Aja - Steely Dan TKV

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[@jtc1964x]

If Tom-Kat puts it down, it is great!

[@demultiplexeur2]

Ah bon?

[@lisaaguero1933]

Just turned 65 and this music is a salve for the soul. Life has been a sad family history but this music makes it much better.

[@lucydayLucida]

That's so true. 64 here and new to the music of SD. It's really getting me through the recent losses of a few of my closest people. Music really is, or was, an amazing balm. Can't say that about much of the newer stuff.

[@ranjitbalan1511]

I first heard them in 1978. I just fell in love with them. I am 72 and proud to be diehard fan of them. Take a bow “ Becker & Fagen”. Walter RIP.

[@donnapenkala6576]

Anyone else listening at 3:00 AM just to escape the chaos in the world? I’m 72 and have loved SD since I was 20. Saw them once before Walter passed away . They were so good I couldn’t believe how great they sounded. If you have anxiety this music is better than anything to soothe your soul and mind. ❤ Thank you Steely Dan for all the music over my lifetime. You’re a once in a lifetime band. ❤

[@donnapenkala6576]

I’m still up listening to SD . Lots better than turning the tv on! lol Have a great morning….🎶

[@joetretola4053]

I could not say it any better

[@davidthomas597]

Bless you donna...im listening to them on expensive youtube!! So saw your post. I love them too. They are a madterclass. Unlike rap as in crap. Hello from n.ireland all you mad steely fans. We were lucky.

[@donnapenkala6576]

@@davidthomas597 They’re definitely some of the best musicians/writers I’ve ever heard. When it’s cold & snowing out I love to sit by the fire and listen to SD. Their music helps to melt away some of the sadness in this world today.

[@donnapenkala6576]

BTW Hello from Northern Illinois, near Chicago.

[@marksimonds13]

Listening to "Aja" while deployed (US Navy) in the eighties got me through some rough nights. Thank you Steely Dan!

[@bobdobalina838]

THESE are musicians, kids.

[@gwynnielsen5081]

"Aja" is brilliantly constructed. Steely Dan has always been musicians' music.

[@janafreeman4291]

i found this album in my Dads collection as a kid. All my friends thought I was weird cause instead of 50 Cent, I was blastin Aja at stoplights (2005). No regrets. None at all.

[@pureshot902]

Same here. Some people just dont get it.

[@crotalusatrox7931]

You got good taste.

[@MikeCinner]

You found the good stuff.

[@donhosmer8159]

This is actual music Played by actual artists

[@powerlessrain0639]

You just like proper good music 👍🏼

[@nancygaffney8071]

I will never grow tired of this amazing music.

[@Joann-ih6vg]

I’ve loved these guys since I was young…I’m now 71 and am still as in love with them!!! ❤️🔥 Timeless!!

[@nearenufoldaze2375]

I’m 88 Y/O, played polkas and semi-classical music on my accordion; followed pop and jazz music since 1940 and on through folk and rock. So happy that Steely Dan has occurred! Sweet sounds and wonderful, thoughtful and music with consummate musicians is mesmerizing!!

[@sess5206]

Now that my kids are older, I plugged in my old Lenco L75 and put the AJA LP on. It was magical to hear it on an LP again.

[@donniemacco6905]

Session musicians at the top of there game

[@garyrodriguez8414]

74 yr. Old fan, had a few of their albums, really enjoyed the creative jazz fusion prog styles, such a welcome change from all my rock albums for those evenings when you just wanna kick back and forget about the workday hustle. Still listening in 2024!

[@lawsonic]

Heard the song many times, first time watching it

[@carlwheeler3403]

I remember when this album was first released back in 1977 and today I still think it is an absolute masterpiece. The composition was way ahead of its time back in 1977 and it will remain as one of the best of all time.

[@davidcammilleri5526]

I think this is the greatest album of all time. It’s perfect from the first track to the last. So many amazing artist performed on this. They were years ahead of their time.

[@fancypelusa2863]

100%

[@user-ig9ik9bv2u]

Amazing music and great Musicians

[@dmpi483]

I remember it well. This album busted the price barrier. They charged a dollar more for it.

[@JohnnySmithWhite-wd4ey]

The band your band listened to.

[@isuriadireja91]

this and Black Cow are just Steely Dan at the top of their game. Hands down. masterpieces.

[@chrisbranning3929]

Steely Dan was an intellectual tour de force and made some of the best music ever made. Rip walter. I got to see them live. We sat on the second row. Donald’s teeth were on full display. It sounds like a broken record , but the music made these days is so horrible. It’s good to go back and remember what good is.

[@lindahuff8976]

We were so lucky and didn't know it. Some songs were so great in my old car radio I had to pull over to take a better listen. Never will there be such music. Saw them once in Nashville at a college and the crowd was demonstrating about something stupid would have ruined the show, but the music was too good. I was about 20 then. almost 70 now. Still love to listen to the group.

[@lucydayLucida]

@@lindahuff8976 So true.

[@brucelaudenberger8056]

Finally got to see them a few years ago, but after the guitarist passed away. This is one of those recordings that will never die or be duplicated. They were amazing songwriters and musicians. I listen to this album often. I'm 72.

[@ScottyPeabody]

What a complicated arrangement and meticulous execution. Just hearing the stories about SD I can imagine that the original track took a lot of takes to satisfy SD. Beautiful.

[@williamharris4531]

This album should be in the national hall of Arts. If there is one

[@blmrgtr]

This intro is tough to top… Hooked up with Natalie MacMaster and her band after a Philly show they did 20 years ago… in their bus, the jokin’ around’n carousing stopped when a video this came on the big TV they had. All were transfixed, me included.

[@user-vk6ju2qf9c]

And this here ladies and gents is how you play music

[@jeffsellers5069]

Awesome relaxing beautiful lyrics ,right there with Pink Floyd for me.

[@lewrellam]

The best song... to dream! 🎸

[@brucejones8749]

Through their unique perspective and composition , Steely Dan introduced the world to jazz, but many didn’t know it at the time….😁

[@lindahuff8976]

They gave one of the best live shows I've ever seen. I played Aja until is was scratched beyond belief. (Yes, it was vinyl),

[@jwebbw]

The drumming at the end always reminds me, at the end of a fireworks show, when they send everything they got into the sky. Gadd first laid it down, but this guy drumming is no slouch.

[@davidmacgowan]

“Chinese music from the banyan tree”. This song is a masterpiece and the musicianship is remarkable. I never tire of it.

[@philiptucci2458]

Magnificent Masterpiece from Master Musicians, top of the line solid gold standard of excellence

[@oneanddone7992]

Steve's hi-hat playing and cymbal work, is like playing a piano on a drum set.

[@MegaShiva1]

The title song to one of the great SD albums.

[@markhicks9864]

this album was a masterpiece no doubt.

[@musiconlyplease98]

was and is 👍😎

[@azukarer115]

And didn't even get a Grammy nomination!

[@babyraider11]

My parents had this album and I'm 48,Love this group.They had RnB,Jazz,And rock n Roll

[@christophermitchum6829]

Any SD is a gold...earing...😎✔️👆

[@willwetherell7265]

Still is.

[@garytagles7910]

I’m seventeen again. Driving my old hot rod Nova. Cruising... good ole days

[@lisamoroney3036]

Nova’s was so popular back in the days!!

[@stephen1562]

Nice to see the late great Walter Becker again

[@nickfinnemore8935]

I’ve never seen cover artwork so in tune and reflective of the music contained within 23.12 here in Cornwall a little early compared to some of you guys but I’m up in the clouds too listening to this!

[@michaelowens6533]

Been listening to SD for over 50 years and never tire of their music. Ever. That, to me, says it all. I’ll be listening to them till i drop down dead. And if there is life after death so much the better 😊

[@TheWealthOfNationz]

You are not by chance from New Ellenton?

[@larrysoileau6347]

SD and Chicaco awsome music

[@OhMySack]

Dear God! The emotions flow. Summer 1978, it's going to be my junior year of high school and I'm sitting by myself on the deck of my parents sailboat on a 2 week excursion around the Channel Islands off California. My folks tendered to another anchored boat for cocktail hour and I have this tape, Royal Scam, and some Jimi Hendix 'Electric Ladyland' and a small bag of crummy pot. Lost in my thoughts of a new girl back home, watching seals play around the boat. This video, quite literally, just took me back to that moment and what it felt like. A feeling I haven't experienced since and I'm now 61 fucking years old. Where did the time go?

[@rileyjackfansmithandjones8238]

It was all Wine, Women, and Song.......the Rest of the Time you just Wasted!😉 I just turned 60......the WTF just happened for me too! For a little gleam of hope, check out Leonid and Friends, covering, " My Old School".....they are Russian, but they are World Class.....and do mostly Chicago Material. It's GREAT to see and hear REAL Singers, Drums, Horns, and arrangement.......it can still happen!

[@mybeachshack]

Time, is what happens while you're making other plans. I'm 71 in 2 weeks, btw 🎉!!

[@kathycuster1714]

My Senior year of high school. What a time to be alive!

[@gordonhall9871]

i hear you big time . class of 78 here -- fish out of water nothing but music

[@kevinarmstrong8237]

61 this year This album Is the background to my best year! Family cottage on Lake Chautauqua.....western NY.

[@JohnB00007]

Wow! Not too many bands could measure up to that. Amazing!

[@GAParts1]

Just a gem of a song..music to my ears❤

[@user-xb2yk1bs5r]

What a piece of work

[@eccofk]

16 and this is still peak music

[@Dan-440]

The instrumental parts of this song sound similar to Zappa.

[@richardcarreno2740]

Incredibly talented musicians

[@djstyron]

The sax and drums dancing together.. Wow

[@johnconnolly3635]

This is one of the best albums you could ever listen too!

[@mickaderholt3534]

Music like this will never be matched, it's just impossible to improve.

[@vancegilmore245]

So many nice yet indescribable moods, thoughts and emotions expressed in Aja. I love Steely Dan's music.

[@glynnwadeson5605]

I’ve been a Dan fan since their first album, and unlike a lot of my earlier enthusiasms their music has never palled, it truly is timeless. They always had such great musicians playing with them, and no matter how many times I play any of their tracks they never tire. Bless their little cotton socks!

[@lindarowsalot]

I just learned that AJA, the title track, was taped live. No edits. Wayne Shorter-sax, Steve Gadd-drums, both solos....amazing!

[@tommy..980]

This is musical talent at its finest… Totally Professionals.. musicians or so they call themselves today can’t come close to the level of talent as seen here…

[@ivellbullock784]

Rest in peace Walter Becker and Wayne Shorter.

[@themagicroundabout2528]

I'm from Liverpool and a massive massive beatles fan "BUT " that was until I heard Steely Dan ! Blew my mind

[@thomaseliason8376]

If you like Beatles, you will like this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6rMlp2OjLWqi9k

[@johnkent5042]

My two favorite bands!

[@PhillipLandmeier]

Pffffff, wow. When the Aja album first came out, I went nuts. It blasted constantly, every day. (My belated apologies to my neighbors). And then I sat down at my piano and began to work it all out. Aja is pure genius and this song is an example. It doesn't get any better than this.

[@DHarri9977]

Steve Gadd was never given props on their personal recollection in the making of this song his drumming captured the essence of this song and of course the musicality of all the members along with the back up singers 7:51

[@theoverunderthinker]

when I was in High School, I always wanted to play in a band with this much coolness and complexity. I wanted to play SD, maybe some Little Feat on the side; we ended up playing the Police, the rolling stones, AC/DC, etc. in a band, you can usually get outvoted if you had too much taste and wanted to play something off the beaten track.

[@Frip36]

Probably because both parties are very prickly. @@DHarri9977

[@bobsmoot8454]

Steely Dan was one of if not best studio groups, insane musicians and singers floated in and out of the band, the production is incredible in its complexity and nuances, and then the songwriting is absolutely off the charts

[@joycevanhook3049]

A symphony in sound, all around. The magic is your anticipation of what comes next and it always fits in it's own tapestry of sway.

[@robertschappert6760]

Are familiar with Thievery corporation?

[@NickRatto]

Oh by perfection was the thing each player piece part or which ever you may call it Becker n Fagen made this they are the Dan that Folic piece of Steele , hey that’s their

[@glorialugo7518]

THE BEST ALBUM EVER

[@johnkent5042]

Yes.

[@steve83333]

There will never ever be another Steely Dan, and that is the truth.

[@JoanMilhoan-jn2lf]

Just trying to follow the musical train brings on a wonderful mental exhaustion. Sometimes ya just simply have to give in and listen and not think......

[@chrisslagle3745]

I was in Indiana for the 500, staying with friends. They and my mom left a 16 year old with a high fi and 6 pt. PBR😂 This album was warped and beer gone upon their return from shopping...😊❤

[@briancain7202]

My ALL TIME Favorite LOUD song! Must have decent equipment to thoroughly enjoy nuance and take in all the crescendos.

[@nancygaffney8071]

Absolutely

[@stevekugelmann1975]

We call this our Desert Island album. If you stranded on a desert island and could take only ten albums with you. This is definitely one of them. The album cut with Steve Gadd on drums is the best. It never gets old.

[@sharronarturi7958]

Still listening to Steely Dan 🎉❤😎❤️‍🔥

[@bradbailey1893]

And Wayne Shorter on sax.

[@mikekuczynski1552]

For sure

[@PeterBrown-mz4nv]

I have this album autographed by Steve Gadd.

[@paulquintin3607]

Always been a favorite of mine, definitely a deserted island choice!

[@jrm2fla]

“Home at Last”… “Deacon Blues”… Lord, What beauty!

[@BigAL2212]

As a junior in college in 1977, I had a couple of hours to burn in the afternoon as I waited for my next class. I’d head for a friend’s apartment, set up Aja on the Onkyo turntable, plop down on the couch with some Sennheiser headphones and listen in wonder at what is arguably Steely Dan’s best album.

[@billhutchison7078]

Had most of them, this next generation will never experience this. Sad, but true.😢

[@peterjones4621]

One of the most beautiful songs ever written.

[@stephenlevine011]

This by far my favorite piece of theirs. The multi layers, jazz rock fusion, and voices. Almost hypnotic.

[@pauld.1256]

Steely Dan literally helped me though my life! Absolutely blessed to be around with them. Growing older, still listening and still enjoying them.

[@lhcarter]

I had the privilege to see the band play the whole Aja album live, about 6-7 years ago.

[@kv1930]

Steely Dan is like Pink Floyd in a way that both bands are very deep and are able to create a feeling that can't be explained, but you come back to them. Steely Dan combine complex harmony with a pop sensibility. If I ever got a chance to audition for them I would politely decline for the simple fact I would not want to waste their time,and I don't suck by a long shot! Lol

[@donalddementia8616]

Electric guitar playing is spectacular.

[@sonofelohim9857]

Honestly I thought the same thing after listening to Aja for the first time in years, a journey, a story, and music to assist your mental flight......

[@djstyron]

Plus Donald Fagan is supposedly a perfectionist..which def shows

[@kv1930]

@@djstyron From what I hear he is a very 'unique ' man. Has a clear vision and no people skills. Genius musician,but a pain to work with,although to be fair I was not at the sessions,so I'm getting only 50% of the story.

[@klnine]

Great comparison and comment. I am a Brit prog guy ! But love these cats and the Doobs haha

[@jocknarn3225]

i remember it seemed not so long ago this track often played on mainstream fm radio .. here on Oz .. u'd never here this gr8 music played on air today .. when fm showed promise of album cuts in stereo in the mid-late 70s i wondered how long it'd last .. it soon devolved into the same boring repertoire of AM & the pivot into grungey no-chord, punk & new-wave .. "in crystal clear stereo". Do u remember they played the whole 18 mins of Dire Straights "Telegraph Road"? After Steely Dan, it all went to cr_p. Aja is a modern masterpiece/seriously good jazz-inflected pop & super-sly lyric-craft.

[@garytagles7910]

Senior In high school. My friend had this cassette tape in his truck. I heard it and I was hooked. Bought Aja the next day at the record store. Been a Steely Dan fan since then. (1978)

[@kathycuster1714]

My senior year also! There will never again be music like we had then!

[@garytagles7910]

@@kathycuster1714 agreed… back when musical artists could actually play a musical instrument. Not a computer key board. As Joe Walsh said a analog person living in a digital world.

[@isaacmorales4859]

It's almost midnight and i get these feeling about my past god and bad , then i half to listing to Aja taking me to that world of Fagans and Beckers unique lyrics. Then the intense druming with larry gracefully picking his guitar, but that session with the drums and sax just ellavates me kind of euphoric mood. In the mid 70s i was little tired of cute rock seen and i need somemore of a modern jazz touch with some provactve druming and inteligent songwriting, God gave us Steely Dan and tooks us down a rabit hole were two musicians introduce us to a whole new genre of other master musicians that elevated rock and jazz. Well i slumbering to opening lyrics to Aja good night.

[@stevenkimball5592]

By far one of the best songs ever performed by these guys bar none and they have a great many to choose from .

[@BADALICE]

So many essential elements all happening at once. The complexity of a superb wine. How is it even possible to conceive?

[@johnshields6852]

1976 I was 16 and bought my first album with first paycheck. The royal scam. So many great bands then and great songs. Thanks for ride back in time.

[@Danieltxtnz]

This song never gets old! The best!

[@williamyoung617]

This track is Epically Haunting, and Beautiful. I say "FORGET " your friends. 50¢ sucks I was listening to d-block°, And still jamming to Mr Donald Fagen & his Awesome band Steely Dan !!!👌

[@jeanraymondferron7797]

RIP WALTER BECKER !!!!!

[@franklinboersma3276]

my wife bought me tickets to see them in boise,id in 2013 ! they were a huge influence on my songwriting

[@victortucker8545]

Thank you. Black guy who loves Steely Dan. Have seen them on many occasions with my best friend who has since passed. Memories

[@thomaseliason8376]

I'm black from the waist down.

[@sacsammyfan3662]

Music sees no color 😎

[@jaybee1597]

All time favorite SD song! 🎶

[@marygraffam4281]

MASTER MUSICIANS, very beautiful piece of music

[@robertoetojo5861]

very complicated music in high degree not loud but it's Very2 hard to play. AMAZING

[@brianohehir9515]

One of the finest albums ever produced, and this is the best song on the album. Drumming is insane! Thanks for posting

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

Maybe the finest rock album ever. Immaculate.

[@cleanslate2004]

They were probably the best studio group ever. A couple a player song writers running an agency for free lance artists, at least back then. These days their a hell of a live band to. Love them then & love them now.

[@flyingfox7252]

Absolutely note perfect unbelievable musicianship - simply the best

[@sharonjones9769]

One of The Greatest Albums of All Time !!!!!

[@ivellbullock784]

Yes. I definitely agree!!

[@gerardolopez6160]

My favorite all time group understimated. AM 64 I listen to all their music they brought together Jazz and rock like no one else COULD 👏👏👏

[@cc352]

Steely Dan is probably the hardest band to categorize in rock music. Just damn good music.

[@cindipossidento5688]

Best Band, Best Album, Best Song 😘

[@FOTZEL]

WHEW1..A MINDBLOWER IN EVERY SENSE! RIP WALTER BECKER.

[@markwestfield1928]

Definitely one of the best live SD performances I've ever enjoyed.. thank you thank you thank you! ♥️

[@thomasmorris5457]

It's the record being played as we watched concert footage from various live shows edited together.

[@jerrybeaver4677]

Top shelf band classic song IT will be listening for many moons ahead great music thanks 👍👍👍👍

[@markconrad4160]

Steele Dan, among all the other great artists that gave us so much good vibes and music, are all getting farther in the rear view mirror of time. We are all getting closer to sky father, and will never forget how much we love to listen to these icons. My sky father bless all of these great men and women of all our greatest bands.

[@philtaphouse5316]

Got to be one of the most complexly structured songs ever. Nothing comes close surely?

[@jrm007]

Aja is the best album ever. I’ll fight anyone who disagrees! 🙂

[@cathleenmore4656]

Amazing song like all of Steely Dans music Thank you Steely Dan!

[@robertbickel6015]

Still love it after all these years.

[@patchesw3815]

An absolute masterpiece.