Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne (FIRST TIME REACTION!)
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People that hate on anything they don't know, are just ignorant and miss an opportunity to expand and grow. I appreciate good hip hop. I think of sampling as a great compliment, and it is a form of art. Using technology in creating art is fine. It is it's own art. Don't let the haters keep you from exploring. They represent a small percent of the population. All this from an older white guy. Stay on Steely.... peace....
No one ever samples hip slop
@ShariSez1 No one ever samples hip slop
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@@fredtello - No, they just make sad attempts at appropriating, using, or simply bastardizing it for some flavored down garbage, in almost every "genre" of music that exists today. Obviously, you've never been exposed to artists in hip-hop (I hate using genre specific identifiers, as it's frustratingly moronic) that understand music; otherwise, you would know artists who are also extremely adept instrumentalists, music theorist, and experimental artists. By your responses, one can only assume you have no formal training in music, or even music appreciation. But keep on in your idiot box. I'm sure it makes you feel special.
Appreciate you
That's funny learn how u o play intelligent music instead of remedial beats
This dude is hanging out way outside his comfort zone, I would hope that the people he was talking about at least gave that same open minded approach to hip hop that he is giving to rock (I hate the word rock but you get my meaning). There are a lot of these reaction videos where people are opening themselves to different shit... and that is a good thing. By the way, he obviously didnt listen to Kid Charlemagne at the proper volume, because if he did- that guitar solo would have melted his face off
I grew up a rock guy and only came to hip Hop when I was older through the really lyrical rappers like Talib Kweli, Lupe, Boots. Or the ones with really artful production work like Kanye. It can definitely happen the other way, and some of my favorite music now is in a genre that I didn't give the time of day as a kid.
He did compliment his phrasing :)
Indeed. Larry Carlton was without peers for a few years there.
they've got some amazing musicians playing with them they are Perfectionists they work is impeccable class act all the way
Larry Carlton's guitar solo on this is mind blowing.
Yes Steely Dan is the holy grail in music 🎵 😉
Yup that sums it up!
lol hell nah that'd be zepplin
Yep - I listen to lots of music and many genres but Steely Dan may be the best for me
Indeed. My favorite for decades.
Nothing makes me smile more than listening to Steely Dan on a relaxing Sunday afternoon.
It's a real shame you had to stop and call out people slamming hiphop. I'm a 60 yr. old white guy and not gonna lie and say rap has been my thing since day one but I
enjoy lots of hiphop and totally respect it. SOOOO many comments I see everywhere about "there's just no good modern music" only means you've stopped listening 30 years ago.
You're a super impressive, intelligent young man and I really enjoy your insights into stuff that's new to you. Don't let closed minded people get you down.
you spoke for me. I'm a Boomer always trying to convince my friends that there is so much good new good music to check out - they just won't find it on mainstream radio. And really enjoying Rome Life's commentary about the instrumentation and musicality of all these songs
Peace and amen!
55 here, and grew up with all this classic rock, but for the last several years, hip hop dominates my playlists - mostly just the stuff that has strong social and political critiques of the status quo: Brother Ali, The Coup, Dead Prez, Bambu....
100% Most people are stuck with the music they listened to in high school. The fact is that there is good music in every genre, and there is bad music in every genre. Keep your mind open for the good.
63 myself and couldn’t agree more. There’s all kinds of great music in different genres.
Outstanding bass line on this song.
This makes you rethink music. Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. I love all good music.
"All this machinery
Making modern music
Can still be open-hearted
Not so coldly charted
It's really just a question
Of your honesty, yeah, your honesty"
-Rush
😉 1 likes to believe in the Freedom of Music. But glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the "illusion" of Integrity 🤔 (yeah.....) 😏🐰 #ENRGYZRBunny
Lee Lifeson & Peart- nuff said!
Steely Dan always has musicians at their concerts! 💞. They are loved!
IMHO, Kid Charlemagne is the best dance song ever written. You can't help but move and groove to it.
I didn't write this. David Ryder gave this nice explanation of this song:
"Check out the wikipedia article about Owsley Stanley. He was not the creator of LSD, but he certainly was "the best in town" and made literally millions of doses in his East Bay underground lab and "turned it on the world", while moonlighting as the Grateful Dead's first sound engineer. "Those San Francisco nights" would be "The Matrix", "Avalon Ballroom" and those other tiny acid-drenched venues the nascent San Francisco sound began in. Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead owned an "A-frame" house in Mill Valley in Marin county and probably had Owsley's number on the wall. "Those day-glo freaks who used to paint the face have joined the human race." The daisy-chain hippies in Golden Gate Park with the painted faces eventually got jobs like their parents. Owlsey did go down to LA and supplied the six Acid Tests between Feb and March of '66 in southern California. "Still an outlaw in their eyes" ... LSD became outlawed in California in October of '66. Anyway... yeah, it's a potent song in many ways. Pregnant with meaning".
I'll add that the "White men in the streets" refers to the rise of cocaine and how people turned from LSD after it was outlawed. Also Stanley was captured by the police when his car ran out of gas (Is there gas in the car? Yes there’s gas in the car). For me nothing beats musicianship, and for me that means someone that plays an instrument (which includes the human voice), and can recreate their music with that instrument without electricity, without a microphone, and without augmentation. That means Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 hours applies. But clearly I'm in the minority here.
Thank you for the background. I always thought this song was about the birth of freebasing, which of course led to nothing good.
Chet Atkins (One of the worlds greatest guitar players) was told by a fan "That is an amazing guitar...it sounds amazing!"... Chet Atkins put the guitar on its guitar stand and said... "Hows it sound now?". :)
Love RAP, HipHop, Opera, classical, prog rock, reggae, Saharan blues, Indian classical, Billy H, Nina, Black Sabbath ... as long as the music is good, from the heart ... well said Man
One of the greatest bands.....................E-V-E-R!
"Is there gas in the car? Yes there's gas in the car!"
"Is there gas in the cah? Yes, there's gas in the cah."
Except there wasn't!!!
AmmaLeslie -
Exactly 🤣
As a 23yr old. The way I see it is that I'm learning to appreciate the music's essence and the creativity used to create it.(regardless of autotune) At the end of the day everything has its time and place.
It's all about keeping an open mind really, and not putting yourself in certain boxes only.
Thank you for introducing me to Steely Dan, I'm a new fan now🥰
I really love the hand painting in your background too... The design is so beautiful 😍
no boxes-thats where we get into unnecessary trouble. Open heart, open mind.
@@robertakline9785 Couldn't be further from the truth! 🙌🏾😊
One of
The best most talented ears of any reactor out there. This guy knows what he’s hearing. Very nice
It's called real skill.They're all professional musicians
I totally agree with your statement about hip-hop, I love the sampling as long as they’re giving credit to the original artist. And to me, it only makes songs more legendary, and brings new people down to rabbit hole like you’re going right now music that they may not have heard before
Thank you for reacting to Steely Dan. I am a black woman of a certain age and I've loved Steely Dan since I was in college. I just love music...all genres. To me sampling is the ultimate compliment and it's a testament that a lot of hip hop artists listened to all types of music and appreciated all types of music. These artist didn't keep themselves in a box. Didn't anyone see Migos singing Neil Diamond on Carpool Karaoke?? LOL. Keep it up kid!!
Perfect Albums (just to name a few);
Kanye- MBDTF
OutKast- Aquemini
RHCP- By The Way
Bone- Art Of War
Nirvana- Unplugged NY
Led Zeppelin- IV
MGMT- Oracular Spectacular
Pink Floyd- Dark Side
Fleetwood Mac- Rumors
Jay-Z- Black Album
Beatles- Revolver
Wu Tang- 36 Chambers
The Roots- Game Theory
STEELY DAN- FIRST 7 ALBUMS (from ‘72- ‘80, not a bad song in the bunch)
The drummer you're admiring is the great Bernard Purdie. He is know for the famous Purdie Shuffle which you can hear in the songs "Home at Last" and "Babylon Sisters". Those need to be your next 2 Dan songs.
Nobody should put people down for whatever music they like to listen to
I agree with you💯
Music--let alone art of any kind--is a big tent. Those that don't understand that are only breathing out, not breathing in. And you know how long you can last doing that...
The Caves of Altamira
YES YES YES! One of Steely Dan's strongest songs. ❤️
The hit maker Bernard Purdie on drums and like Rainey On a lot of SD
The iconic "Purdie Shuffle."
He's the man. As is Larry Carlton.
You hit the nail on the head!!!
"Pretty" Purdie is truly a legend!
Rainey especially, he was on lockdown for them. I don't know why they even called anyone else.
Having an 'open mind' toward music is how it should be. I discover new music I like constantly by holding on to an open mind and ears.
The great Chuck Rainey on bass.
I am 60 and I really enjoy hip hop. Live poetry with a beat. What's not to love?
Thank you soooo much for pausing for that comment young brother.
Nearly 56 y.o. w.w. who's lived most of my life & came up in a predominantly rock / c.w. radio market and who's loved hip hop since the early 80s.
Yes, just like any other generes of music, its over commercialization has yeilded some truly wretched results. But the vast majority of the nearly 50 y.o. artform is pure poetry.
People who think that sampling is "stealing" are just plain ignorant to what all art forms have done since the beginning of time.
Nothing is created from nothing; you cannot create something from nothing. Not without borrowing a riff, or a brush stroke technique, or an angle of hitting a chisel.
man, i adore seeing these youngsters discovering old school music. love this!
I listen to every genre of music, I don't like it all, but every genre has their gems. I'm an old white man, I liked some Hip Hop back in the 80's, I like some now now, but not all of it. There's a lot of Rock, Soul, Funk, jazz, reggae, Folk, Blues, House, Trip Hop, Salsa, Afrobeat, new wave and so on that I love and more of it I don't like at all. point is, I don't get the haters of Hip Hop, It's more about bars than orchestras, and there's a lot to get out of it with that different perspective. Wordplay!
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Loved your impassioned talk concerning people disrespecting hip hop. I'm an old white guy who for years was a jazz snob. As the years went by I opened myself up to all kinds of music including the hip hop my kids have turned me onto. Don't get me wrong, Monk, Miles, Trane, Mingus etc are monsters, but there's so much other music to enjoy. While some musicians may be technically better than others, they all create something worth listening to and respecting.
I'm 52 old white dude and I love Steely Dan and lots of funk, R&B, rock, jazz, soul, etc...Huge Stevie Wonder and Prince fan, MJ, but also Pink Floyd, the Beatles, the Stones, the Who, Zep...and I also love hip hop. I've enjoyed hip hop since the 80s, almost from the very start. Heavy D, the Fat Boys, Slick Rick, Dougie Fresh, Run DMC, the Beastie Boys, then a few years later, Tribe Called Quest (my favorite), the Pharcyde, Black Sheep, Arrested Development, OutKast...OutKast!! and so on. I probably missed a ton too, this is just off the top of my head...Loved all of that.
The greatest hip hop producers, in my opinion, were in the 90s, when they would really weave together a full tapestry or collage of various sounds (snare from there, kick from there, horn from another place, etc) and really turn it into a beautiful piece of music for the artist to rap over. You can still find great production today, but I think the world (not just hip hop) got trapped in that trap trap. It was cool for a while, but come on, let's move on now. Also, rapping well is a talent. I think Eminem is a beast, right up there with some of the best of them (Nas, Busta, Lupe Fiasco, Kendrick etc). These guys are sick. They can do things that regular people just can't, whether it's clever word play, sophisticated across-the-bar syncopated rhythms, cadence, and so on. (In my opinion Eminem is the best, but I know that's debated).
There is talent in all genres. Respect the art. Keep doing what you're doing. You have a great ear.
The fact that you expand your mind with different genres will only make your music better my friend
I have listened to every form of music there is for my whole life. And there is something to learn from everyone of them.
Yes. Hiphop has its place. 61 yro woman here. 🥰
Rap artists I read in the 90s in Rolling Stone always pointed out the polished sound layered over hard,gritty street themes and payed respect. Imitation is a form of flattery.
Music can bring us all together,
All you need to do is listen.........
This song is a tribute to the legendary Owsley; acid maker of the 60s in the Bay Area.
Regarding what you say about hating on hip hop, as a white man in my 60s, hip hop isn’t the music I grew up with, but I can appreciate great music in ANY genre. 95 of the output in every genre is “stupid shit,” rock, pop, hip hop, country, etc. but the great music UNITES. Besides, everybody “samples;” Keith Richards talks about “sampling” Muddy Waters and Eddie Van Halen admits he sampled Hall & Oates “Kiss on My Lips” for his hit “Jump.”
When I was a kid we lived in Oregon. We had some friends that had a nice house by the lake. When they would go on vacation we would stay at their place and take care of their horses. They had a high end stereo system (this being the late 70's) and a vast music library. I would pull out Steely Dan and Boston and cue it up to and do my homework.
Good days.😁♥️
Good times, good music, good memories.
Agree it’s the soul in the music no matter the genre
Don't worry about it.......music has no color or boundaries.......the old folks of the 60's are passing it on to you...because we are on our completion of the journey...and you ...and ..you are just starting yours.....Have a good one and stay positive....learn more things and grow...make this place called Earth ...a better place...Peace!
One of the greatest guitar solos EVER by Mr 335 Larry Carlton.
I used to go to a bar on Friday nights where the bartender played hip-hop off her phone all night long. It's the best bar music, period.
There is only one music but many styles. I listen to Jazz, Country, HipHop, Rap, Progressive Rock, Jazz Fusion, World Music, Classical, Choral, Blues, Bluegrass, Indian and Arabic... Music is a journey and like all journeys, every corner you turn offers a new view and enriches your life... turn every corner with your eyes wide open.
As I've always said, you just can't go wrong with Steely Dan.
Music is the universal language. Live and let live.
😊✌
I agree with you. i would never disrespect hip-hop or any type of music. I am 55 years old and watched hip-hop progress from rappers delight into what it is today. Each generation offers a new flavor to music. And I have seen steely dan live.. I promise there is no auto tune. They sound just like there album..
Bernard Purdie on the drums. Talk about "in the pocket" . . . no one could get that shuffle beat with groove, and soul, like Bernard Purdie. Amazing. Check out Steely Dan's "Home at Last" from the Aja album for more amazing Bernard Purdie genius. And while you're there, check out the title track, "Aja," for some life-changing drum work from Steve Gadd.
They don't have 31 flavors of ice cream for nothing. But I'll try every flavor.
Great reaction, great comments.
Good for you, standing up for what you believe in. Respectfully, too. You're a credit to your parents.
You're exactly right! All music has its purpose.you miss alot when you close yourself off to other possibillities.
You are right no hip-hop group could play like steely but who could
I LOVED what you said about not showing disrespect to hip hop (or any other music style). Really important sentiment!
Your knowledge of music makes your reactions fire. It's fun watching younger cats listening to this music that we grew up on.
hip-hop is an evolution in music. It's all good.
Kudos to you for exploring the OGS!
A masterpiece from all aspects.
Steely Dan is so unique.
I rarely understand what the heck he's talking about in his lyrics. Just looked up this song. I'll let the readers Google it, but I would have never figured it out. :)
Denny Diaz plays bass on this album. Great bassist.
The entire song,... the entire album is a work of art.
Enjoy getting into the rest of this album.
The Royal Scam, along with Aja are 2 of the greatest albums ever made.
IN ANY GENRE. Periot. Right on man. All respect to REAL Hip Hop. Representin Jamaica, Queens here. ✌
😉 Da Boogie Down representing 🎤 " in the South Bronx! South, South Bronx!" 😊🐰 #ENRGYZRBunny
The guitar is jazz legend, Larry Carlton. Steely Dan always got the best musicians.
ATCQ, De la Soul, Outkast, Mos Def, Kendrick Lamar, and on and on and on. There’s some absolutely killer hip hop out there. I’m an old guy but what I love about the genre, apart from the lyrical innovation, is the fantastic sampling from legendary funk soul and jazz artists which has led me to discover a world of great music . Anyone who can make those samples really knows and loves great music.
Sampling something, cutting it up, flipping it, and making something new, all that takes talent and EARS! Plus, it's like collaborating with another musician: something they did then inspires you to do something else. Plus, it's fun to listen to music and figure out where the sample came from.
To my younger brothers, the best way to maintain a peaceful life is to own your own opinions and thoughts. Remember that others thoughts and opinions are their own as well. To spend a millisecond of time thinking that someone is not aligned with where yours is...is to understand that they can never ever stand in you shoes or you theirs...being equanomous as a way of living and is a gift we give ourselves...responding to others with anger and or infldignance is to take another's thoughts as if they mean something about you...it isn't possible.
Thats Larry Carleton on guitar - one the greatest ever - hired by Steely Dan. On drums is the famous Bernard Purdie playing his equally famous Purdy Shuffle. I forgot who's on bass, but obviously a badass..
And good for you for standing strong and calling ppl out. I respect all musicians - especially if theyve broken through and released music nationally or internationally. - I dont love every piece of music I hear of course, but I respect the talent and work it took to release it.
62 year old white guy here. Worked in retail music industry for 10 years. Don't hate any music but don't want it forced on me. Know what I like and listen to it on my terms. I don't want random noise foisted upon me.
Pretty simple.
I agree with your comments. People should open themselves up to any good music. There are some great lyrics, stories, and creativity in hip hop. The sampling is honoring these great songs of the past.
preach my brutha!
Someone who hates on music and the way it evolves is lost. Good words by you
Agree 100% with what you said about respecting other peoples music, don't listen to hip hop but have much respect for it
Hear, hear about your speech to close mindedness. You are absolutely right that every genre has their crap music. I love the fact that you are open to these older songs and you are right to call out the hypocrisy. I do wish that music was taught like it was in our day and that young kids had those opportunities because I am afraid we will lose them for future generations. That being said, you made me think about the fact that people can express themselves in the absence of those privileges and do so in creative and meaningful ways. Thanks for speaking to that.
There is an art to sampling (i'm a dj/producer of House music), and have lived the life of defending sampling for over 20 years now. I recently spent over 60 hours working with a 2 bar sample, deconstructing, splicing, mixing down, mastering...there's a LOT that goes into it.
You are telling truth here JR ,,,, thanks for speaking your mind,,,,
The bass and synth gave it such low end power. Epitomizes the 70s sound
Well said about open-mindedness to other kinds of music. No matter the genre, the instrument, or anything else, when the cats are good you can hear it in the first 5 seconds.
The cover is an interpretation of a famous post-Impressionist painting. Which speaks to your point about sampling.
I’ve been lucky to grow up and witness the birth of one, of only three, original American art forms. The first Jazz, the second Abstract Expressionism and the third Hip Hop. I watch your reactions for Rush and Steely Dan, this old white guy’s favorite bands, but I have learned since first hearing Run DMC in high school to spinning the last Tyler the Creator or Kendrick album that HipHop/Rap is the most significant art form of my 52 years on this planet. DJ’s and Producers use the history of music like color on a painters’ palette and Rappers took lyrics from the melody and gave it to the rhythm section. Awesome! Next time someone disses sampling play “Introducing DJ Shadow’ and remind them that Led Zeppelin got famous playing riffs created by Bluesmen.
Absolutely agree with you about hip hop. There’s a lot of difference between the commercial, pop hip hop and the deeper, less well known music. Some of it’s incredible, sophisticated, complex, and moving. As with most genres, it just depends what you listen to. I wouldn’t want people to judge all rock or all jazz or all funk based on the dull commercial stuff, either.
Loved your comments about having an open mind to all music they loved music to with all the influences they use a natural fit with hip hop
People who love music love music of any kind. Anybody out there doing it has my respect. The people bitching are the same people who never do shit. I dont care what it sounds like because they have the balls to go out and take the risk
The kid made the best drugs back then, sold to Greatful Dead and many others....
David King Owsley yes. Also Engineer extraordinaire. helped develop a lot of on stage technology for the dead that all bands use now. And made the best acid around🔥
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The Amazing Larry Carlton on Lead guitar!!!!!
I love to see the smile on your face during this song man love to see it
When growing up, there were 2 bands i liked and Steely Dan was one of them. The other one was the band my dad played bass and leadsinger called Solution. I was 5 or 6 at that time. Love SD.
2:11 "Yes I did, so I packed it up & brought it back to the crib"
Good music is it's own genre no matter the beat.
So that's Larry Carlton on those guitar solos, he also played on Aja album and has done amazing work
Good sampling is GENIUS! Whoever's dissing it, don't understand it. PE's sampling is what hooked me into hip-hop. Blew me away.
Hip Hop is fucking legendary... Anyone wanna talk shit you come to me, I will convince you, I will teach you!! Jay Rah will help you!! Hip hop is amazing and just like RUSH say's.. "All this machinery making modern music can still be open hearted.. not so coldly charted its really just a question of your honesty..."
The bass player is Chuck Rainey and the drummer is Bernard Purdy on this track, both black guys.
Left out Paul Griffin, a black guy who played Rhoads piano on this track.
All music affects people in different ways. I shout out to you for opening your mind. I’m glad you at least get to listen to one of the top (5) duo’s ( who were perfectionist) in the WORLD! Peace & love.
Love the Hip Hop perspectives!
Now you know Larry Carlton- guitar Chuck Rainey- Bass Bernard Purdie- drums
Probably my favorite SD track. Bass line is fire. Also the way the bass and the left hand of the clav keys interact.
Love your reactions. Thank you for all your work to put these together for us to enjoy.
I'm 50+ years on this planet and as a youngster, old skool Hip Hop was my first love - it was just called hip hop at the time :). I used to do "audio trainspotting" like you. Particularly as 80's hip hop was almost all samples and loops, I would then go on a vinyl hunt to find the originals. So my record collection is pretty diverse!
I completely agree with you. Hip Hop is an art-form. I don't see much of a difference between borrowing a bar or two from an existing track or just being influenced by a track. Hip Hop, in a sense is a celebration of music, by highlighting the best bits and reinventing it in a new form. To take an example: "Night of the Living Baseheads" by Public Enemy samples "The Grunt" by The J.B.'s. I prefer the former, which wouldn't exist without the latter.... Now I am showing my age!