man on the planet.
Ya know, way to kick a good interview up a notch by making good use of a hallway and its spooky random noises. Well done, interview director.
Is David working as a handyman now?
A Legend!
The Ryder gives describes the band's equipment in detail. Electrical requirements because the arena is going to be inspected for electrical loads. The stage & rigging weights, because the city engineers have to review & sign off on it. VH's management was making doubly sure that nothing went wrong because everyone gets sued big time if there's an accident or fire.
So, the M&M thing is basically just a hilarious test then. 🤣
Look at the brain on you!
@@noneyerbidness Uh, not sure if your comment is meant to be a funny diss, but if so I don't get it 🤷♂️
No different than teachers putting Easter Eggs in their Syllabus, or according to my dad, having a note that said that if you turn in your test with nothing but your name at the top and no answers filled in, you immediately get a 100 (I think my dad said only a couple people figured it out).
Still great Dave...
So, so clever.
I see the vision, but I wonder if there was ever any time where the contract reader read the Brown M&M clause but thought it so ridiculous they chose to ignore it.
I suppose that itself is a warning, though.
The older i get the more i appreciate Dave. What a performer! I still preferred Sammy in Van Halen
Stay Frosty DLR✌️🧡😍😘
Somebody get Dave a bottle of water.
haha I love him haha
yes, of course!
the funniest one in the rider they wanted a herring in sour cream haahah
Umm.. that's too good of a video to have this few views.
JIm Stearns briefly talks about the brown m&m's in his book "Feeding The Dead"
now,I got a reason why. and it is a good idea! arigato Dave!
cool story Hansel
Cool !!!
I love my boyfriend DLR!
They had a bigger production than KISS at the time..??
I'd guess so, they were selling 10 million per record while Kiss was at a low point around 1980
Yep...they had...
At that time in ‘80 yes bigger than KISS
I would've thought Van Halen wanted brown M&M's banned because they look like HUGE dingleberries!
C'mon leave Sammy Hagar out of this...
Markis5150 With four straight No.1 albums, nothing dingle or berry about that...
Hahahaha!!😂😂👍
what was the question
Hilarious
sMART. Got to rad the contract.
Did dave have to beat them to death with their own shoes?
I always thought it was red M&Ms, and those because of the fear that the red dye in them caused cancer.
Actually, at that time there weren't any red M & M's. They were discontinued in the 70s for the red dye fear and replaced with orange. Red became available again in the late 80s. What's interesting is that the dye used in M & M's was not the one that was banned but they pulled it anyway so as not to scare anyone from buying them. The orange color still used a red dye to make it so it was in there anyway.
I'm trying to remember which band had the same story about what was it Eminem's yeah brown m&M's and supposedly the reason why it was in the contract was that if they didn't read and pay attention and adhere to that part of the contract that means they probably didn't read any of the contract and it wasn't as Petty and stupid as one thought they just wanted to make sure that these promoters read the contracts and stuck to it
a chinese phone book lol the dude everybody loves to hate
@dillon123met listen again
Comon Dave.... give me a break...
One break, coming up
Imagine this tool in your band for more than 5 minutes suprised they made it that long
This version of DLR could tell stories all day to the amusement of all but that look can't carry the rock like the young lion of the 80's, some things just r better left in the past and the DLR of our youth s long since past..,
You go Dave! Its a check like anything else. Did the bozo promoter bother to read the contract? Not all there hog? It makes perfect sense, its called checks and balances. Another method to make sure things are getting done. It didn't have to be M&M's it could have been Skittles, pretzels, beer. You would be surprised who else does this and you think they are just being moody I seem to remember other performers asking for similar things.
After all that gabbing he still didn't answer the question.
O...but he did sir...he did...
@@Beatz-he5xe No DLR just likes listening to his own voice.
The question was "Why no brown m&ms?" The answer was "Because we wanted to make sure the concert promoters read the entire contract to insure everything for the shows was set up according to specifications & safety regulations" with the thought being that if they got something trivial like the m&ms right then they'd probably get the big things right too. I always wondered about the m&m story & what he said made sense & puts it into logical perspective.
He’s answered this question countless times over the years...including here...did you not watch the clip?🤦🏻♂️
@@3bwana What part of "After all that gabbing" did you not get? Of course I watched. It's nothing but a word salad. It seems you don't know the answer either.
Total BS story. Someone decades ago speculated the BACKSTAGE brown M&Ms demand (which for the record would have been the responsibility of some teenage worker or contracted caterer) was some form of game theory, and Dave (the guy who left VH to sing cover songs) decided to own it.