FIRST TIME HEARING Steely Dan - Rikki Don't Lose That Number REACTION

FIRST TIME HEARING Steely Dan - Rikki Don't Lose That Number REACTION
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[@cindiherriott3259]

We sure had the bestest music didn’t we guys?!?

[@sueparras6028]

Yes we sure did! I'm forever grateful that I got to experience 70's music firsthand!

[@pegmedlock4045]

We sure did!!

[@helenallen4404]

We did!

[@daveowens9849]

Amen.

[@thomaswest7746]

And concert tickets were cheap.

[@royscott3432]

This song is SO beautiful. Steely Dan is just magnificent. ‘We could go out driving on Sloham road’.

[@carolp5968]

LOVE this one! There's a great story behind it... In short, Donald Fagen befriended Rikki, the wife of one of his professors at Bard College. She was a writer who had grown up on the college’s campus and graduated from the university with a B.A. in Fine Arts a year before Fagen had enrolled there. The two found themselves at the same party, and despite Fagen’s knowledge that she was married - and the fact she was pregnant at the time - he gave Rikki his number. She never called...

[@brendahhstiles9992]

Thanks for that🤭

[@stingray69691]

It was also know while in college Chevy Chase would play drums for the group as he was friends with the band.

[@quincee3376]

​@@stingray69691correct!!

[@mjsmcd]

Bass line from a horace silver song

[@veritechace6181]

NOOOOOOOOOOooooo! Ricky lost the number afterall!

[@db-gb5xi]

Another vote for Black Cow, Deacon Blues, Peg, FM, Aja, Pretzel Logic (Michael McDonald is one of the background singers), Caves of Altamira, Royal Scam, The Fez, Hey Nineteen, Josie, etc. They had lots of great musicians and background singes on their stuff.

[@davidthaler7018]

Glamour Profession…don’t forget Glamour Profession

[@markpatceg5582]

No static at all!

[@marioarias9942]

Time out of Mind .

[@platterjockey]

I would include "Babylon Sisters".

[@johnwoodworth9127]

You can hit random on any Steely Dan album and play a hit. :)

[@Mcbuzz37]

Steely Dan is a crazy good band who utilized some of the best session players of the time period. You need to try Kid Charlemagne!

[@Bozers24]

I agree that Kid Charlemagne is a banger, but you should check out the meaning of the song first

[@Jude_196]

TOTALLY AGREE! GREAT TUNE!!! ❤❤❤❤❤ LYRICS!!!!

[@acornsucks2111]

no

[@jimeiden2360]

Is there gas in the car?

[@Jude_196]

@@jimeiden2360Yes, there's GAS in the CAR!! 🤫

[@markt5746]

I was raised in the 70's. Love Steely Dan.

[@stephenulmer3781]

Ambers so deep, thoughtful and pays attention to all details of every song. She gets it. Adding her to this channel was the best idea ever 😸

[@billwilson7948]

100% yes yes yes agree. She absorbs….. knows……

[@jodyjackson5475]

She sure does her homework

[@richarddennis4785]

100% It just wouldn’t be so great without her (no offense J)!

[@ramfat]

"Any Major Dude" and "Throw Back the Little Ones" are their best.

[@colibri1]

Y'all need to try some of their 1977 hits like "Peg" and "Josie."

[@shelq3814]

Def! Love them both!

[@333perfection]

Correct!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊🎶🎶🎶🎶👍

[@raycewilliams3300]

I read a while back...... " Steely Dan is their own GENRE".

[@surlechapeau]

Jay & Amber, you'll absolutely LOVE their "Aja", "Deacon Blues" and "Josie"!!!!! edit- Jeff Baxter (pre-Doobie Brothers) on electric guitar!! That's Jeff wearing the beret. Its Rikki Ducornet. Ducornet said they met at a college party, and even though she was both pregnant and married at the time, he gave her his number, although not in the same context as the song. Ducornet was intrigued by Fagen and tempted to call him, but she decided against it.

[@RabbiSteve]

I second these suggestions.

[@DaveM-FFB]

Yes 100%

[@rodfinlay333]

Aja is my favorite album

[@barrymuller5131]

And “Peg”

[@SueGreene-st7qc]

Yeah. Aja and Deacon Blues and Black Cow are all amazing

[@tomknoll796]

"Peg" is the one song that most people are utterly flabbergasted by in the Steely Dan playbook. Highly recommended.

[@amitabhhajela681]

Can you believe HIGH SCHOOL KIDS listened to sophisticated and elegant music like this in the 1970s??!!

[@janeelsner]

I know right?? Crazy!!

[@chrislupson217]

Oh yes we did! Headphones cranked

[@hankarmentrout6697]

“You tell yourself you’re not my kind. But you don’t even know your mine. And you could have a change of heart. It’s to him

[@MOS650]

Their song Black Cow is a must!!!

[@db-gb5xi]

Agree with this.

[@LiberalsArePoop]

I only recently heard this song and agree 100%!!!

[@bmiamiwai]

And Green Earing

[@doubleman777]

MY favorite band of alll time! Thanks guys!

[@lisag1510]

You don't need to understand Steely Dan, you just need to love their groove.

[@auerstadt06]

The intro is lifted straight from Horace Silver's "Song For My Father."

[@kennethallen3586]

I'll be willing to bet that "Haitian Divorce" by Steely Dan would become one of your favorites .

[@bemused9522]

Love Steely Dan. They are in their own music genre ❤

[@FreeDonaldTrump1]

that is so true. some people would like to put them in a category but they can't!

[@nyrocks5580]

Perfectly put.

[@christineobrien7707]

They were super cool and always will be😎👍

[@markzalubas5793]

To me, Steely Dan created perfect records. The writing, the arrangement, the execution, the layering, the production--all perfect. Think about when you sit down to write something or draw something or cook something. How many times do you say "that was exactly what I was trying to do?" With Steely Dan, they just "nailed it." Aja is a perfect example of a perfect album.

[@raeann63]

omg my most favourite steely dan song. i know it's considered their most commercial hit but i absolutely love how silky smooth and melodic this song is! rikki is an actual woman whom songwriter donald fagen met at a party and was smitten. she was married and pregnant at the time so i love how it has a forlorn but yearning feel ❤ the intro is also an homage to the jazz classic "song for my father" by horace silver. p.s. the "number" y'all are wondering about is donald's phone number, which he gave her in the hope she'd call. she did not.

[@ReesesPieces634]

"Homage" is a nice way to phrase that

[@brianwhitaker3854]

So glad you’re doing Steely Dan! This is a deep and incredible catalog to dive into!

[@RabbiSteve]

Amen to that!

[@genecase9464]

One thing I've noticed about you two is how Amber has really come a long way in how she can analyze a song and the different parts and different instruments while Jay just kinda flows along with "the groove' and giggles over the lyrics a bit! You two really play well off of each other and it's a lot of fun for us to watch. Keep it up. It's a great show. Deacon Blues and Black Cow. I'll patiently wait because there are a hundred other SD songs you could play as well. Cheers!

[@Databyter]

People move at Steely Dan concerts. They bob their heads, they tap their feet. It's funky and groovy, light rock, but more of a jazzy funky vibe mixed in that makes you move your body. And it's funny, because you guys were doing the Steely Dan fan moves. Lol. You'd fit right in. It's almost a meme. I saw some young folks being interviewed while waiting in line for one of their comeback concerts, They were asked what it was like being with all these people in a Steely Dan Concert, and they started bobbing their heads back and forth. Funny stuff.

[@tkcurtis1725]

"My Old School" next please?? Thank you guys for everything! Peace

[@jwpickin2052]

Before Steely Dan, these guys had a band in college and their drummer was Chevy Chase!

[@SoOutrageous]

Real music by real musicians. Thanks for this 😊

[@Jude_196]

OK - is there any BAD Steely Dan TUNE??? I'm gonna say: NAW!!! HUGS!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@jeffpollack1454]

Back in the day, Steely Dan was said to be, "Your favorite band's favorite band."

[@marsanchez2500]

Most of Steely Dan could go on your Bourbon drinking, cigar smoking, hammock laying playlist!

[@robis40]

You have to listen to Deacon Blues, it's 8 minutes long but it's worth it.

[@chrisbarlow2131]

I just love The Dan. You never really know where the song is going to go. Wonderful.

[@babylonsister118]

Any Major Dude Will Tell You is a must do, for real, guys!

[@AmericanShia786]

The "Bum Bum, Bum Bum" is lifted directly from Jazz pianist Horace Silver's song "Song for my Father". Rookie Don't Lose That Number, along with Josie and Time Out of Mind are my favorite hits, though all their bits are excellent. Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, ELO and Deep Purple were my favorite FM rock bands from the 1970s. I'll give Dave Edmunds an honorable mention. But, then Lynyrd Skynyrd comes to mind as well. What a decade!

[@Luuuc]

I could reel off 2 dozen Steely Dan songs you need to hear. Kid Charlemagne is an absolute must, but I suggest saving it until later. My first pick would be "My Old School". it is one of their earlier songs, but so much fun with a rockin' tempo, great guitar licks, and awesome horn parts. But whatever you choose you can't go wrong with the Dan! Thoroughly enjoyed your reaction to this one. Have a great weekend, RSR Fam!

[@unclebobunclebob]

they did My Old School a year ago.

[@Toca-cb5ps]

You guys have got to hear “ you’re gold teeth” by SD

[@bennymartinez5532]

I really like any major dude will tell you

[@raybernal6829]

All SD tunes are worth a listen....

[@creativedunk]

Yes 😊 !! You found steely Dan, my favourite band , I love their work

[@krtaust5]

One of if not the best jazz/rock fusion bands

[@Ajonr]

First Dan of Steel song I ever heard - never looked back from then, no regrets, not even a little.

[@scottmoore1614]

“Reeling in the Years” will always be my favorite Steely Dan song. Takes me back to my childhood in the glorious 70s.

[@ggvno167]

A great Steely Dan song is “19”. Brings back great memories.

[@StatsJedi]

Steely Dan has so much variety, you would be wise to make sure you do them at least once a month. "Peg" would be a great one to do next, but "Aja" would really wow you.

[@jaysonbiggs8979]

This song came out in the spring-summer of 1974. It was a HUGE hit. Saving their career. It was almost banned from the radio. People thought the "number" was a joint. It wasn't. It was an actual telephone number. Investigate who/what the song is about. lol!

[@seanellio]

Terrific band.

[@Daxtarr1]

The song "Fez", from the album "The Royal Scam." Gold! Steely Dan forever.

[@TheGenXTeacher]

Such a great vibe. This group was so strong in the 70s. Just plain awesome!

[@gsbealer]

These are demanding Professional Musicians. Very tight production. Teasing lyrics. I loved ‘em. My friends didn’t seem to care overly much.

[@ClaudeJordan-rh4zx]

CLASSIC STEELY DAN!! ❤

[@richardmartin9565]

The 70s was the "Fusion Era" when Rock, Jazz, Classical, Folk, R&B, Blues, and Country, musical styles blended... or could blend.

[@sarahdixon1943]

YAY!!!! One of my favorites!!! 🎵 🎶 🎵

[@lilpoohbear653]

there are no bands like this...one n only Steely Dan!! great reaction you two!!!

[@nickimontie]

You can never go wrong with Steely Dan!

[@dakotaman408]

The drummer is so, so tight and on point in this song. As for classification, this would be Yacht rock

[@CryptoMike747]

Steely Dan will forever hold a special musical spot in my heart from my childhood

[@christineobrien7707]

Me too I was starting kindergarten when Do it again was on the radio.We have these happy childhood memories forever!😎👍👍

[@rubyswaim1441]

I saw them in'73.I had no idea what they were about. I bought their album the next day. Been a fan since then

[@sarahjanegaltrey2890]

They blow everyone out of the park..top collective ...life long fan...

[@crystalred2566]

Sooo much good music - there’s not a bad song in their catalog ❤ Bad Sneakers, Don’t Take Me Alive, Black Cow to name just a few!!

[@humphreygruntwhistle3946]

Every Steely Dan album is a gem. Bad Sneakers is at the top of my list for favorite SD song.

[@SiameseMum]

Lol yall keep saying" ______ is a great group, you can't put them in a box." Sums up most groups of 60s, 70s, 80s early 90s. Its such a joy seeing yall explore n enjoy this❤❤❤❤

[@FABIO_MARTINSS]

Steely Dan trying a Bossa Nova Esque Song. As a Brazilian , I love it

[@someoneoncesaid6978]

I was thinking bossa nova too.

[@sharonhash7904]

@@someoneoncesaid6978 I grew up with this song and now I get why a bossa nova beat gets me going, along with a stand up bass, I can love a bad song with a stand up bass in it!

[@patrickwhite1826]

It's a take on Horace Silver's "Song for My Father." It was inspired by a trip to Brazil, I believe.

[@FABIO_MARTINSS]

@@patrickwhite1826 you're light. I didn't know It but after listening to It now that you told me, the Bass groove and mood is identical

[@carybrauer9669]

I love Steely Dan. Great band with great songs

[@tommyroastbeef]

They are their own genre.

[@DavidTateVA]

This is my favorite Dan album. Pretzel Logic, Night by Night, Rikki, Charlie Freak, Any Major Dude Will Tell You, With a Gun, ... nonstop awesomeness.

[@markmaioli4]

Next time you're listening to the Dan check out Don't Take Me Alive. A bit more rockin and has one of the best intro guitar solos ever.

[@terrilgeorge7255]

Agreed!

[@Clearinsound]

Some of the greatest guitar parts and leads...

[@johnvestal6100]

"Computer, in what single music genre does the catalog of Steely Dan belong?" **computer begins to smoke**

[@kevinsacks3185]

Steely Dan were heavily influenced by Jazz music. That opening piano riff that you're grooving to is directly taken from a song called "Song For My Father" by Horace Silver, a pianist in the 50's and 60's.

[@peterjohnstone2877]

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[@steverobinson3900]

That's a great tune too!

[@fayesouthall6604]

@@steverobinson3900 oh yeah 😊

[@ukesrule58]

That GUITAR SOLO, just SLAYS !! Who WAS that guitarslinger?

[@TheDesertRoseRanch]

Steely Dan NEVER gets old. It's a joy every time.

[@gregs4163]

Donald Fagan (Lead Vocals & Keyboard) is a GENIUS!

[@Mr17051963]

Loooooove this song since it’s release, guys!!!! ♥️✌️ Thanks!!!!

[@timothygarrett2785]

I love this song, so much growing up, named my daughter after the lady. Same spelling, RIKKI.

[@timothybarham6374]

Such a great band, so many hits to listen too.😊

[@johnniejupiter]

The music to Rikki always reminds me of the music in the Charlie Brown cartoons, lol. You should explore more of this band. Bad Sneakers, Kid Charlemagne, Josie, Doctor Wu, Hatian Divorce, Pretzel Logic, Any Major Dude Will Tell You

[@garyarnett1220]

Same era as Do It Again, 2 of their best

[@LoveBandit1000]

My college roommate used to call them "The Ultimate 70's stoner band".... 🙂

[@kbrewski1]

Your college roommate must have never heard of Grateful Dead Pink Floyd Led Zeppelin Gong Soft Machine

[@davidnorth3411]

Nothin better than a song that reveals a story , it brings you into the music , Steely Dan is stamped in time as that band who did it best .

[@jackmorgan1052]

I love the fact that you guys are reacting to a Steely Dan song almost 50 years old and like it!

[@barbaracollins385]

I've said it before, and always will, the 70's generation was the best ever! Jay and Amber would have been right there among us and fit right in. You guys do a great job with the homage for the actual musicianship of these guys that actually played and sang the music without all the electronics used now a days.

[@auralfixxation6702]

By the way, the lead guitar segment is so good. Unless you play guitar or see him actually playing it, it's hard to comprehend how good it actually is.

[@shaynewest8757]

Their first run of seven albums are perfection. Midnite Cruiser, With A Gun, Black Friday, Charlie Freak, Kings, Don't Take Me Alive all great songs.

[@SheilaBrown-fs7kb]

Perfection reminds me of how much I love Time Out of Mind. Sooo many great songs!!

[@henrymuniz6922]

Have a cousin named Ricky and back when we were youngsters in the 70’s we would rock to this sittin’ in the back of our parents car. Young parents. Thanks for playing this song.

[@stevenolsen3162]

A masterpiece... as is the whole album.

[@hokiedoo]

They are like E.L.O,you never know what your gonna get 🥰

[@Tejaye777]

Wonderful song from the year I was born 1974 I really like Hey Nineteen.

[@larryking2697]

This Band is wonderful. The BRIDGE in Ricki Don't Lose That Number is.....THE BEST AND THE MOST TASTY BRIDGE EVER......EVER......EVER!!!!!

[@mitzifrancis9843]

You can't pin Steely Dan down but you always recognize some aspect of that Steely Dan sound immediately. Now that you know the magic of these guys,, with their huge catalog,, there are decades of absolute bliss ahead! It's like a craving... You've just started this journey and we couldn't be more excited for you!

[@TonyKerridge]

My Old School!! My Old School!! My No1 song of all time

[@mikeguerrero72]

My old school is the other song

[@Festus171]

I grew up with their music! I was 15 the year Deacon Blues busted out on the charts. What a fantastic beginning to a lifelong relationship with their music. RIP Walter Becker. After Steely Dan there's a whole other world of Donald Fagen's solo works (which oddly enough include Walter and others). I scanned thru the 800 plus messages below, and nobody recommend a Steely Dan that wasn't amazing.

[@cog4life]

Well alrighty!!! Great one. Ready for some Steely Dan!! 😊❤

[@rrailguitar2211]

Steely Dan started out as a band that toured but they evolved into a partnership of the songwriters Donald Fagen (keyboards and vocals) and Walter Becker (bass and guitar). Fagen and Becker were jazz fans who also liked rhythm and blues. As they went through the 70s they got jazzier and jazzier, culminating in their "Aja" album. They also stopped touring and hired the best session musicians in the USA to play on Steely Dan records. The first 2 bars of intro to this song are exactly like the intro to "Song For My Father" by jazz pianist Horace Silver. They started playing live again in the 1990s. I've seen Steely Dan 4 times in concert, the last time being in 2017 a couple months after Becker died. I think Fagen still runs the band and they're really ace musicians. So many songs for you to hear from these guys! "Doctor Wu", "Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More", "Sign In Stranger", "Deacon Blues", "Josie", "FM."

[@normanrose2711]

wow ! you guys are the best ! More Steely Dan please. Try their super funky song Green Earrings

[@eileendobbs8009]

Oh I love that song!

[@roundtownKen]

Green Earrings yes. Royal Scam. Fez. Etc.

[@ausmarkb]

Simply put, “here’s my number. Don’t lose it” 😉

[@slamboy66]

Steely Dan is what we use to listen to when ending a night of LSD, Pink Floyd and the movie Forbidden Zone.

[@loisr3970]

Dang u 2 great bands today omg, this amazing band ohhh wonderful rabbit hole!!

[@kimkovaly2393]

I'm a huge Steely Dan fan. It was so amazing growing up in the 70s and 80s and hearing awesome music like this on the radio. Great reaction Jay and Amber ❤❤❤❤❤

[@TheAcarch2]

I like that you are guys are listening to the earlier songs and working your way up. The progression of their music will not disappoint.

[@ohfour-seven6228]

This is a great song, part of their more pop repertoire. Next up try FM (No Static at All) for the beginnings of their more groove songs. Black Cow, Green Earrings, Deacon Blues, Glamour Profession, My Rival, Babylon Sister, Hey Nineteen; these are all super groove/funky. So glad you're enjoying The Dan!

[@maryellengabler802]

Best Steely Dan IMO..."Do it Again"

[@kirbonio24]

Another excellent reaction! The Dan are my favorite band because they check all the boxes: when I want to jam, when I want to chill, when I want to think, when I don't want to think, there's a Steely song to fit the need... They're raw and rough, but also smooth and highly technical... A couple of suggestions... Don't Take Me Alive rocks hard... Aja and Home At Last are as good as smooth jazz gets... Haitian Divorce and Caves of Altamira also show off these guys' (and the studio musicians') talent! There are very few meh songs in the entire Steely catalog, and almost all are end to end phenomenal! The pianist (and writer/composer) is Donald Fagen... You guys give me so much hope for the future of music! Keep up the great work!