DLR is gay?

Why can’t we just enjoy the album and tour without this stupid shit,if you want to say his voice has gone downhill fine,but again who cares who he f–ks.

Yeah he could be screwing his dogs backstage for all I care, I’ll still love the music till the day I die!!! However the topic of discussion came up and we all have an opinion and I was expressing mine!

wjamflan:
There has been speculation about this for a long time. I remember reading alot about this awhile back on DDLR.com. I think Wooda had some stories from waaay back, if I remember right, so it shouldn’t exactly be news. It doesn’t really matter to me either, b/c I thought he acted gay in concert back in their heyday. Some even said he was overcompensating with all the “I’m gonna f**k your girlfriend stuff” back then. Whatever. The band was cool b/c they made good music and put on good shows. They were fun to watch and listen to b/c they didn’t take themselves too seriously and still kicked some major ass. A big part of that was Dave.

Despite his schtick, he was still cool. Now, not so much. Why? I think one of the reviews from when ADKOT was first released applies here. It said, basically, Diamond Dave was no more. All that is left is embarassing Uncle Dave. It is somewhat true. He can’t pull off the Spicoli/stoner/surfer/singer dude thing he did so well back in the day. Hey, we all have to grow up, and to his credit, Dave has. It’s just that’s he’s not as much fun, and his idiosyncracies are much more pronounced b/c there’s nothing else there to distract us from seeing them. The dancing, the faces, etc. just come off to alot of the uninitiated as weird. Those of us who have been fans forever just think that’s Dave. Mature Dave, but Dave nonetheless.

For me, it’s much more troubling that he’s struggling so mightily to sing. I don’t expect the falsetto screams he was so good at back then. They’ve been gone for awhile. The shrieking and singing out of tune in registers that are higher than the songs were originally written in is more of a problem for me. It makes listening painful…..

I totally agree with you Bill. I don’t want to hate on Dave, but his caterwauling is hard to listen to and does make the music painful to hear. The saving grace is the three Van Halens kicking ass. Hopefully the rest does him some good!

mrmojohalen:
If Dave releases that sex tape he made in 1982, then that may help his cause a bit.

Depends who it’s with

I think it’s time to close this one up.