The Swamp

Cee Lo And Mr. Hall.

That whole session is great.

May 10, Cleveland Public Hall.

BOOK IT. Time to see some Hall of Famers!

Sabo wrote:May 10, Cleveland Public Hall.

BOOK IT. Time to see some Hall of Famers!

I can't go for that (no can do)

The last time . . . they were, uh, booked into 10,000 seat arenas and 15,000 seat venues and it seems that now on their current tour they're being booked into 1,200 seat arenas, 1,500 seat arenas, and I was just wondering does this mean . . . the popularity of the group is waning?

Puppet Show
and
Haulin' Oates

(it's not a big college town, so I wouldn't worry)

Scottie wrote:The last time . . . they were, uh, booked into 10,000 seat arenas and 15,000 seat venues and it seems that now on their current tour they're being booked into 1,200 seat arenas, 1,500 seat arenas, and I was just wondering does this mean . . . the popularity of the group is waning?

No, just that their audience is dying.

BUMP

Man, I fucking despise Cee Lo Green.

Wow that rules.

Ryan wrote:Wow that rules.

They do great Dead covers, I know it's not Touch of Grey, so I shouldn't have mentioned it.

Rush2112 wrote:

Ryan wrote:Wow that rules.

They do great Dead covers, I know it's not Touch of Grey, so I shouldn't have mentioned it.

Oh SNAP! Somebody call the hospital because I think Ryan needs the burn unit, STAT!

Oh yeah, while I'm here, this happened a few years back...

Hey, it's those actors from the Yacht Rock videos!

Jerloma wrote:Oh yeah, while I'm here, this happened a few years back...

These pics are not easily forgotten.

Definitely making my dreams come true.

so, we're all just ignoring the corona bottle in the pic?

cerrano wrote:so, we're all just ignoring the corona bottle in the pic?

Nah. I just couldn't remember if I commented on it one of the first 20 times he posted those pics!

rass wrote:

cerrano wrote:so, we're all just ignoring the corona bottle in the pic?

Nah. I just couldn't remember if I commented on it one of the first 20 times he posted those pics!

oh, i must have missed the original posting.

cerrano wrote:so, we're all just ignoring the corona bottle in the pic?

That wig could double for your Barry Manilow costume.

Giff wrote:Definitely making my dreams come true.

Nah. He's out of time (he's out of touch.)

Discussion with John Oates on "She's Gone", via Grantland.

I was at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions when you were inducted and everyone was like, “This should have been done ages ago.” Is it as much of an honor as it seems?

No. It really isn’t. It’s OK, it’s great. Everyone mentions it, everyone wants to talk about it, that’s fantastic. But to be honest with you, it’s a really subjective group of people making decisions on music based on their particular point of view, and it doesn’t necessarily represent really what this giant incredibly expansive world of music is all about, by any means.

Nice intervew.

I'm not a Hall & Oates fan. I hated them in the mid 70s. They represented a lot of what was going wrong with music at the time.

But 'She's Gone' was a great pop song. I knew that from the first time I heard it. Everything about it was great, like some of the classic Motown songs -- writing, singing, playing, production. It's so rare when each of these elements comes together at the same time.

From my point of view, H & O went into a steep vertical decline after that. Too bad more women didn't dump John Oates.

rass (in the Live Music Thread wrote:Dropped pretty strong hints that I would go to this concert if tickets showed up Christmas morning.

My wife did get me tickets, though she waited until the show was pretty much sold out so she probably paid more than I would have liked, but I'm grateful!

However, she hates hates hates Hall and Oates (which I don't get exactly because she doesn't have an issue in general with 80's pop) and while she didn't seem exactly enthusiastic about the concert, I didn't realize the depths of her hatred until she gave up her seat the first chance she got. We were out to dinner with mr and mrs cerrano on NYE, and when H&O came on the radio in the bar, he mentioned that he had been listening to a lot of their early stuff lately. I mentioned I had gotten tickets for Christmas, and turned to my wife and made a joke about cerrano loving H&O and her hating them and she all but handed him her ticket right then and there.

So now my mom is coming up to watch the kids, but my wife will be home anyway and I'm heading into The City on Friday with cerrano. At least I know he'll let me get him drunk.

He'll let you do a lot more,'specially when he's drunk

For some reason, I thought he lived in Florida.

Anyhoo...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/arrest-made-oa ... d=17947753" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Jerloma wrote:For some reason, I thought he lived in Florida.

Anyhoo...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/arrest-made-oa ... d=17947753" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Ohio!

Jerloma wrote:For some reason, I thought he lived in Florida.

Anyhoo...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/arrest-made-oa ... d=17947753" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I was in Berlin, Ohio last week. It's a small town in Holmes County, which hosts the largest Amish community in the country. I think it's safe to say neither Hall nor Oates are Amish.

rass wrote:So now my mom is coming up to watch the kids, but my wife will be home anyway and I'm heading into The City on Friday with cerrano. At least I know he'll let me get him drunk.

OMG OMG OMG WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE SAME BUILDING!!!!!!!

Westminster KC
Stanley Cup champs
Hall & Oates
(at least) Three Swampers

Big week for the World's Most Famous Arena!

howard wrote:He'll let you do a lot more,'specially when he's drunk

like buy me more drinks. and butt stuff. but mostly more drinks.

So stupid.

http://www.theonion.com/v/6033

"Listen, if you guys want to stay late and record that, just ... go ahead. Whatever. I don't care."

So much goodness in here.
https://lifehacker.com/find-your-pollin ... 1830127458

(sorry jerloma)

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Feb 16, 2016 1:05 pm

rass wrote:So now my mom is coming up to watch the kids, but my wife will be home anyway and I'm heading into The City on Friday with cerrano. At least I know he'll let me get him drunk.

OMG OMG OMG WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE SAME BUILDING!!!!!!!

I fell asleep at this.

Apologies...

That's amazing.