David Lee Roth on the Origins of Van Halen

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  @croaker4747 · 5 years ago (edited)

  No one has ever made Dave laugh harder than Dave.

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• BU

  @Bungle975 · 3 years ago

  I can’t say I’ve ever seen Dave as grounded or emotional as he was in the last few minutes of this video. Very powerful story.

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• FR

  @Freakenbacker · 5 years ago

  It's amazing how he recognizes Michael Anthony's role in Van Halen's sound and success.

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• WE

  @WeLuv9x5 · 2 years ago

  Michael Anthony’s backing vocals are criminally underrated!

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• BA

  @babayaga1767 · 5 years ago

  spent the last 40 years trying to decide if DLR is a jerk or pretty cool. then i realized he's both. then i realized we're all both

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• ST

  @Stranger_In_The_Alps · 5 years ago

  Dave is interesting and charismatic, but it would be exhausting spending a whole day with him

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• WH

  @Whodat777 · 5 years ago

  I'm just going to say, I love David. I'm a Blackman that was born and raised in LA, and grew up listening to him in junior high school. My parents moved to Pasadena where I got a job at Musicplus, and he came in and we struck up a conversation. He asked me what's new thing that people are listening too, and I had been waiting for the Temple of the Dogs album to get released, and had just dropped. I recommended that to him, and the next time he came in he yelled out where's Bill. He gave me props. It made my century. What a down to earth cool man!!!!!!

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• MA

  @marvinm.messier1120 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I really appreciated what he said at the end - which teared me up a bit because it was real. A lot of musicians never had any skin in the game. His stuff in Van Halen was balls to the wall. Lasting impact. He's THE definitive rockstar in my books - in all the best, most inspiring ways. Much respect.

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• BI

  @billyrock8305 · 3 years ago (edited)

  This man is highly intelligent with an exceptionally detailed memory. <br><br>And nobody can out-laugh him.

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• MA

  @matthewhudson5685 · 5 years ago

  Dave: &quot;Do you follow?&quot;<br>Joe thinking: &quot;Not at all Dave, but keep going.&quot;

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• LA

  @lanemeyer9350 · 5 years ago

  DLR and Michael Anthony harmonizing together is as recognizable as the Beatles, Eagles, etc.

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• AS

  @asj5754 · 3 years ago

  Omg the last couple minutes he mentioned a piano at Auschwitz. My grandfather was one of the US soldiers that freed the prisoners. When I was a boy I remember in his story he mentioned a prisoner auditorium. He said they were clearing buildings looking for Germans hiding not knowing they had fled. There was a stage with a tarp covering something big. His buddy aimed his rifle while my grandpa quickly pulled the tarp off. He said it was a ‘beautiful piano’. He tapped a few keys and it was the best sound he ever heard. In his Italian accent he said ‘Can you imagine after all the filth and hell, bombs and bullets, &nbsp; what that sounded like to us?’ Thank you for this interview DLR.

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