The Steely Dan Iceberg Explained: Part 1 

"Becker and Fagen destroyed the Second Arrangement on purpose." Your videos just lost all credibility

I can tell you why they kept going on Green Earrings for 7 minutes. They were having fun and just wanted to keep jamming. Happens all the time.

Normies: “Reelin in the Years is my favorite Steely Dan song” “Intellectuals:” “I like deep cuts like deacon blues.” Gentleman Losers: “Turn that heartbeat over again is the best Steely Dan song.”

donald singing deja vu gets me everytime

“You done it, you done hired the hit maker” is one of my favorite steely dan moments

There is no band that remotely compares to the sophistication of Fagen & Beckers compositions. They produce a musical product up there with Duke Ellington or Weather Report or any of Miles Davis's groups from the mid 1950's on.

You rightfully heaped praise on the Skunk Baxter guitar solos on many of the early Dan albums, yet you didn't even mention what may be the best guitar solo in the history of popular music, which is Larry Carlton playing on Kid Charlemagne. It's ponderous.

Actually Donald Fagen has said he talked with Walter Becker about making another Steely Dan album after Everything Must Go but Walter just wasn't interested as he was suffering from his health problems so much

I'm a committed SD freak and musician. From my perspective, this video covers quite a bit of ground and is just about 100% on point. Nice work.

Ah good, I'm glad I searched for this on the YT. Been listening to Steely Dan and Fangen's Music since 2013 and a bunch of the underground stuff I've not been aware of, shit really makes me want to dig a bit deeper. Thanks a bundle person on the internet for making this lengthy and passionate video.

Cringe worthy award ceremony scene? Don’t underestimate Walters sense of humor, he just trolled you man.

19:10, "And of course, Peg's infamous seven guitar solos" The funny thing about this part of the Classic Albums programme is, Fagen is sitting ripping this mystery soloist while Becker sits and says very little, and I strongly suspect this is because the soloist IS Becker; Brian Sweet's book says that "Becker himself tried the solo twice", and if Becker was the last guy to try it before Jay Graydon came in, which seems likely (as Becker was known for preferring other musicians before himself) I doubt they'd have wiped those from the multitrack tape. Also, I doubt they'd have let any player come in to record the solo, and print the envelope filter on the guitar right on to the multitrack for all time (they didn't do that for East St.Louis Toodle-Oo, or the talkbox guitar on Haitian Divorce; both effects were applied once the guitar part had been recorded) Lastly, the phrasing of both solos sounds very similar to me, and very similar to the style and phrasing of Walter Becker's playing. I also think that Rick Marotta is just entering into the B/F sense of humour on the TOOM tracking date, you can tell the way he changes the accent on the "take a fuckin' bite" comment. And, he ended up the drummer on the album, so he must have carried on tracking drums after that. You can hear Gary Katz laughing after Rick says "go fuck yourself".

"Deacon Blues/Peg" "There really isn't that much to say here so..." Okay, you're losing me.

Really great video! I’m a huge fan of Steely Dan so it’s amazing to hear more about them.

Another lifelong SD fan chiming in here. I did know a lot of this, do have some of the obscure releases you covered here. But you did get some newer stuff in there that was new to me. Kuddos on that, on to part two.

29:50 You edited out the part that second yelp was responding to - it was Jeff Porcaro’s outrageous drum fill in between the two halves of Denny Dias’s solo.

Enjoyed the video - nice job and there's always more info to learn about the Dan. I don't know what the music world would be without them.

Steely Dan is one of the greatest groups of all time! I'm amazed there's an iceberg.

You don’t even know happy I am that you made this video, I absolutely love Steely Dan

SD is one of my all time favorite bands. I have all their albums (lol dating myself there). But, yeah, been following their career & listening to their music since the 70's. Their music is the soundtrack to my life. I really enjoyed this video & your presentation. I was amazed with some of the things you discussed that I didn't know. I thought I basically knew everything about them. It was fun hearing factoids that I didn't know before. Great video, thanks! Looking forward to part 2 💙

did not expect this at all quality asf tho, waiting for part two 👍👍

Dude this is just great work Thanks for this channel loved it!

Thanks for making this, I love some good RU-vid steely Dan content

I honestly couldn't believe you could make on steely dan, Great job!

This is a brilliant documentary piece! I love this music and just discovered so much more to listen to. Excellent.

awesome man looking forward to PT II

Great video. Thanks for all your work. Well done.

You have no idea how happy you have made me!

A iceberg based on one of my favorite bands of all time! Awesome

Great video. Really enjoyed this!

That "Happy Dance" is probably a reenactment from Woody Allen's "Sleepers"

Thanks so much, that was terrific, very informative, I am now going to dig deeper

1:57 Thanks for the namecheck!

Dude Dingus that was AWESOME! Old schooler Michael T Wyman here. In LA./Del Rey California. Guitarist and Dan Fan. Saw Steely Dan at L.A. Forum around 2017 with Doobie Brothers. Great gig! Got a T-shirt. Wear it proudly.

It's a pity that a number of people seem only to be looking for something (anything!) you might have gotten wrong. I'd just like to say thank you for such an interesting video on the best band ever. The work that goes into such a video is hard to understand, and it's free for everyone to enjoy! Nice one, man. 👍

I think the reason why Kulee Baba was scrapped is that it plagiarizes a weather report song and they feared a lawsuit

I got way too excited when I saw the title to this video!!!! I haven't watched it yet and already liked and subscribed..lol. a Yes iceberg... and a Rush iceberg would be cool! See what I did there?

I remember i copied a cd of Gaucho on a Sony metal casette tape once and was amazed bij the clarity of the sound.

I always enjoy scuba diving, especially around icebergs. Looking from below is like a prism effect you can get no other way.

Thank you for this vid! :)

Great content, however I think Becker, and Fagan would both agree you need to adjust your sound and turn that mic up:)

Good stuff. There is a line about Steely Dan in one of the Buddy Rich Tapes from what I remember.

Excellent research and video

Thanks baby. Great job. 👍

1st - As far as lyrics, delivery, sophistication, melody, mastering and instrumentation go, Steely Dan reigns supreme. 2nd- Fagen had 4 solo albums, he forgot to name Sunken Condo from 2012. 3rd- this is a beautiful overview, thank you.

Great video! I really love Steely Dan and it was cool to hear mr. Fagen saying the f word haha. Greetings from Brazil

Thought I knew a fair bit about SD but learned a lot of quirky facts from this production.

Obscurity is genius. Love what you did here.

I love Sunken Condos - Great album Slinky thing 1st track - We visit the mature guy & the younger lady yet gain in this amazing song ! -It has a wonderfu l Amp Fiddler feel to it ? - Donalds lyrics mentions they stroll down by the REPTILE CAGE - His humour shining through as uusual ! haha ! - in his song ! - I just love it ! The whole album is full of these wiitty gems !

I'm 67YRS old and I appreciate Steely Dan it was a 8 track can't buy a cheap thrill

I'm on the back cover of "Alive in America".. I guess you saved that tidbit for part 2.

Donald's creative talents went down a few notches after he received psychotherapy in the 80's, it makes you wonder if his talent was the fruit of some psychological complex.

I applaud your work here. VERY WELL done. One minor nit (Please don't let it detract from the praise you rightly deserve for your impressive efforts): Since September 3, 2017 - it is just not possible for there to be "a new Steely Dan record".

like your style. I'm subscribing :-)

Sunken Condos is a great album! Everyone should listen to it.

High fidelity with the exception of Katy Lied, the recording of which suffered from a major equipment malfunction. Just a very brief mention of Roger Nicholls in the video, and nothing about how he was an integral part of the SD sound. How he invented Wendel and how he acquired the 'Immortal' nickname. Mark Knopfler's experience playing on 'Time Out Of Mind'? Just a few suggestions for Part 2. Anyway, an enjoyable video and I hadn't heard quite a few of those unreleased tracks before.

We now know that the masters did not burn in the Universal fire, thank god!-It does seem the master tapes for Aja and Gaucho are missing though (judging by what Chad Kassem and co. say) which is hard to believe in a sense.

Great video

Thank you I love history videos so much work thank you

a dan geek must see howard wright's steely dan tab page. VERY accurate.

Thank you! You did good.

these icebergs are getting REALLY specific to my liking now.

Man, I would LOVE to hear all these outtakes! Huge Dan fan, but didn't know that stuff really existed.. Is there anywhere where all this material is consolidated?

Wasn't Chevy Chase Steely's original drummer when they where Leather Canary?

Major SD fan. Stuff here I didn’t know about. Kudos Sir!

I thought I knew a considerable amount. Not so. Great wealth of interesting information here!!

Liked for the clip of Walter Becker trying to shake Stevie Wonder's hand

Fire video

6:56 That's Desperate Dan (from the UK comic book the Dandy) in the poster. Never seen that one before.

Great video. ... I only did one pass through but I'll be back, so much to take in. ... I enjoyed the Rick Marotta quote, "I jerk off enough at home". ... It would be nice to be a fly on the wall when, after 20-takes, Donald asks for more. ... When Donald asked Rick, 'through someone else', you can hear in his voice he's walking on thin ice and might need an escort to his car. ... We've all read the stories of Phil woods and Wayne Shorter walking in and nailing the first pass, but the painstaking 20th take stories might be highly entertaining. ... We all know Skunk was pissed when he left and Denny stayed in touch with the boys but those tales may be interesting? ... There was many tooth's pulled on the Dan recordings. ... Walter's bass playing up to the time he passed it on to Chuck is really amazing and I've read Walter's guitar solos always pleased Donald but Walter wasn't content with his earlier solos and passed them off. ... Plus you don't mention The Nightfly album which I heard really took a toll on Donald. He's said he's never listened to the album since. ... Thanks.

Amazing. Thanks

steely dan lore goes crazy

Another thing to talk about is the quadraphonic take of Reeling in the Years had another guitar part added in

oh sweet jesus. why am i finding this just now?

Hey, do you have the script for this iceberg? If so, I want to take a look at it

damn somebody actually made an iceburg video!! i know too much about steely dan

Very Cool, ty

"You wanna know what a Steely Dan is?" I showed your Mom, and that's who told you.

These albums are so good its unreal

I just drove a car through a CVS.

Hi. What version of the Second Arrangement did you play in the outro?? Sounds like John Paddicks version he played on Totally Wired Radio at 1:58:16. Possible friend of your uncles? ;)

Good video! Just two things: First, the way you say Becker "killed his girlfriend" (leaving it up to the viewer to read the screenshot for clarifying details) makes it sound like he murdered her, which is a bit much! Second: thanks for clarifying the pronunciation of Denny Dias' family name! I'd been saying it the Spanish way for the past twenty years...

$600 reward for those two tracks?? That's pretty cheap even for 1999. Hmmm

Re: famous guest players….No mention of Mark Knopfler as guest on “Gaucho” - “Time Out of Mind”

Becker & Fagan originally wanted Howard Kaylan (The Turtles, Zappa & The Mothers, Flo & Eddie...) to join as vocalist, prior to David Palmer. Kaylan would only join with his performing partner in all things harmonic, Mark Volman. Becker & Fagan only wanted Kaylan, Kaylan wouldn't part with Volman, so it went flat. However, Flo & Eddie (Volman & Kaylan) did a demo with The Dan in, "Everyone's Gone to The Movies".... This info comes from Kaylan's autobiography- Shell Shocked. 🚬😎

nice one

Kulee Baba would have been the best song on Gaucho.

The song Good Stuff off of Sunken Condos is in my opinion Fagen's best song from his solo catalog.

I believe the 'unintelligible' comment at 28:57 is "but it's sore!"

FUCKING FINALLY STEELY DAN ON MY FEEED

Can’t watch it yet, but did you include the one about Becker getting run over by the girls parents?

Stand by the Seawall v1, a nice Aja Outtake

Platinum Gaucho mic on a floppy disc? You couldn’t fit any real digital mix on a floppy. They were a couple of megabytes at best and this was long before Mp3 compression.

Layer 1: The hits They produced deeply controlled hits for people, to whom control was just a memory (Greil Marcus). Layer 4: Pretzel Logic This song was about the swastica and Hitler auteurs Fagen and Becker said, but even he himself wouldn't have figured out how (Greil Marcus).

Banger Vidjo. I didn’t know very much about Steely Dan but now I am half-god

I had a bootleg live recording of Steely Dan, pre-Pretzel. It was crude, with just a white cover and a piece of paper scotch-taped to it saying Steely Dan Live. One saving grace was it contained an instrumental that later became the beginning of the song "Your Gold Teeth II"

Fagan cussin out that dude going to the bathroom🔥🤣😂

What year did by accident become on accident?

I had an LP in my collection for years, that ended up selling in a garage sale. It was supposedly Donald & Walter in early years before Steely Dan. Not a very good recording and nothing like their official releases, I let it go in the sale. The album was called “Walk it Like You Talk it, or Loose That Beat” (or close to that) Have you heard of this one?

Great job!