@AirplayBeats reacts to Steve Miller Band’s Fly Like an Eagle Like comment and subscribe patreon.com/user?u=81569817 Airplay Beats 3609 Bradshaw Rd Ste H #337 Sacramento, CA 95827 Www.Airplaybeats.com
Saw him this summer. He was just shy of 80 years old, played for 2 hours straight. People singing along to all the songs. And there were fans of all ages there. It was great to see.
Saw him back in '92 in Dallas....it was the same thing. People of all ages just love Steve and his band. Great performance and everybody has a great time.
Man, I love this song. 5 years old with an AM radio tucked under my pillow as I fell asleep. This was my favorite one to listen to at night. Triptastic.
Steve Miller's godfather was THE Les Paul. Jazz greats such as Charles Mingus visited his parents' house regularly. He apparently absorbed much greatness from that atmosphere. I somehow had 2 copies of this album. You can skip Abracadabra in future tracks from him, though. Lol.
His godmother was Mary Ford, Steve's father, who was a dentist by trade, was an engineer on many of Les Paul and Mary Ford records, that's why all the greats were always on the house
The first time I smoked weed at 15, my older brother gave me a set of headphones and put this album on, and it begins with the space intro right into Fly Like An Eagle. To say that it blew my mind is an understatement. Especially the end of the song where you feel like you’re flying, and then the series of beeps made you feel like you were in the cockpit of a jet flying fast. I live in Germany and it’s also a perfect song for driving on the autobahn, which has no speed limit.
@@Mike-rk8px I have an older brother too, so I know exactly where you're coming from. Music was everything back then, and "altered states of consciousness". we obviously made it through, somehow.
Thanks for mentioning the organ. I looked it up. Joachim Young on Hammond B3. His finger speed and pressure of attack on the keys would produce different tonal effects as he played. Those are mechanical strictures (stops on the console above the keys) being applied on the flow of air across the reeds in a chamber that looks something like a wooden kitchen cabinet. It's funny to describe how these musical instruments worked before they were all sampled and digitally reproduced and repurposed.
"Feed the babies, who don't have enough to eat. Shoe the children, with no shoes on their feet. House the people, living in the street. Oh, There's a solution."
Has no one else mentioned Steve Miller's track My Dark Hour? The source of Fly Like An Eagle's introductory riff, with drums, bass, extra guitar and backing vox by Paul McCartney.
Another brilliant album from 1976. His godfather was electric guitar pioneer Les Paul. There’s a great version of this song on the Les Paul tribute album American Made World Played.
Stevie "Guitar" Miller... He and Boz Scaggs were classmates at St. Mark's in our hometown of Dallas, TX... Steve's godfather was Les Paul... Great player and recording artist. Very innovative in the studio.
NICE!! Fly Like An Eagle 🦅 was my first concert in 1976. I want to say it was $8.50 and Norton Buffalo opened. Just turned 14! Whew! Doesn't sound that long ago but it feels like it! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎
I love watching you guys enjoying the music of my youth. First time I heard this on the radio, I was at the store buying this album! Brings back those days!
Man I'm 62 years old and pretty much classic rock guy . You two have me listening to music in a new way. I dig your show. I'm injoying watching you two . #ROCKON
I saw him in '66 in the Steve Miller Blues Band and in '74 in the Steve Miller Band with Boz Scaggs as the supporting act where they sat in on each other's sets...you really got your money's worth back then and then some...
I really like watching your videos and getting a new appreciation for some of this music. I've been hearing it for decades and a lot of the songs, this one included, are staples of classic rock radio. But in a lot of cases I've stopped really hearing these songs and I'm reminded to appreciate the details when I see you hear it for the first time. So, thanks. 🖖🏽
Steve Miller band had 2 monter Albums in the mid 70's, This one and Book of Dreams. Crazy good Rock and Roll. Dance Dance Dance Wild Mountain Honey True Fine Love The Stake Take The Money and Run
I totally dig when you two are JAMMING to a track. Funny story. I've only worked one show my whole life. It was Steve Miller. It was his last show of the tour here in Corpus Christi TX. And we told his road manager that John Denver and Sam Kinnison had both had their last shows here.... And well they're both dead. His manager got all bug eyed. "Fookin Bloody 'ell" was his response. LOL
The keyboard flitting in and out of the song makes this easily one of the trippiest songs of all time. My first time consuming acid in high school, this song mesmerized me as badly as Comfortably Numb did. That keyboard is like a magic carpet that swept me up and showed me around 😂
Literally no one cared about this song until it was sampled for Vanilla Ice's "Rollin' in My 5.0" in 1991. Now it is considered a classic. Thanks Ice Man. *Disclaimer: certain elements of this post may have been exaggerated for dramatic effect.
I was listening to Stevie "Guitar" Miller before The Joker before everything blew up. And yes, the production is amazing on this album, second to none, done by John Palladino, and he continues that sound on the next album Book of Dreams, taking it even a bit further. Joachim Young is comping and power chording on the B3 Organ, while Miller is making all those swelling sounds with a synthesizer. People forget that Miller not only plays guitar but also organ, synthesizer, sitar, harmonica, among other instruments. To me, this album is the pinacol of Miller's career. I played the hell out of it back in the day. Great stuff.
Hi Guys, as always an excellent reaction. If you’re gonna check out Steve Miller, and Btw this is a killer album. But you need to check out The Joker, that was his true break out song. As always, Peace, Happiness and Continued Success. ✌️
It's absolutely badass, of course. As a white boy growing up in the 70's, this song was a radio staple, and I've probably heard it a thousand times. Steve Miller has a TON of cool music!
Another great San Francisco band! They'll be playing here (AT&T Park) with fellow San Franciscan band, Journey, as well as Def Leppard in late August....
This Album ( Take the money and run, Rockn Me Baby, and Fly Like an Eagle got played as much as any album in 1976-1978.. literally got played every hour on KTAC am out of Tacoma WA. Lol.. van remember that so well.
His pedigree is amazing. In addition to Les Paul being his (actual) godfather - T-Bone Walker helped him learn to play guitar. Many well-known musicians came to his house to record (his father was a sound engineer). He was in bands with Boz Scaggs and worked with many famous blues musicians. He's the real deal.
