HVB, I'm surprised you're not a little outraged by this. Can't you see -- Kid Rock is boldly and blatantly stepping on David Lee Roth's turf!

This is so clear to me now. Kid Rock knows the score -- he can't keep breaking up with skanks and expect it to keep him in the public eye forever. He needs a new schtick, and badly. And he knows the Roth-Van Halen detente can't last forever. This performance was Rock's way of saying, "Hey Ed, you lookin' for a little of that DLR razzle-dazzle, without having to put up with DLR? Look no further."

Who would have thought you could link Louis Prima and Kid Rock with one degree?

This was a lot better than the "duet" between Alicia Keys and Ol' Blue Eyes. It wasn't Frank's best performance ever but he was head and shoulders, knees and toes above Alicia Keys. I've never really listened to her before. Is this the best she can do?

Aw. Poor Keely. Poor me. Corey Feldman or whoever he is is no Sam Butera, senator.

Oats, you're onto something!

Al, it was not a good night for my girl Alicia Keys. I fear she's heading into Mahagony-era Diana Ross territory before she fulfills her "Midnight Train to Georgia"-era Gladys Knight potential. For shame, Alicia. Give me a call. I've got some advice for you that you NEED to hear.

Kid Rock's performances are always abortions, but exploiting poor Keely Smith like this was unforgivable.

No one has mentioned how embarrassing Tina Turner was. No big surprise that you can't pull off the sex kitten routine at 68. I hope Mick Jagger was watching.

And if anyone wanted proof that the recording industry is in complete disarray and has no idea what to do, Herbie Hancock winning album of the year for a jazz tribute to Joni Mitchell should make the case. I'm a music geek and I barely recalled that the album existed. I was trying to picture all the millions of people who had stuck with the endless (was it 4 hours?) show all the way through saying "What the fuck?" simultaneously.

Oats is right. The “David Lee Rock” era is inevitable. We were talking about who – if Roth tricked a weakened Eddie into firing Alex in my dream scenario – the band would get as a drummer, and he came up with Tommy Lee. But since Diamond Dave getting fired is the boring but inevitable conclusion, Kid Rock fronting Van Halen is set in stone for 2009 at the latest.

This was Phase I. Phase II will be Kid Rock introducing Van Halen at some televised function and positioning himself between Eddie and Dave, or going on some talk show and covering Unchained. Phase III will be Kid Rock hunting DLR down to kill him, like Logan’s Run. But with more scatting and wifebeaters.

I like how the taped-from-a-TV nature of the YouTube clip above, with all the fading light and creeping darkness, makes it look like you’re seeing this performance through the eyes of someone slowly dying, experiencing the terrible last minute of their life. Pretty spot on.

I like how the taped-from-a-TV nature of the YouTube clip above, with all the fading light and creeping darkness, makes it look like you’re seeing this performance through the eyes of someone slowly dying...

It's rather Lynchian, wouldn't you say? With Keely Smith taking the Ann-Miller-in-Mullholland-Dr. slot.

Yes, Oats! Her round face and hairdo reminded me of a Lynch character as well.