Listening to Steely Dan refines a person's taste in music.

@Matt-iy3zy

4 жыл бұрын

Ryan Grissom I started listening to Steely Dan at 5. I’m 27 now. I listen to absolutely everything, but I truly believe that Steely Dan provides you with a deeper and keener sense of understanding and appreciation for all types of music which differ from each other.

@SuperRowdyone

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed 💯

@diagnolsnakeskin462

4 жыл бұрын

BEST COMMENT EVER!!!!

@kevinl.johnson4549

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@williamalbert8759

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! As lifelong musician, I have so much appreciation for the sheer genius of these guys.

If this song isn’t playing at my funeral, I’m not coming.

@jonfan8678

4 жыл бұрын

zorak1704 😂 😆

@iamnumfive

4 жыл бұрын

Now that would be a sign off.

@yolandajohnson8685

4 жыл бұрын

your comment is such a Classic. It's so original. You ought to have it Patented. These are the "originals" that commercial add producers are seeking.

@jeffcraddock3580

4 жыл бұрын

LMAO!!!

@juliewelch6782

4 жыл бұрын

Oops awesome

Steely Dan were master craftsmen at a time when that actually mattered a damn.

@Glassandcandy

3 жыл бұрын

If that actually did matter in the 70s then disco duck wouldn’t have been a number one hit. Every generation has masters and amateurs who accidentally make it big. I think people forget just how much terrible music there was in the 70s and 60s because they only remember the good stuff

@kincrawford5906

2 жыл бұрын

@@Glassandcandy Disco Duck was a hit because it was funny, not because it was great music. As for terrible music, yeah, they had some back in those eras, but it was the exception, not the rule, like this era now.

Steely Dan is just Pure Genius

@kendrairvin5673

4 жыл бұрын

Their music really is genius! They are so clever and strategic with lyrics! They tell such a interesting story in every song.

@_HMCB_

3 жыл бұрын

We revere artists of the utmost calibre like Picasso and the likes. I think Steely Dan is that in music. There are many good and even great groups that come along every decade, but Steely Dan to me is of the greats. The kind that make an indelible dent in the ripple of time.

@debaclark

2 жыл бұрын

I saw them this year for the first time - unfortunately post Becker, but still. I have only twice in my life felt I was in the presence of a musical genius (Jeff Lynne being the other). It was magic.

Mom and dad named me after that album Aja Aaliyah Reid

@cindyoteri1895

4 жыл бұрын

Yo awesome name.

@ruckusmalone9419

4 жыл бұрын

One of the most amazing albums ever !

@HBFTimmahh

4 жыл бұрын

Your 'Rents have Great Taste in Music, and appreciation of it as seen by them naming you after this album/song.

@williamjackson6705

4 жыл бұрын

You had some very cool parents then.

@thefunkybuddha69

4 жыл бұрын

I know and have met other Ajas with the same story. Awesome!

“FM....no static at all”...another good one...

@tigerback62

4 жыл бұрын

Jamel, FM is the title song about a Radio Station. It's supposed to be loosely based on the Big Rock Radio Station in LA at the time . KMET, 94.7 fm

@hildab4941

4 жыл бұрын

FM is definitely worth his time but Jamel is long overdue for a Black Cow reaction vid...

@McShaganpronouncedShaegen

4 жыл бұрын

FM was my first recommendation for him. Love that song.

@davep1103

4 жыл бұрын

NAW ! That whole Aja Album is their Greatest album. YES ! I said album ! 🤣🤣😂😂

@jeffcobb2734

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! FM and Black Cow fit right into the Deacon Blues vibe for sure!

Possibly my favorite lyric ever is in this song: "I cried when I wrote this song. Sue me if I play too long." This song is gansta in the smoothest way possible.

@georgeerhard1949

4 жыл бұрын

Steely Dan were gangsta before the gangs were, dog. They picked up where the Rat Pack left off.

@jpsmusicandmore5457

4 жыл бұрын

Mine also

@michaelhatcher5264

4 жыл бұрын

I love it

@AmandaHugandKiss411

3 жыл бұрын

There's a live version on KZread where ,shit can't think of his name, is in tears at the end of the song....

@leesadleridge

3 жыл бұрын

@@georgeerhard1949 I never thought about them that way! Definitely feels like the continuance of the rat pack. Great comment!

I was an English teacher late seventies and on. These lyrics were a gift. Didn't tell my students where the band name came from.

@christiancox972

3 жыл бұрын

why not? i'm sure it would have gotten some of your students who wouldn't otherwise pick up a book reading one. i can understand, though, if you were teaching anything before high school

@bigdinicee8548

2 жыл бұрын

My 10th grade English had a study lyrics by Billy Joel Dylan Lennon and Steely Dan

@bigdinicee8548

2 жыл бұрын

Have to stop typing in a hurry lol 😆

Sometimes while watching you Jamel it feels like I'm sharing all the songs I know so well with a good friend that has never heard them before. It is both rewarding and entertaining, just your expressions make me laugh. Thank you for looking at these classics with your heart and feeling the groove that I grew up with. It makes it all new to me again too.

@edwhite7475

4 жыл бұрын

the 'joy of discovery' ...makes life worth while-

@glennclarke4239

4 жыл бұрын

AMEN brother, just the right person for the job in my eyes.

@lauraflores4683

4 жыл бұрын

Same here!

@Mebuggiefan

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, he makes it so much fun. I love watching his reactions. Someone that appreciates the music from the past the way it should be appreciated and respected.

@jmtaylor5426

4 жыл бұрын

Amen!

Steely Dan knew the importance of having backup singers of the highest order!!

Been listening to Steely Dan for 40+ yrs.. "Your reaction is golden," Keep jammin

@goasksara

4 жыл бұрын

Well put, Jay!

@vaneast411

4 жыл бұрын

me too! I've been listening to SD since I found out about them in the early 70's. I love seeing people discovering this music today

@gerard1954

4 жыл бұрын

I think Rikki don’t lose that number was the first song I heard by steely Dan probably 1972 it was about the same time I heard right place wrong time by Dr. John Although Zouzou mamu was the first song I heard by Dr. John

@Mebuggiefan

4 жыл бұрын

I love me some Steely Dan. It takes me back to the good ole days. They just don't make music like this anymore.

@vonnyb9052

3 жыл бұрын

Halaluja

When I was a kid in the early 80s my mom used to put on Stealy Dan while we cleaned the apartment on Saturday mornings. I can smell the bleach when I hear this song.

@markpenchinar8207

3 жыл бұрын

And you are lovingly reminded of your mother.

@tommythompson9565

2 жыл бұрын

I have a similar bleachy-clean memory of my mom. Can smell it now.

Bernard "Pretty" Purdie played drums on this track -they use him to calibrate metronomes. His groove is a thousand miles wide and just as deep...

@christopherdawson9570

4 жыл бұрын

A true in the pocket GROOVE MASTER!!👌👍👊😎✌💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥

@CamerOneiric

4 жыл бұрын

Pockets deeper than the ocean

@keepthemetalflowing

4 жыл бұрын

@@CamerOneiric exactly... very deep

@lorenzobaines6222

4 жыл бұрын

Facts! He and Stubblefield are my favorite drummers.

@MrROTD

4 жыл бұрын

He also said boop boop didah bowp, boop boop didda bowp bowp!

I'm 65 years old.Still have this album. Aji ❤️

I think the best lines are at the end: "This brother is free. I'll be what I want to be."

@andydavies1810

3 жыл бұрын

Too true John!

It celebrates a certain kind of “loserdom” as Becker called it. They made an artform of songs about losers; all of them classics.

"Aja" is one of the all-time great albums. Ask any music aficionado.

@jeffduflo8204

4 жыл бұрын

Agree

@bradsmack1

4 жыл бұрын

#145 on Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time (1977 ABC Records). Won Grammy for Best Engineered album (Roger Nichols, Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt, Bill Schnee ; Assistant engineers: Joe Bellamy, Lenise Bent, Ken Klinger, Ron Pangaliman, Ed Rack, Linda Tyler. Produced by Gary Katz.

@luisrojas3173

4 жыл бұрын

What’s amazing about this album. There’s so many musicians featured. Walter and Donald were musical surgeons

@welles2002

4 жыл бұрын

no Doubt the Genius of it never wears out

@Tigman401

4 жыл бұрын

Any major dude will tell you....

The entire Aja album is gold. (Gold, Jerry, Gold!)

@theivory1

4 жыл бұрын

The soup counts

@DazReht

4 жыл бұрын

You should try the swordfish. Best swordfish in the city. The best.

@dianadollar758

4 жыл бұрын

Gold, Jerry, Gold!!!😆😂🤣 ~ I’ve been working out, I’m HUGE ~ Kenny Bania😃

@murraywestenskow2896

4 жыл бұрын

I was in the pool! - I was in the pool!

@fghjghjfhgjfhgj

4 жыл бұрын

No soup for you!

I'm a 67 year old music FREAK. Your reactions bring a joy to my retired bored life that I can not put into words. If I could then I would have made a fortune as a songwriter. Thank you my Brother.

@shelleycrowe8624

Жыл бұрын

Jamal is the first reactor I discovered and he still remains my personal favorite!!

I had the "AjA" on a 8 track in my 1975 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme jamming back in the old school day.

@lamar2143

4 жыл бұрын

Cool. My first car in '82 was a 76 cutlass supreme. I listened to SD on the way to school everyday and my sister just had to deal with it.

@Telephonebill51

4 жыл бұрын

Did you listen to it SO MANY TIMES that when you hear it today, your mind/memory automatically puts in the "clicks" from the track changing? I'm that way with a few...

@winston-churchill

3 жыл бұрын

Cutlass - there was a car!

@moodyblues108

3 жыл бұрын

My man.

"I cried when I wrote this song Sue me if I play too long."

The drummer on this track is Bernard Purdie, a legend in R&B and funk. He's famous for his Purdie Shuffle. He's still alive, I believe. Glad to see you loving this track. I lived through the era when this music was new and can remember that it was so unique.

@dstroviolin

2 жыл бұрын

Check out Rick Beato’s extensive interview with Bernard! They get into some Steely Dan tracks in detail.

@intestinalworm1202

2 жыл бұрын

Yes - classic BP!!!

@patriciawright8786

2 жыл бұрын

@@dstroviolin I like Rick Beato's show. But, I must say that I enjoy this guy more.

@dstroviolin

2 жыл бұрын

@@patriciawright8786 Beato’s channel is for musicians, really. It can get very technical. I’m just happy to have both of these guys & hope Jamel keeps it going.

Discovering Steely Dan's catalog in my early 20s has been one of the greatest musical journeys I've had yet. As I grow older, their music only becomes better. Absolutely phenomenal band.

When you listen to Steely Dan you are in church.

Pete Christlieb: Sax Solo They tracked down the sax player in the Tonight Show band, Pete Christlieb, who recorded his part after a taping of the show. There are many tales of musicians being asked to do take after take during a Steely Dan session, but Christlieb was done in 30 minutes, and it was his second take they used. Note: This Tonight Show Band was during the Johnny Carson era of the show.

@kenwelch198

4 жыл бұрын

Just to give you an idea about the caliber of musicians who played on Johnny Carson, I have a distant cousin who left the brass section of Wild Cherry to play with them. Unfortunately, Johnny retired next year.

@MsPrincesspaulina

4 жыл бұрын

Ken Welch: Cool story. Yeah, no doubt there was high quality musicians in Johnny's Band. With Doc Severinsen as band leader you had to have some chops to play in that league. Little known fact, Johnny Carson was an amateur drummer. Though I'm not sure that amateur is the right word here. There's a couple of clips of him drumming and he was good.

@kdm71291

4 жыл бұрын

@@MsPrincesspaulina That's why he was always drumming with his pencils on his desk while the band played during commercial breaks......he was actually a pretty decent drummer!

@kdm71291

4 жыл бұрын

And...Indeed....they were some of the best musicians on the planet! Once I started playing trumpet in junior and senior high school band, my band mates and I made it a point to watch Carson whenever we could and note when the band got a chance to play on air!

@JAMESMOORE-gq4vv

4 жыл бұрын

sounds like the BAKER STREET story.

I've seen grown-ass men cry to this song. It's a remarkable piece of music.

@Joe-Flow

4 жыл бұрын

I just did now.

@SpaceCattttt

4 жыл бұрын

Err...what? I find it sardonically uplifting, personally.

@alliswede42

4 жыл бұрын

You're in good company. He cried when he wrote this song.

@SpaceCattttt

4 жыл бұрын

@@alliswede42 They are not together. The song was written over 40 years ago. The OP is here right now. And the song is fictional, so nobody was crying, except the OP. And he's alone in doing that. Unless you're doing it as well. In which case, I have to ask: What are you doing with such a cry baby when you could have a drink with a real man like me?

@letssee9

4 жыл бұрын

@@SpaceCattttt say what you say. I'm quitting the deacon board, leaving the church, learning to play the saxophone, checking out all the action in town. I'm gonna drink all night and die in a car crash! Remember my name dammit! Lol

The ultimate song about being an alcoholic, womanizing, loser. Only Becker and Fagen could make it sound so heroic.

@nicholasrichardson2330

4 жыл бұрын

You forgot to mention gambler.

@Joes0s

4 жыл бұрын

So true.

@Jonepk

3 жыл бұрын

Wanker too Id guess

@waningmooncancer9628

3 жыл бұрын

That's excellent 👌☺️!!

@AmandaHugandKiss411

3 жыл бұрын

Yes and he kills himself at the end...

Steely Dan are unique band, they 'll be still fresh in 200 years from today (my humble opinion). Their musical , compositional, creativity skills are unbelievable. Love and peace from Athens Greece.

@goobfilmcast4239

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed....Steely Dan is a Band that will rank with the Immortals !

@michellelaugie5345

Жыл бұрын

@@goobfilmcast4239 so true

Steely Dan were perfectionist musicians, especially in the studio.

@leerhode1021

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Michael McDonald said they almost killed him recording "Peg".

@HareDeLune

3 жыл бұрын

Watch 'The Making of Aja' video sometime. They were beyond perfectionist. The best description I have heard of their process is "Taking the music to absolute perfection, then bringing it back down a notch to make it more enjoyable".

“Do It Again” from Can’t Buy A Thrill. You will be “doing,” (listening) this song Again and again and again . . . 😈🌹😈

@jonnuanez2843

4 жыл бұрын

Or the mashup of Do It Again and Looks That Kill from Motley Crue.

@TheSimonScowl

4 жыл бұрын

Used to be my favorite SD tune by a mile. Still up there (though Aja, Babylon Sisters and others have crept ever upwards over the decades)!

@vdimasteremeritus

4 жыл бұрын

Christine Vergona - Best part of that song is the electric sitar solo.

@jerrytaylor4078

4 жыл бұрын

I loved only A Fool Would Say That from that album.

@Itelkner

4 жыл бұрын

Haha... the "Grounghog Day" of tunes...

The drummer playing in this his Groove is so good and so accurate you can literally use it to reset an atomic clock

@eddavis1918

3 жыл бұрын

Bernard Purdie doing the Purdie shuffle. One of the all time greats.

There’s comfort food. Steely Dan is my mac-n-cheese

“groovy as hell”! That’s partly because “they done did it... they done hired the the hit maker... Bernard Pretty Purdue”!!!

@richardsears4811

4 жыл бұрын

smithshaven I can only hit the thumbs up button once!

@jasonhardison7103

4 жыл бұрын

@@richardsears4811 cosign

Re: "Deacon Blues" sounding similar to "Aja" or "Peg"--all the songs on the Aja album have a common musical thread, so you're absolutely right!

@lilyt3023

4 жыл бұрын

YES - the beginning of "Deacon Blues" sounds like "Aja" and the sax lines are similar to "Peg".

@gwendolynstancell1847

4 жыл бұрын

CORRECT 👌🧓

The best phrase I’ve ever heard was the 1st time I heard you say “soul has no color”. Love that!

I was in the Navy and had to drive across the U.S. and head for Maryland from California and bought this groups album with this song on it before I left and listened to it on my cassette player in my car all the way to Maryland. Sure brings back memories back then in the fall of 1978.

One of my favorite songs! "I cried when I wrote this song Sue me if I play too long This brother is free I'll be what I want to be" has to be one of the coolest song lyrics ever penned!

@gness4782

4 жыл бұрын

Ahh-men to that.

Steely Dan - Haitian Divorce (IMO their most underrated song ever)

@gregprice4834

4 жыл бұрын

Ian T agreed dude. Groovy as hell

@andyscott5277

4 жыл бұрын

No hesitation...

@eileendobbs8574

4 жыл бұрын

Waa waa waa waa waa waa waa. I love the reggae influence in that song

@fernandomendez6718

4 жыл бұрын

Facts

@dakotahrobinson8209

4 жыл бұрын

Got married to just have my own “Haitian Divorce” 😝

I'm hearing this tonight with you for the millionth time - and I'm still in awe of what a beautiful song this is.

Jamel is getting caught up on ear treasures these past months. Aja was a complete masterpiece, and you felt it, J!

This song has been giving me chills for over 40 years. You just made me cry, brother. That's why I love you and your love of music. You get it!

@michaelroberts6192

3 жыл бұрын

I got it too.

@andydavies1810

3 жыл бұрын

Fills my soul Tina, fantastic, 60 now still got a taste for it, good luck, Andy UK!

@boboskeeper1

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed… Especially with his reactions to RUSH music…Got me choked up a few times.

If someone hasn't suggested it yet: Steely Dan's "Babylon Sisters."

@5yearsout

4 жыл бұрын

I've suggested it, hopefully he'll get to it someday, my favorite.

@andaisxxxx6638

4 жыл бұрын

👍

@joeday4293

4 жыл бұрын

Yougottoshakeitbabyyougottoshakeitbabyyougottoshakeit...

@mikearst2940

4 жыл бұрын

@@joeday4293 :)

@mikearst2940

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, every time someone posts the live version, which is really smokin', KZread takes it down. But hopefully some version by them will be on KZread somewhere.

This is one of the best songs they ever wrote. And I love the lyrics towards the end of the song. Donald Fagen pulls no punches with them.

I would pay 30 years of salary to hear the song for the first time again.

I remember when this album hit the scene,summer of 77,I was 18, pure ecstacy,I wore out this Album! Iv,e been a fan since 74, no other band ,can hold a candle to these Cat,s! Musical Perfection Baby! I love your reaction! 😊👌👆,Clay

"Drink Scotch whisky all night long, and die behind the wheel..." If you want better lyrics than that I'm sorry, there aren't any.

@mrtyreus0

4 жыл бұрын

It's actually, dine behind the wheel. As in a musician who drinks scotch on the gig and eats on the road.

@ratjar7025

4 жыл бұрын

I know some better lyrics. "Imma keep on all my chains, while I'm makin love to you Baby girl, do you like me in my durag" Thundercat though

@danmcconnell5941

4 жыл бұрын

Andrew Kosiba it’s definitely die behind the wheel

@Mrbeahz1

4 жыл бұрын

@@mrtyreus0 LOL! Driving to the gig, dropping Taco Bell in your lap.

@EYE_GOTCHA

4 жыл бұрын

Captain Speirs No (thank you)!

Why do I cry when I hear this? Tears of joy dancing and partying all night long to the Dan

I swear, the background vocals on this track our perfect. Wow!!

"Peg" and "Deacon Blues" are all from the "AJA" album. One of the best albums ever made. IMO. Peaked at #3 in 1977. Was stopped by Saturday Night Fever LP sound track and Rumors LP by Fleetwood Mac that held both top spots for a year.

@Basman59

4 жыл бұрын

Aja and Rumours two must-have LP's no questions asked.

@DaveHof

4 жыл бұрын

When was the last time 3 iconic albums held the top 3 spots like that? 30 years ago? More?

@rafilasker7293

4 жыл бұрын

Grammy Awards Year Winner Category 1977 Aja Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical

@godbluffvdgg

4 жыл бұрын

World War Disco...The enemy of all music. The enemy of man himself. The beginnings of the end, for intellectual pursuits.... My Black Sabbath tank destroyed many a dancing fool...Not too many of us left, that were in those trenches...Salute! :)

@Coolrockndad

4 жыл бұрын

@@godbluffvdgg Come on, the only music heads that didn't like disco were the ones that couldn't dance. Dance music has always been. No one's dancing to Sabbath at a wedding.

Love Steely Dan, bringing back my youth. Love it

Jamel, most of us have heard these songs hundreds of times but this music formed us on many levels. We come here to watch you feel the music with us. Thank you

It’s crazy seeing purple just now in the last few years reacting or knowing about Steely Dan, my dad put us on this back in the 90s riding round in his S10. We asked if they were black or white? He said both. As black boys we were blown away. Love steely Dan.

I'd love to see you cover some Supertramp, I don't think I've ever seen anyone cover them. Possible tracks: The Logical Song Breakfast in America Take the Long Way Home Goodbye Stranger

@lifesabeach2597

4 жыл бұрын

School, Rudy, In the Quietest Moments, Gone Hollywood.................

@mbolduc

4 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah. Goodbye Stranger is the SHIT

@FloridaRocks

4 жыл бұрын

And don't forget "Bloody Well Right" 😊

@TahoeNevada

4 жыл бұрын

Mournblade7 Yeah. Literally anything off the Breakfast In America album!

@rodneyreinhardt1312

4 жыл бұрын

Listen to the Albums Crime of the Century, and Breakfast in America. IMHO there is not a bad song on any album.

"You hear that, them drums, pah-pah-tata-ting!" Oh we do, mate, we do!

“We” didn’t have this great music. We all have this music ... now.

@DanFan2042

3 жыл бұрын

What? You don't think MY WAP by Cardi B is a work of art? I sure hope not. It's a load of crap. Heartbreaking nonsense that passes for "music" now.

loved the look on his face when the "die behind the wheel" lyrics came up. brought a smile to my face.

@Joes0s

4 жыл бұрын

That lyric is so sad but so sexy too.

@jimparker880

3 жыл бұрын

The Clifford Brown story.

@suzymeister

3 жыл бұрын

@@Joes0s yes!

Front to back, the whole album is a masterpiece.

@79Tomasso

4 жыл бұрын

ole9421 My favorite track changes constantly.

@tigerback62

4 жыл бұрын

It's true!

@chingaderasymastm6913

4 жыл бұрын

agreed. Today. Tomorrow could be Pink Floyd but when I listen to steely dan, I'm yeah best band album. Each time you just dig it more and more.

@themaven8371

4 жыл бұрын

You can say that for virtually every one of their albums,they are master classes in making music in the studio.

@architecture.w

4 жыл бұрын

Fagan was a genius.

I cried when i wrote this song,sew me if i play too long-timeless lyric

@benwade7334

4 жыл бұрын

Sue, not sew😉

@bobklumpp8698

4 жыл бұрын

@@benwade7334 OMG! Right?

@jtkdmd6266

4 жыл бұрын

This Brother is free; I'll be what I want to be.

I think Jamel is going to be a Steely Dan fan life now. It's hard to listen to them and not feel relaxed.

This is my go-to warmup song at the start of drum practice, and has been for about 40 years. I never get tired of Bernard Purdie's groove on this one, and it's a great exercise in trying to relax and find that pocket.

"Oh, they aint playing with those drums" Say hello to Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - the man has worked with ALL the best! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Purdie

@williamfenton8043

4 жыл бұрын

Just the best of all time

@HenryInHawaii

4 жыл бұрын

The Purdie shuffle

@godbluffvdgg

4 жыл бұрын

@@williamfenton8043 Good Drummer but..STOP YO SELF! Not even in the top thousand best...Although, If you asked him; He'd tell you he is......Unless you want to say: "In My opinion"...

@dr8note

4 жыл бұрын

@Nemo....he played with my band in New York at the Radio City Music Hall

Also, I'd like to see J AKA J react to "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" it's a FANTASTIC song; Steve Winwood's vocals are up there in the Pantheon of rock singers. The song has a little bit of everything in it, especially the blues

@lexydabbs1597

4 жыл бұрын

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR LOW SPARK OF HIGH HILL BOYS BY TRAFFIC LEAD SINGER STEVE WINWOOD GOOD SONG

@gibsonrocker1995

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed, that would be a great song for him to do!

@Erin-uz2gf

4 жыл бұрын

yes! Traffic was an amazing band & their music still sounds fantastic in 2020

My favorite song from my favorite album ever. Amazing lyrics and musicians like Pete Christlieb on the sax solo he also played the FM solo....

Aja is one of my favorite albums. Not a bad song on the whole damn thing. I circle back to it all the time.

Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers...man you are playing my album collection. FM should be next

Try playing Donald Fagan’s first studio solo album, “The Nightfly”. React to “New Frontier”, “I.G.Y.”, or “Ruby Baby”. Actually, there’s not a bad cut on the whole thing. You won’t regret it. Seven Grammy nominations.

@allisonyoung4007

4 жыл бұрын

😍Agreed!

@HidingFromFate

4 жыл бұрын

Love a lot of Steely Dan but for whatever reason, 'The Nightfly' album doesn't do it for me. But Steely Dan fans tend to love it so I suppose I'm in the minority. Given this, I hope he reacts to several more Steely Dan songs first.

@btchhopperou812

4 жыл бұрын

This is so funny! I suggested the same thing on his reaction to another Steely Dan tune(I'll be damned- can't remember which one) just a few days ago. Maybe if he sees it a few times he'll give it a shot... Hopefully!

@billbrown4026

4 жыл бұрын

New Frontier!

@btchhopperou812

4 жыл бұрын

@@HidingFromFate Different strokes... It has more of an 80s feel? Not quite SD tho, although I like it. Not for everyone tho... ✌ Peace

I mean... this song is the very definition of sophistication. Melodically, few tracks are this subtle. So brilliant

Thank you for loving this music as much as us "old timers" loved it back in the days. Like someone typed, I feel like I am listening to this music with an old friend. You are the best.

This is my favorite song from Aja, and the whole album is great.

@thyslop1737

4 жыл бұрын

Of all the Steely Dan songs so hard to name a favorite.

One of their more upbeat ones is "Bodhisattva." You should check that one out too for sure

@mikesimonian484

4 жыл бұрын

And Pretzel Logic.

@mperez2345

4 жыл бұрын

Ooh! Yes! Good one :)

@susanthomas7338

4 жыл бұрын

Superb!

@georgeerhard1949

4 жыл бұрын

The Live version off of "Steely Dan - Gold" has a LONG intro by a very drunk MC... and then they just rip into the song.

@lenorcg7713

4 жыл бұрын

Countdown to Ectasy hooked me for life!

One of the greatest songs ever written. One of the greatest albums ever played.

When I hear this song, it takes me back to Kent State when I was a student there in 1977.

@DanFan2042

4 жыл бұрын

KSU 1990 grad right here! History major...lots of time at Bowman Hall. Love this band so much!

Got my headphones on and crying. Had the album while working through a divorce with my babies' momma. This music softened some hard times, but now the emotions flood back out.

@andrewtrotter9023

3 жыл бұрын

I understand. God bless you brother.

Love watching your reactions, the love of music that shows on your face

I STILL get goosebumps listening to this song! Perfectly produced!!

There's not enough O's in Smooooth to describe Steely Dan. Love everything about this tune. As well as you grooving to it. Timeless Stands the test of time. Great job Rock On! peace

They are known as one of the best studio musicians of their time.

@mikesimonian484

4 жыл бұрын

Saw them live. Not bad live either.

@godbluffvdgg

4 жыл бұрын

LOL...No they weren't...If you're referring to Becker and Fagan...If you're referring to the dozens of musicians used on many of their albums. Then yes, they used some of the best studio musicians...But; those people weren't in the band...

@evek2501

4 жыл бұрын

@@godbluffvdgg I'm referring to their studio craft. They were legendary in their OCD in perfectionism. The top session players they hired have lamented about this over the years. I'm not sure why you think this is "LOL" worthy. It's common knowledge.

Hey Nineteen, Any Major Dude, and Bad Sneakers - More Steely Dan classics!

This song started playing in my head one morning and has been on repeat for two weeks. I didn't know who Steely Dan was nor the name of this song just that it was on the radio when I was in Jr. High. The funny part is that I'm 56 and never knew who Steely Dan was. I found the song because I knew the words "drink scotch whiskey... la la la... and I'm... something something... " So I found your video and I think that for the time in my life, I appreciate SD--and Blues... I never payed attention to subtleties of the background singers... Thank you. It's still stuck in my head but at least I can enjoy it.

Me too! I'm so happy Brother Peter turned you on to Steely Dan. You too are sooo groovy and cool, Jamal. You make us all wanna jam. Keep up the good work.

Hearing this song again Just gives me GOOSEBUMPS!!! Thank you for Reacting to this!!!

You have said, "Music unites". Seeing your joy in hearing this musics brings joy to me. I'm so happy you're loving these classics.

“Learn to work the saxophone 🎷 I’ll play just what I feel.... “ 🎵🎶

So many layers to their songs! The production was just sick! An army of musicians and singers on every album

I SO LOVE STEELY DAN!!! So many memories growing up listening to them.

Keep going with Steely Dan, 2 Songs. : FM and REELING IN THE YEARS

One of my all-time favorite Steely Dan songs! I can’t count how many times I’ve seen them in concert!

@kdarko88

6 ай бұрын

I saw them the other week and they were great!

The Aja album was conceived at fellow band member Walter Becker’s home in Malibu, CA in 1976, which is one of the many reasons why the compositions on this album are so beautiful. 🥰

@kennethlatham3133

3 жыл бұрын

I can feel that. When it was released, my girlfriend and I played it often; it was part of the soundtrack to our early romance. One of my "Desert Island" album choices.

@HareDeLune

3 жыл бұрын

Except that *this* song: 'Deacon Blues', is from 'The Royal Scam' album.

@elizabethbennett6603

3 жыл бұрын

Nope, it’s on Aja

@ladder3257

3 жыл бұрын

@@elizabethbennett6603 we know. But it was written during the royal scam’s production

@cmartin4266

Жыл бұрын

Was all of Aja recorded in CA? I seem to recall an interview where they stated that when they were in CA they were homesick for NYC and wrote NYish songs and when they moved back to NYC their songs had a CA vibe. I could be wrong. But think it was from the VHS special about Aja.

I have this song in my head all the damn time. It’s a shower classic for me.

“Do it again” is my favorite Steely Dan song. You do realize that the band still performs live, you should definitely check them out.

@texanboiii562

4 жыл бұрын

Samuel Roberts I wanted to go to their concert in June here in DFW but fucken’ Rona brining the apocalypse.

@davidfrancis273

4 жыл бұрын

How can it be 'Steely Dan' without Walter Becker?

@nicholasrichardson2330

4 жыл бұрын

Samuel Roberts I saw Steely Dan sans Becker about three months after he passed. It was a solid show, if you closed your eyes you could imagine Becker was there, but I don't think that I will see them again if they are still touring as Steely Dan. I was lucky to see them about 10 times in concert, when they started touring again in the 1980s and beyond. Not surprisingly, there was never a bad show.

Steely Dan has been in my top 5 groups for over 40 years. Just a great sound.

Thanks to you, Jamal for your fun channel. I've been listening to Steely Dan for over 40 years. It never gets old !

The album had an extraordinary quality. Holding that record, it just felt different than other records. The sound coming from it was so crisp and clean compared to every other at the time.

"Don't take me alive", another Dan hidden gem!!

I have always loved Steely Dan since I was a kid. I remember seeing them on TV in early 70's and I pursued them. Buying their albums back then was hard because to find music every record store went by what type of music you were looking for. They couldn't classify their sound which blew me away at first because to ME... Rock 🎸 🎶

Thank you, Dad & thank you, Mom, for keeping this album in constant rotation during my childhood. As a 51 yr old now, I couldn't be more proud of my musical background.

Steely Dan's best song. Loved this review.

In my mind, this song in particular is the very definition of "smooth jazz".

If the music moves you so strongly, imagine growing up in that era of time...that vibe is what's in the spirit and soul of the people of that great era.

I cried the first time that I heard this song, and it's the one that made me like them.