Comments on: Popdose Interview: Eric Bazilian of the Hooters

By: Brendan

Brendan — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:55:42 +0000

Great piece. Good to hear what the Hooters are up to. Growing up in Philly during the 80s, they were home town boys done good.

Any Hooters fans here know how I can get a copy of some of the old songs that we all thought would have been on "One Way Home" i.e. "Trouble in Paradise", "She Like It With the Windows Down" and "End of My Rope". I had from a show that was on WMMR many moons ago, but don't have them on CD. Email me if you can help.

Thanks,
B

By: Brendan

Brendan — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:55:42 +0000

By: cabbagestew

cabbagestew — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:32:59 +0000

Excellent interview!

I think Zig Zag was The Hooters' greatest record.

By: mike

mike — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:43:20 +0000

I was there and they were awesome. $28.00 and they played in the grandstand. I was intially disapointed when I heard that because I would be able to sit and watch the band. They got it right everyone was standing and they made us dance. They got it right. Long live rockn roll. God bless the hooters for bringing that back and they sounded great. $100 show for $28 You need to go back or guess what you are missing will leave a seat for me. great price and great artists

By: jeffro

jeffro — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:21:43 +0000

Very cool post! I've already got tix to see them at the Birchmere….the show's in the Bandstand portion of the venue, so it's very possible that they could do “standing room only”

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:05:02 +0000

Great article with Eric. I'm a younger Hooters fan, so I never got to see them live in the 80's but I'm making up for it now.

Great to see his perspective on their albums. I would to sit down with him and Rob and have a wonderful converstaion about music. I think that would be a very enlightening experience.

By: Eric S.

Eric S. — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:21:03 +0000

3 comments on the Hooters catalog:
1) I initially disliked “One Way Home”, as I was hoping more for “Nervous Night 2″. However, over time I have come to appreciate songs like Satellite, Karla With A K and Johnny B as much as the songs on “Nervous Night”.
2) Although I consider “Nervous Night” a near-perfect album, the Columbia compilation “Hooterization” is a great introduction to the band since it has most of the essential hits and album cuts, plus Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds and Time After Time.
3) The Hooters were so big in Germany that MCA printed a live CD in Germany in 1994. I finally managed to get a copy and have been wanting to see them do a show ever since. Hopefully, they will tour on a bigger scale.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:56:07 +0000

Agreed – as played constantly on WMMR throughout the early '80s.

By: mcglinch

mcglinch — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:00:37 +0000

as a philly local, i have to respectfully disagree with Mr. Bazilian. the live Grendel's Lair version (released as a 45 in 79/80(?)) of All You Zombies IS the definitive version.

By: WHarrisBullzEye

WHarrisBullzEye — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:54:11 +0000

Oh, the Birchmere transcends the concept…or, at least, it always has for me. They get a lot of artists playing there who don't generally play club-sized venues, which means the ticket prices are higher and the diehard fans are the ones in the audience. As such, they treat the artists with respect. (Plus, if memory serves, you can't order food after a certain point in the proceedings…but it's been awhile since I was there last, so I might be wrong about that.)