Daryl Hall - Something In 4/4 Time Lyrics

This sounds a lot like Todd and Utopia ~

Great comparison, I had never thought about it!

@giulio caroletti Todd Rundgren and Daryl Hall are both favorites of mine. Thanks for putting this up. I had not heard this album in a long long time. :)

reminds me of "You did it in a Minute"

Just love the outro - amazing vocals

His ability to switch between mid range vocals and falsetto at the outro is pretty incredible

Daryl Hall: Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizer
Robert Fripp: Producer, Guitar, Electronics (Frippertronics)
Kenny Passarelli; Tony Levin (11, 12): Bass
Roger Pope; Phil Collins (12): Drums
Caleb Quaye: Guitar
Charlie De Chant: Saxophone
Sid McGinniss (12): Steel Guitar (Pedal)
Brian Eno (12): Synthesizer

i have the vinyl, to is really good but not better than the rest of their albums

Daryl Hall, one of the greats, what a voice.

ok, this song is a masterpiece

Favorite song. The ad lib is incredible

Praise the genius melody maker

Robert Fripp and Hall? Together? Talk about out of left field partners.

Yeah, what a cool pairing of geniuses!

You should check Fripp's exposure; Hall performs vocal duties on a couple of songs. That album is a masterpiece. Fripp saw Sacred Songs, Exposure and Peter Grabiel's Scratch as a Trilogy.

Very interesting! Recorded in 1977, but, released in 1980

Overlooked pop masterwork. Have always wondered if Fripp's drone guitar at the end is a Frippertronics loop, or is he playing that in real time. Anyone know?

I frankly don't know, but it's an amazing tune with an amazing drone guitar ;)

Babs and Babs from this record is also spectacular, with Frippertronics!!!!

magic voice

I still have my radio promo copy of this LP.

caleb quaye (elton john band, hookfoot) on second guitar

WONDERFUL LP!!!

Good God, it sucks that the general public won't ever know this song. It's one of the best songs Hall's ever been a part of.

+Ross Dryer To hell with the general public!

this is not what I  am use to but I guess change is good....first I am hearing of this one....a little Elton, Stones....this not like you.....ace

Ok I hear a strong Todd Rundgren feel in this track...btw if you have not heard Hall doing "North Star" on Fripps 1979 Album "Exposure" make sure you do...

That's really a great song. "Matte Kudasai" by King Crimson a couple of years later seems to me basically a reworking of "North Star" ;)

@giulio caroletti  Yes, Robert Fripp did recycle a chord or two, now and then. Can't fault him, both songs are great and managed to have their own distinctive character.

Couldn't agree more! :)

Todd Todd Todd!!!

I hear Hall. Not a Rundgren fan, so I'm a bit biased

Roger Pope on drums. (You may know him from Supertramp.)

And Elton John and Hookfoot...

Wow! So fresh and out of left field. Thanks . . . Haven't heard this in over 30 years--gotta get a copy now (buy it, that is . . . )

@BucksStudent: Thanks for your comment. If Fripp used phase shift, it's slow, subtle, light on treble and characteristic swoosh. I'm hearing harmonizing, perhaps some ring modulation and good old overdrive breaking up a little bit. 

Great response syrup; totally agree with that...

Yes, and the end goes, "2/4, 4/4, 2/4, 4/4..."

I always like the part in this song a 2:30 after the breakdown....you can hear that daryl vocal is distorted on the tape but they obviously like vibe of it, so left it there. They are the happy accidents that I miss from the old days.

1:42 - 2:25 is why Robert Fripp is THEE last word in guitar sound innovation

Now if only The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame would get its collective stick out of its ass and induct Daryl and John while they're alive to enjoy it! Anyway, they'll be loved and appreciated with or without the snobs' snubs.

You have it right!

You are correct. Met Daryl Hall in Ventura, CA and he signed my Sacred Songs CD- Japanese Import. He was way cool.

Is it just me or is the first line of the chorus actually "You gotta have something in 2/4 time"? He only sings "something in 4/4 time" in the second couplet, it sounds like.

Very important tune....laid the framework for H & O's groundbreaking pop tunes in the early 80's....this should have been a monster, but was ahead of its time.

Superb! Most pop musicians will never achieve anything close to this!

I love Fripp's guitar sound on this album. I believe he's using a Phase effect.

He also uses gear that he designed and built from scratch, labelling them Frippertronics. Notably, there's a cutting edge ring modulator.