# Anyone like Hall and Oates? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-hall-and-oates/201139 "2003-09-12T04:36:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![darylhallfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@darylhallfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/darylhallfan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-hall-and-oates/201139/1 "2003-09-12T04:36:13Z")
What is your favorite song? Have you ever been to one of their concerts? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-hall-and-oates/201139/2 "2003-09-12T04:55:45Z")
_Sarah Smile_ yes, way back in the early 80s, right about when they started being kind of pop/dance-ish. I prefered their older stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-hall-and-oates/201139/3 "2003-09-12T05:23:23Z")
“She’s Gone”–the album cut, Nope, I still haven’t seen them live. But I did see their A&E _Live by Request_ concert earlier this year. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-hall-and-oates/201139/4 "2003-09-12T05:33:36Z")
_Maneater_ – I liked the saxophone playing in that one. _Private Eyes_ I liked a lot of their stuff back in the 80s. Never saw a live concert, no. ---
**Author:** ![superstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@superstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superstar)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-hall-and-oates/201139/5 "2003-09-12T07:25:40Z")
Maneater had a real affect on me. I had this crush on a girl, which I didn’t understand (as I was also a girl) and this song always reminds me of those times. It makes me feel risky, and a bit naughty, because I thought liking this girl was a bit naughty too. Sorry to answer your question before I go off into dream land. Yes I like them, not what you would call a fan though. ---
**Author:** ![MrSarcasticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@MrSarcasticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSarcasticus)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-hall-and-oates/201139/6 "2003-09-12T08:16:44Z")
I met one of his ex-groupies whom he knocked up when he did a show in MN. He paid the child support, but he never met his love child. ---
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-hall-and-oates/201139/7 "2003-09-12T09:40:39Z")
I like _Rich Girl_ a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-hall-and-oates/201139/8 "2003-09-12T09:57:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MrSarcasticus \* > \*\*I met one of his ex-groupies whom he knocked up when he did a show in MN. He paid the child support, but he never met his love child. \*\* Which one? And while we’re on the subject, here’s an anecdote about Hall. (Apologies if I already posted it in my H&O thread of last month.) I have this book about professional waitstaff sharing anecdotes. One of the celebrity anecdotes was about Hall being told that his plate was hot, touching it anyway, burning his finger, and leaving in a huff (also refusing to pay). Somehow, the chef was apprised of this and followed him out to his limo, tapped on the window with his knife and, when the window was lowered, growled, “Don’t you come back to my restaurant, you big baby.” LOL. (In answer to the question, yes, I like them. Mr. Rilch does not. I can really get under his nerves with that.) ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-hall-and-oates/201139/9 "2003-09-12T10:38:11Z")
i like: i cant go for that maneater family man Daryl Hall was John Oates’ bitch. you could see it in his eyes.his private eyes heh ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-hall-and-oates/201139/10 "2003-09-12T11:07:45Z")
I always thought they were a little cheesy, but I liked the video for their cover of Jingle Bell Rock, where Daryll Hall unloads the presents to find John Oates smiling behind them. Used to crack me up. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-hall-and-oates/201139/11 "2003-09-12T11:57:17Z")
Love Hall & Oates. I always liked Private Eyes, but my current favorite of theirs is Method of Modern Love. I always picture him drumming on the trash cans. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-hall-and-oates/201139/12 "2003-09-12T12:00:30Z")
They were gay before gay was cool. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-hall-and-oates/201139/13 "2003-09-12T12:08:14Z")
I Can’t Go for That. _No, no, No can do…_ Hall and Oates is number one on my list of “Songs that get stuck in your head after hearing just three notes and stay stuck there for days” list. Just about any song by them has that effect on me. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-hall-and-oates/201139/14 "2003-09-12T12:13:53Z")
I saw them twice; first in 1977, then again in 1980. I was a bit dubious the first time but they really performed. I was in the balcony and even there everyone was dancing - pretty unusual for the venue. The second time was almost as good… The live album from round about then captures them pretty well, I think. Not that I’ve played it for a decade. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-hall-and-oates/201139/15 "2003-09-12T12:40:13Z")
I saw them twice, too - but the last time I saw it ruined it for me. They were playing in Virginia Beach, and Marthha Quinn came out and told the audience they were filming for a video and we’ get to be in it if we stayed. Then they were to film some live footage. The band came out and put on their instruments, which weren’t plugged in, and lip-synched to whatever their hit was at that time (can’t remember which). We were nonplussed at the synching, but not concerned. Then they put down the instuments, went back offstage and out comes Martha again to tell us to reeeeeelly act excited, especially when the camera swoops down from the ceiling to the stage. So out they run, hi to the crowd and lip-synch the same song again. This went on _two more freakin’times_! We were livid - this took up an hour of time we paid to see H&O perform, and we were getting ripped off. After the fourth time, they finally came out and really gave a concert, but we were so soured by being put through that boring display ruined the show for us, and many many people, myself included, left early. Having said that, I still love their music, but that was a sucky thing to do to an audience. ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-hall-and-oates/201139/16 "2003-09-12T12:57:53Z")
I have never seen them perform in concert, just on TV or videos. I love: Private Eyes Method of Modern Love and others which escapes me now. I can never turn off the radio, when one of there songs comes on, I love the Harmony they have. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-hall-and-oates/201139/17 "2003-09-12T13:06:43Z")
I never cared for their image, but their melodies were always so infectious that it just doesn’t matter. Your Kiss Is On My List Maneater Private Eyes I Can’t Go For That Method of Modern Love They really had a feel for catchy tunes and lyrics. Probably underrated as the serious music crowd undoubtedly hates them. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-hall-and-oates/201139/18 "2003-09-12T13:08:00Z")
Two of my favorites are _Rich Girl_ and _Sara Smiles_. Time to pull out my old copy of _Rock 'n Soul Pt. I_. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-hall-and-oates/201139/19 "2003-09-12T14:55:06Z")
I love all their music but “Family Man” really struck a chord with me. I recently heard them play on the Plaza on The Early Show “Mission to Mars” (I think this is their new album) They played a few new songs and they were great. These two were just recently inducted into the Rock and Roll House of Soul. ---
**Author:** ![JeanLinen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@JeanLinen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeanLinen)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-hall-and-oates/201139/20 "2003-09-12T15:18:54Z")
Rich Girl (of course) Adult Education [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-hall-and-oates/201139.md?page=2)