| Daryl Hall can sing! I mean it's no great
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| | remaining.So in this re-issue you get the
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| revelation that he can, it's just
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| | original release, a later 1983 remix and
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| stunning to actually hear it. He is
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| | then a few of the unreleased Daryl Hall
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| blessed with a voice so strong and
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| | tracks. I have no idea how these two
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| acrobatic, it's a wonder he's not more
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| | artists came to work together on this
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| lauded.Perhaps it's the instant
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| | album but I'm glad they did. On paper the
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| recognition that his tone brings. It only
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| | pairing seems so unlikely as to be
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| takes a note or two and most radio-aware
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| | absurd. It's just hard to imagine the
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| folks can peg a Hall & Oates tune cold.
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| | precise and hypnotic guitar figures of
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| Recognizability and ubiquity tend to dull
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| | Robert Fripp being caressed by the
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| our perception of the genuine quality of
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| | soulful and rich voice of Daryl Hall. The
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| a given thing. It's as if we're using the
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| | fact is though, it works.On the song
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| sense organs and mental processing of
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| | "North Star" we hear the true nature of
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| countless other individuals to engage
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| | that Daryl Hall voice and it simply is a
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| with our experience of life.Take for
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| | flooring experience. The tone is rich and
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| example Mount Rushmore. Its been
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| | sweet while still remaining raspy. The
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| photographed and sculpted and drawn and
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| | phrasing of the lyrics and the occasional
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| put on stamps and printed on license
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| | use of sustained falsetto sent me running
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| plate and emblazoned u-haul vans and used
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| | to the ipod to dial up Hall &Oates "She's
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| as a location for movies.Close your eyes
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| | Gone" and "Sara Smile" and realize that
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| for a second and think, " Mount Rushmore
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| | he's always been that good. In that voice
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| ". Please, go ahead and do it. I'll bet a
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| | I was hearing something not actually
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| fairly solid image came to your mind's
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| | related to the lyrics. There was an
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| eye. Some vaguely tannish and grey rocks
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| | intensity, depth and presence I'd never
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| sculpted in the likeness of a group of
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| | allowed through before. I heard the voice
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| presidents. Maybe a chain of associations
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| | of a seeker. I heard the voice of loss. I
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| sprang forward in the wake of your
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| | heard the voice of tender resignation to
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| initial image. Some of these might relate
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| | the wounding ways of life. Sometimes we
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| to actual facts connected with the site.
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| | are privileged to experience a blissful
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| You may know the name of the artist. You
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| | moment and Daryl Hall brings many on this
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| may have been there with your family.
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| | album.The music bears the stamp of Robert
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| Someone in your family might have been
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| | Fripp's quests and inquiries into the
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| born, died, gotten married, won the
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| | nature of guitar sound. Using a tapeloop
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| lottery, given you a present, played
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| | system dubbed "Frippertronics" he creates
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| "Smoke on the Water" on accordion, stolen
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| | complex webs of notes that repeat a
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| something from you, lost their mind, etc.
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| | shimmering metallic mantra and shift
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| right after your visit and when you see a
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| | upwards and down. All of the instruments
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| picture of Mount Rushmore your mind
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| | on this album are played with virtuoso
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| shuffles through these events. Along with
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| | cleanliness that never is a means unto
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| these associations are the endless images
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| | itself. The technical aspects of the
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| you've seen of the site.These images and
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| | playing are harnessed and brought to bear
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| conceptions, while intrinsic to our
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| | on the overall groove of each piece. At
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| knowledge of Mount Rushmore have no real
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| | times this lends a surprising funk
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| relationship to the actual thing. They
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| | quality to some of the music which if not
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| are in fact a cloudy barrier or filter we
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| | present could come across as stiff and
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| have placed between ourselves and an
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| | herky-jerky.There is an inscrutable
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| object. Occasionally, particularly when
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| | element to Robert Fripp and his music.
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| our focused perception is otherwise
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| | You get a sense of ambiguity about his
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| occupied, we have a powerful and direct
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| | motives. Is he trying to tell us a
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| experience of something. Perhaps we're
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| | musical tale with a new language or is he
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| sick or tired or just in a very calm and
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| | simply following the call of an internal
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| receptive state. Whatever the set of
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| | and unknowable muse to satisfy his
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| circumstances are, for some reason the
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| | agenda. This ambiguity provides a
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| familiar suddenly reveals its true nature
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| | palpable tension in his music and this
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| and stuns us. We look at the faces of
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| | tension is so interesting we are
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| Mount Rushmore and they just simply are.
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| | compelled to keep listening. It's like
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| Their nature confronts us and we see them
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| | listening to someone ask themselves
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| for the first time. The message might be
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| | questions and hearing the various answers
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| beautiful, it might be horrific but we're
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| | they come up with. None of which the
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| getting a hit of the true essence of
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| | questioner seems to attach more meaning
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| something and it's not being mediated by
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| | or fondness for than any of the others. I
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| either a pre-existing image bank or our
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| | often feel that Robert Fripp isn't a
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| associations. This is how Daryl Hall's
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| | person who wants to be trusted. He likes
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| voice hit me while listening to the
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| | to keep us on our toes. It's like he's a
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| recently re-issued Robert Fripp album
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| | mountain guide who's not sure we're
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| "Exposure".The album was originally
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| | worthy of making it to the summit. While
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| released in 1979 and was radically alter
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| | this can be frustrating it's perhaps
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| between the recording of it and the
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| | better for us in the long run. We're not
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| eventual release. Central to this
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| | provided with any easy answers in his
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| alteration were the objections of Daryl
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| | music so we have to actually listen. In
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| Hall's manager Tommy Mottola and the
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| | this listening we are rewarded. The
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| people overseeing Debbie Harry's career
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| | rewards vary and can range from hearing
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| in "Blondie". The tracks were deemed to
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| | Daryl Hall's magnificent voice for the
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| experimental, the association with Fripp
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| | first time to understanding the power of
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| viewed as commercial suicide and as per
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| | repetition and juxtaposition.No matter
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| usual in the music business, the
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| | what, we come away from "Exposure"
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| "business" won out. Big chunks of it were
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| | enriched and expanded and if that isn't
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| re-recorded and used the voice talents of
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| | worthwhile, I don't know what live music
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| Peter Hammill (Van der Graaf Generator)
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| | reviews, cd reviews, music news &
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| with only two of Hall's contributions
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