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3 comments

1 Matt Blankman   ~  Jan 8, 2011 11:30 am

Nothin' against Hall & Oates, per se, but today is this man's birthday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPNkMt3qcdU

2 NoamSane   ~  Jan 8, 2011 3:26 pm

[1] Elvis was a hero to most, but...
I'll take Hall & Oates

*Just Kidding!!!!!!* (sort of)

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choice quote from the NY Mag article:

“It really was a kind of spiritual moment for me,” Oates says, laughing. “The mustache represented a me I no longer was. I shaved it off and never looked back.” The next day, he and Hall were waiting at the Tokyo airport for a flight back to the States when Miles Davis appeared. “He came up to me with those red eyes of his,” says Oates. “He got like three inches from my face and kinda drew his finger across his own upper lip, as if he was shaving, and he said to me [in a deep, raspy voice], ‘Now the lovin’s gonna be better.’ ” Oates pauses. “And then he went up to Daryl and said, ‘I used to tell my hairdresser, I want my hair to look just like Daryl’s.’ ”

3 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Jan 8, 2011 7:10 pm

[2] Yet more proof that Miles Davis was the coolest human being ever to grace our fine planet!

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