My little sister was friends with one of Eric Bazilian's cousins -- we 
hailed from Connecticut.
As a consequence, we heard "Amore" before we heard "Nervous Night," and 
even back then (I was 15 at the time),
we knew that the tracks on "Amore" -- especially "Hanging on a 
Heartbeat" were superior to what was going on with
"Nervous Night."
I was especially flummoxed when I heard the reworking of "Fighting on 
the Same Side," that ended up on their
sophomore record "One Way Home." Totally wrecked it, in my opinion with 
the weird, civil war vibe they ended up with on
the re-recording. Seemed like everyone was trying to be an Old West 
sort of band in those days (86-87 -- the days of the utterly wretched
The Unforgiven, anyone remember them?).

I bought the Hooters entire recorded output "ZigZag" and the one after 
with "Heaven Laughs" on it (the title eludes me at the moment).
I read a piece in Philadelphia magazine last year that they've now 
resumed touring on a limited basis and are working on a new record.

And, as an addendum to my then-fixation on the band, I bought tickets 
to a Loverboy (!!) show in Hartford, Conn. in 1985, just so I could
see the Hooters open up. My buddy and I left after their set was over.


john micek
http://www.milkshakejones.com





On Feb 26, 2005, at 12:55 PM, Jeff wrote:

>> 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.
>
>
>
>