{"id":96,"date":"2014-06-22T06:19:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T10:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vinyldialogues.com\/VinylDialoguesBlog\/?p=96"},"modified":"2014-06-22T06:19:10","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T10:19:10","slug":"hall-oates-leave-them-wanting-more-at-the-borgata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vinyldialogues.com\/VinylDialoguesBlog\/hall-oates-leave-them-wanting-more-at-the-borgata\/","title":{"rendered":"Hall &#038; Oates leave them wanting more at the Borgata"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2VVx8J2dJbg?feature=player_embedded\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You know that old adage, \u201cAlways leave them wanting more?\u201d I\u2019m pretty sure that just about everyone in the sold-out Borgata ballroom in Atlantic City Friday night, June 20, 2014, would have been happy to sit there for a few more hours and listen to Hall &amp; Oates.<\/p>\n<p>The recently inducted Rock and Roll Hall of Famers performed a tight, 90-minute set, that included two encores, and certainly left me wanting more.<\/p>\n<p>The thing that strikes me about Daryl and John at this stage of their careers is that they genuinely seem to still be enjoying what they do. And, no breaking news here: they\u2019re very good at it.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, all the hits were there:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManeater\u201d &#8211; No. 1 from the \u201cH2O\u201d album (1982).<br \/>\n\u201cOut of Touch\u201d &#8211; No. 1 from \u201cBig Bam Boom\u201d (1984).<br \/>\n\u201cDo It For Love\u201d &#8211; No. 114 (and should have been higher) from \u201cDo It For Love\u201d (2002).<br \/>\n\u201cShe\u2019s Gone\u201d &#8211; No. 7 (Editorial comment: How can this not be a No. 1 song?) from \u201cAbandoned Luncheonette (1973).<br \/>\n\u201cSara Smile\u201d &#8211; No. 4 (Editorial comment: How can this not be a No. 1 song?) from \u201cDaryl Hall and John Oates\u201d (1976).<br \/>\n\u201cDo What You Want, Be What You Are\u201d &#8211; No. 39 from \u201cBigger Than Both of Us\u201d (1976).<br \/>\n\u201cI Can\u2019t Go For That (No Can Do)\u201d &#8211; No. 1 from \u201cPrivate Eyes\u201d (1981).<br \/>\n\u201cRich Girl\u201d &#8211; No. 1 from \u201cBigger Than Both of Us\u201d (1976).<br \/>\n\u201cYou Make My Dreams\u201d &#8211; No. 5 (Editorial comment: How can this not be a No. 1 song?) from \u201cVoices\u201d (1980).<br \/>\n\u201cKiss on My List\u201d &#8211; No. 1 from \u201cVoices\u201d (1980).<br \/>\n\u201cPrivate Eyes\u201d &#8211; No. 1 from \u201cPrivate Eyes\u201d (1981).<\/p>\n<p>But the highlight of any Hall &amp; Oates concert for me is anything they do from the \u201cAbandoned Luncheonette\u201d album. Friday night\u2019s performance of \u201cShe\u2019s Gone,\u201d a song they admit they\u2019ve played at every show for the past 40 years or so, was outstanding. As good as that song is on the record, it was simply chill-inducing to hear live at the Borgata.<\/p>\n<p>The other song from \u201cAbandoned Luncheonette\u201d in the set list was the Oates-penned \u201cLas Vegas Turnaround.\u201d It\u2019s become a favorite of mine because of the backstory that John tells about the genesis of the song, a story that\u2019s retold in the \u201cAbandoned Luncheonette\u201d chapter of \u201cThe Vinyl Dialogues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The song is kind of a prequel to another famous Hall &amp; Oates song that would be written by the duo and released in 1976, three years after \u201cLas Vegas Turnaround.\u201d If you\u2019ve read the book or know the story, don\u2019t give out any spoilers. If you don\u2019t know the story, pick up a copy of \u201cThe Vinyl Dialogues.\u201d I\u2019m biased, but it\u2019s the coolest story in a book full of cool stories about memorable albums of the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>So here\u2019s my idea to enhance the Hall &amp; Oates experience, and it\u2019s completely selfish from a fan\u2019s viewpoint: Make the first hour of a Hall &amp; Oates show the \u201cAll The Hits Hour.\u201d Add another hour to the show, and call it the \u201cDeep Album Cuts\u201d hour (I\u2019ll take \u201cWhen The Morning Comes\u201d and \u201cHad I Known You Better Then\u201d from \u201cAbandoned Luncheonette\u201d as well as \u201cCamellia\u201d from the 1975 \u201cDaryl Hall &amp; John Oates\u201d album.)<\/p>\n<p>Then after a couple of encores, bring three chairs on stage &#8211; one for Daryl, one for John and one for me &#8211; and I\u2019ll interview them. Then we\u2019ll all go for beer afterwards. All 5,000 of us. We\u2019ll let Todd Rundgren pick up the tab as payback for overproducing \u201cWar Babies\u201d and making it sound like a Todd Rundgren album.<\/p>\n<p>Just a thought. But that sure would eliminate the whole \u201cleave them wanting more\u201d thing, huh?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know that old adage, \u201cAlways leave them wanting more?\u201d I\u2019m pretty sure that just about everyone in the sold-out Borgata ballroom in Atlantic City Friday night, June 20, 2014, would have been happy to sit there for a few more hours and listen to Hall &amp; Oates. 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