The vocal stylings of David Lee Roth

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:10 am

I played a bunch of the Paul Stanley stuff yesterday during a break in my session. My sides still hurt!

Jeff

John Jeffers · Post by **John Jeffers** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:02 am

Man, that Paul Stanley stuff is...uh...interesting. He sounds like Dr. Rockzo the Rock 'N' Roll Clown from Metalocalypse.

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:05 am

For a solo'd voice, that was amazingly better than I thought it would be!

Rolsen · Post by **Rolsen** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:51 pm

bplr wrote:c'mon now. can we just admit that he USED to be all those things? its a sad story these days...

Hey now! I saw Diamond Dave just over a year ago at a Casino gig - it rocked so F'n hard I couldn't believe it! I wasn't sure what to expect. As a DLR fan, I was a little worried about him befouling his legacy. His singing was great! His band totally slayed! He ninja-twirled that mic stand like no-one's business!

Besides music, he is an interesting guy: nth degree black belt; renowned alpinist/mountaineer/rock climber; backpacked through the amazon. I'd love to see a DLR 'Survivalist' show ala Bear Gryls or Les Schroud

MoreSpaceEcho · Post by **MoreSpaceEcho** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:20 pm

and as if all that wasn't enough, this is the guy who used the phrase "delivering the groceries at 138 beats per minute" in lieu of "fucking".

infopimpster · Post by **infopimpster** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:05 pm

Paul Stanley's lisp is so... cute.

jammybastard · Post by **jammybastard** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:42 pm

Here's a clip from a show I directed of DLR and his band in '06.
It's the second the last song of a 90min set, so he is a bit winded, but you get some idea of what he can do now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9ZsnAXDF-0

Spiderhead69 · Post by **Spiderhead69** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:39 pm

This has gone viral...One radio station played it this morning, then played the screaming parts over The White Stripes Iggy Thump. Then, In the afternoon, I heard the scream on another radio station.
Of course, I remember the Linda McCartney track someone ripped off the soundboard of her vocal on Yesterday. Gawd awfull it was...

jammybastard · Post by **jammybastard** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 7:18 pm

I made one of his screams my ringtone.

Mudcloth · Post by **Mudcloth** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:33 pm

I made 13 of his screams my ringtone

Lost on side · Post by **Lost on side** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:39 am

I look forward to some Elvis Costello vocal tracks, or Joe Strummer, or Michael Stipe.

I think this sounds great. Not everyone's cup of tea, but I think Roth was INCREDIBLE, especially early on. (I never drove an IROC, I don't have a mullet, I like lots of different obscure, blahblahblah).
Roth was great.

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:36 am

Yeah. He was great. But it's also funny. Why? Because everything that he does is so over the top.

thieves · Post by **thieves** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:41 am

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www.mobile17.com

how else would i have gotten these merzbow and naked city ringtones?!

anyway, did anyone find out how this surfaced?

Lost on side · Post by **Lost on side** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:14 pm

ipressrecord wrote:Yeah. He was great. But it's also funny. Why? Because everything that he does is so over the top.

It sounds just like I thought it would. It's just out of context. Any singing with character, taken out of context, is gonna sound odd.

Let's pull out, say REM's classic "Everybody Hurts", just the dry vocal... (at least Roth is self-deprecating)

or a slobbering Joe Strummer "singing" "White Riot" (I love the Clash)....

I think most dry vocal tracks would sound as odd, but perhaps someone will post some of their own dry vocal tracks to prove me wrong?

drumsound · Post by **drumsound** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:30 pm

Lost on side wrote:
ipressrecord wrote:Yeah. He was great. But it's also funny. Why? Because everything that he does is so over the top.
It sounds just like I thought it would. It's just out of context. Any singing with character, taken out of context, is gonna sound odd.

Let's pull out, say REM's classic "Everybody Hurts", just the dry vocal... (at least Roth is self-deprecating)

or a slobbering Joe Strummer "singing" "White Riot" (I love the Clash)....

I think most dry vocal tracks would sound as odd, but perhaps someone will post some of their own dry vocal tracks to prove me wrong?

I don't even want to hear the "Everybody Hurts" vocal with the band...

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