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Thank you for this :)

And I STILL can't understand a word Michael McDonald says. LOL. This is the best part of the song, dammit.

His voice is so distinct that he overtakes any song he’s on, even when he’s just supposed to be BG vocals. Same for Michael Jackson and Luther Vandross.

Foreign movie

sorry, Mike

As a little white kid in the 70s I always assumed Michael McDonald was black... boy did I get a surprise when I finally saw him on TV. WHAT A VOICE

Best singer in popular music, bar none. He would be stunning in a choir.

Peg remembers

Michael McDonald was EVERYWHERE

While the music played, you worked by candlelight Those San Francisco nights You were the best in town Just by chance you crossed the diamond with the pearl You turned it on the world That's when you turned the world around Did you realize That you were a champion in their eyes? On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene But yours was kitchen-clean Everyone stopped to stare at your technicolor motor home Every A-Frame had your number on the wall You must have had it all You'd go to L.A. on a dare and you'd go it alone Could you see the day? Could you feel your whole world fall apart and fade away? Get along, get along, Kid Charlemagne Get along, Kid Charlemagne Now your patrons have all left you in the red Your low-rent friends are dead This life can be very strange All those Day-Glo freaks who used to paint the face They've joined the human race Some things will never change You are obsolete Look at all the white men on the street Get along, get along, Kid Charlemagne Get along, Kid Charlemagne Clean this mess up else we'll all end up in jail Those test tubes and the scale Just get it all out of here Is there gas in the car? Yes, there's gas in the car I think the people down the hall know who you are 'Cause the man is wise You are still an outlaw in their eyes Get along (get along), get along, Kid Charlemagne (get along) Get along, Kid Charlemagne

Peg ... back to you Peg ...back to you ...ohh shutter falls ...all in 3D ...foreign movie

All that's missing is Chuck Raineys bass line to give us the root notes to these chords.

All of those singers was Michael McDonald ! 😎

if you can listen to this without wanting to swear off music forever, you might be a boomer

Bro, he's syncing up every single wavelength of his vibrato on both tracks. That's incredible.

Is there anybody who could transpose this for me? Thank you

You want me to sing what chords??

McDonald here MAKES this song come alive. What I love about him is he manages to have complete vibrato control, setting it to the song tempo. Plus, his natural timbre is just sublime. I wish there were MORE examples of him doing a similar thing. My brother and I still practice this song.

When one realizes this is Michael McDonald singing BOTH the melody and harmony tracks, you’re mind-blown. I saw his commentary on the making of Peg with Fagen and Becker on the “Perfect Albums - Aja” documentary; one of the masterpieces of American Jazz-Rock fusion, and I hope it is preserved in the Library of Congress permanently for future generations to marvel at.

😅😅😅😅

Beautiful voice.

SCTV

That voice, wow.

That part at 0:34 is something only he could do for this song. It’s sounds as smooth as water. So beautiful

I believe the only major sound effect used on this was the one used by the female back up singers on the studio version of "Time" from The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd when Richard Wright sings during the two middle 8 sections, which he probably improved Water's music with Major 7 chords instead of just Major triads. This effect sounds like "chorus" on a Leslie speaker (which was used on almost every song from the DSOTM).

Using Rick Moranis as Michael McDonald from that SCTV skit for this is the funniest thing, ever.

Back when your singing skills were a factor of your success in the business. He was a force of nature.

Michael McDonald = Legend🍻

How did I not know that’s Mike McDonald on this track! I’ve heard Peg a million times and never knew it.

sounds slightly vocoded to me? especially the airy parts? not that i'd diss the vocal prowess of MM, but getting the vibrato to match on each voice part is a feat in itself, that maybe there is his voice modulating a poly synth and the carrier is further modulated with pitch mod.. regardless, doesn't matter how it was done as long as it works in the song and this certaInly does!

Three part harmony with yourself….Few in any could do that with such perfect pitch

The thumbnail 🤣🤣🤣 If you know, you know (and you're old lol)

Tbh its a complete eargasm from start to finish, steely dan rocks 🔥

SCTV!

This would be great for a house remix

All this time I thought it was a keyboard playing that part.

Shudduh ball ,,, Harlem VD ,,, foreign movie … PEG

i wish there was a way to see the vocal processing they put on McDonald's vocal. Such a fresh high-end on the EQ but not too airy. It's also compressed so well

There’s a reason why Donald Fagen wanted Michael McDonald to be the singer of Steely Dan. Thankfully that idea was voted down. Donald is underrated and his voice is perfect for what the Dan created over the decades.

Time Out Of Mind, from Gaucho has another Mc Donald backing vocal track i would also love to hear isolated. 1:13

Always have been a Dan aficionado. 1:21 Love the dated imagery, too though.

Blue Light Special.

More like Aisle 19

Does anyone know what he’s saying apart from “peg back to you”

Epic

Pure gold.

Amazing voice

The notes are so close to one another they must look like clusters of grapes on the chart.

Peg...Back to you....Peg...Back to you...Ahhhh...Shutter falls...All in 3D...Foreign movie

When Michael sings "Peg" in harmony it would sound weird on its own... but in the song its great...!