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« Reply #25 on: February 17, 2006, 01:45:32 PM » |
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Electronic music? Hall & Oates? The same sentence? FODA OFF AND *IE!
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« Reply #26 on: February 17, 2006, 01:48:06 PM » |
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HAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Suicide stole everything from War Babies.
Frankie Teardrop versus the War Babies. FODA OFF AND *IE! Censoring "die" is probably the most hilarious thing I've ever seen. |
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« Reply #27 on: February 17, 2006, 01:50:49 PM » |
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FODA OFF AND *IE! Censoring "die" is probably the most hilarious thing I've ever seen. I did that for a reason. A mutual friend got banned for a similar comment. |
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« Reply #28 on: February 17, 2006, 01:54:10 PM » |
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Yeah, Maybelline can be a real asshole.
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« Reply #29 on: February 17, 2006, 01:54:47 PM » |
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Whatever you say, chief.
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« Reply #30 on: February 17, 2006, 01:58:44 PM » |
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Yeah, Maybelline can be a real asshole.
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« Reply #31 on: February 17, 2006, 02:22:10 PM » |
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"I'd pay the devil to replace her" is as good a line as anyone's written.
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« Reply #32 on: February 17, 2006, 02:23:17 PM » |
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You know, you're right.
It's like Robert Johnson.
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« Reply #33 on: February 17, 2006, 02:24:43 PM » |
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You know, you're right.
It's like Robert Johnson.
Exactly. I have a feeling this thread is going to go real serious. |
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« Reply #34 on: February 17, 2006, 02:25:40 PM » |
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Also -- a joke essay that gets props when it's presented as fake, and more when it's presented as a real-fake. This is too postmodern for me. Lets get deconstructive |
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« Reply #35 on: February 17, 2006, 02:26:28 PM » |
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I have a feeling this thread is going to go real serious. Sounds good! |
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« Reply #36 on: February 17, 2006, 02:26:36 PM » |
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By the way, between Hall and Oates...which one wrote the music and which wrote the lyrics? Or did they write together? Is their creative process documented anywhere?
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« Reply #37 on: February 17, 2006, 02:29:27 PM » |
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By the way, between Hall and Oates...which one wrote the music and which wrote the music? Or did they write together? Is their creative process documented anywhere?
Judging from some album credits, they wrote together and separately. I get the impression that Hall did more writing overall, but Oates has some tunes entirely to himself. I have Abandoned Luncheonette on now. "I'm Just a Kid" is like a lesser rewrite of "She's Gone," except they've got the balls to put them back-to-back, which makes both songs even better. |
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« Reply #38 on: February 17, 2006, 02:31:38 PM » |
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That's an amazing album.
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« Reply #39 on: February 17, 2006, 02:37:11 PM » |
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It has a great cover...She's Gone is good.
I've only heard the hits...I haven't gone through the albums. Whats a good place to start?
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« Reply #40 on: February 17, 2006, 02:39:38 PM » |
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It has a great cover...She's Gone is good.
I've only heard the hits...I haven't gone through the albums. Whats a good place to start?
Ian? I'm just starting myself. Luncheonette seems like a decent place though. I grew up with this stuff because of my parents, but I can't say I really know the albums. Nice avatar. |
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« Reply #41 on: February 17, 2006, 02:41:57 PM » |
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Luncheonette is a great place to start!
The album before that, Whole Oates is pretty folky and unrepresentative.
The template is Luncheonette.
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« Reply #42 on: February 18, 2006, 09:23:13 AM » |
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Hell, get "Ultimate Hall and Oates" or the "Essential" Hall and Oates. Same comp, different packaging. They are the last great singles band so I think a comp is perfectly fine. I really rank "Rock and Soul, Pt 1"-- one of the best "best ofs" ever but you get pretty much all of that on the 2 disc set. The live "Wait for Me" and the single mix of "She's Gone" though-- those are way superior to the LP versions included on "Ult/ Essential."
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« Reply #43 on: February 18, 2006, 09:58:08 AM » |
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There is far worse music you could listen to than Hall and Oates.
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« Reply #44 on: February 18, 2006, 10:05:32 AM » |
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actually War Babies produced by Todd is a very eclectic , weird, cool record and light years away from their 80's output. Care to elaborate, anyone? |
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« Reply #45 on: February 20, 2006, 09:14:51 AM » |
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there is a great review on this album at the TR connection ..here is the beginning of the review , i suggest bopping over there and reading the rest ...just do a search for War Babies.
produced by todd rundgren, hall and oates' third release followed on the steps
of the critically-acclaimed abandoned luncheonette album and took the group in
a different direction - a freewheeling quirky trip through pop sensibility,
sweet harmony, and tasteful arrangement.
the album has a flow that is not unlike that of many "concept albums" as the
streaming subconscious mind of todd was at full bloom. todd had just 'turned
his back on stardom' by shunning the pop expectations of his hugely-successful
double album Something/Anything? and heading in a psychedelic progressive rock
direction, releasing three of his own epics (A Wizard, A True Star, and Todd)
during this curve on his creative musical roadmap.
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