SOME THINGS ARE BETTER LEFT UNSAID

[ApREDentertainment]

Such a kickass song. Period.

[rowdymax1]

always liked the end of this vid where Hall is blissfully unaware that the song has ended and he's still jammin' on the guitar, then Oates puts his hand over the guitar to shut him up...lol.

[rowdymax1]

Dude had some major red hair.

[rosopeligroso]

@maryannh87

It means sometimes it better off not telling someone how you feel about them. AT least that's what I get from it.

@thisislandearth

The meaning of a song and the meaning of a phrase are two different things? You never knew that? wow!

[LordHugenstein]

@rosopeligroso Yeah. .for example. . . if you are getting a nice, pink tender wet vicelike piece of poozle. . . . don't tell the girl that she is sharp as a bowling ball and annoying as all hell. . . just keep pumping and pumping and pumping!!! 

[thisislandearth]

The song pertains that sometimes you dont' have to say anything for people to know what you are thinking, it is implied. You've never heard that phrase? wow!

[maryannh87]

whats the meaning of this song?

[futurevistas]

I could watch this video 100 times and it wouldn't be enough!

[judasplow25]

These guys made fantastic music.

Hope they made and saved a lot of money,they deserve it.

[planetrockford]

I love their hair.

[jim5388]

rock and roll hall of fame FUCKIN abba &blondie but not H&O WTF

[1977mrclassic]

great rock song! hall and oats is rock n roll with soul!!

[kct3395]

These guys are like fish and chips...one really wouldnt work without the other!! They are the perfect match!!! love you guys!!!

[halonut100]

one of my favorite hall and oates songs.... cant believe i stumbled across it on you tube.... havnt haeard it since I played my BIG BAM BOOM album 15 years ago!!!! LONG live the greatest DUO of all time!!!

[atticus5176]

The building in this video is the Hampton Coliseum - The Mothership.

[iljason13]

I couldn´t ever understand why it wasn´t Top 5,since it only was Top 20...a very good song of one of the best duos in pop music history!

[robfergusonjr]

@iljason13 Had some very tough competition that spring ... Rhymn of the night, Crazy for you, Don't You (Forget About Me), We are the World, Smooth operator...

[ayajedi]

still a great song

[redfishradical]

Given they had 2 lives their original enception a tight 70s folkish rock then in the 80s coming going to electric, up-tempo version; this ended up my all-time fave by them. The refrain at the end is just fantastic, a whole different sound & direction for them. I'm operating on very little sleep so don't if I'm repeating myself, but H & O are up there with Joe Jackson, Talk Talk & David Bowie for succefully reinventing themselves & not just for the sake of making a buck ala madonna et al.

[2010andrew]

the last video that I saw on t.v.

[katzie100]

Oui, le plus merveilleux des duos..

Une chanson que j'écoutais et écoutais et écoutais..

sans jamais m'en lasser !!!

Dans ma chambre, seule, mais accompagnée de cette musique que seuls Daryl et John pouvaient nous donner..

[Gargantua606]

Darn the intro is missing, it's the best part of the song.

[kagetoh]

You gotta give Daryl Hall credit for not kicking Oates to the curb the way Kenny Loggins did to Jimmy Messina.

[snowyfr]

Thanks for posting. Glad I could enjoy 80's music in real time. This sounds like 80's. Very cool song.

[REALTORSandiVH]

I was in the audience for the taping of part of this video...nice to watch it after many years! Thanks for posting.

[Zepster77]

Daryl Hall: best hair in 80s rock, and that's saying a lot.....

[blackrocker1]

Extremely underrated song! It's soul, but it rocks, too.

[Lazlord1]

Yinet te esperare y se que llegaras a buscarme y te quedaras,haremos familia por siempre,saludos tu machi

[dccc2112]

love this song

[patchgoof]

Yes, T-Bone and G.E. Smith were the SNL houseband. I think for GE it was 2 different stints, late 70's and mid 80's to 90's.

[hitman531ph]

The drum solo is what keeps me playing this song on my music player even after all these years

[Whipporwhill51]

Thee guys are addicting! Agree with NYRfan!

[gemini16th]

Didn't Hall & Oates back-up players(T-Bone, etc.) end up as studio musicians on Saturday Night Live? Seems like I remember seeing T-Bone(bass) & the guitar player(can't remember his name) on it.

[loozer4life69]

RIP T-Bone ...you're a huge reason why I love Hall and Oates since my childhood....you were always just as important and I know Hall and Oates would agree

Thank You for sharing your gifts with the world

[PretzelLogic]

daryl hall - his useage of hairspray in the 80s must make him 90% responsible for the hole in the ozone layer

[gijoe317]

Rockin the mullet!!!

[JoeNJ2]

Trying to find the chords to that for my guitar

[1192dubai]

いい曲だよな～

[nyrfan444]

best pop duo of all time

[MyRumplestiltskin]

I wish someone would put the whole video on here where it shows them coming off the bus and walking into the auditorium.

[JoeNJ2]

Ah man and they left out the end part where he's jammin on the guitar too.

[lurch321]

@JoeNJ2 ..........and the part at the end when John is tapping Daryl's arm (who is alone on stage), revealing that the whole video was in Daryl's mind.

[CrimsonBaby2007]

@MyRumplestiltskin: Holy! I have yet to see that version of the video! I miss it from back in the day! My Boys for Life!

[MyRumplestiltskin]

@CrimsonBaby2007 I finally found the full video from this website. I tried to paste the link to the website but youtube would not let me so just type in "hall and oates video-some things are better left unsaid" and one of the videos shown is from dailymotion so click onto that video which is 5 minutes long. hope this helps everyone out.

[CrimsonBaby2007]

@MyRumplestiltskin Good looking out! A true Daryl and John fan!!!

[jameshagan75]

@MyRumplestiltskin I have the complete version on my channel!

[autodrivex]

@MyRumplestiltskin That used to be on here, but I'm sure someone was sued for it. It's a neat video.

[CrimsonBaby2007]

@MyRumplestiltskin Haven't seen that version since the 80's!  I'm with you on this one, hon! We would be so grateful for it!!

[MyRumplestiltskin]

@MyRumplestiltskin If you look at the right side of this page where it shows other videos from Hall and Oates, jameshagan75 has p[osted the entire video

[gordn04]

this is the best track off Big Bam Boom!!!!

[iris31nj]

GE Smith - one of the very best guitar players, and he goes virtually unnoticed in this video.

[jrshooter17]

To me, the all-time sleeper on H&O's playlist. This song should have been a HUGE hit.

[cutecutedemons]

@jrshooter17 Yes, went # 18 as the 3rd single; way better than Out of Touch (#1) or Method of Modern Love (#5), and right up there with Possession Obsession (#30).

[lakebay972]

The drummer in this video looks just like Will Ferrell from the movie "Step Brothers"

[aguetto68]

It was my favourite song 25 years ago, thanks youtube...... they are great.

[kelley61]

I've been listening to Hall & Oats lately for some reason...this IS one their best!!!!!

[junkboxxxxxx]

A song about adultery, or about alcoholism, or drug use, or any of the other secret illicit activities that some of us need to do in order to satisfy our restless spirits.

[JIGSAW71]

LISTEN HARDER :)

[Nancyjean24]

I'm fascinated by this song.I think the fact that it's "pop" steers us away from the fact that the composition is very complex.I love the way they "drive it." Yum!

[TinoCostan]

this are unique! pure rockaphilly sound!

[jlehmannable]

ich liebe dieses Lied ,ist sowas von hammer Geil!!, DANKE rogipan!

[Kiri527]

I love this song and Hall and Oates. The words ring so very very true. I sometimes think the world would be a better place if some things just were just left unsaid. All of their songs have such deeper meaning.

[BeezoHow]

Love it.

[Italianlover07]

Inside & outside of the band, did Daryl Hall get along with John Oates, who were classmates in college?

[missionpants]

I couldnt agree more sula!talaki!

Power Mullett or not, LOL!

[habyss]

If i remember correctly, the Big Bam Boom album was supposed to have 7 singles. But this one didn't chart too high so it was the last single.

[sulatlalaki]

Truly one of their best songs. The ONLY band I've seen live where EVERY song they played was a chart HIT! More than 20 HITS in concert and there were certainly more they could have played. Darryl Hall's voice is one the very finest; his/their melodies among the most creative AND catchy. Brilliant lyrics much of the time, too!

[b7160]

I like his vocals a lot better on their studio stuff than the stuff I've seen/heard live... and it's not that I don't think he can sing live, I just don't care for what he does with the songs; his interpretations.

[MaxLibertas]

I completely agree. I've always been a huge fan of these guys, but Darryl did tend to start going overboard with his vocal gymnastics when performing live. Sometimes less is more. Still, I do love their music.

[marinac00]

If I had a voice as beautiful and soulful as Daryl's I think I would indulge in a little 'vocal gymnastics' too. Daryl is a complete legend. I feel sorry for people who have never been introduced to Hall and Oates' music.

[oingofan]

So glad I was around to enjoy this music when it was first released...

[atrybus]

Now THAT is a Power Mullet! Love this song regardless.

[cemott3rd]

Hey 80's power mullets beat 00's shaved heads anyday! Ha!

[b7160]

His hair was bad-ass back in the day; don't hate!

[SuddenSparkles]

I hadn't heard this song in a very long time. Thank you for posting it. Gorgeous in every way and completely satisfying.

[markmotorcycle5]

I would like a whole album of the part starting at 2:36 (and goes on to the end.) Its like a top 40 pop group suddenly forgot who they were in the middle of a song and started making cool hard rock harmonies instead.. anyway, great song.

[bigleroygym]

i know what u mean, they rock

[oingofan]

Anyone else hear Rush around 2:12-2:50???

[careing57587]

The harmony at the end is killer...

[annabunny08]

Yes, his voice is heavenly and the song is great! Always a very favorite.

[laneabbottofraleigh]

The unmistakable voice of Daryl hall and the 80's music will never die!!

[Detroit1967]

Dig the second part / coda. This and "Bank on your love" are the best tracks on the album ;)

[byte19]

i gotta go with cold dark and yesterday and this with out of touch being the wild card...

[marinac00]

I am agreeing with byte19's comments about songs on 'Big Bam Boom' but I have got to include 'All American Girl'. Very catchy and with Daryl's smooth, soulful, beautiful voice over it...total class.

[Poolboy150]

I was at this video shoot....Hampton VA....it was great!

[blueangel0925]

Oh yes, because Daryl's voice is so heavenly. I like this video in spite of it being totally opposite to what I pictured in my head. I like the running water effects.

[Aveline112]

From the Big Bam Boom album (1984)

A dream....

Daryl's voice probabily comes from heaven...

[alilia3]

This is my favourite H&O song. Thank you very much for posting, I had been wanting to see this video.

[tamarw1]

I've never seen the video before and I'm a fan of H&O's.Thanks a million for posting! I Ejoyed it!

[Aveline112]

Many thanks for posting this rare video performed just before the famous Liberty Concert.

[panamaerin]

Ich liebe Daryl!!!!

[GREATWHITE2]

Fantastically imaginative video!!!!!

[kimpunkrock]

Hall and Oates were the bomb...it is so great to hear there stuff again after all these years.

[GraemeBerke]

These guys were cool.

You knew it right away.

Not bad looks.

Cool clothes.

All the right moves.

Great videos.

Mostly, they were cool because you sensed the quality.

[area7c]

Nice song nice beat good lyrics. Bring's me back to the amazing 80's!!

[GREATWHITE2]

The 80's will ALWAYS remain as constant as the Northern Star!

[chewiefrancisco]

I have found that this song is the truth!! some things are better left unsaid!!

[GrimbleWedge]

That is one serious mullet. But somehow, he wears it like a lion's mane. Take that, David Coverdale.

[RJW882]

Yes! also take that Robert Plant!, and for the record check out GE Smith's mullet there! his was 2-tone! this is where the pony tail started for the soon to be axe-slinger leading the SNL band along w T-Bone later in the year!

[Sociologist66]

This is my best memory of

the 80's ...

... this was the best duo

of the 80's ....

... it's a pitty boys and

girls from today cannot

listen to this quality music

now!

[careing57587]

it really grabs you from 2:35 on...

and he's right.

[coyotedrunkoncognac]

yeah extremely cool 'bridge' ?

altho i d even push it back to right around the 2 minute mark

never too bg on h&o but this is definitely one of the coolest songs i ve ever heard

the changeover you pointed out just exceptional it s stayed w/e since the very first time i heard it ... and you re right too about the words -- i guess we learn that as we get older

[marksmail2]

Thanks for posting!

[eydie57]

i was so in love with daryl hall i wore my hair like this for a time in the 80's. this man is AWESOME.

[Sociologist66]

He was one of the best

of the 80's Eydie!

[JessieDragons]

A classic!!!

[Sociologist66]

A very good classic

Jessie!

[Chuloloc]

Awesome. Amazing musicians.

[gordn04]

brilliant!!!!

[jusjellus]

Great song, video, concept...I was a real sucker for hot rock videos that combined guitar licks w/water images, like this one and Bryan Adams' "Run to You"!

[amyv92]

I couldn't agree more!! I really miss the well-written songs of the 80's. I just don't like the stuff out now, it all sounds alike to me. Oh well, somebody likes it I guess.

[vembermember]

very good song from real musicians better than the acrimonious garbage from untalented morons we hear today.

[billyguns2]

well said, vembermember! The '80s were the high water mark for pop music, IMO; even the untalented musicians of that time were head and shoulders better than the crap we have today. Bryan Ferry, Sting, and so many other greats were popular; these singers and songwriters were stylish, elegant, sexy, and creative geniuses. You could DANCE to their music!

[GrimbleWedge]

The Police and Roxy Music were far, far superior to anything in pop music today. There's no one even remotely close.

[billyguns2]

This is the best Hall & Oates song ever! I wore out the LP issue of BIG BAM BOOM!

[heavymetalrockstar]

Thats a great LP

[GrimbleWedge]

And I wore out this track in particular. I don't think I ever listened to the whole thing without playing "Some Things..." at least twice.

[oingofan]

Killer tune, found it through bikerjake74.  thanks bud!

[kgskaug]

Good to see & hear this again after, what, 24 years...! Brings up many memories. Thanks!

[kokumotapes]

listen ufo zion!!! we love hall and oates

[BIKERJAKE74]

Thank you for posting this video! For a couple of months this video was not on Youtube and it bothered me. I just remember staying up to videotape(yeah VHS!!!!) this off of Friday Night Videos and thought this was such a killer video!!!!!

[lurch321]

One of their best videos........they started getting higher budgeted and less cheesy around this time (the videos, that is)! Also, I've actually always liked this song more than "Out of Touch" or "Method of Modern Love". Wasn't nearly as big a hit, though.........go figure.

[RJW882]

that's because they really gt involved with them because they felt that the directors perceptions of the songs didn't match theirs so they took charge and John Oates co- directed this one i believe. i would say this has to be one of the best videos ever aired in the history of MTV for its concept and everything!- a Day in the life for the lads basically... the venue is Hampton Coliseum in VA(yes! Hampton Comes Alive!)

[GrimbleWedge]

Hall & Oates were way ahead of the game when it came to that new art form known as the music video. They were early adopters who saw the potential, though they are kinda cheesy (in a good way) now. Too bad MTV didn't live up to its potential...

[RJW882]

yeah also H&O said that theyre videos were comical, cartoon-esque. so that was the intent too. i miss this era of music video. i remember growing up with this stuff and it's sort of disillusioning the way so much has changed. who whoud've thought and why?

[GVike]

And yet, in today's music video you can't have a band much less the normal-looking people that backed H&O. Music videos eliminated the good bands with no "hunks". And a balding person (like the bassist)? No way... music video is all video no music. Shame.

[SimplyShaded]

Daryl hall is so cute in this video.

[mcbraniff]

Big!Bam!Boom!-I remember playing this LP on my Mom's stereo and CRANKING this song while playing air guitar in my living room circa 1988(?). This song is STILL crank worthy!

[TheRebel2007]

One of the few decent songs to come-out of that Hell-On-Earth known as "1985!"

[Chuloloc]

Awesome. An amazing song from an amazing duo. Hall & Oates are real musicians.

[halleberrylookalike]

great song

[amyv92]

This song reminds me of being a kid, riding around in my mother's car!! Yeah I was a child of the 80's ha ha!! Awesome song ;)

[milissa96]

Thank you so much for posting this. I have been looking for it forever!!!!!!!!! I LOVE HALL AND OATES!!!!!!! This song is awesome!