Who is the bigger draw? DLR!!!!

[Carmine]

OK, here is the question.How many people has the current tour drawn so far? I would like to know, because in one night, for only 2 songs DAVID LEE ROTH played in front of 500,000 plus. He is not touring, his latest disc is over a year old, STILL CBS books him to play at a nationally televised event! Now, I ask again WHO is the BIGGER draw?

[diamond den™]

YEPPERS!!!!! :D

[Carmine]

will they draw 500,000 for this entire tour? I dont think so! My friends, the performance witnessed by MILLIONS on Sunday evening is proof, beyond any doubt,who the MAN is! They (van hagar) had to be watching. shhhh, sam, can you hear it? its the sound of the waboritas warming up. They saw DLR on tv too and know it wont be long before your back playing with them. Its only a matter of time...

[EmpyreLounge44]

they booked him cause steven tyler didnt want to do it....500,000 were not there to see DLR, they happened to see him but they were not there for him....jesus, you act like DLR was the reason people were there....take him away and how many people are there....still 500,000.

[Carmine]

I see you are from Boston. Were you there?

[EmpyreLounge44]

i was in fact there, i have gone every year since i have been up here

[Carmine]

Originally posted by EmpyreLounge44
i was in fact there, i have gone every year since i have been up here

ok then. was it not a great performance? my reason for posting numbers is simple: Dave was seen in all his glory by 500,000 live and by millions of viewers at home. It is a great thing for someone who many have said " his career is over". If it was, sunday night it was certainly given a "JUMP" start!

[EmpyreLounge44]

he sounded good, but it was kinda sad. very nostalgia and not really the triumph that everyone here is talking about. many of the people around were laughing at the kicks and the martial arts moves...it was just very very cheesy and kinda was painful to watch someone you like, get dogged by the majority of the people around you.

[Towelie™]

You wanna get High????

[Carmine]

Originally posted by EmpyreLounge44
he sounded good, but it was kinda sad. very nostalgia and not really the triumph that everyone here is talking about. many of the people around were laughing at the kicks and the martial arts moves...it was just very very cheesy and kinda was painful to watch someone you like, get dogged by the majority of the people around you.

I thought he got a great crowd response... sounded good on tv! those who you say dogged him, fuck em! I view it as a triumph for the reasons i posted earlier: no tour, no cd, but still they had him. As he was announced," who remembers 1977 and the band Van Halen? and the guy who came out in front and changed the face of rock and roll forever! isnt van halen touring right now? right they arent, van hagar is, but that announcement of "do you remember Van Halen" was perfect!

[ZahZoo]

Dave did an excellent performance in Boston.

To assume that CBS had in any way considered Dave -vs- Van Hagar as a selection for the 4th entertainment is purely dilusional at best. The simple fact is they wanted to balance a traditional classical performance with something that would have wide appeal to largest demographic... no not rock fans... baby-boomers. Dave doing California Girls and Jump was just edgy enough and safe enough to foot the bill for the audience. Any younger/harder edge performers would have been out of place there.

It was a good nod though toward Dave being a good slice of Americana, which he is and represents a good side of our culture... living large and taking no prisoners!! No better choice in my book.

But the reality of the situation is the reformation of Van Hagar and the nostalgia tour was not even a remote consideration let alone a brain fart in the CBS boardroom. Odds are even better that Dave living and playing around in the social scene in the NorthEast probably has a lot more to do with his involvement with the Boston Pop than anything Van Halen related.

[L.S.D.]

Originally posted by DLRoswegony
OK, here is the question.How many people has the current tour drawn so far? I would like to know, because in one night, for only 2 songs DAVID LEE ROTH played in front of 500,000 plus. He is not touring, his latest disc is over a year old, STILL CBS books him to play at a nationally televised event! Now, I ask again WHO is the BIGGER draw?

Are you seriously this dumb?

Put Dave on tour playing his van halen covers at clubs like the house Of Blues, and then have Van Halen at the Arena. Figure it out retard.

[ALinChainz]

Put Sammy on a solo tour and Dave back in the band and then what do you have.

You are seriously a professional asshole.

[ULTRAMAN VH]

We can go over this a million times and the sheep and the sisters will never get it. DLR is the bigger draw. Unlike Mr. Hagar, DLR has entertainment value and gets people excited, The VH tour would be selling out stadiums with Roth out front. And pardon me Mr. Lounge but I didn't see anything wrong with Dave jumping around and throwing kicks in the air. What was he supposed to do, stand there like a zombie. The crowd really got energized at that point, and cheered very loudly with his baton twirling. You can't go wrong when you have great music and a charismatic frontman. Steven Tyler would have been jumping around and energizing the crowd also, and he is older than Roth. Aww c'mon Empyrelounge, give Dave a break.

[L.S.D.]

Originally posted by ALinChainz
Put Sammy on a solo tour and Dave back in the band and then what do you have.

You are seriously a professional asshole.

fuck off dude. Read the facts, he is aying becusae Dave was on the pops, hes a bigger draw than Van halen with sammy.

So suck a cock and go listen to alice in chains, since they rock soooooo hard.

Barf.