Hall & Oates - Maneater (1982) bass cover
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Original bassist - Tom "T-Bone" Wolk
"Maneater" is a song by American duo Hall & Oates, featured on their eleventh studio album, H2O (1982). It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on December 18, 1982. It remained in the top spot for four weeks, longer than any of the duo's five other number-one hits, including "Kiss on My List", which remained in the top spot for three weeks.
John Oates has explained that while it is natural to assume the lyrics are about a woman, the song actually was originally written "about NYC in the '80s. 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", after describing how they took a similar approach with the earlier song "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)".
Billboard called it a "moody midtempo piece which has the percolating bass line of a mid-60's Supremes record and the atmospheric sweep of a Giorgio Moroder film score." Cash Box said that the opening bassline resembles that of the Supremes' song "You Can't Hurry Love."
Lyrics -
[Verse 1]
She'll only come out at night
The lean and hungry type
Nothing is new
I've seen her here before
Watching and waiting
Ooh, she's sitting with you, but her eyes are on the door
So many have paid to see what you think you're getting for free
The woman is wild, a she-cat tamed by the purr of a Jaguar
Money's the matter
If you're in it for love, you ain't gonna get too far
[Chorus]
(Oh-oh, here she comes)
Watch out, boy, she'll chew you up
(Oh-oh, here she comes)
She's a maneater
(Oh-oh, here she comes)
Watch out, boy, she'll chew you up
(Oh-oh, here she comes)
She's a maneater
[Verse 2]
I wouldn't if I were you
I know what she can do
She's deadly, man
She could really rip your world apart
Mind over matter
Ooh, the beauty is there but a beast is in the heart
[Chorus]
(Oh-oh, here she comes)
Watch out, boy, she'll chew you up
(Oh-oh, here she comes)
She's a maneater
(Oh-oh, here she comes)
Watch out, boy, she'll chew you up
(Oh-oh, here she comes)
She's a maneater
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Chorus]
Ooh
(Oh-oh, here she comes)
Here she comes, watch out, boy, she'll chew you up
(Whoa-oh, here she comes, watch out)
She's a maneater
(Oh-oh, here she comes, she's a maneater)
Ooh, she'll chew you up
(Oh-oh, here she comes)
Here she comes, she's a maneater
(Oh-oh, here she comes, watch out)
She'll only come out at night, ooh
(Oh-oh, here she comes)
Here she comes, she's a maneater
(Oh-oh, here she comes, she's a maneater)
The woman is wild, woo
(Oh-oh, here she comes)
Here she comes, watch out, boy, watch out, boy
(Oh-oh, here she comes)
Oh, watch out, watch out, watch out, watch out
(Oh-oh, here she comes, watch out)
Yeah, yeah, she's a maneater
(Oh-oh, here she comes, she's a maneater)
She's watching and waiting, ooh
(Oh-oh, here she comes)
Oh, she's a maneater
BRILLIANT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Perfect example of a simple bass line that rocks. It's the perfect foundation for the song. Sometimes less is more.
Yeah!! Thanks, my friend!! Very cool!! 😁👍🏻
Great ! Nice tone ❤
Thanks!
Superb. Nailed that from the groove to the tone.
Heyyyyyyyyyyyyy, Maneater....boy can I shed a story about this song back when the thing was Friday night parties and sucking back a few brews! LOL my buddy Dougie was flinging himself around the party with hands clasped below like a living maneater LOL LOL....man I recall his sister yelling "Dougie" stop that...STOP....lol lol olo....Anywho many many moons since past them fun fun times we used to traverse in our high school daze but what didn't was my fondness to many of the Daryl and John songs that ear wormed their way into my life since!
LOL thanks for this supper time BBQ steak SONG!
Haha! That sounds wild lol. Hey, I made steak and brats on the grill yesterday myself!! Thanks for swinging by as always Roger!
@justinandsheba Good stuff man... again a fine job you do Justin.... always great to see ya light up the screen buddy.
Locked in and grooving, great cover!
Nice one! Bass on!
Thanks man
Nice groove Justin!
What software were you using to remove the bass from the song or were you just playing over the existing bass? Thanks and You and Sheba rock
I generally use Moises to remove the bass.
How much does this bass weight? seems so good for people with back pains.
It's 7.5 pounds.
@@justinandsheba Not bad but not great. Still a good number. BB, thanks for the video!!
Sheba made it about 20 seconds before this song put her to sleep...LOL!!
LOL 🐦