Diamond Dave

[VANHALEN2004]

I'm thinking about buying it is it gonna be worth it to a "Spammy Fan"

[moose]

Yup!

Buy it, give it a listen, you'll like it. My oldest moved the cd from the #2cd in the truck(CD changer) to the #1 slot. Just tonite he was singing along to the tracks, not bad for an 8 yr old.:D

[VANHALEN2004]

Cool its the only one I dont have.

[DaveIsKing]

Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma...yeah!

Buy it! Open to up to the unique variety of DIAMOND DAVE.

[pete]

It crosses stylistic boundaries.

This can be hard to take if you are a Spam fan where style and uniqueness are of no consequence.

You will hear a guy who can slap his persona on any tune (making it his own)

I'd say get it.

Dave's voice is better on this than his previous album and the VH material from 96.

Now if you define all music as VH and think all other styles LACK. you will be wasting your money.

What I got out of this album was how much a real singer/showman can effect the music.

Listen to 1984 and 5150 back to back and you may realise this also.

There's very few vocalist who can do it. Dave does it.

Sammy has often referred to Dave as Not an artist but, the fact that he pulls this off just reinforces the fact that that is BS.

Sammy was never an artist and therefore never qualified to make that judgement.

Sammy poppified trends from mid 70's through 80's, made it palatable for the whole family and never ...... tested the boundaries.

I think why Spam never appreciated his art is because the common man makes art out to be serious. Not humorous.

Diamond Dave proves what we have always known. Dave can approach every style of modern music and make it his own. It may not sell with Britney Spears but, At least he doesn't approach his music as a consumer product.

In that respect it has alot more credibility than VH has had since 1985.

They have not touched a new style in any way since Diver Down. It's all formula.

If you like formula don't buy it.

If you buy a record expecting to be challenged. This will do it.

His abilities are golden on this album. But you are not gonna get anythuing remotely VH.

Enjoy it if you buy it.

Don't buy it with expectations.

Buy it if you like to be challenged. It's different.

It's not reliable.

When art becomes reliable it is not art.

IE:VH

[ALinChainz]

Very well said. Probably the most accurate review of the album I've read.

[pete]

Originally posted by ALinChainz
Very well said. Probably the most accurate review of the album I've read.

Thanks

[Warham]

Bravo!!

[Terry]

Agreed. If you're buying it with a mindset of comparing it to classic Van Halen, or even the DLR Band CD, you're probably not gonna dig it.

Think that's my biggest stumbling block in really getting into Diamond Dave. Much the same way it took a long time to appreciate YFLM beyond the first three cuts.