Chords for The Song Michael Jackson 'Stole' From Hall & Oates
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I read somewhere once that Michael Jackson's Billie Jean, he came up to you guys and said that he
was actually inspired by the bass line of I Can't Go For That.
I was wondering, it's a two-part
question, I was wondering if that's true, if there's a little story behind that, and then also
just in general how you guys feel about people sampling the crap out of No Can Do, and I think
that's probably the most sampled songs you guys have, and just in general what you're feeling
about that is.
Well it is true, the first part is true.
We were doing the We Are The World session,
everybody was talking, everybody else, because there was just the artists in the rooms,
and Michael came up to me, you know, in conversation, and he goes, hey man I hope you
don't mind if I stole, you know, stole No Can Do, and I went, what do you mean you stole No Can Do?
He says, nah man I used it for Billie Jean, and I said, hey does it sound like No Can Do to me?
I was gonna say, I mean I've heard Billie Jean a million times, I wouldn't have thought that.
Well that was in his head, because it inspired him, so he was the kind of guy, he said that to me,
I thought that was pretty cool that he said that, but to me, I mean, that just goes to show you
though, an artist can take something that even they may think is, you know, a ripoff or whatever
you want to call it, but it's not at all, you know, I mean it was, maybe in the slate if you really
wanted to stretch it a little bit, you could hear the two things together, but anyway he did say it.
No, that's pretty neat, as opposed to like when Robin Thicke makes blurred lines and it sounds
exactly like [Bm] [Eb] Marvin Gaye.
Yeah, exactly, that's a whole different thing.
Yeah, and I think, and I
don't mean to pick on any individual artists, I guess what I'm saying is, does this moment have a
different understanding of what it means to draw inspiration from somebody than say a previous
moment?
Well, there's one thing to draw inspiration from somebody, there's another thing to steal.
Yeah, there's a definite line there.
It's a completely different thing, you know.
Have you
ever had ideas?
Hey, listen, we drew inspiration from the people we listened to as kids.
Of course.
You know, I listen to Curtis Mayfield, every song I write I think I'm writing a Curtis Mayfield song.
Right.
Or at least I'm trying, you know, it's not working out.
It's a big goal to have, right?
You know, but in my head I'm hearing that and I want it to feel like that, I want it to, I want
to get that same feeling from a new song that I write, the way I felt when I heard that song back
in the early 60s and, you know, that's so, it's just the way, you know, it's the way music has
evolved, I guess.
was actually inspired by the bass line of I Can't Go For That.
I was wondering, it's a two-part
question, I was wondering if that's true, if there's a little story behind that, and then also
just in general how you guys feel about people sampling the crap out of No Can Do, and I think
that's probably the most sampled songs you guys have, and just in general what you're feeling
about that is.
Well it is true, the first part is true.
We were doing the We Are The World session,
everybody was talking, everybody else, because there was just the artists in the rooms,
and Michael came up to me, you know, in conversation, and he goes, hey man I hope you
don't mind if I stole, you know, stole No Can Do, and I went, what do you mean you stole No Can Do?
He says, nah man I used it for Billie Jean, and I said, hey does it sound like No Can Do to me?
I was gonna say, I mean I've heard Billie Jean a million times, I wouldn't have thought that.
Well that was in his head, because it inspired him, so he was the kind of guy, he said that to me,
I thought that was pretty cool that he said that, but to me, I mean, that just goes to show you
though, an artist can take something that even they may think is, you know, a ripoff or whatever
you want to call it, but it's not at all, you know, I mean it was, maybe in the slate if you really
wanted to stretch it a little bit, you could hear the two things together, but anyway he did say it.
No, that's pretty neat, as opposed to like when Robin Thicke makes blurred lines and it sounds
exactly like [Bm] [Eb] Marvin Gaye.
Yeah, exactly, that's a whole different thing.
Yeah, and I think, and I
don't mean to pick on any individual artists, I guess what I'm saying is, does this moment have a
different understanding of what it means to draw inspiration from somebody than say a previous
moment?
Well, there's one thing to draw inspiration from somebody, there's another thing to steal.
Yeah, there's a definite line there.
It's a completely different thing, you know.
Have you
ever had ideas?
Hey, listen, we drew inspiration from the people we listened to as kids.
Of course.
You know, I listen to Curtis Mayfield, every song I write I think I'm writing a Curtis Mayfield song.
Right.
Or at least I'm trying, you know, it's not working out.
It's a big goal to have, right?
You know, but in my head I'm hearing that and I want it to feel like that, I want it to, I want
to get that same feeling from a new song that I write, the way I felt when I heard that song back
in the early 60s and, you know, that's so, it's just the way, you know, it's the way music has
evolved, I guess.
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I read somewhere once that _ Michael Jackson's Billie Jean, _ he came up to you guys and said that he
was actually inspired by the bass line of I Can't Go For That.
I was wondering, it's a two-part
question, I was wondering if that's true, if there's a little story behind that, and then also
just in general how you guys feel about people sampling the crap out of No Can Do, and I think
that's probably the most sampled songs you guys have, and just in general what you're feeling
about that is.
Well it is true, the first part is true.
We were doing the We Are The World session, _
_ everybody was talking, everybody else, because there was just the artists in the rooms,
and Michael came up to me, you know, in conversation, and he goes, hey man I hope you
don't mind if I stole, you know, stole No Can Do, and I went, what do you mean you stole No Can Do?
He says, nah man I used it for Billie Jean, and I said, hey does it sound like No Can Do to me?
I was gonna say, I mean I've heard Billie Jean a million times, I wouldn't have thought that.
Well that was in his head, because it inspired him, so he was the kind of guy, he said that to me,
I thought that was pretty cool that he said that, but to me, I mean, that just goes to show you
though, an artist can take something that even they may think is, you know, a ripoff or whatever
you want to call it, but it's not at all, you know, I mean it was, maybe in the slate if you really
wanted to stretch it a little bit, you could hear the two things together, but anyway he did say it.
No, that's pretty neat, as opposed to like when Robin Thicke makes blurred lines and it sounds
exactly like [Bm] [Eb] Marvin Gaye.
Yeah, exactly, that's a whole different thing.
Yeah, and I think, and I
don't mean to pick on any individual artists, I guess what I'm saying is, does this moment have a
different understanding of what it means to draw inspiration from somebody than say a previous
moment?
Well, there's one thing to draw inspiration from somebody, there's another thing to steal.
Yeah, there's a definite line there.
It's a completely different thing, you know.
Have you
ever had ideas?
Hey, listen, we drew inspiration from the people we listened to as kids.
Of course.
You know, I listen to Curtis Mayfield, every song I write I think I'm writing a Curtis Mayfield song.
Right.
Or at least I'm trying, you know, it's not working out.
It's a big goal to have, right?
You know, but in my head I'm hearing that and I want it to feel like that, I want it to, I want
to get that same feeling from a new song that I write, the way I felt when I heard that song back
in the early 60s and, you know, that's so, it's just the way, you know, it's the way music has
evolved, I guess. _
was actually inspired by the bass line of I Can't Go For That.
I was wondering, it's a two-part
question, I was wondering if that's true, if there's a little story behind that, and then also
just in general how you guys feel about people sampling the crap out of No Can Do, and I think
that's probably the most sampled songs you guys have, and just in general what you're feeling
about that is.
Well it is true, the first part is true.
We were doing the We Are The World session, _
_ everybody was talking, everybody else, because there was just the artists in the rooms,
and Michael came up to me, you know, in conversation, and he goes, hey man I hope you
don't mind if I stole, you know, stole No Can Do, and I went, what do you mean you stole No Can Do?
He says, nah man I used it for Billie Jean, and I said, hey does it sound like No Can Do to me?
I was gonna say, I mean I've heard Billie Jean a million times, I wouldn't have thought that.
Well that was in his head, because it inspired him, so he was the kind of guy, he said that to me,
I thought that was pretty cool that he said that, but to me, I mean, that just goes to show you
though, an artist can take something that even they may think is, you know, a ripoff or whatever
you want to call it, but it's not at all, you know, I mean it was, maybe in the slate if you really
wanted to stretch it a little bit, you could hear the two things together, but anyway he did say it.
No, that's pretty neat, as opposed to like when Robin Thicke makes blurred lines and it sounds
exactly like [Bm] [Eb] Marvin Gaye.
Yeah, exactly, that's a whole different thing.
Yeah, and I think, and I
don't mean to pick on any individual artists, I guess what I'm saying is, does this moment have a
different understanding of what it means to draw inspiration from somebody than say a previous
moment?
Well, there's one thing to draw inspiration from somebody, there's another thing to steal.
Yeah, there's a definite line there.
It's a completely different thing, you know.
Have you
ever had ideas?
Hey, listen, we drew inspiration from the people we listened to as kids.
Of course.
You know, I listen to Curtis Mayfield, every song I write I think I'm writing a Curtis Mayfield song.
Right.
Or at least I'm trying, you know, it's not working out.
It's a big goal to have, right?
You know, but in my head I'm hearing that and I want it to feel like that, I want it to, I want
to get that same feeling from a new song that I write, the way I felt when I heard that song back
in the early 60s and, you know, that's so, it's just the way, you know, it's the way music has
evolved, I guess. _