Yep... Btw.. there's actually a live Dan recording of this floating about on TH-cam.. from somewhere about mid 90s. As far as I know, it was a once-only deal.
A mixed blessing. Losing it only made it more of a fan favorite. gAlthough we’ll never know how it was meant to sound in 1980, Donald sang it in live concerts in the early 2000s. I wish Fagen and Becker had revived it on their Live in America album.
Fun fact: going back in time to save that Steely Dan recording was actually the first successful use of a time machine. But then someone when back in time and changed that mission to "have the Astros win the World Series".
Between this masterpiece, his version of Maxine and the live concert of The Nightfly. Scott seems like the right guy to keep Steely Dan music alive when Donald retires.
The most beautiful and sad/terrible thing, at the same time, is as if they had actually put it on the album directly: not only does this version sound very good, as if we lived in an alternative universe where this WAS NEVER DELETED BY ACCIDENT, but The lyrics haven't aged a bit and in fact hit the nail on the head with the SAME problem as always. We easily forget that the music sounds great but the lyrics to it are depressing as hell. It aged well because it never aged: couple relationships, be they dating, married or even parents, in which their love life falls apart or falls apart or they even get divorced, and many ask to start from scratch as the music says. It is timeless music, as if it were thrown at you yesterday and it hits like a truck because it is an almost cyclical reality of humanity.
Wow!!! Mr Schnalien himself in the control room! Divine groove! The drummer has that great Jeff Porcaro (RIP) thing going. Great work all of you guys! Hope Mr. Fagen doesn't take it off youtube (please Mr. Fagen, don't).
The Graydon-ish coda was a nice surprise. Also, it never occurred to me how much horns were missed on the original version. Great job to everyone involved.
As sad as it is to have lost the original mix, the online effort and collaboration that has happened in its absence is seriously inspiring and beautiful. That's what music is all about, amazing work guys. Hope Fagen sees these renditions someday.
I'm in awe gentleman, this is by far the best SD cover I've ever heard. To execute it at this level requires the degree of intense fanaticism and respect for the genius all of you obviously possess. Just brilliant, you put a smile on my face today. Total pros, one and all. Thank you for this gift.
Really, REALLY nice. The horn arrangement is very tasty and in line with how I imagine Don & Walt would would chart it. And of course the great Michael Omartian, who put his indelible stamp on Katy Lied and Pretzel Logic.
This sounds so great! The band here is fantastic - NAILED the classic SD sound. Amazing. I particularly loved the voice of the vocalist on the first verse. He captured the Fagenisms so well! Love it. Great job, guys!
Great job getting the chords and harmonies correct, from a less than clear source. Really well done! The horns arrangement and mixing sounds fantastic!
I love how I heard this for 1:28 then realized there was an upbeat guitar playing all the time :D That's just 100% real Steely Dan feeling. Great job gents!
Absolutely fantastic! I am so happy multiple covers of this song came out to give us a fresh version of what would've been a killer track had it ever been finished - and this version currently sits at the top of my list!
Excellent!! so glad to hear someone breathe new life into this lost song. And even have an SD alumnus Michael Omartian with you - how could you go wrong?
Wow! After listening to second generation cassette copies and the DAT backup disc. It is such a pleasure to hear the song played with brilliant musicians. The vocals are stellar as well. A fantastic performance. Maybe donald could fly it again in forthcoming concerts. His band are even more capable. Cheers
Absolutely amazing! Love the horn charts! If I could add one thing it would be female vocalists on backing vocals, but this is just freakin’ GREAT! THANK YOU TO ALL INVOLVED!
Very nice job! Definitely has the unique Steely Dan sound dialed in. Josh Turner Guitar (& friends) also released a version of this one a day or two ago. It's definitely worth checking out.
Josh Turner & Friends version is good, but this one by the International Dan Collective has the edge in my book. Just a tad slower, a better fit to "the swing" in the piece. Vocals and horns also superior.
been listening to this for a while now, you guys all really nailed it, this is incredible. Special praise to the guitar player, perfect tone 2:40. Incredible mix/mastering, really cool how you nailed the rhodes/phaser kind of thing in the background. Great job to all!!!
Wow!!! What a great tribute to this unique lost treasure of an musical arrangement! A second arrangement, no less ... Excellent job, guys! So much talent on display, and even the videography is splendid! God what a great song on every level!
Thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU!!!! Finally, we can listen to this great, laid back tune WITHOUT having to accept the original studio rough mix's (to me) absolutely intolerable wow and flutter from the world's crappiest cassette! Hearing how abysmal that original cassette sounded, I often wondered if it were a cassette copy of a cassette copy? I just cannot image ANY studio of that era producing a "client walks out the door with" after session, rough mix copy that sounded as baaaaad as that cassette did. Now... We have been blessed by Scott. What a fine performance as well. Please do record more. I really enjoy hearing competent covers!
Anyone listening in 2024? Friggin marvelous!!!
Yep... Btw.. there's actually a live Dan recording of this floating about on TH-cam.. from somewhere about mid 90s. As far as I know, it was a once-only deal.
I had this on CD back in the 90’s. I lost it on a train. 🚊 This is the first time I’ve heard this in a long time. listening in almost 2025
It's always 'go back in time to kill Hitler', never 'prevent the assistant from losing "The Second Arrangement"'.
Luv it! 😂
A mixed blessing. Losing it only made it more of a fan favorite. gAlthough we’ll never know how it was meant to sound in 1980, Donald sang it in live concerts in the early 2000s. I wish Fagen and Becker had revived it on their Live in America album.
Fun fact: going back in time to save that Steely Dan recording was actually the first successful use of a time machine. But then someone when back in time and changed that mission to "have the Astros win the World Series".
No matter how many likes this comment gets, it will never be enough.
Lol
Perfection! Don't erase it!!
Hahaha. It’s on the cloud now bro.
😂
@@TNKeysstuck in a cloud! Its raining Dan...i love it! ❤
Best reply ever.
Wonderful tribute to Steely Dan, my favourite group.
Best Steely Dan cover of all time
Petition to make Scott an honorary member of Steely Dan
Between this masterpiece, his version of Maxine and the live concert of The Nightfly. Scott seems like the right guy to keep Steely Dan music alive when Donald retires.
My signature!
This is what the internet was made for - outstanding.
Michael Omartian, Bill Schnee etc.. all pro players. How can you lose? Sounds wonderful.
Mr. Omartian's piano just screams Steely Dan. Put it on vinyl, and just TAKE. MY. MONEY.👏🏾
Haha. If only Donald would give us a first use license…
I feel like I'm hearing a new SD song for the first time in over 40 years. Awesome!
You bet!
The most beautiful and sad/terrible thing, at the same time, is as if they had actually put it on the album directly: not only does this version sound very good, as if we lived in an alternative universe where this WAS NEVER DELETED BY ACCIDENT, but The lyrics haven't aged a bit and in fact hit the nail on the head with the SAME problem as always. We easily forget that the music sounds great but the lyrics to it are depressing as hell. It aged well because it never aged: couple relationships, be they dating, married or even parents, in which their love life falls apart or falls apart or they even get divorced, and many ask to start from scratch as the music says. It is timeless music, as if it were thrown at you yesterday and it hits like a truck because it is an almost cyclical reality of humanity.
This is so awesome good love it, beautiful voice , thank you , love SD ❤🍀🥰
How many times does a guy have to replay a song before you get banned off TH-cam for playing the same song too often.?
It's not 4279 times ... I checked !
Those horns are just DIVINE!!!
ABSOLUTELY LUSCIOUS!!!!!
You guys hit a grand slam! I think Donald and Walter would be proud.
As an musician I can tell; THIS IS PARADISE. Steely Dan Forever.
Wow!!!
Mr Schnalien himself in the control room!
Divine groove! The drummer has that great Jeff Porcaro (RIP) thing going.
Great work all of you guys!
Hope Mr. Fagen doesn't take it off youtube (please Mr. Fagen, don't).
Michael Omartian is my hero.
the horns section is out of this world
This is out of this world! A truly great song brought back by an incredible group of musicians and organizers! Thanks a million for this!
0h YeeeeeYah!!:)* Great Post 📫, Scott Sheriff!! 😀~*
The Graydon-ish coda was a nice surprise. Also, it never occurred to me how much horns were missed on the original version. Great job to everyone involved.
Thanks for making a pro version in hq of a lost fuzzy tape capturing steely Dan in their prime.
I'm not sure if words can describe how awesome this is. I can easily hear this at the end of Gaucho.
As sad as it is to have lost the original mix, the online effort and collaboration that has happened in its absence is seriously inspiring and beautiful. That's what music is all about, amazing work guys. Hope Fagen sees these renditions someday.
Not sure he’s seen it, but he’s definitely heard it.
Love it! Anytime Ole Borud is involved, I'm all in!
I'm in awe gentleman, this is by far the best SD cover I've ever heard. To execute it at this level requires the degree of intense fanaticism and respect for the genius all of you obviously possess. Just brilliant, you put a smile on my face today. Total pros, one and all. Thank you for this gift.
Those horns are sexy af and fit in exquisitely with the song. Bravo lads, this is a brilliant session and you knocked it out of the park.
Pretty amazing fellas.
Ole should definitely become an honorary life Dan member. He is extraordinary, SO underrated! Bravo everyone!
The Norwegian Ole has strong yet crisp high voice. In harmony the three vocalists sounded so rich.
The guitar tone is just spectacularly good on this. Lifts the whole thing.
Mr Omartian is brilliant talking to Rick
Wonderful, you guys absolutely nailed the Steely Dan sound. Wish I could add this to my Steely Dan Gaucho album. Well done, guys.
Absokutely the best rendition! So far
Really, REALLY nice. The horn arrangement is very tasty and in line with how I imagine Don & Walt would would chart it. And of course the great Michael Omartian, who put his indelible stamp on Katy Lied and Pretzel Logic.
Rolls Royce music and performance, we want more ....please give us "The Third Arrangement" 🙂
Absolutely brilliant. You’ve all brought the lost track to life. Amazing job. Thank you for making the effort 👍
Simply superb and what a pleasure it was to see Michael Omartian play on piano who was a significant arranger and played on SD and Donald’s Albums.
I keep playing this all over again. Super musicians and great arrangements and production. Love this rendition.😀
This sounds so great! The band here is fantastic - NAILED the classic SD sound. Amazing. I particularly loved the voice of the vocalist on the first verse. He captured the Fagenisms so well! Love it. Great job, guys!
Great job getting the chords and harmonies correct, from a less than clear source. Really well done!
The horns arrangement and mixing sounds fantastic!
Just like listening to Steely Dan on the radio in high school. Thanks for adding to their world, and mine.
Fabulous song...excellent Musicians...great arrangement...what a combination. It really lifted me. Thank you guys...one and all.
Fantastic! This sounds every bit as good as I imagined the studio version could have sounded! Great job guys!
Oh my god you brought this to life. The boys would be so proud of you. Thank you!
It was refreshing to hear and watch another arrangement of The Second Arrangement.
I think I'm officially obsessed. Great job, everyone.
THAT is some serious playing. The mix is so so so good. Great job!
Fantastic! Think I have watched this 20 times already!
Me too ❤
What a wonderful tune
I can't stop listening to this...
WOW! That is just brilliant - thanks for bringing The Second Arrangement to life again
I love how I heard this for 1:28 then realized there was an upbeat guitar playing all the time :D
That's just 100% real Steely Dan feeling.
Great job gents!
Thank you so bloody much !!!!!! I want to cry . I’m so happy 😀 !
Just perfect!
The musicianship on display is phenomenal!!❤❤
Fantastic.
3:30 "Old Fri-ends" love it!!!!
Lost for words really, different class comes to mind. Thanks
Magic indeed.
I love Steely Dan and I LOVE what you all just did. Thank you for being!
I listen to this track almost everyday.
This is incredible! Brilliant!
This is absolute perfection!!
I just can't stop listening to this!
Absolutely fantastic! I am so happy multiple covers of this song came out to give us a fresh version of what would've been a killer track had it ever been finished - and this version currently sits at the top of my list!
Brilliant! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!!
Excellent!! so glad to hear someone breathe new life into this lost song. And even have an SD alumnus Michael Omartian with you - how could you go wrong?
Wow, SO good. Everyone nailed this. What a treat!
the chords, the phrasing, the vocal harmonies. It's that good old 'Dan Magic'.
Outstanding. Just...wow...well done!
Wow! After listening to second generation cassette copies and the DAT backup disc. It is such a pleasure to hear the song played with brilliant musicians. The vocals are stellar as well. A fantastic performance. Maybe donald could fly it again in forthcoming concerts. His band are even more capable. Cheers
Absolutely amazing! Love the horn charts! If I could add one thing it would be female vocalists on backing vocals, but this is just freakin’ GREAT! THANK YOU TO ALL INVOLVED!
Hopefully there would more content from the International Dan Collective. Love it a lot
Very nice job! Definitely has the unique Steely Dan sound dialed in. Josh Turner Guitar (& friends) also released a version of this one a day or two ago. It's definitely worth checking out.
Josh Turner & Friends version is good, but this one by the International Dan Collective has the edge in my book. Just a tad slower, a better fit to "the swing" in the piece. Vocals and horns also superior.
Yeah, but then you consider what JTG & friends were working with, vs. this group, and it's very impressive. Very.
Thx for the heads-up. Turner's version is outstanding.
@@bayouflier6641 Sure thing. Josh & his collaborators never disappoint, and never fail to impress (me, anyway).
Compared to the international Dan Collective Josh Turner and friends look like amateur newbies. I don’t know why they rate a mention here.
That segment from 3:03 to 3:32 is bliss
Amazing...I can't stop watching it.
WOW !! a superb performance of a great Dan track - Well done boys
Absolutely *first class!* Brilliant production all round! 😎👌
Fabulous, absolutely perfect.
Outstanding!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks so much for this !!!
been listening to this for a while now, you guys all really nailed it, this is incredible. Special praise to the guitar player, perfect tone 2:40. Incredible mix/mastering, really cool how you nailed the rhodes/phaser kind of thing in the background. Great job to all!!!
You guys are fantastic..please come and play for us in Henderson NV!!
That's beautiful and so Steely Dan! Very nice.
Just Amazing! and so loved! Thank ALL of You!
Oh my god. This is so great, made me cry. GOOD LORD!!
So, I am not the only one.
Fantastic all around. Mix sounds clean and bright. Well done!
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brilliant, absolutely Brilliant!
Now I see how great this track could have been. Much respect. 👍
Wow!!! What a great tribute to this unique lost treasure of an musical arrangement! A second arrangement, no less ... Excellent job, guys! So much talent on display, and even the videography is splendid! God what a great song on every level!
Damn…this is freaking Great!!!!
Perfection and grace.
thank you so so much for this! I played your version of this song on my wedding :>
FANTASTIC!! MANY THANKS!!!
Wow, just wow. So freaking good! Great arrangement of the Second Arrangement
Excellent 🎶🎶🎶🎶 Thanks so much for this great musical experience.
You guys nailed it. Fagen and Becker would approve.
This is absolutely outstanding.
So hip and so cool!
Mind blowing
Thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU!!!! Finally, we can listen to this great, laid back tune WITHOUT having to accept the original studio rough mix's (to me) absolutely intolerable wow and flutter from the world's crappiest cassette! Hearing how abysmal that original cassette sounded, I often wondered if it were a cassette copy of a cassette copy? I just cannot image ANY studio of that era producing a "client walks out the door with" after session, rough mix copy that sounded as baaaaad as that cassette did. Now... We have been blessed by Scott. What a fine performance as well. Please do record more. I really enjoy hearing competent covers!
Fantastic. Just love it.
Very nice, I enjoyed it so much. 👍
Wonderful Thank you
Amazing!!!