Second Nature - Dan Hartman

[TomatoTom123]

Anyone else hear some Motown in this one?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewocec8hTns&app=desktop

:D

[midnightman]

Dan was definitely influenced by 60s R&B on that album so yeah I hear it a little. :)

What an underrated talent he was! I Can Dream About You is STILL that bop!

[Koach]

Is he the one who wrote It's Never Too Late for Diana Ross?

[TomatoTom123]

Dan was definitely influenced by 60s R&B on that album so yeah I hear it a little. :)

What an underrated talent he was! I Can Dream About You is STILL that bop!

Thanks midnight, I knew you would :D I think you can hear a little bit of Motown in "I Can't Get Enough" as well

AND YES INDEED!!!!!!

[TomatoTom123]

Is he the one who wrote It's Never Too Late for Diana Ross?

Yes he is Koach, I had no idea about that!

Perhaps not what he's best known for though... :p:)

[Boogiedown]

I hear Hall and Oates in this.
Thanks for sharing this Tom Tom ! Don't know the song and enjoyed seeing Dan Hartman in a video, although I have to say that pointless, contrived videos , of which this is an exact example, , made solely to get a song played on MTV, was another reason 80's music became a turn off for me.

[TomatoTom123]

You’re welcome Boogie! The whole album has a Hall & Oates feel about it, especially "I Can Dream About You", as Dan originally wrote it with them in mind, apparently!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=621Nk3Ubz4A

[midnightman]

^ H&O eventually did record it years later but by then, Dan was unfortunately gone.

Y'all know he produced James Brown's final pop hit, right? :)