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I don't know if anyone has explained this to you yet but Steely Dan is not an actual band, it's two friends who met in college and who pair up with great studio musicians to create their sound and their production is as good as you can get - their attention to detail is impeccable.
Couldn't click on this one fast enough. The story is simple, a suburban man is bored with his life who dreams of being a jazz saxophonist and living the life.
Steely Dan's songs are so amazing in their smooth and flawless instrumentation and subtle chord and tempo changes. But this song rises above all the others in that it combines a suave, smoky atmosphere with all those other elements in a way that is beyond perfection. This is the type of song that could send you off into a dream world that you would love to immerse yourself in, a drifting off into eternity.
Makes me a lot sad , miss those days when music was new ! Time flies but nostalgia never ends ! STEELY DAN is smooth as butter ! Great reaction guys !!! PEACE !
Thank you for reaction. Awesome watching you guys. Haven't seen you but loved this reaction. There's an amazing video put together on how Steely Dan writes a song. Look it up.. it's about this song. Thank you for your beautiful video.
It’s a tenor saxophone played by Pete Christlieb. Fagen and Becker heard him on the Tonight Show and were impressed by his playing so they had to get him in the recording studio. Fagen and Becker only wanted the best musicians they could find.
Wonderful reaction! I've never been the same person after I started listening to steely dan and Deacon Blues us my favorite song ever. You caught so many details I love how you broke it down especially guy on the right ✅ great stuff 👍
Steely Dan melds jazz and rock together in a way that's fantastic.. They are all master musicians at the top of their craft.. This song in particular is all about struggling jazz musicians. Specifically Fagen's experience..
I think it's meant to be a kind of romanticized version of themselves, tragic figures of the beatnik culture instead of the nerds they actually were haha
Im 68 yo,love seeing you guys appreciate the music i grew up with,keep up the good work.ive seen these guys a couple times, always ,They were accused of being a studios band. but "Live across america" show was thier true talent, Thanks guys
@@eljobo3258 If I was speaking to someone who had never heard SD music, l would recommend the first five albums. Those for me anyway were the best of the best! AJA is a wonderful album, but I've always thought it almost too polished and lacked some of the charm (for want of a better word) of the early work.
Instruments played on Deacon Blues by Steely Dan: Walter Becker-Bass; Donald Fagan- Synthesizer, vocals; Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour(best Jazz guitar players in Jazz)-guitar; Dean Parks-Acoustic guitar; Pete Christlieb-tenor saxophone; Victor Feldman- electric piano; Bernard "Pretty" Purdie-drums; Venetta Fields- Backup vocals
Love watching and listening with you both. Steely Dan puts me back to ST SIMMONS and visiting there with my sister. She Is gone but forever in my soul especially when I listen to the Dan.
Fagen and Becker asked their producer, Gary Katz, to arrange for Pete Christlieb to add a saxophone part. At the time, neither Becker nor Fagen knew Christlieb by name, only by his reputation as a musician on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. Christlieb went to the studio and recorded the solo after taping The Tonight Show one evening. They told him to play what he felt. Hey, I'm a jazz musician, that's what I do ... so I recorded my first solo ... we listened back and they said it was great. I recorded a second take and that's the one they used. I was gone in a half hour.
@@ArcofNeptune I was 9 when it came out. I remember hearing my Mom sing along with it in the car. Had no clue what the song was about but damn it was catchy as hell!
An f_ing masterpiece guys .fell in love with this 15 yrs. ago when I drove a 1000 mile trip to FLA . from Indiana .about 30 times in yrs. alone no sleeping or a 1 hr. nap .Foriener, The Beatles, and Steely Dan kept me going .
They have so many great songs but this one is their best imo. It's a song about (self) redemption. The line " I cried when I wrote this song, sue me if I play too long" superb!!!
When they make songs, their intention is to make us want to hear it over and over again. They achieve perfection in the studio with the musicians, then they go beyond perfection and loosen things up to make it sound improvised. They carved their own pathway, that's for sure!
You need to keep in context, "Aja" was released in 1977, before Digital existence. "Aja" is considered the best technical produced album of the "Analog" era. Listen to "Peg" and "Black Cow".... Welcome to the Rabbit Hole you are about to Journey. I first heard the "Aja" album in 1978, I was eighteen years old at the time. I still have the Album, it still sounds good after all these years!
If you liked Do It Again, check out 'My Old School' from Countdown to Ecstasy. For a similar vibe to this song, check out 'Dirty Work' from Can't Buy a Thrill.
It's hard for me to pick a favorite SD song but Deacon blues 💙 is right up there with about 7 others lol... hearing their music takes me back to being a teenager growing up in Cali. Miss those days. 😎
The great jazz saxophone musician, Wayne Shorter, sat in on this song (and others). The two permanent members of the band, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, would bring into the studio many, many of the best musicians to play on individual songs. In other words, as many as 12 guitarists would play a solo, and then, the two would choose which one was best. But Wayne Shorter is a genius of 20th Century jazz and he improvised while listening to the song as it played through the headphones. That is my understanding.
Pete Christlieb from Johnny Carson's Tonight Show Band provided the tenor sax work on this track and on FM. Mr Shorter appears on the album's title track.
@@sooutrageous007 thanks Steven for the correction. I had no idea, but that sounds so like them. I have heard that Shorter played on a few tracks, perhaps, on subsequent albums. But, again, I could be wrong. :-)
You mentioned all the background details in the song. Agreed. I view the ability to weave in so many items and sounds that compliment each other as a mark of musical genius. It takes a lot to build such a complicated song. A lesser musician might throw in a bunch of noises and sounds but they would not necessarily really work together. This reminds me of the Brandenburg concertos by JS Bach. Super complicated and takes a real ear to take it all in.
I don't know if I'm right historically. But it really sounds to me like he had a conversation with a great saxophone player and he was just representing what he meant. Which is what makes it cool. Just one moment in life. Taking a break between sets. With the coolest mf's in the world.
In some ways, such an American vibe, well jazz pretty much is, after all. My favorite lyrics- " I crawl like a viper through these suburban streets; make love to these women, languid and bittersweet."
Listen to my old school for something fun and great. Check out Hatian divorce if you want to hear a steely dan reggae vibe. 2 of my favorite songs that don't get mentioned near enough
Gonna give a recommendation most other reactors ignore : Band UFO, songs 'Love to Love' and 'Rock bottom' (studio versions for first listens) Also curious how you'd react to Halestorm's 'love bites'. Thanks for listening 🎧
It's time for some Molly Hatchet my brothers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! Songs like Dreams I'll never see, Fall of the Peacemakers, Flirtin with disaster, Bounty Hunter, Gator Country and many more. Please please please check them out. Thanks and keep on rockin!!!!
THIS WAS THEIR LAST BIGGGGGG SELLING ALBUM YOU GUYS, YOU NEED TO LOOK AT 71-76 STUFF: KATY LIED, PRETZEL LOGIC, CAN'T BUY A THRILL, ETC! :) GOOD WORK, TAKE CARE.
As Steely Dan kept going, they kept doing specifically what they wanted to do. I understand exactly what you mean. The last two albums the two members wanted to delve into more where jazz and rock meet. This song is a perfect example. Peg is too....but so much funkier. Check some of those out. Or Black Cow
The sax player soloing alot on the SD Aja album is Pete Christlieb, a sax player from "The Tonight Show" house band. (on television after the 11 pm news, with Johnny Carson at that time [1977], and later Jay Leno, then Jimmy Fallon) "Dirty Work" is another great early Steely Dan song, and "Night By Night" too. "Black Cow" from the Aja album, is also very good.
LOVE WATCHING YOU BOTH AND I ENJOY GOING ON THE JOURNEY OF MUSIC DISCOVERY WITH YOU. WHEN I LEAVE THIS INCARNATION, I WILL GO WITH STEELY DAN AND JONI MITCHELL PLAYING ME TO THE NEXT INCARNATION.
You could make a list of all the Steely Dan songs and, blindfolded, throw a dart at it and I absolutely guarantee you'd hit a great song. I love all the bands from the 60's through the 80's but I don't think I could make that statement about any other one!
My personal favorite SD song here, men. Well played. "My Old School" is a peppy, yet smooth hit of theirs you'll dig. Aw, hell, there are so many to check out, in most cases, you just can't go wrong. Just keep my suggestion in your back pocket for whenever. And enjoy your journey! Don't be afraid to check out some Bob Seger here soon, too. He is legend in the U.S.
Imagine the difficulty of the production. Getting perfectly clear recording of the background vocals, the horn section, the saxophone, the lead vocals, bass, guitar, drums, EVERYTHING. And then mixing it down with perfect separation and balance. And all of that after composition of every one of those elements. And the genius of the melody and lyrics above all. I got to see them live with my son (to whom I have passed down a love of their great music), and they put just as much care into the live performance as the recorded versions. It was absolutely amazing. Thank you for taking me back to the first time I heard this when I was still a young man of 19. I felt the decades melt away.
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You need to check out their tune Show Biz Kid 🔥🔥🔥🔥✌️
Ahh great tune to unwind with .. a lost in the sauce vibe .. thnx George & Patrick. Have a great week .. Peace Out ✌🏼🤘🏼❣️
Listen some Indian Music guys 👍👍👍👍
Please enjoy Steely Dan's big hits - Rikki Don't Lose That Number, and PEG.
Enjoying the reactions , Didn’t know where to leave this but here. Try Leon Russell, -. “Magic Mirror” And “Tight Rope “ - both from his Carney album.
Steely Dan: DIRTY WORK
Steely Dan are genius. The entire Aja album is a must listen.
I don't know if anyone has explained this to you yet but Steely Dan is not an actual band, it's two friends who met in college and who pair up with great studio musicians to create their sound and their production is as good as you can get - their attention to detail is impeccable.
This song is pinnacle Steely Dan
Couldn't click on this one fast enough. The story is simple, a suburban man is bored with his life who dreams of being a jazz saxophonist and living the life.
One of my favorite bands of all time!
It's been said that Steely Dan is your favorite band's favorite band.🙂
Steely Dan's songs are so amazing in their smooth and flawless instrumentation and subtle chord and tempo changes. But this song rises above all the others in that it combines a suave, smoky atmosphere with all those other elements in a way that is beyond perfection. This is the type of song that could send you off into a dream world that you would love to immerse yourself in, a drifting off into eternity.
Makes me a lot sad , miss those days when music was new ! Time flies but nostalgia never ends ! STEELY DAN is smooth as butter ! Great reaction guys !!! PEACE !
(Pete Christlieb - tenor saxophone) ~
"I cried when I wrote this song; sue me if I play too long" - might be my favorite lyric line ever...
Pretty sure it was Wayne Shorter in Deacon Blues.
Thank you for reaction. Awesome watching you guys. Haven't seen you but loved this reaction. There's an amazing video put together on how Steely Dan writes a song. Look it up.. it's about this song. Thank you for your beautiful video.
It’s a tenor saxophone played by Pete Christlieb. Fagen and Becker heard him on the Tonight Show and were impressed by his playing so they had to get him in the recording studio. Fagen and Becker only wanted the best musicians they could find.
This is the best chord progression ever assembled.
Probably the classiest band ever and light years ahead of their time 🙏
Wonderful reaction! I've never been the same person after I started listening to steely dan and Deacon Blues us my favorite song ever. You caught so many details I love how you broke it down especially guy on the right ✅ great stuff 👍
Steely Dan melds jazz and rock together in a way that's fantastic.. They are all master musicians at the top of their craft.. This song in particular is all about struggling jazz musicians. Specifically Fagen's experience..
I think it's meant to be a kind of romanticized version of themselves, tragic figures of the beatnik culture instead of the nerds they actually were haha
My Old School is the next button I’d push.
Seconded! A much more up-tempo tune I know these guys will love.
The next Steely Dan song you must hear is 'Kid Charlemagne'.
absolutely
Phenomenal. Absolutely
Im 68 yo,love seeing you guys appreciate the music i grew up with,keep up the good work.ive seen these guys a couple times, always ,They were accused of being a studios band. but "Live across
america" show was thier true talent, Thanks guys
"Black Cow" is a great one, but their entire catalogue is good.
Early songs are "Dirty Work" or "My Old School".
"Any Major DUDE Will Tell You"
Razor Boy, Boston Rag and Pearl of the Quarter. And these songs are not even from my favourite album!
@@keithjones6023 I love all those. But I dont think thats where a new listener should go next...
@@eljobo3258 If I was speaking to someone who had never heard SD music, l would recommend the first five albums. Those for me anyway were the best of the best! AJA is a wonderful album, but I've always thought it almost too polished and lacked some of the charm (for want of a better word) of the early work.
Glamour Proffffffffesion
Love love love them steely Dan..1974 and in Montreal......Canada loves you guyz
My favorite song ever. ❤️
Instruments played on Deacon Blues by Steely Dan: Walter Becker-Bass; Donald Fagan- Synthesizer, vocals; Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour(best Jazz guitar players in Jazz)-guitar; Dean Parks-Acoustic guitar; Pete Christlieb-tenor saxophone; Victor Feldman- electric piano; Bernard "Pretty" Purdie-drums; Venetta Fields- Backup vocals
My favorite Steely Dan song.
Love watching and listening with you both. Steely Dan puts me back to ST SIMMONS and visiting there with my sister. She Is gone but forever in my soul especially when I listen to the Dan.
Fagen and Becker asked their producer, Gary Katz, to arrange for Pete Christlieb to add a saxophone part. At the time, neither Becker nor Fagen knew Christlieb by name, only by his reputation as a musician on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. Christlieb went to the studio and recorded the solo after taping The Tonight Show one evening. They told him to play what he felt. Hey, I'm a jazz musician, that's what I do ... so I recorded my first solo ... we listened back and they said it was great. I recorded a second take and that's the one they used. I was gone in a half hour.
"Hey Nineteen" is my favorite.
You'll love the song guys.
Be sure to check out lyrics
It's a VIBE!! 🔥
Thats Retha Franklin. She don't remember the queen of soul. 🤣
Hey Nineteen was the first Steely Dan track I heard when I was 12. Damn! that bass is sooo tight! Fantastic groove :)
@@eljobo3258 I love those lyrics!! 🤣
@@ArcofNeptune I was 9 when it came out. I remember hearing my Mom sing along with it in the car. Had no clue what the song was about but damn it was catchy as hell!
An f_ing masterpiece guys .fell in love with this 15 yrs. ago when I drove a 1000 mile trip to FLA . from Indiana .about 30 times in yrs. alone no sleeping or a 1 hr. nap .Foriener, The Beatles, and Steely Dan kept me going .
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One of their best songs
So much Steely Dan to cover ❤️🎶❤️
They have so many great songs but this one is their best imo. It's a song about (self) redemption. The line " I cried when I wrote this song, sue me if I play too long" superb!!!
When they make songs, their intention is to make us want to hear it over and over again. They achieve perfection in the studio with the musicians, then they go beyond perfection and loosen things up to make it sound improvised. They carved their own pathway, that's for sure!
An anthem for every musician 🙏😎♥️
🎸🎷💯 Steely Dan kickz azzz‼🔥
"Kid Charlemagne" next please⁉️
(Aja is THE Steely Dan album to own!)
I recommend Steely Dan "Kid Charlemagne" and "FM ( no static at all )"
Musicians band right here. A lot of friends and I wonder how many of the musicians do what they do to this level! Pure beauty!!!
So many Great songs from Steely Dan....!
Great reaction guys......................
Peg and Kid Charlemagne are essential listening.
Don't Take Me Alive gotta be next Bros!!!
Best steely dan song
I’ve always loved Steely Dan, they’re simply superb. What more can you say? Nice work on this reaction gentlemen, well done.
I want a name when I lose.... Love that line.
Great Steely Dan song. Dirty Work is a must. Now once again I implore you , "John Mellancamp" Mellancamp, Mellancamp" .
I told you guys before, listen to all their albums in order,,,,I grew up with them...I had to wait years at times! lol I Love you dudes! Peace!
I have five Steely Dan albums. Enjoyed your reaction to this.
You need to keep in context, "Aja" was released in 1977, before Digital existence. "Aja" is considered the best technical produced album of the "Analog" era. Listen to "Peg" and "Black Cow".... Welcome to the Rabbit Hole you are about to Journey. I first heard the "Aja" album in 1978, I was eighteen years old at the time. I still have the Album, it still sounds good after all these years!
Your going to love this. Great is great.
If you liked Do It Again, check out 'My Old School' from Countdown to Ecstasy. For a similar vibe to this song, check out 'Dirty Work' from Can't Buy a Thrill.
"Any Major DUDE Will Tell You"
Yeah, I love "My Old School", and the story behind it is fantastic.
what about Don't Take Me Alive?? lots seem to forget, a cool tune that Opens with Badass guitar solo, Thank You and God Bless you Larry Carlton!
It's hard for me to pick a favorite SD song but Deacon blues 💙 is right up there with about 7 others lol... hearing their music takes me back to being a teenager growing up in Cali. Miss those days. 😎
Steely Dan is sophisticated rock...now can't wait for Rumours!!
Song is full of passion!
Also react to Steely Dan's "FM" (no static at all) and "Hey 19".
The great jazz saxophone musician, Wayne Shorter, sat in on this song (and others). The two permanent members of the band, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, would bring into the studio many, many of the best musicians to play on individual songs. In other words, as many as 12 guitarists would play a solo, and then, the two would choose which one was best. But Wayne Shorter is a genius of 20th Century jazz and he improvised while listening to the song as it played through the headphones. That is my understanding.
Pete Christlieb from Johnny Carson's Tonight Show Band provided the tenor sax work on this track and on FM. Mr Shorter appears on the album's title track.
@@sooutrageous007 thanks Steven for the correction. I had no idea, but that sounds so like them. I have heard that Shorter played on a few tracks, perhaps, on subsequent albums. But, again, I could be wrong. :-)
Steely Dan great. And you guys accent are a hoot. I enjoy your reactions keep up the great job.
This is sopose todays music back in time.
Go with your own voice and your own vocal style, but more importantly, sing and sing and sing until you're where you want to be.
Hey Nineteen is also great
You mentioned all the background details in the song. Agreed. I view the ability to weave in so many items and sounds that compliment each other as a mark of musical genius. It takes a lot to build such a complicated song. A lesser musician might throw in a bunch of noises and sounds but they would not necessarily really work together.
This reminds me of the Brandenburg concertos by JS Bach. Super complicated and takes a real ear to take it all in.
I don't know if I'm right historically. But it really sounds to me like he had a conversation with a great saxophone player and he was just representing what he meant. Which is what makes it cool. Just one moment in life. Taking a break between sets. With the coolest mf's in the world.
Ahhh my favorite! I haven’t even watched your reaction yet but I’m excited. Edited after watching: I love to watch you enjoy music.
They're tight.
Hi guy's Only a fool would say that, Peg, Dirty work🎧
In some ways, such an American vibe, well jazz pretty much is, after all. My favorite lyrics- " I crawl like a viper through these suburban streets; make love to these women, languid and bittersweet."
Steely Dan is the name of the group. Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Keep going "Show biz kids" next. There are so many songs.
Traffic when the eagle flies
Donald Fagens degree in romantic literature serves them very well, yes? Lyrics like these are timeless!
FM 🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝
Awesome reaction! All Dan music is great but dial up "FM" and Show Biz Kids"! Keep up the good work!
Steely Dan was a very sophisticated band & not for everyone. Bodhisatva is their killer guitar song. Don't let the name of the song scare you
In buddhism, it's someone who could achieve Nirvana but goes back to help others get there
Smoooooth and highly proficient
Listen to my old school for something fun and great. Check out Hatian divorce if you want to hear a steely dan reggae vibe. 2 of my favorite songs that don't get mentioned near enough
Gonna give a recommendation most other reactors ignore : Band UFO, songs 'Love to Love' and 'Rock bottom' (studio versions for first listens) Also curious how you'd react to Halestorm's 'love bites'. Thanks for listening 🎧
Always reminds me of summer….has that feel….
It's time for some Molly Hatchet my brothers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! Songs like Dreams I'll never see, Fall of
the Peacemakers, Flirtin with disaster, Bounty Hunter, Gator Country and many
more. Please please please check them out. Thanks and keep on rockin!!!!
THIS WAS THEIR LAST BIGGGGGG SELLING ALBUM YOU GUYS, YOU NEED TO LOOK AT 71-76 STUFF: KATY LIED, PRETZEL LOGIC, CAN'T BUY A THRILL, ETC! :) GOOD WORK, TAKE CARE.
As Steely Dan kept going, they kept doing specifically what they wanted to do. I understand exactly what you mean. The last two albums the two members wanted to delve into more where jazz and rock meet. This song is a perfect example. Peg is too....but so much funkier. Check some of those out. Or Black Cow
The sax player soloing alot on the SD Aja album is Pete Christlieb, a sax player from "The Tonight Show" house band. (on television after the 11 pm news, with Johnny Carson at that time [1977], and later Jay Leno, then Jimmy Fallon) "Dirty Work" is another great early Steely Dan song, and "Night By Night" too. "Black Cow" from the Aja album, is also very good.
TENOR, AND ALTO SAXES
LOVE WATCHING YOU BOTH AND I ENJOY GOING ON THE JOURNEY OF MUSIC DISCOVERY WITH YOU. WHEN I LEAVE THIS INCARNATION, I WILL GO WITH STEELY DAN AND JONI MITCHELL PLAYING ME TO THE NEXT INCARNATION.
You guys are spot on! This song took me a few listens to get the vibe. Now it's one of my favorite tracks. Keep up the good work 👍🏻
Deacon Blue also a UK band from 80s. Worth a listen
Yes, Raintown album especially.
The next two songs: "Hey Nineteen" and "FM"
You could make a list of all the Steely Dan songs and, blindfolded, throw a dart at it and I absolutely guarantee you'd hit a great song. I love all the bands from the 60's through the 80's but I don't think I could make that statement about any other one!
My personal favorite SD song here, men. Well played. "My Old School" is a peppy, yet smooth hit of theirs you'll dig. Aw, hell, there are so many to check out, in most cases, you just can't go wrong. Just keep my suggestion in your back pocket for whenever. And enjoy your journey! Don't be afraid to check out some Bob Seger here soon, too. He is legend in the U.S.
You can see them today ....and love them as if you are 21... From Canada
Got to hear Kid Charlemagne,a must.
Steely Dan are an incredible band and for me I don’t think they have done a bad song 👏👏👏👏
Imagine the difficulty of the production. Getting perfectly clear recording of the background vocals, the horn section, the saxophone, the lead vocals, bass, guitar, drums, EVERYTHING. And then mixing it down with perfect separation and balance. And all of that after composition of every one of those elements. And the genius of the melody and lyrics above all. I got to see them live with my son (to whom I have passed down a love of their great music), and they put just as much care into the live performance as the recorded versions. It was absolutely amazing.
Thank you for taking me back to the first time I heard this when I was still a young man of 19. I felt the decades melt away.
Have to try some Supertramp and Rolling Stones,guys! ✌️🇨🇦❤️
"Black Cow" by Steely Dan is a must react to.
The whole "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour" album is genius! But until then "Hey Nineteen", and "FM" are musts.
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👍👍👍👍
It was definitely a Saxophone……I believe it was a tenor sax.
Please do FM No Static At All next🔥💯
Donald Fagen & Walter Becker ARE Steely Dan, and all the other musicians you hear on any song are rotated in and out. Dozens of musicians.
If you like a Steely Dan you need to listen to Donald Fagen’s solo work, especially The Nightfly album.
I agree……some of Fagan’s best work in there.