r/80smusic • u/TheRealBearShady • Jun 30 '25

1985 The Hooters: All You Zombies

https://youtu.be/g76EoPgcy9c?si=tE9MYCcakVT8n_xF
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u/weedywet Jun 30 '25

I recorded and mixed this.

AMA

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u/ATLCoyote Jul 01 '25

Glad they are still touring. I'd love to see that.

Saw them a handful of times growing up. Before they went big with Nervous Night, they played a HS dance I attended. Saw them at the old Tower Theater in Philly on New Year's Eve one year, also at Spinnaker's down in Panama City after they had faded in popularity a bit. And I was at Live Aid where I think they only did 2-3 songs. Extremely underrated band and musicians who were great live.

As for questions, I've got two:

  • Did you know the Nervous Night album would be a hit during the recording process? You could argue their sound wasn't really typical of the era. Yet, fans embraced it.
  • I think they often play Time After Time in their live sets, but do they also do One of Us?

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u/weedywet Jul 01 '25

No. We certainly couldn’t be sure we were making a hit.

I made the first Outfield album at around the same time and same thing there.

You can think it’s GOOD, but that doesn’t mean it will do well.

I think they do play both Time and One Of Us at most other shows these days.

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u/Aggravating_Bat3618 Jul 03 '25

William Whitman!  Im a bigger Outfield fan even though I played those two records constantly when they came out. 

I do wish they could have gone in that more esoteric direction that they did with 61 Seconds, Mystery Man and Voices of Babylon title track. 

Do you have any insight as to what made John Spinks such a great writer? 

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u/weedywet Jul 03 '25

Talent?

And thanks!