Oates is the one with the famous mustache.

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With a string of No. 1 hits like “Rich Girl, “Maneater” and “She’s Gone” in the 1970s and ’80s, followed by a more recent cultural resurgence, Daryl Hall and John Oates have long been one of pop music’s most celebrated duos.

But over the decades, there have been hints that things were not entirely copacetic between the two men whose names are almost always uttered in sequence. In the ’80s the group went on hiatus, and both members have at times pursued solo work. In 2020, they announced plans for a 19th studio album, but it never came to fruition; this year, the musicians performed separate tours.

Now, the discord is undeniable as Hall, 77, has filed a lawsuit in Nashville against Oates, 75, the partner with whom he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. Because a judge allowed the complaint to be filed earlier this month under seal, details on the disagreement are scant, but court records classify it as a contract lawsuit.

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[–] Tachanka@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

suing each other in their late 70s

sound like they're out of touch, and out of time

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Asked if he would accept a settlement, Hall replied "I can't go for that, no can do"

[–] ped_xing@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I looked this up and listened to enough of it and it's terrible. I guess that it, among many many other 80s songs, are best paired with cocaine, but most people didn't have cocaine money. People just listened to crap after crap on the radio and were like "I guess this is my fault for not being zooted enough to vibe with it?"

[–] Goadstool@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

I never liked that one but Out of Touch is a bop and a half

[–] Dickey_Butts@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Its good, trust. I hated it the first 2-3 times I heard it too.

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I thought this was about garfunkel and Oates and I thought maybe one had gotten pregnant and the other thought she was too smug

[–] context@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

it's actually a class action lawsuit where the class is daryl hall and paul simon and they're suing garfunkel and oates over some bizarre interpretation of ownership rights but they ended up getting confused and dropping lindhome and micucci from the lawsuit in order to add john oates and avoid suing art garfunkel.

[–] Dickey_Butts@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

Wack, looks like Hall and Oates themselves were the first ones to practice Out of Touch Thursdays.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

Rich Girl - YouTube

[–] Huldra@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

I read that at least one of them gets annoyed about the Hall and Oates thing, that its actually supposed to be the full Daryl Hall and John Oates, pretty funny.