STEELY DAN - Black Cow | FIRST TIME REACTION

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  • @Wordsmyth8
    @Wordsmyth8 10 місяців тому +2

    Of all the fantastic Steely Dan songs, this is my favorite. So jazzy and catchy and just plain gorgeous. Impeccable musicianship. Everything about it is perfect.

  • @TruthSeeker13
    @TruthSeeker13 10 місяців тому +2

    One thing about mostly all of Steely Dan’s songs, it always puts me in a better mood than I was…🤘🏼😎

  • @beeseewill2407
    @beeseewill2407 11 місяців тому +5

    "Black Cow" is pop,rock,soul,R&B,and Jazz.This song is brillanty produced.

    • @jimmoore8951
      @jimmoore8951 11 місяців тому +2

      And hip hop... uptown baby uptown baby

  • @jornspirit
    @jornspirit 11 місяців тому +3

    Warning: the more you get into them, the more you will want to hear their whole discography... there a jewels sprinkled all over every single of their 9 albums. Although 'Aja' is by many regarded as overall their best, it is more about distinguishing between master pieces, when comparing their albums... some recognition of this one at the time: at the 20th Grammy Awards 'Aja' won Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical, and was nominated for Album of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. 💖

  • @jessicalee7119
    @jessicalee7119 11 місяців тому +10

    BEST BAND EVER!!!!!!! What I Love about this song is how he's just over it ~ to the point of not even being angry ~ he's like, whatever ~ bye ~ and the music reflects that ~ quiet, smooth and simple.

    • @TheCornishCockney
      @TheCornishCockney 11 місяців тому +1

      Simple?!
      Steely Dan,simple?
      I think not,they were famous for their perfectionism.

    • @jessicalee7119
      @jessicalee7119 11 місяців тому +1

      @@TheCornishCockney~ what I was referring to was the "vibe" of his being done with it/the relationship ~ not the bands music. But I can see how what I wrote would come across that way ~ 👍

  • @athab8256
    @athab8256 11 місяців тому +6

    Background singers are the best!!

  • @z0n0ph0ne
    @z0n0ph0ne 11 місяців тому +13

    Aja is one of the best albums ever made. Evey track a classic.

    • @GoldTop57
      @GoldTop57 11 місяців тому

      And the cover art was designed by the legendary comedian Phil Hartman! Fun fact

    • @Wordsmyth8
      @Wordsmyth8 10 місяців тому

      Definitely!

    • @pamstuckey8349
      @pamstuckey8349 21 день тому

      I was born in the 50's. I have eclectic taste but Aja is my top album all time

  • @MongooseTales
    @MongooseTales 11 місяців тому +14

    Thanks for reacting to this one Shawn! There are great songs on every Steely Dan album but the "Aja" album is generally considered their peak work. Fagen and Becker were at the height of their creative powers, hired the top session musicians in the business to help them play the songs, and were absolutely dictatorial in the studio when it came to perfecting the production of each track. Every song on the album is a classic, and "Black Cow" is a fantastic introduction to what lies beyond. (Your interpretation of the song is spot on, by the way.)

  • @chitownlee
    @chitownlee 11 місяців тому +12

    You're going to love this journey, nothing but great music. Not a bad song on any of their albums.

  • @athab8256
    @athab8256 11 місяців тому +14

    This album came out when I was in university - headphones a must for the complete experience. The stereo stores used it as their speaker and headphone test music. Steely Dan was also usually your favourite band's favourite band!!

    • @brucekislow1690
      @brucekislow1690 11 місяців тому +2

      When this came out, I laid on the floor in my living room with my headphones on and played this over and over and...

    • @rubbersole79
      @rubbersole79 11 місяців тому

      For me....."Aja" was one of the final picks I made on my "15 albums for 15 cents" Columbia record deals, and I picked it purely for the weird album cover. Best damn little mistake I ever made in my stupid young 70's life.

  • @plantfeeder6677
    @plantfeeder6677 11 місяців тому +5

    Stereo shops use to use Aja to demonstrate the sonic clarity of their systems. One of the finest recordings made in the 1970s. Fagen and Becker were perfectionists in their sound.

  • @stevedahlberg8680
    @stevedahlberg8680 11 місяців тому +8

    I absolutely love that bass guitar line. Everything about it is just so perfect for the mood. It's so smooth.

  • @harrisonmallory8486
    @harrisonmallory8486 8 місяців тому +1

    If I was stranded on an island and had only 1 album to listen to, Aja would be it!!! I am 72 and this song still gives me chills!!! Absolutely 🔥

  • @Timoeltejano
    @Timoeltejano 11 місяців тому +3

    This album was so revolutionary at the time. Not just in terms of production but such a divergence from the typical rock and pop offerings in the mid-late seventies. It's mostly straight up jazz fuzed with soul/funk...etc. it still remains a crowd pleaser. Doesn't matter what kind of music the group of people you're in likes, put this album on and everybody grooves.
    I bought it at age 10 because I liked the song "Peg".. Still have the vinyl 46 years later.

    • @ShawnSalvadori
      @ShawnSalvadori  11 місяців тому

      Love to hear how it affected and influenced the times. Thank you

    • @bradsense7431
      @bradsense7431 11 місяців тому +1

      You are absolutely right. I turned 20 In 1977 when this LP came out. Hard rocking music would be typically playing at parties as the norm but then this LP was put on the turntable and I swear I could see people switch into this cool groove. It created such a vibe. It was also for years often played at concerts through the system as the music before and during acts. And again in that situation I could see the crowd/bodies seem to float along with the vibe.

    • @Timoeltejano
      @Timoeltejano 11 місяців тому

      @@bradsense7431 I have many friends who claimed they didn't like jazz. Introduced them to this album and that dips the toes into the water. Next thing you know they're talking about Coltrane, Miles Davis or even Stanley Clarke and George Duke or Benson.
      It's a gateway album. Lol

  • @robsutherland5744
    @robsutherland5744 11 місяців тому +4

    There is nothing new can be said about this song and this album and this band. I'm glad you learned about this Shawn. Thanks.

  • @alldayadventures5418
    @alldayadventures5418 11 місяців тому +7

    Album of the Year 1977...

    • @z0n0ph0ne
      @z0n0ph0ne 11 місяців тому +2

      And ever since!!!

    • @bradsense7431
      @bradsense7431 11 місяців тому

      I recall that in Chicago WXRT radio’s listener poll for that year voted it number 1 album for that year.

    • @pamstuckey8349
      @pamstuckey8349 21 день тому

      I still remember the moment. The first turntable I bought myself. My first apartment. Putting that needle down on my new Technics turntable onto ... Aja. Heaven. Will never forget the moment

  • @williambill5172
    @williambill5172 11 місяців тому +2

    Every song on this album (Aja) is just frigging outstanding!

  • @ronaldelliott4373
    @ronaldelliott4373 11 місяців тому +4

    Black Cow is perfection. Aja, one of the greatest LP’s in contemporary music history. Yacht Rock’s a bullshit insult. An immediate success, the arrangements are the envy of professional musicians, engineers, producers and music lovers everywhere. Still Top Shelf to this day from The Classic Era.

    • @pamstuckey8349
      @pamstuckey8349 21 день тому

      Yes! f**k the Yacht Rock label. Jess Funk Rock Soul Fusion with a hint of Blues - that's how I classify them

  • @garnetricks1232
    @garnetricks1232 11 місяців тому +2

    I was at Rudy's this weekend. I, too, was very high!!

  • @jimmeltonbradley1497
    @jimmeltonbradley1497 11 місяців тому +12

    If you're a guitar fan, try Kid Charlemagne from the Katy Lied album by them. The Aja album is regarded as their best.

    • @MongooseTales
      @MongooseTales 11 місяців тому +1

      Yep, fantastic solo on Kid Charlemagne.

    • @ericstaton6896
      @ericstaton6896 11 місяців тому +3

      @jimmeltonbradleyy1497! "Kid Charlemagne" is off of "The Royal Scam" 1976 which precedes "Aja" 1977 & Gaucho" 1980! Steely Dan's three slickest albums before they both took a 20-year hiatus for "Two Against Nature" 2000! If I had to rate their top 3 albums? Those 3 would be it! Peace!!!

    • @maximilianodelrio
      @maximilianodelrio 10 місяців тому +1

      Kid Charlemagne is from Royal Scam

  • @buddystewart2020
    @buddystewart2020 11 місяців тому +1

    I don't think I ever considered Steely Dan as a 'rock band'. They are beyond that. Really, they are a fusion band, and by that I mean, they fuse together rock, funk, soul, jazz, reggae, blues and musical styles from the past, to create something that is greater than the sum of their parts. They are true artists, that can pull from any musical genre, and make it sound authentic.

  • @TheCornishCockney
    @TheCornishCockney 11 місяців тому +1

    You talked over the outtro !!
    Steely Dans outtros are legendary.

  • @joelliebler5690
    @joelliebler5690 11 місяців тому +5

    This is in the top 10 albums of all time! Great song ! Loved this album from the moment I heard the first song on the album back when it was first released!

    • @joelliebler5690
      @joelliebler5690 11 місяців тому +1

      SHAWN the reason why there are different styles is because Walter and Donald used different studio musician and tones on each song after that first album!

  • @susanrombak7959
    @susanrombak7959 11 місяців тому +6

    You interpreted the lyrics right-on, SD’s lyrical content typically has an adult sophistication. SD is sometimes referred to as Dad Rock because of the sophistication and sometimes the lyrics are not so straightforward, however do hold a meaning or a story. ✌🏽

  • @rk41gator
    @rk41gator 11 місяців тому +2

    Mid-70s fusion all over this song. You can look up some of the names and find great fusion from them. Joe Sample (The Jazz Crusaders) and Tom Scott, a great composer and sax soloist. He has worked with the best. Nobody reviews The Crusaders. But they should.

  • @hog7203
    @hog7203 11 місяців тому +1

    The coolest band in the universe. You gotta react to "Josie" from this album. It's badass. But everything from this band is fire. One of my very favorite bands.

  • @Somewherein609
    @Somewherein609 11 місяців тому +8

    This album..and honestly their next..Gaucho is perfection. You can pick a song and its gonna be good

    • @TheCornishCockney
      @TheCornishCockney 11 місяців тому

      I looked the up word perfection in the Oxford English and there was simply a picture of this album.
      Spot on.

  • @joy88867
    @joy88867 11 місяців тому +2

    Favorite album ❤

  • @williamcabell142
    @williamcabell142 11 місяців тому +5

    EPIC TALENT! 😎👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @wendyshaw688
    @wendyshaw688 11 місяців тому +13

    HUGE thumbs up!! Love you Shawn!!! Great song! Great reaction!!

    • @rk41gator
      @rk41gator 11 місяців тому +1

      Love how he locks into the meanings of the lyrics and gets the subtly of the music. It is fun to experience and sometimes learn something. Steely Dan gets jazz.

  • @z-man2343
    @z-man2343 11 місяців тому +1

    Crazy thing is, a song this complex, this soulful, this expertly crafted and performed was par for the course for these guys AND, just one of so many great tunes played regularly on FM radio back in the 70's.

  • @kirkhassett8726
    @kirkhassett8726 11 місяців тому +5

    Still my favorite track from my favorite of their albums (Aja was released in 1977). It’s perfection.
    And one of the best reactions to it that I’ve ever seen. 😉

  • @michaelescareno7048
    @michaelescareno7048 11 місяців тому +2

    Great reaction, Shawn!!! I grew up in the 60s listening to Beatles music, but as I now still like to discover phenomenal music it seems like true musicians and music lovers consider Steely Dan as true innovators. So much yet to explore!!

  • @michaelyork4554
    @michaelyork4554 11 місяців тому +2

    I take it as he is the confidant who hangs out at the bar, probably the sax player, who ends up having to hear about all her trysts, that her husband is unaware of, and he is tired of hearing it.

  • @ohfour-seven6228
    @ohfour-seven6228 11 місяців тому +2

    Wow, so glad you got to hear this song, it's incredible. I believe the girl at the bar is a call girl with her book of numbers and the remedies are her pills that help her forget the night's work. How the pros play the game, they change their name. Every song on the album is stellar but Deacon Blues, Josie and Peg are standouts. More Dan please!

  • @swampfizz
    @swampfizz 11 місяців тому +1

    just an awesome album right down to Home at Last ...a great song by them in a diff style to check out is "Haitian Divorce"

  • @genecase9464
    @genecase9464 11 місяців тому

    You probably figured this song out better than most other reactors on your first listen. Some people still don't know that a Black Cow is a drink! But it's all good. Everyone still loved this track. So do I.

  • @davidmaholchic6146
    @davidmaholchic6146 11 місяців тому

    My favorite Steely Dan song love it love you

  • @traceydsm
    @traceydsm 11 місяців тому +1

    You have exquisite taste, Shawn. I greatly enjoy your reviews. As for your interpretation of Black Cow, it is spot on; that moment when you wake up and realize you are done with a relationship.

  • @GoldTop57
    @GoldTop57 11 місяців тому

    Legendary comedian and SNL alum Phil Hartman designed this album cover. Talented man.

  • @rhondamcewananderson3968
    @rhondamcewananderson3968 11 місяців тому +1

    All their albums are really great!! 🎶❤️

  • @armandogarza6181
    @armandogarza6181 11 місяців тому +1

    Yea man, this whole album is ear candy, peace.

  • @richkurl
    @richkurl 11 місяців тому +1

    Love your reactions, Shawn. "You should know how all the pros play the game..." He's hopelessly infatuated with a high-priced, self-destructive "professional". I suspect that he's sung this song many times before, yet she manages to manipulate her way back into his heart. This song NEVER gets old.

  • @stevedahlberg8680
    @stevedahlberg8680 11 місяців тому +2

    It's so cool that you're doing that about learning about the evolution of music. It's called musicology. And in fact that was the name of Prince's last album before he died.
    I have been a musicologist my entire life because I started taking classical piano lessons in kindergarten and they start you back in the Gregorian, then Baroque, Classical, Romantic, then into Modern.
    And then of course I moved to Ragtime and Jazz and pop music and all that stuff and of course rock. But I always enjoyed listening to music from way before my time as well as the latest stuff, and from about college age I started listening to music from all different cultures from all over the world from all different times.
    For example of what is the classical music of Japan? Versus some of the most amazing modern music that comes out of japan. And so on and so forth.
    It's absolutely fascinating to me and it's about a lot more than just the music; it's also about culture and history and possibility for the future.
    Not to mention that it amplifies my ability to play music and to appreciate listening to music by orders of magnitude. To see the connectivity between a lot of it over time is just fascinating.

    • @pamstuckey8349
      @pamstuckey8349 21 день тому

      Musicology was one of my favorite Prince albums ... after Dirty Mind - I'm old school

  • @madmanasaurusRex
    @madmanasaurusRex 11 місяців тому

    Steely Dan = Superb Yacht Rock. Super classy!

  • @ukiahsguitarsolos3436
    @ukiahsguitarsolos3436 10 місяців тому

    Music of my college years!

  • @tammywhite5742
    @tammywhite5742 11 місяців тому

    Love the way you feel the music..very cool.

  • @cindiherriott3259
    @cindiherriott3259 9 місяців тому

    I’ve watched you enough Shawn, to know when you’re gonna love a song. Like Zeppelin, I don’t think there are any bad songs by Steely Dan. You and I like that complex music. Great review!

  • @rk41gator
    @rk41gator 11 місяців тому

    Great album. Great band.

  • @lindalee5866
    @lindalee5866 11 місяців тому +1

    Your face says it all! Perfect reaction to one of their best! Love it!

  • @seanstevenson9891
    @seanstevenson9891 11 місяців тому

    You hooked me with your Dire Straits reactions, now you reel me in with Steely Dan. Thanks.😊

  • @dangaiser4729
    @dangaiser4729 11 місяців тому

    Sounds great! Blue tooth to a 100 watt tube amp into 3 way home built speakers. Volume unnecessarily loud 🤘

  • @bluelionvintage8134
    @bluelionvintage8134 11 місяців тому

    Definitely in my top 10 favorite albums......maybe top 5. Not a bad track on it!

    • @pamstuckey8349
      @pamstuckey8349 21 день тому

      when forced to choose - it's a tie. Aja vs. Joan Armatrading sent-titled album that included Down to Zero

  • @clifton8929
    @clifton8929 11 місяців тому

    Cool Breeze Shawn - more Steely Dan, please. I really enjoyed your commentary. Your Reaction Channel is Top Shelf Single Barrel
    Whiskey Smooth. Thanks for all your hard work; you are greatly appreciated.

    • @ShawnSalvadori
      @ShawnSalvadori  11 місяців тому

      Haha, thanks Clifton, always great to hear you are enjoying the reactions 😁✌️

  • @bobbyj5375
    @bobbyj5375 Місяць тому

    Shawn, good stuff. Suggest(heartache) .."Rockin alone in an old rocking chair" by Everly brothers...."I must be seeing things" by Gene Pitney......"Sylvia's mother" by Dr Hook....
    " I don't like Mondays" by Boomtown Rats ....last song based on true story.

  • @hlawrencepowell
    @hlawrencepowell 11 місяців тому

    Bought this on vinyl when it was released. By that point I'd worn out Pretzel Logic.

  • @gregorykerr5062
    @gregorykerr5062 11 місяців тому

    You are doing a great job diving deeper into your knowledge.

    • @gregorykerr5062
      @gregorykerr5062 11 місяців тому

      I’m 73. As a youth we had one youth-oriented radio station on AM; FM was reserved for classical until the late 60’s. So we grew up listening to DoWap, Soul, Motown, Country, Movie tunes, R&B, lite jazz, Brazilian, soft rock, hard rock, psychedelic… you name it and it was thrown together like a smorgasbord. I’m really glad seeing your generation finding these gems. Keep it up brother.

    • @gregorykerr5062
      @gregorykerr5062 11 місяців тому

      One other comment, deep dive into Gino Vannelli’s Brother to Brother album. It’s amazing! 😉

  • @michaelbadyna1715
    @michaelbadyna1715 3 місяці тому

    REMEDIES REFERS TO DRUGS THEY MAY SCREEN OUT THE SORROW BUT WHERE ARE YOU TOMAROW,SOME SAY THIS SONG REFRENCES FAGENS FRUSTRATION WITH WALTER BECKERS DRUG PHASE AND HOW IT WAS AFFECTING THEIR RELATIONSHIP MUSCICALLY AND PERSNAL.

  • @librarylady13
    @librarylady13 11 місяців тому

  • @chudwickmt
    @chudwickmt 7 місяців тому

    Book of numbers AND your remedies.
    I thought that the remedies were pill bottles. I don’t know.

  • @pete3883
    @pete3883 11 місяців тому

    Deacon Blues, wtf?