Daryl Hall, Part 1 | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Billy Corgan
4.6 • 731 Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Billy Corgan joins Daryl Hall at home for Part 1 of an expansive conversation on the craft of collaboration, the roots that shaped him, and the long road to “Sara Smile.” Daryl retraces his path from doo-wop street corners and Philly R&B to early sessions with Gamble & Huff and Thom Bell, the Atlantic years with the legendary Ahmet Ertegun and Arif Mardin, a left-turn album with Todd Rundgren, and the creative pivot that set the stage for Hall & Oates’ breakout at RCA. Along the way, he shares candid thoughts on resisting labels, finding joy in collaboration, and what it means to move seamlessly between genres.
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| 0:00.0 | There's an effortlessness about it. |
| 0:02.0 | Yeah, yeah, that's always been. |
| 0:03.6 | I never, I never tried too hard. |
| 0:05.2 | You don't really have that. |
| 0:06.4 | You've sort of just ignored all of it. |
| 0:08.3 | I did, it was very resistant to all that stuff. |
| 0:12.2 | You know, they didn't even like the Beatles, |
| 0:14.2 | so I'm still it off. |
| 0:15.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:15.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:19.0 | Darrell, thank you so much for being on my podcast. |
| 0:21.4 | It's a great honor. |
| 0:22.4 | We're hearing your beautiful home. |
| 0:23.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:24.7 | Undescribed, undisclosed. |
| 0:26.8 | Undesclosed. |
| 0:27.6 | In wrestling, we say parts unknown. |
| 0:28.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:29.3 | So we're part, being on my podcast. It's a great honor. We're hearing your beautiful home. Yeah. Undescribed undisclosed. |
| 0:26.7 | Undesclosed. |
| 0:27.2 | In wrestling, we say parts unknown. |
| 0:28.8 | Yeah. |
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