People that hate on anything they don't know, are just ignorant and miss an opportunity to expand and grow. I appreciate good hip hop. I think of sampling as a great compliment, and it is a form of art. Using technology in creating art is fine. It is it's own art. Don't let the haters keep you from exploring. They represent a small percent of the population. All this from an older white guy. Stay on Steely.... peace....
@@fredtello - No, they just make sad attempts at appropriating, using, or simply bastardizing it for some flavored down garbage, in almost every "genre" of music that exists today. Obviously, you've never been exposed to artists in hip-hop (I hate using genre specific identifiers, as it's frustratingly moronic) that understand music; otherwise, you would know artists who are also extremely adept instrumentalists, music theorist, and experimental artists. By your responses, one can only assume you have no formal training in music, or even music appreciation. But keep on in your idiot box. I'm sure it makes you feel special.
It's a real shame you had to stop and call out people slamming hiphop. I'm a 60 yr. old white guy and not gonna lie and say rap has been my thing since day one but I enjoy lots of hiphop and totally respect it. SOOOO many comments I see everywhere about "there's just no good modern music" only means you've stopped listening 30 years ago. You're a super impressive, intelligent young man and I really enjoy your insights into stuff that's new to you. Don't let closed minded people get you down.
you spoke for me. I'm a Boomer always trying to convince my friends that there is so much good new good music to check out - they just won't find it on mainstream radio. And really enjoying Rome Life's commentary about the instrumentation and musicality of all these songs
55 here, and grew up with all this classic rock, but for the last several years, hip hop dominates my playlists - mostly just the stuff that has strong social and political critiques of the status quo: Brother Ali, The Coup, Dead Prez, Bambu....
100% Most people are stuck with the music they listened to in high school. The fact is that there is good music in every genre, and there is bad music in every genre. Keep your mind open for the good.
This dude is hanging out way outside his comfort zone, I would hope that the people he was talking about at least gave that same open minded approach to hip hop that he is giving to rock (I hate the word rock but you get my meaning). There are a lot of these reaction videos where people are opening themselves to different shit... and that is a good thing. By the way, he obviously didnt listen to Kid Charlemagne at the proper volume, because if he did- that guitar solo would have melted his face off
I grew up a rock guy and only came to hip Hop when I was older through the really lyrical rappers like Talib Kweli, Lupe, Boots. Or the ones with really artful production work like Kanye. It can definitely happen the other way, and some of my favorite music now is in a genre that I didn't give the time of day as a kid.
Thank you for reacting to Steely Dan. I am a black woman of a certain age and I've loved Steely Dan since I was in college. I just love music...all genres. To me sampling is the ultimate compliment and it's a testament that a lot of hip hop artists listened to all types of music and appreciated all types of music. These artist didn't keep themselves in a box. Didn't anyone see Migos singing Neil Diamond on Carpool Karaoke?? LOL. Keep it up kid!!
"All this machinery Making modern music Can still be open-hearted Not so coldly charted It's really just a question Of your honesty, yeah, your honesty" -Rush
😉 1 likes to believe in the Freedom of Music. But glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the "illusion" of Integrity 🤔 (yeah.....) 😏🐰 #ENRGYZRBunny
As a 23yr old. The way I see it is that I'm learning to appreciate the music's essence and the creativity used to create it.(regardless of autotune) At the end of the day everything has its time and place. It's all about keeping an open mind really, and not putting yourself in certain boxes only. Thank you for introducing me to Steely Dan, I'm a new fan now🥰 I really love the hand painting in your background too... The design is so beautiful 😍
I didn't write this. David Ryder gave this nice explanation of this song: "Check out the wikipedia article about Owsley Stanley. He was not the creator of LSD, but he certainly was "the best in town" and made literally millions of doses in his East Bay underground lab and "turned it on the world", while moonlighting as the Grateful Dead's first sound engineer. "Those San Francisco nights" would be "The Matrix", "Avalon Ballroom" and those other tiny acid-drenched venues the nascent San Francisco sound began in. Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead owned an "A-frame" house in Mill Valley in Marin county and probably had Owsley's number on the wall. "Those day-glo freaks who used to paint the face have joined the human race." The daisy-chain hippies in Golden Gate Park with the painted faces eventually got jobs like their parents. Owlsey did go down to LA and supplied the six Acid Tests between Feb and March of '66 in southern California. "Still an outlaw in their eyes" ... LSD became outlawed in California in October of '66. Anyway... yeah, it's a potent song in many ways. Pregnant with meaning". I'll add that the "White men in the streets" refers to the rise of cocaine and how people turned from LSD after it was outlawed. Also Stanley was captured by the police when his car ran out of gas (Is there gas in the car? Yes there’s gas in the car). For me nothing beats musicianship, and for me that means someone that plays an instrument (which includes the human voice), and can recreate their music with that instrument without electricity, without a microphone, and without augmentation. That means Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 hours applies. But clearly I'm in the minority here.
Perfect Albums (just to name a few); Kanye- MBDTF OutKast- Aquemini RHCP- By The Way Bone- Art Of War Nirvana- Unplugged NY Led Zeppelin- IV MGMT- Oracular Spectacular Pink Floyd- Dark Side Fleetwood Mac- Rumors Jay-Z- Black Album Beatles- Revolver Wu Tang- 36 Chambers The Roots- Game Theory STEELY DAN- FIRST 7 ALBUMS (from ‘72- ‘80, not a bad song in the bunch)
The drummer you're admiring is the great Bernard Purdie. He is know for the famous Purdie Shuffle which you can hear in the songs "Home at Last" and "Babylon Sisters". Those need to be your next 2 Dan songs.
I listen to every genre of music, I don't like it all, but every genre has their gems. I'm an old white man, I liked some Hip Hop back in the 80's, I like some now now, but not all of it. There's a lot of Rock, Soul, Funk, jazz, reggae, Folk, Blues, House, Trip Hop, Salsa, Afrobeat, new wave and so on that I love and more of it I don't like at all. point is, I don't get the haters of Hip Hop, It's more about bars than orchestras, and there's a lot to get out of it with that different perspective. Wordplay!
I haven't seen anyone react to Afrobeat. I would watch Jay Rah react to Fela Kuti "Opposite People" and think he would totally dig it. ua-cam.com/video/5y_bLL7ZGns/v-deo.html
Love RAP, HipHop, Opera, classical, prog rock, reggae, Saharan blues, Indian classical, Billy H, Nina, Black Sabbath ... as long as the music is good, from the heart ... well said Man
Sampling something, cutting it up, flipping it, and making something new, all that takes talent and EARS! Plus, it's like collaborating with another musician: something they did then inspires you to do something else. Plus, it's fun to listen to music and figure out where the sample came from.
The Royal Scam, along with Aja are 2 of the greatest albums ever made. IN ANY GENRE. Periot. Right on man. All respect to REAL Hip Hop. Representin Jamaica, Queens here. ✌
Bernard Purdie on the drums. Talk about "in the pocket" . . . no one could get that shuffle beat with groove, and soul, like Bernard Purdie. Amazing. Check out Steely Dan's "Home at Last" from the Aja album for more amazing Bernard Purdie genius. And while you're there, check out the title track, "Aja," for some life-changing drum work from Steve Gadd.
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Nothing makes me smile more than listening to Steely Dan on a relaxing Sunday afternoon.
Music--let alone art of any kind--is a big tent. Those that don't understand that are only breathing out, not breathing in. And you know how long you can last doing that...
I'm 53 years old and a musician and appreciate younger wisdom these days. Thanks for explaining that regarding finding the heart behind all creativity (music). People today are truly waking up to what's true. I've learned more from my wise younger co-workers than would ever imagine. It's very encouraging. Thanks!
Chet Atkins (One of the worlds greatest guitar players) was told by a fan "That is an amazing guitar...it sounds amazing!"... Chet Atkins put the guitar on its guitar stand and said... "Hows it sound now?". :)
I totally agree with your statement about hip-hop, I love the sampling as long as they’re giving credit to the original artist. And to me, it only makes songs more legendary, and brings new people down to rabbit hole like you’re going right now music that they may not have heard before
I appreciate your reaction to this song and your breakdown in the middle about every genre of music having crap as well. I'm 51 and grew up on classic & southern rock,blues etc. Never thought I'd listen to any rap but I've branched out a bit and found some gems worth the time. What you said was well said.
Thank you soooo much for pausing for that comment young brother. Nearly 56 y.o. w.w. who's lived most of my life & came up in a predominantly rock / c.w. radio market and who's loved hip hop since the early 80s. Yes, just like any other generes of music, its over commercialization has yeilded some truly wretched results. But the vast majority of the nearly 50 y.o. artform is pure poetry. People who think that sampling is "stealing" are just plain ignorant to what all art forms have done since the beginning of time. Nothing is created from nothing; you cannot create something from nothing. Not without borrowing a riff, or a brush stroke technique, or an angle of hitting a chisel.
I appreciate that call out about hip hop at the top; the sampling of these pieces of music are 100% creative, it’s not just some accident, and HELL YES, I love the fact that you took the time to educate here. Those tracks are just as creative, just from a different direction. Thanks for that. And I’m an older dude who grew up with Steely Dan and the rest and I’m not offended at all. Go on...
I'm so glad you brought up the Hip Hop side to light. I'm 61 years old and I have never to Rap with my 20 year old son and there is a lot of good music in Hip Hop or rap witch ever one you subscribe to. Doesn't matter how young or old you are music is universal. Grand reaction keep it up young fellow.
I'm 52 old white dude and I love Steely Dan and lots of funk, R&B, rock, jazz, soul, etc...Huge Stevie Wonder and Prince fan, MJ, but also Pink Floyd, the Beatles, the Stones, the Who, Zep...and I also love hip hop. I've enjoyed hip hop since the 80s, almost from the very start. Heavy D, the Fat Boys, Slick Rick, Dougie Fresh, Run DMC, the Beastie Boys, then a few years later, Tribe Called Quest (my favorite), the Pharcyde, Black Sheep, Arrested Development, OutKast...OutKast!! and so on. I probably missed a ton too, this is just off the top of my head...Loved all of that. The greatest hip hop producers, in my opinion, were in the 90s, when they would really weave together a full tapestry or collage of various sounds (snare from there, kick from there, horn from another place, etc) and really turn it into a beautiful piece of music for the artist to rap over. You can still find great production today, but I think the world (not just hip hop) got trapped in that trap trap. It was cool for a while, but come on, let's move on now. Also, rapping well is a talent. I think Eminem is a beast, right up there with some of the best of them (Nas, Busta, Lupe Fiasco, Kendrick etc). These guys are sick. They can do things that regular people just can't, whether it's clever word play, sophisticated across-the-bar syncopated rhythms, cadence, and so on. (In my opinion Eminem is the best, but I know that's debated). There is talent in all genres. Respect the art. Keep doing what you're doing. You have a great ear.
So glad at your age you are exploring a different genre of music. I have been a fan of this band since I was a teenager(I/m 61 now and proud of it) and still their music sound so unique and timeless. II have all their albums but the earlier albums and their songs resonate more for me intrumentally. I /m a big fan of drums too so I highly recommend: All songs in AJA(masterpiece) All songs in ROYAL SCAM All songs in GAUCHO Pretzel Logic Boston Rag Dr. Wu Thank you and enjoy. YOu are an old soul and I admire you for it. Great music is timeless.
Loved your impassioned talk concerning people disrespecting hip hop. I'm an old white guy who for years was a jazz snob. As the years went by I opened myself up to all kinds of music including the hip hop my kids have turned me onto. Don't get me wrong, Monk, Miles, Trane, Mingus etc are monsters, but there's so much other music to enjoy. While some musicians may be technically better than others, they all create something worth listening to and respecting.
David King Owsley yes. Also Engineer extraordinaire. helped develop a lot of on stage technology for the dead that all bands use now. And made the best acid around🔥
I absolutely love that you said what you said here. I have discovered Hip Hop that im really starting to get into. And its because of folks like yourself who are doing the same thing like you did here with Steely Dan. I have watched your reviews on all types of music that i grew up with. And you get it. Just like i did back in the day with funk and Motown. Props!! Keep this shit up!!
Thank you for your commentary on musical ignorance (and stereotypes in general). Right on point. Good music is good music. I love the fact you’re open enough to find it- regardless of musical genre. You’ve inspired me to explore other genres as well. Well said and much respect.
When I was a kid we lived in Oregon. We had some friends that had a nice house by the lake. When they would go on vacation we would stay at their place and take care of their horses. They had a high end stereo system (this being the late 70's) and a vast music library. I would pull out Steely Dan and Boston and cue it up to and do my homework. Good days.😁♥️
There are so many forms of music! Most Rock and roll started as blues songs from the 30s,40s,and 50s and changed them . Many Zeppelin song's come from people like Robert Johnson. Then the next generation takes there inspiration and change again. In the 80s millions of rockers burmed disco albums and swore to wipe out disco . In 2020 many of these rockers listen to some old disco today with different ears. Music is universal!
Nothing but props for your open mind, man. You just identified some things in the song I hadn't noticed or really appreciated before. That's your hip-hop sensibility informing my 60-year old brain. Nothing but love and respect, brother.
Rap artists I read in the 90s in Rolling Stone always pointed out the polished sound layered over hard,gritty street themes and payed respect. Imitation is a form of flattery.
There is an art to sampling (i'm a dj/producer of House music), and have lived the life of defending sampling for over 20 years now. I recently spent over 60 hours working with a 2 bar sample, deconstructing, splicing, mixing down, mastering...there's a LOT that goes into it.
I agree with you. i would never disrespect hip-hop or any type of music. I am 55 years old and watched hip-hop progress from rappers delight into what it is today. Each generation offers a new flavor to music. And I have seen steely dan live.. I promise there is no auto tune. They sound just like there album..
I appreciate your open mindedness young man. Even though hip hop is not my favorite genre, I can appreciate it. So thank you for giving the music I love a chance. Music unites. It’s a beautiful thing. And BTW, that’s Chuck Rainey on bass and Bernard Purdie on drums.
Don't worry about it.......music has no color or boundaries.......the old folks of the 60's are passing it on to you...because we are on our completion of the journey...and you ...and ..you are just starting yours.....Have a good one and stay positive....learn more things and grow...make this place called Earth ...a better place...Peace!
This was a great reaction! Speak your mind and tell people when what they are saying bothers you. I grew up on 80's rap and New Wave music and never really listened to anything else. But over the years I have come to really love and appreciate so many other types of music. There is SO MUCH great music out there! If people come to your channel and watch you react to genres of music that are new to you and see that you truly appreciate all these great songs then they should be as willing to open and expand their minds to hip hop and not trash it. I still love rap and hip hop, even some of the newer stuff lol, but I now have a vast array of genres that I listen to and love. Keep up the great work! Much love!!! ❤
Well said about open-mindedness to other kinds of music. No matter the genre, the instrument, or anything else, when the cats are good you can hear it in the first 5 seconds.
I'm 50+ years on this planet and as a youngster, old skool Hip Hop was my first love - it was just called hip hop at the time :). I used to do "audio trainspotting" like you. Particularly as 80's hip hop was almost all samples and loops, I would then go on a vinyl hunt to find the originals. So my record collection is pretty diverse! I completely agree with you. Hip Hop is an art-form. I don't see much of a difference between borrowing a bar or two from an existing track or just being influenced by a track. Hip Hop, in a sense is a celebration of music, by highlighting the best bits and reinventing it in a new form. To take an example: "Night of the Living Baseheads" by Public Enemy samples "The Grunt" by The J.B.'s. I prefer the former, which wouldn't exist without the latter.... Now I am showing my age!
This song is a tribute to the legendary Owsley; acid maker of the 60s in the Bay Area. Regarding what you say about hating on hip hop, as a white man in my 60s, hip hop isn’t the music I grew up with, but I can appreciate great music in ANY genre. 95 of the output in every genre is “stupid shit,” rock, pop, hip hop, country, etc. but the great music UNITES. Besides, everybody “samples;” Keith Richards talks about “sampling” Muddy Waters and Eddie Van Halen admits he sampled Hall & Oates “Kiss on My Lips” for his hit “Jump.”
One of the greatest guitar solos ever! Bernard Purdie, Larry Carlton, and don grolnick killing it (sorry if I butchered his name). And I know, people I know hate in sampling all the time and it just shows how ignorant of reality they are! Hip hop is an art form and if you can’t get that than you’ve got problems
There is only one music but many styles. I listen to Jazz, Country, HipHop, Rap, Progressive Rock, Jazz Fusion, World Music, Classical, Choral, Blues, Bluegrass, Indian and Arabic... Music is a journey and like all journeys, every corner you turn offers a new view and enriches your life... turn every corner with your eyes wide open.
ATCQ, De la Soul, Outkast, Mos Def, Kendrick Lamar, and on and on and on. There’s some absolutely killer hip hop out there. I’m an old guy but what I love about the genre, apart from the lyrical innovation, is the fantastic sampling from legendary funk soul and jazz artists which has led me to discover a world of great music . Anyone who can make those samples really knows and loves great music.
Thats Larry Carleton on guitar - one the greatest ever - hired by Steely Dan. On drums is the famous Bernard Purdie playing his equally famous Purdy Shuffle. I forgot who's on bass, but obviously a badass.. And good for you for standing strong and calling ppl out. I respect all musicians - especially if theyve broken through and released music nationally or internationally. - I dont love every piece of music I hear of course, but I respect the talent and work it took to release it.
I hope you're a producer cause you got a good ear. As both a hiphop and jazz head I feel the same way when people are dismissive about rap music. You can draw a direct line from how jazz musicians incorporate phrases from other different songs into their solos to how rapper copies another rapper's cadence or a famous rhyme scheme. It adds so much texture and meaning, but you only know if you know.
Your point is well made. I chose to subscribe before your discussion of diversity in music. You are showing an open mind, and you inspire me to learn more about hip hop and rap. Thank you!
Love what you said about having an open mind, it's so true. I found hip hop in the late 80's and into the 90's. Compton's Most Wanted, Mobb Deep, the first Ice Cube album and countless others all found their way into my collection, and still sit there now alongside my Rush, Zeppelin and all that other good stuff. Good music comes from the heart, bad music doesn't, it really is as simple as that.
Hear, hear about your speech to close mindedness. You are absolutely right that every genre has their crap music. I love the fact that you are open to these older songs and you are right to call out the hypocrisy. I do wish that music was taught like it was in our day and that young kids had those opportunities because I am afraid we will lose them for future generations. That being said, you made me think about the fact that people can express themselves in the absence of those privileges and do so in creative and meaningful ways. Thanks for speaking to that.
Grew up on Steely Dan and other classic rock. Love hip hop now. When Kanye dropped that tracked sampling this, I was freaking on that track. Love it all, much love
I'm old enough to remember when Rap came out. I remember how much I liked it because in a way I could relate to young people wanting to put their thoughts and ideas to music, even if the music wasn't their own. It was a new example of creativity, not pretending to be musicians. It was like garage rock bands. I know there are some "diamonds in the rough" in all kinds of music, but where you might see creativity in using samples and generated beats, I see music being more and more simplified. It's not a substitute for actual musicianship. At this point in time, everything comes easier and quicker. Though it may sound "Old Fashioned" to think this way, many of us who grew up through the 60's, 70's, 80's & 90's can still remember instruments, melodies, harmonies, lyrics, arrangements, and so on. I think we find it hard to see studio tricks and simple hooks & beats as equal to the group's and performers who wrote their music and played their own instruments. Hey, but I know none of us like people hating on something that we like. I don't know what other people were saying, but I might not like everything coming out now whether it's Rap, New Country, Pop, etc. but I don't hate without understanding something. I hope that makes a little sense.
I’ve been lucky to grow up and witness the birth of one, of only three, original American art forms. The first Jazz, the second Abstract Expressionism and the third Hip Hop. I watch your reactions for Rush and Steely Dan, this old white guy’s favorite bands, but I have learned since first hearing Run DMC in high school to spinning the last Tyler the Creator or Kendrick album that HipHop/Rap is the most significant art form of my 52 years on this planet. DJ’s and Producers use the history of music like color on a painters’ palette and Rappers took lyrics from the melody and gave it to the rhythm section. Awesome! Next time someone disses sampling play “Introducing DJ Shadow’ and remind them that Led Zeppelin got famous playing riffs created by Bluesmen.
I agree with your comments. People should open themselves up to any good music. There are some great lyrics, stories, and creativity in hip hop. The sampling is honoring these great songs of the past.
Your perspective is solid sir. Don't let people without one ruin yours. The number of praise Jesus/stank faces and flat out smiles can tell anyone with the eyes and ears to see and hear you know good music. If you love good food too, you're on your way to helping to save the world.
People that hate on anything they don't know, are just ignorant and miss an opportunity to expand and grow. I appreciate good hip hop. I think of sampling as a great compliment, and it is a form of art. Using technology in creating art is fine. It is it's own art. Don't let the haters keep you from exploring. They represent a small percent of the population. All this from an older white guy. Stay on Steely.... peace....
No one ever samples hip slop
@ShariSez1 No one ever samples hip slop
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@@fredtello - No, they just make sad attempts at appropriating, using, or simply bastardizing it for some flavored down garbage, in almost every "genre" of music that exists today. Obviously, you've never been exposed to artists in hip-hop (I hate using genre specific identifiers, as it's frustratingly moronic) that understand music; otherwise, you would know artists who are also extremely adept instrumentalists, music theorist, and experimental artists. By your responses, one can only assume you have no formal training in music, or even music appreciation. But keep on in your idiot box. I'm sure it makes you feel special.
Appreciate you
That's funny learn how u o play intelligent music instead of remedial beats
Yes Steely Dan is the holy grail in music 🎵 😉
Yup that sums it up!
lol hell nah that'd be zepplin
Yep - I listen to lots of music and many genres but Steely Dan may be the best for me
Indeed. My favorite for decades.
Larry Carlton's guitar solo on this is mind blowing.
It's a real shame you had to stop and call out people slamming hiphop. I'm a 60 yr. old white guy and not gonna lie and say rap has been my thing since day one but I
enjoy lots of hiphop and totally respect it. SOOOO many comments I see everywhere about "there's just no good modern music" only means you've stopped listening 30 years ago.
You're a super impressive, intelligent young man and I really enjoy your insights into stuff that's new to you. Don't let closed minded people get you down.
you spoke for me. I'm a Boomer always trying to convince my friends that there is so much good new good music to check out - they just won't find it on mainstream radio. And really enjoying Rome Life's commentary about the instrumentation and musicality of all these songs
Peace and amen!
55 here, and grew up with all this classic rock, but for the last several years, hip hop dominates my playlists - mostly just the stuff that has strong social and political critiques of the status quo: Brother Ali, The Coup, Dead Prez, Bambu....
100% Most people are stuck with the music they listened to in high school. The fact is that there is good music in every genre, and there is bad music in every genre. Keep your mind open for the good.
63 myself and couldn’t agree more. There’s all kinds of great music in different genres.
This dude is hanging out way outside his comfort zone, I would hope that the people he was talking about at least gave that same open minded approach to hip hop that he is giving to rock (I hate the word rock but you get my meaning). There are a lot of these reaction videos where people are opening themselves to different shit... and that is a good thing. By the way, he obviously didnt listen to Kid Charlemagne at the proper volume, because if he did- that guitar solo would have melted his face off
I grew up a rock guy and only came to hip Hop when I was older through the really lyrical rappers like Talib Kweli, Lupe, Boots. Or the ones with really artful production work like Kanye. It can definitely happen the other way, and some of my favorite music now is in a genre that I didn't give the time of day as a kid.
He did compliment his phrasing :)
Indeed. Larry Carlton was without peers for a few years there.
Thank you for reacting to Steely Dan. I am a black woman of a certain age and I've loved Steely Dan since I was in college. I just love music...all genres. To me sampling is the ultimate compliment and it's a testament that a lot of hip hop artists listened to all types of music and appreciated all types of music. These artist didn't keep themselves in a box. Didn't anyone see Migos singing Neil Diamond on Carpool Karaoke?? LOL. Keep it up kid!!
"All this machinery
Making modern music
Can still be open-hearted
Not so coldly charted
It's really just a question
Of your honesty, yeah, your honesty"
-Rush
😉 1 likes to believe in the Freedom of Music. But glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the "illusion" of Integrity 🤔 (yeah.....) 😏🐰 #ENRGYZRBunny
Lee Lifeson & Peart- nuff said!
As a 23yr old. The way I see it is that I'm learning to appreciate the music's essence and the creativity used to create it.(regardless of autotune) At the end of the day everything has its time and place.
It's all about keeping an open mind really, and not putting yourself in certain boxes only.
Thank you for introducing me to Steely Dan, I'm a new fan now🥰
I really love the hand painting in your background too... The design is so beautiful 😍
no boxes-thats where we get into unnecessary trouble. Open heart, open mind.
@@robertakline9785 Couldn't be further from the truth! 🙌🏾😊
I didn't write this. David Ryder gave this nice explanation of this song:
"Check out the wikipedia article about Owsley Stanley. He was not the creator of LSD, but he certainly was "the best in town" and made literally millions of doses in his East Bay underground lab and "turned it on the world", while moonlighting as the Grateful Dead's first sound engineer. "Those San Francisco nights" would be "The Matrix", "Avalon Ballroom" and those other tiny acid-drenched venues the nascent San Francisco sound began in. Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead owned an "A-frame" house in Mill Valley in Marin county and probably had Owsley's number on the wall. "Those day-glo freaks who used to paint the face have joined the human race." The daisy-chain hippies in Golden Gate Park with the painted faces eventually got jobs like their parents. Owlsey did go down to LA and supplied the six Acid Tests between Feb and March of '66 in southern California. "Still an outlaw in their eyes" ... LSD became outlawed in California in October of '66. Anyway... yeah, it's a potent song in many ways. Pregnant with meaning".
I'll add that the "White men in the streets" refers to the rise of cocaine and how people turned from LSD after it was outlawed. Also Stanley was captured by the police when his car ran out of gas (Is there gas in the car? Yes there’s gas in the car). For me nothing beats musicianship, and for me that means someone that plays an instrument (which includes the human voice), and can recreate their music with that instrument without electricity, without a microphone, and without augmentation. That means Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 hours applies. But clearly I'm in the minority here.
Thank you for the background. I always thought this song was about the birth of freebasing, which of course led to nothing good.
Perfect Albums (just to name a few);
Kanye- MBDTF
OutKast- Aquemini
RHCP- By The Way
Bone- Art Of War
Nirvana- Unplugged NY
Led Zeppelin- IV
MGMT- Oracular Spectacular
Pink Floyd- Dark Side
Fleetwood Mac- Rumors
Jay-Z- Black Album
Beatles- Revolver
Wu Tang- 36 Chambers
The Roots- Game Theory
STEELY DAN- FIRST 7 ALBUMS (from ‘72- ‘80, not a bad song in the bunch)
Nobody should put people down for whatever music they like to listen to
I agree with you💯
The drummer you're admiring is the great Bernard Purdie. He is know for the famous Purdie Shuffle which you can hear in the songs "Home at Last" and "Babylon Sisters". Those need to be your next 2 Dan songs.
man, i adore seeing these youngsters discovering old school music. love this!
As I've always said, you just can't go wrong with Steely Dan.
Music is the universal language. Live and let live.
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The great Chuck Rainey on bass.
I listen to every genre of music, I don't like it all, but every genre has their gems. I'm an old white man, I liked some Hip Hop back in the 80's, I like some now now, but not all of it. There's a lot of Rock, Soul, Funk, jazz, reggae, Folk, Blues, House, Trip Hop, Salsa, Afrobeat, new wave and so on that I love and more of it I don't like at all. point is, I don't get the haters of Hip Hop, It's more about bars than orchestras, and there's a lot to get out of it with that different perspective. Wordplay!
I haven't seen anyone react to Afrobeat. I would watch Jay Rah react to Fela Kuti "Opposite People" and think he would totally dig it. ua-cam.com/video/5y_bLL7ZGns/v-deo.html
I am 60 and I really enjoy hip hop. Live poetry with a beat. What's not to love?
Love RAP, HipHop, Opera, classical, prog rock, reggae, Saharan blues, Indian classical, Billy H, Nina, Black Sabbath ... as long as the music is good, from the heart ... well said Man
I have listened to every form of music there is for my whole life. And there is something to learn from everyone of them.
they've got some amazing musicians playing with them they are Perfectionists they work is impeccable class act all the way
Outstanding bass line on this song.
Love your reactions. Thank you for all your work to put these together for us to enjoy.
Sampling something, cutting it up, flipping it, and making something new, all that takes talent and EARS! Plus, it's like collaborating with another musician: something they did then inspires you to do something else. Plus, it's fun to listen to music and figure out where the sample came from.
The hit maker Bernard Purdie on drums and like Rainey On a lot of SD
The iconic "Purdie Shuffle."
He's the man. As is Larry Carlton.
You hit the nail on the head!!!
"Pretty" Purdie is truly a legend!
Rainey especially, he was on lockdown for them. I don't know why they even called anyone else.
"Is there gas in the car? Yes there's gas in the car!"
"Is there gas in the cah? Yes, there's gas in the cah."
Except there wasn't!!!
AmmaLeslie -
Exactly 🤣
The Royal Scam, along with Aja are 2 of the greatest albums ever made.
IN ANY GENRE. Periot. Right on man. All respect to REAL Hip Hop. Representin Jamaica, Queens here. ✌
😉 Da Boogie Down representing 🎤 " in the South Bronx! South, South Bronx!" 😊🐰 #ENRGYZRBunny
Bernard Purdie on the drums. Talk about "in the pocket" . . . no one could get that shuffle beat with groove, and soul, like Bernard Purdie. Amazing. Check out Steely Dan's "Home at Last" from the Aja album for more amazing Bernard Purdie genius. And while you're there, check out the title track, "Aja," for some life-changing drum work from Steve Gadd.
Nothing makes me smile more than listening to Steely Dan on a relaxing Sunday afternoon.
Steely Dan always has musicians at their concerts! 💞. They are loved!
The Caves of Altamira
YES YES YES! One of Steely Dan's strongest songs. ❤️
This makes you rethink music. Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. I love all good music.
One of
The best most talented ears of any reactor out there. This guy knows what he’s hearing. Very nice
Music--let alone art of any kind--is a big tent. Those that don't understand that are only breathing out, not breathing in. And you know how long you can last doing that...
I love it! Great reaction! Thanks for keeping it real and speaking your truth! Unity in Music, Love, and Spirit!!
Probably my favorite SD track. Bass line is fire. Also the way the bass and the left hand of the clav keys interact.
Thank you, your reactions are very real. Yep Steely Dan is iconic.
I'm 53 years old and a musician and appreciate younger wisdom these days. Thanks for explaining that regarding finding the heart behind all creativity (music). People today are truly waking up to what's true. I've learned more from my wise younger co-workers than would ever imagine. It's very encouraging. Thanks!
Chet Atkins (One of the worlds greatest guitar players) was told by a fan "That is an amazing guitar...it sounds amazing!"... Chet Atkins put the guitar on its guitar stand and said... "Hows it sound now?". :)
I totally agree with your statement about hip-hop, I love the sampling as long as they’re giving credit to the original artist. And to me, it only makes songs more legendary, and brings new people down to rabbit hole like you’re going right now music that they may not have heard before
IMHO, Kid Charlemagne is the best dance song ever written. You can't help but move and groove to it.
I appreciate your reaction to this song and your breakdown in the middle about every genre of music having crap as well. I'm 51 and grew up on classic & southern rock,blues etc. Never thought I'd listen to any rap but I've branched out a bit and found some gems worth the time. What you said was well said.
Thank you soooo much for pausing for that comment young brother.
Nearly 56 y.o. w.w. who's lived most of my life & came up in a predominantly rock / c.w. radio market and who's loved hip hop since the early 80s.
Yes, just like any other generes of music, its over commercialization has yeilded some truly wretched results. But the vast majority of the nearly 50 y.o. artform is pure poetry.
People who think that sampling is "stealing" are just plain ignorant to what all art forms have done since the beginning of time.
Nothing is created from nothing; you cannot create something from nothing. Not without borrowing a riff, or a brush stroke technique, or an angle of hitting a chisel.
preach my brutha!
I appreciate that call out about hip hop at the top; the sampling of these pieces of music are 100% creative, it’s not just some accident, and HELL YES, I love the fact that you took the time to educate here. Those tracks are just as creative, just from a different direction. Thanks for that. And I’m an older dude who grew up with Steely Dan and the rest and I’m not offended at all. Go on...
I'm so glad you brought up the Hip Hop side to light. I'm 61 years old and I have never to Rap with my 20 year old son and there is a lot of good music in Hip Hop or rap witch ever one you subscribe to. Doesn't matter how young or old you are music is universal. Grand reaction keep it up young fellow.
I LOVED what you said about not showing disrespect to hip hop (or any other music style). Really important sentiment!
The guitar is jazz legend, Larry Carlton. Steely Dan always got the best musicians.
I'm 52 old white dude and I love Steely Dan and lots of funk, R&B, rock, jazz, soul, etc...Huge Stevie Wonder and Prince fan, MJ, but also Pink Floyd, the Beatles, the Stones, the Who, Zep...and I also love hip hop. I've enjoyed hip hop since the 80s, almost from the very start. Heavy D, the Fat Boys, Slick Rick, Dougie Fresh, Run DMC, the Beastie Boys, then a few years later, Tribe Called Quest (my favorite), the Pharcyde, Black Sheep, Arrested Development, OutKast...OutKast!! and so on. I probably missed a ton too, this is just off the top of my head...Loved all of that.
The greatest hip hop producers, in my opinion, were in the 90s, when they would really weave together a full tapestry or collage of various sounds (snare from there, kick from there, horn from another place, etc) and really turn it into a beautiful piece of music for the artist to rap over. You can still find great production today, but I think the world (not just hip hop) got trapped in that trap trap. It was cool for a while, but come on, let's move on now. Also, rapping well is a talent. I think Eminem is a beast, right up there with some of the best of them (Nas, Busta, Lupe Fiasco, Kendrick etc). These guys are sick. They can do things that regular people just can't, whether it's clever word play, sophisticated across-the-bar syncopated rhythms, cadence, and so on. (In my opinion Eminem is the best, but I know that's debated).
There is talent in all genres. Respect the art. Keep doing what you're doing. You have a great ear.
The fact that you expand your mind with different genres will only make your music better my friend
Your knowledge of music makes your reactions fire. It's fun watching younger cats listening to this music that we grew up on.
So glad at your age you are exploring a different genre of music. I have been a fan of this band since I was a teenager(I/m 61 now and proud of it) and still their music sound so unique and timeless. II have all their albums but the earlier albums and their songs resonate more for me intrumentally. I /m a big fan of drums too so I highly recommend:
All songs in AJA(masterpiece)
All songs in ROYAL SCAM
All songs in GAUCHO
Pretzel Logic
Boston Rag
Dr. Wu
Thank you and enjoy. YOu are an old soul and I admire you for it. Great music is timeless.
Having an 'open mind' toward music is how it should be. I discover new music I like constantly by holding on to an open mind and ears.
Loved your impassioned talk concerning people disrespecting hip hop. I'm an old white guy who for years was a jazz snob. As the years went by I opened myself up to all kinds of music including the hip hop my kids have turned me onto. Don't get me wrong, Monk, Miles, Trane, Mingus etc are monsters, but there's so much other music to enjoy. While some musicians may be technically better than others, they all create something worth listening to and respecting.
The kid made the best drugs back then, sold to Greatful Dead and many others....
David King Owsley yes. Also Engineer extraordinaire. helped develop a lot of on stage technology for the dead that all bands use now. And made the best acid around🔥
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I absolutely love that you said what you said here. I have discovered Hip Hop that im really starting to get into. And its because of folks like yourself who are doing the same thing like you did here with Steely Dan. I have watched your reviews on all types of music that i grew up with. And you get it. Just like i did back in the day with funk and Motown. Props!! Keep this shit up!!
For the record, I am a heavy rocker, and I like following your reviews. I think you get it. Especially your reviews on Rush...they were spot on.
The bass and synth gave it such low end power. Epitomizes the 70s sound
Thank you for your commentary on musical ignorance (and stereotypes in general). Right on point. Good music is good music. I love the fact you’re open enough to find it- regardless of musical genre. You’ve inspired me to explore other genres as well. Well said and much respect.
When I was a kid we lived in Oregon. We had some friends that had a nice house by the lake. When they would go on vacation we would stay at their place and take care of their horses. They had a high end stereo system (this being the late 70's) and a vast music library. I would pull out Steely Dan and Boston and cue it up to and do my homework.
Good days.😁♥️
Good times, good music, good memories.
There are so many forms of music! Most Rock and roll started as blues songs from the 30s,40s,and 50s and changed them . Many Zeppelin song's come from people like Robert Johnson. Then the next generation takes there inspiration and change again. In the 80s millions of rockers burmed disco albums and swore to wipe out disco . In 2020 many of these rockers listen to some old disco today with different ears. Music is universal!
Salute to you for being open minded, and dont worry about haters because they dont change their mind. Keep flyin above it, Jay Rah
Nothing but props for your open mind, man. You just identified some things in the song I hadn't noticed or really appreciated before. That's your hip-hop sensibility informing my 60-year old brain. Nothing but love and respect, brother.
Rap artists I read in the 90s in Rolling Stone always pointed out the polished sound layered over hard,gritty street themes and payed respect. Imitation is a form of flattery.
There is an art to sampling (i'm a dj/producer of House music), and have lived the life of defending sampling for over 20 years now. I recently spent over 60 hours working with a 2 bar sample, deconstructing, splicing, mixing down, mastering...there's a LOT that goes into it.
well said dude-music is personal. Love your spirit.
I agree with you. i would never disrespect hip-hop or any type of music. I am 55 years old and watched hip-hop progress from rappers delight into what it is today. Each generation offers a new flavor to music. And I have seen steely dan live.. I promise there is no auto tune. They sound just like there album..
I appreciate your open mindedness young man. Even though hip hop is not my favorite genre, I can appreciate it. So thank you for giving the music I love a chance. Music unites. It’s a beautiful thing. And BTW, that’s Chuck Rainey on bass and Bernard Purdie on drums.
Don't worry about it.......music has no color or boundaries.......the old folks of the 60's are passing it on to you...because we are on our completion of the journey...and you ...and ..you are just starting yours.....Have a good one and stay positive....learn more things and grow...make this place called Earth ...a better place...Peace!
so much great Steely Dan man, pick anything you cant miss!
This was a great reaction! Speak your mind and tell people when what they are saying bothers you. I grew up on 80's rap and New Wave music and never really listened to anything else. But over the years I have come to really love and appreciate so many other types of music. There is SO MUCH great music out there! If people come to your channel and watch you react to genres of music that are new to you and see that you truly appreciate all these great songs then they should be as willing to open and expand their minds to hip hop and not trash it. I still love rap and hip hop, even some of the newer stuff lol, but I now have a vast array of genres that I listen to and love. Keep up the great work! Much love!!! ❤
Yes. Hiphop has its place. 61 yro woman here. 🥰
Well said... Amen. Artistic talent is universal.
Well said about open-mindedness to other kinds of music. No matter the genre, the instrument, or anything else, when the cats are good you can hear it in the first 5 seconds.
I'm 50+ years on this planet and as a youngster, old skool Hip Hop was my first love - it was just called hip hop at the time :). I used to do "audio trainspotting" like you. Particularly as 80's hip hop was almost all samples and loops, I would then go on a vinyl hunt to find the originals. So my record collection is pretty diverse!
I completely agree with you. Hip Hop is an art-form. I don't see much of a difference between borrowing a bar or two from an existing track or just being influenced by a track. Hip Hop, in a sense is a celebration of music, by highlighting the best bits and reinventing it in a new form. To take an example: "Night of the Living Baseheads" by Public Enemy samples "The Grunt" by The J.B.'s. I prefer the former, which wouldn't exist without the latter.... Now I am showing my age!
It's called real skill.They're all professional musicians
Loved your comments about having an open mind to all music they loved music to with all the influences they use a natural fit with hip hop
You're exactly right! All music has its purpose.you miss alot when you close yourself off to other possibillities.
This song is a tribute to the legendary Owsley; acid maker of the 60s in the Bay Area.
Regarding what you say about hating on hip hop, as a white man in my 60s, hip hop isn’t the music I grew up with, but I can appreciate great music in ANY genre. 95 of the output in every genre is “stupid shit,” rock, pop, hip hop, country, etc. but the great music UNITES. Besides, everybody “samples;” Keith Richards talks about “sampling” Muddy Waters and Eddie Van Halen admits he sampled Hall & Oates “Kiss on My Lips” for his hit “Jump.”
One of the greatest guitar solos ever! Bernard Purdie, Larry Carlton, and don grolnick killing it (sorry if I butchered his name).
And I know, people I know hate in sampling all the time and it just shows how ignorant of reality they are! Hip hop is an art form and if you can’t get that than you’ve got problems
I used to go to a bar on Friday nights where the bartender played hip-hop off her phone all night long. It's the best bar music, period.
Good for you, standing up for what you believe in. Respectfully, too. You're a credit to your parents.
Check out YES-Roundabout, the Bass is funky insane!
There is only one music but many styles. I listen to Jazz, Country, HipHop, Rap, Progressive Rock, Jazz Fusion, World Music, Classical, Choral, Blues, Bluegrass, Indian and Arabic... Music is a journey and like all journeys, every corner you turn offers a new view and enriches your life... turn every corner with your eyes wide open.
I dig you, man. I like that you're honest, have serious depth and especially that your taste is wide. Keep it up Brother.
ATCQ, De la Soul, Outkast, Mos Def, Kendrick Lamar, and on and on and on. There’s some absolutely killer hip hop out there. I’m an old guy but what I love about the genre, apart from the lyrical innovation, is the fantastic sampling from legendary funk soul and jazz artists which has led me to discover a world of great music . Anyone who can make those samples really knows and loves great music.
Thats Larry Carleton on guitar - one the greatest ever - hired by Steely Dan. On drums is the famous Bernard Purdie playing his equally famous Purdy Shuffle. I forgot who's on bass, but obviously a badass..
And good for you for standing strong and calling ppl out. I respect all musicians - especially if theyve broken through and released music nationally or internationally. - I dont love every piece of music I hear of course, but I respect the talent and work it took to release it.
Someone who hates on music and the way it evolves is lost. Good words by you
Agree 100% with what you said about respecting other peoples music, don't listen to hip hop but have much respect for it
best reaction video to steely dan ive ever seen. and ive been weirdly watching a lot of reaction videos to steely dan idk why
Great words of wisdom about opening your mind to all types of music, including hip hop! Keep the videos coming!
Well stated young man.
Keep it up!
Remember - Your mind is not for rent. That doesn't mean you are arrogant.
Peace.
I hope you're a producer cause you got a good ear. As both a hiphop and jazz head I feel the same way when people are dismissive about rap music. You can draw a direct line from how jazz musicians incorporate phrases from other different songs into their solos to how rapper copies another rapper's cadence or a famous rhyme scheme. It adds so much texture and meaning, but you only know if you know.
Your point is well made. I chose to subscribe before your discussion of diversity in music. You are showing an open mind, and you inspire me to learn more about hip hop and rap. Thank you!
Love what you said about having an open mind, it's so true. I found hip hop in the late 80's and into the 90's. Compton's Most Wanted, Mobb Deep, the first Ice Cube album and countless others all found their way into my collection, and still sit there now alongside my Rush, Zeppelin and all that other good stuff. Good music comes from the heart, bad music doesn't, it really is as simple as that.
Hear, hear about your speech to close mindedness. You are absolutely right that every genre has their crap music. I love the fact that you are open to these older songs and you are right to call out the hypocrisy. I do wish that music was taught like it was in our day and that young kids had those opportunities because I am afraid we will lose them for future generations. That being said, you made me think about the fact that people can express themselves in the absence of those privileges and do so in creative and meaningful ways. Thanks for speaking to that.
Grew up on Steely Dan and other classic rock. Love hip hop now. When Kanye dropped that tracked sampling this, I was freaking on that track. Love it all, much love
I'm old enough to remember when Rap came out. I remember how much I liked it because in a way I could relate to young people wanting to put their thoughts and ideas to music, even if the music wasn't their own. It was a new example of creativity, not pretending to be musicians. It was like garage rock bands. I know there are some "diamonds in the rough" in all kinds of music, but where you might see creativity in using samples and generated beats, I see music being more and more simplified. It's not a substitute for actual musicianship. At this point in time, everything comes easier and quicker. Though it may sound "Old Fashioned" to think this way, many of us who grew up through the 60's, 70's, 80's & 90's can still remember instruments, melodies, harmonies, lyrics, arrangements, and so on. I think we find it hard to see studio tricks and simple hooks & beats as equal to the group's and performers who wrote their music and played their own instruments. Hey, but I know none of us like people hating on something that we like. I don't know what other people were saying, but I might not like everything coming out now whether it's Rap, New Country, Pop, etc. but I don't hate without understanding something. I hope that makes a little sense.
I’ve been lucky to grow up and witness the birth of one, of only three, original American art forms. The first Jazz, the second Abstract Expressionism and the third Hip Hop. I watch your reactions for Rush and Steely Dan, this old white guy’s favorite bands, but I have learned since first hearing Run DMC in high school to spinning the last Tyler the Creator or Kendrick album that HipHop/Rap is the most significant art form of my 52 years on this planet. DJ’s and Producers use the history of music like color on a painters’ palette and Rappers took lyrics from the melody and gave it to the rhythm section. Awesome! Next time someone disses sampling play “Introducing DJ Shadow’ and remind them that Led Zeppelin got famous playing riffs created by Bluesmen.
I agree with your comments. People should open themselves up to any good music. There are some great lyrics, stories, and creativity in hip hop. The sampling is honoring these great songs of the past.
Your perspective is solid sir. Don't let people without one ruin yours. The number of praise Jesus/stank faces and flat out smiles can tell anyone with the eyes and ears to see and hear you know good music. If you love good food too, you're on your way to helping to save the world.