ID: "You can't get what you want"

[Helen & Patrick Kelly]

Scott F Dunham wrote:
>
> In article <32da244...@news.airmail.net>, ghe...@airmail.net wrote:
>
> >Last year, I heard this same song everywhere I went. It was kind of
> >annoying, but it was also insidiously catchy. If I had to categorize it, I
> >would call it Adult Contemporary. The chorus says:
> >
> >"You can't get what you want
> > 'til you know what you want
> > Said you can't get what you want
> > 'til you know what you want"
> >
> >Does anyone have any ideas about who did this? The singer sort of sounds
> >like Rick Astley.
>
> I'm pretty sure it's Joe Jackson, the guy Kurt Loder described as being
> "the most miserable human being I've ever met from the world of music." I
> think it's called "You can't get what you want" but I don't remember the
> name of the album...Anybody?
>
> --
> <-------------- Scott F Dunham ------------->
> <-------- - dun...@microweb.com ----------->
> <--- obligatory quote from somebody else: ----->
> <------ "It's just a ride," - Bill Hicks --------->You can find it on 4 of Joe's albums.
It was originally on Body & Soul, then on his live album, also on
Stepping Out - The Best of Joe Jackson, and finally, flogging a dead
horse, Joe Jackson's Greatest Hits.

[Dave Schulman]

Greg Helton wrote:
>
> Last year, I heard this same song everywhere I went. It was kind of
> annoying, but it was also insidiously catchy. If I had to categorize it, I
> would call it Adult Contemporary. The chorus says:
>
> "You can't get what you want
> 'til you know what you want
> Said you can't get what you want
> 'til you know what you want"
>
> Does anyone have any ideas about who did this? The singer sort of sounds
> like Rick Astley.

It's Joe Jackson.
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[Scott F Dunham]

In article <32da244...@news.airmail.net>, ghe...@airmail.net wrote:

>Last year, I heard this same song everywhere I went. It was kind of
>annoying, but it was also insidiously catchy. If I had to categorize it, I
>would call it Adult Contemporary. The chorus says:
>
>"You can't get what you want
> 'til you know what you want
> Said you can't get what you want
> 'til you know what you want"
>
>Does anyone have any ideas about who did this? The singer sort of sounds
>like Rick Astley.

I'm pretty sure it's Joe Jackson, the guy Kurt Loder described as being