Dembones_dup1 Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 Private Eyes is a dang hot pop album! Enough said... I was just thrilled to dig something up that got me excited like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-_dup1 Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 I'm only familiar with their singles, but IMO Hall & Oates have achieved pop perfection many, many times. :thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halljams Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 One of the funniest things i have ever seen on this forum was that thread with all the band promo pics and there was the one that listed off the standard long hair, token this, token that, then out of the blue... "oates" and there is this guy who looked just like him all in the corner lookin not sure if he should be there or not. God i laughed my ass off, still giggling about that, classic. They had some good stuff, i especially like the Motown covers Darryl sang. Check out SUPERVIBE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-_dup1 Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 Halljams -- have you ever seen that one Christmas-oriented video that Hall & Oates did? :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 Hall and Oates? Weren't they purveyors of one of my favorite oxymorons, "Philly Soul?" Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salyphus Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 Hmmm, I always thought it was spelled Haulin' Oats. You guys sure you got that right?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salyphus Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 See, I knew I was right! [img]http://www.meckelborgmusic.com/images/haulinoats.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jotown Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 For a few years they were at the top of the game. Rock and soul stirred into a pop stew. In the late 70's early 80's I was a big fan. I saw them last year in Michigan and they truly looked like they were just going through the motions. I always thought that they would be a very influential band. Sadly their biggest and longest running influence on the music biz has been Tommy Motolla. Jotown:) "It's all good: Except when it's Great" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
where02190 Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 Hall and Oates is a classic example of what happens when you mix pop stardom and drug abuse. I've seen them touring recently, they are clean and sober, and sound better than ever. Sad that it took hitting such a low bottomf or them to realize their problems, but that is often the way. Hope this is helpful. NP Recording Studios Analog approach to digital recording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XNU8D Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 Can't say I'm a big fan of their 80's stuff, but their 2nd, 3rd and 4th album are magic to me. Daryl has one of the best voices in the biz, just ask him yourself. Who keeps moving my chair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bear Jew Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 Two words: Abandoned Luncheonette Booyah. \m/ Erik "To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." --Sun Tzu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outrider Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 I dig Oates' cheesy chili dog mustache. One of these days I'm gonna change my evil ways... one of these days... http://www.emotipad.com/emoticons/Band.gifhttp://www.weidenbach.net/images/storage/headbang.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 I was a fan in the early '80s. Well crafted pop songs, huge hooks, an excellent backup band including Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, Hall's strong vocals. For one of the most unusual collaborations in rock, check out Daryl Hall's "Sacred Songs". Daryl Hall and Robert Fripp (with Eno and Tony Levin). It works! "You Burn Me Up, I'm a Cigarette" is a great song. The album was originally conceived by Fripp as part of a trilogy with the second Peter Gabriel record and Fripp's own "Exposure". Daryl Hall, Peter Gabriel, Robert Fripp...reminds me of that Sesame Street song, "One of these things is not like the others" :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 I absolutely hated them in their heyday, as they probably had the biggest egos in the business. But I have to admit their albums are great pop gems (they fall into my "Celine Dion" category, I don't mind listening to them if I don't have to watch them!) :D Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyote Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 I believe the oxymoron you are looking for is "blue-eyed soul" ;) and truth be told, they were pretty damn good at it. [quote]Originally posted by whitefang: [b]Hall and Oates? Weren't they purveyors of one of my favorite oxymorons, "Philly Soul?" Whitefang[/b][/quote] I used to think I was Libertarian. Until I saw their platform; now I know I'm no more Libertarian than I am RepubliCrat or neoCON or Liberal or Socialist. This ain't no track meet; this is football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippie Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 just to be the devils advocate... I never liked 'Haulin' Oats'. Other than their first record, it's poppy fluff, IMO. I understand they were the most successful pop duo next to Simon & Garfunky. Oh, oh here she comes, watch out boys she'll chew you up, she's a man-eater. :freak: Matt In two days, it won't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. Ratte Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 I like 'em a lot. There's a tune on H2O, "Family Man"... super dope song. One of their more minor hits. Had a good video where they're rocking out in a suburban living room and it's pretty disturbing, with little computer graphics running around. "Adult Education" was another cool minor one. Then of course, all their earlier monster hits. I can't think of any I didn't like. They never did any crappy ballads, hooray. 'cept for maybe "One on One". G. Ratte' http://www.cultdeadcow.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 The drum and synth bass into to "I can't go for that" has to be the cheesiest drum sound in the world, but I love it :D . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 They smoove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halljams Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 [quote]Originally posted by Hank The Cave Peanut: [b]Halljams -- have you ever seen that one Christmas-oriented video that Hall & Oates did? :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: [/b][/quote]I think i know the one, it disturbed me a bit. Check out SUPERVIBE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-_dup1 Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHAN Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 I can't go for that.... Noooooo..... No can do... :eek: :D So Many Drummers. So Little Time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jschmidt Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 I love old H&O. They were fantastic pop songwriters and performers. The production was innovative for the times...check out the 4 different snares they used on Maneater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFOracle Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 I would die for Daryl Hall's voice. I think he had one of the male vocal instruments in the business. I understand he had an ego to match it. Oh well. Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong: James Bryce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 [quote]Originally posted by coyote: [b]I believe the oxymoron you are looking for is "blue-eyed soul" ;) and truth be told, they were pretty damn good at it. [quote]Originally posted by whitefang: [b]Hall and Oates? Weren't they purveyors of one of my favorite oxymorons, "Philly Soul?" Whitefang[/b][/quote][/b][/quote]That'll work, too. But I'm referring to that bland, sugary, bubble-gum sounding "funk" played even by black groups coming out of Philadelphia at the time. Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super 8 Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 [quote]Originally posted by gratte: [b]There's a tune on H2O, "Family Man"... super dope song. "Adult Education" was another cool minor one. [/b][/quote] [quote]Originally posted by Dylan W: [b]The drum and synth bass into to "I can't go for that" has to be the cheesiest drum sound in the world, but I love it [/b][/quote]"Method of Modern Love" "Sara Smile" and others... Yeah, they just go down so well -They feel good to listen to. Like alot of Todd Rundgren's stuff. Nice groove, great sound, cool progressions. Like it or not, they don't write 'em like that anymore -and I wish they did! Super 8 Hear my stuff here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jotown Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 [quote]Originally posted by CMDN: [b]Two words: Abandoned Luncheonette Booyah.[/b][/quote]Oh yea. From there to the album with Sarah Smile on it. That was the very best shit, they get a mulligan for the War Babies album. (WTFWTT) It did start to get cheesy and poppy towards the end of the 70's. But they were still at the top of the cheesy pop mountain. Jotown:) "It's all good: Except when it's Great" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XNU8D Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 [quote]Originally posted by Jotown: [b] [quote]Originally posted by CMDN: [b]Two words: Abandoned Luncheonette Booyah.[/b][/quote]Oh yea. From there to the album with Sarah Smile on it. That was the very best shit, they get a mulligan for the War Babies album. (WTFWTT) It did start to get cheesy and poppy towards the end of the 70's. But they were still at the top of the cheesy pop mountain.[/b][/quote]I really like most of the War Babies album, granted its a little more rock than soul. I just think Todd Rundgren had quite a influence on them as producer on this outing. You can here Todd all over it. Who keeps moving my chair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jotown Posted November 9, 2002 Share Posted November 9, 2002 That is actually what I didn't like about it. I love Todd Rungrens work as artist or producer, but that record sound more like a Todd record, not a Hall and Oates record. And the Glam Rock cover did not work for them one bit. Daryl Hall in drag is a pretty scary sight. Jotown:) "It's all good: Except when it's Great" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-money Posted November 9, 2002 Share Posted November 9, 2002 I saw them years back, a local Philadelphia DJ, John DeBella, had his own TV show for about a week, and a buddy of mine won tickets to the taping. Hall and Oates were the musical guest. They had a new album out at the time, Change of Season, with a minor hit "So Close" that they played. It was the 2 of them and 2 band members playing accoustic guitars, and it sounded good. They came out again later and did "She's Gone" on accoustic guitars, and I was blown away. Some other classics that I love, "Fall in Philadelphia", "Say it Isn't So", "Wait for Me" I read that Hall used to do background vocal session work for another of my favorite bands, the Stylistics. "Politics are like sports, where all the teams suck" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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