That filthy rythmn section! That horn arrangement! Those keys! That guitar! Donald Fagen's vocals! Steely Dan is, always has been, and will continue to be, Musical Perfection!!!!!!! 💯👍
You are my favorite guy as a reactor to steely dan. You recognize their greatness in real time! I'm an old guy. l was originally dismissive of their music BECAUSE of the high quality of the production (in my defense, there was an enormous amount of great music coming out at the time). I considered it 'over produced'. Somewhere in the late '80s I started to notice that they were a thing: oh my god, I became a believer! Now, the Beatles, Steely Dan and Pink Floyd (there are others, of course-lots of them) stand above the music of the times.
Every other reaction channel is sleeping on steely dan. You heard them once and said shit I gotta hear this every week. That’s the proper way to react to steely dan. Love it
@@allisonyoung4007 Yes I know, but the greatness of the collaboration that was Steely Dan is sadly gone now. Thank goodness for these recordings and videos!
@@unrulyjulie4382 ty-He wanted Hey Nineteen 2 be played at his funeral but sadly we weren't able 2 have one.But I can finally enjoy them again after many mos.so I immediately click on Tre when I see he's reviewing one😊.
In a career of completely fucking ridiculously groovesome music, this might be the best, it's certainly my favourite song of theirs. It's Ulysses with snakey hips and a healthy dose of the low down funk. Bernard Purdie, for so long the musician's musician was given a groove that that his talents deserve. I'm sitting down and dancing at the same time...how can you not?
The legendary Bernard "Pretty" Purdie on the kit (throwin' down the syncopation and groove!)! and the, JUST as legendary, Chuck Rainey on dat bass. [NOT to mention, Walter Becker soloing over Larry Carlton on the guitar lines; melodies and grooves. 🤘🤘 -That "outro" solo??: Not to be fucked-wit'! 🧡🧡💜💜💜💜 -🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥⚡⚡🤘🤘🤘🤘]
Amen Brother! They don't make bad songs. Steely Dan Brothers were perfectionist pains in the ass and basically played musical chairs with the best sessions cats. With Bernard Purdie on the drums with his signature shuffle. Pretty much NOTHING ina Steely Dan album is an accident. That's why their albums, ALL OF THEM have such a dope sound.
Are you saying the Dan is like ... the Larry Bird of the groove? Is that what I’m hearing? ‘They don’t miss!’ I love it, man. GG below said it about other reactors be sleeping on the Dan. I am so glad I found you cuz I can see right off ... you get it. You get them and it shows. Nice to meet you!
If you haven't already, I'd love to see your reaction to the "Caves of Altamira". It's one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard as well as one of The Dan's best. Peace.
Thank you, this is my fave alltime from the Dan! You have done deacon blues as well now the trifecta check out the song "The Royal Scam" again thank you I have touted this song for quite a long time, now you know why.Peace!
How were they able to be so good? Steely Dan is really just two members, Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagan (keyboards and lead vocals). The rest are guest/session musicians and singers of which Michael McDonald is probably the most well known contributor. What they used to do is give several different drummers, horn players etc. the same track to play along with. They just picked, who they thought was the best for that particular track. The result is each album produced hsd a host of different musicians. Apart from writing the tunes themselves the real skill was the ability to choose the right musician for each track.
Lovin' you some Chuck Rainey on bass. You've got good taste. Chuck played with some of the greats. From Joe Walsh to Roberta Flack and Quincy Jones. Love your reactions. Spot on. Steely created the genre or Yacht Rock. Super sophisticated rock with high end jazz influence. The engineering blew the minds of some of the many many players called in to work on songs. Super clear. You can almost hear sweat fall slightly left or right.
Love Steely Dan! For more awesome horns, also check out Tower Of Power (from my hometown) from their album East Bay Grease ; try You're Still A Young Man and Sparkling In The Sand. Thanks, Tre!
Except, this is Walter Becker (over Larry Carlton, no less!) No Denny on this song (Although, I'll give you: It DOES sound quite a bit like his style, in many places. 🤘🤘👍)
Still got to do Caves of Altamira, Haitian Divorce, Royal Scam, Sign In Stranger, Everything You Did, and Green Earrings I think.From the Royal Scam album.
That bass is Chuck Rainey along with the inimitable shuffle of Bernard Purdie. Legends, both. Fagen and Becker always had a great sense of harmony. This time, they had a *budget* . You gotta do Kid Charlemagne.
Boss groove deluxe...complex and familiar....they gave righteous chops to the greats who blazed before them, to Monk and Bird....they blew off the shackles of a jaded industry just so they could live forever in the pantheon majestic with their heroes.
First, they never missed because they could write great songs. Second, they employed some of the most incredible session/Jazz/rock players ever...If you get a chance check out Ric Beato's channel doing a breakdown on Steve Gadd's (My favorite Drummer of all time) work on the song Aja off of this album...Shear perfection!..They were always pros.
When you said you were going to do album reviews of bands you have reviewed a lot, I thought Steely Dan would be one. I do recommend that starting now. Lots of great deep tracks.
Fagan and Becker worked hard and long in the studio (especially Fagan) mixing, editing, listening to each instrument and after the first several albums they hired top musicians and vocalists. The time in studio using top equipment, hiring top musicians not finishing a song until they were satisfied is how their music became high quality. To help understand their commitment, their 3rd album, "Pretzel Logic" was the album Becker and Fagan was disappointed with. They refused to even listen to it. Steely Dan at the time was with ABC Records. There was a problem with some of ABC Record's equipment destroying the music. Eventually the music was recovered and album released. Fagan and Becker didn't like the recovered product and refused to listen to it. They wanted as close to perfection as their music could be. To commit to long studio hours, using top qauality studio equipment, hiring top musicians would cost boo koo dollars in these times. Not many musicians, vocalists or bands could create enough profits to pay their record company and expenses, then have a successful financial endeavor. A Beyonce or someone like Taylor Swiift who have a very large loyal base and wealth could absorb extra expenses. Their investments could be recovered from reputations and fan loyalty. Steely Dan created their own sound, their own genre. They were Masters of fusioning Classic Rock( guitar solos mostly), Jazz, Funk, some Rhythm and Blues, Blues and even a little Pop. Not many have fused so many genres of music together to produce music that is so good it can change an anxious mood into a chill mood. The song "Only a Fool Would Say That" on their 1st album "Can't Buy a Thrill". is strictly about John Lennon.
This is what happens when you spend months on one tune. They'd use the best of the best musicians. Over and over, maybe 5 or 6 different guitar players doing a bunch of tracks. Good tracks but not exactly what the song wanted. They drove some producers crazy with the amount of time and players til they felt it was right. I'm damn glad they were the musical snobs they were because we get this.
In the day, we couldn't wait for a new Steely Dan to hit FM. Of course that was when TH was real radio unlike NOW. Back then stations would play an entire album after minight. That won't happen these days of formulaic radio programs and prerecorded playlists that repeat all week. We didn't know what we had when we had it.
The SD streak stays intact.....they are all great. You haven't covered King Of the World. You would like that. Another subject: I wish you could go over some of your old reactions like "Stay" by David Bowie that are so classic.
How can you say they have no bad songs? What about....well actually that one was great, but there's always.... No that one is phenomenal, not just merely great. I concede. This band might have some tunes that aren't to somebody's liking for some reason, but I can't find a loser amongst their entire catalog. Dr. Wu. From the Katie lied album. Spin it for us, please? Thx C
Not overly keen on their comeback albums from 2000 onward-certainly not at the 1972-1980 level stuff, but even so I cannot remember any songs I didn't like even on those.
@@allisonyoung4007 Great song & it is no knock on them-hard to think of any artists who are able to recreate that magic of their 20's & 30's when they are in their 50's & 60's, they still make good albums, but not classic albums-as much as I love Neil Young & he certainly had his moments in his later career-well his 40's anyway, the peak was his 1960's & 1970's work.
Walter Becker didn't necessarily credit Donald Fagan as being a great singer. He said and I quote "great singers don't necessarily fall into your lap ."
That filthy rythmn section! That horn arrangement! Those keys! That guitar! Donald Fagen's vocals! Steely Dan is, always has been, and will continue to be, Musical Perfection!!!!!!! 💯👍
The great Bernard “Pretty” Purdie on the drums, laying down his signature Purdie Shuffle. Laid back and grooving at the same time ... perfection.
You are my favorite guy as a reactor to steely dan. You recognize their greatness in real time! I'm an old guy. l was originally dismissive of their music BECAUSE of the high quality of the production (in my defense, there was an enormous amount of great music coming out at the time). I considered it 'over produced'. Somewhere in the late '80s I started to notice that they were a thing: oh my god, I became a believer! Now, the Beatles, Steely Dan and Pink Floyd (there are others, of course-lots of them) stand above the music of the times.
Every other reaction channel is sleeping on steely dan. You heard them once and said shit I gotta hear this every week. That’s the proper way to react to steely dan. Love it
Jamel_aka_Jamal is as in love with the Dan is Tre here is. Been loving BOTH sets of astonishment ;)
@@alanparsonsfan Me too. As a fan since 1972 listener I'm loving their enjoyment of the groove perfection.
Best band EVER !!!!! 🎹🎸🎧🎼
Steely Dan is just fucking sick. You could put on a stack of their music, and listen to it all day. Next level stuff. Thanks Tre.
Steely Dan ALWAYS brings a smile to your face Tre.
Nope. No bad songs. They ARE that good. This song is one of my underrated favorites by them.
I have been fortunate enough to see Steely Dan 3 times live in concert in my lifetime
I’ve been smoothed out by them since 1972. Thank you for spreading the knowledge of great music.
I love when tre says exactly what I'm thinking, the bass player is bringing the soul in this one.
Those guys were perfectionists and it showed. The world is a sadder place without them!
@@allisonyoung4007 Yes I know, but the greatness of the collaboration that was Steely Dan is sadly gone now. Thank goodness for these recordings and videos!
@@unrulyjulie4382 I know - They were my late hubs. favorite band of all time & we have the whole library .Been a Babylon Sister 4 many years!😍
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@@allisonyoung4007 It's cool that you got to share that together!
@@unrulyjulie4382 ty-He wanted Hey Nineteen 2 be played at his funeral but sadly we weren't able 2 have one.But I can finally enjoy them again after many mos.so I immediately click on Tre when I see he's reviewing one😊.
@@allisonyoung4007 ... I'm glad that you are able to listen now! I'm sure that your husband would not want you to stop.
In a career of completely fucking ridiculously groovesome music, this might be the best, it's certainly my favourite song of theirs. It's Ulysses with snakey hips and a healthy dose of the low down funk. Bernard Purdie, for so long the musician's musician was given a groove that that his talents deserve. I'm sitting down and dancing at the same time...how can you not?
so so good. so relaxed .... just kinda shuffles along. drummer killin it.
they don't miss...truer words never spoken!
This might mark the final song from Aja that you've reacted to. The great Bernard Purdie on drums!
kevtruth he hasn't reacted to I Got The News.
Pretty Purdy baby! Pretty Purdy of Purdy shuffle fame. Borrowed by Jeff Porcaro of Toto for "Rosanna". Bernie's the man.
the Purdy shuffle
To sit in on a Steely Dan recording session with all those elite musicians jamming must be a fucking dream.
The legendary Bernard "Pretty" Purdie on the kit (throwin' down the syncopation and groove!)!
and
the, JUST as legendary, Chuck Rainey on dat bass.
[NOT to mention, Walter Becker soloing over Larry Carlton on the guitar lines; melodies and grooves. 🤘🤘
-That "outro" solo??: Not to be fucked-wit'! 🧡🧡💜💜💜💜
-🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥⚡⚡🤘🤘🤘🤘]
The extraordinary gentlemen of the eternal groove
YEAH YOU GOT THE DAN NEVER BORING always KILLIN
this is one of their masterpieces
The Dan of Steel, it's like they could do no wrong.
Amen Brother! They don't make bad songs. Steely Dan Brothers were perfectionist pains in the ass and basically played musical chairs with the best sessions cats. With Bernard Purdie on the drums with his signature shuffle. Pretty much NOTHING ina Steely Dan album is an accident. That's why their albums, ALL OF THEM have such a dope sound.
Are you saying the Dan is like ... the Larry Bird of the groove? Is that what I’m hearing? ‘They don’t miss!’ I love it, man. GG below said it about other reactors be sleeping on the Dan. I am so glad I found you cuz I can see right off ... you get it. You get them and it shows. Nice to meet you!
Definition of groove here .
You've got to do Donald Fagen's Night Fly album.
If you haven't already, I'd love to see your reaction to the "Caves of Altamira". It's one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard as well as one of The Dan's best. Peace.
Steely is the best ! So Smooth !! Awesome 👍
You're right man. Those piano chords stab ya heart like a mugger.
The GOATS.
Thanks for an honest and perceptive posting
The Shuffle always feels good, especially when it's Steely Dan.
Thank you, this is my fave alltime from the Dan! You have done deacon blues as well now the trifecta check out the song "The Royal Scam" again thank you I have touted this song for quite a long time, now you know why.Peace!
One of a kind band.....
yo tre' RIP walter becker bro thanks for doing this grove
How were they able to be so good? Steely Dan is really just two members, Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagan (keyboards and lead vocals). The rest are guest/session musicians and singers of which Michael McDonald is probably the most well known contributor. What they used to do is give several different drummers, horn players etc. the same track to play along with. They just picked, who they thought was the best for that particular track. The result is each album produced hsd a host of different musicians. Apart from writing the tunes themselves the real skill was the ability to choose the right musician for each track.
ilovecatweazle
And oh yeah, don't forget 'ole Jeff "skunk" Baxter on guitar who Walter and Donald used quite a bit too.
ilovecatweazle Victor Feldman on piano...
Lovin' you some Chuck Rainey on bass. You've got good taste. Chuck played with some of the greats. From Joe Walsh to Roberta Flack and Quincy Jones. Love your reactions. Spot on. Steely created the genre or Yacht Rock. Super sophisticated rock with high end jazz influence. The engineering blew the minds of some of the many many players called in to work on songs. Super clear. You can almost hear sweat fall slightly left or right.
Chuck was the MAN. Nothing but groove inside that man's hands and heart.
My favorite off the album, followed by I GOT THE NEWS.
so good,so fine.
Steely Dan fans since Cant Buy a Thrill are a special breed and blessed by the musical Gods.
Donald Fagan what a voice.so unmistakable.
Tre you could drive 4 lanes of traffic through that groove!
Love Steely Dan! For more awesome horns, also check out Tower Of Power (from my hometown) from their album East Bay Grease ; try You're Still A Young Man and Sparkling In The Sand. Thanks, Tre!
Mary Margaret Moore I love Tower Of Power!! Another amazing band.
You really need to do "don't take me alive".
Yes! Great opening guitar solo and great lyrics!
Definitly the best intro ever!
I think the 1st 2 big hits I heard off the same album were Do It Again and Reelin' in the years.
Love your reaction. Genius music.
The Perdie Shuffle, featuring the one and only, the great Bernard "the hit maker" Purdie on drums.
Sort of the lost song on an amazing album
Chuck Rainey laying it down on bass. Beast.
Denny Dias Telecaster makes Aja. He came back for the album and it hits heavy with that guitar.
Except, this is Walter Becker (over Larry Carlton, no less!)
No Denny on this song (Although, I'll give you: It DOES sound quite a bit like his style, in many places. 🤘🤘👍)
The great Chuck Rainey on the bass 🔥🔥
Still got to do Caves of Altamira, Haitian Divorce, Royal Scam, Sign In Stranger, Everything You Did, and Green Earrings I think.From the Royal Scam album.
That bass is Chuck Rainey along with the inimitable shuffle of Bernard Purdie. Legends, both. Fagen and Becker always had a great sense of harmony. This time, they had a *budget* .
You gotta do Kid Charlemagne.
When you listen to the Dan.. really listen.. you feel it. Obviously you feel it :)
Boss groove deluxe...complex and familiar....they gave righteous chops to the greats who blazed before them, to Monk and Bird....they blew off the shackles of a jaded industry just so they could live forever in the pantheon majestic with their heroes.
First, they never missed because they could write great songs. Second, they employed some of the most incredible session/Jazz/rock players ever...If you get a chance check out Ric Beato's channel doing a breakdown on Steve Gadd's (My favorite Drummer of all time) work on the song Aja off of this album...Shear perfection!..They were always pros.
I made a loop of that Purdie shuffle. It's on my channel.
PS : SD are the best. Cheers from France !
This is fire
When you said you were going to do album reviews of bands you have reviewed a lot, I thought Steely Dan would be one. I do recommend that starting now. Lots of great deep tracks.
Almost frightening, how good the Dan is.
Fagan and Becker worked hard and long in the studio (especially Fagan) mixing, editing, listening to each instrument and after the first several albums they hired top musicians and vocalists. The time in studio using top equipment, hiring top musicians not finishing a song until they were satisfied is how their music became high quality. To help understand their commitment, their 3rd album, "Pretzel Logic" was the album Becker and Fagan was disappointed with. They refused to even listen to it. Steely Dan at the time was with ABC Records. There was a problem with some of ABC Record's equipment destroying the music. Eventually the music was recovered and album released. Fagan and Becker didn't like the recovered product and refused to listen to it. They wanted as close to perfection as their music could be.
To commit to long studio hours, using top qauality studio equipment, hiring top musicians would cost boo koo dollars in these times. Not many musicians, vocalists or bands could create enough profits to pay their record company and expenses, then have a successful financial endeavor. A Beyonce or someone like Taylor Swiift who have a very large loyal base and wealth could absorb extra expenses. Their investments could be recovered from reputations and fan loyalty. Steely Dan created their own sound, their own genre. They were Masters of fusioning Classic Rock( guitar solos mostly), Jazz, Funk, some Rhythm and Blues, Blues and even a little Pop. Not many have fused so many genres of music together to produce music that is so good it can change an anxious mood into a chill mood.
The song "Only a Fool Would Say That" on their 1st album "Can't Buy a Thrill". is strictly about John Lennon.
This is what happens when you spend months on one tune. They'd use the best of the best musicians. Over and over, maybe 5 or 6 different guitar players doing a bunch of tracks. Good tracks but not exactly what the song wanted. They drove some producers crazy with the amount of time and players til they felt it was right. I'm damn glad they were the musical snobs they were because we get this.
NOBODY does what The Dan does. Groove Master General
In the day, we couldn't wait for a new Steely Dan to hit FM. Of course that was when TH was real radio unlike NOW. Back then stations would play an entire album after minight. That won't happen these days of formulaic radio programs and prerecorded playlists that repeat all week. We didn't know what we had when we had it.
Funky, jazzy and delicious
Drums and bass sick.
The "Purdie" shuffle!!! Look it up lol!!!
Steely Dan - Night By Night, Hey Nineteen,
That shuffle is nastay.
Chuck Rainey is on bass. He's one of the baddest ever
I dont think you've done FM No Static at All yet. Give that a listen to.
Still can't believe you haven't done any Donald Fagen solo stuff. It's so similar, yet not identical.
I could be wrong but it sounds like THE legend Steve Gadd on the drums....they used many different drummers
Chris W, Gadd and Jerry Marotta also played on Aja, but this track is Bernard Purdie - it’s the inimitable Purdie Shuffle.
the Purdie shuffle.
Bernard Purdie on drums my friend.
I saw that after my comment... B.P. is a LEGEND
Laying it down Purdie Phat.
Steely Dan is Michael and LeBron in 3 point land for 20 years
in a way they really weren't a band.... more like an art project 😎👍
Chuck Rainey on bass.
I havent detected a bad song on Aja for sure or really any Steely album.
Shuffle by Perdue is classic!
The SD streak stays intact.....they are all great. You haven't covered King Of the World. You would like that. Another subject: I wish you could go over some of your old reactions like "Stay" by David Bowie that are so classic.
the Purdie shuffle
Think Donald Byrd,might be part of the band on this track.
get yourself an anthology of Dans best known songs AND the deep cuts for the car.
You'll have it on a loop.
Then delve into the albums.
Hello?...."Any Major Dude Will Tell You" and "Don't Take Me Alive".
Yep. They have never made a bad song.
That's that shit bruh. #PurdieShuffle
Dude you have to listen to black midi theyre amazing
Why the Dan wasn't ten times bigger than they were is a mystery to me. Epic done wrong
Cause you are comparing them against today’s crap - 70’s & 80’s bands - every band was Tiger Woods quality and SD got overlooked sometimes.
You do Caves of Altamira yet?
Chris Diehl he hasn't done it yet.still waiting .also waiting on FM ,Ricki don't lose that number , glamour professional and royal scam.
How they do it? They’re possessed
Bodhisatva is one you should check out.
still waiting for Doctor Wu. PLEASE???????
more like gods of groove. small g of course. GOD made the musical notes. men discover them.
Please give a listen to Black Cow by Steely Dan!
Take a listen to I got the news off the Aja album
How can you say they have no bad songs? What about....well actually that one was great, but there's always.... No that one is phenomenal, not just merely great.
I concede. This band might have some tunes that aren't to somebody's liking for some reason, but I can't find a loser amongst their entire catalog. Dr. Wu. From the Katie lied album. Spin it for us, please? Thx C
Tre,there is NO SUCH THING as a bad Steely Dan song.
Not overly keen on their comeback albums from 2000 onward-certainly not at the 1972-1980 level stuff, but even so I cannot remember any songs I didn't like even on those.
Try "Cousin Dupree"from their Two Against Nature album. It's one of the good ones on that comeback jam.
@@allisonyoung4007 Great song & it is no knock on them-hard to think of any artists who are able to recreate that magic of their 20's & 30's when they are in their 50's & 60's, they still make good albums, but not classic albums-as much as I love Neil Young & he certainly had his moments in his later career-well his 40's anyway, the peak was his 1960's & 1970's work.
Hey Tre, check out AWB Average White Band WHITE ALBUM & CUT THE CAKE album, guaranteed.
Their song "School boy crush" is extremely funky
@@jrg7951 yessir, I grew up on AWB & EW&Fire Gratitude, AWB's WHITE ALBUM,PICK UP THE PIECES, I still listen to frequently, since 1975.
Walter Becker didn't necessarily credit Donald Fagan as being a great singer. He said and I quote "great singers don't necessarily fall into your lap ."
This is the shit
Pick any Steely Dan song..... coolest white boys ever