Aja Part 2

[@SmutJunkie]

5:55 when Becker takes the baton from Fagen on that 3,4,5... 6 or 7... 8 players joke -- just so great. Smug humor and musical perfectionism all rolled into one. These guys are the real deal.

[@snarfinigus]

My smile hurts after watching/listening to this. I wore out 8-tracks and cassettes of Steely Dan back in the day. I didn't wear out any other band's media. I've so enjoyed this band.

[@peck404]

snarfinigus i kno..its so 70s time capsule!! puff a pasa

[@christopherspillman3870]

They knew that subtle nuances make all the difference between good and greatness.

[@Nacho66]

Thank you Chuck Rainey. You were my best bass teacher back in da day. You put the arrows in my quiver which I use to this day. If I ever meet you, I'll be sure to thank you.

[@pandroidigital]

They've made some of the best music EVER!!! Evokes emotion, memories, and nostalgia.

[@buckleysdead]

Some of the coolest fucking music ever!! Love Steely Dan!

[@jerryzucchero8614]

76 years old and I still dig Steely Dan!

[@raylarkin5004]

Me too! This album was such a fresh announcement that it was my new path. I stole as many licks as I could! 👍

[@benjaminbenson3399]

It tells you how long ago it was that,I'm 50 and it was my dad who got me into them.it was solidly in his era that they were in the top o' the charts!

[@edwardlagrossa1246]

Why shouldn't you?

[@williewalker5051]

66 I'm still digging Dan

[@nestoreferrara1494]

True love lasts a lifetime. ❤

[@wallacegrommet9343]

That bit of funk slapping bass really freshened up the sound

[@bradlyscotunes9156]

Yes, glad Rainey used some trix to slip that slap into the take; makes that section pop!

[@Apemopo]

THEY NEVER KNEW IT WENT DOWN THEY NEVER KNEW IT this whole doc is so good. walter and donald's banter when they're at the mixing console is super fun. good bye walter becker and thanks for the tuunes.

[@michealodwyer7306]

7:00 Donald and Walter's faces when listening to the alternate guitar solos is priceless..

[@mcren6781]

They were him!

[@fiddlefolk]

Chuck is the shit! New York meets L.A.! Great music all the way around......

[@ChristopherCudworth]

The respect I feel for these musicians is off the charts. Donald and Walter and all.

[@TJ_CrayonBeltFeeder]

It’s Mozart esque

[@jordanrioscreations]

The syncopation of that bass with the drums. Whew.

[@1CreativeRider]

These Guys, their 'Musical Bands' (HA!), the whole Album, an 11 out of 10. Gold!

[@bradlyscotunes9156]

..Platinum; whatever the pricey-est is..

[@MrDaGeil]

Jay Graydon played bluesy as opposed to appearing jazzy and it was fantastic.

[@McDoinky]

Exactly

[@MrMowww1]

I could listen to this pleasant track all day!

[@clambeandip]

Donald & Walter are very funny! (straight-faced usually)

[@davidsimpson911]

just sooooo smooth a total classic...my personal favourite is BLACK COW...just cool as fuck

[@scottlarson1548]

Sad that the original 24 track masters for "Black Cow" and "Aja" have disappeared so we'll never get to hear all the missing bits from those tracks.

[@BronsonTheCat]

It’s a shame because they dropped doing a 5.1 mix because they can’t find those masters.

[@bradlyscotunes9156]

Boo hoo! Sad :- (

[@chrisstenberg4195]

RIP Walter, you were special!

[@VanPebble]

I've seen this so many times...all the way through...And the chorus is like a mantra...

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

Michael McDonald is a legend! What a voice!!!

[@Pow3llMorgan]

And he's so humble I love him!

[@fayesouthall6604]

@@Pow3llMorganabsolutely he’s fabulous. One of my late father’s favourite singers.

[@bradlyscotunes9156]

& prolific; McDonald sang on so many dif. Artist's songs..

[@earnestprole9461]

“However, by me being a player . . .”: a quote for the ages.

[@28BiggieG]

the rhythm section on "Peg" is exquisite

[@Apemopo]

they are so good, damn. and the funny thing is you could say that about pretty much anything else in the song as well. what a great track, yo

[@JazzzRockFuzion]

"Till we got through three, four, five, six, seven...eight players" LOL

[@raylarkin5004]

Lol! 🤣👍

[@fayesouthall6604]

Yeah

[@frederickoverdorf8404]

Chicago may have introduced Jazz-Rock fusion but Steely Dan took it into the Stratosphere ! The “Pretzel Logic, Royal Scam, Aja Era” is My Most Favorite Steel Dan Albums !

[@frankstecker3198]

Ich Liebe die LP..Aja...Fagen.. und.Becker

[@bradlyscotunes9156]

Peg, 1 of the best drums & bass lines ever!

[@kimbone9]

One of the Most Important, Intelligent Musical Entities Ever....

[@chrisstenberg4195]

kim cissel the Most intelligent

[@raylarkin5004]

Indeed!

[@dme1016]

Perfectly stated that they were funny guys, without being highbrow, and no dumbass fart jokes. My kind of musicians.

[@omnipop4936]

9:10 Donald: "Let's check out his high part just to embarrass him." Walter: "Cool." 😆

[@beameup64]

LA gave them the best selection of the best studio musicians. SoCal expat here.

[@fredfisher33]

There you go. In other words... it speaks for itself, really.

[@gogoyubari03]

LOL.. I would love Michael McDonald as my background voice. Especially when I argue with my husband

[@technerdbird]

Donald: **isolates mike's vocals** *PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHG*

[@viralbuthow000]

That isolated bass on "Peg" Mmmmmmm

[@ENCmedia]

Oh yeah. Reveal the Mystery...

[@c.jarmstrong3111]

I love when they rip on the guitar solos 😂

[@profd65]

Why?

[@MiguelSoto-hh7qr]

@@profd65it’s tasty

[@McDoinky]

@@profd65it might be mean but those unused takes were bad

[@weemalky]

@7:12 with the various guitar solos is hilarious. When I was in a band we would have just said 'okay that's it' if the guitarist managed to get through without making a mistake. Never accept third or second best, haha.

[@roysorrick2443]

Steely, is one hell of a picky professional!! That's what got him, into the ROCK & ROLL, HALL of FAME!!!! 👍 Love ya, Brother 😍

[@bradlyscotunes9156]

U do know it's 2 guys, eh..?

[@jayfanes1125]

I could listen to just the drum beat with Michael McDonalds backing vocals all day.

[@kanga-blue]

5:55 Peg Bear in mind that Walter Becker himself is a session quality guitarist himself and they literally hired and PAID 7 top studio guns their full session fee just for the solo and in the end selected Jay's classic solo. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHfTZZabebiNbbs

[@AwesomePossum413]

that shit with the backup vocal track isolated is so cool!

[@Apemopo]

aaaa-aaaah shutter falls all in 3d! foreign movie! *PEEEEEEEG!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

[@alecshroyer1569]

(Reuters) - Walter Becker, co-founder of the influential jazz-rock band Steely Dan, died on Sunday at age 67, according to his website, which did not disclose the cause of death.

[@urbster1]

Alec Shroyer RIP

[@redalertcraftworks1325]

I'll miss walter becker

[@bradlyscotunes9156]

Walter: thanx for all the great music! Hope you're in that great ensemble in Heaven..

[@bradlyscotunes9156]

& before Chicago was, Sons Of Champlain, led by Bill Champlain, who would later join Chicago.

[@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories]

The project management of rock. Fabulous stuff. Proto-Dictator Music lol. A milestone in recording perfection.

[@peck404]

savvy.. timeless..evocative. .#1...fav. GENIUS BAND

[@keithbell9348]

Of course there are so many more, but as of this moment there are 3 standout famous musicians who decided early on that "Because I like enjoying music that sounds unlike anything else out there, if I don't hear it, I'm gonna create it" 1- Prince 2- Donald Fagen & 3- Walter Becker who said: "Hear! Hear!"

[@JahJahBruh]

Michael Mcdonalds voice always reminds me of that family guy clip ha.

[@bradlyscotunes9156]

You do know Family Guy came well after creation of this song..

[@JahJahBruh]

@@bradlyscotunes9156 no

[@birsay123]

How much did they have to pay all these big session guys, multiple bands of them! Lol😅

[@ezequielarredondogarcia114]

Rasputin played drums on Peg!!

[@crysjumar1]

i want more.....i love this shit!

[@JT-in5le]

If a black dude wants to slap the guitar, just let him. He may help create a hit

[@bradlyscotunes9156]

He did!

[@geoffreygibson5992]

Incredibly demanding of the musicianship. Must have been very expensive to produce with the number of performers tried and rejected and the sheer amount of time involved.

[@laika25]

Fantastic!!!!!

[@bradlyscotunes9156]

Walter Becker is also fine bassist.

[@robbieclark7828]

“Could you imagine if someone did this to you?”

[@richardlau2447]

Fascinating, perfection pursues Steely Dan.

[@plutonium9]

Do studios usually keep the individual recorded tracks like this?

[@stretch54]

Typically studios don't have the masters. A house assistant engineer who may have illegally made a copy of the 2" master might have one laying around but typically the bands and the record company have the tracking tapes.

[@bradlyscotunes9156]

Studios would have to maintain huge buildings to store all the tapes of all the bands..!

[@KennethLarsen-p8o]

Best when lightly baked!!!!!!!!!!!

[@restorationconcrete]

Great record!

[@patrickguitar8676]

3:13....what studio are these guys at???

[@FiremanFrach]

So how come you're not aloud to show part 1 but you can show the rest?

[@theivory1]

I just watched part 1.

[@raizumichin]

*Allowed.

[@yumunja]

@IzzyIsou I totally share that feeling.

[@draftingsavant7190]

you would think it took them hours to write the charts but it literally took them minutes

[@rg2027x]

THE DAN FOREVEA!

[@Sean-me4fv]

I think it is just AOR, really. Nothing to do with jazz. Michael McDonald's vocals on Peg are a revelation.

[@williewalker5051]

Who knows where The Name Steely Dan came from ?

[@slimturnpike]

It was a name for a dildo at the time

[@bradlyscotunes9156]

Old-English term for a metal dildo. They found it referenced in some long ago writings..

[@nickc9404]

will it ever be this good again ?

[@3rd_eyeairbrush]

I dont think so these guys took chances and pushed the envelope nowadays people just follow what's hot for the moment. Thank God for Steely Dan

[@bradlyscotunes9156]

Amen!

[@vinny142]

A documentary about Steely Dan, by Steely Dan, and KZbin removes the audio because the soundtrack is copyrighted. Sometimes I wonder how these guys' brains work...

[@raizumichin]

did you mean "A documentary about Steely Dan by VH1, uploaded by some random youtuber without authorization?"

[@bradlyscotunes9156]

​@@raizumichini may hav missed it if not heard here..

[@mrfrogbutt1]

you got that right baby

[@naoyukisasanami]

I thought it was a vocoder

[@rvrpropertiesllc]

Funky drums and bass track with pop vocals, jazz piano and guitar chords. Some of their songs don't have the funky drum and bass tracks and are more jazz than anything else and their not as good as Aja tracks in my opinion.

[@rg2027x]

101% !

[@aktake2]

hear it with the english transcribe on

[@matheusnews]

the entire documentary youtube. com/watch?v=8sdMV9TzMkc

[@wallacegrommet9343]

Clubs for feet! A club for a brain!

[@badger56ful]

So what is the point no audio

[@billymasters11]

"speaks for itself really" lol... those solos sucked, and to be honest the one they used wasn't the greatest either...fits the song I guess.

[@bradlyscotunes9156]

U suk

[@aightdenn]

Never could get into SD...they come across as self-righteous and sterile, whereas music is meant to be live and organic, not perfected algorithms - like listening to math problems.

[@chromiumveins]

then you have not listened to what the musicians say about making the album;. they went beyond perfection until it was natural. You obviously know nothing about what you are condemning.

[@awenindoe]

That's sad. I really dig live music. Been a deadhead for years, and improvisation is what makes me tick. I understand what you're saying, but you have the gall to say Steely Dan is self-righteous and sterile, you can really go f*** yourself. In fact, go catch a catfish and release it where the sun don't shine.

[@raizumichin]

awenindoe Are you really that upset over someone not liking your favourite band?

[@Sean-me4fv]

You think the guitar solo in this song sounds sterile? The guitarist came up with that on the spot, out of the blue, 100% organic.

[@dflama]

I love Steely Dan. And I also love math problems. Go figure.