Top 10 reasons why Van Halen were better with David Lee Roth
Here’s a little something that a huge David Lee Roth fan sent in. GlamRock.com wholeheartedly agree and prefer David Lee Roth fronting Van Halen. Actually, it has been a popular poll so you might like to cast your vote here VOTE : Van Halen with DLR or Sammy?
It was understandable why people got caught up in Dreams & Why Can’t This Be Love after being bought up on a great diet of David Lee Roth’s Van Halen but it didn’t last long. Here we go (drum roll) -
Number 10 : DLR’s Van Halen was heavy metal/hard rock, Sammy’s Van Hagar was pop music.
Number 9 : DLR could do the splits and Sammy didn’t even try.
Number 8 : DLR’s Van Halen used a bit of synthesizer but Sammy’s Van Hagar was completely covered in it.
Number 7 : DLR was graceful, debonaire and handsome, whilst Sammy wasn’t.
Number 6 : DLR’s Van Halen were charming in a bad boy, macho sort of way, while Sammy brought a ‘frat boy nerd trying to be cool’ quality to Van Halen.
Number 5 : DLR’s Van Halen’s greatest love song was “Ain’t Talking ‘Bout Love”. Van Hagar’s was “When It’s Love.” How wimpy is that?
Number 4 : DLR’s Van Halen had a huge hit with their 1984, Sammy’s Van Hagar looked threatening in the early days but in reality, never even came close.
Number 3 : DLR’s Van Halen featured Eddie Van Halen with his home-made guitar; Van Hagar featured an Eddie Van Halen with a signature Music Man model that even after 15 years still looks stupid.
Number 2 : DLR’s Van Halen had cool album titles i.e. Diver Down and Fair Warning. Sammy’s Van Hagar had the cheesiest album title ever: OU812?!
Number 1 : DLR’s Van Halen featured Eddie’s dad playing clarinet on Diver Down and son Wolfgang playing bass on the reunion tour. Quietly though, the family never approved of Sammy.
August 28th, 2009 at 11:15 am
Roth is a showman and a great vocalist.Sammy is great for sure!,but live Roth takes it all,a live monster.He performs with more intensity making the band vanhalen a power house live.
August 31st, 2009 at 7:46 pm
i like sammy, but its just not Van Halen without Diamond Dave!!! Runnin with the devvilllll ahhhhhhaaaaayyeeaahh!!!