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Kyle

Good morning! Good morning to you too, Kyle. How's your back? My back is much better! Thanks for asking! It's still extremely stiff- mostly in the morning when I first wake up. But it gets better throughout the day if I stay seated or standing. I'm trying to get up and just walk around every 15 min...

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At this point of the book, Oates gleans over in summary fashion their next three albums: Beauty on a Back Street, Along the Red Ledge and X-Static. He doesn't talk about the recording process at all for these albums, and the only comment of note was that it was during this time that they decided the...

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Good morning!

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I apologize for the delay. My back went out on Saturday morning and I was unable to stand or sit without excruciating pain until yesterday. BUT I'M BACK! See what I did there? He gave surprising little information about recording the Silver Album, but has a great story about how they made the Glam c...

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I have no memory of this song, even after listening to it.

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It’s all right.

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Streak broken.

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Phoebe wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 3:31 pm
Kyle wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 6:46 am Peter Cetera had the best hair.
It's not something I would do but it's admittedly impressive!

Ha! I almost posted that!

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8. The Accused

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2. Suicide Squad

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Amy Grant had the best hair.

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Good morning!

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I edited the title in light of this new information.

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Phoebe wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:23 pm Okay but if you need your enthusiasm to be tempered just remember he was one of the many full adults at that time having sex with 15-year-old girls.

Eeeeew. I didn’t know that. Eew.

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Phoebe wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:29 pm It's not just that we needed the audiobook autobiography of John Oates; it's that we needed Kyle's recap of the same. It's better than reading the book.

I’ll take the complement, but I’m legitimately enjoying the book. It’s great!

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Mike wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 4:04 pmA goddam BOSS!

Yeah man. I’m floored. A fucking boss.

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Woof. That brings back some stuff.

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I mean, this, especially with the low-budget music video, is, in it's own way, perfect. I heard this in the grocery store three days ago, and I couldn't agree more. I know it was originally released by Tommy James and the Shondells (of Crimson and Clover fame... MIKE), but their performance is a li...

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FlameBlade wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:16 pm
poorpete wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:51 pm I'm an expresso sayer, and I pronounce the "s' in Illinois too. It's hard to change, but I'm trying, thank you for your patience
That's okay. I say Illinois in a manner very much like wargggggggggggggggggggggh, so...

I love you so much.

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So their third album for Atlantic was called War Babies, and it seems like he's not very proud of it. They wanted an edgier, more progressive rock sound, so they used this loose cannon producer (I can't remember his name) to experiment with them when they recorded it. I can tell he doesn't like it m...

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And why should they be ashamed? If it meant sacrificing the music it would be one thing, but they kept pushing out the catchy tunes. I like the BTS embraces this about themselves as well - if your goal is to bring joy and comfort to people through your music and you have a positive message of inclu...

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Watch this 1983 interview of David Bowie skewering Mark Goodman on MTV about the lack of black artists being played on the channel.

Seriously, watch it. David Bowie is so goddamn brilliant.

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Brilliant.

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I remember first hearing this album and U2 and realizing that I was listening to something different. This was the era of the rise in glam rock and hair band ballads, and U2 had a “authentic” feel to them that seemed really important to me as a teen. It’s somewhat ironic seeing as they would later c...

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Anyone except the people who share a toothbrush or never even got to the point of toothbrush relevance! 👻🦷🦷 So true. But seriously I think their songs do have this universal appeal and it's interesting that they put some intention behind it. One of the big changes in their music from the 70s to the...

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There’s no audio book for Stans choice, so that’s out on that basis. But it’s not really the theme I’m going for.

Entwhistle is a great idea. I’m throwing that into the choice pool.

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Tahlvin wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 5:33 pm I’ve used a white noise machine for years. Love it. Have a white noise app on my phone that I use when I travel any stay in hotels.

Smart. Pete- sorry. Didn’t mean to hijack the thread.

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School dance staple.

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Whole Oats ☠️😹 She's Gone is nice, yeahhhh! It's kind of hilarious that it's about a person he dated one time and failed to date the second time, when you assume it's some kind of big relationship thing, lol! So he talks a lot about this. They made a concerted effort to make their song lyrics, even...

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Yeah, but I’m not interested in the star right now. I’m fascinated with the person in the shadow of the star.

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I used to use Futurama to fall asleep to. I've seen them all so many times that it was relaxing to close my eyes and see the episode in my head and then be asleep within ten minutes. The problem is that I fall asleep with the tv on, and then I have to turn it off later in the night. The other proble...

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Love it. Love it. Love it.

Loved it then. Still love it.

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WANG CHUNG!

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Y'all cannot fathom how much Mike was obsessed with the Slippery When Wet album by Bon Jovi. I'm not doing a bit. He fucking loved it.

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I am really enjoying listening to Change of Seasons: A Memoir by John Oates. I think I'm going to try to find another autobiography of a "the other guy" musician. I'm open to suggestions. I'm thinking of Wham! George Michael and Me: A Memoir by Andrew Ridgeley But who else sounds interesti...

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So I don't want this to take an inordinate amount of time, but I've changed the way I'm listening to the book. The book didn't spend much time talking about the recording process for their first album, Whole Oats. But then it goes into great detail about recording their second album, Abandoned Lunch...

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How y'all?

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Good morning!

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1987 #3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc8wmLul3uw What a weird experience. The name and artist meant nothing to me. I had no recollection of the #3 song of 1987 AT ALL. Then I played it and as the intro started, I thought, "Oh yeah. I remember this." But I know I haven't thought about ...

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Phoebe wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:33 am Whoa! I did not imagine that the beginnings of Hall & Oates were so violent!

I know!

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When Oates returned from Europe is when he found that his old roomates had failed to pay rent and had been evicted. Having no place to live, he turned to his friend Daryl Hall (his name at the time was actually Daryl Hohl, but would change it later when they got famous). Daryl was living with his gi...

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I’m here!

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Take my Breath Away was also a staple of school dances.

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I'm with Phoebs- these new forums are great. Best yet.

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Yo. Intentionally blowing the levels is not cool. I listen through my hearing aids sometimes and it's actually painful.

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Mike wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 8:32 am The opposite of that last thing I said!

Hahaha! Truth!

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Re: Rapture - we can't really compare Debbie Harry rap to other people's rap. She's rapping as the singer of Blondie. That's how Debbie Harry raps. It might not be groundbreaking and good in the way other rappers were, but it's authentically her version of rap. Those other songs, I just think of th...

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Like wondering what the best quote unquote raps by otherwise non-hip-hop-based white artists, especially in the 80s. I'd give Madonna's "Vogue" props, it was great at the time and I hear it's echos in modern pop diva anthems. Though it gets a bit complicated as it's a list, and thus could...

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I don't like Steve Winwood or his easy-listening rock style. But that's a classic.

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Mike wrote: ↑Mon Mar 01, 2021 12:04 pm But One Night in Bangkok is genius, right?

The article didn't talk about that, but it's probably the worst rap of these three examples.

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