Favorite "Talk" Songs #2 - "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love"

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We are at #2 in my Favorite "Talk" Songs series, which celebrates songs with "talk," or a variation, in the title. The second spot in this countdown belongs to "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" by the mighty Van Halen. I found a few interesting factoids about this one. When guitarist Eddie Van Halen wrote "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love," he didn't feel it was good enough, and hung on to it for a year before finally showing it to his bandmates. Which is odd, because it's arguably their best song, with one of rock music's most instantly recognizable guitar riffs. Interestingly, Eddie intended for it to be a punk song, which, obviously, didn't turn out that way. It is, however, one of the few David Lee Roth songs that Sammy Hagar would willingly sing after replacing Roth as the band's vocalist. In the late 1990's, the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team played "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" after Flyers goals. The song has also been used on both South Park, and The Sopranos. And yet, the single did not chart, but it gets played on the radio so much that you would assume that it had been a #1 hit. It's classic Van Halen. Enjoy! (Info verified by Wikipedia)