
I wasn't a huge fan Hall and Oates during the '70's and '80's. I liked 'em, and I recognized they were a cut above the average white Top 40 hitmakers. But, like a lot of people I was turned off by their ubiquity. I owned the 45 of "Rich Girl," and I loved the fact that they had written and originally recorded "She's Gone," one of my favorite soft disco hits (in Tavares' version). But in general I didn't pay much attention. Maybe it was Oates' mustache. I bought the Hall and Oates Anthology that came out last Fall, and [...]