> 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.