Daryl Hall & John Oates ~ I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) 1981 Disco Purrfection Version

Daryl Hall and John Oates made one hell of career by infusing their rock sounds with their special brand of soul and made blue eyed soul cool in the 80's. "She's Gone" and "Sara Smile" captivated me with a kind of magic I had never heard before or since. "Rich Girl" with its sassy use of bitch in the rhyme was rock music, but after that triumph they failed to sustain that momentum until they covered the Righteous Brothers #1 pop hit for their "Voices" LP, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" and made it all the way to #12 with their version. "Kiss On My List" became their 2nd #1 pop single, establishing a new dance oriented sound that resonated with just about everybody. They had discovered the pulse of America and then set about doing it their way once they got everyone's attention. I remember the first time I heard "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" at the club, it was wintertime after the death of disco when the clubs started adding this funky boogie rhythm to the mix at clubs that had these killer basslines like Earth Wind & Fire "Let's Groove". When this came on I was on the floor with that fat, fat bass line that just kept movin' and groovin' a la James Jamerson, then the guitar kicked in and I was hooked. Their "rock'n'soul" sound helped to establish the Urban Contemporary genre that would then become mainstream American pop. This song came about in the studio when Daryl found a groove while playing a synthesizer, when he started singing a chorus he and John had started working on during the "Voices" session but never finished. Using the chorus of "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)", they wrote some verses to fill out the song and then committed it to tape. The distinctive sax solo by Charlie DeChant was recorded later, and then the duo knew that they had something special. They were right on the money on that one as this song went #1 pop and R&B, and appeared on the Adult Contemporary, Dance and Black charts. They also crushed the Foreigner single "Waiting For A Girl Like You" chances of being #1 as that song had held the #2 spot behind Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" for nine straight weeks, and just when ONJ dropped out of the #1 spot, Hall & Oates leapfrogged over them. Foreigner spent one more week for a total of 10 frustrating weeks at #2, a record for the music history books. John Oates has said that the music of Hall & Oates was based on their desire to return rock back to the sensibilities of 50's and 60's music and bridge gaps, which they became quite successful with considering the popularity of the rest of their 80's output which truly set the trend.

Видео Daryl Hall & John Oates ~ I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) 1981 Disco Purrfection Version канала DJDiscoCat