Brother, I'll tell you again, you're doing yourself a DISSERVICE by not using high quality headphones while listening to the Dan. TRUST ME. It'll change the game.
I prefer the unconstrained sonic ambience of a nice set of speakers with the appropriate tweeters, mids and bass speakers filling the room, swirling around your head. With a good buzz on 😊
I completely second this it really bothers me especially if you try to listen to highly produced music like this or Pink Floyd having earbuds or low quality cans or basic speakers is just stupid You're missing so much depth I really hope you upgrades it's almost a disservice to the people you're trying to react to who know the quality of this when you're only getting it partially kind of sad dude really expect you to step up the plate and invest in some quality cans please
Best musicians, collaborating with This marvelous band, still my favorite to this day, along with this entire album AJA . THE BEST, simply the BEST. Yes, those beautiful women complimenting the songs with those beautiful voices. I play this CD just about daily …….. JAZZ INFUSED ROCK, is what I call this vibe !!!! AJA, DEACON BLUES, my favorites, hell the entire album just hits everything I adore with this band 🥰 Donald Fagan, and Walter Becker, RIP ….
"I crawl like a viper, down these suburban streets. Make love to these women, languid and bittersweet." What a verse. Only Steely Dan could write that.
"This is the night, of the expanding man. I take one last drag, as I approach the stand. I cried when I wrote this song...sue me if I play too long. This brother is free..." No one writes lyrics like that. NO ONE.
Aja took the Grammy for best engineered album, non-classical, in 1978, Roger Nichols was the engineer. The album is still the gold standard, imaculate production. Welcome to Dandom. Those of your kind.
No remaster here, this is the original mix and it is incredible! Deacon Blues was the personal anthem of a generation of people who were the artists, musicians, and poets of our time. Anyone outside the box looking in.
“Sue me if I play too long.” Your reaction is exactly how we all felt the first time we heard this song. We still feel it today that’s why we are here. Great reaction.
Back-up singer Clydie King was an in-demand session singer, and worked with Venetta Fields and Sherlie Matthews and recorded with B.B. King, The Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Joe Cocker, Dickey Betts, Joe Walsh, and many others. She was a member of The Blackberries with Fields and Matthews and sang on Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour, which became a feature film. She sang background for Ray Charles in The Raelettes from 1965 to 1968. She died on January 7, 2019, in a Monrovia, California hospital at the age of 75 from complications of a blood infection. - Wikipedia
Please do KID CHARLEMAGNE, next, from Steely Dan's Royal Scam album. All their music is top notch, but I think you will really enjoy the funkiness of this album!
When this song came out I'd listen to this with my headphones. Mostly heard on FM radio, headphones on and lights out. Mesmerizing. Had a corner group (L shape twin beds) and there was a record player with radio FM/AM on the table portion. Ahhh, the 1970's.
Watching you discover this band - the way you enjoy hearing these songs for the first time - it's like hearing these masterpieces that I've heard a thousand times for the first time again myself. Your joy is palpable. Keep them coming.
I saw Steely in St. Petersburg when they finally toured in the very early 1990s. When they did Deacon Blues EVERYBODY SANG, IN KEY, AND KNEW EVERY WORD. Of course, I was singing my ass off, too. I was proud of the crowd. For me my top three bands are Beatles, Allman Brothers, and Steely Dan. When I saw them Becjer was still going strong. When I saw the ABB, Duane was alive too . Steely is jazzy R&B. Superb. Deacon Blues has Larry Carlton AND Lee Ritenaur on guitars. Steely brought in the best studio talent like Jeff Skunk Baxter.
When I bought AJA from the record store, I brought it to a party. I didn't even socialize. I placed it on the host's turntable and laid on my stomach in front of a huge speaker....hearing it for my first time...completely immersed. To hell with all the party folk in the next room.
This album, Aja, won a Grammy for Best Engineering. Can't wait til you get some headphones or even earbuds. Growing up in the 70's, this was my favorite band. They produced 7 stellar albums between 1972 and 1980, each with its own unique personality, yet unmistakably Steely Dan. There's no fatigue factor with SD - their music remains fresh and essential. Been fortunate enough to see them perform live with their 13 piece band 19 times between '94 & 2002. You've got about 70 tracks to explore, some very very good, some great, all worthy - they never miss. So many to choose from, but for a complete change of pace, try some tracks from The Royal Scam, 1976. Caves of Altamira, Haitian Divorce. Why are you on crutches?
This tune…the horns are warm and buttery. The music track drips of soft and sensual undertones. When the question comes up about what song would you listen to over and over if stuck on a desert island, Deacon Blues is always the answer.
MMBxMOB! Steely Dan is basically a fusion band, which has elements of Rock, Funk, Pop, R&B and Jazz! Melded into a musical gumbo if you will for the discerning tastes of their fans, which you are now a part of! So enjoy this glorious ride my brother! Great reaction with Love, Peace & Blessings!!!
When I was in college (graduated in '78) this was the go to album for evaluating stereo equipment (& where I went to school, MIT, we had some serious hardware).
This is the first album anyone spent more than a million dollars on production costs and it shows it's the LP or tape or reel to reel that any high-end audio place used to use to show off their equipment back in the day..
It's Steely Dan. Like some other major creative bands, they are their own genre. How else can you describe bands like Pink Floyd, The Moody Blues, Renaissance, Alan Parsons Project and others? They defy catagories. Enjoy them, they are the best that there is.
Dude needs quality headphones for sure You can't listen to steely Dan without headphones Without headphones they're just great With headphones A whole another new A whole another Level
Speaking of the mixes, it's strange to think that I remember when it was such a new sound, and I think we're coming up on the 50-year mark from when these trackings, mixings, and initial masterings were done. And that these songs were performed. Half a century. It kind of blows my mind.
My favorite story is how crazy Perfectionist they were in the studio regardless of cost. When they couldn't get the sound with top studio musicians, they would bring in more top studio players to get it right. Also herd once, the "Deacon" in the Blues refers to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, who were at the time in a long losing streak and about the exact opposite of Alabama.
They set the bar for all jazz fusion projects to come. You’re starting to understand where it started and what it was that Fagan and Becker were doing. The musicians they brought on board were their fellow elite studio musicians. A collaboration never matched again.
The smoothest, chill song on the Aja album is “Home at Last.” The word that best describes it is “sophistication.” Give it a reaction. But give every song on Aja a listen. It’s a perfect album.
I think a lot of their songs, especially a lot of the later ones, fit into multiple categories, but they definitely feel like they're modern R&B as well.
I think this one is in the style of a samba? I fell in love with Steely Dan the first moment I ever heard them, which was probably "Do It Again" in my very youth, way back in 1972. Great catch on the Crimson Tide line here on first listen! That is a thing from this particular song that I only figured out in the last decade or so, because Donald Fagen slurs the word Alabama, and I have no sports awareness.
You cant say this of many bands, but Steely Dan cant be boxed in to any one genre. Any 5 genres! They were unique in their sound, and with the rotating collection of top notch studio musicians they brought to the world some AMAZING music. My favorite is the album "Aja", every song on it is a winner.
Good catch with the engineering! I remember when I was a kid, they used to use this record to demo the stereos at the electronics stores because the production was so good on this LP.
Their 76 to 80 phase is peak jazz rock funk soul fusion. ❤ this song sits in the middle of that phase. Only thing left after this is 70s prog rock and jazz fusion itself. Then back deeper into jazz.
You are on to it talking about the vocals and production. Fagan said in the doc for Making of AJA that he sought perfection in sound. Then he would intentionality make some aspect imperfect to give it a human feel and not sterile.
I think of them as a sort of jazz-rock fusion but the truth is, there’s no need to categorize them. They take every genre, put it in a blender and come out with something is uniquely Steely Dan.
As I sit here drinking a dry red wine, I can tell you, Black Cow is one of my favorites. Check out Babylon Sisters. Also, the recording of a couple of albums from Steely Dan are used to evaluate audio equipment. Still considered some of the best recordings ever. I am a metalhead now and still love SD. I grew up listening to SD in the 70s. They played them on Rock stations. I would say they are a mix of several genre. Jazz, funk, R&B, Blues, Rock etc. They created their own genre.
I...WE love this song so much. As always everything is exquisite, absolute perfection, the chord changes, the playing, the lyrics. Miss playing this, even if only solo acoustic. Always went over extremely well, particularly with other musicians. My daughter too loved it on first hearing. 🖖🏼😎🎶❤️🍁❤️✨️🕊
Listen to FM off of the Show BIZ KIds compilation best of for that Black Cow funk sound. Then go back to AJA with JOSIE. Then hit DR WU from Katy Lied, which gives you the AJA template.
I remember when this song came out. One of our friends stood on top of a neighbors roof and sang the opening lines to this song, “This is the day of the expanding man”. This group, this song, was fire in my neighborhood. I would love for you to react to Donald Fagen’s Mary Shut The Garden Door.
Production costs for Aja was north of $1 million. This was in 76 or so. And I would stick to Aja as you welcome yourself to their music for the first time.
@@jimmoore8951 I hear you, brother. I actually have a couple of items signed by Steve Gadd. This is my favorite by him: ua-cam.com/video/IrBL09KTEoQ/v-deo.html A snare- bass roll. Amazing!
i closed my eyes and spaced to the vibe for a min and then opened my eyes and we were doing the same thing lol. i love the dan. always have. i was in HS when i first heard it still hits just as hard
Brother, I'll tell you again, you're doing yourself a DISSERVICE by not using high quality headphones while listening to the Dan. TRUST ME. It'll change the game.
I prefer the unconstrained sonic ambience of a nice set of speakers with the appropriate tweeters, mids and bass speakers filling the room, swirling around your head. With a good buzz on 😊
I completely second this it really bothers me especially if you try to listen to highly produced music like this or Pink Floyd having earbuds or low quality cans or basic speakers is just stupid You're missing so much depth I really hope you upgrades it's almost a disservice to the people you're trying to react to who know the quality of this when you're only getting it partially kind of sad dude really expect you to step up the plate and invest in some quality cans please
Headphones make a big difference in the full spectrum of the instrumentation .
I agree. Some songs are made to be listened by headphones! I mentioned it before when he reacted to "I'm Not In Love" by 10cc.
@@texashookem22
Which headphones would u recommend?
Steely Dan was what ever the hell they wanted to be.
Best musicians, collaborating with
This marvelous band, still my favorite to this day, along with this entire album AJA . THE BEST, simply the
BEST. Yes, those beautiful women complimenting the songs with those beautiful voices. I play this CD just about daily …….. JAZZ INFUSED ROCK, is what I call this vibe !!!!
AJA, DEACON BLUES, my favorites, hell the entire album just hits everything I adore with this band 🥰
Donald Fagan, and Walter Becker,
RIP ….
Steely Dan is the epitome of headphone music...the best!
"I crawl like a viper, down these suburban streets. Make love to these women, languid and bittersweet."
What a verse. Only Steely Dan could write that.
Through these suburban streets*
It was all rock to us in the 70s.
I didn't get hung up on labeling music back then only if I liked it.
The ironic thing was hearing this album played on rock, pop, soul, and jazz stations. FM radio didn’t even know what to do with the Dan in 1977
Steely Dan are their OWN genre...
"This is the night, of the expanding man. I take one last drag, as I approach the stand. I cried when I wrote this song...sue me if I play too long. This brother is free..." No one writes lyrics like that. NO ONE.
Aja took the Grammy for best engineered album, non-classical, in 1978, Roger Nichols was the engineer. The album is still the gold standard, imaculate production.
Welcome to Dandom. Those of your kind.
Their use of horns is just sublime, this is a masterclass in arrangement.....
You need to react to LOWDOWN by BOZ SCAGGS I KNOW YOU WILL LOVE IT EVERYBODY DOES !!
This ain't R & B....This is Steely Dan - end of story; thanks for the deep dive into this incredible band - this is "just good music, man"
Steely Dan IS a genre
Your favorite bands favorite band
No remaster here, this is the original mix and it is incredible! Deacon Blues was the personal anthem of a generation of people who were the artists, musicians, and poets of our time. Anyone outside the box looking in.
If you ever find their song Hey Nineteen you’ll probably have to loop it for a while 🔥
The 1970s were a golden cornucopia of musical goodness
“Sue me if I play too long.”
Your reaction is exactly how we all felt the first time we heard this song. We still feel it today that’s why we are here. Great reaction.
Back-up singer Clydie King was an in-demand session singer, and worked with Venetta Fields and Sherlie Matthews and recorded with B.B. King, The Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Joe Cocker, Dickey Betts, Joe Walsh, and many others. She was a member of The Blackberries with Fields and Matthews and sang on Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour, which became a feature film. She sang background for Ray Charles in The Raelettes from 1965 to 1968.
She died on January 7, 2019, in a Monrovia, California hospital at the age of 75 from complications of a blood infection. - Wikipedia
Steely Dan is difficult to categorize, but easy to be mesmerized by.
"TIME OUT OF MIND"
(Do it!! Do it!!)
"TIME OUT OF MIND"
(I love it so much.)
Please do KID CHARLEMAGNE, next, from Steely Dan's Royal Scam album. All their music is top notch, but I think you will really enjoy the funkiness of this album!
When this song came out I'd listen to this with my headphones. Mostly heard on FM radio, headphones on and lights out. Mesmerizing. Had a corner group (L shape twin beds) and there was a record player with radio FM/AM on the table portion. Ahhh, the 1970's.
Love Deacon Blues, now do Hey Nineteen.
Watching you discover this band - the way you enjoy hearing these songs for the first time - it's like hearing these masterpieces that I've heard a thousand times for the first time again myself. Your joy is palpable. Keep them coming.
Well said!
I saw Steely in St. Petersburg when they finally toured in the very early 1990s.
When they did Deacon Blues EVERYBODY SANG, IN KEY, AND KNEW EVERY WORD.
Of course, I was singing my ass off, too. I was proud of the crowd.
For me my top three bands are Beatles, Allman Brothers, and Steely Dan.
When I saw them Becjer was still going strong. When I saw the ABB, Duane was alive too .
Steely is jazzy R&B. Superb. Deacon Blues has Larry Carlton AND Lee Ritenaur on guitars. Steely brought in the best studio talent like Jeff Skunk Baxter.
The Fez, Green Earrings, Haitian Divorce, Don't Take Me Alive, My Old School, Bodhisattva, the list goes on and on and on....
When I bought AJA from the record store, I brought it to a party. I didn't even socialize. I placed it on the host's turntable and laid on my stomach in front of a huge speaker....hearing it for my first time...completely immersed. To hell with all the party folk in the next room.
My second favorite SD song. FM is number one for me. Thanks for your reactions to Steely Dan!
The "Aja" album is still the standard for fidelity. It's been used to test high end audio equipment since it came out in 1977 (47 years).
This album, Aja, won a Grammy for Best Engineering. Can't wait til you get some headphones or even earbuds. Growing up in the 70's, this was my favorite band. They produced 7 stellar albums between 1972 and 1980, each with its own unique personality, yet unmistakably Steely Dan. There's no fatigue factor with SD - their music remains fresh and essential. Been fortunate enough to see them perform live with their 13 piece band 19 times between '94 & 2002. You've got about 70 tracks to explore, some very very good, some great, all worthy - they never miss. So many to choose from, but for a complete change of pace, try some tracks from The Royal Scam, 1976. Caves of Altamira, Haitian Divorce. Why are you on crutches?
This tune…the horns are warm and buttery. The music track drips of soft and sensual undertones.
When the question comes up about what song would you listen to over and over if stuck on a desert island, Deacon Blues is always the answer.
The Steely Dan genre: a fusion of jazz, rock, pop, R&B, soul and rock. Whatever is best from these, they use it.
MMBxMOB! Steely Dan is basically a fusion band, which has elements of Rock, Funk, Pop, R&B and Jazz! Melded into a musical gumbo if you will for the discerning tastes of their fans, which you are now a part of! So enjoy this glorious ride my brother! Great reaction with Love, Peace & Blessings!!!
They were their own genre.
When I was in college (graduated in '78) this was the go to album for evaluating stereo equipment (& where I went to school, MIT, we had some serious hardware).
You should check out Dr Wu from the album Katy Lied, or Home at Last off of Aja, both are gems and just as high quality
This is the first album anyone spent more than a million dollars on production costs and it shows it's the LP or tape or reel to reel that any high-end audio place used to use to show off their equipment back in the day..
It's Steely Dan. Like some other major creative bands, they are their own genre. How else can you describe bands like Pink Floyd, The Moody Blues, Renaissance, Alan Parsons Project and others? They defy catagories. Enjoy them, they are the best that there is.
Dude needs quality headphones for sure You can't listen to steely Dan without headphones Without headphones they're just great With headphones A whole another new A whole another Level
Speaking of the mixes, it's strange to think that I remember when it was such a new sound, and I think we're coming up on the 50-year mark from when these trackings, mixings, and initial masterings were done. And that these songs were performed. Half a century. It kind of blows my mind.
My favorite story is how crazy Perfectionist they were in the studio regardless of cost. When they couldn't get the sound with top studio musicians, they would bring in more top studio players to get it right. Also herd once, the "Deacon" in the Blues refers to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, who were at the time in a long losing streak and about the exact opposite of Alabama.
The day you listen to Steely Dan with a headset will be like when dorothy opens the door into Oz.
They set the bar for all jazz fusion projects to come. You’re starting to understand where it started and what it was that
Fagan and Becker were doing. The musicians they brought on board were their fellow elite studio musicians. A collaboration never matched again.
So glad you are shouting out the backing vocals and the horns and so forth. And I just absolutely love that killer bass guitar line.
The smoothest, chill song on the Aja album is “Home at Last.” The word that best describes it is “sophistication.” Give it a reaction. But give every song on Aja a listen. It’s a perfect album.
"HEY NINETEEN"
(Do it!! Do it!!)"
"HEY NINETEEN"
(You won't regret it. This band, man.)
I think a lot of their songs, especially a lot of the later ones, fit into multiple categories, but they definitely feel like they're modern R&B as well.
Lots more to dive into "The Dan"! React to "Pretzel logic" and "Rikki, Don't Lose That Number". Thanks.
I think this one is in the style of a samba? I fell in love with Steely Dan the first moment I ever heard them, which was probably "Do It Again" in my very youth, way back in 1972. Great catch on the Crimson Tide line here on first listen! That is a thing from this particular song that I only figured out in the last decade or so, because Donald Fagen slurs the word Alabama, and I have no sports awareness.
You cant say this of many bands, but Steely Dan cant be boxed in to any one genre. Any 5 genres! They were unique in their sound, and with the rotating collection of top notch studio musicians they brought to the world some AMAZING music. My favorite is the album "Aja", every song on it is a winner.
Dude, you have a LONG way to go... don't stop.
Good catch with the engineering! I remember when I was a kid, they used to use this record to demo the stereos at the electronics stores because the production was so good on this LP.
Their 76 to 80 phase is peak jazz rock funk soul fusion. ❤ this song sits in the middle of that phase.
Only thing left after this is 70s prog rock and jazz fusion itself. Then back deeper into jazz.
One of my favorite choruses of all time. So hard not to sing along with it.
This is my favorite of theirs.
Finally! Their best track IMO!
FM, Josie, Babylon Sisters, Hey Nineteen, Time Out of Mind.
Great list! Time Out of Mind is one of my favorites!
all of Gaucho needs to be done
Steely Dan is a Rock band!
Rock music pulls from all genres!!!
This ain't R&B, this is jazz.
If you haven't already done it , check out Kid Charlemagne. Nice funky groove. And yes , their production was that good back in the 70's.
You are on to it talking about the vocals and production. Fagan said in the doc for Making of AJA that he sought perfection in sound. Then he would intentionality make some aspect imperfect to give it a human feel and not sterile.
I have been WAITING for you to make your way to this one!
I’d call this Jazz with a Rock backer. lol
I think of them as a sort of jazz-rock fusion but the truth is, there’s no need to categorize them. They take every genre, put it in a blender and come out with something is uniquely Steely Dan.
This is my favorite Steely Dan song.
Jazz, R&B, Soft Rock, it’s all Steely Dan.
This is their greatest song. High quality headphones should be a requirement when listening to Steely Dan.
As I sit here drinking a dry red wine, I can tell you, Black Cow is one of my favorites. Check out Babylon Sisters.
Also, the recording of a couple of albums from Steely Dan are used to evaluate audio equipment. Still considered some of the best recordings ever.
I am a metalhead now and still love SD. I grew up listening to SD in the 70s. They played them on Rock stations. I would say they are a mix of several genre. Jazz, funk, R&B, Blues, Rock etc.
They created their own genre.
The genre for Steely Dan is called So Damn Smooth.
I...WE love this song so much. As always everything is exquisite, absolute perfection, the chord changes, the playing, the lyrics.
Miss playing this, even if only solo acoustic. Always went over extremely well, particularly with other musicians. My daughter too loved it on first hearing.
🖖🏼😎🎶❤️🍁❤️✨️🕊
Steely Dan
Rikki Don't Lose That Number
In my top 5 Steely Dan songs!
The songs Aja and Deacon Blues, and
Hone At Last …. My 3 favorite songs on the album. AJA the BEST ALBUM
EVER !!!!!!!!!!! 🥰😘
Home At Last is my favorite from Them. You'll end up listening to these again when you get a headset.
Listen to FM off of the Show BIZ KIds compilation best of for that Black Cow funk sound. Then go back to AJA with JOSIE. Then hit DR WU from Katy Lied, which gives you the AJA template.
They are every Genre. Keep going brother.
Night By Night!
19-year-old drummer Jeff Porcaro just kills!
You gotta remember R&B in the 60s and 70s is not to what they consider it now. Check out the Royal Scam, Pretzel Logic, or Katy Lied albums
Finally we have been begging for decon blues and now next we are begging for hay 19
Steely Dan were their own genre. One of a kind.
Time Out of Mind.
I always got a jazz vibe from Steely Dan.
I remember when this song came out. One of our friends stood on top of a neighbors roof and sang the opening lines to this song, “This is the day of the expanding man”. This group, this song, was fire in my neighborhood. I would love for you to react to Donald Fagen’s Mary Shut The Garden Door.
Love to watch you enjoy them! Lets me know I know great music.
If you went into a record store to buy a Steely Dan record, you would find it in the rock section. But Steely Dan comprises several genres
Roulette wheel sir, he’s a gambler!
They are their own category🤷🏻♂️ No other way to describe this stuff.
Got to Get Dr. Wu in the house.
Time for some "FM"..."no static at all"😊
Be sure to check out Donald Fagen’s (the singer) solo stuff on the album “The Nightfly” too. Great stuff.
Steely Dan is in category all their own. Just the best
SD is FIRE!
They have a twist of Jazz in every song they do. Occasionally they throw in a twist of reggae. Chicago with a Jazz component.
Production costs for Aja was north of $1 million. This was in 76 or so. And I would stick to Aja as you welcome yourself to their music for the first time.
It’s Blues/Jazz infused Yacht Rock, it’s what it is
You are really gonna like “My Old School”
Pete Christlieb laid more down in one minute than I did in 22 years. DAMN...
Don’t take it personal 😊. Imagine how I felt as a young drummer and listening to Steve Gadd turn my world upside down on Aja…
@@jimmoore8951 I hear you, brother. I actually have a couple of items signed by Steve Gadd. This is my favorite by him: ua-cam.com/video/IrBL09KTEoQ/v-deo.html
A snare- bass roll. Amazing!
Boom Shaka Laka !!!
This song is classified as jazz-rock. So take that as you will.
i closed my eyes and spaced to the vibe for a min and then opened my eyes and we were doing the same thing lol. i love the dan. always have. i was in HS when i first heard it still hits just as hard
Jazzy for sure.