Evaluations of the DLR Radio Show

[VHrocks]

I heard clips of the show today, and I must say, DLR could go bigger than Howard Stern. DLR has such a magnetic charisma about him - it's timeless. I believe that more and more radio stations will start picking up the show, because I think it is VERY listenable and interesting to people of all ages. I can't wait until Spammy calls in (and you know he will!). It would also be cool if he could get EVH on the air. I'm already liking it better than Stern's show. DLR doesn't need the X-rated stunts and gimmicks to make him listenable like Stern does.

Hearing DLR sing backup vocals to "Ooh La La" was PRICELESS!!!

DLR rocks!!!!

[MightyVanAaron]

I agree. Dave was way better than I thought especially since he left alot of the cheesiness of his some of his guest stints behind. Man one tells stories like Dave and I was particularly impressed with his interviewing skills. He basically proved you can draw the audience in without resorting to 3rd grade humor. Dave's got a much quicker wit than Stern sort of like Jim Rome only way better. I think Stern just broke out in another rash no way Iam buying sirrius now. I was both a Roth & Stern fan who was leading toward Stern for radio but Dave freaking blew me a way. I can't wait for the Hagar interview

Spontaneous, Witty, Provocative, Unique , Original, Interesting, & Intelligent by far the coolest thing Dave's done since Van Halen

Howard Who?

Well Done Dave!

[Polk High]

he sounds great

[Jimmy Jingles]

Was there ever any doubt?

[diamondD]

Not sure if this has been posted yet since the whole first page is almost about this, but I found this. At least it seems they are willing to give him a chance...



David Lee Roth Debut Rough


opening show didn't find its rhythm

--NY Daily News


NYC- David Lee Roth proved in his morning-radio debut yesterday on the new WFNY (92.3 FM) that, if necessary, he can talk for four hours.

We never doubted that, of course, and as skills go, it's not a bad start toward becoming a successful radio host.

Nor does it hurt that Roth sells the "Diamond Dave" sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll persona as smoothly as Van Halen fans break into air-guitar solos.

But as with many first dates, Roth's opening show in Howard Stern's old time and place didn't immediately find its rhythm.

Diamond Dave reported that in the '70s, "I slept with any girl who had two legs in her pants - and one who was an amputee."

But when a caller asked who he was dating now, Roth told him, "My love life is not part of the public spotlight, because [a relationship] always changes when the spotlight hits it.

"That's why Nick [Lachey] and Jessica [Simpson] never had a chance. It changes your behavior when someone's always watching. You never have an opportunity to become intimate."

It will be interesting to see if listeners will be satisfied with one-liners about Diamond Dave's conquests while David Lee Roth's life stays off-limits.

He was nipped a few times by operational glitches that should work out. There were dropped and missing phone calls. At least two other people in the studio, including "Animal," were heard but never really introduced.

Roth also forgot that New York and L.A. are in different time zones, and when he said the first record he ever played was Ray Charles' "Crying Time," most listeners probably expected to hear a few bars. They didn't.

What they did hear was an hour with his uncle Manny Roth, longtime proprietor of the Cafe Wha? in the Village. Manny's stories about flying bombers in World War II and thinking the young Bob Dylan was a musical stiff were entertaining, though you wondered if they had maximum appeal to the under-30 males Free-FM hopes to attract.

Roth's best monologue came after he suggested that to some listeners, "freedom" on the radio means being able to curse.

He called that attitude "retard nonsense" and suggested the real problem with popular culture today is that its content is limited by what nervous parents think 12-year-olds should hear.

"I'm tired of having to behave as if we are all 12 because parents don't have the capacity to explain things" to their own kids, he said.

His guideline, he said, would be, "Do whatever you want, do it three times, but don't do it in the street and scare my horses."

David Lee Roth didn't scare anyone's horses yesterday. But he's just started the hard work of filling the corral.

[Jurak]

nice post ..... :D

Nor does it hurt that Roth sells the "Diamond Dave" sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll persona as smoothly as Van Halen fans break into air-guitar solos.

:D :D

[truthdefender]

Favid rules

David Lee Roth rules because he is funny. Also he has nice hair and it is much better then stupid Howard Sturn.