Private Eyes - They're Watching You

You just gotta love Darryl Hall & John Oates. Moustached heroes from the late 70's and 80's, they composed the pop rock soundtrack of many people's coke binges and found glory with a series of irresistible hits that are still timeless as we speak. Of course, we don't really "speak" since I'm writing and you're reading, but you get my drift.

I always dreamed of driving a Porsche while listening to "Private Eyes" - ex aecquo with Toto's "Hold the Line" - with the sunroof down, and I recently achieved this dream several times over last summer. But my transmission burned alive and now the car won't move.

In September, Hall & Oates did a "come back" - like everybody else these days, if they're still alive that is - and came to play at Place-des-Arts. I'm not sure if that's where they belonged, but the tickets were pricey and the promo pictured looked discouraging, with their all new-agesque looks and acoustic guitars. So I ended up not going even tho I really like what they did for the homoerotic rock scene back in the good old days (and by the way, I was always surprised never to hear their songs in Miami Vice episodes).

Yesterday, while going to Mr. Mâ's, in the Place Ville-Marie shopping center, I passed in front of Cole's and decided to stop by to see if they had a book I've been seeking lately, Dusan Sevjic's THE EDIFICE COMPLEX.

Of course they didn't, and I had to order it. While filling the form, I heard "Every Time You Go Away" finish and "Private Eyes" start on the store's sound system. I knew it was a Hall & Oates "best of" playin', so I told the guy : "Nice musical selection". Her thanked me quite coldly, probably thinking I was kidding.

-Did you go see them in September ?

His face lightened up :

-Actually yes !!

Then he knew I was a real fan too, and began telling me how much he was surprised that the show was all accoustic, that they had almost cancelled it, and that next time they were coming they had liked it so much that they'd do it unplugged again. Tell me, how often will you find a librarian who's a Hall & Oates ho' ?!

I was glad I didn't go to the show, when I left the store. But that won't stop me from blasting "Out of Touch" in my car when the heat comes and I'm waiting at a red light at the corner of Ontario & Pie IX !!