50 Daryl Hall & John Oates Songs You Better Have…Or Else
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June 10, 2014 by J Matthew Cobb in
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“Maneater”
(1982; #1 pop)
Writer: Daryl Hall, John Oates, Sara Allen
Producer: Daryl Hall, John Oates, Neil Kernon
from the album H2O
Aside from the seductive sax solo and the Motown shuffle, “Maneater” is a subdued New Wave rock number dressed up in James Jamerson’s unforgettable opening bass lines on the Supremes’ “You Can’t Hurry Love.” But nostalgia is H&O’s just reward and gels perfectly with the jarring and paranoiac lyricism on the inside: “Oh-oh, here she comes/Watch out boy, she’ll chew you up.”
