Steely Dan - Your Gold Teeth (REACTION)

[@seabrook1976]

Anyone else besides me just give these cats an automatic thumbs up before even watching the video?

[@AirplayBeats]

We appreciate you!!

[@vincentpeake]

Every time!

[@duiliosan4196]

Day by Day. King of the world 🧨

[@sheckygagstein8966]

Best steely dan song EVER!!!!! F*ckin GROOVIN!

[@hampyonce]

"Daddy Don't Live in New York City" First appearance of Larry Carlton on guitar, maybe.

[@rlwetz4317]

"Drivin' like a fool out in Hackensack/drinkin' his dinner from a paper sack"... Yup. That's him! 😄 "Chain Lightning" is another one I hope AB finds...because like they say: it feels so good.

[@CuriousGeorge1111]

@@rlwetz4317 Do you guys know what Chain Lightning (fantastic song) is about? I had to be told. Once you know, it's obvious.

[@rlwetz4317]

@@CuriousGeorge1111 Whilst I have heard some discussion of it describing a fash-ist (misspelled for our protection!) rally, it interests me that the lyrics likewise could be applied to arena-rocker musicians. Coincidence that Roger Waters also felt that "chain lightning" enough to write "In The Flesh"? 🤔

[@rlwetz4317]

@@CuriousGeorge1111 (FWIW, I wonder if "be part of the brotherhood" was in any way a sly jab at The Doobie Brothers, with whom they shared Skunk Baxter.)

[@thomaskeating7539]

Be sure you listen to Your Gold Teeth II, which is truly amazing, even for Steely Dan!

[@mikeloomis687]

When a music group's song of this quality is a "deep cut" from their song catalog you know you are witnessing something special. Steely Dan is special.

[@patriciastewart9711]

I feel sorry for any other band..who can top Steely Dan? NO ONE!! 🥰

[@stephenpaparo9166]

Grateful Dead are close

[@williamwoods7374]

Been listening to the Dan for 45 years, and lately this has become my favorite!

[@dionysus1016]

Great, Great Album..................Boston Rag, Razor Boy and King of the World (+ Your Gold Teeth)

[@suesmith7968]

Y’all make me SO appreciate that I got to experience Steely Dan in real time!!! I loved the ‘70s!! ☮️❤️

[@modmary3527]

Me too!!!! The Asia Tour

[@williamflinchum-qo6ch]

Me Too, Steely Dan,Stevie Wonder,cased closed etc!

[@esdel1955]

This is the album that made me a Dan Fan For Life! Y’all should check out Your Gold Teeth II, from Katy Lied next :)

[@AirplayBeats]

I think we will do that one next

[@thestevelarsenexperience]

Please do it’s a subtle killer

[@donyoung7874]

Same with me. I can remember where I was when I first heard it in 1978. I was a couple of years late. Most videos don't rate Countdown as a top album. I don't know why.

[@scottblakey1603]

When asked, Fagen and Becker would claim, " we're just a rock band".

[@richkurl]

This track was a staple on their live tour, starting about 10 years ago. They turn it into a jam with keyboard & guitar solos, and add a smokin' hot horn arrangement. Hopefully Donald can stay healthy and they'll have a few more live tours. 13 piece band as tight as a drum, yet they really swing. Seen them 19 times. You need to experience Steely Dan first hand.

[@steelyd2]

Donald didn’t take a whole lot of keyboard solos but when he did he made them count didn’t he?

[@realbser1956]

Always been one of my favorite SD songs. The solos are outstanding and as you alluded to, they always had the best musicians available and these guys were next level talented themselves so in their earlier years, it was mainly them on the records. That Donald on the Fender Rhodes and Denny Dias on the guitar solos.

[@PogueMahone1]

I believe Victor Feldman helped out on percussion -- and ol' Walter was a killin' that bass!

[@danmayberry1185]

Can pick out Dias a mile away. Iconic sound, and largely unknown.

[@tannonwraith4692]

There are no rules to Rock N Roll, Rap, Reggae any more then Contemporary Jazz. The only correct answer to "who's your influence?" is, everything I listen to.

[@jimakcelik6486]

The Dan's "Countdown to Ecstasy" (2nd album) 1st song "Bodhisattva" (bow-dee-sot-va), 3rd song "The Boston Rag", 5th song "Showbiz Kids", 6th song "My Old School", 8th last song "King of the World - Countdown to Ecstasy".

[@CuriousGeorge1111]

You are mining more Steely gold! 😉 Your Gold Teeth a personal favorite, for it's sly sophistication, and smooth, funky, precise, bouncy groove. Some observations: I hear tell that this is the last song that The Dan composed as a band. That means future Doobie Skunk Baxter is in there. As I understand it, the song tells the tale of a grifter who has played her game too long. Now her tricks don't work anymore, and people are on to her machinations: "I have seen your iron and your brass [clockwork] Can't you see it shine behind the glass" Cathy Berberian was a famed singer, and some songs even she couldn't sing: the grifter has taken it too far, people are on to her, and she can't pull of her scam. Finally, 😁, "There ain't nothing in Chicago for a monkey woman to do." Is from Count Basie's "Goin' To Chicago Blues". Depending on who you as, a monkey woman is either overly sexually pleasing, or addicted to heroin---take your pick. Hope that brought a smile to a face. Thanks for another great reaction, guys--for me, they are comfort food. 🍲. Peace!

[@jimmoore8951]

“Got a feeling I’ve been here before”… Latin/Bossa Nova riff reminiscent of “Only a Fool Would Say That” off Can’t Buy a Thrill.

[@CuriousGeorge1111]

And don't forget Do It Again!

[@cherylwoodward]

The harmonies are sublime. What a terrific song.

[@roundtownKen]

Hey guys. Looking forward to your take on more Don. I am with the commenters who are waiting for "Maxine" (Nightfly) by DF. It's deep, and so intricate - that David Letterman's "Late Show" band director/keyboard player Paul Shaffer could only play along for the first 30 seconds before he gave up in an interview with Don 2 or 3 years ago. Don said he had spent all of the first year of Covid writing more music. Hope we get to hear it soon. Keep it up. (Another DF to try... Title track from "Morph the Cat")

[@tomtompkins7546]

That album, and that particular song are my go-to test out new stereo songs.

[@markcosenza3274]

A true masterpiece of songwriting and music!

[@alansmith7626]

is very difficult to find a category for Steely Dan...they challenge what you think you know about music, even from Can't Buy a Thrill, like ya'll said, always outside the box! Keep on gentlemen!!

[@danielmccann8325]

Why these guys are the best. During that time period people were writing love songs, or songs about breakups, these guys were writing lyrics about Cathy Berberian and her singing roulades.

[@rosemarypugliese2984]

Or on Sunken Condos, Memorabilia is about a persistent collector of… atomic bomb test souvenirs. Who else would write beautiful songs on these subjects?

[@danielmccann8325]

@@rosemarypugliese2984 You are 100% right, we probably could name many many others like this. Just like Pixeleen, a song about a computer generated teen age female hero. WHo else does this with the incredible music and performances.

[@rosemarypugliese2984]

@@danielmccann8325 you might like this upcoming book on the darker characters in SD songs. Quantum Criminals, with artwork ‘portraits’ and cultural context on what May have inspired them. Comes out in May, I had an advance digital copy so I could write about it. It’s a blast.

[@masapell]

@@danielmccann8325 pixileen is one of my favorites!!

[@danielmccann8325]

@@rosemarypugliese2984 Can't wait to see that. Pretty much like everything Dan related.

[@joesilhan4870]

First of all, I love you guys! You keep my all time favorite group ALIVE! Please make sure to start exploring Fagen’s solo albums. Nightfly, Kamikiriad, Morph the Cat, and Sunken Condos. You will find the genius continues! Thank you for doing all this…

[@rwrae72]

What a great opening lick. The chromatic pattern is awesome. All 12 notes represented in the phrase.

[@stevedotwood]

Did you react to "Your Gold Teeth II" (mind the II) yet? It's my all time favorite by them - along with "Night By Night"

[@SeaMark782]

Jeff Porcaro plays on both. The groove is unmistakable.

[@rlwetz4317]

"Chain Lightning," too! Ahh, that one is feel-good down to the molecules!

[@SeaMark782]

@@rlwetz4317 Katy Lied is like comfort food, a warm fire on a cold night.

[@Ibanezed210]

Thanks again for your efforts, and being a devout Dan fan it makes my day to watch your Steely reviews. "Tomorrow's Girls" brings the "funk out" and it's a Fagen solo work.

[@CuriousGeorge1111]

Becker and Fagen loved the Cotton Club and early blues. Midnight Cruiser tells of their love for that bygone era. The line "Their ain't nothing in Chicago for a monkey woman to do." is from some old blues song, by someone like Muddy Waters.

[@raycewilliams3300]

I love this track ! I have to admint that I was not so keen on it in 1973. I was not into either jazz or jazz/fusion back then. They easily could have put out a double album with this track taking up one whole side similar to what the Allman Brothers did on "Eat a Peach". They could have turned this into a 20+ minute "jam session".

[@danmayberry1185]

These guys should totally react to One Way Out.

[@thefunkybuddha69]

This one always makes the playlist.

[@jmart6888]

You’re gonna love the solo Fagen stuff. Some great tracks include Maxine, New Frontier, Teahouse, Morph the Cat, Great Pagoda…list goes on

[@melvinwomack3717]

Yoooooo now that y'all mentioned it that drummer is super precise and is fuckin killing it I've never really paid attention to it his high-hat work is bananas 😅😅

[@anthonyblakely399]

Brazilian Jazz mixed with a little Thelonius Monk and some Yellowjackets progressive Jazz and you guys get a song like this!!! I listen to this song a thousand times. Lol hahaha Great reactions! 👍 Yeah that's a great name for the band, "Gumbo. " Hey that's great name for your band, "Gumbo. "

[@AirplayBeats]

Might have to use that

[@kevinoleary1166]

“Pot of Gumbo.” That’s friggin gold!

[@lindseyleon6794]

Please explore more of Countdown to Ecstasy...some of their loudest, charged, in-your-face tracks. I can't listen to "My Old School" without grinning (and groovin' of course) They were having fun!

[@erdossuitcase7667]

I remember this song from CTE but I liked the other songs from the album more. But I really really like this song now. It’s moved way up in my favorites list for SD.

[@woodrowwilkins149]

One of my favorite album tracks. Great song. Love your review.

[@nunnarij]

My Goldteeth !! next!

[@LucaRT88]

just found yalls channel yesterday and watched all your previous reactions of Steely Dan, glad to see you are continuing your journey.

[@stephenpaparo9166]

Countdown is my favorite album

[@rosemarypugliese2984]

DF and WB loved old jazz. Have you done their redo of Ellington’s East St Louis Toodle oo? DF turned really blues in 4th solo, Sunken Condos. Check out Slinky Thing and Weather in My Head. Interesting also to see his evolution as Condos is from 2012, when he was in his 60s. He’s due for another album😏

[@PogueMahone1]

"East St.Louis Toodle-oo" is SD's only cover and only instrumental.

[@stuarthastie6374]

A number of Dan tunes remind me of the Feisci Cablecars going up and down the hills crossing flat intersections .

[@michaelmontalvo5757]

"I'm going start calling them "Gumbo." Love your work!

[@larrynintendo6838]

Seems like I am on the same Steely Dan journey you are in, pretty fun!

[@motowngirl5891]

Take me back to the day I bought this album, The Dan so creative Latin, rock etc, a whole COMBO PLATTER

[@vicstamatiou2894]

Fantastic Album 🔥👏👏👏👌😎

[@melvinwomack3717]

That country and western(I don't know if it was a slide guitar but it sounds like one so don't fry me) slide guitar key change at the (see,how they roll)is ridiculous 😂

[@gilshows4660]

Nice job ! You guys get it with SD ! I mean you always get it, good ears and understand complexities many don’t. Here’s some MUST DO fromSD, if you haven’t already, because they bring the blueiest funky est, too ! Pretzel Logic, FM, Deacon Blues, Babylon Sisters, Glamour Profession. And they have always had the very best musicians do thier studio work.

[@jeffsands7119]

Showbiz kids is great, also this is the third and last time I’m going to ask about Edgar Winter Frankenstein live 1973. Thanks for all you do.

[@rosemarypugliese2984]

Check out Gold Teeth II on Katy Lied

[@melvinwomack3717]

I can't wait until they hear daddy don't live in that New York city no more 😊

[@rc1363]

Features some of the most beautiful piano (Michael Omartian) and guitar (Denny Dias) lines in the SD catalog.

[@melvinwomack3717]

@@rc1363 indeed

[@iluvj50]

Cathy Berberian loves this song.

[@billadkins5150]

Bought this when it came out and wore it out!

[@rk41gator]

Really enjoy the musical insights that you throw in with your reactions. I don't need to tell you how well-produced Steely Dan is.....a world of their own. It is why they attracted such great musicians. Another one to attract some great musicians is Phil Collins. His production of 'In The Air Tonight' from Paris 2004 has been reviewed by everybody but I would love to hear your comments on it.

[@kentinatl]

Much respect to you two Bros..lot of love on this channel

[@paulprendergast3184]

Steely Dan always a good listen

[@billschafer9668]

Fagen and Becker had an actual band for the first 4 albums. That fell apart in 74 when Fagen and Becker didn’t want to tour anymore. You will notice their sound changed beginning with the fifth album, more sophisticated and the audio quality was superb. All of their albums are great, just different.

[@edwardcossa875]

Really enjoying you guys n your selection of Steely Dan, suggesting Fagens Kamakiriad LP off the charts ear candy. Put Springtime on n you’ll see James Brown dancing

[@bobburroughs6241]

Classic, always loved this, guys. Such a groove.

[@hklinker]

The partner to this is Your Gold Teeth II, from Katy Lied. I still don’t know how they are connected, apart from the title.

[@tomtompkins7546]

This is a wonderful song, but I prefer the sequel. Your gold teeth 2.

[@sverrequale6848]

As always, great reaction to a fantastic band! You still haven’t done the rough and catchy «Night by night» - my favorite early song!

[@benoitdesmarais2948]

I never understood why some people think the jazzy elements only started happening with Aja. As you say, Dan is its own gumbo, and jazz was always part of the mix. There is a Your Gold Teeth II (Katy Lied) which you should check out. As for Fagen solo, i'm probably in the minority, but i think Kamakiriad is his best album.

[@hegotreborn]

I agree: I dont like all Kamakiriad songs, but the ones I do, I like better than the nightfly

[@richkurl]

Love Kamakiriad in all ways. The horn arrangements alone are peak Donald Fagen.

[@xebio6]

I think of Kamakiriad as the last great SD album since Walter produced, coarranged, cowrote one track and played guitar and bass all over it. And yes it's great, tho The Nightfly is tough competition.

[@timgrady4630]

This one's on the Short List , for good reason .

[@danielconnolly8565]

Wait ‘til you hear “Your Gold Teeth II”…

[@Michael-Philip]

the keyboard at the beginning reminds me of Frank Z.

[@babylonsister118]

Gumbo! I love it, bro'!

[@billadkins5150]

Smoked a ton of weed listening to this back in the day!

[@PogueMahone1]

It is a GREAT tokin' album! "King o/t World" gets me mind-cruisin' the NM desert in a UFO.

[@joejoesguitarinventions]

pros.... artistry fan 50 +

[@dbasstij512]

I think the riff that sounds familiar is the one from Josie...

[@kevinoleary1166]

Hey Guys, please flip the coin and recommend song from your neighborhood growing up. Us old farts need to mix it up a bit, open our ears beyond these familiar (or once familiar) tunes. What would be cool is something like, “if you’ve liked this song we just reacted to, check out this one from one of our favorites.” That kind of back and forth would be cool.

[@themchangesband]

Gold Teeth II has a totally different feel to it.

[@annheckenbach9396]

One thing I can say about the Boomers; we did music! Great music. I've gone on to appreciate the music of others' generations of all sorts, love Pearl Jam, say. Hate auto-tune, ha! My Gen X kids listen to some pretty iffy stuff, too, but love where a lot of it has gone to. Music's the link- I watch kids and their parents on some reaction videos share the old school stuff, such a cool thing, a way to have commonality between generations.

[@rk41gator]

TASTY.

[@jrocket50]

Great stuff gotta check out Bodhisattva.....

[@wearemartians]

Jazz banger

[@hklinker]

Walter Becker and his 11 Tracks of Whack. Please get to that.

[@scabcrawler632]

New subscriber. If you dig steely Dan you will love some dire straights

[@scabcrawler632]

In the gallery by dire straights and 6 blade knife check it out

[@rlwetz4317]

Hang on, hang on. How are they on Countdown? I mean, it's all good...but I didn't hear "Black Friday" or "Your Gold Teeth II" from Katy Lied. Wonder if Airplay Beats is being copyright blocked?

[@AirplayBeats]

We’re definitely being blocked but we are just skipping around with Steely Dan.

[@rlwetz4317]

@@AirplayBeats (Wow. I'm YT channel starstruck! ☺️ You guys are really good at this.) Okay then! Don't blame you one bit! Ain't a bad Steely track anyway. So that means "Bodhisattva" is coming at any time---oooh, that one's all groove. It's about their hardest track this side of Royal Scam.

[@AirplayBeats]

@@rlwetz4317 yup that one is coming soon. I’ve been seeing a few requests for that one. Thanks for rocking with us!!

[@rlwetz4317]

@@AirplayBeats Your studio sensibilities are 100% a level-up. Nice to enjoy a well-rounded, professionally curious music appreciation. While I have you here (maybe?) I have to stump for "Astronomy Domine." It's like digging up a relic: the fossil of Pink Floyd's origin! The Rosetta Stone for where it all started! 😄

[@AirplayBeats]

@@rlwetz4317 I got it on the list for you!!

[@normanrose2711]

the 70's had the most creativity !

[@phillipclark5798]

That is so damn fiah

[@timcardona9962]

"We've heard that riff before" - indeed you have, its almost identical to the groove from Josie (minor 7th guitar chord strummed nearly the same way). Nice catch! FYI, it is *very* common to hear Afro-cuban rhythms mixed with Jazz; walk into any jazz club and there's a 50/50 chance it'll be some kind of Latin groove

[@melvinwomack3717]

I feel like on this album they kind of got into psychedelic Rock probably why it's my second favorite album from them

[@richardbartch3620]

really appreciate you guys take on the music of my youth 😢...really appreciate your father's influence on your journey. hate to beat the same ole drum but would love your take on some Otis Taylor....its time

[@AirplayBeats]

What song?

[@richardbartch3620]

@@AirplayBeats we could start with one everybody knows Ten Million Slaves or could be a more obscure one Blue Rain in Africa

[@richardbartch3620]

there's so many to choose from and he's one of the greatest bluesman of our time

[@cityhonors1]

😌 Missing those Beacon Residency Shows! 😏 Countdown To Ecstasy went on fooooooooorever! 🤗 Mostly due to jams/songs like Gold Teeth! 🥰🐰

[@markharbin9945]

Great tempo man.

[@jaquestraw1]

Need to bust this album out, been too long!

[@lancemoffat2143]

Oh for f… sake. WOW

[@rwrae72]

What do you think the album cover art represents? ;-)

[@maine420grow]

I got a good gumbo recipe if y'all interested

[@PogueMahone1]

This song calls to mind "Ginger" -- Sharon Stone's character in "Casino". The vagaries of a strung-out, grifting ex-showgirl -- this whole album is laced with LA/Vegas-noir.