1981 David Lee Roth interview (Entertainment Tonight)

[Gravelgutband]

yeah but sammy solo kicked ass, and chickenfoot kicks ass, and Montrose kicked ass and dave didnt

[SpahnRanch1969]

@Gravelgutband I agree with that to a point.

Montrose was great. SOME solo Sammy was good, not all of it.

But Chickenfoot SUCKS.

DLR solo stuff SUCKED, but was still a LOT better than Van Hagar.

Anyway, that's not the original point. Van Halen was AWESOME with Roth, and SUCKED with Hagar.

[Gravelgutband]

@SpahnRanch1969 Both Chickenfoot albums were cover to cover, and i can name 2 great Van Hagar ALBUMS, i cant name one good Diamond Dickhead song

[SpahnRanch1969]

@Gravelgutband That's your own opinion.

In my opinion, your opinion SUCKS.

[Gravelgutband]

@SpahnRanch1969 Yeah well in my opinion, you have no ears plus a poor judgement on opinions

[SpahnRanch1969]

@Gravelgutband Gay comment, dude. Like your taste in music.

Now go listen to Chickenfart.

Roth VH is the ONLY VH.

Anyway, you hate DLR so bad, why hang out on a video with an interview with him?

Hagar is about the biggest dick in showbiz, BTW. AT least Roth has a sense of humor.

I guess those aliens programmed Sammy to write sucky pop crap.

[Gravelgutband]

@SpahnRanch1969 HA! ur hilarious, keep babbling little child, your the only person caring about irrational argument in which you can't really hod ur own in obviously. Sammy is a class act, chickenfoot is great. Youre clearly stuck in the 80s, so ill leave you to your flashbacks of jacking off to Van Halen music videos. Have fun!

[SpahnRanch1969]

@Gravelgutband You're an illiterate moron with lousy taste in music. Chickenshit is terrible. And it's great that you like to envision me jacking off, dude. Shows where your mind is, buddy!

And I'm not the "only person caring" if YOU'RE responding. You are demonstrably an idiot.

Now go take a remedial 4th grade spelling and grammar course, you meathead.

[Gravelgutband]

@SpahnRanch1969 No need for name calling kiddo

[SpahnRanch1969]

@Gravelgutband "keep babbling little child"

"ill leave you to your flashbacks of jacking off to Van Halen music videos"

Kiss my ass, you hypocritical moron.

Insults, namecalling... ...same difference.

Don't instigate, then cry about it.

[Gravelgutband]

@SpahnRanch1969 im not the one crying pal, i know im right, youre the one all hung up about it and whining about me being right. AndI calle you a child, which is what you are, how am i hypocritical? haha

[SpahnRanch1969]

@Gravelgutband Dude, seriously. Stop typing. You function on about a first-grade level.

You're embarrasing yourself.

[Gravelgutband]

@SpahnRanch1969 OH NO! Stop youre hurting my feelings by calling me a first grader from behind a computer screen. get a life

[SpahnRanch1969]

@Gravelgutband I must be. You keep running back to me and whining.

Go listen to Chickenshit, the frighteningly mediocre superband.

[Gravelgutband]

@SpahnRanch1969 You commented on MY post, im running back to you because you started with the notifications im getting. And there isnt a supergroup out there with better chemistry, songwriting, and stage presence as Chickenfoot, Van Gaylen can't even touch them

[SpahnRanch1969]

@Gravelgutband Actually, YOU commented on MY post, idiot.

Can't even get a simple fact like that straight, huh?

"Iron Maiden and Motorhead were metal in those days."

Remember now, you stupid cunt?

[threee65]

David lee us festival

[threee65]

David lee us festival

[Barnum5150]

I'm probably gonna get killed for saying this but: I am a far bigger fan of Sammy musically, but I have to admit that Dave is one cool dude.

[Gravelgutband]

@Barnum5150 Probably because Sammy is better musically haha. 64 years old and shreds, sings, and writes way better than this 56 year old premadonna. Sammy's all about the fun of life when Dave Lee is about the platform heels and the diamond

[SpahnRanch1969]

@Gravelgutband Van Halen with Hagar sucked ass. Not one good song.

[OnTheLibraryComputer]

This guy is a vagabond rock n roll genius! DLR we (who appreciate your version of rock n roll class) all love you!

[khanarama]

I love a man who can laugh at himself

[PeterHBne1]

"So I've successfully turned monkey hour into a career." Long live those of us with well over-active metabolisms.

[publicservant2009]

HEY EVERYONE! U NEED TO SEE MY VIDEO!

[fumetti]

Van halen is not heavy metal.

[lolwtfreak]

@fumetti In 1981 people considered Heavy Metal much differently than they do now.

[SpahnRanch1969]

@fumetti Van Halen were definitely a metal band in those days.

[Gravelgutband]

@SpahnRanch1969 Iron Maiden and Motorhead were heavy metal in those days.

[SpahnRanch1969]

@Gravelgutband Van Halen were metal, too. Just a different flavor. I was alive "in those days."

[thagrtstuvawltyme11]

almost looks like an LCD TV at 1:24...

[guitarmaster8587]

that's entertainment tonight

[bytebull]

DAVE IS THE HOTDOG OF ROCK... THAT'S CLASS...

[bytebull]

PURE ROCK IN ROLL GOD.... NO ONE IS AS GOOD AT PR AS DAVE.

[leonetski]

he is a Ass but he is best leadman VH ever had

[584megadeth]

@arc1974 bro unchained is on fair warning

[saratea]

I have successfully turned monkey hour into a career

[Rumble200]

not high, he just have ADHD and enjoys life

[06livefast]

so high guarunteed

[Adnoydall]

closet case

[ultmt45slay]

10 people work at banks

[raideraaron13]

Unchained is on Fair Warning. Just sayen

[AoDIronMask]

He should have played basketball. Dude can jump like a muthafukka.

[dlistedbitch]

Rock Stars today are such pussies!!! Diamond Dave is truly an original!!

[ermac59]

A Handsome Cool Intelegent Guy

[rupturedtesticle]

A chili dog is when you shit on a girl's chest and then titty fuck her.

[ulizinho]

@rupturedtesticle

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[RKCMUZIK1111]

he sucks my balllz

[jamminjohn]

@RKCMUZIK1111 or he gave you a chili dog

[Jgeneraledger23]

Dave once said that "the love of my life is Appolonia" that chick from Purple Rain. he should've married her, had some bambinos, and had a good life.

[music3874]

@arc1974 Fair Warning came out in '81.

[jamzusa]

lol, I got class! lol D'man

[ikeman10000000]

what a ferret YEAH!

[MrWestdene1972]

his eyes look like two piss-holes in the snow .

[FootsyFootage]

Religion and hocky? Lol!

[NuggetPumpkin]

i wish i was DLR

[jfosho]

Roots, rock, reggae! He shot himself in the ass at the end. Your better than reggae! Pllz.

[paulmccartneyishot]

david must be stoned or drunk! lol, hes so funny! :) fine as hell too!

[myhideaway08]

Hyperactive? Can you say cocaine?????

[shootonface]

it was just a different time man,...well all my fellow long islanders come to kodiaks (in farmingdale n.y.)..to get back some of that v-h time....

tonight 5-14-2011....10pm.............­.....

later..........

[BeauWorld]

What Dave did with that guitar - that's what Michael Anthony did with his bass as part of his bass solo on the 1984 tour. Then he started stomping on it. Then he picked it up and started throwing himself around the stage as if a wrestler was throwing him around. All this after he actually played it for a while, of course.

[Hunkola]

@richardkarn1 --- His name is Sir Diamond Lee Roth.......everyone likes him

[casualguitarplayer]

he has class people!!!

[tabber87]

"A banker picks up the guitar and goes like this: bing, bing, bing.

And a rock n roller goes like that *CRASH*"

LMAO

[SavvyVampire]

hahahahahaha! He cracks me up!!!

[motleycrue24]

people always like to hint dave is on cocaine on most of his videos the guy was born hyperactive dave did a lil of coke through out his career but he was a bigger pot smoker than anything

[paulmccartneyishot]

damn, dave shure is sexy!

[TadRapidly]

he's actually like-able here. Amazing!

[MoribondAlceste]

I really love at 0:48, but I hate from 2:37.

[thedrewabides88]

haha, those were the wierdest metaphors I have ever heard... Mercedes Benz and chili dogs??? that's funny

[XxDeadSilencexX666]

dude van halen died when he left

[DarkieBC]

Right now i feel pretty awsome, because DLR doesnt know play Smoke on the Water and i can :DDD

[GREATWHITE2]

Love & worship DLR and Van Roth...but his last idiotic comment is what put his career in da' GRAVE!!!! Only if this boy just learned to keep his mouth SHUT!!! What a FOOL!!!

[drex4eva]

hes a fuckin idiot everything he says is just coked up bull shit

[raremountainbear]

@drex4eva Get over your jealousy. He was the shit back then.

[DRUMTOY2002]

@raremountainbear : AMEN!!! You tell em, brother!!!

[BeamOut1]

@drex4eva Not and idiot. Not bullshit. It's the truth told playfully. That's what makes it brilliant. He is just playing around, but what he says rings true.

[username13245100]

this douchebag loves himself abit too much

[jtomasik]

Aaaaaahhhhh!!!! Big hair is everywhere!!!

[TheDreamMechanic]

Thumbs up for "monkey hour."

[doberchic]

Dave, Dave, Dave <3....MWA! I bet you gave your parents heart attacks, but you turned out alright.

Bigger than life, one of a kind, DLR.

[jimmyboy131]

OK, I am not in the least bit a DLR fan, concerning his role in VH. However, as an entertainer, he's A+. I've always thought of him as a funny dude.

[wizzzeeee]

I don't feel so very bad about my over stacked room now....hmmmm And yes you do GOT CLASS.....if U EVER MEET ME....hmmmm just trippin' 4 U......♥♥♥ Wizzz 'er...Lea who SUNG U 4 me...!!! 312-484 Spadina hmmmm

[Rajbhandari88]

Like if you like the line "I got class"

[MeYouView]

Dave looks like he's wearing a woman's shirt. Love the shades dave! You cocky motherfucker!!!!!

[artgonewrong]

The funny thing is, he still lives in this apartment in Brentwood....Nothing has changed since 1981.

[METALL141]

He is awesome)

[billykid84]

They had Ritalin in 1981?

Yep, all those years of sending little school kids off to school with their lunch boxes stuffed with legal cocaine. Thanks mom!

[Murphdogg4]

I'd trade 90 years of life for 4 years of Daves life in the early 80's

[ANDLU1]

@Murphdogg4

Haha, well put!

Dave got more ass than a toilet seat in the 80's...

[v00dochild22]

monkey hour

[GoodTimeGal1975]

He was being sarcastic when he said "I have class". He just spent the whole interview explaining how he has no class and how he doesn't care about having class, so obviously he was joking. Yeah, he was self-promoting/ arrogant but that was part of his comedic shtick and he was being sarcastic half the time. An easily misunderstood guy, but tons of fun for those of us who "get him".

[carrieelle]

@GoodTimeGal1975 i totally agree

[carrieelle]

@GoodTimeGal1975 i totally agree

[toadman842]

Anybody got the tabs form the song dave played???? lol.

[Horsehockey105]

@mattluvsvox921 There's an old saying; "It ain't bragging if you've done it, Man".

Dave did it.

[wjhmh]

Dr. Rockzo, the rock n' roll clown.

[ThinCrustPizza67]

and a rock and roller (throws the guitar) goes like that...hahaha

awesome.

[ThinCrustPizza67]

"Religion and....hockey."

[666menelaos]

0:39 - 0:49 best part

[freddybutterlips]

diver down

[rumplestiffskin]

Quote of the year: "I have successfully turned monkey hour into a career"

[OrganicAudioRecordrs]

0:48 genius!!

[bigduke5150]

he said hockey hehehe

[green95gt]

greatest interview eva of all time

[petefader]

Damn that's rock.

[jacotolkien]

The yardstick

[rockernroll101]

for your info david ios no longer in new york or an EMT for that matter. It was only a short stunt to boost his moral. not to mention is career. You people no nothing of david. Iam on top of the evolutionary ladder of the van halen realm. I speak to the man himself.

[Strngs012]

....I got class! Epic

[Aaalers]

"I have successfully turned 'monkey hour' into a career."  Classic!

[mKreifeldt]

Damn! I was all set to be the EVH hero of Youtube...I just found my 28 year old vhs recording I happened to catch of this one by pure luck, got it to play, digitized it...all set to post and wouldn't you know, someone beat me to it. What ISN"T on youtube already????

[ToneKingGuitarMan]

@mKreifeldt Been looking for footage of David Lee Roth's live shows in Las Vegas. I've heard they were amazing shows during that run!

[vjshecko9]

David Lee Roth=BADASS

[LocoRico89]

My idol and the man I wanna be in the music biz!

[lespaulman1]

probably one of the greatest and most entertaining frontman to ever walk the face of the planet. Dave is the man!

[Pala16123z0r]

Religion and Hockey... That just makes no sense...

[Knukleheada]

dlr must be the most awesomest person in the history

[t0d71]

When will they make a DLR translation add on ??

[rags847]

Happy F'n B'Day, Dave!!!

[mozartfx1]

Nowadays' Rock Stars don't have the balls to "act" like fuckin' rock stars. We don't want to hear your thoughts on politics or anything else. Make me happy or sad or laugh or whatever. BE ENTERTAINING or SHUT THE FUCK UP!

[JIP1428]

@mozartfx1 ROFL!!! Isnt that the truth! How on earth did rock

stars ever convince themselves they should also be politicians.

There had to be some serious drugs involved in that decision.

[JIP1428]

Since when does being drugged and drunk represent class? I think Diamond Dave is

confusing an "ego the size of a planet" with class. At the end of the 80's people tired

of Dave's "monkey hour" and now the dude is totally irrelavant.

[vanhalen5150jhs]

@JIP1428 thats why you watched the video

[solunasunrise]

WAHTS THE SONG IN THE BEGIINING ?

[ttunna]

@solunasunrise "So This Is Love", it's the 7th track on "Fair Warning". Youtube won't let me post the link here for some reason?

[dalexb98]

The song is "So this is Love"

[DrumsaremyhobbyxD]

Now you know where axl rose has his stage jump from =)

[woodisgood2u]

as weird as DLR is, van halen died after 1984. the sum was greater than the parts.

R.I.P. Van Halen. at one time, you really were the greatest rock n roll band in the world

[slappingbelly]

Close your eyes and It's Jack Nicholson!

[mattmit]

'Prance' is right!

[thezorba1]

His book was the best read ever!!!

[AlvoTV]

religion and hockey

[depailler80]

dave probably shoot some cocke cause he's completely high

[nerdflanders8710]

unchained sucks

[3283gieni]

no one cares about your opinion

[nerdflanders8710]

@3283gieni it sucks but not as much as your mama does.which she is doing right now .

[Pussynator123]

haha hes the fucking man :D

[davidallenroth]

lol fucken dave. man i always wanted to be.

[1286038423]

hahaha....well aparently david seems to be stoned as hell

[DGuillen74]

NO ONE does an interview better....

[JIP1428]

LMAO turned "monkey hour" into a career! haha

[SuperBuckshot100]

Dont hate on dave u jealous P.OS., hes still hot as hell! Not to mention he could sell ice cubes to eskimos! rock on mf, you still got it, yes and class dave! PET

[Hunkola]

David Lee Roth = FUCKED HOT WOMEN

Sammy Hagar = CUM DUMP FOR QUEERS

[phockuahole]

@Hunkola

Hunkola = thinks of men dumping dripping cum on guys

[Shpankerton]

1:06 notice there is a hot Latino chick giving him a blowjob

[fortheloveoftunes]

2:47 say what???

[JackOfferlott]

David Lee Roth is wonderfully irreverent. It's fun, whimsical, true rock n' roll.

[w0rd2urm0m]

how does he get his hair like that? its fucking cool

[13thNoteOfMusic]

What I really don't understand is how he doesn't Have AIDS or some other form of STD, if you watched documentaries, he was with groupies ALL NIGHT LOOONNNGGG!

[bmurph62]

@13thNoteOfMusic HI , DAVES JUST 1 BAD DUDE !

[Me5nevi]

@13thNoteOfMusic get ready for THE ENLIGHTMENT: he used condoms! ;)

[chinchonchinchon]

David Lee Roth rocks!

[broadsidexl74]

CCCCYeah! I do cocaine! wait, wrong guy.

[phailez]

@broadsidexl74 NO MORE CLOWNING AROUND FOR YOU. I DO COCAINE.

[metalfiend124]

Class, hmm, I love your music and attitude, dave, but i think you're more of a style guy, but hey, only Dave knows what goes on inside Dave's head, just ask Eddie.lol.

[madamkirk]

he is interesting but he does kinda suck

[iwokeuphalfundressed]

"a combination of religion and hockey" haha.

[theShowStopper321]

Well the ADHD explains it lol..

[demolishionhammer]

hey dave were just alike monky hour lololol lmaof i live my life just like you a bit and everyone one around me hates it fuckem im happy there just too dam up tight

[pacificasucksballs]

i always wondered why he was called diamond dave, now i understand

[Failbert]

2:20 Onwards.

The essence.

[Stevie1Stifler]

yeah look at those coke burns on his nose.. he cracks me up though.. no pun intended... lmao.. gotta love dave..and hey he survived all those coke binges to rock..onward..

[coozcooz21]

the best days of van halen

[ratevideos]

Where is the Larry King/David Lee Roth interview?

[sportsportsport]

LMAO this guy is so fucking funny.

[beefcake0354]

1:40, OMG .. Eddie and those socks .. OMG

Even Eddie will laugh his ass off when he sees this vid :D

[NirvanMan07]

i love david cuz he never gave a fuk about wat ppl think and thats the theory of wat Rock n roll is all about...u never see a rockstar in this days ( my bad..fake rockstars) doing interviews in a Bed and showing u how fuked up the room is filled with fuked up things and all that shit LMAO david is crazy dude..u think motley crue, Ratt, quiet riot,poison etc... gave a fuck???? David was crazy and he stills insane..is just the way he is..Van Halen and lee roth for Life

[solunasunrise]

I always get Monkey Hour wehn girls are around me ^^

[LetArtsLive]

lol funny

[iloveshonenknife1]

To bad you can't sing asshole.

[rfafsfsdfasdfsffsdfa]

@iloveshonenknife1 he can to sing vanhagar sucked ass

[Oceanlovermomo]

Mmmmm I still have the poster of DLR in black leather pants, no shirt, chained to a fence that came with the album. My mother HATED it but I loved it and kept that up on my bedroom wall for as long as I can remember. =~P

[mistralmaria]

the most sexiest voice in rock!!!

[chairmanmeow1973]

What a fucking KNOB. You can see why they got rid of him....