Van Halen - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love (CRAZY GOOD BAND!) First Reaction

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024

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  • @Denbot_is_here
    @Denbot_is_here Год назад +37

    "You know you're semi good looking"
    Best. Line. Ever.

    • @zookytar
      @zookytar 4 месяца назад +6

      As a semi-good lookin woman, this line stings 🦂

  • @markallen2984
    @markallen2984 Год назад +40

    You're too sweet, Maddy. Remember this was the mid-70s. The lyric is not about being too shy or hurt to love: it's about pure ego-driven lust. He'll sleep with her, but he regards her as lucky to have him even briefly.
    The song really is about the swaggering, charismatic, loner: seductive and emotionally unobtainable. His confident indifference makes him irresistible.....because people (women in particular) always seem to crave most what they cannot have

    • @alanh.7668
      @alanh.7668 Год назад +4

      I agree, and as I insinuate in my comment, he had groupies in every city they played. He's probably referring to one or all of them. He might be kind and sensitive to a girlfriend or wife (Well, David Lee, probably not!)but fan/groupie - artist relationships call for no commitment by either party.

    • @jenifferjones
      @jenifferjones 10 месяцев назад +3

      Amen seen em in the day, he was the original gigolo. Me and every other girl are it up. And he knew it!

    • @bobsylvester88
      @bobsylvester88 10 месяцев назад +3

      David Lee Roth continued with the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle after everyone else is settled down with a single partner. Eventually it caused a rift in the band that ended it for Roth.

  • @gina6668
    @gina6668 11 месяцев назад +16

    Jeff Spicoli had Van Halen play at his birthday party!

  • @stevedahlberg8680
    @stevedahlberg8680 Год назад +50

    One thing you have to keep in mind is that when this came out, the sound was actually incredibly cutting-edge. Everything about it. Nobody had ever heard that kind of guitar playing and arrangement before and it just changed everything. This was their very first album and it landed with a huge punch. I bet you would enjoy just about anything off of it. One favorite of mine that my younger sister love is called little dreamer. And that was on the radio a fair amount but I would say that's the only one on the album that wasn't a mega hit in some form or the other. But it's an incredibly beautiful song and it's a little slower but it still rocks out. And it talks about real life issues for people at that age.

    • @Trollamollex
      @Trollamollex Год назад +4

      It's their best album, maybe it doesn't have their best songs, but it's definitely the best overall album.

    • @williamperri3437
      @williamperri3437 7 месяцев назад

      @@TrollamollexHard to argue that! Definitely 1 million times better than their next two releases which were both half assed albums with amazing songs but also really bad songs! Thank god VH was redeemed with the fourth album fair warning and then followed by the masterpiece 1984!

  • @chuck4tnvols681
    @chuck4tnvols681 Год назад +19

    Eddie Van Halen blew everyone away in 78 when the debut album came out.The whole album is great! I saw them in 1982,and great concert!

  • @kerrydevine8630
    @kerrydevine8630 5 месяцев назад +5

    My take on the meaning of the middle eight lyrics beginning with “I’ve been to the edge” is that he was at the edge of love and has no time to mess with it, it being a place where he lost friends who fell in love and thus into ruin. If you want it, you have to bleed for it, baby.

    • @zookytar
      @zookytar 4 месяца назад +1

      Ohh that makes sense

  • @davidellis5141
    @davidellis5141 Год назад +19

    The harmonies of Van Halen are very underrated. Hey ! Hey ! Hey !

  • @stefanbistrancin5862
    @stefanbistrancin5862 Год назад +5

    The guitar in this song is absolutely fucking phenomenal. Total next level

  • @DefinitelyNotBender
    @DefinitelyNotBender Год назад +28

    "Van Halen, not Van Hagar!"
    -Joe Dirt

  • @marshall6604
    @marshall6604 11 месяцев назад +2

    Well he did say he…….’ain’t talking ‘bout love!’

  • @scottspears9347
    @scottspears9347 Год назад +4

    I don't think that Michael Anthony gets the respect of how good a bass player he is

  • @jeffreyes6236
    @jeffreyes6236 8 месяцев назад +5

    One of the greatest lines ever!!! Semi-good looking!!!!

  • @rubbersole79
    @rubbersole79 Год назад +4

    Best rock album / band of the 70's if you ask me.

  • @stevedahlberg8680
    @stevedahlberg8680 Год назад +46

    Just got to the "You know you're semi good-looking" line and I am laughing my ass off at your reaction, but I think it's really cool that you caught that. It's all about that David Lee Roth attitude and this 1978 first album by them is, along with Boston's first album, considered to be one of the greatest debut albums in rock music history. This thing had so many of these songs on the radio constantly, and you heard it out at the lake and you heard it at parties and you bought the record album and play it over and over and it was just all over the place. It defined life for a lot of kids in junior high and high school at the time, and it really had a significant shaping effect on the direction of rock music.. Literally everything on this first album is a complete jem.

    • @fredfredburger5150
      @fredfredburger5150 11 месяцев назад

      Van Halen have many great songs and many great albums...but that first album is all anybody needs.

  • @Shred64
    @Shred64 5 месяцев назад +1

    Favorite guitar intro, gives me the f@%^#ng chills every time! Guitar solos overdubbed with electric sitar. RIP King Edward.

  • @richardjacobs7191
    @richardjacobs7191 3 месяца назад +1

    Its the dont take life to serious BAND!!!!❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂

  • @MrDMF567
    @MrDMF567 11 месяцев назад +3

    This riff goes so HARD

  • @samuelgirard1407
    @samuelgirard1407 Год назад +14

    The singer David Lee Roth was very flamboyant, known for being fun-loving, not really wanting to be tied down or have anybody cramp his style. So the lyrics here were pretty indicative of his personality the whole time he was in the band. Many of the other songs with him were pretty evasive about love also compared to other bands.
    He's said in interviews that "He wasn't talking about love!" It was almost as if he was avoiding it for some reason. And thinking back, I can't ever recall hearing about him linked to anybody romantically for any real length of time...Maybe somebody here knows more about his personal life than I do. But this was the impression I always had of him.

  • @wadeharten6600
    @wadeharten6600 Месяц назад

    He wasn't talking to you Maddy 'cause your gorgeous!

  • @kevinmassey1164
    @kevinmassey1164 10 месяцев назад +2

    Top 5 all time hard rock song

  • @caseynicholson9190
    @caseynicholson9190 Год назад +2

    Your exactly right....Hes been to the edge...Lost a lot of friends but he aint talking about falling in love...aint happening..

  • @PHILPOP2
    @PHILPOP2 8 месяцев назад +1

    Good to see its 2024 and Dave still gets em going.

  • @erickent3557
    @erickent3557 Год назад +2

    Roth's singing as a part, a character, in the song: You've got a girl who isn't bad looking, fresh on the streets, with a drug addiction, thinking they're untouchable... the sharks are smelling blood in the water. You'd better find yourself a "friend". It's a harsh, ominous song of living on the streets.

  • @endoamuse
    @endoamuse 11 месяцев назад +1

    So cute~ "Very solid song. Although I'm perplexed by the.... by what he was talking about in the leeerics." ☺️

  • @walterradtke2421
    @walterradtke2421 Год назад +2

    Good morning Maddy! Great choice. Fun rocking out with ya. Better than coffee!

  • @markacuna2828
    @markacuna2828 Год назад +3

    David Lee Roth dad was my grandmother eye doctor in Pasadena calif I used too take her too her eye appointments he's got pictures of his son in the waiting room

  • @Drahculia
    @Drahculia 5 месяцев назад

    David Lee Roth's autobiography "Crazy From The Heat" is full of short, shocking, enlightening anecdotes.

  • @armadillotoe
    @armadillotoe 11 месяцев назад +2

    He didn't write the song for a girl, he wrote the song for the thousands, he horizontal tangoed with.

  • @drakeswarchannel2530
    @drakeswarchannel2530 9 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for your efforts in this production.

  • @The-wild-Adventure-of-roblox
    @The-wild-Adventure-of-roblox 10 месяцев назад

    You've just discovered heavy metal Greatness! ❤❤ Congrats😎😎🤘

  • @alienresearchlab
    @alienresearchlab 11 месяцев назад +1

    "You know your semi-good lookin'" LOL! Try that pickup line guys. David Lee Roth was rolling hard in those days.

  • @chrisbrimhall1613
    @chrisbrimhall1613 9 месяцев назад

    Remember these are young 20 something rock stars with swagger

    • @zookytar
      @zookytar 4 месяца назад

      In the 1970's

  • @andretib4614
    @andretib4614 Год назад +2

    You gotta remember he is a rock star, in the late 70s, before AIDS appeared. He is singing to/about a girl, but no one girl in particular. She is interchangeable with the girl from the night before, and the one he'll say the same things to tomorrow, the groupie de jour. He is really writing about girls, plural. Sure, its misogynistic, but I refer you back to the pre-AIDS 70s rock star bit...

  • @danallshaw1131
    @danallshaw1131 11 месяцев назад

    This is Rock n Roll Teleanovelas 😎🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸.

  • @kirbybailey607
    @kirbybailey607 Месяц назад

    You really got it Maddie!!!!!

  • @justjer42
    @justjer42 Год назад +2

    I think that you should react to don’t wanna hear about it from Van Halen. The background vocals from Michael Anthony are unbelievable.

  • @RobinC63
    @RobinC63 Год назад +3

    Another album I had blasting in my car on the cassette deck. Yes, I’ll say it again as with Heart…..the cassette deck! 😂😂

  • @loveloochay
    @loveloochay Год назад +9

    🔥🔥🔥🎼🔥🔥🔥 .. hot stuff here Maddy !! So ... Van Halen was MY band in high school.. I knew all their songs as I played their songs over & over. David Lee Roth was very bold with his lyrics The music is still just as exciting as it was 40 years ago .. they are truly Rock God's!! Luvvvvv this song 🎼🎼🎼💣💣💣💣🎼🎼🎼

  • @robwozniak9912
    @robwozniak9912 8 месяцев назад +1

    Great reaction! Your discussion of the lyrics opened the song up for me in a new way! 😂

  • @goldenruletv7301
    @goldenruletv7301 10 месяцев назад +1

    I was a starry eyed 10 year-old KISS fan until I heard Van Halen. Van Halen changed the game for me. Soon after that I discovered Rush, AC/DC & Led Zeppelin % Pink Floyd. Heart was the first band I ever heard in my life and give them credit for turning me onto great music when I was about 6-7 years old. Linda Ronstadt, The Eagles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers all that stuff was always on in my house growing up.

  • @danieldoesdumbstuff
    @danieldoesdumbstuff 8 месяцев назад

    I love this album so much I have it on Vinyl

  • @bandmaidfanATL
    @bandmaidfanATL Год назад +2

    Wow, you went there! I saw them in Feb. 1984. Best concert I have ever been to.

  • @carlomercorio1250
    @carlomercorio1250 11 месяцев назад +1

    I think the lyric that says...... My love is rotten to the core tells you all you need to know.

  • @charlenewebb5893
    @charlenewebb5893 Год назад

    It's A Song ! Great Band

  • @FunEcar
    @FunEcar Год назад +7

    Van Halen was mostly about how great the Guitar, Drums and Bass were and Michael Anthony's backing vocals. Lead singer David Lee Roth was all about having a good time and nothing serious. It was great Hard Rock 'N Roll you wanted to have a party with. This is one of the most iconic albums from the 70's. I always said, this is the predecessor to all the glam party bands of the sunset strip of the 80's. Though the early Van Halen era was so much better.

  • @dougwill8850
    @dougwill8850 Год назад +1

    Growing up in upstate New York, my family rented out rooms in our houses upstairs apartment. This gut named Mark who I thought was the coolest dude ever (I was 12 lol) said hey Doug come up here and listen to this new group called Van Halen. After listening to it I knew immediately that this group was headed for greatness. Never heard anything like it before.

  • @DonaldMcDowell-r4m
    @DonaldMcDowell-r4m 7 дней назад

    Really enjoy your channel. Would love to hear more VH reactions. Unchained and So This Is Love, Live from the Oakland Coliseum in 81 are really energetic performances!!!

  • @chrisstone5868
    @chrisstone5868 9 месяцев назад +1

    I just Love your reaction to this!! Your HUGE SMILE is just infectious. And I’m sure you’re gonna get a million people that are gonna tell you what this song is about. I’m just gonna watch you k!!!💙💙

  • @grd5150
    @grd5150 6 месяцев назад

    The only thing to say here is, Van Halen the greatest Rock band to ever come out of the USA, period. Seen them live 15 times..

  • @bretlindholm3461
    @bretlindholm3461 Год назад +12

    Maddy,
    If you want the REAL Van Halen, then this is the album to listen to. It's their 1st and rawest offering. Try Jamie's Crying, You Really Got Me, or Running with the Devil, and you'll see why they made it so big. Love your channel, Keep up the good work.

    • @RobinC63
      @RobinC63 Год назад

      For sure. I still have the original vinyl!

    • @stevenseul361
      @stevenseul361 11 месяцев назад +1

      Don't forget Atomic Punk

  • @jgilbertify
    @jgilbertify Год назад

    I was in my 20's in the 80's............. this encapsulates the whole era...........

  • @DavidDArcy1975
    @DavidDArcy1975 Год назад +5

    i've loved VH since i was young lad in the 80's and this is without equal my favourite song of theirs - that riff is an absolute killer 😎🤘
    Respect & Peace ☘

  • @thunderstruck5484
    @thunderstruck5484 9 месяцев назад

    Saw them in 79 ! They owned that festival, thanks Maddy!

  • @yournamehere6002
    @yournamehere6002 Год назад +1

    Thumbs up just for that sweet smile

  • @johncollins1177
    @johncollins1177 Год назад +3

    Michael Anthony the bass player was the backbone of the group. He is the background vocals as well. RIP EVH. 🤘🏼🔥

  • @nflr92
    @nflr92 10 месяцев назад +1

    Full on "brown sound" introduced by EVH on this record. Saw these guys for Women and Children First Tour. Could not hear for three days. I was relieved when it finally came back in full.
    The house lights came up synchronized with the HEY HEY HEY!!! since this was their final encore number. What a show.

  • @markacuna2828
    @markacuna2828 Год назад +2

    You should see Micheal Anthony's bass solo from same concert that Eddie did his guitar solo

  • @heyskipj
    @heyskipj 6 месяцев назад

    "You know you're semi-good looking." Epic diss!

  • @CreepinDeath359
    @CreepinDeath359 Год назад +38

    Ice Cream Man next

  • @deanjarva1373
    @deanjarva1373 Год назад +3

    Little ol' band from Pasadena

  • @masterblackmon
    @masterblackmon 6 месяцев назад

    Bass going krazy❤

  • @SteveMavronis
    @SteveMavronis Год назад +2

    “Semi good looking” cracks me up every time!

  • @alexthorpe6583
    @alexthorpe6583 Год назад +1

    The bassist is also doing the backing vocals.

  • @sumonjamal1653
    @sumonjamal1653 Год назад +2

    David Lee Roth (vocals) the original singer of Van Halen would write lyrics about getting some a lot... 😂 He was actually dating model/ singer/ actress Apollonia when she filmed Prince's movie 'Purple Rain' in 1983/ '84.
    Roth said that he wanted Van Halen to play rock music w/ a groove so that people could move and dance to their songs... and that brought in a lot of women to their shows. They would play cover songs and Roth loved disco music at the time, so that was a part of Van Halen's sound. Eddie Van Halen (guitar) and Michael Anthony (bass) also provided the band's vocal harmonies...
    In 1978, Van Halen released their debut album and it sent shockwaves through the music scene and set the tone for 80's rock... Eddie Van Halen was quickly recognized as a guitar hero.
    I suggest the Van Halen songs - 'Dance the night away' ... "Jamie's crying' " ... 'Hear about it later' ... 'And the cradle will rock' ... "I'll wait" 🔥

  • @neillenet291
    @neillenet291 Год назад +2

    Saw this tour in 1978. They were incredible

    • @basher5107
      @basher5107 5 месяцев назад

      I saw them open for Sabbath that year and they were swirling down the drain at that point and trying to follow VH?

    • @neillenet291
      @neillenet291 5 месяцев назад

      @@basher5107 I saw them open for Sabbath as well.

  • @robertmarcotte276
    @robertmarcotte276 10 месяцев назад +1

    I was 11 when I heard this and was blown the bleap away. We all had our first beer as vanhalen diehard fans and the rest is history. Sammy blows. I frigging miss evh.

  • @mikemcg6406
    @mikemcg6406 Год назад +1

    I was 15 years old when this album came out and I still listen to it today. Maddy, you have a beautiful smile!!

    • @fasteddie777666
      @fasteddie777666 11 месяцев назад

      Hey Maddie, this guys 60...look out !!!...lmao...hair metal guy on the loose

  • @warriorpitbull1170
    @warriorpitbull1170 Год назад +3

    1:18 One thing you'll never have to worry about is someone calling you 'semi' good looking, Maddy. 🔥

  • @chrisstone5868
    @chrisstone5868 9 месяцев назад

    Was just checking out lots of Van Halen today!! Lots of love MADDY!💙💙Eddie will live forever as thee greatest guitar player GOD

  • @wickedPrints3256
    @wickedPrints3256 11 месяцев назад +1

    You're not wrong! I interpret the lyrics the same way. As for guitar work, Eddie was so far ahead of everyone else at this point it wasn't even close! Great reaction.

  • @astonsfan
    @astonsfan 11 месяцев назад

    Ice Cream Man is a song with some.....cool lyrics by VH !! Good job and rock on!!!

  • @leannlaplante3643
    @leannlaplante3643 8 месяцев назад

    He does say upfront that he ain't talking bout love. Saw them perform this in 1981 at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon. They rocked the house that night!

  • @bobsylvester88
    @bobsylvester88 10 месяцев назад

    This came out my freshman year in high school. Damn the music was so good back then!

  • @tric5122
    @tric5122 Год назад +3

    what I liked about the OG Van Halen was the variety you got from them. They didn't really have "A sound" the future groups had.

  • @robertstoner8244
    @robertstoner8244 Год назад +1

    Van Halen rocks . Love this album ❤

  • @unklebacon44
    @unklebacon44 Год назад +4

    Easily my favorite band..You'll hear why. Definitely dive deeper into them please.

  • @slugcult1973
    @slugcult1973 6 месяцев назад

    Getting a compliment like "semi good looking" from David Lee Roth is just a David Lee Roth thing to say, and is probably the highest he'll give. He's the biggest ham and a tornado of a personality. But ALWAYS hilarious.

  • @allengray5748
    @allengray5748 5 месяцев назад

    Easily my favorite VH song!! HAAA Semi Good Lookin!! OHHHH MADDY ROCKING OUT!! Best Debut album with BOSTON, Boston!! You just reminded me how great the lyrics are on a lot of their songs!!!! Too busy in awe on the music!! Great Job again Maddy! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎

  • @THOMAS81Z
    @THOMAS81Z 10 месяцев назад

    I DISCOVERED THIS SONG IN THE SUMMER OF 83 & WORE IT OUT

  • @alanh.7668
    @alanh.7668 Год назад +4

    I love this song, you are right I think, the lyrics could relate to a groupie. they are pre booked girlfriends for each city and they aren't talking about love either, trust me. It's a sad way to live for everyone involved, been there. In that "situationship:, nobody wins in the end, he may be laying the groundwork or reminding an individual of their "status". I loved your reaction, forgive my inner thoughts, lol. I'd love to hear your thoughts on my loose interpretation.👍👍 Keep up the excellent content!😃

  • @bdmention
    @bdmention Год назад +1

    Let's also remember this is the rock-n-roll world of the late 70s. This is how it was back then. Women were for lack of a better term - 'sex objects'. No need to overthink it.

  • @kelleychilton2524
    @kelleychilton2524 11 месяцев назад +3

    I was a teenager in high school when this album came out and it was a game changer in the world of rock music, not a bad (or filler) song on the entire album. The whole album just blew away everyone who heard it, this type of playing had never been heard before.
    I was under the impression that this song was about a prostitute, but I could be totally off the mark with that. I got to see them in 1981 and they rocked the hell out of the place. RIP Eddie Van Halen.

  • @johntarnowski9086
    @johntarnowski9086 Год назад

    He was taking a jab at the Punk Rock scene at the time

  • @rothed16
    @rothed16 6 месяцев назад

    My fave VH song!

  • @myownchannel247
    @myownchannel247 Год назад +2

    Eddie’s brother Alex Van Halen on drums 🥁 Panama next

  • @robertwalker1803
    @robertwalker1803 Год назад +2

    When they could control David Lee Roth’s big talent they were phenoms…

  • @dimestorephilosopher3308
    @dimestorephilosopher3308 Год назад +1

    For 1978, this was different. And this was years before their superstardom off of 1984.

  • @simoneemiliani5782
    @simoneemiliani5782 Год назад +1

    This is rock history.......legends of Rock for 40 years and more.......with inside, one of the greatests rock musicians of the century (Eddie Van Halen RIP)....incredible live performance,great Song, great arrangement, and a lot of fun......you have many Song to listen........try a Live version.......right Now, Year to the day, judgement day, Poundcake, Hot for Teacher, Panama etc. Etc.

  • @jimalbruzzess2445
    @jimalbruzzess2445 Год назад +7

    This whole album is gold. Not a bad track on it. More please Maddy.😊😊😊

  • @nitro_001newman2
    @nitro_001newman2 Год назад +1

    The singer “Diamond” David Lee Roth wasn’t ever short on attitude. He lived the rockstar life to the tee. He believed in “Image” wholeheartedly. I think in this song he’s saying, let’s cut the chase, and get with it. Don’t play diva with me, because you’re not all that honey. Stop trying to be something you’re not. Anyway, that’s what I get from that song.

  • @joeljones8066
    @joeljones8066 9 месяцев назад

    David Lee Roth entered into a committed relationship for the first time in the 2010's when he moved to Japan.... this song is from 1978 😂

  • @Qpoueoor
    @Qpoueoor Год назад +1

    He was just talking about any girl he met at the time. 😂

  • @rutssy
    @rutssy Год назад

    Great song. Thank you for the reaction Maddie🎉

  • @Reardonsteel236
    @Reardonsteel236 Год назад +1

    Knowing Diamond Dave, he is talking about his friends getting 'tied down', going through a bunch of drama, losing their 'freedom'. He's telling her you can/should hang out, but don't even go there, not happening to me. Not saying I agree with it, but that's DLR for you. Heck, he could have been singing about Eddie and his hurricane marriage to Valerie Bertinelli lol. It's funny because I can picture Dave walking to 'the edge' and looking down and thinking "nuh uh man, not me bro, I'm outta here, who's drivin' man. lets go"
    Thanx Maddie.

    • @zookytar
      @zookytar 4 месяца назад

      This is it. He never got tied down.
      But I think deep down he knew he'd be a terrible partner to anyone, so didn't even try. I respect him for that.

  • @bobbyquinting3918
    @bobbyquinting3918 Год назад

    Well, if love on the shelf.... I'm down!

  • @kristahartmann6712
    @kristahartmann6712 Год назад

    Do the LIVE "Finish What Ya Started" with Hagar....another Van Halen track that is blissfully free of deep meaning...and ALL kinds of...ummm...'appeal'.

  • @CreepinDeath359
    @CreepinDeath359 Год назад

    The Mighty VAN Halen

  • @darktoadone5068
    @darktoadone5068 10 месяцев назад

    This album changed the direction of rock guitar forever thanks to the GOAT Ed.

  • @Ednerd
    @Ednerd 11 месяцев назад

    only Eddie could take two chords and make a masterpiece!!

  • @bumpyroadsrvlife
    @bumpyroadsrvlife 11 месяцев назад

    Got to plead for it baby/ that line is so 80’s. Love it.