Band had 3 hits & OPENED Live Aid in 1985 then Gone--10 years on had comeback #1 | Professor Of Rock
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- This is such a cool 80s story. The band the Hooters formed in 1980. they released an album independently and then took some time off when two of their principal members were hand picked to work on the 1984 blockbuster album Cyndi Lauper’s She’s So Unusual including helping with Girls Just Wanna have Fun and co-write the 1984 #1 hit Time After Time. Then they were signed by Columbia Records and released the 1985 2 X platinum album Nervous Night that had 3 big hits including the classic 80s anthem And We Danced plus Day by Day. They opened live aid and were killing it in 85 and 86 and then they disappeared out of the limelight in the US only to hit it big in europe and come back in the 90s writing another monumental hit One of Us for Joan Osborne. In an exclusive interview, principle members Rob Hyman and Eric Bazilian tell the story next.
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It’s time for another edition of our show revelations where featured artists share rare stories behind their greatest songs and albums. Insight you won’t find anywhere else.
today we are talking to the 2 principle member of a band who’s name has been deeply misunderstood. 80s band the Hooters were actually named after an instrument they used a lot in their band… the melodica. Not owls and definitely not the slang used for… well ya know…
They had the name before the restaurant. Rob Hyman and Eric Bazilian formed the band in 1980 and released their first album independently. Then they were handpicked to help with the creation of Cyndia Lauper’s classic record She’s So Unusual… they played a similar role to what the band toto did on michael Jackson thriller.
They helped arrange her #2 hit Girls Just Wanna Have fun and Rob Hyman actually co-wrote time after time with Cyndi and actually sang on it as well. This gave the band momentum and they signed as a band to a Columbia records and released the double platinum album Nervous Night that had 3 top 40 hits, Where do the Children go that hit #38 and Day by Day that went to #18 and their signature song and today’s feature And We Danced .
With a classic MTV video this song touched a chord with 80s kids with it’s singalong chorus and anthemic music. The band opened Live aid in 85 much to the chagrin of founder Bob Geldoff which they’ll explain next and then after their success waned they remade themselves… and had a big comeback. Up next the 2 principles tell us the story. now as we go into this interview. I want to thank our sponsor Zenni. the glasses I always wear. Zenni really lives up to their slogan.
POLL: What is your pick for the best "grab you by the throat" anthem of the 80s?
We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
"Fight For Your Right" by the Beastie Boys
Unsure if it classifies as an anthem but my choice is Make It Real by the Scorpions.
Metal Health, Quite Riot
" Shout " by Tears for Fears , " Oh Jungleland " by Simple Minds and " Beds Are Burning " by Midnight Oil
My Favorite 80s band along with Big Country. Both are terribly under appreciated.
I saw Big Country on the Seer tour at the Tower theater...the Rainmakers opened the show...incredible. RIP Stuart Adamson. The Hooters are 80's icons.
"All You Zombies: and "Where Do the Children Go" definitely deserve their own videos. Just brilliant pieces of art.
Omg I almost forgot Where do the Children go, didn't patty Smyth have vocals on that as well?
Sorry Patty Smith, not Smyth
I’d love to hear the story on Zombies.
@@zerofail.455 Yes, she does. :)
Agree completely. I always refer to "All You Zombies" as a Sunday school class set to music
I was lucky enough to see them as a 7th grader in Pottsville Pa (Martz Hall) with The Outfield opening for them. Their music made a huge impact on my teenage soul. Incredible time to be growing up. Would not trade it for the world. Fast forward 30 years later and I got to see them again at the Steel Stacks in Bethlehem Pa as part of Yuengling Summer concert series. Fantastic refresh of my youth.
Boy....I loved watching the interview part. Man, those guys are just as passionate now as they ever were.. They look great, and really bring it. Thank you for that...
Nervous Night is such an awesome album! So underrated, one of my favorites
Yes.. solid all the way through
Absolutely all you zombies,day by day,and we danced were all over radio when it came out. Great album
Yes - great album
We Philly residents are very proud of the Hooters! They play the Keswick Theater in Glenside, PA every year and are still an amazing and fun live act after all this time!
I agree! I've loved The Hooters since their very early days and have seen them live in the Philly area many times. They always put on a great show. Every time I hear their music it makes me happy. I had the chance to meet the band a couple of times and they're really cool and down to earth. Thanks for this interview!
That’s great to hear!
Brings back so many memories! As a teen in the 80’s in Philly we had such great bands! Robert Hazzard,Hooters,Tommy Conwell, the A’s
Don't forget that Robert Hazard wrote Girls Just Want To Have Fun
I was lucky enough to see the band live in Pittsburgh opening for Loverboy.
Nervous Night was our soundtrack that year in college. My roommate and I had the "it room" where lots of people just hung out and listened to or played music.
I wore my Hooters shirt to classes the following day and the professor turned our Lit. class into "Hooters Appreciation Hour" so I explained to him what a hooter is and the band's "sound."
Everyone in the class had a ball taking time off the books and talking music in its place since The Hooters were seemingly appealing to everyone who'd heard them or heard of them or just loved the quirky name.
Ah, to be young...
Philly had it good!
@@Holden_McGroyn That's simply amazing! My very first listening experience was on the beach in Avalon, NJ.
Just saw them last night at an 80’s concert (Tommy Tutone, John Waite, The Hooters and Rick Springfield) they all rocked, but The Hooters had the place on its feet. Such an awesome memory, Thanks for what you do, love all the back stories you have. Rock on Professor!
I love their song All You Zombies - awesome lyrics !
It is a great little ditty!
It’s such a cool tune.
make sure you listen to the original All You Zombies on the album "Amore" it is so much better than the second version.
That was the song that got me into the band. It was the first CD I ever bought and all because I kept hearing "All You Zombies" on WXRT
@@jimmcmonagle2360 cool 😎 thanks ! - I’ll listen to it on TH-cam!
Great interview. My all time fav band who I am fortunate enough to still see perform live. Would really love more interviews on some of the other songs. This was fantastic. And We Danced still get me pumped to this day. ❤
When they appeared on Live Aid in 1985, it was broadcast in the Philippines, and I do recall that day. I'm transported back to the time when I was curled up on the wooden floor of our house every time I hear them today. I'm sure that the Great Casey Kasem told tales about them as they rose up the charts. Thank you, Professor!
And We Danced is a very underrated classic.
Love this song so much!
"All You Zombies" was my first introduction to this band. Still a great song to this day. Thanks for getting these guys together for a great interview.
That's still a favorite!
It is a great song, especially around Halloween time.
yeh local dj always plays that and oingo boingo dead mans party on halloween
All You Zombies was and still is my favorite song by them. I didn't really care for most of the album except for Zombies. I admit it's a good album but some of the songs just don't resonate with me. Day By Day and others I can listen to every so often but All You Zombies is the song I can listen to on a more regular basis. Great Mention.
Huge Hooters fan since She's So Unusual...and as for Zombies, makes sense that they are Jewish cuz the lyrics to Zombies are the Torah, Old Testament, word for word...plus it's pretty cool that my fave female singer, Sandra (the Voice of Enigma & the European Madonna in the 80s) covered it with her kids in 2007 on her album Art of Love & it was a hit in Poland & Germany, brilliant cover, I saw the Hooters reunited at NYC's BB Kings club (when they put out the awesome Time Stand Still CD), met them after the show, asked what they thought of Sandra's Zombies cover, and they didn't know about it!! And my fave is Satellite, from One Way Home...a brilliant satire on televangelists, which is just as relevant today with the MAGA cult, QAnon & wacked conspiracy theorists...the vidclip is just as hilarious and on point...great interview & episode Adam, one of my fave bands, oh they also used to be called Baby Grand at the end of the 70s & made 2 albums on Arista, both produced by Rick Chertoff, and at the end of the 90s, Eric produced & collaborated on the great, forgotten, overlooked & underrated Canadian artist Amanda Marshall, her 2nd album Tuesday's Child...amazing stuff...
She could dance all night and shake the paint off the wall.
Pure poetry!
I was born in 1975 so started watching music vids when I was about 10...and can honestly say this is the first time I've ever heard about this band - or any of their songs. One of the reasons I subscribe to this channel- learn about artists I know nothing about.
There was a spring and summer when The Hooters were inescapable. It was really fun.
You couldn't miss them on MTV in 85.
@@charliedulin I could. I live in Canada and have not see one minute of MTV. And, I do not recall them being on MuchMusic up here.
Thank you for that! How much I envy you! The Hooters were my absolute favorite. I wore out their cassettes! 😂. I would drive all over to see them, Philly, NJ, NY! Met them at a smaller club in Pittsburgh, nicest guys ever. Karla, Satellite and Washington’s day are my classics. Music that will forever take me back!
Been wondering when you would be covering this band. They are definitely one of my favorite 80s band. Their single All You Zombies got me intrigued and their following singles were greatly enjoyed. Great energy throughout the album. The song with the Patti Smyth collaboration is excellent 👌 too. Never were able to see too many artists in concert in my youth. They were one of the few. Very good in concert!
We loved The Hooters - 1985 was a Great Year!
Great to see these guys. Thanks for the opportunity to celebrate the songs again ✌️
My two favorite opening bands are The Hooters and The Outfield. They both were worth the cost of admission alone.
Great bands.
I LOVED this band! I wrote to Rob Hyman (I had met him back when they were Baby Grand, at Ward's Donut Shop in West Virginia! He actually remembered that, and sent me a wonderful Hooters Post Card reply, which I still have to this day. Mind you, he wrote it in 1985! Kind, down to Earth, and they never forgot who brought them to the dance! Eric Bazillian is SO incredibly intelligent, kind and patient. They will be favorites of mine FOREVER! ( We threw donut holes at them, and it was an all out battle!)
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They were my first rock concert in college. I saw them in the fall of 1985 at Bloomsburg University of PA, opening act was The Outfield. Awesome concert...although I wasn't in the front row by the end and couldn't hear for almost 3 days!
Loved their tour of colleges just before they were signed to a major label. Saw them at Widener U. along with Beru Revue.
@@nick_vee What ever happened to Beru Revue? Speaking of those days, my sister ran into Tommy Conwell (no young rumblers) at a bar in Avalon, NJ about eight or ten years back. But, Beru Revue, wow! Blast from the past!
I still listen to The Hooters 🤘
The Hooters are underrated, "And We Danced" is a great song ☺️ Thank you for sharing the story.
It really is! So motivating.
I enjoyed it a lot!
I loved the Hooters. They played at my middle school in like 1984 shortly before they got big. Saw them not long ago (2021) in Glenside, PA at the Keswick Theater. They still rock, and yeah the instrument shifts are really cool.
Love the Hooters! Used to see them locally all the time in the early 80's before they broke nationally. If you can find their independently released album (Amore), get it.
There’s a copy in my moms basement in upper Darby😂
The (original) Cabaret in West Chester!!
I was a huge fan when they first came out - had both albums. They played the high school prom in Pennsylvania of a girl I knew in college, how cool would that have been?!? Glad to see they are still making music and writing hits for others.
Quintessential 80s tune with a ton of energy! Something magical about the mandolin coupled with a rock vibe. Rob and Eric are fun, likeable guys who deserve all the success they’ve had. Thanks for the scuttlebutt, Adam!
You're welcome Robster! Thanks for your support!
Well said
They ROCK!
I've been a fan of The Hooters since the very beginning, the 1st version of the band, when they were building their following playing the nightclubs in the Philadelphia area. They were one of only a handful of bands who could get away with playing their original songs, instead of playing 4 sets of Top 40 covers and packing EVERY place they played. I've always been proud of them and their success, they earned it. "From the town that rocked the nation, Philadelphia PA".
I saw them live at my middle school! They were huge in Philly :)
How cool!
I wish I experienced that, these legends come to my high school and put on a show.
I'm from Philly I've seen the Play Lies they are amazing I saw him play not that long ago and they are still every bit as amazing through one of the best concerts ever.
They are still absolutely amazing alive if they come to your town through see them you'll be happy you did
Nervous Night is a great album. I bought the record when it came out and then bought it on CD so I could put the songs on my iPod. And I always liked that you could hear a hint of The Hooters' sound in the songs on She's So Unusual, another fine album.
Rock on!
Part of what made Cyndi’s debut magical.
Saw them in 1990 when the played on the Art Museum steps on July 4th as the fireworks started. There were like a million people on the Ben Franklin parkway that day.
Got to meet Rob later in the 90s when he helped my friends band with a song.
Rob Hyman's vocal in "Time After Time" is so integral to the song that it can actually be thought of as a duet. He'd definitely get a feat. today. If you're going to pick an album from the 80s to be on that is a great one.
He got a credit for singing backup on the song, right?
I always thought that was Cory Hart & remember some DJ saying it was too.
I absolutely LOVE the Hooters. Glad to see this video!!
We were so happy for these guys when they became national. They used to play in Newark, DE in the early 80s when we were students at U of Delaware. Stone Balloon, anybody? Their album "Amore" is still a great listen, with earlier versions of All You Zombies, Fightin on the Same Side, Blood from a Stone, et al. Always seemed like talented, good dudes.
They were great!
Today is my Birthday! I turn 62. That means I enjoyed The Beatles as a kid, passed the 70s rock and disco as a teenager, loved the awesome 80s with the new wave and heavy Metal while in College and getting married, and the 90's grunge and Boys band era having kids and working... then the 2000s came and the music died =(
Remember a middle school ski club trip heading up to the mountain on the bus someone brought a boom box and we all sang this like 5x at the top of our lungs! This and Bryan Adams “Heaven” we’re the only ones we rewound Thanks for the memory.
Fun group.
Love the fact the these guys still play the famous Keswick Theater outside Philly. We always get our money’s worth when they gather the fans together.
My fun Hooters story. I took the Amore album to Ireland with me back in the early 80s and traded it with my buddy for a copy of “The Unforgettable Fire.”
I felt my Hooters matched U2 song for song. It a Philly thing!
Graveyard Waltz my fave song ever. I was so lucky to have seen them in Manchester UK 88 i think...epic ❤
The Hooters was my favorite band in high school. I lived in the South, and saw them 3 times-first time at the Fabulous Fox in Atlanta. One Way Home and Bangin’ by The Outfield, both sophomore efforts, were the soundtrack to my senior year. Each Hooters song has special meaning to me, and I can’t say that for many bands. Last saw them in spring 1990 on the Zig Zag tour. Fantastic band, and I’m so glad they’re still touring and relevant.
I didn't realize these guys were behind Cyndi Lauper's smash album She's So Unusual. But there is more. The 1987 solo debut for Patty Smyth was basically her with the Hooters backing her. The single Never Enough is distinctly a Hooters song with the killer Patty Smyth vocals. The classic Downtown Train on that album precedes Rod Stewart's hit.
Tom Waits did the original Downtown Train, I believe.
Actually, a piece of random trivia- Patty Smyth's "Never Enough" was a slightly rewritten song from one of Rob and Eric's earlier bands, Baby Grand!! Also titled "Never Enough," it's the lead-off track on BG's self-titled album from around '77, and they basically revived it for Smyth 10 years later. You can hear the similarities between the two "Never Enough"s, particularly the choruses!
Saw them three times. Some of the best memories of the 80s.
Thanks guys!
Got to see them this weekend in Indianapolis on the same bill as Tommy Tutone, Paul Young and Rick Springfield. 38 years' wait. 100% worth it! Smiling and crying uncontrollably for the entirety of their set.
I saw that I Want My 80s tour as well in Detroit (I am originally fro mPhilly.) It was such an amazing night except it was rain or shine and guess what it did? And, yup... it was outdoors with just some crappy overhang. Eh, the pics and videos turned out great and I still had a blast but the car ride home (three hours) wasn't fun so we stopped and got a hotel. I'm surprosed how reasonable tickets were.
@@JenniferMiller-r8v There were tornado watches all around Indianapolis and we got rained on a few times (once during the "Noah" verse of "All You Zombies" which was perfect to my mind). Listened to Rick's last two songs on my way back to the car park as the three guys down the aisle were on their eighth beer run and I'd had enough. I saw The Hooters and that was what I came for. As their bus broke down on the way to the show, I was thankful it went off. Don't think I or the band could go another 38 years, but I'd still make the attempt.
The Hooters were part of my life, came out my senior year of high school. I couldn't get enough. I love that entire album. I wish they made it bigger in the States. So so awesome 😎. They are unique.
I agree. Thanks Mark, always great to see you on here!
@@ProfessorofRock Thanks Professor.
I love their music.
A friend who was from Philadelphia was able to get us backstage passes when The Hooters opened for Loverboy in the 80s. The band very nice, and talked with and tolerated our small group of drunken college students very politely.
I’ve been following them since 1983 with Amore. 40 years later…
This brings such a smile to my face! I still remember exactly where I was when I heard And We Danced for the first time, and then The Hooters were one of my first live shows, right up the street from my house! My friends and I walked over and then danced back home. I still feel 14 every time I hear it.
Great stuff as always…. Sincerely mean this, PoR is the GoAT of 80’s music, memorabilia, and culture. Thank you.
And We Danced is one of my all time favorite songs. I can listen to it several times in a row. I was lucky enough to have seen them live in the 90s. It was a small venue. When they played this song, I nearly lost my mind. I was dancing my butt off in front of the stage. Eric was very tickled by the whole thing. 😂 Thanks guys.
Thank you for this interview. 💜
Thank you!!!!!!
Requested Hooters video 8mo ago sorry it took me so long to see you made it.
Awesome love the Hooters
Fell in love with that and Zombies but was in Clash Clan and could tell I just could not let on about it. I hid the cassette in a special pouch of my backpack and enjoyed it privately. They really are one of the best live bands I've ever seen because you can tell they care about the experience they help create and I've seen many bands give off the vibe that we should be thankful they let us breathe the same air for a few hours. The Hooters all seem like warm and friendly guys at their core and it shines through.
I get goosebumps everytime i hear a great song i havn't heard in a long time !
I know that feeling, brother.
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My sister and I would go see The Hooters at a venue called The Ripley in my beloved hometown of Philadelphia. Great live band and I’ve been a fan ever since! Great to see that they’re still out there and doing the damn thing! Rock on forever guys!
So many great songs came out in 85. Thanks for bringing me back some wonderful memories of my youth.
Didn’t Status Quo open Live Aid?
That’s what I remember.
There were multiple venues. They opened in Philadelphia
The Live Aid concert started in London and literally continued in Philly. Status Quo opened Live Aid!
Hooters opened in Philly...
@@celticc9580 Except Live Aid “opened” at Wembley in London.
"Nervous Night" was the first cassette I ever wore out from overplaying. Soundtrack of 1985 for sure!
Proud to have been a HighSchool Senior, when Live Aid happened. I was glued to MTV. I sure miss that time.
Thanks a lot for this great interview. I got to know and love the Hooters' music as a teen in the early 90s in Germany by radio. Now almost 8 years ago I found out they are regularly touring over here and I try to see them once a year. Amazing concerts, so much energy and fun!
One of my favorite concerts was The Hooters and Loverboy in the spring of 86
Heard them first when I was stationed in the USCG up in SW Harbor Maine. Wonderful memories.
Day by Day was one of my favs. I thinks it just has so much power.
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I found The Hooters or maybe The Hooters found me outside Philly in 1985 when I was a mere 14. And, as luck would have it, I was going to Live Aid with the good seats too! That was the start of our relationship, which actually became sort of an obsession for my best friend and me. We use to cut school and wander random streets around my other friend's parent's hoagie and convenience shop because she use to work there part-time and saw them in there periodically. If my mother only knew! Then came the postcards... it was in the 80s, so remember no cell phones, or any techy stuff, so we used pen and paper. I swear if I had a nickel for every letter I wrote to each of the (at that time with the inclusion of Andy King - ex bass player,) I'd be rich. The best part is that they wrote back and personally answered my questions. Like my personal pen pals! I still have those to this day and I'm 51. Part of my, can I call it 'childhood?' The Hooters were a reason to get up each morning when there didn't seem to be any other or a topic to chat about when there seemed like it was a downer day. There was always something my friend(s) and I could find that was a useful tidbit or hot news to chat about. Everyone also had they're favorite too! I at the time favored David the drummer (and am FB friends with him today, along with Eric Bazilian.) My best friend's heart was broken to the core when Andy and the band separated and there was no clear explanation as to why and in your mid-teens you don't understand that at times the less that's said is more likely the higher road in some potentially sticky situations. All in all, after college in Philly, I moved to NYC, to LA, to NYC again and then LA again before settling down outside of Grand Rapids, MI. I fortunately got to swee them when I was home from Michigan for a high school reunion which I decided last minute to blow off and see their concert in Atlantic City instead - who knows when I would seee them live again, so there was actually no decision to make! Today it has been almost exactly since I have returned from Detroit (three driving ours from us,) where I got the privledge of seeing the I Want My 80s tour with Paul Young, Tommy Tutone, The Hooters, and Rick Springfield. It'sThe Hooters first time back in Michigan since either 1987 or 1990 I believe. I jumped on those tickets as soon as I could! The Hooters on a national tour.... who would have figured? Well, I think these are the type of guys that will always keep you on your toes. As they said, "43 years and still going strong!"
Holy crap! I always thought that opening with the mandolin was a harmonica! Learn something new everyday.
I still love and we danced. Takes me back to being young.
Another awesome interview Professor! I saw the Hooters live with some Navy buddies in downtown Hampton Va in 1985 for their 350th anniversary. It was amazing fun memory of my early 20’s.
Wow! Seeing those guys brings back a lot of memories. I saw them a bunch of times in Philly when they were doing their reggae based music. A group of us would drive down together from Northampton , PA. I would dance like a maniac. A friend, who had This n’ That records in Northampton, set up a gig for the Hooters at the Roxy Theater there.
I had a bit of a crush on Robbie’s girlfriend. We hung out and talked for awhile that night. Memories…………
I love music and can play, from playing, the Viola in my school's 5 piece orchestra/band LOL. Started in the 6th grade, all newbie to everything but a recorder lol!!! I would definitely need a refresher for my mind to remember a few things and muscle memory to find itself again to dust out the cobwebs and oil the joints for me not to sound like a screech owl!! lol!!
Said all that to say, I have never heard of nor seen that instrument before much less heard it, and if not just hearing, seeing it and now knowing it is played in this song, I would have continued to think it was a harmonica being played in the song!!!
I learn at least one new thing every day to the best of my ability and I've actually learned several things today, including this instrument and what it sounds like!!!
So, I tip my hat to the three of you for bringing me this new knowledge, and all of the best music!!!!!! Love and blessing to all!!!
POF, I was lucky enough to have been there for the start of this albulm. As a yound teen, my first concert was in Nashville, TN and I got to see The Hooters open for Loverboy: Thanks to my older brother. They were incredible!!! Great great memory. I still owe my brother for that amazing experience...
Another great interview Professor - what a fantastic pair. I was not familiar with the Hooters but am definitely going to check them out on YT.
I was 12 when I first heard The Hooters. They were (and still are!) like The Beatles to me. When they opened Live Aid, my family was leaving for vacation (like literally walking out the door!) and I begged my parents to just wait until The Hooters were done (I lost that argument) and pouted the entire way to where we were going.
I look forward to every Summer when I get to see my favorite guys (well, besides my husband, of course). This year alone, I will have seen them 4 times. I love them so much that I even have the albums from Eric and Rob's pre-Hooters days in their band Baby Grand!
Ah the melodica. This boomer was introduced to the melodica in elementary music class in the mid 60's. The most recent exposure was through Jon Batiste when he was the leader of the Late Show Band. Jon often played the melodica during the opening music and in the music segments when guests were coming on stage and when going to/from commercial breaks. Fun sound. Thanks for this episode honoring The Hooters. 🎸😎
Great job Adam, the hooters one of a kind band....
I remember this song and I LOVED it, but I totally missed the band. They never came onto my radar. Following this video, I did a deep dive, and it was BLISS!
Delightful interview. As usual love the 80’s music especially the carefree fearless music that is unique.
Nervous Night is one of my favourite albums, the year it came out it basically lived in my car's stereo, and to this day I still listen to it often.
All You Zombies is in my top 10 songs of all time. I would like to hear their story of how that song came to be and what they wanted the message of the song to be. As a young Christian at the time, it was inspiring me to get out of my low self confidence and not be ashamed to live for God.
Thanks Professor! I asked a month or two ago about interviewing The Hooters, one of my all time favorite bands, and you did it. I'm guessing you probably already had it done before I asked! Anyone who is a Hooters fan and doesn't know the song "25 Hours a Day" needs to check it out. hard to find now on CD but it's on TH-cam. Great song and an under appreciated gem in their catalog.
I love the Hooters! My favorite band of all time. Nervous Night was my first LP I ever bought!
Impressed with the Twin Tone Shirt. Great label from Minneapolis.
OMG - thanks so much for this episode! The Hooters were my favorite band from 1986-1992. Of course, I still love them even to this day, but those were my "obsession" years. :-) I don't think they ever get enough credit. Rob, Eric, and Rick Chertoff really transformed music and left a lasting legacy. This Fall, I am going to be able to see them live at Rick Springfield's show in Saratoga, CA. I'm super-excited!
Just saw the I Want My 80s tour and you'll love it! All four bands.
Great episode! I love The Hooters!
That's a feel good interview. I've been an Australian fan of The Hooters since 1985. I received the Nervous Night album as a present and personally bought their follow-up albums. I even bought their early indie LP Amore by mail order after writing to their official fan club in PA. I believe the band did a brief Oz promotional tour back in the day but don't recall them ever doing a concert tour here.
Before the world knew them Philadelphia radio was playing them. I remember them .
All You Zombies is a classic. And We Dance is a great fun tune.
One of my favorite 80s bands!
I remember these songs.
I was never really into the “80’s” music; however, there songs and others bring back memories of hanging out at Stringfellow Hawks, The Mayfair, The Esquire Club, and Tobacco Road. I thought nothing was better.
Very cool!
That’s great to hear.
I remember Pierre Robert making that announcement to come out to the Exton Drive in to be in a Hooter Video. Loved the Hooters and that Philly energy
I love that they could play the intro on the Mandolin and Hooter so easily. Sounded amazing!
Thank you for teaching me what a melodica is. I thought it was an accordion and a mandolin that opened up "And We Danced", before the drums and guitars kicked in.
I had forgotten all about these guys until I was at a state fair a few years back walking around and one of the rides was playing All You Zombies. I hadn't heard that song since I was kid(It came out when I was 9 yo) and instantly remembered them and added them to my play list. Funny how music will do that to your memory.
Aside from the 3 hits, from Nervous Night I really liked Hanging on a Heartbeat, Where do the Children Go and Don't Take My Car Out. Haven't listened to it in years. Thanks for the reminder. I am off to find it on Spotify!
In 1986 a very lovely girl, Penny, broke-up with me. I was devastated, so much that I couldn't eat and lost a lot of weight. Of course, putting that weight back on got easier as I got through the woes. Then, before my eyes I was 5'6" and 20 pounds overweight. It was the album Nervous Nights that got me back in shape. I played that and John Mellencamp's Lonesome Jubilee everyday as I ran in place in front of my mirror. Along with eating sensibly I dropped the weight and felt great again. But, it was playing 'and I danced' that I bounced around my bedroom and burned off the most calories. To this day, and I am now 60, that that song is on my play list when I go out for a run.
Hooters only opened live aid in the US - actually the band that opened proper was in the UK 🇬🇧 which was a Status Quo with Rocking All Over The World.
Great,Songs 80s!
Man the music business... talent and song quality-wise these guys should've had a big career! All You Zombies is a phenomenal song too!
This was a great video, almost forgot about these guys.