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Another one of those classic genius posts, sure to generate responses. You log on the next day to see what your witty gem has produced to find no one gets it and 2 knotheads want to stick their dicks in it... Well played, sir!!Comment
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If it counts...I have traveled more often to see DLR than any other band. Might catch up with the Stones this year though.Writing In All Proper Case Takes Extra Time, Is Confusing To Read, And Is Completely Pointless.Comment
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Another one of those classic genius posts, sure to generate responses. You log on the next day to see what your witty gem has produced to find no one gets it and 2 knotheads want to stick their dicks in it... Well played, sir!!Comment
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Nah, it would've only counted in the YFLM tour. It was after that that things started really goin' downhill. Up until then, there was always a chance. After that... nope. The 1996 thing don't count. That would've never happened, anyway.
Ah, I'm giving you a hard time, but maybe it's not entirely your fault Dave's career went down the drain. I bet not even Von Halen or Warf, alleged die-hard fans that they are, went to see the guy on the YFLM tour. Maybe Warf wasn't born yet, but that's no excuse.
No use crying over spilled careers, though. But I do want each & everyone of you to have a good look at Dave yelping & twitching on stage & say to yourselves "I did that".
Cheers!
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was pretty slim pickins, which one did you go to...?
Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Hampton Beach, NH, USA on September 16, 1994
The Strand, Providence, RI, USA on September 14, 1994
Val du Lakes Amphitheatre, Mears, MI, USA on September 3, 1994
Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI, USA on August 31, 1994
The Vogue, Indianapolis, IN, USA on August 14, 1994
Club La Vela, Panama City Beach, FL, USA on July 20, 1994
The Warfield, San Francisco, CA, USA on July 5, 1994
Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA, USA on July 3, 1994
Konocti Harbor, Kelseyville, CA, USA on June 29, 1994
Deep Ellum Live, Dallas, TX, USA on April 5, 1994
Metro, Chicago, IL, USA on April 1, 1994
Avalon, Boston, MA, USA on March 24, 1994Another one of those classic genius posts, sure to generate responses. You log on the next day to see what your witty gem has produced to find no one gets it and 2 knotheads want to stick their dicks in it... Well played, sir!!Comment
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Wouldja look at that! With all this talk about YFLM, I Google it & this comes up:
21 Years Ago: David Lee Roth Tries Growing Up on ‘Your Filthy Little Mouth’
It's from March 8, 2015. I've been saying this very same shit for years in these forums. Well, once or twice.
I even wrote this huge article about YFLM & then Mezro flushed it. Bastard. It was a particularly entertaining thread, because I had talked about how Dave was at the top of his game with the lyrics, I praised them as the best he ever wrote.
Then Seshmeister hisself comes in saying he didn't like the lyrics that much, especially the "In God we trust, everybody else gotta pay cash." I still remember Dlocroth's reply "Hello Sesh, long time listener, first time caller. Those lyrics were in ALAE, not YFLM".
Wait, I got sidetracked. Anyway, here's the article:
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21 Years Ago: David Lee Roth Tries Growing Up on ‘Your Filthy Little Mouth’
By Eduardo Rivadavia March 8, 2015 9:39 AM
“Whatever happened to all of the fun in the world?”
The title of Frank Zappa‘s 33-second cut from Sheik Yerbouti was probably what David Lee Roth was asking himself on March 8, 1994 when his fourth solo LP, the provocatively named Your Filthy Little Mouth, arrived in stores to a frustrating mix of fan confusion, nasty reviews and, worse, widespread indifference.
But, of course, much of this was to be expected, given just how radically things had changed after grunge swept in and cleared out everything in its path. David Lee Roth and other artists like him were left gasping for breath in the ensuing vacuum. In Roth’s defense, while 1991’s A Little Ain’t Enough had vainly tried to keep the ‘80s party going, Your Filthy Little Mouth saw Roth gamely rolling with the punches — both in terms of diversifying his sound and toning down his glamorous image.
This process began when Roth abandoned L.A. for New York City, where he was promptly busted for buying pot in Washington Square. Then he trimmed his flowing golden locks into a more sensible ‘90s hairdo and set about reinventing his music to match the times, and his suddenly more sober and mature frame of mind.
As collaborators for this daunting endeavor, Roth surprised many observers by recruiting onetime Chic mastermind and renowned producer Nile Rodgers, tapped Terry Kilgore as his main songwriting foil/guitarist and otherwise relied on seasoned session players, capable of tackling the LP’s eclectic mix of styles.
These included the sort of mainstream rock numbers one might expect (“She’s My Machine,” “Big Train,” “Land’s Edge”), plus country-rock (“Cheatin’ Heart Cafe,” featuring Travis Tritt), horn-powered, girl-group-backed pop (“A Little Luck,” “Hey, You Never Know”), lounge music (“Experience”), and even reggae (“No Big Ting”) — all of it graced with some of the most realistic and considered lyrics of Roth’s career.
In other words, Dave was finally acting his age. But while the album’s first single, “She’s My Machine,” quickly high-kicked its way into the Billboard Rock charts at No. 12, overall sales would prove very disappointing in the long run.
That was partly due to the era’s unfriendly musical trends, but also possibly because the average Van Halen fan had trouble accepting the idea of David Lee Roth playing the role of worldly renaissance man instead of class clown. This rejection from his core probably hurt David Lee Roth more than anything else. After all, he essentially remained the all-purpose entertainer he had always been.
In any case, Roth would obviously live to fight another day, but the immediate future would harbor even more trauma — beginning with the very public blowing of his chance to reunite with Van Halen witnessed by a global audience on the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards.
But that’s another story.
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Cheers!
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I've seen this interview a couple of times before but i just noticed the "Honey, baby, sweetie, doll...". makes me think that he really only need to arrange stuff he's already got in his head or his notebook to have lyrics for anything new.Last edited by BumBahDeeDah; 05-20-2015, 09:12 PM.Comment
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ABC’s ‘Billboard Music Awards’ Hit 12-Year Demo High...
The three-hour telecast averaged a preliminary 11.1 million viewers and a 3.7 rating among adults 18-49 according to Nielsen’s Fast Affiliate Ratings. Both modest increases from the last go-around, the numbers mark a third consecutive year of growth for the show — and, in the case of the total viewership, a 14-year high.
Could this have been that so many tuned in to watch the Mighty Van Halen?Comment
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I think you may be misquoting me a bit there because I do agree the YFLM lyrics are some of his best but I do remember very very vaguely me getting that mixed up and also saying something along the lines of wondering how many lines are borrowed and how if you are going to borrow don't take them from a sign that was hanging in 50% of the fastfood joints you went into. It's pretty amazing it doesn't happen more often but I think there was a decent rambling point in there somewhere.
Dave played a lot of YFLM on his radio show in fact that was almost all of his own work that he played so I think he agrees with you.
Personally I think the album is ok but I'm biased against it because I flew 600 miles to see that tour and it was like a pretty solid wedding band. It's the one time when Dave went with less than excellent musicians.
Here's the set list I broke the bank at the time to go see in London...
Big Train
Panama
Experience
She's My Machine
A Little Luck
Oh, Pretty Woman
Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody
Sunburn
Beautiful Girls
Dance the Night Away
Night Life
Just Like Paradise
Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
California Girls
Encore:
Ice Cream Man
Jump
The nicest thing you could say was that it was short...Last edited by Seshmeister; 05-20-2015, 10:50 PM.Comment
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