289. Van Halen - "Ain't Talkin' Bout Love" (from the Van Halen LP, Warner Bros. Records, 1978)
There was a time in my life when I didn't like Van Halen. How sweet-ass guitar riffs and absurd charisma like this didn't appeal to me I honestly don't remember. This track in particular is one of the most successfully delusional kiss-offs to the idea that men are at all capable of love or even sympathy ever. I mean, "You know you're semi-good looking" is just such an amazingly bastardly line, especially as delivered by DLR. It's hard to make something this pathetic and exhilarating at the same time.
