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| From | "mkropp" <mkropp@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: more HOOTERS! |
| Date | Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:50:48 -0500 |
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Thanks for the tip Jeff - just ordered it. Best, Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff <Jeffrey@dol.net>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: more HOOTERS!
> > Ned wrote:
>
> anyhow... my point (and i do have one) is this: i just today discovered
> (and ordered me a copy of) "amore" on cd! anyone who is or was a
> hooters fan owes it to themselves to check out their "true" first album.
> it's much more upbeat and poppy than their pretentious major-label
> debut.
>
> here's the link: http://home.comcast.net/~thehooters/store.html
>
> can't wait til mine shows up in the mail!
>
> > Then Michael wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: more HOOTERS!
>
> and being from Phila, I remember a Hooters instrumental called "Man In
> The
> Street" that I thought was pretty cool.
>
> @@ Me:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Cliff Hillis's brother Roger (God bless 'im) picked up the Amore CD
> (1983, 2001, Antennae Records) for me three or four years ago and it's
> truly a classic. There are two bonus cuts on the disc: Man On The Street
> and a live (1986 at Giants Stadium) version of "Lucy In The Sky with
> Diamonds", sung by my friend (Hooter's "2nd" bassist") Andy King. I was
> a, uh, "friend of the band" back then (yeah, that's the ticket!), and we
> did have one hell of a good time. Miss Cyndi Lauper was around, Robert
> Hazard and the Heroes (Robert wrote Girls Just Want to Have Fun (with
> me)), Berue Review, The A's ... man, good times! Anyway, my point is:
> buy this CD folks! The Hooters really were a pop/ska band at the
> beginning, and a darn good one. Damn near everyone I know was
> disappointed with the subsequent Columbia records, though they did
> establish the band in Europe, where the were HUGE for more years than
> you'd even believe if I told you! <smile> Amazing run. Live Aid, etc.
> Eric "What If God Was One of Us" Bazilian has been writing great songs
> for as long as I've known of him, and Andy put out a solo record years
> ago that I also like very much.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Jeff T.
> Del.
>
>
>
>
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