meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

S7E7: John Oates

Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt

Rhino UK

Interviews, Rock, Pop, Music

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week on Rockonteurs, Gary and Gary chat to singer, songwriter, and record producer John Oates.

John, with his former co-writer Daryl Hall produced some of the greatest songs of the 70s and 80s making them the most successful musical duo of all time selling over 80 million albums. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.

John has just released his latest solo album called ‘Reunion’. https://johnoates.com/

In this episode Guy and Gary chat to John about his influences growing up in Philadelphia, meeting Daryl, and the stories behind some of his biggest hits and this beautiful new collection of very personal songs.

 

Instagram: @rockonteurs @guyprattofficial @garyjkemp @johnoatesofficial @gimmesugarproductions

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rockonteurs

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rockonteurs

Produced by Ben Jones for Gimme Sugar Productions



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

The smartphone has been called the most sophisticated piece of tech ever made.

0:03.7

So why did they tell us we need a new one every year?

0:06.7

For your next phone, consider verified refurbished on backmarket.

0:10.7

When you buy verified refurbished phones, laptops and tablets, you're getting a long lasting device that's verified for a 25 point inspection that ensures the high quality and perfect functionality of what you buy.

0:21.0

And it costs up to 50% less than new. Let them buy new. We'll buy

0:25.8

verified refurbished on back market.

0:30.0

Alright Gary, hi Guy. Now there's something that I want to, we've got some

0:37.0

amazing guest today, John O's. Now when I asked you about abandoned luncheonette

0:41.6

so did you really know that and you said not really not until the hits to let you know

0:45.5

Yeah, that later and there's a funny thing. It's a weird anomaly in my musical education in that I

0:50.8

because I knew and we've talked to us before when you you get you meet sort of people from outside your circle who are more sophisticated and have walks and garlic paté.

1:00.0

And I had this thing of I was introduced to this older crowd, people who, yeah, who smoked pot and took honey in their tea.

1:07.0

And stuff like that.

1:09.0

And they were into this American music that we didn't know about.

1:12.0

Hall and Oates, Logins and Messina, Bob Sego,

1:15.1

was just Charlie Gillit would have played it. Exactly, but we didn't exist to us at all.

1:19.3

And it's an interesting, so abandoned luncheonette has always been to me this really

1:23.8

important but it was a complete anomaly because everything else was rock music

1:27.0

except for this one thing. Yeah but you would do you see were you aware of she's gone

1:31.3

and because that was on that album.

1:33.0

Yeah, absolutely, yeah.

1:35.0

Yeah. And it's what's going to be interesting talking to John is how this was in a way

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Rhino UK, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Rhino UK and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.