The other day I was fishing through the used CD section of Rasputin's records, one of my favorite things to do. I really love looking for that one good, worthwhile CD mixed in with the endless copies of Backstreet Boys - Black and Blue or Britney Spears - In The Zone. At times, I've been lucky enough to dig out Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks or Steelheart to add to my collection. Yesterday I found a CD for $2.00 I had twenty years ago but gave up a long time ago: Hall & Oates - Ooh Yeah!
This was the last Hall & Oates record to have any real impact on radio. I remember it well, H&O were on a hot streak from 1980 to 1985 with a slew of hits that made them the most successful duo in pop history. Ooh Yeah! was to be their triumphant move from RCA to Arista where their hitmaking career was supposed to continue. It didn't.
Maybe it was the lame marketing tag that said it all: Ooh Yeah is what you say when the feeling is so right! After this disc many were saying Ooh No but there were still a gem or two left in Hall and Oates pocket. Such as "Everything Your Heart Desires", the last top 10 hit they would ever have.
I still love this song, the soulful singing of Daryl Hall, the chintzy synths, the popping electro drums, John Oates' porn star mustache. It still kills me that the video is the only place I can find Daryl Hall's rap monologue in the middle of the song. That's one of many reasons the video is the new flashback.
Hall and Oates - "Everything Your Heart Desires"
I just came across this great Hall and Oates parody. These guys really nailed this!
"Say It Isn't So" spoof
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