David Lee Roth is classic VH and the magic of classic VH. You had your own time with VH, so leave classic VH and Dave alone man. He’s the opposite of you. Of course you think he’s weird. Where is David Lee Roth, you know we need him more than ever now!
@@jaichhabra6458 Or….maybe, Sammy is a nice guy irl. It’s extremely possible. You don’t always have to have the ego. As much as I’m not a huge Taylor Swift fan, she’s, from at least what I’ve heard, a fairly nice lady.
@@jaichhabra6458 Required by whom? He's independent & a musician. Even when "artists" were practically owned by record labels & told how they were expected to act, that didn't stop bad behavior. Watch an interview or documentary on anybody.
In an interview with Roth when he and Sammy were touring together, he was asked if they ever party together. Roth replied, "Hey, wherever I am, that's the party." I guess we could have expected an answer like that.
Never forget that clip of Dave at the hard rock in Vegas, he's walking down the hall and hears Van Halen blasting in this hotel room, he knocks on the door to say he loves the music and no one that answered the door knew who he was .
@@flashcloud666 You’re right, no video evidence exists from his time in VH. For example how do people know who the 3 stooges are if they were not born in the ‘30’s?
In fairness to Dave, the guy who answered might not have known; he seemed a little confused. But in the background, several people did and grabbed the guys on the balcony who came running to the door. Overall, Dave looks so different that it doesn't help the young crowd in terms of recognition.
Keep telling yourself that nonsense. He couldn’t get along with 75% of Van Halen: David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen and Alex Van Halen. Van Halen started with David Lee Roth and ended with David Lee Roth, on album and in concert. Eddie was going to do a farewell tour with Dave, not Hagar. That’s reality.
"if I sang than off-key... well, he couldn't sing in my RANGE, but..." so Sammy clearly thinks he is the better frontman, took Dave's gig, and doesn't have a lot of respect for where Dave is at now... can you kinda understand why maybe Dave wouldn't be so friendly with him?
Very strange, imo, to think Sam and Dave would get along or enjoy hanging out with each other at all; they couldn't be more different. Sammy is a straightforward normal cat with an excellent rock voice and an agreeable disposition. Nice guy. DLR is legit brilliant and totally unique; a true artist, whether in the studio or writing songs, and pure showman when out in public. But much closer to a reclusive mad genius than a guy to sit at a bar with.
I'm not trying to be argumentative, but in what way is Dave "a true artist?" Have you read that guy's lyrics in Van Halen? They are some of the densest, most empty, meaningless lyrics I have ever heard. Vocally he isn't good, either. Just a bunch of squeals and weird interludes in the songs that could've been pulled off by a teenager. "You'll get some leg tonight for sure. Tell us how youuuu dooooooo. One break, comin up!" Dave is arguably the luckiest dude in music history falling into the lap of a band that was as good as Van Halen. Maybe they wouldn't have been as "fun" without him, but he would've achieved 0 fame on his own or in any other band if Van Halen didn't set him up to cling onto their fame for the rest of his life. PS- I'm finding out over the years how few people actually care about lyrics, and this genre of music in particular had absolutely nothing important to say. So I guess that's how Dave got away with being such a moron all those years. No one was actually listening to him haha.
@@RobVespa Once you treat someone like **** they can say what they want about you. Nice or not. Welcome to real life where not everyone worships you like your fans do
I would never say DLR isn't talented. He is. And he was perfect for VH for the whole of his first stint with the band. Fair Warning is an incredible album IMO, and one of my very favorite records of all time (high praise coming from a Rush Head). The deal with Dave is that from an outside perspective the only thing Dave appears able to think about and talk about is Dave. Like @videojomo points out, that's exhausting.
We had a guy in our highschool that was basically DLR in everything but name. God, he was exhausting. I caught up with him at a reunion and I wish I could say he'd come a long way in 35 years, but it was like the dude emotionally dropped anchor in 1985. You can keep that.
Great story. I also have a friend I met in High School who always reminded me of David Le Roth. He has always been super-motivated, hyperactive, and a complete megalomaniac. Full of big talk and big ideas. I have never met such a charismatic guy. He was able to get multiple girlfriends by his infectious personality. These days we still talk, but I can only handle him in limited doses. He is emotionally draining and a bit deluded. Finally I can see through his facade. He is stuck in mid-eighties which is a bit depressing really. He is lost in time and space. "Dropped anchor" is a great way of putting it!
@@americanpatriots4868 Ha, I knew a guy like that also growing up, in fact, he was my best friend. He also got multiple girlfriends with his high energy style which made me jealous because he always did better than me. However, when he hit his late 20's his hairline receded, he got a gut and lost his youthful looks, his lothario style didn't work anymore on the ladies. Instead of being charming, they thought he was obnoxious. I kept my hair, stayed in shape and had a low key style that wasn't off putting to women and from then on did better than him. To this day he still tries his old routines but can't seem to figure out that it doesn't work when women are a little older and wiser and you don't have a certain physical appeal to back it up. Like you said, he just can't pull that anchor up, now he's stuck and jealous of me.
@Mike Fu Even so I think of my grandparents my Mom's side her parents were in an old-age home by age 65 they were farmers and raised 10 kids so they had a hard life. Dad's side his Dad died at 52 and Dad's Mom died at 65. I've even seen people in old age homes in their mid 50s mentally gave up on life. Life is what you make it be active and do what you love if you can sadly we don't all get the chance to do that.
I like both David amd Sammy. But do remember that the music written in the Sammy Era was all coming from Eddie. It was the direction and freedom Eddie wanted with his writing and I think he wrote some pretty awesome songs with Sammy.
Sammy said he basically ran VH on videotape. I think that was the last straw for the brothers. They gave him freedom to run thing AS it took pressure off them and Sammy really enjoyed it. But Sammy got cocky thinking he did it himself. The brothers allowed Sammy that freedom and he got delusional thinking he steared the boat.
@@TheAgentAssassin Because he did. The Brother’s left to their own devices accomplished nothing. They did finally get an album out with Gary Sherone, but it was pretty lackluster. There is no doubting EVH’s talent as an Innovator and musician. But a leader he was not. He was a loaner. He would rather tinker and noodle with his guitar all day, and make neat sounds/noises than plan a world tour, or plan a marketing strategy, etc. It also takes a special type of person to be able to take Eddies guitar ramblings and turn them into songs, with structure, etc. DLR and SH could both do that. They were both headstrong and savvy enough to push the band forward. So yea. Dave ran the band when he was in it, Sammy ran the band when he was in it. That isn’t to say there wasn’t input from the other guys, not at all, it’s just Sammy was able to take all the pieces and put them together. The brothers Van Halen couldn’t seem to do that alone
@@phaedrussmith1949 yeah you can. It's literally the best indicator. I can't even understand why someone would say otherwise unless they're just trying to save face.
@@thomascavanaugh5895 If Hag is worth $150M or whatever, you’re being disingenuous by not mentioning it’s probably largely because of his tequila hustle.
They were both fantastic. Sammy was the best pick to replace him. It was different but it was great in it's own right. Best songs Sammy ever wrote were with them.
@@cheerdiver… what a naive thing to say when the most “XX” album they ever put out was 1984. 😂 The band wanted to mature and Dave didn’t. Further proved by his horrible solo career following 🤣
Dave is a weird guy, Sammy is a cool guy. The music they made with Dave was amazing, the music they made with Sammy is hit or miss. The guy who gets the job done creatively doesn’t necessarily have to be the guy you wanna go have dinner with. I don’t know why people conflate “liking the artist as a person” with “being a fan of the music”, they’re not the same.
Yep. Love Sammy, but his music (solo), as much as I like it, is not in the same stratosphere as the original VH. Sammy's music with VH wasn't even as good as his solo stuff, not that I think the Van Hagar sucked, it was just so "radio"
@@curtisgibbons1078 oh, I completely agree, the most common thing people come at me with on this subject is that I’m a Sammy-hater, but none of them know that the self titled Montrose album is one of my favorite classic rock albums of all time.haha Hagar was awesome before VH, and he’s a helluva businessman. I don’t know why people shoot him down for being in the restaurant/liquor industry. I think the guy is awesome, I just really never thought VH music was very consistent with him. They tried way too hard to be “safe”.
'Showboating'. LOL! That describes Dave perfectly. Does he EVER come out of 'character' in public? I doubt it. Still, gotta love him though! Great interview. Makes you really appreciate the guys like Sammy who are just genuine and what you see is pretty much what you get without all the 'showboating'. I still love both of them.
Just thought I'd let you know that the David you see on the stage is EXACTLY EVERYTHING YOU get Off the stage!! He is so full of life and Fun!! Yes he is a Character and with Diamond Dave, What ya see is whatcha GET! LMFAO 😁 I miss the good times from the 80s!!
I think it's unfair to say who is better. They were two phases of VH, both brilliant front men and I'm grateful for the music they made that enhanced my life as a teenager in the 80s. Good times. Wish I was back there.
Agreed. Van Hagar and Van Roth are literally two totally different bands. Saying they're not is like saying Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver are the same band. Or Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave.
@@richevans609 Indeed! My analogy to those bands was more focusing on the fact that Roth era and Hagar era Van Halen basically had completely different objectives and motivations regarding their song writing.
@@richevans609 Way overrated, any kid could use two hands to tap frenetically, if his stuff is so good how come any 15 year old kid can copy it to a T, he had no sense of melody it's just show pony stuff
Yes! My thoughts exactly! It brought me right back to that skit off of an album if I remember correctly. And I think it was more like Dave, I got the stuff! LOL
My friend loved Sammy Hagar and said he was way better than David lee roths, so every time the radio would come on it was always David lee roth with Van Halen. I would yell across the shop that doesn't sound like Sammy Hagar to me. LOL I loved it!
Wow, Sam really has no vocabulary huh. I remember Dave once saying, "if you use the word 'weird,' it means you have nothing else to say." Dave is a book reader, Sam is slapping his logo on every margarita or tequila bottle. You decide who the more in tune one is.
Dave went and became an Emergency tech for several years and probably helped many people and saved some lives so I'll give him credit. A multi-millionaire doesn't have to do that. Nice of him to try to give back.
True, he’s worth 60 million. He doesn’t have to work. I never heard he got married or had children. I imagine everyone is different. The adulation you get as a singer really caresses your ego. Sam Hagar shouldn’t be so pious. He inherited an established band.
@@shawnstandiford6008 No, Roth was an A/H and Eddie didn’t know any better. Alex was the brains between himself and Eddie. Sammy however is the forever business man. Alex isn’t doing squat now but Sammy Michael Anthony are still making music and money. Who’s the “12 year old now?@.
David lee roth brought so much to van halen and I will never forget that, on the other side sammy hagar was always my first purchase of albums because of the amount of artistic content from montrose ynt and all the bands sammy played in, van halen had a good run but nothing like what MR Hager brought to the whole table of rock, someone.... Should have noticed that fact.
@@playdiscgolf1546 love all of early vh, but you must be late to the table i.e. green to the amount of content Sammy brought to the table in his career.
No joke! I don't know what year this was filmed, but if it was right when it was posted (in 2022) that puts him around 74 years old. Ridiculously good shape for his age.
@@merlinames9197 I didn't say he wasn't a nice guy. When I said he wasn't a regular guy, I meant it as a compliment. He's larger than life and has acted that way for most of his life, which is kind of what I expect from rock stars. Think Freddie Mercury, or David Bowie, or Iggy Pop or dozens of other rock stars. They were/are friendly offstage, but they were not regular guys.
I lost a lot of respect when Sammy said he basically ran Van Halen. They had 6 albums before Sammy was even near them. By then EDDIE rewrote the book on guitar and Sammy has the balls to say he "runs VH". I mean the brothers may have tolerated his ideas letting Sammy carry some weight and then Sammy became delusional thinking he ran things. I've been a manager for 30yrs and I've seen what happens when you give someone under you a little room and freedom to do their thing. Some flourish but some let the power corrupt them and they bite the hand that feeds them. Suddenly they think they're the boss running the show. They forget the guy above them created a space for them to work freely. I even defended some of the people to my superiors without that defense they were on the chopping block to be terminated. Understanding the hierarchy is the important thing. Sammy got too cocky and overstepped his bounds. The guy is on video tape saying he ran Van Halen. Pretty delusional thinking if you ask me.
From u.k. I’m 66 now and living in between Liverpool and Manchester, over the decades I’ve seen em all! U.S. and BRIT bands when they toured. Roth best frontman of all time? I think so, highly intelligent, does things outside his comfort zone. Entertainment personified! At his peak no one better!
I’ve watched enough DLR interviews to know that I couldn’t imagine being stuck in an elevator with him for more than two minutes. He’s just got the personality and mannerism that you want to avoid. I do anyway. Loved his music with VH though.
Exactly those type personalities are people that are different and stand out! This man was just another guy & if he were ever more than just another dude he wouldn’t have taken the job in the first place but he did because he wanted more $ & more fame! If he were that great then he would have kept his own scene but he jumped at the chance like the brokedick regular cat he always was! He knew the comparisons were coming from the start & he was just a regular dude that didn’t put in the time & effort to grow the band that Dave did so this is really sad he’s still talking about this, u don’t hear Dave whining on and on do ya?
He had a radio show back in the day and it played on Krock in NYC. He was cool, and funny. Maybe he just needs to be able to ramble about what he wants.
I've always been a fan of David's but he seems like he's about one puff away from one of those guys that stands in front of telephone poles, screaming at it.
@@justinparks5280Sammy has had more success than Dave will ever dream about. He talks about Dave still because that’s what people constantly ask about. If not for Van Halen Dave would have likely been a nobody.
I could understand Sammy and Dave not speaking. Sammy is such a down to earth guy.Dave thinks he is above everyone else.They are both great at what they do,but they are two different personalities 😅😅
Sammy's the one who has been most vocal & it's nothing but ugliness. I don't care what the Dave bashers say, but this is all Sammy & his insecurities with all these personal shots all these years.
Agree. At least DLR buried the hatchet with the Van Halen brothers long ago even if it was for good business sense. DLR is happy doing his own thing now. It is Sammy Hagar who passive aggressively continues playing victim and publicly making immature, egocentric comments not only about Roth but occasionally about the deceased Eddie Van Halen about things that should not be discussed publicly. Not cool. Sammy needs to see a shrink and get over it and move on. He thinks he has but is full of pent up resentment. As for Roth, yeah, he's eccentric. A lot of creative people are eccentric and sometimes volatile because they have a vision of what they want and unwilling to compromise. That's why Lee went solo. I mean, no one could have told DaVinci how to paint Mona Lisa's smile. He would have told you to f-off in Italian. As others have said, by the end the Van Halen brothers tapped David Lee Roth to return; not Sammy. Get over it, Sammy.
I liked Sammy’s solo music better than him in VH. The VOA album is just part of my youth and will forever be one of my favorites. Thank you for the memories Sammy!
Sammy's whole life now is to go around insulting David Lee Roth, and yet I have never heard David Lee Roth say anything negative about Haggar. Haggar has no class, and in my opinion doesn't hold a candle to David Lee Roth
I love all the old Van Halen albums and performances. That said, Sammy Hagar an amazing and super down-to-earth guy that I would much rather play with in a band scenario.
I saw VH supporting Black Sabbath at The Capitol in Aberdeen Scotland in May 1978. VH were fantastic and DLR was an amazing frontman. Black Sabbath were poor that night because of Ozzy being out of his tree. I like SH too, but for me VH with DLR when I saw them was the ultimate.
I've seen both Sammy Hagar (before Van Halen) and David Lee Roth (after Van Halen) in concert and Sammy was the best! Both vocally and also his performance. Rock on Sammy !!🥰Mas Tequila 😁
@@bikersoncall and Dave couldn’t hold Sammy’s jock strap as a singer… Sammy can sing Dave’s songs without any effort, Dave can’t sing Sammy’s songs at all… I won’t even get into the fact that Sammy is also a top flight guitarist or songwriter.
@@jameshagan2268 ''Back in the day, Sammy couldn't touch David as a stage act, David was pure gold...'' What I said is fact, Sammy couldn't ''hold David's jock strap'' as a stage act , back in the day , not even close. Roth was outrageous and clever, with some ridiculous, yet entertaining antics and dynamics. Roth was as important to the success of VH as was Eddie. Sammy did a good job filling in.
Sammy is a really good business man. He'd be great to talk to over drinks, but hanging out for days and weeks I'd be DLR by a mile. Dave is well read, hiking, climbing and traveling. Sammy has the better voice now because he is actively singing and using his pipes. Look at Coverdale now. Use it or lose it.
DLR became a EMT with millions in the bank he was helping people whats wrong with that sammy...sammy didn't sing Dave's stuff he just can't it sounds stupid when he does that has led to Van Hagar and Van Halen ...I don't mind sammy stuff(5 songs) but It's a different band still awesome 😎 but for me 5 tracks
I just don't get it. Why would Dave be mad at Sammy? Dave quit Van Halen after the 1984 tour of his own volition, he was not fired, he wanted to do his own thing. VH then brought in Sammy. What did Dave expect, VH to just stop performing and making music? I heard of Narcissism but this is crazy.
I watch David on a Joe Rogan episode and I’d say that guy would be difficult to be around for long periods of time. A bit over the top kind of guy that really likes his point of view. Not much to joke about if you’re only allowed to hear him talk. Having said that, David sounds like he’s got a lot to share from his life that would be interesting to hear. I’d just know not to try and share anything about myself, enjoy the stories and exit to the left.
It seems he is always trying to be clever with a string of one-liners. Plus he really employs that passive-aggressive speaking tactic of pausing constantly, and saying mmkay.... Purely designed to keep you off balance, and not talking. Because, thats his role. You just listen. You are right, its exhausting.
Those 1st six VH albums w/ Dave are untouchable...the most rockin' slabs of music ever recorded. I'm a singer and just because a singer has a higher register/range than another guy, doesn't make him a better singer. Sammy always throws that in Dave's face. Yeah, Dave's weird but those Van Hagar records SUCK! No balls, no rebellion - straight up "Soccer Dad" rock. Not all Sammy's fault but no comparison.
don't forget that a great deal of Van Hagar's lyrical and musical crappiness, compared to the previous six, is a direct result of Eddie Van Halen finally getting his way after years of bullying from the equally headstrong Diamond Dave!
Then you see Dave in concert. Big fucking let down. He signs half the lyrics and does leg kicks and prances around. The albums are great. Dave live sucks. I saw the 1984 concert in Portland. I was let down.
Diamondave is Rock n Roll. Sammy is the business side of Rock n Roll that looks at the chart positions, the ticket prices and the royalties before the music. And, it shoes in their music.
I disagree. DLR is all about the show and his "look at me" attitude. Sammy is the one who is all about the quality of the music. Completely different styles that worked for both of them at the time but now only works for Sammy. Time hasn't been kind to DLR and his "style"...
If SH was never born, the music world would be exactly the same. If DLR was never born, everything about music, ( and people ) would be remarkably different today. (Jealousy and insecurity would still be running strong, .....thanks for the video reminder 8-)
Roth is an odd guy, I still remember his failed attempt to be a radio shock jock and interviews over the year where he comes off as very left field. However, Van Halen made their greatest music when he was helping VH to write songs. Sammy did some OK stuff on his own and with Van Halen but it never came close to the greatness of those DLR / VH collaborations. Once David was gone, it was never the same. So whatever you may say about DLR and his weirdness, his creativity helped push one of the great hard rock bands into the stratosphere. More so than Sammy ever did.
@@provisionalhypothesis I don't think if Roth stayed with the band they could have maintained the high quality of their classic period indefinitely either, but maybe that classic period could have been extended a few more albums before the inevitable drop off that every band has. As it was with Sammy, they had some decent albums with some good songs here and there but they couldn't maintain the standard of VH 1 & 2, 1984 etc.
For all of those in the comments below who are debating about who they’d rather hang out with or have a drink with: I can guarantee you that you will find more comments and stories from people who have shared a drink and hung out with Sammy Hagar than people who have sat down and shared a drink and hung out with David Lee Roth. You might prefer it be David Lee Roth but trust me, David Lee Roth doesn’t want to hang out with you
@@liquidmagma You can Love to hang out with DLR in one hand and actually have a chance to hang out with Sammy in the other and see which one fills up faster 🤟😂
i would NEVER want to hang out with Dave, but his Van Halen IS Van Halen to me. they were a unique group that no one else was like, Sammy has more range and a stronger voice that has held up way better. but Daves style is one of a kind and that is saying a lot in the music business. Sammy has a great voice but might just as well be foreigner or Bad company or any number of other hard rock vocalists.
Born in 1964. Greatest Front Men of all time. 1. Mick Jagger, 2. Jim Morrison, 3. David Lee Roth, 4. Paul Stanley. Hager does not have the look. Hey man either do I. Also, have a gift that Haggar did not get. Why can't this be love vs Ain't Talkin about Love with Roth. No contest. Roth was awesome in his prime. David Lee Roth has sever ADHD big time. Just like I do. We do not function normally. We can't stop talking and cannot fucking sit still +....You know living it and watching or reading about are two separate things. Trust me I know. My Mom would not let me see Van Halen in 1978. Whatever. Never Saw Roth in Concert. But when I asked my friends that went they were blown away by the whole thing. Haggar does not bring that energy to the table. Just my opinion which should mean nothing to anyone but me. This is not based on any Facts....
Sammy Hagar is a weird guy. He's been talking about DLR and others for years, like a nerdy high school boy that can't get attention any other way. When asked he should just lead the discussion elsewhere. He says "No, we have nothing in common" . . . except for having huge egos. Sammy had mediocre songs as a single act. Not that that's bad. But, most of rock is mediocre, with legendary songs peppered in there. He puts on good shows. DLR, with VH, is legendary. They helped make MTV a hit. Dave is an entertainer - a showman. I've seen both guys live and Dave is there, from start to finish, to make sure everyone has a great time! Who cares if the two of them weren't friends!
LOL, well you only have 3 to choose from. I prefer Sammy's voice, but I don't think anyone was confusing either of their vocal abilities with Steve Perry or Denns Deyoung. They were really more both entertaining front men
@@kevinmach7303 is alot of lead singers to choose from when you think of the best bands ever only having 1 lead singer in their lifespan. Best tunes , best showmanship , best voice was David Lee Roth...and I dont think its even close....
@@jagger9031 A fair point about the 3 singers, but so many of us found DLR to be annoying AF as a showman. "Best tunes ' is also highly subjective, they evolved as band and would have done so with or without Roth. Music wise, I see stuff to like in both periods.
Am I the other one who enjoys BOTH! I love me ALL of the DLR stuf but Sammy has some great stuff too. F.U.C.K album was my summer in '91. Girls, the rope swing at the river, fishing, getting laid, the parties. Good times! It's sad that it is all over! NOW is the time for DLR and SAMMY to get together and talk about the good old days and share some happy inside stories with us, the fans!
I enjoy them both, but I’m a musician first, last, and always… and while Eddie and Alex probably show off their musicianship more with Dave, the plain fact remains that Sammy is on another planet when it comes to vocals… Dave just can’t compete as a singer… as a frontman, however, Dave is the archetype
David Lee Roth should never have got old, I am sorry. He was brilliant in early Van Halen but a one trick pony, let's face it. Their reunion piece Tattoo was some great nostalgia but that marked the end of it.
I worked at the Bondurant driving school when 5150 came out, and Sammy was a student. He was one of the coolest, nicest and most humble guy I’ve ever met. He actually reserved an entire section of the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium for the entire staff of Bondurant. for a concert. He actually put a Bondurant driving school sticker on his red Stratocaster for the 5150 tour. He was a nice, humble and cool guy. The REAL deal.
@@theatomic430 The Bondurant school was for people who wanted to learn high level driving techniques, gaining skills that could be applied to a racetrack. Sammy definitely was not there to get a traffic ticket dismissed. He probably wanted to learn how to safely jam his Ferrari through Laguna Seca's Corkscrew at a very high speed!
You would think Hagar would appreciate differences. He sounds like a Karen from IOWA when he talks about David LEE. Dave is one hellva wild and crazy eccentric kinda dude and we love that about him . DAVE=80's rockstar
Couldn't have said it better!! David knows how to Enjoy Life, one the best Front Man of the 80s I think!! Everyone now is looking at him and saying "what happened to DLR" ? It's simple, HE got old just like we All did!! He kept his hair fluffed up and scrunchy back then not only because it Was the Big Hair Days but he was seriously thinning on top at our early age! Most, if not all, wouldn't know it but lol, I was very close up on a couple occasions lol, and yeah, I know 😄.
My honest conclusion is DLR is authentic and not a full-time showboat. He is a performer who has that vaudevillian DNA but when you research vaudeville you learn that there was an extremely hard work ethic in that business. Many famous influential performers came from vaudeville eg Buddy Rich. David Lee Roth marches to the beat of a different drummer and cannot help who he is anymore than you or I. And he was raised by a dentist. He's on another planet and is exactly who he is full-time 24/7. And thank God for that and all the eccentric, charismatic, talented, and HARD WORKING performers who can't help it and are cursed to subject themselves to our pleasure, reward, criticism, gossip, and rejection. I
I didn't see this interview that way. Sam just stated that they had a gig together. And Roth flaked. And after that, there was too much water under the bridge to repair the damage.
especially in his mind… yet, absolutely creative lyric writer. a whole decade tried to replicate VH… especially the party band persona… thing is the VH bros were serious musicians… so lots of the copy cats have nothing musically that stands out…
There's people like Diamond Dave..who are LEGEND. Bill Murray comes to mind. Eccentric.. Completely unique. What DLR is all about..is indefinable. He's like no one else.
DLR is an absolute treasure, but when you watch him in interviews, he's talking to someone in the corner of the room whom you can't see. That someone just happens to be Rod Serling, who's talking to *other* people you can't see.
"I tried" I don't believe it. There's two sides to every story, but David might not even tell much of it in public. Hagar seems hateful - he'll say anything to embarrass in public...
There's some inside incidents, which I know of, that I won't reveal here. Please believe me: Hagar carried over some abuse of David that started before Hagar was part of the band. In spite of his public persona, Eddie was a cruel prankster - a bully! Hagar maintained that hard-core brutal Van Halen tradition.
David Lee Roth is classic VH and the magic of classic VH. You had your own time with VH, so leave classic VH and Dave alone man. He’s the opposite of you. Of course you think he’s weird. Where is David Lee Roth, you know we need him more than ever now!
I met Sammy in 2001 and he was such a down to earth, humble dude.
He requires to be.
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@@jaichhabra6458 Or….maybe, Sammy is a nice guy irl. It’s extremely possible. You don’t always have to have the ego. As much as I’m not a huge Taylor Swift fan, she’s, from at least what I’ve heard, a fairly nice lady.
@@jaichhabra6458 Required by whom? He's independent & a musician. Even when "artists" were practically owned by record labels & told how they were expected to act, that didn't stop bad behavior. Watch an interview or documentary on anybody.
In an interview with Roth when he and Sammy were touring together, he was asked if they ever party together. Roth replied, "Hey, wherever I am, that's the party." I guess we could have expected an answer like that.
It's TV, when the lights are on, so is Dave! I get it.
Don't forget Dave's favourite line. "Sammy throws a party but I am a party"
No David Lee Roth, No Van Halen...
Never forget that clip of Dave at the hard rock in Vegas, he's walking down the hall and hears Van Halen blasting in this hotel room, he knocks on the door to say he loves the music and no one that answered the door knew who he was .
Well, yeah those kids that answered weren't even born until the 90s at the earliest. Why would they?
@@flashcloud666 You’re right, no video evidence exists from his time in VH. For example how do people know who the 3 stooges are if they were not born in the ‘30’s?
@@flashcloud666
You'd think if they were playing Van Halen they'd know the lead singer, at the very least. Idk, times are different I guess.
Reminds me of the Rush clip where some fans go up to Alex Lifeson and asked, "Is that Geddy Lee you're with?"
In fairness to Dave, the guy who answered might not have known; he seemed a little confused. But in the background, several people did and grabbed the guys on the balcony who came running to the door.
Overall, Dave looks so different that it doesn't help the young crowd in terms of recognition.
David Lee Roth is probably the only guy on the planet that couldn't sit down with Sammy Hagar and have good time over a couple of drinks.
Dave does not like nice guys, thats why Eddie and him got along for so long!
Sammy would be up for it if Dave would. Dave is such a dick though.
To DLR he IS the only guy on the planet!
Also the worst singer on the planet!
Keep telling yourself that nonsense. He couldn’t get along with 75% of Van Halen: David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen and Alex Van Halen. Van Halen started with David Lee Roth and ended with David Lee Roth, on album and in concert. Eddie was going to do a farewell tour with Dave, not Hagar. That’s reality.
Sammy Hagar is Sammy Hagar. David Lee Roth is David Lee Roth. That chemistry doesn't mix.
Dave may be "weird" but Van Halen was better with Dave. A lot better.
"if I sang than off-key... well, he couldn't sing in my RANGE, but..." so Sammy clearly thinks he is the better frontman, took Dave's gig, and doesn't have a lot of respect for where Dave is at now... can you kinda understand why maybe Dave wouldn't be so friendly with him?
David Lee Roth is a showman/performer, Sammy is a musician🎉
Translation: DLR is a gimmicky hotdog, Sammy is a talented professional.
@@johnnynephrite6147 Dave still sounds better.
And a much better singer.
@@adownbeatexegete1549they both sound good
@@adownbeatexegete1549Dave raps, Sammy sings.
VH was never the same without Roth. With Hagar it was like going from steak to Spam. Not good.
Very strange, imo, to think Sam and Dave would get along or enjoy hanging out with each other at all; they couldn't be more different. Sammy is a straightforward normal cat with an excellent rock voice and an agreeable disposition. Nice guy.
DLR is legit brilliant and totally unique; a true artist, whether in the studio or writing songs, and pure showman when out in public. But much closer to a reclusive mad genius than a guy to sit at a bar with.
Nice guys don't talk **** about others publicly. Did I miss something?
@@RobVespa Yeah...that's not ripping him. Ripping is what Roth did to Hagar in Rolling Stone.
I'm not trying to be argumentative, but in what way is Dave "a true artist?" Have you read that guy's lyrics in Van Halen? They are some of the densest, most empty, meaningless lyrics I have ever heard. Vocally he isn't good, either. Just a bunch of squeals and weird interludes in the songs that could've been pulled off by a teenager. "You'll get some leg tonight for sure. Tell us how youuuu dooooooo. One break, comin up!"
Dave is arguably the luckiest dude in music history falling into the lap of a band that was as good as Van Halen. Maybe they wouldn't have been as "fun" without him, but he would've achieved 0 fame on his own or in any other band if Van Halen didn't set him up to cling onto their fame for the rest of his life.
PS- I'm finding out over the years how few people actually care about lyrics, and this genre of music in particular had absolutely nothing important to say. So I guess that's how Dave got away with being such a moron all those years. No one was actually listening to him haha.
@@RobVespa Once you treat someone like **** they can say what they want about you. Nice or not. Welcome to real life where not everyone worships you like your fans do
I would never say DLR isn't talented. He is. And he was perfect for VH for the whole of his first stint with the band. Fair Warning is an incredible album IMO, and one of my very favorite records of all time (high praise coming from a Rush Head). The deal with Dave is that from an outside perspective the only thing Dave appears able to think about and talk about is Dave. Like @videojomo points out, that's exhausting.
We had a guy in our highschool that was basically DLR in everything but name.
God, he was exhausting. I caught up with him at a reunion and I wish I could say he'd come a long way in 35 years, but it was like the dude emotionally dropped anchor in 1985. You can keep that.
This is such a great post. "emotionally dropped anchor" is an absolute classic line.
Great story. I also have a friend I met in High School who always reminded me of David Le Roth. He has always been super-motivated, hyperactive, and a complete megalomaniac. Full of big talk and big ideas. I have never met such a charismatic guy. He was able to get multiple girlfriends by his infectious personality. These days we still talk, but I can only handle him in limited doses. He is emotionally draining and a bit deluded. Finally I can see through his facade. He is stuck in mid-eighties which is a bit depressing really. He is lost in time and space. "Dropped anchor" is a great way of putting it!
@@americanpatriots4868 Ha, I knew a guy like that also growing up, in fact, he was my best friend. He also got multiple girlfriends with his high energy style which made me jealous because he always did better than me. However, when he hit his late 20's his hairline receded, he got a gut and lost his youthful looks, his lothario style didn't work anymore on the ladies. Instead of being charming, they thought he was obnoxious. I kept my hair, stayed in shape and had a low key style that wasn't off putting to women and from then on did better than him. To this day he still tries his old routines but can't seem to figure out that it doesn't work when women are a little older and wiser and you don't have a certain physical appeal to back it up. Like you said, he just can't pull that anchor up, now he's stuck and jealous of me.
You really hit the nail on the head with that one!! Excellent discription of DLR
…But there’s a part in all of us that wants the Jeff Spicoli from high school to remain drop anchored for those rare future encounters. 🤷
Roth put together a helluva band after Van Halen ..with Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan, and Greg Bissonette ..Eat and Smile kicked ass! Great tour too !!
Sammy still looks and sings like he is half his age! The guy just doesn't age much. He is 75 years old!!! Wow!
He had a blessed life.
@Mike Fu Even so I think of my grandparents my Mom's side her parents were in an old-age home by age 65 they were farmers and raised 10 kids so they had a hard life. Dad's side his Dad died at 52 and Dad's Mom died at 65. I've even seen people in old age homes in their mid 50s mentally gave up on life. Life is what you make it be active and do what you love if you can sadly we don't all get the chance to do that.
i was goin to say the same thing, how he hasnt aged much at all, Science should study the type and quantity of the drugs he has taken in his life 😆
He still looks good for his age but he is looking older lately pictures I saw
10 yrs ago more like it
I like both David amd Sammy. But do remember that the music written in the Sammy Era was all coming from Eddie. It was the direction and freedom Eddie wanted with his writing and I think he wrote some pretty awesome songs with Sammy.
Sammy said he basically ran VH on videotape. I think that was the last straw for the brothers. They gave him freedom to run thing AS it took pressure off them and Sammy really enjoyed it. But Sammy got cocky thinking he did it himself. The brothers allowed Sammy that freedom and he got delusional thinking he steared the boat.
@@TheAgentAssassin
Because he did. The Brother’s left to their own devices accomplished nothing. They did finally get an album out with Gary Sherone, but it was pretty lackluster. There is no doubting EVH’s talent as an Innovator and musician. But a leader he was not. He was a loaner. He would rather tinker and noodle with his guitar all day, and make neat sounds/noises than plan a world tour, or plan a marketing strategy, etc. It also takes a special type of person to be able to take Eddies guitar ramblings and turn them into songs, with structure, etc. DLR and SH could both do that. They were both headstrong and savvy enough to push the band forward. So yea. Dave ran the band when he was in it, Sammy ran the band when he was in it. That isn’t to say there wasn’t input from the other guys, not at all, it’s just Sammy was able to take all the pieces and put them together. The brothers Van Halen couldn’t seem to do that alone
@@provisionalhypothesis Yes, I put it up there with the likes of White Lion. Terrible music.
@@valdivia1234567 Vito Bratta is an amazing guitarist, don't know what you bumped your head against.
@@raywideman7157 Yes!!! The proof is VH did nothing after Sammy left. Nothing! Their career was over.
Sammy is a musician.
Dave is a rockstar.
A diva
SAmmy was/is a rockstar Lee Roth? a douche.....
@Thomas Cavanaugh You can't measure the better career by who has more money.
@@phaedrussmith1949 yeah you can. It's literally the best indicator. I can't even understand why someone would say otherwise unless they're just trying to save face.
@@thomascavanaugh5895
If Hag is worth $150M or whatever, you’re being disingenuous by not mentioning it’s probably largely because of his tequila hustle.
They were both fantastic. Sammy was the best pick to replace him. It was different but it was great in it's own right. Best songs Sammy ever wrote were with them.
Van Halen, the band, died of an estrogen overdose. Sammy's XX chromosomes, tipped the scales to a ballad rock music style.
@@cheerdiver… what a naive thing to say when the most “XX” album they ever put out was 1984. 😂 The band wanted to mature and Dave didn’t. Further proved by his horrible solo career following 🤣
@@bladeaddison3189horrible solo career? The f*** out of here. Hagar rocked in the 70s and early 80s but really ruined Van Halen sound.
@@bladeaddison3189 We would have never heard of DLR if it weren't for Eddie.
@@thomascavanaugh5458 very true excellent point.
Dave is a weird guy, Sammy is a cool guy. The music they made with Dave was amazing, the music they made with Sammy is hit or miss. The guy who gets the job done creatively doesn’t necessarily have to be the guy you wanna go have dinner with. I don’t know why people conflate “liking the artist as a person” with “being a fan of the music”, they’re not the same.
Well then, let me help you understand:
Generally speaking, people are stupid af.
Yeah, the whole everyone needs to get along to produce good work is bs.
DLR is VanHalen.For better or worse.
Yep. Love Sammy, but his music (solo), as much as I like it, is not in the same stratosphere as the original VH. Sammy's music with VH wasn't even as good as his solo stuff, not that I think the Van Hagar sucked, it was just so "radio"
@@curtisgibbons1078 oh, I completely agree, the most common thing people come at me with on this subject is that I’m a Sammy-hater, but none of them know that the self titled Montrose album is one of my favorite classic rock albums of all time.haha
Hagar was awesome before VH, and he’s a helluva businessman. I don’t know why people shoot him down for being in the restaurant/liquor industry. I think the guy is awesome, I just really never thought VH music was very consistent with him. They tried way too hard to be “safe”.
'Showboating'. LOL! That describes Dave perfectly. Does he EVER come out of 'character' in public?
I doubt it. Still, gotta love him though! Great interview. Makes you really appreciate the guys like Sammy who are just genuine and what you see is pretty much what you get without all the 'showboating'. I still love both of them.
Just thought I'd let you know that the David you see on the stage is EXACTLY EVERYTHING YOU get Off the stage!! He is so full of life and Fun!! Yes he is a Character and with Diamond Dave, What ya see is whatcha GET! LMFAO 😁 I miss the good times from the 80s!!
Dave hasn’t come out of the closet either.
@@nativevirginian8344 Explain.
I think it's unfair to say who is better. They were two phases of VH, both brilliant front men and I'm grateful for the music they made that enhanced my life as a teenager in the 80s. Good times. Wish I was back there.
Agreed. Van Hagar and Van Roth are literally two totally different bands. Saying they're not is like saying Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver are the same band. Or Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave.
It's all Eddie!!!!
@@richevans609 Indeed! My analogy to those bands was more focusing on the fact that Roth era and Hagar era Van Halen basically had completely different objectives and motivations regarding their song writing.
Lets face it they both sucked, David and his painted dopey smile or Sammy to crunchy clown look
@@richevans609 Way overrated, any kid could use two hands to tap frenetically, if his stuff is so good how come any 15 year old kid can copy it to a T, he had no sense of melody it's just show pony stuff
"Dave's not here" 🤣🤣🤣 Classic Cheech and Chong skit. Not sure that's what Sammy was going for, but that's what it reminded me of, Good times.
Yes! My thoughts exactly! It brought me right back to that skit off of an album if I remember correctly. And I think it was more like Dave, I got the stuff! LOL
I had the same thought, and then was waiting for the song " Earache my eye" to start up! lol
Sammy screams, David sings
Sammy is one constant screamy pitch
My friend loved Sammy Hagar and said he was way better than David lee roths, so every time the radio would come on it was always David lee roth with Van Halen. I would yell across the shop that doesn't sound like Sammy Hagar to me. LOL I loved it!
"David Lee Roth is a weird guy"-(insert Nicholas Cage saying- YOU DON'T SAY?)
David Lee Roth is a highly disciplined Renaissance man. Man has a hell of a resume.
I had the 1978 record it was amazing. And they we not well known then but I knew they were going to be a top band to be remembered.
Sammy Hagar is a great guy and a great singer and he just getting better and better the older he gets 👌
I dont why dave would hate sammy ,Dave quit vanhalen and left he was not fired.
Wow, Sam really has no vocabulary huh. I remember Dave once saying, "if you use the word 'weird,' it means you have nothing else to say." Dave is a book reader, Sam is slapping his logo on every margarita or tequila bottle. You decide who the more in tune one is.
Dave went and became an Emergency tech for several years and probably helped many people and saved some lives so I'll give him credit. A multi-millionaire doesn't have to do that. Nice of him to try to give back.
For Dave it was all ego. Or he was "in a money pinch" because he lost his cash.
@@Derek-pd4fc His father is / was a surgeon, so he may have felt it was time to do something in the medical field himself.
@@Treviscoehis father was an ophthalmologist.
True, he’s worth 60 million. He doesn’t have to work. I never heard he got married or had children. I imagine everyone is different. The adulation you get as a singer really caresses your ego. Sam Hagar shouldn’t be so pious. He inherited an established band.
BS. FOAD
Love Sammy. He’s a class act! And he speaks his mind with the truth.
Sami Hager badmouth everybody go away you old fart
60 years old acts like he’s 12 bad miles David Lee Roth, badmouth Eddie Van Halen go away
@@shawnstandiford6008 No, Roth was an A/H and Eddie didn’t know any better. Alex was the brains between himself and Eddie. Sammy however is the forever business man. Alex isn’t doing squat now but Sammy Michael Anthony are still making music and money. Who’s the “12 year old now?@.
David lee roth brought so much to van halen and I will never forget that, on the other side sammy hagar was always my first purchase of albums because of the amount of artistic content from montrose ynt and all the bands sammy played in, van halen had a good run but nothing like what MR Hager brought to the whole table of rock, someone.... Should have noticed that fact.
LMAO
Fair warning alone, destroys all of the decent songs in haggars 4 cds
@@playdiscgolf1546 Lord strike that poor boy down....
@@genekrafft948 well you cannot laugh all the way to Sammy's bank so.....
@@playdiscgolf1546 love all of early vh, but you must be late to the table i.e. green to the amount of content Sammy brought to the table in his career.
Sammy screams, David sings
Sammy ⚰️KILLED ME⚰️ @0:47 with "He Does"??? I died🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣‼️
Why does Sammy Hagar look 50 and David Lee Roth look 100 years old
No joke!
I don't know what year this was filmed, but if it was right when it was posted (in 2022) that puts him around 74 years old. Ridiculously good shape for his age.
Plus, Sammy is OLDER than Dave by about 7 years.
Crack and liking dudes makes you old fast
DLR is still looking younger than Eddie though.
Cabo Wabo
Sammy is a regular guy, and Dave is not even close to that. But without Dave, Sammy would've continued his moderately sucessful solo career.
Totally false. Dave is a regular guy and very approachable away from the stage. Very nice guy.
@@merlinames9197 I didn't say he wasn't a nice guy. When I said he wasn't a regular guy, I meant it as a compliment. He's larger than life and has acted that way for most of his life, which is kind of what I expect from rock stars. Think Freddie Mercury, or David Bowie, or Iggy Pop or dozens of other rock stars. They were/are friendly offstage, but they were not regular guys.
@@KurtI2525 cool. I agree with that for sure.
@@merlinames9197 Dave is a legend in his own mind.
@@Trumps_Idiocracy_2024 and so is Sammy. ehh.
…and he lives rent-free in your head, Sammy!
Of course David Lee Roth is a weird guy, he was basically Jeff Spiccoli in spandex😅
People either forget or simply don't know that DLR wrote most of the songs when he was in the band. It was even DLR's idea to call the band Van Halen.
Van Halen in the late 70's/early 80's: probably the closest to The Beatles in my lifetime. Roth has a lot to do with that.
I loved Sammy and Dave. Both were incredible frontmen! 🤘🏻
I lost a lot of respect when Sammy said he basically ran Van Halen.
They had 6 albums before Sammy was even near them. By then EDDIE rewrote the book on guitar and Sammy has the balls to say he "runs VH".
I mean the brothers may have tolerated his ideas letting Sammy carry some weight and then Sammy became delusional thinking he ran things.
I've been a manager for 30yrs and I've seen what happens when you give someone under you a little room and freedom to do their thing. Some flourish but some let the power corrupt them and they bite the hand that feeds them.
Suddenly they think they're the boss running the show. They forget the guy above them created a space for them to work freely. I even defended some of the people to my superiors without that defense they were on the chopping block to be terminated.
Understanding the hierarchy is the important thing. Sammy got too cocky and overstepped his bounds. The guy is on video tape saying he ran Van Halen. Pretty delusional thinking if you ask me.
I lost respect when he shamed Eddie's in his book. How can you do that!
Sammy Hager SING'S about ( LOVE ❤️ )..... David Lee Roth Sing's about ( Running with The Devil ) and Women and FUN........ BIG DIFFERENCE
From u.k.
I’m 66 now and living in between Liverpool
and Manchester, over the decades I’ve seen
em all!
U.S. and BRIT bands when they toured.
Roth best frontman of all time?
I think so, highly intelligent, does things
outside his comfort zone.
Entertainment personified!
At his peak no one better!
I’ve watched enough DLR interviews to know that I couldn’t imagine being stuck in an elevator with him for more than two minutes. He’s just got the personality and mannerism that you want to avoid. I do anyway. Loved his music with VH though.
Exactly those type personalities are people that are different and stand out! This man was just another guy & if he were ever more than just another dude he wouldn’t have taken the job in the first place but he did because he wanted more $ & more fame! If he were that great then he would have kept his own scene but he jumped at the chance like the brokedick regular cat he always was! He knew the comparisons were coming from the start & he was just a regular dude that didn’t put in the time & effort to grow the band that Dave did so this is really sad he’s still talking about this, u don’t hear Dave whining on and on do ya?
He had a radio show back in the day and it played on Krock in NYC. He was cool, and funny. Maybe he just needs to be able to ramble about what he wants.
I've always been a fan of David's but he seems like he's
about one puff away from one of those guys that stands
in front of telephone poles, screaming at it.
Yeah his interviews are torturous. He makes some simplistic statement and then says, “you follow?”. Uh, yeah Dave. We follow. 🙄
@@justinparks5280Sammy has had more success than Dave will ever dream about. He talks about Dave still because that’s what people constantly ask about. If not for Van Halen Dave would have likely been a nobody.
I could understand Sammy and Dave not speaking. Sammy is such a down to earth guy.Dave thinks he is above everyone else.They are both great at what they do,but they are two different personalities 😅😅
Sammy is definitely the more mature and the Humbler man outta the two!!!!!
Sammy's the one who has been most vocal & it's nothing but ugliness. I don't care what the Dave bashers say, but this is all Sammy & his insecurities with all these personal shots all these years.
@@emmabauer1906 it's no one's fault but Dave's that Dave is nuttier than a fruitcake.
Agree. At least DLR buried the hatchet with the Van Halen brothers long ago even if it was for good business sense. DLR is happy doing his own thing now.
It is Sammy Hagar who passive aggressively continues playing victim and publicly making immature, egocentric comments not only about Roth but occasionally about the deceased Eddie Van Halen about things that should not be discussed publicly. Not cool.
Sammy needs to see a shrink and get over it and move on. He thinks he has but is full of pent up resentment.
As for Roth, yeah, he's eccentric. A lot of creative people are eccentric and sometimes volatile because they have a vision of what they want and unwilling to compromise. That's why Lee went solo. I mean, no one could have told DaVinci how to paint Mona Lisa's smile. He would have told you to f-off in Italian.
As others have said, by the end the Van Halen brothers tapped David Lee Roth to return; not Sammy. Get over it, Sammy.
@@assoverteakettle 😂😂
I liked Sammy’s solo music better than him in VH. The VOA album is just part of my youth and will forever be one of my favorites. Thank you for the memories Sammy!
What's VOA
I saw VOA tour, I don't need any more proof that Sammy didn't need VH.
Sammy's whole life now is to go around insulting David Lee Roth, and yet I have never heard David Lee Roth say anything negative about Haggar.
Haggar has no class, and in my opinion doesn't hold a candle to David Lee Roth
He's calling him weird? He said he was abducted by aliens and he's calling Dave weird! 🤣
I love all the old Van Halen albums and performances. That said, Sammy Hagar an amazing and super down-to-earth guy that I would much rather play with in a band scenario.
He’s the Guy Fieri of Rock.
David Lee Roth will always be my Van Halen.
I’m a DLR guy myself. For Christ sake, can we respect Hagar enough to give him some headphones with a longer cable?
LMFAO!! I noticed that too ... omg rotf pmp
Five bodyguard David lee
I saw VH supporting Black Sabbath at The Capitol in Aberdeen Scotland in May 1978. VH were fantastic and DLR was an amazing frontman. Black Sabbath were poor that night because of Ozzy being out of his tree. I like SH too, but for me VH with DLR when I saw them was the ultimate.
David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar are two larger than life egos. Hell no they’re not going to get along. Both have to be front and center. Cats and dogs.
I've seen both Sammy Hagar (before Van Halen) and David Lee Roth (after Van Halen) in concert and Sammy was the best! Both vocally and also his performance. Rock on Sammy !!🥰Mas Tequila 😁
Back in the day, Sammy couldn't touch David as
a stage act, David was pure gold. Shame that they
can't 'just get along' .
@@bikersoncall and Dave couldn’t hold Sammy’s jock strap as a singer… Sammy can sing Dave’s songs without any effort, Dave can’t sing Sammy’s songs at all… I won’t even get into the fact that Sammy is also a top flight guitarist or songwriter.
@@jameshagan2268
''Back in the day, Sammy couldn't
touch David as a stage act,
David was pure gold...''
What I said is fact, Sammy couldn't
''hold David's jock strap'' as a stage
act , back in the day , not even close.
Roth was outrageous and clever, with
some ridiculous, yet entertaining
antics and dynamics.
Roth was as important to the success
of VH as was Eddie.
Sammy did a good job filling in.
Sammy is a really good business man. He'd be great to talk to over drinks, but hanging out for days and weeks I'd be DLR by a mile. Dave is well read, hiking, climbing and traveling. Sammy has the better voice now because he is actively singing and using his pipes. Look at Coverdale now. Use it or lose it.
I'm assuming David Coverdale lost his singing voice
FACTS Thomas.
A day with DLR would be tiresome
@@Nexuhss well…better exhausted than bored to sleep I say!
Haha yeah i reckon a week with DLR would be amazing fun but gawd it would be intense. And exhausting !
DLR became a EMT with millions in the bank he was helping people whats wrong with that sammy...sammy didn't sing Dave's stuff he just can't it sounds stupid when he does that has led to Van Hagar and Van Halen ...I don't mind sammy stuff(5 songs) but It's a different band still awesome 😎 but for me 5 tracks
Sammy is weird too. Everyone is weird but no one was as badass a VH in the early days with Roth!
I just don't get it. Why would Dave be mad at Sammy? Dave quit Van Halen after the 1984 tour of his own volition, he was not fired, he wanted to do his own thing. VH then brought in Sammy. What did Dave expect, VH to just stop performing and making music? I heard of Narcissism but this is crazy.
Van Halen in NOT Van Halen without David Lee Roth. Class dismissed.
Saying that DLR is weird is like saying the grand canyon is big.
I watch David on a Joe Rogan episode and I’d say that guy would be difficult to be around for long periods of time. A bit over the top kind of guy that really likes his point of view. Not much to joke about if you’re only allowed to hear him talk.
Having said that, David sounds like he’s got a lot to share from his life that would be interesting to hear. I’d just know not to try and share anything about myself, enjoy the stories and exit to the left.
It seems he is always trying to be clever with a string of one-liners. Plus he really employs that passive-aggressive speaking tactic of pausing constantly, and saying mmkay.... Purely designed to keep you off balance, and not talking. Because, thats his role. You just listen. You are right, its exhausting.
There was Van Halen and there was Van Hagar. Both were outstanding but it’s Van Halen for me.
If you’re not weird, you’re weird. Too many automatons.
Those 1st six VH albums w/ Dave are untouchable...the most rockin' slabs of music ever recorded. I'm a singer and just because a singer has a higher register/range than another guy, doesn't make him a better singer. Sammy always throws that in Dave's face. Yeah, Dave's weird but those Van Hagar records SUCK! No balls, no rebellion - straight up "Soccer Dad" rock. Not all Sammy's fault but no comparison.
don't forget that a great deal of Van Hagar's lyrical and musical crappiness, compared to the previous six, is a direct result of Eddie Van Halen finally getting his way after years of bullying from the equally headstrong Diamond Dave!
Yeah right...sounds like your mindset is eschewed by a bit of a bromance
Then you see Dave in concert. Big fucking let down. He signs half the lyrics and does leg kicks and prances around. The albums are great. Dave live sucks. I saw the 1984 concert in Portland. I was let down.
Right on!
Diamondave is Rock n Roll.
Sammy is the business side of Rock n Roll that looks at the chart positions, the ticket prices and the royalties before the music.
And, it shoes in their music.
I disagree. DLR is all about the show and his "look at me" attitude. Sammy is the one who is all about the quality of the music. Completely different styles that worked for both of them at the time but now only works for Sammy. Time hasn't been kind to DLR and his "style"...
Does Diamond Dave know that you’re out here being his White Knight?
shoes?? lol
Sammy is a liquor salesman- Diamond Dave is a LEDGEND. There is a difference.
Dave lives rent free in Sammy's head. I like Sammy but he can't get over Dave.
If SH was never born, the music world would be exactly the same. If DLR was never born, everything about music, ( and people ) would be remarkably different today. (Jealousy and insecurity would still be running strong, .....thanks for the video reminder 8-)
Roth is an odd guy, I still remember his failed attempt to be a radio shock jock and interviews over the year where he comes off as very left field. However, Van Halen made their greatest music when he was helping VH to write songs. Sammy did some OK stuff on his own and with Van Halen but it never came close to the greatness of those DLR / VH collaborations. Once David was gone, it was never the same. So whatever you may say about DLR and his weirdness, his creativity helped push one of the great hard rock bands into the stratosphere. More so than Sammy ever did.
@@provisionalhypothesis I don't think if Roth stayed with the band they could have maintained the high quality of their classic period indefinitely either, but maybe that classic period could have been extended a few more albums before the inevitable drop off that every band has. As it was with Sammy, they had some decent albums with some good songs here and there but they couldn't maintain the standard of VH 1 & 2, 1984 etc.
For all of those in the comments below who are debating about who they’d rather hang out with or have a drink with: I can guarantee you that you will find more comments and stories from people who have shared a drink and hung out with Sammy Hagar than people who have sat down and shared a drink and hung out with David Lee Roth. You might prefer it be David Lee Roth but trust me, David Lee Roth doesn’t want to hang out with you
Good point haha
I could not handle that with dlr and his bad jokes lol at them alone.
Dave's a self admitted loaner. Doesn't change the fact that I'd love to hang with him.
@@liquidmagma You can Love to hang out with DLR in one hand and actually have a chance to hang out with Sammy in the other and see which one fills up faster 🤟😂
@@TheQuadrum Not really the point.
i would NEVER want to hang out with Dave, but his Van Halen IS Van Halen to me. they were a unique group that no one else was like, Sammy has more range and a stronger voice that has held up way better. but Daves style is one of a kind and that is saying a lot in the music business. Sammy has a great voice but might just as well be foreigner or Bad company or any number of other hard rock vocalists.
Born in 1964. Greatest Front Men of all time. 1. Mick Jagger, 2. Jim Morrison, 3. David Lee Roth, 4. Paul Stanley. Hager does not have the look. Hey man either do I. Also, have a gift that Haggar did not get. Why can't this be love vs Ain't Talkin about Love with Roth. No contest. Roth was awesome in his prime.
David Lee Roth has sever ADHD big time. Just like I do. We do not function normally. We can't stop talking and cannot fucking sit still +....You know living it and watching or reading about are two separate things. Trust me I know. My Mom would not let me see Van Halen in 1978. Whatever. Never Saw Roth in Concert. But when I asked my friends that went they were blown away by the whole thing. Haggar does not bring that energy to the table. Just my opinion which should mean nothing to anyone but me. This is not based on any Facts....
Sammy Hagar is a weird guy. He's been talking about DLR and others for years, like a nerdy high school boy that can't get attention any other way. When asked he should just lead the discussion elsewhere. He says "No, we have nothing in common" . . . except for having huge egos.
Sammy had mediocre songs as a single act. Not that that's bad. But, most of rock is mediocre, with legendary songs peppered in there. He puts on good shows.
DLR, with VH, is legendary. They helped make MTV a hit. Dave is an entertainer - a showman.
I've seen both guys live and Dave is there, from start to finish, to make sure everyone has a great time!
Who cares if the two of them weren't friends!
Roth was the best Van Halen lead vocalist ever
LOL, well you only have 3 to choose from. I prefer Sammy's voice, but I don't think anyone was confusing either of their vocal abilities with Steve Perry or Denns Deyoung. They were really more both entertaining front men
@@kevinmach7303 is alot of lead singers to choose from when you think of the best bands ever only having 1 lead singer in their lifespan. Best tunes , best showmanship , best voice was David Lee Roth...and I dont think its even close....
@@jagger9031 A fair point about the 3 singers, but so many of us found DLR to be annoying AF as a showman. "Best tunes
' is also highly subjective, they evolved as band and would have done so with or without Roth. Music wise, I see stuff to like in both periods.
Bon Scott is the best in AV/TV
Without DLR, there wouldn't have been a Van Halen
Am I the other one who enjoys BOTH! I love me ALL of the DLR stuf but Sammy has some great stuff too. F.U.C.K album was my summer in '91. Girls, the rope swing at the river, fishing, getting laid, the parties. Good times! It's sad that it is all over! NOW is the time for DLR and SAMMY to get together and talk about the good old days and share some happy inside stories with us, the fans!
I enjoy them both, but I’m a musician first, last, and always… and while Eddie and Alex probably show off their musicianship more with Dave, the plain fact remains that Sammy is on another planet when it comes to vocals… Dave just can’t compete as a singer… as a frontman, however, Dave is the archetype
Read BOTH of their books: "Crazy from the Heat" by DLR and "Red" by Sammy Hagar. This will give you a better understanding of each guy.
David Lee Roth should never have got old, I am sorry. He was brilliant in early Van Halen but a one trick pony, let's face it. Their reunion piece Tattoo was some great nostalgia but that marked the end of it.
I worked at the Bondurant driving school when 5150 came out, and Sammy was a student. He was one of the coolest, nicest and most humble guy I’ve ever met. He actually reserved an entire section of the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium for the entire staff of Bondurant. for a concert. He actually put a Bondurant driving school sticker on his red Stratocaster for the 5150 tour. He was a nice, humble and cool guy. The REAL deal.
Why was he at a driving school at that point?
@@theatomic430 The Bondurant school was for people who wanted to learn high level driving techniques, gaining skills that could be applied to a racetrack. Sammy definitely was not there to get a traffic ticket dismissed. He probably wanted to learn how to safely jam his Ferrari through Laguna Seca's Corkscrew at a very high speed!
Interesting anecdote - thanks! :)
@@theatomic430he was learning to drive 55
You would think Hagar would appreciate differences. He sounds like a Karen from IOWA when he talks about David LEE. Dave is one hellva wild and crazy eccentric kinda dude and we love that about him . DAVE=80's rockstar
The biggest turn off about Sam is that in every single interview he has to start shit about Dave. Meanwhile DLR never mentions him.
Couldn't have said it better!! David knows how to Enjoy Life, one the best Front Man of the 80s I think!! Everyone now is looking at him and saying "what happened to DLR" ? It's simple, HE got old just like we All did!! He kept his hair fluffed up and scrunchy back then not only because it Was the Big Hair Days but he was seriously thinning on top at our early age! Most, if not all, wouldn't know it but lol, I was very close up on a couple occasions lol, and yeah, I know 😄.
I heard a DJ do a word association game with DLR once . The DJ said ," Sammy Hagar . DLR said ," pass the potatoes " .
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That sounds like Dave LMFAO 😳 🤣
It was a vodka reference.
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@@TomKatzman I believe it was a dig about his weight.
@@guitarholeok guitarsehole... I was aware...mine was a better joke.stay cool!🖕🤘🙏👍✌️🤙
I've always wondered if Dave is somewhere out there on the psychological spectrum. He's super-intelligent but definitely on his own planet.
He most likely suffers from narcissistic personality disorder.
I'm pretty sure he's also ate up with ADD. Probably where he gets his energy on stage. But when he's off it's likely tougher to deal with.
David Lee Roth is one of the weirdest people on the planet.
My honest conclusion is DLR is authentic and not a full-time showboat. He is a performer who has that vaudevillian DNA but when you research vaudeville you learn that there was an extremely hard work ethic in that business. Many famous influential performers came from vaudeville eg Buddy Rich.
David Lee Roth marches to the beat of a different drummer and cannot help who he is anymore than you or I. And he was raised by a dentist. He's on another planet and is exactly who he is full-time 24/7. And thank God for that and all the eccentric, charismatic, talented, and HARD WORKING performers who can't help it and are cursed to subject themselves to our pleasure, reward, criticism, gossip, and rejection.
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Some people love Sammy but nobody loves Sammy like Sammy loves Sammy.
damn!
What's weird is that Sammy is still whining about Dave 30 years later.
That's not Whining...the host asked him a question and he explained the situation.
When Dave was asked about Sammy, he said “he talks a lot about love” and I aint talkin bout love.
That sums up everything.
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Then Dave talked about swing-line staplers for 75 minutes
I didn't see this interview that way. Sam just stated that they had a gig together. And Roth flaked. And after that, there was too much water under the bridge to repair the damage.
Maybe Dave didn't want to hang out with Kid Rock? Can't fault him for that.
I am Not into Kid Rock at all, but he did say that he , DLR, and Ted Nugent sat and watched Dave's crazy Backyard BBQ video together.
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Any would anyone?
That's EXACTLY what I thought. Kid Rock is a no-talent tool. Not sure why Sammy wants to hang with him unless it's just about getting drunk?
nobody can take away what dlr meant to vh and that's what probably irks him to this day
David Lee Roth was definitely better than Van Hagar.
David Lee Roth is a legend.
especially in his mind… yet, absolutely creative lyric writer. a whole decade tried to replicate VH… especially the party band persona… thing is the VH bros were serious musicians… so lots of the copy cats have nothing musically that stands out…
There's people like Diamond Dave..who are LEGEND. Bill Murray comes to mind. Eccentric.. Completely unique. What DLR is all about..is indefinable. He's like no one else.
Bon Scott IMO
If Sammy says he doesn't get along with someone I believe him. He's done enough interviews to get a line on his personality.
Same with DLR.
@@notintohandles Dave wins.
@@carlsaganlives5112 that battle ended a long time ago.
I remember "Van Halen" Unique Original Band ,then they stop making music after 1984.
Go figure 🤔
5 bodyguards??? Even Micheal Jordan doesn't have that many when he's on the road.
The difference between Sammy and Dave is: Dave doesn't waste his time talking about Sammy
Finally! I fit this point of view too
DLR makes Weird Al look completely normal 😜
Weird Al is pretty normal. Humble and no ego.
LMAO !
You mean big gay Al.
DLR is an absolute treasure, but when you watch him in interviews, he's talking to someone in the corner of the room whom you can't see. That someone just happens to be Rod Serling, who's talking to *other* people you can't see.
I was wondering about that. Thanks for explanation
who is Rod Ser
"I tried"
I don't believe it. There's two sides to every story, but David might not even tell much of it in public. Hagar seems hateful - he'll say anything to embarrass in public...
There's some inside incidents, which I know of, that I won't reveal here. Please believe me: Hagar carried over some abuse of David that started before Hagar was part of the band. In spite of his public persona, Eddie was a cruel prankster - a bully! Hagar maintained that hard-core brutal Van Halen tradition.
when was this? Sammy Hagar is 75 yrs old and looks amazing