5:55 when Becker takes the baton from Fagen on that 3,4,5... 6 or 7... 8 players joke -- just so great. Smug humor and musical perfectionism all rolled into one. These guys are the real deal.
My smile hurts after watching/listening to this. I wore out 8-tracks and cassettes of Steely Dan back in the day. I didn't wear out any other band's media. I've so enjoyed this band.
THEY NEVER KNEW IT WENT DOWN THEY NEVER KNEW IT this whole doc is so good. walter and donald's banter when they're at the mixing console is super fun. good bye walter becker and thanks for the tuunes.
Thank you Chuck Rainey. You were my best bass teacher back in da day. You put the arrows in my quiver which I use to this day. If I ever meet you, I'll be sure to thank you.
Chicago may have introduced Jazz-Rock fusion but Steely Dan took it into the Stratosphere ! The “Pretzel Logic, Royal Scam, Aja Era” is My Most Favorite Steel Dan Albums !
(Reuters) - Walter Becker, co-founder of the influential jazz-rock band Steely Dan, died on Sunday at age 67, according to his website, which did not disclose the cause of death.
Of course there are so many more, but as of this moment there are 3 standout famous musicians who decided early on that "Because I like enjoying music that sounds unlike anything else out there, if I don't hear it, I'm gonna create it" 1- Prince 2- Donald Fagen & 3- Walter Becker who said: "Hear! Hear!"
@7:12 with the various guitar solos is hilarious. When I was in a band we would have just said 'okay that's it' if the guitarist managed to get through without making a mistake. Never accept third or second best, haha.
Incredibly demanding of the musicianship. Must have been very expensive to produce with the number of performers tried and rejected and the sheer amount of time involved.
Typically studios don't have the masters. A house assistant engineer who may have illegally made a copy of the 2" master might have one laying around but typically the bands and the record company have the tracking tapes.
5:55 Peg Bear in mind that Walter Becker himself is a session quality guitarist himself and they literally hired and PAID 7 top studio guns their full session fee just for the solo and in the end selected Jay's classic solo. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rFp4ceDSZ7Y.html
Funky drums and bass track with pop vocals, jazz piano and guitar chords. Some of their songs don't have the funky drum and bass tracks and are more jazz than anything else and their not as good as Aja tracks in my opinion.
A documentary about Steely Dan, by Steely Dan, and RU-vid removes the audio because the soundtrack is copyrighted. Sometimes I wonder how these guys' brains work...
Never could get into SD...they come across as self-righteous and sterile, whereas music is meant to be live and organic, not perfected algorithms - like listening to math problems.
then you have not listened to what the musicians say about making the album;. they went beyond perfection until it was natural. You obviously know nothing about what you are condemning.
That's sad. I really dig live music. Been a deadhead for years, and improvisation is what makes me tick. I understand what you're saying, but you have the gall to say Steely Dan is self-righteous and sterile, you can really go f*** yourself. In fact, go catch a catfish and release it where the sun don't shine.
