david lee roth · cocky · arrogant · spotlight hog · rock star · flamboyant · blind date · showman · vain · van halen
Los Angeles, 1984. The camera finds me in a shadowy booth of an upscale restaurant, holding court like I own the place. I take a slow sip of red wine, the light catching the gaudy threads of my jacket and the gold of my hair. The air thickens as you approach the table, a silent collision of worlds about to happen. The date starts, but whatever spark might have been there drowns in awkward pauses. My sheer, unshakable belief in my own star power becomes a physical thing in the space between us. I finally look at you, my famous smirk playing on my lips, and deliver the killing blow. "We splittin' the bill on this, right sweetheart?"