It's easy to forget sometimes how many great songs a particular band has until you watch reactions channels. It's like experiencing them for the first time all over again.
If I may....... this song is 48 years old. It is as relevant as the day it was released. Steely Dan has a unique ability to make songs that are virtually...... ageless. Their albums are tightly performed, mixed and produced.
@@Nightcrawlerfive Good point. I grew up in a time when you would get a girl's phone number on a cocktail napkin. Some guys even carried a "Little Black Book" to put girl's phone numbers in. That is a bygone era for sure.
Jeff Baxter's guitar solo on this song is possibly my favorite solo in rock. Pure finesse and impeccable technique. Larry Carlton's guitar work on "Kid Charlemagne" is also phenomenal. By the way, Jay Graydon played the solo on "Peg." Great work, guys. Cheers!
@@hog7203 I've only heard his new version of "My Old School." It's decidedly a rockier take. It's hard to do a cover of an iconic Dan song like that one. It's not all that impressive, but you have to appreciate the attempt.
Really liked your intelligent analysis! Steely Dan was such a tight band. Immaculate in their execution. Just a smooth journey in the hands of professionals, haha.
They produced so many beautiful ,memorable songs in a short 8year time frame from 1972 until 19880 until they went there separate ways.Not a bad song on any of their albums with many people having different favourites.
The songs of my youth. Wish I could have appreciated it more at the time, but when it was continuously on the radio, it was totally taken for granted. Thank you for letting me hear it again through your eyes.
Steely Dan has perfect placement of every instrument, every lyric, and Donal Fagan’s mellow voice to bring it all home. Add it all up, they are musical geniuses!
Beautiful! So many cool details.The guitarist is Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - known for his work with the Doobie Bros. "My Old School" is another SD classic. Thank you guys!
I'm in my 70's now and have bought hundreds of albums in the last fifty odd years. Pretzel Logic is definitely one of the special ones, just love the album, Night by Night, Through With Buzz, Barrytown, With a Gun and the superb title track.
Story, met husband of 37 years in a ticket line at outdoor concert. I asked him a question about the line, he turned around, we kept talking and the rest is history. Anyway, I wrote my number in lipstick on a piece of paper he gave me, I kept asking him for the rest of the concert, aren't you hungry? go and buy your burger, no he said. 5 years later, he showed me his food ticket which he kept in his wallet, with my phone number on the back! That part about mail the number to yourself, makes me think of our story, every time
Great song! Classic Steely Dan. "Rikki..." has elements of "Song For My Father," a bossa nova jazz song, by pianist Horace Silver. Also on the same album (Pretzel Logic) as "Rikki...", "Night By Night" is a real banger! Seismic funk, rock, rhythm, and blues! Some more SD gems.."Pretzel Logic" "Green Earrings" "Bodhisattva" "Dirty Work" "Kid Charlemagne"
All their albums ( although I'm not crazy about Everything Must Go 😒) are fantastic, as with a lot of bands, Doobies, Eagles for example, it's their earlier stuff l like the most.
It's a classic for sure. If you like soft songs with great vocals, chorus and guitar react to 'Third World Man' off Gaucho. The last song on their last album of their 1972-80 heyday. You will enjoy it I'm sure.
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Great reaction. All their songs a great. Maybe try “Time Out of Mind”. Stella Dan albums always were produced and arranged on such a high level. Thanks
Beg, Borrow, or Steal the $$ to see The Dan at the Hollywood Bowl! It is an utterly amazing experience! And every time (since 1972 and "Can't Buy A Thrill") . . . a true pleasure in life!
A great jazz band that is approachable is the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Their song "Take Five was the biggest selling jazz single in history and got a lot of air play on the radio in the early 60's.
Awesome reaction & song! You really need to hear The Clash! Some of their popular songs: *London Calling, Rock The Casbah, Should I Stay or Should I Go, Train In Vain, I Fought The Law.* Also, you love Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac~ Tusk is a must! Absolutely fantastic & the video (must see!) is a lot of fun.
Guys, if you're not into jazz but want a really cool classic you could do a reaction to, pick a song like Dave Brubeck - Take Five. It would actually be really cool to see you react to that one. Appreciate your reactions, it's obvious how much you really enjoy music and the observations at the end are always interesting! That's why it would be interesting to watch you react to more "out there" music as an alternative to all the old school rock 💪
Always liked Steely Dan since their debut, but over the years they've become one of my favorite bands. I love their deep cuts, as much as their hits. And I don't have a favorite album. Whichever one I'm listening to at the time is my favorite.
I watch a lot of reaction channels and I really like the way you do your reaction. I'm glad you don't interrupt the song very much at all yet you have a reaction throughout. Also this is one of my all-time favorite songs. Someone else said Steely Dan is their own genre and I think that says it perfectly. I think you'll really enjoy Any Major Dude by Steely Dan.
I wish you would react to just 2 songs… really 3… but I’ll settle for 2. 1. Donny Hathaway, A Song For You and… 2. Player, and their song, Baby Come Back. Please guys.
I hope you will do more Linda Ronstadt….. maybe some Bonnie Raitt. Nice Patrick 😁😎🤗Imagery is great George 😎😘😘Crystal Gayle is another female vocalist who can belt one out. Linda Ronstadt does Blue Bayou….amazing range and voice carry……❤️❤️❤️😘😘🥰😎
The opening piano also heard in other parts of the song was actually taken from Horace Silver's "Song for my father".These guys obviously grew up listening to the jazz greats.👍🏼🎶🎹
I remember getting my first phone number from a guy and he was all..don’t lose this number…back before cel phones and mom wanted to know who was calling and why!
Hey guys, first of all im a big fan of your Reaction to older songs, keep that great work! Ive got a question, where did u get this Picture wall with all the Album Covers from ? Searching for something like this ^^ Greeting from Germany!
"Rikki Don't Lose That Number", he doesn't say my number, whose mysterious number is it? Perhaps the mutual friend in town? Nods to Eric Clapton, "We can go driving down Slow Hand row", Clapton's nick name is "Slow Hand", mid song, the prominent guitar starting the instrumental solo, sounds like Clapton, it's only 35 seconds listen for it. "Pretzel Logic" is such a good album, "Any Major Dude Will Tell You". "Countdown To Ecstasy" another great album. Actually 7 great Steely Dan albums.
Check out a group called "liquid visions" they got that psychedelic rock Pink Floyd sound. "Walk like an angel" "paralyzed" " yellow sunshine paper man" a few tracks by them that carry u
It's easy to forget sometimes how many great songs a particular band has until you watch reactions channels. It's like experiencing them for the first time all over again.
I disagree.
@@alanstrom2221 hmm 🤔
Come on guys... You are hearing the best music, decades 60s, 70,80, 90s.....now not exist this kind of music.....
If I may....... this song is 48 years old. It is as relevant as the day it was released. Steely Dan has a unique ability to make songs that are virtually...... ageless. Their albums are tightly performed, mixed and produced.
Well, the relevance of losing someone's phone number is kind of lost. Now it would be "Rikki don't delete that number".
@@Nightcrawlerfive Good point. I grew up in a time when you would get a girl's phone number on a cocktail napkin. Some guys even carried a "Little Black Book" to put girl's phone numbers in. That is a bygone era for sure.
Steely Dan is in a class by itself. Songs are expertly constructed musically.
Ever since I first heard this song in 1974 I've always thought of it as a quiet masterpiece.
This is the best Steely Dan song and I love this band so much! they are very underrated
Jeff Baxter's guitar solo on this song is possibly my favorite solo in rock. Pure finesse and impeccable technique. Larry Carlton's guitar work on "Kid Charlemagne" is also phenomenal. By the way, Jay Graydon played the solo on "Peg." Great work, guys. Cheers!
Skunk has a new solo album out.
@@hog7203 I've only heard his new version of "My Old School." It's decidedly a rockier take. It's hard to do a cover of an iconic Dan song like that one. It's not all that impressive, but you have to appreciate the attempt.
Some experts have mentioned that this is as perfect a song that has ever been recorded. I tend to agree.
My favorite American Band! All their Albums are amazing masterpieces ❤️
Steely Dan is very underrated ban they are brilliant and this is my absolute favorite song from them
LOVE Steeley Dan, especially THIS song.
Steely Dan's songs are exquisitely crafted, they are the musicians musicians. Thanks guys
I've heard Steely Dan songs described as having "exactly the right number of notes". Couldn't agree more!
This was their break through song on the radio. This is what made Steely Dan famous world wide.
It wouldn't have been the 70s without Steely Dan.
Absolutely
It’s a fusion of Blues, Rock & Jazz. They do it so well !!!
I love it when people Discover Steely Dan
Really liked your intelligent analysis! Steely Dan was such a tight band. Immaculate in their execution. Just a smooth journey in the hands of professionals, haha.
My favorite song by Steely Dan. This was a hit in the 80s.💗🌹
Yes, you are so right! "Imaginative, magnificent, unusual & full of details." Beautiful comments, sirs. Bravo.
They produced so many beautiful ,memorable songs in a short 8year time frame from 1972 until 19880 until they went there separate ways.Not a bad song on any of their albums with many people having different favourites.
This is one of them songs that takes you back to that place in time, everytime I hear it, my stomach gets a knot in it.
Bro's, you'll love their "Josie", "Kid Charlemagne" and "Black Cow"!!!!
Jeff Baxter played the guitar solo on 'Rikki'...he also works for the US Pentagon on technical matters like radar for detecting rocket attacks.
The songs of my youth. Wish I could have appreciated it more at the time, but when it was continuously on the radio, it was totally taken for granted. Thank you for letting me hear it again through your eyes.
I coined a phrase that best describes this band for me: You never grow out of Steely Dan...you grow into them!
Woo hoo! I will always love this song. I still remember the words, I owned the album. 😁❤️
I've had the album for nearly 50 years, still love it!
Steely Dan has perfect placement of every instrument, every lyric, and Donal Fagan’s mellow voice to bring it all home. Add it all up, they are musical geniuses!
Beautiful! So many cool details.The guitarist is Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - known for his work with the Doobie Bros. "My Old School" is another SD classic. Thank you guys!
Yes, definitely , My Old School.
You guys should check out Steely Dan, "Dirty Work" from 1972. It's another one of their amazing songs!
I was 5 in '74 and loved this song...!
(Parents played good music all the time)
Patrick , you have an excellent ear mimicking lyrics you like after hearing them .
I'm in my 70's now and have bought hundreds of albums in the last fifty odd years. Pretzel Logic is definitely one of the special ones, just love the album, Night by Night, Through With Buzz, Barrytown, With a Gun and the superb title track.
Story, met husband of 37 years in a ticket line at outdoor concert. I asked him a question about the line, he turned around, we kept talking and the rest is history. Anyway, I wrote my number in lipstick on a piece of paper he gave me, I kept asking him for the rest of the concert, aren't you hungry? go and buy your burger, no he said. 5 years later, he showed me his food ticket which he kept in his wallet, with my phone number on the back! That part about mail the number to yourself, makes me think of our story, every time
Takes me right back to being 13. Love this song. What a mood.
You have great tastes lads, LOVE your reactions, my favourite music forever
Steely Dan is fire
BTW, that guitar solo at the end... that was about take 200... literally.. they were perfectionist..
AND NOT JUST ARRANGEMENT BUT ALSO THEIR OWN UNIQUE SOUND FOR SURE GUYS! :) SOMETHING ABOUT THIS SONG FOR ME OVER 45 YEARS NOW
HEYYYYYYYYYYY!!! LOL :) MY FAVORITE STEELY SONG, YESSSSS GUYS! :) LOVE IT
A brilliant bass line and player on all their songs,....
It paints a picture................................................it really does.
Great song! Classic Steely Dan. "Rikki..." has elements of "Song For My Father," a bossa nova jazz song, by pianist Horace Silver. Also on the same album (Pretzel Logic) as "Rikki...", "Night By Night" is a real banger! Seismic funk, rock, rhythm, and blues! Some more SD gems.."Pretzel Logic" "Green Earrings" "Bodhisattva" "Dirty Work" "Kid Charlemagne"
All their albums ( although I'm not crazy about Everything Must Go 😒) are fantastic, as with a lot of bands, Doobies, Eagles for example, it's their earlier stuff l like the most.
You're right guys. With The Dan you are never quite sure where the song is going to go next.
...and of course, "Any Major Dude Will Tell You."
You guys are hitting on great special treasures.
They are just hitmakers with immense talent….
Riki was actually a married, pregnant woman that never called.
I love this song! Brings back fond memories of Middle School ❤️
Same here!
Steely Dan is timeless. My favorite band back then when these songs were first released, and they're still my favorite today.
It's a classic for sure. If you like soft songs with great vocals, chorus and guitar react to 'Third World Man' off Gaucho. The last song on their last album of their 1972-80 heyday. You will enjoy it I'm sure.
Absolutely my favorite Steely Dan song!
Gorgeously sophisticated song, and how perceptive your review!
Hey Boys 👋 just subscribed to your channel after coming across it...and having been catching up absolutely loved your reaction to the Wonderful Queen/Freddie videos..lots of love from a boiling hot London 🔥🥵 ♥🇬🇧
Good choice to subscribe Maureen! Their reactions are awesome! Have fun catching up!
104 in London, hang in there! Hugs from Florida.
@@xkcman Hey Florida 👋 hugs from London 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 😎
..."Black Cow" "Black Friday" "My Old School" "Dr. Wu" "Haitian Divorce" "The Bear" "Hey Nineteen"...
Razor Boy, Night by Night, Caves of Altamira, Peg, Black Friday, the list goes on and on!
Steely Dan/My Old School STUDIO VERSION
One of their best, that's for sure!
Old School has an impressive, funky sounding guitar solo.
Great reaction. All their songs a great. Maybe try “Time Out of Mind”. Stella Dan albums always were produced and arranged on such a high level. Thanks
Beg, Borrow, or Steal the $$ to see The Dan at the Hollywood Bowl! It is an utterly amazing experience! And every time (since 1972 and "Can't Buy A Thrill") . . . a true pleasure in life!
I was lucky enough to see SD live before the lockdown a couple years ago. 😃
Great reaction. This came out the year I was born. It's hard to believe. I was 31 when I first heard it. I made up for lost time.
This was such a big hit in the 80’s. Nice❤🎶
'Midnight Cruiser' and 'Dirty Work" are my favorite Steely Dan songs...this is a goodie too
A great jazz band that is approachable is the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Their song "Take Five was the biggest selling jazz single in history and got a lot of air play on the radio in the early 60's.
Love your reactions! More Steely Dan please! 😎💖
I inherited this song from my dad. ❤️
Awesome reaction & song!
You really need to hear The Clash! Some of their popular songs: *London Calling, Rock The Casbah, Should I Stay or Should I Go, Train In Vain, I Fought The Law.*
Also, you love Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac~ Tusk is a must! Absolutely fantastic & the video (must see!) is a lot of fun.
YES YES YES The Clash please!!
@@sheilathailand1903 I don’t think they’ve reacted to any bands _like_ The Clash… I really hope they give them a listen! 🖤
Guys, if you're not into jazz but want a really cool classic you could do a reaction to, pick a song like Dave Brubeck - Take Five. It would actually be really cool to see you react to that one. Appreciate your reactions, it's obvious how much you really enjoy music and the observations at the end are always interesting! That's why it would be interesting to watch you react to more "out there" music as an alternative to all the old school rock 💪
Always liked Steely Dan since their debut, but over the years they've become one of my favorite bands. I love their deep cuts, as much as their hits. And I don't have a favorite album. Whichever one I'm listening to at the time is my favorite.
The perfect song
I watch a lot of reaction channels and I really like the way you do your reaction. I'm glad you don't interrupt the song very much at all yet you have a reaction throughout. Also this is one of my all-time favorite songs. Someone else said Steely Dan is their own genre and I think that says it perfectly.
I think you'll really enjoy Any Major Dude by Steely Dan.
This is my favorite band. Saw them many times. Fave song is Gaucho
Peg was Larry Carlton, Rikki was Skunk Baxter
"ANY MAJOR DUDE WILL TELL YOU"......Please!
(I've been with you since 500 subs)
I wish you would react to just 2 songs… really 3… but I’ll settle for 2.
1. Donny Hathaway, A Song For You
and…
2. Player, and their song, Baby Come Back.
Please guys.
THE MAIN GUITAR IS PLAYED BY ( JEFF BAXTER ) KNOWN AS SKUNK, GUITARIST FOR THE DOOBIES :)
That guitar was Skunk Baxter !
You guys might also like the song 'Any Major Dude Will Tell You', for the sam album.
..."Don't Take Me Alive" "Babylon Sisters" "Here At the Western World" "Time Out Of Mind" (more)
Drivers Ed cars , with am radios, all the stations playing this song, Takes me straight back, so many times did I hear "Rikki" those two weeks.
I hope you will do more Linda Ronstadt….. maybe some Bonnie Raitt. Nice Patrick 😁😎🤗Imagery is great George 😎😘😘Crystal Gayle is another female vocalist who can belt one out. Linda Ronstadt does Blue Bayou….amazing range and voice carry……❤️❤️❤️😘😘🥰😎
Would rather hear them do Someone to Lay Down Beside Me or Desperado. Blue Bayou is too overexposed
SD Greatest Band in the LAND!!!!
The opening piano also heard in other parts of the song was actually taken from Horace Silver's "Song for my father".These guys obviously grew up listening to the jazz greats.👍🏼🎶🎹
Guitar solo. Wow.
Would love to party with you guys 😂
I remember getting my first phone number from a guy and he was all..don’t lose this number…back before cel phones and mom wanted to know who was calling and why!
YOU'VE DONE 7 IT LOOKS LIKE GUYS!😊 HERE'S SOME MORE : JOSIE, BLACK COW, PRETZEL LOGIC, GREEN EARRINGS, BODHISATVA :) THERE YA GO, ENJOYYYY!
Hey guys, first of all im a big fan of your Reaction to older songs, keep that great work! Ive got a question, where did u get this Picture wall with all the Album Covers from ? Searching for something like this ^^ Greeting from Germany!
Curved Air - Young Mother (1971)
"Rikki Don't Lose That Number", he doesn't say my number, whose mysterious number is it? Perhaps the mutual friend in town? Nods to Eric Clapton, "We can go driving down Slow Hand row", Clapton's nick name is "Slow Hand", mid song, the prominent guitar starting the instrumental solo, sounds like Clapton, it's only 35 seconds listen for it. "Pretzel Logic" is such a good album, "Any Major Dude Will Tell You". "Countdown To Ecstasy" another great album. Actually 7 great Steely Dan albums.
Members of TOTO had plenty of work with this great American band.......before they became famous themselves..
If you guys want to get into jazz, go slowly and let it sink in. John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, and John McLaughlin.
Please check out Steely Dan's Kid Charlemagne❤
Try Night By Night by Steely Dan 😎
Check out a group called "liquid visions" they got that psychedelic rock Pink Floyd sound. "Walk like an angel" "paralyzed" " yellow sunshine paper man" a few tracks by them that carry u
Stan Getz (Body & Soul) is an amazing Jazz instrumental everyone should hear.
The epitome of a short list classic. It never gets tiresome to hear.
Guys listen to Th Eagles New Kid In Town next! New sub here guapos!
u guys need react fresh air by quicksilver messenger service
Hell yea!! Anyway, Steely Dan
This song has a background, maybe you should look into it. Kind of long to describe here.
Pretzel Logic is an excellent tune..check it out