Joe Rogan Experience Review podcast - View JRE review of 1256 with David Lee Roth

Episode Date: March 5, 2019

David is the lead singer of Van Halen. His conversation with Joe goes into great detail as to how he thinks and what creative outlets he looks for. If you’re a fan of Van Halen or not this is definitely a conversation you don’t want to miss. Enjoy my review folks! Please email me with any suggestions and questions for future Reviews: [e-mail]

Hello there and welcome to the JRE Review for episode 1256 with David Lee Roth. Now this conversation between Joe and David was cool because obviously Joe Rogan's a big fan of Van Halen and he loves getting these rock stars on whether it be like Stephen Tyler or whoever he gets on and I think over these like three hour long periods you really do get a good sense and a really unique perspective of like who these what it's like kind of to be a rock star at that level I mean, it's a very bizarre life. It's very different and Rogan's talked about it before He thinks that it's one of the most extreme types of lifestyles.

Because, you know, massive rock stars can do whatever they want. And, you know, they're quirky, quirky people. And this podcast was an example of that. So, anyway, let's start the review. And this podcast was an example of that, so anyway, let's start the review. Welcome to the Joe Rogan Experience Review! Where each week I review every single episode of the Joe Rogan Experience. What more do you want? So yeah, Vanahailin is one of those bands. I mean, they're so massive. There's really nobody that doesn't know who they are. You know what I mean? They're up there. They're

like Rolling Stones big and this guy's lived a life. I mean, just been famous and the top of his game for how long. It's crazy. You know, it's crazy that there's almost any normalcy with these guys. Think back to the Steven Tyler Erasmith podcast with Joe. And you know, Steven was kind of just like almost losing the conversation, you know, and just kind of going off on like this singing and his stories with just kind of trail and I mean it was, you know, he's a little nuts for sure, but again he's so super famous, you know, nobody ever tells him to shut up, nobody ever says your stories are boring, he just goes and everyone sits and quietly listens. And I think in the same way you've got that with David,

though David Leeberoff does some interesting things to keep himself grounded. Or at least I assume that's kind of why he's doing it. And he's also, he was telling Joe that, you know, he takes on these other experiences to kind of rich in his experience through life. It helps him, you know, writing songs, understand people better and just kind of have,

you know, more fulfilled time. One cool thing he did for a while was he was an EMT and he talks about that with Joe. And so he trained to be an EMT. It was like a year of something, you know, college basically. And then that was it. He was like cleaning out the trucks and traveling around New York and he'd show up and, you know, to an emergency and it would be David Lee Roth. Just that idea is really interesting and it's also, it is eccentric, right?

I mean, he doesn't need to be doing that. What is he doing that for? It's dangerous. is really interesting. And it's also, it is eccentric, right? I mean, he doesn't need to be doing that. What is he doing that for? It's dangerous. It takes time. He could be doing anything. But, you know, there's elements. He wants to kind of give back.

It is what it was coming across. But also, he just wants those experiences. He wants something new and different. It's not like he needs the money. He needs the money. He needs the the adventure. Something that was really cool in the conversation is just kind of how active David is. He I guess he now doesn't own a car. So he just rides around on his bike and loves doing that. And he kind of show up to events with, you know, like an outfit over his suit if he's going to dinner,

so he can just in the rain take it off and head into the event like he, you know, showed up in a limo and no one's the wiser. And I guess that's just kind of how he likes to get around. It's an interesting thing to do. I mean, I almost couldn't understand what he's trying to get at there. I mean, it's one thing to be like physically active, but then why would you want to show up to an event like that?

You could get a cab or you get a limo. I mean, you're very rich. If you're doing it just because you're making a point of being eccentric, that's one thing. But I think it's just that when you're riding a bike through the streets or whatever, especially in bad weather, you're really tuned in towards happening. You're there in the moment. If you're getting chauffeured somewhere, maybe you're just staring at your phone and zoning off into space.

So maybe it's just an example of him wanting to stay very present. I was trying to figure it out through the conversation and when you listen to the podcast, you know, ask yourself that question and see what he's trying to do with it. But it's what it seemed like. He just wants to stay very present with all of his experiences, whether they're with all of his experiences, whether they're him kayaking, down one of the rivers in New York City, legally, or rock climbing, or just all these sorts of experiences. It's not just that there's like an element of danger, but there's an element of presentness. You can't just zone out when you're doing these things. Maybe that's kind of along that line. He was saying that he doesn't use a smart phone. I guess he does have one

but generally he's not messing with phones all the time because he doesn't like the entrapment of apps and so on. You hear that more and more. Joe definitely has been talking about it. For Joe Rogan, he's got a ton of Instagram followers and Twitter followers, right? So he does like to connect with them and it's good to kind of push his show dates and other things. So of course, he's going to still use it, but he has started this kind of dialogue through the podcast, saying that he's working on kind of disconnecting from that medium, give him a little bit of space. I think it's healthy for everyone. I hear just people that I know on any level of social media, whether you have like 200 followers

or 200,000, is saying that they're kind of disconnecting a little bit if they can. It's healthier You know, it's it's they give the example David does that I really like on on his conversation with Joe He said it's like going to the fridge when you know you don't have any food It's like just a habit of going to the fridge and looking inside and seeing what there is like you know There's nothing in there, but it's like, oh, every couple of minutes, I need to check. The phones are the same way. If you watch people with it, it's just like,

when they don't know what to do with themselves, you know, if it's been a few minutes, and they haven't checked their phone, and they're just sat at a table or just chilling out somewhere or at Starbucks or whatever, they're not looking around to try and hold a conversation. They're just straight on the phone and seeing what's happening.

You know where they are? They're on Facebook, you're on Instagram, I've done it, I've been victim to it. But yeah, in the same way, I try and disconnect. And when you hear people like this, really actively disconnecting, like maybe not even having a smartphone with them or on most of the time You know, they're doing it for an important reason and it's and it's interesting to hear because you're like, okay All right, maybe this guy has something and maybe knows something, you know Going back into David's storylines

He he's obviously lived an incredible life and it's fascinating for him to discuss it with Joe. But it is funny the way that he talks as well and I mean it's kind of reminiscent of when Steven Tyler was on the podcast because he would talk a lot and tell a story but he would go on like one tangent after another and do it very quickly. And it was almost difficult to kind of follow his train of thought. It was almost like a stream of consciousness. The Joe was very good and very patient as well at kind of bringing it back around. Like to make the point and bring it back around.

And kind of, I guess in a way, keep control of the conversation because it was almost like a bit of a scattered brain story telling event and And he was laughing at his own story a lot. I mean he was very Energized and excited with it, but it was a little distracting because I was like wait, where is he going with this and? It would happen often. He would just kind of like spin around on his own thought process.

You guys listen to it, listen to it and, and let me know what you think, or just listen to it and answer that question, but it was little tough in some ways. And I don't usually get that with Joe's podcast. Either Joe is good at controlling this conversation enough to keep everything flowing, but he was very patient and didn't say a great deal

during this podcast, relative to others, and really let David kind of just get it out, which was very respectful of him being the guest but at the same time it was kind of difficult at times to be like wait a minute what was the question or where is he going with this story but yeah still a fascinating insight into a rock legend and really cool to get to know. And it sounded like, you know, just a fascinating guy that like cares about people and wants to leave like, you know, a positive mark in place of what he's doing. I really enjoyed it.

I hope you guys do too. And thanks a lot for tuning in. Bye you