Hall and Oates deserve way more credit and recognition than they get. When I worked at the grocery store as a naïve teenager, one of the things I liked best was the music. I didn't know the artists who played them, however.
Then one day I watched the Behind the Music for a group I'd never heard of before, Hall and Oates (excellent episode of Behind the Music, by the way). Imagine my excitement as jam after jam played as background music, and they talked about the hits these two wrote and performed that were some of my favorite muzak (google it)! I sometimes joke that the soundtrack at the grocery store was all Hall and Oates, all the time, but the truth is that it was only 50% Hall and Oates, with a bit of Elton John, Kool and the Gang, and Billy Joel mixed in.
You Make My Dreams, Maneater, I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) (YOU CAN'T GO FOR WHAT? WE WANT TO KNOW!!!!), Kiss on My List, Rich Girl, She's Gone, and You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling were all H&O staples on the Muzak, but none was more beloved by me than Sara Smile. If you don't like this song, you may never have been in love, and/or do not have a soul. Enjoy!
-TRO
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