Two of my biggest music heroes have returned with new albums in the last couple of weeks and while it might seem unlikely to put these guys side-by-side, there are a few things beyond longevity and massive success that align them. For starters, there are still Bruce Springsteen fans smarting from Lionel Richie taking out the Album of…
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Elton John’s 65th Birthday – His Top 5 Songs
Elton John celebrated birthday number 65 yesterday so I thought I’d put up a list of my top five Elton songs ever, which considering the depth of that back catalogue could be tough. But then off the top of my head, I realised my absolute favourites have been pretty much set in stone for the last…
Bee Gees Offspring Spencer Gibb On Why Whitney Houston’s Detractors Are Sad, Cynical & Plain Wrong
Whitney Houston. The following entry I just found on Facebook and is written by Spencer Gibb*, son of Bee Gee Robin Gibb. He provides an insight and perspective into the life of Whitney Houston, her statistical links to the Bee Gees and why heartless comments regarding drug addiction are based on ignorance. I do not…
Whitney Houston’s Death – Why Are We So Quick To Judge? 2 Of Her Most Poignant Songs
Last night on Newstalk ZB we did a three hour tribute show to Whitney Houston who died yesterday, possibly drowning in her Beverly Hills hotel bath, aged just 48. On the programme we had comments from the likes of Simon Cowell, Tony Bennett, Gladys Knight, Smokey Robinson and Lionel Richie, who said he would speak to…
Beyonce’s Best Ever Song Never Even Made The Top 10
I’m well aware this song has been out for some time, so as a proviso, I’m stating that fact first so as to prove I’m not behind the eight-ball. Merely, I’ve just been biding my time. That said, who really cares. This song is the best thing Beyonce has ever released, even if it hasn’t…
Hall & Oates – New Zealand Concert Review & Final H&O Song Of The Day
Trying to explain a mission through the vines to get backstage, our coincidental following of what we thought was Hall & Oates’ van almost out to West Auckland, accidentally taking Icehouse lead singer Iva Davies chair so he and has wife had to share and John Oates pointing out that if you are signing your autograph to…
Hall & Oates Song Of The Day – John Oates In The Spotlight
Daryl Hall & John Oates. Song 6: Had I Known You Better Then There is no doubt that Hall is the star of Hall & Oates, but a check of songwriting credits and a dig into their back catalogue, not to mention a little Behind The Music-style research confirms just how vital Oates was to…
Hall & Oates’ Van Halen-Inspired Number One Smash
Continuing the countdown to this weekend’s New Zealand concerts, today’s Hall & Oates song is unabashed bombastic pop. In later years the duo said the production on their similarly bombastically-titled 1984 album Big Bam Boom was a little over the top, but the LP’s lead single Out Of Touch is all the more fun for it….
Hall & Oates Song Of The Day – The Original ‘Everytime You Go Away’
Today’s Hall & Oates song – Everytime You Go Away – is one of seven US number one hits they wrote, though the only one of those seven they didn’t perform. Originally an album track from their breakthrough commercial smash Voices in 1980, Paul Young covered the song in 1985, taking it all the way to…
The Hall & Oates Song That Paid My Rent When I Was Broke
Today’s Hall & Oates song is special to me because once upon a time I ended up making a bit of money from it. A friend of mine always told me that to really make it as a broadcaster (and probably as a man as well) I would have to risk everything I had, go…
Check Out Daryl Hall’s Hilari-Awesome Sunglasses On TOTP In 1977! Hall & Oates Song Of The Day, Day 2 – Countdown To Their NZ Concert
For day two in my Hall & Oates countdown before their Auckland concert on Sunday night, I’ve decided to go for the song Brandon Flowers from the Killers once described as “everything you need to know in writing a hit song.” Rich Girl is perfect pop: two and a half minutes of punchy, hooktastic ear-candy which…
Counting Down To Hall & Oates’ NZ Concert – When Daryl Hall & Pat Monahan Made ‘Wait For Me’ Even Better Than The Original
Summer has finally poked through in Auckland after threatening to do so since as far back as September. Just in time, because this coming weekend the duo who have had more hit songs and albums than any other in music history are playing A Day On The Green. Hall & Oates are in New Zealand…
