"Diamond Dave" Makes The Onion's 2003 Least Essential Albums List

[FH]

LEAST ESSENTIAL PROLONGED ADOLESCENCE

David Lee Roth
Diamond Dave (Buy It!)
No one has ever accused David Lee Roth of aging gracefully: Now a mere two years shy of 50, he continues to behave like an ADD-addled teenager. Roth's first album in five years, Diamond Dave, finds the former Van Halen frontman offering hardcore fans bar mitzvah-level covers of songs by The Doors, Steve Miller, Jimi Hendrix, and others. Ever wonder what a Roth version of The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows" would sound like? No? That hasn't kept him from covering the song as "That Beatles Tune." Roth wrote or co-wrote only two songs here, apart from a strange interlude ("Act One") which consists mostly of Roth making goofy noises and cracking himself up.

[ericgtr]

He's always been one to do his own thing regardless of whether or not people want to hear it. He comes up with some really strange tunes.

[gutwrench]

DLR was so cool in his day... why must he insist on embarassing himself tho?

[ericgtr]

I stopped going to his site because all he had was lame ass videos on the front page, last one was like a freaky ELO tune [img]images/smilies/icon_confused.gif[/img]

[gutwrench]

i think DLR has totally lost all inhibitions with himself and just whatever goofy thing comes to his mind... i guess being a mega star prob did that to him....

dont get me wrong, i want him to be cool again, but everytime he opens his mouth its embarassing even to watch

[CanyonCarver]

I am huge Roth fan but have to reluctantly agree with you, gutwrench...