I’ve seen every interview on TH-cam. This guy isn’t just a great showman.....he is smart as hell. First time I’ve ever heard a well spoken “California Stoner Dude.” Very intuitive and intelligent.
DD always took a hit for his aka rambling. What ppl didn't understand is he is an intellect. His brain runs faster then his mouth can, he speaks intelligence. His metaphors are the best. I always dug this cat. Always loved his intellectual personality.
You believe people misunderstood DLR?? I don't believe anyone ever misunderstood his "intellect". People got tired of him talking..... constantly and his self-absorbed antics. Eddie+ co spoke on it 1,000 times,.....probably more actually.
DLR knows and understands what to do and who to look for. Its no surprise that he has had the opportunity to work with the best guitarists (EVH, Vai, etc). He seems crazy, but hes a genius on the inside.
SInce that Joe Rogan interview, I've been on this whole DLR interview kick. MAN....he makes sooooo much more sense now. 20 years later. Maybe because I'm older and understand him more?
He ALWAYS makes sense...my brother showed me an article in 1982 and I said wow that guy's really smart whoever it is and he goes and this is what he looks like! And I said oh yeah that's my type
Do you notice he never uses "uhhh" and "ummm" in his speech pattern? That is the sign of a highly intelligent individual who can process thoughts rapidly and elucidate them just as fast. Eloquent speech is a rare quality.
He's always been a really smart guy, but yeah... I never understood him when I was younger either. Just thought of him as a party jock who could sing rock music. That's just a fraction of what he is. Love Dave!
Yeah I was drinking at the Nelson with friends, and lo and behold, DLR was standing at the bar talking to some young woman. He is by FAR the most interesting interview of any front man ever in rock music. Love his "Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it" quote. Classic Roth zaniness.
0:53 Dave: "The guy who cuts holes in the knees of his pants, just doesn't look the same as if they got worn thru in reality" Camera cuts to interviewer with hole in pants. Nice
I've watched several of his interviews since EVH died - really didn't know anything about this guy until then. He is fascinating in every interview - an extremely intelligent and down to earth man. He went to school at the age of 50 to be an EMT. Worked in the bronx as an EMT for 4-5 years. He's had an interesting life.
MAN did he age from 1986 to 1991. He was only 35 here, but looks like he's well into his 50's here. By contrast at 30, he could pass for a guy in his early 20's. He also developed that fake smile and nervous laugh that he didn't have only a few years earlier.
Diamond David Lee Roth... after his concerts, your leave walking 12” off the ground baby!!! He doesn’t get enough credit for knowing and understanding music!!!
Roth is like an old time showman. Even his vocabulary, calls people "folks", girls "gals", wipes his mouth with a hanky, always the chesire cat grin. I wonder if you hung with the guy for a few days if he could bring it down a notch, or always in high gear, talking about all things "colorful"...Steve Hunter played ghost solos on Aerosmiths 2nd album actually, Train & Same old song & dance.
I LOVE the part where he explains how he recruited Steve Hunter and Jason Becker for this release...."Ask the groupies....go back and check with them again....*laughs*....then go back and check with them again".... DLR would be my dream interview. He makes for great copy each and every time!
Do you notice he never uses "uhhh" and "ummm" in his speech pattern? That is the sign of a highly intelligent individual who can process thoughts rapidly and elucidate them just as fast. Eloquent speech is a rare quality.
Do you notice he never uses "uhhh" and "ummm" in his speech pattern? That is the sign of a highly intelligent individual who can process thoughts rapidly and elucidate them just as fast. Eloquent speech is a rare quality.
Ummmmmm, yes I noticed ..in 1983..in his articles,and then my brother(showed me his picture) and said"this is what he looks like" ... scream! But yes to get back to your comment that he doesn't say almonds in everything I noticed that ,God he's smart
JEEZ, MAN. I practically FELT this interview coming to life as it happened, seriously. Truly organic in its exchange. Diamond Dave sure knows how to spin a compelling yarn, but as the interview goes on, the interviewer is also a great guy to bounce off with. He's also right up in there, with Dave, pushing the interview to great heights. One of the most "two-way street" interviews I have seen in a while. That was a perfect person to interview David Lee Roth, at least that's the way I felt.
Omg, I totally forgot Dave stayed at the Nelson hotel. I remember hearing this. I used to work close by and often look for him but never crossed paths. The band he doesn't mention is Bon Jovi. They were all recording at Little Mountain Sound. Damn, I love Dave. He's such colourful,intelligent, humourous guy.....mwah!
Jason Becker would have eclipsed the great man himself Steve Vai if lou gehrig's disease hadn't got in the way. Dave can honestly say he's recorded with arguably the three greatest guitar players of all time.
Your not gonna get many if any to argue with Dave saying he worked with three of the greatest guitar players, he worked with THE greatest guitar player of all time, of course Eddie Van Halen, and both Steve Vai and Becker gave Eddie a run for his money, but as the other great that did too
i was excited as a kid at Christmas when Dave mentioned Jason Becker. If you don't know the Story of Jason Becker Ain't Dead Yet, then you have something that you had better do.
When Roth mentioned his big Buddy Ed...was he talking about Eddie Anderson?? And Jason Becker.. what a friggin tough deal he got. That kid could play the guitar too. Just a few months after getting in Roth's band, he went and had some tests run because his fingers kept going numb on him. And he found out he had ALS....what a frigging nightmare. God Bless you kid...
I also got to go backstage after of Van Halen in Detroit Michigan at cobo Hall. The only one backstage when I got there it was David Lee Roth and I was so starstruck I could not ask for his autograph all I could do was stare at him. I was 18. There was everything back they're all kinds of food drinks they even have cigarettes for everybody. Well I had met a roadie so the roadie ended up taking me by limousine to the motel the Renaissance center and the next morning I was given a t-shirt of gold Van Halen necklace and money to get home. A memory I will never forget.
I was about 16 in Detroit Michigan. And my friends and myself snuck in to the motel The Ren cen by the steps. The security guards caught us and we were put in the elevator and escorted back downstairs. The elevator stopped on a certain floor and guess who got in the elevator ??? I was in shock I couldn't speak I will never forget I am now sixty years old and I think about it like it's yesterday. It was David Lee Roth he had a girl on each side of him. His arms were around their shoulders. He only went down a couple floors and got out. When the elevator opened up I'm not lying to you a robot was there. Now this was the late 1970's. Well my friends and myself were in HEAVEN FOR A FEW.
David Lee Roth (Bloomington, Indiana, 10 de octubre de 1954)[1] es un cantante estadounidense de hard rock. Es reconocido especialmente por haber sido el vocalista original de la renombrada banda estadounidense Van Halen, primero durante el período 1974-1985 y, varios años más tarde, desde 2007 hasta la disolución del grupo en 2020 tras el fallecimiento de su guitarrista, Eddie Van Halen. Entre tanto, se lanzó a una carrera en solitario que si bien cosechó bastantes éxitos en la década de los 80, no le valió la misma fama y atención que su tiempo en Van Halen. También es conocido por los pseudónimos "Diamond Dave" y "El Roth".[2]
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I was there for this taping .I met DAVID LEE ROTH ....
Diezel Diamond
NICE!!!! 💙💚
I’ve seen every interview on TH-cam. This guy isn’t just a great showman.....he is smart as hell. First time I’ve ever heard a well spoken “California Stoner Dude.” Very intuitive and intelligent.
I like Dave he's for real.
That's where you are wrong.dlr is a character not a real person.
DD always took a hit for his aka rambling. What ppl didn't understand is he is an intellect. His brain runs faster then his mouth can, he speaks intelligence. His metaphors are the best. I always dug this cat. Always loved his intellectual personality.
It wasn’t intellect, he wasn’t born with a brain that just naturally runs fast it was cocaine that’s it.
You believe people misunderstood DLR?? I don't believe anyone ever misunderstood his "intellect". People got tired of him talking..... constantly and his self-absorbed antics. Eddie+ co spoke on it 1,000 times,.....probably more actually.
Definitely couldn't have been successful without him
People don’t get it but I do
Dave-isms
Love him or hate him, David Lee Roth is an intelligent guy. He knows music inside and out.
Anyone who hates is jealous! This guy is cool!
He reminds me of the " Jeff Specoli " character played by Sean Penn from Fast times at Ridgemont high.
DLR is brilliant!!! If you can’t keep up with his thinking it’s cause you aren’t smart enough to get him. PERIOD!!!
Love you Dave ❤️
DLR knows and understands what to do and who to look for. Its no surprise that he has had the opportunity to work with the best guitarists (EVH, Vai, etc). He seems crazy, but hes a genius on the inside.
SInce that Joe Rogan interview, I've been on this whole DLR interview kick. MAN....he makes sooooo much more sense now. 20 years later. Maybe because I'm older and understand him more?
He ALWAYS makes sense...my brother showed me an article in 1982 and I said wow that guy's really smart whoever it is and he goes and this is what he looks like! And I said oh yeah that's my type
Do you notice he never uses "uhhh" and "ummm" in his speech pattern? That is the sign of a highly intelligent individual who can process thoughts rapidly and elucidate them just as fast. Eloquent speech is a rare quality.
@@billbelzek6748 you have to put your picture up 😗
He's always been a really smart guy, but yeah... I never understood him when I was younger either. Just thought of him as a party jock who could sing rock music. That's just a fraction of what he is. Love Dave!
I've been doing and thinking the same!
I dare anyone to watch just 10 secs of a DLR interview and stop! You’re glued to it!
Yeah I was drinking at the Nelson with friends, and lo and behold, DLR was standing at the bar talking to some young woman. He is by FAR the most interesting interview of any front man ever in rock music.
Love his "Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it" quote. Classic Roth zaniness.
CCRider100 Sham baby! How are ya?! lmao
"Money can't buy happiness, but you can buy a helicopter with it and land next to some." To be exact.
He's made his mark in life being in one of the biggest and most influential rock bands of all time. And you?
0:53 Dave: "The guy who cuts holes in the knees of his pants, just doesn't look the same as if they got worn thru in reality" Camera cuts to interviewer with hole in pants. Nice
Haha I thought that was excellent timing also funny is the interviewer is pissed because he can't get a word in edgewise
What a great comment though from DLR
I noticed that, too. I was waiting for Dave to say to the guy, "but it looks good on YOU though!" lololololololol
I don't know why you guys think he's coked out.... He is ALWAYS this way.... Always.
Pepper Wilson I AGREE
Pepper Wilson He has ADHD or something
It's a natural trait... Got the same 😁👍🏻
Say No to Drugs 😎✌
He’s usually more hyper
Who said the shit that you put in their ears bypassing their mouths? I just searched the comments and found nothing of your bull.
This is a great interview. Much Music probably had the best presenters of any show I've seen (many). They were all very knowledgeable.
Dave must be the happiest guy alive ever he really LIVES and devaour every moment😁. Never a doll moment in his life i think😊..
I was there looking at him in through the window oh my God I met my Rock God I was speechless he was amazing I was shocked to meet him !❤👍😀😄🤩
I've watched several of his interviews since EVH died - really didn't know anything about this guy until then. He is fascinating in every interview - an extremely intelligent and down to earth man. He went to school at the age of 50 to be an EMT. Worked in the bronx as an EMT for 4-5 years. He's had an interesting life.
He's so smart and charismatic.
I believe the interviewer asked Dave a question somewhere towards the beginning. I can't recall for sure...
He IS THE BEST FRONTMAN EVER!!! No one compares!!!
For sure 100% the best frontman ever, the king of all frontmen!
Good thing Michael Anthony could sing
MAN did he age from 1986 to 1991. He was only 35 here, but looks like he's well into his 50's here. By contrast at 30, he could pass for a guy in his early 20's. He also developed that fake smile and nervous laugh that he didn't have only a few years earlier.
Danimal300zx he was 38
@@lowreywoosley1218 Actually, he was 37. He was born in 1954 and this is from 1991. Do the math.
It's so sad dot-dot-dot what is it the son does drugs does smoking the alcohol which one did it?
I just.. what happened here when I saw his face
@@ararefind9069 Are you off your medication?
I saw the original line up with Diamond Dave 3 times in the early 1980's Thank you very much !!!
David Missed his calling of selling cars. Dang this guy can sell you a brand new car for top price and you'll thank him when its done
DLR has always fascinated me.
Yeah!!
haha Dave missed his calling as an inspirational speaker. would have made billions. haha
He made it with Van Halen
No Doubt.
It's a good shame l guess no one needs billions my
Dave is so right about using live instruments. Dave rules!
Dave is so "spot on!" Wow, he is just a beautiful person, inside & out!
DIAMOND DAVE IS THE BESTTTTTTTTTT FRONT SHOW MAN YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH LOOK 90´S IS ROCKSTARS OF ALL TIMES
dave is like a complete stream of consciousness at 150 miles an hour !!!!....he should leave his brain to science ......i love this guy ,.....
Dave's philosophy about recording is so true. The modern sound with all the click track crap even ruins live performances.
I love you David forever! I you are beautiful! I love you VH!
Diamond David Lee Roth... after his concerts, your leave walking 12” off the ground baby!!! He doesn’t get enough credit for knowing and understanding music!!!
Dave knows his music history!!! Impressive!
Roth is like an old time showman. Even his vocabulary, calls people "folks", girls "gals", wipes his mouth with a hanky, always the chesire cat grin. I wonder if you hung with the guy for a few days if he could bring it down a notch, or always in high gear, talking about all things "colorful"...Steve Hunter played ghost solos on Aerosmiths 2nd album actually, Train & Same old song & dance.
I LOVE the part where he explains how he recruited Steve Hunter and Jason Becker for this release...."Ask the groupies....go back and check with them again....*laughs*....then go back and check with them again"....
DLR would be my dream interview. He makes for great copy each and every time!
Brilliant...that is a good description to describe Diamond Dave
Do you notice he never uses "uhhh" and "ummm" in his speech pattern? That is the sign of a highly intelligent individual who can process thoughts rapidly and elucidate them just as fast. Eloquent speech is a rare quality.
DLR gives the best interviews ever!
Yep. That is the Best Way to Make Music. No Plans. Speak True. Be in the moment. Imperfections Sound the Most Authentic
haha, cracks me up at 6:56, Dave has a true laugh. Don't think I've ever seen him laugh that much in a long time!
He's very charismatic and intelligent.
OHHHHH, MY GOSH YES.......
😘
Do you notice he never uses "uhhh" and "ummm" in his speech pattern? That is the sign of a highly intelligent individual who can process thoughts rapidly and elucidate them just as fast. Eloquent speech is a rare quality.
Ummmmmm, yes I noticed ..in 1983..in his articles,and then my brother(showed me his picture) and said"this is what he looks like" ... scream! But yes to get back to your comment that he doesn't say almonds in everything I noticed that ,God he's smart
Laugh,that he doesn't say ahhhh,in every sentence not almonds. Hi Dave😉
as a young man I admireed DD (diamond Dave) ..............nothin's changed.......cool
Breathe, Dave, Breathe!!!!
HE'S ANNOYING PERIOD.
@@denieledwards6893 not really annoying is when you aren’t talking to him but he talks a lot. He’s just very talkative
@@user-kp1ry3so2s I GUESS.....????????
..one of the most coherent Dave interviews I've ever seen...right on...
Diamond Dave knows his stuff.
JEEZ, MAN. I practically FELT this interview coming to life as it happened, seriously. Truly organic in its exchange. Diamond Dave sure knows how to spin a compelling yarn, but as the interview goes on, the interviewer is also a great guy to bounce off with. He's also right up in there, with Dave, pushing the interview to great heights. One of the most "two-way street" interviews I have seen in a while. That was a perfect person to interview David Lee Roth, at least that's the way I felt.
Eddie Van Halen was a saint having to hear this rambling all day for 12 years
Omg, I totally forgot Dave stayed at the Nelson hotel. I remember hearing this. I used to work close by and often look for him but never crossed paths. The band he doesn't mention is Bon Jovi. They were all recording at Little Mountain Sound. Damn, I love Dave. He's such colourful,intelligent, humourous guy.....mwah!
TheGoddessCaroline So who in Bon Jovi was whining for a masseuse? I'm guessing Sambora.
Daves the Man..
So is Michelle Obama
Dave could launch a spin kick and knock out all of Commie Trump's rotten teeth
I like the interview, it's entertaining, informative & for the DLR fan a must see
In some other dimension, he's undoubtedly a door-to-door salesman.
DLR is one of the greatest musicians ever , a true genius...
Roth is a visionary
Awesome Dave!
Miss the days of MUCH MUSIC, they brought everything to Canada.
The man the legend!!!
0:25 Exactly. Dave is exactly right about this. More true today than ever before.
Eddie Van Halen , Steve Vai , Jason Becker , John 5 Mr. Roth has played with the best of the best !
Jason Becker would have eclipsed the great man himself Steve Vai if lou gehrig's disease hadn't got in the way. Dave can honestly say he's recorded with arguably the three greatest guitar players of all time.
I really like the John 5 stuff on the DLR band album.
Your not gonna get many if any to argue with Dave saying he worked with three of the greatest guitar players, he worked with THE greatest guitar player of all time, of course Eddie Van Halen, and both Steve Vai and Becker gave Eddie a run for his money, but as the other great that did too
They came up short
You ever think how ironic it was that Lou Gerrig died of Lou Gerigg's disease
i was excited as a kid at Christmas when Dave mentioned Jason Becker. If you don't know the Story of Jason Becker Ain't Dead Yet, then you have something that you had better do.
+Scott Patterson soundcloud.com/loonz-n-cycoz/call-saluver
@@DanOlooney thanks, that was an intense documentary about Jason...what'a damn shame....that happened to him.
I was excited as a kid when Dave mentioned Steven Hunter! I had no idea Roth recruited him to record on his album. Or is it... "Him"?
They gotta make a monument of him.
Love David lee Roth!! He is soooo !,,,,
I love people who can't help but be themselves...
Love these interviews.
He looks a little old for a 39 years old guy here. But... he lived 399 lifes at that point. The guy is a legend.
@Led Head 1975 You're right. He was born in October'1954 ( i thought he was born in 1952). So he was 36/37 in this interview. Thanks man.
True if you think he was 16 in 1970 , that’s two decades of Solid partying
He was 37 here. Born in 1954.
*DEFINITELY MR. CALIFORNIA. A GENUINELY HAPPY PERSON!*
Hammala babala zeeba la boobala hammala babala zeebala bop!❤
I saw the Eat Em and Smile tour in Austin back in 86. Cinderella opened.
WHOA, just watched a Letterman interview with Dave, same year, but he looks about 10 years older, here. How is that possible...
ROTH IS THE BEST!!!
When Roth mentioned his big Buddy Ed...was he talking about Eddie Anderson?? And Jason Becker.. what a friggin tough deal he got. That kid could play the guitar too. Just a few months after getting in Roth's band, he went and had some tests run because his fingers kept going numb on him. And he found out he had ALS....what a frigging nightmare. God Bless you kid...
Omg I love him !!!!!!!!!!!
I also got to go backstage after of Van Halen in Detroit Michigan at cobo Hall. The only one backstage when I got there it was David Lee Roth and I was so starstruck I could not ask for his autograph all I could do was stare at him. I was 18. There was everything back they're all kinds of food drinks they even have cigarettes for everybody. Well I had met a roadie so the roadie ended up taking me by limousine to the motel the Renaissance center and the next morning I was given a t-shirt of gold Van Halen necklace and money to get home. A memory I will never forget.
DAVID LEE ROTH ICONIC YES
DLR - The Ultimate Quote Machine
Don't you mean the definition of cheesy one liners? He's right, but holy cliche crazy! 😂
The 1 and only DIAMOND DAVE!!!😁👍🏻👍🏻
#DLR #DiamondDave #DavidLeeRoth #RockStar #VH #VanHalen #Rock #Band #Music #Loyal #Fan #HollywoodRockStars
Really unfortunate that Jason couldnt make that tour. He did an amazing job on the record even with a shaky hand.
He have the most Extreme facial and vocal expressions in the world XD
A+
David Lee Roth is too cool.
love him or hate him there is knowone like him!!!!!!!!!!!
I was about 16 in Detroit Michigan. And my friends and myself snuck in to the motel The Ren cen by the steps. The security guards caught us and we were put in the elevator and escorted back downstairs. The elevator stopped on a certain floor and guess who got in the elevator ??? I was in shock I couldn't speak I will never forget I am now sixty years old and I think about it like it's yesterday. It was David Lee Roth he had a girl on each side of him. His arms were around their shoulders. He only went down a couple floors and got out. When the elevator opened up I'm not lying to you a robot was there. Now this was the late 1970's. Well my friends and myself were in HEAVEN FOR A FEW.
I'm sure the first words out of his mouth when he was a toddler was probably just like this 😂
The man can talk for hours and never say a thing!
happy 65th birthday david lee roth of van halen !!!
'You can't be perfect'. What a concept. He invented that one for VOX's
Just at the start and hearing dave giggle it's hit me, can you imagine DLR and Tarantino having a convo lol?
just seen they did a dvd for him. all the greats. i only just found out after all this time
David Lee Roth (Bloomington, Indiana, 10 de octubre de 1954)[1] es un cantante estadounidense de hard rock. Es reconocido especialmente por haber sido el vocalista original de la renombrada banda estadounidense Van Halen, primero durante el período 1974-1985 y, varios años más tarde, desde 2007 hasta la disolución del grupo en 2020 tras el fallecimiento de su guitarrista, Eddie Van Halen. Entre tanto, se lanzó a una carrera en solitario que si bien cosechó bastantes éxitos en la década de los 80, no le valió la misma fama y atención que su tiempo en Van Halen. También es conocido por los pseudónimos "Diamond Dave" y "El Roth".[2]
This interviewer is COMPLETELY frigging lost with that diatribe of information Dave threw out.. ROFLMAO
are you nun ya as in nun ya biznis as in denzel washington one liner??? love it!!!
He's a true character! Larger than life, just like the USA.👍🇱🇷
He has alot energy. He can make me laugh. Diamond Dave is one sexy man!
you aint kiddin!
DLR ROCKS🎸🎸🎸🎸✨✨✨
There once was a question
Dave is a black man. He has the soul, the expressiveness, the humor. He's even on his way physically, with the tan going here.
true dat
No he's white
He went to a highschool with a lot of black and hispanic kids. Maybe there's a clue.
Even in 91' Roth looked tough.
💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
I love that Dave loves dogs 😊🐾❤️
I don't really know what he's talkinbbout willis, but I like it. Many, don't want to learn, listen, or grow and enjoy others they're too insecure.
Genius