Yuck!

@IfYouInsist

3 ай бұрын

Saw this dude at Rudy's. Definitely high.

@cranberryred9780

29 күн бұрын

@@IfYouInsist It was a crying disgrace, I saw his face

This would infuriate them and possibly send them into hysterical laughter at the same time.

@ophello

Жыл бұрын

What do you mean “them”?

@campbelldixon6134

Жыл бұрын

@@ophello Mario and Luigi

@dannynysus

Жыл бұрын

​@@ophelloRen and Stimpy

@chaffeehwood7290

Жыл бұрын

​@@campbelldixon6134lmao

@Tim091

Жыл бұрын

@@Deli1972 I think @ophello is raising the point that Walter is no longer with us.

To be fair, absolutely no studio noise in this version. They'd love it!

@dainhuston

11 ай бұрын

No doubt! LoL

@ToldAlthea

11 ай бұрын

@@dainhuston I’m thinking not.

@SandraNasrollah

11 ай бұрын

Grew up with steeley dan

@SandraNasrollah

11 ай бұрын

I'm ballerina dance to them❤

@SandraNasrollah

11 ай бұрын

​@@dainhustonindeed boy

whenever i play koopa troopa i die behind the wheel

This sounds so great with the N64 instruments. It's Steely Dan though, so it would probably also sound good coming out of a garbage disposal.

@mattwarbuckle

Жыл бұрын

I also think it's a statement on how instruments from the late 70s sound. Some of that I mean in a good way, some not as good!

@skelecrine

Жыл бұрын

@@mattwarbuckle It's not about the instruments as much as how they were recorded, which for Aja's case I think is damn near immaculate.

@AJKPenguin

Жыл бұрын

LOL

@michigandersea3485

11 ай бұрын

It's miraculous that this is so good. Due, of course, to the quality of the compositions. But it's a great quality MIDI file too.

@callixvision6481

11 ай бұрын

@@skelecrineok dude, chill

Two things: Thing 1 - I didn’t check the length of this before I clicked on it, so I came in expecting to only hear Aja. Awesome that so much of this album was done (no I Got The News is a downer, but not enough to keep me away). Thing 2 - the Venn diagram of ‘People that like Aja’ and ‘People willing to listen to a song made with Super Mario 64 sounds’ is simultaneously bigger than I thought and smaller than it should be.

@markdenning5178

11 ай бұрын

No "I Got The News"? That song can't get any love even under these circumstances.

@kuni2330

3 ай бұрын

yeah because both steely Dan enjoyers and N64 soundfont enjoyers are giga chads

“…I stomp on these goombas so languid and bittersweet.” Mario Fagen

My dad passed in December of 2022. I always felt like we lived in two different worlds, and it was sometimes hard to connect with him. But Steely Dan was one of the things he showed me that allowed me to connect with him in the way I wanted. He never really took interest in video games, which was something I am very passionate about. I'm sure he wanted to take an interest in my hobbies, but I didn't really have a way to do that. That is, until, I decided to make a playlist of video game music that I knew he would like. Most of it was jazzy or laid back stuff like Steely Dan. I wish he was still around so I could show him this. I bet he would be really surprised that video game sounds could replicate the music we both loved so much. This truly is the kind of thing that makes me feel connected with my dad. A mash of music we both love, mixed into one. I miss my dad.

@ejsrocket

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for this. Love u

@jollygreenzach

11 ай бұрын

I also have a dead dad danfan. Thanks for sharing

@ramunayy

11 ай бұрын

reminds me of my dad too. he was a huge steely dan fan and i'm personally getting into them as well

@ninety3premium

11 ай бұрын

Cool blog post bro

@esellwan

11 ай бұрын

I cried

Feel like this really shows off the harmony of the songs

@TheAbele992

Жыл бұрын

it does

@checkthisjunkout

Жыл бұрын

I agree. I’d love to hear some 6 voice a cappella tho. I’ve found that nothing brings out latent harmonies like a cappella for my ears.

@GenteelCretin

11 ай бұрын

I think that's mostly because the way the mix is balanced. The Peg solo is completely lost under the chord changes.

@Joiner113

11 ай бұрын

It definitely shows off just how dense the arrangements are, sometimes on the original you forget because it's mixed so well.

@messybuttons7525

11 ай бұрын

@@Joiner113I was just gonna say, Aja has so much layering, but it’s done so well you almost can’t hear it. Especially on Deacon Blues.

The instrument used to imitate the Michael McDonald vocals in “Peg" is stellar

@metaphoria3

11 ай бұрын

Almost like they SD as inspiration

@jasonkilley

11 ай бұрын

Right!

@clibreros94

11 ай бұрын

Lol I see the confusion but you’re thinking of Donald fagen. McDonald was a doobie brother

@seanbeadles7421

11 ай бұрын

@@clibreros94, no the guy who sings “peg” in the chorus of Peg is Michael McDonald. He regularly did background vox for the Dan

@jonathantrunz4482

11 ай бұрын

@@clibreros94MM was in SD before DB’s. Same with Jeff Skunk Baxter.

idk how to explain it but this is what regular Steely Dan sounds like to me

@white.lodge.dale.cooper

11 ай бұрын

Yep. Sterile 70s porn music lol.

@racheldindy7655

11 ай бұрын

It just hits the spot man

@grayforester

11 ай бұрын

@@white.lodge.dale.cooper You know about both kinds of music. Noted!

@gloverelaxis

11 ай бұрын

I know this isn't what you were trying to express but this is exactly how I feel about Steely Dan in a derogatory way. it's just so, so milquetoast. it's right in this pointless middle-ground of spiciness between "peaceful/meditative/ambient" and "actually interesting". it's just anaemic

@white.lodge.dale.cooper

11 ай бұрын

@@gloverelaxis Steely Dan is incredibly well performed, recorded and produced faux jazz easy listening nothingness that's very hard for me to listen to. I genuinely like about 3 of their songs, but the rest are like a thousand Quint nails on a chalkboard.

This is absolutely immaculate. I require Gaucho done just like this.

@orwellson

11 ай бұрын

Seconded.

@nock5111

11 ай бұрын

Yes

@postmodernrecycler

11 ай бұрын

I would lose my mind. Oh, I already did.

@glennmathisen2537

11 ай бұрын

Including the second arrangement

@lonerspop

11 ай бұрын

@@glennmathisen2537based

Peg should be straight out of Mario Kart 64!

@mkprocter882

Жыл бұрын

ha true that

@stevanspasic4339

Жыл бұрын

I was going to say, sounds like it could be race lobby music 😂

@kthrtk

11 ай бұрын

Or WaveRace

is there gas in the kart? yes, there's gas in the KAAART!

So good I died behind the wheel

The Polygonification of her face lmao

@joeshmuck9683

Жыл бұрын

Fun fact, that’s actually Peach’s face from the opening of the game

@noahmay7708

11 ай бұрын

@@joeshmuck9683 clever

21:40 peachhh it will come back to you!🎤🎶

This is The Beatles at their best

I’m so stoned and I’ve honestly never listened all the way through to any of these soundfont albums. This is just fantastic. Drum solo on “Aja” made me laugh so hard but it slaps like no other.

How good would Black Cow have been on Pilotwings 64? So relaxing.

@justinhunt1714

Жыл бұрын

Whoa!!!!! You damn right!

@cartoonist1975

11 ай бұрын

🔨 nailed that comment ! love pilotwings !

@jasonredwine5270

11 ай бұрын

Oh god, someone desperately needs to start this soundfont/album trend with Pilotwings 64 soundfont!

@altrogeruvah

11 ай бұрын

Something tells me Dan Hess was/is a Steely Dan fan and would approve

@JoNathan32786

11 ай бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing about “Home At Last” 😂👍🏼

“So long gay bowser” - Donald Feagen

Aja already sounded like a mario track to begin with lmao

even the drum solos on aja, amazing

@brianmiller1077

11 ай бұрын

Should have added Gadd smacking his drumsticks together around 10:15

@kharbear53

11 ай бұрын

❤

R.I.P. Phil Hartman, who created the original cover art to this amazing album!

@Creaulx

11 ай бұрын

Urban legend. He had naught to do with it.

@egreenbery

11 ай бұрын

He didn't do this cover, but he did other well-known ones .

20:33 goes hard as hell

@pman8478

10 ай бұрын

And 24:40

"I'll learn to work the Nin-ten-do (I) I play just what I feel"

The drum solo at the end of Aja gave me an entire day's worth of dopamine

Don and Walt were very particular about the musicians who played the N64 on this album.

I VERY much appreciate the accuracy of the chords/and parts. There are a lot of these going around that mangle the harmony/chords of the originals. Homeboy's got some jazz training!

@asukalangleysoryu6695

11 ай бұрын

He didn't transcribe these, read the description. He just took midi files off the internet. The people who made the midis have some jazz training for sure.

@YourFavouriteColor

11 ай бұрын

@@asukalangleysoryu6695 ohh I see. that makes sense because some of these soundfont albums are super wonky and I guess it depends on the source midi used.

The Josie intro sounds like a legit boss intro or something

@Kindbass

11 ай бұрын

the intro kind of reminds me of the Wall Market theme in Final Fantasy 7

@claresimmonds4656

11 ай бұрын

Underground boss

Fagen: Okay fine Chuck you may have a partition but remember no slapping on this track Chuck Rainey: 20:33

If customer service put me on hold with this, I wouldn’t be mad.

Well the danger on the Dire Dire Docks is close at hand…

@gfunkk

Жыл бұрын

but still i'm swimming from dry land

I don't know how the algorithn decides to put this guy with 1 video and 200 subscribers at the top of my feed, but this was fun to listen to, and I think my kids will enjoy it even more than me.

Omg the voice used for Michael McDonald is so perfect I am dying

Honestly, I want a Mario 64 world that's Seoul in 1976 and Mario has to wander through the streets at 3 am looking for Princess Peach up on a hill, and the only power ups available are cigarettes and whiskey.

That airy organ-ish sound on Peg representing Mikey McD's background vocals is perfection.

@defaultusername123

Ай бұрын

*4 part angelic Mike McDonald Toad quartet*

Honestly, this is so niche. A reasonably obscure record in the history of music, impressively recreated in super Mario 64 sound font. There's only a handful of people who would really respect the work that has gone in to this. I can imagine any one of these recreations in a Mario Kart 64 replay screen or Mario 64 DD. What a fucking achievement. Peg absolutely bangs.

I didn't think I would be getting this emotional over a soundfont album. This is amazing. Thinking about it, this is more logically connected than I realized.

Becker and Fagen: "No, the drums still aren't right."

The Nightfly would be interesting, I feel like it could use more of the sounds from the game that weren’t used here. Although, I wouldn’t envy assembling the midi data, you did such an amazing job on this one!

@redmoos3

11 ай бұрын

Another vote for The Nightfly

Finally, someone did it! XD Aja is one of my favorite albums of all time. I got to see Steely Dan live a year ago which was pretty cool.

@ambroseyonke3256

11 ай бұрын

I saw them live too! Where did you see them?

@nabeelhussain3556

11 ай бұрын

seen them live twice once at coachella and another at the hollywood bowl, they are goats

This is such a hyper specific crossover of two things i didn't know needed to have a crossover

Extra points for nailing the Larry Carlton guitar solo!

excellent choice for the bonus track.

Aja would be a perfect track for an underwater level.

Kid Charlemagne was already a banger and now its even more of a banger incredible

Not gonna lie. I clicked this video only to type "NO!" In the comment section. But I hate how much I actually like this

This was actually much smoother than I imagined!

Michael McDonald backgound vocals in Peg 🤌

This is their only album that I've listened to but I expected nothing less than spectacular.

@defaultusername123

11 ай бұрын

Gaucho my friend

This idea works great with Steely Dan.

That’s the most honest take of transcribing ‘I Got the News’ lmao. This is a piece of magic! Thank you

Very fitting because Kid Charlemagne was the inspiration for Bob Bomb Battlefield.

@seanm.9942

Жыл бұрын

Hal from Malcolm in the Middle really is an icon

@seamusmeade940

Жыл бұрын

Where’d you hear that?

@Jordan3DS

Жыл бұрын

Was that confirmed anywhere?

@noahmay7708

11 ай бұрын

what is this a reference to?

I was asking for this for a while now. Thank you for delivering.

I love this! Aja is one of my favorite albums, it's interesting to hear it in a different genre, but still just as awesome

Sharing this with no one because I don’t have any friends who will understand how important this is.

I learned a LOT about what is going in several parts of the actual arrangements because of this! This is really nice work. One of my favorite albums. Thanks for doing this!

Home at last and Peg go so hard its insane

Did you realize that you were a champion in our eyes?

actually insanely good! aja has been one of my fav albums for almost 15 years since i first heard it, this is awesome

Purdie shuffle on the n64 👌

Damn, even got the Purdie shuffle in home at last spot on. Ooookayyyyyyy

So much attention to detail and harmonies. This is so cool!

Kid Charlemagne guitar solo using those horns is STANKY. I have great memories of listening to that song and many off this album (ya know, the real one) in the car with my dad. Enjoyed every second. First time a Mario sound font video wasn't just a funny meme to me.

This made my day thank you this is frickin sweet Solo on home at last goes crazy

Please read the description before you go showering praise on me! I’m a lazy hack who didn’t make any of this 😌

@LordConstrobuz

11 ай бұрын

most people coming across this will have no idea what MIDI is or how easy it is to load a midi in a daw and replace all the instruments with fart and cat meow samples lol but anyway enjoy the love and praise you still deserve a little bit

@FishSlappee

11 ай бұрын

hahaha I love the Beatles comment in the description. You are hilarious.

@stephenwatson2964

11 ай бұрын

You stand on the shoulders of giants, so that future generations may stand on yours.

@NeoSoulquarian

11 ай бұрын

@@FishSlappee I dont get it lol

@NeoSoulquarian

11 ай бұрын

You can find midi of popular music online?? I've never tried looking.

Might just be the best thing I’ve ever heard! It’s so accurate!! Amazing achievement. Incredible. Thank you. Simply joyous.

youtube recommended on it as always

Just slightly choked there's no I Got the News but this is incredible

@lucaskemp1479

11 ай бұрын

Especially because I’ve Got The News sounds THE MOST like an N64 theme (specifically Mario Kart)

i've been loving every sm64 soundfont cover album i've come across, but i genuinely think this is my favorite. they mix so unbelievably well.

This is incredible! It shows off the amazing sound hardware of the N64, as well as laying bare the complexity of the arrangements in this masterpiece of an album.

Why have I listened to this entire video every day for the past 2 weeks. It's incredible.

🔥 my mind’s tripping listening to this, perfect combo of sounds and songs

Been waiting for this one cheers

I have been waiting for a Steely Dan 64! The whole album rips just like the original. And we finally get to hear where SM64 ripped of Steely Dan with the final chord progression of Kid Charlemagne

You have no idea how much I've been listening to the actual album these past few months, this is honestly amazing

Super well done!

This is unbelievably well done 🤯

I'm here for both. Been listening to Steely Dan since 2003. Awesome idea

Incredible sounds coming from this concoction. Can't wait to see what comes next.

This is amazing!

Literally gold!

My God this is brilliant!!!

Thank you for this

this is insane. i love it

AMAZING THIS IS ART

Genuinely really nice to listen to while I work. Heavenly

That was incredible.

god i love this album

This whole thing brought a smile to my face!!

I started cruising the intertubes in the late days of the SNES, not too long before the N64 materialized. Today is the day I finally have to concede - the algorithm finally has me figured. The source MIDIs are of course excellent - but you did a FABULOUS job putting this together!

really just speaks to the power of these arrangements.

this is awesome I love it

Dude, my two favorite things. God bless your soul.❤

I can't stop laughing, this is so garish. You nailed this, thank you

Of all the SM64 soundfont videos out there, this one is a mood, love this album

Brilliant. Thank you.

This is amazing

This is marvelous