Steely Dan - Do It Again (REACTION!)

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  • @LostInVegas
    @LostInVegas  4 ปีที่แล้ว +324

    This is an older Patreon vid guys fyi. Enjoy!

    • @isnotmaybe
      @isnotmaybe 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please review, Luna cruise: redeemer

    • @jerrypetrillo2903
      @jerrypetrillo2903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Think you guys would really enjoy the vibe of Babylon Sisters and Glamour Profession
      Anything on the Aja album is also worth a listen - it’s a sonic masterpiece , still used today to test out high end audio equipment
      Finally - you should look into King of the World - it’s about living in a post nuclear apocalyptic America - great groove that will hook you right away - have the lyrics handy too
      It’s an underrated gem

    • @suebrown7358
      @suebrown7358 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lost In Vegas guys...You like stories...Kid Charlesmagne, My Old School, you would like!

    • @deanj7390
      @deanj7390 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I watched it there too

    • @markdrechsler5660
      @markdrechsler5660 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Some many great songs to choose from. For a left field song, try “Green Earrings!”

  • @JU5TINPDX
    @JU5TINPDX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +452

    Steely Dan’s musical genre is: Steely Dan

    • @barbaravance6774
      @barbaravance6774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Exactly!♥️🇺🇸

    • @Jlnealiii
      @Jlnealiii 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      the word smooth should be involved

    • @msoperator01
      @msoperator01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I’ve loved Steely Dan since I was introduced when I was 12yo. I’m 65 and they are bigger than ever. Still the best!

    • @sobaytje
      @sobaytje 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The best answer to describe Steely Dan

    • @VEGAFLICKS
      @VEGAFLICKS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Absolutely agree, but thought this was a Santana song for a long time, to be honest.

  • @DJAXfromUCLA
    @DJAXfromUCLA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +464

    "Love this, but never knew it was Steely Dan," said everyone who ever put on a Steely Dan record.

    • @xxshevilxx
      @xxshevilxx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      yep

    • @treschurchill1766
      @treschurchill1766 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      100% Every friend I have says they don't like SD, then after I play a song "Oh, I like THAT song." Rinse and repeat 30 times in a row...

    • @fuckamericanidiot
      @fuckamericanidiot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This one doesn't sound like Steely Dan sound on most of their other songs, it has quite a serious tone when Steely Dan are usually more playful

    • @Wolverines77
      @Wolverines77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Across my 52 years onnthis dusty little ball, I am completely shocked by how many people have no clue who the artists are to all of the amazing music out there. I knew who Steely Dan was when I first heard them on the radio when I was 5 years old. I was buying their albums when I started getting an allowance when I was 8 years old...

    • @skibooski6884
      @skibooski6884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      When I started actually digging into their discography I was shocked about the amount of their songs I knew every word to and was completely unaware of who Steeley Dan was haha

  • @armchairgravy8224
    @armchairgravy8224 4 ปีที่แล้ว +362

    "This is not a Steely Dan marathon." Whatever you guys gotta tell yourself in order to play more Steely Dan. It's OK. Just play more Steely Dan!

    • @scareyaf
      @scareyaf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      They gotta do Reelin' In The Years. Killer song man.

    • @odurandina
      @odurandina 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      "What the hell is that?" Good call: it's a combination of Jeff Baxter and Walter Becker on guitars and Danny Dias on electric sitar going OFF.

    • @tempest_91
      @tempest_91 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      One song isn’t enough

  • @johannesbridges1341
    @johannesbridges1341 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Everyone in the world loves Steely Dan -- even if they don't realize it.

  • @bradleyconrad678
    @bradleyconrad678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +268

    The solo instrument is a Danelectro Choral Sitar. It’s a guitar with a bridge that gives it the “buzz” of a sitar. It’s tuned and plays like a guitar but because the bridge is designed a certain way, it evokes the sound of a sitar. It was invented in the late 60s but by this point it was mostly used to evoke East Indian vibes. People played it to sound East Indian for the most part (the Yardbirds “Heart Full of Soul” for example) but certain artists used its tonality to go beyond its immediate East Indian evocation. Stevie Wonder used it on “I Was Made to Love Her” but most notably on “Signed Sealed Delivered” in 1970. The band Redbone also used it to great effect on their hit song “Come and Get Your Love” in 1974. Those artists used it as a textural “part” to the songs without trying to evoke “East Indian” modes; Steely Dan however, used it as a voice for a soloing instrument in a context that eschewed any reference to East Indian music and featured it in a way that no one had done before. It was a stroke of sonic genius.

    • @billhicks8
      @billhicks8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Thanks for the background here, for once a comment that is actually informative rather than someone just saying something obvious about genres etc in order to be a Smart Aleck

    • @fukawininetynine5999
      @fukawininetynine5999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      This is what I scroll through the comments section for. Thanks!

    • @kenmiller8006
      @kenmiller8006 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Great comment

    • @trespatines8698
      @trespatines8698 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Great information. Thanks.

    • @fords_nothere_100
      @fords_nothere_100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      For me this is what a comment section is for. Well done, and well written, sir.

  • @hexodus00
    @hexodus00 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Imagine this was the opening song on their first album. Guys in their early 20s. I myself at that age was in the process of figuring out whether to put pants on before or after socks.

    • @regularsizeruss3874
      @regularsizeruss3874 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Where'd you land on that? Just curious.

    • @jessicacobb4846
      @jessicacobb4846 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@regularsizeruss3874😂😂😂 I don’t know why but that comment made me cackle!

    • @treff9226
      @treff9226 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol! Good stuff right there! Luckily, I have a neighbor who helps me with my pants.....tricky as hell!..

  • @dbilly7
    @dbilly7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    70’s music....NOTHING BEATS IT.

  • @dmytroandryeyev6445
    @dmytroandryeyev6445 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Dang, I'm a guitar player with 25 years of tenure, and I've heard much, but this guitar lead is actually one of the best I ever heard. This guy's right hand work is incredible

    • @maitai1133
      @maitai1133 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's the Great DENNY DIAS you're listening to, who found an ELECTRIC SITAR in the studio when they cut this song. He played it once for the solo, and NEVER PICKED UP ANOTHER ELECTRIC SITAR AGAIN. Think about it, man, this song is 50 YEARS OLD.

  • @TheePIB
    @TheePIB 4 ปีที่แล้ว +345

    The solo is an electric sitar, which is a similar but distinct instrument to the guitar.

    • @m.gideonhoyle409
      @m.gideonhoyle409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Played by Mr. Denny Dias.

    • @bdubs3819
      @bdubs3819 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Pronounced SIT- ar instead of gui-TAR 🙂

    • @hansvandermeulen5515
      @hansvandermeulen5515 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Danelectro had an electric sitar in production at the time, looks and plays probably like a regular guitar but it has a lot of extra strings that aren't strummed but contribute to this specific sound, a sitar also has a lot of extra strings.

    • @bjwnashe5589
      @bjwnashe5589 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Good call. Played by the great Denny Dias. One of the all-time great solos in popular music.

    • @riggermorpus
      @riggermorpus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That was my first thought too.

  • @TheBryanDrummond
    @TheBryanDrummond 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    The principle members of this band were 21 and 23 when they wrote this album. Every aspect of the music, instrumentation, vocal delivery, and lyrics, carries a maturity that comes across as if it was conjured up by wise old fusion veterans. And yet, they were fresh out of college, this was their first release - and they were just getting started. Amazing.

    • @lieslyvette27
      @lieslyvette27 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      that always amazes me... they had it together that young!

    • @mistabook
      @mistabook 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That's insane. I guess I just assumed they were always 40. 😄 Never even thought about it.

  • @ossier2796
    @ossier2796 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Hey, my generation. I was 23 and dancing to this song. I’m 71 and still love it.

  • @user-cz6vf2jh5b
    @user-cz6vf2jh5b ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The tone and choice of notes in that guitar solo is just flat out ...BADASS...
    Great song..

  • @kvs305
    @kvs305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Steely Dan marathon for sure.

  • @mikeriley8507
    @mikeriley8507 4 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    Steely Dan Marathon? I'm ready, guys.

    • @TheMadisonMachine
      @TheMadisonMachine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same. I know I'm in prime dad age cuz I've been on a huge Steely Dan kick the last few months

    • @filled_soda
      @filled_soda 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TheMadisonMachine Me too, man. I've been getting into them recently and just growing on me more and more

    • @Charliem1994
      @Charliem1994 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@filled_soda Same, quickly became one of my five favourite bands of all time

    • @Hamstrakt
      @Hamstrakt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      DO IT! Again?

    • @odurandina
      @odurandina 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Suggestion: just let more of the song play thru. We GET IT. What the hell is that? Good call: it's a combination of Jeff Baxter and Walter Becker on guitars and Danny Dias on electric sitar going OFF.

  • @johndeecee
    @johndeecee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Back in '74 when my friends and I were all 14/15 years old, their favorite bands were Backman Turner Overdrive, Kiss, etc., mine was Steely Dan... and even when my 14-year-old mind could not comprehend the true meanings of their lyrics, the sound, the beat, the smoothness, had me hooked.
    Truly, they are still my favorite band in 2020, forty-six years later...

    • @jenl3162
      @jenl3162 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Couldn’t agree more. I just can’t believe that over 40 years later, their music still sounds so fresh. Never get tired of them.

  • @zackvanhalen
    @zackvanhalen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is one of my all time favorite songs. It creates such a magical atmosphere.

  • @jonathanhenderson9422
    @jonathanhenderson9422 4 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    Steely Dan were truly their own genre. Such a seamless blend of rock, jazz, r&b, and pop. Not sure if any band ever mixed commercial/pop sensibilities with such musical and lyrical sophistication, even though many hated them because they kinda invented the "soft rock" genre. They also very much did some material that leaned more towards jazz and rock. For jazzy Dan, try Rikki Don't Lose That Number, and for rocking Dan, try Don't Take Me Alive.

    • @downwardisheavenward3006
      @downwardisheavenward3006 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He’s not as popular as they were/are, but my first thought is Joe Jackson

    • @davidhughmiller
      @davidhughmiller 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Remember that R&B and RnB are two separate entities. This is definitely in the Rhythm & Blues category.

    • @treffbennett6534
      @treffbennett6534 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Haters who blame Steely Dan for soft rock should turn in their ears in the basket marked "defective" and then proceed to fill in the holes on sides of head with concrete......ain't using them anyway! Soft rock? It it's good-it's good, labels be damned! I dig Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Meshuggah....today I played ABBA, Neil Diamond, Sade, and George Michael. I love music-all of it!

    • @treffbennett6534
      @treffbennett6534 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Haters who blame Steely Dan for soft rock should turn in their ears in the basket marked "defective" and then proceed to fill in the holes on sides of head with concrete......ain't using them anyway! Soft rock? It it's good-it's good, labels be damned! I dig Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Meshuggah....today I played ABBA, Neil Diamond, Sade, and George Michael. I love music-all of it!

    • @jonathanhenderson9422
      @jonathanhenderson9422 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@treffbennett6534 Absolutely agree with you, Treff. I'm also a musical omnivore who can go from Ulcerate to Steely Dan to Hiromi Uehara to Taylor Swift to Talk Talk to The Kinks. Lots of great music out there of all kinds and I don't understand why people limit themselves and their tastes so much.

  • @DuhQuanNigstix
    @DuhQuanNigstix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Denny Dias was a fly guitarist and historically underrated. The Dias solo in this song is filthy!

  • @marielaveau5321
    @marielaveau5321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    The day I snapped and walked out of my job of 12 years I went and bought an inflatable pool, a case of beer and a bag of ice, and I stayed drunk in the back yard the rest of the summer listening to this album. 😎💜💚💛✌️

    • @concrawcrawfish9114
      @concrawcrawfish9114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That's therapy right there! ❤👍

    • @jimcarlson6157
      @jimcarlson6157 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      comment ca va mon cherie?

    • @marielaveau5321
      @marielaveau5321 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jimcarlson6157 mieux que je ne mérite, mon ami. j'espère que vous allez bien aussi. 😊✌️💜💚💛

    • @jimcarlson6157
      @jimcarlson6157 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@marielaveau5321 I'm more charming in English

    • @GRTVO
      @GRTVO 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What a great experience.

  • @joaobarreira1067
    @joaobarreira1067 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I just love how you young guys who are into hip hop, can appreciate this great music which being sadly forgotten. I wish more young people would take the wonderful journey which you are on.

    • @brunoactis1104
      @brunoactis1104 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's not being forgotten, it's actually more alive than new music. Old songs have a hugely bigger market than new songs.

  • @robroemer
    @robroemer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "reeling in the years" and "rikki don't lose that number"... two of the greatest pop songs ever written and recorded.

    • @davidryan7386
      @davidryan7386 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This is there trio of early peak brilliance.

  • @roadkill7314
    @roadkill7314 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I'm 62 years old and I grew up going to concerts in the 70's, 80's, and 90's. I saw all of the great rock stars and groups live. Musically Steely Dan is hands down the finest band I've ever seen live! And they're still touring and still great!

    • @fukawininetynine5999
      @fukawininetynine5999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Robert Stevenson I saw them a few years back in Memphis outdoors at the Mud Island Amphitheater. It was like listening with a good set of headphones. Outstanding! And they started it with Aja.

    • @GenXDaddyO
      @GenXDaddyO 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Saw them a couple years ago at an outdoor arena in Florida. They killed it. Killed it dead. One of the best concerts I’ve ever seen from a music quality perspective.

    • @ramonaestrada601
      @ramonaestrada601 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Roadkill I’m 74 and still love them, makes me want to dance. I still appreciate the Colombian gold.

  • @All-Fur-Coat_No-Trousers
    @All-Fur-Coat_No-Trousers 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    When people who love music really engage with Steely Dan's music, there can be no denying they're among the best there ever was or will be, not a doubt in my mind

  • @xyloplax
    @xyloplax 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Absolutely one of the most underrated solos of all time. This song frigging OWNS.

  • @YukonMkI
    @YukonMkI 4 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    Hey 19. To cement the Steely Dan chill vibe, this is a must! "The Cuervo gold, the fine Columbian, makes tonight a wonderful thing"

  • @coatesycobra
    @coatesycobra 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Fagan and Becker of SD were on record as being HUGE Motown fans, so your assessment of Steely Dan being "in the R&B category" has merit when you consider their influences.

    • @bluepvp900
      @bluepvp900 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep, they are two of the coolest white guys to have ever walked the Earth.

  • @scottmoore1430
    @scottmoore1430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    And please remember, this is the first track on their first album. Great start for a great band.

  • @drakendadinstantreviews1852
    @drakendadinstantreviews1852 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I’m old enough to say, we had it good back in the day....

    • @Divine_Serpent_Geh
      @Divine_Serpent_Geh 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I imagine you sure did sir! 👍

    • @TheCornishCockney
      @TheCornishCockney 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was 16 in 1970.
      Would you swap your time for any other in history?
      Nope,me neither.

  • @sjd5750
    @sjd5750 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    These two guys were musical surgeons in a studio. No lie! Extremely demanding, and knew just what they wanted out of the hired guns they would bring in.

  • @impishmiss
    @impishmiss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Steely Dan are brilliant musicians, absolute perfectionists. They utilised many great musos

  • @rk41gator
    @rk41gator 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Like Genesis, Steely Dan's music is so smooth and upbeat it makes you loose the meaning of the words, because the lyrics are SO DARK. Both group's layering and attention to detail is miraculous. SO GOOD. Timeless!

  • @josiesaturday9479
    @josiesaturday9479 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Aja & Kid Charlemagne are a must! and also Josie, Deacon Blues, Don't take me alive, Babylon Sisters....a marathon would be great!

  • @Zepo1is
    @Zepo1is 4 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    Let me just say, I joined Patreon and became a member today on the suspicion that you might do a Steely Dan marathon.

    • @JungleScene
      @JungleScene 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Please start said marathon with Time Out of Mind

    • @ronswanson1704
      @ronswanson1704 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Graceful Savage such a great song. Great recommendation.

    • @marshamorris8444
      @marshamorris8444 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I did the same, but I just enjoy their 'takes' on things in general! That being said...we would LOVE for you guys to have the full Steely Dan experience!! Mind blowing music with those trademark cerebral lyrics...and then some of it is just great fun, like FM and the superb Reelin in the Years

    • @kevinebarron
      @kevinebarron 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JungleScene Please don't.

    • @HeyCarrieAnn396Hz
      @HeyCarrieAnn396Hz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love Steely Dan.

  • @deannacrownover3
    @deannacrownover3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    In my generation, when this music came out, we did not put it into categories. Everybody just listened to everything!

    • @ossier2796
      @ossier2796 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh yeah. That’s the truth.

    • @benjamin-papa
      @benjamin-papa 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      music stores must have been a mess

    • @divaduck52
      @divaduck52 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@benjamin-papa Music stores in the 60s and 70s were corners of heaven where young people could get lost for hours just flipping through bin after bin of LPs, looking at the cover art and reading all about the players and the lyrics. Now that vinyl is coming back (such a trip for Boomers like me!) maybe the stores will come back. I saw Robert Plant at Virgin Records in Times Square and shamelessly followed him all through the huge store. Good times.

    • @benjamin-papa
      @benjamin-papa ปีที่แล้ว

      @@divaduck52 I was born in 92 so I still experienced this with cds

  • @horsefeathers5529
    @horsefeathers5529 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Time for a Steeley Dan marathon boys....they have sooooo many epic tunes

  • @helgar791
    @helgar791 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Steely Dan is their own category. This particular song is about addiction, and how we humans are creatures of habit. I just became a patreon, and when you do an SD marathon I'm there. SD's production and musicianship is nonpareil. These guys have about 30 or 40 great songs. There really isn't a such thing as a bad SD song. They are your favorite musicians favorite band. You're just scratching the surface of what is IMHO America's greatest band.

    • @bernardboka4277
      @bernardboka4277 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hel Gar yes you got it. God’s great wheel against the fall of Man. Perfect musicianship in a funky groove telling a sad story. I will get Back Jack and do it again until I get it right... maybe in 100000 years

  • @silverburst6123
    @silverburst6123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Solo was played on electric sitar by Denny Dias. Gotta do “Black Friday” and “Bodhisattva.” Must listens for Steely Dan. Phenomenal guitar solos in both songs.

    • @trouty42
      @trouty42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's wild, I was watching a different reaction to this song just a little while ago and thinking to myself "this sounds like a sitar but if it is it's definitely electric" and I didn't know if an electric sitar even existed. Good stuff.

    • @universal-zy5bh
      @universal-zy5bh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Two other great suggestions!!!

    • @kennethdias9988
      @kennethdias9988 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Larry Carlton on Kid Charlemagne best guitar solos ever

  • @josephschmitz6457
    @josephschmitz6457 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    "Hey guys, sorry but we have both heard this song and we're probably not going to get caught off guard and blow away."
    *Proceeds to be caught off guard and blow away*

  • @darrendonahue2797
    @darrendonahue2797 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    You know Steely Dan is way cool when a couple of Black Dudes are catching the Steely Dan Vibe and digging on a couple of geeky musical white guys!! Lol!! Love the Dan! Love the Review guys!!👍🏻😜😁

  • @scottspeer
    @scottspeer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    You really need to get a Steely Dan marathon going! Josie, Deacon Blues, and the title track off the Aja album should be next up.
    And when you're done with Steely Dan, you need to react to Pink Floyd's One of These Days!

    • @hankingaround713
      @hankingaround713 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Royal Scam! The entire album!

    • @calguy3838
      @calguy3838 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @ted ritola You're missing a few from the 70's. Off the top of my head: The Rolling Stones; The Who; Led Zeppelin; The Eagles; Jethro Tull; Elton John; The Police.

    • @calguy3838
      @calguy3838 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @ted ritola You'd need to be more specific about your criteria for inclusion, then. Are you limiting it the decade in which the band was formed? When their first album was released? Or when they first hit it big/and or the decade of their greatest success? Led Zeppelin really is a quintessential 70's band even though their first album was released in the late 60's. The same goes for Jethro Tull and Elton John (oh, and Deep Purple; I forgot Deep Purple). The Who is a 60's band, but the 70's was their greatest decade (IMO). The Stones could go either way, but I guess it's fair to assign them to the 60's. A few more to add to the 70's: Black Sabbath; Bad Company; ZZ Top; The Doobie Brothers; Talking Heads; The Cars; Heart; Supertramp; Kansas; Styx; and, of course, Steely Dan.

    • @gregrambo606
      @gregrambo606 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@calguy3838
      PINK FLOYD!!!

    • @calguy3838
      @calguy3838 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@gregrambo606 Yes, Pink Floyd, too. They put out a few albums in the 60's, but I think most people identify them more with the 70's.

  • @92548dannyt
    @92548dannyt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    You gotta do "FM no static at all" Every one is gonna love it including you two.

    • @edster612
      @edster612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One of the best intros ever

    • @dresmith2
      @dresmith2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      FM is a sick grove

    • @VINZBROWN
      @VINZBROWN 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      FM. Thattttts THE JAM

    • @SMccrate01
      @SMccrate01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      FM FM FM!!!! That is the coolest groove ever! No static at all baby!

    • @cpoenasty
      @cpoenasty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      goootttta do fm

  • @vaportrails7943
    @vaportrails7943 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Rock, jazz, R&B, they had a little bit of everything.

  • @johncondry
    @johncondry 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Steely Dan, the artists for artists. Pure bliss!!!

  • @amargnwalkr
    @amargnwalkr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    So stoked y'all are into Steely Dan. Donald Fagen really was a genius. Also, those records had a lot of the best of the best studio musicians of the time. Watch one of Rick Beato's vids about them. Great stuff all around.

  • @stevemercer6976
    @stevemercer6976 4 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    You become a Steely Dan fan when you get better at listening to music.

    • @DIXIDAWG
      @DIXIDAWG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Steve Mercer so true. I’m steeling that line....

    • @stevemercer6976
      @stevemercer6976 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@DIXIDAWG No worries, I'm pretty sure I stole it myself!

    • @d.j.ashley
      @d.j.ashley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amen

    • @vintagerealityvr
      @vintagerealityvr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I went on a 9 day road trip with 4 people and discovered steely dan and listened to it it the entire time. No exaggeration, it's the only thing we played for 9 days.

    • @albertjflores8950
      @albertjflores8950 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Skunk Baxter

  • @chemlnarik5835
    @chemlnarik5835 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've watched a few of these reaction videos of do it again, and the keyboard intro elicits the same wave of relaxation in all of the reactors. Possibly the best intro in the history of music

  • @kathynicholson103
    @kathynicholson103 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    My Old School, Dirty Work, When Josie Comes Home, FM; it's a deeep rabbit hole, guys!

  • @Castironcarnivore
    @Castironcarnivore 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    “Reelin in the years” and “My old school” are two of their hits, that are staples to play.

  • @thelowe6393
    @thelowe6393 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    SD is one of the most important American bands/concepts (as they used many musicians) in modern music, IMHO. Way above cool.
    A scotch on the rocks, some good blunt & watching the sunset. Doing it again.

  • @glennburch1081
    @glennburch1081 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would agree with you that this genre can be, arguably, placed in the R&B category.......that's what makes SD music so beautiful. Got that SWEEEEEEET soulful flavor to it. I am 63 years old and was lucky enough to experience this music real time, as it was originally released. It still invokes the same feelings in me now as back in the day. So grateful to have seen this band in Virginia Beach right b4 Walter Becker's passing. This group makes my top 5 all-time favorite bands. Unequaled quality in all their music. I really enjoyed your reaction. Also, this "Reaction" thing is beautiful bc it brings people together. In this day and age, given the political discourse, we could all use something to unite us. So kudos to you two "Lost In Vegas" guys for putting something out there to help us all feel closer. Take a bow.

  • @davidkelly1820
    @davidkelly1820 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Steely dan can take a washboard, juice harp and spoons sound good together.

    • @amyelizabeth529
      @amyelizabeth529 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I thought I heard someone playing a washboard at the beginning of the song. Now I'm thinking I may have been right. ✌

    • @jeffyoungblood4978
      @jeffyoungblood4978 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What is a juice harp? Maybe you meant jews harp.

    • @ericminch
      @ericminch 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jeffyoungblood4978 Same thing. Just regional dialect.

  • @NoLegalPlunder
    @NoLegalPlunder 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Man, I love so much 70s music. It was complex but fun. They didn’t play to show off. They played because they loved it.

  • @Brandonmtlhd
    @Brandonmtlhd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    If you end up doing a marathon, you'll find out quickly that Steely Dan is not just in any one category.

  • @mrod1984
    @mrod1984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I really liked the observation that the only way to end the song was fading it out.. Never given that, as a concept a thought. Once spoken though, I find that to apply to a number of songs that I like, just rocking out so hard that there really is no other way to end it, but to fade it out, thumbs up! Great video as always!

  • @raygsbrelcik5578
    @raygsbrelcik5578 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    "RELAXATION?" Are you kidding...makes ME want to
    DANCE, and I'm 69 years young!!!

    • @ramonaestrada601
      @ramonaestrada601 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ray Gsbrelcik lol it always makes me want to dance, I can remember those nights when I was dancing, 74/here and reeling in the years.

    • @rivertam7827
      @rivertam7827 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can't not shake your hips to this 💃

    • @WickedKingLycoan
      @WickedKingLycoan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hmmm...It makes me want to try and rob a casino through cheating the house and go on the run.

    • @raygsbrelcik5578
      @raygsbrelcik5578 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WickedKingLycoan Good luck. I hope you don't have a
      record!

    • @WickedKingLycoan
      @WickedKingLycoan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@raygsbrelcik5578: If I can, you’ll read the headlines.

  • @scottnagy3222
    @scottnagy3222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I heard this on the radio as a kid. As much as I frickin love to hear it now, I appreciate the memories it brings from back then. More Steely Dan!

  • @stevez.6805
    @stevez.6805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    "Do It Again" has always been a jam...

  • @immyhoney
    @immyhoney 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ok so hang on a minute! I am officially a "Boomer" but y'all are listening to and grooving the hell out of my 70's music! I am a die hard old school R&B lover...Al Green, Bill Withers, Barry White, Rufus, Earth Wind and Fire, Sly and the Family Stone. Some of us have been loving this stuff forever, so don't be talking bad about a Boomer, we ain't all alike!!

  • @treffbennett6534
    @treffbennett6534 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    In a catalog of unquestioned ear candy-this is the Dan's masterpiece! I never fail to reach for the volume knob when Do It Again appears!

    • @iwantmyutube9040
      @iwantmyutube9040 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I must agree 😊

    • @universal-zy5bh
      @universal-zy5bh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, indeed...this has to be played at high volume!!! We played this across the campus every time going back for another start of a semester at college!!!

    • @davidryan7386
      @davidryan7386 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Top 3 or 5 unaurguably. Gaucho, aja, reelin in the years, royal scam...

  • @andrewgrimes6332
    @andrewgrimes6332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Session musicians were ecstatic to play with Steely Dan because of their complicated compositions. A very talented duo in Fagan and Becker.

  • @privysorrow5120
    @privysorrow5120 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Upvote for Steely Dan marathon. Home at Last next!! And the Dan is definitely some R and B.

  • @757optim
    @757optim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Funny thing - I've come to appreciate Steely Dan more today than I did back in the day.

  • @StereoSpace
    @StereoSpace 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "This is like jazz and reggae to me." I always thought Santana and Steely Dan came in with similar sounds and influences. There's a very strong Caribbean/Brazilian influence in their music. (Brazilian jazz was big in the 60's).

  • @yippeethreeeight
    @yippeethreeeight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I think you guys should just bail on the idea of a Steely Dan marathon and add their whole catalog to your playlist. ;)

  • @gdawgs101
    @gdawgs101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    Kid Charlemagne is a must!

    • @firetracks2581
      @firetracks2581 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      100%

    • @guyhenderson405
      @guyhenderson405 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lyrics are epic....Music legend as usual.

    • @ki2the2nd
      @ki2the2nd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sampled by Kanye West

    • @RD-jr8nv
      @RD-jr8nv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They did it on patreon! Only a dollar a month, get involved

    • @gdawgs101
      @gdawgs101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@RD-jr8nv I know, I've seen it. I commented before they did it

  • @fjanson2468
    @fjanson2468 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Few groups ever put in the effort of audio craftsmanship that Steely Dan did. Every note is exactly the way they wanted it. Stories of weeks of retakes to get it right are epic.

  • @lg.2000
    @lg.2000 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love this reaction vid guys !
    Steely Dan is a own music genre, simply ❤️‍🔥

  • @Alexander_D_Shaffer
    @Alexander_D_Shaffer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Steely Dan are the towering kings of "Dad Rock"

    • @Wrangzilla
      @Wrangzilla 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Mmm. I’d say “Grandpa rock”. I’d say 90’s alternative would be today’s “dad rock” these days.

    • @oldeharbinger
      @oldeharbinger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's exactly where my love of Steely Dan came from, my dad. He used to listen to them when I was little (70's) and, naturally, the nostalgia factor gets me. takes me back to him and his 8-track player.

    • @treffbennett6534
      @treffbennett6534 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ....and Dad's music WON'T BE TOPPED! School is in session for youngsters who want to hear killer musicianship....and find out just what in the hell a GUITAR is?

    • @filled_soda
      @filled_soda 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly. There's no way I would have listened to this in my teens (more fool me). Now that I'm grown up, I can hear the magic

  • @FenderBassMan
    @FenderBassMan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Again, it's a up-tempo tune about drug addiction and the hopelessness/helplessness of it all. "Water" is his fix.

  • @EmeraldBayMovies
    @EmeraldBayMovies 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Its kind of like gambling man"
    I love how he perfectly predicted the next verse of the song.

  • @Eric-ff4bf
    @Eric-ff4bf ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your guys analysis nailed this: a song about addictive behavior, with a stone cold groove but amazingly awesome solos. Steely Dan's solos all stay within the groove of the song, rather than flying out of the groove like so many rock & roll solos.

  • @travisbryant3185
    @travisbryant3185 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Dirty Work is another great one from them.

  • @Jay.McCarty
    @Jay.McCarty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Growing up, I heard this song a million times. I didn't appreciate the musicianship until Guitar Hero World Tour. GD that song!

    • @jasonokinawa6596
      @jasonokinawa6596 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Welcome back stank face George, missed you. Steely Dan will make it permanent, be careful.

  • @aleksandarsavic5824
    @aleksandarsavic5824 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the best bands of all time, if not the BEST one!! Band thats was way way ahead of its time, even for todays standards! Keep up the best reaction channel on YT! Greetings from Serbia!

  • @davidnelson6874
    @davidnelson6874 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This song was my introduction to Steely Dan back in late 1972.

  • @metaphoria3
    @metaphoria3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Glamour Profession, Green Earrings, Kid Charlemagne, Dont Take Me Alive, King of the World, Any Major Dude Will Tell You, Bad Sneakers, Only A Fool Would Say That, Babylon Sisters, Black Friday, Aja, Josie, and so on...

    • @danielswood
      @danielswood 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      definitely Babylon Sisters - so atmospheric ❤❤❤

  • @m.gideonhoyle409
    @m.gideonhoyle409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    R&B, rock and jazz... That's Steely Dan.

  • @gregrambo606
    @gregrambo606 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    They just might be the one band that DOES NOT HAVE A BAD SONG.

    • @monkeyballs512
      @monkeyballs512 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I’d have to think about that. There certainly isn’t one that jumps right out at me, and that alone is saying something.

    • @ronondechek14
      @ronondechek14 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Led Zeppelin is another.

    • @monkeyballs512
      @monkeyballs512 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ron Ondechek Zeppelin definitely has bad songs. Hell, they have a whole bad record in Coda and most of Presence

    • @ronondechek14
      @ronondechek14 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@monkeyballs512 You are certainly entitled to your opinion. I think Physical Graffiti was their peak, but don't think Presence was a bad album. Coda wasn't a "studio album", but rather a collection of unreleased songs, so not fair to judge it the same as a regular album. Have a good one.

    • @gregrambo606
      @gregrambo606 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ronondechek14
      True about Coda. That was just bits and pieces released as an "album." I don't really count that one from Zep.

  • @firepraise510
    @firepraise510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Used to hear this mandatory killer jam on Rock 103
    Every Friday afternoon after school.
    You just knew when the station jocks spun this groove...
    The weekend's on.
    Total cruisin' jam on State Street in Salt Lake just as easy
    As a good drinkin' tune with some bros
    Passin' a blunt and a bowl
    'Til the early morn.
    A classic groove band
    That will forever
    Stand the test of time.
    If anyone is looking to pigeonhole
    SD,
    Don't even attempt the wasted effort.
    SD is in a class,
    A genre,
    All their own.
    Just like Rush and Boston.
    Steely Dan will forever be
    A classic '70s
    Cross - platform fave
    That'll only grow on you
    As the years pass.

  • @allielightfoot2769
    @allielightfoot2769 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    A band that will completely mess with you and make you say “I know this song but didn’t know it was them” is Alan Parsons project. Alan Parson was the main force behind Pink Floyd’s dark side of the moon. He did most of the engineering on it I think.

  • @Thomas-aka-TomD
    @Thomas-aka-TomD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Gotta do "FM", "Time Out of Mind", "Aja", "Bodhisattva", "Kid Charlemagne", "Don't Take Me Alive", "Babylon Sisters", "Hey Nineteen", "Two Against Nature", "Show Biz Kids" to name just a few..... The band is still fire.....

  • @lastcowboy64
    @lastcowboy64 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of the best bands ever. Aja is one of my Favorite Albums, definitely my Favorite by Steely Dan. Enjoy your trip through their catalog. You won't be disappointed. Love Y'all! L8R.

  • @robclem8407
    @robclem8407 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    “Home at Last” from the Aja album. The
    Purdie half time shuffle groove is the shit!

    • @AvoiceInYourheadd
      @AvoiceInYourheadd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lost in Vegas - Home at last.
      It works.

  • @heatherboyer4974
    @heatherboyer4974 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    We demand Steely Dan marathon! JK. But seriously, consider it. This sets me in the mood to sit outside with a drink & watch the clouds. Love them!

  • @WayneE42
    @WayneE42 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love this song! And I love Steely Dan. I smell a marathon coming. 😁

  • @billgiambra2152
    @billgiambra2152 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Steely Dan...the least stale band ever! The variety-quality combo is astounding! Thanks guys!

  • @VersinKettorix
    @VersinKettorix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was never a fan of this song when I was young, but over the years I have learned to love this song. I originally did not appreciate how complex this song is musically and now I feel the same as these guys, noticing all of instruments that just keep building into the song. Great review guys.

  • @lawrenceeason8007
    @lawrenceeason8007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You would always find Steely Dan in the rock section of the record store...but they had strong influences from other genres too. Eclectic

  • @BrianH505
    @BrianH505 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I haven’t heard a whole lot of Steely Dan. I would be down for a marathon though. This is so smooth.

  • @leslie8888
    @leslie8888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Donnie Hathaway is one of my favorite R&B singers of all time. He died in his late 30s. His voice has such soul and completely draws you in. He did a few songs with Roberta Flack, Where is the love is one. But he played the club's and audio from his shows are incredible! 💞✌

  • @chickenman515
    @chickenman515 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love seeing people experience my favorite band in the world. It's great! Big props for exploring Steely Dan.

  • @charliecoutts3003
    @charliecoutts3003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    'Reeling In The Years' boys!! Containing Jimmy Page's favourite ever guitar solo.....'Do It Again' is my favourite Steely Dan tune from Becker and Fagan who , as well as themselves, employed some mind-blowing musicians....they really don't write 'em like this anymore!

  • @insulani
    @insulani 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Great reaction, lads. Your taste in hard rock and metal is well established now so please do more 70s and 80s soul, RnB, funk and later hip hop. The music I grew up with.

  • @patrickmasters8546
    @patrickmasters8546 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    if it hasn't been mentioned yet, the solo string instrument played is an electric sitar played by Denny Dias.

  • @jgfunk
    @jgfunk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So glad you guys did Steely Dan! I love the metal, I love the Steely Dan, love the grunge....all great!

  • @mendyrckz76
    @mendyrckz76 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    My dad would play this on the radio while driving back in the day. And this as well as other great music like Electric light Orchestra, Eagles, Boston, & Bad Company back then evolved my interest in Music. I simply do not hate any music. Everysong has some quality of that essence that you love about it. To me Music is Art in any form. Awesome Reaction. Love watching you guys discuss the music. And I still have my Steely Dan T shirt to this day!😁

  • @GT-mq1dx
    @GT-mq1dx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That’s Denny Dias playing and electric sitar I believe on that solo. I used to think this was Carlos Santana until some years back and it blew me away to find it was a Dan song. Too Kool.

  • @johnlylemusic
    @johnlylemusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What’s amazing about this song is it takes a minute and five seconds before the vocal even comes in, which would never EVER happen in today’s modern radio!

  • @Porsche996driver
    @Porsche996driver 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Classic song, Rockin’ full ‘70s style. Low riders, surfers, families, great song everyone can enjoy and groove to.