Posted on 11/23/2023 8:15:09 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Ultimately, I blame Joe Biden for these kinds of things happening. That, of course, means that I am blaming Barack Obama by extension.
I've been rather consistent with my blame assignment since January 2009.
Late '70s and early '80s pop chart fixtures Daryl Hall and John Oates will not be spending the holidays with each other. The two are having a bit of a spat and it's getting testy in a legal way.
Hall & Oates are embroiled in a confidential legal battle that has led to Daryl Hall getting a restraining order against his former music partner John Oates.
Little information about the lawsuit is publicly available, as the court documents are sealed, but based on court records, Hall filed an undisclosed complaint against Oates on Nov. 16, as well as a motion for a temporary restraining order, as reported by Philadelphia magazine. The following day, the court officially issued a temporary restraining order to begin Nov. 30.
The Nashville Chancery Court confirmed the existence of the lawsuit to Variety, but declined further comment because the lawsuit is sealed.
While I was never a big Hall & Oates fan, I didn't dislike the duo either. When I was in high school and radio was still a thing, they got a lot of airplay. At times it seemed as if "Rich Girl" was every third song on AM pop station playlists. It was as close to successful pop/rock elevator music as one could find.
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Hall then went on to diminish the collaborative aspect of Hall & Oates, using the duo’s 1980 No. 1 hit “Kiss on My List” as an example of their apparent creative separation. “I did all those [harmonies],” Hall said. “That’s all me.” Oates is not credited as a songwriter on “Kiss on My List,” but is listed as a co-produced with Hall.
This has all hallmarks of one of them has money problems, and the other is not sympathetic enough to his plight.
They can’t go for that.
Now we are finally getting to the real issues
This may be the most acrimonious split-up of a singing duo since Simon & Garfunkel.
Say It Isn’t So.
RE: This may be the most acrimonious split-up of a singing duo since Simon & Garfunkel.
Simon and Grafunkel had more than one reunion concert after their so-called acrimonious split. I saw their latest one at the Beacon Theater in 2009.
Lol!
The is a duo called Oates & Garfunkel.
“This has all hallmarks of one of them has money problems, and the other is not sympathetic enough to his plight.”
Lots of times that is the situation. In this case maybe not. They are both quite wealthy according to the Celebrity Net Worth site - Hall @$70m and Oates @$60m.
Hall has these “Live from Daryl’s House” sessions where all sorts of people show up at his home studio - Joe Walsh, Robert Fripp, etc. Quite interesting.
I prefer No Puedo Ir Por Eso (No Puedo). It has Latin vibes.
My sister had a boyfriend in a band in the ‘80s (Canyon). Their drummer was offered a try-out by Hall & Oates. He was declined because he “played too much”.
Yawn more egotistical musicians. Yawn. Shut up and sing.
Yep. The sideboys better stay in the background. No upstaging the stars with their supreme egos.
Interestingly, Paul Simon wrote the song but insisted Art Garfunkel sing the lead vocal on Bridge Over Troubled Water which was their biggest hit. Paul was probably a little put out by that. Garfunkel originally declined to sing lead but Simon insisted.
Daryl’s House is pretty good. I don’t know that Oats has anything worth watching.
Oates has been on Daryl’a House....and no doubt was there recently when things got contentious. Oates was always simply a vocalist, Hall a composer/musician.
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