A Gentleman's Guide To Steely Dan
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- Опубліковано 20 бер 2023
- Listen to me ramble for like 90 minutes about a band
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Sources:
Quotes
1. www.nytimes.com/1982/10/20/ar...
2. Reelin' In The Years
3. www.wsj.com/articles/peg-it-w... (archive.ph/xuMY7)
-- • Peg - Steely Dan - The...
4. steelydanreader.com/1994/10/0...
5. www.robertchristgau.com/get_a...
6. steelydanreader.com/2000/03/0...
7. books.google.de/books?id=G3jN...
Video Credit
8 Your Gold Teeth STEELY DAN Jiffy Lube Live Bristow VA 9-20-2013 by CLUBDOC - • 8 Your Gold Teeth STEE...
9. ia800205.us.archive.org/22/it...
10. SARA ISAKSSON & REBECKA TÖRNQVIST "Rose Darling" • SARA ISAKSSON & REBECK... - Розваги
the older I get the more i like Steely Dan
Me too! 👍
Have you listened to the newly uncovered demo songs?
Been a Steely Dan fan since I was a teen in the 1970's. "Everything Must Go" was bittersweet, because at the time, I and my co-workers worked in a corporate department (very small, well paid) that did research on when companies needed to either merge or divest, and we all understood that we were going to be laid off. In fact, we were on the team that planned our own lay-offs, no hard feelings, but ironic. "Everything Must Go" was our theme song as a team as we saw the end coming. Fortunately, everyone survived and thrived. I even returned to the company that laid me off about three years later with a decent increase in salary. But that song sticks with me to this day, and I've been retired for 5 years.
Wow... Great comment/story. Left me a little, er, flabbergasted!
This band had amazing musician ship, beautifully crafted music with a mix of blues and jazz and catchy, riffs and lyrics to make it pop. I can’t imagine why anyone would criticize or talk down about their music, the lyrics, or any of their work. I think they’re amazing.
Fucking fabulous 'band.' End of. Intelligent, clever, meaningful songs, played by some of the best musicians in the world. We even have Steely Dan 'chords' now. That's a legacy in itself. ( oh, Steve Gadd did 2 takes on Aja, I believe. Still pretty impressive. 🤯).
As one that has followed the Dan for fifty years, read most published articles about them, their concerts, collected books about Steely Dan, and loves them, I compliment you on the wonderful overview on the Dan’s body of work. Your narration is excellent, your insights are well supported, and your visuals are interesting. Thank you for your contribution to interpreting the work of Steely Dan.
Can anyone name a band with a catalog of more truly stellar songs?
Pink Floyd
Beatles
Willie Nelson. Stevie Ray Vaughan. Rush. Kansas. Slimbone Witkins. Jimbob Jones. The Partridge Family. Devo.
@@baneverything5580 Seriously?
There have been many great bands in the rock age. SD in the conversation with the greatest.
Excellent breakdown. Beat poetry with 8 bars.
They've been my favourite band since about 1976 (when I was 15). I think my first ever hearing of them was 'Hattian 'Divorce' (which was a minor hit here in the U.K.) on either 'Top of the Pops' or BBC Radio 1. I just couldn't get over the tune, the playing, the lyrics, & the way Fagen sang them: I'd never heard anything like it. ps. Relieved to hear about your Dad. 😊
'Only a fool...' is Fagan's reaction to John Lennon's 'Imagine'. He felt Lennon's view was naive and childish, especially to a regular 9 to 5 guy. Pretty sure 'Home at Last' alludes to the Iliad.
'Home at Last' alludes to the Odyssey.
@@edwardmurphy5371 thank you
@@edwardmurphy5371actually I think it’s just a reference, the main theme is being homesick
Oh really! Where did you see this?
Funny, your commentary leaves out the joy of the band’s commentary, about the venues in life that they cruise through, without suffering their effects so much as laughing at them. They are not like the boring psychologist who has to be endured; they are the finer things in life juxtaposed to the ridiculously stuck participants in serious engagements that we all know have their downsides, present at the top of their perceptions of them so that the meat of their stories becomes questionable from the outset, and that their deliberations are comical. And the silver wheel turns to golden time out of mind, where they’re coming from.
Huh?
Steely Dan is amazingly funky, fun and a group that people love (they just don't know, they know the songs but not the names)
Great video
The art of the thing hides behind such close inspection of the trite - like atoms up close but diamonds in your hand
Gentlemans guide is a good title for this
Gentle Boy more apt...terrible review..why they chose to review songs they admit they don't understand is beyond me..
@@willmore2254 we'll be waiting on your video to come out so we can tell you how terrible it is
You moved like the "True Artist", matching the speed of the brush stroke with the speed the paint flows from the bristles, speaking at the speed of a story unfolding, thank You.
On the subject of yacht rock, you can also add Robbie Dupree, Ambrosia, Rupert Holmes, Christopher Cross, Toto to that list.
'f__king eagles'......... the line of the video 😂 I thought I was the only one. On the serious side, very nice work. really enjoyed.
Actually, it's " Turn up the Eagles, The neighbors are listening"
I really enjoyed that, Sir. A real labour of love. I may be wrong, but I always understood the song Pretzel Logic to be about time travel. 😊
can any major dude tell me where to find the gentleman loser’s guide to the dan?
I physically cannot stop listening to steely dan, i don’t know what it is. There’s only one band ever that’s sounded like them and crafted their music so meticulously. Every single day i keep coming back to Gaucho and Aja
Well done, with good observations.
Great job Captain !
...unbelievable and addictive chord changes worthy of a Keith Jarret (Koln Concert style) reinterpretation . . . can you even imagine??? I have . . . W O W W O W W O W L O V E
You didnt even mention 'Charlie Freak'.
From Pretzel Logic.
YOU'RE BACK
Owen Wilson's character - "I'll tell you what drives me nuts. People who think Jethro Tull is just a person in the band"
Doctor - "Who is Jethro Tull?"
Owen Wilson's character - 😖 ua-cam.com/video/DP4WRXGZKc0/v-deo.html
Same thing for Steely Dan. For years I thought that was a dude's name. 🤣
lol I had a girl over the other night and asked if she liked Steely Dan and she said “yeah I love him.” Lol I just moved past it I didn’t wanna be the guy giving some girl a lecture on Steely Dan but yeah lol i thought it was kinda funny.
Has anyone else ever noticed that part of "King of the World" sounds just like the theme music to the old game show "Card Sharks?"
Many associate SD with so-called blue-eyed soul or yacht rock. A better comparison is 70s and 80s R&B, like Anita Baker, George Benson, and Al Jarreau. There is a huge crossover in terms of players on those albums: Greg Phillinganes, Bernard Purdie, Chuck Rainey, Tom Barney, Chris Potter, and on and on and on. There are similarities in rhythm, arrangement, instrumention, and chord selections, among other things.
Musically definitely but not lyrically
@@robmills7611 No, not lyrically, at least that I've heard.
Jean Shepherd at WOR had a huge influence on Donald Fagen's "The Nightfly". "Rose Darling" is likely not about a couple, it's about pleasuring one's self, drugs or otherwise.
I liked the video. Side note. Rose in “rose darling” is not woman, it’s his hand.
Oh, man thats funny...
Makes perfect sense.
Thank you-
Happy birthday Donald! I have every Steely Dan album 💿 on my playlist as well as Donald’s solo stuff. I love it all! I would encourage anyone who love Steely Dan to check out A Gentleman’ guide to Steely Dan.
Love the title, really enjoying what I've heard so far.
I'll take it in steps...I want to stay sharp because I think you know your stuff here.
You have an intriguing accent, btw....African/slightly South African in origin?
That doesn't actually matter, hahaha, I'm just curious
Going to listen to the next 15-20 mins now. Watch this space 😂!
If I had never heard Steely Dan I would have no idea how good they were from hearing this video. What about the music quality and music?
Then listen to the music nigga
Isn’t your opinion the only one that should matter to you?
Why do you need someone else to tell you what you already know and feel?
I dont think he could play much from the albums, because of copywright issues.
And its mainly HIS impressions of the songs.
That being said, im not really agreeing with what he says, and its kind of a drag.
Check out “Cold Front” by The Sonic Executive Sessions. It’s the best Steely Dan song they never did.
At 3:29 a small error. Fagan didn’t sing lead on Do It Again.
Mechanical precision? Doesn't that rule out the session musicians interpretation of what Fagan and Becker wanted? Is Steve Gadd's solo on AJA mechanically precise? Interpretation rules out the idea of precision. Putting it simply they listened to what the various musicians played then put the best into the song
Great take as a fan from the '70s onward, to see how they hold up, look up Airplay Beats and Just Jammin for current first listen takes on the band, fulfilling. I'll vote Dr. Wu as best song, how the gentleman loser persona continues on to Deacon Blues, where the gentleman loser thought he had it figured out.
Steely Dan stole all our hearts
'Third World Man' is not my favorite track on Gaucho, but with its sense of apocalyptic fatigue, it is a very appropriate ending to their last album.
"only a fool would say that" was written as a response to Imagine by John Lennon
Cool narration, thanks!
Countdown to Ecstasy is my favorite of their albums, so far.
Do I get a Yacht for being a connoisseur of SD?
only a fool was a dis track towards lennon
Get “ citizen dan “ and you have a good foundation
Make more videos like this. You’ll blow up.
Only a fool is meant to b about John Lennon,Fagans was pissed off wit some interview Lennon gave and wrote the song.
Yeah
Katy Lies
You could see it in her eyes
When you finally come to terms with the fact, "The Royal Scam" is alive and well in America today. You understand now how Walter Fagan, as resident prophet of The Dan, answered Paul McCartney's," Mondays on the phone to Tuesday, Wednesday's on the phone to me, Oh Yeah!
Genius it's Walter Becker not Baker
The narrator has a foreign accent, hence the mispronounced "Baker."
Spinal Tap had nothing on Fagan and Becker...
Chris Potter, not Chris Porter
The narrator has a foreign accent, hence the "Porter" pronunciation.
No humor in "Only a Fool..."? You need to listen to it again.
Whoa! Even Nirvana is not Led Zeppelin!
I’m not a gentleman.
Woman = one female. Women = more then one female
i prefer gaucho to aja
The is incredible work old boy.
You are obviously a fan of the band but you managed to produce the most drab and asinine interpretations of their work.
Anyway whatever floats your boat....
Nice video but it's better iif Walter BECKER is not pronounced BAKER !
You can turn on the Alexandria KZMZ 96.9 FM station and hear Dirty Work and the same 8 or 10 songs they play over and over and over again...and an overload of irritating commercials by Pat Cloud. It`s one of the reasons I`m sickened by FM radio now...and of course...all the other skin crawling garbage like Bro Country and the endless beeping of the F-word being censored out 500 times on whatever that horrible noise is on the other stations. It isn`t music. And its popularity signals the complete doom that lies ahead.
I can’t lie..I don’t like the later Dan stuff. I prefer the early stuff when they were an actual band.
With ALL due respect. You were a toddler, Or , perhaps not even born yet. So, your life experiences are WAY OFF from reality. They WERE Played. HEAVILY On What was then known as "AOR" Album oriented Rock. ANYONE Who played any instrument, Because They LIVE FOR "The Magic" First & foremost. Having met Fagan & BECKER... I CAN tell you, Becker is likely to pull this... ?? ¿¿ From YT. You have Sooo much WRONG.