Monday, March 30, 2009

Hall And Oates - Method Of Modern Love

(RCA, 1984)

You’ve gotta be a pretty sad chump to get your jollies ragging on Hall and Oates in 2009, but it’s impossible not to pile on when faced with ghastly, Pride Of The ’80s™ productions like “Method of Modern Love.” Whatever amusement one derives from noting the chorus’s influence on a Wu Tang Clan track (the sung-spoken “M-E-T-H-O-D”) is soon crushed under the weight of Hall’s oversinging and the garish, synth- and drum-machine-packed arrangement – the whole thing comes off like a cruise-ship band with a wrongheaded understanding of early hip-hop and an unlimited budget run amok in the studio. Terrible. Dudes were taking chances with their sound, yes, but this baffling, annoying single is prime evidence that some chances AREN’T WORTH TAKING. The silver lining is that the 7” at least has the decency to chop two minutes off the LP version’s runtime.

5 comments:

Donald Brown said...

ROFLMAO! The funniest entry in a long time....

this is what hating your 45s is all about!

ithinkihatemy45s said...

If it's funny you want, take a gander at that video...

Why Bother? said...
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Why Bother? said...

Oops.

What I meant to say was:

Whenever I think of Hall and Oates, I just think of De La Soul sampling 'I Can't Go For That' on 'Say No Go', and all my hatred just fades away.

caitlinc said...

"One More Night" is one of my favorite songs of all time.