Should have been The Diamond One!!

[Carloscda]

Steven Tyler is going to be one of the American Idol judges next season.

Now that should have been Dave's spot!

Could you imagine all the Daveisms throughout the show.

[GAR]

Permanent, or guest judge?

[Carloscda]

For the next season

[sadaist]

Totally agree. Just as many people know who Dave is as Steven Tyler. More maybe because with Tyler you have to add "...singer for Aerosmith" for many people so they know who he is.

David Lee Roth does not need any qualifiers after his name for people to know who he is.

[chefcraig]

The problem with Dave joining "Idol" is that it presents an identical scenario to 1985: The band is inactive, with the sisters apparently more interested in recreational activities. Out of boredom, Roth signs on to do the television show. The brothers soon issue some cranky, wounded and apparently hungover mutterings about Dave having "gone Hollywood", thus establishing some very public and very frosty relations between the two camps. This opens the door for a few options, including Roth be ousted from the so-called "band", another singer joining the group (possibly a former one), or most likely, a continued period of inactivity broken only when Edward Van Halen accepts yet another tv or magazine tribute for work he created decades earlier. Unless of course he wishes to sell something that has little (if anything) to do with his recorded legacy.

[FORD]

Considering post-1985 AeroShit is part of the same corporate crap machine that "American Idol" is, I guess this is a good fit.

Dave wouldn't be. In fact if the "American Idol" standards had been in effect in 1977, Van Halen would have never been signed. Nor would the Aerosmith that existed then, for that matter. Or The Beatles, or The Stones, or Dylan, or The Who, or well, you get the idea.

Probably the only rock singer who might have made it on that horrid show would have been Freddy Mercury. But he would have had to be singing some shitty cheesy pop song, not "Tie Your Mother Down" or "Seven Seas of Rye"

[jero]

Considering post-1985 AeroShit is part of the same corporate crap machine that "American Idol" is, I guess this is a good fit.

Dave wouldn't be. In fact if the "American Idol" standards had been in effect in 1977, Van Halen would have never been signed. Nor would the Aerosmith that existed then, for that matter. Or The Beatles, or The Stones, or Dylan, or The Who, or well, you get the idea.

Probably the only rock singer who might have made it on that horrid show would have been Freddy Mercury. But he would have had to be singing some shitty cheesy pop song, not "Tie Your Mother Down" or "Seven Seas of Rye"

Saw Areroshit last month...they sucked. They had to move from a stadium into a club. Only 3000 people showed up.

[Green Manalishi]

Starting with " Permanent Vacation " and sobriety , Aerosmith sold out and turned into Gumby . Steven Tyler , though I love his legacy , has become a bag lady .
It's a good thing that they recently started doing albums like " Toys In The Attic " and " Rocks " live back to front or else old school fans like me would'nt give them the time of day . Sad .

[jero]

So when your asked for the Idols jury you know it's over....

[Dave's Bitch]

That would be cool If dave got the gig, although it would probably end up like the stern thing before long. I hate to say but i cant help but think beyond the boundries of this site there is very few people actually care about him, let alone what he thinks. It is probably for the best DLR didn't go for it. (I would love to hear his opinions on some of the clowns that audition though)

[ThrillsNSpills]

should be making tracks and I don't mean in the snow.

[sadaist]

The reason I wanted him to get it is purely selfish. I want to see as much Dave as possible. Whether it's singing or talking or acting. I don't care. The guy is awesome and I love seeing him in whatever he does. I am always entertained. So having him on Idol to me is a better alternative than another 2 years of silence. It's a fucking crime that Dave isn't entertaining people in some fashion for the last 2 years. I feel cheated...and I blame Eddie.

[Terry]

The problem with Dave joining "Idol" is that it presents an identical scenario to 1985: The band is inactive, with the sisters apparently more interested in recreational activities. Out of boredom, Roth signs on to do the television show. The brothers soon issue some cranky, wounded and apparently hungover mutterings about Dave having "gone Hollywood", thus establishing some very public and very frosty relations between the two camps. This opens the door for a few options, including Roth be ousted from the so-called "band", another singer joining the group (possibly a former one), or most likely, a continued period of inactivity broken only when Edward Van Halen accepts yet another tv or magazine tribute for work he created decades earlier. Unless of course he wishes to sell something that has little (if anything) to do with his recorded legacy.

However, there are far more contrasts today with the situation Van Halen is currently in than there are comparable circumstances with Van Halen 2010 vs. Van Halen 1984/early 1985.

Considering the output and relative work ethic of the band in the last 3 1/2 to 4 years since Roth rejoined, is it really gonna matter if Roth and the Van Halens go their own ways now?

In 1985 when the band split, it still felt like there was a degree of unfinished business on the creative front. I'd go so far as to say that even in 1996 with the BOV1 CVH tracks (disregarding differences of opinion over the final result) there was still a spark of energy that provided a glimmer of hope to a reunion with the full definitive lineup which would not result in just a tour of greatest hits and reprising past glories but a future that included new music worthy of what made the band great in the first place.

What transpired in 2007-2008, while perhaps the best the Van Halens and Roth could manage to do at the time given the passage of years, was NOT a particularly inspiring reunion if one wanted to think of Van Halen as a band with a future. Through sheer spite and childishness, one of the members wasn't invited. No new music has resulted from it, and one certainly can't make the case that the band hasn't had enough time to come up with some.

The current version of Van Halen is all too typical of many reunions: a version of a band less than the definitive lineup tours the oldies for a cash grab.

Is such an enterprise so crucial to preserve? If it's old CVH at their peak one desires, the 6-pack and ample bootleg artifacts will suffice and recreate the sound and fury with more passion and accuracy than Ed, Al, Dave and Wolfgang are currently capable of.

Also, American Idol blows.

[fryingdutchman]

While I personally think it would be cool to see Dave on Idol...I think it would be a bad idea on a larger scale.

We all need to remember the perspective that we here at the Roth Army are the real deal, hardcore, love Dave or leave him fans that would embrace him in that role.

To the rest of the world, Dave is one of the icons of the 80's and that's all. He's a fond memory, but in today's pop culture, he's a punchline to many.

But Tyler is a good choice. He and the rest of the assclowns in Aerosmith have a fucking roller coaster named after them in Disney World for Christ's sake, so why not dip their toes into "American Idol?"

Plus his chances of falling off the stage while fucked up beyond all reason are drastically reduced within the confines of the "Idol" format...

[Ruprecht]

ed won't let dave on tv cos of that clause thing gag order, shame as the davester wld be gud at this, in fact the rupe thinks that this could have been just the thing davester wld love as hsd profile would go up and vh would sell more records snd davester wld prob get that gameshow host thing that i think he wld be gud at