Which do you prefer?

Tavares, its just has that little extra something

Hall and Oates, of course.

I'll get back to ya... I haven't decided.

this is tough,but I'll have to go with Hall and Oates' version

Interestingly,Lou Rawls also had a version of this song,released around the same time as Tavares' version (1974).Hall and Oates' version didn't become a huge smash until it was re-released in 1976.

Hall and Oates.

SoulAlive said:

this is tough,but I'll have to go with Hall and Oates' version

Interestingly,Lou Rawls also had a version of this song,released around the same time as Tavares' version (1974).Hall and Oates' version didn't become a huge smash until it was re-released in 1976.

I never really cared that much for Lou Rawls, but I needed to find it... and... No.

I'm going to have to go with Hall and Oates.

Tavares...the arrangement...when they go...

"Shes gooone...AH!!" That little spare of breath makes so much of a difference..so does the soulful background vocals.."cant get ooout of the city!!"

Yes

purplethunder3121 said:

Hall and Oates, of course.

Co-signed.

paisleypark4 said:

Tavares...the arrangement...when they go...

"Shes gooone...AH!!" That little spare of breath makes so much of a difference..so does the soulful background vocals.."cant get ooout of the city!!"

Yes

Meh, the Tavares version sounds too much like an Isley Brothers interpretation; their

version doesn't sound original as opposed to the H&O rendering.

H&O.

H&O all the way!!!

SoulAlive said:

this is tough,but I'll have to go with Hall and Oates' version

Interestingly,Lou Rawls also had a version of this song,released around the same time as Tavares' version (1974).Hall and Oates' version didn't become a huge smash until it was re-released in 1976.

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Yeah--In fact, growing up, I remember the Lou Rawls version hittin' the airwaves first (at least on R&B Stations), in '74--so you're right, and I didn't hear the H&O and Tavares versions until later--but Hall and Oates is decidedly my favorite of the three....

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paisleypark4 said:

Tavares...the arrangement...when they go...

"Shes gooone...AH!!" That little spare of breath makes so much of a difference..so does the soulful background vocals.."cant get ooout of the city!!"

Yes

Much more soulful.

My vote goes to Daryl Hall & John Oates, especially after watching the awesomely bad video they did for the song back in the 1970's!

Ew, gross! I'll go with Hall & Oates.

Funny, whenever I'm listening to the Darryl Hall & John Oates version, I find myself adding the Tavares background to it as I'm singing along..

after listening to both the versions, i'd have to go with hall and oates. tonight was the first time i've heard tavares. plus i really enjoy the sound of hall's voice and how him and oates interlock their voices and harmonize.

tavares i also enjoyed.

Caramelpfe said:

Tavares, its just has that little extra something

My only beef is the busy production, but I'm on the same page as you. They put some hurt into their version

Here's Tavares performing it on Sooooooooooooooooooooooul Train!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lou Rawls' version sounds like he sang karaoke over Hall & Oates.

chocolate1 said:

Lou Rawls' version sounds like he sang karaoke over Hall & Oates.

Ya know what though? The funny thing is, he didn't always have this "ship cruise/Vegas act" element going on when he started out. His 60s music was rough around the edges, and at the time you could actually feel what the man sang.

The 70s came and something must've happend maybe he enrolled into the "Jack & Jill" club at an adult age and ended up sounding abit,,,um,,,,refined, maybe a lil' too refined. Which is ironic, because in that era, the R&B scene at the time encouraged its artists to strip their guard down, which he did everything but.

Momma hates his guts "My, did that man could sweet talk somebody into a coma".

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How about Matthew Marsden feat. Destiny's Child?

http://www.muzu.tv/matthe...eo/579508/

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Harlepolis said:

chocolate1 said:

Lou Rawls' version sounds like he sang karaoke over Hall & Oates.

Ya know what though? The funny thing is, he didn't always have this "ship cruise/Vegas act" element going on when he started out. His 60s music was rough around the edges, and at the time you could actually feel what the man sang.

The 70s came and something must've happend maybe he enrolled into the "Jack & Jill" club at an adult age and ended up sounding abit,,,um,,,,refined, maybe a lil' too refined. Which is ironic, because in that era, the R&B scene at the time encouraged its artists to strip their guard down, which he did everything but.

Momma hates his guts "My, did that man could sweet talk somebody into a coma".

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Tell your mama I said "I feel ya" on Lou.