Reacting to Dirty Work - Steely Dan

[@do0ranfrump260]

Steely Dan is the most influential yet relatively less known band in history. They were extremely talented and have a real variety of songs in their catalogue.

[@MaddyReactions]

Love it!

[@michaelvielhaber9342]

They may have never been the biggest band in the world, but they could never be considered less than very well known. Almost every album during their original period is certified platinum and they had 9 top 40 hits.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

​@@michaelvielhaber9342Yep. They were on the radio a lot over quite a period of time when I was young. And when I got to high school and college age, I just bought the records, as did a lot of my friends. Especially friends that were also a musicians like me.

[@sooutrageous007]

"Less than well known"??? How about Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame, Library of Congress Inductees, multiple Top 40/Top 10 hits, multiple Grammy recipients for: Album of the Year, Best Engineered Album, Best Studio Production. I'd say that's pretty well known.

[@cbdemented]

Very much so. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker were the backbone of the band, with Fagan being the more recognizable for his voice, but they were really a jazz band that strayed into rock/pop during the very formative years between 1971 and 1981. They not only made a name for themselves as a band, but did a ton of studio work and writing for other bands at the time. Fun fact...Steely Dan was taken from a William S. Burroughs novel Naked Lunch. I won't ruin it, but look it up and see if it gives you a laugh, heh.

[@ronwalker403]

Wow. This one takes me back. Way back. Always loved this tune. Steely Dan are a treasure and this one is the proverbial tip of the iceberg. Excellent!

[@MaddyReactions]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@MarissaM312]

Steely Dan is essentially two players. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. They employed a wide ranging and diverse group of first rate session musicians. They were an elite group. 💕💕🙏🙏

[@MaddyReactions]

Oooh cool

[@concernedcitizen-1958]

Good morning, Maddy! Steely Dan has a wide and varied catalog. Dirty Work is just the tip of a very large iceberg. Don't Take Me Alive, Pretzel Logic, Reelin In The Years, Aja, FM, Peg, Haitian Divorce, and many more. Thanks for sharing your experiences and perceptions of great music! ✌️☮️🤙🤟👊💪🔥❤️

[@MaddyReactions]

Very cool!

[@tommyk6719]

⁠@@MaddyReactionsDon’t forget to check out Reeling in the Years and My Old School! Also, another classic is Ricky Don’t Lose That Number”. And Sooo many others!

[@brealistic3542]

Maddy, you picked one of the most talented bands ever. Their sound is special and totally unique. So many of their albums have become big hits. Thanks Maddy, your sure to love them.

[@MaddyReactions]

Definitely!

[@stevedahlberg8680]

One of those fantastic choruses, but as a musician, I really like the arrangement and the performance and the composition all the way through. But then again you can say that about most of their songs. Steely Dan was truly an amazing band. And of course we all learned what their band name is a namesake of by probably around third or forth grade via the playground, lol.

[@MaddyReactions]

lol love it!

[@rameshnybergauthor]

Maddy, besides being disarmingly lovely, your reaction is so honest and you try to capture the essence of the lyrics too. Great work-- do more! And explore more Steely Dan! This song is VERY different than most of their work

[@cjdesign5700]

This is one of the three songs Donald Fagen or sometimes Walter Becker, don't sing in their entire catalog...It is David Palmer

[@n5iln]

Steely Dan is music for people who didn't know they liked jazz. Donald Fagen (keyboards) is known as an absolute perfectionist in the studio, which is why all their tracks sound so amazingly tight. That carried on when he moved into his solo work; check out "I.G.Y." from his album The Nightfly.

[@kallsop2]

Steely Dan was the gateway drug for me in the late 70's that led me into jazz and jazz rock fusion. The Night Fly took me in deeper.

[@AlexanderCalderon-kd6mh]

First time I've heard this song! Not only do we get a great song, we also get Maddy ASMR as an added bonus!❤ 🤩 My favorites songs of theirs are Do It Again & Rikki Don't Lose That Number

[@MaddyReactions]

Oohh very cool!

[@ggwalker55]

Top five band. Seen them about 15 times. Next level musicians and song writers.

[@ptr250]

Amazing, since they didn't really tour.

[@stevegirardmedia2255]

They used this in the Sopranos a bunch of years back... but it made a big splash on the show 'Euphoria'.... and became a TikTok thang. This is David Palmer singing lead... he was only on the first album.

[@cmanayf4354]

Love this song Maddy! Thanks. This whole album is quite brilliant.

[@ChrisKrolak]

One of the greater first albums by a band.

[@SaverioP]

Steely Dan has a lot of great music, and this hopefully is the beginning of a deep, deep rabbit hole for you. They have many different styles, but they're all unmistakenly Steely Dan.

[@MaddyReactions]

Very cool

[@ThePaybak]

Surprised to find out this was a Steely Dan song when I first heard it in the 70's. Mellow and laid back.

[@zeroceiling]

You have to do: “My Old School!”

[@bishlap]

Maddy sounded real sweet blending in w/ SD

[@dansavoie5087]

A band that made it's own sound. Own genre.

[@johnboydTx]

Fantastic Band ❤ The 70s is split?? Nixon and Vietnam ,, the pain 😢 1976 Celebration of Life Weekends at the Park,BBQs Dancing and singing with the Radio ❤️☺️.. I was singing with you 🥰🎶 Thank You for Steely Dan 🥰 Take Care 🙏✌️❤️ Enjoy

[@allendesalme197]

This entire album, BTW, is excellent!

[@UncleSalty84]

Steely Dan were one of the pioneers of horns in music that rocked - great choice. Short radio song but catchier than covid

[@jeromedavid7944]

Chicago was on scene four years before Steely Dan. Good video content and review from a lovely young lady who would no doubt have a line of wannabes waiting to do her dirty work.....oh yeah! Great Video thanks!

[@UncleSalty84]

@@jeromedavid7944Chicago was the same era maybe a few years earlier but they werent the first to used horns either. I love Chicago as well and I am in line

[@Joe-Flow]

The first time I sang kareoke was in a Nashville bar. A whole bunch of cowboys there, but I don't know much country tunes. So I pick "Hey Nineteen" because Fagen really just talks throughout. After they annouce me, one cowboy yells out, "Yeah Joe, I'm gonna hear me some Steely Dan! Heeeeeeeeeee...HAAAAAAAAAA!

[@MaddyReactions]

😂😂😂

[@ScottM-mds1hb]

@@Joe-Flow get down wit ya bad self💪🏼💪🏼😎

[@Joe-Flow]

@@ScottM-mds1hb LOVE IT!...😆

[@johndrx165]

Always liked this one. Whole album is great.

[@onechess]

You're killing it!!

[@MaddyReactions]

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[@larryk731]

This is one of the least "dark" Steely Dan songs. The vast majority of their songs feature upbeat jazzy pop music with incredibly dark lyrics. Topics include, but are not limited to, drug dealers, murder, porn stars returning home (probably), desired but never reached incestuous relationships, inappropriate teacher/student relations, p-dophilia, drug addiction, suicide and more. This track is ONLY about consenting adults committing adultery.

[@n5iln]

"FM" and "Bodhisattva" aren't all that dark either, at least not compared to, say, "Babylon Sisters" or "Kid Charlemagne".

[@larryk731]

@@n5iln true

[@eristicfreethinker2098]

Astute listener.

[@bernardsalvatore1929]

One of Tony Soprano's favorite songs!!😂😂❤

[@sillymanblues]

Hi Maddy. Sad that we lost Walter Becker back in '17. Steely Dan used a variety of studio musicians to record many of their albums during the 70s mostly. Rarely seen in concert. They did get a lot of airplay due to many of their hit songs. My favorite is Black Friday, yet so many other catchy tunes to mention here. Thank you for posting, Maddy. Have a great day! 🤘😎🤘

[@stevegardenhire5698]

Reelin in the years

[@PeteLazo]

Steely Dan always had the best musicians playing on their albums Great Band !!!! If you get the time listen to the album aja

[@tedmohr6353]

I love when you sing backup, you have a great voice

[@MaddyReactions]

Thanks! 🩷

[@ScottM-mds1hb]

If I was in a band, we’d probably think we were Led Zeppelin but we’d be more Steely Dan esque! ✌🏼😅😎

[@MaddyReactions]

lol love it!

[@RonHouck-eb1cn]

Aja is pretty good too. Great reaction as always

[@owenbb505]

Cool song, I remember the first few times i heard this thinking it was Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young! Great choice Maddy....don't know if you're branching out to ASMR with that whispering but...maybe an option to have in the back pocket?! lol Keep up the good work!

[@5burowz]

One of my fave SD toons

[@trumbaron]

All Steely Dan songs are good!

[@LoveBandit1000]

I can tell you have a stellar singing voice!!

[@MaddyReactions]

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[@roydavis5222]

The first part if the song almost sound like David Gates from Bread.

[@STEWDEE]

The Madd 1 is such a smoke show! 🥰

[@MaddyReactions]

😂😂

[@marvinsarracino116]

Good song by Steele Dan! Next song should be Aja...! Now lets see you get a good 10min. of stairs work done with the mini hammer! Haha jk lol 🤣 Thanks for sharing Maddy! ❤️💛🔨

[@justitia257]

Nice voice, nice song

[@MaddyReactions]

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[@JohnLedger-g4i]

Have you ever thought about a recording career Maddy ? Beautiful voice !!!!!

[@MaddyReactions]

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[@ScottM-mds1hb]

@@JohnLedger-g4i agreed 👍🏼

[@VIDSTORAGE]

Good one to start with being that it is from the 1st album and ''' Do It Again''' please ....

[@MaddyReactions]

Nice

[@PistolRx]

Thanks Maddy

[@MaddyReactions]

No problem!!

[@markthoele1808]

“Hey 19”

[@glenncanale9225]

What can you say They are very very good

[@sam-v7x3g]

Be careful Steely Dan doesn't have a bad song, a very deep journey..........

[@artsolano6762]

Steely Dan … hard to classify them . This is one of their most classic rock sounding songs. My cat is named Aja after their album

[@afternoondelight-i7h]

I just got home from the pub and you've thrown up Zeppelin and Steely Dan, so i've subscribed. I prefer this album over Aja.

[@classiclife7204]

Some of that 80% might not realize they're not subscribed. I've seen a lot of your stuff and just assumed I was; I wasn't. Now I am. Btw: if you like this, you're really gonna like Steely Dan, the smoothest damn band in the 20th century. This song's an odd duck; the only hit of theirs NOT sung by Donald Fagen. It was sung by a more "commercial-sounding" guy named David Palmer, who is fine and a great singer, but not really "them", if you know what I mean. Keep listening, and you will!

[@fw1421]

You should listen to the album Aja by Steely Dan. A brilliant piece of work.

[@tonyennis1787]

Steely Dan is your favorite band's favorite band

[@garthbigelow]

Continuing to cover music from my youth. A feast for the ears, eyes and mind. Keep it up. Would love to hear some Pink Floyd from the Roger Waters era. Mother is a song that rarely gets reacted to.

[@MaddyReactions]

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[@kunserndsittizen2655]

STEELY DAN was named after a DlLDO

[@MaddyReactions]

😳

[@MikeytheGeek7711]

Beats being named after your Uncle Stanley.

[@SteelyDan-xj5rg]

Load up some steely and go for a 60 minute fast walk. Time will disappear and you will become a cardio goat in 6 months.

[@williammilheim8141]

Keep in mind this was SD debut album. Back in those days you need to produce some great music or you wouldn't make it. I've been a fan since 73. Not a bad song on any of their albums. You need to react to more SD in the future you won't regret it.

[@HSR107]

There are two basic kinds of Steely Dan fans: 1- Those who think this 1972 debut release was their best work and it was mostly downhill from here. 2- Those of us who recognize the act only really started to come into its own with 1974's "Pretzel Logic" and reached its pinnacle with 1978's "Aja". (but I'm totally not biased ... lol) Reductionist, but generally true (my bias not withstanding). But yeah, good boomer easy listening. Come home from work, fire up a J of Mexican dirt weed, crack open a Pabst or Schlitz, sink into the recliner, and try to not drop the Marlboro onto the carpet again. lol

[@MaddyReactions]

😂😂😂

[@johnboydTx]

Mexican dirt weed A Frisbee and a Van 😂✌️🍻

[@HSR107]

@@johnboydTx Just thinking she needs to hear Fleetwood Mac's Hypnotized. Buckingham/Nicks might have been the best lineup overall, but Bob Welch gave them their best song. Just old person wondering thoughts things. lol

[@johnboydTx]

@@HSR107 great song But Everywhere by Christie McV might be her style 🤔 all women love that song 🥰❤️❤️❤️ Enjoy 🙏✌️☺️

[@artsolano6762]

They admittedly were Jazz musicians doing a little rock and roll

[@robertgartner1901]

Great song.... when is Maddy posting a video singing 😊

[@MaddyReactions]

Maybe sometime 🤣🩷

[@robertgartner1901]

@MaddyReactions you have a great voice, let's get you to 100k 🤘🫶

[@stornowayscotland]

❤❤😊

[@TomForrest-fj7zc]

Great song....Steely Dan Doesn't get much better than this great band

[@antrygis1]

I was that guy, minus the maid that was sent home early. She was married. Sigh.

[@christopheryoungren3176]

try Kid Charlemagne

[@jordan0010]

Wait, so if i request through sunday stream the reaction comes straight away?

[@MaddyReactions]

Four different people were asking and multiple people submitted $ for the request 😂 I’d prefer kofi because KZbin takes 20% 😂 BUT if the tips equate to 20$ + after subtracting the 20%, maybe!

[@jordan0010]

Ah ok that's fair lol​@@MaddyReactions

[@jordan0010]

KZbin are a mean bunch 😭

[@5burowz]

@@jordan0010one of the worst sell offs ever. All they got was a billion for YT which is pocket change in big tech money.

[@richpardey766]

👍✌️💜

[@MaddyReactions]

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[@user-tb9dx9mg2njsb]

✌🏻❤️

[@MaddyReactions]

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[@racer111259]

you dont get the song content at all. but im watching anyway!!

[@donaldbutcher1260]

Great debut album, a couple of weak tracks but overall really good. As far as the theme of the song, being a boy toy ain't that bad as long as everyone knows the score. 😊

[@Curleywolfman]

Their best song in my humble opinion. Stay safe beautiful! ❤️

[@jeffyoung801]

The Creepy Joe Biden whisper.

[@Jdouglas_me]

My goodness your beautiful 🤩

[@MaddyReactions]

Oh thank you!

[@aaron2709]

So happy you could afford a new shirt.

[@MaddyReactions]

😂

[@dougwill8850]

The Biden whispering thing is always creepy. Lpl.

[@usmgreen1]

1972

[@MaddyReactions]

Oooh

[@jordan0010]

0:06 Asmr Maddy coming soon 😆

[@MaddyReactions]

😂😂😂