Juliette Lewis wishes she could be David Lee Roth
From Filter Magazine:
Juliette Lewis’ Five Most Influential Albums
by Tamara Vallejos
Tuesday we shared the first part of our interview with independent film actress and rock musician Juliette Lewis, in which she commented on the five most influential films in her life. Today, after much thought and inner-debate, she reveals the five albums that have similarly impacted her.
Check out the list below to get Lewis’ insight on her eclectic musical tastes, and make sure to come back tomorrow to find out more about her own upcoming solo album, Terra Incognita.
Van Halen — Van Halen (1978) & 1984 (1984)
‘It’s a toss-up. Van Halen is the better record, and it was my first introduction to rock and roll. I just loved “Runnin’ With the Devil.” But later, when I was a jumble of hormones and MTV was in everybody’s house, 1984 and the video for “Panama” came out. David Lee Roth was crawling toward the camera, and it wasn’t just that I was turned on, but I was like, “I want to be that. That guy blows my mind.’
Her other favorites: Queens of the Stone Age — Era Vulgaris (2007), Pink Floyd — Wish You Were Here (1975), PJ Harvey — 4-Track Demos (1993), The Velvet Underground — The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967).
And she tells FreeTimes.com how she feels about David Lee Roth:
“When I was 13 and I saw Van Halen’s “Panama” video, I was blown away. When Roth is crawling toward the camera singing, “I reach down between my legs and ease the seat back,” I was like, “Holy crap! I want to be that guy.” It wasn’t Madonna or Jody Whatley that made me want to do this. It was David Lee Roth. I was taken by his showmanship and sexuality.”
Here’s Juliette Lewis joining Camp Freddy and John 5 (Rob Zombie) for “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love”, from the last Mayhem show at the sold out ROXY on May 29th, 2008:
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August 21st, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Thanks for keeping the spirit intact the energy oozes out of the video hell i couldn’t stop bobbing my head. NICE!
August 21st, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Sorry. To me this is non-news. File under “Don’t Really Care” for me.
August 21st, 2009 at 2:40 pm
she didnt sound that bad.
August 21st, 2009 at 2:48 pm
sounded better than I expected.
August 21st, 2009 at 2:53 pm
To think there are people on this site that rip on Chickenfoot news.
August 21st, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Sounds pretty good.
Notice that it looked like they had 3 people on the guitar doing what Ed does by himself.
August 21st, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Damn, that was pretty good.
August 21st, 2009 at 6:15 pm
She has bad stage presence. To jittery.
August 21st, 2009 at 6:26 pm
What’s funny is that her stage getups really do look DLR-inspired.
August 21st, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Is it me, or does this remind you of that bullshit Velvet Revolver performance from the Rock Hall of Fame induction??
Why do Juliette Lewis and Scott Weiland both think Mick Jagger sang “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love”?!? Hack job.
August 22nd, 2009 at 3:19 am
Probably the least rock ‘n; roll thing I’ve seen in a long time. Here’s a bunch of guys and gals who don’t understand that you can just WANT to be rock ‘n’ roll, you have to actually BE rock ‘n’ roll. She might have thought Roth was cool, but he didn’t understand why…
August 22nd, 2009 at 4:23 am
Dave Navarro is the biggest douchebag and overrated guitar player.
August 22nd, 2009 at 6:55 am
who is juliette lewis? never heard of her. so what if she was inspired by dlr? who cares? she sounds like melissa etheridge. so what if she covered a song? lots of people cover songs. so what, who cares? what famous song did she write? did anyone cover her song?
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:26 am
It kills me that some of you here just don’t get it… THAT was rock & roll. Juliette Lewis just did what 90% of today’s bands cannot do - ROCK.
August 22nd, 2009 at 8:11 am
So much negativity, lol. It’s just a band doing a cover. Good grief.
August 22nd, 2009 at 8:25 am
Juliette Lewis is just like Sammy Hagar when you think about it. Before Chickenfoot came out, they were both basically in cover bands, apparently both Van Halen fans.
August 22nd, 2009 at 8:26 am
I was actually impressed… I think she did a great job performing this classic VH tune!! Good Job!
August 22nd, 2009 at 9:04 am
They have been playing her concert on Direct TV’S 101 and it is unwatchable!!
August 22nd, 2009 at 10:42 am
If she wants to be really blown away, she should listen to DLR at his best and crank up Women and Children First and Fair Warning in a good pair of digital headphones!!!!!!
August 22nd, 2009 at 3:12 pm
I think she rocked with a real attitude, not like today’s tattooed punks that think they’re so hard core. ED should hire her for the new Van Halen, a great mix of old and new with Wolfie. Wouldn’t be the first time he wanted a chick singer.
August 22nd, 2009 at 4:18 pm
those videos arent that great, and i agree with the poster saying her concert was unwatchable, but in real life that chic ROCKS! ive seen her live before and it was awesome!
August 22nd, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Unwatchable!?! She rocked, and it was a great performance! What are you guys looking for in a rock concert? Geez. Navarro’s ok, a decent rock guitarist, John 5? eh.
August 22nd, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Dave sounded great, besides Eddie, I haven’t heard any guitar player do it that well.
Good job Dave!!!
August 23rd, 2009 at 7:56 am
In the 80´s everybody wants to be David Lee Roth or Eddie Van Halen!!
Nobody wanna be SH…NEVER…
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:02 am
Digital headphones??? LMFAO
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:50 am
Well Joe, you asked for it putz, get you a pair of Sony MDR-DS3000 infared wireless digital surround headphones!!! They work great with DVD players and other components w/ Dolby Digital, Dolby surround or DTS surround sound. They cost around $200 but I’m sure you can find them on sale on the internet. Your probably going to have to ask your boss at Taco Bell for a raise so you can get a pair and a good home theater system. By the way are volcano tacos really that hot?
August 23rd, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Actually SCAR, I’m an electrical engineer and I prefer STAX electrostatic headphones. I didn’t mean to hit a nerve. I just find it funny when people associate the word “digital” with good sound. That comes from the marketing folks who got business degrees because they couldn’t handle the engineering courses in college. The Sony’s are fine headphones, but the drivers are 100% analog. (The signal path is digital.)
Rock on and go with chicken burrito. With this economy I may be working at Taco Bell soon.
August 23rd, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Joe, we all know the marketing industry is misleading consumers on just about everything you buy these days. It’s how they make money. You are right about the drivers being 100% analog and the signal path is digital. If memory serves me correct, Sony got blasted about how they were marketing this product when the headphones first came out. However, I called them digital because that’s how they are marketed to consumers. We all can’t be electrical engineer’s, some of us are just simple bar owner’s. The over all sound quality is superb due to the (in my opinion) the exceptional engineering of this Sony product. I love the deeper base and natural live sound quality! I own about a half dozen of headphones and they do not even come close to the sound quality of the Sony MDR-DS3000. Cranking some VH with these bad boys on is awesome!!!! My bad on the Taco Bell slam, here’s 89 cents for the chicken burrito!!!
August 23rd, 2009 at 7:26 pm
hey SCAR, i’ll be stopping by the bar later this week man. I’ll be the guy wearing the headphones carrying the taco bell bag with some burrrrrrrrito’s and volcano taco’s to share with you! Joe, you can come along too and we can rock out to VH, sample some fine fast food and have a few beers! what do you guys say?
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Cabo Wabo shots are on the house!!!!!
August 24th, 2009 at 6:11 am
I realize VHND is a “catch all” for VH-related news, and I say this tongue-in-cheek, sometimes it’s not necessary to “catch all”.
I hope VH can pull together an album sometime in the coming years. Juliette Lewis? That’s just sad…
August 24th, 2009 at 6:29 am
Juliette lewis is mmm mmm mmm delicious!
Love that girl….
And who the hell DIDNT want to be David Lee roth back in the day?
August 24th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
DUCKY…as many people might have wanted to be Dave, I suspect there was a much larger group of dudes that wanted to be “Ed”. I counted myself as one of them back in the day, but I understand your point.
August 25th, 2009 at 5:09 am
Pete:
You’re right brother!
Since the main focus was on dave in this article hence the reason for my comment.
But it’s true…back in the day the girls wanted eddie and dave and the guys wanted to BE eddie or dave.
It’s that whole plant/page , jagger/richards thing…