Key plantain walk a tropical miiiiiiile, till you see a house in the Spanish style. My wife did some art fairs in Naples and Miami some years ago. I always played this song straight out of the gate as we drove from Indian to Florida in December getting warmer every mile.
The album title is a play on words from "The Iliad", the ancient Greek poem, and "Kamakiri", the fictional name for the Scottish-Balinese futuristic car that the protagonist is driving throughout the songs on the album. Thus, "Kamakiriad", an epic journey poem of the Kamakiri. In the April 3, 1993 issue of Billboard, Fagen talked to Timothy White about the meaning of the name “Kamakiriad.” “Kamakiri is an invented car,” he said. “The word in Japanese actually means ‘praying mantis,’ but a Kamakiriad would be a journey, like the Iliad. The story takes place a few years in the future, when this guy gets this environmentally correct car, a multi-screen magical exploration vehicle with a bionic backseat vegetable garden.”
An incredibile album by Donald. Every song in it is amazing, my favourite are this one, Florida Room and Teahouse on the tracks. Your reaction to Trans Island Skyway is perfect, as always. Keep on reacting to Donald's and to the other Steely Dan's songs you haven't done yet, please! 😉
Donald’s four solo albums are fantastic and very much in the Steely Dan vein. My favorite from 2006 is the title song from his 3rd solo album, Morph The Cat. Walter Becker’s two solo albums 11 Tracks of Whack and Circus Money are excellent too. 🔥❤️
Walter played guitar and bass and was producer. It's definitely a concept album of Donald's and he presumably wrote all the songs but they're not without a little Walter influence.
Walter was the major contributor to the shady, sardonic thema and edgy lyrical style of SD. He also had a helluva ear for hooks, made tasty mixes, and played some sneaky-mean guitar. His solo work is excellent, but one must take time to digest the lyrics to truly appreciate his genius.
this album is a masterpiece,when this came out i played it every day for about a month every morning when i drove to the school where i taught..listen to the song "on the dunes" wow! keep em comin' my rocky mtn friends..much love,Kent
if you read the lyrics you will understand what the kamakiriad is. it's basically a car that has hydroponic garden in the back and it's ready for anything that might be found on the road.
Donald's solo work tends to be bright, jazzy and funky, Walter's darker and more cynical, with a lot of Reggae influence. Both brilliant. And of course, you can distinctly hear their shared influence on the Steely Dan recordings.
Love all of Don's Solo albums! My favorite is still his debut "The Nightfly" because it was the very first CD I ever purchased for my brand new CD player/stereo, and for one personal reason that led to my marriage. When my wife and I were dating, I was waiting for her to get ready to go out to dinner and I was rifling through her vinyl collection. To my intense satisfaction, I found "The Nightfly" in her collection. I knew I had a winner. Now 25 years and two adult kids later, we are still happily married. Please finish off "The Nightfly" as a reaction, you will not be disappointed! "Green Flower Street" is next after "IGY".
There's another Steely Dan album from 2003 called "Everything Must Go". "Blues Beach", "Green Book" and "Lunch With Gina" are a few songs you should check out. From Walter Becker's 1994 album "11 Tracks of Whack" check out the song "Junkie Girl".
I’m so glad that someone FINALLY did a reaction to this song. I’ve requested a reaction to this song and “Lunch With Gina” over and over with zero results til now.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!! Kamakiriad is a fantastic album start to finish. I have never heard this on any YT video. PLEASE keep going with the rest of the album. It will be a treat for you and the rest of us as well.
Walter produced or helped production on this album. It may as well be a Steely Dan album. Great story telling as usual! SO happy you got to this and that it was unblocked!
Don F gets down, gets funky! There's a great Donald Fagen release of his three 'Night Fly' era CD's in one package: Nightfly Trilogy: The Nightfly, Kamakiriad, Morph The Cat (3 DVDs & 4 CDs)
Kamakiriad (Japanese for praying mantis) is a futuristic automobile that the protagonist of the album is driving in, the song evoking a future with groove and happiness. This album is great. The first song I heard from it was the unbelievable good TOMORROW'S GIRLS when both my girlfriend and I accidentally got list in Yonkers, NY on our way to Boston and Tomorrow's Girls came on the rafio and we didn't care if we were lost.
I just LOVE your reactions, and at almost 60 years old and a musician myself, you taught me to listen to music in a more deep and precise way. Thank you for all that and please continue forever !...
My father loves big band and jazz. He took us to free concerts in the 1970's where the latest incarnations of his favorite big bands would play - Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, etc. The bands in the 70's would play some Chicago tunes and later Steely Dan. When Kamakiriad came out, I played the CD for my Dad and he commented "I taught you well". My father is 91 now and just came back from the "Four Freshman" conference. Four Freshman were four guys from Indiana University who sang four part harmony and played instruments. The group still exists today as they wanted to keep the group going when the original members retired. Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys loved Four Freshman and would steal players from them for the Beach Boys tours. Donald's Nightfly has a song "Maxine" that is almost pure Four Freshman sound. The Four Freshman even did a cover of Maxine on one of their albums after Nightfly came out. Four Freshman's first big hit was a song called "Graduation Day". Donald uses the word "graduation" in Maxine. When I played Maxine for my Dad recently, he got a big grin. There is a TH-cam video of just Donald singing Maxine with only his vocal track and his overdubbed harmonies are perfect. th-cam.com/video/_zYe_p8YuB8/w-d-xo.html
Kamakiriad is the second solo album by Steely Dan artist Donald Fagen, released in 1993. ... Walter Becker played guitar and bass and produced the album.
You both will enjoy the entirety of Walter's second solo album "Circus Money", as it is a full reggae album with lots of deep and heavy grooves. The reggae rhythm is more pronounced at various points, and faint at others times but never indiscernible. The highlight track for me is a very subtle reggae, pop/ r&b tune called "Downtown Cannon". But I would suggest doing "Snowbound" off of "Kamarirad" (featuring Becker on bass) next, or "Book of Liars" off Walter's first solo album "11 Tracks of Whack" (featuring Fagen on keyboards). Might then be good to dip into something like "Reelin' in the Years" off of "Alive in America" pursuant to your interest in '90s Dan.
I am listening to you all the way from Ile de Maurice (mauritius) love Steely Dan and the Donald. Unbelievable music and as you said it's so good you'll couldn't interrupt. Keep it up. Perfection personified
I was driving couldn't 🚗 couldn't really text. Here goes CUZ it was so beautiful. I lived Santa Fe NM. My cousins frm Spain would come once a year. My birthday present bought at AAA. All of us taking Denali Star train Alaska richly they were SO FIRST class. They played in our compartment with their speakers. Loudly, this album frm my Dan loving cousin frm SPain ( can u believe that) this was 1996. When this Kamakiriad album was started. I died went to heaven. It was one of those travel rolling music. With the train "cho-cho" in "synchronize" beat with train. Yea baby ...we had a group of germans flying to our cabin. We were grooving thru Denali Alaska transatlantic. Such a party. So yes, this album will always take me back to Alaska Denali StAR 🌟 train. Brings tears such great memories. Dated one Germans for 6 months lol. ✌️
I bought this album when it was first released, and I couldn’t agree more with your assessment that it’s a continuation of Steely Dan. The entire album is amazing, but I especially liked “Tomorrow’s Girls”, and “On The Dunes”. I love the channel, and absolutely love that you’ve become such big Steely Dan fans. ♥️✌🏼😎
If you want to hear Walter Becker take lead vocals for a change do “Slang of Ages” off Steely Dans ‘Everything must go’ album. Pure funk. You both will LOVE it.
Congratulations, I believe you are the first to react to this song! This album is terrific, I play it all the time and each song just keeps getting better and better. Wait until you hear the fabulous Florida Room, it's my absolute favorite! Great great reaction y'all, as always! 😃
The minute of "C'm on daddy, get in, let's go" (to his father it takes some time to bow and get in the car, maybe the age!) is something musically incredibile!
I hope you return to Fagen's first solo album, The Nightfly, especially the title track, "Ruby Baby," "Walk Between the Raindrops," . . . oh, what the hell, why not do the whole album over on Patreon? For me, the album is to Aja as Kamakiriad is to Gaucho.
Unblocked hurray. Great album there are two music videos of songs from this album. Tomorrow’s Girls and Snowbound. There is a making of Kamakiriad on TH-cam, worth a look mostly conversations won’t spoil your reactions. Donald wanted to have more freedom with the record but still feel comfortable with the process. So Walter Becker produced it and played most of the bass and guitars on the record. Can’t wait to hear more of everything. This cd came out and I Listened to it non stop driving from West Virginia to Arizona with my future spouse. Always be a special record for me. Thanks for the Re-memories.😍
Sounds great with the new microphone! On Kamakiriad the best tracks are Tomorrow's Girls, Snowbound, On the Dunes, Teahouse on the Tracks, Countermoon, Florida Room - almost all of the album. TransIsland Skyway IMO from my POV on composition is one of the two weakest tracks along with Springtime (except the introduction). However, the production is tremendous. I like the Sunken Condos album a bit better (and certainly The Nightfly) than Kamakiriad. Morph the Cat is also very good...you just can't miss with Donald Fagen! *Walter Becker produced Kamakiriad,* so Kamakiriad is nearly Steely Dan. Tomorrow's Girls and Snowbound (co-written with Becker) sound exactly like Steely Dan! Donald Fagen's horn charts on Kamakiriad are fantastic. MTC: The Night Belongs to Mona, the Great Pagoda of Funn, What I Do, H Gang SC: Slinky thing, Good Stuff, I'm Not the Same Without You, Miss Marlene, Weather in My Head, Memorabilia Nightfly: Besides IGY - New Frontier, The Goodbye Look, title track, Maxine
This track is off the " Kamakiriad " album which was the second solo album by Steely Dan artist Donald Fagen and was released in 1993. It was his first collaboration with Steely Dan partner Walter Becker since 1986. Becker played guitar and bass and produced the album. The album is a futuristic, optimistic eight-song cycle about the journey of the narrator in his high-tech car, the Kamakiri (Japanese for praying mantis). Mr. Fagan has a unique ability to take us on a "ride" with him.... sometimes in the past, sometimes in the present and in this case... the future.
Love Kamakiriad,great rhythm to it...you can't keep still to it too. Trans Island Skyway mentions my home city Glasgow which is a great thrill for a Scottish Steely Dan fan. Keep up the amazing work guys 🏴
Oh boy, I love this song! I love this album. It's so, so good. Hey, I'm so glad you guys got to go see Donald Fagen (Steely Dan) in concert. So jealous. Anyway, thanks again for a great video. Saludos desde California!
This entire album is another masterpiece, every song is worth listening. The title cut is excellent, also love Florida Room, Tomorrow’s Girls and the others that have been listed. Every DF and SD song tells a story, Kamakiriad being a futuristic car with a hydroponic garden and coffee maker. C’mon daddy, get in let’s go...it just doesn’t get any better than this! So you’ve sampled The Nightlyfly and Kam, now you gotta dive into Morph the Cat. Maybe the best bass playing on any album ever...
My go to tracks on Kamakiriad are "Tomorrow's Girls" and "Teahouse on the Tracks". Overall I thought the album was not as good as The Nightfly, but even so it's head and shoulder above most stuff of its era.
Is there anything remotely connected to Steely Dan that is not great? Great songs, great music, great musicians… Hard to imagine another group that can say such things… BTW, Lex, your sunflower t-shirt reminded me of another that was meant for you. It’s on its way to you. Enjoy!
That’s Walter Becker playing bass - he plays it on the whole album. Love what he does on Springtime. He also has some nice guitar work. For the WB solo stuff, try any of the three tracks that he plays with a full band on 11 Tracks of Wack (Surf and/or Die, Lucky Henry, Hat Too Flat) or Down in the Bottom, or Book of Liars.
If you would like to react to some solo Walter Becker, check out his album "11 Tracks of Whack" released in 1994 (I think). The whole album is great, but especially "Girlfriend" and "Surf And/or Die". Thanks for a great reaction - check out "Tomorrow's Girls" and "On the Dunes" from "Kamakiriad" as well.
Donald fagan album the night fly great album l love this album the best of his solo work I love listening to your music reactions and enjoy your opinion and discover of new artist and songs
You two are GREAT. Seeing this appreciation for Don and Walt’s genius. Play Counter Moon and Teahouse on the Tracks, both off Kamakiriad. You will love them.
The bass line is so bouncy in this, it just brings the song to life. Another here who got this shortly after its release, and as others have suggested, Florida Room is just a fabulous beat with a great horn section.
It was this very album back in the day that ended my lifelong quest for the very best speakers and began my quest for the very best headphones I could find. Thanks a ton Donald!! I never debuted a SteelyD or Donald Fagen album in my life. Bought them all blind on the day of release.... I am sure by now you understand exactly what I mean!
For the most part, I only know the SD songs my friends used to play in the car, about 45-50 years ago. Thanks for continuing my indoctrination and carrying the mantle.
On the paper so to speak this is a Donald Fagen solo album but if we scratch on the surface we'll get another picture. The producer here was a guy called Walter Becker as in the Walter Becker whom also is credited as guitarist. Yes it's the Walter Becker! And the sound is very Steely Dan ish so i say it's actually a SD album!
Hi Guys ! Onto more solo albums ! Woohooo ! This is a brilliant album. Great reaction to a superb track ... the kind of song that Baloo The Bear would say .." I'm gone man ... I'm solid gone" ! .. So you still have a lot of Steeley stuff to get through and lets not forget any live albums. I got their latest live ; "Northeast Corridor" on cd and the production is so amazing, you would swear it's a studio album. Only the audience tells you it's not. Byeee ! Jim X
If you like this sound, then you should check out Janie Runaway by the Dan from Two Against Nature.. it has the same funky sound and I think is probably from around the same time period. I know you will love it! I love when you guys do Steely Dan... I don't think you've heard anything that you didn't like! Love the channel guys!
Hi, you cannot go wrong with Becker & Fagen either with the 'Dan' or solo! Most suggestions have already been mentioned so would just like to say love your matching T Shirt & earrings Lex!
Kamakiriad is a very enjoyable Fagan Album. I saw when the groove got you Lexi your arm went up to the drum rhythm. 🥁 That's how I feel about all the music from Walter and Donald. Danceable. Walter's "CIRCUS MONEY" Album if you would like to hear Walter play Reggae Bass Guitar Rhythms. 🎸
Maybe you should check out Rodriguez for a Night from David Crosby's most recent album. It was written by Fagen! Interesting to hear his words sung by someone else.
Hey! Love this Channel! I've been a Fan Fan since 2001. You might want to check out 'Everything Must Go' from 2003. Title Cut is amazing! The whole Album was recorded in Analog! One of their best. Highly underrated! Also Monsieur Becker's final Album recorded with Steely Dan.
If you do more from Kamakiriad check out "Snowbound", "Tomorrow's Girls", "Florida Room" and "On the Dunes".
I love Florida Room
FLORIDA ROOM....
ALSO ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
“I keep drifting back … to your Florida Room.” ✨😊
Homie-cide on the dunes
Key plantain walk a tropical miiiiiiile, till you see a house in the Spanish style. My wife did some art fairs in Naples and Miami some years ago. I always played this song straight out of the gate as we drove from Indian to Florida in December getting warmer every mile.
The album title is a play on words from "The Iliad", the ancient Greek poem, and "Kamakiri", the fictional name for the Scottish-Balinese futuristic car that the protagonist is driving throughout the songs on the album. Thus, "Kamakiriad", an epic journey poem of the Kamakiri.
In the April 3, 1993 issue of Billboard, Fagen talked to Timothy White about the meaning of the name “Kamakiriad.”
“Kamakiri is an invented car,” he said. “The word in Japanese actually means ‘praying mantis,’ but a Kamakiriad would be a journey, like the Iliad. The story takes place a few years in the future, when this guy gets this environmentally correct car, a multi-screen magical exploration vehicle with a bionic backseat vegetable garden.”
As well from "ado", a journey.
As I recall, DF said at the time that it was conceived as an ad for the Kamakiri - a 'Kamakiri-ad'. Seems to fit with the SD sense of irony.
An incredibile album by Donald. Every song in it is amazing, my favourite are this one, Florida Room and Teahouse on the tracks.
Your reaction to Trans Island Skyway is perfect, as always. Keep on reacting to Donald's and to the other Steely Dan's songs you haven't done yet, please! 😉
Donald’s four solo albums are fantastic and very much in the Steely Dan vein. My favorite from 2006 is the title song from his 3rd solo album, Morph The Cat. Walter Becker’s two solo albums 11 Tracks of Whack and Circus Money are excellent too. 🔥❤️
I think Morph is my favorite.
Walter played guitar and bass and was producer. It's definitely a concept album of Donald's and he presumably wrote all the songs but they're not without a little Walter influence.
I enjoyed Walter Becker's vocals on 'Slang of Ages.' His style is an acquired taste.
Walter was the major contributor to the shady, sardonic thema and edgy lyrical style of SD.
He also had a helluva ear for hooks, made tasty mixes, and played some sneaky-mean guitar.
His solo work is excellent, but one must take time to digest the lyrics to truly appreciate his genius.
@@PogueMahone1 I think the poignant "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)" is all Walter.
Superbe album concept
fck car steamin up 😂❤
this album is a masterpiece,when this came out i played it every day for about a month every morning when i drove to the school where i taught..listen to the song "on the dunes" wow! keep em comin' my rocky mtn friends..much love,Kent
OTD is incredible, especially the outro...
if you read the lyrics you will understand what the kamakiriad is. it's basically a car that has hydroponic garden in the back and it's ready for anything that might be found on the road.
Donald's solo work tends to be bright, jazzy and funky, Walter's darker and more cynical, with a lot of Reggae influence. Both brilliant. And of course, you can distinctly hear their shared influence on the Steely Dan recordings.
Love all of Don's Solo albums! My favorite is still his debut "The Nightfly" because it was the very first CD I ever purchased for my brand new CD player/stereo, and for one personal reason that led to my marriage. When my wife and I were dating, I was waiting for her to get ready to go out to dinner and I was rifling through her vinyl collection. To my intense satisfaction, I found "The Nightfly" in her collection. I knew I had a winner. Now 25 years and two adult kids later, we are still happily married. Please finish off "The Nightfly" as a reaction, you will not be disappointed! "Green Flower Street" is next after "IGY".
There's another Steely Dan album from 2003 called "Everything Must Go". "Blues Beach", "Green Book" and "Lunch With Gina" are a few songs you should check out. From Walter Becker's 1994 album "11 Tracks of Whack" check out the song "Junkie Girl".
Also "Pixaleen!"
And not forget Things I Miss The Most and the title track. Among their best IMO.
The best track on EMG is Godwhacker!
Yes, their last album is really underrated. The title track, Godwhacker and Lunch with Gina are my favourite from It.
YES! Lunch With Gina is another smooth funky grooving tune with Fagen written all over it.
I’m so glad that someone FINALLY did a reaction to this song. I’ve requested a reaction to this song and “Lunch With Gina” over and over with zero results til now.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!! Kamakiriad is a fantastic album start to finish. I have never heard this on any YT video. PLEASE keep going with the rest of the album. It will be a treat for you and the rest of us as well.
Walter produced or helped production on this album. It may as well be a Steely Dan album. Great story telling as usual! SO happy you got to this and that it was unblocked!
Top five songs off Kamakiriad in order..
1. Countermoon
2. Florida Room
3. Trans Island Skyway
4. On the Dunes
5. Tomorrow’s Girls
Great album.
This album has a special place in my collection. I play it on long trips and usually listen to it 2-3 times over the weekend. Great choice!
Glad you enjoy it!
Always good to see something unblocked finally shown on the channel!
Don F gets down, gets funky!
There's a great Donald Fagen release of his three 'Night Fly' era CD's in one package:
Nightfly Trilogy: The Nightfly, Kamakiriad, Morph The Cat (3 DVDs & 4 CDs)
Sunken Condos is really good as well. Very strong songwriting on that one.
Kamakiriad (Japanese for praying mantis) is a futuristic automobile that the protagonist of the album is driving in, the song evoking a future with groove and happiness. This album is great. The first song I heard from it was the unbelievable good TOMORROW'S GIRLS when both my girlfriend and I accidentally got list in Yonkers, NY on our way to Boston and Tomorrow's Girls came on the rafio and we didn't care if we were lost.
I just LOVE your reactions, and at almost 60 years old and a musician myself, you taught me to listen to music in a more deep and precise way. Thank you for all that and please continue forever !...
My father loves big band and jazz. He took us to free concerts in the 1970's where the latest incarnations of his favorite big bands would play - Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, etc. The bands in the 70's would play some Chicago tunes and later Steely Dan. When Kamakiriad came out, I played the CD for my Dad and he commented "I taught you well". My father is 91 now and just came back from the "Four Freshman" conference. Four Freshman were four guys from Indiana University who sang four part harmony and played instruments. The group still exists today as they wanted to keep the group going when the original members retired. Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys loved Four Freshman and would steal players from them for the Beach Boys tours. Donald's Nightfly has a song "Maxine" that is almost pure Four Freshman sound. The Four Freshman even did a cover of Maxine on one of their albums after Nightfly came out. Four Freshman's first big hit was a song called "Graduation Day". Donald uses the word "graduation" in Maxine. When I played Maxine for my Dad recently, he got a big grin. There is a TH-cam video of just Donald singing Maxine with only his vocal track and his overdubbed harmonies are perfect. th-cam.com/video/_zYe_p8YuB8/w-d-xo.html
In 82 Donald Fagen put out the album "night fly".
The song "New Frontier" was just awesome.
Something to check out.
Yes we know it . We could only do a re - listen to that. Its wonderful!
Dust it for “Finger Prince” to find all the reading between the lines…..snorrrrrrrttt!
When this album came out, it was like we finally got a glass of water after crawling through the desert on our hands and knees since Nightfly.
Kamakiriad is the second solo album by Steely Dan artist Donald Fagen, released in 1993. ... Walter Becker played guitar and bass and produced the album.
You both will enjoy the entirety of Walter's second solo album "Circus Money", as it is a full reggae album with lots of deep and heavy grooves. The reggae rhythm is more pronounced at various points, and faint at others times but never indiscernible. The highlight track for me is a very subtle reggae, pop/ r&b tune called "Downtown Cannon".
But I would suggest doing "Snowbound" off of "Kamarirad" (featuring Becker on bass) next, or "Book of Liars" off Walter's first solo album "11 Tracks of Whack" (featuring Fagen on keyboards). Might then be good to dip into something like "Reelin' in the Years" off of "Alive in America" pursuant to your interest in '90s Dan.
I am listening to you all the way from Ile de Maurice (mauritius) love Steely Dan and the Donald. Unbelievable music and as you said it's so good you'll couldn't interrupt. Keep it up. Perfection personified
Walter produced this album. Their reunion to record this album led to Steely Dan’s reunion and 2 Against Nature.
If you want to listen to Walter singing, in their last album, “Everything Must Go”(2003), Walter was the vocalist for the song “Slang of Ages”.
I was driving couldn't 🚗 couldn't really text. Here goes CUZ it was so beautiful. I lived Santa Fe NM. My cousins frm Spain would come once a year. My birthday present bought at AAA. All of us taking Denali Star train Alaska richly they were SO FIRST class. They played in our compartment with their speakers. Loudly, this album frm my Dan loving cousin frm SPain ( can u believe that) this was 1996. When this Kamakiriad album was started. I died went to heaven. It was one of those travel rolling music. With the train "cho-cho" in "synchronize" beat with train. Yea baby ...we had a group of germans flying to our cabin. We were grooving thru Denali Alaska transatlantic. Such a party. So yes, this album will always take me back to Alaska Denali StAR 🌟 train. Brings tears such great memories. Dated one Germans for 6 months lol. ✌️
Yass FINALLY!! I was patiently waiting for a Donald Fagen solo work reaction!!! specially from Kamakiriad!!! by the way, this whole album is amazing!!
I bought this album when it was first released, and I couldn’t agree more with your assessment that it’s a continuation of Steely Dan. The entire album is amazing, but I especially liked “Tomorrow’s Girls”, and “On The Dunes”.
I love the channel, and absolutely love that you’ve become such big Steely Dan fans. ♥️✌🏼😎
"Gaslighting Abbie" and this song are in the same key. That's why they sounded so alike.
There's not a bad cut on Kamakiriad! Tomorrow's Girls got the most airplay at the time. I've been waiting for you to hit that one!
If you want to hear Walter Becker take lead vocals for a change do “Slang of Ages” off Steely Dans ‘Everything must go’ album. Pure funk. You both will LOVE it.
Congratulations, I believe you are the first to react to this song! This album is terrific, I play it all the time and each song just keeps getting better and better. Wait until you hear the fabulous Florida Room, it's my absolute favorite! Great great reaction y'all, as always! 😃
One of my favorite albums! Thank you for this.👍👍
The minute of "C'm on daddy, get in, let's go" (to his father it takes some time to bow and get in the car, maybe the age!) is something musically incredibile!
I read somewhere that Donald’s Dad was very proud of Donald’s achievements and his his gold records mounted on the wall
I hope you return to Fagen's first solo album, The Nightfly, especially the title track, "Ruby Baby," "Walk Between the Raindrops," . . . oh, what the hell, why not do the whole album over on Patreon? For me, the album is to Aja as Kamakiriad is to Gaucho.
Walk between raindrops is so cool
Unblocked hurray. Great album there are two music videos of songs from this album. Tomorrow’s Girls and Snowbound. There is a making of Kamakiriad on TH-cam, worth a look mostly conversations won’t spoil your reactions. Donald wanted to have more freedom with the record but still feel comfortable with the process. So Walter Becker produced it and played most of the bass and guitars on the record. Can’t wait to hear more of everything. This cd came out and I Listened to it non stop driving from West Virginia to Arizona with my future spouse. Always be a special record for me. Thanks for the Re-memories.😍
Sounds great with the new microphone! On Kamakiriad the best tracks are Tomorrow's Girls, Snowbound, On the Dunes, Teahouse on the Tracks, Countermoon, Florida Room - almost all of the album. TransIsland Skyway IMO from my POV on composition is one of the two weakest tracks along with Springtime (except the introduction). However, the production is tremendous.
I like the Sunken Condos album a bit better (and certainly The Nightfly) than Kamakiriad. Morph the Cat is also very good...you just can't miss with Donald Fagen!
*Walter Becker produced Kamakiriad,* so Kamakiriad is nearly Steely Dan. Tomorrow's Girls and Snowbound (co-written with Becker) sound exactly like Steely Dan! Donald Fagen's horn charts on Kamakiriad are fantastic.
MTC: The Night Belongs to Mona, the Great Pagoda of Funn, What I Do, H Gang
SC: Slinky thing, Good Stuff, I'm Not the Same Without You, Miss Marlene, Weather in My Head, Memorabilia
Nightfly: Besides IGY - New Frontier, The Goodbye Look, title track, Maxine
The whole album is magical, so great, maybe my favorite of Steely/Fagen albums. So solid and infectious.
This track is off the " Kamakiriad " album which was the second solo album by Steely Dan artist Donald Fagen and was released in 1993. It was his first collaboration with Steely Dan partner Walter Becker since 1986. Becker played guitar and bass and produced the album. The album is a futuristic, optimistic eight-song cycle about the journey of the narrator in his high-tech car, the Kamakiri (Japanese for praying mantis). Mr. Fagan has a unique ability to take us on a "ride" with him.... sometimes in the past, sometimes in the present and in this case... the future.
I was 13 in 1970, so this is all MY music! I LOVE that you guys love this music, too!
The cool thing about this cut is, it sounds like they just got together in the studio and just played.
Love Kamakiriad,great rhythm to it...you can't keep still to it too.
Trans Island Skyway mentions my home city Glasgow which is a great thrill for a Scottish Steely Dan fan.
Keep up the amazing work guys 🏴
The fact you love this tells me I'll love the channel. Absolutely love this song. Great song to listen to while your cruising down the highway.
Oh boy, I love this song! I love this album. It's so, so good. Hey, I'm so glad you guys got to go see Donald Fagen (Steely Dan) in concert. So jealous. Anyway, thanks again for a great video. Saludos desde California!
I was waiting for you to find this one. 👍🏼
Also check out the music video of New Frontier. One of the best of 80's MTV.
Boy this another sweet lil toe tapper...Thanks to you guys...
This entire album is another masterpiece, every song is worth listening. The title cut is excellent, also love Florida Room, Tomorrow’s Girls and the others that have been listed. Every DF and SD song tells a story, Kamakiriad being a futuristic car with a hydroponic garden and coffee maker. C’mon daddy, get in let’s go...it just doesn’t get any better than this! So you’ve sampled The Nightlyfly and Kam, now you gotta dive into Morph the Cat. Maybe the best bass playing on any album ever...
My go to tracks on Kamakiriad are "Tomorrow's Girls" and "Teahouse on the Tracks". Overall I thought the album was not as good as The Nightfly, but even so it's head and shoulder above most stuff of its era.
C'mon Daddy...get in, let's go! How absolutely epically funky!
Walter Beckers' album "11 Tracks of Whack" has the same Steely Dan feel, even though Fagen didn't sing it has the vibe.
The Donald music and lyrics transcends through all generations.
Is there anything remotely connected to Steely Dan that is not great? Great songs, great music, great musicians… Hard to imagine another group that can say such things… BTW, Lex, your sunflower t-shirt reminded me of another that was meant for you. It’s on its way to you. Enjoy!
I bought this album when it arrived in 1993 and listened to it on repeat. It really captured my imagination and the vibe is awesome.
That’s Walter Becker playing bass - he plays it on the whole album. Love what he does on Springtime. He also has some nice guitar work.
For the WB solo stuff, try any of the three tracks that he plays with a full band on 11 Tracks of Wack (Surf and/or Die, Lucky Henry, Hat Too Flat) or Down in the Bottom, or Book of Liars.
This song definitely has some reggae and jazz influences.Very catchy tune not one of my favorites but worth listening to.
Tomorrow Girls, Swingtime and Snowbound killer tunes from this album
Tomorrow’s Girls. Space beauties invade earth! It’s a funky vibe with a little surprise in the middle. Manna for Dan sci-fi nerds.
This was one of the first CDs I ever bought, as I was trying to stay vinyl loyal, but losing the battle! It's just a great album.
If you would like to react to some solo Walter Becker, check out his album "11 Tracks of Whack" released in 1994 (I think). The whole album is great, but especially "Girlfriend" and "Surf And/or Die". Thanks for a great reaction - check out "Tomorrow's Girls" and "On the Dunes" from "Kamakiriad" as well.
You're right. We would turn on the radio in the car and say Dude turn it up. It's Steely Dan. Always recognize Donald Fagen.
Great album ! … Tomorrows girls probably my fav track ..keep up the great reactions 😊
"Kamakiri" is the name of his futuristic car & Kamakiriad is a trip in Kamakiri (like the "Iliad" is a trek in history)...
Donald fagan album the night fly great album l love this album the best of his solo work I love listening to your music reactions and enjoy your opinion and discover of new artist and songs
" Come on Daddy, get in lets go " ; always make me tear up.
On The Dunes is a masterpiece of a track. Another song about a misfit loser. The instrumental outro is beyond sublime. x
Japanese for preying mantis is Kamakiri. Donald named his futuristic car after it.
Love it!!
You guys should react to Donald’s Snowbound and Walter’s Book Of Liars. 👍🏽👍🏽
Kamakiriad is a sort of time-machine. This album is, i think, one of the most funky
You two are GREAT. Seeing this appreciation for Don and Walt’s genius. Play Counter Moon and Teahouse on the Tracks, both off Kamakiriad. You will love them.
Thank you for your kind words and support! We are grateful for you and hope to see you around again! :)
The bass line is so bouncy in this, it just brings the song to life. Another here who got this shortly after its release, and as others have suggested, Florida Room is just a fabulous beat with a great horn section.
It was this very album back in the day that ended my lifelong quest for the very best speakers and began my quest for the very best headphones I could find. Thanks a ton Donald!! I never debuted a SteelyD or Donald Fagen album in my life. Bought them all blind on the day of release.... I am sure by now you understand exactly what I mean!
I drive a lot, and love machines. I can hear the rythm of that little modern steam engine pushing him along at about 90mph.
Masterful Donald Fagan has never written a bad song. Nighfly is a fucking masterpiece and Morph The Cat is superb.
For the most part, I only know the SD songs my friends used to play in the car, about 45-50 years ago. Thanks for continuing my indoctrination and carrying the mantle.
On the paper so to speak this is a Donald Fagen solo album but if we scratch on the surface we'll get another picture. The producer here was a guy called Walter Becker as in the Walter Becker whom also is credited as guitarist. Yes it's the Walter Becker! And the sound is very Steely Dan ish so i say it's actually a SD album!
This song takes you on a journey...
This album is sonic genius! So much fun now and when it came out! So much musical texture!
Great concept LP About his futuristic car and his travels in the car.
Find "Century's End"... slower tune, but I love the vibe of this Donald Fagen song.
Do "The Night Belongs to Mona" from Morph the Cat. So much happening musically in that dark dark song
Yes Walters album “11 tracks” check out first tune- Down out the Bottom- both of u will really digit… ☮️
This a great album! Everyone has listed all the favorites so just start playing!
Hi Guys ! Onto more solo albums ! Woohooo ! This is a brilliant album. Great reaction to a superb track ... the kind of song that Baloo The Bear would say .." I'm gone man ... I'm solid gone" ! .. So you still have a lot of Steeley stuff to get through and lets not forget any live albums. I got their latest live ; "Northeast Corridor" on cd and the production is so amazing, you would swear it's a studio album. Only the audience tells you it's not. Byeee ! Jim X
I luvvv Snowbound
If you like this sound, then you should check out Janie Runaway by the Dan from Two Against Nature.. it has the same funky sound and I think is probably from around the same time period. I know you will love it! I love when you guys do Steely Dan... I don't think you've heard anything that you didn't like! Love the channel guys!
Hi, you cannot go wrong with Becker & Fagen either with the 'Dan' or solo! Most suggestions have already been mentioned so would just like to say love your matching T Shirt & earrings Lex!
Kamakiriad is a very enjoyable Fagan Album.
I saw when the groove got you Lexi your arm went up to the drum rhythm. 🥁
That's how I feel about all the music from Walter and Donald. Danceable.
Walter's "CIRCUS MONEY" Album if you would like to hear Walter play Reggae Bass Guitar Rhythms. 🎸
Becker played on some of Donald's solo stuff. They are a team... becker was quite a part of the sarcams and droll hummor.
Maybe you should check out Rodriguez for a Night from David Crosby's most recent album. It was written by Fagen!
Interesting to hear his words sung by someone else.
Yessss. I listen to Rodriguez For a Night regularly. David and James Steely Danned the heck out of that song .
Snowbound is another favorite from this album.
Total masterpiece ...as usual with the Don
Two tracks you should explore from the later SD albums are Jack of Speed and Godwhacker.
Hey! Love this Channel! I've been a Fan Fan since 2001. You might want to check out 'Everything Must Go' from 2003. Title Cut is amazing! The whole Album was recorded in Analog! One of their best. Highly underrated! Also Monsieur Becker's final Album recorded with Steely Dan.
Fagen solo album, but Becker on Bass and Lead Guitar.
Kamakiriad is a bona fide masterpiece.
Tomorrow’s Girls, from the same album.