bobistheowl said:
Thumper, Family Man was a top ten single for Hall and Oates in 1983. I copied and pasted the songwriting credits and lyrics from an online lyrics site.
Dude, I wasn't teasing you for not recognising the Hall and Oates rendition as a cover...
I was teasing you because, after your copy/paste, you post read like it a Hall and Oates song, only in the very next line to then list the real owners (writing credits), and none of them were a "Hall" or an "Oates"..... It was just FUNNY... kinda like reading someone referring to:
Britney Spears' "My Prerogative" (Brown/Griffin); or
Sarah McLachlan's "Blackbird" (Lennon/McCartney);
... just seemed like you just weren't paying attention... (and it's PARTICULARLY funny because we are talking about the
writing...)
bobistheowl said:
For Mike Oldfield's sake, I hope he collaborated on the music only.
Alas... no. It was released in 1982 on Oldfield's "Five Miles Out" album... with a lady on the vocals (Maggie Reilly, who sang a lot for him on that record), but... regrettably... Oldfield is first on a credit of 6 for the lyrics (I guess it takes an awful lot of people to write 'em that good...).
He's much better with the music.
P.S. I can't believe you have me sounding like I'm defending Hall and Oates... because as truly dreadful as these lyrics are, they are still better than anything Hall and Oates actually DID write....
