You can tell Walter and Donald have spent quite a few years together. Hearing them riff off each other and finish each other's sentences is great. Legendary musicians to say the least.
more like, the natural successors to Lennon & McCartney... I'd be honored if some Steely Dan fans would check out my acoustic piano & vocal cover HEART TO HEART (Michael McDonald's 1982 composition with Kenny Loggins) on my channel. Real live acoustic with no autotune. Thanks and please excuse the promo.
sorry to be off topic but does anybody know of a way to log back into an instagram account? I somehow forgot the account password. I appreciate any tips you can offer me.
I actually laughed pretty hard when this documentary hit the opening to the Black Cow segment. Ah, 90s sampling. They didn't even gradually make their way to the subject, Fagan just went for it.
What can i say, this is as genuine a telling of this song, a window into the minds of Steely Dan as ever existed. Blessed to have Steely Dan color the world i live.
Rest in Power to Steely Dan's Walter Becker. The Dan was one of my mom's favorite bands in the 1970s, and by extension became one of mine as I cultivated my own taste for music growing up. I've literally got a lifetime of memories from the ways Steely Dan classics have underscored my life and for that, I am grateful.
the song is "Fool in the Rain" from Zeppelin's "In Through The Out Door", released in 1978, while "Aja" was released in 1977, so it's the Purdie shuffle because he did it first.
...thanks for the upload! 'Home at Last' is my absolute favourite Dan song -- a massive piece of music with the greatest bridge in the history of modern music. The groove is incomparable. Seeing the band working on the music in the studio -- actual footage -- is a dream come true. i once met Bernard Purdie in Manhatten during a vacation; he was leading a trio and the show was naturally beautiful, and after the final set he graciously had a drink with us and shared a photo. Very humble dude.
The added humor to the Black Cow segment is that they couldn't find the multitrack tape for that song (nor the title track) so I think they were upset by that and didn't feel like talking about it much (nor could they solo anything to show it) so Donald just recites lyrics..
My father, a musician, happened to work with Fagen and Becker (and me) in the studio, but that song was still years away, in the future. Gene (dad) always had the same drink to go with grandma's Italian meals, while I was growing up in Chicago; a Black Cow. Root beer and Milk. Kind of a "poor man's root beer float", I remember thinking. I hated both ingredients, doubly so when mixed together, but I think that's a black cow! 🐄
Have to add again how great it is that Bernard Purdie backs up all his confidence with incredible discipline and skill. These yahoos trying to diss are irrelevant, as Fagen said you want players who are confident in their abilities so that you are secure.
You could never play a show. like this know vh1, something cool educational and artistic. I'm glad this show existed , it brings so much new light to these songs you've listened to so many time
I could be wrong but I believe a Black Cow is also called an Egg Cream. They're made with milk, chocolate syrup, and seltzer water. Origins may be the Brooklyn NY soda shops of the 30s or 40s???
By any means, Aja isn't a true, best Steely Dan album. That award goes to The Royal Scam. But I have to admit, Aja is easily, and without compare, the finest, most accessible, and superbly engineered and meticulously performed and recorded SD album of their entire career. And the guys made a smart move with these session musicians as they would have never achieved this level of perfection with a live "touring" band. Each track had a unique character. You can easily tell which drummer is who based on their distinct style. And that Jay Graydon solo on Peg is now iconic.
+SlipKid84 In my mind, Steely Dan are one of the few groups for whom any one of their (at least original 7) albums has valid reasons for being their finest album. I put Countdown to Ecstasy and Katy Lied at the top, but I it's hard to argue against any of them.
Nobody who 'sucks' gets to play with Becker and Fagan. Purdie gave them what they wanted. Nobody cares who is actually the most recorded drummer in history or the second-most or the third-most. All that matters is being able to listen to great music.
Here's a funny story. An assistant engineer threatened to quit after one mixing session. Donald had spent 6 hours mixing the words "Well the ..." She couldn't take it anymore. Six hours mixing 2 syllables!
The last interview I heard was on XM radio and Becker was really given the guy a hard time then Becker really starts in on the Rolling Stones; called them the worst musicians he's ever heard, except the drummer, Charlie Watts.....it was weird to say the least!!
I can't help but feel Don feels a bit awkward about giving props to Vic Feldman...when he most likely could have pulled off 16-bar ad libs all by himself. I heard Don on a jazz album--damn me for forgetting its name--in which his keyboard work sounded first rate, every bit as good as something Feldman could have put together.
@311Ceriah No doubt it was, since it was just pre-existing great music. They wouldn't have been impressed that something sold well; they usually bucked the commercial trend in their day. If anything pleased them, it was the royalties they finally began to get for the use of their work. "Fagen could joke, perhaps, because after 1992's landmark legal case, Grand Upright Music vs. Warner Bros. Records... samplers have had to be more dutiful in giving samplees due credit." (Samplee = composer)
all drummers play some sort of shuffle. how you interpret the shuffle is your signature. purdie is the master, other notables are jeff porcaro, steve gad, omar hakim and many other. usually the groovier the shuffle the better a drummer is. bonham had a great shuffle (the best in rock) but in my view he couldn't touch the feel of purdie
John Donga - I love music and know a bit about it, but HOW THE HELL DID YOU HEAR THAT PURDIE SHUFFLE? You've got a verrrrry sensitive ear. Wish it was me.
I hate I just found this ,I'm a fan of this music and the musicianship, but I must speak on the bad taste sampling leaves in music critics mouths, hip-hop comes from the inner city most poor kids didn't have money for instruments, but turntables for records, and talking to the crowd over the records, turned into poetry over break beats,we didn't invent the sampler, we just learned how to use it, it's a form of expression Making something out of something else, you can't deni De ja Vue doesn't sound good both sides deserve credit besides steely Dan can't recite those rap verses just like Tariq and Peter don't sing! Like Run DMC and Areosmith it all just ties together!
That's so sad....rap will steal from anything and claim it as "art" and stupid people will argue that rap is art when most of it is just theft and lack of any originality,authenticity and lazyness to craft a song from scratch. I guess that's the stuff that happens when you're not an actual musician and lack talent.
mrfrogbutt1 99% of rappers get permission first so it’s not stealing, it’s sampling. And there IS an art to it. You just don’t have a full appreciation for music. No one you listen to is 100% original by the way.
They sued the rappers for using their song, without permission, that's why it's part of this video but they're too polite to say anything about it. Rappers aren't talented enough to write their own, music and they thought they could get away with it, but didn't. Get a real job rappers.
mrfrogbutt1 Sound like you don't like rap. It's a form of art. Also, Steely Dans-"Ricky Don't Loose That Number" is a take off a song by the name of ," A song for my Father". Is it stealing...nah! Take a chill pill and give Purdie his dues.😉
You can tell Walter and Donald have spent quite a few years together. Hearing them riff off each other and finish each other's sentences is great. Legendary musicians to say the least.
They're like an old married couple.
Better than Lennon & McCartney.
A Cool Name .....easy man, maybe so..... but I don't think you should say it out loud like that ?
more like, the natural successors to Lennon & McCartney... I'd be honored if some Steely Dan fans would check out my acoustic piano & vocal cover HEART TO HEART (Michael McDonald's 1982 composition with Kenny Loggins) on my channel. Real live acoustic with no autotune. Thanks and please excuse the promo.
sorry to be off topic but does anybody know of a way to log back into an instagram account?
I somehow forgot the account password. I appreciate any tips you can offer me.
That beginning is so great, Donald showing his lighter side & getting gangsta w it, haha. That was funny they included that part in here.
I actually laughed pretty hard when this documentary hit the opening to the Black Cow segment. Ah, 90s sampling.
They didn't even gradually make their way to the subject, Fagan just went for it.
Just saw it for the first damn i laughed ...shows a sense of humor and ...odd enough Peter Gunz and Lord Terriq paid them handsomely
Lol I love this series. No host. Just musicians in the booth talking
Every time I think I've had enough of the Dan, i know I never will. Still replaying Home At Last, has a renewed for me. I mean this is probably it.
Rest in Peace Walter Becker who passed away earlier today
bellsboy. R.I.P. WALTER BECKER. 🌷🌷🌷
i love how Mr. Purdie can recite his shuffle verbally as he plays it on the drums, AND IS SOOOOO COOL ABOUT IT!
No disrespect to great Bernard Purdie, who's played on so many great Steely Dan tracks but it was actually Paul Humphrey who plays here
These two were always a cut above in their ability to consistently create great music that never did have a competitor.
What can i say, this is as genuine a telling of this song, a window into the minds of Steely Dan as ever existed. Blessed to have Steely Dan color the world i live.
Rest in Power to Steely Dan's Walter Becker. The Dan was one of my mom's favorite bands in the 1970s, and by extension became one of mine as I cultivated my own taste for music growing up. I've literally got a lifetime of memories from the ways Steely Dan classics have underscored my life and for that, I am grateful.
Great story beautiful music I've been hooked as a kid I'm 50 now
This album takes me to places I never been. The best.
the song is "Fool in the Rain" from Zeppelin's "In Through The Out Door", released in 1978, while "Aja" was released in 1977, so it's the Purdie shuffle because he did it first.
It only strengthens you're point but, wasn't "In Through The Outdoor" released in 1979?
Always loved their horn voicings!
Brecker Brothers!!
Tom Scott did all the horn arrangements
...thanks for the upload!
'Home at Last' is my absolute favourite Dan song -- a massive piece of music with the greatest bridge in the history of modern music. The groove is incomparable. Seeing the band working on the music in the studio -- actual footage -- is a dream come true. i once met Bernard Purdie in Manhatten during a vacation; he was leading a trio and the show was naturally beautiful, and after the final set he graciously had a drink with us and shared a photo. Very humble dude.
just saw them in san diego a few months ago-wow-songs of my life! thank you
The added humor to the Black Cow segment is that they couldn't find the multitrack tape for that song (nor the title track) so I think they were upset by that and didn't feel like talking about it much (nor could they solo anything to show it) so Donald just recites lyrics..
Priceless. Nothing like sitting on the couch of a professional and picking his brain for free! DAMN!
My father, a musician, happened to work with Fagen and Becker (and me) in the studio, but that song was still years away, in the future. Gene (dad) always had the same drink to go with grandma's Italian meals, while I was growing up in Chicago; a Black Cow. Root beer and Milk. Kind of a "poor man's root beer float", I remember thinking. I hated both ingredients, doubly so when mixed together, but I think that's a black cow! 🐄
Two bodies, one brain, high brow, no fart jokes and the best damn music for forty years. Timeless songs, great musicianship.
I. LOVE. STEELY!!!
As told by Denny Dias
Have to add again how great it is that Bernard Purdie backs up all his confidence with incredible discipline and skill. These yahoos trying to diss are irrelevant, as Fagen said you want players who are confident in their abilities so that you are secure.
Love Donald just deadpanning the lyrics to "Black Cow" lmaooo
Talk it out til daylight.
Chorus.
“you were high!”
“I'm the one!”
💀💀💀
These are some of the most wonderful videos on yt! 🍾❤️
Masters at work..... fascinating
I know they weren't a "super group" at the time, but Any Major Dude is my all time favorite song by them.
UPTOWN BABY UPTOWN BABY WE GETS DOWN BABY FOR THE CROWN BABY! YAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSS!
This is heaven
You could never play a show. like this know vh1, something cool educational and artistic. I'm glad this show existed , it brings so much new light to these songs you've listened to so many time
Purdie Shuffle FTW
Love this! I remember a candy called black cow i the 70's. Tasty!
My favorite track on the album.
So many fans have said that they got to see Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Dukes of September. All I can say is I'M SOOO JEALOUS.
"aja".. a continent of the mind....that was the catchphrase back then
no, but fagen reciting the words to "deja vu" by lord tariq & peter gunz was awesome xD
Magnificent musicians! Each in their own right!
What an excellent piece!
The late, great Roger Nichols, recording engineer extraordinaire.
Yes, to the sandbox with them as we return to good music with Purdie & Steely Dan.
Wonderful music.
fucking genius, my all time favorite "Band"
tremendous album,becker and fagen are perfectionists and it shows in the musicians chosen and the beauty of the album
Awesome video. Learned so much.
"I'M the one"
This album and Marvin Gaye's what's going on are the two Greatest Albums ever put together in my opinion
they're laughing at the "no hang ups" because what denny dias really said in the ad was "no assholes" ... did a little research !
Loved this video!
the way fagen recites the lyrics is hilarious.
I could be wrong but I believe a Black Cow is also called an Egg Cream. They're made with milk, chocolate syrup, and seltzer water. Origins may be the Brooklyn NY soda shops of the 30s or 40s???
I think a "Black Cow" is made with milk, coffee syrup and chocolate syrup.
Blues-Rock Vault They said it was an ice cream float.
Black Cow and egg cream are different. Egg creams don't have ice cream.
You are correct!!
I love you guys!!!!!
Of course even the Classic Albums on Aja/Steely Dan has the most humor and memorable stand out moments of the series.
By any means, Aja isn't a true, best Steely Dan album. That award goes to The Royal Scam. But I have to admit, Aja is easily, and without compare, the finest, most accessible, and superbly engineered and meticulously performed and recorded SD album of their entire career. And the guys made a smart move with these session musicians as they would have never achieved this level of perfection with a live "touring" band. Each track had a unique character. You can easily tell which drummer is who based on their distinct style. And that Jay Graydon solo on Peg is now iconic.
+SlipKid84 gaucho is one of my faves!
+SlipKid84 In my mind, Steely Dan are one of the few groups for whom any one of their (at least original 7) albums has valid reasons for being their finest album. I put Countdown to Ecstasy and Katy Lied at the top, but I it's hard to argue against any of them.
JimmBailey By any means? Thanks for making your opinion apply as truth to all. Good to know you are hear to clear up any subjective takes.
JimmBailey Yeah, for me the best are Katy Lied and Aja.
JimmBailey royal scam is my fav
Nobody who 'sucks' gets to play with Becker and Fagan. Purdie gave them what they wanted. Nobody cares who is actually the most recorded drummer in history or the second-most or the third-most. All that matters is being able to listen to great music.
Bernard Purdie is the business.
Paul Humphrey deserves more credit for his smooth as silk drum groove
Bernard Purdie!! Pros Pro!!!!
I didn't realise the writer Bill Bryson was such an accomplished guitarist.
uber geeks but man do I love em & their music!
I came here to say goodbye.
"Uptown baby, uptown baby!" 😂😂😂
If I had Bernards CV I'd be pretty bloody cocky too. The man is on point.
Here's a funny story. An assistant engineer threatened to quit after one mixing session. Donald had spent 6 hours mixing the words "Well the ..." She couldn't take it anymore. Six hours mixing 2 syllables!
😂😂😂 that geek. love him
@@apseudonym It was on the song Home at Last. Funny thing is, he skips those words in concert.
Well said dude. You can always tell someone's true calibre when they resort to crass and uneducated statements......children eh!
Miss Walt so much! What an absolute genius and gentleman. Class act all the way.
Just when it seems so clear.........................
Brilliant 😎
Bernard!!🤗
The last interview I heard was on XM radio and Becker was really given the guy a hard time then Becker really starts in on the Rolling Stones; called them the worst musicians he's ever heard, except the drummer, Charlie Watts.....it was weird to say the least!!
Bug Bomb they’re a little eccentric to say the least.
8:07 VULFPECK!
YES!!
I love the way Purdie intones "Frank Sinatra" with a motion of literal name dropping.
When i saw these two on the inside cover of their first album, i tought they were huge ego/assholes,
but in actually they are really nice guys!
Whatever i do i just keep coming to this video, que?
:10 "Uptown baby".....that is hilarious. They probably made a mint from just that cut.
That's probably he thinks of that song now when he hears death vu, reminds him of the mailbox money every month
Ha ha ha ha!!!!!! Daaaamn!!!!!! Mother fuckin' Steely Dan, y'all!!!! ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪▼
Anyone who has seen or has a copy of Jazziz Magazine with the picture of Donald on the cover, Please let me know.
i like how they sing that peter gunz song after financially destroying him and getting the publishing rights in the lawsuit too
I can't help but feel Don feels a bit awkward about giving props to Vic Feldman...when he most likely could have pulled off 16-bar ad libs all by himself. I heard Don on a jazz album--damn me for forgetting its name--in which his keyboard work sounded first rate, every bit as good as something Feldman could have put together.
Victor Feldman (R.I.P.)
was an underrated phenomenon of a musician! 💯
Love these weird ass goons!
Wasn't there a Led Zeppelin tune where Bonham played some sort of rhythm like that? I only ask because if so, how could it be thew Purdie shuffle?
Fool in the Rain. It is similar, but has a the signature Bonham stops on the up beat.
Bernard at 8:08 starts this litany of legendary musicians... are these people he has played with?
MrYourekiddingme 5 year’s later but yes.
…or so he claims…the Beatles….I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT…The Beatles????? Yeah right
♥️✨♥️✨
R.I.P. Walter
@311Ceriah No doubt it was, since it was just pre-existing great music. They wouldn't have been impressed that something sold well; they usually bucked the commercial trend in their day. If anything pleased them, it was the royalties they finally began to get for the use of their work. "Fagen could joke, perhaps, because after 1992's landmark legal case, Grand Upright Music vs. Warner Bros. Records... samplers have had to be more dutiful in giving samplees due credit." (Samplee = composer)
Exactly! Fagan is awesome silent. Let the guitar talk.
Who plays bass on Black cow
They liked to party hard.
stephen colbert on guitar?
Jon Herington
MF Doom sampled this in a much cooler way.
Whose hand is that on the board at 5:05???
Roger Nichols. He’s hiding under the console.
all drummers play some sort of shuffle.
how you interpret the shuffle is your signature.
purdie is the master, other notables are jeff porcaro, steve gad, omar hakim and many other. usually the groovier the shuffle the better a drummer is. bonham had a great shuffle (the best in rock) but in my view he couldn't touch the feel of purdie
Bonham had the greatest shuffle ?? There’s like maybe 3 shuffles in the Zep catalog .
Soft Cone Chocolaty. Bagel el LA cart
He's saying it as if it were poetry, in a conversational style, to convey how it would be said if he was reciting the scene, not singing it.
if you think those guys that sampled this song didn't do it justice check out mf dooms gas draws he uses it right
Anything you guys wanna do is great by me
"Aretha Franklin. Nina Simone. Donny Hathaway. Ray Charles. Frank Sinatra."
0:07.
I hide under bridges and scare goats. What am I?
John Donga - I love music and know a bit about it, but HOW THE HELL DID YOU HEAR THAT PURDIE SHUFFLE? You've got a verrrrry sensitive ear. Wish it was me.
I hate I just found this ,I'm a fan of this music and the musicianship, but I must speak on the bad taste sampling leaves in music critics mouths, hip-hop comes from the inner city most poor kids didn't have money for instruments, but turntables for records, and talking to the crowd over the records, turned into poetry over break beats,we didn't invent the sampler, we just learned how to use it, it's a form of expression Making something out of something else, you can't deni De ja Vue doesn't sound good both sides deserve credit besides steely Dan can't recite those rap verses just like Tariq and Peter don't sing! Like Run DMC and Areosmith it all just ties together!
you can tell how little they think of rap
You & Javier need serious music education. Oh well, the top commenters understand.
Please tell me what you mean. It sounds like you must have been doing something you're not supposed to be doing. SO WHAT THE HELL?
That's so sad....rap will steal from anything and claim it as "art" and stupid people will argue that rap is art when most of it is just theft and lack of any originality,authenticity and lazyness to craft a song from scratch. I guess that's the stuff that happens when you're not an actual musician and lack talent.
mrfrogbutt1 99% of rappers get permission first so it’s not stealing, it’s sampling. And there IS an art to it. You just don’t have a full appreciation for music. No one you listen to is 100% original by the way.
They sued the rappers for using their song, without permission, that's why it's part of this video but they're too polite to say anything about it. Rappers aren't talented enough to write their own, music and they thought they could get away with it, but didn't. Get a real job rappers.
mrfrogbutt1 Sound like you don't like rap. It's a form of art. Also, Steely Dans-"Ricky Don't Loose That Number" is a take off a song by the name of ," A song for my Father". Is it stealing...nah! Take a chill pill and give Purdie his dues.😉
sampling is the lifeblood of hip hop and rap. it came from bootlegging. it's an artwork of its own. all art is borrowed