Listening to Steely Dan refines a person's taste in music.
@Matt-iy3zy4 жыл бұрын
Ryan Grissom I started listening to Steely Dan at 5. I’m 27 now. I listen to absolutely everything, but I truly believe that Steely Dan provides you with a deeper and keener sense of understanding and appreciation for all types of music which differ from each other.
@SuperRowdyone4 жыл бұрын
Indeed 💯
@diagnolsnakeskin4624 жыл бұрын
BEST COMMENT EVER!!!!
@kevinl.johnson45494 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@williamalbert87594 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! As lifelong musician, I have so much appreciation for the sheer genius of these guys.
@thatoneguyagain22524 жыл бұрын
Steely Dan were master craftsmen at a time when that actually mattered a damn.
@Glassandcandy3 жыл бұрын
If that actually did matter in the 70s then disco duck wouldn’t have been a number one hit. Every generation has masters and amateurs who accidentally make it big. I think people forget just how much terrible music there was in the 70s and 60s because they only remember the good stuff
@kincrawford59062 жыл бұрын
@@Glassandcandy Disco Duck was a hit because it was funny, not because it was great music. As for terrible music, yeah, they had some back in those eras, but it was the exception, not the rule, like this era now.
@BRO77TX3 жыл бұрын
Steely Dan knew the importance of having backup singers of the highest order!!
@welles20024 жыл бұрын
Steely Dan is just Pure Genius
@kendrairvin56734 жыл бұрын
Their music really is genius! They are so clever and strategic with lyrics! They tell such a interesting story in every song.
@_HMCB_3 жыл бұрын
We revere artists of the utmost calibre like Picasso and the likes. I think Steely Dan is that in music. There are many good and even great groups that come along every decade, but Steely Dan to me is of the greats. The kind that make an indelible dent in the ripple of time.
@debaclark2 жыл бұрын
I saw them this year for the first time - unfortunately post Becker, but still. I have only twice in my life felt I was in the presence of a musical genius (Jeff Lynne being the other). It was magic.
@humanbn10574 жыл бұрын
Discovering Steely Dan's catalog in my early 20s has been one of the greatest musical journeys I've had yet. As I grow older, their music only becomes better. Absolutely phenomenal band.
@zorak17044 жыл бұрын
If this song isn’t playing at my funeral, I’m not coming.
@jonfan86784 жыл бұрын
zorak1704 😂 😆
@iamnumfive4 жыл бұрын
Now that would be a sign off.
@yolandajohnson86854 жыл бұрын
your comment is such a Classic. It's so original. You ought to have it Patented. These are the "originals" that commercial add producers are seeking.
@jeffcraddock35804 жыл бұрын
LMAO!!!
@juliewelch67824 жыл бұрын
Oops awesome
@keepthemetalflowing4 жыл бұрын
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie played drums on this track -they use him to calibrate metronomes. His groove is a thousand miles wide and just as deep...
@christopherdawson95704 жыл бұрын
A true in the pocket GROOVE MASTER!!👌👍👊😎✌💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥
@CamerOneiric4 жыл бұрын
Pockets deeper than the ocean
@keepthemetalflowing4 жыл бұрын
@@CamerOneiric exactly... very deep
@lorenzobaines62224 жыл бұрын
Facts! He and Stubblefield are my favorite drummers.
@MrROTD4 жыл бұрын
He also said boop boop didah bowp, boop boop didda bowp bowp!
@laurakali65224 жыл бұрын
“FM....no static at all”...another good one...
@tigerback624 жыл бұрын
Jamel, FM is the title song about a Radio Station. It's supposed to be loosely based on the Big Rock Radio Station in LA at the time . KMET, 94.7 fm
@hildab49414 жыл бұрын
FM is definitely worth his time but Jamel is long overdue for a Black Cow reaction vid...
@McShaganpronouncedShaegen4 жыл бұрын
FM was my first recommendation for him. Love that song.
@davep11034 жыл бұрын
NAW ! That whole Aja Album is their Greatest album. YES ! I said album ! 🤣🤣😂😂
@jeffcobb27344 жыл бұрын
Yes! FM and Black Cow fit right into the Deacon Blues vibe for sure!
@flimnap48413 жыл бұрын
I was an English teacher late seventies and on. These lyrics were a gift. Didn't tell my students where the band name came from.
@christiancox9723 жыл бұрын
why not? i'm sure it would have gotten some of your students who wouldn't otherwise pick up a book reading one. i can understand, though, if you were teaching anything before high school
@bigdinicee85482 жыл бұрын
My 10th grade English had a study lyrics by Billy Joel Dylan Lennon and Steely Dan
@bigdinicee85482 жыл бұрын
Have to stop typing in a hurry lol 😆
@FilkusNM4 жыл бұрын
Possibly my favorite lyric ever is in this song: "I cried when I wrote this song. Sue me if I play too long." This song is gansta in the smoothest way possible.
@georgeerhard19494 жыл бұрын
Steely Dan were gangsta before the gangs were, dog. They picked up where the Rat Pack left off.
@jpsmusicandmore54574 жыл бұрын
Mine also
@michaelhatcher52644 жыл бұрын
I love it
@AmandaHugandKiss4113 жыл бұрын
There's a live version on KZbin where ,shit can't think of his name, is in tears at the end of the song....
@leesadleridge3 жыл бұрын
@@georgeerhard1949 I never thought about them that way! Definitely feels like the continuance of the rat pack. Great comment!
@jimgrowdon60664 жыл бұрын
I'm a 67 year old music FREAK. Your reactions bring a joy to my retired bored life that I can not put into words. If I could then I would have made a fortune as a songwriter. Thank you my Brother.
@shelleycrowe8624 Жыл бұрын
Jamal is the first reactor I discovered and he still remains my personal favorite!!
@sylviacannon33174 жыл бұрын
I'm 65 years old.Still have this album. Aji ❤️
@beaux25854 жыл бұрын
Sometimes while watching you Jamel it feels like I'm sharing all the songs I know so well with a good friend that has never heard them before. It is both rewarding and entertaining, just your expressions make me laugh. Thank you for looking at these classics with your heart and feeling the groove that I grew up with. It makes it all new to me again too.
@edwhite74754 жыл бұрын
the 'joy of discovery' ...makes life worth while-
@glennclarke42394 жыл бұрын
AMEN brother, just the right person for the job in my eyes.
@lauraflores46834 жыл бұрын
Same here!
@Mebuggiefan4 жыл бұрын
Yes, he makes it so much fun. I love watching his reactions. Someone that appreciates the music from the past the way it should be appreciated and respected.
@jmtaylor54264 жыл бұрын
Amen!
@strokerace47654 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid in the early 80s my mom used to put on Stealy Dan while we cleaned the apartment on Saturday mornings. I can smell the bleach when I hear this song.
@markpenchinar82074 жыл бұрын
And you are lovingly reminded of your mother.
@tommythompson95652 жыл бұрын
I have a similar bleachy-clean memory of my mom. Can smell it now.
@robinstigator4 жыл бұрын
Steely Dan were perfectionist musicians, especially in the studio.
@leerhode10214 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Michael McDonald said they almost killed him recording "Peg".
@HareDeLune3 жыл бұрын
Watch 'The Making of Aja' video sometime. They were beyond perfectionist. The best description I have heard of their process is "Taking the music to absolute perfection, then bringing it back down a notch to make it more enjoyable".
@Lwize4 жыл бұрын
The entire Aja album is gold. (Gold, Jerry, Gold!)
@theivory14 жыл бұрын
The soup counts
@DazReht4 жыл бұрын
You should try the swordfish. Best swordfish in the city. The best.
@dianadollar7584 жыл бұрын
Gold, Jerry, Gold!!!😆😂🤣 ~ I’ve been working out, I’m HUGE ~ Kenny Bania😃
@murraywestenskow28964 жыл бұрын
I was in the pool! - I was in the pool!
@MrCucumber4164 жыл бұрын
No soup for you!
@bmw128racer4 жыл бұрын
"Aja" is one of the all-time great albums. Ask any music aficionado.
@jeffduflo82044 жыл бұрын
Agree
@bradsmack14 жыл бұрын
#145 on Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time (1977 ABC Records). Won Grammy for Best Engineered album (Roger Nichols, Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt, Bill Schnee ; Assistant engineers: Joe Bellamy, Lenise Bent, Ken Klinger, Ron Pangaliman, Ed Rack, Linda Tyler. Produced by Gary Katz.
@luisrojas31734 жыл бұрын
What’s amazing about this album. There’s so many musicians featured. Walter and Donald were musical surgeons
@welles20024 жыл бұрын
no Doubt the Genius of it never wears out
@Tigman4014 жыл бұрын
Any major dude will tell you....
@johnmaguire36084 жыл бұрын
I think the best lines are at the end: "This brother is free. I'll be what I want to be."
@andydavies18103 жыл бұрын
Too true John!
@rogercarter12653 жыл бұрын
It celebrates a certain kind of “loserdom” as Becker called it. They made an artform of songs about losers; all of them classics.
@ShikataGaNai1004 жыл бұрын
"I cried when I wrote this song Sue me if I play too long."
@befuddled20104 жыл бұрын
The drummer on this track is Bernard Purdie, a legend in R&B and funk. He's famous for his Purdie Shuffle. He's still alive, I believe. Glad to see you loving this track. I lived through the era when this music was new and can remember that it was so unique.
@dstroviolin2 жыл бұрын
Check out Rick Beato’s extensive interview with Bernard! They get into some Steely Dan tracks in detail.
@intestinalworm12022 жыл бұрын
Yes - classic BP!!!
@patriciawright87862 жыл бұрын
@@dstroviolin I like Rick Beato's show. But, I must say that I enjoy this guy more.
@dstroviolin2 жыл бұрын
@@patriciawright8786 Beato’s channel is for musicians, really. It can get very technical. I’m just happy to have both of these guys & hope Jamel keeps it going.
@vagelisvandoros92404 жыл бұрын
Steely Dan are unique band, they 'll be still fresh in 200 years from today (my humble opinion). Their musical , compositional, creativity skills are unbelievable. Love and peace from Athens Greece.
@goobfilmcast42393 жыл бұрын
Agreed....Steely Dan is a Band that will rank with the Immortals !
@michellelaugie53452 жыл бұрын
@@goobfilmcast4239 so true
@jay74804 жыл бұрын
Been listening to Steely Dan for 40+ yrs.. "Your reaction is golden," Keep jammin
@goasksara4 жыл бұрын
Well put, Jay!
@vaneast4114 жыл бұрын
me too! I've been listening to SD since I found out about them in the early 70's. I love seeing people discovering this music today
@gerard19544 жыл бұрын
I think Rikki don’t lose that number was the first song I heard by steely Dan probably 1972 it was about the same time I heard right place wrong time by Dr. John Although Zouzou mamu was the first song I heard by Dr. John
@Mebuggiefan4 жыл бұрын
I love me some Steely Dan. It takes me back to the good ole days. They just don't make music like this anymore.
@vonnyb90524 жыл бұрын
Halaluja
@carleavesceo7094 жыл бұрын
I had the "AjA" on a 8 track in my 1975 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme jamming back in the old school day.
@lamar21434 жыл бұрын
Cool. My first car in '82 was a 76 cutlass supreme. I listened to SD on the way to school everyday and my sister just had to deal with it.
@Telephonebill514 жыл бұрын
Did you listen to it SO MANY TIMES that when you hear it today, your mind/memory automatically puts in the "clicks" from the track changing? I'm that way with a few...
@winston-churchill4 жыл бұрын
Cutlass - there was a car!
@moodyblues1084 жыл бұрын
My man.
@christinevergona45244 жыл бұрын
“Do It Again” from Can’t Buy A Thrill. You will be “doing,” (listening) this song Again and again and again . . . 😈🌹😈
@jonnuanez28434 жыл бұрын
Or the mashup of Do It Again and Looks That Kill from Motley Crue.
@TheSimonScowl4 жыл бұрын
Used to be my favorite SD tune by a mile. Still up there (though Aja, Babylon Sisters and others have crept ever upwards over the decades)!
@vdimasteremeritus4 жыл бұрын
Christine Vergona - Best part of that song is the electric sitar solo.
@jerrytaylor40784 жыл бұрын
I loved only A Fool Would Say That from that album.
@Itelkner4 жыл бұрын
Haha... the "Grounghog Day" of tunes...
@adderman19504 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs! "I cried when I wrote this song Sue me if I play too long This brother is free I'll be what I want to be" has to be one of the coolest song lyrics ever penned!
@gness47824 жыл бұрын
Ahh-men to that.
@murraywestenskow28964 жыл бұрын
I'm hearing this tonight with you for the millionth time - and I'm still in awe of what a beautiful song this is.
@RMLtiger4 жыл бұрын
The best phrase I’ve ever heard was the 1st time I heard you say “soul has no color”. Love that!
@maynardbecker46134 жыл бұрын
When you listen to Steely Dan you are in church.
@williamflinchum99524 жыл бұрын
I remember when this album hit the scene,summer of 77,I was 18, pure ecstacy,I wore out this Album! Iv,e been a fan since 74, no other band ,can hold a candle to these Cat,s! Musical Perfection Baby! I love your reaction! 😊👌👆,Clay
@TinaReggie4 жыл бұрын
This song has been giving me chills for over 40 years. You just made me cry, brother. That's why I love you and your love of music. You get it!
@michaelroberts61923 жыл бұрын
I got it too.
@andydavies18103 жыл бұрын
Fills my soul Tina, fantastic, 60 now still got a taste for it, good luck, Andy UK!
@boboskeeper13 жыл бұрын
Agreed… Especially with his reactions to RUSH music…Got me choked up a few times.
@MsPrincesspaulina4 жыл бұрын
Pete Christlieb: Sax Solo They tracked down the sax player in the Tonight Show band, Pete Christlieb, who recorded his part after a taping of the show. There are many tales of musicians being asked to do take after take during a Steely Dan session, but Christlieb was done in 30 minutes, and it was his second take they used. Note: This Tonight Show Band was during the Johnny Carson era of the show.
@kenwelch1984 жыл бұрын
Just to give you an idea about the caliber of musicians who played on Johnny Carson, I have a distant cousin who left the brass section of Wild Cherry to play with them. Unfortunately, Johnny retired next year.
@MsPrincesspaulina4 жыл бұрын
Ken Welch: Cool story. Yeah, no doubt there was high quality musicians in Johnny's Band. With Doc Severinsen as band leader you had to have some chops to play in that league. Little known fact, Johnny Carson was an amateur drummer. Though I'm not sure that amateur is the right word here. There's a couple of clips of him drumming and he was good.
@kdm712914 жыл бұрын
@@MsPrincesspaulina That's why he was always drumming with his pencils on his desk while the band played during commercial breaks......he was actually a pretty decent drummer!
@kdm712914 жыл бұрын
And...Indeed....they were some of the best musicians on the planet! Once I started playing trumpet in junior and senior high school band, my band mates and I made it a point to watch Carson whenever we could and note when the band got a chance to play on air!
@JAMESMOORE-gq4vv4 жыл бұрын
sounds like the BAKER STREET story.
@paulnettles91094 жыл бұрын
The ultimate song about being an alcoholic, womanizing, loser. Only Becker and Fagen could make it sound so heroic.
@nicholasrichardson23304 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention gambler.
@Joes0s4 жыл бұрын
So true.
@Jonepk4 жыл бұрын
Wanker too Id guess
@waningmooncancer96283 жыл бұрын
That's excellent 👌☺️!!
@AmandaHugandKiss4113 жыл бұрын
Yes and he kills himself at the end...
@Idelia412 Жыл бұрын
I was in the Navy and had to drive across the U.S. and head for Maryland from California and bought this groups album with this song on it before I left and listened to it on my cassette player in my car all the way to Maryland. Sure brings back memories back then in the fall of 1978.
@arnoldsherrill63054 жыл бұрын
The drummer playing in this his Groove is so good and so accurate you can literally use it to reset an atomic clock
@eddavis19183 жыл бұрын
Bernard Purdie doing the Purdie shuffle. One of the all time greats.
@karenj36114 жыл бұрын
Love Steely Dan, bringing back my youth. Love it
@mikearst29404 жыл бұрын
If someone hasn't suggested it yet: Steely Dan's "Babylon Sisters."
@5yearsout4 жыл бұрын
I've suggested it, hopefully he'll get to it someday, my favorite.
Unfortunately, every time someone posts the live version, which is really smokin', KZbin takes it down. But hopefully some version by them will be on KZbin somewhere.
@natalievegas4 жыл бұрын
Jamel, most of us have heard these songs hundreds of times but this music formed us on many levels. We come here to watch you feel the music with us. Thank you
@bobknob58194 жыл бұрын
There’s comfort food. Steely Dan is my mac-n-cheese
@IanT8204 жыл бұрын
Steely Dan - Haitian Divorce (IMO their most underrated song ever)
@gregprice48344 жыл бұрын
Ian T agreed dude. Groovy as hell
@andyscott52774 жыл бұрын
No hesitation...
@eileendobbs85744 жыл бұрын
Waa waa waa waa waa waa waa. I love the reggae influence in that song
@fernandomendez67184 жыл бұрын
Facts
@dakotahrobinson82094 жыл бұрын
Got married to just have my own “Haitian Divorce” 😝
@DionysusAlS4 жыл бұрын
I've seen grown-ass men cry to this song. It's a remarkable piece of music.
@Joe-Flow4 жыл бұрын
I just did now.
@SpaceCattttt4 жыл бұрын
Err...what? I find it sardonically uplifting, personally.
@alliswede424 жыл бұрын
You're in good company. He cried when he wrote this song.
@SpaceCattttt4 жыл бұрын
@@alliswede42 They are not together. The song was written over 40 years ago. The OP is here right now. And the song is fictional, so nobody was crying, except the OP. And he's alone in doing that. Unless you're doing it as well. In which case, I have to ask: What are you doing with such a cry baby when you could have a drink with a real man like me?
@letssee94 жыл бұрын
@@SpaceCattttt say what you say. I'm quitting the deacon board, leaving the church, learning to play the saxophone, checking out all the action in town. I'm gonna drink all night and die in a car crash! Remember my name dammit! Lol
@smithshaven85844 жыл бұрын
“groovy as hell”! That’s partly because “they done did it... they done hired the the hit maker... Bernard Pretty Purdue”!!!
@richardsears48114 жыл бұрын
smithshaven I can only hit the thumbs up button once!
@jasonhardison71034 жыл бұрын
@@richardsears4811 cosign
@Mebuggiefan4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for loving this music as much as us "old timers" loved it back in the days. Like someone typed, I feel like I am listening to this music with an old friend. You are the best.
@jpsmusicandmore54574 жыл бұрын
My favorite song from my favorite album ever. Amazing lyrics and musicians like Pete Christlieb on the sax solo he also played the FM solo....
@aerynsunx4 жыл бұрын
Re: "Deacon Blues" sounding similar to "Aja" or "Peg"--all the songs on the Aja album have a common musical thread, so you're absolutely right!
@lilyt30234 жыл бұрын
YES - the beginning of "Deacon Blues" sounds like "Aja" and the sax lines are similar to "Peg".
@gwendolynstancell18474 жыл бұрын
CORRECT 👌🧓
@Coolrockndad4 жыл бұрын
"Peg" and "Deacon Blues" are all from the "AJA" album. One of the best albums ever made. IMO. Peaked at #3 in 1977. Was stopped by Saturday Night Fever LP sound track and Rumors LP by Fleetwood Mac that held both top spots for a year.
@Basman594 жыл бұрын
Aja and Rumours two must-have LP's no questions asked.
@DaveHof4 жыл бұрын
When was the last time 3 iconic albums held the top 3 spots like that? 30 years ago? More?
@rafilasker72934 жыл бұрын
Grammy Awards Year Winner Category 1977 Aja Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
@godbluffvdgg4 жыл бұрын
World War Disco...The enemy of all music. The enemy of man himself. The beginnings of the end, for intellectual pursuits.... My Black Sabbath tank destroyed many a dancing fool...Not too many of us left, that were in those trenches...Salute! :)
@Coolrockndad4 жыл бұрын
@@godbluffvdgg Come on, the only music heads that didn't like disco were the ones that couldn't dance. Dance music has always been. No one's dancing to Sabbath at a wedding.
@richardfurness75564 жыл бұрын
"Drink Scotch whisky all night long, and die behind the wheel..." If you want better lyrics than that I'm sorry, there aren't any.
@mrtyreus04 жыл бұрын
It's actually, dine behind the wheel. As in a musician who drinks scotch on the gig and eats on the road.
@ratjar70254 жыл бұрын
I know some better lyrics. "Imma keep on all my chains, while I'm makin love to you Baby girl, do you like me in my durag" Thundercat though
@danmcconnell59414 жыл бұрын
Andrew Kosiba it’s definitely die behind the wheel
@Mrbeahz14 жыл бұрын
@@mrtyreus0 LOL! Driving to the gig, dropping Taco Bell in your lap.
@EYE_GOTCHA4 жыл бұрын
Captain Speirs No (thank you)!
@dustingrant34263 жыл бұрын
I swear, the background vocals on this track our perfect. Wow!!
@marlanscott2508 Жыл бұрын
They always told a story when singing their songs. This set them apart.
@aaronkaplan62174 жыл бұрын
I cried when i wrote this song,sew me if i play too long-timeless lyric
@benwade73344 жыл бұрын
Sue, not sew😉
@bobklumpp86984 жыл бұрын
@@benwade7334 OMG! Right?
@jtkdmd62664 жыл бұрын
This Brother is free; I'll be what I want to be.
@fepatton4 жыл бұрын
This is my go-to warmup song at the start of drum practice, and has been for about 40 years. I never get tired of Bernard Purdie's groove on this one, and it's a great exercise in trying to relax and find that pocket.
@laurarooks56803 жыл бұрын
Why do I cry when I hear this? Tears of joy dancing and partying all night long to the Dan
@sweetdavey4 жыл бұрын
I mean... this song is the very definition of sophistication. Melodically, few tracks are this subtle. So brilliant
@markfinley89214 жыл бұрын
When I hear this song, it takes me back to Kent State when I was a student there in 1977.
@DanFan20424 жыл бұрын
KSU 1990 grad right here! History major...lots of time at Bowman Hall. Love this band so much!
@pommie50934 жыл бұрын
Love watching your reactions, the love of music that shows on your face
@racinnut774 жыл бұрын
You have said, "Music unites". Seeing your joy in hearing this musics brings joy to me. I'm so happy you're loving these classics.
@jainthorne41364 жыл бұрын
Aja is one of my favorite albums. Not a bad song on the whole damn thing. I circle back to it all the time.
@traceyrankin9363 жыл бұрын
So many layers to their songs! The production was just sick! An army of musicians and singers on every album
@winchesterbear4 жыл бұрын
“We” didn’t have this great music. We all have this music ... now.
@DanFan20424 жыл бұрын
What? You don't think MY WAP by Cardi B is a work of art? I sure hope not. It's a load of crap. Heartbreaking nonsense that passes for "music" now.
@Phernaldo4 жыл бұрын
Also, I'd like to see J AKA J react to "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" it's a FANTASTIC song; Steve Winwood's vocals are up there in the Pantheon of rock singers. The song has a little bit of everything in it, especially the blues
@lexydabbs15974 жыл бұрын
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR LOW SPARK OF HIGH HILL BOYS BY TRAFFIC LEAD SINGER STEVE WINWOOD GOOD SONG
@gibsonrocker19954 жыл бұрын
Agreed, that would be a great song for him to do!
@Erin-uz2gf4 жыл бұрын
yes! Traffic was an amazing band & their music still sounds fantastic in 2020
@BridgetteMcCaskill4 жыл бұрын
I SO LOVE STEELY DAN!!! So many memories growing up listening to them.
@nemo49074 жыл бұрын
"Oh, they aint playing with those drums" Say hello to Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - the man has worked with ALL the best! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Purdie
@williamfenton80434 жыл бұрын
Just the best of all time
@HenryInHawaii4 жыл бұрын
The Purdie shuffle
@godbluffvdgg4 жыл бұрын
@@williamfenton8043 Good Drummer but..STOP YO SELF! Not even in the top thousand best...Although, If you asked him; He'd tell you he is......Unless you want to say: "In My opinion"...
@dr8note4 жыл бұрын
@Nemo....he played with my band in New York at the Radio City Music Hall
@thomaswarner9918 Жыл бұрын
This is one of the best songs they ever wrote. And I love the lyrics towards the end of the song. Donald Fagen pulls no punches with them.
@ajareid93064 жыл бұрын
Mom and dad named me after that album Aja Aaliyah Reid
@cindyoteri18954 жыл бұрын
Yo awesome name.
@ruckusmalone94194 жыл бұрын
One of the most amazing albums ever !
@HBFTimmahh4 жыл бұрын
Your 'Rents have Great Taste in Music, and appreciation of it as seen by them naming you after this album/song.
@williamjackson67054 жыл бұрын
You had some very cool parents then.
@thefunkybuddha694 жыл бұрын
I know and have met other Ajas with the same story. Awesome!
@catdeddy84274 жыл бұрын
Jamel is getting caught up on ear treasures these past months. Aja was a complete masterpiece, and you felt it, J!
@evek25014 жыл бұрын
They are known as one of the best studio musicians of their time.
@mikesimonian4844 жыл бұрын
Saw them live. Not bad live either.
@godbluffvdgg4 жыл бұрын
LOL...No they weren't...If you're referring to Becker and Fagan...If you're referring to the dozens of musicians used on many of their albums. Then yes, they used some of the best studio musicians...But; those people weren't in the band...
@evek25014 жыл бұрын
@@godbluffvdgg I'm referring to their studio craft. They were legendary in their OCD in perfectionism. The top session players they hired have lamented about this over the years. I'm not sure why you think this is "LOL" worthy. It's common knowledge.
@Mournblade74 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see you cover some Supertramp, I don't think I've ever seen anyone cover them. Possible tracks: The Logical Song Breakfast in America Take the Long Way Home Goodbye Stranger
@lifesabeach25974 жыл бұрын
School, Rudy, In the Quietest Moments, Gone Hollywood.................
@mbolduc4 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah. Goodbye Stranger is the SHIT
@FloridaRocks4 жыл бұрын
And don't forget "Bloody Well Right" 😊
@TahoeNevada4 жыл бұрын
Mournblade7 Yeah. Literally anything off the Breakfast In America album!
@rodneyreinhardt13124 жыл бұрын
Listen to the Albums Crime of the Century, and Breakfast in America. IMHO there is not a bad song on any album.
@carleavesceo7094 жыл бұрын
Thanks to you, Jamal for your fun channel. I've been listening to Steely Dan for over 40 years. It never gets old !
@sharonannsharonann2603 жыл бұрын
There's not enough O's in Smooooth to describe Steely Dan. Love everything about this tune. As well as you grooving to it. Timeless Stands the test of time. Great job Rock On! peace
@YouDummy4 жыл бұрын
I would pay 30 years of salary to hear the song for the first time again.
@platonicdescartes4 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite song from Aja, and the whole album is great.
@thyslop17374 жыл бұрын
Of all the Steely Dan songs so hard to name a favorite.
@ole94214 жыл бұрын
Front to back, the whole album is a masterpiece.
@79Tomasso4 жыл бұрын
ole9421 My favorite track changes constantly.
@tigerback624 жыл бұрын
It's true!
@chingaderasymastm69134 жыл бұрын
agreed. Today. Tomorrow could be Pink Floyd but when I listen to steely dan, I'm yeah best band album. Each time you just dig it more and more.
@themaven83714 жыл бұрын
You can say that for virtually every one of their albums,they are master classes in making music in the studio.
@architecture.w4 жыл бұрын
Fagan was a genius.
@LegalEagleGurl4 жыл бұрын
One of my all-time favorite Steely Dan songs! I can’t count how many times I’ve seen them in concert!
@kdarko887 ай бұрын
I saw them the other week and they were great!
@jessicaneblett90814 жыл бұрын
The Aja album was conceived at fellow band member Walter Becker’s home in Malibu, CA in 1976, which is one of the many reasons why the compositions on this album are so beautiful. 🥰
@kennethlatham31333 жыл бұрын
I can feel that. When it was released, my girlfriend and I played it often; it was part of the soundtrack to our early romance. One of my "Desert Island" album choices.
@HareDeLune3 жыл бұрын
Except that *this* song: 'Deacon Blues', is from 'The Royal Scam' album.
@elizabethbennett66033 жыл бұрын
Nope, it’s on Aja
@ladder32573 жыл бұрын
@@elizabethbennett6603 we know. But it was written during the royal scam’s production
@cmartin4266 Жыл бұрын
Was all of Aja recorded in CA? I seem to recall an interview where they stated that when they were in CA they were homesick for NYC and wrote NYish songs and when they moved back to NYC their songs had a CA vibe. I could be wrong. But think it was from the VHS special about Aja.
@cindymauthe38674 жыл бұрын
I have always loved Steely Dan since I was a kid. I remember seeing them on TV in early 70's and I pursued them. Buying their albums back then was hard because to find music every record store went by what type of music you were looking for. They couldn't classify their sound which blew me away at first because to ME... Rock 🎸 🎶
@richardnoel72223 жыл бұрын
It’s crazy seeing purple just now in the last few years reacting or knowing about Steely Dan, my dad put us on this back in the 90s riding round in his S10. We asked if they were black or white? He said both. As black boys we were blown away. Love steely Dan.
@MrDavidknigge4 жыл бұрын
Got my headphones on and crying. Had the album while working through a divorce with my babies' momma. This music softened some hard times, but now the emotions flood back out.
@andrewtrotter90233 жыл бұрын
I understand. God bless you brother.
@metheus1084 жыл бұрын
One of their more upbeat ones is "Bodhisattva." You should check that one out too for sure
@mikesimonian4844 жыл бұрын
And Pretzel Logic.
@mperez23454 жыл бұрын
Ooh! Yes! Good one :)
@revs-and-obs4 жыл бұрын
Superb!
@georgeerhard19494 жыл бұрын
The Live version off of "Steely Dan - Gold" has a LONG intro by a very drunk MC... and then they just rip into the song.
@lenorcg77134 жыл бұрын
Countdown to Ectasy hooked me for life!
@pedrolopez80574 жыл бұрын
loved the look on his face when the "die behind the wheel" lyrics came up. brought a smile to my face.
@Joes0s4 жыл бұрын
That lyric is so sad but so sexy too.
@jimparker8803 жыл бұрын
The Clifford Brown story.
@suzymeister3 жыл бұрын
@@Joes0s yes!
@toms2b3 жыл бұрын
I STILL get goosebumps listening to this song! Perfectly produced!!
@TheLemzia4 жыл бұрын
Hearing this song again Just gives me GOOSEBUMPS!!! Thank you for Reacting to this!!!
@78deathface4 жыл бұрын
I have this song in my head all the damn time. It’s a shower classic for me.
@nomisnestral69564 жыл бұрын
"You hear that, them drums, pah-pah-tata-ting!" Oh we do, mate, we do!
@goasksara4 жыл бұрын
Me too! I'm so happy Brother Peter turned you on to Steely Dan. You too are sooo groovy and cool, Jamal. You make us all wanna jam. Keep up the good work.
@noahbawdy33954 жыл бұрын
The album had an extraordinary quality. Holding that record, it just felt different than other records. The sound coming from it was so crisp and clean compared to every other at the time.
@iDEATH4 жыл бұрын
In my mind, this song in particular is the very definition of "smooth jazz".
@joegoetz88844 жыл бұрын
Steely Dan kept making great music. Their last album, “Two Against Nature” has some great tracks. Donald Fagan also put out some fantastic solo albums. Some of his later songs, he shows he is a virtuoso on the Melodica, the breath powered keyboard, a really unique sound
@stephenenglebright3 жыл бұрын
Steely Dan has been in my top 5 groups for over 40 years. Just a great sound.
@whitneygibson3431 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Dad & thank you, Mom, for keeping this album in constant rotation during my childhood. As a 51 yr old now, I couldn't be more proud of my musical background.
@samuelroberts93004 жыл бұрын
“Do it again” is my favorite Steely Dan song. You do realize that the band still performs live, you should definitely check them out.
@texanboiii5624 жыл бұрын
Samuel Roberts I wanted to go to their concert in June here in DFW but fucken’ Rona brining the apocalypse.
@davidfrancis2734 жыл бұрын
How can it be 'Steely Dan' without Walter Becker?
@nicholasrichardson23304 жыл бұрын
Samuel Roberts I saw Steely Dan sans Becker about three months after he passed. It was a solid show, if you closed your eyes you could imagine Becker was there, but I don't think that I will see them again if they are still touring as Steely Dan. I was lucky to see them about 10 times in concert, when they started touring again in the 1980s and beyond. Not surprisingly, there was never a bad show.
@alexcordero66723 жыл бұрын
This song started playing in my head one morning and has been on repeat for two weeks. I didn't know who Steely Dan was nor the name of this song just that it was on the radio when I was in Jr. High. The funny part is that I'm 56 and never knew who Steely Dan was. I found the song because I knew the words "drink scotch whiskey... la la la... and I'm... something something... " So I found your video and I think that for the time in my life, I appreciate SD--and Blues... I never payed attention to subtleties of the background singers... Thank you. It's still stuck in my head but at least I can enjoy it.
@lesleypalmer42954 жыл бұрын
Try playing Donald Fagan’s first studio solo album, “The Nightfly”. React to “New Frontier”, “I.G.Y.”, or “Ruby Baby”. Actually, there’s not a bad cut on the whole thing. You won’t regret it. Seven Grammy nominations.
@allisonyoung40074 жыл бұрын
😍Agreed!
@HidingFromFate4 жыл бұрын
Love a lot of Steely Dan but for whatever reason, 'The Nightfly' album doesn't do it for me. But Steely Dan fans tend to love it so I suppose I'm in the minority. Given this, I hope he reacts to several more Steely Dan songs first.
@btchhopperou8124 жыл бұрын
This is so funny! I suggested the same thing on his reaction to another Steely Dan tune(I'll be damned- can't remember which one) just a few days ago. Maybe if he sees it a few times he'll give it a shot... Hopefully!
@billbrown40264 жыл бұрын
New Frontier!
@btchhopperou8124 жыл бұрын
@@HidingFromFate Different strokes... It has more of an 80s feel? Not quite SD tho, although I like it. Not for everyone tho... ✌ Peace
@speeds1552 жыл бұрын
If the music moves you so strongly, imagine growing up in that era of time...that vibe is what's in the spirit and soul of the people of that great era.
@user-xv5xn8io1i4 жыл бұрын
Steely Dan are simply sublime! They always had the cream of session musicians working with them, nothing less would do. That's why they sound so groove laden and loose because they play all so tight. Outstanding lyricists to boot. In a league of their own in my opinion.
@halliemoyer4 жыл бұрын
I’m OBSESSED with all your Steely reactions... seen them live 3 times (I’m a young fan lol)....so amazing in concert!
@vabeachtiff4 жыл бұрын
Hallie that is because them brothas play the HELL outta them instruments! And their backup singers SANG. I've seen them 3 times within the last 5 years myself and I am young as well. R.I.P Walter Becker. I def had the pleasure of giving him his roses while he was still with us. xoxo
@aaronlogdahl17984 жыл бұрын
"Don't take me alive", another Dan hidden gem!!
@ym614 жыл бұрын
Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers...man you are playing my album collection. FM should be next
@chuckfromla4 жыл бұрын
I cried the first time that I heard this song, and it's the one that made me like them.
@cheryldurham35603 жыл бұрын
At 70 now, I still love the music of my youth. The song for my funeral though will be Rolling Stones’s “Don’t always get what you want, but sometimes get what you need.”
@silvabakx63963 жыл бұрын
"They got a name for the winners in the world. I want a name when I lose."