March 1973 I had just completed US Air Force Basic Training. I was waiting to start Security Police Tech School at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas. Back then we got paid in cash. I went to the BX and bought a mid-sized portable AM/FM radio. As I was walking across the pedestrian bridge to the barracks I switched it on and this song started at the beginning. Perfect timing and burned into my brain. This song always takes me back to my carefree 19 year old self just starting out on the adult portion of life. It’s been a great journey.
I was in basic training from the end of June till the middle of August,we might have crossed paths,I also was 19,I can get mistey eyed listening to these tunes,I don’t think the now generations get it,don’t get me wrong I love how my life turned out,3 kids and 6 grandkids,thanks for the memories…
Truly. They only had three full band albums, and then Fagen & Becker stopped touring and brought in session musicians. Aja is considered the best of the lot. I like them all. Enjoy the journey.
I grew up in the UK during the seventies. Saw quite a few of those at that time. I just Googled some images to remind me of them. Very nice indeed. Enjoy the ride 🙂
Sick as a dog...I drove from Denver to Phoenix in my big emancipation move 1975...22 years old and freshly divorced😊 All I had to listen to was this Steely Dan cassette! All 16 hours it was on. I made it and still love Steely Dan! Thanks!!!?
The first Steely Dan song I ever heard on the radio was Do It Again. As a 12 year old kid, this haunting song captivated me and I've been a Dan fan ever since.
Sitting here ouzo and beer chasers listening to steely Dan and others of days of old remembering the good old days when good music was plentyful with meaning soul
Steely Dan is un-fucking-matched in sound quality and engineering. These guys were strict AF in the studio and it shows. No one comes close to the quality
How many of us can relate to our youth and remember when we were warned about dangers to avoid? And we went 'back, Jack, do it again". We kept doing things again and again, wheels turning round and round. Until we STOPPED finally. But so many of our friends did not. And we lost them.
In 1972 what group could add Ravi Shankar, Wes Montgomery/Kenny Burrell, Elvin Jones, Ron Carter and Dr. Lonnie Smith to a rock/pop jazz influenced song and get air play on every radio station in LA and knock it out of the park in every way? Steely Dan that's who!!!!!!
❤ Pops would pick me up from work in Westwood Village in his 1970 Dodge Coronet with a 440 engine you could hear him coming Steely Dan would be playing on the radio station REST IN PEACE POPS ❤😢
I clearly temember this song when i was 12 back then, what a cool groove snd melody/lyrics, first time i heard of steely dan, bbecaame one of my fav bands of alltime, imagine this is your first notable song, always in the radio, it still holds up over 50 yrs later.
This song was on high rotation on the radio when I was about 12 or so. They played AM radio on the school bus and this was one of the songs I remember most from then.
..Their lyrics can fill a book of poetry. The song above illustrates good writing. The meter in each line matches the one above. The flow is smooth. The rhyming pattern is A-B-A-B. You don't NEED melody or sound to read the lyrics and appreciate great writing skills. That's one reason I've always been a fan. I'm a writer so I have to highlight anyone with skills who practices creative writing. Compare this with other song writers. You'll see the huge difference in the quality of the lyrics. Most are forgettable, Fagan & Becker's words come easily even if we haven't heard the song in years.
This song right here just hits different I’m 24 going on 25 and this music just don’t get any better man I wish I live in this time to hear all the good music 💪🏼💪🏼 my mother and father are about 60 something years old and this is all I grow up listening to beside oldies
Amen Brother. i was 10 in '70 and listened to my older sibs spin 45's during the 60's, but the 70's with Albums and the Evolution of The Stereo, Musicians and Talent was like the 60's were Black and White and the 70's Became Neon Lites and Full Cinematic Color....And the Dan's Can't Buy a Thrill changed Lives.
Wow this song brings back memories from me in the my 20's . Didn't make to much money on the black cards . but made a few bucks racing my camaro back in the day 😜😜
March 1973 I had just completed US Air Force Basic Training. I was waiting to start Security Police Tech School at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas. Back then we got paid in cash. I went to the BX and bought a mid-sized portable AM/FM radio. As I was walking across the pedestrian bridge to the barracks I switched it on and this song started at the beginning. Perfect timing and burned into my brain. This song always takes me back to my carefree 19 year old self just starting out on the adult portion of life. It’s been a great journey.
Keep those positive vibes forward. You’re on your way!
Love that story!
I was in basic training from the end of June till the middle of August,we might have crossed paths,I also was 19,I can get mistey eyed listening to these tunes,I don’t think the now generations get it,don’t get me wrong I love how my life turned out,3 kids and 6 grandkids,thanks for the memories…
Awesome bro!
Wtg
I am 66 years of age . Our generation lives through the best decades of music evolution
What a song to open your debut album with. Songsmiths genius.
❤❤ Amen
Donald Fagan is nice
❤❤back Jack do it for Jesus Christ amen
This was our jam in the 80’s 😎🌬️☮️⚖️🩵🇺🇦
And it was the band's first album? Really ?
And no filler songs, only great ones?
I'm a late fan..... yet I'm catching up real fast.
Truly. They only had three full band albums, and then Fagen & Becker stopped touring and brought in session musicians. Aja is considered the best of the lot. I like them all. Enjoy the journey.
Not Fagen and Becker’s first songs, that’s for sure
In the mornin' you go gunnin' for the man who stole your water
And you fire 'til he is done in but they catch you at the border
And the mourners are all singin' as they drag you by your feet
But the hangman isn't hangin' and they put you on the street
You go back, Jack, do it again, wheel turnin' 'round and 'round
You go back, Jack, do it again
When you know she's no high climber then you find your only friend
In a room with your two-timer, and you're sure you're near the end
Then you love a little wild one and she brings you only sorrow
All the time you know she's smilin' you'll be on your knees tomorrow, yeah
You go back, Jack, do it again, wheel turnin' 'round and 'round
You go back, Jack, do it again
Now you swear and kick and beg us that you're not a gamblin' man
Then you find you're back in Vegas with a handle in your hand
Your black cards can make you money so you hide them when you're able
In the land of milk and honey, you must put them on the table
You go back, Jack, do it again, wheels turnin' 'round and 'round
You go back, Jack, do it again
Songwriters: Donald Fagen / Donald Jay Fagen / Walter Carl Becker
Do It Again lyrics © Royalty Network, Songtrust Ave, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc
The beginning of my high school years..... God I miss those days......😂
They will never make music like they did in the 70s man those were the days❤
Definitely, the terrifying changes taking place were corporations (military industrial complex!) tail wagging the dog!
for a young man to be born in 78 , my dad had a great taste for music, guess what it rubbed off on me ,,, Do it again
❤
@@austinthompson165
I’m afraid you are right 😢
After all these years , still fucking cool...
i agree, but we didn't need the F bomb.
Damn Straight Brother "Steely Dan" Rules!!!
BTW...I'm About Be 72 in few 😊😅😂
Better than that!!
Awesome
Been brung up with steely!!! love it still in2025
every time i vacation-travel to pensacola / navarre beach, i traditionally rock ONLY SD in my 76 MG. My earthly pleasure.
I grew up in the UK during the seventies. Saw quite a few of those at that time. I just Googled some images to remind me of them. Very nice indeed. Enjoy the ride 🙂
So prophetic -as our world 🔥
I'm almost 73 and I'm still rocking to this song!
Why shouldn't you ...after all it is the music of your life....(and mine)
@@slyspy9819 no reason not to!
72 here. Love the band and all their songs love affair since the 70’s
Rock on😂❤
Sick as a dog...I drove from Denver to Phoenix in my big emancipation move 1975...22 years old and freshly divorced😊 All I had to listen to was this Steely Dan cassette! All 16 hours it was on. I made it and still love Steely Dan! Thanks!!!?
Every song conjures up so many memories. Part of the DNA for a certain subset of . you'd almost say, true believers.
I was only 2 in 73, these songs are from the best ERA. Before the music industry was a joke!
The first Steely Dan song I ever heard on the radio was Do It Again. As a 12 year old kid, this haunting song captivated me and I've been a Dan fan ever since.
Sitting here ouzo and beer chasers listening to steely Dan and others of days of old remembering the good old days when good music was plentyful with meaning soul
He'll Yeah, mad rockin rollers from the 70's.
Steely Dan is un-fucking-matched in sound quality and engineering. These guys were strict AF in the studio and it shows. No one comes close to the quality
One of the greatest songs of all time, definitely top 10 from the seventies. Lyrics, music, vocals, brilliant
First song first album first side and this is what they come out with just amazing
Steely Dan of the seventies
Every time I'm in Vegas they play this sOng . Yeah!
How many of us can relate to our youth and remember when we were warned about dangers to avoid? And we went 'back, Jack, do it again". We kept doing things again and again, wheels turning round and round. Until we STOPPED finally. But so many of our friends did not. And we lost them.
Bowling FTW!
that is deeep!
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In 1972 what group could add Ravi Shankar, Wes Montgomery/Kenny Burrell, Elvin Jones, Ron Carter and Dr. Lonnie Smith to a rock/pop jazz influenced song and get air play on every radio station in LA and knock it out of the park in every way? Steely Dan that's who!!!!!!
❤ Pops would pick me up from work in Westwood Village in his 1970 Dodge Coronet with a 440 engine you could hear him coming Steely Dan would be playing on the radio station REST IN PEACE POPS ❤😢
I lost mine TOO. My best friend!! SD genius says a
Black older lady.
where is the car , man I just picture that in my mind,,,
@@austinthompson165 in the garage every time I work on it I break down with tears loosing him was heart breaking unbearable
2025 Im listening ❤whos here as well
I am! 74 year old lady that remembers the days of these priceless songs.
In France
I’m 70. First time I heard this in 73 was a great conclusion to Woodstock!
I didn’t do Woodstock, but I loved the music. Still do. Makes me remember worry-free days. When the parents paid the bills!! 😅
@@Robbielou-t1u Definitely the parents fault and not the rapidly increasing bills and cost of living
What a beautiful time to be alive❤
I’m 64 and this was one of my favorite bands
Still one of my fave will turn 63 in a couple of weeks
Je l'écoute et ça n'a pas bougé, toujours sensationnel ❤ 😂
as far as I'm concerned top 10 in the history of music
La amo ❤preciosa canción 🎵 excelente ritmo es universal aquí en CDMX🇲🇽
Let's not ever forget !
How to justify Love 💕
Steely Dan Top notch musicians !!! Great listening 🎵🎵
Ì have been listening to this number for years it's a great number
I clearly temember this song when i was 12 back then, what a cool groove snd melody/lyrics, first time i heard of steely dan, bbecaame one of my fav bands of alltime, imagine this is your first notable song, always in the radio, it still holds up over 50 yrs later.
Me Too.....!
Songs deport you to the best places, many are back in time. And this one especially, to an America who loved everyone.
america never loved ANYone
@@NatureBoy420 Why So Bitter!
its the truth. not bitter at all. your assuming
I was 10 y/o at that time and dug this tune
You've got that right, that music is one of a kind.
i was 11 when this song hit the air waves now i/m 63 and still sounds good club classic
me too dude
👍🏻
This song was on high rotation on the radio when I was about 12 or so. They played AM radio on the school bus and this was one of the songs I remember most from then.
Timeless.
72 YR old old fart from Scotland says along with Sinatra this is ,along with music of it's time, is the best.
60 here in small town Ontario Canada, still loving me some Steely Dan from 78
Steely Dam is one of the best best bands/ and their music is affective and thrilling. 😊❤❤❤😂
..Their lyrics can fill a book of poetry. The song above illustrates good writing. The meter in each line matches the one above. The flow is smooth. The rhyming pattern is A-B-A-B. You don't NEED melody or sound to read the lyrics and appreciate great writing skills. That's one reason I've always been a fan. I'm a writer so I have to highlight anyone with skills who practices creative writing. Compare this with other song writers. You'll see the huge difference in the quality of the lyrics. Most are forgettable, Fagan & Becker's words come easily even if we haven't heard the song in years.
I mean the music is incredible, but the lryics. Truth & beauty. Thanx youtube.
Love Steeley Dan’s unique original sound. Also love Rikki don’t lose her number and Hey Nineteen among others. ❤🙏🌟🎹🎸🎼🥁💎
Oh I do love me some Steely Dan !!!!
An awesome song by steely dan
I love this song ❤ steely dan
A true classic that never gets old. ❤
Ouço essa música VIP, todos os dias no meu trabalho, Radio Ouro Verde Curitiba PR, Brasil... lindíssima....
This song right here just hits different I’m 24 going on 25 and this music just don’t get any better man I wish I live in this time to hear all the good music 💪🏼💪🏼 my mother and father are about 60 something years old and this is all I grow up listening to beside oldies
When I was a young Marine, an old Japanese Lady turned me out to this and some weed. Growing up fast is shocking but it sho was fun, lol
I was 10 when this came out, it's a jam that i listen to with my 40 year old son to this day. Great catalog
This music gived me the best time in my life,and the memorie of that days,gives me a ..
Yes, all I know to say to hearing this is, YES.
My older brother listened to Steely Dan, so I remember when this song came out. Liked the music to the song. I was 10 to 11 years old in 1972/1973.
I was 16 years old when this song came out, my boyfriend was 20 years old and deployed in Vietnam🇺🇸
16 dating a 20 year old what in the actual fuck
Nice bait
First album I ever bought, from Skaggs Drug Store, 1973, in the Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Denver, Colorado.
God, I love this song. The were masters of their craft.
We grew up in a good time.They can't even make a good movie anymore
You don't get bands that play these good music anymore/ Good old days/ where were you people/ my time /😂❤❤❤
51 yenes ago and still rocking!
Pocos.and.logrado la gran calidad. De esta musica
Happy memories of my youth 😁👍
Amen Brother. i was 10 in '70 and listened to my older sibs spin 45's during the 60's, but the 70's with Albums and the Evolution of The Stereo, Musicians and Talent was like the 60's were Black and White and the 70's Became Neon Lites and Full Cinematic Color....And the Dan's Can't Buy a Thrill changed Lives.
Be 67 in a few..
Still rocking out to this song 😅
Pure smoke)
Best song in 1972 🪘🎸🥁🎺🎤🪘☮️
Wow this song brings back memories from me in the my 20's . Didn't make to much money on the black cards . but made a few bucks racing my camaro back in the day 😜😜
I Was Listening To This Tune On 99.1 WPLR NEW HAVEN, CT. @ 13 Years old!! 1972!!
Let’s Not Ever Forget !!!
❤
Love me some Steely Dan
Smoothest intro😊
It's worth being older now ,to have been young then, great era of music and times 🎸🎸
You can definitely buy it
The quintessential 70s song. We all heard it on the radio.
This is the one that always gets me!
Brother just do it again! That's my song!!! 🤩
Music genious steely dan
Great band. Love them. Easy listening.
Great song
Excelente recuerdo
Up north camping trips in Michigan in the 70s, this song brings back memories
I pity the youth. They don't know...
Éste hermoso tema musical lo escuché en el año de 1,993, en la Radio de Lima Perú, Stereo100.00
Do It Again....
Fun track
Priceless
Best fking sexy guitar solo around period!!
How good is this song.
Yeah that's what funking up❤.
Is a best composition
Sick ass jam
Find your way in this barr
afternoon delight anyone 2024 enjoy,,,,,
Smooth
Remember my ex wife's family we had a party listening to this
Toronto pool hall 💚