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  • Опубліковано 24 гру 2024

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  • @JazzzRockFuzion
    @JazzzRockFuzion 12 років тому +27

    Exactly! Donald Fagen has such a great, dry sense of humor and observations. What a genius.

  • @HughMorristheJoker
    @HughMorristheJoker 4 роки тому +76

    One of the most sophisticated bands, one of the greatest albums. I love steely Dan and I was born after Gaucho. One could study only them and become a great musician.

    • @davidbutterfield7718
      @davidbutterfield7718 8 місяців тому

      True!

    • @BBPalmer420
      @BBPalmer420 6 місяців тому +1

      No doubt.. dynamics, melody, groove, and that intangible factor.. they had it all. Long live the Dan

    • @JojoBoneShow
      @JojoBoneShow 3 місяці тому

      😮😮😮

  • @faulsname8869
    @faulsname8869 24 дні тому +2

    I’m 30 years old, recently discovered steely dan and then later I discovered aja. At first I thought their only good songs were reelin’ and do it again. So glad I decided to give Aja a chance. The very first song- black cow, immediately sets the mood and SLAPS and the album only gets better from there, culminating in the incredible Josie.

  • @28BiggieG
    @28BiggieG 12 років тому +44

    Aja was probably their most solid record. Its almost like a collection of "greatest hits"

  • @fleekawadog
    @fleekawadog Рік тому +16

    I was 9 In 1977
    I wore my mom’s eight track out.
    Wore out a vinyl copy also.
    1986 Wore out the CD. In five years.
    Now Downloaded forever.
    Fantastic work.

    • @soulchorea
      @soulchorea Рік тому +1

      Man, a CD player in '86! I didn't know anyone in real life with a CD player until like '91 at the earliest 😂 Didn't get mine until '94

    • @disyokerr
      @disyokerr 4 місяці тому +1

      Nothing sounds better than vinyl.Is the original sound flavor and feeling

    • @steveelliott3514
      @steveelliott3514 2 місяці тому +1

      @@soulchorea Bought mine 1989. The LP passed away.

  • @dennismcdermott6964
    @dennismcdermott6964 2 місяці тому +3

    Watching the back stories and the stories about the playing/licks/interactions makes watching this almost as fulfilling as hearing the tunes, thank you Mr Beato,

  • @blackantlers
    @blackantlers 14 років тому +27

    This is a truly classic album. Thanks for putting this up, the musicianship is fantastic!

  • @Kathy-bk6cg
    @Kathy-bk6cg 9 місяців тому +1

    I bought this album in 1977 and I played with earphones and feeding my son at the same time especially Deacon Blues 😊

  • @jospinvanraat8730
    @jospinvanraat8730 4 роки тому +6

    LoVe the Chuck Rainey ! AJA an absolute Classic !!

  • @ikeeptime
    @ikeeptime Рік тому +3

    Every song on this album was a gem. The peak of SD's creativity in writing and performances. Have used it a thousand times to help perfect my drumming, especially improving feel and subtle phrasing. Thanks guys.

  • @karenerickson450
    @karenerickson450 11 років тому +12

    I so appreciate all the hard work that goes into producing this ART. Sounds great... thank you to everyone that brought this to my ears.

  • @krisscanlon4051
    @krisscanlon4051 5 місяців тому +5

    All I can stomach in life and that they threw Ian Dury in this makes it even stronger...Aja was an industry standard

  • @beameup64
    @beameup64 5 місяців тому +1

    They got the right balance musically with Aja which makes it a classic album.

  • @MiC-T
    @MiC-T 7 місяців тому +1

    Steely Dan proves that nobody is bigger than the music. The music gods always wanted it that way.

  • @raymondkidd2346
    @raymondkidd2346 Рік тому +2

    I enjoy The Classic Album series.Aja is my favourite.

  • @johnvonachen1672
    @johnvonachen1672 10 місяців тому +1

    Whenever I have some kind of new way of listening to music, the test for me is listening the Aja album. It’s like a benchmark. It’s the richest most nuanced thing I can play.

  • @keithsweat7513
    @keithsweat7513 8 місяців тому +2

    One of the best groups of all time... I say that reserved because tastes vary but musical talent and writing is extraordinary, nearly any real artist would agree

  • @taktaktak41
    @taktaktak41 3 місяці тому +1

    Nice to watch world class craftsmanship in 250p. A juxtaposition in the tradition of Steely Dan. They would definitely love it too.

  • @davidnagy510
    @davidnagy510 9 днів тому

    Aja is my favorite record but I do love all their work.

  • @queunlimited4779
    @queunlimited4779 Рік тому +8

    Dude, Donald, playing stance is very Stevie Wonder.

  • @AminEL7
    @AminEL7 12 років тому +7

    Josie, love that track !

  • @KRAZEEIZATION
    @KRAZEEIZATION 12 років тому +16

    Aja is their best LP but I do love 'Kid Charlemagne' from 'The Royal Scam' which is their best song!

  • @flaccidusminimus2170
    @flaccidusminimus2170 4 роки тому +10

    More than 20 years later and Jon Herrington is still Fagen's primary guitarist.

  • @frankuijens8059
    @frankuijens8059 Рік тому +1

    What a good feel to see IAN DURY again. Hit me, Reasons. What a great remebrence

  • @davefox8948
    @davefox8948 Рік тому +2

    Steely Dan is in my top 5 favorite bands ever and Donald’s “Night Fly” is a top 10 album.
    Their music is unlike anything else in the best way.

  • @sardonicus76
    @sardonicus76 5 місяців тому +3

    Don and Walter could fly to the far reaches of Siberia and within twenty-four hours of touching down, they’d have the ten best musicians in that part of the world inside a studio, making incredible music. Those guys attracted talent like ants to a picnic.

    • @bradlyscotunes9156
      @bradlyscotunes9156 2 місяці тому +1

      Would Probably include Leonid & Friends, from Russia, check them out!

  • @slackjack4
    @slackjack4 7 років тому +21

    The process of making this album is like painting with fractions

  • @frederickoverdorf8404
    @frederickoverdorf8404 5 місяців тому +2

    Chicago may have introduced Jazz-Rock fusion but Steely Dan took it into the Stratosphere ! The “Pretzel Logic, Royal Scam, Aja Era” is My Most Favorite Steel Dan Albums !

    • @bradlyscotunes9156
      @bradlyscotunes9156 2 місяці тому +1

      & Leonid & Friends covers Chicago, Blood Sweat & Tears, & more, better than originals!

  • @stellagranos72
    @stellagranos72 12 років тому +11

    Great show, however... :
    1. No mention of "I Got The News"?
    2. No mention of Steve Gadd's classic drum solo at the end of "Aja"?

    • @SeekerSmith
      @SeekerSmith 5 років тому +1

      Right?..."Broadway duchess, darling if you, only knew!" -Blows me away every time when McDonald slices into that minor bridge.

    • @bradlyscotunes9156
      @bradlyscotunes9156 2 місяці тому +1

      @stellagranos72 Yeah, what'sup with that?

  • @Buck380s
    @Buck380s 10 років тому +10

    Donald Fagan kind of reminds me of Stephen Hawking.

  • @magnuscroify
    @magnuscroify 4 роки тому +8

    RIP Walter!

  • @maidenekker
    @maidenekker 11 років тому +3

    I love this album, love this music4

  • @seananderson5450
    @seananderson5450 Рік тому

    Who are the Hollywood rangers set they mentioned while at the mixer?

  • @knust2329
    @knust2329 5 місяців тому +1

    Imagine a Frank Zappa recording session if the musicians found Steely Dan sessions strenuous.

  • @ChrisInNashville
    @ChrisInNashville 5 років тому +9

    1:26 - Steely Dan: the only band who can start recording an album in 1977, take a little over a year to finish it AND still release it IN 1977 LOL
    Think his timeline was a wee bit off :P

  • @TheWoud
    @TheWoud 13 років тому +2

    Thanx so much for the post!!

  • @briansays2286
    @briansays2286 Рік тому +1

    Love that
    Title track⚡

  • @sherrycuffman5120
    @sherrycuffman5120 Рік тому

    1of my best documentaries. Off my playlists.

  • @Nic33rd
    @Nic33rd 13 років тому +3

    Love these guys

  • @rhythmfield
    @rhythmfield 5 років тому +2

    Fascinating !

  • @williamtaylor5193
    @williamtaylor5193 Рік тому +2

    Be at peace Donald---you done good.

  • @charliejones7712
    @charliejones7712 10 місяців тому +1

    What year was this made?

  • @sherrycuffman5120
    @sherrycuffman5120 Рік тому

    Look at those buttons lol love to see a studio or sing for fun .

  • @RupertFear
    @RupertFear 4 роки тому +4

    8:52 Ian nails it!

  • @steelyman08
    @steelyman08 Рік тому

    Thank you. It's priceless. ♥

  • @rvrpropertiesllc
    @rvrpropertiesllc 12 років тому +5

    Agreed on Aja but I'd pick Peg as their best song.

  • @FelipeLeiter
    @FelipeLeiter 6 місяців тому

    where i can find this in hd ?

  • @johnnorvaisas
    @johnnorvaisas Рік тому

    Wow wow wow!

  • @ambercrombie789
    @ambercrombie789 11 років тому +3

    what is your source?

  • @BennieTarrMusic
    @BennieTarrMusic 8 років тому +26

    I'm currently in Asia... and I'm BLASTING Aja...

    • @JT-in5le
      @JT-in5le Рік тому +4

      This comment really deserved like 10k likes. Sorry for the delay.

  • @theivory1
    @theivory1 9 місяців тому +1

    My old man didn’t like them, so I was probably 20 before I really heard them and they took hold. Somehow That was 30 years ago.

    • @bradlyscotunes9156
      @bradlyscotunes9156 2 місяці тому +1

      @theivory1 "..Got a case o dyni-mite,(guitar lick)
      I could hold out here all night.(more guitar)
      Well, I crossed 'My Old Man' back in Oregon, Don't Take Me Alive!"..

  • @Moog168
    @Moog168 13 років тому +3

    Holy crap Dennis Chambers at 3:39!

  • @sspringNG
    @sspringNG Рік тому +1

    what happened to the version with the japanese subtitles lol

  • @flowerdoodle2438
    @flowerdoodle2438 5 років тому +5

    I love em but damn is those Dan boys dorks!

  •  11 років тому

    It's a bloody shame they lost a couple 5.1 tracks on aja now there will never be the album aja in dvd audio a sad time in music history no aja in 24bit 96 kHz 5.1....

  • @ecopolst
    @ecopolst 12 років тому +3

    Dark hair and glasses? Looks like a young version of their current guitarist jon Herington.

  • @Dartman6
    @Dartman6 6 років тому +1

    Does anyone know who the gent playing Rhodes in this video is?

    • @DarynKaraitiana
      @DarynKaraitiana  6 років тому +1

      Todd Boyer Are you talking about Donald Fagen?

    • @Dartman6
      @Dartman6 6 років тому +2

      No, I know who Donald is, and he's playing the Grand, I'm referring to the black gent at the Rhodes.

    • @bradlyscotunes9156
      @bradlyscotunes9156 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@Dartman6someone named him in a comment elsewhere.

    • @Dartman6
      @Dartman6 2 місяці тому

      @@bradlyscotunes9156 I've found out since I asked the question that the gent is Paul Griffin who also played on some Steely Dan recordings.

  • @cgdmusicman09
    @cgdmusicman09 12 років тому +1

    stripped down to guitar and bass at 4:30!

  • @DarynKaraitiana
    @DarynKaraitiana  12 років тому +2

    FYI I blocked 1945tekecaster for his waste of space comments ;-)

  • @drewbacsi
    @drewbacsi 12 років тому +2

    Then thank the heavens for a little pretension if this is the result.

  • @sherrycuffman5120
    @sherrycuffman5120 Рік тому

    Miss my TV on no cable company let's you get to a 1000 then I go to community counseling for help Joyce Workman that died. Could not either.

  • @Apemopo
    @Apemopo 7 років тому +2

    REMEMBER DAVID PALMER?
    YEAH ME NEITHER

  • @80sruler
    @80sruler 4 роки тому +1

    Fuss Budgets

  • @imbees2
    @imbees2 Рік тому

    Yes

  • @roddyrobertson5393
    @roddyrobertson5393 Рік тому

    Really bad sound and video quality here. Better checking out the original UK documentary this is taken from! Disappointing.

  • @humanbeing2420
    @humanbeing2420 Рік тому +1

    As great an album as Aja is, I think the follow-up - Gaucho - is just as good, and probably better. I've no idea why that record doesn't get more acclaim....

  • @Moog168
    @Moog168 12 років тому +2

    That is Dennis Chambers I recognize that hat anywhere.
    ALSO That is NOT Benard's set up. Tell me how many times have you seen Benard play on more than a 5 piece kit? Yet alone a Pearl kit.
    I'll wait...

    • @lucasbuchanan6939
      @lucasbuchanan6939 Рік тому +1

      Your wait is over 🙃Dennis Chambers live and Pretty Purdie in Studio footage

  • @Robert-qt9lg
    @Robert-qt9lg 8 місяців тому

    the music collaboration (the last part of that word kinda like abort)
    is great too bad the two were are
    so communistic 🥱zz😳😎💰🤓🇨🇳

  • @rickmassey1272
    @rickmassey1272 4 місяці тому

    As a guitarist I can say JOSIE is the easiest to play...maybe that's why they love playing it. Steely Dan music is great no doubt but the hype of what they allegedly went through,in the studio, isn't the Mark of greatness. Could it be the LACK of it...or just micromanagement that borders on the anal.

    • @bradlyscotunes9156
      @bradlyscotunes9156 2 місяці тому

      Could it be that YOU border on the anal..?

    • @faulsname8869
      @faulsname8869 24 дні тому

      I was surprised that the opening lick on Josie is super easy to play!

  • @rickmassey1272
    @rickmassey1272 4 місяці тому

    Love the band but not the hype.

  • @OldSethOnetooth
    @OldSethOnetooth 9 років тому

    No audio, lame

    • @daleleier2807
      @daleleier2807 8 років тому +7

      No, you're lame. The audio is fine.

  • @ThePanda69love
    @ThePanda69love 12 років тому +5

    Is the young guitarist seen in many of these Steely Dan studio videos the same guy who now plays with The Eagles and does a lot of the guitar solos from their old work? Looks like the same guy. A really phenomenal player. Anyone know?