Where the hell are today's Steely Dan, Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Stones, Who, Guess Who, Eagles, Journey, Genesis, Kiss, Eddie Money, etc., etc., etc. Just so soulful, so emotional, so amazing.
Yep, yet they fired him, they didn't want to share the wealth and fame with Palmer. He was able to sue Fagen and Becker years later for Royalties due him and from what I understand it was substantial.
@@j.y.7958 Dirty Work" is one of the songs on Can't Buy a Thrill on which David Palmer provided the lead vocal.Brian Sweet hypothesizes that Fagen did not want to sing the song himself because he and Becker did not even want to include it on the album, but the executives at ABC Records wanted some more conventional tunes on the album and therefore insisted that "Dirty Work" be included. After Palmer left the group, touring vocalist Royce Jones would sing the song live in concert
I went on a first date in 1994 to see these guys. I fell madly in love and now 26 years later I am married to that man. It's out 16th anniversary today.
Of Steely Dan, I first heard "Do It Again". It wasn't lightning. Then "Reeling In The Years" was close to lightning. Then I heard this by accident, and I thought "I've got to get that album". This song was truly lightning for me, and I never get tired of it. I wish he were still singing.
This song reminds me of my late HS roommate. In 1989 I got sent to boarding school was having way to much fun in Public school and My Bronx father was at his wits end. My roommate was the biggest Dead Head. This song was playing when I walked in from Football Practice and met him RiP Eggy I miss you brother.
I was 4 when this tune was released. My parents partied with it during the hippie 70's. I remember this tune being played during many parties. Loads of childhood memories .
Mine was a little different.....riding in dad's 1968 nova in 1993-1995 every Friday and Sunday going to work with him.....then taking his cassettes with in the locomotive or caboose....he used to ask me what I wanted to listen too....this was first pick.
Kathy, I'm 66. This is in my personal UA-cam favorites, an eclectic mix. But here's the deal: I like it as much now as I did when I first heard it, I think around age 24.
@@oldwest517 I wonder what Rolling Stone Magazine meant by oversinging because I think this lead singer is excellent and I love this song. I was never familiar with Steely Dan but I am really impressed with this song.
The more I listen to this song, the more I realize that its secret sauce is Skunk's sweet, subtle guitar work ever lurking in the background. It is like the song's subconscious mind.
@@hammerthor6441 Skunk before the Doobies, as I recall. He was a band member of SD in the brief period when they actually had a band rather than just being a studio project,
There was a lot of competition in the band in the early days. Robert Palmer had a great voice which he proved when he sang Dirty Work. It appeared Donald Fagen and Walter Becker wanted to cement themselves as the band leaders / owners and removed Palmer to avoid future competition and royalty suits. I love the band and aside from Fagen and Becker firing Palmer for no reason other than a cash grab they will always be on the top best of my music library.
This has always been my favorite song by Steely Dan and Angry Eyes by Loggings and Messina . Play this back to back and then add Rossington Collins Don’t Misunderstand Me.
I remember seeing the original Steely Dan perform this on The Midnight Special in early 1973 with lead vocal from David Palmer rather than Fagen although it was Fagen who had made the band famous with Do It Again. Not a unique situation: the original Byrds started out with Gene Clark as vocalist/tambourine player and yet Roger McGuinn was singing lead on most of the songs including all the hits.
I saw S Dan a few (5-6) years ago in Dallas. First time attending their show. It was very disappointing. Becker got up and read some deal thanking everyone on their staff including accounts and roadies. I’ll bet it literally took 10 minutes. Fagan was just ok. On this song, “Dirty Work”, their best number imo, they had only the backup singers do it. Thank God their opening act shined, Steve Winwood. His 45 min set was great as always. It was hard to believe tickets went fit so much. The crowd was on their hands most of the SD set. Oh well I can say I did see them. In my 10 point system. 10 being the best, I have Winwood a 9. SD gets a 4.
I said the same thing years ago ( Becker did that same crap plus performed one of his boring songs) when I seen them live & they didn't perform the commercial hits I'd come accustomed to hearing over the years. They did some of the B side stuff and old tunes I wasn't familiar with. They've been around a hundred years seems like ...lol 😆
I've just been to see the Dan at Manchester arena. This is one of my favourite tracks by them BUT they have the backing Danette's singing this and it's totally lost its way with them . This is a guys song as the men amongst know exactly what this song means 😉
I love stealing Dan! This song though does something to me I love the chorus. I love the horns. I love everything they do. I do listen to it over and over and over we’ll be in my head for like 10 days and around I can’t get it out and I don’t care thank you 70s! Nothing like it ✌️
Damn, some kid working out with his girlfriend at the gym had this song playing and I was gonna ask him if he’s seen The Sopranos but now from reading the comments it was probably from The Suicide Squad trailer that apparently featured this song.
not a ton of comments on here so,...WHAT is your favorite Steely Dan song,...no explanation necessary,...just the groove. see what I'm layin' down here,...name a favorite groove without any other context. Ill go first... My Old School.
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My favourite song, chucked paper work at my boss and told him to f off and played this on the drive home. Felt better ever since
most impressive
Hell yeah!
Right on !
Power to the people ✊👍🇺🇸😎
Stick it to the man
Thank you to all the older people. Thank you for keeping your beautiful music alive, we youngsters thank you for it
Cheeky😂
Where the hell are today's Steely Dan, Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Stones, Who, Guess Who, Eagles, Journey, Genesis, Kiss, Eddie Money, etc., etc., etc. Just so soulful, so emotional, so amazing.
its gone forever son
Other good people are around but all on different platforms and smaller indie venues .
TONS of great music out today - you just have to find them.
Sorry bro it’s just not going to happen
Get into Jesus see what he did for us that’s all I can say
I will never stop listening to this gem. Entire lp is a masterpiece. Wonderful high schools 70s memories 👍❤️
Me to freshman in High school at 63 still loving it even more
That’s awesome. Okay discovered them. Love it
The best
Yeah Pasadena High, in and out. 69-71.
Same here Martha Stephens class of 1975
I would gladly go back to those days.
Just heard this song at the end of Episode 2, Series 2 of “The Jinx” and I had to listen to it again.
Palmer's voice is the best for this tune! So comforting and mesmerizing!
so much like csn
@@charlie50201 You're right
Yep, yet they fired him, they didn't want to share the wealth and fame with Palmer. He was able to sue Fagen and Becker years later for Royalties due him and from what I understand it was substantial.
Never realized Palmer sang this song. Thought it was Fagan.
@@j.y.7958 Dirty Work" is one of the songs on Can't Buy a Thrill on which David Palmer provided the lead vocal.Brian Sweet hypothesizes that Fagen did not want to sing the song himself because he and Becker did not even want to include it on the album, but the executives at ABC Records wanted some more conventional tunes on the album and therefore insisted that "Dirty Work" be included. After Palmer left the group, touring vocalist Royce Jones would sing the song live in concert
David Palmers voice is timeless
I went on a first date in 1994 to see these guys. I fell madly in love and now 26 years later I am married to that man. It's out 16th anniversary today.
Thats Great
Awesome! Congratulations to both of you!
🖤🖤🖤
That’s awesome enjoy each other
@@billhill4929 Every moment of every day.
Of Steely Dan, I first heard "Do It Again". It wasn't lightning. Then "Reeling In The Years" was close to lightning. Then I heard this by accident, and I thought "I've got to get that album". This song was truly lightning for me, and I never get tired of it. I wish he were still singing.
Me too Jim ! At 62 despite hearing it so often .
This song reminds me of my late HS roommate. In 1989 I got sent to boarding school was having way to much fun in Public school and My Bronx father was at his wits end. My roommate was the biggest Dead Head. This song was playing when I walked in from Football Practice and met him RiP Eggy I miss you brother.
ah the 70s, what a magical time to be a teen, never been better music since, but on rare occasions.
Steely Dan. ...the most complicated ,clever,beautiful music ever.the kind of music you want on your radio driving across amarica.xx💟💟
damn straight and also some Dire Straits to carry on .....
I was 4 when this tune was released. My parents partied with it during the hippie 70's. I remember this tune being played during many parties. Loads of childhood memories .
Mine was a little different.....riding in dad's 1968 nova in 1993-1995 every Friday and Sunday going to work with him.....then taking his cassettes with in the locomotive or caboose....he used to ask me what I wanted to listen too....this was first pick.
One of my favorites, and I’m 62, 🎶🎼🎵♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
I'm 65 . Top 10 fav lps ever
Me too..one of my favorites
Kathy, I'm 66. This is in my personal UA-cam favorites, an eclectic mix. But here's the deal: I like it as much now as I did when I first heard it, I think around age 24.
A year ahead of you.
Best song Steely Dan did!
I agree!!
@@billhill4929I can tell u haven't listened to Steely Dan very much
@@dalegriffin6768 And why is that, because I think dirty work is a great song?
This song’s been stuck in my brain 🧠... so , here I am ........
Serious ear-worm material, this song is, for sure.
How many heads have this playing right now?
Me too! I heard it today on the radio, and have been singing it ever since! I love Steely Dan!
Same here. Love Steely Dan.
This song is such a classic gem! Thank you Steely Dan!
Such a nice texture to his voice, sung so passionately
That's David Palmer - who soon left the group
He now has a photography business. Davidpalmerimages. Great photos.
i heard it on a tv ad the other day, and totally forgot about it all these yrs. I love it
I did the same. Loved in then, love it more now
I will always miss David Palmers vocals-
yup
Rolling Stone said he oversang his parts. Never understood what they were talking about. So understated.
@@oldwest517 well it is rolling Stone, a loser rag
@@oldwest517 I wonder what Rolling Stone Magazine meant by oversinging because I think this lead singer is excellent and I love this song. I was never familiar with Steely Dan but I am really impressed with this song.
The only Steely Dan song I like
They just don't make music like this anymore I'm afraid xxx
Well let’s be honest, Steely Dan were one of a kind. Truth is nobody did what they did before or after and never will.
@@icecreamforcrowhurst totally agree xxx
I feel like music like this isn’t popular anymore that’s all 🤷♀️. The good thing is the trend of music like this is coming back.
Check out Dawes ... older
I don't always listen to this song but when I do my neighbors do so
My two year old always asking to hear dirty work. 😢
I just heard my neighbor playing this song are decided to look it up here.So surprised it’s Steely Dan!
ya see,...sneaky good
Yo también pienso que es la menos Steely Dan pero es mi favorita
I didn't grow up in the 70s but it gives me that old school vibe love it!
Great music by great musicians, no questions asked...
Such an unbelievably great song!
This was a year before my time but I remember hearing this song many times during my youth and it has stuck with me through all these years..
one of my fav SD songs but they wrote so many classic tracks
Any other Steely Dan favorites?
Great song with David Palmer on lead vocals!
Great job on the video, Amazing tune, what an incredible chorus 🎤🙌🎸
Best music ever.. Great memories.
It is near impossible to find a live performance of this song with the original players back during that era
Love this song. Love the album every track is a gem.
This brings back so many memories for me 😢😢
Thank you Tony Soprano for introducing me to this beautiful song 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Yes. It is a pure Masterpiece. Dave in Sierra Vista AZ
Cheers! I spend a lot of time at Huachuca
Una de las mejores canciones del mundo
Love it!
The more I listen to this song, the more I realize that its secret sauce is Skunk's sweet, subtle guitar work ever lurking in the background. It is like the song's subconscious mind.
Skunk from the doobies?
@@hammerthor6441 Skunk before the Doobies, as I recall. He was a band member of SD in the brief period when they actually had a band rather than just being a studio project,
@@oldwest517 oh dang. I learned something.
Nobody sings this as well as Palmer
are you sure it isn't Dias?
Classic 70s song
love it like so many of their songs
My Very Favourite by Steely Dan!
This song blew my mind in my teen's!! Not so much getting into guitar, That was Mr. Peter Frampton. Just loved the song!!
Love this!
I’ll Always listen to this song
the 1st is always the best.................talking about the song. it was the 1st I heard by steely dan. love it!!! ; )
Pienso lo mismo que tú
It would have been near impossible not to have heard "Do It Again" on the radio before you heard "Dirty Work."
Steely was influenced by jazz fusion. Beautiful I loved Aja.
Wonderful ballad !!!
Really love this🥰
Thanks Jorge!
I foresee terrible trouble and I say here just the same. Truest words 😅
My all time favorite Steely dddd Dan song
There was a lot of competition in the band in the early days. Robert Palmer had a great voice which he proved when he sang Dirty Work. It appeared Donald Fagen and Walter Becker wanted to cement themselves as the band leaders / owners and removed Palmer to avoid future competition and royalty suits. I love the band and aside from Fagen and Becker firing Palmer for no reason other than a cash grab they will always be on the top best of my music library.
I think you meant to type David Palmer, not Robert. Lol
he had an alcohol problem
Favorite STEELY DAN tune
This is ear worm kryptonite. Once it gets in there, it's suck and keeps popping up anytime I have an idle moment... fabulous.
Brings back memories of highschool.all good friends and time's.
l'VE LOVED THIS BAND SINCE WAS 14.
It just doesn’t get any better than this….
Classic and empowering!
Great song
Up with Aja as my all time favorite Steely Dan song.
Masterpiece.
This has always been my favorite song by Steely Dan and Angry Eyes by Loggings and Messina . Play this back to back and then add Rossington Collins Don’t Misunderstand Me.
Happy Heavenly Birthday Walter!
'The Suicide Squad'(2021) brought me here! Thx James for your exceptional ability to select the right music for the movie every time :)
Thx tony
Opus Revolution - my bros Dale and Danny covered this perfectly - without horns.
LOVE STEELY DAN
I remember seeing the original Steely Dan perform this on The Midnight Special in early 1973 with lead vocal from David Palmer rather than Fagen although it was Fagen who had made the band famous with Do It Again.
Not a unique situation: the original Byrds started out with Gene Clark as vocalist/tambourine player and yet Roger McGuinn was singing lead on most of the songs including all the hits.
Thinking about tony soprano singing this while he was driving gives me chills . I wonder what the meaning behind it was
昔、FEN810の頃、深夜に流れたこの曲、初めて聴いた時
ボリュームup!してしまいました。
David Palmer sang lead on this. He was only in Steely Dan for one year.
Steely was so advanced.pscy.
I saw S Dan a few (5-6) years ago in Dallas. First time attending their show. It was very disappointing. Becker got up and read some deal thanking everyone on their staff including accounts and roadies. I’ll bet it literally took 10 minutes. Fagan was just ok.
On this song, “Dirty Work”, their best number imo, they had only the backup singers do it.
Thank God their opening act shined, Steve Winwood. His 45 min set was great as always.
It was hard to believe tickets went fit so much. The crowd was on their hands most of the SD set.
Oh well I can say I did see them.
In my 10 point system. 10 being the best, I have Winwood a 9. SD gets a 4.
I said the same thing years ago ( Becker did that same crap plus performed one of his boring songs) when I seen them live & they didn't perform the commercial hits I'd come accustomed to hearing over the years. They did some of the B side stuff and old tunes I wasn't familiar with. They've been around a hundred years seems like ...lol 😆
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Happy Birthday Donald Fagan!
I've just been to see the Dan at Manchester arena. This is one of my favourite tracks by them BUT they have the backing Danette's singing this and it's totally lost its way with them . This is a guys song as the men amongst know exactly what this song means 😉
You hit it on the head. Fagen could never sing this, or anyone else since Palmer left.
Totally agree. Not the same without Palmer singing it.
I love stealing Dan! This song though does something to me I love the chorus. I love the horns. I love everything they do. I do listen to it over and over and over we’ll be in my head for like 10 days and around I can’t get it out and I don’t care thank you 70s! Nothing like it ✌️
"I foresee terrible trouble And I stay here just the same..."
- hang in there Ukrainians, keep doing that dirty work.
Where can one find an actual live performance of this with the original players of that era
Doing their best Eagles and America imitation and doing it better than the originals.
Why no one makes such genuine music anymore?? Wtf happened??
Idk but thank god for recorded music or we would be stuck listening to today's shit.
@@gregpalermo3861true 👍
American Hustle!!!
U know I'll be around...
Who hasn't had a relationship like this ?? Back door man ?
I tripped balls to this song
I listen to this song until I fall off the chair 🪑
Love this song ❤
Why isn't there any studio info on the recording of Dirty Work? If there is, I can't find it. Who sung it? Why D flat? just for vocals? questions...l
Hey Taylor Swift, this is music!
Tony Soprano brought me here...
Love quitting a job suddenly 😂👍
Anthony soprano sent me here.
My Karaoke go to. I suck, but it brings the house down...
2:29 where does all the time go?
Damn, some kid working out with his girlfriend at the gym had this song playing and I was gonna ask him if he’s seen The Sopranos but now from reading the comments it was probably from The Suicide Squad trailer that apparently featured this song.
not a ton of comments on here so,...WHAT is your favorite Steely Dan song,...no explanation necessary,...just the groove.
see what I'm layin' down here,...name a favorite groove without any other context. Ill go first... My Old School.
Mine is Show Biz Kids, but I really like all of his music, especially Pretzel Logic.
this one
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