1st TIME HEARING HALL & OATES 🎵 Daryl Hall & John Oates - "Maneater" Reaction

[@dsomerville5293]

One of the most successful songwriting pairs ever. Hit after hit

[@LJW55]

"Hall & Oates are the best-selling musical duo of all-time with a staggering number of monster hits..." copied from google! Says something I guess..!

[@asliketheson]

Go figure hey . I think they are gay perhaps that’s an issue

[@LJW55]

@@asliketheson An issue for you perhaps... nobody else..!

[@MdotGz_]

@@aslikethesonyea bro it ain’t a biggy unless they trans

[@paulobrien9572]

Hall &Oates has a huge rabbit hole of songs to dig around in. When I was in highschool in the early 80's they were a group you never admitted to your friends you like them yet everyone knew all the words to their songs.A young man's guilty pleasure

[@da_blade5040]

hahahaha Agree 💯 👍

[@hud1231]

I was in high school in the 80s and me and my friends had no problem jamming to Hall and Oates....yes, I am a dude from south Jersey

[@kraigbender292]

Dude that's so funny, I'ma old metal Head from Long Island,and being from the 70s, and 80s there was so much awesome music exploding back then.

[@goldenagenut]

🤣🤣🤣 so, so true!

[@pauljansen1137]

You guys are on fire today!!!........"Rich Girl", "I can't go for that", and "Out of Touch" are worthy of a listen as well!!!!

[@BalbazaktheGreat]

What this guy said.

[@tomkat4480]

Yes# this !

[@gj8683]

"I Can't Go For That," then the other two.

[@berniewilson371]

I recommend that you have a listen to some of their early hits, like 'Sara Smile' and 'She's Gone' off their first album.

[@pedroramirez3614]

Sara Smile as well

[@richard_n]

Hall and Oats are the most successful duo in music history. They have a TON of great songs.

[@chrisoakley5830]

If I'm not mistaken the reason given for H&O is the fact that they have had the most number of chart singles over any other duo. Billboard always places singles as the most important statistic over any other including album sales.

[@richard_n]

@@utubnagain Grammy's are basically worthless. They award the person or group way more than they get it right. I mean they gave one to Steely Dan over Guns n Roses for best metal album. Just do a search on Grammy mistakes, it's mind blowing how bad it is.

[@primeminister66]

@@utubnagain He shouldn’t give a eff about RRHF anyway

[@paulobrien9572]

Simon and Garfunkel might disagree with your statement as would the Rightous Brothers

[@richard_n]

@James Buckingham none of those are duos, they were part of bands

[@surlechapeau]

B&L, Their "You Make My Dreams", "Sara Smile" and "Kiss On My List" are next for you!! Love Daryl's voice. Blue-eyed soul from Philly!!

[@rustysmittyful]

and Private Eyes!!!

[@nancymunroe3672]

Especially Sarah Smile!

[@PhantomOfTheMall]

Just don’t call it “Blue-eyed Soul” in front Darryl Hall…he hates that term. 😂 To him, Soul music is soul music, it’s got nothing to do with eye color. (Personally, I can hear a difference and still call H&O music “Blue-eyed Soul”.)

[@isherrod13]

Daryl's House

[@pudder68]

"She's gone" and "Sara smiles" are a MUST

[@spencerific93]

I second this.

[@TheAcgtrs]

I was just gonna type the same thing…..

[@jimmyrhoades650]

add rich girl and this is the list they should actually react to, don’t listen to the other ones even if they have more likes. hall and oates are philly soul with some 80’s pop flavor, these are the popular ones you wanna listen to

[@ricmotta2495]

@@spencerific93 I second your second

[@tomrockwood851]

I also second this

[@bellodrade]

The "maneater" in the song is the city according to John Oates. He was inspired by the image of woman he'd seen walk into a bar he was in. But it is ultimately about how the fast pace and hectic grind can chew you up and spit you out. Good catch by Brad.

[@prettygorgeous7989]

Hall said it was about NYC

[@wen-nz3sk]

This group is the most successful duo. Massive hits, from Philly, Darryl's voice is what they labeled "blue-eyed soul" pretty much Pop. Personal fav "Sara Smile"

[@TheOneAndOnlyFloridaMan]

Hall and Oats are one of the best groups to exemplify that classic 80's sound. I'd suggest checking out their song I Can't Go For That.

[@glennallen239]

One on One is also another great Hall and Oates Song!

[@wribit]

This is quintessential 80's POP! Love this song - it's on my roadtrip playlist :)

[@benshafer5198]

Local Philly boys, they met at Temple U. They called it "Blue Eyed Soul" at the time, but it's pop, bottom line. They were massive in the 80's. Saw them at one point and they put on a nice show. Cheers

[@spencerific93]

Their earlier stuff is definitely soul, but you're right about this being closer to pop. I got to see them at the Tower Theater 9 years ago, and I picked up a shirt at the merch table. It had a giant cheesesteak on it. 😂

[@benshafer5198]

@@spencerific93 Lol, yeah, I'd agree that Sara Smile, etc is just straight soul; but it can still be soul, and be pop, as well IMO. Been to the Tower many times since we moved to the area a few years back. Nice venue, with a pretty storied rock history✌

[@spencerific93]

@@benshafer5198 For sure, I can agree with that. I love the Tower, man. Not that small a venue, but it feels very intimate in there. Makes for great concerts. My mom saw Genesis there back in the '70s, on the Selling England By The Pound tour. I can only imagine how wild that show must've been.

[@carlgibbons5777]

Went to a Hall and Oates show one time with a friend of mine who is a big metal head and he was totally blown away. He even bought a shirt afterwards. These guys are legends.

[@vMaxHeadroom]

Growing up in my teens listening to this beautiful song in London...Such great memories!

[@robertlear2735]

I saw Hall and Oats in concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles a few years ago. It was a magical night. Their music is called Blue-eyed Soul.

[@robc1394]

If you listen carefully you can hear so many different layers in this song. Brilliant stuff

[@texthit]

About time, they have so many great songs. Can’t wait for more Hall and Oats reactions.

[@msmrsro]

Check out the web show “Live at Daryl’s House”. Daryl Hall has a recording studio at his property where he invites other artists over to eat and to sing both H&O and the guests songs. Good times and great music.

[@Dr.Acula76]

Elle King was so good on there. Daryl had fun with Exes and Ohs too

[@daveminers3404]

I loved that show and caught all the episodes on Palladium. Until MTV bought it and ruined it. That's where I heard Daryl say that Van Halen asked him to join and he declined.

[@80sOGRE]

Another song that has a similar smoothness with a groovy driven vibe is Joe Jackson - Steppin Out

[@sdev2749]

The thing about good 80's music is you remember the time, where you were, who you were with, your friends, your neighbourhood, which girlfriend you had at the time and what you did for fun. The memories are still very vivid all these decades later. The reason 80's music is so great for good (and bad) memories is because this was the era when the array of different types of music was so vast and the sounds were so diverse that you could never hope to keep up with it all. Because many songs were so unique it was VERY easy to peg a certain song that was popular at that exact time to what happened around you at the time and it would stick. Thus being able to recall a certain distant memorable event to a particular song of that day....and yes, I had a girlfriend at the time that was a man eater, she was beautiful and desired by almost every guy around her but she choose me (when it suited her). Her name was Ashwyn and I remember her fondly, she could never be tamed, she was a free spirit and you never knew where you really stood with her. Frustrated me at the time but all these years later I accepted who she was back then. When I hear this song my mind goes back to that period in time, her and the times we had.

[@meot.meo.1097]

There was a lot of things happening back in the 80s. A new and fresh Queen's phase, Phil Collins getting a new style, Robert Palmer making an incredible posh sound, Robert Plant going alone with amazing sweet sound, Peter Gabriel hitting some pop albums, The Police with a more popular style, the New Wave Breaking the house... And Hall & Oates making a new style, driving through a whole sea of a new magnificent musical decade. Hit after hit after hit, their sound reminds me neon lights. So Beautiful, so bright, versatile and charming. The guys are legends. Period.

[@EagleS197]

Gee no man ever met a girl like that, have we??? LMAO!! Nailed it.

[@kutark]

Watching Lex get a bigger and bigger smile, and get more and more into it as the song went on was the highlight of my day :). I love seeing people discover awesome new things, be it music, movies, tv, whatever!

[@kristyshortridge4968]

Need to listen to Hall & Oates Sarah Smile. Oh so good!

[@yeahboiii6640]

Man I am realizing now that I took so much of this music for granted. There was sooooo much good music in the 80s. I loved it all and you really don't realize how good it all was until today when there is a musical drought sort of. Love Hall and Oates!

[@josephpowell3949]

Daryl Hall has a lot of very good videos that he still puts out that are called Daryl's House and he put together some of the greatest musicians that are still alive and they play some greatest Music ever, I love it!

[@soakedbearrd]

Gotta do “I can’t go for that” and “kiss is on my list”

[@monikabeki6838]

my favourite h&o songs. lyrics, beats, sax, production, arrangement... perfect pop song you won't find these days.

[@cajunsushi]

I just drove to work for the night shift and a new song come on the radio just as I put it in park. Hall and Oats, “I Can’t Go for That.” Check it out please. I stayed in the car till it finished. Great song.

[@jaywillingham4085]

I live for listening to you both describing what you're hearing. It's so fascinating because , as a musician/producer myself, you both describe things in such a non technical and innocent way that actually offers a certain childlike/fresh perspective that I may have never considered before. Like Brad saying "it's fast", and Lex saying "but it's also chill", which is brilliant because it is literally both of those things. My brain just thinks "ok, I'm hearing a swing beat over some bluesy/Moody chord structure". Lol Love it !!!!!

[@gems3604]

I love your comment. Thank you for explaining the technicality of the song. A swing beat over blues chords. I have always wondered how these musicians compose and arrange the music. It's blended so well, I don't know what I'm listening to other than in some generic way. For me the best part of these different reaction videos is learning from the people who make comments. It's amazing. Thank you so much for offering your insight. And yes, you're right there is something to be said for getting a totally fresh perspective on something you thought you knew.

[@jaywillingham4085]

@@gems3604 Wow, lol, awesome comment. And yes I agree, I LOVE reading through comments as well, like you said, new perspectives on so much. I especially love reading the comments of "non-musician" listeners. Because, even as a kid, for some reason, my brain just instinctually dissected music for some reason.

[@christopherglock7239]

I remember these guys, they brought that 70's vibe right into the early 80's imagine a world without cellphones or internet. We had only each other and music. Even rockers listened to these guys at the Christmas new years party's were fun friends family and community. That's all we had and the world was a different time and planet. We had to do most things for ourselves and a day was 7am to 8pm then the adult time 7 to 11pm. What a time it was

[@richardwilliams5387]

Everytime I'm depressed I just think "Oates" Lol. Knowing he's out there somewhere is priceless.

[@gsdfan8455]

He’s doing some damn good blues now.

[@aprildavis-washington5734]

This song was written to sound like it was about a woman but it was about NYC. John first wrote the music to sound more Reggae but Daryl thought of Motown for the beat. There is a mash up of this song and The Supremes' song: My World Is Empty Without You. You can definitely hear the comparison. You must do more of this duo because each song has a story behind it.

[@samuelgirard1407]

I had forgotten about guitarist GE Smith and the bass player being with them. So many good years of this leading the SNL Band after this.

[@DannyD714]

one of the best sax solos ever.

[@badmoon310]

Daryl Hall has a show called Live At Daryls House or something like that, he has some amazing artists on that show and he still rocks at 70 something.

[@thomasrussell3351]

Check out Daryl's house. Freaking awesome. 75 years old and still looks and sounds great!!

[@wgterry73ify]

Great song I remember this song when it came out on the radio in the 80's, brings back found memories

[@juliansuarez8809]

Alright Hall and Oates it’s time to go down that rabbit hole. Daryl Hall has a great voice and John Oates vocals compliments well with Daryl’s. Once of the most successful duos in all of music.

[@FrankCastlesConscience]

One of the greatest ever early 80s tunes, full stop, the end, finito!

[@DanSolo871]

H&O capitalized on the Music video in the early 80s. When MTV started (when the M stood for Music) they had limited stock on various concert videos and promo videos artists used to make for the overseas market (since many groups couldn’t make it to Australia for touring, videos were made for down under) Music videos were frowned upon by many artists early on. In fact, MTV had to pay record labels to make videos in the beginning. Hall and Oates was one of the few artists that saw the video market was a way to get their music out there if it wasn’t immediately picked up by radio. It didn’t hurt that Daryl Hall could sing and was seen as a heart throb. It took a good three years for music videos to be seen as a must for when a group would put out a single. The the tables turned and MTV didn’t have to go begging for videos. Everyone was making them and everyone wanted their video on MTV.

[@gems3604]

Great history telling. I grew up in the age of MTV. So many groups I would have never known about but for MTV and VideoOne.

[@richardtorres3639]

Always enjoyed their music. Much of it is a combo if pop and soul. Just love it.

[@tk72231968]

Good reactions. I have a lot of Hall&Oats in my library...great memories. They have a lot of chill music that can also be danced and sung to. 🎶👍🎶

[@Genera1Mi11s]

Yeeeaaahhhh! Brad's gotta good shirt, a damn good shirt!

[@missingnola3823]

I'm a classic rock/metal guy, but Hall & Oates are one of my guilty pleasures. I really like many of their songs.

[@jasondonnelly4926]

Check out a music series on KZbin called live at Daryl’s house. It’s phenomenal. It’s Daryl hall with all different artists.

[@AlexHernandez-yb9rx]

I saw them years ago! That guy doing the saxophone 🎷 did like both those parts (how it sounds like 2 saxophones, but it’s 1 person doing it). Amazing show!

[@justinlovince8816]

Yes u have to do more of their songs!!! They are are one of the most prolific artists making lots of hit songs!!!

[@adam.4487]

Love this song, such a great beat. The lyrics are 'killer'. LOL I just want to get up and dance. I love how you caught those beauty and beast parts. So cool.

[@sandieserrano2425]

Im laying in bed at 1 am watching this. I'm 68 and as soon as the song started i found my self moving my hips

[@cincity076]

Nothing like the "Rock -N- Soul" of Hall and Oates. Highest grossing record sales for a duo in music history.

[@PenelopeFrank]

This came out when I was a kid. When we were kids, hanging out with our Dad and Mom starts walking towards us, Dad would start singing this chorus. Always made my sister and I laugh.

[@williamjamesrapp7356]

FLASH BACK to my freshman year in college 1982. Great song great memories.

[@kns1212]

More Hall & Oates please!!!! Rich girl, I can’t go for that, you make my dreams come true, she’s gone.

[@vincentharris7854]

The sound is a call back to the classic "Motown sound". Listen to the Supremes "Can't Hurry Love". Daryl Hall & John Oates had a big string of hits in the 80s.

[@22Catch22]

"She's Gone" from their 1973 album is what kicked it off for them and it's still their best tune. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXTSpGqfmZx7qqc

[@fritzworley6316]

This song popped in my head earlier today at work and I thought to myself “I wonder if Brad and Lex have reacted to that yet” Guess this answers that question. Lol

[@UncleSpellbinder]

Oh, man.... There's a rabbit hole to go down here. So many great songs from Hall & Oates.

[@19672701]

Hall and Oats great band underrated song writers and musicians,they have a great library of music. And Darrel had a show called live at Daryls house where they had jam sessions with every kind of music. Never saw anyone react to those,some great content. Had Cee lo, smokey Robinson, the Ojays, Joe Walsh, I am Grace is awesome.

[@denisetinto1828]

I Can't Go For That by Hall&Oates is worth your time. There is a cover of this as well in the video featuring CeeLo Green live at Daryl's House. It is exceptional and worth watching as well. Cheers from Canada

[@lisajohnson521]

Hall & Oats were the BOMB with tooons of hits!

[@johnnymac2001]

1st vinyl album I bought with my own money as a kid H2O Hall and Oates

[@ryanomaniac]

Man, I remember that song when I was a kid. Still remember every word.

[@annaoswald5943]

My favorite Hall & Oates is their oldest, less pop sounding and more soulful. Try She's Gone, Sara Smile, or Rich Girl, all very popular and should get many views.

[@NotNotKenny]

Yea,I was thinking this isn't the best song to introduce someone to H&O on.Nice song though.

[@samwisegamgee1635]

I Can’t Go For That and Sara Smile are must reactions

[@chrisrichardson5641]

This is such a great band!

[@raymondreid4987]

Hall and Oates were two of the best at their music nobody in duo history had the numbers they rack up in the late 70's and 80's I just wish I had see them back then.

[@waynebrown3266]

There are maybe 10 songs among the thousands I've heard that I consider to border on perfect. Two of those songs are by Hall and Oates. I suspect you'll see those two songs mentioned a lot in the comments.

[@PjRjHj]

I was always hit and miss with Hall & Oates but there's no denying they were prolific. John Oates holds a certain sentiment for committing to the 80s moustache and that he co-wrote the Aussie anthem "Electric Blue" by Icehouse.

[@WineSippingCowboy]

Also in Australia 🇦🇺, Daryl Hall was a guest for a 1980s Sydney band named INXS in the song Original Sin. Nile Rodgers 🎸of Chic produced the song and the other songs from the album The Swing.

[@garytrew2766]

These two guys laid down some of the best tracks of the seventies and eighties. Try Sara Smiles next truly awesome song. Thanks Brad and Lex, Brother Gary

[@jeffrconner]

I probably would have started with one of their 70s hits, when they were much more obviously R&B influenced, but this is still a good song.

[@marine5480]

This is a good intro to Hall and Oates . They have many more great songs

[@CG-vn8iy]

Highest selling duo in music history... For a reason. Darryl Oates is a heckuva musician.

[@markmurphy558]

Hall 'n Oates were not an 80s band. They were successful in the 70s, and considered to be in the Philadelphia wing of the BLUE-EYED SOUL HALL OF FAME.

[@dan2007kohn]

Only two of their 16 top ten US singles were in the 70s.

[@Fakename70]

What’re you talking about? They ruled in the 1980’s.

[@endorphinzz]

Sarah Smile HAS to be your next Hall & Oates reaction, followed by I Can't Go For That, Your Imagination, and pretty much everything else they ever released lol..

[@o.d.7558]

That´s an 80s dancefloor classic - brilliant sax :-)

[@Gordonroyce]

My favorite song is "i can Go for that".

[@oldmanghost219]

John Oates - "Well, it was about New York City, after the fact. I got the idea for the song because there was a woman who was very - she was beautiful but had a very foul, you know, vocabulary. It was the juxtaposition of this great beauty with this foul mouth that really kind of sparked an idea to me that she would chew you up and spit you out. But neither Daryl nor I wanted to write a song that was anti-women or negative toward women. So, what we did was we transpose that initial idea and use New York City in the ’80s as a metaphor. New York City became the maneater, the city that would chew you up and spit you out. And that is really what the song is truly about."

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

Interesting!

[@trinitraveller2592]

Hall and Oats are a staple in the eighties. You got to check them out some more to get your kicks and your licks cause they be dropping them bars in between them sax solo. Next do I can't go for that 👍

[@gregorybrown3272]

The song isn't actually about a woman, it's really about the music industry. Their other big hit song from this era "I can't go for that" is also about the music industry.

[@carybrauer9669]

Many great songs by Hall and Oats. Dive in!

[@free1855]

"Can't go for that" classic tune.

[@elisandrotrevino2586]

Hall and oates worm hole here we come! Lots of hits .

[@jamesjarvis5018]

#1 duo of all time.

[@chrisnelson3691]

Hall and Oates was before my time, my dad’s generation but they made some great music.

[@sandieserrano2425]

This is one of those songs that everyone hit the dance floor

[@barrydraper]

This iconic duo was also in another video you recently reacted to: USA For Africa - We Are The World

[@tyreewhite6653]

Great Reaction, and a Great Group if you can call them that. Hauling Oats.

[@babylonsister118]

You really should check out the Daryl's House series. Great musicians, awesome music! Daryl is pure blue-eyed soul!

[@swcoder]

Definitely need to check out Live From Daryl's House. Tons of famous artists performed there in like a small bar like setting. Modern artists like Cee Lo Green, to ZZ Top, to the O'Jays, and more. Maybe a different type of react stream you could put on the board.

[@joeevett9007]

Blue eyed soul. Hall and Oates have more bangers than one could count.

[@christophermckinney3924]

The importance of hall and Oates cannot be overstated. They were the most successful duo in history. Their brand of music was called Blue Eyed Philadelphia Soul. They had hits from the mid 1970s through the 80s and into the 90s.

[@BlackHatCinephile]

I like them now better than I used to. I never disliked them, I just like them better now.

[@douglashewton2323]

this is " Philly " soul. Daryl Hall was in the We Are The World video you reacted to recently. He was after Steve Perry from Journey

[@djC653]

Grew up hearing all their hits on the radio thinking nothing of it, not really a pop radio hit guy. Almost 3 decades later I got a turntable, 3yrs ago(?), and my wife and I are looking at records and she finds their Big, Bam, Boom record, with Out Of Touch/Method Of Modern Love and I haven't been the same since. We now have like 1/2 their catalog. Like Ween each album has a different flavor to it like they are big fans of music in general and it shows in their music. Maybe check out Daryl's House where Daryl Hall teams up with other famous musicians and rework(?) songs then perform them. I think lol

[@TJLil001]

They plenty of hits over the years, Daryl grew up in Philly and sang in many soul type bands...

[@cjmars822]

I was a Kid when I first heard this track. Mostly on my clock radio at night when I was using music to sleep ... except this song terrified the crap out of me. My child brain took the lyrics literally lol

[@paulcox4807]

It's what passed for pop dance music in the 80's. Great singers, great lyrics. That era will have no equal for that style of music. Still has power to hold your attention.

[@misterkite]

The Bird and The Bee did an entire tribute album to Hall & Oates. For Maneater, they teamed up with Shirley Manson from Garbage.

[@KC-bv9kf]

Dark. Soulful. Timeless.

[@scanau1]

Do some more of Hall & Oates, they have some good hits!