Was just listening to the Nashville TN 2012 show (earlhead version) and during TTWN at the 3:16 mark or so some chick states that she “stiil thinks he’s gay”. I assume she’s talking about Roth. Maybe it’s his choice of wardrobe on this tour. Anyway, I know this is dumb, but I thought it was kind of funny when I heard it.

She must be mad cause Dave won’t give her some,even if he was i would still buy his albums,i am a Priest fan and don’t care who they f..k.

OK this is not meant as a flame (no pun intended) but I have just always thought that he acted gay. So what if he is? VH will always be the best band ever!

There has been rumors for decades that Dave is gay. Whether he is hetro, gay, bi or whatever makes no difference to me.

This is the most retarded thing ever. Let’s think this through… 1985-2006 the VH bros hate DLR. They can’t keep his name out of their lying flithy schlitz filled pie holes – do you honestly think they’re too classy to ever ‘out’ him if that was the case? The answer is no. If Dave loved the cock the bros would have been all over that shit like mike anthony on a terrible over-weight has-been hack of a singer.

I dont understand Dave “Acts” gay bit at all what does that mean ? David Lee Roth is no more than a actor thats all it is , he was born a bit too late in life , he would have been a perfect fit in Vaudeville in the 1930′s that his whole persona , Just like Alice Cooper , Marilyn Manson and Lady Gaga they are all actors that happen to be musicians as well .

Roth got alot of his moves from Jim Dandy another great frontman,guys think it looks gay but women eat it up,i have never seen anything to make me belive he was gay,and again who cares unless you want to fuck him.

My wife has never seen VH with Dave in concert, & I was watching my Vegas video the day after the show. She came downstairs, watched silently for about 30 seconds & said, ” is Dave gay? He certainly looks and acts like it.”
This is the same comment I heard many times in 98 with Gary fronting the band from the “Dave only” fans. To me, Dave looks & acts more like a gay man onstage the older he gets. The haircut, the overly animated facial expressions, the dance moves, etc. But, I couldn’t care less how he acts. I am just glad that I was able to get a great new cd & see 3 more great, fun & powerful live shows before these guys call it quits. We all know, they could go back into hibernation after they finish this tour, who knows with VH.

I could care less if he is gay or not. If he is I think it would have come out by now. I just started this thread because I found the statement in the recording humorous and I was a little bored at three in the morning.

You guys are killing me. Who gives a fuck what anyone’s wife wife thinks? She doesn’t get it either. Ed’s wife at the time had an opinion on Dave, how did that work out? Dave is an entertainer, THE entertainer…Vaudeville style, yes.. but why does greatness need to be limited to a time period? The good times flow through him.

VAiN:
You guys are killing me. Who gives a fuck what anyone’s wife wife thinks? She doesn’t get it either. Ed’s wife at the time had an opinion on Dave, how did that work out? Dave is an entertainer, THE entertainer…Vaudeville style, yes.. but why does greatness need to be limited to a time period? The good times flow through him.

You don’t get it. The point was that someone who is not as blindly in love with Dave as you are and isn’t as big of a VH fan as we are had the knee jerk reaction that Dave appears to be gay. His Shirley Temple dancing is almost as openly gay as Liberace or Sigfreid & Roy.

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…..

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…..

Nicely said…….couldn’t figure out how to say what you just did.

I think he is, but I couldn’t care less.

strong>steecoe: You don’t get it. The point was that someone who is not as blindly in love with Dave as you are and isn’t as big of a VH fan as we are had the knee jerk reaction that Dave appears to be gay. His Shirley Temple dancing is almost as openly gay as Liberace or Sigfreid & Roy.

Shirley Temple dancing.. good stuff.