Somebody else said it: "Steely Dan is your favorite band's favorite band"

@johnduffy8532

4 жыл бұрын

I said to someone once, "It's not that you don't LIKE Steely Dan, it's just that you don't GET Steely Dan."

@monteharrison1478

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnduffy8532 Well, nonsense, cuz ain't nobody don't like Steely Dan.

@Leatherargento

4 жыл бұрын

RIP Walter Becker

@KeithHedger

4 жыл бұрын

You think this is good (and it is) check out the 'Aja' album......@@@@@@@~!!!!!!!!

@lukeanselll

4 жыл бұрын

You may like cage the elephant

The “gas in the car” line was about Owsly getting caught by the cops when his car ran out of gas. I suppose all the OG Steely Dan fans knew this, but I always found that line kinda ironically funny

@bryansarracino8623

2 жыл бұрын

The first time a lead singer answered his own question lol

@dereld17

5 ай бұрын

I heard a story that Fagen and Becker were in a cab and the cab driver asked what they did for a living . "We are musicians" they answered and the cab driver asked what the dumbest lyric he ever heard was ? " No , they said " what is it ? " This one song goes , Is there gas in the car? Yes there's gas in the car?" "How stupid." he said. All they could do was laugh.

Glad you discovered the “Dan”. You’ve got some listening to do!

@clippersf

4 жыл бұрын

Kipkay!

@johnmchugh8049

3 жыл бұрын

I feel like building a big sound system

@thecannabisguru

3 жыл бұрын

Every true music fan discovers they Dan’ at some point and their lives are changed forevermore, next level genius and perfection with Becker and Fagin

@johnmchugh8049

3 жыл бұрын

@@thecannabisguru agreed 💯

@yourvirtualdad

2 жыл бұрын

haha bro i used to watch your videos when i was a lil boy

"This band is amazing" - welcome to the world brother.

One of the most iconic Steely Dan lines: "Is there gas in the car? Yes, there's gas in the car"

@Exedus20

4 жыл бұрын

The people down the hall know who you are... careful what you carry.

@aerynsunx

4 жыл бұрын

@@Exedus20 'Cause the Man is wise. You are still an outlaw in their eyes.

@maxp2305

4 жыл бұрын

Walter Becker and Donald Fagen have both gone on record saying that's their least favorite lyric of any of their songs

@coreyoz

4 жыл бұрын

LOVE that lyric

@bassfacekillah

4 жыл бұрын

love how that line sticks out even on a first listen

Growing up, Steely Dan was always my "dad's band." One day, in my early 20s, when I was enjoying life in my first apartment, it happened to come on the radio -- and I realized at that point, Steely Dan was now "my band," too.

@cnucklz09

4 жыл бұрын

Duneedon I had that same realization. They were a staple in my house growing up and I have found myself now at 40 listening to them just as much.

@ColeWheeler4Lyfe

4 жыл бұрын

Me too, Dude. Me too...

@GinjaNinja77

4 жыл бұрын

I'm grooming my four year old son right now.

@cnucklz09

4 жыл бұрын

Darin Allen Nice! I’m doing the same. I just put it on in the car on the way to school low enough that we can talk still and just getting it into his brain. I already have him asking to hear a Buckethead song.

@Margar02

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't grow up with it but I came to love it in my early 20s :)

This song is about Owsley "Bear" Stanley. One of the finest LSD manufacturers of the 60s and all time. Michael McDonald in the background too

@cactaceous

4 жыл бұрын

Stanley was a genius. He not only worked as a chemist creating super potent lysergic like Orange Sunshine, he also was the original technician and sound engineer for Grateful Dead. He arranged and created microphones and amplifiers to make their live set up and recordings better. He completely designed the now famous state of the art Wall of Sound stage amplification system and created their two way microphones. He also completely designed their logo. The Steal Your Face logo with the skull and lightning bolt was designed by him to keep the gear identified. It's one of the most well known band logo's ever. Up there w the tongue and lips by the Rolling Stones.

@cavemanrob

4 жыл бұрын

Bear was the best. Sampled those wares several wonderful times.

@Kiekhaefer6

4 жыл бұрын

@@cactaceous It was Nick Sand and Tim Scully who made the first true batch of Orange Sunshine in late '68/'69. Owsley was before them. And before Owsley was a man named, Bernard Roseman, who was the first to make underground acid in 1962. It wasn't pure but it still worked. However, Scully trained under Owsley until his legal issues in late '67. By '65 the demand for LSD had risen but the real acid (Sandoz acid aka Delysid) was running out which prompted Owsley to make his own. Owsley's first batch in '65 was impure. By '66 Owsley and Scully perfected the purification method and made two strains. Purple Haze (Monterey Purple) and White Lightning. This was the famous Owsley acid.

@pckpat

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kiekhaefer6 Owsley also was a founding member of Alembic who made the great basses and many other oieces of gear, incl awesome pre-amps. "The Bear" never ate vegetables- only meat.

@Kiekhaefer6

4 жыл бұрын

pckpat very cool and desirable bass in the 70s

Jamal, the studio players in the band were phenomenal. They were hand-picked for each album. Larry Carlton's guitar solo here is rated one of the best ever.

Larry Carlton on lead guitar. One of the best guitar solos ever recorded. Edit: and please check out "Black Cow" by Steely Dan if you want to hear the source of another famous hip-hop sample!

@PJBonoVox

4 жыл бұрын

Not only one of the best guitar solos, but also... damn... that guitar tone.

@andaisxxxx6638

4 жыл бұрын

I can't cry anymore while you run around.. Love "Black Cow"!

@njineermike

4 жыл бұрын

Carlton killed it. Skunk Baxter was a close second, but Carlton was devastating on those sessions.

@DerEchteBold

4 жыл бұрын

One of the best solos, you think?! (I guess you mean the main one and not the ending solo) I don't really like the jazzy bits in there, doesn't suit the funky vibe of the song.

@joeday4293

4 жыл бұрын

Man, that blue note he ends with just melts my face every time I hear it.

One of the greatest rock/pop guitar solos ever by the one and only, Larry Carlton.

@davelanciani-dimaensionx

4 жыл бұрын

YES! Absolutely! Larry is a guitar genius.

@NRG2

4 жыл бұрын

Probably THE greatest

@jonobrien3381

4 жыл бұрын

The finest.

@bandfromtheband9445

4 жыл бұрын

Gawd yes! His guitar solo's with Steely Dan are priceless!

@spactick

4 жыл бұрын

agreed, Fagen&Becker got major contributions from the absolute best studio musicians in the industry when they'd record their albums. Larry Carlton was one of them. He did a wonderful job

That smile you have on your face , I’ve had one like it since the 70s 😂

@glenncanale9225

3 жыл бұрын

Dame right.

Steely Dan is the gold standard for studio musicianship. This band produced the cleanest sounding records and always hired the best musicians in the business. Donald Fagan and Walter Becker were great songwriters and had a knack for sticking it to people in their lyrics using intelligence and poetic eloquence.

"I know a lot of rappers sample music from old school bands, but when you hear the original you understand WHY THEY DID IT." Truer words have never been spoken my friend.

@mariemarcusen646

4 жыл бұрын

Jameson, now the REAL question is what's the BEST black music (you know what i mean) that whites, most whites have never OR probably never heard because they didn't listen to those radio stations???

@edm781

4 жыл бұрын

@@mariemarcusen646 Across the years I realized I missed a bunch of incredible Black music that wasn't in the white mainstream. P-Funk & Fela Kuti in particular. But tons of other great Funk & soul tunes.

@williamcordell1501

4 жыл бұрын

The Funk of the 60s and 70s, along with more modern funk fusion are really the pinnacle of musical expression in my opinion.

@green917

3 жыл бұрын

@@mariemarcusen646 my favorites are: The O'jays Mavis staples Robert johnson Sony terry & brownie mcgee Richie havens & So many more

@sampuatisamuel9785

3 жыл бұрын

Love it xoxo

Young people really don't realize what they've missed in the past. I've said it before, I'll say it again, The '70s were the greatest decade for Rock music, Period.

@hungfao

4 жыл бұрын

At least before 1975

@leddygee1896

4 жыл бұрын

@@hungfao Yeah, I know. Disco happened in the '70s... I don't recognize that style of music. Empty heads all grooving to the same beat... Dance music doesn't cut it!! Sorry😝

@SandriaGuest

4 жыл бұрын

Leddy Gee you got that right!

@bubbalou2460

4 жыл бұрын

Got ok again in the late 77/78 with the likes of van Halen and Boston

@stevez2648

4 жыл бұрын

Also 70's Jazz while we're at. The peak was around 74-75. Not sure we'll get back up there again

That moment when he realized the kanye sample was priceless

@sozeytozey

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t like reaction videos, but i clicked on this just to make sure I wasn’t alone in this discovery

@loriholman6125

4 жыл бұрын

Kanye a trump supporter. CRAZY

@Wired4Life2

4 жыл бұрын

@@loriholman6125 So what?

@fucktanmay

4 жыл бұрын

@@loriholman6125 You sound dumb as hell. I don't understand how tf does someone's political opinion overshadow how talented they are

@muzikkification

4 жыл бұрын

@@loriholman6125 So you shouldn't be allowed to enjoy their music because of the artist's political views? If you can't separate that then I guess that's your problem but remember - there is no correlation between the level of art and the artist's character

Walter & Donald, 2 of the best in the business. Totally in a class of their own. R.I.P. Walter

If you are checking out Steely Dan’s catalog, “Babalyon Sister” is a must.

@womanonthinice1276

4 жыл бұрын

Shake it!!!!

@mikek5958

4 жыл бұрын

@@womanonthinice1276 Haha, beat me to it! "You gotta shake it baby you gotta shake it baby you gotta shake it!"

@allisonyoung4007

4 жыл бұрын

@@womanonthinice1276 Here's to us Babylon Sisters everywhere! ( like Clemmie/ Wendy McClendon-Covey from Reno 911! 😂). Huge Dan fan!

@joeday4293

4 жыл бұрын

@@mikek5958 Man, that part put my jaw right down on the floor when I first heard it. What a groovy, groovy, groovy song. Purdie shuffle FTW.

@cryptotharg7400

4 жыл бұрын

Shake it! 😎

My freakin’ era. This shit so holds up through decades.

@lesleyutley9210

3 жыл бұрын

Timeless

@ozricstormbringer

2 жыл бұрын

Hells yeah brother.... I was born in 1969 and listening to jazz ever since

@dancindited

2 жыл бұрын

I was born in 60 and was heavy into music from as far back as I can remember. My dad had music going every weekend.

@jCd1058

2 жыл бұрын

Aja holds up better after 45 years than anything ever recorded. Same with Royal Scam.

@Friskee62

2 жыл бұрын

INDEED...

I used to listen to Steely Dan albums every night on a tape player while I washed up the dinner dishes in 1976 when I was 14 yrs old. Hear I am at 59 still enjoying their music and getting a real kick out of watching you discovering them. And by the way, you’re the only one of these so called reaction youtubers I can watch because your love of the music and sincerity shines through!

The best part of these reactions, is waiting for the part of the song that is going to make Jamal pause. Awesome stuff

Written about Owsley "Bear" Stanley, sound engineer and artist for The Grateful Dead, and one of the foremost lsd cooks in the 60s San Francisco scene. He went to Jail for a while because of it. He designed the wall of sound for the dead and also contributed such art as the steal your face logo and the dancing bears.

@flylilpyro1

4 жыл бұрын

If there was no Owsley there would of been no summer of love!

@hypno59

4 жыл бұрын

@@flylilpyro1 All a See Eye Aye construct.. believe it buddy.. social engineering... whether you like it or not.

@eamonngeraghty7379

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this info, I had no idea. I got the gist of what the song was about because of the lyrics, but just assumed it was a fictional character they had created. Didn’t know I could love this song any more than I already do!

@AlienTrees

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this. I was going to write the same thing. According to Wikipedia: "Walter Becker and Donald Fagen have stated that the lyrics were loosely inspired by the exploits of the San Francisco-based LSD chemist Owsley Stanley: On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene But yours was kitchen clean Everyone stopped to stare at your Technicolor motor home The first two lines draw on the fact that Owsley's acid was famed for its purity, and the third line is likely a reference to the famous psychedelic bus named Further, which was used by the Merry Pranksters, who were supplied their LSD by Owsley."

@lorenzobaines6222

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the facts. Everyone always says it's about Tim Leary but we know better. 😊 Good karma to you.

Is there gas in the car? Yes, there's gas in the car. Craziest lyric ever!

@randomperson-dy6kj

4 жыл бұрын

P Frank Love singing that second line, lol! Edit: Just saw Jamal do it. 🤣 Awesome.

@jimeiden2360

4 жыл бұрын

P Frank I think the people down the hall know who you are

@z-man2343

4 жыл бұрын

I believe it's "Is there gas in the cah? Yes there's gas in the cah."

@philf4086

4 жыл бұрын

@@z-man2343 You are correct!

@_mrcrypt

4 жыл бұрын

Funny story... there wasn't enough gas in the car. ;-)

WELCOME TO STEELY DAN MY FRIEND !! the definition of HARMONY something we DESPERATELY NEED !

I remember hanging out in my friend's basement hide out smoking weed and listening to this in the 70s.

Donald Fagen would spend hours nailing down the most minute of details. He was a perfectionist.

@stevenmartin3812

4 жыл бұрын

Steely Dan and Kanye both do it 'til they get it right.

@wrankin

4 жыл бұрын

If you haven't seen it, check out the "Making of Aja" documentary - I think it was on Netflix. Becker and Fagan pull out the individual channels/tracks off the master tapes and talk about putting together the song. Amazing.

@troypettrisch7809

4 жыл бұрын

you don't stop being a perfectionist, the material he presents to the public is the best every time he gives something to the listeners, be it now, or almost 50 years ago.

@richnfamous59

4 жыл бұрын

@@wrankin it's on KZread kzread.info/dash/bejne/n3yKqrWOiKXOm5c.html

@r0bbyinchins

4 жыл бұрын

Still is

I've probably listened to Kid Charlemagne a hundred times and I still get chills down my spine and tears in my eyes.....

@zebop

4 жыл бұрын

"Is there gas in the car? Yes, there's gas in the car" Love it, it's just SO Donald Fagen, ha!

@drumsnbass

4 жыл бұрын

Only a hundred? 🤣

@joeday4293

4 жыл бұрын

Every time I hear this song, I know that the last note of that amazing Larry Carlton solo is coming every time, but even 40 years later, it still fucks me up every time I hear it.

@sueprator9314

4 жыл бұрын

Yes and so many more...Babylon Sisters, FM, Western World (my fav) on and on I am a devotee SD fan forever...lol

@andrewtrotter9023

4 жыл бұрын

How about a thousand or two? Catch up!

...And here we are analyzing Steely Dan 50 years later! I use to sing this song to myself while at work in 1977. Man, great video. I love you young people amazed, too, at the Dans talent.

Still my favorite band of all time. I have all their vinyl. Many hail Larry Carlton's guitar solo as the best and I tend to agree. It's between that and Don't Take me Alive. I never tire of listening to them, and I always hear something I never noticed before with each listen. ENJOY!!!

Inspired by the life of Owsley Stanley III. Dude was breaking bad before we knew what that meant. Now you need a little Joe Walsh in your life, my friend. “Funk #49” “Rocky Mountain Way” and “Life’s Been Good”.

@undercoverjoe1

4 жыл бұрын

Funk # 49

@therealnitrouso2

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Phelps Owsley!

@Tapioca674

4 жыл бұрын

Chris Olsen Legend... Have you found his interview on YT?

@Tapioca674

4 жыл бұрын

Joe Chibirka oh yeah! Best version I could find on YT is “At Daryl’s House”. Includes #50. So smooth!

@CharCanuck14

4 жыл бұрын

YES!!! James Gang (Joe Walsh)....."Funk #49" and "Rocky Mountain Way"

Black Cow is also a very sampled song. My Old School is one you’ll like. Try that.

@Van1973Auken

4 жыл бұрын

Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz sampled this for Deja Vu (Uptown Baby).

@kenkingsflyingmachines2382

4 жыл бұрын

I still remember the 35 sweet goodbyes...

@flylilpyro1

4 жыл бұрын

They saw your face on the counter by your keys

@ronhatcher7734

4 жыл бұрын

one of my favorites

@mr198221

4 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah. When i heard that one hip hop song 'Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)' the first time, i was like 'Oh, shit! They sampled Black Cow!!!'

I was in primary school, my dad would play the whole album on and on.. we were riding along his Alfa Romeo Alfetta. No aircon, hot day, car window opened to the fullest.. Very nostalgic ❤

I equate Steely Dan to fine wine with all its Subtle complexities from the tannins, acidity, the color, the nose, the mouth feel and the finish. All of the flavors from the oak, the fruits, the floral and forest floor notes, individually present, and coming together in its own unique and beautiful expression found in no other bottle. You don't see Steely Dan tribute bands, because it is almost impossible to duplicate the scores of individually unique channels that each add their own subtle flavor notes to the final mix. Many of which, an individual would be unaware of, unless they were in the studio, discussing each channel as it was blended into the final mix. There are channels that contain a sound that may only appear in one or two bars of the composition, but would not be the same sound if left out. Steely Dan is a band for true audiophiles. Their documentaries are a must see to truly appreciate what you are listening to. They are amazing.

@CliftonMoore-sj5pk

6 ай бұрын

A totally accurate description of one of the coolest bands ever.

one of the greatest Guitar solo parts of all time - Larry Carlton.

@mattnoone9295

4 жыл бұрын

Stephen Schulz The guitarist l played with said this was “36 solos rolled into one”

@billymc2681

3 жыл бұрын

No doubt

For another song with Larry Carlton on guitar on the same album see "Don't Take Me Alive".

@jimhyman8544

4 жыл бұрын

Who needs a band when you've got the best musicians around, right?

@nellgwenn

4 жыл бұрын

The whole album is a masterpiece.

@groggyfroggyfpv6868

4 жыл бұрын

LOVE that song

@hankingaround713

4 жыл бұрын

My favorite song of all time!!!

@larryyatsko6966

4 жыл бұрын

Please do "Don't take me alive" by Steely Dan. Tasty!!

It's a delight to see someone marvel over the same amazing moments and abilities on display in this song that I've been marveling at for decades. It reignites my own excitement for this amazing song (one of my favorites). Great vid, man.

@sampuatisamuel9785

3 жыл бұрын

Me too, it's just fabulous (the song and reaction)

@reythmband

Жыл бұрын

Jamal processes things super fast and gets it! It's fun to see his reactions!

REAL music. No autotune, no drum machines, no computer generated anything. I miss the old days.

@FrankPerkins-wc8nv

Жыл бұрын

Oh yes they did. Bernard Purdy is a drumming machine! Purdy shuffle at its finest.

Larry Charlton on Guitar. One of the smoothest solo's ever.

@paulneugebauer7768

4 жыл бұрын

Someone replied to my comment stating the Guitar was Walter Becker. It is true that Walter Becker, who is 1/2 of the band with Donald Fagen being the other member, did play guitar. He also played the bass. However Larry Charlton played the solo on this track. Steely Dan hired a slew of other players to complete their albums. Greats such as Jeff Porcaro, Michael Mc Donald, Jeff Skunk Baxter to name a few.

@brianharder7714

4 жыл бұрын

@@paulneugebauer7768 and don't forget Steve Gadd on Aja. Some of the funkiest drum fills on a so-called "pop" album by one of the greatest jazz drummers of our time.

@brianharder7714

4 жыл бұрын

@@paulneugebauer7768 Also funny that a young Carlton was maybe the sole white dude in the amazing Crusaders jazz band. Those guys killed it and Larry backed them with great guitar licks just like here.

@mlose50

4 жыл бұрын

Carlton, not Charlton

@richardcavin981

4 жыл бұрын

@@mlose50 Yep! Had a chance to see Larry Carlton and The Yellowjackets live amazing

“Deacon Blues” or “Any Major Dude Will Tell You”. But man in general you can’t go wrong with any Steely Dan, they are amazing.

Not only music genius, but sound engineering perfection! Every note has it's own space. Nothing competes, nothing clashes. You can hear every note with all it's nuances. When ''audiophiles'' want to test new equipment, the Dan goes on baby!

As much as I appreciate the convenience, the instant gratification, or buying music online... Steely Dan needs to be heard from the best sources you can find... and the the best playback equipment you can afford.

to put this band's impact in perspective, Berkelee had a semester dedicated just to Steely Dan lyrics! This is thinking folks' music, with the greatest musicians in the industry providing the backdrop

The One; The Only: Bernard Purdue on the drums. The Purdue Shuffle is so famous that the man used to set up signs on either side of his drum kit during sessions: “You Done It” and “You done hired the hit-maker, Bernard ‘Pretty’ Purdie.” Nobody had that same groove.

@bobszejk9620

4 жыл бұрын

Purdie, but yeah, he was incredible.

@mkerwin1

4 жыл бұрын

Chuck Rainey on Bass - Turn the Bass up!!!

@pdshiff

4 жыл бұрын

Jeff Porcaro came pretty damn close to it, but Perdie was definitely the best.

@SonicProfessor_a.k.a._T._Andra

4 жыл бұрын

Bernard "Pretty" Purdie. An, absolute, master! 🤘🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🤘 -To hear the man lay down his dauntless funk in an even MORE unexpected place, check out "Every Time I Look At You" by: Mr. Daryl Hall & John Oates [more commonly referred to as: Hall & Oates (even though they NEVER released a single album or song under that name! 😜😵 - Troof!!!!)! 🤘🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🤘👈⚡⚡⚡⚡]!!

@KBH27

4 жыл бұрын

@@bobszejk9620 Well he did have "drumsticks" LOL

Favorite Steely Dan song of all time. Love the chemistry references in the lyrics video - fits the song's story

You get it! One of the best, unique bands ever. Their lyrics are insightful. They paint a picture of so many deep subjects so poetically

Not even one of my favorite Steely Dan songs. But there really are no bad ones. If you appreciate a great groove and impeccable musicianship and production, Steely Dan's the band for you. As Tre Narcisse says, "they never miss."

The whole "Aja" album.

@joeday4293

4 жыл бұрын

Jamel, brother, I really want to see you do a full album reaction to this one. You will not regret it, I promise you.

@frankiebee2980

4 жыл бұрын

Discernment facts

@fredamoore7962

4 жыл бұрын

They are soooooo late. Better late than never. Best band of all time!!!

@pbohearn

4 жыл бұрын

Damn I love Steely Dan! “Aja” yes! But so many be4 and after. The first hit I remember when I was a kid that connected a song Ito steely Dan was, “Rikki don’t lose that number.” I remember smoking pot in the San Fernando Valley in my buddies car listening to KMET and the song from the movie “FM” came on- “FM” of course! It was KMET! Summers on Zuma Beach hearing about the “Babylon sisters.“ Before I went to college. I think one of their first songs they were talking about college- “ and Im never going back to my old school!.” Anyway exceptional musicians. as I was listening to @Kid Charlemagne”, at one point I heard prince! I don’t mean I literally heard Prince, but I heard his sound ina riff. Yep, that’s Prince; that is his funk they have the funk Prince had. A sound Not easily categorized; if anything it was a funky rock. And that’s what steely Dan had jazzy funky rock of the highest caliber because it was artistic creative adventurous fun funny crazy beautiful smart and poetic. and that artwork in that video was awesome definitely hallucinogenic, and the boys liked to use their substances LOL hey 19!Moved back to Scarsdale where the hell am I?

@starbelly2000

4 жыл бұрын

Amen

"It amazes me how music unites, and it connects, you know. Here I am African-American kid who grew up listening to strictly Hip-Hop and R&B..." And here I am, this old white buy, from Wyoming, who grew up listening to Hank Williams and Creedence. And yet, we are deeply bonded in the common genetic and aesthetic bond of being human, and appreciating aesthetics for what they are... a gift to all of us, for all of us, by all of us.

“Everyone stopped to stare at your technicolor motorhome…” That line always gives me little chuckle!

"This band is amazing". Welcome to the Steely Dan club brother. You're going to like atleast 70% of their songs. The writing is great, snarky and critical and the music is played by some of the finest session musicians of the 70s. And composed by the amazing jazz rock mind of Donald Fagen.

@nettiemac

4 жыл бұрын

kafcin have loved them forever.

@preciousroihomeshoppingnet7908

4 жыл бұрын

70% is low, bruh... I find the little break in "King of the World" to be mildly annoying...that is all.

@007ndc

4 жыл бұрын

The late Walter Becker cowrote the songs too

@alexmorty6665

4 жыл бұрын

Donald and Walter (RIP) wrote the songs together

Steely Dan was one of the best of their time. Many great musicians are on their albums. Hard to pick a best song. They are all great!

Steely Dan is my FAVORITE of all time. Ive seen them twice, once w Walter, Rest his Soul. I LOVE LOVE LOVE watching you hear this for the first time! Thank you! PS: i sing "is there gas in the car?" every time i gas up LOL

I had a favorite FM station who played entire albums end to end--everyone taped em without a care--but we were given music history for free--we had all the great music, no charge, and we didn't appreciate it--til later. I am older and wiser now.

Can’t say it enough: “My old school”

@crazybear357

4 жыл бұрын

Yes please

@redarmysoja

4 жыл бұрын

Someone will have to pay him for him to react.

@aleji0

4 жыл бұрын

It's Skunk's great solo countrerpart to Carlton's (this).

@nickciraulo8340

4 жыл бұрын

I'll say it: MY OLD SCHOOL, MY OLD SCHOOL...

@jerryhernandez9775

4 жыл бұрын

Yes sir

Kid Charlemagne is a fantastic song But the album it's off of and my favorite Steely Dan album "The Royal Scam" Listen to that song "The Royal Scam" also my favorite song by them.

When I was entering college I knew Steely Dan through radio songs only. It wasnt until my freshman year in the dorm that my nextbdoor neighbor Wells (first name) turned me on to them by listening to entire albums. Wells, you changed my musical life by showing me the road to Steely Dan!!! Thank you!!!

Steely Dan has been bringing those sick jazz licks for a while, my dude. They've been one of my fave bands since the 70's. Glad you're now a fan too. Keep doing what you do. Peace. Music. 4ever.

Loved your reaction to "is there gas in the car? yes there's gas in the car" ....my wife and I have been singing that to each other for the last 30 years every time one of us legit asks if there's gas in the car. KC is Steely Dan's zenith tune IMO. Glad you dug it.

@alanoneill3065

4 жыл бұрын

thats a great image!

When you react to more Steely Dan, you’ll be amazed how much of it you’re familiar with.

This guy gets it. The Dan are some of the greatest ever

Hey, one of the greatest musical bands ever. Mostly a studio band. Extremely well controlled lyrics and instrumentation. You can listen to them play all day and not tire.

If you like musicians, singers, melodies, harmonies, soul and great hooks and riffs, you'll love Steely Dan.

I'm so glad you are experiencing this band. 😀

This is my era, I was a high school long hair hippie '68-71 and I love that you're relating. Universal music, babe.

I got to meet the man that "Kid Charlemagne" is modeled after.He was an electronics genius and an chemist extrordinaire.I rode in a train compartment with him from Copenhagen,Denmark to Amersfoort,Holland.He did the sound for the Grateful Dead.Used an oscilloscope to keep the sound clean.Hand built the noise cancelling setup using two microphones.Also made LSD by the 55 gallon drum.

Steely Dan: My Old School, Green Earrings, Rikki Don’t Lose That Number(you’ll like this one), Bodhisattva, King Of The World, Babylon Sisters, Hey Nineteen, Do It Again. Try Donald Fagen’s stuff( singer of steely dan): New Frontier, I.G.Y. I think you would like the band Traffic. Plus we haven’t even started you on The Talking Heads!

@Margar02

4 жыл бұрын

Green earrings is a bop. He's groove to that for sure!

@wreckingKREW1

4 жыл бұрын

Loving you ladies for repping Green Earrings. So underrated. Just a funked up masterpiece.

@peteyk9391

4 жыл бұрын

Angie Rodriguez BODHISATTVA!!! The BEST driving song!! 👍🏻

@Bebbis77

4 жыл бұрын

@@peteyk9391 IKR, my bestie and I would listen to it on road trips.

@christopherconard2831

4 жыл бұрын

My personal favorite is Showbiz Kids. But a bit esoteric, maybe after he gets used to Steely Dan. Definitely need to try Talking Heads. Preferably some of the live cuts from Stop Making Sense.

Greatest song writers in the history of the world: 1. Lennon and McCartney (Beatles) 2. Becker and Fagen (Steely Dan)

@theivory1

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Paul Simon. He's right there up there with them.

@Lwize

4 жыл бұрын

What about Milli and Vanilli?

@aleji0

4 жыл бұрын

Andy Partridge, Robert Hunter, David Byrne, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits.

@ByronRTroy

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah... but sounds like he was doing teams. I'd put Chris Difford and Glenn Tillbrook somewhere near the top of songwriting duos myself.

@linuslittlefield2112

4 жыл бұрын

Neil Peart blows them all away...

I've seen some idiots on KZread referring to Steely Dan's music as 'Yacht Rock'. Let me repeat that 'idiots' part. Any band that can attract the likes of Steven Gadd, Larry Carlton, Wayne Shorter, Wilton Felder, Chuck Rainey, Joe Zawinul, and other Weather Report era jazz-fusion musicians as their studio backup is NOT playing yacht rock. Steely Dan is one of the most literate, complex, and innovative bands ever. Rock critic Greil Marcus, writing in his book, "Mystery Train", referred to Steely Dan's music as 'Downer Surrealism". The description fits, trust me. Check out Ricki Lee Jones' otherworldly cover of Steeley Dan's "Show Biz Kids": kzread.info/dash/bejne/gW2a1aiyisuYic4.html

@cavemanrob

4 жыл бұрын

Good recommendation!

@Vanashido

4 жыл бұрын

In Gaucho they got Jeff Porcaro, they are officially Yacht-rock

@MrBlazzin101

4 жыл бұрын

Yatch rock?? Lmao what a fucking idiot. Some people don't know good music if it shat in there face.

@Vanashido

4 жыл бұрын

What a way to make less a great genre, don't you think?

@maiacushing5543

4 жыл бұрын

I agree.

Been listening to them since the early ’70’s, still can’t get on the road without cranking some Steely Dan. Great vid

Owsley was famous first for making high quality LSD in the 60's before it was made illegal. The song deals with the fact that he was an "upstanding" businessman until, with the stroke of a pen, he was "an outlaw in their eyes" the "white men on the street" refers to the influx of cocaine into the scene which changed the dynamic of the recreational drug culture. Guess how he got caught. He ran out of gas. Fun song with the exceptional musicianship and production Steely Dan is noted for.

@MrPooch1967

4 жыл бұрын

J - Another great song by Steely Dan. As always, the musicianship is unmatched and so "groovable". I urge you to check out My Old School or Bodhisatva next. 👍

@jdonner3272

4 жыл бұрын

Thanx for the back story.

@victorsixtythree

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I never paid attention to the lyrics but seeing "On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene; But yours was kitchen clean; Everyone stopped to stare at your Technicolor motor home..." and also "Is there gas in the car?" made me think of Walter White and Breaking Bad. LOL I wonder if Vince Gilligan had this song in mind at all when he was writing that show. [EDIT: Wow, I googled "breaking bad kid charlemagne" and it looks like I was definitely not the first one to notice a connection. Here's one tribute video (full of spoilers if you haven't seen the whole show: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eJtrprmue5C_adI.html )

@jeffsherk7056

4 жыл бұрын

I had no idea what the backstory of this song was. Thanks for sharing it. (About 45 years ago my brother and I thought the song was about Charles Manson.)

@brianwalsh1053

4 жыл бұрын

It says you were "Italian" in their eyes I always thought.

So glad you liked this. I loved Steely Dan since I was twenty years old. I'm 66 now, and they're still great! From the UK, best wishes.

@sharonmccall8051

3 жыл бұрын

Same age as me!!! Well, I'll be 66 next week. Steely Dan has been one of my favorites since then, and my appreciation of them keeps growing as I discover more goodies about them!

@woke2woke153

3 жыл бұрын

@@sharonmccall8051 Me too. Somehow, Katy Lied passed by me despite having the album before and the album after. I've been listen to it quite a lot lately and love Dr Wu.

Guitar player Larry Carlton just kills it! Amazing complicated licks for the era this song was recorded. WOW

Always great to watch somebody else discover The Dan. I've been a fan for 47 years.

3:47 - "This band is amazing!" The exact words said by my father in 1973, by me in 1989, by my sisters son in 2007...and it's still being said in 2020. I love it!

@skylab14

4 жыл бұрын

Best comment... 👍😃

Who are we trying to kid, you can go from start to finish with the Dan catalog, every, yes!! every song is Amazingly enjoyable to the heart and soul.

Even my mother (age 80) loves Steely Dan because the musicianship is SO GOOD. They’re technically brilliant and the songs themselves are both musically excellent and lyrically so tied to a specific time.

These guys were insane perfectionists with their music

@michaelconatore4720

4 жыл бұрын

Watch the documentary on the making of Aja. Great stuff!

The song is about Owsley “Bear” Stanley, who was the King of Acid (LSD) and soundman for the Dead.... now listen to the lyrics again...

@robertherrera912

4 жыл бұрын

Great little known fact and I like the Dead. I don't know why I haven't come across Steely Dan before. Great funky sound!

@patrickhull6513

4 жыл бұрын

Right on Tommy, glad someone else knows the origins of this song :-) And Bear was much more than just their sound man. Pretty important person in the history of the Dead. Jamel, you always point out the connections... look back to your previous review of "Ripple"... this song is about one of the guys that helped influence the thoughts expressed in that and many other Dead songs ;-)

@danielthompson9509

4 жыл бұрын

He is also a descendent of King Charlamagne of France. Hence "Kid" Charlamagne. He was caught by the police due to his car running out of gas along the highway.

@chinarider8051

4 жыл бұрын

Not only the soundman, but he financed the band, especially helping design and finance the Wall Of Sound. Orange sunshine, purple haze, ect...that was ALL Bear..which at the time LSD hadn't been made illegal yet. So when they finally did, he already had really good connections to the precurser chemicals, that suddenly became very heavily regulated, and nearly impossibly to obtain through legal means.. He was a legend(thats why his number was written on every bedroom wall-lyric), because anyone in the acid scene wanted his product...He was a true LSD legend, and died peacefully at his home in Australia a few years back, in 2011. RIP Owsley "bear" "kid charmelange(among others, i'm sure)" Stanley.

Bernard Purdie on drums doing his original shuffle beat. The best studio musicians gathered. Steely Dan is cream of the crop music. Chuck Rainey on bass, Larry Carlton on guitar, and on an on. Studs everywhere. Go further down this Rabbit Hole, please!!

Superior lyrics and superior music. That’s Steely Dan. Timeless. Glad you are into them.

Saw them live in Birmingham UK a few ago. Me and my brother are fans for years. My brother past away 2 years ago. So glad we made it to see Steely Dan. It was like being in a studio with them. Awesome. Never forget that moment. RIP Gary my bro and Walter Becker. ❤👍

Oh, and check out Rick Beato's episode of "What Makes This Song Great," in which he breaks down "Kid Charlemagne"!

@Mrbeahz1

4 жыл бұрын

Great episode.

@debbiebatt1685

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, excellent!

@darrylguerrant5101

4 жыл бұрын

Episode 3 I'm looking at it now

@rkb2092

4 жыл бұрын

Seen it, it's awesome!

@darrylguerrant5101

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry that would be for about the 5th or is it the 6th time

Where did you get such a broad appreciation of so much music? You're a lucky man!

Welcome to the world of Steely Dan, Jamal! It's so nice to see you groove on and appreciate this band. This song is about Owsley "Bear" Stanley. He was a chemistry major at UC Berkeley in the early 1960s and was the first to synthesize really "clean" pure LSD. "Just by chance you crossed the diamond with pearl and you turned it on the world. And you turned the world around." This song is about his reversal of fortune. BTW - there is a whole lot more of Steely Dan for you to explore and appreciate.

Jamel...off the Royal Scam album react to Don't Take Me Alive, please..."I'm a bookkeeper's son...I don't want to hurt no one..."

@MrDuneedon

4 жыл бұрын

That's a great song!

@Bebbis77

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrDuneedon it sure is!

@robertcussins2807

4 жыл бұрын

Can't agree more. One of my faves from SD.

@peterbenecz8410

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, please do "Don't take me live."

@petervanpelt475

4 жыл бұрын

psyguy Bri Another epic Larry Carlton solo!!

0:52 - The Steely Dan head bob. There was a documentary on them a while back - in a line at a concert, one of the people in line says, "You can tell who's got Steely Dan on the headphones because their heads are bobbing like this..." Great vid!

There will never be another that comes close to Steely Dan.Wayyyy ahead of their time!!!

I just discovered you last night. I had to turn off all my social media because I have had trouble sleeping surrounded by so much pain and rage. Steely Dan has always been my favorite and I stumbled across your videos. I can’t really express the joy I experienced in the early hours listening to their music and watching you. What a beautiful soul you have, and to share your love of music with all of us, you’re a gift. Thank you. ♥️

If it hasn't been said..." All the white men on the street" was in reference to cocaine dealers replacing the LSD & Pot dealers

@judgementday9087

4 жыл бұрын

And what demographic group would push drugs?

@johnf.hebert1409

4 жыл бұрын

@@judgementday9087 cocaine was a rich man's drug

@petebovenzi8119

4 жыл бұрын

I did not know that . Thanks ! Always loved this band and all of its incarnations

@judgementday9087

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnf.hebert1409 again, which demographic group mostly would push drugs? Far more out of proportion?

@KingKook

4 жыл бұрын

@@judgementday9087 What exactly is the point ur trying to make? What difference does the "demographic" of the dealers make?!

Steely Dan has been my favorite band since I was a toddler in the early 70s. I grew up in a home where we listened to everything from classical, jazz, Motown to Johnny Cash and everything in between. SD were so underrated, due in large part because they used session musicians, but they hired the best. Watching you enjoy Kid Charlemagne just now made me so happy, and your comment about music uniting us all made my eyes well up. Thank you ♥️

EVERY SINGLE song that Steely Dan released is a MUST LISTEN TO!!!!

Glad to see ya enjoy our times of music and introduce it into your stall. Thanks from an old school musician

FM (No Static at All) was written in response to one of the band members girl liked The Eagles. other hits include Hey Nineteen,Reelin' In The Years,Josie,Peg,Do It Again,Rikki Don't lose that number, and Cousin Dupree.

@NowhereMan7

4 жыл бұрын

Why write out a list of their hits when anyone can simply just look them up? I honestly dont get why. More helpful to just paste the link to their wikipedia page

@michaelwise4986

4 жыл бұрын

Then you’ll love Janie Runaway from the Two Against Nature album (Grammy album of the year 2000)!

We Told you........ and "Any Major Dude Will Tell You"...!

@amyfairytrixy

4 жыл бұрын

Katie Lied...Goucho, and the live box set that came out in the mid 90's

@UnoHoo1

4 жыл бұрын

Nick My absolute favorite SD song. Crazy good!

@2869may

4 жыл бұрын

@@UnoHoo1 You got good taste lady....

Great song. They are one of the best bands ever period. 🙏🏽✊🏽

“ Is there gas in the car”, “Is there gas in the car!” Just brilliant, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker.❤️🌟

Oh yeah! try "Deacon Blues"!!!

@gregoryjohnson4319

4 жыл бұрын

A MUST!!!!

@pbohearn

4 жыл бұрын

I think that’s my absolute fav- the instrumental just goes and goes off and away. Amazing.

I can't ask if there's gas in the car without singing that bit...

I've now watched this a few times. I love your reactions but also love having a new reason to listen to this song. Keep on keeping on.

My good friend Val introduced me to Steely Dan several decades ago and I’ve been listening to them since. Great band. RIP Walter Becker

True originals and sure greatness! Sample Blood Sweat & Tears full version of And When I Die.

@nickimontie

4 жыл бұрын

Agree!!!!