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  • @abombthecat
    @abombthecat 4 роки тому +1734

    If your question is, "Should we do a Steely Dan marathon?", the answer is always yes.

    • @wealthedge
      @wealthedge 4 роки тому +27

      I read that like Winston in Ghostbusters and made it 10000% better. “When someone asks you if you’re a god, you say YES.”

    • @dnewton98
      @dnewton98 4 роки тому +6

      YES

    • @papiumar
      @papiumar 4 роки тому +6

      abombthecat it. Is. Necessary

    • @xziggy_stardustx6786
      @xziggy_stardustx6786 4 роки тому +5

      Always.

    • @WayneE42
      @WayneE42 4 роки тому +13

      A Steely Dan Marathon? Hmmm..
      ABSOLUTELY!
      After the disappointing Led Zeppelin marathon, you guys need a palette cleanser. And that is coming from a Led Zeppelin fan. 😎

  • @andrewtrotter9023
    @andrewtrotter9023 4 роки тому +433

    Steely Dan is your favorite band’s favorite band.

    • @patjudd7914
      @patjudd7914 4 роки тому +13

      That'd be Rush.

    • @charleshutton284
      @charleshutton284 4 роки тому +9

      @@patjudd7914 Absolutely!! That of course is a follow-up to what everyone has been saying since Neil Peart's passing. About favorite drummers. Though Steve Gadd, who worked on many a Steely Dan song, is certainly no slouch.

    • @kevinheckeler
      @kevinheckeler 4 роки тому +16

      Yup, any respectable musician knows Steely Dan's catalog inside and out.

    • @waynedurning8717
      @waynedurning8717 4 роки тому +1

      lol love it.

    • @heatherw67
      @heatherw67 4 роки тому

      Pat Judd o mm

  • @jimbricker4982
    @jimbricker4982 4 роки тому +448

    The AJA album IS playlist, from start to finish. Flawless.

    • @GorgeousRoddyChrome
      @GorgeousRoddyChrome 4 роки тому +9

      100%

    • @fredzeppelin3969
      @fredzeppelin3969 4 роки тому +15

      It's my "stuck on a deserted island" album.

    • @toddgersh
      @toddgersh 4 роки тому +5

      Yes

    • @obh4197
      @obh4197 4 роки тому +7

      Flawless from start to finish, timeless!!

    • @KrimsonApoLLo
      @KrimsonApoLLo 4 роки тому +17

      shit dude, AJA, The Royal Scam, Guacho, Katy Lied -- ALL damn near flawless albums to me.

  • @BridgetteMcCaskill
    @BridgetteMcCaskill 3 роки тому +77

    Black Cow is indeed a drink. I'm a 60 year old Black female and Steely Dan was the SHIZNITZ when I was a teenager and beyond. One of the greatest bands of ALL time!

    • @frankelias1952
      @frankelias1952 3 місяці тому +2

      I grew up on this and, not one single person could tell me what in the world it was... 😅😅 Thank you for the clairification..

    • @FUBAR1986
      @FUBAR1986 19 днів тому +1

      Root beer, float chocolate syrup, whipped cream, bourbon, or Kahlúa if you turn it into a mixed drink….
      White Russian
      Was tequila, Kahlúa and milk/cream
      I preferred it just Kahlúa and cream .. looks like taste like chocolate milk lust the name black cow

  • @horsefeathers5529
    @horsefeathers5529 4 роки тому +71

    Boys you have just scratched the surface of Steely Dan....your world just got a whole lot better

    • @TheCornishCockney
      @TheCornishCockney 4 роки тому +3

      The Dan rabbit hole is the most seductive of them all.

  • @Annonymous0283745
    @Annonymous0283745 4 роки тому +454

    If you like any Steely Dan song, then you'll probably like every other Steely Dan song.

    • @DropAnchor1978
      @DropAnchor1978 4 роки тому +23

      So true. Not a bad song in the catalog.

    • @renaatsenechal
      @renaatsenechal 4 роки тому +32

      especially Aja, it's one of those rare 10/10 albums

    • @tonyallen4265
      @tonyallen4265 4 роки тому +6

      Exactly

    • @USGrant-rr2by
      @USGrant-rr2by 4 роки тому +5

      PREACH!

    • @Boddissatva
      @Boddissatva 4 роки тому +3

      That’s true. I listened in the last 70s and I still listen today.

  • @jamescameron1337
    @jamescameron1337 4 роки тому +73

    "If their catalogue sounds like this, let's just playlist the whole discography." -- you will, guys, you will.

  • @robinbeers6689
    @robinbeers6689 4 роки тому +415

    This is so precious! I am an old white lady who was into Steely Dan back in the day. So great to hear a new generation enjoying it. I love it.
    Answers to your questions.:
    A Black Cow is a sweet soda fountain drink mixing either root beer or cola with milk. I think this implies that the person the singer is talking about is young and female. Not a real "manly" drink.
    Steely Dan was two dudes but had a lot of studio musicians added in. Becker was the guitarist. Fagan was the keyboards. Dude named Skunk Baxter did a lot of that awesome sax work. Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers did a lot of the vocals on that album.
    They were a force of nature. Unfortunately Becker is no longer with us.

    • @markpowers7779
      @markpowers7779 4 роки тому +25

      Couple of corrections. Walter Becker played bass more than guitar (but he did play guitar, too), and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter plays guitar, not sax. The last time I saw Steely Dan perform was just a couple of months after Becker passed; Donald Fagan paused after a few songs and admitted to the crowd that it was weird performing without his musical partner of fifty years, but it wasn't going to keep him from putting on a show, which he (and the band) did. It was one of the best live shows I've ever been to.

    • @jimamos7984
      @jimamos7984 4 роки тому +20

      There's another drink with Kahlua, half and half and Coca Cola, with the name Black Cow

    • @TonyTheBassPlayer1
      @TonyTheBassPlayer1 4 роки тому +4

      @@markpowers7779 You'll love this; Skunk played sax too, LOL. I don't know if that is him but he definitley plays sax too. But hard to get past that guitar playing to care about his sax chops. He did some on stage when he was touring with them. I've seen it on video on the documentary of the Doobie Brothers. He played it on stage when he was a Doobie.

    • @DavidWicksiam
      @DavidWicksiam 4 роки тому +1

      Were you that foxey chick I was doing cocaine on the Album cover with in hollywood???

    • @markpowers7779
      @markpowers7779 4 роки тому +5

      @@TonyTheBassPlayer1 How about that! Now I'm thinking that I might remember seeing him play sax, but it could just be the power of suggestion. At any rate, thanks for the correction. I hate to pass on bad information.

  • @666DemonCleaner
    @666DemonCleaner 4 роки тому +351

    Aja is the legendary “test your sound system”, of any scale, album of all time. God bless their stubborn and relentless professionalism.

    • @TheHarryBalzonya
      @TheHarryBalzonya 4 роки тому +34

      My dad worked at a stereo store back then. They had a sign on the wall that read "Play Aja, sell stereos"

    • @jgfunk
      @jgfunk 4 роки тому +3

      Absolutely! Freaking "hifi"

    • @metalmanchild1454
      @metalmanchild1454 3 роки тому +2

      Going to Radio SHACK and playing this on the HI FI was like going to Guitar center and playing Stairway!

    • @ClichéGuevara-2814
      @ClichéGuevara-2814 3 роки тому +7

      Gary Katz' name needs to be mentioned more often, though...people always leave him out of the equation. Probably the greatest collection of mic's in the business. And he knew how to mix.

    • @allieandbo
      @allieandbo 2 роки тому

      Perfect comment to sum them up.

  • @mikeschulik8822
    @mikeschulik8822 4 роки тому +76

    As a certified Metal Head, steely Dan is still in my top 5.

    • @mr198221
      @mr198221 4 роки тому +5

      As a Metal head myself, i listen to Classical when i go to sleep.

    • @HBFTimmahh
      @HBFTimmahh 4 роки тому +4

      Word. Loved SD and tried to bring their feel into the Metal/Thrash I played. I was more of a groove bassist playing Death Metal. lol

    • @johnhussey63
      @johnhussey63 4 роки тому +1

      Me too.
      No 1 Dream Theater (nothing else can come close).
      Rest of my top 10 - Steely Dan is right up there.

    • @MegaCurtisimo
      @MegaCurtisimo 4 роки тому

      Same here. Love my thrash & death metal but also love Steely Dan. They certainly knew how to right grooves

    • @ravynkat
      @ravynkat 4 роки тому

      Mike, I haven't certified you (yet), but I like your style.

  • @curtisgunnarson1768
    @curtisgunnarson1768 4 роки тому +170

    A Big YES on a Steely Dan marathon

    • @redarmysoja
      @redarmysoja 4 роки тому +6

      They're going to hate themselves for not getting into Steely Dan much earlier. They don't know what they have been missing.

    • @vardoger7338
      @vardoger7338 4 роки тому

      Yes Yes YES!!!!!!!!!!

    • @patrickmullen9485
      @patrickmullen9485 4 роки тому

      Wait until they hear “Peg”, Kid Charlemagne” or “Black Friday”.

    • @josephkuchar5645
      @josephkuchar5645 4 роки тому +4

      @@patrickmullen9485 Peg was on Patreon

    • @patrickmullen9485
      @patrickmullen9485 4 роки тому +3

      Joseph Kuchar Did it blew them away?

  • @DawsonClawson
    @DawsonClawson 4 роки тому +83

    Love this album. When I took my first audio engineering class, the instructor made us listen to this whole album the first day of class. He said this was the pinnacle of sound engineering. Home At Last is my jam.

    • @CANDOKNOWHOW
      @CANDOKNOWHOW 2 роки тому +8

      “Home at Last” is one of my top 5 favorite SD tunes, as well as “Any World That I’m Welcome To”

    • @richardburch1061
      @richardburch1061 2 роки тому +3

      Hone at last is also my favorite from Aja.

    • @TerrySleuth
      @TerrySleuth 5 місяців тому

      Is Home At Last about death?

    • @TheDivayenta
      @TheDivayenta 19 днів тому +1

      @@TerrySleuthit’s about Ulysses and his journey. ❤

    • @TerrySleuth
      @TerrySleuth 17 днів тому

      @@TheDivayenta thanks

  • @runtt01
    @runtt01 4 роки тому +144

    "Kid Charlemagne" would be a perfect follow up. Then "Hey Nineteen".

  • @taztaztaz
    @taztaztaz 4 роки тому +306

    the whole “Aja” album is fire... do the whole album..

    • @mikeyg3202
      @mikeyg3202 4 роки тому +6

      absolutely do the whole album. and u can google where they got their name.

    • @GameBoyGuru
      @GameBoyGuru 4 роки тому +3

      YES!

    • @ohboi994
      @ohboi994 4 роки тому +3

      i mean they already did the opening track and loved it

    • @charliepekin8940
      @charliepekin8940 4 роки тому +5

      First album I ever got on vinyl... easily my favorite album I own.

    • @Keith_KC8TCQ
      @Keith_KC8TCQ 4 роки тому

      so much YES to this

  • @TheDesertRoseRanch
    @TheDesertRoseRanch 4 роки тому +178

    You'll listen to Steely Dan the REST of your life. They're Music Royalty.

  • @gsh341
    @gsh341 8 місяців тому +12

    Steely Dan was totally different than anyone else in the 1970s. They were the funk/soul/jazz/rock combination that you never knew you needed until you heard them for the first time. Smooth, expertly produced and every musician that played with them was always a master.

  • @joemom2671
    @joemom2671 4 роки тому +65

    YES to a Steely Dan marathon! This band is one of the best ever.

  • @johndundas5875
    @johndundas5875 4 роки тому +292

    "Don't do a Steely Dan marathon." Only a fool would say that.

  • @fordp69
    @fordp69 4 роки тому +46

    There are NO bad Steely Dan Songs, they are the kings of Jazz/Rock.

  • @hypno59
    @hypno59 4 роки тому +25

    I'm a boomer jazz musician. I bought the vinyl. This band transported me. Black music - The Crusaders, Herbie Hancock, Miles. White dudes - Chicago, Steely, Zappa. I didn't think about it at the time. But now, I realize that music was bringing people together in a beautiful, natural way. I pray that the current events won't destroy that simpatico. Music, after all, is a universal language... we need our poets and tunesmiths to help us untangle all the anger and confusion. Bless you all.

    • @jimmoore8951
      @jimmoore8951 Рік тому +2

      Exactly... that's what Sly was singing about back then (and what his band looked like).

    • @lualncol
      @lualncol Рік тому

      Beautifully said.

    • @brianvangyzen6040
      @brianvangyzen6040 Рік тому

      How true, how true. Saw most of the bands above, especially Zappa. The writing and musicianship take you to another dimension. Today, that's a good thing. LOL

  • @helgar791
    @helgar791 4 роки тому +80

    Aja as in "Asia" You never did this song before? Fellas, welcome to the deep rabbit hole that is Steely Dan, Kings Of The Groove. Even the way these guys got their name is clever, funny, and ironic. If possible always have SD's lyrics handy. So, the story, as I see it.
    What is a Black Cow? It's basically a root beer float using Kahlua. The adult version however uses bourbon. Rudy's (Bar and Grill) still exists here in NYC on 9th ave between 44th and 45th. Then and now it is essentially a dive bar. In the 70's 42nd St was a hub for pro's and johns, and Rudy's was often where pro's, musicians, artists, and actors would mingle. On the bar when he sees her are her remedies (alcohol and drugs), and her book of numbers, so she was more a high priced pro. At that time the lower class pros also strolled from 26th and 11th ave to the Javits Center on 34th and 11th ave down to 42nd, down to 7th ave. There were many on the east side on Greene St from Houston to Spring St as well. In the song he remains her home base that she brings her troubles and problematic life back to every night. He keeps asking her to break away but it just seems she can't. He is a man hopelessly in love with a prostitute that cannot change her ways, and his many attempts to change her have proven fruitless. My favorites by them are "Kid Charlemagne", "Aja", "Peg", "Deacon Blues", the entire "Aja" album, "Hey Nineteen", "Peg", "Do It Again", "Reelin' In The Years", "Babylon Sisters", "Dirty Work", "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", "Don't Take Me Alive", "My Old School", "Any Major Dude Will Tell You", "Green Earrings", "The Fez", and "Doctor WU. There are more because there's really no bad Steely Dan song. Try "The Fez" and "Kid Charlemagne" next and go from there.

    •  4 роки тому +2

      It's been a few years since I've scoured the web trying to find the meaning in the lyrics. This is the most informative and plausible explanation I've read. Thanks!

    • @adobbs92117
      @adobbs92117 4 роки тому +3

      Hel Gar. Man! That was so informative! I remember buying “Can’t buy a thrill” when it came out. Huge fan ever since.

  • @clintfarr3966
    @clintfarr3966 4 роки тому +146

    Kid Charlemagne. Is there gas in the car?
    Yes, there's gas in the car

    • @alicewonderland7218
      @alicewonderland7218 4 роки тому +12

      I think the people down the hall know who we are!

    • @goldenbear8250
      @goldenbear8250 4 роки тому +8

      @@alicewonderland7218
      Careful what you carry!

    • @kennethdias9988
      @kennethdias9988 4 роки тому +8

      Clean this mess up before we all end up in Jail

    • @goldenbear8250
      @goldenbear8250 4 роки тому +10

      @@kennethdias9988
      The test tubes and the scale, get it all outta here.

    • @kevinebarron
      @kevinebarron 4 роки тому +4

      ...those San Francisco nights. you were the best in town.

  • @noncomposmentiscat
    @noncomposmentiscat 4 роки тому +36

    Guys, you have tapped into the motherlode. Steely Dan will keep you busy. Once you've gone Steely Dan, you'll never go back. Hey Nineteen. FM, etc.

  • @patrickbernardy3100
    @patrickbernardy3100 4 роки тому +50

    The second time I watched this, I hit pause and was like "Alexa, play 'Uptown, Baby' by Lord Tariq and Peter Gunzs." That's one of the unexpected benefits of your reactions, guys. The almighty cross-reference, bringing us all together, in the same pocket.

  • @lukestar520
    @lukestar520 4 роки тому +55

    Their entire discography is fire. You can't lose with any song you pick.

    • @boise2Talay7886
      @boise2Talay7886 4 роки тому +1

      The discography should also include the solo albums Donald Fagen has released. Morph the Cat is my favorite but the others are also worth checking out.

  • @supasoulproductions
    @supasoulproductions 4 роки тому +189

    Absolutely DOWN for a Steely Dan marathon! BTW a Black Cow is a cocktail made with coffee liqueur, milk and Coke, served in a highball glass.

    • @lesleypalmer4295
      @lesleypalmer4295 4 роки тому +7

      SupaSoul Productions, it can also be a root beer float.

    • @strongpoint71
      @strongpoint71 4 роки тому

      It's diner-staff slang for a chocolate milk.

    • @independenceltd.
      @independenceltd. 4 роки тому

      @@marvinnorstrom2636 They're in a bar, they're drinking.

    • @independenceltd.
      @independenceltd. 4 роки тому +7

      @@marvinnorstrom2636 Except they say they're at Rudy's, which is a famous bar. SupaSoul already gave you the recipe. It also says she's high and that she'll stagger home. But you stick with the soda fountain thing...

    • @88joey88
      @88joey88 4 роки тому +4

      @@independenceltd. Donald's on record saying its an ice cream float mayne. Check out their classic albums documentary on youtube if youre interested in the source.

  • @jlopez97122
    @jlopez97122 4 роки тому +85

    "Deacon Blues" next! Who's with me?

    • @keithnphx63
      @keithnphx63 4 роки тому +1

      Heck yeah. That or "Josie."

    • @ericrobinson3995
      @ericrobinson3995 4 роки тому

      ME!!!

    • @generatormike
      @generatormike 4 роки тому

      black tuesday or pick almost ant other song

    • @kurtwilhite2960
      @kurtwilhite2960 4 роки тому +1

      Josie is great and one right down the alley is Hey Nineteen “the Cuervo Gold the fine Columbian”

    • @bigolfatrain8803
      @bigolfatrain8803 4 роки тому +2

      Babylon sisters!

  • @gffriedman
    @gffriedman 4 роки тому +80

    They got “Steely Dan” from the name of a dildo in a William Burroughs book. And they hired the absolute best session musicians. Sometimes they’d get 4 or 5 different ones to play the same part or solo and pick the best one. They are super bright, super creative, and super perfectionists.

    • @DisgruntledPigumon
      @DisgruntledPigumon 3 роки тому +5

      I think it was Naked Lunch. Peter “Robocop” Weller starred in an film adaptation of the book.

    • @bennemer489
      @bennemer489 2 роки тому +6

      "Good enough" was never good enough for them.

    • @Ralphydub
      @Ralphydub Рік тому

      try 10 or 12..

    • @arnoldsherrill2585
      @arnoldsherrill2585 Рік тому

      There is a story that they actually were on their way back cross-country by jet, because they listened to one of the tracks, didn't like the way it sounded and contacted one of the musicians and had him redo it, just to make sure it was right

  • @davidbell815
    @davidbell815 4 роки тому +57

    I'm a true hip hop head, and truly love and appreciate Steely Dan. Got to see them 2 years ago before Walter Becker one of the founding members passed away. Perfect work or drinking music. Peace my brothers.

  • @peterquinones3522
    @peterquinones3522 4 роки тому +52

    The whole point of Steely Dan is to marry their pristine music with biiter, brutal, sometimes very dark subject matter.

    • @johnhansen4794
      @johnhansen4794 4 роки тому

      Kinda like getting made love to by a robot?

    • @TANTRUMGASM
      @TANTRUMGASM 4 роки тому

      I was about 10 when this came out, and i was a guitarist.....This sounded so ssslick , jazzy and " New York City" to a west coast kid, ..as i grew a little older and started really listening, I realized these arent quite as "Happy" songs as I first thought

    • @johnsarli6788
      @johnsarli6788 4 місяці тому

      Including the entendre of "black cow" in this song. Nuff said.

    • @peterquinones3522
      @peterquinones3522 4 місяці тому +1

      @@johnsarli6788 Well this song is about Walter Becker's junkie girlfriend Karen Stanley.Her family sued him for wrongful death damages after she overdosed.

  • @roycrisp7632
    @roycrisp7632 4 роки тому +42

    From everyone on the Steely Dan bandwagon: Welcome. Have a seat up front. Would you like a drink? This will take a while.

    • @tonyallen4265
      @tonyallen4265 4 роки тому +2

      Yep. This will take a long while. Lots of perfect songs to experience. Not a single bad song in the whole bunch.

  • @DCjiggaman
    @DCjiggaman 3 роки тому +20

    Steely Dan Aja is considered one of greatest studio produced albums ever created.

  • @brianeharmonjr
    @brianeharmonjr 4 роки тому +155

    Playing Steely Dan's whole discography would not be a bad move. At all.

  • @denisetowe895
    @denisetowe895 4 роки тому +55

    Some of us “boomers” appreciate a wide variety of music, tech & old school....good is good 😜

    • @lindalemieux4623
      @lindalemieux4623 4 роки тому +2

      Exactly. Good music is good music no matter genre.

  • @donrojo828
    @donrojo828 4 роки тому +296

    pls do Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne

    • @bencrane8505
      @bencrane8505 4 роки тому +21

      Larry Carlton’s solo....straight fire.

    • @joeday4293
      @joeday4293 4 роки тому +6

      @@bencrane8505 Came here to say this. One of the most creative and straight NASTY solos ever.

    • @unremind
      @unremind 4 роки тому

      There used to be an official video live performance but I think it was removed from UA-cam. It was fire but I can't find it.

    • @brianoneil9662
      @brianoneil9662 4 роки тому +1

      Hell yes. Wait, no. HELL YES X1000

    • @lashersquirrelslayer
      @lashersquirrelslayer 4 роки тому +5

      Is there gas in the car?

  • @gangstaboogie718
    @gangstaboogie718 4 роки тому +55

    Steely Dan’s Kid Charlemagne is another song used for a hip hop sample.

    • @morrisseywilde6233
      @morrisseywilde6233 3 роки тому +3

      And Peg, by De La Soul.

    • @luizde-rossi643
      @luizde-rossi643 6 місяців тому

      Yep, I can instantly hear champion by Kanye West. They don't have a bad song.

  • @Rotalus
    @Rotalus 4 роки тому +41

    These guys make masterpieces. They are audiophiles too with their production so listening to them with a high-end system is an even greater treat.

  • @ruckusmalone9419
    @ruckusmalone9419 4 роки тому +130

    Another song off Aja you will eventually get too, hopefully sooner than later; is Deacon Blues. Such an amazing song.

    • @matthewbyrd398
      @matthewbyrd398 4 роки тому +3

      Ruckus Malone, if I had to pick one favorite SD song, that’s it!

    • @Ruprect44
      @Ruprect44 4 роки тому +1

      @@matthewbyrd398 In that case, you'll enjoy this...
      ua-cam.com/video/vSDD8rgUiNc/v-deo.html

    • @matthewbyrd398
      @matthewbyrd398 4 роки тому +2

      Hammond Ehgs NIce! Thanks, man!!

    • @stevelyautey7339
      @stevelyautey7339 4 роки тому +1

      Ruckus Malone absolutely!!

    • @NuOrder11
      @NuOrder11 4 роки тому +1

      Agreed. Best song on the album.

  • @mamamurray2
    @mamamurray2 4 роки тому +166

    I've never heard a bad Steely Dan song. Ever.

  • @williamvesey3679
    @williamvesey3679 4 роки тому +76

    "You and I" would be a straight up R&B tune. "You were high" can only be Steely Dan.

    • @TrippedGian1
      @TrippedGian1 4 роки тому +4

      There is Stevie Wonder's You and I, one of his best

    • @philiproach2537
      @philiproach2537 4 роки тому +3

      Excellent observation, and a perfect example of what sets The Dan apart.

    • @RedTigerGamesPLayer
      @RedTigerGamesPLayer 3 роки тому +1

      Love this comment. So true😂

    • @normanphilp1760
      @normanphilp1760 2 роки тому

      @@TrippedGian1 Black Ivory “You and I”

  • @jmonty2005
    @jmonty2005 4 роки тому +26

    "DON'T TAKE ME ALIVE" My all time favorite SD song

  • @nahaloz1816
    @nahaloz1816 4 роки тому +121

    “AJA” one of the best albums ever, the production is impeccable, it is so good and special, I just bought the LP again last week!

    • @ArtofFreeSpeech
      @ArtofFreeSpeech 4 роки тому +6

      In the 10 day challenge of albums that affected your musical taste/upbringing, this album was #1 on my list. I can't wait until they hear the title track.

    • @sipesthebest128
      @sipesthebest128 4 роки тому +5

      @@ArtofFreeSpeech
      They very well may faint...

    • @chrisl68
      @chrisl68 4 роки тому +4

      #1 for me too.

    • @raidrfrk
      @raidrfrk 4 роки тому +4

      For 👍 sure people laugh at them
      But only music lovers know the truth

    • @donnarhendrixbarron8770
      @donnarhendrixbarron8770 4 роки тому

      As far as Steely Dan goes, he rocks! Dirty work is and always has been my favorite , it takes me back with such warm good feelings. Enjoy, oh, you guys crack me up!! Love ya

  • @andrewbouk1324
    @andrewbouk1324 4 роки тому +125

    Anyone else think they will lose their shit upon first hearing the drums during the midsection on the song "Aja"?

    • @wpollock1
      @wpollock1 4 роки тому +9

      Gadd will blow their minds......

    • @kiethgerling341
      @kiethgerling341 4 роки тому +5

      Uh, yep!

    • @stevemartin4249
      @stevemartin4249 4 роки тому +3

      Or the end!

    • @ArtofFreeSpeech
      @ArtofFreeSpeech 4 роки тому +7

      I mean, that entire song is mindblowing, tbh. Whether it's Shorter on the sax or Gadd on the drums, it never fails to satisfy.

    • @elliebeetwenty1835
      @elliebeetwenty1835 4 роки тому +1

      They DEFINITELY need to react to Aja! I've been a SD fan since the 70's, have seen them in concert 6 times and Aja is my #1 SD song of all time. THEY. WILL. LOSE. THEIR. SHIT.

  • @armandoalva749
    @armandoalva749 4 роки тому +99

    In my opinion the "Aja" album is the perfect album.

  • @morganfreeman544
    @morganfreeman544 4 роки тому +59

    I get the vibe "smoothly disgusted" is how most Steely Dan songs are!!

  • @richardluevano8996
    @richardluevano8996 4 роки тому +80

    Title song “Aja” has an incredible sax and drum work that is one of the best I’ve heard. Jazz influence on this song.

    • @monkface
      @monkface 4 роки тому +2

      Wayne Shorter

    • @TheCornishCockney
      @TheCornishCockney 4 роки тому +1

      none other than Wayne Shorter (Weather Report).
      Steely Dan ONLY use the very best musicians.

    • @ranselmo
      @ranselmo 4 роки тому +1

      THE BEST song on the record hands down!!

    • @ranselmo
      @ranselmo 4 роки тому +1

      The guitar work ain't no easy task in Aja as well

    • @manutalvasto794
      @manutalvasto794 4 роки тому +1

      Aja would literally blow their minds... I'm not sure if they could even handle it!

  • @keithpasculli7465
    @keithpasculli7465 4 роки тому +95

    Someone else commented that musicians listen to Steely Dan when they go home at night; I agree

  • @jsv6166
    @jsv6166 Рік тому +2

    Uptown Baby. I'm from the Bronx and had no idea that's where the beat came from. Unbelievable. This is why I love all genres.

  • @radtech21
    @radtech21 4 роки тому +75

    Some notes here:
    -Steely Dan are Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. They met at Bard College in 1967.
    -Although just a two piece outfit, they have a vast knowledge of music.
    -They are perfectionists who know what they want out of other musicians. Steely Dan often used not just any session musicians, but the best that they could find.
    -It was not uncommon for Becker & Fagen to listen to hours of takes for a guitar solo or section before they got what they wanted, with exhausted sessions musicians crawling out of the studio.
    -A “Black Cow” is either an ice cream float with coke and chocolate ice cream or (more likely in this song) an alcoholic drink made with Kahlua, half and half, and coke.
    -The meaning of this song has been debated, although most listeners agree that it’s about a guy seeing his cheating gf in a bar and telling her off. It gets really cheeky when listeners think about who she has been cheating with. What kind of individual does big black cow remind you of?

    • @Ben-nh9xw
      @Ben-nh9xw 4 роки тому +3

      radtech21 when I was a kid in the early 70's Black Cow was a brand of chocolate milk sold in a can

    • @jackenglish1979
      @jackenglish1979 4 роки тому +3

      Brilliant comment, thank you for the info

    • @memdoc_1966
      @memdoc_1966 4 роки тому +2

      Interesting factoid - Seeing a black cow in a dream symbolizes connection to someone and transformation. Coincidence?

    • @junked5214
      @junked5214 4 роки тому +3

      And Steely Dan is the name of a dildo in William Burroughs book Naked Lunch. Donald and Walter were avid readers of beat literature.

  • @radtech21
    @radtech21 4 роки тому +170

    You guys would really dig “Deacon Blues” or “Do It Again.”

  • @gregpfeffer223
    @gregpfeffer223 4 роки тому +30

    You'll be pleased to know that YES this is what Steely Dan sounds like. Marathon!

  • @StereoSpace
    @StereoSpace 4 роки тому +18

    Steely Dan was early Jazz-Rock fusion. I listened to these guys from the mid 70's on and Aja was their best work.
    (Black Cow was a light cocktail made with coffee liqueur, milk and coke).

  • @redarmysoja
    @redarmysoja 4 роки тому +45

    FM - Deacon Blues - My Old School - Pretzel Logic, that's a start.

  • @6047755
    @6047755 4 роки тому +20

    How many people do you need to make it a marathon? C’mon now, do the right thing. Hit us up with that Steely Dan marathon! Do it for Steely, do it for Dan!

  • @riggermorpus
    @riggermorpus 4 роки тому +49

    Your guys’ breakdowns and descriptive dissections of every song posted is a cut above any other reaction pages out there. Anyone else agree?

    • @notTHEcher
      @notTHEcher 4 роки тому +1

      💯 accurate!!

    • @jimeiden2360
      @jimeiden2360 4 роки тому +2

      riggermorpus Jamal aka Jamal is great as well.

    • @riggermorpus
      @riggermorpus 4 роки тому +1

      @@jimeiden2360 I watch his stuff too. He's fun but not as indepth as these guys I find.

  • @ronswanson1704
    @ronswanson1704 4 роки тому +22

    In some bands they have a couple great masterpieces and you wish “If only everyone of their songs are this good.” In Steely Dan that wish comes true.

  • @jazzyboy7784
    @jazzyboy7784 4 роки тому +40

    You guys will not be disappointed by anything you play by Steely Dan...

  • @LaMonicaWilliams
    @LaMonicaWilliams 4 роки тому +63

    The album is pronounced “Asia” like the continent.
    This album is considered to be so technically PERFECT, that sound specialist and audiologists utilize it to test sound and audio equipment. You’d do yourself a favor listening to the entire thing.

    • @mateomembrila7115
      @mateomembrila7115 4 роки тому

      LaMonica Williams pretty sure its like Asia but a j instead of n, like the way fagan says in Aja the song

    • @coreyyellowmanjackson4341
      @coreyyellowmanjackson4341 4 роки тому

      Spelled "AJA"

    • @LaMonicaWilliams
      @LaMonicaWilliams 4 роки тому +2

      Corey YELLOWMAN Jackson
      I grew up with this album. I have a friend NAMED AFTER this album.. I KNOW HOW ITS SPELLED!🙄

    • @oskarmac14
      @oskarmac14 4 роки тому +1

      LaMonica Williams Hard to believe they haven’t heard Aja until now. Wow. Steely Dan are galaxies better than their contemporaries. Aja ALONE, is a masterpiece!

    • @LaMonicaWilliams
      @LaMonicaWilliams 4 роки тому +1

      As they say .. "Steely Dan.. is your favorite band's ..FAVORITE BAND" !

  • @amexemoor443
    @amexemoor443 4 роки тому +52

    Steely Dan is the shit!!!!! Y’all should definitely do more from the classic discography. Peace!!...Peter Gunn and Lord Tariq got the shit sued out of them for using that sample.

  • @bethhathaway2021
    @bethhathaway2021 3 роки тому +6

    This makes me so happy! My mother raised me on a steady diet of R&B and Rock and Roll. Steely Dan was always at the center of it. Great brass... They are phenomenal musicians. Their lyrics always tell a unique story. A beautiful blend of Rhythm and rock and roll! I just became your biggest fan for playing this song. 🤩

  • @MsLee-ot1js
    @MsLee-ot1js 4 роки тому +33

    Yesss FINALLY.. female hip hop head who loves Steely Dan....

  • @nostrathomas2437
    @nostrathomas2437 4 роки тому +60

    You guys will lose your minds over “Josie”’ from this album!!

  • @johndorsey1423
    @johndorsey1423 4 роки тому +16

    Their whole discography is amazing.

  • @ohfour-seven6228
    @ohfour-seven6228 2 роки тому +13

    Growing up in New England (my father was Air Force so we moved around a lot) a black cow was a root beer float but with coca cola instead of root beer. A mighty fine drink. Nice reaction, what a pleasure to have this song as your introduction to Steely Dan. Welcome to the club.

    • @ammaleslie509
      @ammaleslie509 Рік тому +1

      That's the non alcoholic version of a black cow. It can also be made with bourbon, vodka, or Kahlua.

    • @ohfour-seven6228
      @ohfour-seven6228 Рік тому +1

      @@ammaleslie509 Sounds delicious!

  • @jamesstarks3676
    @jamesstarks3676 4 роки тому +107

    Do Kid Charlemagne. You'll love it.

  • @JTCox
    @JTCox 4 роки тому +65

    This whole record is a banger! Also check out their album The Royal Scam.

  • @ramenshaman5734
    @ramenshaman5734 4 роки тому +49

    I 100% support a Steely-a-thon

  • @MetalJames1282
    @MetalJames1282 4 роки тому +84

    "Dirty Work", "Deacon Blues", and "Hey Nineteen" are a few other stellar songs by them imho gentlemen.

    • @Rockypup5234
      @Rockypup5234 4 роки тому +1

      MetalJames1282 - I can’t think of a song I don’t like by Steely Dan, but one of my favorites is “Don’t take me Alive“. I think it’s about the Unabomber, “I see you out there with rage in your eyes, and your megaphones. Saying: All is forgiven, Mad dog surrender”.

    • @VIDSTORAGE
      @VIDSTORAGE 4 роки тому +2

      I actually like the one they hated song called DALLAS ..I was listen to it last night sitting outside around midnight on my cassette boom box ,it sounded great..

    • @WillRobinsonDanger
      @WillRobinsonDanger 2 роки тому +1

      OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH MMMMMAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!! I totally forgot about "Deacon Blues" and "Hey Nineteen"!!!!!! I am a 70's baby, and I grew up to this.

  • @leedoyle2798
    @leedoyle2798 4 роки тому +53

    Hey guys in one of his documentaries Donald Fagan said by the late 60s there was something missing for him in the music on the radio. He said what was missing was black music, specifically R&B. So your dead on when you say this sounds like R&B. By the way, if you haven't already figured out, Donald Fagan is a stone cold musical genius! Walter Becker it too in his own right. RIP Walter!

    • @SpicyTrifongo
      @SpicyTrifongo 4 роки тому

      Credit to whoever was in charge of engineering, producing and recording the albums as well because they sound like they could have been recorded in the 90s or later as far as fidelity goes.

    • @joelliebler5690
      @joelliebler5690 4 роки тому

      Lee Doyle Donald Fagan needed Walter Becker to temper his obsession with perfection playing songs over and over til they got it right!

  • @tomwilliams8591
    @tomwilliams8591 4 роки тому +41

    I like when you guys point out hip-hop similarities or samples, nothing wrong with giving some info to the viewers that might not be familiar with rap culture

  • @ethanwork764
    @ethanwork764 4 роки тому +22

    AAAHH listen to more Steely Dan 😍😍🔥 Do it Again, Deacon Blues, Aja, Reelin in the Years, Rikki Don’t Lose That Number are all fantastic songs!

    • @screamingeagles5156
      @screamingeagles5156 4 роки тому

      I was born in 67. My mom was a huge fan of the LPS. Music was every day thing. And this takes me back.

  • @jimmoore8951
    @jimmoore8951 Рік тому +5

    Old white guy, totally into R&B, jazz, and soul back in the day, loving to hear the new generation getting into my record collection. Me getting into introduced to rap and hip-hop the same way? Not gonna be able to do it, so I salute your courage... and your reaction.

  • @ednakrabappel859
    @ednakrabappel859 4 роки тому +191

    PLEASE DO A STEELY DAN MARATHON!!!

  • @guyhenderson405
    @guyhenderson405 4 роки тому +23

    You're in for a LONG, SATISFYING ride if you journey down Steely Dan's endless road of iconic music. It reminds me of the time this guy told me he just started watching "The Wire," years after it ended. I was so jealous, wishing I could experience that again for the first time. Go down that road, you will be glad you did.
    Josie, Hey Nineteen, Kid Charlemagne, Dirty Work, Reeling in the Years, Rikki Don't Lose That Number, Any Major Dude will Tell You

    • @cherylwoodward
      @cherylwoodward 4 роки тому +2

      Guy Henderson The Wire was excellent. Season 4 gutted me.

  • @torgo4ever
    @torgo4ever 4 роки тому +18

    " ... if their catalog is like this ?!?! "
    ...hands up if you can't WAIT for them to react to " Do It Again"

  • @michaelgeiger4043
    @michaelgeiger4043 3 роки тому +8

    EXCELLENT! I was 20 when this record came out and had been listening to Steely Dan for 6 years! Was a fan since the beginning. So gratifying to see people discovering them for the first time!

  • @chrislatham4235
    @chrislatham4235 4 роки тому +42

    No one will mention this song but ""Caves of Altermira" is such a B side hit you'd blow everyone's mind as its not one of there mainstream hits. Definitely consider it in your marathon

    • @barairey
      @barairey 4 роки тому +3

      Caves of Altamira is probably my favorite song from RS. Well played.

    • @JoeSmith-tp9wq
      @JoeSmith-tp9wq 4 роки тому +3

      Fantastic song!!

    • @cherylwoodward
      @cherylwoodward 4 роки тому +4

      It’s really ridiculous how many of their songs we could say this about.

    • @DF-we4pt
      @DF-we4pt 4 роки тому +2

      If you are a Dan fan, there is no such thing as a B side haha

    • @Smartie1
      @Smartie1 4 роки тому +2

      The horns !!!

  • @Akron162
    @Akron162 4 роки тому +9

    Steely Dan is one of the most influential and at the same time most underrated bands ever. Their 70's catalog is essential.

  • @chief45kc2572
    @chief45kc2572 4 роки тому +11

    Steely Dan Marathon. Your words, not ours.

  • @tle5365
    @tle5365 4 роки тому +11

    My favorite Steely Dan album, "Aja" (1977). The year I graduated high school. The 70s was an incredible time in music. The innovation was amazing.

  • @kathylutz948
    @kathylutz948 4 роки тому +10

    I would LOVE to see a Steely Dan marathon on Patreon!! You will love every song. Their albums are deep with great songs! This is their sound..so smooth! Grown folks music!

  • @hammermillable
    @hammermillable 4 роки тому +13

    You’ll be surprised by “kid charlamagne “ you’ll know that beat right away !!

  • @thiagomelo899
    @thiagomelo899 4 роки тому +22

    Aja is one of the best albuns ever! Hands down.

  • @Bchavi
    @Bchavi Рік тому +3

    Best Black Cow reaction - and I've watched them all.

  • @tigerback62
    @tigerback62 4 роки тому +12

    Oh Hell Yes!!!!!💗💗💗💗💗💗 Deacon Blues Please 🙏 Yes! A Steely Dan Rabbit Hole!!!!

  • @rachelinKY
    @rachelinKY 4 роки тому +17

    I love the backing female vocals.

  • @seanz1115
    @seanz1115 4 роки тому +32

    “Do It Again”, “Deacon Blues”

  • @finaleden1988
    @finaleden1988 3 роки тому +10

    Kid Charlemagne, off of the Royal Scam album is very much the quintessential song of this era. The entire album is beyond amazing. Larry Carlton on the lead guitar and Bernard Purdie on the drums makes it such reminiscing moments from my father playing this in my childhood.

  • @Yes_Jorge_Yes
    @Yes_Jorge_Yes 4 роки тому +39

    A black cow is a float.. Vanila and Rootbeer… Steely Dan used tons of sessions musicians.. The group Toto started as their session musicians

    • @nigelnix1
      @nigelnix1 4 роки тому +1

      we used to make it with cola instead of rootbeer.

  • @tdonger
    @tdonger 4 роки тому +4

    Their whole catalogue is like this, bruh..... top notch

  • @randallheather3077
    @randallheather3077 4 роки тому +62

    "Babylon Sisters" is a must.

    • @TechMetalRules
      @TechMetalRules 4 роки тому +2

      That song is a journey.

    • @kevinebarron
      @kevinebarron 4 роки тому

      Mmmmmm, I'd prefer a bevy of Dan before this. $.03

    • @j.c.a2872
      @j.c.a2872 4 роки тому +1

      here come those Santa Ana winds again.......

    • @randallheather3077
      @randallheather3077 3 роки тому

      @@kevinebarron I was thinking in terms of these guys.

  • @syneca69
    @syneca69 4 роки тому +8

    Steely Dan is in a class by itself. It's beats, the cryptic lyrics. Smooth is right. Been a fan for over 40 years. Started with Do it Again and it never stopped.

  • @redline29
    @redline29 4 роки тому +17

    Go for all Steely Dan the way you went through Alice in Chains. You are going to be blown away.

  • @goldenboy140
    @goldenboy140 4 роки тому +27

    Deacon Blues!!!!

    • @otisdylan9532
      @otisdylan9532 4 роки тому

      @BallTistic Screecher And probably "Josie" too.

    • @B0redom13
      @B0redom13 4 роки тому

      All day

  • @getbendt2970
    @getbendt2970 4 роки тому +22

    The reaction to Steely Dan is going to surprise these guys. They're in for a ride. Steely Dan is the shit. I'm into Opeth, Tool, Gojira, lamb of God and Steely Dan. They are mind benders.

  • @calebcheak1060
    @calebcheak1060 4 роки тому +28

    I love this song. You guys have good taste. "Kid Charlemagne" is another great Steely Dan song, if you're looking for the next one. 😎

  • @douglasseebergh536
    @douglasseebergh536 4 роки тому +70

    Steely Dan
    "Reelin in the years"
    "Rickie don't lose that number"

    • @petermalik2536
      @petermalik2536 4 роки тому +3

      Rikki

    • @lashersquirrelslayer
      @lashersquirrelslayer 4 роки тому +2

      Deacon Blues

    • @Sander12348
      @Sander12348 4 роки тому +4

      Nah nah nah, that’s too mainstream ;)

    • @lashersquirrelslayer
      @lashersquirrelslayer 4 роки тому +1

      @@Sander12348 I love Deacon Blues cause I went to University of Alabama

    • @Sander12348
      @Sander12348 4 роки тому

      Lasher Squirrel Slayer yeah, that’s more of a deep cut! Or Haitian Divorce 🕺🏽🧉

  • @MCMFF1
    @MCMFF1 4 роки тому +32

    A couple joints I recommend from the great Steely Dan: Kid Charlemagne, Do It Again, Doctor Wu, Home at Last, Your Gold Teeth

    • @scottspeer
      @scottspeer 4 роки тому +3

      Doctor Wu is horribly overlooked and underrated (as is the Katy Lied album, generally)

  • @joeyc_
    @joeyc_ 4 роки тому +4

    I’m a day one rat pack, we are proud of y’all, congrats on the mill milestone, bless your success family.

  • @JamesLaframboise
    @JamesLaframboise Рік тому +2

    When I saw Black Cow, I was like, WTF. Nobody would list this in their top 10 Steely Dan songs, so i was intrigued. The fact that the followers picked this for them because they knew the sample in another context is so awesome. Picking a song for them that they'll really enjoy instead of what gets the most clicks. You can see George is a little annoyed that they always have to do the popular songs instead of the best songs. This is a great pick!