This past weekend I was with my CA sissy, daughter, and niece at Santana Row in San Jose. We were celebrating my daughter's birthday along with her cousin's birthday as they are only 2 days apart. Well, while our young and beautiful daughters went out clubbing, Sissy and I were up in the hotel room just chilling and drinking wine. Somehow, someway, we got on the subject of David Lee Roth. Don't ask me how. Sissy showed me a recent video of David Lee Roth singing Panama. I showed Sissy a the original Panama Van Halen video.
Wow. What a difference 40 years makes.
For you youngins who have no idea what I'm talking about, Van Halen was THE rock band in the early to mid 1980's. Their album titled 1984 featured an angelic child-like cherub smoking cigarettes. Lead guitarist Eddie Van Halen was every girl's dream guy. David Lee Roth was their flamboyant lead singer and showman who always had a bevy of scantily clad beautiful women at his beck and call.
Sadly, the band broke up and Eddie Van Halen is now dead. David Lee Roth is also dead, but he does not realize it. He is still trying to do live performances despite being well into his 70's. David Lee Roth, who was once deemed himself Mr. Sexy, is now a sad shadow of himself.
Let's take the song Panama. Blue Eagle and I choreographed a dance for our high school dance line back in 1984. Blue Eagle and I choreographed the Panama dance in my parents' basement - later to be brought to our dance line for us to compete with other high school dance lines - along with many football and basketball game half-time performances. I know every beat of this song, every guitar chord of this song, and every vocal.
Imagine my shock when Sissy showed me the most recent rendition of Panama performed by David Lee Roth compared to what I knew when the song debuted back in 1984. Hey, David Lee Roth, it's long past time to hang it up....the leather pants outfit detailing the sadly lacking manhood parts that suggests a pencil somehow got caught in your crotch is not a good look. It's pathetic. Yes, now it's our turn to rip on you as you were very unkind to women who you viewed as less than a PlayBoy centerfold and did not have the time of day for them.
My, how the tables have turned. Below are the two videos of Panama of 1984 to Panama of 2025. Copy and paste the below YouTube links into your browser.
https://youtu.be/fuKDBPw8wQA?si=P6v0XJu8eX8H3BLK
and then to this.....
https://youtu.be/sbo7Xwi9iCI?si=K6q8N1mbWuN24382