Imagine listening to the AJA vinyl in 1977… for the first time… “Black Cow, Aja, Deacon Blues, Peg, I Got The News, Home At Last, and Josie.” It was revolutionary!
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
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.
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.
“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.
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.
"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.
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!!!
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
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.
When it comes to outstanding bands, they're always tough to classify. Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, and so on. Rock is rock. Not say these others aren't rock. Just not typical rock n roll.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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
It's cool that you dig the Dan, as a younger dude, I'm 57 and they are my absolute favorite, I've seen them 5 times, and every show was amazing, keep up the good work,.. "this brother is free, I'll be what I want to beeee!"
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.
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?
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.
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..
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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
Walter said this was an anthem to "looserdom." Alabama has always been a winner. The Demon Deacons of Wake Forest, not so much. Hence the metaphor. This is about a guy who dream of becoming a great sax player, yet he realizes the lifestyle will be tragic.
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. 🖖🏼😎🎶❤️🍁❤️✨️🕊
The most challenging "pop" song I can recall from my youth. On hot rotation back in the day. Can you believe how much music has changed?? "..a world of my own. I make it my home sweet home!" I mean, c'mon!
The album this came from - AJA - won the Grammy for Best Engineered Recording back then. It's always sounded great, with the original "AB" prefix LP (along with the second "AA" pressing that initially used the original "AB" marked lacquers until it needed to be recut) is among the best sounding releases of the album. For whatever reason, "Deacon Blues" actually sounded a little off in that initial mastering. There is a very special 2 LP set cut at 45 rpm available currently (as of this January 2025 post) that most people feel is the best release ever of it. The current hi res digital version was mastered along with that deluxe LP set and is also excellent if you want to go that route.
On Gaucho Mark Knopfler is playing guitar on "Time Out of Mind". While you're at Steely, Glamour Profession from Gaucho. Ah hell, just ALL OF GAUCHO. AJA. CAN'T BUY A THRILL. PRETZEL LOGIC, THEY'RE ALL GREAT. BODHISATVA ROCKS LIKE ALL GET OUT. GET STEELY DAN "GOLD" AND GET THE SAX VERSION OF FM.
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.
Steely Dan is R&B, rock, jazz and pure old-school funk thrown in a blender for the most delicious musical smoothie you ever tasted.
Imagine listening to the AJA vinyl in 1977… for the first time… “Black Cow, Aja, Deacon Blues, Peg, I Got The News, Home At Last, and Josie.” It was revolutionary!
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.
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Which headphones would u recommend?
Their use of horns is just sublime, this is a masterclass in arrangement.....
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.
Steely Dan is the epitome of headphone music...the best!
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 difficult to categorize, but easy to be mesmerized by.
Steely Dan are their OWN genre...
"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*
“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.
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"
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.
"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.
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!!!
The 1970s were a golden cornucopia of musical goodness
The Steely Dan genre: a fusion of jazz, rock, pop, R&B, soul and rock. Whatever is best from these, they use it.
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
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.
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
When it comes to outstanding bands, they're always tough to classify. Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, and so on. Rock is rock. Not say these others aren't rock. Just not typical rock n roll.
So true!! Love your comment.. perfecto!😀
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.
Steely Dan… Pure Pleasure, Every Little Piece, Sweet As The Best Candy
You need to react to LOWDOWN by BOZ SCAGGS I KNOW YOU WILL LOVE IT EVERYBODY DOES !!
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!
Steely Dan IS a genre
Your favorite bands favorite band
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).
My second favorite SD song. FM is number one for me. Thanks for your reactions to Steely Dan!
They were their own genre.
If you ever find their song Hey Nineteen you’ll probably have to loop it for a while 🔥
The Fez, Green Earrings, Haitian Divorce, Don't Take Me Alive, My Old School, Bodhisattva, the list goes on and on and on....
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.
They have a twist of Jazz in every song they do. Occasionally they throw in a twist of reggae. Chicago with a Jazz component.
"TIME OUT OF MIND"
(Do it!! Do it!!)
"TIME OUT OF MIND"
(I love it so much.)
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 ain't R&B, this is jazz.
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.
I've loved this band since first hearing them right after they broke through. I love the different sounds they are about. Just a jam!
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
Love Deacon Blues, now do Hey Nineteen.
It’s Blues/Jazz infused Yacht Rock, it’s what it is
It's cool that you dig the Dan, as a younger dude, I'm 57 and they are my absolute favorite, I've seen them 5 times, and every show was amazing, keep up the good work,.. "this brother is free, I'll be what I want to beeee!"
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.
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?
So awesome to see someone who gets it. So many younger people don’t… Blows my mind. Warms my heart to see young people can still get it.
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.
Steely Dan can’t be categorized. They are their own thing.
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..
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.
Steely Dan is in category all their own. Just the best
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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 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.
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.
One of my favorite choruses of all time. So hard not to sing along with it.
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.
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.
Steely Dan were their own genre. One of a kind.
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.
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.
This is their greatest song. High quality headphones should be a requirement when listening to Steely Dan.
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.
"HEY NINETEEN"
(Do it!! Do it!!)"
"HEY NINETEEN"
(You won't regret it. This band, man.)
Be sure to check out Donald Fagen’s (the singer) solo stuff on the album “The Nightfly” too. Great stuff.
Steely Dan is a Rock band!
Rock music pulls from all genres!!!
Time Out of Mind.
I have been WAITING for you to make your way to this one!
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
Jazz, R&B, Soft Rock, it’s all Steely Dan.
This song is classified as jazz-rock. So take that as you will.
The songs Aja and Deacon Blues, and
Hone At Last …. My 3 favorite songs on the album. AJA the BEST ALBUM
EVER !!!!!!!!!!! 🥰😘
Walter said this was an anthem to "looserdom." Alabama has always been a winner. The Demon Deacons of Wake Forest, not so much. Hence the metaphor. This is about a guy who dream of becoming a great sax player, yet he realizes the lifestyle will be tragic.
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.
Home At Last is my favorite from Them. You'll end up listening to these again when you get a headset.
Roulette wheel sir, he’s a gambler!
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.
🖖🏼😎🎶❤️🍁❤️✨️🕊
They are every Genre. Keep going brother.
The genre for Steely Dan is called So Damn Smooth.
The most challenging "pop" song I can recall from my youth. On hot rotation back in the day. Can you believe how much music has changed?? "..a world of my own. I make it my home sweet home!" I mean, c'mon!
The album this came from - AJA - won the Grammy for Best Engineered Recording back then. It's always sounded great, with the original "AB" prefix LP (along with the second "AA" pressing that initially used the original "AB" marked lacquers until it needed to be recut) is among the best sounding releases of the album. For whatever reason, "Deacon Blues" actually sounded a little off in that initial mastering. There is a very special 2 LP set cut at 45 rpm available currently (as of this January 2025 post) that most people feel is the best release ever of it. The current hi res digital version was mastered along with that deluxe LP set and is also excellent if you want to go that route.
Boom Shaka Laka !!!
Time for some "FM"..."no static at all"😊
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
It is hard to categorized their music definitely has a rhythm and blues feel, but I also hear elements of jazz . Whatever it is it's good music 🎶
On Gaucho Mark Knopfler is playing guitar on "Time Out of Mind".
While you're at Steely, Glamour Profession from Gaucho.
Ah hell, just ALL OF GAUCHO. AJA. CAN'T BUY A THRILL. PRETZEL LOGIC, THEY'RE ALL GREAT.
BODHISATVA ROCKS LIKE ALL GET OUT. GET STEELY DAN "GOLD" AND GET THE SAX VERSION OF FM.
Aja is the record you play to impress your friends with the quality of your sound system.
Loved your reaction. Especially reading up on the background!👍
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.
Finally! Their best track IMO!
They are their own category🤷🏻♂️ No other way to describe this stuff.
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.
This always gave me vibes of jazz/RnB mix.
Steely Dan really isn't a band it's more of an aesthetic. They have an idea how they want it to sound then find the right musicians to make it happen.
I'll say this again... three words.
THE ROYAL SCAM.
Press play, and you won't press skip.
Night By Night!
19-year-old drummer Jeff Porcaro just kills!
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