Steely Dan is definitely a swiss army knife. It doesn't matter what they choose to do stylistically, they will sound authentic and sublime. They are consummate musicians, writers, arrangers and engineers. You will get a well written song, recorded like no other, performed like a virtuoso. I won't say I like every single song they've recorded, but I love 99% of them.
Steely Dan doesn't really "cut loose." They''re a jazz-rock fusion band (I say "band," but after their first album it's just Walter Becker and Donald Fagan and a bunch of top studio musicians). They specialize in amazing songs, deep lyrics (often current events related, or personal experience related). Their songs are generally laid back and highly intellectual.
Closer to "Cut Loose" Steely Dan songs - Don't Take Me Alive, Reelin' in the Years, Black Friday, Your Gold Teeth, Green Earrings, Your Gold Teeth II. Bodhisattva, FM, Any World, Kid Charlemagne, West of Hollywood, Jack of Speed, Lunch with Gina, Home at Last, Time Out of Mind, Pretzel Logic, Chain Lightning, Fire in the Hole. Your Steely Dan journey has only begun!!
Yes! The only label that applies is "genre-inclusive, melodically-substantive intellectual music". BTW... this label does not also apply to Taylor Swift.
Steely Dan is two guys from NYC who get the greatest studio musicians in the universe to play on their record in a fascinating way. See the documentary and interviews with them and the great musicians.
Can we give it up for Mr Steve Gadd on drums!!!! His solos are the stand out in this track imo. Aja as an album took the music industry by complete surprise. The album offered a more mature sound, adult contemporary sound. Their earlier his were also very diverse; Do It Again, Reeling in the Years, Rikki Don't Lose That Number. Try them all and enjoy!
Aja /Aja album comes later and is their more sophisticated music. For me, when I think of Steely Dan I think of their earlier, classic works like: Peg, Do It Again, Rikki Don't Loose That Number, Reelin in the Years, Deacon Blues, My Old School, Black Cow, Hey Nineteen, Dirty Work, etc. Really all their work is great. Aja is suppose to be their master piece. Starting with their earlier work you can witness their evolution.
How could any music lover not love this." Reeling in the Years" and" Dirty Work" will give you another perspective (More Radio Friendly) side of the band. Thanks
Stereo stores use to play Aja to demonstrate the sonic clarity of their systems. Donald Fagan and Walter Becker(Steely Dan) would bring in dozens of great jazz and rock session musicians to play parts and picked what they thought were the best. In this song, Larry Carlton(guitar), Steve Gadd(drums), and Wayne Shorter(saxophone), were the annointed ones among others but vitually every song would have a different lineup of musicians.
Always the best drummers, here Steve Gadd, Jeff Porcaro, Bernard Pretty Purdie, Jim Keltner, Rick Morotta, Paul Humphrey, top tier drummers. Jazz drumming? Jeff Porcaro on Your Gold Teeth II from Katy Lied, a 20 year old prodigy.
Steely Dan - elegant soulful and flawles music near perfection. All their songs were recorded by an incredible group of players - worlds top session musicians. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker had similiar partnership like Lennon-McCartney. Walter died 2017.
To all the Dan Fans who haven't seen the interviews yet, Rick Beato has interviewed all living members on this track except Donald Fagen and all are precious memories for us all. Steve Gadd's interview is phenomenal!!
Steely Dan is just in the "Cool genre" They mix many styles of music together... The personnel on this song is a who's who in studio Jazz musicians... Donald Fagen - lead vocals, synthesizer, police whistle, backing vocals Steve Gadd - drums Chuck Rainey - bass guitar Larry Carlton, Walter Becker, Denny Dias - guitars Joe Sample - Fender Rhodes Michael Omartian - piano Victor Feldman - percussion, marimba Wayne Shorter - tenor saxophone Timothy B. Schmit - backing vocals
They were a group of jazz musicians who had no problem integrating Rock and Funk, even Country, into their sophisticated changes and forms. Amazing lyrics, clean as a whistle arrangements and playing. They would play in whatever style fit the vibe of the song, simple or complex. The band was Walter Becker ( RIP ), Donald Fagen, Denny Dias, Jim Hodder, Jeff Baxter, David Palmer and some side players too. After the first 3 LPs he band became basically Fagen and Becker with their old bandmates at times, but also the top session and jazz musicians drifting in and out. This song features jazz giant Wayne Shorter on sax solo and drum legend Steve Gadd. All of their albums are master classes in songwriting, production and performance.
You probably should have started with their first album "Can't Buy a Thrill" featuring three really great songs. "Reeling in the Years" Do It Again" and "Dirty Work". Once you get through that then go into their catalog. "Aja" in my opinion is their greatest album. "Gaucho" is right behind it. They're a band that has its own genre and the world is better for it. Now that I'm older their music resonates even more with me.
This is one of the most complex songs i've ever heard in terms of structure and chord progression. It sounds like several different songs mashed together, and yet they flow almost seamlessly into each other. I really can't describe it any more coherent than that. It gets better every time i hear it.
They cut loose on "Don't Take Me Alive" on the Royal Scam album. They are essentially their own genre, so it's pointless to try to shoehorn them into a pre-existing genre. You've only listened to two songs off their later albums. Start at the beginning and progress from there.
Steely Dan is more often chilled if complex jazz funk based music rather than rockin out. They have their slightly more up tempo moments but you wont find them drifting into heavy or progressive rock. What they do have is some astonishing guitar solos infused through their catalogue and some great sax and horn work. ‘Don’t take me alive’, ‘The caves of Altamira’, ‘The Royal Scam’, ‘Peg’, ‘FM’, ‘Show biz kids’,’My old School’, ‘Jack of speed’, Two against nature’, ‘the last mall’, ‘Godwhacker’ and ‘Everything must go’ are my favourites but to be fair I would happily have any of their songs on my play list.
You need to react to "Kid Charlemagne" and "Don't Take Me Alive" You'll get to hear some of the most incredible guitar playing from Larry Carlton that is on record. Donald and Walter were a beautiful team.
Top tier Steely Dan. Do more; there's a hundred songs or more and they're all worth hearing. Start at the start, or start here with their best seller LP.. Seven great LPs in a row 1972-80 and a couple of more than decent albums post 2k, there's 6 solo LPs too. AJa captures the top of the game commercially and it's tremendous. I think they really hit their stride rather earlier. Nothing by anyone is better than this. This gets on *my* desert island all of the time. I enjoy people reacting to it a great deal. I assure you that you won't get bored with it.
The tenor sax player on the was the jazz great Wayne Shorter. He passed away in March, age 89. Before his iconic solo recording career he replaced John Coltrane in the legendary Miles Davis Quintet.
The Aja LP is one of the most perfectly produced records of all time. I remember the first time I played it I thought I was listening to an original master recording.
Well there is Yes who are my all-time favorite band and this another favorite, Steely Dan!!!! Good Reaction!!! Steely Dan based the compositions of a song from Jazz, R & B, and Soul music.....but mostly Jazz. Also, react to "Black Cow" by Steely Dan. A real banger!!!!!
SD is to me an infusion of jazz, rock and blues in quite of bit of their songs. Top notch musicianship, arrangements, vocal stylings (Fagen's iconic unique lead vocals and incredible harmonic backups with the girls and Michael McDonald on a number of SD songs), lyrics that sometimes require some research, and exceptional engineering. So much variety, but would recommend Peg, Pretzel Logic, Don't Take Me Alive, Black Cow, Hey Nineteen, Deacon Blues, Doctor Wu, Western World, Home At Last and that's just a start!
Aja and Royal Scam are their longer, more atmospheric, jazzy songs. Listen to some of their radio hits, like Peg, Josie, Do It Again, Deacon Blues, Reelin' in the Years, Kid Charlemagne....
SD wanted to record more jazz from the start, but the record companies made them produce rock oriented music. Once they had several hits, they slowly started introducing more complex and jazz style into their recordings. No matter how many hundreds of times I hear Aja, the drumming never ceases to blow me away.
Have you done Josie from this album? This is it later album but it was really good. But Josie is the one that really got me interested after I liked some of their early stuff when I was a little kid like go back Jack and do it again. It was on the radio constantly and it still gets to me.
Steve Gadd is the studio drummer on this song - amazing playing. You can hear him on lots of hits like Paul Simon's "50 ways to Leave your Lover" (worth a listen - it's an iconic drum performance). One of the best engineered albums ever, it's still a top reference to use. Fun Fact: Donald Fagen has said Aja was the name of a Korean woman who married the brother of one of his high-school friends Thanks for the upload!
You're in for quite a ride going through their catalogue. It is very hard to pigeon hole Steely Dan and my understanding is that Donald Fagen and Walter Becker worked very hard to not be. Every new album they came out with back in the day seemed very different from the one(s) before but all great music. Enjoy!
You can't go wrong with Steely Dan. Just start at the beginning of any album and keep going. My personal favorites are this tune, Aja,, Deacon Blues, Pretzel Logic, Black Cow, Rikki Don't Lose That Number,, Any Major Dude,, Night by Night, Babylon Sisters., Kid Charlemagne, Bad Sneakers....and on, and on.... There's one SD song that I never see mentioned but that always punches me in the gut, and it's Charlie Freak. Be sure to read the lyrics.
Check out Donald Fagen solo albums too when you get a chance. They perfectly compliment the Steely Dan catalog. Thanks for this reaction Shawn. You seem to be having so much fun.
Royal Scam as the first song to listen to for Steely Dan is a strange one. It's meant to finish out the Royal Scam and is very restrained in a way. The remainder of the album is super dynamic and funk jazzy.
Black Cow 🐄 is great too off of Aja besides the radio hits off it, Peg, Deacon Blues, Josie. Do It Again and Dirty Work were great off of their first album.
Steely Dan is a lot harder than Flaccid Dan. Even here. Steely Dan is the Jimmy Hendricks of Country/Eastern Punk Jazz. Jimmy is my uncle, down at the five and dime. Steely Dan...steely can! Aum. N.
Steely Dan crosses all genres - rock, jazz, fusion, funk....if you want more up-tempo material, you'll need to go back to their earlier albums. Here are a few to investigate: "Do It Again": th-cam.com/video/perdOoQYHgI/w-d-xo.html "Rikki Don't Lose That Number": th-cam.com/video/BsImSBO-ya4/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUncmlra2kgZG9uJ3QgbG9zZSB0aGF0IG51bWJlciBzdGVlbHkgZGFu "Reelin' In The Years": th-cam.com/video/2WTh_IEyU1w/w-d-xo.html and for some reggae, "Haitian Divorce": th-cam.com/video/dKMCz1b2RxE/w-d-xo.html
Steely Dan is a genre of it's own Try Peg. Michael McDonald sings the backing vocals. Actually, he did every voice in the backing vocals. He said it was extremely hard because he had to sing to different keys against his own voice! Do it again Bodhisattva Josie
They really don't rock out. They're a jazz-rock band, that wasn't their aim. Three songs where they do have a bit harder sound: Don't Take Me Alive, Black Friday, Josie. Aja is their masterpice of masterpieces. RIP Walter Becker
Another reason 1977 is one of the greatest years of the 70s, except for losing Elvis. That sucked. Then the Skynyrd plane crash, and the tragedy that befell Robert Plant. But other than those ... awesome year.
My favorite Dan song!!!! The best sax and drums combo (can you call them solos?) I have ever heard. Love the way the song builds momentum to get to that point!
Well good on you that you are listening to this. Don't get me wrong the song Royal Scam is a great not the best introduction to these guys. This rabbit hole is deep and satisfying. Don't forget! Steely Dan is your favorite bands favorite band! 🔥🤘✌
Steely Dan is a music genre unto themselves...
Steely Dan are ICONIC!!!!!!! So many memories from the seventies!!!!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
The drummer is Steve Gadd, one of the most sought after and respected drummers in the world.
Aja is a perfect album by any definition
Steely Dan is definitely a swiss army knife. It doesn't matter what they choose to do stylistically, they will sound authentic and sublime. They are consummate musicians, writers, arrangers and engineers. You will get a well written song, recorded like no other, performed like a virtuoso. I won't say I like every single song they've recorded, but I love 99% of them.
There are almost as many styles as songs. by Steely Dan. They are truly phenomenal!
Steely Dan doesn't really "cut loose." They''re a jazz-rock fusion band (I say "band," but after their first album it's just Walter Becker and Donald Fagan and a bunch of top studio musicians). They specialize in amazing songs, deep lyrics (often current events related, or personal experience related). Their songs are generally laid back and highly intellectual.
They have some great riffs though like in Do It Again & others like in Aja. Real bangers but in a classy, velvety way.
Closer to "Cut Loose" Steely Dan songs - Don't Take Me Alive, Reelin' in the Years, Black Friday, Your Gold Teeth, Green Earrings, Your Gold Teeth II. Bodhisattva, FM, Any World, Kid Charlemagne, West of Hollywood, Jack of Speed, Lunch with Gina, Home at Last, Time Out of Mind, Pretzel Logic, Chain Lightning, Fire in the Hole. Your Steely Dan journey has only begun!!
All of these tracks were engineered and planned out and this is a masterpiece.
Deep Dive into Steely Dan will never disappoint.
I'm envious of anyone just starting down the Dan rabbit hole!!!!
Hey. The drummer is the GREAT Steve Gadd!!
You absolutely cannot put a label on Steely Dan, unless the label is .."Masters of their craft."
Yes! The only label that applies is "genre-inclusive, melodically-substantive intellectual music". BTW... this label does not also apply to Taylor Swift.
Standing ovation for the musicianship overall and especially for Steve Gadd on the drums!
Steely Dan is two guys from NYC who get the greatest studio musicians in the universe to play on their record in a fascinating way. See the documentary and interviews with them and the great musicians.
This is an utterly beautiful song and perfectly performed and recorded on top of that. A masterpiece.
Steely Dan is their own entity with great complex music and lyrics!
Can we give it up for Mr Steve Gadd on drums!!!! His solos are the stand out in this track imo. Aja as an album took the music industry by complete surprise. The album offered a more mature sound, adult contemporary sound. Their earlier his were also very diverse; Do It Again, Reeling in the Years, Rikki Don't Lose That Number. Try them all and enjoy!
Aja /Aja album comes later and is their more sophisticated music. For me, when I think of Steely Dan I think of their earlier, classic works like: Peg, Do It Again, Rikki Don't Loose That Number, Reelin in the Years, Deacon Blues, My Old School, Black Cow, Hey Nineteen, Dirty Work, etc. Really all their work is great. Aja is suppose to be their master piece. Starting with their earlier work you can witness their evolution.
The whole Aja album just flows.
@@jordimoore2167 for sure!
How could any music lover not love this." Reeling in the Years" and" Dirty Work" will give you another perspective (More Radio Friendly) side of the band. Thanks
I keep stealing somebody else's line, but he described it just right. Steely Dan's style, is Steely Dan.
Black Friday is severely underrated.
Stereo stores use to play Aja to demonstrate the sonic clarity of their systems.
Donald Fagan and Walter Becker(Steely Dan) would bring in dozens of great jazz and rock session musicians to play parts and picked what they thought were the best. In this song, Larry Carlton(guitar), Steve Gadd(drums), and Wayne Shorter(saxophone), were the annointed ones among others but vitually every song would have a different lineup of musicians.
Always the best drummers, here Steve Gadd, Jeff Porcaro, Bernard Pretty Purdie, Jim Keltner, Rick Morotta, Paul Humphrey, top tier drummers.
Jazz drumming? Jeff Porcaro on Your Gold Teeth II from Katy Lied, a 20 year old prodigy.
Steely Dan - elegant soulful and flawles music near perfection. All their songs were recorded by an incredible group of players - worlds top session musicians. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker had similiar partnership like Lennon-McCartney. Walter died 2017.
To all the Dan Fans who haven't seen the interviews yet, Rick Beato has interviewed all living members on this track except Donald Fagen and all are precious memories for us all. Steve Gadd's interview is phenomenal!!
Steely Dan is just in the "Cool genre" They mix many styles of music together...
The personnel on this song is a who's who in studio Jazz musicians...
Donald Fagen - lead vocals, synthesizer, police whistle, backing vocals
Steve Gadd - drums
Chuck Rainey - bass guitar
Larry Carlton, Walter Becker, Denny Dias - guitars
Joe Sample - Fender Rhodes
Michael Omartian - piano
Victor Feldman - percussion, marimba
Wayne Shorter - tenor saxophone
Timothy B. Schmit - backing vocals
Steely Dan has a well deep with creative, clear, funky, fine music.
They were a group of jazz musicians who had no problem integrating Rock and Funk, even Country, into their sophisticated changes and forms. Amazing lyrics, clean as a whistle arrangements and playing. They would play in whatever style fit the vibe of the song, simple or complex. The band was Walter Becker ( RIP ), Donald Fagen, Denny Dias, Jim Hodder, Jeff Baxter, David Palmer and some side players too. After the first 3 LPs he band became basically Fagen and Becker with their old bandmates at times, but also the top session and jazz musicians drifting in and out. This song features jazz giant Wayne Shorter on sax solo and drum legend Steve Gadd. All of their albums are master classes in songwriting, production and performance.
You probably should have started with their first album "Can't Buy a Thrill" featuring three really great songs. "Reeling in the Years" Do It Again" and "Dirty Work". Once you get through that then go into their catalog. "Aja" in my opinion is their greatest album. "Gaucho" is right behind it. They're a band that has its own genre and the world is better for it. Now that I'm older their music resonates even more with me.
This is one of the most complex songs i've ever heard in terms of structure and chord progression. It sounds like several different songs mashed together, and yet they flow almost seamlessly into each other. I really can't describe it any more coherent than that. It gets better every time i hear it.
They cut loose on "Don't Take Me Alive" on the Royal Scam album. They are essentially their own genre, so it's pointless to try to shoehorn them into a pre-existing genre. You've only listened to two songs off their later albums. Start at the beginning and progress from there.
You can't pinpoint this band. They are literally ALL OVER THE PLACE
Swiss Army Knife is a very good analogy for Steely Dan. You DON'T know what to expect.
Keep going thru the Entire Album! You’ll be glad you did! Aja is an Incredible album!!!❤
They were incomparable
Steely Dan are its own genre of music
Black Cow and Kid Charlemagne are both amazing songs, you'll love them.
One of my favorite Steely Dan tunes, from one of their most advanced albums.
Steely Dan is more often chilled if complex jazz funk based music rather than rockin out. They have their slightly more up tempo moments but you wont find them drifting into heavy or progressive rock. What they do have is some astonishing guitar solos infused through their catalogue and some great sax and horn work. ‘Don’t take me alive’, ‘The caves of Altamira’, ‘The Royal Scam’, ‘Peg’, ‘FM’, ‘Show biz kids’,’My old School’, ‘Jack of speed’, Two against nature’, ‘the last mall’, ‘Godwhacker’ and ‘Everything must go’ are my favourites but to be fair I would happily have any of their songs on my play list.
You need to react to "Kid Charlemagne" and "Don't Take Me Alive" You'll get to hear some of the most incredible guitar playing from Larry Carlton that is on record. Donald and Walter were a beautiful team.
Top tier Steely Dan. Do more; there's a hundred songs or more and they're all worth hearing. Start at the start, or start here with their best seller LP.. Seven great LPs in a row 1972-80 and a couple of more than decent albums post 2k, there's 6 solo LPs too. AJa captures the top of the game commercially and it's tremendous. I think they really hit their stride rather earlier.
Nothing by anyone is better than this. This gets on *my* desert island all of the time. I enjoy people reacting to it a great deal. I assure you that you won't get bored with it.
You have a lot of ground to cover with Steely Dan so start from the start and enjoy the brilliant ride!!
The tenor sax player on the was the jazz great Wayne Shorter. He passed away in March, age 89. Before his iconic solo recording career he replaced John Coltrane in the legendary Miles Davis Quintet.
The Aja LP is one of the most perfectly produced records of all time. I remember the first time I played it I thought I was listening to an original master recording.
My favorite album from Steely Dan is Can’t Buy a Thrill but this is also a great album
Cant buy a thrill was my intro, I graduated high school in 1973, what a time for music! Steely Dan Never disappoints, will take you places
Ok! Enough said. Kid Charlemagne next please😊
...and I saw them here in Finland in live consert year 2000. Awsome!
Well there is Yes who are my all-time favorite band and this another favorite, Steely Dan!!!! Good Reaction!!! Steely Dan based the compositions of a song from Jazz, R & B, and Soul music.....but mostly Jazz. Also, react to "Black Cow" by Steely Dan. A real banger!!!!!
SD is to me an infusion of jazz, rock and blues in quite of bit of their songs. Top notch musicianship, arrangements, vocal stylings (Fagen's iconic unique lead vocals and incredible harmonic backups with the girls and Michael McDonald on a number of SD songs), lyrics that sometimes require some research, and exceptional engineering. So much variety, but would recommend Peg, Pretzel Logic, Don't Take Me Alive, Black Cow, Hey Nineteen, Deacon Blues, Doctor Wu, Western World, Home At Last and that's just a start!
Aja and Royal Scam are their longer, more atmospheric, jazzy songs. Listen to some of their radio hits, like Peg, Josie, Do It Again, Deacon Blues, Reelin' in the Years, Kid Charlemagne....
With the hip hop samples he might even recognise some tracks.
What you can expect from Steely Dan is about 100 great songs with amazing variety and superior musicianship
SD wanted to record more jazz from the start, but the record companies made them produce rock oriented music. Once they had several hits, they slowly started introducing more complex and jazz style into their recordings. No matter how many hundreds of times I hear Aja, the drumming never ceases to blow me away.
Love the hat....3 favorite bands....Tool, Steely Dan & The Grateful Dead
Green earrings, Black Friday, Any Major Dude, Kid Charlemagne and many others are waiting for you down the SD rabbit hole
" Okay Boomer" yeah okay lol. Best music ever.
Have you done Josie from this album? This is it later album but it was really good. But Josie is the one that really got me interested after I liked some of their early stuff when I was a little kid like go back Jack and do it again. It was on the radio constantly and it still gets to me.
Steve Gadd is the studio drummer on this song - amazing playing. You can hear him on lots of hits like Paul Simon's "50 ways to Leave your Lover" (worth a listen - it's an iconic drum performance). One of the best engineered albums ever, it's still a top reference to use.
Fun Fact: Donald Fagen has said Aja was the name of a Korean woman who married the brother of one of his high-school friends
Thanks for the upload!
Masterpiece.
You're in for quite a ride going through their catalogue. It is very hard to pigeon hole Steely Dan and my understanding is that Donald Fagen and Walter Becker worked very hard to not be. Every new album they came out with back in the day seemed very different from the one(s) before but all great music. Enjoy!
You can't go wrong with Steely Dan. Just start at the beginning of any album and keep going. My personal favorites are this tune, Aja,, Deacon Blues, Pretzel Logic, Black Cow, Rikki Don't Lose That Number,, Any Major Dude,, Night by Night, Babylon Sisters., Kid Charlemagne, Bad Sneakers....and on, and on....
There's one SD song that I never see mentioned but that always punches me in the gut, and it's Charlie Freak. Be sure to read the lyrics.
SD has several funky tunes in their catalog. One of favorites, but lesser known, is LUNCH WITH GINA. It grooves like a mug!
Check out Donald Fagen solo albums too when you get a chance. They perfectly compliment the Steely Dan catalog. Thanks for this reaction Shawn. You seem to be having so much fun.
I love this song sooo much! Thank you for your reaction Critcal✌🏻
Check out "Don't Take Me Alive"!
As a musician, does their music make u think? A fan for 53y, perfection on all tiers. I'm still learning from them.
Just what I think, but they don't have a bad album! ❤️
Royal Scam as the first song to listen to for Steely Dan is a strange one. It's meant to finish out the Royal Scam and is very restrained in a way. The remainder of the album is super dynamic and funk jazzy.
Smooth jazz is an affront and insult to the talent of Steely Dan.
Green Earrings should be next in the progression
Try "Night By Night" you will really like it!!
You'll need to listen to more to find out their style, they are all of what you mentioned and a sort of "Je ne sais quoi".
Black Cow 🐄 is great too off of Aja besides the radio hits off it, Peg, Deacon Blues, Josie. Do It Again and Dirty Work were great off of their first album.
Dude! I think we’re kindred spirits. The way you react to the music seems to be so much like the way that I do.
In a way Steely Dan is a genre
Steely Dan is a lot harder than Flaccid Dan. Even here.
Steely Dan is the Jimmy Hendricks of Country/Eastern Punk Jazz. Jimmy is my uncle, down at the five and dime.
Steely Dan...steely can!
Aum. N.
Donald Fagens voice is just too much!!!!!!!!
Not sure what you listened to yet but try Katy Lied or Ricky Don't Lose that Number , Reelin' in the years, etc
You are really Not ready for this, but that is Perfect!
The middle section, you can almost feel like you're in the middle of an Asian street market with the traffic whistle and all.
Steely Dan crosses all genres - rock, jazz, fusion, funk....if you want more up-tempo material, you'll need to go back to their earlier albums. Here are a few to investigate:
"Do It Again": th-cam.com/video/perdOoQYHgI/w-d-xo.html
"Rikki Don't Lose That Number": th-cam.com/video/BsImSBO-ya4/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUncmlra2kgZG9uJ3QgbG9zZSB0aGF0IG51bWJlciBzdGVlbHkgZGFu
"Reelin' In The Years": th-cam.com/video/2WTh_IEyU1w/w-d-xo.html
and for some reggae, "Haitian Divorce": th-cam.com/video/dKMCz1b2RxE/w-d-xo.html
they cut loose on " DON'T TAKE ME ALIVE "
Steely Dan is a genre of it's own
Try Peg. Michael McDonald sings the backing vocals. Actually, he did every voice in the backing vocals. He said it was extremely hard because he had to sing to different keys against his own voice!
Do it again
Bodhisattva
Josie
👍👍👍👍👍
Taj Farrant....Crossroads
Listen to the whole album.
I go for jazzy rock band.
They really don't rock out. They're a jazz-rock band, that wasn't their aim. Three songs where they do have a bit harder sound: Don't Take Me Alive, Black Friday, Josie.
Aja is their masterpice of masterpieces. RIP Walter Becker
Another reason 1977 is one of the greatest years of the 70s, except for losing Elvis. That sucked. Then the Skynyrd plane crash, and the tragedy that befell Robert Plant. But other than those ... awesome year.
Swiss Army band
It's marimba I believe
Music doesnt get much better than AJA .....or Steve Gadd on drums
Total mistake to try to label the musicians and bands of the era;)
What instrument is that? ....yes
Steely Dan is not a jazz band. Steely Dan is not a rock band. Steely Dan is not a pop band.
Steely Dan is Steely Dan.
In a real sense, you were listening to two different bands.
GREAT SWISS ARMY KNIFE
How about some Blues Please
My favorite Dan song!!!! The best sax and drums combo (can you call them solos?) I have ever heard. Love the way the song builds momentum to get to that point!
Well good on you that you are listening to this. Don't get me wrong the song Royal Scam is a great not the best introduction to these guys. This rabbit hole is deep and satisfying. Don't forget! Steely Dan is your favorite bands favorite band! 🔥🤘✌