Pick Ten of your favorite Roth solo songs in order.

[katina]

I cannot make a list, I would change it everyday, and I really agree with your words.

The only sad thing about Dave back in VH is the great solo stuff he won't do live.

[DLR Bridge]

Ladies Night in Buffalo
Goin' Crazy
Damn Good
Stay While The Night is Young
Sunburn
Big Train
Coconut Grove
Baby's On Fire
Big Trouble
She's My Machine

Not at all easy to whittle down to ten.

[Junglestud]

1. Yankee Rose
2 Filthy little Mouth
3. Hammerhead Shark
4. Just Like Paradise
5. 40 Below
6. Big Train
7. Weekend With the Babysitter
8. Loss the Dress
9. Elephant Gun
10. Experience

[BumBahDeeDah]

Van Halen should do Black Sand. They did songs from their other lead singer's solo career. They never will, but it would be great....

I like this thread, by the way.

[DLR Bridge]

I agree that solo Dave material should be considered, but I don't know that Black Sand would work live. It's predominantly acoustic and Dave is whispering through it. I think as a nice homage to Jason Becker, they should do A Little Ain't Enough or It's Showtime. I also think that VH would do a great version of Flex.

[Seshmeister]

I also think that VH would do a great version of Flex.

I think that Honeybabysweetiedoll is the Van Halen interpretation of Flex.

[degüello]

1 Big Trouble
2 Hina
3 Damn Good
3 Skyscraper
4 Ladies Night In Buffalo
5 Bump n Grind

I love Dave, but I am more of a VH fan.

[BumBahDeeDah]

I agree that solo Dave material should be considered, but I don't know that Black Sand would work live. It's predominantly acoustic and Dave is whispering through it. I think as a nice homage to Jason Becker, they should do A Little Ain't Enough or It's Showtime. I also think that VH would do a great version of Flex.

I think that they could make a spot for it, and the audience would feel the vibe. I also think that they can make it their own most of the audience wouldn't even know that that wasn't a Van Halen song, sorta like a lot of the audience didn't know that Shy Boy wasn't a David Lee Roth song way back when.

And I have to disagree a little bit with you about an homage to Jason Becker. I think Drop in the Bucket would be better, since he wrote it and kicked ass on it. I always felt that A Little Aint Enough is what you would present to David Lee Roth because it had a feel to it that you would think was Diamond Dave if you only heard Jump 1000 times on the radio.

[DLR Bridge]

Kinda why I picked that one. Was taking into account their penchant for appealing to the casual fans (save a few rare oldies this last tour).

I thought, at one point, a mid-set acoustic thing would be cool, but only if they were doing longer shows. If they prefer to keep it tight and lean, I say don't fuck with the momentum.

[BumBahDeeDah]

Kinda why I picked that one. Was taking into account their penchant for appealing to the casual fans (save a few rare oldies this last tour).

I thought, at one point, a mid-set acoustic thing would be cool, but only if they were doing longer shows. If they prefer to keep it tight and lean, I say don't fuck with the momentum.

I could see some cool arrangement of 3:16, Black Sand, Spanish Fly or whatever, then Stay Frosty and back into the hard stuff. Eddie can do his loud solo elsewhere in the show. Hah. One can wish.

[RedZoneD25]

1. Ladies Nite in Buffalo?
2. Damn Good
3. A Little Ain't Enough
4. Big Trouble
5. It's Showtime
6. Shyboy
7. Hina
8. Goin' Crazy
9. The Bottom Line
10. Tobacco Road

[GreenBayLA]

Been grooving on Mississippi Power all week.
Did a search and here I am, sorry I'm late to the party...
Wow, hard to pick just ten tunes!

DLR Top Ten in chronological order:
Ladies Night in Buffalo?- all time DLR fave, the bass grooves
Tobacco Rose -rocks
Just Like Paradice - fun
Knucklebones - sonic
Lady Luck - tasty licks
Tell The Truth - smoky ballad
The Dogtown Shuffle - in the pocket
Mississippi Power - voodoo blooz
Wa Wa Zat!! -hits you up side da head
Shoo Bop - dance!

Is Mississippi Power about moonshine or something darker like voodoo or deal with the devil?
Also anybody know who the rapper on No Big Ting is? Nile Rodgers? Err no?

[Seshmeister]

Is Mississippi Power about moonshine or something darker like voodoo or deal with the devil?
Also anybody know who the rapper on No Big Ting is? Nile Rodgers? Err no?

Pretty sure Mississippi Power is a sell your soul deal with the devil thing like the Crossroads movie. It was only ever a B side or a bonus track on import.

There is an amazing lack of info about the reggae/rap at the start of No Big Ting, my memory is that there is a credit on the album sleeve but I can't be bothered to try and dig it out. Like a lot of more obscure stuff a Google search sends you back to this forum.

http://www.rotharmy.com/forums/showthread.php?71434-No-Big-Ting-Why-is-it-universally-panned-by-almost-all-Roth-fans

[GreenBayLA]

Thanks Sesh... I don't have my copy of YFLM anymore. Hey where is your top ten DLR list?

Don't know if you're a fan but I heard a podcast recently with Dan McCafferty taking about Nazareth and his new solo album The Last Testament.
More on the mellow side but his voice still sounds strong.

[Seshmeister]

Probably one of the biggest hard rock bands to come out of these parts but they were a little bit before my time.

Glad they are still going though in some form.