I'm still campaigning for "Don't Take Me Alive" or 'FM". Each of these songs has everything you could ask for in a Steely Dan song: Great writing, musicianship, guitar work etc.,... I could go on...
They do a reaction to AMDWTY. It was my first time seeing these two react in. fact. I’m only here because I decided to see what else from the ‘Dan they react to.
Yes, I love that groove, but there are different versions of the song: one featuring a sax solo, one featuring an electric guitar solo, and a shorter radio version. Don't do the radio version! After that, it's hard to say which is better.
Let me try again. I just finished 4- 12 hour days working in Covid ICU. Tried to sleep and just couldn't get there. Turned you guys on and I felt alright. Drifted back to1974ish. I was in my room joint rolled, incense burning and hoping my parent wouldn't come in telling me to turn the music down. Such good music to take anyone away. Thanks guys. Deacon Blues is quintessential SD and just so damn good.
As I've watched this channel, I kept thinking "Why the Hell haven't they reacted to My Old School?" It has everything! Awesome vocals, harmony, great lead guitar, and amazing sychopated brass. One of my favorite songs ever.
The "Old School" referred to in this song is Bard College in Annandale, New York, where Donald Fagen and Walter Becker met. The song is at least partially inspired by an event that occurred at Bard, where both Becker and Fagen, along with their girlfriends, were arrested in a pot raid on a party that was orchestrated by an ambitious young District Attorney named G. Gordon Liddy (hence the line "Tried to warn ya about Geno and Daddy G"). Despite the fact that California has not (yet) tumbled into the sea, both Fagen and Becker have returned to Bard.
Here's Fagan on the bust: ”These were the days when there was a ‘war on longhairs,’ as they used to call it, and Bard’s in this kind of rural district. They picked up about 50 kids just at random. There were a few warrants, and one was for me, which was based totally on false testimony. They handcuffed our hands behind our backs and put us in a paddy wagon and took us off to the Dutchess County Jail. They took all of the boys, about 35 of us, most with really long hair, and shaved our heads. I remember some of them were crying. I don’t think any of them had seen their head for three or four years. It didn’t make that much difference to me. But it was scary, you know? To hear the cell-block door slam shut, the whole business with the handcuffs and the paddy wagon. I’d never been arrested or put in jail before. ”I asked them to bail my girlfriend out. She had nothing to do with this and was just visiting me. And they refused to do it. So when graduation time came I protested by not going. My case had already been dismissed-they had withdrawn the charges, actually. So I was sitting on a bench in front of Stone Row with my father and lawyer, just watching the graduation. A lot of the students were also angry because apparently the school had let an undercover policeman be planted in the building and grounds department. Their cooperation with the investigation was despicable.”
@Michael that is an amazing quote for context, thank you for posting! I kinda worked out what the song was about over 20yrs of listening to it ;) but I didnt know it was Fagen's direct experience.
I think the only way to solve this dilemma is to do a "dual" or even a "duel" reaction video to "Hey, Nineteen" AND "Deacon Blues" in the same sitting. Play them both then duke it out! Could be lots of fun for you and us!
Many of the other tracks on various albums may not be catchy "pop" tunes but there are a lot of gems in the SD catalog .....consider the sadness and regret of "Charlie Freak" ... I think of it as a dark Christmas-time tale replete (ironically) with bells....you hear them and are reminded of a wet snow heavily falling on a busy lampost-lit Manhattan street covered with dirty slush, full of people rushing about but everyone alone..... the arrangement is unbelievable !
@@Crazywater1976 Yes....I have some 96khz/24bit tracks of some (early) Elton John.... the magic is in the dynamic range that those songs possess...not like today's "Wall of Sound" mastering techniques
Jeff Skunk Baxter was still working as a guitar customizer at Valley Sound in LA when Steely Dan recorded this song. He made this guitar himself from a maple tree he cut down, fretted it himself, the works. Walter Becker told Baxter to plug it directly into the console, and that's what they did.
@@peterquinones3522 Pretty good! I also clicked on the suggestion for Reeling In the Years cover of Pretzel Logic at Daryl's House and watched that too
Baxter is also a self-taught missile defense expert that has been contracted for work with the Defense Department, NASA and several intelligence agencies as well as many civilian defense contractors.
Baxter was in the Doobie Bros. for awhile and he brought in Michael MacDonald. He played at my local library when I was in high school. The school band had a field trip to watch him demonstrate a Chapman Stick, which has both bass and standard guitar strings. Baxter played bass and guitar parts as he jammed with his drummer.
Prediction: You’re gonna love Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter’s solo work and outro noodling on this. Also, you’ll think the horns are great. Wish I was hearing this for the first time!
And "35 sweet goodbyes" refers to oral sex performed by the girlfriend on the boyfriend before he parts. Yes, really. And the Wolverine is name of the train going up to Annandale in upstate New York.
At last!!! What a great banger. Steely Dan with guitars and horns a-blazin'. Historical note in the lyrics: Daddy G is G. Gordon Liddy of Watergate fame, then a local prosecutor in New York. Now...onward to "Don't Take Me Alive"...
Why did STEELY DAN’s Fagen & Becker write such amazing lyrics? They both cared enormously for literature... reading doesn’t just make one a great conversationalist... it’s why their phrasing is just so damn good.
So fortunate to have had 40+ years appreciating these guys. Arguably The most prolific/creative/original/musically sophisticated-yet accessible song-writing team in Pop music history. Don’t neglect their newest stuff and Fagen’s solo projects also guys, you won’t be disappointed!!
Love the rhymes! 🌟❤️. "The oleander growing outside your door" ... I always loved it but it wasn't until this year that I understood what he was saying. Haha. I heard the word but didn't fully understand. I think back then I didn't know what the oleander was. Haha🌿🌿. Long leaf shrub/ plant.
I’m really looking forward to the full Aja album react. Complete with leather chairs, cigars, and bourbon. Remember, “Steely Dan sounds like leather smells.” What a great line.
Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter’s work on this song is soooo good. Though he is most known for his years with the Doobie Brothers his solo work on various artists albums is a testament to his talent. You guys also need to listen to ‘Dirty Work’ . Definitely another Steely Dan classic. 😀
Came here to say this! As an amateur musician for 45+ years, I'm a sucker always for this stuff (Rick Beato's channel is the master class in this, his "What Makes This Song Great" series, check it out if you haven't, he's great....)
Great song! For a real banger and more stunning guitar virtuosity from Denny Dias and Jeff Skunk Baxter check out BODHISATTVA from this same album. Thanks
As for equipment, it was a Tele into a Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer Compressor into a 60s blackface Fender Bassman head, into the board. Skunk always wore headphones when he played.
Earliest memories in the 60s , great album with head phones, pre kindergarten lol, the baby sitters gave me the head phones and I would listen to Steely D and Simon and G
This is probably my favorite Steely Dan song (though I always thought by Annandale, especially with 'William and Mary' coming up, they meant Virginia).
I was watching for your reaction after "California...tumbled into the sea" then the damn run!! Yas!! HA! I love Steely Dan, they are so raw and real and they write about their life. Bard College, going out to Los Angeles, then them being nostalgic for the old college days in Annandale. So cool.
You may be cool, but you’ll never be Department of Defense Technology consultant, bassist for Jimi Hendrix, guitarist for Steely Dan and Doobie Bros, nickname ‘Skunk’, and have a muppet designed after you cool!
Al-right! Busted you pulling the cowbell out right on time! Great Song and love Steely Dan!!!! Those horns layered together and trading leads with the guitars!!!!
I appreciate the intelligent breakdown of some of my favorite songs. Gives a new perspective of what I have taken for granted for a long time. Mucho gracias!
Wooooohoooooo! Just asked you guys yesterday when you were going to get to this one. Finally! I love this song and am so happy you guys reacted to it. I knew you'd both like it a lot. Thanks for making my night lol.
One of my all time favorite Steely Dan songs. If you haven't already...you really need to listen to their song Bodhisattva, especially if youre into the drums, as I know you are :) On the same album and I think it will blow your minds! Happy Listening!
I really like that you played the guitar lick at 9:13! That's a whole new level to reaction content that I've never seen, and I really appreciate it as a fellow guitarist and steely dan fan
The horn you were referring to at 10:08 is the Baritone Saxophone when the lyric goes "California, tumbles into the sea", and then the horns roll down some sixteenths with the Bari Sax making the final splat into the ocean ( at 06:21 ) - I always loved that part.
FINALLY!! Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter slays on those solos. That fade out kills me and I would kill to hear the full take on this. Bodhisattva that kicks off this album is another one of my all-time favorites, too.
Andy, there are lots of YT sites that have videos to the guitar solos to SD songs, so you can see exactly how it's being played. Makes a world of difference once you see them.
They attended there with Chevy Chase and the three of them were in a band together. By all accounts it was a shitty band, but the parties must have been something..
Steely Dan is like watching the insides of a Rolex watch, everything smooth, polished and done to the highest standards with absolutely no emotion or feeling.
Love the reaction... but have to just acknowledge your guys’ evolution. I’ve been following you guys for a few months & have watched TONS of your reactions. To see you go from Andy’s bedroom, to having just the wall... then the wall got the awesome wood paneling & your logo... to now see your set up with the vinyls and music merch on display - I just love it!! You guys rock & I hope your channel continues to grow in the upcoming year. Sending lots of Love & good vibes from Houston! 🤘🏽❤️🎶😊
Pretzel Logic has always been my favourite, just love the short snappy songs. With a Gun, Night by Night, Through with Buzz, Barrytown, Charlie Freak, wonderful stuff!
My favorite Steely Dan song, along with Kid Charlemagne. Though I must admit that it probably has as much to do with associated memories and related experiences as it does with the actual songs. But it’s guaranteed that hearing these two songs will put me in a good mood. Glad you enjoyed it as much as you did. It’s definitely one to enjoy over and over again.
Everytime i hear this song i think this 7:33 is a masterpiece!! An army of musicians, hand mixed in the old eight track studio. Phenomenal! Just masterful musicianship and production
Hey guys!! An awesome Friday checking out some more Steely Dan!! So what are ya’ll feelin’, Deacon Blues or Hey Nineteen next?!?! 🙌🏻🔥
‘A’ but not ‘and A’
Listened to Bodhisattva
Yet it still needs played
Both are great songs, but I’d say go to Deacon Blues next.
HSCC just did a great cover of Hey Nineteen. ruclips.net/video/bpdjciHPfg8/видео.html
Definitely Deacon Blues....please😎
@@lisamorrison2149 I agree, Deacon Blues
I'm still campaigning for "Don't Take Me Alive" or 'FM". Each of these songs has everything you could ask for in a Steely Dan song: Great writing, musicianship, guitar work etc.,... I could go on...
And “FM” has bongos😎
my objection is do the early stuff first.
FM is so fire
My vote is for “FM”. It’s such a groove!
Don't Take Me Alive is soooo tasty! Possibly the best opening guitar solo for a song, ever!
"ANY MAJOR DUDE WILL TELL YOU...." This is a great song...!
One of my favs!!
Classic hit.
a favorite of mine
YES SIR THANK YOUUUUU
They do a reaction to AMDWTY. It was my first time seeing these two react in. fact. I’m only here because I decided to see what else from the ‘Dan they react to.
Next Steely Dan : ‘FM’. No static at all.
Great one!
We have a winner! FM.
My favorite these days
Good song, but I'd prefer King Of The World, also from CTE.
Yes, I love that groove, but there are different versions of the song: one featuring a sax solo, one featuring an electric guitar solo, and a shorter radio version. Don't do the radio version! After that, it's hard to say which is better.
Let me try again. I just finished 4- 12 hour days working in Covid ICU. Tried to sleep and just couldn't get there. Turned you guys on and I felt alright. Drifted back to1974ish. I was in my room joint rolled, incense burning and hoping my parent wouldn't come in telling me to turn the music down. Such good music to take anyone away. Thanks guys. Deacon Blues is quintessential SD and just so damn good.
As I've watched this channel, I kept thinking
"Why the Hell haven't they reacted to My Old School?"
It has everything! Awesome vocals, harmony, great lead guitar, and amazing sychopated brass. One of my favorite songs ever.
It’s so unique, not even the Dan have another song like it.
“Don’t Take Me Alive” - Larry Carlton at his finest.
Kid Charlemagne is better.
@@andrewtrotter9023 I like them both. On another day I probably would have said “Kid Charlemagne”.
@@lesleypalmer4295 I do too. Larry Carlton is great.
Love, love that freakin’ song!!
This song was Skunk Baxter wasn't it?
The "Old School" referred to in this song is Bard College in Annandale, New York, where Donald Fagen and Walter Becker met. The song is at least partially inspired by an event that occurred at Bard, where both Becker and Fagen, along with their girlfriends, were arrested in a pot raid on a party that was orchestrated by an ambitious young District Attorney named G. Gordon Liddy (hence the line "Tried to warn ya about Geno and Daddy G"). Despite the fact that California has not (yet) tumbled into the sea, both Fagen and Becker have returned to Bard.
I went to Bard, and yup. This is our anthem.
Annandale-on-Hudson. And right next door is Barrytown where they do things very strange.
Thank you, I couldn't remember some of the specific details
this is interesting
had no idea they were Bard brats.
@@61hink funny.
always thought this was referring to someplace in CA
Here's Fagan on the bust:
”These were the days when there was a ‘war on longhairs,’ as they used to call it, and Bard’s in this kind of rural district. They picked up about 50 kids just at random. There were a few warrants, and one was for me, which was based totally on false testimony. They handcuffed our hands behind our backs and put us in a paddy wagon and took us off to the Dutchess County Jail. They took all of the boys, about 35 of us, most with really long hair, and shaved our heads. I remember some of them were crying. I don’t think any of them had seen their head for three or four years. It didn’t make that much difference to me. But it was scary, you know? To hear the cell-block door slam shut, the whole business with the handcuffs and the paddy wagon. I’d never been arrested or put in jail before.
”I asked them to bail my girlfriend out. She had nothing to do with this and was just visiting me. And they refused to do it. So when graduation time came I protested by not going. My case had already been dismissed-they had withdrawn the charges, actually. So I was sitting on a bench in front of Stone Row with my father and lawyer, just watching the graduation. A lot of the students were also angry because apparently the school had let an undercover policeman be planted in the building and grounds department. Their cooperation with the investigation was despicable.”
Great context. Thank you for the post.
Thanks for the great context!
@Michael that is an amazing quote for context, thank you for posting! I kinda worked out what the song was about over 20yrs of listening to it ;) but I didnt know it was Fagen's direct experience.
Yep, that’s the way it was.
Listen to kid charlemane about owsley
I think the only way to solve this dilemma is to do a "dual" or even a "duel" reaction video to "Hey, Nineteen" AND "Deacon Blues" in the same sitting. Play them both then duke it out! Could be lots of fun for you and us!
Great idea!
@@manualboyca The idea of a "Steely Dan-off" makes me excited.
I like this idea
Forget all that. Go with "Caves of Altamira" and have a great day!
Love it...both great songs.
If you dig guitar centric songs, you have to give "Bodhisattva " a listen.
Yes, yes, yes!
Definitely. I hadn't listened to that in a while so I checked it out today. Andy is going to freak.
@@MrDarkMagnus I'm pretty sure I heard Andy say he's already heard Bodhisattva, BUT, he CAN show it to Alex on music share Monday.😉
Bodhisattva and Reeling in the Years.
@@cl8onj388 really? Man, I just thought that he likes that fast picking guitar playing. Alex had mentioned that it's his style of playing as well.
Steely Dan - Don't Take Me Alive, Home at Last, Babylon Sisters, Time out of Mind
Or just the entirety of Aja - best record ever produced.
Many of the other tracks on various albums may not be catchy "pop" tunes but there are a lot of gems in the SD catalog .....consider the sadness and regret of "Charlie Freak" ... I think of it as a dark Christmas-time tale replete (ironically) with bells....you hear them and are reminded of a wet snow heavily falling on a busy lampost-lit Manhattan street covered with dirty slush, full of people rushing about but everyone alone..... the arrangement is unbelievable !
Time Out of Mind never got enough love.
In my opinion, Aja and Madman Across The Water from Elton are the best recorded albums sonically speaking.
Oh my, yes. Would someone please do Babylon Sisters.
@@Crazywater1976 Yes....I have some 96khz/24bit tracks of some (early) Elton John.... the magic is in the dynamic range that those songs possess...not like today's "Wall of Sound" mastering techniques
Best line for me was "California tumbles into the sea, that'll be the day I go back to Annendale"
and how the horns and keyboard play the arpeggio to mimic that.
Jeff Skunk Baxter was still working as a guitar customizer at Valley Sound in LA when Steely Dan recorded this song. He made this guitar himself from a maple tree he cut down, fretted it himself, the works. Walter Becker told Baxter to plug it directly into the console, and that's what they did.
What a close poll. Glad for you the My Old School squad prevailed, Pete
@@susanklasinski1805 The best You Tube cover band, HSCC, did a Steely Dan yesterday! ruclips.net/video/bpdjciHPfg8/видео.html
@@peterquinones3522 Pretty good! I also clicked on the suggestion for Reeling In the Years cover of Pretzel Logic at Daryl's House and watched that too
Awesome 🤯
Baxter is also a self-taught missile defense expert that has been contracted for work with the Defense Department, NASA and several intelligence agencies as well as many civilian defense contractors.
"Different from other Steely Dan songs, but so Steely Dan." Exactly.
And on that guitar? Jeff “Skunk” Baxter.
My ex-Boss’ wife used to be Skunk’s old lady, I even got invited to his son Fender’s wedding. But I couldn’t go. 😞 .
Just a nuclear physicist whose normal day job is at the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, CA.
Baxter was in the Doobie Bros. for awhile and he brought in Michael MacDonald. He played at my local library when I was in high school. The school band had a field trip to watch him demonstrate a Chapman Stick, which has both bass and standard guitar strings. Baxter played bass and guitar parts as he jammed with his drummer.
Boddisattva ..I know I'm not spelling it right but it's a great pumped up Steely Dan Jam where the instrumentalists get to show off
one of the best mustaches in rock and roll.
The backing vocals on their tracks are SOOOO underrated !! They are equivalent to instruments in their own right
Prediction: You’re gonna love Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter’s solo work and outro noodling on this. Also, you’ll think the horns are great. Wish I was hearing this for the first time!
“California tumbles into the sea...” (followed by tumbling sax line). Steely Dan in 4 bars. Outstanding.
That baritone sax so makes this song, gawd it makes me smile and giggle at times.
Of course they did. Perfection.
The "you" in the lyrics is Dorothy White, Fagen's girlfriend from Bard College. She painted the cover of this album.
Wow 🤯
Thank you! I enjoy these nuggets in the comment section.
Yeah cool info. Hope she's still not a "working girl" college tuition loans can be a beast! 😉 🤙😎
And "35 sweet goodbyes" refers to oral sex performed by the girlfriend on the boyfriend before he parts. Yes, really. And the Wolverine is name of the train going up to Annandale in upstate New York.
peter filling in the lines as usual.
Stop procrastinating. "Don't take me alive." After hearing Larry's initial filty chord slip into the intro guitar solo, you'll know you chose wisely.
Can you picture the audition for that solo? No one could come close to matching that! So many YT guitarists can play it these days.
@@Tarkus7 They can play it, but they couldn't WRITE it.
At last!!! What a great banger. Steely Dan with guitars and horns a-blazin'. Historical note in the lyrics: Daddy G is G. Gordon Liddy of Watergate fame, then a local prosecutor in New York. Now...onward to "Don't Take Me Alive"...
Why did STEELY DAN’s Fagen & Becker write such amazing lyrics? They both cared enormously for literature... reading doesn’t just make one a great conversationalist... it’s why their phrasing is just so damn good.
My favourite Dan song, EVER! Looking forward to this.
Couldn't even wipe the smile off Andy's face!😁😁😁
Skunk Baxter's best solo.
That outro solo…
Wow! I hope you love this song as much as I do. To this day I cannot resist cranking the volume on it.
So fortunate to have had 40+ years appreciating these guys. Arguably The most prolific/creative/original/musically sophisticated-yet accessible song-writing team in Pop music history. Don’t neglect their newest stuff and Fagen’s solo projects also guys, you won’t be disappointed!!
Check the rhymes! "Remember" with "Septmeber"; "Oleander" with "I can't stand her"; "California" with "tried to warn ya"!!!
Love the rhymes! 🌟❤️. "The oleander growing outside your door" ... I always loved it but it wasn't until this year that I understood what he was saying. Haha. I heard the word but didn't fully understand. I think back then I didn't know what the oleander was. Haha🌿🌿. Long leaf shrub/ plant.
I can't think of anything that rhymes with Sept Meber
Also don't edit your typo Pete. Your heart will go away
Cool 🤯
@@susanklasinski1805 Wise ass!
I’ve seen Steely Dan 3 times and this is the song that always gets the audience up on their feet and the place rocking!
I’m really looking forward to the full Aja album react. Complete with leather chairs, cigars, and bourbon. Remember, “Steely Dan sounds like leather smells.” What a great line.
Better change the flavor to scotch..."drink scotch all night long" (from Deacon Blues).
Home At Last is top 5 of my favorite SD songs and I have their entire discography including solo albums
I love you guys - you have a great attitude and your friendship shines through! Plus, you really understand and appreciate the music.
"Josie" is to jazz-rock what "Just What I Needed" is to new wave--the perfect pop song with all the musical ingredients of that genre packed in.
I grew up in Annandale, VA and just assumed they were speaking of MY Hometown.
This is one of my faves, of any artist. FM and Deacon Blues, when you get to them, will become favorites.
Two of their best songs among many.
Next recommended Steely Dan song:
“FM (No Static at All)”
I think the guys will REALLY like “FM”!
Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter’s work on this song is soooo good. Though he is most known for his years with the Doobie Brothers his solo work on various artists albums is a testament to his talent. You guys also need to listen to ‘Dirty Work’ . Definitely another Steely Dan classic. 😀
Oh yes, fully agree... Dirty Work... Great slow song, but a bit sad. Staying in a place where you know you should not.
"Dirty Work" is another cool jam!
Baxter was an original bandmate of Steely Dan. He stuck around for a while.
He had a monthy column in guitar player magazine for many years
Themistokles Theodosopoulos nope, not original member, but a frequent collaborator after the full band was dissolved.
Alex demonstrating the guitar tone....MORE OF THIS TYPE OF CUTAWAY PLEASE! Would love to see you guys dig deeper into educating listeners!
Agreed... As a music lover but technical music idiot I found it quite educational.
Came here to say this! As an amateur musician for 45+ years, I'm a sucker always for this stuff (Rick Beato's channel is the master class in this, his "What Makes This Song Great" series, check it out if you haven't, he's great....)
Great song! For a real banger and more stunning guitar virtuosity from Denny Dias and Jeff Skunk Baxter check out BODHISATTVA from this same album. Thanks
Seconded!
Agreed.
Bodhisattva is my favorite Dan song. That's saying a lot!
Been requesting Bodhisattva for ages
Add Boston Rag
It has probably been mentioned previously but I think the lead guitar on that tune and most of the LP was Jeff "Skunk" Baxter.
When you have “Skunk” Baxter, Denny Diaz, and Walter Becker all playing guitar on the same track, amazing things are going to happen!!
yep, see Baxter playing after the Dan with the Doobies, great stuff!
Finally, finally, finally. Been waiting for you guys to hear this. My favorite song by my favorite band. Such a fun song. Glad you liked it.
As for equipment, it was a Tele into a Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer Compressor into a 60s blackface Fender Bassman head, into the board. Skunk always wore headphones when he played.
So MANY Great Steely Dan Songs... This Is One of Everyones Faves for Sure! Enjoy It Guys ))) ))) )))
Earliest memories in the 60s , great album with head phones, pre kindergarten lol, the baby sitters gave me the head phones and I would listen to Steely D and Simon and G
Yesss! Looking forward to Hey 19, Deacon Blues, Don't Take Me Alive, FM, Babylon Sisters, Doctor Wu, Josie, Haitian Divorce… so many more!
This is probably my favorite Steely Dan song (though I always thought by Annandale, especially with 'William and Mary' coming up, they meant Virginia).
Excellent. Can't get enough Steely Dan. This is one of their best. "Aja" should be on your list to hear soon.
Just cant believe AJA has been overlooked
Hey 19 is Awesome!! Going to listen to it right now.
ask Rick Beato about how they made that guitar sound. He would know. :)
I was watching for your reaction after "California...tumbled into the sea" then the damn run!! Yas!! HA! I love Steely Dan, they are so raw and real and they write about their life. Bard College, going out to Los Angeles, then them being nostalgic for the old college days in Annandale. So cool.
Good morning! The gents will love this one! I am having an enjoyable work morning while watching Monterey Pop Festival 1967
You may be cool, but you’ll never be Department of Defense Technology consultant, bassist for Jimi Hendrix, guitarist for Steely Dan and Doobie Bros, nickname ‘Skunk’, and have a muppet designed after you cool!
@@stevegosper8568 So true!
JIMI!!
@@jimd7260 He lit that guitar on fire!!!!!
Steely Dan is the ultimate groove machine. I can't think of one bad or mediocre song they've made.
This song is one of the pinnacles of human artistic achievement.
You can't be in a bad mood when listening to that song! My fave Steely Dan.
"...California... tumbles into the sea..." I remember that was something we all used to think was going to happen any day!
Saw them do this in Arizona in 94...when they said this line, the crowd cheered really loud! Great memory!
Al-right! Busted you pulling the cowbell out right on time! Great Song and love Steely Dan!!!! Those horns layered together and trading leads with the guitars!!!!
How do you guys not have ten times the subscribers? The most intelligent and entertaining reactions on the Tube.
so the tone on the solo according to Baxter is a homemade strat style guitar through an "Orange Squeezer" compression pedal direct into the board.
Steely Dan you’ll like-
Haitian Divorce
Bodhisattva
Green Earrings
Pretzel Logic
Just type out the entire Steely Dan discography. They are that good
1 of my Top 5 Steely Dan songs, thank you for putting it up!
My favorite song by this artist. Hope it resonates the same way.
I appreciate the intelligent breakdown of some of my favorite songs. Gives a new perspective of what I have taken for granted for a long time. Mucho gracias!
You should do "The Last Waltz" and "Stop Making Sense" the two best concert films/documentaries ever made.
"Jimi Plays Monterey".
ENDORSE! Both are on Amazon Prime right now
God. Yes on TLW!
Yes yes yes. Stop Making Sense wins that contest! But last waltz is great
Wooooohoooooo! Just asked you guys yesterday when you were going to get to this one. Finally! I love this song and am so happy you guys reacted to it. I knew you'd both like it a lot. Thanks for making my night lol.
Greatest sax riff of all time as California tumbles into the sea.
Best Steely Dan song ever .... Horns, bass, vocals, guitar, drums counters and blends to create incredible flavors - JUST AWESOME !!!!!
One of my all time favorite Steely Dan songs. If you haven't already...you really need to listen to their song Bodhisattva, especially if youre into the drums, as I know you are :) On the same album and I think it will blow your minds! Happy Listening!
One of mine too!
YES, Bodhisattva!
Leonid and Friends covered this song to perfection! Give that a listen!
Just incredible with Sergei on lead guitar!
Great Album. Old School is great. But do Show Biz Kids cause they Don't give a fuck about anybody else
Cuz they’re making movies of themselves
right. been pushing for this one for awhile
Love you guys for over a year and love watching y'alls progression. I've turned multiple friends on to you!!
The three guitar solos are fire💥🔥💥🔥
I really like that you played the guitar lick at 9:13! That's a whole new level to reaction content that I've never seen, and I really appreciate it as a fellow guitarist and steely dan fan
Love how their "band" was whomever they wanted on a particular song. In this case I loved Jeff "Skunk" Baxter on guitar.
Show Biz Kids....Rick Derringer on slide guitar.....BANGER!!!
King Of The World also kicks ass!!!
Don't Take Me Alive for next Steely Dan Song!
Yay! Thanks for playing a Steely Dan song I suggested! But, you really can’t go wrong with any SD song!
Steely Dan created more "S" songs than any band ever.
Steely Dan is great, but for me it's Rush.
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Works for me! lol
Uh? No.
@@mattdepinto7959 Perfectly stated Matt!
One of my two favorite Dan songs. Love the baritone sax.
For a total ‘nother flavor of Steely Dan, but yet still very “Dan”, you HAVE TO listen to ‘The Royal Scam’.
The entire album
Title track is killer.
The Royal Scam (the song) has an “edging” effect. You feel a climax coming but it never comes.
The horn you were referring to at 10:08 is the Baritone Saxophone when the lyric goes "California, tumbles into the sea", and then the horns roll down some sixteenths with the Bari Sax making the final splat into the ocean ( at 06:21 ) - I always loved that part.
FINALLY!! Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter slays on those solos. That fade out kills me and I would kill to hear the full take on this. Bodhisattva that kicks off this album is another one of my all-time favorites, too.
Ahem, Jeff....
Andy, there are lots of YT sites that have videos to the guitar solos to SD songs, so you can see exactly how it's being played. Makes a world of difference once you see them.
'70's music was sometimes described as "the search for the perfect guitar lick". Skunk Baxter totally nails that lick here. Just great stuff!!!!
My favorite Steely Dan tune.
Hey Nineteen is such a hot track. Deacon Blues has a similar vibe, but you can’t really go wrong.
DEACON BLUES! Was listening to it yesterday on a long drive and thought of you guys.
This is a cool song. I can just see Donald and Walter at Bard College in upstate New York. Great times there I bet.
They attended there with Chevy Chase and the three of them were in a band together. By all accounts it was a shitty band, but the parties must have been something..
YESSSS! I’ve been waiting so long for this!!
Steely Dan is like watching the insides of a Rolex watch, everything smooth, polished and done to the highest standards with absolutely no emotion or feeling.
What a great analogy.
I'd disagree with no emotion, but very repressed, with a sneer, sonic film noir.
Always went to the Beacon in NY when the Dan made their yearly visit and what made this one such a fan favorite was we all loved to sing along
The "Old School" referred to in this song is Bard College in Annendale, New York, where Donald Fagen and Walter Becker met.
great to see you guys enjoy one of my favorite STEELY DAN songs....great job interpreting
Another Friday BANGER from everyone's favorite family members!
Love the reaction... but have to just acknowledge your guys’ evolution. I’ve been following you guys for a few months & have watched TONS of your reactions. To see you go from Andy’s bedroom, to having just the wall... then the wall got the awesome wood paneling & your logo... to now see your set up with the vinyls and music merch on display - I just love it!! You guys rock & I hope your channel continues to grow in the upcoming year. Sending lots of Love & good vibes from Houston! 🤘🏽❤️🎶😊
Dan's best LP might
be Countdown to Ecstasy?
One for full review?
Pretzel Logic has always been my favourite, just love the short snappy songs. With a Gun, Night by Night, Through with Buzz, Barrytown, Charlie Freak, wonderful stuff!
Love the outro by the wayy!!! 1mil subs needs is WAY overdue
My favorite Steely Dan song, along with Kid Charlemagne. Though I must admit that it probably has as much to do with associated memories and related experiences as it does with the actual songs. But it’s guaranteed that hearing these two songs will put me in a good mood. Glad you enjoyed it as much as you did. It’s definitely one to enjoy over and over again.
Objectively, Kid Charlemagne is a great song
Kid Charlemagne live from the Storytellers show is the best version, MUST be Ricky Lawson on drums.
Everytime i hear this song i think this 7:33 is a masterpiece!! An army of musicians, hand mixed in the old eight track studio. Phenomenal! Just masterful musicianship and production
Andy’s face for the guitar solos were the same ones from 25 or 6 to 4 😂
Yes, yes, yes! This is my favorite Steely Dan song. The story about this song is so cool, and this is such a fun fusion song.