The full Steely Dan catalog belongs in the Smithsonian for the preservation of superb musicianship and production! Thanks for the reaction, it offers a chance to actually live vicariously and reminisce about the good ole days of great music. Peace 🎶🎧
Your just getting started my friend. Steely Dan (Donald Fagen, Walter Becker and an ever changing lineup of elite level musicians) produced some of the most exquisitely composed, performed and engineered music in all of popular music. Then you add in Fagen's esoteric lyrics and perfectly matched vocals and you've got album after album of mind blowing music. Enjoy the ride, it's gonna be a long one.
My favourite Steely Dan album - and one of several favourite Steely Dan songs! I’m a Tele player, and these two guitarists just blew my mind, in the early 70’s! Peace
From Steel Dan's debut album, "Can't Buy A Thrill", "Reelin' In The Years", was a good hint of things come. Superb musicians, great harmonies, witty lyrics and extraordinary production. Mostly Keyboardist and Vocalist Donald Fagen and Guitarist Mr. Becker, and a lot of excellent studio musicians. So much great stuff to check out. True fact, Steely Dan is named after a sex toy.
I remember my bandmate in college was trying to steer me in this direction and I always kind of liked Steely Dan but for some reason I was resistant because I was in a much heavier stuff and I do remember this being one of the ones that kind of broke me. I heard that guitar playing and the tightness of it and the sarcasm and the earnestness and all of that in the vocal delivery and that incredible bass guitar line and I suddenly realized I'm missing out by insisting on everything has to be really heavy and dense or really punk rock and strident. This was like a great blend of them and it happened early on.
Steely Dan always has meticulous sound - every note must be perfect. This was one of the first of many times Walter Becker and Donald Fagen would use studio musicians to get the ideal sound they sought. Songs like SHOWBIZ KIDS, MY OLD SCHOOL, BODHISATTVA, HEY NINETEEN, KID CHARLEMAGNE, BLACK COW, DEACON BLUES - It's a deep rabbit hole of magical music and lyrics. Your analysis and commentary would be a 'Critical Reacts Collage of Musical Knowledge.' You're the best,
Love this song, Steely Dan is like no one else. They just know how to write the perfect music to fit their amazing lyrics and vice versa, just pure genius.
This was my favorite song. I was 14 the year it was released, and my first time falling for a boy, and coming into my own with my music journey, so this video and your reaction (as always) was great. I still love this song. And I love your sweet and 'true'😊 enthusiasm! THANKS
Great song from the very first Steely Dan album. The other to check out from this album is Do It Again. Another great follow up from their early years is My Old School from their second album. If you want to skip a bit, check out Green Earrings, it's jaw dropping!
As a sound engineer for 40 years, I am always amazed at the production/sound quality. As everyone was using analog, Steely Dans sound quality was unrivaled, especially on vinyl.
Can not go wrong with Steely Dan! This is a real 'bop' with real musicians. The beat is so nice. They make pop music of substance. What is your favorite Steely Dan? Why, the last tune played!!!
Great reaction!! You could spend a couple months reacting to Steely Dan. Just announced yesterday in Austin that the Eagles are coming February 2, and Steely Dan is opening! Again, great reaction!
this was the first 45 rpm record i bought on my own when i was 11 yrs. old. i've reeled in 51 years since then,but this song sounds just as fresh as the day i bought it.
i've seen steely dan twice - two different tours - both times at shoreline amphitheater. the first time was my wife's first concert ever. somewhere on youtube is a video of one of the two concerts.
As you speak about these lyrics (and very well, I might add) it makes me think of Phil Collins "I Don't Care And More". I think you will dig it. I looked and you have yet to do any of his solo work! You MUST watch his Paris 2004 LIVE version of "In The Air Tonight". Everyone says....."oh, I know that song" but until you hear this one live you haven't heard it. His performance is for the ages.
SO THESE GUYS WERE ONE OF THOSE GREAT ROCK DUO BANDS WITH SESSION MUSICIANS GIB! JUST LIKE ( SIMON & GARFUNFEL OR HALL & OATES )👍😊 JUST 3 OF THE GREAT ROCK DUO BANDS R.I.P.☹TO ( WALTER BECKER ) WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2013, MUSIC NOT FORGOTTEN 😊
It’s an oldie and still one of my favorite tunes.Their tune called My Old School is even better than this one. It is about an event that took place at Walter and Donald’s old college while they weee in school and one infamous person was a minor part of the story.
Try reacting to their song, My Old School. It is a mostly true story about an event that happened to Walter and Donald while at the college they attended in upstate New York.
This song is honestly mid tier steely dan which makes it an S tier song compared to the rest of pop music lol. Brace yourself, it only gets better from here
