Jason is spot on re: Hall and Oates -- I don't think the production was 
unkind to ballads like "I Can't Go For That", but the up tempo stuff 
suffered.  But I think a lot of their '70s stuff has aged well, from the 
production stand point.  I'd love to hear some of the better singers on the 
pop scene (Liam Davis of Frisbie, any of the Splitsville guys, Robbie Rist) 
take on some of those songs.

Mike Bennett



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>From: DanAbnrml9@aol.com
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Tributes?
>Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 08:58:29 EST
>
>Awhile back there was discussion of what artists, if any, were deserving of
>one of the fantastic power-pop tributes that this community is known for.
>After much thought, I nominate the following three:
>
>The Cars
>Marshall Crenshaw
>Hall & Oates
>
>I absolutely love all three, and all three wrote some killer, absolutely
>classic pop tunes. The Cars in particular are more or less the root of all 
>my
>personal tastes--if you can trace the sound of a band back to them somehow,
>I'm probably going to like that band. Hall & Oates would simply benefit 
>from
>having their songs taken out of their marginally-dated '80s production; and
>pound for pound, I think Marshall Crenshaw has one of the most consistently
>well-written catalogs in "power pop". I find that years after hearing all 
>of
>his stuff it still sounds as catchy as that first time.... and that's a 
>rare
>feat.
>
>--Jason


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