Listening to their first album is a deep and neglected dive into the Dan catalogue and very rewarding. It's great to see a young man get into this.
@mjwaldrep2 ай бұрын
Brooklyn is one of my favorite Steely Dan songs! Love his voice!
@tedcole99362 ай бұрын
Appreciate you doing all tracks on this great album!!!
@chrisbarlow21312 ай бұрын
Well done Silas. You're starting to tune your ear to the music of The Dan. Keep going. It gets better and better.
@Mike-rk8px2 ай бұрын
Steely Dan was known for having the “L.A. sound” and that’s a perfect description of their music. When I lived in L.A. I used to listen to this album constantly, it just fits the vibe of driving around L.A. from the beaches to the mountains and all over the city.
@stevedahlberg86802 ай бұрын
Brooklyn! I haven't heard that in so long. It sounds so good. Fun reaction, Silas.
@stevegirard-voiceaudiopodcasts2 ай бұрын
One of the two first albums I ever bought - got them at the same time. I was 14 and absorbing the cool rock/pop, the jazz tinglings, and trying to figure out the lyrics. But of course I did not have any of the world experiences that occurred in the Steely Dan worlds! So it was impossible… and most I didn’t figure out until I was in college ‘75 -‘79. I grew up musically with the Dan - my most important band… as they released an album nearly every year, and I listened to their catalog incessantly until the next one came out! On Can’t Buy a Thrill, there were 3 impeccable tracks, which you’ve heard: Dirty Work, Reelin’, and Do It Again. But we Couldn’t help but fall for many of these other tracks, too! Fire in the Hole i so identified with - being young and feeling like a freak a lot of the time, and not knowing what I wanted to do. Brooklyn, I have always thought, was from the perspective of a guy who lived over or near a strip club… or maybe just over a girl or girls who worked at one. Many clues… “the lady’s aching to bring her body down - she daily preaches on where she wants to be.” Working girls like this have plans to do something else, be somewhere else. Also, “a case of aces, done up loose for dealing” sounds like a stack of one dollar bills used when you go to a strip club. He calls her/them “the charmer” as kind of a cute but perhaps sarcastic name for someone who may be attractive, but has a hard edge from her work. Like, “Yeah, she’s a real charmer!” Anyway… the Dan’s lyrics are often a bit obtuse. In one clip I remember them saying that if they’re lyrics were too clear, and you could tell who or what it was about, they’d purposely swap lines from one verse to another. Very important band - maybe from another time - but most of us feel they’re timeless. Keep going…
@Yaktahbay2 ай бұрын
iirc, Fagen once explained that "the charmer" was a nasty downstairs neighbor. But I don't recall where I saw that.
@SilverMinstrel2 ай бұрын
good review Steve. This album is so nostalgic for me and probably you. Brings me back to some happy younger times
@stevegirard-voiceaudiopodcasts2 ай бұрын
Oh, in case anyone is wondering… the other album I bought together with SD’s “Thrill” was The Doobie Brothers’ “The Captain and Me”. What a great album that was as well.
@joannerichards17502 ай бұрын
Two of the finest tracks on this classic album !
@alansmith76262 ай бұрын
please do not jump ahead, follow the albums as they came out, lol AT least you wont have to wait as long! 😄
@gj8683Ай бұрын
Read that the "charmer" was this entitled guy who lived a floor below Fagen and Becker when they had a place in Brooklyn, so it's sarcasm. It's another sweet song with an opaque hard edge.
@469buck2 ай бұрын
I love seeing a young'un dig deep into music that was created in 1972. Steely Dan is timeless.
@theivory12 ай бұрын
These are great reactions. I hope you continue with the rest of their discography, you'll love it.
@mikeloomis687Ай бұрын
Silas, I think you're getting closer to REALLY liking the Blues. You are starting to recognize their music influences and music patterns. Love it!
@Ibanezed2102 ай бұрын
Looks like someone is becoming a Dan fan right before our eyes. In other words, he's been blessed like the rest of us.
@scottzappa93142 ай бұрын
I enjoy most if not all of Steely Dan's catalogue. It's merely because the other songs on the album are so epic.
@marcbenjamin94362 ай бұрын
When you listen to music 50 years old you expect to feel some daring. You don’t find it with Steely Dan. Timeless and ageless.
@aragon772 ай бұрын
I like his reactions. He gets into it. He always appreciates all the music he listens to.
@chuckdivish13422 ай бұрын
Brooklyn has kind of a country vibe to it. Both great songs.
@richkurl2 ай бұрын
With a healthy dose of Gospel in the backup vocals and piano fills
@fermisparadox012 ай бұрын
Jeff Baxter on steel guitar
@Mike-rk8px2 ай бұрын
Aimee Mann also does a truly excellent version of it.
@richkurl2 ай бұрын
@@Mike-rk8px Absolutely
@antoniomontanacalset19702 ай бұрын
I'm glad to see Young guys appreciate Old music, where it comes from your music, distorted..... But anyway music changed, and notes... But I hate.. when . When they skip it.. you absorb everything, ... 🎉🎉🎉❤
@MichaelTrogdon19902 ай бұрын
React to the album "Countdown to Ecstasy" next. It's the 2nd Steely Dan album. You might as well go in chronological order with the 9 Steely Dan albums.
@edcederaАй бұрын
Deep down the Steely Dan rabbit hole i see...
@mikeloomis687Ай бұрын
Yeah, wait until album #2.
@stevesnow3152 ай бұрын
Skunk made that steel sing.😊
@appledoreman2 ай бұрын
Although many comments urge you to go on listening to Steely Dan as their albums get better & you'll enjoy them more, I wouldn't bet on it. Those people are die-hard fans. To me, an unprejudiced music-lover, they became increasingly obtuse as their career progressed, eventually dispensing with melody altogether in favour of clever, six-note jazz chords. To me, not nearly as appealing as this debut, which strikes just the right balance between melodic rock & jazz. Anyway, I love your reaction, which shows how deeply you appreciate good music. Keep it up!