Steely Dan - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction - 2001-03-19 (Full Version)

I should be sleeping.
Cheers!

[@66gtb]

“We’re persuaded it’s a great honor to be here” that’s perfect Becker/Fagen.

[@davidmuse1351]

And they left the "awards" on the podium and walked away.

[@Rytoast99]

*Gets inducted into the rock n roll HoF *Generally thanks whoever they played with *Opens the floor up for questions instead of giving a speech *doesnt answer the only question they got *asks then answers their own question *leaves the trophies

[@markjamesmeli2520]

What kills this video for me is frickin' Paul Shaffer trying to be in EVERY shot whenever the camera moves.

[@elwinlewis9757]

Yeah it also reminds me of the cringe worthy interview he did with Donald

[@eileenladden944]

I thought the same thing!!

[@bvphoto8307]

Lawd, how I detest anything Shaffer is involved in. The audacity of that clown crashing the performance.

[@gerrylundergaard60]

@@elwinlewis9757 They allowed Shafer to be involved only after his persistent nagging. He also offered to sweep up & turn off the lights after the show.

[@energyasylum997]

They left the trophies, ..rockstar shit!!

[@static6OOO]

Thank you so much.

[@matthewspatol1811]

Seeing that old snippet of them performing Show Biz Kids makes me want to see/find the whole performance

[@chickenman2097]

SOMEONE FIND THAT SNIPPET

[@steelyd2]

How has that video not surfaced yet??

[@pentalway]

If there's anyone who has it, it's Skeevy Daniels! He's probably just waiting for the right moment to release it, right skeevy?

[@SkeevyDaniel]

@@pentalway Nope don't have it, no one does to my knowledge

[@pentalway]

@@SkeevyDaniel WELP, all hope for finding this footage has been lost now.

[@KevinHardeman]

Amazing!!! Thanks so much Skeevy

[@AndreaCostantini-pl7ck]

Instead of Brian may they should have to call another guitarist, like....... Steve Hackett. SD and Genesis together, it's always been my dream😍🥰🤩

[@Tiresias1992]

Thanks! I think they also performed "Black Friday", which is missing from this video.

[@regissuchma5764]

Memories of my youth

[@RumGod]

💖💛💚

[@MattSmith-iq1ld]

It's truly a shame that these two guys fired Roger Nichols during the making of "Everything Must Go." It comes as no surprise that Becker's "11 Tracks of Whack" is a better CD than "EMG." And then to not even credit him when accepting their awards? Nichols was perhaps the most gifted and technologically advanced engineer in music history when you consider that George Martin spent more than half his time being the Fab 4's producer. I have never been to a stereo store where they didn't have "Aja" or "Gaucho" playing to demonstrate hi end systems. The man was a genius - so much so that I truly feel Steely Dan would have sold one third less records without Nichols behind the board. I had many email exchanges with Roger over the years, and he was the nicest guy in the world. When Nichols died to pancreatic cancer, Becker & Fagen didn't even send flowers or show up to funeral. When Roger was fired, his family said he was on his knees crying that a 30 year relationship had been ruined just so a couple of guys could be asses. I never blamed Becker & Fagen for putting musicians thru hell in the studio, but Roger worked even harder than they did. They should be ashamed of themselves.

[@JohnMR126]

I remember Fagen announced that Nichols was running the monitor mix at one of their earlier concerts in the 90's

[@rcranky64]

I thought skunk Baxter and Denny Dias should be inducted also… I know Baxter was inducted as a member of the Doobie Brothers in 2020 but I don’t know he was hugely influential as was Dias in steely Dan

[@Bageera63]

I think David Palmer should have been inducted as well. That's when I liked SD as a band. I liked his vocals!

[@MrSoulauctioneer]

Fagan and Becker are egotistical douchebags that killed an excellent band to fatten their wallets and hog the glory. Why isn't Jeff there and do you think they even appreciated Dr May helping them out?

[@steelyd2]

@@Bageera63Palmer sang two songs! And was part of the band for like a year, he didn’t write anything. That a bit of a stretch don’t you think? There are guys like Victor Feldman who were on every Dan record does he need to be inducted? Mark Knopfler played a 30 second guitar solo on one song should he be included?

[@nigeats65]

Is that BRIAN MAY from (Queen) i the background...?

[@nigel8499]

Can AI respectfullly remove Paul Shaffer from this video please.

[@chickenman2097]

SHOW BIZ KIDS

[@jazzguitarneophyte-christo7988]

Pauls Shaffer as usual is F'n annoying!!!!

[@josephrohland5604]

Who are the two female backup singers for Steely Dan's HOF performances? They were not SD's regulars.

[@Mama-Ames]

No. They ARE NOT. THEY COULD NEVER BE SD's Regular back-up singers, who are the very talented Carolyn Leonhart-Escoffery & Cindy Mizelle. THESE ALLEGED "singers" not only SUCKED vocally, they CLEARLY have ZERO rhythm!!! These POSER "musicians" were ragingly unworthy of sharing the stage with BRILLIANT GENIUSES Walter Becker & Donald Fagan. The performance of the "House" posers completely insulted my intelligence. They SUCKED SO BAD, watching & listening to this nearly shut-down my entire central nervous system!!! And what was with the Paul Schaffer look-alike in the white dinner jacket?!?!? Or was that actually him "Directing"... wait for it... BECKER & FAGAN?!?!? The audacity of it all is SO STAGGERING... I can't help but wonder... Could this have been a big R&R HOF "Middle finger" right back at Becker/Fagan?!? If not... then whoever organized this HOF "House Band" should be unemployed!!! IMHO, Becker/Fagan's previous assertion about the R&R HOF has been 100% validated. I personally can't believe they didn't walk off the stage! AND... after THIS disastrous "cluster-F" of a "House Band" they can both now look square in the eye the "powers that be" at the R&R HOF & say, "I rest my case."🙏♥️🇺🇲✌

[@abc-yv2js]

@@Mama-Ames You are 100% right. But Becker and Fagan F'ed up by not having their tour band guys up there. What idiots. How much $ would it have cost to be proud of your special night vs this combination or GLBTXYZ and Reality show wanna be's up there in the circle jerk jam session? No offense to anyone in particular so lighten up pussies. Just saying it looked like a Boonsfarm Ripple garage jam of over the hill hacks. And it was.

[@rcranky64]

Yeah usually it’s Leonhardt and Mizelle

[@kkgleed]

Who’s narrating that video? Sounds almost like Robbie Robertson

[@alexgraham2927]

It's definitely Robbie lol, he's been one of the self-important bigwigs at the RNRHOF since its inception. Worked with Jann Wenner and several other industry titans to establish it and eventually build the museum in Cleveland.

[@MrRepeters]

Is that Queen's Brian May in this video?

[@r3ddirtr8r28]

The RRHOF got their revenge by putting Bryan May and Paul Shaffer on stage with the Dan. Sorry you had to go through this Walter and Donald!

[@fpapahro]

While I normally liked him, Paul Shaffer is such a clown in this video. First he wears white when everybody else is in black, walks in front of Walter while roaming the stage for no apparent reason, all so the camera is certain to find him, then he has the audacity to give Donald Fagan a cue at 8:27 that it's time for him to start singing again. Geez.

[@MattSmith-iq1ld]

Let's face it Frank. These jam sessions at the R&R HoF are a three ring circus. I mean, Steely Dan wasn't even a group. It was two songwriters and dozens of studio players and singers. They were using them as far back as their 1st record. I still think that at least one third of their fan base thinks Skunk Baxter played the guitar solo parts on "Reelin' in the Years."

[@MichaelTrogdon1990]

@@MattSmith-iq1ld Steely Dan was in fact a group on the first 3 albums.

[@kuttycrew]

Donald has the whole “Jerry Lewis in his 30’s” thing going on with his voice.

[@colkurtz8065]

Really? Moby? I bet they wish they could have a "do over".

[@jlouis4407]

He was good though

[@matt23012301]

wow that solo was awful brian

[@MattSmith-iq1ld]

I am sure he is not happy with it either. Stylistic mismatch. Brian is a GREAT rock guitar player (he's probably been on the cover of more guitar-oriented magazines than every Dan studio guitarist COMBINED). But the R&R HoF is insistent on including musicians playing with other musicians who are being inducted the same night. They wouldn't care if they combined Steve Vai and Segovia!

[@robmorrison1043]

The solo was brutal. Any high skilled player would have done better. Do you think Clapton or Beck would have ever ruined a performance with amateurish playing. I've seen Clapton sit in with pop, jazz and R&B artists and just be phenomenal as usual. Because May was on covers of magazine's, means nothing. Steely Dan's guitarists were on a different level then May. Look up Jeff Baxter, Larry Carlton, Dean Parks and Elliot Randell. Jimmy Page called Randells solo on Reeling in the years, one of the best he has ever heard. Heck, original Dan guitarist Denny Dias was phenomenal in his own way. Only the best, top shelf musicians played on SD albums. There was no excuse for a top shelf player to butcher a solo like that.

[@Rytoast99]

What happens when you get a pop rock guitar player to do complex Americana-Jazz-Rock fusion solos

[@stanleymasterson1135]

Wow, Brian May just totally fkn sucks. The guy has no business playing with Steely Dan, the greatest band in history

[@stony2494]

Agree, his solo I could do better and I don’t play guitar 😎

[@phillippershing6315]

He has total business playing with them, his solo was ok, but I wouldn't say it sucks. He's the greatest guitarist of the best rock band in the world.

[@stony2494]

@@phillippershing6315 well, I’ll say that his solos worked well with Queen, but his chops don’t fit in with the actual best band in history, Steely Dan 😎

[@Phoebedumplings]

Brian was both brave and foolish ,

[@stanleymasterson1135]

@@phillippershing6315 Yes, he's the greatest guitarist of Queen.... because he's the ONLY guitarist of Queen. Steely Dan;s style just doesn't fit him. I honestly can't even see May standing on the same stage as Larry Carlton, Jay Graydon, Elliot Randall etc. without looking like a fool

[@markvest5413]

Love the dan but this version of do it again was terrible. Fagan sounds terrible

[@adenihil]

I just hate to say it but… I think you’re right. The whole thing is sub-par to Steely Dan. I really don’t wanna diss anyone but, these dudes - the musicians onstage & the general performance - is not up to SD standards. Just sayin’. The speech was perfect though. RIP Walter.