I won’t lie, it kind of chokes me up watching someone discovering Steely Dan and, in the moment, really appreciating the experience. Kudos to you, Jamel.
I commented almost the same thing on one of his other Steely Dan videos. It's like I'm reliving the beginning of my love for Steely Dan way back in the 70's. Great comment.
Say Word?! I came looking for exactly that mood elevation tonight after realizing I was hurtin a lil bit more than I thought. My mind was all over the place, dealing with some dark, stressful run-a-way thoughts. I played the original 1st...then watched his reaction vid. After my 2nd listen, and his joy of discovery...I was floating in the stratosphere.
My dad is such a huge Steely Dan fan that 20-25 years ago I can still remember that he listed his name in the phone book in Jackson Mississippi as Dan Steely, so his name would appear as “Steely, Dan” when you read it. I’m glad my pops is still here and I can still make memories with him. Steely Dan will always remind me of times with my dad
When I see younger TH-camrs reacting to music I think of the line, "She don't remember the Queen of Soul". It's always good to see people reacting to older music!
In this song, an older man is seducing a 19-year-old girl. He's a bit conflicted, as her inexperience frustrates him when she doesn't even remember Aretha Franklin. However, on this particular night and with the help of some Cuervo Gold tequila, everything is wonderful. Steely Dan used a variety of musicians on their albums. On this track, Hugh McCracken played guitar, Rick Marotta was on drums, and Victor Feldman and Steve Gadd added percussion. Walter Becker also added guitar, and Donald Fagen played the Fender Rhodes electric piano and the synthesizer. Roger Nichols, who was one of the engineers on the Gaucho sessions, fashioned a drum machine they used on this track. Dubbed "Wendel," it was one of the first of its kind, and it allowed them to record Rick Marotta's drum parts and play them back with perfect precision. The LM-1, which was the first programable drum machine sold to the public that sampled real instruments, was introduced in 1980, the year Gaucho was released, so many assumed that's what Steely Dan used. They didn't, but there was a connection. Roger Linn, who created the LM-1, told Songfacts: "By coincidence, Roger and I had both bought our first computers in around 1975 at a place called Computer Power and Light in Studio City, an area of Los Angeles. Wendel used that same computer and a early but high-quality digital audio interface, running a program he had written to enter simple looping beats on the screen. A very creative and talented guy." More songs from Steely Dan
The punch of those keyboards over this flow is DIVINE !! Those Jazz chords have such a sharp interjection in the announced phrase, yet it flows. It is like something is taking a bite out of your soul when those jazz chords drop on the electric organ, yet it is giving you something of benefit instead. Not easy to put into words. There is a Sincere smooth Rhythm here that is Universal. No ego/waste like todays music sells/tells you to be. Just pure flow of Truth. The ear hears that and that is where/why Steely Dan has put the effort in instead of a self fulfilling vanity adventure and a vain video. Pure to the origin. Well done Donald Fagen and Walter Becker and their 9 piece studio ace band. Timeless. Resonates with me. 🥳
Proud child, born in 68, and still remember hearing this on the radio....great memories. We late 60’s/70’s babies grew up in a great time, I wouldn’t choose another birth year if I could. ❤️ Loved this reaction video.
I was my husband's nanny. I was 17. He was 32. A yr later we married. Jamal U are my therapy.. I started watching these and I bought their whole body of work last week. They were so popular in the 70's There was so much great music then.
Jamel, thank you for doing so many Steely Dan reactions. I was a kid when Steely Dan was big, but their music still hits me hard. I really feel like it's a shared experience listening with you, bro. Much love.
Damn !!! I 'am 70 years old,.....and my favorite band is still steely dan,......seeing you enjoy the sound ,..the lyrics,....it makes me smile,.....you understand what makes this band and there music so great ! thanks Jamel !
Dude, you have to give Boz Scaggs' "Lowdown" a whirl, with lyrics if possible. That has some Steely Dan players on it, Jeff Porcaro (drummer from Toto to name one ... RIP). Well worth it.
Can't go wrong with Silk Degrees in general. That album is good to listen to start to finish. Outside that album I also like JoJo . That is another good song.
SteelyDan timeless music,this will still be listened to 50 years from now, takes me back to some beautiful times,in Arizona with a very beautiful women.
What a great time I had with you! I am 62 years old and for us, music was shared. We sat around a console stereo and played our records. I was very young when this came out and my older friends introduced this and many cuts to me. Traditionally I am a progressive rock based fan but groups like Steely Dan helped me cross over to jazz fusion, blues and jazz at a young age! Get it Jamal!!!! See them live if you can, they still got this!!!!! thank you again!
I once heard Black Friday at the mall at 10 am right when I walked in. I couldn't decide whether to smile or cringe. I started reflexively power walking. I think I suddenly got 30 years older.
Steve C Donald Fagen created one of the first drum machines which he named Wendel of all things. He did this so he could move each snare and kick hit independently and get everything exactly how he wanted it
@@SteveC-Shaman Fagen and Becker complained to their engineer Roger Nichols that they wished there was a perfect drumming machine, and Roger told them he could build them one. So, they forked over $150,000 and Roger disappeared for a little while, and came back with a computer called Wendel. It was the world's first drum sampling machine. It was brutally difficult to program as it was all done in assembly language, but it worked. You can hear it on this song, in addition to about half the other songs on Gaucho like Glamour Profession and Time Out Of Mind. An improved version was later developed and used on Donald Fagen's The Nightfly solo album. Essentially there is a mix of real drumming and drum replacement on these songs. The real drummers came up with the groove, and the perfected versions of it were used on the record.
I was 10-11 years old when I first was introduced to this masterpiece...my older brother introduced me to Steely Dan. Riding my brand new 10 speed bike on Christmas Day, listening to this song on my walkman ... I was 11 years old. I don't know what it was about this song, but riding my bike as free as I was, meant Independence, for me 👍👌
Babylon Sisters by Steely Dan has maybe the most greasy groove of all time. And brings a tear, for real. That track should be on the Steely Playlist for you man...
He’s an older guy, and being with a much younger woman of 19 initially makes him feel good, he feels younger, and confident because in his middle age, he can still attract beautiful young women; they can both enjoy the “Cuervo Gold” tequila and the “fine Columbian” cocaine, and that part is fun... but he’s finding out that beyond the fun partying they do together, they really haven’t much of anything in common at all, they don’t even have much to talk about. He’s finding out - with disbelief - that she’s so young, and so removed from his generation, that they aren’t in sync with each other, “we can’t dance together”... and that she doesn’t know the things which he thinks everyone should know, like who Aretha Franklin is, and he’s thinking, how is it possible that “she don’t remember The Queen Of Soul”...? so they can’t even do simple things together like listening to music. A classic Steely Dan track, and as usual, with a fantastic groove and great playing by the musicians, capped off with the stellar lyrics that Donald Fagan is known for. ❤️
These videos are the next best thing to hearing this stuff for the first time myself. Its fantastic that you are "getting it" immediately. No hard sell to convince you how supremely awesome Steely Dan is.
It's crazy to see someone NEW to Steely Dan and the fact that I couldn't picture my world, my childhood my music acumen my love and passion for music and SD having a MONUMENTAL influence on me. Albeit I'm 55 years old, I love that I have Steely Dan in my life and God Bless My Sister Beverly for introducing me to them. Rest In Peace Sis.
Steely Dan, such great music, so much content. Love your channel, reminding me of so many tunes I forgot about through life. And to see how you really understand the content, the music, and actually take time to listen ! If only this young generation would stop and listen. Not create a song in a day, create masterpieces , as long as it takes, with all those musical elements in it. Go reach them all Jamal ! ! They need to hear these and listen to you , take care
For the record, I've been watching your feed for some time now and have never seen you get down so much as when you're reacting to Steely Dan. I love it!
I danced to every song they did, swaying bumping grinded with the heart and soul of the players... Smiling from hours I was a bartender thru these years. Mother tended bar when I was kid. Music has been in my life for all 70 years of my life, and my 3 daughter life has been crazy good. Hugs to youJamal
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 Who’s listening to this awesome tune in 2021 ???? Way way way better than anything playing on pop radio these days. Man SD just got me into a very positive and much needed good vibe during these tough times we’re living in. 👍👍
The line about Aretha got overtaken by history 5 years after this song when the Queen of Soul had a big comeback with multiple top 10 hits and heavy rotation on MTV. So the "Hey Nineteen" girl would definitely have known about Aretha when she was 24, which is kind of amusing.
@mowgli2071 I'm not saying the irony of the song isn't spot on. (Steely Dan's favorite sport is mocking their own generation, after all). I just thought it was funny that 4 or 5 years later that same 19 year old would probably have MTV on and be hearing Pink Cadillac and Who's Zoomin Who a lot.
I love watching your reactions, Steely Dan is one on my favorite bands. As a sixty-six year old musician I lived their metaphor rich lyrics. Love your comment "Nineteen would be a number one hit today" Thank You
So Steely! Way back when, in '67, I was 15 years old, and the world was my oyster! When this was released in 1981, I already couldn't talk to 19. Now I'm so old I can't even talk to 59! Damn! I think it's time to put on the monk robes, and disappear into the forest. Bye, y'all !
So happy you played this song, I have tried to find this song forever. "Hey Nineteen"???? Fine Colombian, Cuervo Gold, I worked for a bottled water company in the 90's and about 100 of us went to Lake Powell every year for over 10 years. Good times, good people, Drinkin, Fishin, the moon over the water with the sandstone listening to steely Dan. Thank you so much for the memories.
Dude, I’ve been groovin’ to Steely Dan for 40 years! I am genuinely enjoying seeing a young man like yourself discovering the group, Steely Dan, for the first time. Even after 40 years of listening to their music it still moves me the way it seems to move you!!! Keep exploring and discovering!!!!
I cannot thank you enough for these videos and the ability to see your reaction. I was just 10 or so when I first heard this stuff and fell in love back then. I love seeing the happiness in your face listening. Thanks.
Great reaction! You nailed it.. older guy seeing a younger girl, and how that isn't as easy as it might seem. This was from the last Steely Dan album (Gaucho) from the initial run, and was them at their most smooth and polished. Some people prefer their grittier stuff from the earlier albums - I personally think they peaked with Aja (the album before this one - with Peg, Deacon Blues, Josie, etc..), but do like this album a lot.
I love that Jamel gets the lyrics and digs the grooves from the get go. Plus, he feels the humor in the lyrics too. The "where the hell am I" in this song and the gas in the car bit on Kid Charlemagne he got snap quick.
Steely Ben? haha! I love your reactions! You know good music when you hear it! They were one of my first concerts I ever went to there was Steely Dan, Chuck Barry, and Sha-na-na, that was one of my favorite concerts. I became a big fan after that concert.
yes indeed he shouts out to Steely Ben.. because when you click on the original video in link and you want to watch it and it's full size.. he is the uploader that's made it possible that Jamal is watching.. Steely Ben is the name of the TH-cam channel💃😉
These videos watching you listening to Steely Dan are amazing! I was so lucky growing up and having all of their albums thanks to my dad. I would pick a new one every weekend and report back my favorite songs. Keep up the good work!
I have just been binge watching as many of Jamal’s Steely Dan reactions tonight - 2 hours! Holy shit! Low your enthusiasm, how you completely get it., how much it affects you You so genuinely love this - it’s like we are hearing it for the first time. I grew up with the Dan Completely in my dna The complex lyrics,, stellar musicianship and compositions. These guys are the Rogers and Hammerstein, Lennon and McCartney of the 70s It is hillarious when you get to the Aretha Franklin part. Don and Walt were 30 at the time I’ll let your imagination figure out what “skate a little lower now” means There is a page with lots of deep interpretations of the songs called Fever dreams. - quick search I can’t find it
This is my absolute favorite song, I was introduced to Steely Dan by a much older man, a very good friend of mine, when I was 19. Ironic I know. But sho my whole world opened up that year and so many steely dan songs captured every memory I had becoming a musician and gigging and doing festivals - jamming this in the tour bus.
I was a little kid,around 5-10 years old when these guys were putting music out. Bands putting music out like this were my anthems,my groove. Nothing like this era of music. My older cousin kept albums like this on heavy rotation to keep me educated on the fine art of this era. Never will be another era like it again when musicians actually cared about the intricacies of their music .A hallmark of many classic rock bands.
Listen to their wonderful music and you realize they are such fantastic storytellers. Their songs describe such colorful characters from all walks of life. Steely Dan performs with such perfectionism and flawless production; pure genius.
Lee Salerno I think it had to with cocaine which is produced a lot in Colombia. The late 1970’s early 80’s was the peak of the cocaine culture so to speak. Plus it was a very social drug that went well with hard liquor like tequila as implied in the song. The narrator ‘s use of cocaine and alcohol. Made him more confident and talkative with this 19 year old girl.
I have heard Steely Dan since I was a kid but some how this seems to be the first time I have really listened to them! Wish I had been paying more attention to them for all these years!! Thanks 😊
@@murraywestenskow2896 I think it more a case of him getting older and the girls staying the same age. 😂 The rest of the song is clearly about the age difference.
Gotta make this reference. If you've ever seen Half Baked.... " Have you ever listened to Steely Dan ? Have you ever listened to Steely Dan on Weed ? " I HAVE ! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I won’t lie, it kind of chokes me up watching someone discovering Steely Dan and, in the moment, really appreciating the experience. Kudos to you, Jamel.
I commented almost the same thing on one of his other Steely Dan videos. It's like I'm reliving the beginning of my love for Steely Dan way back in the 70's. Great comment.
Right? They were soooooo good.
Yes 😆 He’s gr8 👍 Loves it❗️😆🤣
I agree... I've been watching him everyday now... This was my youth... Loving it
I've never been into reaction videos but I can't stop watching him hear steely dan for the first time the do it again walk off killed me
I was nineteen when this came out; now I'm just growing old. Damn it.
Me too...steely Dan still speaking to my soul after 4 more decades x
Me too
You and me both. Vietnam Era veteran. Yet both Steely Dan fans!
Can’t even find sole survivors on Apple Music lol
Enjoy the journey, my brother, believe in Jesus
Steely Dan never fails to put me in a better mood than the one I was in.
Love and Love me some more. The best music to take on a road trip.
Amen to that!
So relaxing
Right?! Tellin you!
Say Word?! I came looking for exactly that mood elevation tonight after realizing I was hurtin a lil bit more than I thought. My mind was all over the place, dealing with some dark, stressful run-a-way thoughts. I played the original 1st...then watched his reaction vid. After my 2nd listen, and his joy of discovery...I was floating in the stratosphere.
....."skate a little lower now!"....I remember those days at the roller rink....mirror ball, pretty girls...and this jam. ;)
Thought I was alone.. haha
We lived it.
And though many experienced it, very few remember it. Respect.
Remember those days at the rink lol. And this was the song!
It’s not that kind of skating…😆
Who else starts hearing the song as they click the notification?
My dad is such a huge Steely Dan fan that 20-25 years ago I can still remember that he listed his name in the phone book in Jackson Mississippi as Dan Steely, so his name would appear as “Steely, Dan” when you read it. I’m glad my pops is still here and I can still make memories with him. Steely Dan will always remind me of times with my dad
Props to yr Pops ! 😃
My dad also!!!!! I grew up listening to my dad always jamming SD...... In Memphis TN ♥️
"Y'all were groovin' back in the day!" ...oh yeah. It was awesome!
Steely Dan were light years ahead of their time , and probably the classiest band ever 🙏
Agree 100%
Light year is a measure of spatial distance.
Still true, though.
And now your generation knows how our generation feels trying to explain this music to y'all.
The equivalent might be Jamel saying to some young girl, "The hell you mean, 'who is Mary J. Blige'?" LOL
And also how far downhill today's music has gone. It's crap.
@@ront4782 Preach!
.....and wait for the fine Ecuadorian!
@@maxgalarza9955 fine Colombian
Thank God, sober for 30+ years. I love this music more now than when I was using other "things" to be happy
When I see younger TH-camrs reacting to music I think of the line, "She don't remember the Queen of Soul". It's always good to see people reacting to older music!
Agree with you.
In this song, an older man is seducing a 19-year-old girl. He's a bit conflicted, as her inexperience frustrates him when she doesn't even remember Aretha Franklin. However, on this particular night and with the help of some Cuervo Gold tequila, everything is wonderful.
Steely Dan used a variety of musicians on their albums. On this track, Hugh McCracken played guitar, Rick Marotta was on drums, and Victor Feldman and Steve Gadd added percussion. Walter Becker also added guitar, and Donald Fagen played the Fender Rhodes electric piano and the synthesizer.
Roger Nichols, who was one of the engineers on the Gaucho sessions, fashioned a drum machine they used on this track. Dubbed "Wendel," it was one of the first of its kind, and it allowed them to record Rick Marotta's drum parts and play them back with perfect precision.
The LM-1, which was the first programable drum machine sold to the public that sampled real instruments, was introduced in 1980, the year Gaucho was released, so many assumed that's what Steely Dan used. They didn't, but there was a connection. Roger Linn, who created the LM-1, told Songfacts: "By coincidence, Roger and I had both bought our first computers in around 1975 at a place called Computer Power and Light in Studio City, an area of Los Angeles. Wendel used that same computer and a early but high-quality digital audio interface, running a program he had written to enter simple looping beats on the screen. A very creative and talented guy."
More songs from Steely Dan
Great info on Steely Dan.
Thank you.
Someone explained to me that Steely Dan wasn't a band, just a vibe or feeling created by 2 great song writers.
The production and collaboration that goes into Steely Dan is so perfect it should honestly be religious.
@@sans_person I think they're right up there with Tull and Rush and ELP.
“Rikki don’t lose that number” great Steely Dan song. Don’t forget “Reeling in the years”!!
Gotta do Reelin' in the Years! been waiting for that one!
@@clothbound.connoisseur ditto - it's older and surprisingly jamming
@@scottstewart5784 it was my ring tone in college haha. Very fun song
That beginning guitar lick on "Reelin'," iconic and instantly recognizable.
And FM. He has to do FM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey COVID-19...
No we can't dance together...
LoL
HAH nice
@@justacup8676 pls take me along when my mask falls down
The Cuervo gold, the hydrochloroquine
The Soul Survivors was an R&B soul band out of Philadelphia. They had one hit in 1967 called "Expressway to Your Heart".
I noticed that typo too
the blues brothers put that song on their album because it was early r&b, according to elwood. lol
I agree - the lyric should be "Hard times befallen the Soul Survivors",
I forced the band I was in to play "Expressway to Your Heart" and let me sing it with my damn bass, yes I did. What a ham I was. I loved singing it.
SD's music is like a perfectly furniture house or apartment, nothing to add, nothing to remove, it's just perfect.
I remember falling to sleep to this, when this hit American Top 40 and Casey Kasem couldn't stop talking about it. This is totally the Jam.
The punch of those keyboards over this flow is DIVINE !!
Those Jazz chords have such a sharp interjection in the announced phrase, yet it flows.
It is like something is taking a bite out of your soul when those jazz chords drop on the electric organ, yet it is giving you something of benefit instead. Not easy to put into words.
There is a Sincere smooth Rhythm here that is Universal.
No ego/waste like todays music sells/tells you to be.
Just pure flow of Truth.
The ear hears that and that is where/why Steely Dan has put the effort in instead of a self fulfilling vanity adventure and a vain video.
Pure to the origin. Well done Donald Fagen and Walter Becker and their 9 piece studio ace band. Timeless.
Resonates with me. 🥳
Proud child, born in 68, and still remember hearing this on the radio....great memories. We late 60’s/70’s babies grew up in a great time, I wouldn’t choose another birth year if I could. ❤️ Loved this reaction video.
1967 here, you know - 'way back when in 67' - Love this tune. You're right - the best of times.
Jeff Schmidt Exactly! My sisters were 1965 and 1962 so we had the 60’s covered.
I was my husband's nanny. I was 17. He was 32. A yr later we married. Jamal U are my therapy.. I started watching these and I bought their whole body of work last week. They were so popular in the 70's There was so much great music then.
Me too I was 17 in 1974 and my husband was 32. I was his nanny. He was divorced
Jamel, thank you for doing so many Steely Dan reactions. I was a kid when Steely Dan was big, but their music still hits me hard.
I really feel like it's a shared experience listening with you, bro. Much love.
That's called craft. Artistry. Genius. Why music can heal through reflection
You got to it. This is a theme song to a lot of us. Steely Dan lamenting the changes we all age through.
absolutely!!
My late hubs was 20 yrs older & used 2 sing that line 2 me all the time!😀He was a DAN MAN & this was his fave!
Damn !!! I 'am 70 years old,.....and my favorite band is still steely dan,......seeing you enjoy the sound ,..the lyrics,....it makes me smile,.....you understand what makes this band and there music so great ! thanks Jamel !
Dude, you have to give Boz Scaggs' "Lowdown" a whirl, with lyrics if possible. That has some Steely Dan players on it, Jeff Porcaro (drummer from Toto to name one ... RIP). Well worth it.
Actually, the musicians on Lowdown became Toto.
Can't go wrong with Silk Degrees in general. That album is good to listen to start to finish.
Outside that album I also like JoJo . That is another good song.
FACTS!
Boz Scaggs Loan Me A Dime with Duane Allman on guitar ,just awesome !!!!
Yes to Boz!
SteelyDan timeless music,this will still be listened to 50 years from now, takes me back to some beautiful times,in Arizona with a very beautiful women.
So happy to see you continuing your trip with Steely Dan. ❤️
What a great time I had with you! I am 62 years old and for us, music was shared. We sat around a console stereo and played our records. I was very young when this came out and my older friends introduced this and many cuts to me. Traditionally I am a progressive rock based fan but groups like Steely Dan helped me cross over to jazz fusion, blues and jazz at a young age!
Get it Jamal!!!! See them live if you can, they still got this!!!!! thank you again!
"I'm just growing old..." How I feel every time I end up at a mall or college sporting event.
I once heard Black Friday at the mall at 10 am right when I walked in. I couldn't decide whether to smile or cringe. I started reflexively power walking. I think I suddenly got 30 years older.
@@Margar02 Was it Black Friday? The irony of the busiest shopping day of the year with a song about getting away from everybody would be awesome.
@@One_Proud_Papa no it wasn't but it was around the holidays
I've often said "Nice!" just like in the song.
I really love watching YOU love Steely Dan. When I first learned where their name came from, I looked for innuendos in each song
Steely Dan..."Do it again"
Yes, we were certainly groovin' back then, my brother. Thanks for this reaction. I never get tired of the smooth sound.
Groovin' back in the day, huh? Just bear in mind: there's no auto-tune and no drum machines on any Steely Dan track.
Steve C Donald Fagen created one of the first drum machines which he named Wendel of all things. He did this so he could move each snare and kick hit independently and get everything exactly how he wanted it
@@mitchellmortenson2481 don't think he developed it ... paid for it maybe, and I believe that was for the Gaucho album...
@@SteveC-Shaman Fagen and Becker complained to their engineer Roger Nichols that they wished there was a perfect drumming machine, and Roger told them he could build them one. So, they forked over $150,000 and Roger disappeared for a little while, and came back with a computer called Wendel. It was the world's first drum sampling machine. It was brutally difficult to program as it was all done in assembly language, but it worked. You can hear it on this song, in addition to about half the other songs on Gaucho like Glamour Profession and Time Out Of Mind. An improved version was later developed and used on Donald Fagen's The Nightfly solo album. Essentially there is a mix of real drumming and drum replacement on these songs. The real drummers came up with the groove, and the perfected versions of it were used on the record.
don't need anything except 'The Original Purdie Hitmaker Drum Machine'
Steve C- Fagen would laugh at you nostalgia-addicts rambling about how music used to be “real” and “authentic”.
So much love for Steely Dan!!
' the Cuervo Gold, the fine Colombian, makes tonight a beautiful night,, , say it again!'
I was 10-11 years old when I first was introduced to this masterpiece...my older brother introduced me to Steely Dan. Riding my brand new 10 speed bike on Christmas Day, listening to this song on my walkman ... I was 11 years old. I don't know what it was about this song, but riding my bike as free as I was, meant Independence, for me 👍👌
I've been writing music for thirty years and to this day the biggest thrill I get is watching good people get down with the groove. Excelsior!
“Do It Again”
"Babylon Sisters"
"FM"
"Home At Last"
Oh man! "Home At Last" does my head in, every time.
Kayak Uprising Peg
@@YummyBaer Yessir, only reason i didn't list it is because i saw him react to it in another video already. Love Peg.
Major dude and kid charlemagne all the way.
Bad Sneakers
Steely Dan is in my top 5! You hear this music exactly the same way I do! I love watching your videos!!!!!!!!!
Babylon Sisters by Steely Dan has maybe the most greasy groove of all time. And brings a tear, for real. That track should be on the Steely Playlist for you man...
If I close my eyes it is the 70's and I am at the rink skating to this song i grew up in a magical time
He’s an older guy, and being with a much younger woman of 19 initially makes him feel good, he feels younger, and confident because in his middle age, he can still attract beautiful young women; they can both enjoy the “Cuervo Gold” tequila and the “fine Columbian” cocaine, and that part is fun... but he’s finding out that beyond the fun partying they do together, they really haven’t much of anything in common at all, they don’t even have much to talk about.
He’s finding out - with disbelief - that she’s so young, and so removed from his generation, that they aren’t in sync with each other, “we can’t dance together”... and that she doesn’t know the things which he thinks everyone should know, like who Aretha Franklin is, and he’s thinking, how is it possible that “she don’t remember The Queen Of Soul”...? so they can’t even do simple things together like listening to music.
A classic Steely Dan track, and as usual, with a fantastic groove and great playing by the musicians, capped off with the stellar lyrics that Donald Fagan is known for.
❤️
Fine Columbian refers to Columbian weed not coke.
You are a poetic narrator. Well done Broseph.
DonFormica - no such thing as “Fine Columbian Weed”! 🤣
Cocaine was Peruvian, not Colombian. ..Pot was Colombian and cost about $60.00 an oz.
@@hmonster1XL Messed up there, bro.
One of things I love about Steely Dan is, every one of their songs tells a story. The lyrics make the song, the music comes from the words.
This was skating rink music back in the 70's. They always Steely Dan from this period at the rink. ( skate a little lower now)
These videos are the next best thing to hearing this stuff for the first time myself. Its fantastic that you are "getting it" immediately. No hard sell to convince you how supremely awesome Steely Dan is.
It's crazy to see someone NEW to Steely Dan and the fact that I couldn't picture my world, my childhood my music acumen my love and passion for music and SD having a MONUMENTAL influence on me. Albeit I'm 55 years old, I love that I have Steely Dan in my life and God Bless My Sister Beverly for introducing me to them. Rest In Peace Sis.
Liked before I even watched. Babylon sisters next, you will not be disappointed.
casey miller agree
Yeah everyone whose wasted time on this fun channel are awaiting so fine, so young
Same.
Might be my favorite song by them
Steely Dan - Two against nature.. great song. Steely Dan is one of my favorite bands. I'm always in the mood for them..
Steely Dan, such great music, so much content. Love your channel, reminding me of so many tunes I forgot about through life. And to see how you really understand the content, the music, and actually take time to listen ! If only this young generation would stop and listen. Not create a song in a day, create masterpieces , as long as it takes, with all those musical elements in it. Go reach them all Jamal ! ! They need to hear these and listen to you , take care
Man this was on every DJ's play list at the roller skate rink I went to when I was much younger, I have a copy of this album
For the record, I've been watching your feed for some time now and have never seen you get down so much as when you're reacting to Steely Dan. I love it!
Steely Dan is music you don't want to end. I can listen to it all day and night and still not get enough. I am so happy you are enjoying their music.
This is the one I was waiting for!
Me too, from the great album Gaucho. 👍👍👍
I danced to every song they did, swaying bumping grinded with the heart and soul of the players...
Smiling from hours
I was a bartender thru these years.
Mother tended bar when I was kid.
Music has been in my life for all
70 years of my life, and my 3 daughter life has been crazy good.
Hugs to youJamal
Josie is another great Steely Dan tune!
I love watching you. I feel the same emotions every time I hear Steely Dan.
Thank you for your excellent musical analysis.
Hands down all time favorite Steely Dan! 💟☮️
Funny... Now that I'm 60, that song is even more profound. 🤣🤗✌️🙃
This song gives me gentleman's club flash backs.
I want to see an ELO video! Do ya and telephone line
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 Who’s listening to this awesome tune in 2021 ???? Way way way better than anything playing on pop radio these days. Man SD just got me into a very positive and much needed good vibe during these tough times we’re living in. 👍👍
The line about Aretha got overtaken by history 5 years after this song when the Queen of Soul had a big comeback with multiple top 10 hits and heavy rotation on MTV. So the "Hey Nineteen" girl would definitely have known about Aretha when she was 24, which is kind of amusing.
But nobody remembers The Soul Survivors tho... 🤣🤣🤣
Especially if she saw "Blues Brothers"
@mowgli2071 I'm not saying the irony of the song isn't spot on. (Steely Dan's favorite sport is mocking their own generation, after all). I just thought it was funny that 4 or 5 years later that same 19 year old would probably have MTV on and be hearing Pink Cadillac and Who's Zoomin Who a lot.
also:
Freeway of Love
I Knew You Were Waiting (w/George Michael)
STEELY DAN,s songs are like a raft that you hop into ,reluctantly , and it just takes you on down the river ever so gradually!! SO SMOOTH!
I love watching your reactions, Steely Dan is one on my favorite bands. As a sixty-six year old musician I lived their metaphor rich lyrics. Love your comment "Nineteen would be a number one hit today"
Thank You
The genius of Steely Dan and the “adorableness” of Jamal. What could be better!!!
I'm laughing so hard, I'm crying..... I love Jamal.
What a great groove! What great harmonies!
Donald Fagen's solo tracks "I.G.Y" and "New Frontier" are a perfect follow-up from "Hey Nineteen." From the same period.
I FREAKING LOVE "New Frontier"
Same! Looks like you're really wailing on that guitar...
Itelkner I.G.Y. Great song!
Love watching this guy hear my favorite music for the fast time...pure joy
Drinking and...other things. “The fine Colombian” indeed.
Yeah! He skipped that Colombian reference. HAHAHA! I ain't hatin' on bro though. LOL!
Fine Colombian picture for reference plz
It was the ‘80s!
Ha ha
Columbian booger sugar
I have'nt heard a bad Steely Dan song! Thank you so much for introducing many people to a one-of-a-kind group
So Steely! Way back when, in '67, I was 15 years old, and the world was my oyster! When this was released in 1981, I already couldn't talk to 19. Now I'm so old I can't even talk to 59! Damn! I think it's time to put on the monk robes, and disappear into the forest. Bye, y'all !
So happy you played this song, I have tried to find this song forever. "Hey Nineteen"???? Fine Colombian, Cuervo Gold,
I worked for a bottled water company in the 90's and about 100 of us went to Lake Powell every year for over 10 years. Good times, good people, Drinkin, Fishin, the moon over the water with the sandstone listening to steely Dan. Thank you so much for the memories.
GREAT POST Jamel! Thank you for posting this great song my brother! You are the man! 😍
Thank you for the LOVE Heart my Brother! I LOVE your videos! 😍
Jamel You need to react to Adam Levine doing Purple Rain, tribute to Prince at Howard Stern's Birthday party. He SHREDDED that song!!!
Dude, I’ve been groovin’ to Steely Dan for 40 years! I am genuinely enjoying seeing a young man like yourself discovering the group, Steely Dan, for the first time. Even after 40 years of listening to their music it still moves me the way it seems to move you!!! Keep exploring and discovering!!!!
Time for: *Bodhisattva, Reelin’ in the Years, Rikki Don’t Lose That Number*
Rikki Don't Lose That Number is a classic
I cannot thank you enough for these videos and the ability to see your reaction. I was just 10 or so when I first heard this stuff and fell in love back then. I love seeing the happiness in your face listening. Thanks.
I love Jamel’s reaction to this. He’s feeling the groove. Rick Marotta’s drumming gives this song such a funky feel.
this song will always be relevant because this will be a shared experience til the end of time
Great reaction! You nailed it.. older guy seeing a younger girl, and how that isn't as easy as it might seem. This was from the last Steely Dan album (Gaucho) from the initial run, and was them at their most smooth and polished. Some people prefer their grittier stuff from the earlier albums - I personally think they peaked with Aja (the album before this one - with Peg, Deacon Blues, Josie, etc..), but do like this album a lot.
What musicians in the 70's had soul. So glad I grew with music of the 70's-80's
I love that Jamel gets the lyrics and digs the grooves from the get go. Plus, he feels the humor in the lyrics too. The "where the hell am I" in this song and the gas in the car bit on Kid Charlemagne he got snap quick.
Steely Ben? haha! I love your reactions! You know good music when you hear it! They were one of my first concerts I ever went to there was Steely Dan, Chuck Barry, and Sha-na-na, that was one of my favorite concerts. I became a big fan after that concert.
yes indeed he shouts out to Steely Ben.. because when you click on the original video in link and you want to watch it and it's full size.. he is the uploader that's made it possible that Jamal is watching.. Steely Ben is the name of the TH-cam channel💃😉
Trucker Kev The Paid Tourist Oh,Haha, got it! 👍🏼
Now throw “Any Major Dude Will Tell You” on, and you’ll have the Steely Dan greats covered.
These videos watching you listening to Steely Dan are amazing! I was so lucky growing up and having all of their albums thanks to my dad. I would pick a new one every weekend and report back my favorite songs. Keep up the good work!
I have just been binge watching as many of Jamal’s Steely Dan reactions tonight - 2 hours!
Holy shit!
Low your enthusiasm, how you completely get it., how much it affects you
You so genuinely love this - it’s like we are hearing it for the first time.
I grew up with the Dan
Completely in my dna
The complex lyrics,, stellar musicianship and compositions.
These guys are the Rogers and Hammerstein, Lennon and McCartney of the 70s
It is hillarious when you get to the Aretha Franklin part.
Don and Walt were 30 at the time
I’ll let your imagination figure out what “skate a little lower now” means
There is a page with lots of deep interpretations of the songs called Fever dreams. - quick search I can’t find it
I LOVE this song!!! In my top 5 of Steely Dan. "....skate a little lower now..."
I love Steely Dan! My favorite band of all time!
This is my absolute favorite song, I was introduced to Steely Dan by a much older man, a very good friend of mine, when I was 19. Ironic I know. But sho my whole world opened up that year and so many steely dan songs captured every memory I had becoming a musician and gigging and doing festivals - jamming this in the tour bus.
Dive into the rabbit hole of the Steve Miller Band
Fly like an eagle, the joker and keep rocking me baby. Just a few to get you started 😉
Swingtown as well
I was a little kid,around 5-10 years old when these guys were putting music out. Bands putting music out like this were my anthems,my groove. Nothing like this era of music. My older cousin kept albums like this on heavy rotation to keep me educated on the fine art of this era. Never will be another era like it again when musicians actually cared about the intricacies of their music .A hallmark of many classic rock bands.
“Any Major Dude Will Tell You”
me mcm such a good song. Parker’s band and through with buzz are some others that are great.
Yes!
I'm a major dude and I approve of this request! 👍🍻😁
When the demon is at the door in the morning it won't be there noooooooo more.
Yesssss!!
Listen to their wonderful music and you realize they are such fantastic storytellers. Their songs describe such colorful characters from all walks of life. Steely Dan performs with such perfectionism and flawless production; pure genius.
The "Fine Colombian " Gold was the smoke of the 70s and 80s ;)
Lee Salerno I think it had to with cocaine which is produced a lot in Colombia. The late 1970’s early 80’s was the peak of the cocaine culture so to speak. Plus it was a very social drug that went well with hard liquor like tequila as implied in the song. The narrator ‘s use of cocaine and alcohol. Made him more confident and talkative with this 19 year old girl.
I have heard Steely Dan since I was a kid but some how this seems to be the first time I have really listened to them! Wish I had been paying more attention to them for all these years!! Thanks 😊
Older men don't date 19 year old girls for the conversation.
No they don't. However the unavoidable dribble of word from their mouth can kill the deal.
The song begins - "way back when - in '67" - It's an older guy reminiscing about when he was in college, and the 19 year old girls he knew.
@@theivory1 lol right! All it takes is one "like totally" to kill the mood!
@michael dowson Weightlifting practise?
@@murraywestenskow2896 I think it more a case of him getting older and the girls staying the same age. 😂 The rest of the song is clearly about the age difference.
Yo bro it’s a joy to watch you discover this music. Good music never dies, it just gains new listeners 😋
Gotta make this reference.
If you've ever seen Half Baked....
" Have you ever listened to Steely Dan ? Have you ever listened to Steely Dan on Weed ? "
I HAVE ! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I am right now
You must listen to it on weed to truly feel it and maybe some tequila as well LOL!!
@@prosperitynow979
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I FEEL YA !
Every musician I know love Steely Dan. They are great writers and such talented musicians. 💞✌
Lol, Jamel. You got the meaning. Like ny friend used to say "You're quick to catch on, no matter how long it takes!" 😁
this flows like water. be careful with Steely Dan, don"t take long to be hooked for life, like me, 65 years old and still
loving it all
SD has so many great songs. This and "Do it again" are among my favorites.
Deacon blues