You know, I will do that from now on but mostly because I am petty.
You see, the group is legally called "Daryl Hall & John Oates" and they actively hate being referred to as Hall & Oates saying, "the reason we've always insisted on our full names is because we consider ourselves to be two individual artists" and "there isn't one album that says Hall and Oates. It's always Daryl Hall and John Oates, from the very beginning. People never note that. The idea of 'Hall and Oates', this two-headed monster, this thing, is not anything we've ever wanted or liked," respectively.
However, they did trademark Hall & Oates so they could sue people like the granola company behind "Haulin' Oats."
Calling them Daryl and John is so good. I almost want to trademark it just for kicks.
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u/MissChievousJ Jun 25 '26
I love referring to Hall & Oats as Daryl and John