Hall and Oates

[Stella Tortoise]

What a great band, easy to ignore in the 80s but a few of their tracks have popped up on my playlist and I’ve really enjoyed them.

Took a look at YouTube and found Daryl’s House where he invites people to play with him and his band, again pretty cool stuff with Ceelo Green and Joe Walsh as stand outs.

Any love for them on here?

Any other bands that were seen as a bit shonky in the past which stand up to scrutiny today?

Edited by Stella Tortoise on Sunday 30th May 14:00

[Mark V GTD]

Lots of love here! I had the greatest hits CD for years - but more recently started to buy their albums. Wow, that was a very pleasant surprise as they are consistently great in their period of peak success - starting with X-static from 1979, through to 1980's huge success H2O and Big Bam Boom. I also really liked Abandoned Luncheonette - a quirky earlier album from 1973. Still got a few more to investigate :-)

[colin_p]

You are both 'out of touch'.

[rowley birkin]

colin_p said:

You are both 'out of touch'.

I can't go for that

[TwigtheWonderkid]

oooo, here she comes, look out boy, she'll chew you up! (fingers crossed)

Great band with many stand out tunes.

[Escort3500]

OP - thanks for the YT link; not seen it before.

For me, they were one of the very best ‘80’s bands in a decade that produced some really dire music.

[cherryowen]

There's a Darryl's House episode with Billy from ZZ Top which fvcking rocks

[10126 Torino]

Was it uncool to like them BITD ?

Dunno , I always liked their singles .

Private Eyes was covered by a female singer for the theme tune to a Canadian detective drama series recently , did a good

job of that too .

[pidsy]

Sara smile - absolute classic.

More recently covered by a big favourite of mine currently:

https://youtu.be/P5CLKFiS6s8

[Mr Tidy]

I always liked them back in the 80s.

[Mark V GTD]

Their finest moment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZgT8klXIaI

[franki68]

Mark V GTD said:

Their finest moment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZgT8klXIaI

'She's gone ' imo.

[Mark V GTD]

Thats a great one too - although I didn't mean the song per se - just the magical combination of the band at that time and Daryl's wonderful vocal (especially the impromptu bit at the end)..

[Zad]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

oooo, here she comes, look out boy, she'll chew you up! (fingers crossed)

Wooo-aa-ooo-aa-oh she's a fan heater!

[jet_noise]

franki68 said:

Mark V GTD said:

Their finest moment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZgT8klXIaI

'She's gone ' imo.

When the Morning Comes
They're all fine tunes, I also have some fondness for the Can't go for That danceathon.

[marcosgt]

Listenable, catchy tunes on the whole, but a bit FM radio for me.

M

[jet_noise]

marcosgt said:

Listenable, catchy tunes on the whole, but a bit FM radio for me.

M

Which is sometimes just what one needs. Bolthrower & drill get a bit wearing after a while

[marcosgt]

jet_noise said:

Which is sometimes just what one needs. Bolthrower & drill get a bit wearing after a while

Indeed - I bought two ABBA CDs recently!

M

[Stuart70]

All a bit yacht rock. Still, it takes all types...

[egor110]

marcosgt said:

jet_noise said:

Which is sometimes just what one needs. Bolthrower & drill get a bit wearing after a while

Indeed - I bought two ABBA CDs recently!

M

I'd love to hear boltthrower doing abba covers .