Wednesday 4 October 2017

Hall and Oates (1975) Ennui on the Mountain - LOST 70s GEMS

A rip roaring, jet fuelled stomper of a rock song, while this bears a circular riff backed by saxophone, honky tonk piano and a fat electric guitar tone and some hard rock guitar strikes that Progressive Pop bands like 10cc, ELO and Queen used to really ram home the strong melodic sense of this song. Capturing the non stop party of touring and being at the top or the zenith of their careers as Hall wails soulfully and Oates pounds away at the furious guitar attack that recalls the stomp pf the Beatles' Oh Darling and other stunted bops from the 50s and of course the 50s retro of Glam Rocker T Rex and Sweet. Its fitting with the glam cover of this their self titled 'silver' album

Theres some meta references to their own career such as 'AM airplay', 'a cadillac' and 'a mountain in Montana' . These accoutrements would all be gained after this album; with Hall and his manager Tommy Mottola buying identical black and silver Seville Cadillacs with their first six figure paycheck after Sara Smile, not to mention their chart and radio dominance in the years to come and Halls' retreat in the woods that he used as the setting of the groundbreaking online series Darylls' House. All these things truly makin their dreams come true, ooh ooh hoo ooh..sorry


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