Yeah, the rabbit hole of boredom, snorting coke on yachts with sleazy yuppies listening to fake jazz and yammering on about the good old days and how much money they’re making. No thanks, but have a good time. Hope you don’t catch VD.
@@bjwnashe5589 I am 62, never snorted coke, never been on a yacht, and certainly not a sleazy yuppy and the music of Steely Dan is my favorite. Guess you got it all wrong Mr. Pessimist. Oh, yes. Your VD comment is crude and speaks volumes about who you truly are. Ken
Steely Dan is one of the few, rare bands that flipped all expectations of what progressive rock is supposed to be. Instead of writing long, epic songs with heavy keyboards and classical influences, they incorporated elements of jazz and melodic pop into a unique musical experience. In addition to their musicianship, they were also meticulous about their production values in the studio, which is why their catalog is revered among audiophiles worldwide. Great reaction! And you're only beginning. The album 'Aja' is a true masterpiece.
Walter Becker and Donald Fagan were known to, once they got a sound in their collective head had actually been known to occasionally spend a whole day of studio time trying to find it. When the day was done, and everybody went home. they called in a whole new group of musicians to come in the next day and see what they could do with it. Unfortunately we lost Walter a few years back but Donald is still playing
As a teenager in the 70s, Steely Dan was just awesome, and still is!! Timeless, distinctive music, so relevant today. We just don't have this quality of music now, really miss these bands!! Loved listening to this music on my cassette player in my car, especially when driving longer distances to college.
First song I ever heard by this group was on the radio, and it was Reelin' In The Years, which I thought was great! It's a good song to listen to, as is Peg. Simple name. Rikki Don't Lose That Number is good, too. Thanks for your usual good choice of songs to try out, and God bless you!
You are right, the beat never changed, but by doing both a sitar solo and an organ solo on top of the beat, it sounds active and moving. This was their very first track on their very first album, and it was a surprise huge hit.
"Do It Again" by Steely Dan and "The Remembering" by YES inspired me to buy an electric sitar for Christmas one year. I haven't played it in years now...I have tingling in my fingers and can't really feel the strings anymore. My sitar, acoustic guitar, Les Paul, and bass guitar are retired now.
It is not a real sitar. It is a special (6 string) electric guitar created to sound like a sitar made by Danelectro. It is tuned as a "guitar" so it is easy for guitar players to play... vs. A Sitar, which is completely different- in tuning, strings, bridge, everything. Danelectro made electric basses and guitars and was popular in Britain.
To this day the Aja album is my test music for any speakers or headphones I'm considering. They were such perfectionists that they complained multiple times about the Katy Lied album as they felt the compression on the finished product was "off".
I got goosebumps just watching ya'll react to this tune...and believe me, it's just the beginning...this is one rabbit hole that you will absolutely LOVE - thanks for the reaction and take care
Highly recommended by Steely Dan: Black Cow, Dr Wu, Rikki Don't Lose That Number, FM, Green Earrings, Kid Charlemagne, Peg, West of Hollywood, Aja, Home at Last, Babylon Sisters, Glamour Profession, Don't Take Me Alive, Haitian Divorce, Caves of Altamira, Bad Sneakers, Chain Lightning, Your Gold Teeth, Pretzel Logic, Everything Must Go, Almost Gothic, Lunch With Gina, Your Gold Teeth II, Your Gold Teeth I, Bodhisattva, Only a Fool Would Say that, Reelin in the Years, Pretzel Logic, Time Out of Mind, Hey 19, Jack of Speed, Pixeleen, Razor Boy. You cannot LOSE!
Love this reaction ! Been a Steely Dan fan from the first time I heard them . Saw them live once and it was the best !!! Thanks for making me smile . I needed that
It is nice to see that The Dan's ability to cause spontaneous dancing has not diminished over time. My friends and I had the same reaction the first time around, way back in the day.
I was young , very young when this song came out, and its fantastic watching younger and younger people appreciate real music, made on real musical instruments !
A truly iconic song. This one grows on you, and doesn’t let you pull it's roots out of your soul. Amazing thing is, many Steely Dan songs have this affect. This power. You've already received a lot of suggestions for more SD songs to react to. Their "Aja" album is spectacular.
The second lead section was a keyboard with some reverb and production tricks to give it that sound. Beautiful stuff. Welcome to the long Steely Dan journey.
Rabbit hole. Certainly one of the best songwriters in pop/jazz/rock history. Donald Fagen ( and Walter) is a legend. Dozens of great songs. Ever heard 'Deacon Blues'? I'm glad you found them, simply one of the best.
Steely Dan was primarily two guys who used a turnstile of the best of the best studio musicians from album to album, and even song to song. Best drummers, best guitarists, often having several play the part before the selected the best one they liked. Endlessly replaying several takes before mixing. A fusion of jazz and rock with some excellent lyrics.
Thank you two very much. I grew up on Steely Dan and enjoyed your reaction as much as the music. GF rocks! Had a Polish GF whose accent was worth the price of admission. You sound Eastern Euro. I'll be back for more!!
One of the great bands. This was early in the career. It's good to start with the early stuff and move into the later ones so you can see their growth. They have so many great songs. You should listen to their albums, in whole, to see how every song is masterful.
Steely Dan! ❤❤ I remember hearing these songs on the radio for the first time! Hoping they would play it again soon. Watching you react to hearing them it for the First time is cool😉 Late 60’s and 70’s is the best era of music! We’ll never see that explosion of talent and creative musicians ever again. Keep Going You won’t be disappointed!
Funny story about Steely Dan. They got their name from a steam powered sex toy featured in a cheesy romance novel called "Naked Lunch" by William S. Burroughs.
Now I'm curious what butter on a smooth burger tastes like, ty Carol lol ! But also great reactions from both of you, Steely Dan is quite an experience in and of themselves.
Their Album "Aja" is considered by many to be one of the greatest albums of all time. It's up there with Led Zep 4 and Boston's first and there is nothing "Rocking" about it. Just a tremendous listening experience. A little jazzy, RnB, some south of the border and rock elements, Pop and their own special "sauce." Take a listen with us.
Saw them in concert in 1975 in Michigan. Best performance I ever saw! They did three encores and the crowd went wild. Later they were spotted in a local 24-hour coffee shop. I was so pissed I missed them.
The two of you were bobbing in sync from the get-go. Carol looked like an exotic Middle Eastern dancer. With her hair and hands swaying in the air. MY OLD SCHOOL, TIME OUT OF MIND, and definitely FM should be on your playlist. Keep going and enjoy
I always thought of Steely Dan as the first (and arguably the best) jazz-rock fusion band, which definitely was a trend during the '70's and beyond. Jeff Beck, for example, took up the jazz-rock fusion genre (see Blow By Blow and Wired albums).
They were an actual band for the first 3 albums,after that it was just Donald Fagen and Walter Becker writing incredible songs and bringing in a plethora of ace studio assassins to record them. Fagen and Becker were notoriously demanding of always getting it to sound just right to their ears. One person in the music industry once dubbed them the "...Manson and Starkweather of rock and roll..." That meaning Charles Manson,whom I assume you have heard of,and Charles Starkweather,who was an infamous mass murderer of the same time period. So,yeah,they weren't the most cuddly dudes in the industry,haha. That solo you were trying to place the sound of,it was done by Fagen on a Yamaha YC-30 organ with a sliding pitch control. The "guitar solo" was actually an electric sitar played by Denny Dias. The Dan are all over the place musically,but they always find their way back to jazz elements,as Fagen and Becker both considered Dave Brubeck to be a huge influence.
Hey man, if you find yourself busy playing all those guitars and equipment behind you, I can give Carol a personal crash course on all things Steely Dan, as I am a long time big fan and have seen Steely Dan live in concert over 20 times. 😜
For me this is their 2nd best song. First sure is Aja, their stairway to heaven, also one of my favorite songs ever. Looking forward to your reaction of it.
One of the deepest rabbit holes you can find. Steely Dan is its own genre, because they blended styles like no one ever had before or since. No one’s ever tried to sound like them because it’s not possible. This is one of the first 2 albums I ever bought for myself in 1973, when I was 14.
Oh wow Steely Dan ! In 1990 my wife and I emigrated from UK to Australia. We stopped off on the way in Hawaii for 1 week holiday to break the journey. We rented a Pontiac Firebird 2 seater convertible sports car for the week and almost every day we would drive from Waikiki to the north shore to Sunset Surf Beach . The only cassette tape we had with us was a Steely Dan compilation which we played over and over in the car for the whole week. Ever since, for over 30 years, whenever I hear Steely Dan, it takes me straight back to Oahu, Hawaii, 1990, driving through the pineapple plantation in a beautiful red convertible with the top down, with my gorgeous young wife, ray bans on, music blaring, to the surf beach on the other side of the island. It was the best time in my life, very happy memories ! It’s amazing how music does that huh ! 😀❤
Steely Dan created their own genre.
Nah, just jazz-inflected rock.
YAAAAH 70s SMOOOOOOTH
@@DJ-bj8kuJazz. R&B, Latin, Eastern, and more. They blended it all.
It’s “intelligent” rock…kinda like Pink Floyd. It’s just not easily duplicated.
You’ve started down a rabbit hole with Steely Dan. !!!!!!
Yeah, the rabbit hole of boredom, snorting coke on yachts with sleazy yuppies listening to fake jazz and yammering on about the good old days and how much money they’re making. No thanks, but have a good time. Hope you don’t catch VD.
Big time. So good. So many bangers.
@@bjwnashe5589Wow, you really told him. Try removing that stick you got shoved up your rear end before commenting.
@@bjwnashe5589 I am 62, never snorted coke, never been on a yacht, and certainly not a sleazy yuppy and the music of Steely Dan is my favorite. Guess you got it all wrong Mr. Pessimist. Oh, yes. Your VD comment is crude and speaks volumes about who you truly are.
Ken
@@bjwnashe5589 Oh yeah? What do you listen too?
It never ceases to amaze me how hip and cool this song still sounds after 52 years, to every generation.
Do more Steely Dan you won’t regret it.
Couldn't agree more
Love Carol's chair dancing, do it girl
This is a group that many other groups admire!
Steely Dan is one of the few, rare bands that flipped all expectations of what progressive rock is supposed to be. Instead of writing long, epic songs with heavy keyboards and classical influences, they incorporated elements of jazz and melodic pop into a unique musical experience. In addition to their musicianship, they were also meticulous about their production values in the studio, which is why their catalog is revered among audiophiles worldwide. Great reaction! And you're only beginning. The album 'Aja' is a true masterpiece.
Walter Becker and Donald Fagan were known to, once they got a sound in their collective head had actually been known to occasionally spend a whole day of studio time trying to find it. When the day was done, and everybody went home. they called in a whole new group of musicians to come in the next day and see what they could do with it. Unfortunately we lost Walter a few years back but Donald is still playing
“Don’t take me alive”. One of the best intro solos in rock.
I teared up 😢 watching you folks enjoying this groovy masterpiece 😊
As a teenager in the 70s, Steely Dan was just awesome, and still is!! Timeless, distinctive music, so relevant today. We just don't have this quality of music now, really miss these bands!! Loved listening to this music on my cassette player in my car, especially when driving longer distances to college.
First song I ever heard by this group was on the radio, and it was Reelin' In The Years, which I thought was great! It's a good song to listen to, as is Peg. Simple name. Rikki Don't Lose That Number is good, too. Thanks for your usual good choice of songs to try out, and God bless you!
Carol is a 'dream come true'.
She's like I dream of genie... but 2024😎
It's been said many times that Steely Dan is your favorite bands favorite band.
I grew up in the 70s. My first album was Steely Dan “Aja”. I wore the album out. Thanks! Much love.🎷🙏🏼🇺🇸
If I were ever stranded on a desert island. I would choose Aja as one of the 8 disks I would listen to for the rest of my life
You are right, the beat never changed, but by doing both a sitar solo and an organ solo on top of the beat, it sounds active and moving. This was their very first track on their very first album, and it was a surprise huge hit.
Possibly my favorite guitar solo of all time, and it's not even a guitar. Shout out to Denny Dias on the electric sitar.
Bodhisattva is right up there. Denny and Skunk shredded it.
I believe it’s actually an electric sitar which makes it so distinctive.
He was really blowing doors off with that solo, the Coral Electric sounded great.
"Do It Again" by Steely Dan and "The Remembering" by YES inspired me to buy an electric sitar for Christmas one year.
I haven't played it in years now...I have tingling in my fingers and can't really feel the strings anymore.
My sitar, acoustic guitar, Les Paul, and bass guitar are retired now.
It is not a real sitar. It is a special (6 string) electric guitar created to sound like a sitar made by Danelectro. It is tuned as a "guitar" so it is easy for guitar players to play... vs. A Sitar, which is completely different- in tuning, strings, bridge, everything. Danelectro made electric basses and guitars and was popular in Britain.
Back in the 70's and 80's stores that sold stereo equipment always played steely dan because it made there products sound the best.
To this day the Aja album is my test music for any speakers or headphones I'm considering. They were such perfectionists that they complained multiple times about the Katy Lied album as they felt the compression on the finished product was "off".
I got goosebumps just watching ya'll react to this tune...and believe me, it's just the beginning...this is one rabbit hole that you will absolutely LOVE - thanks for the reaction and take care
Steely Dan - Peg!!! Hey Nineteen!!! Deacon Blues!!!
Carol would have fit right in with us back in the 70"s! She has the rhythm and the moves! lol
I was there. You're so right.
Me too!
Highly recommended by Steely Dan: Black Cow, Dr Wu, Rikki Don't Lose That Number, FM, Green Earrings, Kid Charlemagne, Peg, West of Hollywood, Aja, Home at Last, Babylon Sisters, Glamour Profession, Don't Take Me Alive, Haitian Divorce, Caves of Altamira, Bad Sneakers, Chain Lightning, Your Gold Teeth, Pretzel Logic, Everything Must Go, Almost Gothic, Lunch With Gina, Your Gold Teeth II, Your Gold Teeth I, Bodhisattva, Only a Fool Would Say that, Reelin in the Years, Pretzel Logic, Time Out of Mind, Hey 19, Jack of Speed, Pixeleen, Razor Boy. You cannot LOSE!
Violence, bad love, gambling - a trifecta of bad habits put to an infectious groove that you can’t break out of.
They are the gods of Rock//Jazz fusion! 😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Love this reaction ! Been a Steely Dan fan from the first time I heard them . Saw them live once and it was the best !!! Thanks for making me smile . I needed that
You guys caught the groove. It carries you along on a magic carpet to an exotic place.
That was so much fun to watch you guys enjoying one of my favorites
get in the Dan rabbit hole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! groovy bby
And this was just the beginning.....
One of the best guitar solos ever!
It is nice to see that The Dan's ability to cause spontaneous dancing has not diminished over time. My friends and I had the same reaction the first time around, way back in the day.
One of the most iconic guitar solos
I was young , very young when this song came out, and its fantastic watching younger and younger people appreciate real music, made on real musical instruments !
This chic shows every emotion in her facial expressions a rear quality indeed,
A "blast from the past" with a hypnotically catchy tune!
Im 67 from Memphis,grew up with great music like Steely Dan. Unique sound, little jazz infusion and a tinge of Asia as well❤
Glad you started with this song. 😄 You'll appreciate the variety of Steely Dan going forward. 🤗 This will be a fun Rabbit Hole. 🥰🐰
A truly iconic song. This one grows on you, and doesn’t let you pull it's roots out of your soul.
Amazing thing is, many Steely Dan songs have this affect. This power.
You've already received a lot of suggestions for more SD songs to react to.
Their "Aja" album is spectacular.
The 1970s were a golden cornucopia of musical goodness and Steely Dan produced the most luscious of the fruit
The second lead section was a keyboard with some reverb and production tricks to give it that sound. Beautiful stuff. Welcome to the long Steely Dan journey.
That electric sitar solo... come on! This has to be at the top of the best "guitar" solos in history. Just incredible.
Steely Dan, tricking young people into listening to jazz for almost half a century. I'm here for it.
Oh yeah steely dan this is about my thousandth time I am hearing this the best of the best!!!!
Supertramp are worth a listen 😉
Rabbit hole. Certainly one of the best songwriters in pop/jazz/rock history. Donald Fagen ( and Walter) is a legend. Dozens of great songs. Ever heard 'Deacon Blues'? I'm glad you found them, simply one of the best.
I was listening to this in 1972😂
Always loved their music
Great moves, Carol!!!
Nice to see you both really getting into the groove.
Kudos!...👍👍😁😁
One of the best bands without being a group. Wonderful song, thanks!
Steely Dan is your favorite bands favorite band.
Genre, Fusion. Rock and jazz...... My favorite band.
Dive deep the The Dan. It’s an unbelievable ride. I’ll be there with you👍🎸😎🇨🇦
Their AJA album is a vinyl party. Listen to it the whole thing in that atmosphere and I guarantee you you will enjoy your party and the music.🎉😂❤
Steely Dan was primarily two guys who used a turnstile of the best of the best studio musicians from album to album, and even song to song.
Best drummers, best guitarists, often having several play the part before the selected the best one they liked. Endlessly replaying several takes before mixing.
A fusion of jazz and rock with some excellent lyrics.
Thank you two very much. I grew up on Steely Dan and enjoyed your reaction as much as the music. GF rocks! Had a Polish GF whose accent was worth the price of admission. You sound Eastern Euro. I'll be back for more!!
Some of the finest music ever produced. Pure musical genus.
Sweet as Tennessee whiskey and smooth as strawberry wine!
Do a deep dive on these guys..You won't regret it!
I first heard thia over fifty years ago and it's still fresh
The beautiful girl grooves so perfectly.
Hi. New subscriber! Awesome song! That burger talk did make me hungry!😂😋
Steely Dan songs are so well built
One of the great bands. This was early in the career. It's good to start with the early stuff and move into the later ones so you can see their growth. They have so many great songs. You should listen to their albums, in whole, to see how every song is masterful.
Steely Dan! ❤❤
I remember hearing these songs on the radio for the first time! Hoping they would play it again soon.
Watching you react to hearing them it for the First time is cool😉
Late 60’s and 70’s is the best era of music! We’ll never see that explosion of talent and creative musicians ever again.
Keep Going You won’t be disappointed!
Funny story about Steely Dan. They got their name from a steam powered sex toy featured in a cheesy romance novel called "Naked Lunch" by William S. Burroughs.
You keep reacting to this band and you will remember for the rest of your life.
Now I'm curious what butter on a smooth burger tastes like, ty Carol lol ! But also great reactions from both of you, Steely Dan is quite an experience in and of themselves.
Definitely do more Steely Dan. Their stuff is gold!
Steely Dan is one of the best bands of all time! This was their first hit. Many, many others to follow, my friends.
P. S. You are a lucky man, Elie. 😀
Timeless Vibe...
More , please and thank you!
I’m glad you are listening to more groups there are so many Led Zepplin is good but there are so many.
Great, marvelous, wonderful. You've finally made to the DAN. NEXT, AJA, BLACK COW, KID CHARLEMAGNE. Thank you guys, I love you.
Oooohh! Many great songs here CC. Always thought their lyrics were clever. Great musicians always on their tracks.
Carol you got the moves girl!!!!
You two are so lovely together! 💙 Best wishes, A Total Danhead 🎧
Their Album "Aja" is considered by many to be one of the greatest albums of all time.
It's up there with Led Zep 4 and Boston's first and there is nothing "Rocking" about it.
Just a tremendous listening experience.
A little jazzy, RnB, some south of the border and rock elements, Pop and their own special "sauce."
Take a listen with us.
There are dozens of outstanding Steely Dan songs. Let me recommend Kid Charlemagne, Josie, Peg... there's no end. Disfrute!
Smooth jazz-rock-reggae with dark undertones. Superb production and perfectionists in the studio. We will never see another Steely Dan.
There is no reggae in this tune.
Saw them in concert in 1975 in Michigan. Best performance I ever saw! They did three encores and the crowd went wild. Later they were spotted in a local 24-hour coffee shop. I was so pissed I missed them.
The two of you were bobbing in sync from the get-go. Carol looked like an exotic Middle Eastern dancer. With her hair and hands swaying in the air. MY OLD SCHOOL,
TIME OUT OF MIND,
and definitely FM should be on your playlist. Keep going and enjoy
Tons of tunes from them but for some reason FM always grabs me best.
@@McShaganpronouncedShaegen ICarol will definitely bop-along with FM.
Steely Dan is awesome!!
I grew up with this music! Love seeing them react to it!
I always thought of Steely Dan as the first (and arguably the best) jazz-rock fusion band, which definitely was a trend during the '70's and beyond. Jeff Beck, for example, took up the jazz-rock fusion genre (see Blow By Blow and Wired albums).
Great musicians. Unique guitar sound.
I am 57. Still miss real America of the 70’s! Simple!😉👍
They were an actual band for the first 3 albums,after that it was just Donald Fagen and Walter Becker writing incredible songs and bringing in a plethora of ace studio assassins to record them. Fagen and Becker were notoriously demanding of always getting it to sound just right to their ears. One person in the music industry once dubbed them the "...Manson and Starkweather of rock and roll..." That meaning Charles Manson,whom I assume you have heard of,and Charles Starkweather,who was an infamous mass murderer of the same time period. So,yeah,they weren't the most cuddly dudes in the industry,haha.
That solo you were trying to place the sound of,it was done by Fagen on a Yamaha YC-30 organ with a sliding pitch control. The "guitar solo" was actually an electric sitar played by Denny Dias.
The Dan are all over the place musically,but they always find their way back to jazz elements,as Fagen and Becker both considered Dave Brubeck to be a huge influence.
Luv your podcast and enjoy your journey to the classics
can't go wrong with steely dan - thanks!
Home at Last is my favorite Steely Dan song
My Old School... Another Steely Dan classic, one of many.
Look up how they recorded the drums. Crazy. Thanks y'all.
Hey man, if you find yourself busy playing all those guitars and equipment behind you, I can give Carol a personal crash course on all things Steely Dan, as I am a long time big fan and have seen Steely Dan live in concert over 20 times. 😜
For me this is their 2nd best song. First sure is Aja, their stairway to heaven, also one of my favorite songs ever. Looking forward to your reaction of it.
My favorite band. I've been listening to them since 1971.
One of the deepest rabbit holes you can find.
Steely Dan is its own genre, because they blended styles like no one ever had before or since. No one’s ever tried to sound like them because it’s not possible.
This is one of the first 2 albums I ever bought for myself in 1973, when I was 14.
Such a great Vibe to this song...Love the lyrics!
This Song s dope , gets me on the street driving with a beer and thinking about the secrets of life hehe
Amazing band I loved this album so much back in the day!
Oh wow Steely Dan !
In 1990 my wife and I emigrated from UK to Australia. We stopped off on the way in Hawaii for 1 week holiday to break the journey.
We rented a Pontiac Firebird 2 seater convertible sports car for the week and almost every day we would drive from Waikiki to the north shore to Sunset Surf Beach .
The only cassette tape we had with us was a Steely Dan compilation which we played over and over in the car for the whole week.
Ever since, for over 30 years, whenever I hear Steely Dan, it takes me straight back to Oahu, Hawaii, 1990, driving through the pineapple plantation in a beautiful red convertible with the top down, with my gorgeous young wife, ray bans on, music blaring, to the surf beach on the other side of the island.
It was the best time in my life, very happy memories !
It’s amazing how music does that huh ! 😀❤
This album is probably in everyone’s top 10.Try “ Reelin’ in the Years” off this album…giant hit,too.
Yeah, Reelin' in the Years is a phenomenal song, they would LOVE it, guaranteed!!!
try Steely Dan song, FM