"Hall & Oates are the best-selling musical duo of all-time with a staggering number of monster hits, but the rock establishment has never taken them quite as seriously as the huge fan base."
You are so right there. I remember back in the early 80's when they were at their height in popularity, it seemed as if they never got the respect they deserved. They had more top 40 hits of the 80's and most were between 80 and 85. Yet, rarely, were they ever talked about or had the superstar status like Michael Jackson or Madonna.
@@michaelasay8587 "Back in 1984, the RIAA declared that Daryl Hall and John Oates were the most successful duo in rock history. Statistically, they had surpassed such dynamic duos as the Everly Brothers and the Righteous Brothers. They've held onto this title over the ensuing thirty years."
Hall & Oates are a great American pop rock duo who had their biggest success in the 70's-80's. They had a lot of great hits such as "Rich Girl", Kiss On My List", "Private Eyes", "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)", "Maneater", "Out Of Touch", "She's Gone", "Sara Smile", "You Make My Dreams", "Family Man", "Say It Isn't So", "Method Of Modern Love" etc.
Spot on - especially in the 80s NYC was like a flytrap for the hopeful rich. John Oates said in an interview : _"It's about greed, avarice, and spoiled riches. But we have it in the setting of a girl because it's more relatable. It's something that people can understand. That's what we do all of the time"_
HALL - OATES, man eater, wow listened to this on my car radio full blast in the day. One of the greatest duo's of our time. Still going strong today, and sound just as great.
TH-cam has videos on Live at Daryl's house,he brings different artists to his house and they sings the artist hits basically a jam session with different artists,new and old,its really excellent to watch.
Can we give a shout out to their incredible sax player?!? I don't know why, but the '80's we're all about sax and keyboard in every big hit. Defined a generation of great music.
1981....I was in the Navy and deployed on a nuclear powered ship in the Indian Ocean....This was one of 3 cassette tapes I listened to on my Sony Walkman. It helped get me thru the boredom and loneliness.......loved it and still do
God Bless the free expression in lyrics of the 80's. So visual with each word..beautiful. There was a lot of talk about Gold Diggers back then. They called it the Excessive Eighties for a reason. Such a raw song. LOVE IT.
"What you think, you'd get it for free" or "If you're in it for love, you ain't gonna get too far" Says it all right there for me, however you wanna break it down. 😂
It was such a vibe back then when this song came out. It's hard to explain. We all kind of had the same outlook on life that was mostly positive as best as I can describe it! Our music reinforced it with gems like this.
A couple of Philly guys, they met while matriculating at Temple U., and formed a band in 1970 that would go on to be major players in the pop, and soul, music scenes for a decade and a half, recording SIX # 1 Hits! They should have EIGHT, as their two best songs *"She's Gone"* and *"Sara Smile"* astonishingly did not reach # 1 when they each came out. Hall & Oates are the best-selling duo in music history!
Private Eyes and You Make My Dreams Come True are my favorite Hall and Oates songs. But they have many great ones. Iconic 80's group. Cheers from Canada
I remember as a kid in New Mexico listening to this album, had to be 4 grade maybe. Bout the same time Break Dancing was catching on, and us little ones, seeing these older girls, thick red lipstick, dark eye lines. That was ManEaters, we would sing the hook and run. Funny couple years later we were still running, just different direction.
This group started in 1967. As you all know they have hits for day and days. For me they hit their stride in the 70's and 80's the album H20 in my opinion was one of the best.
Give a listen to every time you go away. Great song. I found a great song about Brooks and Dunn called you don’t know me. We’re talking blue eyed country so. I loved it
The words were a little off in this video, but, you got the point. If you would`ve done that Hall & Oates Livestream (that you were gonna do :) you would`ve heard this one. They have many hits... "Sara Smile" is their best (you heard that & were blown away). Check out "One On One"..nice song, great saxophone!!
Watch all you can find from recent year programing Live From Daryl's House. You'll be blown away over and over by the outstanding house band with real deal visitors doing renditions of Hall and Oates classics along with guest hits. Truly outstanding, unfailing top shelf entertainment.
I have the same understanding of the song that BJ has. She is with him, but her eyes are on the door. Keeping her eye out to see if something better or more profitable is coming through the door.
You guys got to do- I can’t go for that, you make my dreams come true, out of touch, one on one, say it isn’t so, private eyes, rich girl…etc… best duo ever
A lot of the 80s saxophone, in my opinion, was a style that seemed to be imitating the sounds of large cities...car horns, trains and harbour ship horns all a part of modern city scapes. The echoes especially remind me of living in Sydney Australia hearing ship horns when sounded bouncing off the harbour cliffs and buildings slowly pettering off after many seconds. I assume these would sound the same in any city.I maybe entirely wrong, but for me the saxophone when played like it is in this sob song certainly reminds me of the city at night.
Your take on the lyrics is on point with multiple interpretations: 1. She's a predator. 2. She's in it for the bag. 3. He's not seeing red flags (her eyes on the door). 4. She's not hiding who she is, so don't fall for the her that his mind made up. 5. She's not a Maneater. He's been dumped/ rejected & he's lying bc he doesn't want anyone else to have her. That last one's a stretch, but this was the early 80's when songs about stalking were popular, like the Police's "Every Breath You Take". There were lots of songs @ the time with the "Woman is bad" theme or woman is an object & not seen as a whole person. To name a few: "Roxanne" (Sting threatens a sex worker) & "Don't Stand So Close to Me" (Sting is a child predator) by the Police. "Billy Jean". ("She Trapped Me by Getting Pregnant". We need Maury Povich's help with a paternity test.) "Centerfold" & "Pretty Woman" (The relationship only exists in the man's mind. They've never even spoken to her). "Is She Really Going Out with Him" by Joe Jackson, a song from the POV of an incel "nice guy". On the flip side, there's 1980's live version (Providence, RI) of the Kinks' "Lola", which is a song about a young man who falls for a trans woman. In the lyrics, he actually sees her and has genuine affection for her.
I just don’t understand how anyone over 25 hasn’t heard so many songs I see on reaction channels. It’s like impossible to have avoided them. I don’t get it lol
Produced by Daryl Hall and John Oates. Written by them and Sara Allen. Signature song for the duo. 2 years later, Daryl Hall sang backing vocal for INXS in the song Original Sin. Produced by Nile Rodgers. 3 years later, John Oates flew down to Sydney, Australia. He and Iva Davies wrote Electric Blue. Iva Davies is the only original member for his band Icehouse. All-star in the band. In the video and in the studio. Lead guitar by GE Smith from the Saturday Night Live Band. Drums by Mickey Curry. No relation to Stephen Curry. MC played drums for Steve Jones, Andy Taylor, The Cult, Alice Cooper and Tom Cochrane. MC quit Hall and Oates. He became the drummer for Bryan Adams. 30 years ago, MC was the studio drummer for Steve Jones, Andy Taylor and Bryan Adams. MC was smoking hot! L🤣L Then the manager for Hall and Oates was Tommy Mattola. He was promoted to executive. He later married Mariah Carey but got divorced. TM is married to Thalia. RIP Tom Wolk, bass guitar, Michael Hutchence, who sang with Daryl Hall.
For years I thought they were saying "Man Hater" and I didn't really think that fit with the rest of the lyrics. When I discovered it was "Man Eater" it made a lot more sense. :)
Have to listen to Sara Smile twice - first the original single release Then the version from Daryl's House with Smokey Robinson...... never thought the original could be improved but when Smokey does his bit.... has to be heard to understand
BJ has it right. The women in the song is so stunning men line up for her. She uses them until they are empty of everything. The men do this willfully and are glad they did.
The LEGENDARY Iconic Mr Daryl Hall and John Oates
"Hall & Oates are the best-selling musical duo of all-time with a staggering number of monster hits, but the rock establishment has never taken them quite as seriously as the huge fan base."
You are so right there. I remember back in the early 80's when they were at their height in popularity, it seemed as if they never got the respect they deserved. They had more top 40 hits of the 80's and most were between 80 and 85. Yet, rarely, were they ever talked about or had the superstar status like Michael Jackson or Madonna.
You sure it's not the great Karen Carpenter?
@@jasonking6366 Maybe it's because they were a duo. Maybe it's harder to idolize about a duo than a single person
What about Simon and Garfunkel? Also best selling musical duo.
@@michaelasay8587 "Back in 1984, the RIAA declared that Daryl Hall and John Oates were the most successful duo in rock history. Statistically, they had surpassed such dynamic duos as the Everly Brothers and the Righteous Brothers. They've held onto this title over the ensuing thirty years."
Hall & Oates are a great American pop rock duo who had their biggest success in the 70's-80's. They had a lot of great hits such as "Rich Girl", Kiss On My List", "Private Eyes", "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)", "Maneater", "Out Of Touch", "She's Gone", "Sara Smile", "You Make My Dreams", "Family Man", "Say It Isn't So", "Method Of Modern Love" etc.
All great songs from a great duo. 1 of the best duo's to ever do it if not the best for their genre of music.
Yes, Say If isn’t So and also One on One.
Oops, Say it isn’t So!
Kiss on My List; I Can't Go For That; Maneater are in a close competition for the worst pop songs ever.
Don’t forget “ One On One”
When they originally wrote this song, the Maneater they were referring to was New York City.
Spot on - especially in the 80s NYC was like a flytrap for the hopeful rich. John Oates said in an interview : _"It's about greed, avarice, and spoiled riches. But we have it in the setting of a girl because it's more relatable. It's something that people can understand. That's what we do all of the time"_
I actually never knew that.
Actually, it started out because of a nasty woman then they changed it over to New York meaning.look it up.
@@Shawney-jf6kc no, it was originally written about NYC. Look I you in Wikipedia
@@jzero4813 so it was inspired by New York City or writing a song about New York City but the final product certainly is not about the city.
They have a lot of stuff. ‘She’s Gone ‘ ‘ Sara Smile’ ‘Rich Girl ‘ and many more. Best duo ever IMO
Holy mackerel, y'all can't ever go wrong with some Hall & Oates 🖤
Always loved Hall and Oates, so many great tunes.
PLEASE go down this rabbit whole! Hall and Oats is an amazing group, lots of quality music!💗🙏
HALL - OATES, man eater, wow listened to this on my car radio full blast in the day. One of the greatest duo's of our time. Still going strong today, and sound just as great.
This is a jam! And they have so many other great tracks!
They are so good! Sara Smile is my favorite but they are all good! The jazz/funk/pop combo in their songs...priceless!
Hall and Oates are the most successful musical duo of all time with over 40 million copies of their music sold to date!!
I saw Hall & Oates a few years ago and they put on a great show!!! Such wonderful musicians and performers!!!
NOTHING LIKE THE 80S!!!! The sound and passion for instruments/lyrics will never be replicated. such a different sound
I feel same way about the 70's. But to each their own.
Hall n Oates catalog is deep. Hit after hit🔥🤘
Love this song! Hall and Oates is deep with hits though. Yall just scratching the surface.
TH-cam has videos on Live at Daryl's house,he brings different artists to his house and they sings the artist hits basically a jam session with different artists,new and old,its really excellent to watch.
Sara Smile is my favorite Hall and Oats song. I saw them in concert at the Hollywood Bowl about 4 years ago. It was a magical night.
Can we give a shout out to their incredible sax player?!?
I don't know why, but the '80's we're all about sax and keyboard in every big hit.
Defined a generation of great music.
1981....I was in the Navy and deployed on a nuclear powered ship in the Indian Ocean....This was one of 3 cassette tapes I listened to on my Sony Walkman. It helped get me thru the boredom and loneliness.......loved it and still do
Skimmer puke? Or bubblehead?
I was there in '83. We pulled Diego Garcia for a liberty port.
God Bless the free expression in lyrics of the 80's. So visual with each word..beautiful.
There was a lot of talk about Gold Diggers back then. They called it the Excessive Eighties for a reason.
Such a raw song. LOVE IT.
"What you think, you'd get it for free" or "If you're in it for love, you ain't gonna get too far" Says it all right there for me, however you wanna break it down. 😂
🤣🤣🤣 yes that line says it's all👍🏿
Absolutely enjoyed "Hauling Oats" back in the day. Very talented duo.
“Kiss on My List” is my favorite H&O song. They’re great. I didn’t like much 80’s music but they were definitely an exception! 🌺✌️
It was such a vibe back then when this song came out. It's hard to explain. We all kind of had the same outlook on life that was mostly positive as best as I can describe it! Our music reinforced it with gems like this.
MAN EATER is about NEW YORK CITY , is what John Oats
Said in an interview once ! See The 2003 Hall & Oats Concert ,
Boy It Is Awesome , ❤️
A couple of Philly guys, they met while matriculating at Temple U., and formed a band in 1970 that would go on to be major players in the pop, and soul, music scenes for a decade and a half, recording SIX # 1 Hits! They should have EIGHT, as their two best songs *"She's Gone"* and *"Sara Smile"* astonishingly did not reach # 1 when they each came out. Hall & Oates are the best-selling duo in music history!
Private Eyes and You Make My Dreams Come True are my favorite Hall and Oates songs. But they have many great ones. Iconic 80's group. Cheers from Canada
We MUST stay strong my brother!!!!!
I'm 61 and appreciate all music but my generation had the best music.
One of their best. I saw them perform it live in a concert a few years ago. Sounded as good as this version, or better. Thanks for your reactions.
I heard Peter Frampton when I was 16 sounded just like the radio awesome 👌
I’ve seen them many times. So good!
Same here. Las Vegas. They opened with this song.. The sax player walked thru the audience playing the opening part. It was SO cool
This song is absolutely incredible and unforgettable, one of those that defined a decade ❤
I remember as a kid in New Mexico listening to this album, had to be 4 grade maybe. Bout the same time Break Dancing was catching on, and us little ones, seeing these older girls, thick red lipstick, dark eye lines. That was ManEaters, we would sing the hook and run. Funny couple years later we were still running, just different direction.
I love how they made the saxophone sound echo. That’s crazy!
Reverb
This group started in 1967. As you all know they have hits for day and days. For me they hit their stride in the 70's and 80's the album H20 in my opinion was one of the best.
These guys are the most successful recording duo in history.
According to Rolling Stone magazine they’re not even in the top 20
This song was actually written about the City Of New York itself!! I am a native New Yorker too!
This song was fire then and fire now. Hall and Oats is the best selling group of all time. Glad you are getting to know them better.
A beautiful song with great sax music is Billy Vera, At This Moment
They have alot of bangers.
And the Blonde has a show called Darryls house. He has alot of musicians come and jam
Hall and Oates song Family Man is all about keeping it in check. This reaction was fun to watch.
Ohhh the memories. The 80’s in the clubs. Ty both for bringing me back. ❤️
Ayy this song is lit!!! I was listening to this earlier today at school lol I Love Hall & Oates music!!!!! Awesome reaction Asia and BJ
They are great in concert, too! Lots of energy and great songs!!!
Give a listen to every time you go away. Great song. I found a great song about Brooks and Dunn called you don’t know me. We’re talking blue eyed country so. I loved it
I really enjoyed BJ's reaction and evaluation to this video. Great stuff.
The words were a little off in this video, but, you got the point. If you would`ve done that Hall & Oates Livestream (that you were gonna do :) you would`ve heard this one. They have many hits... "Sara Smile" is their best (you heard that & were blown away). Check out "One On One"..nice song, great saxophone!!
Hall & Oates “Do What You Want, Be What You Are”…Great blues soul track
One of the best parts of this song is in the last bit, when he sings, "Ooh but it's wild, oooh....".
Ahhhhh the good old days when literally everything that came out was 🔥🔥🔥
I heard. In an interview with John Hall that this song was about New York City the she maneater is the city itself
Talking about one of the best out there Hall &Oats Enough said
All my ..we love our Hall & Oates..
at Daryl's house he does I Can't Go For That / No Can Do with Ceelo Green and what a jam session it was
I hope Daryl or John catch your show they would really appreciate it , you two should check out some of there live performances .
Stay blessed and continue to be great
Oh but that bass line…..cmon now…..yum! ❤️🎼❤️🤘😎gotta check out Cee lo green Live from Darryl’s house- it’s awesome!
Sara Smile my favorite out of many hits they had🙌
Watch all you can find from recent year programing Live From Daryl's House. You'll be blown away over and over by the outstanding house band with real deal visitors doing renditions of Hall and Oates classics along with guest hits. Truly outstanding, unfailing top shelf entertainment.
great memories come back when i hear this song
LOLOLOL THIS IS A GREAT SONG. You guys are HILARIOUS!!! I LOVE THIS SONG. This brings back so many childhood memories.
To really dig Hall and Oates you must be in mood for late 70s/early 80s sound. Must love sax. Must listen to the words.
What a beautiful sounding sax, what a smooth song!!!!
I have the same understanding of the song that BJ has. She is with him, but her eyes are on the door. Keeping her eye out to see if something better or more profitable is coming through the door.
A song that instantly transports me back in time…..
Absolutely!😁
LOVED Hall & Oates!
love the sax in this. remember rollerskating to this
This song is a testament to the fact that everything's about sax.
Yes, lots of great music!
You guys got to do- I can’t go for that, you make my dreams come true, out of touch, one on one, say it isn’t so, private eyes, rich girl…etc… best duo ever
A lot of the 80s saxophone, in my opinion, was a style that seemed to be imitating the sounds of large cities...car horns, trains and harbour ship horns all a part of modern city scapes. The echoes especially remind me of living in Sydney Australia hearing ship horns when sounded bouncing off the harbour cliffs and buildings slowly pettering off after many seconds. I assume these would sound the same in any city.I maybe entirely wrong, but for me the saxophone when played like it is in this sob song certainly reminds me of the city at night.
So many great songs.
Your take on the lyrics is on point with multiple interpretations:
1. She's a predator.
2. She's in it for the bag.
3. He's not seeing red flags (her eyes on the door).
4. She's not hiding who she is, so don't fall for the her that his mind made up.
5. She's not a Maneater. He's been dumped/ rejected & he's lying bc he doesn't want anyone else to have her.
That last one's a stretch, but this was the early 80's when songs about stalking were popular, like the Police's "Every Breath You Take".
There were lots of songs @ the time with the "Woman is bad" theme or woman is an object & not seen as a whole person.
To name a few:
"Roxanne" (Sting threatens a sex worker) & "Don't Stand So Close to Me" (Sting is a child predator) by the Police.
"Billy Jean". ("She Trapped Me by Getting Pregnant". We need Maury Povich's help with a paternity test.)
"Centerfold" & "Pretty Woman" (The relationship only exists in the man's mind. They've never even spoken to her).
"Is She Really Going Out with Him" by Joe Jackson, a song from the POV of an incel "nice guy".
On the flip side, there's 1980's live version (Providence, RI) of the Kinks' "Lola", which is a song about a young man who falls for a trans woman. In the lyrics, he actually sees her and has genuine affection for her.
"Live From Daryl's House". It is worth checking out. Thanks . Love the channel
Philly blue eyed soul
You showed great wisdom there, "aggressive in all the wrong ways".
love this group and they were the best back in the day!!! You need to react to the video.
Everything they did back in the day went straight to the top!
That’s exactly right! Not a call girl but bad woman. And several lyrics were wrong that were printed out
You can't help but to move with this song! Dance baby! Dance!
Hall & Oates did some great work.
Got to see them in concert in the 80s
I just don’t understand how anyone over 25 hasn’t heard so many songs I see on reaction channels. It’s like impossible to have avoided them. I don’t get it lol
I've heard the song a thousand times, but a big thumbs up for the commentary.
One on One has such a great vibe!
loved the bass on this tune
Produced by Daryl Hall and John Oates. Written by them and Sara Allen.
Signature song for the duo.
2 years later, Daryl Hall sang backing vocal for INXS in the song Original Sin. Produced by Nile Rodgers.
3 years later, John Oates flew down to Sydney, Australia. He and Iva Davies wrote Electric Blue. Iva Davies is the only original member for his band Icehouse.
All-star in the band. In the video and in the studio. Lead guitar by GE Smith from the Saturday Night Live Band.
Drums by Mickey Curry. No relation to Stephen Curry. MC played drums for Steve Jones, Andy Taylor, The Cult, Alice Cooper and Tom Cochrane. MC quit Hall and Oates. He became the drummer for Bryan Adams.
30 years ago, MC was the studio drummer for Steve Jones, Andy Taylor and Bryan Adams. MC was smoking hot! L🤣L
Then the manager for Hall and Oates was Tommy Mattola. He was promoted to executive. He later married Mariah Carey but got divorced. TM is married to Thalia.
RIP Tom Wolk, bass guitar, Michael Hutchence, who sang with Daryl Hall.
For years I thought they were saying "Man Hater" and I didn't really think that fit with the rest of the lyrics. When I discovered it was "Man Eater" it made a lot more sense. :)
her taking total control of his life with her personal goodies , hehehe
Have to listen to Sara Smile twice - first the original single release
Then the version from Daryl's House with Smokey Robinson...... never thought the original could be improved but when Smokey does his bit.... has to be heard to understand
Listen to the bass intro played by Tom "T Bone" Wolk. Actually his bass playing carries the song. RIP T BONE
This song is so smooth.
Great reaction as always guys! Keep it up! 👍
This song still gives me goosebumps🔥❤
BJ has it right. The women in the song is so stunning men line up for her. She uses them until they are empty of everything. The men do this willfully and are glad they did.
I love to hear the sax and the 80;s were full of them.
She's Gone, their best tune by far.
Thank you and what is great about the song when first heard it i was a kid and I knew what it was a woman of the night ☺️
They have a huge tour going on this year!!
Thank you for sharing this with me