Morsch and Rachel Ray Agree on Things

Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Hall & Oates belong in the 'hall'

Clever title! But since he's talking about the real-life Rock and Roll Hall of Fame… why'd he have to put quotes around 'hall' like he's making some kind of a metaphorical pun? Why didn't he just write Hall, capitalized, with no quotes?

Every year when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announces its newest class there is debate, not only about who gets in but about who has yet to be inducted.
This year ABBA, along with Genesis, The Hollies and The Stooges, were among those honored with induction and right away, folks are clamoring: What about Chicago? What about KISS? Moody Blues, Jethro Tull, Three Dog Night? The list of deserving musicians not in the rock hall is longer than the list of inductees.

For me, it’s, “What about Hall & Oates?” And it’s not because Daryl and John, from Pottstown and North Wales respectively, are local boys. It’s not because I have had the pleasure of interviewing each of them for stories in Montgomery Newspapers over the past few years.

Actually, I think that has a lot to do with it. Morsch love dropping the names of the so-called "celebrities" he gets to "interview" for his "newspaper."

It’s because every time I get into my car, I’ll choose a Hall & Oates album to listen to over just about any other CD that I have. It’s about the music. I virtually grew up with, and have liked a good number, of H&O songs over the years.

Okay, so here's the checklist for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, according to Morsch:

1.) You pick their albums over "just about" any others
2.) You grew up with the music
3.) You like "a good number" of their songs

That's a ringing endorsement.

Why, I even considered naming Older Daughter “Sarah Smile Morsch.” That’s how much I liked that song and that music.

Isn't a song, by definition, music? A bit redundant isn't it? WHAT? Shut up!

The KISS and Chicago fans — of which I consider myself one of both groups — can wait. Television personality Rachel Ray, who has been lobbying for H&O to be inducted into the rock hall, is right. Daryl and John belong.

Good lord, read that again - "of which I consider myself one of both groups." And this guy writes for a newspaper? "Daryl and John," huh? They're on a first name basis. I'm no huge Rock and Roll buff, but I would think of KISS before friggin' Hall and Oates when I think "Rock and Roll." I like how he refers to it as the "rock hall," like it's some place the Flinstones might visit.

And really, I like ABBA, but if that group can get through the doors of the Rock and Roll Hall of fame, then H&O are overdue. In fact, at the very least, John Oates’ moustache should be in the rock hall of fame.

Whose arm do I have to twist on this one? You know, as we say in Philly, “I know a guy.”

Umm… what? I’m still trying to figure out that last sentence. Usually Morsch will close his articles with a "clever" tie-in to the title or first paragraph. Here he… indicates that he is mob-affiliated? Huh? And maybe I'm just not as gangasta as Morsch, but is "I know a guy" really only a phrase they use in Philly?

Labels: Daryl Hall, John Oates, Mike Morsch, Montgomery Newspapers, Outta Leftfield, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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