Warms my 60 year old heart to see people your age respond to the musical and production brilliance of Steely Dan, especially 43 years after Aja's release. Their work is timeless, a bit like the Beatles but much more musically and technically sophisticated, yet just as easy to remember. Priceless....
Yup, mine too. I grew up listening to these guys. The music will never age because it's the work of perfectionists who wouldn't settle for copycat pop culture sounds but hat to outclass everyone in the business without actually paying attention to what anyone was doing.
_Aja_ is so amazing, and _Royal Scam_ is even better. Literally not a bad album in their discography (though parts of _Gaucho_ and _Two Against Nature_ could get a bit boring)
Good info. I didn't know that. Always loved this song but never put 2 and 2 together. I love this even more now cause Michael McDonald is also a great singer
Aja was an all time classic album with some of the best musicians ever assembled. Any song of this album is worthy of an reaction. Try, "Home at Last."
Steely Dan's Aja album is probably one of the greatest albums ever made. I absolutely needed to hear this song and your reaction to it. Those backing vocals are Michael McDonald, a guy who is the personification of blue-eyed soul. It's easy to hear the jazz and R and B influence in what's generally called a classic rock album. I'm still trying to process the deaths of a family friend and music legend Charlie Daniels, and your video was a healing balm to my soul. Thank you so much for your gift to UA-cam, and indeed the world.
Re-listen and notice how ridiculously funky the bassline is. That little up-turn it takes right before the chorus. Too good. And the backing vocals which hit a crazy high note....no autotune, just talent.
They are known as a band's band... This group is a band it is said the greatest bands would listen to after their own performances, to kick back or party to. They must have at least 30 greatest hits. Some would say every one of their songs are great. I promise you will be blown away and you really do need to be exposed to this classic Grove / Vibe. There is nothing like "Steely Dan". these guys are so talented... you're going to find out that you've heard a lot as most of their material has been remixed / redone by recent musicians, because it is so superfantastic! Please give them a listen. It could rocket your musical journey/background and change your life.
Agreed. Also, widely accepted as THE benchmark for testing sound systems from simple home set-ups to stadium systems because of the care in recording, mixing, mastering and overall fidelity.
Love Steely Dan & it's 70's vibes, which was piped over the radio throughout my childhood. Really enjoyed watching you 'gettin' on down' to this classic tune. 🥳
My 20 year old and I jam to this song. Warms my 50 year old heart to know my kids love the songs my husband and I love. I see you're grooving to it too..Steely Dan is the best. ❤
The album this song is on us called Aja. It won a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording-Non Classical in 1978. I've listened to a lot of your Steely Dan requested songs today but I haven't run across "Aja" the title song of this album yet. You'll love it.
I studied with one of the sound engineers who worked on Aja. He said that SD spent two years mixing it. The goal was to make it sound perfect, but also make it sound natural/down to earth. I don't know how anyone has that kind a patience for mixing, but Aja is considered one of the best mixed albums of all time.
I was just coming in to say I was impressed that she picked up on the mix on the first listen though. I know whenever I pick up a new set of speakers or headphones, I always listen to this album first. There was this great series they used to show on VH1 called "Classic Albums," and they featured Aja one episode. They actually had Dan and Walter come in and review the master recordings at the mixing board. They interviewed quite a few of the studio players. It's an amazing watch.
Glad to see you young schoolers gettin' funky to this band. I was on an island as far as musical tastes in 77 when Aja came out. I was a Sophmore in HS and at the time the only young brutha who got Steely Dan. Welcome to the party youngsters. I been waiting on ya!
I've been watching a lot of reaction videos. The thing I like the most is the breakdown of gender and racial barriers and the mutual appreciation of music created by a world of musicians where these barriers do NOT exist. Beat comes from the heart, the heart of a tribe and we can make the world THE tribe. Thanks for posting. You really get into it.
I don't think there's any such thing as a bad Steely Dan song - you could do two dozen reactions and not hit a clinker. Proud of you for not spitting out your water when that excellent guitar solo started. I saw you pick up the water bottle when you did and thought "Oh no . . . "
Girl you've got good ears! Straight away you picked up on the fact that it was so well mixed and that's because sonically it is regarded as one of the best albums every recorded. 👍
Rick Marotta played drums on Peg but Steely Dan used a wide variety of world class drummers on the Aja album including Steve Gadd for the song Aja, Bernard “Pretty” Purdue and others!
Girl.....thank you. You got it. Not only is the $h!t Killah, it's the production. There are video's of musicians who played on the tracks sayin' they never heard themselves so clear. The mix is so clean you could eat off it. Congrats for having great ears.
"Here at the Western World," is a great Steely Dan song, on the radio around 1979/80. It's got great lyrics, and a sort of elastic beat to it. It's fun watching you react to Steely Dan, and Pink Floyd too. Right on, girl!
The harmonies were all sung by Michael McDonald ( Doobie Brothers , and solo ) Fagen and Becker had Michael stack his vocals upon each other in weird intervals that ended up sounding INCREDIBLE !! jeff
You got EARS girl! You heard it like a musician who felt all the elements you were supposed to feel. Thank God no stupid detours endlessly analyzing lyrics or watching videos like most do!
Awesome Scribe🌷《☆》FM is my favorite Steely Dan song. No static at all Eaaauuulf EaaauuulM no static at all🤓👍🏾They're all great tho RIP Walter Becker passed away in 2017 but they were still touring right up to his death❤ Playing small venues like the St Augustine amphitheater :*: Greetings from⛾Florida🤳my friend🤓🗣🔊☮✌👍🏾
Steely Dan is an American jazz fusion band founded in 1972 by core members Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Blending rock, jazz, latin music, reggae, traditional pop, R&B, blues,[2] and sophisticated studio production with cryptic and ironic lyrics, the band enjoyed critical and commercial success starting from the early 1970s until breaking up in 1981.[2] Initially the band had a core lineup, but in 1974, Becker and Fagen retired the band from live performances altogether to become a studio-only band, opting to record with a revolving cast of session musicians. Rolling Stone has called them "the perfect musical antiheroes for the Seventies".[4]
Donald Fagan has been one of the most unique songwriters in the business. There's nothing conventional about his melodies and yet they're still fun, a rare quality in a songwriter. I'm requesting "Haitian Divorce" from the Steely Dan album "The Royal Scam." It has a very catchy Reggae driven beat with a soulful guitar-talkbox throughout. It's my favorite Steely Dan song and I hope you check it out. I've only recently discovered your channel and I've quickly come to respect your opinion. 👍
There are lots and lots of really good steely Dan songs to react to. This is a deep rabbit hole. My personal request either hey nineteen or Bodhisattva. These recordings are from back in the day when studios would spend millions on production values.
You're not wrong about the production, it's what the band is known for, crisp, clean sound with good separation. Walter Becker (guitar) and Donald Fagen (keyboards) hired studio musicians to play the songs and spent a lot of studio time perfecting the music. Sadly Walter passed away a couple of years ago. Other songs: Bodhisattva, FM, Babylon Sisters, Josie, Black Cow, The Royal Scam, Time Out of Mind, Rikki Don't Lose That Number, Reelin' in the Years, Black Friday
THE GREATEST !!! I HAVE ALL OF THEIR MUSIC BLACK COW, PEG, MAXINE, HAITIAN DIVORCE, TIME OUT OF MIND. RIDE WITH ME AND THIS WHAT YOU WILL HEAR IN MY CAR.
What’s not to like about your reaction to some of the greatest guitar work on vinyl... Imagine if you will (I’m 63) an aspiring young guitar player when it hit FM radio... I was floored.
Walter Becker (RIP) and Donald Fagen, the principals of S.D., recorded the songs on this album with like 3,4, and 5 DIFFERENT groups of pro studio musicians until the songs sounded the way they did in their head. Would be tough to afford that method nowdays......LOL.
Warms my 60 year old heart to see people your age respond to the musical and production brilliance of Steely Dan, especially 43 years after Aja's release. Their work is timeless, a bit like the Beatles but much more musically and technically sophisticated, yet just as easy to remember. Priceless....
Yup, mine too. I grew up listening to these guys. The music will never age because it's the work of perfectionists who wouldn't settle for copycat pop culture sounds but hat to outclass everyone in the business without actually paying attention to what anyone was doing.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS I'm 60 too and it does warm the heart indeed!!
You can definitely say that again
@@justacloud3374 Don't say it again Do it Again
@@garrymathesen8748 ah ha...yep I get the Steely Dan reference there👍
Steely Dan-Aja = One of the greatest albums ever made FROM ANY GENRE.
Preach.
No lie... so many songs were sampled.
Also this album is still my go too for testing new headphones or speakers lol
Aja is a masterpiece. ❤️
Agreed!! Even the cover art was subtle but artistic.
_Aja_ is so amazing, and _Royal Scam_ is even better. Literally not a bad album in their discography (though parts of _Gaucho_ and _Two Against Nature_ could get a bit boring)
Oh yes. Steely Dan. Can be a giant rabbit hole. Only 60 something songs from the 70's and each one is fantastic. They never made a bad song.
I have been stuck in that rabbit hole since the early 1970's!
I find 'Show Biz Kids' way too repetitive but that's just me. I know others like it.
@@1nelsondj But they're wearing Steely Dan T-shirts.
@@Rock_Snob I became a Dan Fan late. 1978 for me.
@@1nelsondj Any others? You had to just bring up one song you didn't like.
The saying is "Steely Dan is your favorite band's favorite band". Definitely worth a major rabbit hole.
My old school... FM.... Reelin in the years... So many more!
Some of the absolute sickest harmonies you'll ever here in this kind of music too. Crazy shit.
It was Michael McDonald who sang the background vocals on this song (peg).
Good info. I didn't know that. Always loved this song but never put 2 and 2 together. I love this even more now cause Michael McDonald is also a great singer
It's easier to name the Steely Dan songs that Michael McDonald didn't sing back up vocals on.
Even better ALL the backup is Michael McDonald. They overdubbed his voice in different octaves...brilliant huh? Sounds like 3 people but its all him.
Yessir
@@RTDavis0503 ALL IN 3D! FOREIGN MOVIE!
Aja was an all time classic album with some of the best musicians ever assembled. Any song of this album is worthy of an reaction. Try, "Home at Last."
L. E. Coleman yes that is my jam!
I used to work for a very brilliant metal producer/engineer. He named his daughter Aja.
Peg was sampled by De La Soul in their song Eye Know.
Steely Dan's Aja album is probably one of the greatest albums ever made. I absolutely needed to hear this song and your reaction to it. Those backing vocals are Michael McDonald, a guy who is the personification of blue-eyed soul. It's easy to hear the jazz and R and B influence in what's generally called a classic rock album. I'm still trying to process the deaths of a family friend and music legend Charlie Daniels, and your video was a healing balm to my soul. Thank you so much for your gift to UA-cam, and indeed the world.
I would compare it to Dark Side of the Moon.
Re-listen and notice how ridiculously funky the bassline is. That little up-turn it takes right before the chorus. Too good. And the backing vocals which hit a crazy high note....no autotune, just talent.
Every song on this album is exceptional.
Steely Dan....Groove Gods.
Few are arguably equal but none are better at nailing a groove.
This song is super personal to me and you are amazing. Watching you trip out on it is almost like healing for me to watch. BIG props girl!!!
They are known as a band's band...
This group is a band it is said the greatest bands would listen to after their own performances, to kick back or party to.
They must have at least 30 greatest hits. Some would say every one of their songs are great. I promise you will be blown away and you really do need to be exposed to this classic Grove / Vibe.
There is nothing like
"Steely Dan".
these guys are so talented... you're going to find out that you've heard a lot as most of their material has been remixed / redone by recent musicians, because it is so superfantastic!
Please give them a listen. It could rocket your musical journey/background and change your life.
Agreed. Also, widely accepted as THE benchmark for testing sound systems from simple home set-ups to stadium systems because of the care in recording, mixing, mastering and overall fidelity.
Love Steely Dan & it's 70's vibes, which was piped over the radio throughout my childhood. Really enjoyed watching you 'gettin' on down' to this classic tune. 🥳
My 20 year old and I jam to this song. Warms my 50 year old heart to know my kids love the songs my husband and I love. I see you're grooving to it too..Steely Dan is the best. ❤
The album this song is on us called Aja. It won a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording-Non Classical in 1978. I've listened to a lot of your Steely Dan requested songs today but I haven't run across "Aja" the title song of this album yet. You'll love it.
Production value on this album is off the charts. The kind of stuff that you play to check out every aspect of your sound system.
I studied with one of the sound engineers who worked on Aja. He said that SD spent two years mixing it. The goal was to make it sound perfect, but also make it sound natural/down to earth. I don't know how anyone has that kind a patience for mixing, but Aja is considered one of the best mixed albums of all time.
I was just coming in to say I was impressed that she picked up on the mix on the first listen though. I know whenever I pick up a new set of speakers or headphones, I always listen to this album first.
There was this great series they used to show on VH1 called "Classic Albums," and they featured Aja one episode. They actually had Dan and Walter come in and review the master recordings at the mixing board. They interviewed quite a few of the studio players. It's an amazing watch.
Glad to see you young schoolers gettin' funky to this band. I was on an island as far as musical tastes in 77 when Aja came out. I was a Sophmore in HS and at the time the only young brutha who got Steely Dan. Welcome to the party youngsters. I been waiting on ya!
I've been watching a lot of reaction videos. The thing I like the most is the breakdown of gender and racial barriers and the mutual appreciation of music created by a world of musicians where these barriers do NOT exist. Beat comes from the heart, the heart of a tribe and we can make the world THE tribe. Thanks for posting. You really get into it.
I don't think there's any such thing as a bad Steely Dan song - you could do two dozen reactions and not hit a clinker.
Proud of you for not spitting out your water when that excellent guitar solo started. I saw you pick up the water bottle when you did and thought "Oh no . . . "
Definitely - find Jay Graydons making of that guitar solo video. It’s all in the Orange Squeezer.
Steely Dan & Chicago are 2 bands that survive for all time. Great musicians with great flows
Steely Dan is the perfect chill, smooth, funk band to relax too. Musicianship is flawless!
If you went to a party in the '70s and Steely Dan or Talking Heads or Genesis was playing you knew it was a good time 🔥
Aja is a masterpiece album....it's timeless! Keep on jamming gurl....xo
Dig deep on this band, the were very unique and Super talented.
Yes ma'am!! You got those facial expressions just right for Steely Dan!!
What a trip. This song is on my radio station right now as i just got this notification.
I like that you really FEEL the music!
Girl you've got good ears! Straight away you picked up on the fact that it was so well mixed and that's because sonically it is regarded as one of the best albums every recorded. 👍
Aja and Gaucho especially. But all of them are.
The technical aspects of this tune are off the charts. Cool video.
The fabulous Michael McDonald is singing the background vocals on this track! This entire album is an acknowledged masterpiece!
It’s always amusing seeing someone listen to a song for the first time...a song that I’ve heard 9 BILLION TIMES. It’s so fun!!
I always feel under-dressed when I listen to the Dan.
FAX
LOL
I have to take a nap.
Steely Dan composed songs designed to make you want to hear them over and over again. It worked for me.
Rick Marotta played drums on Peg but Steely Dan used a wide variety of world class drummers on the Aja album including Steve Gadd for the song Aja, Bernard “Pretty” Purdue and others!
Memories of summers as a child. This song would always come up on the radio, at least once. :)
Girl.....thank you. You got it. Not only is the $h!t Killah, it's the production. There are video's of musicians who played on the tracks sayin' they never heard themselves so clear. The mix is so clean you could eat off it. Congrats for having great ears.
Their music is timeless and such an easy listening experience 😎
And Kid Charlemagne...
What an album
Love the reaction.....the beat gets you going.
The Jay Graydon solo is the definition of tasty!!!
Paul Reese wow. Al Jarreaus Jay Graydon he produced Manhattan Transfers album Extensions
"Here at the Western World," is a great Steely Dan song, on the radio around 1979/80. It's got great lyrics, and a sort of elastic beat to it. It's fun watching you react to Steely Dan, and Pink Floyd too. Right on, girl!
De La Soul sampled "Peg" by Steely Dan for "Eye Know" back in 1989.
The harmonies were all sung by Michael McDonald ( Doobie Brothers , and solo ) Fagen and Becker had Michael stack his vocals upon each other in weird intervals that ended up sounding INCREDIBLE !! jeff
I don’t know 1 person who doesn’t love this song.
Steely Dan one of the most underrated bands of all time.Fantastic instrumentals!
That bassline is hittin!
Finally, I appreciate your ear. I've seen a few of your vids.
This one connects.
Well you fell fell into that Groove without missing a step!!!
It's so amusing watching young people of the current era listening to real music. She's absolutely correct: it doesn't get any better than that!
I gotta love all that jazz!! That is Michael MacDonald from the Doobie Brothers singing in the chorus.
Album is too fucking smooth, from beginning to end. Just dripping with coolness.
You got EARS girl! You heard it like a musician who felt all the elements you were supposed to feel. Thank God no stupid detours endlessly analyzing lyrics or watching videos like most do!
Love your reaction, thanks love😊
Awesome Scribe🌷《☆》FM is my favorite Steely Dan song. No static at all Eaaauuulf EaaauuulM no static at all🤓👍🏾They're all great tho RIP Walter Becker passed away in 2017 but they were still touring right up to his death❤ Playing small venues like the St Augustine amphitheater :*: Greetings from⛾Florida🤳my friend🤓🗣🔊☮✌👍🏾
Yea the love you take is equal to the love you make With any luck
it will come back to you.
This is the song you don’t want to end....its good to the last drop.
Steely Dan is an American jazz fusion band founded in 1972 by core members Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Blending rock, jazz, latin music, reggae, traditional pop, R&B, blues,[2] and sophisticated studio production with cryptic and ironic lyrics, the band enjoyed critical and commercial success starting from the early 1970s until breaking up in 1981.[2] Initially the band had a core lineup, but in 1974, Becker and Fagen retired the band from live performances altogether to become a studio-only band, opting to record with a revolving cast of session musicians. Rolling Stone has called them "the perfect musical antiheroes for the Seventies".[4]
Steely Dan should be the Universal Music🎹
If you haven't heard Reelin' In the Years by Steely Dan you have to listen to it, if even on your own time.
You just went down the Steely Dan rabbit hole.Black Cow,Josie,Time Out Of Mind,just to name a few great SD tunes.
The Album "Aja" won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album"1978, Non-Classical. It shows in every song
Steely Dan is some of the best chill music
Thank you for sharing your experience. it is good to share the elevating spirit of the enjoyment of beneficial excellent frequencies of humankind.
Legendary album
Donald Fagan has been one of the most unique songwriters in the business. There's nothing conventional about his melodies and yet they're still fun, a rare quality in a songwriter. I'm requesting "Haitian Divorce" from the Steely Dan album "The Royal Scam." It has a very catchy Reggae driven beat with a soulful guitar-talkbox throughout. It's my favorite Steely Dan song and I hope you check it out. I've only recently discovered your channel and I've quickly come to respect your opinion. 👍
There are lots and lots of really good steely Dan songs to react to. This is a deep rabbit hole. My personal request either hey nineteen or Bodhisattva. These recordings are from back in the day when studios would spend millions on production values.
You're not wrong about the production, it's what the band is known for, crisp, clean sound with good separation. Walter Becker (guitar) and Donald Fagen (keyboards) hired studio musicians to play the songs and spent a lot of studio time perfecting the music. Sadly Walter passed away a couple of years ago.
Other songs: Bodhisattva, FM, Babylon Sisters, Josie, Black Cow, The Royal Scam, Time Out of Mind, Rikki Don't Lose That Number, Reelin' in the Years, Black Friday
" ....Done up in blueprint blue, it sure looks good on you. And when you smile for the camera, I know their gonna love ya.......Peg."
"Josie."
I'm a bass player. I love the bass lines.
That was the great Chuck Rainey. Google him !
Roger Nickels was their engineer and also the keynote speaker at my graduation.
Every song on that album is great treat yourself
This is my favorite song. It's hard not to love.
I have been sorta addicted to reaction channels lately......but your still my #1
I love this track and this group as a whole! #josie# #deaconblues#
One of my favorite groups
I usually ended my Steely Dan set with this song, and then Josie. Michael McDonald blessed many a number one hit with background vocal.
absolutely sick guitar solo
Superb song and reaction
THE GREATEST !!! I HAVE ALL OF THEIR MUSIC BLACK COW, PEG, MAXINE, HAITIAN DIVORCE, TIME OUT OF MIND. RIDE WITH ME AND THIS WHAT YOU WILL HEAR IN MY CAR.
Black Cow is another great song
Deacon Blues is my favorite STeely Dan song, but it truth they never made one I didn't like.
React to the video (not the audio) of the Sheena Easton song called Strut. That song is about becoming self empowered. It is fire !!!!!!!!!!!!!
The backup vocals are Michael McDonald stacking intervals... seriously complex and bad azz
Boppin da hell out dat head babygirl. U jamming!😃
I just introduced a youngster to The Dan today at work 💙💙💙🙏🙏🙏
The Steely Dan catalog is without peer!
You struck GOLD.
More steely Dan pls,pretzel logic,cant go wrong with anything from aja
Steely Dan was so good becausel the group were all the best studio musicians...of their era....check out FM
What’s not to like about your reaction to some of the greatest guitar work on vinyl...
Imagine if you will (I’m 63) an aspiring young guitar player when it hit FM radio... I was floored.
Now do "Josie." This album is so good.
The most complete album ever made.
IMHO, there was are about 2 handfuls of really good Masterd albums and this among the best.
Steely Dan/Hey Nineteen
Walter Becker (RIP) and Donald Fagen, the principals of S.D., recorded the songs on this album with like 3,4, and 5 DIFFERENT groups of pro studio musicians until the songs sounded the way they did in their head. Would be tough to afford that method nowdays......LOL.
Do also react to Donald Fagen's solo album "The Nightfly" released in 1982 all the tracks from that album are absolutely great.