Steely Dan - Show Biz Kids (REACTION)

[@kendavison7148]

"Lost Wages" (a nickname for Las Vegas). That's what the background vocalists are singing.

[@mattm1982]

I believe they purposely try to obscure whether it's Las Vegas or Lost Wages. Sometimes it sounds like Las Vegas and sometimes it sounds like a mix of both.

[@888jimm]

You guys need Steely Dan Tshirts..... You have earned them. 🎉😂

[@daveveautour4886]

That would be a coup de grâce...

[@barbarascotto3873]

They got the shapely bodies 👏

[@888jimm]

@@daveveautour4886 their outrageous 😂

[@classic-kool]

Album released in July 1973 ....... this was way ahead of it's time, in my opinion..

[@stevemd6488]

absolutely

[@Claypoool]

Wow I didn’t realize it was that early!!!

[@clifton8929]

The synchronicity between Airplay Beats and Steely Dan's music is undeniable. Y'all get the Jazz, Funk, R&B, and Soul of all types and styles of music, just like The Dan. That why you guys have the reaction channel that is nothing but Net when it comes to all the music you play. Keep up the significant reactions and commentary. I want you to know that you are greatly appreciated. It's a low-down, dirty shame you haven't got more subscribers. This is what a Reaction Channel should be. Every Subscribed viewer should pass the word to a friend or share these reactions.

[@AirplayBeats]

Thank you so much Clifton!!

[@ML-un1oi]

I 2nd that. La Che are joy to listen to thier pure love and appreciation for great music. Very knowledgeable.

[@AirplayBeats]

@@ML-un1oi thank you. We appreciate you all

[@hughjass9078]

Agree with everything said above. I always thought it was a pity Elliot Randall didn’t do more with SD than what he did. Jimmy Page’s favorite American guitarist and his favorite guitar solo was Reeling in the Years

[@jimmoore8951]

You speak the truth, Clifton… nothing but net

[@Thomas-aka-TomD]

Here's one for you fellas... The slide guitar player on this is Rick Derringer, the same guy who played guitar on Frankenstein with Edgar Winter group. The background singers are singing "go to lost wages" (Las vegas play on words). Love the energy fellas!

[@doriwiljt]

I always thought they were singing Go to Las Vegas.

[@kelvinheron3425]

@@doriwiljt The comedian Lenny Bruce always called Las Vegas "Lost Wages" - very appropriately!

[@melvinwomack3717]

​@@richardlaiche8303 😂

[@richardthomson3757]

I think Rick Derringer was the producer and Ronnie Montrose played guitar on Frankenstein

[@Thomas-aka-TomD]

@@richardthomson3757 Ronnie left Edgar in mid 73. The video of the song performed live is clearly Rick on guitar, which is what the guys saw and reacted to. Agreed on the studio cut....

[@stevemd6488]

Lost wages, Las Wages, Lot's Wages. Phenomenal song. One chord in true funk fashion. Great reaction as always guys.

[@CuriousGeorge1111]

"You go to Lost Wages". Lost Wages is slang for Las Vegas, coined by radical comedian Lenny Bruce in thee 60s. It seems self-indulgent rock stars go to Vegas.

[@stevemd6488]

@@CuriousGeorge1111 I hear three variations as I noted, most especially Lot's Wages, from the bible.

[@wallacecallow2255]

It's easy to jam to, as well.

[@seabrook1976]

3:05 after "t-shirt", you can hear the quick guitar homage to Reeling in the Years. Also gotta love how they sneak in the F word on an album in 1973.

[@Mulavi]

I would call into the local university radio station and request this song because most of the student DJs did not know they said the f-word in this song.

[@jml-rj5re]

As a kid, this was the first time I heard the F-bomb in a song. That got my attention! lol

[@robertjewell9727]

It's hard to write a song that stays in one chord throughout and give it plenty of atmosphere, but they do with cherries on top.

[@robertjewell9727]

@@rickpetersen1745 right! I recall that!

[@cameronstestingart794]

Steely Dan’s incredible background vocals, sayin Lost Wages, baby!

[@randyhochstein8455]

“Lost Wages” was a nickname for Las Vegas coined by comedian Lenny Bruce.✌🏼😎

[@ML-un1oi]

This is my favorite song of all the great Steely Dan songs. Great start to a Saturday once again. As always fellas great reaction. Much appreciated 🙏

[@Brosolo75]

Mine too

[@cynergy4]

Love this album! I have it on CD so that I can listen to it while driving around the desert

[@dopaminetxmusic8215]

This album is classic! Kung of the world and Gold Teeth are legend

[@dopaminetxmusic8215]

Great channel guys!

[@NondescriptMammal]

One of the more solid rock albums top to bottom, not a weak track on it really

[@toddymac]

I've always felt "Razor Boy" never got its due. A great and sorely underrated track IMO.

[@kendalton2115]

King Of The World.... Yes!!!

[@BrixtonTone]

Always been a permanent resident on my playlist

[@steelyd2]

At the end of this tune when the megaphone voice comes in you can hear him say “hey, isn’t this the band that’s looking for a new lead singer?” Sort of tongue in cheek humor from them

[@Ibanezed210]

Breakfast on a Saturday morning with a Steely Dan reaction video for dessert. What a wonderful way to start a Saturday. If it sounds like I am hinting towards suggesting you make it a routine to have a "Steely Dan Saturday" then take the hint! And what an enthralling slide guitar display that was!

[@AirplayBeats]

Good idea!!

[@russelbarnes7235]

​@AirplayBeats I think that it's a good idea too! Go for it!

[@strategicplanetxmuzik4384]

.....you guys will just have to accept the fact that grooves like this came out of the 70's in mass quantities by many artists, but this is one of the best..... 🤠

[@realbser1956]

Good morning! This was released in July, 1973. My Old School was the big song from this album but Your Gold Teeth, King of The World and Bodhisattva are bangers too. Great comments.

[@astroteech]

This came out in my senior year of high school. I have been a huge fan of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker (RIP) and all the incredible musicians who have been a part of Steely Dan (e.g. Larry Carlton, Michael McDonald to name a few), in addition to Donald Fagen's solo works. They stand alone in the history of rock/jazz/fusion which doesn't adequately describe what Steely Dan were and are. Pure genius!

[@Brosolo75]

I was digging this in high school 1973❤

[@masterofzoom]

This song is the greatest song ever. It’s just hilarious. It’s so accurate and mean love this song show bis kids

[@barbarascotto3873]

"They got the Steely Dan t-shirts"

[@zolch5771]

FM radio played so many songs from the Dan back then and this was a great one, nice...

[@anthonyblakely399]

Steely Dan is all about "The Groove." Then they put layers of other vibes in their music like instruments and transitions....this song is a jazzy vibe!!! Love it!!! good reactions!!!

[@hughjass9078]

Ha! My favorite SD song! Love the lyrics

[@nunnarij]

What a great grove!

[@79BlackRose]

Wow guys, not a single comment on the Rick and his slide & lead guitar work? I am gobsmacked!

[@MichaelTrogdon1990]

That's not Skunk Baxter. It's Rick Derringer.

[@79BlackRose]

@@MichaelTrogdon1990 Thanks. Corrected.

[@AirplayBeats]

On my first listen a few other things caught my attention but when I went back and listened again, the guitar stood out to me.

[@mikeloomis687]

Again, Steely Dan's music is on another level alltogether.

[@melvinwomack3717]

Yeah man 👌😏 this album and Katy lied is the alchemy of steely dan coming together

[@willowvee5844]

The lyrics where- "they got the Steely Dan t-shirt"☺

[@teelurizzo8542]

This is Becker and Fagen's take on a classic Motown-style arrangement - the tempo, loop-like piano and bass groove, and the backing vocals are a hint. Lyrics are a critique of then nascent celebrity culture (w/ the back up vocals singing 'You go to Lost Wages' as reference to gambling and LAs Vegas).

[@4yules]

this song sticks out in the steely dan library...and that isnt easy within their songs...has a different flair ...

[@Lynndane]

Yesss! Been waiting on this one!

[@timgrady4630]

This vibe ages well .

[@lovman]

Thanks for this one. I don't know if I have heard this one, or certainly only a few times 50 years ago. Checked wiki entry - there are five backup singers and what I was looking for, on slide guitar was Rick Derringer (Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo and many more)!

[@Reno_Slim]

When I lived in Southern California, people would refer to Las Vegas as "Lost Wages".

[@SeaMark782]

So Outrageous!

[@melvinwomack3717]

The way he's phrasing the lyrics in that first line is very piano like.

[@waynedurning8717]

The man knows how to lay down a groove.

[@CuriousGeorge1111]

Hi La and Che--glad to see you reacting to The Dan again! Please do more, going through what you've missed in chronological order. There is much gold remaining to be mined.,a The background singers are singing "You go to Lost Wages". Lost Wages is slang for Las Vegas, coined by Lenny Bruce, and rebel comedian of the 60s. This record is from The Dan's second album, by which point they have been introduced to rock star ("show business kids") culture, and are recounting their privilege, indulgence, and selfishness. "Show business kids making movies of themselves, you know they don't give a fuck about anybody else." With their trademark skill, SD tell the story indirectly, by talking around it. I particularly like the line "I detect the El Supremo, at the top of the stair." Sound like a weed reference to me--always a good call. :) All the best, guys. 🙏

[@justkim1]

El Supremo is a cigar ;)

[@BigC.]

“Lost Wages”

[@SpuzzyLargo]

Yeah, the background singers are singing "Go to Las Wages, Las Wages, Go to Las Wages." (Where your wages are lost.) This is per an official SD songbook of 1978 that I still have.

[@tonytony5380]

Happy to see you getting back to the Dan

[@sutech161]

thanks again guyz / groovy stuff, , , again

[@nrich5127]

The chorus is " Lost wages " - what a great song - so different from anything else they ever did .. and that's "The Dan" - always surprises .. and yet familiar ..

[@bobburroughs6241]

I got the Steely Dan t-shirt in 2009.

[@joelliebler5690]

A great funky tunes with some outrageous guitar and piano playing.

[@MCBxlx61]

Yeah! More great stuff.

[@rondoharding4275]

Background singers: Going to Lost Wages aka Las Vegas. Perfect. Lol

[@marckusel5602]

Nasty Dirty Funky Fuzzy Rick Derringer on guitar.

[@barrycohen311]

B-side "Razor Boy" Released July 1973 Genre Rock, jazz fusion Length 3:59 Label ABC Songwriter(s) Donald Fagen, Walter Becker

[@brendawoodson3230]

Lost wages is what we used to call Las Veagas back in the day

[@danielabatabogdanov8586]

This channel is great partially because you guys have good chemistry..

[@suesmith7968]

For me there is no bad Steely Dan song, and I love you two reacting to some of my favorite music!! ☮️❤️

[@Michael-Philip]

I'm ashamed to say I never heard this one... being the fan I am.. Thanks Airplay

[@danw2276]

Thanks guys! Got me my D.F. fix on this rainy day! Insane talent and goes in the most unexpected way, a few times. Another hidden gem, must be hidden gem Saturday

[@mackbeasley526]

PLEASE consider, Donald Fagen's tunes 'Snowbound, Trans Island Skyway' and 'Countermoon' from his album 'Kamakiriad'. I know you will bounce to it.

[@themchangesband]

"You're going to Las Vegas, Lost Wages".

[@briantray699]

"Lost Wages" is a name for Las Vegas, for obvious reasons. Vegas is the epitome of the carefree night life lived by the rich and famous. Fagen and Becker looked at these people and that life with disdain, hence the idea for the song.

[@submandave1125]

I always took it as part of their contrast between the high and low. Yes, Las Vegas has always been the hedonistic Mecca for the rich and privileged while simultaneously being well deserving of that nickname, build from the shattered hopes and lost wages of the poor.

[@neildobson8395]

"Goin' to Lost Wages " (Las Vegas)

[@MichaelTrogdon1990]

“Lost wages, go to Lost wages”

[@miked3087]

This had to be Frank Zappa's favorite Dan song

[@Cpayne30]

He quoted Rikki during his guitar solos a few times, that had to be his favorite.

[@miked3087]

@@Cpayne30 Oh really.....I didn't know that. Thanks. My main thought on 'Show Biz Kids' is that the lyrics reminded me of some Zappa-ish style lyrics.

[@jml-rj5re]

Mostly a 1 chord vamp (Am7) biting the hand that feeds them. The underbelly of fortune and fame. Should not work, but somehow Steely Dan makes it work. The background singers: "Go to Lost Wages. Lost Wages. Go to Lost Wages," instead of Go to Las Vegas.

[@JodyLynzzz]

Just so you guys know...after years and years of checking my email as soon as I wake up, I check on you now. You get all of us subscribers. Soo grooovy!

[@GustavoRey-oo6zi]

Great slide guitar. The background vocals were "lost wages".

[@mattm1982]

No comment on that groovy awesome slide guitar solo? :D

[@kendalton2115]

Funk banger. I think this is my fav off of "Countdown To Ecstasy". It's too bad I was 3 months late to the show here.

[@zylem13]

The backing vocals are "You go to Lost Wages, Lost Wages" Parodying Los Vegas.

[@cityhonors1]

😁 I learned the words my first Steely Dan: Countdown Night at the Beacon Theater. The person in the next seat started grooving on the 1st note "You go to Lost Wages, Lost Wages, go to Lost Wages..." Me: 😳 I thought it was 'Las Vegas'. 😱 All of a sudden the rest of the song made sense. "Showbiz Kids making Movies of themselves. You know they don't give a F*** about anybody else!" 🤯 Long as "El Supremo at the top of the stairs" gets paid, well tough luck to the rest of us at the end of the night. 🤔 Might as well be Las Vegas where 😉 The House ALWAYS win.... 🤗 At least that's how it was explained to me that night! 🤩 AJA still my favorite SD Residency Night tho'..... 🥰🐰

[@neilmartin99]

One chord throughout the entire song. Just FYI…lost wages is a play on words for Las Vegas. The place you go to lose your paycheck (wages).😂

[@realitybear5848]

❤❤❤

[@tannonwraith4692]

Another jam!

[@annbeguity5932]

A *one chord* song from SD! Famously sampled by Super Furry Animal’s “The Man Don’t Give a F___”

[@zelstephen]

The guy on the slide guitar is actually Skunk Baxter and what the girls are saying is Las Wages instead of Las Vegas. Cause you lose your money there . I'm an old head black male from the suburbs of Philly and been listening to Steely Dan since the 70's. Enjoy gentlemen

[@tommccarthy3052]

No, not Skunk on slide. It's Rick Derringer - specifically credited on the LP.

[@daveanderson718]

WTF???? no its not Rick D. Thats Jeff Skunk Baxter!@@tommccarthy3052

[@Tune-O-matic]

Background singers repeating "Lost Wages" sung to sound vaguely like "Las Vegas"..

[@tjmasson1013]

Love these lyrics. Strait bars

[@hog7203]

I think y'all have listened to enough Steely Dan music by now to realize what people mean when they say that Steely Dan is the coolest band of all time. I don't have a favorite song by them. Way too many to choose from. And I don't have a single favorite band. But they're in my top ten. I'm still hoping that y'all will do an album reaction to Another Mother Further by the band Mother's Finest. Came out in 1978. At least check out the first track Mickey's Monkey, and get a taste anyway. Or the track Baby Love, which is their most popular song.

[@johnlylemusic]

I’m surprised this groove has never been sampled by a rap or hip hop act. The closest I’ve heard to someone doing it was the Prince song “Boys and Girls”.

[@kollegebound12]

I always thought they said "they're outrageous"

[@newmillenniumproductions]

👍🏾

[@melvinwomack3717]

1973 Can't wait for you guys to hear King of the world from the album 👀there really should be more thumbs up on this one 😅

[@ohuntermc9321]

King Of The World and Your Gold Teeth are my favs from that record.

[@melvinwomack3717]

​@@ohuntermc9321 the intro to King of the world is probably one of the best intros ever.

[@melvinwomack3717]

@@ohuntermc9321 I forget who's playing lead guitar is it Denny or the skunk

[@davidthompson4869]

backround lyrics "go to lost wages" their nickname for Vegas.

[@steve9199]

They're singing "Lost Wages, Lost Wages, you're going to Lost Wages"... it's kind of a dig on Las Vegas.

[@jimcole9751]

Rick Derringer also wrote and preformed Rock and Roll Hoochie Coo you got to check it out

[@nealmyers8274]

He smells the El Supremo from the room at the top of the stairs

[@OBESPRING1982]

I detect the El Supremo from the room at the top of the stairs

[@frankmarx8997]

Great reaction, this song should have been a bigger hit than it was.

[@stevegerdes2614]

Great reaction video, have you guys heard the song Pretzel Logic yet by Steely Dan. It’s another great song by them. Continued Success

[@AirplayBeats]

Yea we reacted to it on our live stream a couple of weeks ago.

[@olly8]

Slowed down tempo, i hear influences of Put the Lime in the Coconut. Ragge' influences fo' shore.🍸

[@neilmartin99]

Interesting you should mention that. Coconut also uses a single chord throughout.

[@stevejennings1809]

They're going to Las Vegas

[@timwanwick179]

If you dig STEELY DAN , check out the band SEA LEVEL - a side project of several Allman Bros members - their track " That's Your Secret " will blow up you Groove Meter! 😎😏🙋

[@michaelp.7893]

1973. That's Rick Derringer on slide guitar. Amazing.

[@daveanderson718]

WTF???? no its not Rick D. Thats Jeff Skunk Baxter!

[@michaelp.7893]

@@daveanderson718 Per Wikipedia: "Show Biz Kids" is a song composed by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen and performed by Steely Dan with Rick Derringer on slide guitar. It was the first single from Steely Dan's 1973 album Countdown to Ecstasy, and reached number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Their second album and my favorite. It's full of a great variety of stellar tunes. This one features Rick Derringer on the slide. I think you did Edgar Winters' Frankenstein live. He was the guy on the guitar. Great song, and great commentary on the fucked-up Hollywood set, which I lived for seven years. Sick.

[@daveanderson718]

No that is NOT Rick D. you wacky POSUER! That is Jeff Skunk Baxter!!

[@rosemarypugliese2984]

1973

[@rlwetz4317]

"Lost wages"..."Las Vegas"..."wages of sin is death"..."show biz".... Idk. I blame the dispensary. 😁

[@jmclen7]

They were making fun of nepo babies all the way back in 73. Even then, Steely Dan must’ve realized the wrong people liked their music for all the wrong reasons 😂.

[@peterjoslyn1]

Great album, I mean there isn’t a bad SD album.

[@GWHinCA]

Going to Lost Wages, Lost Wages...

[@yourebusted5786]

"Lost Wages"

[@maine420grow]

I was almost 420 on the likes