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Linkfest: We All Heart Hall and Oates

My favorite Hall and Oates song, even if Rich Girl's better.

Rock critic goddess Ann Powers turns her considerable attention to Hall and Oates, the most successful duo in pop music history. In sum, her message is that it's OK to go ahead and love them. Hip-hop artists have been sampling their music for years, and now the emo crowd has piled on. Powers writes, "In particular, two qualities that characterize the hits of this long-lived band resonate with younger listeners: their truly equal footing in both rock and R&B and their belief that accessible and artistically adventurous music could be one and the same."

It's the Most.

Divers find combined gold toothpick, earwax spoon/ "Sound of Music" plan protested/ Carbonated fruit a hit in school/ White valedictorian: A first for historically black Morehouse/ For Hall and Oates, a new appreciation

Laura Conaway

7:00 AM ET | 05-20-2008 | permalink

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Hall and Oates created some of my favorite music. I never understood why they were denigrated...

Sent by Phillip | 9:03 AM ET | 05-21-2008

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