Hall & Oates - Family Man

[RoyalWulffDry]

Remembering how easy it was to burn the desert in them old all foil package TV dinners..... heh.

[InorganicAntiseptic]

Guile approves of this song.

[indoctrinado]

mike oldfield and love for music bring me here!!!!!

[mekayla2278]

theres definishoins for awsome heres one}A family man

[treatsforgoats]

HALL AND OATES WAS THE FIRST LIVE CONCERT I HAD EVER WENT TO BACK IN 1984 (THE H20 TOUR). I LOVED THEM THEN AND STILL LOVE THEM TODAY. I SAW THEM AT A REUNION CONCERT SOME YEARS AGO AND THEY STILL PUT ON A GREAT SHOW. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO GOOD CLEAN MUSIC?

DEBIJO

[WildfireEngineServ]

The lead gutarist pictured at the end of the vid was in the band for "Saturday Night Live" G.E. Smith.

[LuvSmileyFace]

Grand theft auto: stay in your car to listen to the song- continue your mission when it finishes.

[loveu2beatles1]

boy seeing video and others from the 80's do take me back to a great era

[TheBigmakina2010]

GTA VICE CITY STORIES xd



[wootenlc]

Forget GTA Vice City. Thumbs up if you you've been listening to H&O for decades.

[cuckooclocker]

the song is "Tell me why" by Prezioso :)

[cuckooclocker]

the italian dj "Prezioso" take the first melody line to campionate...

[katkylekim]

@cuckooclocker I know which one you are saying but forgot the sonds name .

[cuckooclocker]

@katkylekim Tell me Why by prezioso:)

[Lonewaft]

This isnt the guile theme

[PublicTransportVideo]

Thumbs up if you heard this long before Vice City stories was released.

[jor9njor9n]

VCS

[SunnyDays951]

Call me retard, but I think this song rocks. And John looks like the guy I wanted to be back "in the day". All good memories.

[gmfastburn]

@SunnyDays951 you wanted to look like John Oates!!?? Soooo you're obviously not straight then.

[skippypaccino]

This is the official movember theme song

[urquattro196]

it's the Mitt Romney family!

[TurboRonin83]

2010-2020 80's revival! Who's with me?

[tall32guy]

The husband and wife couple seemed they like were a couple in real life! Cool. :)

[moonlightshawdow]

not bad cover but the orignal is better the insturmental is just not as power as mike oldfields

[Upfrontrocker]

Good times..i remember those days...

[aliceinwonderlan332]

I agree MegaDarkside007! now, is not music is computers or voice boxers! I really wanna born in this years 80'! and yes H&O the best!!

[thelandon2]

SERIOUSLY?! Hall & Oates were mediocre musicians at best and they DARE to drag one of the greatest and under-appreciated musicians of all time into there crappy pop remixes??

I am disgusted.

[rusty1491]

@thelandon2 Covers are done out of respect and honor. Mike made some nice cash on the song and vocal prowess is an important part of musicianship.

[huntr7777]

Mike Oldfield did the original version of this...and in my opinion...is 100 times better than this version.

[SmoothCriminalAaron]

Was everyone just getting seduced in the 80's or something

[jman4208]

FLASH FM 1984 WAS ALL ABOUT SLUTS AND YOUTH. FLASH FM 1986 LOOKING TO NOT SEE PAST THE AGE OF 30 AND STILL DO DRUGS UNTIL 2001 AND LOOK HOT. AND TONI PARTIED ALOT! wish i had a hot tub time machine!

[512thc]

lol that family is lame anyway

[Gina0071000]

aka Family Man!!!



[DuhEnlightenedOne]

1:55 is just weird. Little girls sucking their thumbs while sitting at the feet of an old man. Did pedobear produce this video?

[KNGarver]

Remember when MTV played music videos?

[vodude]

Everytime I see those cartoon characters in the corners shooting things across the screen, it always reminds me of that old arcade classic Robotron.

[jozsefkacsa]

This is a Mike Oldfield song Originally

[cjk247]

great song

[tootster1]

I haven't heard this song in SOOOOOO LONG!! My friend and I went through his music collection for future DJ gigs and this was in his collection!!! We were talking Oates at the time because they are coming out with ICEHOUSE next year in Oz - and I will BE THERE. :))

[813carlie]

I lOOOVE this song!! :)

[dreamwind55]

I like Mike Oldfield;s better...

[Riaiku]

heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyy­yyyyyyyyyyy this is one of the songs in gta vice city stories on flash fm

[MrAfSpam]

dont know why it just feels so right having this track playing while fleeing the cops on GTA

[nazaxprime]

If we can learn one thing here, it is that people always want what they cant have.

[jsprada]

Creepiest video ever.

[NewClassik]

REAL Men arnt afraid to say they love to listen to Hall and Oates...

[nazaxprime]

@NewClassik Well then, put me in the "Real Man" category.

[ISGOV]

That same guitarists now is playing on the dave letterman show, he is amaaaaazing!.

[sdmestayer]

Great song.  This is the hard to find extended Rock Mix too.

[FastNewEdge]

58 idiots!!

[snussyraf]

awesome. OK haircuts and clothes are old fashioned but music is soooooooooo much greater than all the sh... we listen to nowadays. At least this is loads of melody,

what today's music is absolutely unable to create....

[vvip002]

This is REAL MUSIC well kind of. it's still better than this stuff nowadays.

[honest413]

This song reminds me of the AeroMexico flight that crshed in Cerrritos back in 1986 or 1985 was it, I don't know why?

[TheFlabXD]

Thumbs up if you heard this on GTA Vice City Stories!

[KyleeDick]

@TheFlabXD ...But how good is that the younger gen get to hear it because of GTA Vice Stories :)

[Ediblemittens]

Hall and Oates should go home and be family men

[Jaheartsjonas]

@Ediblemittens Yep i think they are now, i think Daryl and john are both married but i'm not sure about kids

[Jaheartsjonas]

I love this music video, it's simple, funny and unique... H&O rocks

[MrShoeman21]

How bout that G.E. Smith

[wifey4lifey072007]

yea there is nothing like the 80s i miss it too.i wish i could close my eyes and be there back in time. i miss when they would go on mtv.

[BunkysXXPrincess]

@wifey4lifey072007 I miss MTV MUSIC television

[leeardamer]

@wifey4lifey072007 IKR now it's all singers whose voices are modified to sound like robots, which only means their voices arent good enough... :\

[skyroe2]

i didnt know bababooey played guitar.lol

[ErnestElkins]

@skyroe2 , that is an awesome comment

[MrChicago891]

Wow, talk about nostalgia!!!! I don't know why this wasn't a bigger hit, I love it

[lenelljeter2]

@MrChicago891 - To be clear, it was #81 on the U.S. R&B chart, #6 on the U.S. Pop Chart, #15 on the U.K. Pop Chart.

[lenelljeter2]

Hall & Oates did an excellent job at incorporating the evolving trends in R&B/funk

into their music. This tune is one of the best examples of that fact.

It got up to #81 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1983 while "One On One"

got up to # 8 on that chart and "Say It Isn't So" got up to #45.

[Tolstoy111]

@lenelljeter2 This song isn't their music. It's a Mike Oldfield cover.

[lenelljeter2]

@Tolstoy111 Anytime a band or soloist covers a song successfully, it is that band's or soloist's music. It was the Hall & Oates interpretation of Family Man in the Top 10 U.S. Pop Chart & in the R&B chart, not Oldfield's version. But, Sir or Ma'am, if your argument is Oldfield ought to get credit for composing lyrics &/or the other musical elements which Hall & Oates generally copied & interpreted in their own way, that is a reasonable argument. Oldfield's editions on YouTube sound pretty good.

[lenelljeter2]

In 1981"I Can't Go For That" reached #1 on the U.S. R&B Chart. In 1982, "Your Imagination" got up #45 and

and Maneater got up #78 on the U.S. R&B Chart. In 1984, "Method of Modern Love" reached #21 on the U.S. R&B chart

& "Out of Touch" reached #24 on that chart.

[lenelljeter2]

You may find that it is worth the time to take a look and listen at the song lists that

have been posted to Itunes Ping that meld together rhythmically & stylistically

compatible early/mid 80s R&B/funk songs and early/mid 80s synth pop/new wave

songs. There is a lot of music that was either forgotten or not ever learned

of but was very enjoyable or would be very enjoyable if it was rediscovered or discovered for the first time by people that enjoy this type of music. People like you?

[lenelljeter2]

I have researched these music categories for the past 9 years

and I have rediscovered tunes I had forgotten about or I discovered

new tunes that totally deserved the time it took to discover them.

In Itunes Store or Itunes Ping if you use the search terms "electrofunk" (as a single word) or "80s funk" the search result shall produce several lists that have "electrofunk" or "80s funk" in the playlist name in the "Playlist" category at the low left corner of the search result.

[lenelljeter2]

Click on the "more" link and once you have opened the next page that has all of the Playlist search results for "electrofunk" or "80 funk",

you'll quickly find a bunch of lists that use the title "Ebony & Ivory Electrofunk".

[lenelljeter2]

These lists have songs that you may have heard before and enjoyed but forgotten

or songs that you may enjoy now but you have not heard before. These lists include album cuts that were not released as singles and songs from lesser known artists such as Laid Back, Mtume, Boys Don't Cry, and Dynasty.

[mrtmaddison]

Thumbs up if you came here from Vice City Stories

[AndiNeverSlice]

Sandler

[AndiNeverSlice]

Adam handler on drums

[4543563]

I'm just surprised that the video hasn't been taken down yet, or ever.

[daeladub]

great upload

[TheHeresjohn]

LEAVE ME ALONE im a family man!

[MasterMacLeod]

Go home and be a family man!

[Adrizz5447]

Didn't realize until this video the G.E. Smith was in hall and oates..... I love gall and oates and I can't believe I missed that. Brings me back to the days of "good" Saturday night live!

[lukepapapetrou1234]

Wow! Wonderful song but, I am sorry to say this, really awful video.

[GrizzleyStrait11]

what a catchy infectious tune

[mgabrysSF]

2:00 classic rhythm guitar riff

[Oshidori]

I FEEL LIKE THAT 'STACHE IS STARING INTO MY SOUL

[divadlite1]

dedicated to all the fathers on father's day!!!!!

[conradryan1980]

Thanks for this video. I've been listening to my remix cd's non stop. It's so sad that no one out there can produce music like this anymore...Hall & Oates are one of a kind

[JamesMoore7]

My mom grew up with this band and she got me hooked on it

[scobratec]

I was 10 years old in 1983 and this song will always remind me of great childhood memories :-)

[GSeward]

0:45...don't fuck with Oates

[skypilot722]

@GSeward Ah, Oates don't scare me. It's corn flakes that I don't like fucking with, and don't even get me started on granola!

[Anglynn74]

2:38 classic 80s, classic 80s song & video & the guy in that clip has a foil tv dinner tray (they were so good) & the kids watching MTV. Great time period & I was there!

[MegaDarkside007]

todays youth couldnt relate to this music,,,because these guys were good,,,no computers or voice boxes,,,they performed day in and day out,,,,no disney or video wanna be's,,HALL AND OATES are legends

[tdavidc80]

Super song - esp for those of us who have been there (& may or not have resisted!) Now I work in a university where the temptation (well at least visually) is so much greater!!

[johndoe121213]

I used to dance to that song all the time back in my late teens.I met lots of girls that way!!

[jrunberg]

Oates and Smith thrash on this JAM!

[y09ur7pr1d3]

Love these songs, this should be played a lot more often then some of the modern day stuff which will never sound as good as these good old songs.

[keelo911]

@y09ur7pr1d3 AGREE 100 PERCENT!

[devilfan1965]

guys are great.....todd rundgren's friends from philadelphia

[RJmacpot720]

0:35 this shit reminds me of robotron 2084

[MrPuchikita]

the best soundtrack on gta vice city..

man ..love it ..

[secondchapter]

My FAVORITE Hall & Oates by a mile! I remember playing this song on a cassette in my Red Mustang GT with the t-tops off, big hair and all! Fun times, you don't know what you have until it's gone.

[Odius32]

@secondchapter i had an 81 camero berlinetta and also cruised to this song and maneater

[dazincalculation]

Brady Bunch lookalikes at 2.49 -Daz in Oz

[dazincalculation]

Incredibly, although Sydney Radio sometimes plays Hall and Oates, they don't play this gem! -Daz in Oz.

[ricksears98]

thank u love it

[Headcrackin456]

Im 16 and i love this song. This music will be timeless.

[dazincalculation]

@Headcrackin456 You`ve got great musical taste! It`s funny you know, I went into a KFC the other day and this 21 year old chap wasn`t listening to the latest pop channel on the TV there, he was listening to stuff like Alice Cooper and some 70s n 80s Aussie Music on his ipod. It made an old fart like me of 41 years feel better! -Daz in Oz.

[999yellowstone]

Its found on H20 as an extra track.

[10Dec1971]

I was in fifth grade when this song came out. Back when music was so much better than the crap on the radio today... John was so sexy!!

Dawn

[VEMWMIKE]

Memories... much better times.

[10Dec1971]

@VEMWMIKE so true!

[escdelesp]

GE Smith's fingers just go crazy on this jam!!!

[jorgeigp]

This has to be Guile's favorite song

[fpaizm]

the kid of 1:30 is gonna kick the ass of 58 people (so far... )

[rhinnawi95]

58 people payed the right price.

[Teletran35]

They had some great songs

[cannondale559]

I used to here this song at the grocery store where I worked. It made me dance down the aisles.

[1989crownvictoriap71]

i love this song they don't have songs like this anymore

[wildmans849]

why isnt hall and oates in the rock n roll hall of fame

[DDamo25]

Im tryna get the rest of my Generation hipp lls

[jakovasaur]

@DDamo25 Somebody needs to!

[Gippfan]

58 people need to LEAVE ME ALONE IM A FAMILY MAN

[matthiewcorner]

This video is horrendously bad.

[itsmefarting]

sex to,sue

[xMrsmileyfacex]

@Bettina Progress most of the time is worse than the original. That goes for everything not just music.

[LAWoman323213]

H&O's videos were comically awful, but I love their songs.

[imbuemyblue]

@LAWoman323213

agreed. I LOVE this song but this has to be one of the worst the older MTV videos....at least the ones I've seen. 

[rhinnawi95]

Not another song about prostitutes...

Oh wait, this isn't rap. It actually spreads the message of not giving in, and it's not gospel music. We're not going to find anything like this today.

[rhinnawi95]

The replay button for this song is more addicting than crack.

Quality music <3

[Qegixar]

After hearing the song on Mike Oldfield's Five Miles Out album, and discovering that Hall&Oates did a cover of it, I had to check it out, and now that I hear this version I think I like it better. The lyrics have been altered to add more conflict and less resolve into the man's character.

[BettinaBalser]

Is it just me, or were we all a lot smarter and more clever back then? We could enjoy a spoof of Fifties America with the "family man" and the nuclear family, instead of Lady Gag-me showing her cooch all over the place? When there was real music on the charts, not just chanting to a droning beat filled with samples of music written by people who were smart enough to, you know, actually write music?

[hwr1996]

gtavcs has the damn best 80s song

[MrKenichi20]

Amazing video. I always loved the Video Game Graphics in the video. Its like Hal and Oats the Video game. lol,

[juniebird80s]

This song is so amazing!! Always loved this one! Hall and Oates were a true Icon of the 80s!! Takes me back to better days! This song takes me back to days of true happiness and innocence. I miss those days. My heart just aches for those days. What a time that was! Never to be forgotten! There was a magic in the air back then that you just cant feel today and that is a real shame. This song is magic in itself!! Missing those days but hold the memories in my heart forever!! ☺♥

[modspell]

@juniebird80s --No kidding Junie-- take me back!!

[902444403]

@juniebird80s agree with the sentiment,but pretty gay comments ,im just hoping your a chick!

[itsmefarting]

tony for you,sue

[aimsvideoplanet]

I love this song and DH&JO are brilliant. But I can see why Daryl H. said he cringes about these cheesy 80s videos. Come on, what was this video producer thinking? How about something with a bit of art, creativity and acting ability, e.g. modern day Snow Patrol videos? Well what can we do, it was the 80s.

[tsartodd]

this is a cover. the original was done by Mike Oldfield (a/k/a Mr. Tubular Bells from "The Exorcist").

[joemack]

great coked up GE SMITH in this film

[29zebrastripes]

i love this song.

[kanesgirl623]

Cute video.

[ephitania]

another great

[EhznoStian]

Love GE Smith!

[ViviannaluvsJesus]

Pro 5:1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:

Pro 5:2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.

Pro 5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:

Pro 5:4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

Pro 5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

[LAVEEG9]

Great

[shmuli9]

Did Mike Oldfield do this first?

[MJswifeforever12]

I am so glad that my best friend got me into him!=)

[80spoop72]

My favorite Hall & Oates song. Went to a concert in 2007 & they played it!

[tonymontana1974]

1:57 cracks me up every time. He is doing a rockin guitar solo and those kids just want to sleep.

[557011]

god 80s pop is so mutch better then mordern pop

[isaidmurder]

what family man rocks a stash like that?

[bzzshht]

Leave John alone, he's a family man, and his 'tache is much worse than his bite!

[loudmusic67]

They are touring this year 2010/11. Does anybody know if this one is on their set list?

[honest413]

Now this is how a family should be perfect and happy. I will tell you guys this I would rather have a wife like this that cares and is home preparing dinner for her beloved family than a wife that comes home after everyone is asleep and has been who knows were!!!

Great video by the way!

[Alikah1]

@honest413 Patience. She will. When she's 65 or 70.

[tonymontana1974]

@honest413 your wife ahs been fucking me behind your back bitch.

[milincoln]

LMAO at the hair in this.

[1973mazdarx4coupe]

awesome music ! awesome band ! awesome sound ! hall and oates forever ! i was born in 1979, grew up on this awesome music ! my vids rock too !

[LoriSpurgeon]

these adulterous women need to leave these family men alone

[ayame316]

This was the first favorite song I can remember, and my favorite part is "my BARK is worse than my BITE"

[Jaylasplenty]

They always had funny videos.

[whyminervadied]

This song speaks to family men across AMERICA!!!!!

[eccelius]

Go home and be a Family Man!!!

[949galaxy]

Awesome song! They could have made a serious video with this song.

[caraphyllis]

hilariously cheesy video but still a great song -- heard them do it last night (12.5.10) in NYC and they tore up the house -- amazing show, amazing band

[sadie820]

i love this song but the video is so cheesey. lol

[kja427]

It's nice to know that Daryl Hall was someone who left the hookers alone in his career; I really appreciate that Mr. Hall.

[Kelly13771]

to: mightyjoe911: I believe 12 years old is what I was when I first heard this song as well. I too love it............I hated 80s music even during the 80s! lol but Hall & Oates will always rank high on my list!

[SnowyDae]

LMAO!!! We tease my best friend that this her husband's theme song......"If you push me too far, I just might " LOL

[DuhEnlightenedOne]

check out daryl's new version of this song  episode 10 at livefromdarylshouse com

[mightyjoe911]

I know exactly where I was at when I heard this song..I was cruisin' around Balboa Park with my older bro. and his friends when this song was played..Thats how much it brought back my memories...Those were the days...Missed it big time..No bills no worry..Just eat sleep shit and play..