Article by Lynn Hirschberg - ROLLING STONE #439, January 1985

Thanks Tony for the Rolling Stone !

DARYL HALL AND JOHN OATES ARE STARING into a camera on the MTV soundstage, trying to answer the question "Why are you guys starting to dress so punky?" The question has been phoned in by a fan named Cinnamon, and since this is live TV, and since Cinnamon is waiting for a response, Daryl Hall and John Oates are staring blankly into the camera trying to think of one. "Well," Hall says finally, "I have no answer for that." He is clearly miserable. Oates is clearly miserable. Even Mark Goodman, the VJ who is hosting this phone-in to promote the duo's new album. Big Bam Boom, is clearly miserable. But all three men are very professional. Which means, instead of looking miserable, they just look dead.

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