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Daryl Hall & John Oates' "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)"

One Song

Hartbeat

Music Commentary, Music Interviews, Onesong, Comedy, Music

4.9876 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

As the hosts of One Song, Diallo Riddle and Luxxury know a thing or two about being a duo. This week, One Song’s most dependable pairing uses their knowledge to analyze “I Can’t Go For That” from the hitmaking duo of Daryl Hall and John Oates. Join the guys as they break down the tenuous balance of creative partnerships, the effects of the blue-eyed soul phenomenon, and uncover the secret third person who co-wrote many of Hall & Oates’ biggest hits.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Luxury Today's song is a classic for one of the most successful rock duos of all time.

0:07.3

It was the only single to hit number one on both Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot Soul charts.

0:14.0

That's right. It's a song that's become a staple of this band's live shows.

0:17.3

Plenty of artists have covered or sampled it.

0:19.4

And it told the world that they will do almost

0:21.8

anything almost almost so close that you want them to so that's right it's one song and that song is

0:30.6

i can't go for that parenthesis no can do don't forget the parentheses. By Daryl Hall and John Oates. I'm actor, writer, director, and sometimes DJ D'allero.

0:59.6

And I'm producer, DJ, and songwriter, Luxury,

1:02.1

aka the guy who whispers interpellation on the internet.

1:06.0

I like how you laugh at that every time.

1:07.8

Thank you.

1:08.3

I appreciate that.

1:09.9

It doesn't get old. It doesn't get young either.

1:11.5

I appreciate that. That's true. Fair enough. Hey, I think we're going to talk about Holo Notes.

1:15.4

Are we going to talk about Holo? Shocker, there is no band. We have to get this out of the way.

1:21.1

There's no band called HoloNotes. You know, I'm going to go out and copyright the name Hall of Notes today. Hall of Notes does not exist. They don't like it. And I'm going to tour as Hall of Notes. They do not like it when you call them that. For the sake of

1:29.7

simplicity on this show, we're going to say Hall and Oates, but technically if you overlook on any

1:33.9

streaming platform, any album cover, any like official anything that's coming from their official

1:39.2

camps, it's always Daryl Hall and John Oates. Sometimes that and is an ampersand and sometimes it's A&D.

1:45.5

But it's never Hall and Oates in anything official.

1:49.4

That's funny that you say that they hate being called that because now they don't even

1:52.2

like being called Daryl Hall and John Oates.

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