Day 718 - Daryl Hall and John Oates - You're Much Too Soon

For those who don't know, I am listing my 10,000 favorite songs in this blog. This will take just under 30 years from start to completion. This blog can be found at Blogger, Livejournal for your convenience.

DAY 718
Daryl Hall and John Oates - You're Much Too Soon
From "War Babies"
Year: 1974



In the early to mid 90's I would frequent local Spokane record shops in the hopes of expanding my music collection for a few bucks at a time. I was on a first name basis with many of the shop owners at the time. It was always a nice treat to come across albums that I had never heard by artists that I already loved. I ran across "War Babies" on one of these expeditions, and I gladly purchased it and excitedly brought it home to hear it.

I think I may have listened to the album once.

In all fairness, it's quite possibly the most challenging Hall and Oates album to listen to.

Fast forward to this year. On a whim, I decided to give "War Babies" another chance. After all, time and perspective can change your opinion on music. It certainly worked for me with the first "Gorillaz" album. I despised that album at first, but it became one of my favorite albums of that year.

I want to love the whole "War Babies" album. I really do. On paper it looks like a spectacular combination: Hall and Oates working with Todd Rundgren. I adore a good number of songs from both artists. Todd's "A Wizard, A True Star" and "Something/Anything?" are both masterpieces. "Private Eyes" by Hall and Oates is easily one of my favorite albums of all time. Surely this combination would be like the musical equivalent of peanut butter and chocolate, right? Not so much.

My opinion could change in the future, but as of right now I still have a difficult time making it through the entire album.

I'm still glad that I gave "War Babies" another chance, because "You're Much Too Soon" is an absolute gem. Listen for the unexpected chord changes, clever lyrics, lush harmonies, Daryl's stellar lead vocals and the ever-shifting dynamics of the song that build up into a huge sounding end before fading out.

Listen to the song on Blip.fm

ROCK!

Glenn Case

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