Hall & Oates Artist Spotlight

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.F .U. and Blatter. Hello and welcome to Geekcast

Radio. I am your host TFG1Mike and kicking off

the Artist Spotlight for the 80s here in the

Music Spotlight, the first episode of Geekcast

Radio for 2012 is one of my favorite all -time

80s duos, Hall & Oates. Yes, that's right folks,

I'm gonna be flying solo on this one. I guess

you could just call me Rodimus Solo. I have always

loved Hall & Oates. They... have been artists

that I can listen to at any time and in this

episode you're going to find out exactly why.

So we'll be back after this musical interlude.

Alright folks, kicking off the Hall and Oates

Artist Spotlight, I am going to read their background

from Wikipedia. This is the only part that I'm

going to actually read off of Wikipedia, but

I feel I have to read this to introduce everyone

who may not know who Hall and Oates are that

may be listening to this. Adelphi Ballroom in

Philadelphia in 1967. At that time they met,

each was heading his own musical group, Hall

with the Temtones and Oates with the Masters.

They were there for band competition when gunfire

rang out between two rival gangs, and in trying

to escape, they both ran into the same service

elevator. On further finding out that they were

interested in the same music, that both were

attending Philadelphia's Temple University, they

started hanging out together. on a regular basis

and eventually ended up sharing a number of apartments

in the city. One of the apartments they shared

had Hall & Oates on the mailbox which is what

they ended up using as the duo's name. It would

take them another two years to form a musical

duo and three years after that they signed to

Atlantic Records and released their debut album.

The two didn't seriously start working together

until 1970 after Oates got back from an extended

stay in Europe. Now obviously myself being born

in 1980, I knew nothing of the 1972 to 1980 years

of Holland Oates. I just figured they popped

up in the 80s. They became the big bang, big

bam boom. you know with the MTV music video breakout

and all that I had no idea at the time that they

had had that their career had started in 1972

I have always been a fan of these guys as a band

back in the 80s they were awesome not only as

a duo but all the band members that they worked

with that helped them create the music that they

created I believe the first album I ever heard

from them probably was the H2O album from 1982.

I had heard of Voices, the 1980 album, but I

don't think I remember. It wasn't until later

when the compilation album Rock and Soul Part

1 came out that I really knew songs from Voices.

I do remember Private Eyes, the 1981 album, but

H2O, the 1982 album, was really where I kind

of got hooked and by 1984 with Big Bang Big Bam

Boom I Was definitely hooked Big Bam Boom is

probably my favorite Hall & Oates record of all

time It just is Has solid solid songs on it all

of the you know I can listen to all of Hall &

Oates music and one of the reasons why I think

Big Bam Boom really resonates with me so much

is because my aunt Rose and I, we had several

things in common when I was a kid. Two of them

being that we both loved the Celtics and we both

loved Holland Oats and aunt Rose, back in the

day, she had a huge crush on Danny Ainge when

he was playing for the Celtics. Good old number

44. But at the same time she also loved Holland

Oats. remember that either they were going to

her and my uncle Patrick at the time when they

were married. Aunt Rose has since passed away

but when they were married I believe in 84 they

got to go see Hall and Oates live. I think I'm

remembering that right. Hopefully my cousin Heather

Pat and Rose's daughter will be able to correct

me on that but I think in 84 they were going

to see Hall and Oates live somewhere in Boston

and I so wanted to go to that that that is always

As a kid and even now that has always been my

dream is to see Hall and Oates in concert I love

listening to their music as far as the recorded

stuff. I love watching their live stuff on, like,

Live at the Troubadour, which Shout Factory put

out a couple years ago. I love watching them

live, but just to have that experience, I think

that's one thing throughout my entire life of

listening to music, that's the one thing that

kinda is missing for me. I've never seen them

live, and I would love to. But no, Big Bam Boom

was an awesome, awesome album. It's an album

that I can listen to over and over and over again.

I just absolutely loved it. H2O, Rock and Soul

Part 1, Private Eyes, they're all also very great

albums. It's actually funny. I'll have this actually

embedded in the... in in the post for this episode

but the behind the music remastered episode that

they did recently uh... come out of a couple

years ago uh... might live in a few years ago

actually at this point might have a two thousand

five i'm not exactly sure at this point time

because i'm not looking at the information uh...

but during that time you know holland oaks was

a band that just kind of faded away in the eighties

like they'd hit the peaks that they wanted to

hit and then nothing uh... come to find out uh...

according to the behind the music thing according

to darryl hall through that interview uh... he

said that you know they reached he felt that

they had reached what was their pinnacle of success

and after you reach the top there's only one

place to go which is down and he didn't want

to do that you want to go out on top so uh...

you know they they reunited a couple times uh...

in nineteen eighty six darrow put out i believe

his first solo album i have to actually look

at this because i want to make sure that i'm

correcting the information but uh... three hearts

in the happy ending machine was his for uh...

equal in eighty four equal run produced with

arthur baker the singles swept away for diana

ross which reached on number nineteen uh... on

the u .s. army and number three in the u .s.

dance club play uh... in eighty five he performed

two songs for the farm and concert in champaign

illinois uh... participated in we are the world

actually both hall and votes participated in

we are the world uh... u .s .a. for africa uh...

darryl was the one that had the uh... the lead

he was the one that had a vocal solo He also

made an album with Dave Stewart that year three

hearts in the happy ending machine He has recorded

such solo works as soul alone in 1993 and can't

stop dreaming in 1996 both of which were received

well internationally Now three hearts in the

happy ending machine that was the first solo

album I had heard from Darrell and It's very

funny. I believe in one of my elementary school

musicals or variety shows or whatever it was.

I don't know. I believe I tried to sing the song

Dreamtime from Three Hearts and the Happy Ending

Machine. I'm not sure. All I know is I have a

little piece of paper with the Dreamtime lyrics

on it. And I don't remember what the hell or

why the hell I've got it, but very, very awesome.

I don't know. It was the 80s people. I was a

very cheesy kid. I mean, you know, I got an autograph

and, you know, got a thumbs up picture with David

Hasselhoff for crap's sake. You know, after 1984,

Hall & Oates really didn't work together as far

as actual albums. Their next album after Big

Bam Boom was 1988's Oh Yeah and 1990's Change

of Season was the last album that they really

worked on for the next seven years. A lot of

people give Oh Yeah and Change of Season some

flack. By this point in time, by 88 and 90, I

thought Hall & Oates disappeared. I didn't know

what happened to them. So when I heard everything

your heart desires and downtown life and all

that stuff from the oh yeah album I was like

oh heck yeah Hall & Oates is back awesome and

then nothing for another two years now I know

nowadays most bands will put an album out every

two three or four years apart so but back then

I mean you know just look at the you know look

at their look at the Hall & Oates track record

from 1972 to 1990 Well, from 1972 to 1984, I

should say, they put out an album every year.

1972 had Whole Oats, their first album, 73 had

Abandoned Luncheonette, 74 had War Babies, 75

had Darryl Holland John Oats. 76 had bigger than

the both of us. 77 had beauty on the back street.

78 had along the red ledge. 79 had ecstatic.

80 was voices. 81 was private eyes. 82 was H2O.

84 was Big Bam Boom. So they put out an album

consecutively every year. That's unheard of today.

You don't have bands and artists doing that.

You know a band will put out a band or an artist

will put on an album saying 2011 They'll go on

tour for two years and then by 2013 or 2014 you'll

have a new album So these guys really hit the

ground running. I mean sure that they've had

their you know I'm not just here to praise them.

I know that they've had their failures but It's

a band that I absolutely love and I've always

loved their music You know, come to find out

that Daryl, who was with Sarah Allen at the time,

wrote that song, Sarah Smile, for her. They are

no longer together, which, you know, hey, that's

their personal choice. And that's the thing,

ladies and gentlemen. Back then in the 80s, with

me at least for music, I was like... interested

in Daryl Hall and John Oates, the stage performers,

the artists, the duo, the music, the songs. I

didn't care about who was married to who, or

who was having who's baby, or who's selling exotic

car collections, everything else. I didn't care

about that. I cared about the music. And for

me, it was just absolutely great, great music.

I'm not really sure what else I can say about

them, because I love these guys so much. Just

very, very awesome. Just the simple fact that

when Daryl and John got invited to do We Are

the World, I mean, that's encompassing a plethora

of 80's... 70s and 80s artists. I mean we are

the world USA for Africa as you'll find out in

a later episode here in the artist spotlight

part of the music spotlight that was the biggest

super group ever at that time and Two of my favorite

artists got got involved with that and that was

just awesome As I said before Big Bam Boom is

probably my favorite Hall & Oates together, you

know, as a duo album. I do love Maneater, I do

love Rich Girl, I do love Kiss on My List, I

do love all those other albums and songs that

I grew up with in the 80s, but for me, Big Bam

Boom is it. Now I'm gonna get into... We're gonna

take a quick break, we're gonna go to another

musical interlude, and I'm gonna get into each

of their solo careers. So, we'll be back. after

this Now I'm going to start with John Oates in

covering each of their solo careers. The reason

why I'm starting with John is because John...

I know Chuck Dog 1999 is going to say that Darryl

Hall held John Oates back, but I don't think

that was the case. I think the case was John

after the initial parting of ways with Darryl

led his own life did his own thing granted John

didn't have his first solo album in 2002 until

2002 but I mean he was just someone that faded

into real life you know it wasn't something where

the celebrity was so big that John Oates had

to be everywhere do I wish John had put out more

work other than the three albums, three solo

albums that he has, yes, I wish he would have.

But that's just not the case here. You know,

and, you know, as I said, Chuck Dog 1999 is gonna

say, oh, well, Hall held him back. John performed

as the lead vocal on many of Hall and Oates songs.

You know, at least 30 of them. Maybe a few more.

maybe a few less than that but i'm i'm looking

here on wikipedia and hollow songs featuring

john oats on lead vocal you know there's tons

of stuff from abandon two song three songs from

a man luncheon at one song from war babies one

song from darryl holland john oats two songs

from darryl holland john oats uh... two from

three from bigger on the both of us uh... three

from ecstatic uh... three from voices one from

private eyes 2 from H2O. You know, there's tons

of songs in the Hall & Oates discography that

he has sung the lead vocal on. So no, I don't

think Hall held him back in any way. Now John

by himself has released Feng Shui in 2002. He

released John Oates live at the historic Wheeler

Opera House DVD and bonus live CD in 2004 He

released 1 ,000 miles of life in 2008 and Mississippi

Mile in 2011 Now I have listened to 1 ,000 miles

of life and Mississippi Mile Mississippi Mile

is John Oates's tribute to Other bands type of

that, you know, it's basically an album of cover

songs But 1000 miles of life is is all his original

work apparently stuff happened in his real life

and he felt like singing about it and 1000 miles

of life is a Very very good album. I think my

only complaint with John Oates is singing is

not really his voice, but the fact that Half

of the songs that I've heard him sing on that

are not Hall and Oates songs that are just him

I can hear more of the backing vocalists than

I can him sometimes. It's not all of his songs

that do that, but just a lot of the ones that

I've heard, I've heard more of the harmonizing

backing vocals. So while John is an excellent,

excellent artist in his own right, and 1000 Miles

of Life is something that he had to write and

something that he feels very good about, I'm

sure, as he does all his work, I just don't think

that he is, for me, as memorable and as connected

as I am with Darrell Hall. But John Oates, in

his own right, is a very well established artist.

And I wish him nothing but the best. So we are

going to move on to this next musical interlude.

Alright folks, we're going to move on to Daryl

Hall and his solo projects. As I said before,

the first solo album I heard from Daryl was 1986's

Three Hearts and the Happy Ending Machine. One

of the songs on there that really touched me

was Somebody Like You. That song was written

in the memory of Jana Allen, Sarah Allen's sister,

who passed away from leukemia. And it's just

an amazing, amazing song. Daryl has had a very

extensive solo career. From, you know, even before,

even before Three Arts and the Heavy Eating Machine,

he also did Sacred Songs in 1980. Which was,

it was originally recorded in 1977. But Three

Hearts and the Happy Ending Machine is really

where I found him as a solo artist. You also

have Solo Alone and Can't Stop Dreaming. I don't

remember hearing any of the songs off of Solo

Alone or Can't Stop Dreaming. I think by that

time when those were being released, 1993 and

1996, I had moved on from 80s music. So I can't

really speak about those albums. And just at

the end of 2011, uh... it for the first time

in fourteen years there released his his uh...

fourth or fifth or whatever out you know how

many of them uh... had released his first solo

album in fourteen years with laughing down laughing

down crying uh... now something i do need to

talk about here is that while the middle of recording

this album Darryl's longtime friend and electric

guitarist musician bassist Tom T -bone walk had

passed away and by this point in 2011 2010 I

had found out that Darryl has his own web show

live at Darryl's house where he would bring musicians

in and they would just sit there and Jam out

and have a good time session Darryl is still

doing live from Darryl's house today It's actually

on TV now uh... with w g n uh... it uh... believe

it's on w g and it's on other markets as well

i love watching live from darrell's house because

i get to see him work still he has had john oats

on several episodes and it's very very awesome

to see how the hall and oats are the darryl hall

songs combine with a band like finger eleven

or an artist like rob thomas or you know to Todd

Rundgren or you know someone like that so it's

very very awesome seeing Darryl do a new episode

of live from Darryl's house once a month now

his new album laughing down crying is amazing

it's an amazing amazing listen from front to

back I absolutely love it Songs off it that I

absolutely love are the title track, Laughing

Down, Crying, Message To Ya, Eyes For You is

another good one, Problem For You is another

real good one. Darryl Hall has just, you know,

been there throughout my entire life and, well,

to this point anyway, and he's someone that I

can always listen to. everything that he puts

out so far i mean yes i kind of missed the boat

on soul alone and and can't stop dreaming i might

have to go back and check those albums out but

everything i've heard him do was live shows he

did an episode with the doodles lead singer johnny

resnick that was awesome uh... you know everything

i've heard on that and laughing down crying was

just awesome and i can't wait to hear what they're

all those next so I know this has kind of been

a really really short episode but I'm doing this

solo and I don't have anyone to play off of and

I have nothing but praise for Hall and Oates.

So I think we're going to take a quick commercial

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I'm breaking in here because I forgot something

during the discussion whereas I forgot to mention

the Darryl Hall and John Oates Behind the Music

collection wherein that's the first time I heard

Do It for Love which is their self to not self

-titled but that's the album Do It for Love is

the album title for 2003's Hall and Oates album

I loved this song the song was amazing the Behind

the Music Darrell Hall and John Oates collection

is a great collection. If you want a lot of their

number one hits, they've put out multiple, multiple

collections as well. Very, very awesome. In 2009,

they put out Do What You Want, Be What You Are,

the music of Hall and Oates. 74 track, 4 CD box

set featuring many live unreleased performances

and 3 songs recorded prior to when ho and oats

formed as a duo so that's another great uh...

greatest hits compilation collection album they

also went to live albums as well uh... again

i can't say enough good things about both darryl

holland john oats so now back to the show ladies

and gentlemen i am back and i'm gonna close this

out just by saying that hall and oaks is the

greatest selling duo of all time they are for

me they are the best musical duo that i know

of and i will always love their old stuff and

whatever new stuff that they both put out whether

it's together or individually again as i said

in the beginning of the show One of the reasons

why Hall and Oates has such a profound mark on

my heart is because of the connection with my

aunt Rose. And every time I hear a Hall and Oates

song, I always think of her and I always will.

So before I get too sappy and end up crying on

air because of these memories... holland oats

check them out check their cat there they're

back and i'll go check out john's uh... john

oaks is uh... one thousand miles of life it is

a very good album and make sure you check out

uh... darrell's uh... laughing down crying the

new album from him and darrell's live show that

he does once a month uh... new episode once a

month i believe it's every fifteenth of the month

i think is when he does those So yeah, check

out live from darylshouse .com. I hope you enjoyed

this solo episode of GeekCast Radio. I wish you'll

join us next time when Dion the Music Man will

be joining me in the special episode under the

artist spotlight when we talk about the King

of Pop, Michael Jackson. For now, I am TF2 and

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