Thanks for the tip Jeff - just ordered it. Best, Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff To: 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! 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. > > > >