November 15, 2009
David Bowie Covers The Kinks “Waterloo Sunset”
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Buy “Reality”…niiice cover
Daryl Hall & John Oates “Do What You Want, Be What You Are”…Plus Check The New Episodes of “Live From Daryl’s House”
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We all know the Top 40, “Hit Making Machine” that Hall & Oates evolved into. You name it…”Maneater” to “Out of Touch”…they are all here in this excellent 4-disc box set “Do What You Want, Be What You Are”.
Now, the beauty of this box set comes in Disc 1 & 2 where they pull from the Atlantic Years and the early RCA albums. These discs are loaded with “Lost Classics”, “Should Have Been Hits”, and “Philly Soul” at it’s underrated best. They cherry pick from their early releases “Lilly (Are You Happy)” from “Whole Oats”…”Had I Known You Better” & “Abandonded Luncheonette” from the album of the same name…”It’s Uncanny” from “No Goodbyes” “You’re Much Too Soon” from the Todd Rundgren produced “War Babies”…”Camellia” and a new remix of “Gino (The Manager) originally from “Daryl Hall and John Oates”…”Crazy Eyes” from “Bigger Than The Both of Us”…”I Don’t Wanna Lose You” from “Along The Red Ledge”, and finally “The Woman Comes and Goes” from “X-Static”. These are the cuts that make this box set worthwhile. Plenty of songs that you may not be familiar with, but they will grab your attention when you give them a spin. They will become new favorites.
Disc 3 has all of the radio friendly stuff…this will be good starting point for the youngsters that are just discovering the duo…so we will move on. Disc 4 needs some of your attention. Some nuggets fo’ sure…”Missed Opportunity” & “Keep on Pushin’ Love” from “Ooh Yeah”, and a live version of “So Close” from “Change of Season” both tunes are right up there with their best. Oh yessss, and a live cover of Billy Paul’s “Me & Mrs. Jones”.
A fabulous compilation of “Hooks” & “Harmonies”…I highly reccomend “Do What You Want, Be What You Are”…it would make a fine gift indeed!
Click here to buy Daryl Hall & John Oates “Do What You Want, Be What You Are…plus you can listen to a sampling of the tunes on this box set as well.
Click here to check Daryl Hall’s web-show “Live From Daryl’s House” …On the 15th of every month Daryl premieres a 7 episode web show featuring a collaboration with some of his friends on cover songs and classic Hall and Oates tracks. Past episodes of Live from Daryl’s House have featured a mix of well-known performers like Smokey Robinson, The Doors’ Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek, Nick Lowe, K.T. Tunstall, Todd Rundgren, Gym Class Heroes’ Travis McCoy, Chicago rock band Plain White T’s and highly touted tunesmith Diane Birch and more! The latest epidsode will feature Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy…cool stuff.
I had to add this one because John Oates dances in the letter “O”…I still laugh when I see that part
Rolling Stones “Anybody Seen My Baby”…Plus Some Beatles, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart,
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Click here to go to AMDWHAH to check the Rolling Stones “Anybody Seen My Baby”, the Beatles “Lady Madonna”, Rod Stewart “Do You Think I’m Sexy”, Bob Dylan “One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)”…plus more.
Three From Motorhead Including… “Overkill”
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Brownsville Station “Smokin’ In The Boys Room”…Plus Some Mott The Hoople, Don Henley, Mountain, Thin Lizzy, and Traffic
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Click here to go to EITW to check Brownsville Station “Smokin’ In The Boys Room”, Mott The Hoople “One of The Boys”, Traffic “The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys”, Don Henley “Boys of Summer”, Thin Lizzy “The Boys Are Back In Town”, and Mountain “Boys In The Band”
Bruce Springsteen “The River Show (NYC 11-8-09)”
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Part 1: “Wrecking Ball”, “Introduction to The River”, “Ties That Bind”, “Sherry Darling”, “Jackson Cage”, “Two Hearts”, “Independence Day”, “Hungry Heart”, “Out In The Street”, “Cush on You”, “You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)”
Part 2: “I Wanna Marry You”, “The River”, “Point Blank”, “Cadillac Ranch”, “I’m a Rocker”, “Fade Away”, “Stolen Car”, “Ramrod”, “The Price You Pay”, “Drive All Night”, “Wreck on Highway”
Part3: “Waiting on a Sunny Day”, “Atlantic City”, “Badlands”, “Born to Run”, “Seven Nights to Rock”, “Sweet Soul Music”, “No Surrender”, “American Land”, “Dancing in The Dark”, “Can’t Help Falling In Love”, “Higher and Higher”
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