I was asked to listen to Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Years | First Reaction

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[@Scottie_McNaughty]

Steely Dan named their band after a silver dild0, from the 50s novel Naked Lunch 😊 fun fact

[@poloreacts27]

😂

[@BlackGuardXIII]

@@poloreacts27great song choice

[@oldsoulsheart]

My baby brother explained the meaning of the bands name to me after I asked him what was Dan's full name He nearly died laughing while he explained what a Steely Dan meant. I will never forget it.😂😂😂

[@chrisross-fd3fo]

my quick estimate is ive heard close to 15,000 unique songs in my life....this may be my favorite..(its up against....beginnings.chicago)...i still havent made my choice after 50 years.

[@chrisross-fd3fo]

​@@poloreacts27 every step of the way.santana..

[@UncleSpellbinder]

The greatness of Steely Dan CANNOT be overstated.

[@odurandina]

tough with too many song stoppages.......

[@robertharper5087]

The chorus may be in your head, but after a few more listens, the guitar solos will be in your soul. To me, that’s what pure joy sounds like.

[@JustanOlGuy]

I concur!

[@dongange]

Wow what a great way to express that … thanks 😊

[@LoriannSmithsanpell]

Elliot Randall created the guitar solo off the cuff, and the band was blown away, BUT, they immediately realized the sound engineer was not rolling the tape. So Randall tried to create it again, and it was recorded in one take, but we will never know what the original solo sounded like.

[@robinstarkey6071]

💯 correct

[@bruzewill7081]

Amen !

[@JoeandAngie]

Jimmy Page said a few decades ago that this is one of his all time favorite leads

[@hmmspfx]

Jimmy Page is one of my all time favorites! 😂

[@sharona256]

That’s a huge compliment

[@user-eo5zn4hq8s]

Wow - How cool is that?!?

[@oldsoulsheart]

This song will forever be the one that speaks the 1970's to me in every way possible. This song hits the radio in my car and I am transported. It's "are you gathering up the tears. Have you had enough of mine." This song gives me every feel possible

[@ejtappan1802]

Same!!! Although I was in 6th grade and my 'car' was my first 10-speed ram-handled bike that was so well balanced that I could do figure-eights no-handed. I would hop on that thing first thing on a summer's morning with my little transistor radio in my pocket, and ride around for hours. Total freedom. Pure joy.

[@zoomtulips6039]

I’m in my car too….whizzing along the autoroute like a crazy goddess. Empowering and joyful memory 💃🏼

[@vickihirsch8340]

It does that to me also. Summer as a teenager. Hanging out on the beach with my friends with a small radio

[@tracygahagan1872]

I feel the same!

[@shadowfrost__]

This song has easily the best smart ass lyric ever written, or at least my favorite... "You've been telling me you're a genius since you were 17, In all the time I've known you I still don't know what you mean." The lyric you were missing is "Are you gathering up the tears, have you had enough of mine"

[@sebastianblack6506]

Wow, I thought it was "gathering up the G's" all these years.

[@trans.dental3863]

As for the Dan's smart ass comments, I prefer "Show Biz Kids" comment "show business kids, making movies of themselves, you know they don't give a f*** about anybody else."

[@pamelawertz498]

I don't listen to reactors that speak really fast. I feel like they're trying to sell me something. You rock. You're always respectful & insightful.

[@tomvannuys]

What he said! 😊

[@petersimmons3654]

@@tomvannuysWhat he said

[@elinstar6034]

Yep, second that. Got a way long attention span for goo😊d content like yours.

[@linda092-loves-dogs]

Yep agree

[@ripvanwinkle2002]

great choice! Steely Dan is every other bands favorite band.. the chorus: are you reeling in the years, stowing away the time? are you gathering up the tears. have you have enough of mine?

[@SeaMark782]

Steely Dan, some of the finest music ever produced written by composers.

[@sheenavaughan2717]

There’s so much to love about your channel but I’ve at last realised that it’s that look on your face when you hear a track for the first time and it’s one of being blown away by what you’re experiencing. As someone born in the sixties i sometimes feel like clapping as I see what we older subs have already experienced appear on your face; that look of musical bliss. It’s pretty wonderful Polo ❤

[@leceillebeckmeyer3195]

No truer words have been spoken! Thanks.

[@mamaalaska]

I’m a great grandma and I remember when this song came out it reminded me of a summer barbecue dance where all this ladies brought the food, the music came on, and we all just danced under the Summer sun had something cool to drink with a slice of watermelon, pretty gingham dresses, and men who looked at us like we were the prettiest things that ever existed.

[@vixter28]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@hopeklemann1]

Mr Polo........ I much prefer your cadence, your pauses, your thoughtful conversation.🤍

[@michele-33]

Same 👋🏻

[@frankhoulihanfh4972]

Yep.❤

[@paulhagger3895]

To what?

[@johngardner4096]

Yeah, what they said! 😊

[@ladyjane5401]

Ditto!

[@John_Chu]

Guitarist Elliot Randall did that in one take! Walked in, perused the chart and played. Finished and walked out. He declined joining the band. A very independent guy who preferred session work and assignments over touring. And Jimmy Page rated this solo a 12 on a scale of 10.

[@BobGeogeo]

Thanks for that. For a long time I thought Walter Becker did all the prominent Dan guitar stuff. Nope. I was wrong.

[@charlesm9929]

​@@BobGeogeo Walter played mostly rhythm.

[@tiffanymichaels2429]

I did not know. Thanks

[@latexsolarbeef4990]

@@charlesm9929 ....Walt plays lead on Black Friday....which is a mo fo....

[@jimmyjameson8705]

No 2 takes. The 1st one wasn't recorded

[@TrianglesAndCircles]

If this is your first Steely Dan experience, please know this: their discography is immense and worthy of your time.😊

[@djknox2]

I've tried several times over my life to get deep into their discography, but frankly once I get past a handful of songs, the music just doesn't do anything for me.

[@smirkingguru]

As a Baby Boomer myself, My generation was exposed to the The Greatest Soundtracks in Musical History. To the newer generations I say: "You're Welcome !"

[@ChrisBlair-ev3mp]

Welcome for what, exactly? Which Rock songs did YOU write?

[@tinak5127]

​@ChrisBlair-ev3mp Basically your welcome for the times they all went through to get through these times. Music is nothing like this today. Hence why we appreciate what once was.

[@jonp4846]

@@tinak5127 Sad that you had to explain it.

[@bent-one2545]

Yeah, that little smirk on your face every time you heard the chorus... In the 1970s we couldn't get that smirk off our faces, because this song was on repeat on FM radio, EVERYWHERE.

[@sulathenewfie4277]

And my turntable, Walkman, even me singing it in the shower. 😂

[@Rolow6969]

I would like to say that out of all of the people I have watched on KZbin doing reactions to music you my friend get it better than any of them I have seen. Your take on the music is spot on and when you play an absolute classic song you know it within the first few lines and that for one tells me you get it and also that you really enjoy music that is considered what I would call wholesome and real. Keep up with the great music and memories for me and thanks for all your time and effort that you put into bringing us quality music that stands the test of time.

[@poloreacts27]

Thank you

[@hmmspfx]

I was born in 1959. I'll never forget driving with my 25 y/o daughter with the tunes turned 10:11 way up and singing our hearts out. Out of nowhere she turned the volume way down and said, "Mom, your generation created the most amazing music in the whole world! She's right!!

[@dreamweaver8913]

"Are you reelin in the years, stowing away the time? Are you gathering up the tears? Have you had enough of mine?"

[@patstokes7040]

Gathering up the "tears" have you had enough of mine

[@lorrainebowen6530]

Way back before we could look up lyrics, I thought he was saying keys!! 😂

[@michele-33]

Polo should have the lyric page available with each song.. I think it would make a big difference.. that's just me tho :) Peace 🕊️🕯️🤍

[@ptaylor4757]

“The things you think are useless I can’t understand”. That lyric means so much more now than it did 50 years ago when I first heard it.

[@zwierzchnik]

To myself? Boomer here.👩‍🦳 Sings Steely Dan LOUD and PROUD in the Produce section of the supermarket!🗣

[@bumperu]

I always thought that song was way too short. That guitar at the end is a killer and should have continued forever.

[@joshualaird5303]

Loves me some Steely

[@maryanngee2698]

I find it so funny, I cant remember SHIT at my age now but dam you start playing all my old favorites! I can remember every dam lyric lololol the power of MUSIC. Thanks ✌️

[@mikesobotka1504]

Will always hold on for the POLO reaction! Just sayin’

[@MamawT65]

Me too! ❤ love Polo reacts my favorite

[@johnbrowne2170]

Three brilliant SD albums in a row. 1. The Royal Scam 2. Aja 3. Gaucho

[@edwardcapobianco2975]

Don't forget can't buy a thrill!

[@johnbrowne2170]

@@edwardcapobianco2975 That was their first in 1972.

[@edwardcapobianco2975]

Yes i know it's my favorite

[@davidsutherland667]

And FM

[@davidsutherland667]

No static at all

[@davidanon1568]

We listen the whole way through. 1970s, so much music came from that decade. You're right, we boomers have this music in our heads. :-) We're old, we've been on earth a long time, and we've heard a lot.

[@andyinoregon]

Session guitarist Elliott Randall says that he used the melody of the chorus as the basis for his intro. He did just two takes to get this, and only because the recording engineer forgot to hit the start button on the first take (which everyone in the room thought was even better). Randall was invited to join the band, but declined the offer because he correctly guessed that songwriters Donald Fagen and Walter Becker had no long-term interest in being a touring rock band. Two years later, in July 1974, Steely Dan concluded their "Pretzel Logic" album tour of the U.S. and England and would not tour again until August of 1993. My wife and I saw their tour stop at the U. of Toledo on April 21, 1974. They were so good live that we never forgave them for not giving us a concert album from that tour. We had to follow band members Jeff "Skunk" Baxter and Michael McDonald over to The Doobie Brothers the following year to get our live music fix for the rest of the decade.

[@aaronstandingbear]

Lyrics Your everlasting summer and you can see it fading fast So you grab a piece of something that you think is gonna last Well, you wouldn't even know a diamond if you held it in your hand The things you think are precious I can't understand Are you reelin' in the years? Stowin' away the time Are you gatherin' up the tears? Have you had enough of mine Are you reelin' in the years? Stowin' away the time Are you gatherin' up the tears? Have you had enough of mine You've been telling me you're a genius since you were seventeen In all the time I've known you I still don't know what you mean The weekend at the college didn't turn out like you planned The things that pass for knowledge I can't understand Are you reelin' in the years? Stowin' away the time Are you gatherin' up the tears? Have you had enough of mine Are you reelin' in the years? Stowin' away the time Are you gatherin' up the tears? Have you had enough of mine I've spent a lot of money and I've spent a lot of time The trip we made to Hollywood is etched upon my mind After all the things we've done and seen you find another man The things you think are useless I can't understand Are you reelin' in the years? Stowin' away the time Are you gatherin' up the tears? Have you had enough of mine Are you reelin' in the years? Stowin' away the time Are you gatherin' up the tears? Have you had enough of mine Source: Musixmatch

[@Leslie-d4e]

I'm back in the 1970s cruising in our cars with 8 track blasting Steely. ❤

[@classicmetaldude]

For me, all I have to do is hear the opening guitar portion, and I'm like TURN IT UP! I already know what's coming after that 🔥🔥🔥

[@claudiatrusel2616]

Genius is right! I love listening to this driving down the highway!!

[@ValentineMichaelSmit]

"Are you reelin' in the years, stowin' away the time? Are you gatherin' up the tears? Have you had enough of mine? Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, the only truly permanent members of the band, were literal perfectionists. They knew exactly what they wanted to make, and they hired just the right session musicians to get what they wanted. Then they'd play and play and play until what they had matched what they imagined.

[@mitzifrancis9843]

Way more Steely Dan please! Deacon Blues, Aja, Black Cow, Rikki Don't Lose That Number, Pretzel Logic, Dirty Work, FM (No Static at All), Hey Nineteen, Don't Take Me Alive, Kid Charlemagne....and thats just a short list. Always lyrically and musically excellent!

[@BlackGuardXIII]

Boddhisatva, Peg, Black Friday…

[@charlesm9929]

​​​​ Mustn't forget Do it again, Haitian Divorce, Any Major Dude Will Tell You, Home At Last, Green Earrings, The Fez, The Royal Scam, and the list goes on. Also, one of my all time favorites is The Caves of Altamira.

[@BlackGuardXIII]

@@charlesm9929 and Time out of Mind, My Old School…

[@charlesm9929]

​@@BlackGuardXIII I've been waiting for a long time for Polo to get around to reacting to Steely Dan. Ýou could post a list of their entire catalog of songs on the wall, then stand several feet away and turn your back to the list, throw a dart over your shoulder, and you would most likely pin one of their most popular tracks.

[@Penguinlust1313]

PEG

[@livenhfree]

One of the things that I also appreciate about Steely Dan (been listening to them since 1970) is that you can UNDERSTAND THE WORDS!

[@jasonlighton9636]

Not many groups can have so many different sounds and do them all well.

[@loveller6]

"...Are you gathering up the tears? Have you had enough of mine..." Great song and reaction.

[@RevLetaLee]

took my young daughter to hear them in person. She loved it. I loved sharing something I grew up on. yum.

[@littlebutterjuice]

Tube amps just hit different in the 70/80’s. They would play through so many amps looking for that sound. Waiting on the tubes to dang near go and get that wild unique sound for a few weeks. 😂 Good ole days.

[@ZacCostilla]

This was on a Fender Strat with a Gibson PAF in the neck position, played through an Ampeg SVT bass amp, 300 watts of all tube power, with the amp dimed.

[@littlebutterjuice]

@@ZacCostilla Thank you buddy. So crazy to think cause it sounds nothing like a strat. Greatest guitar ever though so I’m not mad at it lol.

[@z-man2343]

The Dan is just getting started at this point in their incomparable musical journey. Donald and Walter (and a whole host of elite level musicians) would continue to make some of the most enjoyable, complex and enigmatic music ever laid down on vinyl...pure genius.

[@donlawson3330]

Some of the best guitar work ever recorded.

[@christinepierce8501]

You caught me, I’m a baby boomer and they don’t write em like the did 🥰🥰

[@WorldwideWyatt]

This is one of those songs that hearing it, even if just once, adds something to your life.

[@cathyhetzel7692]

The lyrics are genius!!! ❤

[@ThePittsburghToddy]

This is my dad’s music. And I love it! Fantastic guitar solo! Great lyrics! The production is top notch! 🖖🏼

[@angieday5183]

One of the great classic rock songs

[@Kerrawin69]

This was a great request! I remember riding down the highway in the back seat traveling with my parent. It was always louder in the back seat than the front. This made me smile. I needed a smile today. Thank you very much! God Bless

[@randi_godspeed2063]

Excellent choice. Great band. 👩🏻✝️💙🐕🖤🎸

[@JackSchitte]

You never grow out of Steely Dan....you grow into them. Jack

[@fractaljack210]

Stellar track. One of the greatest leads. Great reaction.

[@lindasantiago8253]

I'd love to have you react to Deacon Blues by these guys.

[@FishKungfu]

Timeless classic!

[@yvonniegirl11]

I remember seeing Steely Dan live in the early 80’s, one of the best concerts! I can honestly say that every one of their songs can take me back to a specific place and time in my memory.

[@matthewpoole5776]

Just singing that while installing insulation in my cabin extension. Also love Ricki Don't Lose That Number.

[@karleneblaser1261]

See them Steely Dan live! They are still out there killin it!

[@janscott7565]

Oh, please don't start rushing things. I can't stand people rushing their words and hurrying us along like we are in a really busy railway station or something. We're here to enjoy your company and the music. By the way, Reelin' In the Years is one of my essential long car trip songs. Thank you, Polo and have a great day! PS: You are smooooth. 👍😎

[@stevious7278]

Cold beer and either a creek or a swimming pool o warm sunny say... ahhhh!

[@ladyjane5401]

Word! It reminds me of my teen years....driving down country roads with my friends during warm summer nights....radio turned up.... windows rolled all the way down....the smell of fresh cut hay....wind in our hair....❤

[@dlkhoury69]

"Are you reelin' in the years? Stowin' away the time Are you gatherin' up the tears? Have you had enough of mine"

[@angelskunk2206]

“Are you gathering up the tears?”…”Have you had enough of mine?”

[@JustanOlGuy]

Steely Dan has made no bad songs, not one, I will brook no argument!

[@glencurtis2761]

Fact, least filler of any band ever, including The Beatles.

[@JustanOlGuy]

there are songs you like more than others, but not a bad one, It's just not as great as the one before it, lol.@@glencurtis2761

[@crystalprice7858]

No argument from me on that statement

[@user-tq8pq1pe1w]

100

[@ricksaunders8074]

Steely Dan they were a different kind of Band Very Unique Great Sound

[@linda092-loves-dogs]

Memories, this song reminds me of driving my 63 falcon in the ruts filled with water, going camping. It was fun, hitting the bumps, are you reeling in the years!

[@jentommyontheroad8089]

Not just boomers but genx as well!! So glad to have grown up in this era! Brings back memories of music spilling out of open windows on hot summer nights!

[@Miss_Califfa]

I love that you hear it like I do. I love old blues, rock, some folk or jazz music. All taken from blues, soul.

[@flor9389]

Guitar solo in the beginning is instantly recognizable and it has one of my favorite verses of all time. The one that ends with “the things that pass for knowledge I can’t understand”.

[@JB-Deadskins]

Gathering up the TEARS

[@richardsims4779]

The guitar licks in this song are as tasty as they get.

[@portialancaster3442]

You can't react to this song without knowing these lyrics, "Are you gathering up the tears? Have you had enough of mine?"

[@user-xs3sj3em6u]

When you learn that the two permanent members of Steely Dan, Don Fagan and Walter Becker, were not only talented but technical perfectionists, and they brought in the very best session musicians for every track, doing each section over and over and over again until they were hated... but result was PERFECT. And that's what we have to listen to. The perfection of each musical vision. That may be why it sticks with you. There are no errors.

[@mattharvey968]

I remember listening to the radio show Reeling in the Years when I was younger and my dad would play the stereo all day long on Sunday. This song was the opening song to it! Memories!

[@patw2841]

Appreciation to you… at 63 I am falling back into lots music of my youth. Thanks to u.☮️

[@TerriKnight-x3s]

1973! Yes! Fun

[@TerriKnight-x3s]

Joyful times

[@johnnyutah4077]

"Are you reeling in the Years Stowin' away the time Are you gathering up the tears Have you had enough of mine . . .

[@jackndan6603]

My brother played SD all the time when I was a kid. Great song! Thanks!😎

[@mitchellbeston1033]

I'm generally a heavy metal fan but you will enjoy Steely Dan. A lot of good songs with a slight jazz and blues element to their songs.

[@gizmo5925]

Steely Dan have a deep catalogue of great songs. Among my favorites: "Home at Last," "Haitian Divorce," "Babylon Sisters," "Jack of Speed," "Kid Charlemagne," "Third World Man," "Pretzel Logic."

[@michaelraichel6058]

Audiophiles loved these studio recordings …. Sound was fantastic on a quality stereo system.

[@Tolemac7]

Hey Polo ~ Welcome to your newest rabbit hole. Steely Dan were absolutely incredible in damn near everything they did. Their first hit was "Do It Again" off their Can't Buy A Thrill album. You will love that track!

[@snobear41]

This song came out when I was in High school, sure brings back some memories, Oh to answer your question; "reeling in the years, are you gathering up the tears?-Tyler

[@danielboone6325]

gathering up the tears

[@joelliebler5690]

One of their early big hits with such rhythm and fantastic and if I recall correctly an award winning guitar solo by Elliott Randall!

[@bethellen1962]

“Are you reeling in the years? Storing away the time? Are you gathering up the tears? Have you had enough of mine?” The chorus of Reeling in the Years. Okay Polo? 😊🙏😊

[@docdurdin]

You are listening to a gathering of the finest musicians of their time or any time for that matter. You never knew who was going to be in the next cut but you could be guaranteed to be pleased. ( Are you gathering up the tears, have you had enough of mine.)

[@SPGhettus]

"Do It Again" and "Reelin in the Years" are also must-hear songs. Steely Dan is where jazzy creativity and pop music meet, and it's a nice place to be.

[@SPGhettus]

Ok, brain fart, the second was supposed to be "Rikki Don't Loose That Number."

[@rogercoleman8515]

The best band I usually forget about then ask myself how when I hear them. Stunning guitar and brilliant lyrics.

[@rayalexander4634]

SD "Asia" is the song you want to hear, with Steve Gadd on drums. AMAZING!

[@mindykloster3540]

Your right!!! Your superpower works!!!❤You do get it though, we’re right!😊

[@Emmons939]

I think that it's, "Are you gathering up the tears. Have you had enough of mine? "

[@leahdoerr731]

Hello from Cody Wyoming 😊 you're awesome keep it up... all are welcome to rabbithole Steely Dan , put your seat belt on

[@cheriewelch6918]

8:43 I rocked my ass off to Steely Dan as teenager! THX💜💜💜

[@thud1241]

I heard a story that they called this fellow in for the guitar solo cuz they needed something. Well, in he comes and NAILS IT on the first take! Except the engineer wasn't recording... ACK! so the fellow says "Sure, I can do it again." And he did.

[@radiodead745]

When I was a teen back in the late 80's there was a syndicated radio show on late on Saturday nights called " Reelin' in the years" and they used a cut of this for the theme song. Me and my best friend Johnny would stay out cruising around in his Z28 cranking all the great music they would play during the show. It was always great bands but not their most popular tracks, so you could get some of the deeper stuff on the albums( usually the better songs)

[@helendavis5418]

Doesn’t get much better than Steely Dan. 🎶✌️❤️

[@Britbabe53]

Strong reaction from Polo! MY FAVE BAND STEELY DAN!!!!!

[@lindamarsh6711]

So glad you are educating people of your time with the best music my time. It’s like learning to love and appreciate the sounds from the beginning of rock, blues, and other great music right up to where you are. I’m 73 and generally listen to Christian praise music now but once in a while I dance down music lane.

[@JuneHebert-r7h]

Steely Dan ❤ makes me feel young again.

[@michaelraichel6058]

They’ve been telling me you’re a genius since you were 17…… in allthe time i’ve known you, i still don’t know what they mean!?! I love that line

[@kateoneal5693]

Steely Dan is one of my favorite 70s bands. "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" has always been a favorite. I'm enjoying watching you listening to music I grew up with (I'm in my 60s). I could recommend so many songs to you... Fleetwood Mac "Landslide," Blue Oyster Cult "Don't Fear the Reaper," Jackson Browne "Late For the Sky," Stevie Wonder "Don't You Worry Bout a Thing," so many more. Have fun on your musical journey.