Hall & Oates - Family Man

Added: Jul 12, 2006

Duration: 5:32

Hall & Oates is the popular music duo made up of Daryl Hall and John Oates. The act achieved its greatest fame in the late 1970s and early-to-mid 1980s, and used a unique variety of ballad-oriented pop-blue eyed soul (occasionally mixed with dance and rock influences) to dominate the charts. The partnership is the most successful chart duo in the history of American recorded music. The videoclip "Family Man" goes for a conceptual affair. Shot mainly in a set that resembles a living room, it mostly shows the band as they lip-synch, but it also includes shots of kids as they pester H&O, and we also watch some shots of a family with matching pompadours. Inserted on top of this, we discern the romantic pursuits of a man and a woman who both intentionally look like characters from primitive video games. Mike Oldfield's song "Family Man" reached number seven and number six in March and June of 1983, respectively.

Channel: Music

Tags: daryl family hall john man oates

Rating: 4.82 (733 ratings) Views: 308594' favoriteCount='2650 Comments: 25

dharmaseed Says:

Nov 13, 2008 - That's funny....could you play string samples on a guitar back in '82?

thomasthaott Says:

Nov 13, 2008 - fail.

MRVLADO82 Says:

Nov 13, 2008 - the worlds best solo

ryantupac24 Says:

Nov 14, 2008 - What a bunch of homos ddddddddddddddd

betterthepast Says:

Nov 17, 2008 - This tune rocks the house!

DEATHHUNT82 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - i just got vice city stories and i cant get this out of my head

TheMidnightOriginal Says:

Nov 20, 2008 - Why Don't You Start From The Beginning Next Time !!!

anduandirobot Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - Originally a Mike Oldfield song (the guy who wrote the Exorcist theme, "Tubular Bells").

RJW882 Says:

Nov 22, 2008 - Yeah! that's GE Smith for ya!

bds1167 Says:

Nov 23, 2008 - I loved this video from freshmen year of high school in '82. My favorite Hall and Oates song next to 'Your Imagination'. A little disappointed that this is not an original!

shaznroses Says:

Nov 24, 2008 - The scene where the whole family has daryl hall style hair is hilarious..actually the whole vid is funny,especially the seriousness,great song though!

kocamama Says:

Nov 24, 2008 - Funny, good and is full of energy.

806samuel Says:

Nov 24, 2008 - I loved G E Smith on Saturday Night Live. Those truly were THE BEST DAYS OF SNL.

enoxib Says:

Nov 25, 2008 - i dint know that this was on vice city stories but nice to know that gta soundtracks r always s**t hot!

mrsskagtrendy Says:

Nov 26, 2008 - vice city!

loudmusic67 Says:

Nov 27, 2008 - One of their best videos (It's a wonder this song did not do very well) to their standards. I mean on the Billboard Charts!

Jobeykobra Says:

Nov 27, 2008 - Thank you, GTA for introducing me to this great song two years ago, and getting me into Hall & Oates! My favorite Hall & Oates song! If only modern music was like 80s and 70s, then I'd be happy. the style of modern pop and rock music makes me want to kill myself, and makes me feel like crap.

ETISA Says:

Nov 29, 2008 - EXCELENTE VIDEO

modspell Says:

Nov 30, 2008 - I have that amazing huge box clock on my wall!

nokensmok Says:

Dec 1, 2008 - stories ftw!

ElymnionElohim Says:

Dec 1, 2008 - Music today is not real art,it's crap... If I hadn't played GTA, maybe I wouldn't have discovered 80's...GTA music is amazing...Thank you, GTA

ElymnionElohim Says:

Dec 1, 2008 - But I thought it was #6 in US... It's not that bad...After all,they've had 6 songs at #1 and much more in top 10...They're amazing... "Out of Touch" i love it...

dxn90210 Says:

Dec 1, 2008 - absolutly correct, music today focuses more on 'gangsta' and modern beats (which are very repetitive and probably only took a few hours to make up). and modern lyrics arnt all that catchy and doesnt match the beat all that well. I was born in 1989 but brought up on modern but as soon as i heard 80s and early 90s it changed everything. sorry im a bit of a music critic lol. well santanas modern songs arnt bad, but he aint a modern guy i suppose haha

klsqconhjl Says:

Dec 2, 2008 - Thank you for posting this song　! I still have the album H2O. Sorry for my poor English . Greetings from Kobe Japan

ElymnionElohim Says:

Dec 2, 2008 - Btw J.Oates is far better with the moustache... Now he cut it, he looks awful...But who doesn't anymore? Boy George is bald, Bono grows older n older, Phil Collins is bald too... Just kidding,it's interesting to see all those artists from the 80's as real people who just grow old...And getting old isn't bad hehe