# The Hooters. Great band from the eighties. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 15, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532 "2014-09-15T03:55:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532/1 "2014-09-15T03:55:27Z")
[And We Danced](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB1Q-PfUvN0) Love this band, lots of great memories associated with this album. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532/2 "2014-09-15T04:02:48Z")
IMHO, one of the sexiest lyrics in Rock-n-roll; “The room was spinning as she whispered my name” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532/3 "2014-09-15T04:05:33Z")
I remember that song! I have a cassette mix tape with that on it somewhere. I don’t have a cassette player any more, but I still have the tape. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532/4 "2014-09-15T05:50:34Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > IMHO, one of the sexiest lyrics in Rock-n-roll; > > “The room was spinning as she whispered my name” And another lyric embodies, for me, what rock’n’roll is about, as an attitude, as a lifestyle, as a just plain expression of the joy of being young and wild: “She could dance all night and shake the paint off the wall.” Or maybe it’s just me with this romanticized picture in my head… ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532/5 "2014-09-15T06:51:29Z")
I didn’t think people outside the Philadelphia area knew who they were. “And We Danced” is awesome. “Day By Day” is great too. Beyond that, songs I thought were cool 30 years ago (“All You Zombies”, “Where Do The Children Go”, “Hanging on a Heartbeat”, etc.) don’t really hold up for me anymore. Still, two great songs that will hold up after decades is a lot more than plenty of bands ever achieve. And, really, “And We Danced” is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532/6 "2014-09-15T07:22:00Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > I didn’t think people outside the Philadelphia area knew who they were. They were pretty successful in the mid late 80’s with lots of radio and MTV airplay. I grew up in rural Alabama and I had their first album (cassette) and listened to it a lot when I was in high school. That album sold over 2 million copies and had 3 Top 40 hits. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532/7 "2014-09-15T07:45:50Z")
It’s all 1985 up in here now! ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532/8 "2014-09-15T11:02:10Z")
Bob Geldorf didn’t want them at Live Aid. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532/9 "2014-09-15T11:25:35Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > IMHO, one of the sexiest lyrics in Rock-n-roll; > > “The room was spinning as she whispered my name” While I agree, the sexier lyric, to me, was: “She’s walking my way…hear the music play as she says ‘Are we getting too close? Do we dare to get closer’?” ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532/10 "2014-09-15T11:44:40Z")
Weren’t they the musical foundation for Cyndi Lauper’s breakthrough, She’s So Unusual? ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532/11 "2014-09-15T12:38:37Z")
Ah yeah, The Hooters. Sorry but of the three mentioned so far, “All You Zombies” is still my favorite. _fires up iTunes and sips his coffee_ …all you zombies sitting’ in high places… ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532/12 "2014-09-15T12:41:09Z")
“And We Danced” is on my iPod. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532/13 "2014-09-15T12:41:19Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Weren’t they the musical foundation for Cyndi Lauper’s breakthrough, She’s So Unusual? Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman, the guitarist and keyboard players and main singers in The Hooters, played and sang on most tracks and had a prominent creative influence on the album. ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532/14 "2014-09-15T12:48:52Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Weren’t they the musical foundation for Cyndi Lauper’s breakthrough, She’s So Unusual? Definitely for “Time After Time”. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532/15 "2014-09-15T13:03:24Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > I didn’t think people outside the Philadelphia area knew who they were. > > “And We Danced” is awesome. “Day By Day” is great too. Beyond that, songs I thought were cool 30 years ago (“All You Zombies”, “Where Do The Children Go”, “Hanging on a Heartbeat”, etc.) don’t really hold up for me anymore. Those are all from “Nervous Night,” easily their most successful album; but I really like their later album “Zig Zag.” (It was one of my favorite record store discount bin finds, back when record stores had discount bins that were worth browsing.) ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532/16 "2014-09-15T13:04:09Z")
> [@Lobot](#): > > Definitely for “Time After Time”. I remember hearing a Hooters concert on the radio in the 80’s (I think it was on the King Biscuit Flour Hour) and they played “Time After Time”. I didn’t know it was one of their songs before that. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2014, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532/17 "2014-09-15T13:07:41Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Those are all from “Nervous Night,” easily their most successful album And by far their best. [Earlier Hooters tribute thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=492779&highlight=hooters) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532/18 "2014-09-15T13:25:48Z")
Can’t forget the substantial roles of Bazilian, Hyman, and Chertoff in Joan Osborne’s _Relish_ album, which has long been one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532/19 "2014-09-15T14:03:04Z")
Thanks for the reminder! I totally forgot about that song and that band. Will have to add it to my “One Hit Wonders of the Eighties” playlist. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532/20 "2014-09-15T14:22:27Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Thanks for the reminder! I totally forgot about that song and that band. Will have to add it to my “One Hit Wonders of the Eighties” playlist. “One-hit wonders” isn’t quite accurate: “Day By Day” hit #18 on Billboard’s Hot 100, “And We Danced” hit #21, and “All You Zombies” hit #58 (all were from the 1985 album “Nervous Night,” which was definitely their biggest). “Johnny B” (which I heard on the radio quite a lot, but it might have been the local college station) and “Satellite,” which were both from the 1987 album “One Way Home,” each hit #61. That same college station definitely played a lot from “Nervous Night” as well (I know, because I played a lot of Hooters music during my shows). So Casey Kasem would’ve played “Day By Day” and “And We Danced” on _American Top 40_, at least. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hooters-great-band-from-the-eighties/698532.md?page=2)