New Dave interview - Jump dance remix - March 2019

[degüello]

David Lee Roth and Armin van Buuren on Why They Remixed ‘Jump’

Van Halen frontman made a surprise appearance during trance DJ’s Ultra Music Fest headlining set

You haven’t truly lived until you’ve been on the business end of a David Lee Roth zinger. “Can you do a drum sound, like in dance music? Everybody has their own version,” he asks mere seconds into our phone call. After a few oomph-oomph-oomphs, he cuts me short. “All right, I can already tell your ethnicity,” he says with a laugh. The singer or, as he puts it, “the patron saint of midnight when everybody’s guilty” explains that he is, in fact, a dance-music aficionado. “It’s the reason Eddie Van Halen and I have had so much friction over these decades,” he says. “It’s the only music I listen to.”

Interview here:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/david-lee-roth-armin-van-buuren-jump-interview-812813/

[ZahZoo]

Just what Dave needed... a bigger platform to scream and yelp the night away... Dear god...

[degüello]

Just what Dave needed... a bigger platform to scream and yelp the night away... Dear god...

Ha, that’s basically what he’s doing in the video clip.

[bluemustard]

As an American living in Holland the entire House,raves,dance n shit has been pure torture my entire life . Prodigy np..stuff like that is fine.
But the Dutch wave of shit music and seeing D-ro jumping around with them is pure Horror and torture.
It's like TV / cinema was cool in the 70's and now it's pure shit..same kinda feeling. Dave Las Vegas stuff..ok..but this shit makes me sad. Sorry for the negative vibe hahah
Please check out my roadmovie..it's better than this shit. 2018 tour with Uncle Ike. Roth on!! I rip a few good solos too (@24min and @48 min) ..(bald guy behind keyboard player...blueretard..i made the movie too).

[bluemustard]

Bowie did nice mash of rock and dance..little wonder..hearts filthy lesson..entire " outside" album.
Really nice..
But this is shit..and no disrespect to Van buren and dro..but for fuck sake
Whats next..Live on Thomas Gotshalk show with Tiesto?
Anywho..as a Dro fan..feels cheap..need a shower..hahhaha

[thepunisher]

I don't comment much but I do come in here a few times a year and read. I too am hoping for a full reunion, so I find myself looking for this news all the time.
After seeing this, I don't care as much anymore. I saw the 2015 show and Roth was OK. I still want to see this happen, but only to be able to bring my son to a real rock show and see a bunch of his favorites get played.
I've read many opinions here, how Dave is washed up, or how he's confused about how to sing now and if he got a coach and worked on his voice and sang how he should be at a lower pitch, we could have a real show and great performances. ETC, ETC.. This video just proves it's too late. This and the other badly sung DLR appearances a few weeks back. His voice is gone, blown out. or he doesn't care to fix it. I don't know. But it's not changing or going back to the 2007 show levels (which I missed).
Basically all that's in it for me is seeing the 4 up there, the band with the rightful singer, Eddie and Alex doing their thing (hopefully they choose to bring it), and Michael to make it a complete farewell. I want to see it with my son. And I want it sooner than later because DLR's just going to get worse. We might end up with this DJ guy at the Van Halen concert playing Dave's voice, with DLR doing his thing and yelling at the audience.
Now, if they have stuff in the can, another album, I think Dave might be able to do some stuff in the studio, but without a doubt, the next Van Halen show I go to is my last. May they never soil the legacy of this band again (live). Oh what could have been...

[twonabomber]

Bowie did nice mash of rock and dance..little wonder..hearts filthy lesson..entire " outside" album.
Really nice..
But this is shit..and no disrespect to Van buren and dro..but for fuck sake
Whats next..Live on Thomas Gotshalk show with Tiesto?
Anywho..as a Dro fan..feels cheap..need a shower..hahhaha

I'm surprised it took this long for someone to make a track like that. The ISO vocal tracks etc have been out there forever.

[Southpaw]

Wow. Wish I never watched this. Had to listen to Strumming with the Devil to detox!

[Terry]

Wow. Wish I never watched this. Had to listen to Strumming with the Devil to detox!

Sounds like the cure was as bad as the illness ; )

Not a huge fan of the Strumming release.

[Seshmeister]

Dave's official Facebook posted it a few hours ago and the comments are largely very negative.

Often ironically social media comments on his recent stuff at YouTube or Facebook has been more positive recently than his hardcore here but not this time.

Personally just like Strumming With The Devil, I just think this music isn't for me so it doesn't bother me at all he's doing something I won't listen to. Him doing this doesn't make a new Van Halen tour or release any less likely and it's not like it's taking up his time or dragging him away from something else.

[Nickdfresh]

It wasn't great and isn't my cup o' tea. But at the end of the day I understand it and electronica is very popular, so maybe Dave is bringing some Van Halen to a market that might otherwise ignore it or only be minimally aware of it. This is just Dave being Dave, he's always been into trendy dance music and it certainly influenced his 'Frontman'ness' from the 70's-90's. Without it, Dave might not have been the crossover frontman god we all know that pushed Van Halen into a market and success they otherwise might not have achieved with a lessor lead singer, hardrock purist....

[Nitro Express]

Dave is like a trust fund kid. He's just doing shit to do it. He doesn't have to make a living for himself apparently. He's not the most stable guy in the world. To run a product line and be in business you have to be pretty focused and steady. I doubt his skin care line will go anywhere. Not that it's a bad idea and maybe the products are actually good but Dave isn't constant enough to see a real marketing campaign through and build a brand.

[Nitro Express]

It's like Michael Anthony and his hot sauce. I tried it. He had a really good product. It's just that Mike didn't want to spend the time and effort to be in the food business full time. He sold the stuff online for awhile. I get it. Growing a brand or even marketing a product is a lot of work and that gets in the way of your beach time. With the right marketing though. Mad Anthony could be a major product. It was good and different. A ton of hot sauces out there but most are just the same. Mike put pimentos and a few other things in his sauce. It was good.

[Terry]

It's like Michael Anthony and his hot sauce. I tried it. He had a really good product. It's just that Mike didn't want to spend the time and effort to be in the food business full time. He sold the stuff online for awhile. I get it. Growing a brand or even marketing a product is a lot of work and that gets in the way of your beach time. With the right marketing though. Mad Anthony could be a major product. It was good and different. A ton of hot sauces out there but most are just the same. Mike put pimentos and a few other things in his sauce. It was good.

Yeah, but...like, this 'gourmet' burger joint opened up in town a few years ago...in the end, they were still just hamburgers. A bottle of hot sauce is still just a bottle of hot sauce: eventually people will tire of it and want something other/newer.

[Terry]

It wasn't great and isn't my cup o' tea. But at the end of the day I understand it and electronica is very popular, so maybe Dave is bringing some Van Halen to a market that might otherwise ignore it or only be minimally aware of it. This is just Dave being Dave, he's always been into trendy dance music and it certainly influenced his 'Frontman'ness' from the 70's-90's. Without it, Dave might not have been the crossover frontman god we all know that pushed Van Halen into a market and success they otherwise might not have achieved with a lessor lead singer, hardrock purist....

To be sure, that adventurousness is part of what made Dave the quintessential frontman, and part of what made CVH what it was.

What CVH was isn't enough in and of itself to make all of Dave's post-CVH ventures worthwhile. Granted, Dave is always just being Dave...sometimes that adventurousness doesn't result in endeavors nearly as compelling as others...particularly with the last 20 years of his undertakings, which have been 50/50 hit or miss with me in terms of liking the result. I guess it's nice he's still trying.