RIKKI DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER (1974) by Steely Dan
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- 'Rikki Don't Lose That Number' was off Pretzel Logic, and appears to be a favourite of Steely Dan fans. It was released in 1974.
It's intro is a nod to 'Song For My Father' by Horace Silver. Donald Fagen said in a 2011 interview when asked about the intro 'There was never a conscious thought about picking up Horace Silver's intro. We wrote this Brazilian bass line and when drummer Jim Gordon heard it, he played his figures. As for the piano line, I think I had heard it on an old Sergio Mendes album. Maybe that where Horace heard it, too [laughs]'.
Several musicians outside the band help out on the track. Michael Omartian plays keyboard, Dean Parks acoustic guitar, Jim Gordon drums, Victor Feldman percussion, and Timothy Schmit along with Fagen on backing vocals. I have done a slideshow video featuring most of these guest musos, as well as the usual Dan suspects, Donald Fagen (vocals), Walter Becker (bass) and Jeff Baxter (guitar, solo) .Denny Dias was not on the track.
This list of musos for this track is taken from the liner notes on 'A Decade of Steely Dan' compilation CD and a book I have on Steely Dan entitled 'Reelin in the Years' by Brian Sweet. According to Sweet, Jeff Baxter played the solo without an amplifier, just plugged directly into the board. Apparently the solo had to be done several times because of a 'blip' appearing on the tape. After sending the tape to the manufacturer 3M for analysis, it was found to have some little lumps which turned out to be mustard from a workman's sandwich!
Sweet also stated that the song was based on a student named Rikki from Bard College who had made an impression on Becker and Fagen, (although they were not known for giving straight answers when explaining their songs, so who knows?).
I tried to include images of Steely Dan and Donald Fagen album covers. I also obtained an add on to Windows Movie Maker, which gives a few more panning and zoom options. This is the first video using those.
(Update: as of 11 June 2012, this video is the most popular of the 90 music videos I have up on my channel with 502,904 hits). Further update as of 4 Sept 2017, it now has 4.180,112 hits. Also sadly, I have just found out that co founder and composer Walter Becker has just passed. RIP.
Comments are invited.
As is often the case, I hear about someone's passing from comments made on my posted videos, and this is no exception. What a remarkable talent and remarkable band. RIP Walter Becker.
wilson mcphert Whole heartedly agree. He was one of the greats on guitar. Some of his works with Steely Dan are very popular even today. #RIPWalter
R.I.P. Walter Becker
Such a massive talent and incredible. As a young pup Steely Dan's music compelled me to come to the USA
THANK YOU for the post so we have a place to remember someone great like Walter! : )
Rip - He gave me such pleasure and enjoyment of his music.
After 46yrs this hit still sounds so beautiful and refreshing. Anyone agree with me in 2020 give me thumbs up.
Qué se puede hacer salvo ver peliculas
don't beg for thumbs up, sam. It makes you look like a douchebag...
Absolutely. It's a great song!
Listening to this in Los Angeles
No way! 46 years have gone by....... But definitely a legend of a song....
It's 2024 and I'm still listening 🎶! I'll listen for the rest of my life. ❤❤❤
When Josie Gets Back 🎶 🎸
Indeed may peace be with
Yay!
Me 2
It's 2024 who's here
I Never left.
I'm here
Me
I am
Me too.
2024 I’m here. Never forget Steely Dan❤️
You're an idiot 🙄
This song would still kick sand in the face of most songs here in 2023. Well done, Steely Dan.
i'm agréé with you!
Steely Dan and Donald Fagen make disappear my tiredness when i listen to them
Probably all* of the songs in ‘23😉🤭
Not most, all. Good music as pop music is basically dead at least a couple of decades ago. And to compare any popular number of 2023 to this masterpiece is out of question.
AMEN
They come up with endless forgettable garbage.
Good music is still being made, it's just not on the radio
November, 2023: Who’s STILL listening to Steely Dan?
Me!
@@kristinehowell5732 me too
lol
I will always be listening to steely dan! Thanks to all the musicians!
People that know good music.
I love this song. 72 years old and I remember it from college. Great memories every time I play it. God bless all the listeners
Bless you too !
You have excellent taste Sir.
Have the same memories!
It's 2024, and I'll listen till I die.
I was 15 when it came out - i thought having wondrous music like this was 'normal'. With age comes perspective and i see how lucky i was. Musically the 70's was a dazzling age!
I was 15 as well when this came out. Like you, I thought amazing music was normal, as there were so many fantastic bands making fantastic music back then. now I realize how fortunate I was to have witnessed some of the greatest bands in history. Steely Dan has a place at the top of that list.
Yeah..my friend, i was 16, had this major crush on Chrissy Groves, she was 14..
I was 9 years old and blessed with parents that allowed me to grow up listening to the best. No country or bluegrass in my house growing up.
I was 17...senior year in high school. I still love listening to music from this time, probably even more today than back then.
I was 15 as well that year. Oh how I wished I could travel back.
1974 I was 18 years old what a wonderful time to be that age at that time . My kids and grandkids will never know the freedom and the best music to have ever been made !
70´s was "the" decade ............ Hard-Rock,Progressive-Rock,Glam-Rock,David Bowies Berlin-Trilogy,Disco-Explosion,Punk,Reggae,Ska,New Wave
@@CerberusvonOz : ¡ Good God ! So true. As far as music goes, the 70's was the mother of innovation.
I was in 4th grade when this song came out. I'm so glad I was born in 1965, I got to grow up thru all the great 70's music. I'm so blessed!
even Im 7 years younger, then you ...for absolut sure, it was such a great time .....and you are sO right ....we really was lucky to be born these years ....and yeS, theres no freedom anymore in this now so sickering world ....we can really be thankful, for all the mentally healthy time, we was growing up n living in ....greats from Vienna 💚✌ ....AND ....I love to read some old comments about all these old songs, we was growing up with ....on myyy ....an other generation we are, for absolut sure ....relaxed n friendly ....I miss that really much these days ( years )
It was magical wasn't it?? The left over hippie vibe that we kept alive, the music, the great drugs I will admit, and just the fun and the freedom and the peaceful feeling at least I always felt around people.
We who grew up in the 70s will one day pass on but 'our' 70s music will live forever!
2024 who’s still here
Steely Dee's some classic shit, we're always gon' be there sister.
Not jesus .. you're welcome👍
Yes, great music.❤
Me❤
Best band
2020 ... who is still listening to steely dan?
I still listen to them I love their music it's genius will never get old
Everybody that knows what real music sounds like!!!!
Why on earth would we ever stop listening? (-:
Since 1972
me---me--me :)
Can i have a show of hands if you're still listening to this in 2020
Always. I grew up with this music, and classics are hard to quit listening too.
we the people, are getting fucking tired of that lame, attention seeking comment !!!!!!
@@dawngreenfield7447 Love Steely Dan. Just saw them at Ravinia Chicago in Sept.
That's it.
✋🖐🖐🖐🖐
This song brings back memories of my mom and I singing this while driving home from school. I was 14 and she was one bad-A mom. Lost her 3 years ago. Thanks for everything mom!!
This was my song in the 70s, growing up with the name Ricky 😎 still a Great song! Came back to it after hearing "Song for My Father' by Horace Silver. I recently lost my Dear Father ❤. Hit the like button for me if you're here in 2024 and you heard Song for My Father. 😎
70 years on this earth and I love their sound.
One year ahead of ya Joe :)
67 years old. Seventies were the best for music.
Good luck to you...music never dies...keep on enjoying 😁😁😁
Qp@@David_P132
Spot on Joe! What a shame that few if any bands put so much detail into their work today like Steely Dan. If they do exist they won't get a contract because record co.'s want simplistic garbage for the masses instead of creativity and complexity of music and lyrics. Shame.
When I had this album I was young, healthy, fit and happy.
Now I'm old, not too healthy, fat and not particularly happy.
But this music can make me feel good, even if it's only for a while. I feel sorry for the kids today, and in fact any that have grown up listening to the drivel that's been touted and music since the mid to late 80's. This band was wonderful, as were most of their compatriots of the era. I am so glad I was born in 1960 so I could grow up enjoying this.
Well said! I was born in 1956 and wholeheartedly agree with you. We've been very lucky.
Agree totally with you my friend.
Sad to hear you feeling downbeat about yourself.
I was born in 1955, yes I'm old too, but changed my life with improved diet (incl no sugar !), some exercise and ditched unecessary meds. Lost weight and not fat anymore. Feeling truly great.
You can do it too. Check out intermittent fasting. Best wishes. WFH
Yep, "Getting old isn't for sissies" (according to Bette Davis) but at least we have some fantastic memories to look back on. 💖
@@wongfeihung6285 Yeah me too, low fat low salt here and no choice but minding gluten, the latter can be a real disabler. Luckily (widower of 7 yrs) and love to cook and even launder by hand: simple tasks, carried out well, useful time fillers. Get some random charity shop books, they can provide new insights. I also learned to write in other languages, again a window into other worlds so to speak. Lifes a bowl of shit, its easy to rise above it ...
@@wongfeihung6285 I did the same thing ,im 70 and feel great
Hey Rickey. My best friend who lost his life on a motorcycle accident at 11 years old. I prayed for you every day since it happened. Back in the 70's. Pray for my dad who just passed. You know who I am. We will meet again. Love you Rickey!!!
Please never forget my number.
So sorry for your loss ! I've got a similar sad memory.
Still listening to this song in 2024🎉
Part of the massive wave of musical brilliance we took for granted back then.
I guess we did take it for granted back then, but how lucky were we to live through that golden age of creative excellence.
Was just thinking the same thing.... brilliant band
Thanks for saying this. Your so right.
It was a tsunami!
We were blessed with fantastic music and thought it would always be that way. Great times
Just when you think you're getting old and worthless, you hear this, look in the mirror and think...bloody hell, I'm still in the groove!
das right!
thanks Ruth! I will stride today
1m 62 yrs old...n still would love to listen to this song over n over...just like when i was a teenager back then. They sure have the Steel in this number
We might be getting old my Dear but we will never be useless as long as we share our Music and Life Experiences with the New Generations !!! ☮️
Yep, still in the groove!
Any other millennial grateful to grow up hearing music like THIS? ☺️
2023, and I still didn't lose that number.
2024 Still havn't lost it
I'm so glad my Dad listened to music like this when I was a kid and I absorbed it. I listen to this today and think of him and smile. RIP Dad.
Your dad had great taste in music. 1974, I was a 19 yr old Marine headed to Okinawa. So homesick for my cute girlfriend back home.
@@usmc-veteran73-77 My Dad was a Marine as well. He was on Okinawa too for about a year in 1968. If he were alive he would tell you Semper Fi!
I tried to play this on piano for my mom, I think she finally liked it....it is a major not minor (chords and 7ths and 8ths major 9ths etc) composition...with classical intentions..these guys made a classic with simple stuff
Same!
Time to listen to: Song for my father.
Back when the music touched your mind, and not insulted it.
It is a piece of stellar art.. this is just they did
Music usually touches the mind of the current generation as it is a direct reflection of they time in which they live. To us it may be offensive, because it does not reflect our current state. I’m sure our folks felt awful about this music.
@@armandofernandez9281 no
... or assaulted it!
What beaut music great group as well..
2022 still listening to the classic’s… 73 years old
Ok:2023, and I've been listening to Steely Dan for 43 years, must be like many❤
I think around 50 years for me!!
@@yonahkarpsame here. I’m 60 but my brother was 4 years older so I was hearing (& memorizing) all the good stuff! I played all these songs as my children were growing up.. now they’re playing them for their own ❤
We were so lucky to grow up in the 70's with artists that knew how to write music
Michael Payne You are so right. They just don't make music like this anymore. It is a great loss for everyone
Michael Payne 100% true. Maybe someone from my generation will make good music like this as a backlash to the overproduced formula of today.
Michael Payne 60's -70's.
Lennon said "Aren't you glad the 70's are over?" Then he was gone.
I wish I grew up back then. I'm glad I found Steely Dan before I saw pop culture of this era. :)
Ian Benedict They were such exciting days. Brilliant music, hot chicks and the Vietnam war was on!!!
Steely Dan took composing/ writing/ engineering music to a whole other level.
And spirituality
I wonder if their records ever made a profit? They had to be expensive to make plus they never toured until the late 90s.
You have to think about the lyrics and music when listening to this band,am I wrong?
Very sophisticated....rock jazz fusion....love it.
The top level really.....
That guitar solo by Jeff "Skunk" Baxter so impressed me as a 14 year old kid in 1974, and still does now at 64 in 2024. 50 years later it's still a treasure of musical art.
We had such great music to grow up to!
Fun fact-skunk Baxter is a largely self taught rocket scientist who did trajectory calculations for nasa. No shit, right?
Edit- had the details wrong. He testified for a congressional committee and consulted with the pentagon on missile defense technology. My bad.
They would hand pic certain outstanding guitarists for a particular song fit.. that was part of the genius of the band, no pun intended
I’m 66 & I still Love this song!❤
Truly one of the greatest songs ever written.
You can't say 'its one of the greatest', when Steely Dan stole the intro from Horace Silver's "Song for My Father".
@@carletonharkins805 Were they done for plagiarism then?
@@carletonharkins805 Yes, you can. Intro, shmintro.
@@carletonharkins805 What? The entire 2 note “intro” ??? Good god! Call the cops!!That’s the entire song!!!
Oh right…..it’s not anywhere even remotely CLOSE to the entire song, and you’re an idiot.
I heard that Donald Fagan was not fond of this composition, he said it was too simple and was played to much... Just a genius being too critical of his own work. As a musician, nothing simple about the music, so much too the song. Just great work! Timeless..
This album lived on the turntable in an apartment in London where the curtains rarely opened , I think I’m one of the only ones still alive out of all those lost souls , I thought I’d listen to see what memories it brought back , and I’m sitting here at 71 wiping away tears ,,music is powerful
Yes, tears... Seems these guys, more than others, somehow, were the soundtrack/background music of our lives.
i no how you feel mine were great days on the beach in hermosa calif lived on my turntable also mcintosh stereo pineer turn table i was 24 when it came out high times sitting here at 72
I love these guys.
kkkk
👍👍👍
As a child of the 70s I am transported back in time. Shopping at TG&Y, conleys, ben franklin Woolworths, pop in glass bottles, huffy bicycle les, 8 tracks, should I go on? Loved the 70s. Miss them everyday!!!
Hard to believe how well this song holds up…Masterful
Especially after they rerun it 200 times during the day back in the day
Except now it would need to be "send it in an email to yourself"🤣🤣
Why is it hard to believe please elucidate we would like to know what that really means?
@@MrRmshellyI think the word to describe your comment is inane
Lovin this. Don't loose that number. Oh yeah.
REST IN POWER Walter Becker.
We'll NEVER lose your number.
No we won't.
Right on
I'll never quit reviewing t hese songs!
wait..... what was the number again? I lost it.
I teared up on that comment.
62 years on this planet and I still looove this music! ❤❤
Hello Malene, How are you doing?
@@kellyofuller4974 hello Kelly. 🌻 Fine, still loving the music, how are you?
I just turned 64, and I LOVE this music!!!
Still listening 2024, i have greatest hits in my car and i dont listen to anything else, its been in there for 10 years!!! I never get sick of any of the songs, i love them all! ❤❤❤
❤2024-I love Steely Dan! I love all music however Steely Dan it’s about lives and people and what everybody goes through it tells stories it tears me up inside in a good way! ✌️
That Guitar Solo by Jeff “Skunk” Baxter is just epic.
I love this guitar solo too!
The best guitar solo of all time IMO
I got to meet Skunk Baxter at a paid appearance at a local music store. I was pleased to find him an humble and gracious gentleman. A great musician.
Wow, I didnt know that was Skunk. That solo always gave me that tingly feeling up my spine. Pure perfection!
Always thought a guitar solo should move the song forward and I can think of no better example than this one.
Wow, I know I'm getting old when most of these guys and girls are OLD or dead . At 59 I still believe I lived during the best time for music. And I thank God for that. The future of America looks bleak.
Amen !! My friend
I hate to agree on the bleak, but you're FUCKING RIGHT!😩😩😩
59 soon 60. . .We did have the best music. .
Very Insightful Comment. Thanks.
You and I both! 61 and still Jammin!
Celebrating 49 years after the best year of my life 1974. What a year, what great memories. I was 20yrs old, best cars, best music, best girls I ever met including my wife, best everything. I will never fotget 74.
The Dan is one of those bands whose sound is absolutely UNMISTAKABLE. Complex and yet easily enjoyed. There will never be another. 63 here and still a big fan of THE DAN.
As a kid I had what school officials called “pacing problems.” Just rocking back and forth and walking back n forth. I became an attorney. I also taught school myself. But I remember when I was at my worst as a kid, I had an astute teacher that gave me musical therapy and I was introduced to the symmetrically beautiful composition of Steely Dan as I “walked it off”. Like an old friend. Xoxo
Wow that's amazing
Great story. Peace.
Thank you for sharing, during the morning hours my beloved sister of memory, Bente, passed and without great music I've listened to all day, my heart could not accept this passing nor heal from it, it is so extraordinary, it also was there for you ...
You can always do musical therapy with my songs. I'm trying to get my tunes right.
Riffs over Rittalin any day! lol
This kind of music could only have happened when it did . Nothing remotely like it has come close since .
Very well said !
ANDREW, WE ARE THE LUCKIEST GENERATION EVER KNOWN IN TIME, HERE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE, AND THIS IS ONLY ONE EXAMPLE OF MUSICAL PERFECTION WE CAME TO EXPECT IN THE 70'S. ROCK ON, MY FRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@stephenjackson9632 I agree im glad I grew up when I did, I graduated in 1976 and I use too hitch hike all the time with no worries at all. im 61 now.
the old funny question was what albums would you take to a desert island for a year long stay......cant buy a thrill is one of the 5......
What about THE JUSTIN ONE.
As always, reminds me of my girlfriend in the summer of 1974.
I pray she has had a good life.
Steely Dan is the Opening Act for The Eagles & I'm going tomorrow 1/6/24 @ The Kia Forum in Inglewood California USA.
I am from Sri Lanka. My age was 14 when I hear this song in the radio 1974. Now my age is 54 I still listen to his songs when I have fee time. Do it again song also nice song. Grate songs, never die.
Yes this is real music wish I could go back
How good were the 70's & 80's? The BEST
Almost as good as the 60s and 70s were my Friend ☮️
You can NOT beat the 70's music!!! Best music ever!
We took it all for granted.
Absolutely.
@@Future-Preps35 1980s: The Stone Roses, The Smiths, The Church, The The, Joy Division (70s/80s). Every decade has its brilliant musicians including more recently (Muse). They don’t stop halfway through a decade either ☺️ 🎵
70 yrs old & listening to good music
Its 2024, i was born in the 90s and i only listen to 60s, 70s, and 80s music. Steely dan is one of my favorites
You've got exceptionally good taste. ❤ There was so much great music being played in the 60s, but the 70s is the standout decade for me. In the 80s I discovered jazz, but I still listen to my 70s recordings regularly. This is my favourite Steely Dan song. 😊
Agree I'm your age an older rock'in girl.HA 😂
It sounds as fresh now as it did 45 years ago. Love it.
I agree. Check out my post right after yours.
It'll never get old to me. It's like, everytime I hear it, it's so fresh and new!
It's not that old!
Steely Dan's music never gets old!
@@jjallen246 timeless
An unbelievably awesome song, just beautiful. I can't believe it is 40 years old, it has dated so well and still sounds gorgeous.
sublime
allie2026 ...."we can go out driving on slow hand road..."
a truly amazing song performed by Becker & Fagan!!
Becker & Fagen
40 years? shit Am I that old ?
This year I turned 57 and my older sisters turned me on to the music of the 70’s ❤ I was not a teenager yet back then but I still love this music over any music ever made!
...but the 60s weren't bad either 😅
Im 70 now, still Rock n Roll!!!!!! Great Music 🎼🎶!!!!!!!!
same here!
Love the Heart ❤️ on ur Lips!!!! Keep Rocking!!!!! claudia
Rock on!!
This band is immortal..timeless.
ive adored these guys since their beginning ,,,,thats a long time xxxuntil eternity x
This band is timeless, and yes I'm still listening to this beautiful melody nearly 50 years later. Still sounds as fresh as the first listening. The tone of this guy's young voice is so appealing. Just sums up the yearning and hopes that follow ypu throughout your life. Beautiful. The guitar lead is so part of the whole soul of this number. Never tire of it. Thanks for loading it.
A great song always tells a great story...and this is a great song.
Beautiful xoxo
memories and nostalgia are like tattoos~ markers of a time in the past, yet returning with the opening riff!
One of Skunk Baxters best composition leads.
Nothing today can even touch this!
I hear this and am transported back to age 16 summer of 1975; visiting family in the Hollywood Hills of California, laying on their deck suntanning with radio on & hearing this song for 1st time. Entrancing and always pulls me back to feeling young and so carefree, the warmth of the sun with the white Hollywood sign in the distance…glory days~🌸
That must've been something. Hope you know how lucky you were!
@@reesemorgan2259 Oh it was a great trip, thank you. Was my 1st time to visit CA, flew into LA, CA with my mom. Fleetwood Mac band was on the plane too, didn’t realize who they were until ‘77 Rumours came out. My relatives took us sightseeing everywhere, oldest brother Robert-age 23 was in the Air Force in Nevada. He drove down in his topless jeep & took me to see Jaws movie, and Santa Monica Pier to see the ocean for 1st time eeek haha, I was kinda scared but got in knee deep. The Griffith Observatory, J Paul Getty Museum, baseball game @ Dodgers Stadium were highlights too. I wish I had my great aunt & uncles Hollywood address, as I want to see what the house & surroundings look like now. I remember homes being built below theirs because I had the “hots” for one of the construction framers who was tan-muscular & shirtless. My Great Aunt told me “he looks thirsty, you should take him something to drink”. I was too shy but looking back, I wish I would have! haha.
I'm glad to have grownup to this and other 60s and 70s music! We didn't no it at the time, this was the greatest music period ever! But now we do!!!
I was born in "73". I can remember my mother listening to Steely Dan most my life.
same here ..73.. i've ignored these for most of my life.. my dad used to play them all the time...it's only recently that i'm realizing what he was on to. the production especially is crazy good :)
I was born in'74 and I remember my momma listening to this.
I remember coming back from surfing, driving in the fog with salt and sand drying on the car seat and my board and listening to this song for the first time. It was a perfect everyday kind of moment.
And the beauty is that because of this song you never have to lose that lightning in a jar moment . Thank you for sharing the visual for my my mind to transcribe and damn near feel I was there as well....
I remember when this song came out 50 years ago❤
Still loving Steely Dan all these years later🫂
"send it off in a letter to yourself..." brilliant song
Hello Karin, How are you doing?
Born in the right generation, having access to good music like this
There is no "wrong" generation, ever hear big band jazz? Mozart? Louis Armstrong?
I wasn't even born when this song came out. I would come along a few years later. I came of age in the 1990s, which meant of course that I wasn't supposed to like this stuff. You know because of "grunge" and "alternative rock" and besides it was what my dad listened to.
But I love Steely Dan and this song is wonderful.
1974, I was 19 yrs old in the United States Marine Corps. I had this cassette and worn it out. Id go back to 1974, and stay.
When the day comes I hope I've already passed because that would definitely Marc the end of I !!!
It's a proven fact listening to Steely Dan will make you 20% cooler.
That would make me about 21% cool then. Quite an improvement for me.
This is what has been lost with the Classic Rock Era; it wasn't just Zeppelin and Floyd and the Stones and the Beatles; it was Steely Dan and Yes and Savoy Brown and you can run the list for a quarter mile and not repeat yourself. Meanwhile Classic Rock stations of today's radio make it all seem like what we all despised in the day, top 40. RIP Walter. RIP Classic Rock, one more time.
Jerry , try going online to " thunderrockradio.com" I think you will like it.
Does everyone remember wolfman jack the DJ ,and kc kacim ,they played good music , back in the day, I miss those guys, who's with. Me ?? Ndu
Bob Welch,Steven Bishop.... the list could go on and on.
@@natalieumscheid7137 the Wolfman, on XERB radio.
The cream always comes to the top , after all these years I think if I wanted to hear my favorite play list I would just put on Steely Dan's greatest hits,boo,ya!!
My now 29 year old daughter texted me the other day to say this song reminded her of me. She loves classic rock. Rock On Megan!
Great job Bob ☺
@F MAC 😀
Way to go Bob!
Megan is a terrible name but you must be the type of dad to overwrite that.
@@lucasshaffer3324 Not needed, dude.
My favorite Steely Dan song and one of my all time favorite songs ever! My dad worked for American Airlines, and I can remember hearing this song on the car radio one day in 1974 when he was driving me to work with him at Tulsa M&E.
I still marvel at the depth and talent of these two fellows and the amazing musicians that they gathered around them. Larry Carlton,any one?
78 year oldv
Nobody can touch Steely Dan they are the best ever-Tomorrow is Walter Becker's birthday February 20 1950
those in their late50s and 60s lived during the most creative times in music .stay blessed
Sure maam
thank you from a 65 y.o. in Italy. I passed the SD torch my older daughter 32 now, and started all over again with my second and younger daughter 10 y.o. I'll never get enough of Steely Dan..!
@@tourist54 Stay blessed
@@ashoknair8993 thank you, you too.. 😘
word.
One of the BEST pop/rock songs ever written and performed.
50 years old and it still sounds fresh and gives me chills when I hear it!
SO much better than ALL of the CRAP that passes for music for decades now.
I’m an avid listener of Steely Dan’s music, at 67 years old I still think that they were and are one of the greatest bands ever.
Harmonies and the sheer musicality with superb musicians makes this band one of the best.
This is a masterpiece in music history. Pure and simple. Nothing like it.
I was mesmerized when this came out in ‘74 ....
Me too and I am still mesmerised by this music today
Beyond perfection in every way. And atypical for SD, very heartfelt.
Another priceless tune after all these years.
Donald Fagan and Walter Becker. One of the great duos in music history.
Old enough to remember when this was a current hit and my 13 year old self calling the radio station to request it.
I was only 8 but I borrowed b my older sisters' records and 8-tracks.
You tell yourself you’re not my kind
But you don’t even know your mind
And you could have a change of heart
~genius lyrics
1974 I was a confused teenager looking for belonging.. Music saved me - so did this tune. Sweet, smooth melodies and lyrics... great story lines
This was a great song back in 1974. I too was a teenager, a little different I was 19 yrs old in the United States Marine Corps. I was getting ready to deploy to Okinawa when this was a hit. Sad time for me had to say goodbye to my cute girl friend. After 2 months on Okinawa she mailed me the dreaded "Dear John Letter" broke my heart.
I know exactly what you mean. I think art (music in this case) is viewed as a luxury- when I see it(especially for youngsters) as a necessity.
The way I see it is food keeps the body alive , but Music keeps the Soul Alive !!!! I literally do not think I could live without Music !!!! God Bless You !!!
Amen!
My mother forced me to take piano lessons, and I must admit I got pretty good with the classics, but Bach got boring and I wanted to play anything by Steely Dan, so I attempted to play the songs by ear. Mom surprised me one day with sheet music, and to this day I still have it. Donald and Walter have been around in my life for as far back as I can remember, and I will never forget how their music soothed me.
good mom!
It was second year of high school, now it’s July 2024, forever never fades.
People that know GREAT music are still listening to Steely Dan
I was 6, Dad and driving to, well, nowhere. Just driving around in Upstate NY. The sun coming down and this song comes on. America was a different world then. I miss it, I miss my dad.
Steely Dan and the 70's music kicks ass!
Ramon Llanes
Yes, here in the United States there wasn't the generalized despair and fear there is today. I went to Sweden in 1980, it was almost unbelievably peaceful. Look at both nations today.
One of the most underrated and overlooked groups of their time. I could listen to these guys endlessly.
My friend saw Steely Dan in concert when they were just starting out and opening for another band ..they got booed off stage!
i don't agree ,you sure are not a 70s kid :)
I’m still here. This song has been on one of my playlists, not just for years, but decades..
Steely Dan helped me through an emotionally difficult childhood. The music still moves me in a very good way. Thanks , guys
Steely Dan songs are most often a work of art. Like a painting hanging on the wall, each time one revisits there is another insight, another feeling, another twist of interpretation - totally unique, very creative, timeless and inimitable.
I agree
defenitely, but only up to Katy lied!
maybe they just sound good.
Ken Spurlock well put, agreed!
Yeah ya right man!
I was in my 20's when this first came out. And it still sounds fresh, as I listen right this moment - at 74 years of age...
Hello Cynthia 👋 how are you ??
74!!! I'm about to turn 60 don't feel 60 ....keep rocking my friend
It is fresh, so is Stevie Wonder
How many girls were thinking about Ricky?
Still one of the coolest grooves ever.
Congrats to Steely Dan on their induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
2021. Still sounds fresh as ever! Iconic band with great chemistry between Fagen and Becker (RIP)- interesting music and unparalleled song writing chops- the changes, the cool piano riff, the bossa nova bass line opener, harmonies, lyrics. I shall never tire of this.
Like your intelligent comments about Steely Dan. You hit the ball out of the park.
@@charlesmaeger6162 thanks. I loved them from the time I was a kid and they influenced me greatly as a songwriter. I am a jazz musician and back in music school studying music therapy. I love turning the younger students on to this great music. We are generally asked to use
'client preferred music' when providing music therapy interventions. It seems Steely Dan is loved by all ages, once folks are exposed to their musical genius. The way they fused genres- rock, jazz and pop (think the #11 hit tune, 'Peg', and how wildly popular it was back in 1978), I honestly think Steely Dan is one of the most sophisticated groups to ever exist. They are truly one of a kind.
2022 and here for it
Dena you sound like you know a lot about music. Spread some musical wisdom my way.
Now 2023 and this is still a monumental pleasure to listen to. Dredges up a gold mine of memories and good feelings. Thank God for Steely Dan
This number has certainly stood the test of time !!
***** Hi, I have never seen them live - what a great experience !
Stephen Marcus Thanks for that Stephen - hope you and family are well ~ regards Lorraine
ohhhh lorraine wish i was 39
Glenn parent Me too Glenn !!
well lorraine iam 49
1974 was an important year for this song to come out. There are no mistakes in reality.
I still listen and always have. Why wouldn’t I?
"We could stay inside and play games, I don't know." lol. love it.
He probably means board games or card games. Lol!
@@mollieholtman5406 he probably meant sex games tbh
@@mollieholtman5406 Yes, while they smoked that number--