Even during the ‘80s, when we were having all those hits… that was the last thing on our mind. Rather than being just a collection of songs we got out of our system, these were all songs written during a one-year period, and it was recorded with a very distinct, clear purpose and point of view.Ĭharacterize the band’s approach to writing. So even though Whole Oats was technically our first record, our first real record was Abandoned Luncheonette. So then the goal was, now let’s make a real record. All we cared about was getting a record contract and going on tour-and we did that. But once we did an album and we had Arif Mardin on our side, and a contract with Atlantic Records and we were on tour… all of a sudden, we had a focus and a point of view.
It was sort of folky stuff that I’d done separately from him-stuff that he had written separately from me. The Whole Oats album was a collection of songs that Daryl and I had assembled over a three- or four-year period of time when we were just starting out. John Oates: There’s a very distinct reason for that.
What accounted for that dramatic creative shift? There was a telling jump in quality of writing from Whole Oats to that particular LP. I probably never had to write another song after that. Abandoned Luncheonette was a very successful album on a lot of levels it had some great songs on there, especially side one…”Abandoned Luncheonette” defines my whole philosophy of life in one song. More than 30 years since its release, Abandoned Luncheonette is championed as a career milestone.ĭaryl Hall: I consider that our first album, the first album we had really written to be recorded… as opposed to odds and ends we’d been trying to bang around in our Whole Oats act. Joining such luminaries as Brian Wilson, The Bee Gees, The Kinks’ Ray Davies, Paul Simon, James Brown, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Dolly Parton, Hall and Oates were recently inducted as BMI Icons for their incalculable contribution to popular music. Many of today’s contemporaries, ranging from Maroon 5 to Gym Class Heroes (Hall guests on the group’s forthcoming album) routinely cite the band for their prodigious influence.
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Taking a self-imposed break in the mid-‘80s, Hall and Oates reemerged stronger and more focused and-most importantly-still in full possession of their immense writing and artistic gifts. By taking complete control over their creative destiny, the Philly boys made the top of the charts their second home with such multi-platinum releases as Voices, Private Eyes, H20 and Big Bam Boom. Master musical alchemists, their legacy is unparalleled, numbering such jewels as “She’s Gone,” “Sara Smile,” “Rich Girl,” “It’s A Laugh,” “Wait For Me,” “Kiss On My List,” “You Make My Dreams Come True,” “Maneater,” “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do),” “One on One,” “Out of Touch,” “Say It Isn’t So” and “Do It For Love.” Scoring intermittent success throughout the ‘70s, it wasn’t until the ‘80s that their fortunes turned. Since meeting up in the late ‘60s in a freight elevator, scurrying away from a riot taking place at Philly’s Adelphi Ballroom during a “Battle of the Bands” show, Hall and Oates joined musical forces to create an extraordinary body of work which embraced a wide swath of musical styles and genres-including pop, r&b, rock, folk, prog, funk, power pop, avant-garde, gospel, new wave, doo-wop, reggae, country and jazz. Architects of consummately crafted rock and soul, Daryl Hall and John Oates are the best selling duo of all time.Īrchitects of consummately crafted rock and soul, Daryl Hall and John Oates are the best selling duo of all time.
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