Now you just need to react to some more of their songs like, Black Cow, Deacon Blues, FM, Aja, Pretzel Logic, Caves of Altamira, Royal Scam, The Fez, Hey Nineteen, Babylon sisters, any major dude will tell you, bad sneakers

@janleonard3101

3 ай бұрын

They would love "Babylon Sisters" and the famous Purdie Shuffle.

@Wordsmyth8

3 ай бұрын

Don’t forget Dr. Wu.

Jay & Amber, you'll absolutely LOVE their "Aja", "Deacon Blues" and "FM" !!!!!

@steviemccormick3762

3 ай бұрын

Yes !!!!

@byerenny

3 ай бұрын

Deacon Blues 🎵🎶Learn to work the saxophone (I) I play just what I feel Drink Scotch whiskey all night long And die behind the wheel🎶🎵

@johnwoodworth9127

3 ай бұрын

Yes Deacon Blues would just blow Amber away!

@bobashley7533

3 ай бұрын

Deacon Blues, Hey Nineteem, & FM…. 1000% yes

@sysanfo

3 ай бұрын

Also, try to figure out the college sport teams on Deacon Blues ;)

Even today, their music is ahead of its time.

Growing up with Steely Dan was a privilege 😁💖

Those of us that were blessed to grow up hearing this music, know instantly this is Steely Dan.

And once again the amazing Michael McDonald is singing backup.

Hey Nineteen is on this album, it’s a song that makes non-dancers dance and no one can forget 🕺🏼

@dantallman5345

3 ай бұрын

Can’t unsee that. 😁

@jollyrodgers7272

3 ай бұрын

...and soccer moms unknowingly sing about reefer and tequila!

@sedatedape315

3 ай бұрын

Yuppers! I'll give a vote for "Hey Nineteen!"

@kbusby4824

3 ай бұрын

Gaucho.

@alanmusicman3385

3 ай бұрын

I think they did Hey Nineteen already. - But they should do it again (and "Do It Again!").

I thought you guys did "Hey 19", but I didn't find it in your library. You guys would love it.

I love that comment, “it doesn’t sound like Steely Dan”, I laughed ‘cause to me as soon as I heard it I thought it sounds exactly like Steely Dan… in any case great tune even greater band, always on a play list back in the day. 😎🍺☮️

@tamcon72

3 ай бұрын

Seriously, it's got every Steely Dan element, unmistakably so. And I'm not a huge Steely Dan fan.

@debrawilson9791

3 ай бұрын

Agreed. It made me laugh too. They have such a distinct sound. You know them right away even if you have never heard the song before.

@beckiramsey9561

3 ай бұрын

Same, if I heard it I would hear Steely Dan as soon as it began!😂😂

Amber & Jay, here are some other good Steely Dan songs to react to: "Hey Nineteen", "FM (No Static at All)", "Black Cow", "Aja", "Deacon Blues", "Doctor Wu", and "Only a Fool Would Say That".

@Mister_Samsonite

3 ай бұрын

Bodhisattva too!

No one sounds like Steely Dan.

@timoteo950

3 ай бұрын

Exactly! Not even Billy Joel. lol

@stevetournay6103

3 ай бұрын

Actually...check out Monkey House. They do sound like Steely Dan. (But then one of the Steely Dan guys has been involved with Monkey House, so there is an actual connection.)

@johnbrowne2170

3 ай бұрын

@@stevetournay6103 Didn't know that.

@jettslappy7028

3 ай бұрын

I mean, Doobie Brothers....

@johnbrowne2170

3 ай бұрын

@@jettslappy7028 Doobies have their own unique sound.

“Hey 19” came out when I was a senior in high school and madly in love with our 19-year-old exchange student from Australia. I had never heard of Steely Dan before, but I was so blown away by that song that I have become a life long Uber fan of them ever since. I really hope Jordan and Amber will consider reacting to “Hey 19” .

This whole album is fire! You can't "expect" Steely Dan... they just create their own style, and it never misses.

The "guitar on the right" is none other than Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits fame.

@lwh7301

3 ай бұрын

That's not true. Knopler's contribution was very small and in comes at the end of the song.

@scurvybro8850

3 ай бұрын

@@lwh7301 Hugh McCracken plays rhythm guitar on this tune, but Knopfler is indeed part of the song from start to finish.

@lwh7301

3 ай бұрын

@@scurvybro8850 That's a popular myth. According to Knopfler himself, there are only a a fews seconds of his play at the fadeout of the song.

@scurvybro8850

3 ай бұрын

@@lwh7301 If so, it's a myth that's told at some length in the book, "Steely Dan FAQ." But the book could have it wrong.

@xebio6

3 ай бұрын

@@lwh7301 I trust my ears. MK is on the right channel, his tone, phrasing and idiosyncratic bends/double stops is what I'm hearing. Regardless of what has been said or written about it.

Next from them, you gotta do "Don't Take Me Alive." !!!!!!!

@TeelyDa

3 ай бұрын

At last, someone agrees with me. 😃

Only Steely Dan can get you bobbing your head along to lyrics like 'Tonight when I chase the dragon the water may change to cherry wine. And the silver will turn to gold, time out of mind.'

@Qboro66

3 ай бұрын

Exactly and yet those are pretty heavy drug references...

@jezebelle57

3 ай бұрын

Guys, the song is about doing heroin and the hallucinations that come when you’re high. Chasing the dragon is smoking heroin. The silver that turns to gold is the aluminum foil that turns to gold when the flame hits it through the pipe.

The attention to detail, instrument choices, crescendos and decrescendos, and the musical subtleties make Steely Dan one of a kind. "it's perfection and grace...it's the smile on my face"

@richardyoung6214

3 ай бұрын

It's the music you guys. The overall production is second to none in almost all of their recordings. There are literally dozens of steely Dan tunes that are without peer. Just close your eyes and pick one you won't be disappointed!

So many metaphors. I don't even want to tell the secret. He was doing a time out of mind

@connieb4372

3 ай бұрын

Most likely referencing Walter Becker's penchant for heroin?

@mrnobody3161

3 ай бұрын

.....the 🐲, 😶‍🌫️😊✌️🫴🍁. If the outcome is the knowledge of perfection and grace then I think it's a good one. 😅

@christianman73

3 ай бұрын

@@mrnobody3161 Many of the metaphors in the song are actually about doing heroin. No perfection and grace to be found there... Steely Dan always had interesting, and often quite dark, lyrics that were missed by people who either didn't get the metaphors (like me at times) or who got lost in those great grooves (also me)!

@alleykeosheyan4779

3 ай бұрын

@@christianman73 I've been a fan of Steely Dan since I was a kid, as in kindergarten, and I always thought their lyrics were just "abstract." Later on, I was all "whaaaaaaaat? Naaaaaaaw..."

@debbiechang5781

3 ай бұрын

@@christianman73 I was just wondering if I should burst their bubble by telling them that “chasing the dragon” referred to doing heroin! 😂😂

Check out "KID CHARLEMAGNE" by Steely Dan, then check out the meaning of the song like "time Out Of Mind. on Wikipedia

Amber you are such the music intellectual. You catch subtleties and nuances of songs. Every time you do your slow dance during songs like this it is like you are being pulled into the song and catching those subtleties that others are not hearing

I don't know why but this is my favorite Steely Dan song. Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits plays guitar here, Michael McDonald on backing vocals. This was SD's last song to make the Top 40, but they did take a 20 year break afterward....

It sounds like classic Steely Dan to me ❤

Love steely Dan

I love Steely Dan, the background vocals were done by Michael McDonald, great group.

I was aged 8 years old, I heard Steely dan "reelin in the years" and loved it. At age 12, I heard "Ricky Don't lose That number" loved it, and age 13, "Josie", and i just had to find out who these guys were, everytime i heard their music, I loved it. So when i got my first music system, the first album i bought was "Steely Dan greatest hits" and began a journey of discovering the most wonderul music and lyrics I have ever known, and the two most complex, original spirits who understood me, and who I am, in each of their songs.

Steely Dan IMHO like Chicago does not have a bad tune. ❤❤ Their library is vast just pick any song and you will never be disappointed 😊

Steely Dan rocks. Always love the way Becker and Fagan incorporate their jazz and improv backgrounds into totally cool rock sounds. Cheers....

This song with "Pretzel Logic " is a good combo. Their other greats are "Deacon Blues," "Black Cow," and "Peg."

So many more Dan songs to hit up! Kid Charlemagne is killer!

"Hey 19" should be the next reaction by Steely Dan

I am so glad you reacted to this song. It was Steely Dan’s last released single, and I think one of their best. Top notch in every way. Especially production.

Steely Dan had some excellent musicians, the writing was excellent, and we got to thoroughly enjoy some great music! Where the hell have bands like this gone????

@keithjones7390

3 ай бұрын

"Those days are gone forever Over a long time ago, Oh yeah" 😢

@florap79

3 ай бұрын

Video killed the radio star

This was my late mother’s fave Steely Dan song.

Steely Dan and Sade for driving at night.... the best

One of my fav Steely Dan tunes. " Tonight when I chase the dragon..." Thanks.

@cptight88

3 ай бұрын

Thats a reference to smoking heroin 😮

@diceportz7107

3 ай бұрын

@@cptight88 Opium actually. That was the traditional reference.

It’s perfection and grace. It’s the smile on my face :-)

Michael McDonald, *again*, guest starring on the harmonies. I'm pretty sure Amber caught that. 😄 I strongly recommend that you guys hit the "Aja" album again and try out "Deacon Blues" (as another poster said, a song for the losers), and "Black Cow". I love "Time Out of Mind". It is somewhat atypical of Steely Dan's music. It sounds as close to a radio-friendly pop/rock song as a Steely Dan song can get.☺️

This is one of those hits that you hear on the radio randomly after a fast paced song, has a nice smooth flow and a fun sound.

This is definitely Steely Dan. Candy for the ears.

Home At Last is one of their best. "The danger on the rocks has surely passed. Still I remain tied to the mast".

Only Steely Dan can make a song about hard core drug abuse sound trippy cool. Don't do drugs, kids.

They always pack such a big musical punch

this is off the planet. donald fagen is a genius. the lyrics, the melody, the groove. 10+

Wayne Shorter, sax player for Miles Davis in the sixties, and co-founder of Weather Report called Steely Dan the masters of jazz/pop fusion. And Chasing the Dragon was slang for smoking heroin or opium.

Musical genius’s without a doubt.

"Chasing the Dragon" is a euphemism for smoking Heroin, which was one of Walter Becker's vices. "The Water will change to Cherry Wine" refers to sticking a Syringe with a fix of Heroin (the 'water') into your arm then pulling the plunger on the syringe back to draw a bit of Blood (the 'cherry wine') then pushing the plunger down, emptying the syringe with the fix into your vein. "It's direct from Laos" is a reference to Laotian Heroin, at the time one of the most potent available.

I like the way Jay's chair kind of creaks along to the vibe. 🙂

I would include these for future reactions. Deacon Blues-FM-Hey Nineteen-Don't Take me Alive.

Still waiting for “deacon blues” and “FM”.

Check out FM by Steely Dan, a cool funk vibe!

You'll never be disappointed with the sound on a Steely Dan song. Near perfection. ☮🧡🎶

Such a groove on this great tune. I was lucky enough to see them in concert about a dozen years ago and this sung swung so hard the entire crowd was on their feet swaying to this jam

Amber you and Jay play me a Monkees song on the 24 of April for my Birthday. I will be 75 years old and I love some Monkees songs. My name is Carolyn White from Mississippi. Thanks to y’all playing such good music.

Steely Dan...soundtrack to my college days early 80s. A VERY important band in my musical journey, absolutely love everything about them. Ok guys, there's ALOT of amazing SD songs you have not done! - Kid Charlemagne - Haitian Divorce - Royal Scam - Bodhisattva - Babylon Sisters - Deacon Blues - Black Cow And more but there's a nice list

One of my fave Steely Dan songs

Takes me back to a better time. Perfection and Grace.

It has been said that "Tonight when I chase the dragon....the water may change to cherry wine" are heroin-use references. Water changing to cherry wine is a euphemism for pulling back on a syringe to draw your blood into the heroin mixture like you see Vincent Vega do in Pulp Fiction, the clear liquid turns red.

Chasing the dragon is having to take stronger amounts on each succeeding usage of (insert drug of choice) to achieve the original feelings of euphoria the first time one gets high. Donald Fagen didn’t use drugs regularly because his high was muscic. Unfortunately, Walter Becker did develop a bad drug addiction after Gaucho due to his a car accident and girlfriends death by overdose. They did help each other on their solo projects, but wasn’t until the 1990’s that they teamed up again to tour. At this time, Donald flourished because the anxiety over live performances became manageable. He really enjoyed himself while playing, as is evident in the live performance clips in the mid to late 1990’s and the 2000’s. He grew into his looks and confidence and Walter was healthy. That’s the sweet spot for me of Steely Dan. I went o the Feb. 17th concert for Steely Dan/Eagles in New Orleans this year and it was more than the plane tickets from Seattle and back.

I'm from Montréal and when you hear Steely Dan in a café at spring, you just can't wait to be on a terrace. For me their sound makes me fell joy and I feel the fresh wind on my face.

One of their BEST!

This SOOO sounds like Steely Dan!

Steely Dan was so far ahead of their time. You definitely can not pigeon hole the music made by these talented people.😊

HAVE LISTENED TO SD SINCE 72..THIS IS A TOP 15 SONG OF THEIR'S FOR ME...A JEWEL

This band is soooo good. Really creative, nonstandard cords and choices of those complex cords and progressions. Damn great lyrics too.

Love Steely Dan's easily identifiable sound.

How good was Steely Dan? Shortly after they released this record/LP, the band called it a day. 20 years later they reunited for the "Two against Nature" LP..and against all the rap, pop and hip-hop, won the Grammy for album of the year. No doubt about it, Becker and Fagan were the very definition of master songwriters.

Steely dan makes you smile you can't help it

Sounds nothing like Billy Joel. It's Steely Dan all the way. Keep listening to them and eventually you'll get it

Deacon Blues, FM, and Glamour Profession are my three favorites. All the other SD songs are tied for fourth place. I enjoy your reactions! ❤️

Legends. “Daddy Don’t live in That NYC no More”’ “Bad Sneakers” “Pretzel Logic” and nothing like Aja.

I think this was their final hit and one of my favorites!

Love this review as always! You both rule! Check out a song Steely Dan does called “Night By Night” for some awesome low down funk. You’ll love it!

This song was Steely Dan's very last Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song peaked at the #22 spot during the early spring of 1981. The great Mark Knopfler of the British group, Dire Straits, plays lead guitar on this song. This song is a definitely banger indeed.

It's perfection and grace.

I have said it before.... the 1960s and 1970s AM and FM radio airwaves were FULL of amazing music!

Amber's comment about a slow trip is more accurate than she probably realized given that the song is reputedly about heroin abuse, namely Walter Becker's.

Listening to this today, I realized that parts of it sounded a lot like something by Michael McDonald, and was surprised to find that he did indeed participate in making this particular song on the album. He's only credited with background vocals, but the keyboard stabs remind me a lot of his style.

Steely dan. Very underated

I grew up in the 70s...Musical Genius, however the lyrics celebrate the smoking or snorting of Heroin. Looking for love...1st heroin trip, chasing the dragon is chasing the high of the 1st trip, water changing to cherry wine is the liquid pipe color change from clear to red when heated, Silver to gold is the aluminum foil color changing when heated

Reminds me of back in the day When I was a teenager driving around in my 68 Charger crusin to Steely Dan . love it, thanks for the memory. By the way it was on a eight track player .lol

Thsi is Yatch-Rock in its purest! Soft-Rock, Blues, R&B, Jazzy, Funky, Melodic and smooth.

GREAT BAND - GREAT ALBUM!! Check out HEY NINETEEN, if you hadn't yet!! HUGS, YA'LL!!

amber-you can always hear what is right there in the song-even when you are not sure what it is you are hearing. granted, this one is a real crazy one-what the lyrics are saying compared to the feel of the song. and I guess what our exposure is to certain ideas and how they work. anyway-love your channel. I love this song., even though it slightly spooks me the more I found out about it, steely dan do have genius in their art. thanks for posting.

Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits on lead guitar. I read that he recorded like 24 hours worth of playing and ended up just having tidbits used. Still really dig the tune!

A great song that came out about a month before my high school graduation. Makes for a great memory!

You know the guitarist, Mark Knopfler from dire straits and Michael McDonald from the doobie brothers on backup vocals.

This is more Steely Dan vibes than the songs you two have reacted to so far. You've got a ways to go to understand and realize the true Steely Dan vibe! Great reaction choice; keep going! Thanks! ✌💙✌

Steely Dan slowly morphed from this innovative rock band over time to this mature Asian jazz rock fusion sound with incredible production quality. That’s what makes them incredible, they let their sound grow and evolve while most bands play their early hits into their 60s. You have to listen to Aja. But be prepared.

It’s Time for “Deacon Blues”!!!! The loser’s anthem!

Jay's diggin' it, fun to watch. Yes, Yes, - DEACON BLUES & FM! Horns Deluxe, and if I'm not mistaken Harmonica on HEY 19 ✌️

Absolutely love Steely Dan. They were so amazing. I would think y'all would love Hey 19. One of my favorite songs by them. Appreciate them more and more over they years

The horn section and their arrangement are phenomenal!

Every time you post a reaction song to Steely Dan, my comments become like a broken record. I keep repeating if you love Steely Dan, you must play the title track to the masterpiece, "Aja." It'll blow you away.

Steely Dan's version of disco, right here.

My love for music originated from my brother…music opposites! Oldest bro was Blue Oyster Cult, Toto, Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep…many more. Other bro introduced me to The Beatles, George Benson, Fleetwood Mac, Bill Withers…and many more. So grateful to see you react to music I grew up knowing. Continue the journey…🎵🎵🎵

Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) on guitar on this one! Glad you picked this one it is not reacted to very often but lost to love here!

@surlechapeau

3 ай бұрын

Mark did the guitar solo. Walter Becker and Hugh McCraken on guitar.

J&A: They got progressively more jazzy over the years especially on Aja and this album. That is the difference you’re hearing. Reelin’ is from their first album, this is from their seventh, Gaucho. So much more to hear. ‘Night by Night’ is a good one from earlier and of course you’ll want to hear ‘Aja’.

One of my fave steely dan songs

This is probably my favorite Steely Dan song/album ( Gaucho). They have the most talented musicians on this track not to mention the background vocals of Michael McDonald, Valerie Simpson, Patti Austin, and Lesley Miller.

Always loved this song but I've always loved Steely Dan Music