tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post6618773431107087416..comments2024-03-28T07:27:42.810-07:00Comments on Burning Wood: "Hall, Oates, Sammy": THE WEEKEND MIXUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-49839008745789407872015-05-11T03:06:19.517-07:002015-05-11T03:06:19.517-07:00Barring the "hits" I have only a casual ...Barring the "hits" I have only a casual acquaintance with the music of H&O but I do like this selection & the last tracks with Hagar work for me. Many thanks for the mix. Plus, for the word captcha thingy, I'm impressed I was able to tell pizza from ice cream to prove I'm not a robot. Today anyway... dogbreathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-49852565301205327382015-05-10T08:59:29.618-07:002015-05-10T08:59:29.618-07:00I've always loved War Babies and Daryl's S...I've always loved War Babies and Daryl's Sacred Songs. I've cautiously peeked into their catalog of late. I'm shocked how many fantastic album cuts they have. The irritating hits scared me away. Those are the weakest tracks on the records. <br /><br />Great idea for the mix, and a fine execution.hpunchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10477690722262677338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-90899638572030172722015-05-10T07:01:01.065-07:002015-05-10T07:01:01.065-07:00Any day started with "Bebop Drop"
is a d...Any day started with "Bebop Drop"<br />is a day in full motion. Like any artist, some good, some bad, but overall, H&O ain't leavin' my music collection anytime soon Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-56972275212672372612015-05-10T03:44:38.133-07:002015-05-10T03:44:38.133-07:00Mmmm. Looks like a great selection. looking forwar...Mmmm. Looks like a great selection. looking forward to it on the work commute this week.I would also argue that "Shes Gone", even though very early in the cannon, was a game changer. Interesting chord changes and documenting the minutiae of leaving... " toothbrush hanging in the stand" <br />and the sparsity of the arrangement before the bombastic stuff later on. Love the Live from Darryls house (some more than others obviously) Rumer and Sara Smile is worth another few views.<br />Keep up the commentary. It is appreciated. KodakGhostnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-53859996709010601882015-05-09T11:01:46.169-07:002015-05-09T11:01:46.169-07:00Don't understand the backlash against H&O ...Don't understand the backlash against H&O except that maybe all people know are those horrible videos. Sara Smile, August Day, Every Time You Go Away, all the other songs on you list are just a small example of the extraordinary output from these guys. The haters look a few crappy commercial hits with even worse videos and base their opinion on those things. It's like basing you opinion of the Beatles on "I Want to Hold Your Hand". They're so much more and so deserving of being in the RRHOF, even though that honor is getting more and more diluted with each passing year.cmealhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03201121023050701074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-73816086463993349712015-05-09T09:30:58.094-07:002015-05-09T09:30:58.094-07:00Nice mix, Nice to know I still run outside the ma...Nice mix, Nice to know I still run outside the mainstream.....<br />Best 2 H&O albums (IMO) would be "Livetime" and "Along the Red Ledge" which would be just before their 'commercial' success I suppose but I can still listen to both from first cut to the last. and I still make "August Day" the centrepiece of my 'Late Summer' Mixtape.<br /><br />Cheers Obey_GravityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-41997878288872439942015-05-08T16:09:17.604-07:002015-05-08T16:09:17.604-07:00Hall & Oates with Sammy Hagar is like a double...Hall & Oates with Sammy Hagar is like a double dare!<br /><br />Actually, one of the many things I owe Sal is my appreciation for their early work (H&O's, not Sammy's)...<br /><br />Another of those weird but glorious pop radio moments for me was hearing Prince's "Kiss," also Blondie's "Rapture." (first time I'd ever heard rap, or "rap"). Wish I was old enough to have stumbled on "Paperback Writer" on KFRC (my old San Francisco top 40 station).<br /><br />Bruce HAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-11581939887195611272015-05-08T14:49:18.340-07:002015-05-08T14:49:18.340-07:00this mix is fantastic. Salon be damned!
this mix is fantastic. Salon be damned! <br /><br />Chris Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13085796025551175453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-13299342745467674002015-05-08T10:35:32.328-07:002015-05-08T10:35:32.328-07:00I'm a Hall & Oates fan all the way... this...I'm a Hall & Oates fan all the way... this mix looks shweeet! Thanks.<br /><br />p.s. William, boy do I remember when "Heart Of Glass" came out - it really was a singular pop song, wasn't it? I've only had a few pop radio moments like that - where a song was a pop hit but so genuinely new and compelling in its oddness. Others included Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine" (still can't think of a cooler or more ODD top 10 pop hit. ever.) and Prince's "When Doves Cry" and Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit."A walk in the woodsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-72721552506228924032015-05-08T08:54:25.476-07:002015-05-08T08:54:25.476-07:00I read the Salon piece ... against my better judgm...I read the Salon piece ... against my better judgment. "Their music doesn't signify anything. There's no subtext, no worldview, no underlying melancholy or creative exuberance - no real connection to the world outside of the song itself."<br /><br />That pretty much sums up why I got out of paid rock criticism ... mediocre horse's asses like this spouting utter nonsense and thinking they just re-invented the wheel. I didn't even like Hall & Oates back then, but when I heard "Kiss on the List" on the radio ... man, "Heart of Glass" moment, I don't want to admit how much I love this silly pop song. ALL their early 80s stuff was like that.<br /><br />And earlier stuff like "Sara Smile" and "Rich Girl" were genuinely soulful. Sorry this dude didn't get the memo, but I suspect he didn't get the memo on a lot of other things, too.<br /><br />I think "You Make My Dreams" was the transitional song for them -- the popiest thing they'd done at that point, nearing the end of a decade, and pointing the direction them and a lot of other artists would be moving in. It's a hard thing for bands to bridge decades, and they certainly did from the 70's to the 80's -- that impresses me now, decades later. Much like U2 bridged the 80s/90s, or the Stones bridged the 60s/70s. That takes a lot more creativity and intelligence than most people will ever grasp. Particularly nudges like the guy in Salon clocking in with his wankery.William Repsherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16690181505790748431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-80136092107038441342015-05-08T08:18:11.225-07:002015-05-08T08:18:11.225-07:00Looking forward to hearing this. Was too up myself...Looking forward to hearing this. Was too up myself to appreciate them 1st time round, but have been impressed by DH on his show. eg he and Chuck Prophet did that "who put the bop..." song and made it sound GREAT. Unbelievable.<br />Thanks, Sal.tinpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01663716052049334270noreply@blogger.com