Long Center Anniversary Party

video:Oates runs off stage after their second encore


I don't know where to get started when trying to discuss this event, so here's the summary: it was awesome. The Grand Opening on 2008 was awesome, but last Saturday was better. Was it an incredible performance by Hall & Oates? Maybe. Was is the laid back event which unfolded after H&O left the stage, or was it the swank but open environment? Probably. I can go on for a while about this, so I'll cut myself off now. Congrats to the Long Center and all of the folks who planned this event. And, you know, don't forget to revive that Frito Pie bar next year. It was magically delicious.

Back to Hall & Oates: they are unbelievably good live. I did not expect these guys, who are 63 and 60 respectively, to come out and blow away the versions of their songs which had been recorded back in the early 80's. You just don't expect older rock singers to come out and upstage their work from 30 years ago, but the progenitors of "Rock and Soul" did just that.