WHAT? No one ever talks about it? No, that is crazytalk. It is one of the most talked about voices of the time. Stop going to the bingo games and wondering why they aren't talking about him.
When a Steely Dan producer asked in an interview how Donald sang into the rhythm back in the 70's he said :"He punched in" means he kept singing until the track was perfect. By the tune and the rhythm together.
Now imagine him doing it 100 times at once and you have the record 😛 and I doubt I'm exaggerating, from what I saw the mini-documentary on the making of "Aja" the album./
Jon Heringtgon - honoring Jay Graydon while putting his personal touch on it. What a monster in every way! Hard to believe what I just heard. Pretty close to perfection.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING…… EVERY ONE OF THOSE MUSICIANS ( Out outside of the originals, ) WERE PROBABLY EXCITED TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS SONG ! THIS HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE SONG FROM STEELY DAN SINCE IT CAME OUT ! 1977 I was 8 years old ! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I cannot believe I have just stumbled onto this! This is the “Classical” music our kids and grandkids should be embracing and studying. The caliber of all of the musicianship is worth the price of a ticket. I would like to personally thank the genius who put this touring act together.
There are definitely lots of younger fans out there. I'm 27, but I know of younger people than me who are heavily into this era of music. Great music lasts forever. It might not stay in the top 100 forever, but It will always have a legacy that far outpaces the generic stuff we've been fed for a long time now.
Damn, how pro are all these people to just rip on their instruments and sing in perfect pitch? The ultimate professionals. Never a bad cord or beat after the 10,000 hours. ❤
I learned Jay Graydon's solo in Peg note for note when it came out, and performed it live many times. It is harder than it sounds. This guy was allowed to riff his own solo and his tone and choices were far from the masterpiece Jay Graydon laid down on the original. He did the same to Larry Carlton's masterpiece in Third World Man.
I was wondering why this sounds so good: it’s due to great performances, mixing and the fact that Mike McDonald and Donald Fagen nailed the original recording. Well done, Gentlemen.
Agreed. This is my favorite live version of Peg EVER. It is hard to believe that a live version could be as good as the studio recording which was so heavily produced and crafted to perfection.
Magical… I’ve always been obsessed with this song then to hear it live and it sounds so amazingly the same and different in the best way imaginable almost better…no words
This is so tight! Nothing hurried, so clean, oh and folks this is live, no editing no auto tune! I hope some kids are watching this, cuz someone has to keep this going!!!
Wow Donald, always so tight and beautiful. Each musician an expert. The complex backing vocals with Michael and your long time backup singers it's like ear candy. Miss Walter. Bravo to you and the band for keeping it going!!
iT JUST MESSES ME UP TO HEAR THIS GREAT MUSIC PULLED OFF WITHOUT A GLITCH...IF I COULD TIME WARP I'D GET THE HELL OUT OF 2022 AND SIT IN THE STUDIO DURING THE MAKING OF PEG FOREVER. STEELY HAS CEMENTED THEMSELVES INTO THE WORLD MUSIC SMITHSONIAN HALL OF FLAWLESS MUSIC.
Don’t recall seeing Jesus in this group so, according to the Bible, you’re taking the Lord’s name in vain! If that means nothing to you now, I can promise you on the authority of the Word of God, that one day when you’re giving an account of your actions here on Earth, you will!
@@nashvillecop1 The laws of the Bible only apply to Christians. It's not a universal rule book. Stop policing people's language and worry about yourself.
Mike’s voice really adds that special ingredient singing the lower backing with the girls here. They sound great. Digging the guitar work in all of these. Wonderful ad libs. As usual, John is perfect. Cheers.
Thank God his manager encourage him to sing (Gary Kantz? or something like that? Sic?) Great gig. So much great music + astute cultural observations. Genius!
Still so very distinct though. (I used to have a near perfect voice- not so much anymore I’ve lost a lot of range, but I can still sing along with SD. It’s an injury that’s taking years to heal- but it’ll never be what it was and that’s fine!)
I remember hearing this song in the late 70s being too young to know who were the musicians and singers. Unlike any other song I'd heard before, there was one voice, in the background, that stood out and got my attention like never before. "Peeeeeg!" Who was that??? It's such a pleasure to see this group perform the song and to see Michael McDonald as that voice.
❤wow. Never heard anyone take on the great Isley Bros phenomenon song, “who’s that lady”, but thee guys do it justice.what a crew. Some great performances here. Get down with it. Boz Scaggs, Donald Fagan, Michael McDonald, and more.
This is three of my favorites ! I just found out about it and ordered it to watch with my wife on New Years Eve. We have seen them all separately live . But will be a good way to kick off the evening!
That great sound comes from Every Musician perfecting his or her craft to produce the best rendition of that song as possible...GREAT band...The guitar solos were right on, every note...Thanks for the post...
Every time I hear this song I think of when it first came out and hearing it on KFRC in San Francisco. Dr. Don Rose would yell, "P-e-e-e-e-e-e-g," whenever he'd play this song.
As a keyboard player, I think it would be great to just have to haul around a tiny melodica and THAT would be your entire setup. This is so nice to hear live with Mike McDonald's backing vo
Amazing how Steely Dan material still sounds fresh all these decades later. Still remember when Aja first came out. Groundbreaking music.
That young drummer is in heaven!!
No one ever talks about Donald's singing but he is so unique and special it's real soul.
WHAT? No one ever talks about it? No, that is crazytalk. It is one of the most talked about voices of the time. Stop going to the bingo games and wondering why they aren't talking about him.
It's that New Jersey Accent that makes the singing voice.
When a Steely Dan producer asked in an interview how Donald sang into the rhythm back in the 70's
he said :"He punched in"
means he kept singing until the track was perfect.
By the tune and the rhythm together.
Yes, and he has that Ray Charles head bob.
He's not much of a singer, but he's doing well, all things considered.
This is the EPITOME of Musical Art! At its FINEST! Wow…..I LOVE IT!!!!
2:54. Just to hear Michael sing the words "foreign movie" in that really odd-interval harmony, and keep it perfectly on pitch. Always makes my day.
He did it just as well as the original studio recording, very impressive.
Now imagine him doing it 100 times at once and you have the record 😛 and I doubt I'm exaggerating, from what I saw the mini-documentary on the making of "Aja" the album./
Michael and that lovable stuffy tenorish voice. Hard to explain....
@@spindriftdrinker And did all the parts alone in the studio.... one of my favorites
Michael's singing that part in time, Fagen is the one singing odd time.
Jon Heringtgon - honoring Jay Graydon while putting his personal touch on it. What a monster in every way! Hard to believe what I just heard. Pretty close to perfection.
Looks like him too a bit, lol
Aaron Spelling.. /Goldberg.. ☮️💖🪗🎼🕎🔯
JThat guitarist played on the Two Against the Nature Concert too.....brilliant guitarist that is one of the best concerts I've ever watched
It makes me sad that these amazing musicians are getting older. But so am I, I grew up listening to these guys, U feel blessed 😊
Make sure you do "What a beautiful world this would be". Keep coming back.
Same ❤
This is probably the ONLY group that can do Steely Dan songs, and no one will complain about it!
Well, when at least three have been with S.D., what do you expect?
It is 90% of the Steely Dan touring band.
I think this band does a really good job, certainly no complaints from me...and they are mostly from Russia!
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This song never gets old.
No Steely Dan song gets old
@@garyolshan4177 dirty work does
Old? It just doesn't, relevancy??? It's just really good.
One of the rare occasions the background vocals add as much to the song as the lead vocals. Michael McDonald is a bad man!
"Peg" remains timeless; still pulling heartstrings.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING……
EVERY ONE OF THOSE MUSICIANS ( Out outside of the originals, )
WERE PROBABLY EXCITED TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS SONG !
THIS HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE SONG FROM STEELY DAN SINCE IT CAME OUT !
1977 I was 8 years old ! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I cannot believe I have just stumbled onto this! This is the “Classical” music our kids and grandkids should be embracing and studying. The caliber of all of the musicianship is worth the price of a ticket. I would like to personally thank the genius who put this touring act together.
There are definitely lots of younger fans out there. I'm 27, but I know of younger people than me who are heavily into this era of music.
Great music lasts forever. It might not stay in the top 100 forever, but It will always have a legacy that far outpaces the generic stuff we've been fed for a long time now.
Damn, how pro are all these people to just rip on their instruments and sing in perfect pitch?
The ultimate professionals.
Never a bad cord or beat after the 10,000 hours. ❤
That guitarists tone was just incredible!
He's fab!
His name?
That solo paid some homage to the original solo yet was also pretty different - this is exactly the balance that one could hope for.
@@spindriftdrinker A microscopic amount of homage. More than his riffing that anything else.
I learned Jay Graydon's solo in Peg note for note when it came out, and performed it live many times. It is harder than it sounds. This guy was allowed to riff his own solo and his tone and choices were far from the masterpiece Jay Graydon laid down on the original.
He did the same to Larry Carlton's masterpiece in Third World Man.
In my heaven....here is my band.
How do you not love Fagen and McDonald! Brilliant and beautiful!!
I was wondering why this sounds so good: it’s due to great performances, mixing and the fact that Mike McDonald and Donald Fagen nailed the original recording. Well done, Gentlemen.
Couldn’t be the excellent musicianship of this hand-picked and incredibly good arranging of Donald Fagen.
Nah. Not that! No never!!!
@@daviddorrell5819 Agreed. After all, it is Fagen's song. Of course he's going to nail it.
Great musicians = Great Music! Lol. Simple but true.
Agreed. This is my favorite live version of Peg EVER. It is hard to believe that a live version could be as good as the studio recording which was so heavily produced and crafted to perfection.
Mm said df was perfectionist on how he sang 'peg'.
Wow Jon Herington is recreating that nostalgic tone perfectly.
40 something years later, Michael McDonalds voice still gives me goosebumps........
Yep, me too!
Angelic voice
the drumming is just spot on
Shannon Forrest - top musician!
The band is on point with every note and sound .
I was blessed to see these gentlemen live on stage at the PNC in Jersey. Loved, loved, loved the concert. Real musicians, real talent. How rare.
It ain't Snoop Dog, but it's OK.
@@vaccumme It sure isn't. I'm not either.
I bussed tables in a restaurant that had a jukebox back in the 70’s and I used to play this song over and over…. Stevie love!! ❤
Donald Fagen is the GOAT
That scratches me right where I itch.
Magical… I’ve always been obsessed with this song then to hear it live and it sounds so amazingly the same and different in the best way imaginable almost better…no words
The happiest bass line ever. What a great player.
On the album it is the legendary Chuck Rainey on bass! ❤❤❤❤❤
This is so tight! Nothing hurried, so clean, oh and folks this is live, no editing no auto tune! I hope some kids are watching this, cuz someone has to keep this going!!!
i feel like there's a just a little autotune on Donald's voice though
@@_gigi_1143 there's definitely auto tune on his voice, you can here it on the extended notes
WHAT HE SAID…!
Haha autotune. Mm talking about what a perfectiist df was on original
It's called real musicians
This is a master class in musicianship take heed young ones this is how it is really done
Music for all the generation . 👏👏👏👏👏
I am 73 years old and I have seen "Monet" 10-15 times with Boz Scaggs,...seeing her singing with Michael McDonald is fantastic...LOVE IT !!!
This song holds its own all these years! fan-damn-tastic!!
Man, Donald Fagen sounds simply brilliant in his old age.
He does sound good but he is using auto tune in this performance
@@LoJahn May I pls ask how does one know that?
@@karenr.sternberg1920You can hear it. It’s the immediate jumps between notes and somewhat synthy/ compressed sounds.
@@karenr.sternberg1920It's immediately audible to anyone with an ear that is apt to hear and identify it, unmistakably so.
Wow Donald, always so tight and beautiful. Each musician an expert. The complex backing vocals with Michael and your long time backup singers it's like ear candy. Miss Walter. Bravo to you and the band for keeping it going!!
Donald Fagen is a perfectionist doing music to perfection!
They are executing time change in a song live!!! This is insane!!
Completely normal in live performance.
This guitar player is beyond amazing
Jon Herington
IT'S YOUR FAVORITE FOREIGN MOVIE never gets old!!!!!!!!
What a masterpiece, it really works .
Greatness at work...
SOUND OF 70'S...J'ADORE...THANK YOU,MISTERS....
Out of this world live music…follow that…anybody…
How can you not love Donald Fagen.
Clean, original, unique.
What a great performance! I wish I was there in person to watch the show! When I was a teenager, I had already fallen in love with their music.
Peg is one of the greatest sounds to ever come out of my sound systems
So much to love about this performance but it’s the way Mike’s BV floats above the harmonies in the chorus that really nails it. Just sublime.
Peg kicks ass and the guy on geetar is a witch. Great song and my favorite steely tune.
Goosebumps EVERYTIME like the first time I heard PEG
His Majesty The King of BOOMERS - DONALD FAGEN!
As a singer..
Man would I like to sing with these dudes.
Favorite song of 1978 by steely dan🎉
LOVE THIS SONG AND MUSIC
Spectacular, truly innovative. It sounds like a sound track.
How Jon Harrigton plays...then ends the solo is magnificent.
iT JUST MESSES ME UP TO HEAR THIS GREAT MUSIC PULLED OFF WITHOUT A GLITCH...IF I COULD TIME WARP I'D GET THE HELL OUT OF 2022 AND SIT IN THE STUDIO DURING THE MAKING OF PEG FOREVER. STEELY HAS CEMENTED THEMSELVES INTO THE WORLD MUSIC SMITHSONIAN HALL OF FLAWLESS MUSIC.
I'm with you, man
Man what amazing musicians!
Lord, almighty. Mr Mc Donald in da house with Mr F, Boz and team
They are having a blast! Another reason it sounds great ! Fresh !
Wonderful!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Jesus Christ, even when Michael McDonald is just singing the third harmony part he still ends up being the lead singer.
Don’t recall seeing Jesus in this group so, according to the Bible, you’re taking the Lord’s name in vain! If that means nothing to you now, I can promise you on the authority of the Word of God, that one day when you’re giving an account of your actions here on Earth, you will!
@@nashvillecop1The Bible is full of shit.
@@nashvillecop1 The laws of the Bible only apply to Christians. It's not a universal rule book. Stop policing people's language and worry about yourself.
McDonald really fills the harmony out
Awesome to see MM singing on this, had to be surreal for him since he sang all the backup parts on the original
Mike’s voice really adds that special ingredient singing the lower backing with the girls here. They sound great. Digging the guitar work in all of these. Wonderful ad libs. As usual, John is perfect. Cheers.
Love this!
Thank you 😃❤️
The absolute dogs bollocks,it don’t get much better than this,I’m always coming back,I can’t help myself🙃
Fagen's voice is so not perfect, but perfect for this astonishing music
Thank God his manager encourage him to sing (Gary Kantz? or something like that? Sic?) Great gig. So much great music + astute cultural observations. Genius!
Still so very distinct though. (I used to have a near perfect voice- not so much anymore I’ve lost a lot of range, but I can still sing along with SD. It’s an injury that’s taking years to heal- but it’ll never be what it was and that’s fine!)
It seems just as good as the original 1977 recording.
@@spindriftdrinker Yeah, these people are nuts. He sounds a teeny bit aged but still 8/10 to his original track.
He honestly has some of the best pitch I’ve ever heard though. Like auto tune level.
Nice cover boys!!💪👊😎
Slick as smooth as stunning.
I remember hearing this song in the late 70s being too young to know who were the musicians and singers. Unlike any other song I'd heard before, there was one voice, in the background, that stood out and got my attention like never before. "Peeeeeg!" Who was that??? It's such a pleasure to see this group perform the song and to see Michael McDonald as that voice.
Same here.
Mr McDonald is my favorite male singer hands down.👍🏾
What an awesome show. Never knew that these 3 legends had gotten together and played their hits. Definitely made my week.
I still pull out my Steely Dan albums quite often, but when I listen to them it makes me just a little sad because Walter isn't with us anymore.
ROCK GOES TO COLLEGE....Turned on to Steely Dan at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor...GO BLUES!
Solo let it down for me, I was waiting for it ,but it never happened, my favourite band Donald fagen wow
❤wow. Never heard anyone take on the great Isley Bros phenomenon song, “who’s that lady”, but thee guys do it justice.what a crew. Some great performances here. Get down with it. Boz Scaggs, Donald Fagan, Michael McDonald, and more.
LOVE THIS MUSIC
Oh my gosh I love Don, he makes that Hohner Melodica seem so cool ❤
This is three of my favorites ! I just found out about it and ordered it to watch with my wife on New Years Eve. We have seen them all separately live . But will be a good way to kick off the evening!
I love all 3 of these guys. Gotta be honest though, I'd rather hear Donald, than see him. 😁❤️
Exceptional!
Nunca me sentire solo.....escuchando a Peg..gracias Donald Fagen...eres maravilloso
Top notch, professionalism at its finest
A favourite - well done Don and Michael for keeping on when the voices have gone.
That great sound comes from Every Musician perfecting his or her craft to produce the best rendition of that song as possible...GREAT band...The guitar solos were right on, every note...Thanks for the post...
When was a fantastic bands back in the day he was a great singer
Went to see Steely Dan 2 years before this gig and they were superb. Everyone did their job beautifully and the sound mix was pristine. Bravo.
I've seen them like 4 times. I always said "polished, pristine, and professional performance".
Indeed, a treat. Every. Single. Time. 5x
One word: AWESOME! ❤
Every time I hear this song I think of when it first came out and hearing it on KFRC in San Francisco. Dr. Don Rose would yell, "P-e-e-e-e-e-e-g," whenever he'd play this song.
i am a NYC lifer......... heard this song when it was released on WNEW-FM 102.7................
Oh my gosh , I remember the same thing about kfrc and Dr Don Rose . DJ voice of my youth !
Oh My god ! Tan bella como la original así se perciben esas hermosuras de voces !
As a keyboard player, I think it would be great to just have to haul around a tiny melodica and THAT would be your entire setup. This is so nice to hear live with Mike McDonald's backing vo
Talented musicians ❤❤❤❤
Jon Herrington is an incredible guitarist
Virtuoso!!
As successful and popular MM is, he is a phenomenal background singer , his voice and range are so good
Brings back memories
This band is really amazing, i saw Steely Dan in the 80´s but these guys are far better
Everything here is spot on, but that bass... is so badass :)
in the presense of gods thank you x
Leonid and Friends is the only other band that can pull off performing any Steely Dan songs. They also do great justice to Chicago.
Excellent….
This band is better than I remembered. Great song and video, thanks man......