# Does anyone remember the Hooters? (Band. Not restaurant. Or body part.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 13, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-hooters-band-not-restaurant-or-body-part/472620 "2008-11-13T23:27:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-hooters-band-not-restaurant-or-body-part/472620/41 "2008-11-14T17:26:42Z")
I grew up in Michigan and remember the Hooters. The last I heard them was in 1990 when they performed Pink Floyd’s song “Mother” with Sinead O’Connor during the The Wall Concert in Berlin (which also feature Tim Curry and Bryan Adams). It was really weird, but I thought their harmonies were a cool contrast in the chorus to O’Connor’s lead vocals. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-hooters-band-not-restaurant-or-body-part/472620/42 "2008-11-14T17:53:27Z")
Weird…I know all of the songs mentioned, but I had mentally attributed them to **The Fixx**. Clearly, the relational database attributes in my brain have been reassigned via too much beer over the years. ---
**Author:** ![Reloy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-hooters-band-not-restaurant-or-body-part/472620/43 "2008-11-14T18:29:15Z")
I loved the Hooters in (very rural) Wyoming, where we were still getting used to indoor plumbing, so they couldn’t have been that obscure. IIRC, there greatest claim to fame was writing Lauper’s “Time After Time”. ---
**Author:** ![ez2slip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@ez2slip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ez2slip)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-hooters-band-not-restaurant-or-body-part/472620/44 "2008-11-14T20:06:06Z")
I saw Cyndi Lauper and the Hooters at the Mann Music Center in Fairmount Park with my girlfriend in 1983 or so. Her first album ‘She’s So Unusual’ was out by then. The Hooters were the best part of the show. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-hooters-band-not-restaurant-or-body-part/472620/45 "2008-11-14T20:49:26Z")
New York State here, and I loved the Hooters. I’m surprised an 80s music lover wouldn’t remember them. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-hooters-band-not-restaurant-or-body-part/472620/46 "2008-11-14T20:53:58Z")
> [@ez2slip](#): > > I saw Cyndi Lauper and the Hooters at the Mann Music Center in Fairmount Park with my girlfriend in 1983 or so. Her first album ‘She’s So Unusual’ was out by then. The Hooters were the best part of the show. Weird- I was there that night with my girlfriend too. I think I saw you there! Were you that person, in that shirt, standing with all those people? And yes, the Hooters were the best part of the show. (_After_ the show was pretty good too, but that’s a different thread.) ---
**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-hooters-band-not-restaurant-or-body-part/472620/47 "2008-11-14T21:13:38Z")
South Jersey boy here. First concert I ever went to was the Hooters, free in Atlantic City at one of the casinos. I was about 13, so that would have been about 89. Also, my junior prom theme was “When We Danced”. Yes, it was cheesy. I still have “All you Zombies” on my Itunes though. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-hooters-band-not-restaurant-or-body-part/472620/48 "2008-11-14T22:01:14Z")
Yeah, I remember the Hooters (grad. H.S. 1985). They received some airplay in the St. Louis Metro; I have no idea of how “big” they were locally. Until I read this thread, I hadn’t thought about them for 20+ years. But the only song I knoew them by was “All You Zombies.” I rather like “And We Danced,” but never knew the artists. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-hooters-band-not-restaurant-or-body-part/472620/49 "2008-11-15T01:43:47Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > I enjoyed them on MTV and Los Angeles radio. Yes, I recall their MTV videos were good. ---
**Author:** ![mshar253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-hooters-band-not-restaurant-or-body-part/472620/50 "2008-11-15T02:08:57Z")
Just a note: WMMR (and Pierre Robert specifically) is hosting a Hooter’s concert the night before Thanksgiving, Goblaroo 2008. But that’s a Philly thing, so this information does not tell you how well known they are outside of the area. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-hooters-band-not-restaurant-or-body-part/472620/51 "2008-11-15T02:42:12Z")
_Nervous Night_ got quite a bit of airplay here in the Bay Area. I really liked that album, but lost track of them after that. The gig later this month should be a lot of fun for both them and the fans. Good on 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-hooters-band-not-restaurant-or-body-part/472620/52 "2008-11-15T02:43:24Z")
I figure I should add; back in the very early 90s, my dad and I went to the indie record store in town to try to find a Crowded House album for my mom, who had heard a song of theirs on the radio. They didn’t have any CDs in stock, but the guy working there suggested we get a Hooters album, which we did (as well as ordered a Crowded House CD). I think I’ve listened to that CD much more than mom has. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-hooters-band-not-restaurant-or-body-part/472620/53 "2008-11-15T06:47:17Z")
I went to see them in New York and New Haven. Smallish venues, but nobody I told I was going said “You’re going to see WHO?” The Outfield opened the New Haven show. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-hooters-band-not-restaurant-or-body-part/472620/54 "2008-11-27T18:41:38Z")
> [@mshar253](#): > > Just a note: WMMR (and Pierre Robert specifically) is hosting a Hooter’s concert the night before Thanksgiving, Goblaroo 2008. But that’s a Philly thing, so this information does not tell you how well known they are outside of the area. So, anybody go to the concert? I’d never heard any of their stuff after _Nervous Night_, but last weekend I was at a used record/CD place and found _Long Way Home_ on cassette. About 4 songs are going to make the cut for the Pod, and of those “Satellite” is the only one that’s up to the standard of _Nervous Night_. The energy level is way down overall for their second album. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-hooters-band-not-restaurant-or-body-part/472620/55 "2008-11-27T20:53:07Z")
Now I’m going to have to find _All You Zombies_. > [@Toxylon](#): > > I thought everyone knows Hooters, or at least their big hits, one of which is played by Christian groups everywhere to this day. I’m willing to bet that that wasn’t _Satellite_. 🙂 They were moderately-popular in Toronto. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-hooters-band-not-restaurant-or-body-part/472620.md?page=2)