Studio version substituted for live audio showing vocalist(David Palmer)who is not the actual singer of this song! The voice you are hearing is that of the keyboard player,Donald Fagen!
@@TheDivayentaEarly on Fagen didn’t want to be the lead singer of Steely Dan and auditioned several people including Michael McDonald who also rejected the position because he felt Fagen was more suited for that role! McDonald made for a great backup singer however!
The uploader must have done that, because I'm almost certain that I've seen this clip without Donald singing the lead vocals and it just wasn't very good.
@@davethewave62 Wanna get drunk fast? Turn on a classic rock radio station and drink every time you hear Michael McDonald singing lead or backing vocals on a song. That guy was on everybody's record.
Burt Sugarman was just the producer of a weekly music show called The Midnight Special. It was a mostly live hour long music show which started in 1972 and lasted into the early 80s. It was a GREAT show which covered all kinds of music, from pop to rock to soul/r&b to country. It aired on Saturday at midnight. Must watch TV for 70s teens like me. I grew up on this stuff. I believe this was the first Steely Dan live TV appearance because DO IT AGAIN was the first song on their first debut album. That was the original band. Ironically, Fagen, who was playing keyboards, had early stage fright and was reluctant to sing lead vocals live. So for their initial tour and live appearances they hired David Palmer, the tall blonde guy, to sing live. So while most early MS songs were actually sung live, this was the studio record dubbed to the video. Fagen is singing the chorus in harmony with Palmer, but those vocals on the album are Fagens. Palmer and drummer Jim Hodder sang lead on a few other songs on that 1st album. Palmer sang Dirty Work which was a minor hit. The guitarist was Denny Dias. The bongo player usually played guitar also, Jeff SKUNK Baxter. You'll see him soon kill it . guitar if you react to more SD Midnight Special videos. Skunk later joined the Doobie Brothers in 1974 after Fagen and Becker turned SD into a studio project because they didn't like touring. Becker btw was in back playing bass, and the video guy just ignored him, lol.
I've always thought this song would make a good movie. Like a movie with different stories that cover each verse. Kinda like the "heavy metal" movie. Either one guy moving through the different stories, or three completely different stories. Maybe even 3 directors to help give the stories different feels. Like Mel Brooks does one to give it a comedy feel, who ever does John Wick or Matrix type movies (probably the first verse), and maybe Woody Allen to do the second verse for a crazy romantic triangle story.
This song reminds me of some adversity I went through in 2012-13. I would play this song during those times and it would help me to keep pushing through.
Actually, the solo is an electric sitar Desi Dias is playing from the studio album version of this song, which is what this is. The video is from the TV show, The Midnight Special. Dias played a guitar on the TV broadcast, but what you hear here is the sitar he played from the record.
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, the conga player, was a session musician, playing for many groups but, he's most known for his stints in The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan. He's usually seen playing guitar, but he is a multi-instrumentalist, playing whatever is needed.
My understanding has always been that Baxter is responsible for bringing Michael McDonald to The Doobie Brothers after having worked with him in Steely Dan and the Doobies needing someone to replace Tom Johnston while he focused on his health struggles.
Baxter and Larry Carlton were THE session guitarists of the 1970's. They were on EVERYBODY'S records back in the 70's it seemed, even though Baxter was in The Doobie Brothers for a while. He and Carlton played on so many records you'd need a calculator to add up their credits.
In 1972, I was 16, and nothing sounded like SD. The Denny Dias solo just hooked me. Too much Steely Dan is never enough. Try Night By Night, my brothers.
Steely Dan is deep - Donald Fagan was the studio singer of most songs (keyboard player). I’ve never heard a song by them that I said, “I don’t like it.” Their vibe is great. More of my favorites are: “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number,” “Bodhisattva,” “Peg,” and “My Old School.”
As mentioned below, this is the studio audio with the Midnight Special live performance synched up for the video. Founder Donald Fagen is on lead vox and keys (not the blond guy David Palmer). Denny Dias lead electric "sitar", and Skunk Baxter plays the intro guitar fills and that somewhat muted guitar outro. This was the first track on their very first album, 1972's Can't Buy A Thrill. What an amazing way to introduce themselves to the world. The entire 70+ song catalogue is filled with the repeating themes of crime/violence, addiction, vice, dysfunctional relationships, hustlers, pimps, whores, pedophiles, criminals, sex, drugs, rock & roll. Lots of shady characters cast in slice of life stories that rarely end well. So many gems to choose from. Some serious songs, many hilarious and sardonic with their own form of beatnik slang. Steely Dan defies categorization - they are their own genre. As the 1970's progressed until 1980's Gaucho, they became less and less a formal "band", as they hired studio session hotshots, and incorporated more horns into the mix. Magnificent act
I went to boz scaggs with mlke mcdonald and mick fleetwood.. it was supreme.. would love to have seen steely live.. they always takes me back to life in the 70s..
LE PLUS EXTRAORDINAIRE SOLO DE GUITARE DU 20 ÈME SIÈCLE !!!!!!!!! MONSTRUEUX UNIQUE GIGANTESQUE MONUMENTAL PRODIGIEUX EXTRAORDINAIRE QUASIMENT MIRACULEUX TOUT SIMPLEMENT LE MORCEAU QUI A FAIT ENTRER STEELY DAN DANS LA LÉGENDE DE LA MUSIQUE AU 20 ÈME SIÈCLE TOUT SIMPLEMENT !!!!!!!!!! SURNATUREL !!!!!!!!!!!! N'OUBLIEZ JAMAIS QUE LA TECHNIQUE ET LA VITESSE NE SONT RIEN SANS LA SPIRITUALITÉ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GUY
This was Steely Dan's first single and we were duly blown away. Not only a great groove with fantastic instrumentals, but the lyrics are so deliciously cynical, especially the 2nd verse, about stupid infatuation. All about human frailty and not learning a lesson. They only get better from here.
This was a really really great reaction. OlliWooDDA you are spot on with the analogy in my opinion!! I was raised with Steely Dan and still have my original vinyl...this was fun...
You're spot on about Burt Sugarman! Way back when, I would sneak down to the basement where the only TV lived to watch shows like The Midnight Special and others to see my favorite artists!
Please do "Aja". The entire album is probably one of the best recorded albums ever, with an incredible group of musicians and absolute technical musicianship and songwriting genius. Oten sampled, and never duplicated.
Lead singer was David Palmer who was with the group for a short time, he also sang Dirty Work(highly Recommended) i also hope he was able to get some dental work
As a club DJ in the 80,s, I noticed Michael Jackson’s Billy Jean had a very similar beat and bass line. I had a long play version of Billy Jean with an instrumental on the flip. I’d start with the album cut, mix it to the instrumental and add DO IT AGAIN, over it. It worked so well, I forgot I was mixing them!
Thank you guys I was so excited for you all Now you gotta hit their other big hits Peg Rikki Don't Lose That Number Hey Nineteen Deacon Blues Dirty Work Aja
So this documentary just dropped on HBO called Yacht Rock. In it, they explain how Steely Dan is the heart of Yacht Rock. Yacht Rock has jazz, R & B, and soul roots. It is often sampled, as you know, by hip hop. However, Donald Fagan absolutely HATES it when people say Steely Dan is Yacht Rock. It makes him super pissed. This is genius stuff as always. The documentary does a great job of explaining how these guys are utter geniuses and that when they came out with music, it was impossible to quantify what it was. Often, people didn't even understand Fagan's lyrics. He's a wizard.
I was 16, just got my drivers license. I was the sh*t when this played on the radio in the car. I clearly remember thinking "dude you stupid? Of course not". Now 40 years later.... or ya... human nature. Now I get it.
Steely Dan were really a duo and a collection of the very best session musicians. Donald Fagen is the singer playing keyboards, and Walter Becker is a guitarist. They were known for getting the best session musicians in the studio for each song they recorded. Any Dan song is a great choice but Peg will really get you reacting, with Michael MacDonald on backing vocals!!
The first 3 albums Steely Dan was an old fashioned touring band that played live from 72 to 74. This video IS the original Steely Dan band. The rotating parade of studio musicians started with KATY LIED.
Sweet! Cool tuneage, but just in case you were wondering, they dubbed the studio recording on top of the live performance in that clip. The actual live version from the show is great too. The song dropped when I was six and the studio version is more or less imprinted on my brain having listened to it thousands of times over the last fifty years, so I recognized it immediately.
Steely Dan had many different great studio musicians in their recordings. Note Skunk Baxter on the congas, he is one of the greatest guitar players in the business!
My fav is "Josie," "Peg" is good. There are so many, it's hard to pick, but I have a special connection to Josie. We were blessed to have witnessed the greats! ✌🏽
This song never gets old. From the first note to the last. I agree with you Corey, the first time I heard the song I got hooked from the way it opens. I have a song for you guys, Empty Pages by Traffic. More Steely Dan, Reelin' In The Years.
Bongo player I’d none other then Skunk Baxter, amazing guitar player from Doobie Brothers. Singer was actually the guy that kept popping up to say “Do it again” Donald Fagen.
We always kept a pristine copy of the Aja vinyl in the stereo shop I worked at. It was the way to sell the expensive speakers. But the band is a deep and many branched rabbit hole. for next listen I would recommend Peg, Ricky Dont Lose that Number, reelin in the years, Green Earrings, Deacon Blues, ...
On the Dan's first 2 albums, they were pretty much a band... but starting with their 3rd, it was mainly just Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, with a good number of studio musicians - though some of the old musicians came back, like the guitar player on this one, Denny Dias... who was effin' great on many songs for them.
Pretzel Logic is different but still a favorite album of mine.You should check that one out. One of a kind band still working for me so many years later without even trying.
They really didn't like performing in concert. I was fortunate enough to see them live though back in 2009 for their Rent Party tour. Back in the day, The Midnight Special was a Friday night must 😊
The guy playing the Congas is Jeff "Skunk"Baxter one of the best guitar players, he also is incredibly smart, he has secret military clearance for his work on missile guidance systems
The guitar solo is buy Denny Dias & the other guitarist is Jeff ( Skunk ) Baxter - Jeff also was a member of the Doobie Brothers Jeff also has a side hustle- he’s a top defense expert with top secret Pentagon clearance working with defense contractors. And yes with the long hair & big mustache
The midnight special Soul train The old gray whistle test In session And heehaw (it’s true) Were the only way you got to see live music as a kid there is no TH-cam to watch lol! I lived for those shows
Great reaction , Steely Dan have so many great songs. You should check out “Kid Charlemagne“ for your next Steely Dan reaction. Thanks from New Jersey .
way back before MTV and You Tube, only way was able to see Bands was Bert Sugarman's Midnight Special , Olli is right if Bert clip is coming, it's gonna be good.
I wish that you guys were seeing (and hearing) the actual live performance that's being shown. You're hearing the studio version being dubbed over it. And it's Donald Fagen singing lead vocals on the studio version and not original singer David Palmer, who is doing it live.
Here in the UK in '83 there was a track released by a group called Club House, the title was Do It Again/Billie Jean, it was the backing track of Billie Jean with the lyrics of Do It Again mixed over the top, big floor filler back then when I was DJing 🇬🇧
This is the studio version the solo was played with a Sitar and the keyboard solo was played with a toy organ =) Please Check Out Band-Maid " HATE? " if you want to see a real jaw dropping live performance ! Thanks Guys Nice Reaction
My favorite song off of my favorite Steely Dan album but I must say as fun as it is seeing this live version, which I’ve seen before, I like the studio version better. It’s cleaner more precise.
Skunk Baxter was playing the bongos on this one. Denny Dias on lead guitar. Skunk joined the Doobies in 74 after Fagen and Becker decided they didn't want to tour anymore.
I thought you just reacted to their song "Aja", which was from 5 years after this one, which was from their first album. They are just miming to the record here for the TV show. Guitarist Denny Dias is pretending to play the guitar solo on a Telecaster, but you are hearing his Coral electric sitar solo from the record. During the organ solo, if you look at Donald Fagan's right hand, you can see they aren't showing the album solo you are hearing, which was done on an imported plastic Yamaha organ with a pitch bend capability. Back then Donald Fagen had stage fright, so I guess that's why they filmed David Palmer singing the lead vocals.
Studio version substituted for live audio showing vocalist(David Palmer)who is not the actual singer of this song! The voice you are hearing is that of the keyboard player,Donald Fagen!
I thought that sounded like Don!
@@TheDivayentaEarly on Fagen didn’t want to be the lead singer of Steely Dan and auditioned several people including Michael McDonald who also rejected the position because he felt Fagen was more suited for that role! McDonald made for a great backup singer however!
The uploader must have done that, because I'm almost certain that I've seen this clip without Donald singing the lead vocals and it just wasn't very good.
@@davethewave62 Wanna get drunk fast? Turn on a classic rock radio station and drink every time you hear Michael McDonald singing lead or backing vocals on a song. That guy was on everybody's record.
Yeah, I noticed that too. It’s just too note perfect to the album version.
You can't go wrong with Steely Dan.
This is one of their best songs, they had alot of great hits!
This 82 year old just got familiar with this group. This music is as good as it gets for me.
Burt Sugarman was just the producer of a weekly music show called The Midnight Special. It was a mostly live hour long music show which started in 1972 and lasted into the early 80s.
It was a GREAT show which covered all kinds of music, from pop to rock to soul/r&b to country. It aired on Saturday at midnight. Must watch TV for 70s teens like me. I grew up on this stuff.
I believe this was the first Steely Dan live TV appearance because DO IT AGAIN was the first song on their first debut album. That was the original band. Ironically, Fagen, who was playing keyboards, had early stage fright and was reluctant to sing lead vocals live. So for their initial tour and live appearances they hired David Palmer, the tall blonde guy, to sing live. So while most early MS songs were actually sung live, this was the studio record dubbed to the video. Fagen is singing the chorus in harmony with Palmer, but those vocals on the album are Fagens. Palmer and drummer Jim Hodder sang lead on a few other songs on that 1st album. Palmer sang Dirty Work which was a minor hit.
The guitarist was Denny Dias. The bongo player usually played guitar also, Jeff SKUNK Baxter. You'll see him soon kill it . guitar if you react to more SD Midnight Special videos. Skunk later joined the Doobie Brothers in 1974 after Fagen and Becker turned SD into a studio project because they didn't like touring. Becker btw was in back playing bass, and the video guy just ignored him, lol.
I've always thought this song would make a good movie. Like a movie with different stories that cover each verse. Kinda like the "heavy metal" movie. Either one guy moving through the different stories, or three completely different stories.
Maybe even 3 directors to help give the stories different feels. Like Mel Brooks does one to give it a comedy feel, who ever does John Wick or Matrix type movies (probably the first verse), and maybe Woody Allen to do the second verse for a crazy romantic triangle story.
Also great was Don Kirshner's Rock Concert and on radio King Biscuit Flour Hour
I loved Midnight Special
On the Congas is guitar genius, Skunk Baxter- who played for the Dan and the Doobies. They had a different cast of musicians for every song.
Not on the first 3 albums. The studio Dan began with KATY LIED.
you’re giving yourselves a real gift by finding Steely Dan… so happy for you!
Steely Dan is worth a deep deep dive...
I will tell you, Steely Dan is soooo good. Peace and Love from Canada ❤
Was lucky enough to see them in concert, amazing!
This is the only band I know of for whom the expression "They never made a bad song" may be literally true!
And Tool.
My. Old school!
They are such a deep dive!
Love this friggin song
This song reminds me of some adversity I went through in 2012-13. I would play this song during those times and it would help me to keep pushing through.
Money,, Women & Violence,, Plus the added overall message of most not learning their lessons,, Going back & "Do It Again".
They have such a huge catalog.
Hell yeah…that guitar solo is one of those ones
Actually, the solo is an electric sitar Desi Dias is playing from the studio album version of this song, which is what this is. The video is from the TV show, The Midnight Special. Dias played a guitar on the TV broadcast, but what you hear here is the sitar he played from the record.
Next they need a hard listen to Steely Dan's "PEG!"
Oh man yes!
Yes! Then "Green Earrings" from Royal Scam.
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, the conga player, was a session musician, playing for many groups but, he's most known for his stints in The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan. He's usually seen playing guitar, but he is a multi-instrumentalist, playing whatever is needed.
My understanding has always been that Baxter is responsible for bringing Michael McDonald to The Doobie Brothers after having worked with him in Steely Dan and the Doobies needing someone to replace Tom Johnston while he focused on his health struggles.
@@ts1ezrdr Yeah, I kind of seem to recall hearing something about that too ... 😊👍
Rick Beato just did an interview with Skunk Baxter if you’re interested. Very good.
@@bradsense7431 Sweet !!! Thanx 😊👍
Baxter and Larry Carlton were THE session guitarists of the 1970's. They were on EVERYBODY'S records back in the 70's it seemed, even though Baxter was in The Doobie Brothers for a while. He and Carlton played on so many records you'd need a calculator to add up their credits.
Got to do FM, Deacon Blues, The Fez, Babylon Sisters just a taste of the empire that is Steely Dan...❤
Another great song and another great reaction video guys. I especially enjoy the enthusiasm from Corey Roy when the music video is playing.
Steely is always great❤
Steely Dan don’t miss. 🤷♂️
This song was always on the radio…good song!👍🩵🩵🩵
Yeah, that's why they're reacting to it
In 1972, I was 16, and nothing sounded like SD. The Denny Dias solo just hooked me. Too much Steely Dan is never enough. Try Night By Night, my brothers.
Real music real voices.
I remember the first time I heard this. I was in the basement playing with my Skilcraft chemistry set. Fantastic song.
Steely Dan is deep - Donald Fagan was the studio singer of most songs (keyboard player). I’ve never heard a song by them that I said, “I don’t like it.” Their vibe is great. More of my favorites are: “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number,” “Bodhisattva,” “Peg,” and “My Old School.”
I request reactions for either Time Out of Mind or Hey Nineteen. I love Steely Dan!
Hey Nineteen. peace and love from Canada
As mentioned below, this is the studio audio with the Midnight Special live performance synched up for the video.
Founder Donald Fagen is on lead vox and keys (not the blond guy David Palmer). Denny Dias lead electric "sitar", and Skunk Baxter plays the intro guitar fills and that somewhat muted guitar outro. This was the first track on their very first album, 1972's Can't Buy A Thrill. What an amazing way to introduce themselves to the world.
The entire 70+ song catalogue is filled with the repeating themes of crime/violence, addiction, vice, dysfunctional relationships, hustlers, pimps, whores, pedophiles, criminals, sex, drugs, rock & roll. Lots of shady characters cast in slice of life stories that rarely end well.
So many gems to choose from. Some serious songs, many hilarious and sardonic with their own form of beatnik slang. Steely Dan defies categorization - they are their own genre.
As the 1970's progressed until 1980's Gaucho, they became less and less a formal "band", as they hired studio session hotshots, and incorporated more horns into the mix.
Magnificent act
My Old School live ! Steely with McDonald and Boz Scaggs live show “ The Dukes of September “
I went to boz scaggs with mlke mcdonald and mick fleetwood.. it was supreme.. would love to have seen steely live.. they always takes me back to life in the 70s..
LE PLUS EXTRAORDINAIRE SOLO DE GUITARE DU 20 ÈME SIÈCLE !!!!!!!!! MONSTRUEUX UNIQUE GIGANTESQUE MONUMENTAL PRODIGIEUX EXTRAORDINAIRE QUASIMENT MIRACULEUX TOUT SIMPLEMENT LE MORCEAU QUI A FAIT ENTRER STEELY DAN DANS LA LÉGENDE DE LA MUSIQUE AU 20 ÈME SIÈCLE TOUT SIMPLEMENT !!!!!!!!!! SURNATUREL !!!!!!!!!!!! N'OUBLIEZ JAMAIS QUE LA TECHNIQUE ET LA VITESSE NE SONT RIEN SANS LA SPIRITUALITÉ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GUY
Reeling in the Years and Do it Again bring me back to my teens. My favorite is Peg. Incredible song!!!
They invented jazz/rock fusion…the best ever done! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
BLT better and first
MASSIVE hit in the Fall of 1972. Note the musical resemblance to Light My Fire (summer 1967).
This was Steely Dan's first single and we were duly blown away. Not only a great groove with fantastic instrumentals, but the lyrics are so deliciously cynical, especially the 2nd verse, about stupid infatuation. All about human frailty and not learning a lesson. They only get better from here.
I just mentioned this a few days ago! I am looking forward to seeing your review!
One of their best tunes!
Hey Nineteen is a smooth track
This was a really really great reaction. OlliWooDDA you are spot on with the analogy in my opinion!! I was raised with Steely Dan and still have my original vinyl...this was fun...
Corey, I love how you really get into the music 🙌
ME too! He loves good music
Steely Dan is amazing 🤩
Hello from the Colorado Rocky Mountains! Love your channel, keep up the great work guys! 😃
You're spot on about Burt Sugarman! Way back when, I would sneak down to the basement where the only TV lived to watch shows like The Midnight Special and others to see my favorite artists!
heavy commentary. Thanks. I've heard this song for years and never knew all this about it.
Loved steely Dan since the seventies
WOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!! THE DAN!!! SO, SO SMOOTH!!! LOVE THIS JAM!! THANKS, FELLAS!! MADE MY DAY!! HUGS from TEXAS!
Please do "Aja". The entire album is probably one of the best recorded albums ever, with an incredible group of musicians and absolute technical musicianship and songwriting genius. Oten sampled, and never duplicated.
Weird. This is the studio version dubbed over the Midnight Special live performance
Lead singer was David Palmer who was with the group for a short time, he also sang Dirty Work(highly Recommended) i also hope he was able to get some dental work
I love Steely Dan, funky tunes with some really dark themes.
As a club DJ in the 80,s, I noticed Michael Jackson’s Billy Jean had a very similar beat and bass line. I had a long play version of Billy Jean with an instrumental on the flip. I’d start with the album cut, mix it to the instrumental and add DO IT AGAIN, over it. It worked so well, I forgot I was mixing them!
Yep, I noticed that when I heard Billie Jean too. Almost identical pacing and rhythm.
that was one of the earliest mashups that actually was played on the radio in like 83-84
Thank you guys
I was so excited for you all
Now you gotta hit their other big hits
Peg
Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Hey Nineteen
Deacon Blues
Dirty Work
Aja
So this documentary just dropped on HBO called Yacht Rock. In it, they explain how Steely Dan is the heart of Yacht Rock. Yacht Rock has jazz, R & B, and soul roots. It is often sampled, as you know, by hip hop. However, Donald Fagan absolutely HATES it when people say Steely Dan is Yacht Rock. It makes him super pissed. This is genius stuff as always. The documentary does a great job of explaining how these guys are utter geniuses and that when they came out with music, it was impossible to quantify what it was. Often, people didn't even understand Fagan's lyrics. He's a wizard.
Yup we saw it! Reaction and review dropping this weekend! Amazing!
I was 16, just got my drivers license. I was the sh*t when this played on the radio in the car. I clearly remember thinking "dude you stupid? Of course not". Now 40 years later.... or ya... human nature. Now I get it.
❤❤❤❤❤LOVE Steely Dan!!!!
Steely Dan were really a duo and a collection of the very best session musicians. Donald Fagen is the singer playing keyboards, and Walter Becker is a guitarist. They were known for getting the best session musicians in the studio for each song they recorded.
Any Dan song is a great choice but Peg will really get you reacting, with Michael MacDonald on backing vocals!!
The first 3 albums Steely Dan was an old fashioned touring band that played live from 72 to 74. This video IS the original Steely Dan band. The rotating parade of studio musicians started with KATY LIED.
Corey Roy I think I tune in to watch you jammin to the music. I ❤ it and I love Steely Dan.. ya'll should do a reaction to Cuervo
Sweet! Cool tuneage, but just in case you were wondering, they dubbed the studio recording on top of the live performance in that clip. The actual live version from the show is great too. The song dropped when I was six and the studio version is more or less imprinted on my brain having listened to it thousands of times over the last fifty years, so I recognized it immediately.
Steely Dan had many different great studio musicians in their recordings. Note Skunk Baxter on the congas, he is one of the greatest guitar players in the business!
My fav is "Josie," "Peg" is good. There are so many, it's hard to pick, but I have a special connection to Josie.
We were blessed to have witnessed the greats! ✌🏽
🎊 Early Steely Dan; 1st album; 1972…can’t go wrong. (I bought the cassette)
Thank you all. 😊
You all should watch the documentary on steely Dan it's very revealing ,on how they recorded...so good.
This song never gets old. From the first note to the last. I agree with you Corey, the first time I heard the song I got hooked from the way it opens. I have a song for you guys, Empty Pages by Traffic. More Steely Dan, Reelin' In The Years.
Cleanest sounding album I ever owned.
ALL Dan albums are like that.
Musical perfection.
Bongo player I’d none other then Skunk Baxter, amazing guitar player from Doobie Brothers. Singer was actually the guy that kept popping up to say “Do it again” Donald Fagen.
We always kept a pristine copy of the Aja vinyl in the stereo shop I worked at. It was the way to sell the expensive speakers. But the band is a deep and many branched rabbit hole. for next listen I would recommend Peg, Ricky Dont Lose that Number, reelin in the years, Green Earrings, Deacon Blues, ...
On the Dan's first 2 albums, they were pretty much a band... but starting with their 3rd, it was mainly just Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, with a good number of studio musicians - though some of the old musicians came back, like the guitar player on this one, Denny Dias... who was effin' great on many songs for them.
Pretzel Logic is different but still a favorite album of mine.You should check that one out. One of a kind band still working for me so many years later without even trying.
They really didn't like performing in concert. I was fortunate enough to see them live though back in 2009 for their Rent Party tour. Back in the day, The Midnight Special was a Friday night must 😊
just so good!
The guy playing the Congas is Jeff "Skunk"Baxter one of the best guitar players, he also is incredibly smart, he has secret military clearance for his work on missile guidance systems
Corey Roy is diggin' it!👍✌️
PLEASE do “No Static at All (FM)” and “Hey Nineteen.” Please do studio versions of both.
YES!! My 2 faves!
The guitar solo is buy Denny Dias & the other guitarist is Jeff ( Skunk ) Baxter - Jeff also was a member of the Doobie Brothers
Jeff also has a side hustle- he’s a top defense expert with top secret Pentagon clearance working with defense contractors. And yes with the long hair & big mustache
Awesome choice.
Kind of easy listening rock in a way. Such a quality band in their day. And they always had that quality rhythm section to work around
The midnight special
Soul train
The old gray whistle test
In session
And heehaw (it’s true)
Were the only way you got to see live music as a kid there is no TH-cam to watch lol!
I lived for those shows
More , please and thank you !
Deeper Cuts Required (DCR) ...
More Steely Dan please!
The lead singer is Donald Fagen who comes in on the split screen.
Brilliant. Thank y'all.
Great reaction , Steely Dan have so many great songs. You should check out “Kid Charlemagne“ for your next Steely Dan reaction.
Thanks from New Jersey .
Kid Charlemagne real drug maker seller
checkin in...
Ollie and Fenom ya'll are jammin too! That's what's up
Nice one, brings back happy memories 👏👏
way back before MTV and You Tube, only way was able to see Bands was Bert Sugarman's Midnight Special , Olli is right if Bert clip is coming, it's gonna be good.
I wish that you guys were seeing (and hearing) the actual live performance that's being shown. You're hearing the studio version being dubbed over it. And it's Donald Fagen singing lead vocals on the studio version and not original singer David Palmer, who is doing it live.
This is actually the studio version synced with the midnight special performance
everyone jams to the Dan
Here in the UK in '83 there was a track released by a group called Club House, the title was Do It Again/Billie Jean, it was the backing track of Billie Jean with the lyrics of Do It Again mixed over the top, big floor filler back then when I was DJing 🇬🇧
This is the studio version the solo was played with a Sitar and the keyboard solo was played with a toy organ =) Please Check Out Band-Maid " HATE? " if you want to see a real jaw dropping live performance ! Thanks Guys Nice Reaction
I just finished watching the Yacht rock documentary on MAX...recommend!
Our review is dropping on Saturday! so good!
@@thisisitreactions Great! excited to see what you thought! :)
@@thisisitreactions so much to be learned from that documentary. I loved it!
My favorite song off of my favorite Steely Dan album but I must say as fun as it is seeing this live version, which I’ve seen before, I like the studio version better. It’s cleaner more precise.
This is the studio version. It's just played over the live video. This and 'remastered' versions mess everything up.
This is the studio version overdub
Now you gotta hit up Peg and Dirty Work. By the way, the guitar player went on to be in the Doobie Brothers during their heyday.
Skunk Baxter was playing the bongos on this one. Denny Dias on lead guitar. Skunk joined the Doobies in 74 after Fagen and Becker decided they didn't want to tour anymore.
This video is sync to the studio track
If you guys want to get thrown for a loop react to “Dirty Work” you’ll learn how Steely Dan comes at you from every angle.
I thought you just reacted to their song "Aja", which was from 5 years after this one, which was from their first album. They are just miming to the record here for the TV show. Guitarist Denny Dias is pretending to play the guitar solo on a Telecaster, but you are hearing his Coral electric sitar solo from the record. During the organ solo, if you look at Donald Fagan's right hand, you can see they aren't showing the album solo you are hearing, which was done on an imported plastic Yamaha organ with a pitch bend capability. Back then Donald Fagen had stage fright, so I guess that's why they filmed David Palmer singing the lead vocals.
No, it's a real live performance that someone decided to make their own 'sweet video' for youtube.