I like a couple of U2 songs (Vertigo and Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For). The rest I can take or leave.
Same with Hall and Oats. I really like the first two on the list. But the rest, meh.
“I Can’t Go For That”
I heard that song playing in my head for Obama’s entire time at the White House.
John Oates’ son lived in the same dorm as my son a few years ago. It was only significant because my son is a big fan of old rock.
I’ve enjoyed occasionally watching some Youtube clips of “Daryl’s House” where Daryl Hall invites other big name musicians over to his house to play with his house band. What shines through is the mutual respect among these musicians and also the realization of the talent that goes much farther beyond what their chosen musical genre called for.
“She’s Gone” is magnificent. At least to me :) The long version; not the crap short version they play on the radio.
I saw them in Memphis around 1983. I remember that T-Bone Burnett played with the band that night. I also remember pot smoke wafting through the Mid-South Coloseum.
She’s Gone
Came out at the time my marriage was dissolving.
Family Man. Loved G. Smith’s guitar.
Meh. Generic early 80s rock with no particular innovation. Some are fairly catchy. I think my favorite Darryl Hall songs are without John Oates.
Trivia I’m sure you know, but most do not: They are not, nor have ever been, “Hall & Oates.” The only album cover that does not make their first names as prominent as their last names (out of a couple dozen!) doesn’t use any conjunction. It’s just “Darryl HALL John OATES”
Out of Touch (EP Version)
There, fixed it.
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Abandoned Luncheonette is a GREAT album.
I prefer my Daryl Hall without any Oates, he does his best work hanging out with Bob Fripp, though record companies don’t like it and he has a hard time getting it released.