When real musicians get off work......they listen to Steely Dan.

@NatureHeadSupreme

3 жыл бұрын

Hell, I listen while working to keep me sane lol

@billholden20

3 жыл бұрын

Steely Dan is your favorite band's favorite band.

@flyycurls

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they do...

@shotgunblast28

3 жыл бұрын

I love that!! Lol

@ChickenFriedDryEraseMarkers

3 жыл бұрын

Can confirm

Just dive into the deep end of the ocean that is the Steely Dan catalogue. Endless talent.

Every time I hear this band, they end up stuck in my head for weeks. I wake up with random lyrics rolling around in there. Edit: please listen to FM by Steely Dan sometime.

Can’t go wrong with the Dan.

@ritaka3248

3 жыл бұрын

Robert Cartwright totally! 💗

@dansomman1896

3 жыл бұрын

Freakin aye!!!!

@frankrizzo4460

3 жыл бұрын

He's gotta listen to Peg he'll enjoy that one for sure 🤔

STEELY DAN are their own genre of music. "Jazz-Rock-R&B-Groove" music. Most of their songs make want to bob your head. You almost can't help it.

@ninline2000

3 жыл бұрын

Best description of them I've heard.

@lamusiclover2264

3 жыл бұрын

Yacht rock

@l-bird

3 жыл бұрын

well said

@thomasrocker7408

3 жыл бұрын

Just remember that Steely Dan was not a band. Steely Dan was Walter Becker and Donald Fagan and a bunch of interchangeable studio musicians.

@stephenhanson3647

3 жыл бұрын

"A bunch of interchangeable studio musicians" Jeez. Steve Gadd, Bernard Purdie, Chuck Rainey, Larry Carlton, Elliot Randall, Michael McDonald, Abe Laboriel, Al DiMeola, Billy Cobham, Jeff Porcaro, Wayne Shorter, etc. These are the best musicians in the world. Each put their own stamp on the songs they played on.

That instrument near the end is a melodica. This song is from 1980 and yet it sounds like it came out this year. All of Steely Dan and Donald Fagen’s solo albums have that clean sound. You can hear every instrument and there's space. Top-notch production.

@michaelbastraw1493

3 жыл бұрын

Not a melodica. It's actually a lyricon driving a synthesizer played by Donald Fagen, so says the liner notes. Best. Leo.

@MichaelTrogdon1990

3 жыл бұрын

Leo Gallagher To me it sounded like a melodica that Donald Fagen plays live during the songs Aja and Time Out of Mind for example. Since it’s not I stand corrected. Thanks.

@michaelbastraw1493

3 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelTrogdon1990 Right there with you. I always assumed it was a melodica for the reasons you stated. I've played both and, in the right hands, it's possible to make one sound like the other. I guess I'm hanging my hat on the liner notes as cited in Wikipedia. It's always possible they got it wrong. While we're sorta on the subject, why is it that on most videos I've seen, you can rarely hear Fagen's keytar. I always assumed it was either mixing error or Donald wanted it that way so he could give full attention to his vocals. Best. Leo.

Jovaughn, although the music is flawless (in the usual Steely Dan fashion) it has a deeper meaning, It's about an older guy having a date with a girl "nineteen" and they have nothing really in common. She doesn't know his music, he cannot talk to her about anything or dance with her. But what a groove this song is. Thanks for this.

@terrancethomas9792

Жыл бұрын

Cuervo Gold before the beer came out….Steely Dan.

I know you like Steely Dan’s harmonies. Remember they used the great Michael MacDonald as a session backup singer!

"the Cuervo Gold, the fine Columbian, make tonight a wonderful thing"

@DinaLydia

3 жыл бұрын

Ha! He admits they've got nothing in common, can't talk or even dance together. But getting high fixes all that. Tonight, at least, is a wonderful thing...

@unrulyjulie4382

3 жыл бұрын

Been there...done that! 😁🤣👍

@mikek5958

3 жыл бұрын

"Say it again..."

@larrywt656

3 жыл бұрын

That describes the 80s for me...

@rogercarter1265

3 жыл бұрын

I bought my first bottle of tequila because of this song ;)

There's never a bad time to listen to Steely Dan!!...😃💥

They don't have official video for their music. It just meant for us to listen and enjoy!

I was 19 years old the year this song dropped..... wow...to be young and full of promise right now..... good luck to you J You really must hear Steely Dan .. "FM (No static at all)"

@yasminm7157

3 жыл бұрын

Youth is lost on the young, ain’t that the truth!

Steely Dan is one of the few bands that really doesn't have a bad song.

The smoothest song ever made !

"Nice! Sure looks good! Mmm mmm mmm! Skate a little lower now...!"

It doesn’t get much better than Steely Dan! Song is about a girl who is only 19 years old that he has nothing in common with. 💙💙💙

As a musician , I always thought this was their tightest song. Nice to see a young guy appreciate it

I love watching young people discover "our" music, it's almost liking hearing it for the first time but knowing what's coming. Thank you Javon for playing all this great music!!!

Jay, "Deacon Blues" and "Josie" are next for you from Steely Dan. Thanks for the reactions, enjoy them!!

@sonyawasmer2344

3 жыл бұрын

Peg also! The entire Aja album! 💜💜💜

@lamusiclover2264

3 жыл бұрын

Deacon Blues is my favorite!

@medad5716

3 жыл бұрын

@@sonyawasmer2344 oh hell yes!! Peg is phenomenal as is the album Aja. 😎🤟

@bubbleboy5150

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Steely Dan is not a band per se..Walter Becker and Donald Fagen are Steely Dan.. each song on Gaucho has different paid session musicians.what you are hearing is hours and hours studio time to get it right. Which not the case today.

@thomasrocker7408

3 жыл бұрын

@@bubbleboy5150 ha, I was just going to say the same thing. Great minds and all.lol.

That chorus tho! Man! For years I was tryjng to find this song and heard on my co workers phone while almost knocking out on a grave shift tonight...then suddenly I heard it again! I quickly listened and looked it up. Now I'm grooving with satisfaction!

Right out the gate you were blown away 😂 Steely Dan says you don't remember Aretha Franklin, "The Queen of Soul"...that's a red flag right there. Great reaction Jay 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Reelin in the Years, My Old School, FM, Deacon Blues ... 🖤🖤🙌 Steely Dan!

LOL - I love it when a song hits you so hard in the first 5 seconds that you have to start it over!

Yep. I've been in a Steely Dan trance for 30 years.

@Cheshirecat-nx9zn

3 жыл бұрын

I have all of their albums and they are all great. I can’t pick a favorite.

If you haven't already, you have to do "My Old School" by Steely Dan

@allisonyoung4007

3 жыл бұрын

Luv that one!!😃

@maxbrazil3712

3 жыл бұрын

Amen brother!

@lonaburgess7724

3 жыл бұрын

That's my favorite!

@richardshermanjr1899

10 ай бұрын

The guitar solo in My old school is awesome.

“Reeling in the Years,” hit the radio in 1973. (My senior year in high school.) It’s the song that started our love affair with Steely Dan. IT’S GOTTA BE NEXT!!!

@bethshadid2087

3 жыл бұрын

I was five but love music and the groove 💗

Thanks Jay my gorgeous, I’m discovering Steely Dan for the first time with you (I’m only 102 lol). Wasn’t really exposed to this band growing up so nice to hear something new as I get older. Beautiful production on this

the lyric "It's hard times befallen The Soul Survivors" is in reference to the Philadelphia band Soul Survivors. whose first hit :Expressway to Your Heart" made it to #3 on the US charts. a true one hit wonder. Maybe you can feature it on your one hit wonder wednesdays.

@kentclark6420

3 жыл бұрын

Wow- I forgot about that song.

Jayvee you've barely touched the surface with this group. They have so many good songs. Anything of the Aja album is good. Black Cow, Aja, Deacon Blues, home at last, Josie, Babylon sisters, FM, Don't Take Me Alive, pretzel logic, my old school, green earring and reeling in the Years are a good place to start.There's a lot more including Donald Fagens solo albums The Nitefly and Kamakiriad.

@FenderBassMan

3 жыл бұрын

Love Kamakiriad: "...the tech is Balinese..." If I knew which road he drove it on, I'd be thumbing a ride just to see that hydroponic fog in the back!

Awesome pick. Josie is a great song to check out.

You gotta love this guy's enthusiasm. When old rockhounds like myself pass on thru to the other side, it will be up to people like him to keep the flame burning. And I think they will. So on behalf of all us who were there when it all started, THANK YOU! LONG LIVE ROCK!!!

Steely Dan IS INCREDIBLE. There's a reason why. The group's two founding members were INSANE, DRIVEN, PERFECTIONISTS, when it was time to hit the recording studios! They quickly earned a well deserved reputation for being absolute task masters, slave drivers and they went through MANY quality musicians, who refused to stick around for more. On the flip side, LISTEN TO THE RESULTS!

What!! One of my favorites!!!! I’m so glad you enjoyed it as much as I do. Been loving your videos! Bringing much joy. ❤️ Wanna a really throwback funk feeling from Steely Dan? Check out Black Cow.

@sumofo9742

3 жыл бұрын

Also... Reeling in the Years!!!

It gives me shivers to hear this music from my youth, and see the face of someone experiencing the joy of it for the first time. Thank you so much for sharing your joy!

The frequency is real.. forget time. It lives forever. You just have to hit play.

Steely Dan is some of the best studio recordings and production out there. An Audiophile must have.

Steely Dan,the musician's musicians!

if you like this song, you'll love "babylon sisters" from the same album.

@kevchristyward-janzen9610

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah!....Shake it!

It's hypnotic, pacifying and out of this World. I don't believe that the younger generation of today shun this type of music. Many don't seem to get a chance to hear it. You guys are combating that. Thanks.

Most reactors skip over Caves of Altamira and I don't know why, it's such a glorious Steely dan tune. Hope you look into it!

"Skate a little lower now!"

they get it so tight because donald fagan and walter becker are genius and they put a lot of time and talented musicians together to achieve that tight sound.....love their sound!!!!

YES! another Steely Dan. Love it.

The solo at the end does indeed sound like harmonica, but it's Fagen on a synth.

Check out " Kid Charlemagne " by Steely Dan . You'll dig it. Peace.

In case no one else has mentioned this, Steely Dan was named after an "adult toy"

The instrument at the end was a melodica played by Donald Fagen. This song has so much air in it, you can hear every instrument crispy clear. So amazing.

Steely Dan was just crisp and tight and funky and produced such an infectious groove. Arguably the greatest group of studio musicians ever assembled.

I have seen many of your reaction videos, and I always enjoy seeing you discover the joys, intricacies, quality, and brilliance of the songs and artists I grew up with. I am a big Steely Dan fan, so watching your reaction to this tune was so fun. Like the proud feeling one gets when their kid learns to ride a bicycle by themselves.

I had the exact same reaction about the beginning of the song the first time I heard it. That was 1980. The whole song still holds up!

This is music for Musicians! A #masterpiece!.....#daughterofabassplayer, #myyouth💪🏾🖤🖤🖤

Best band ever first heard of when I was 14 in 74 and have every album and still fav band today

Imagine being a 13 year old kid in the 70s and getting this album and a Boz Skaggs album for Christmas. It blew my musical worlds wide open.

You said it best yourself...”this band never disappoints.”

The genius of the Dan is not just the perfect groove; but the dark lyrics that usually accompany.

I was born in '58 and all we did from the time we were in our mid teen's (about mid 70's) until the mid 90's was to go concerts. I saw every great rock act, a lot of the great R&B and soul groups in those years. Steely Dan is the best sounding live band I've ever seen. Musically they were absolutely perfect!

Probably the best production value of any band in the 70’s and 80’s.

This was one of my first 45’s I made my mom buy me this immediately still have it ❤️mmm

Steely was fantastic back in the 70's like lots of the music from that time.

Another fantastic song

Black Cow, Steely Dan, is one of my favs! So many to choose from! At every party in late 1970s! 💞✌

They always have the boundless, top-level talent on board, but there is discipline within the composition, dynamics and groove, and still so much space with so much going on. No one stepping on toes, no need to show off. Just doing their tasty things.

I love Steely Dan, so mellow and smooth

Not one bad song from SD.

@ccleroy1234

3 жыл бұрын

Not one!!

Love Steely Dan."FM,No Static At All".

Fez, Black Cow, Peg.......I probably listen to hey nineteen every other day......Steely Dan is pure gold

Check out these jams from Steely Dan: “Black Cow”, “Deacon Blues” and “Josie”

i was blessed to had seen steely dan live at the world famous forum in inglewood california a few yrs ago !! one of my top 10 groups of all time !

Classic group. RIP to my fallen grandfather 🌹🌹 SD, his favorite band. Listen to Peg by them as well.

"Josie" and "Deacon Blues". Sound quality in "Hey Nineteen" is flawless. They are perfectionists and it shows.

I could type these words for nearly every one of the videos you post and they'd be true, "now that one brings back memories", haha

They are absolutely amazing. The way they can blend funk jazz and rock with the sublte and out there use of so many instruments

This has been said before, but Steely Dan is your favorite band's favorite band.

They really are a musician's band if you get that! They were sometimes referred to as a "musical rubiks cube"!

Perfectly said..." They really know how to set the mood " ......enjoy the ride my friend ...

Donald Fagan from the band had a great solo song "New Frontier."

Big love for Steely Dan.

Amazing musicians xx

Real music. Real musicians. 😃

Omg - you did it! I suggested a few days ago, however unsure if it was by my request or by other SD fans! Regardless THANKS! This song automatic mood lifter just like watching you "get" why these classics are everything to so many.

💜💜💜 Love this song & Steely Dan.

I love these guys!!! I wore out the grooves on their records!!!

Steely Dan.is smoother then the hair on a frog. You should know this by now Jayvee.

Nobody beats the Dan. They will always be my favorite!

Steely Dan is always a great choice! ❤

Greetings! Steely Dan is my favorite band so I've been watching a lot of reactions to their songs. You sir have posted the best reaction to Hey Nineteein bar none. I have subscribed and look forward to watching more from you. Please continue on your Steely Dan venture. It is very, very hard to find a bad song by Steely Dan.

You have the absolute BEST reactions to all the old school tracks you play. I should know bc I’m from old school. This is my husband’s & my fav Steely Dan song!

Anything from lenny Kravitz can't go wrong. Ain't over till its over, heaven help me, Arroyo gonna go my way, believe

I love the early Steely Dan. Barrytown , Razor Boy and Dirty Work are essential.

@jeffreym68

3 жыл бұрын

Dirty Work 100%

Great song! "Dirty Work" a classic... Genuine Reaction.. .!

Love their sound ❤

I play guitar, for 20 years. Mostly metal. But steely dan is my go to , to unwind. Grew up with this . My dad playing vinyls.

Steely Dan "Black Cow" is my favorite! 💞✌

Love Steely Dan , They're very UNIQUE

They in pursuit of perfection...they didnt care for live music but, preferred studio music.

Born in 66 myself. I know Steely Dan has all the songs.

It’s the mysterious mu chord that they employ to get that distinct yet consistent sound.

Great song and band 🤗🌟🎶🌟🌟🎶🥰

In college I dated a woman who was 40 and inevitably this song ended up being a fave. So much of it was hilariously accurate. Thanks for the reaction.

They keep trying to put them in that "yacht rock" category but what other "yacht rock " has their kinda funk?

@bethshadid2087

3 жыл бұрын

Naw this is like a jazz club scene with funk 💗