David Lee Roth has launched a canopy of Tommy Tutone’s Prime 5 hit “867-5309 / Jenny,” which he cheekily known as “That Phone Track.” You’ll be able to hearken to it under.
It is a pretty devoted cowl of the 1981 power-pop anthem, substituting the crunchy electrical guitars for acoustic strumming and extra jangly leads. Roth additionally provides a bluesy harmonica solo in lieu of a guitar solo.
The previous Van Halen frontman has stayed lively on YouTube in latest months, releasing a number of songs, dance movies and spoken-word musings. His cowl of “867-5309 / Jenny” arrives two months after the rap-rock tune “Election Yr.”
Roth additionally revisited Van Halen’s discography final yr and launched new variations of a few of their basic hits, together with “Panama,” “Ain’t Talkin’ Bout Love” and “Unchained.” Moreover, he is reunited with former guitarist John 5 on a handful of tracks in recent times, together with the reflective “Someplace Over the Rainbow Bar and Grill” and “Nothing May Have Stopped Us Again Then Anyway,” plus the 2023 acoustic ditty “The Shit That Killed Elvis.”
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David Lee Roth Has Been Dishing Van Halen Filth
Diamond Dave hasn’t minced phrases whereas speaking about his former bandmates and his successor, Sammy Hagar. Earlier this yr, the singer uploaded a video known as “The Ballad of Popsicle Sam” wherein he speculated that Hagar “was kidnapped by aliens and he was intercourse probed.”
In one other video, Roth acknowledged the strain between Eddie and Alex Van Halen. “Al drove his brother fucking loopy. He is an enormous bully,” Roth mentioned, including that alcohol usually exacerbated their points. “Al weighed about 20 extra kilos, drank between two and 6 six-packs of Schlitz malt tall liquors a day. On the top of his [drinking] they needed to put in a particular industrial fridge within the visitor home at Eddie’s studio.”
Van Halen Lineup Modifications
Three totally different singers and two totally different bassists joined the Van Halen brothers through the years.
