incubus band maneater cover hall and oate

And to be honest with you, I did not envision it going in that direction but I’m really glad it did because it’s really cool and I love the video.īaltin: Oh the video is amazing. And the reggae version came out really cool but the musical, magical powers of the Saxsquatch team kind of morphed it into an EDM thing. And I kind of did and that was how the collaboration started. And I wanted to kind of return it to that at some point in my career. And when I originally came up with the idea for 'Maneater,' I wrote it as a reggae song. She said John, 'You’ve gotta meet, you’ve gotta somehow get together and collab with this amazing musical creature.' And that’s how it all started. She was the one. To be honest with you, you should be interviewing her. So my wife discovered Saxsquatch and introduced me. I dreamed this day would come and never really hoped that it would actually happen. But did you ever anticipate in all the crazy things you’re done that you would play one of your songs with a sasquatch who plays saxophone?

I remember the animated sequence in ( 500) Days of Summer of 'You Make My Dreams Come True.' So you’ve gotten to see your songs animated. So really it’s a celebration of my own acceptance of the maneaters in the world.īaltin: John, you and I have talked about your hosting the super jam at Bonnaroo.

The fun aspect of it has come from living a life of people not believing in you. Saxsquatch: I think in a way I’ve learned to live with it. So does that mean that you’ve gotten over the female quatches? īaltin: In the version when you do it, it feels so lighthearted and smooth. I always sing 'Maneater 'on Valentine’s Day because I always kind of resented them a little bit. You know? The female quatches are ruthless. I come from a very musical family and I would play this song actually on Valentine’s Day, every day because women always break my heart. My grandfather, his name was Gigfoot, he played this song on his guitar all the time, with him singing it. Saxsquatch: My whole life, this song has been in my family. And John, I’m sure you heard the song in a very different way, having it played by a saxophone-playing sasquatch. So I’m sure that Saxsquatch, 'Maneater' changed for you getting to play it a lot. And as an artist when you get to interpret someone else’s work, it changes it for you as well. I’m in North Carolina, in Chapel Hill.īaltin: As an artist, when you hear someone else interpret your work, it changes it. Baltin: So Saxsquatch, where are you today?

Incubus band maneater cover hall and oate