Lindhome seems to be doing a lot more acting lately. Maybe that’s keeping her busy.
I think Gilbert and Sullivan deliberately kept their social lives separate, to insure harmony, ha ha, in their work lives. Dunno about Rodgers and Hammerstein (or Hart). The Sherman Brothers, of Walt-era Disney, got along for about twenty years. Then something happened, I forget what, and they didn’t patch things up until shortly before one of them died. Prior to that, though, they gave a lot of credit to the advice someone gave them early on: “If you’re going to work together, don’t let your wives become friends.” And I don’t know how accurate the recent movie about Laurel and Hardy was, but according to that, they got along, but their wives couldn’t stand each other.
The suit is apparently over who gets to perform what songs in their live shows and whether Oates has to pay Hall for playing certain songs in his own band.
“I Can’t Go For That Or Within 50 Yards Of You (No Can Do)”
Daryl Hall is 77 years old. He’s at the end of his career and nearing the end of his life.
At such a point, your most important asset is your legacy. So why make yourself look so petty? How much additional money could he gain from a small share of the proceeds from a John Oates concert? Would it even pay the lawyers’ bills?
He had the self-awareness to try to keep the details of the lawsuit confidential but not enough self-awareness to just not file it?
So much for the generosity expressed in the title of an early Hall and Oates album: “Bigger than Both of Us.”
Is he the primary talent of the duo? His YouTube series Live From Daryl’s House is great.
I think it’s a common dynamic that develops when one member(s) of a duet, or group is quite talented, but the other member (s) is superstar-level talented, and friction occurs.
Examples include Garfunkel v. Simon, Martin v. Lewis, and Harrison v. Lennon & McCartney
He’d better leave him alone, he’s a family man and his bark is much worse than his bite.
Rodgers apparently found Hart, with his problem drinking and erratic work habits, exasperating. When Hart was unwilling or unable to work shortly before his death, Rodgers ended the partnership to work with the more reliable Hammerstein.
I can’t find the quote, but I recall reading a piece about Rodgers in The New Yorker where he stated about the end of his work with Hart, “You can’t imagine how wonderful it feels to have written this score and not have to search all over the globe for that drunken little fag.”
ETA: The Atlantic: Opting for Wit Over Sincerity - The Atlantic
Hall was the primary/lead vocalist on most of their hits (particularly in the '80s), and apparently was the more prolific songwriter of the duo. Oates typically sang harmony, as well as playing lead guitar.
G.E. Smith was the lead guitarist, for the most part. Oates was more of a back up singer, little guy who danced around in the background, rhythm guitarist when it didn’t really matter if he’s heard or not.
I don’t have a real high opinion of Oates’s contributions to that duo.
Wait, really?!
(Checks Google.)
Holy crap, I never knew that. I only knew him from running the Saturday Night Live Band. Damn, way to go G.E.!
The current Frito-Lay’s commercial featuring “You Make My Dreams Come True” makes me sad.
Right. For an example of a song with vocals from both of them, see “She’s Gone” or their version of “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling.”
And I was surpised to learn fairly recently that he was briefly married to Gilda Radner.
Martin vs Lewis? Which one of these is NOT superstar-level?
Lewis started out as the goofy comic relief to the handsome crooner. But the goof turned out to have talent in areas that Dino never dreamt of.
Both were superstars. Levitch worked harder, and exceeded early expectations.
This is the version I heard.
But he had that Moustache!
A real porn star special that was.