STEELY DAN "THE CAVES OF ALTAMIRA" (reaction) 

Crazy that they were discovered by a member of Steely Dan 😉

@@SightAfterDark LOL!

Wild, weird stuff. I did not know that.

@@jayburdification YES!

Yes discovered by Steely Dan but before there was any Hollywood.🤣🤣🤣

Eey, Steely Ben my guy spitting facts

Steely Ben the legend! Thanks so much for your videos! Not sure if you noticed, but we go out of our way to make sure we use yours as much as possible. They’re the best!

@@SightAfterDark Thank you. I so love Steely Dan!

You guys are really getting into the gritty with Steely Dan now. My favorite band ever and my favorite album of theirs which is saying a lot cause all of their albums are basically flawless and so unique in their own way. Steely Ben, def thanks for taking the time to put all of these videos together. I’m sure you already know but JamelAKAJamel has done a ton of Steely reactions with your videos and gives you a lot of shout outs. Keep it up and take care. PS if you haven’t already you should make a video for “Here At The Western World”.

Everything You Did is most definitely not a classic :P

Did the youth that discovered the cave happen to be named Donald Fagen? 😂

@@SightAfterDark I think it was some Spaniard kid, but Donald perhaps learned about this as a youth himself and maybe fantasied about it.

@@SightAfterDark Ha! Excellent!

Perfect - they should have called you before “wuz that like … a real place ?”

@@teelurizzo8542 Fagan did indeed go to Alta Mira , met Peg there - they had a Haitian Divorce and he spends his time on the Dunes - looking for Tomorrows Girls

It’s Wayne Shorter from Weather Report.

@@Skylarking00 Caves of Altamira is John Klemmer. Wayne Shorter performed on the title track of Aja, not Caves.

Yes, this is definitely John Klemmer. He had some really wild music back in the 70’s.

Hey stereolab... Research before hitting send.

@@Skylarking00 No, it's not.

Love that interpretation!

Hey Tony! Sifa and Dan here, we appreciate your comment! We’ve already done a bunch of SD albums (Can’t Buy A Thrill, Countdown to Ecstasy, Pretzel Logic, Katy Lied and Aja) and we plan on doing them all eventually! Aja the song is actually a huge reason we have this channel! It’s was one of our first reactions ever and the feedback was so great we realized we might be good at this whole reaction video thing 😂 The Dan has quickly become one of our favorite bands!

It’s a great song! Thanks for watching!

Absolutely

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I think so, too: Fagen & Becker paid homage to our ancestors, with some of their descendants listening to this very video. Each time I see that painting of the artist blowing ochre, charcoal, iron rust and other tints over the back of his hand, something tugs at my heartstrings...like a yearning to want to meet him, and all of them who left their hundreds of handprints in different hues throughout that and other cave systems. Yep, memory sweeps over me, as Fagen sang. It's difficult to describe the exact feeling, but I know there's an involuntarily disconnectedness from fellow humans who just barely remained alive, after breaking out of a continental barrier, and who just might be among my relatives. Jeez, I hope you can understand/comprehend why "Caves" touches me so profoundly, reaching out from beyond 12,000 years and using paintings to tell us who they are/were...a kind of handshake of a greeting to the future "themselves."

Thanks for watching Dan!

Agreed. In my opinion Steely Dan’s best work is not their radio hits but the so called “deep cuts”, of which there are so many songs. They took so much time to perfect every song on every album and it shows. Every song is so unique and musically/ lyrically brilliant. They never phoned it in.

It’s a great one!

Beautiful indeed

We’re excited to hear it!

Truth!

Absolutely

Ahhh ok that makes a lot of sense

Glad you like the videos! Thanks for watching!

Ditto. I was too young to appreciate them in their heyday, but when I got to college, I became a “Dan fan” while others around me were becoming the next generation of “Dead Heads.” For my 50th birthday, I traveled from San Francisco to NYC to treat myself to 4 of their shows during their residency at The Beacon Theater.

Lol checks out

Thanks for watching!

My favorite

We’re looking forward to it!

Thanks Leo!

We’re excited that you’re excited!

Consider us elevated ;)

Gotta love some Michael! Thanks Michael!

McDonalds voice is easy to hear on "Peg"

McDonald is interviewed that Fagan had him hold one note on “PEG” (it will come back to you “ He then had him over dub another note when singing PEG -‘so he’s got two pure nots overlayed on the song PEG on that luric

I think he did sing background vocals on Everything you Did as well ,on the lyrics,"I never knew you were a roller skater".

Amazing!

For sure!

We’re not worried about it. All things in time. Thanks though!

Amazingly non sleazy! 😂

Great take Jay!

What a Steely Dan thing to do

Thanks so much John!

It’s hard to beat! Glad you enjoyed the video!

#underrated

Truth!

Lol shocking!

Love Michael! Thanks so much George!

@@SightAfterDark You're so welcome. I couldn't resist--here's Michael. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hSlYaKrQWww.html

Thanks so much for sharing and watching!

The chords make our heads spin to be honest. We need to brush up on our theory!

@@SightAfterDark No problem, just the fact you can appreciate that their “jazz harmony” has always been a unique feature’s important. From their second album onward they were always hiring top studio jazz players to record. Imaginative songwriting, top studio musicians, unique lyrical storytelling, Great grooves, killer arrangements, and snappy hooks all combined in making their music timeless while always “ahead of its time“.

Oh trust us, as musicians, we realize how difficult this all has to be 😂 kind of makes our heads spin to be honest

We’ll have to go back! Sometimes it’s hard to catch everything on the first listen. Especially with Steely Dan

We’ll be doing the whole album in order! Next weeks reactions will be mostly SD :)

@@SightAfterDark you just can't go wrong with SD

☺️

Thanks for watching!