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  • @user-kg3hm6mc5h
    @user-kg3hm6mc5h2 ай бұрын

    This song is for us old timers when we went from AM radio to FM. It was so much better, hence no static at all. The speaker industry appreciated it too, lol.

  • @maryreilly5092

    @maryreilly5092

    2 ай бұрын

    Amplitude Modulation vs. Frequency Modulation!

  • @Rickhorse1

    @Rickhorse1

    2 ай бұрын

    Agreed. It always makes me feel old...that young people don't get the impact of that line (no static at all). For decades AM radio was the go-to for music.

  • @anerdtoolate2795

    @anerdtoolate2795

    2 ай бұрын

    Absolutely. Rock was only on AM stations and FM was mostly Classical or "Easy Listening" type music. Then FM rock stations appeared and EVERYTHING changed. No Static at All.

  • @b1bmsgt

    @b1bmsgt

    2 ай бұрын

    @@anerdtoolate2795I used to listen for hours. Of course, it helped that music was actually good back then…

  • @WilliamTheMovieFan

    @WilliamTheMovieFan

    2 ай бұрын

    Pepperidge Farm remembers! So do I!

  • @sallysharp3845
    @sallysharp38452 ай бұрын

    You cannot express enough how FM radio impressed us in the 70's. This was HUGE, like going from black and white to color

  • @bradsense7431
    @bradsense74312 ай бұрын

    Playing songs like this from Steely Dan will increase your party’s cool quotient by at least 39%. I did a study.

  • @carmenwise2256

    @carmenwise2256

    2 ай бұрын

    I have to absolutely Agree. They just are a vibe. I grew up listening to the Dan.

  • @kerrybaker8946

    @kerrybaker8946

    2 ай бұрын

    Facts!

  • @richarddad

    @richarddad

    2 ай бұрын

    You know, 17% of all statistics are made up :)

  • @ernie1238

    @ernie1238

    2 ай бұрын

    I was part of the study 😅

  • @NickWebber-vp4pd

    @NickWebber-vp4pd

    2 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @no2all
    @no2all2 ай бұрын

    The sax was courtesy of Pete Christlieb, who also performed the sax solo on "Deacon Blues." At that time, he was part of the Tonight Show Band and went over to the studio. He noticed that Becker and Fagen were using jazz chord changes rather than rock chord changes...so he felt right at home and improvised his solo. Only took two takes...which is an incredibly small number due to the studio perfection that the Dan demanded.

  • @frankmarsh1159

    @frankmarsh1159

    2 ай бұрын

    The guitar solo version is much better.

  • @jjr007

    @jjr007

    2 ай бұрын

    @@frankmarsh1159 There is an extended version that someone made up, that has both versions mashed together.

  • @parshakamarsh

    @parshakamarsh

    2 ай бұрын

    @@jjr007 on a channel called AbleApe

  • @JasonMarshMusic

    @JasonMarshMusic

    2 ай бұрын

    Pete is a family friend. He also owns a drag racing team.

  • @johnandmarie7250

    @johnandmarie7250

    2 ай бұрын

    Hometown hero growing up in LA. His record “Apogee” with Warne Marsh is special.

  • @imtallpaul
    @imtallpaul2 ай бұрын

    " I had a friend who was an AM radio disc jockey. When ever we walked under a bridge I couldn't hear him." Steven Wright

  • @waterdonkey

    @waterdonkey

    2 ай бұрын

    I thought I'd heard every Steven Wright joke! haha

  • @JoaninFlorida

    @JoaninFlorida

    2 ай бұрын

    good one. never heard that one before. But kids these day would have no clue! LOL

  • @margaretmartinez8436

    @margaretmartinez8436

    2 ай бұрын

    I love Steven Wright!

  • @boldlygo3469

    @boldlygo3469

    2 ай бұрын

    Hahahahaha

  • @maryreilly5092

    @maryreilly5092

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes! The same reason I can pick up AM Radio stations from 1,000 miles away late at night.

  • @denizinan979
    @denizinan9792 ай бұрын

    Damn, this song still kicks ass after 46 years, the saxophone sounds awesome.

  • @michaeloreilly2533

    @michaeloreilly2533

    2 ай бұрын

    Definitely sounds better on FM than AM.

  • @denizinan979

    @denizinan979

    2 ай бұрын

    @@michaeloreilly2533 Better than WiFi too

  • @ScottatHouseonaHill
    @ScottatHouseonaHill2 ай бұрын

    The shift to FM radio was the biggest thing that hit us. We went from crappy AM static to crystal clear sound. This song is the perfect fit for that with its smooth clarity.

  • @ScottKornfeld

    @ScottKornfeld

    2 ай бұрын

    Much clearer and in stereo!

  • @catbutte4770
    @catbutte47702 ай бұрын

    Back to Steely Dan? Well, it's about time!

  • @alanhynd7886

    @alanhynd7886

    2 ай бұрын

    Any major dude will tell you

  • @stevenesfield

    @stevenesfield

    2 ай бұрын

    Green Earings

  • @clifton8929
    @clifton89292 ай бұрын

    AM radio was all three-minute songs and tons of commercials. FM radio came along and was clear, and some late-night DJs would play entire sides of albums without interception. It was like night and day.

  • @jefff3886

    @jefff3886

    2 ай бұрын

    One of the FM stations in my area actually used that as an advertising hook, calling it "The Seventh Day." Every Sunday evening, they would play 7 full albums back to back, with no commercials. Everybody knew, with a wink and a nod, that the cassette decks were out and rolling on the whole thing. Can you imagine that happening today. You would be sued by the band, by the studio, by the RIAA and ASCAP, before the music ended.

  • @deborahmetoyer8664

    @deborahmetoyer8664

    21 күн бұрын

    Those were the days, we thought would never end.

  • @reneerocha1796
    @reneerocha17962 ай бұрын

    Lots of folks don’t understand what FM was. And how life changing it was. 😊

  • @brenthenderson3983
    @brenthenderson39832 ай бұрын

    This song was recorded and released in 1978, the album Gold was a compilation released in 1982...

  • @mikecaetano

    @mikecaetano

    2 ай бұрын

    It was the title theme for the 1978 film FM, a comedy drama film about internal conflicts at an FM radio station erupting into an on-air revolt against the management. Cleavon Little plays a dj with the handle Prince of Darkness.

  • @RoboSteave

    @RoboSteave

    2 ай бұрын

    Thanks. I thought I was losing it because I definitely remembered listening to this before the 80s.

  • @joemachine4714

    @joemachine4714

    2 ай бұрын

    Thanks I feel sane now 😊

  • @CB-kj6xw

    @CB-kj6xw

    2 ай бұрын

    @@joemachine4714 Me Too!!!! That pool party didn't happen in 1982. (that soundtrack was so good)

  • @dem8089

    @dem8089

    2 ай бұрын

    @@mikecaetano I LOVE that movie! I've heard it said that it was the worst movie with the best soundtrack ever! You can't get it anywhere that I know of, but I have it on VHS! Might have to watch it this weekend!

  • @boldlygo3469
    @boldlygo34692 ай бұрын

    You can never go wrong with Steely Dan.

  • @michaelshelton6512
    @michaelshelton65122 ай бұрын

    Won a Grammy for Best Engineered Recording. The only single to ever do so. Steely Dan Aja won the same reward the year before...

  • @rbodee
    @rbodee2 ай бұрын

    Song gets better and better the more you listen to it.

  • @jefff3886
    @jefff38862 ай бұрын

    It's been said that Steely Dan is what professional musicians listen to when they're not gigging.

  • @todvball
    @todvball2 ай бұрын

    This song...and most Steely Dan songs...make me feel as if I own a yacht, an island, $100K and a private beach . Oh and a convertible VW Beetle . Love it!!

  • @dougphelps6917
    @dougphelps69172 ай бұрын

    Growing up in the 70's with all the diverse music... it was funny to be a Steely Dan fan and get grief because they were jazzy. Now looking back on their discography - they get a lot of praise for being jazzy.

  • @johnandmarie7250

    @johnandmarie7250

    2 ай бұрын

    My friends and I loved them BECAUSE they (and we) were jazzy!

  • @MarkChappell1
    @MarkChappell12 ай бұрын

    That sax solo is just ear candy for me. It's listenable jazz for my brain, it logics back and forth going in and out of the melody but always returns. So chaotic yet fulfilling.

  • @jjr007

    @jjr007

    2 ай бұрын

    One of my favorites in my top five sax solos along with the ones in Pink Floyd's "Money", "Shine on You Crazy Diamond", Danny Gatton's song "Pretty Blue", and the short one in Supertramp's "Bloody Well Right".

  • @ndlouder
    @ndlouder2 ай бұрын

    Jeff Porcaro on drums...the grooveMASTER!

  • @user-mo6tz6oh9i
    @user-mo6tz6oh9i2 ай бұрын

    This is my favorite SD song. It reminds me of when we were able to begin listening to FM radio. What a difference in the quality of songs we were exposed to. It was a huge thing in our young lives.

  • @timkjazz
    @timkjazz2 ай бұрын

    The brilliance of Donald Fagan & Walter Becker cannot be overstated, their absolute dedication to squeezing out the perfect sound was always for our benefit.

  • @tomtortolani8082
    @tomtortolani80822 ай бұрын

    Funk, groove, vibe, and no static at all.

  • @denizinan979
    @denizinan9792 ай бұрын

    Steely Dan were the alchemists of cool.

  • @Dr_Bombay
    @Dr_Bombay2 ай бұрын

    Quite possibly my favorite Steely Dan song. Never tire of it.

  • @no2all
    @no2all2 ай бұрын

    From the movie that inspired "WKRP in Cincinnati." It was a silly movie but the soundtrack was incredible.

  • @paulspillman9413
    @paulspillman94132 ай бұрын

    Alex is thinking of Hey Nineteen

  • @juliedurden9479

    @juliedurden9479

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes!!!

  • @anthonypeck2448
    @anthonypeck24482 ай бұрын

    One of the greatest Steely Dan outros ever. And there is another version of "FM" that features a guitar-based outro that is equally good, or for some, even better. Keep going with more Steely Dan, guys. There are SO MANY more!

  • @stevelopes1565

    @stevelopes1565

    2 ай бұрын

    Came here to say that. In my FM market growing up, the version played was with the guitar outro. Still prefer that version.

  • @emmelleperry9956
    @emmelleperry99562 ай бұрын

    That generation was defined by the difference between AM and FM. No static at all was liberating!

  • @marygoodson4920
    @marygoodson49202 ай бұрын

    I was born at the end of 1959. I was the perfect age to experience the evolution from AM radio to FM. With FM, as a teenager, all of a sudden you could listen to a whole album late at night in your room with the lights off with no commercials and cool, smart DJs, drive around LA listening on your car radio.. KLOS and KMET in Los Angeles! Such a great time to grow up.

  • @scottingram7634

    @scottingram7634

    2 ай бұрын

    That was one of the best things about early FM radio was that there were a lot of DJs who knew their music and loved to turn the listeners on to new bands. Prog rock benefitted greatly from FM which could play those 14 minute songs. And a lot of those DJs would do feature albums late at night which no doubt translated into album sales.

  • @stevestefani221

    @stevestefani221

    2 ай бұрын

    It was a great time to grow up, never again.

  • @1BobsYourUncle

    @1BobsYourUncle

    2 ай бұрын

    That time period was a musical “gold rush” of sorts. I doubt that music boom will ever be repeated, 60’s-70’s into the early 80’s it was a constant stream of great music.

  • @momjeans3508

    @momjeans3508

    2 ай бұрын

    Same experience. Add to the late night listening a great set of headphones. I listened to KSAN out of San Francisco and I will always be grateful to live this music scene in the Bay Area.

  • @jml-rj5re

    @jml-rj5re

    2 ай бұрын

    Album oriented radio. What a gift back in the day.

  • @williamwoods7374
    @williamwoods73742 ай бұрын

    Several of the Eagles sang back-up on this track. Mutual respect from the bands.

  • @WalkerStalker

    @WalkerStalker

    2 ай бұрын

    Glenn Frey, Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit. And Jeff Porcaro (Toto) on drums!

  • @TresLanes

    @TresLanes

    2 ай бұрын

    Word has it that Don Henley is threatening copyright infringement for use of his backup vocals in this song. Nah, not really. But if it DID happen, remember you heard it here 1st. 😅😂😅

  • @WalkerStalker

    @WalkerStalker

    2 ай бұрын

    @@TresLanes😂

  • @boldlygo3469

    @boldlygo3469

    2 ай бұрын

    Interesting!!

  • @floyd2222

    @floyd2222

    2 ай бұрын

    @@TresLanes 😆😆😆😆😆🤣

  • @HeyfordF
    @HeyfordF2 ай бұрын

    One of my favorite bands! Back in the day you had to go with FM to hear the best rock!

  • @yellawerder3279
    @yellawerder32792 ай бұрын

    Steely Dan is so sophisticated. It really takes a seasoned ear to appreciate it fully. Love you guys.

  • @torbenrolfsen604
    @torbenrolfsen6042 ай бұрын

    Recorded 1977, released May 19, 1978, title track of movie "FM".

  • @randysalas3453
    @randysalas34532 ай бұрын

    I could listen to Steely Dan all day long!!!! The instrumentals are so good. My #1 band of all time!!!!

  • @izzonj
    @izzonj2 ай бұрын

    The "F. M. No static at all, " was meant to mimick the id theme of every FM radio station on the early 70s. Most popular top-40 music was on AM radio (with static and in Mono! And lots of frantic DJ chatter and LOTS of commercials). FM radios were less common. You'd have to have "grown up car" or a fancy portable or one on a home hifi tuner. So FM stations played more "grown-up" music, like jazz. The DJs were more chill, they'd play longer stretches of music between commercials, which were also softer pitched than the frenetic AM commercials. There were also public radio stations on FM with NO commercials. Gradually, as FM radios became more popular, stations playing long form rock songs popped up.

  • @vailmcc

    @vailmcc

    2 ай бұрын

    Stereo AM was a thing for just a short while.. I suppose to combat the FM stations cropping up all over the place, but it didn't last long. As a kid living in Michigan, a cool thing to do, late at night, was to listen to AM stations down in Texas or Louisiana. The radio waves would 'skip' off the atmosphere. You couldn't receive them during the day because of other interference from TV, the Sun, etc.. I guess we were more easily amused back then..

  • @izzonj

    @izzonj

    2 ай бұрын

    @vailmcc yes, and IIRC, it came later - in the 80s? I never knew anyone who had a stereo AM reciever

  • @TallyDrake

    @TallyDrake

    2 ай бұрын

    Some FM stations near me would play whole albums, mostly in the evening. Maybe they still do, I don't listen to the radio that much these days.

  • @TheRealSweetcherryo
    @TheRealSweetcherryo2 ай бұрын

    22 year old me remembers when this was brand new..... driving at night, warm weather, windows down....

  • @lokilxix
    @lokilxix2 ай бұрын

    The triumphant return of Steely Dan to the freedom shack, on a Friday no less. Thank you Gentlemen.

  • @betsyduane3461
    @betsyduane34612 ай бұрын

    Released May 19, 1978, the title theme for the 1978 film FM. There are 4 versions of the song, the 1982 release of the compilation album Gold uses the 4:50 full-length version.

  • @DRAGON_FAN_TIM

    @DRAGON_FAN_TIM

    2 ай бұрын

    great movie

  • @reverendbStaard

    @reverendbStaard

    2 ай бұрын

    🥰

  • @jlmain5777

    @jlmain5777

    2 ай бұрын

    Oh yeah, I thought there was a film. I remember Tom Petty being in it.

  • @DRAGON_FAN_TIM

    @DRAGON_FAN_TIM

    2 ай бұрын

    @@jlmain5777 Linda Ronstadt and Jimmy Buffet was in it too

  • @cherylbourgerie8868
    @cherylbourgerie88682 ай бұрын

    Yaay! Friday AND Steely Dan. You can't go wrong with that!

  • @arlopop
    @arlopop2 ай бұрын

    The album you pulled this from is ‘82, but the song is 1978 - title track from the movie FM.

  • @user-ys8gs5tw5e

    @user-ys8gs5tw5e

    2 ай бұрын

    What ever happened to that movie? Killer soundtrack, I believe WKRP in Cincinnati was bastard child of FM the Movie

  • @marktait2371

    @marktait2371

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@user-ys8gs5tw5ei saw the reissue soundtrack bandn last fall was big price forget how much

  • @THEZOOROCKSCOM

    @THEZOOROCKSCOM

    Ай бұрын

    @@user-ys8gs5tw5ewatched it a few months ago. Like many of that era, the movie lost its luster but the soundtrack is timeless!

  • @KawaTony1964
    @KawaTony19642 ай бұрын

    Oh man - you guys shoulda listened to "Steely Dan - FM - extended version!". Steely Dan released 2 versions of this song back in the day: one with the saxophone solo you just heard; one with a guitar solo by Walter Becker. In the "extended version", a guy on KZread seamlessly merged both versions so you get to hear both solos.

  • @disston1

    @disston1

    2 ай бұрын

    It's a must listen

  • @michaelbaucom4019

    @michaelbaucom4019

    2 ай бұрын

    The name of the KZread channel is " AbleApe "

  • @alvinburrell
    @alvinburrell2 ай бұрын

    Love this song... there is a live feel about it which just grooves, it is a perfect soundtrack song. Also the FM soundtrack is one of the best rock compilation albums made.

  • @sherryheim5504
    @sherryheim55042 ай бұрын

    This is such a smooth bluesy-jazzy song. It was a pretty big hit for Steeely Dan back when it dropped. I love the Sax!

  • @albertsmith9315
    @albertsmith93152 ай бұрын

    This song didn't come out in 1982, it was part of a soundtrack for a movie called "FM" which came out in '78. It was added to a Steely Dan compilation album in '82. The movie had a lot of songs from then current rock people (Tom Petty, Linda Ronstadt, etc...) but Steely Dan got the title song and killed it. One cool bit of trivia (I'm old and remember all this stuff from that time)... traditional terrestrial radio was AM and FM... this song was very popular but AM stations didn't want to play it because it advertised the FM format. They put out a cut for AM called "No Static At All", leaving off the FM line, but it never took off. Most of us were 100% on board with FM.

  • @danhuffman4455

    @danhuffman4455

    2 ай бұрын

    I'm old right there with you buddy.

  • @supertrouper2550

    @supertrouper2550

    2 ай бұрын

    Totally correct. I remember when the movie came out and wanting to see it as I was a teen and in love with FM rock stations!

  • @DashRiprock513

    @DashRiprock513

    2 ай бұрын

    I concur I bought this when it came out.

  • @eboethrasher

    @eboethrasher

    2 ай бұрын

    I thought they had a cut where some DJs would take the A from Aja and put it over the F since they are held for a similar amount of time, so it would sound like it said "AM, no static at all"

  • @patriciamorgan6545
    @patriciamorgan65452 ай бұрын

    Longest. Fade. Ever. Love this song. Lush instrumentation and production. Such a great groove. This was the soundtrack for my college years, guys!

  • @marcbenjamin9436
    @marcbenjamin94362 ай бұрын

    Definitely a favorite. It was for a movie soundtrack. The movie was dead in a week, but this song lives on.

  • @DropAnchor1978
    @DropAnchor19782 ай бұрын

    I love the intentional dissonant note in the piano that is repeated twice after the sax solo.

  • @tommack9395

    @tommack9395

    2 ай бұрын

    I like changes like on "The girls don't seem.. " CMaj7 Bm7 Am7 G F#7 B7 E6/9 A13 BM7 Am7 Em7 C#m7b5 C13 B7sus4 The sax is mainly played over DM7 C#aug7#9 CM7 B7b9 B7 Em7 A7 C7 Baug7#9 repeating,

  • @DropAnchor1978

    @DropAnchor1978

    2 ай бұрын

    @@tommack9395 The sax also ventures outside the key during the solo vamp. It just pushes the right buttons and can be described as "delicious".

  • @collincolston8443
    @collincolston84432 ай бұрын

    I had this album back in the day and wore the grooves out.

  • @brettv5967

    @brettv5967

    2 ай бұрын

    A great soundtrack from a really terrible movie.

  • @FM-qq2kk
    @FM-qq2kk2 ай бұрын

    Steely Dan- Royal Scam- Album of Month- Patreon

  • @LSorr3

    @LSorr3

    2 ай бұрын

    yes

  • @xophersmith

    @xophersmith

    2 ай бұрын

    Arguably as good as Aja!

  • @elizabethfranco1284

    @elizabethfranco1284

    2 ай бұрын

    My mom had that album

  • @parshakamarsh

    @parshakamarsh

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@xophersmithI prefer it

  • @dopeymark

    @dopeymark

    2 ай бұрын

    In some ways better..

  • @midnightrambler7716
    @midnightrambler77162 ай бұрын

    Here at the Western World is another great song by them that never appeared on an album other than greatest hits as I recall.

  • @brendakennedy818
    @brendakennedy8182 ай бұрын

    I've been watching you guys so long. This 65 yo grandma feels like she is watching you feel like I did the first time I heard all these great old songs you get turned onto for the first time. I subscribe to a few, but I still enjoy and appreciate the reaction and comments from you both more than any other. Keep it up dudes.

  • @johnhughes3214
    @johnhughes32142 ай бұрын

    Andy: you previously listened to a different version of the song which had an extended guitar solo rather than a sax solo in the coda. The lead guitar in this song is played by Walter Becker, the other half of SD (RIP), which was unusual as they typically utilized top notch session guitarists. You commented that that extended guitar solo reminded you of David Gilmore. And indeed it does.

  • @parshakamarsh

    @parshakamarsh

    2 ай бұрын

    It definitely does, I much prefer that version

  • @cactaceous

    @cactaceous

    2 ай бұрын

    The one with the guitar solo outro is the original version.

  • @alanhynd7886
    @alanhynd78862 ай бұрын

    "Haitian Divorce" next, please.

  • @Ibanezed210

    @Ibanezed210

    2 ай бұрын

    Steely does reggae in such a solid way with this song. It's a keeper.

  • @Prone2Thrill

    @Prone2Thrill

    2 ай бұрын

    My favorite from them!

  • @joelliebler5690

    @joelliebler5690

    2 ай бұрын

    So good!

  • @SteelyDaddy59

    @SteelyDaddy59

    2 ай бұрын

    Talk box guitar is incredible throughout.

  • @br360guy2

    @br360guy2

    2 ай бұрын

    My favorite. The back story is pretty interesting too.

  • @kdm71291
    @kdm712912 ай бұрын

    I absolutely LOVE SD........the musicianship, the complexity of the musical arrangements, the instrumental layering.....superbly pleasing to my audio palette!

  • @richardkarram3122
    @richardkarram31222 ай бұрын

    So much fun growing up as a teenager and listening to music like this 🎼🎶🎷

  • @samuelj.bufalini7029
    @samuelj.bufalini70292 ай бұрын

    Static here is also a double entendre: the girls were happy so they gave the guys "no static (backtalk) at all."

  • @drewwin794
    @drewwin7942 ай бұрын

    “And Somebody else’s favorite song” One of my favorite lyrics.

  • @workdre
    @workdre2 ай бұрын

    This was the song in the opening scene of the movie "FM" when the program manager was driving form his home to the station, evading police along the way. He was driving maybe an MG? Some small two-seater. The movie was less than memorable, but the soundtrack album was an instant classic! FM (No Static at All) - Steely Dan Night Moves - Bob Seger Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller Band Cold as Ice - Foreigner Breakdown - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Bad Man - Randy Meisner Life in the Fast Lane - Eagles Do It Again - Steely Dan Lido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs More Than a Feeling - Boston Tumbling Dice - Linda Ronstadt Poor, Poor Pitiful Me - Linda Ronstadt Livingston Saturday Night - Jimmy Buffet There's a Place in the World for a Gambler Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel It Keeps You Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers Your Smiling Face Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh We Will Rock You - Quee

  • @goldendusty1951
    @goldendusty19512 ай бұрын

    Finally!!! Such a great song!

  • @alan73795
    @alan737952 ай бұрын

    Unless I missed it, you still haven't hit one of their classic and most rocking tunes: "Don't Take Me Alive" off of the Royal Scam album. Not only a total heater but opens with one of the most famous and nastiest chords ever laid down on tape (by legendary jazz guitarist Larry Carlton). You can't call yourselves true Steely Dan aficionados until you've given it a spin. Looking forward to your reaction!

  • @sylvialee1079
    @sylvialee10792 ай бұрын

    The more you listen to this song the more you like it. Has become one of my favorites through the years. Great reaction guys! ☮️ ❤️ 🎶 🎸 🎶

  • @joannparker1977
    @joannparker19772 ай бұрын

    I remember going to this famous Mexican Restaurant with all the people in my high school graduating class. The day our classes ended. 1978. We all knew and loved Steely Dan. (Too bad they never toured.) I remember how smooth and sophisticated this song was. Then, in the fall of 1978, I went to college. That's when "Aja" came out. What a great bookend to the end of the greatest decade of music ever.

  • @daleclark7127
    @daleclark71272 ай бұрын

    So glad to be born and raised during the pre satellite era and understand what it was and where it has gone. Great Steely Dan song that just nails the meaning of the days gone by. And of course a killer song with that jazz fusion.

  • @roydownes2458
    @roydownes24582 ай бұрын

    this song is kind of the quintessential capsule of the fm sound of that particular period.

  • @GioSinatraFan
    @GioSinatraFan2 ай бұрын

    One of my top 5 SD songs

  • @wildmouse5888
    @wildmouse58882 ай бұрын

    Even after all these years, this is still one of my go-to songs for auditioning speakers.

  • @drewwin794
    @drewwin7942 ай бұрын

    Best heard sitting in a dim lit room sipping on an expensive red wine.

  • @jollyrodgers7272
    @jollyrodgers72722 ай бұрын

    FM = Frequency Modulation, a radio broadcast method in the VHF spectrum that eliminates much interference, popping and static, is more true to the original input and is Dolby stereo friendly, but gives up range (broadcast distance usually up to 100 miles max) in the process. The '70s saw an expansion in FM stations across America, much to the delight of musicians and listeners alike. It sounds like AJA as it was recorded directly after that album, hence in that period of The Dan's evolution. It was the theme song for the film FM (1978) and title/lead track off the soundtrack album, which won a 1979 Grammy for Best Engineered Album, non-classical.

  • @1BobsYourUncle
    @1BobsYourUncle2 ай бұрын

    I can remember when FM finally hit the airwaves, it was wild to actually hear music in stereo on your radio. Less static and sounds you couldn’t hear on AM radio. ✌🏻

  • @TrashWerewolf
    @TrashWerewolf2 ай бұрын

    When you're so respected by other musicians that you can get The Eagles as your background singers! Also, great drums by Jeff Pocaro of Toto!

  • @marshamorris8444
    @marshamorris84442 ай бұрын

    "Listening to this song makes you 7% more cool"......A comment I read many years ago that someone posted about this tune 😃 I happen to agree!

  • @billyjo316
    @billyjo3162 ай бұрын

    When I was in school I was asked who’s my favorite group and said steely Dan and boy was I made fun of and told Debbie Gibson is forever. Well where’s Debbie now??

  • @Wee162

    @Wee162

    2 ай бұрын

    You must have gone to a very uncool high school!😂 Debbie Gibson???

  • @DannyD714
    @DannyD7142 ай бұрын

    even some FM stations wouldn't play the second sax solo back when this was released. glad you got to hear the full version. RIP 94.7 KMET in Los Angeles!

  • @Belluser-we1uc5cb2l
    @Belluser-we1uc5cb2l2 ай бұрын

    This song killed my headache and stress ❤ again and always since the 70's.

  • @jasonjepsen7483
    @jasonjepsen74832 ай бұрын

    The guitar solo you’re looking for is Don’t take me alive. AWESOME guitar solo.

  • @kathynicholson103
    @kathynicholson1032 ай бұрын

    Aahh, you found one of my Steely Dan faves! Thumping bass, hot sax, soaring strings, Congo drums; what more could you ask for?

  • @margaretmartinez8436
    @margaretmartinez84362 ай бұрын

    Please guys! I cant seem to get anyone to play Chain lightening off of Katy Lied by Steeley Dan ( or as some of us say: The Dan ) Its a great song, basically its the vibe you get if youre playing on a stage where famous musicians have played/people you admire! Please guys, youre my favorite music critics ( ya know rhe other ones stopping every few mins to review & replay!). Im 66 & waiting is a bummer! Bottom line, you two are my favorite guys 🏆💝

  • @triscat

    @triscat

    2 ай бұрын

    There was a Dan obsessive website a few years ago called Under the Banyan Tree in which the agreed upon theory of Chain Lightening's lyrics was that it was written from the point of view of some low level nazi soldiers at a Hitler rally fanboying on their fuhrer. Go back and read the lyrics again with that in mind. Knowing how perversely brilliant (dark lyrics/breezy music) Don and Walter were, it reads correct. If not, you'll never be able to listen to that song the same way again.

  • @landreaulover
    @landreaulover2 ай бұрын

    Definitely one of the top 5 songs from Steely Dan -- love it!

  • @torydz
    @torydz2 ай бұрын

    A lot of old timers here probably remember trying to hold their recorders up to the speakers to record their favorite songs on an "AM Only" radio during rain or a thunderstorm. Every ten seconds or so the song would be disrupted by the static crackles on the radio from the lightning outside. When FM stations came into existence, it was like a magical musical wonderland. 13Q and WIXZ were the major AM players here in Pittsburgh, and then came WDVE, 96KX, and B94 on the FM dial.

  • @gswithen
    @gswithen2 ай бұрын

    Steely Dan was a band from 1972 to 1980. This was recorded for the film FM in 1978, right after the Aja album came out. It was compiled later on the Gold record.

  • @justingutube
    @justingutubeАй бұрын

    This is perfect. Musicians at their finest.

  • @joannparker1977
    @joannparker19772 ай бұрын

    I remember going to this famous Mexican Restaurant with all the people in my high school graduating class. The day are classes ended. 1978. Yeah, we knew Steely Dan. I just remember how smooth and sophisticated this song was. Then, summer came and we went our separate ways. Then, in the fall of 1978, I went to college. That's when "Aja" came out. What a great bookend to the music I listened to in the 70's.

  • @arlopop
    @arlopop2 ай бұрын

    And btw, Andy isn’t misremembering - the single version actually does end with a guitar solo. This version combined the original and a reprise from the movie soundtrack that featured the sax. This hybrid version removed the guitar at the end, and replaced it with the sax.

  • @revs-and-obs
    @revs-and-obs22 күн бұрын

    This was the opening track to the film "FM" - sunrise coming up over LA, and the song was so fitting for the image. The film is no great shakes but quite a few good appearances by Linda Ronstadt, Tom Petty, and others. But FM the song just sets it's own tone - perfect.

  • @rkelly62
    @rkelly62Ай бұрын

    Don't Take Me Alive! One of the best guitar solos by Larry Carlton ever recorded. Off of The Royal Scam, an amazing album.

  • @joelliebler5690
    @joelliebler56902 ай бұрын

    Another great tune with top notch lead vocals and backing vocals.Horns, piano and drums are totally on point.If you have not done it yet then My Old School is a superb story and great instrumental accompanying it!

  • @michaelmennies1685
    @michaelmennies16852 ай бұрын

    Steely Dan had a very unique harmonic approach for pop music that no one else ever had (including the "mu major" (added 2)). And as songwriters they seemed to center their universe on blues. It is that combination of blues and jazz/pop voicings that made Andy and Alex feel like they had heard that before in a different Steely Dan tune. Arguably Steely Dan had the biggest influence on establishing smooth jazz. I think their records keep getting better with age. They wrote and played music at as high a musical level as any pop band - they are in the pantheon of incredible music collectives.

  • @Laura-rm6us
    @Laura-rm6us2 ай бұрын

    There was stuff like this all the time on FM radio. We were the luckiest music generation when FM kicked in.

  • @bookjeannie
    @bookjeannieАй бұрын

    College days when I found FM. But 🎉Hs 60s, early 70s I was able to get stations KOMA & Wls at night. Thank my mama for always having music in the house. Love & miss her

  • @LadybugLuv
    @LadybugLuv2 ай бұрын

    FM is my absolute favorite Steely Dan banger! I'm so excited you've reacted to it!💜

  • @adrathemetaloutlaw754
    @adrathemetaloutlaw7542 ай бұрын

    takes me back to the days of our old FM radio station.... Z-102 Austin's Classic Rock (Now its something else)

  • @nancy9478
    @nancy94782 ай бұрын

    The Dan of Steel, high schools coolest soundtrack. Love this song, it came out a year after graduation. Boomers know what FM drift on the car radio is, and remember AM stations from far away coming in late at night. Ya had to be there.

  • @dereckfields4207
    @dereckfields42072 ай бұрын

    Steely Dan - "Don't Take Me Alive"

  • @CaptainHowdy-oz1fg
    @CaptainHowdy-oz1fg2 ай бұрын

    A recommendation for "New Frontier " and "I G.Y". From Donald Fagens excellent solo album "The Nightfly". Smooth as ....🙂👍

  • @michaelmiller6709
    @michaelmiller67092 ай бұрын

    Back in the day they pulled the vocal "A...." from " Aja and spliced it over the 'F' in this song so it could be played on AM radio as well. :)

  • @spicy321

    @spicy321

    2 ай бұрын

    Ridiculous and ingenious at the same time!

  • @ReleaseTheQuackers
    @ReleaseTheQuackers2 ай бұрын

    I saw Steely Dan back in 1993 with Dave Matthews opening for them. As a second gen Steely Dan fan, that concert was like a street drug for the hears!

  • @surlechapeau
    @surlechapeau2 ай бұрын

    A&A, you found the best song from a movie soundtrack!! Next one to post, "Babylon Sisters" from your Feb.26, 2023 livestream!!!!

  • @cshude

    @cshude

    2 ай бұрын

    Great song

  • @CL-eu7ye
    @CL-eu7ye2 ай бұрын

    “Don’t Take Me Alive” is cool til the end. Double meaning there.

  • @stevenblock9712
    @stevenblock97122 ай бұрын

    This was the theme song for the 1978 movie "FM" that was about a radio station (think WKRP) and featured Linda Ronstadt and Jimmy Buffet. The song is the best thing about the movie.

  • @rosek2967
    @rosek29672 ай бұрын

    FM radio introduced multiple songs being played consecutively while the DJs were doing I don't know what (wait, yes I do!) Longer album tracks resulted and we were off and running. Great time to be alive. Always good to hear Steely Dan. How about hitting Fagen's first solo The Nightfly? Real good tunes on that one.

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