Donald Fagen - The Goodbye Look (REACTION)

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  • Опубликовано: 20 авг 2024
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  • @edcedera
    @edcedera Год назад +75

    Fagen on top of his game, the whole album, masterclass.

    • @lukekiefer5964
      @lukekiefer5964 11 месяцев назад

      Morph the Cat is even better imo

    • @samanthanickson6478
      @samanthanickson6478 9 месяцев назад +1

      kamakiriad is another perfect album. NO bad songs.

  • @jwoodard29
    @jwoodard29 Год назад +39

    Every song on the album is a gem. This one is my favorite.

  • @stevecardenas5324
    @stevecardenas5324 Год назад +18

    The more you look back at what Donald Fagan has done the more you realize he is a one of a kind all time great.

  • @z0n0ph0ne
    @z0n0ph0ne Год назад +17

    "Wont you pour me a Cuban Breeze Gretchen", great line.
    Stand by for the Bay of Pigs.

    • @philiphill6697
      @philiphill6697 6 месяцев назад

      The first time I heard it I though, brilliant.

  • @rosemarypugliese2984
    @rosemarypugliese2984 Год назад +14

    A song that’s absolutely cinematic

  • @jimmoore8951
    @jimmoore8951 Год назад +24

    When Fagen goes after a vibe he goes hard, whether Asian, reggae, Caribbean, or whatever. He obviously doesn’t seem too down about getting the goodbye look

  • @jml-rj5re
    @jml-rj5re Год назад +15

    One of the all-time great songs, about Americans gathering what they had and fleeing at the end of the Cuban Revolution. A masterclass in songwriting and production.

  • @russelbarnes7235
    @russelbarnes7235 Год назад +33

    Back at this underappreciated masterpiece of an album. Another work of art showcased on your channel. Thank you, brothers, for your content and comments. I'm with you all the way.

  • @genecase9464
    @genecase9464 Год назад +9

    I'm tellin" ya guys. "Ruby Baby". 🙂 Smoooooth!

  • @jimmyaye4204
    @jimmyaye4204 Год назад +21

    I immediately fell in love with this album when it first came out, all those years ago. Perfection.

  • @se6550
    @se6550 Год назад +13

    Donald and Walter just take me to a place no other group does. They relax my soul. :)

  • @savariaxa
    @savariaxa Год назад +8

    Back in 1982 at university almost every student had a copy of the Nightfly we knew back then that this was a masterpiece and still is 😉

  • @mikemet1744
    @mikemet1744 Год назад +8

    Dylan, Simon, Fagen.....gifts to mankind. Rock on.

  • @Ibanezed210
    @Ibanezed210 Год назад +14

    Won't you pour me a Cuban Breeze Gretchen!

  • @markharbin9945
    @markharbin9945 Год назад +14

    He ALWAYS has the best backup singers 😮

    • @submandave1125
      @submandave1125 Год назад +2

      One thing I really enjoyed when I caught Steely Dan last year was his real appreciation for his backup singers. In fact, he turned the entire vocal duties for "Dirty Work" over to them and they killed it.

  • @tomtompkins7546
    @tomtompkins7546 Год назад +8

    I have listened to this album more than any other in the history of the world. I have used the song i.g.y. to test every stereo, every speaker, every receiver, every turntable, everything. Everything. It is Sonic perfection.

  • @realbser1956
    @realbser1956 Год назад +15

    Whatever words you can find to say how great this song and album is….it’s better. A true classic from a musical genius. More musical styles in this song than you can count. A brilliant, brilliant album, The Nightfly. 🔥🔥

  • @RPRohrman
    @RPRohrman Год назад +10

    Also, includes former Steely Dan musicians Dean Parks and Jeff Porcaro.

  • @donnielee5331
    @donnielee5331 Год назад +8

    Great album....all killer, no filler.

  • @raycewilliams3300
    @raycewilliams3300 Год назад +11

    This is a MULTI-LAYER MASTERPIECE... I can't get enough of this track. I first heard this song in 1982. It sounded great then and it sounds just as good today. Great reaction, guys. As always.... take care.

  • @caseyporter1235
    @caseyporter1235 Год назад +9

    Amazing this album never received the airplay it deserved. It is wonderful through and through......It just brings a smile to my face every time I listen to it and that is what music is for.....

  • @donaldcoe5699
    @donaldcoe5699 Год назад +10

    Fagen keeps it going after this with his solo work. Kamakiriad, Morph the Cat, and Sunken Condos are all great, as you've come to expect, and sound better at each listen. Another great reaction, enjoy seeing your admiration for this unique and thoroughly enjoyable music...

    • @79BlackRose
      @79BlackRose Год назад

      Actually, I thought Sunken Condos was pretty weak.

    • @donaldcoe5699
      @donaldcoe5699 Год назад

      All to they're own taste I guess. I would simply suggest you listen to it again. Miss Marlene, Good Stuff, Weather in My Head, ???

  • @johnlylemusic
    @johnlylemusic Год назад +8

    Impeccable and brilliant imagery! Lots of those “expensive” chord voicings mixed with that pulsing rhythm. Larry Carlton’s guitar solo is masterful….smooth yet with a hint of edge when needed.
    That outro! I was ready to join the the conga line!
    👍🏼🎸🎼🔥❤️😎

  • @skippybiscuit275
    @skippybiscuit275 Год назад +5

    Perfection is all need be said…for all their work

  • @jdub9279
    @jdub9279 Год назад +6

    This is another album you should listen to from the beginning! There isn’t a stinker on it. I love the love between you two and your love for this music. Thanks so much🦚

  • @jessecole1531
    @jessecole1531 Год назад +7

    FINALLY! I haven’t even started to watch this yet! I know you’re going to love this! My favorite cut on this album! NOW I’m going to watch your reaction! ❤😂👍🏾

  • @CuriousGeorge1111
    @CuriousGeorge1111 Год назад +5

    A superb album. IMO one of the great "Steely Dan" albums, from beginning to end. Any song from this album is a wise choice. Always great seeing you guys enjoy my favorite music.
    This song is a favorite, for the charming rhythms and melodies, and the classic SD way of telling of an unfortunate situation without actually saying it, just talking all around it. Lovely.
    Thanks guys.

  • @alphaomega6062
    @alphaomega6062 Год назад +5

    One of the first digitally recorded albums. When you say "that Steely Dan sound there" I think that was Larry Carlton on guitar but Dean parks also plays guitar on this track.

  • @theivory1
    @theivory1 Год назад +7

    I hope you guys get to his other solo works, especially the Sunken Condos and Morph The Cat albums.

  • @yvonnestevens6179
    @yvonnestevens6179 Год назад +4

    He brought the magic to steely dan❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @tjmasson1013
    @tjmasson1013 Год назад +4

    Wow fellas I totally forgot about this jam. Ty ! You cats never miss man!

  • @clifton8929
    @clifton8929 Год назад +7

    Airplay Beats consistently smooth and getting with it - as always, your musical choices and commentary are beyond the best of the rest.
    Thanks, guys for the hard work and great music.

  • @davelaffertykeyboards
    @davelaffertykeyboards 11 месяцев назад +2

    Wow, I forget how incredible this album is. Thanks!

  • @nunnarij
    @nunnarij Год назад +3

    Just Crazy Good!

  • @winslow551
    @winslow551 Год назад +3

    One of my favorite songs from an album with all songs that bang. Thanks for the share.

  • @pfdfcc
    @pfdfcc Месяц назад

    "I'm doing all I can to stay seated........nuff said. LOVE this track!!!!!

  • @lawsonic
    @lawsonic Год назад +3

    This and the Frampton reaction, nicely setting off my evening

  • @richardjacobs7632
    @richardjacobs7632 Год назад +4

    Love this album! It is groovy!

  • @genecase9464
    @genecase9464 Год назад +3

    I love how you guys point out things that I hadn't really paid too much attention to before. I have to re-think how I listen to these songs now. Kind of a refreshing point of view.

  • @clare1061
    @clare1061 Год назад +1

    What are my favorite albums right there it's priceless

  • @paulweber686
    @paulweber686 11 месяцев назад +3

    Maybe the greatest reaction I've ever heard: "I'm doing all I can to stay seated". Love you guys!

  • @deaniegarcia5694
    @deaniegarcia5694 Год назад +9

    Morning gents! Thanks for the spin! Thought you might like it…love hearing your reaction…thank you both!

  • @johnathanstruble1064
    @johnathanstruble1064 Год назад +3

    This album is so tight it squeaks on the turntable!

  • @phonebone81
    @phonebone81 Год назад +2

    The album is just intelligently made music and the whole album is a masterpiece - there is nothing to complain about - it`s fantastic at all !!! Many wishes @all from germany ;-)

  • @hklinker
    @hklinker Год назад +4

    There’s extra value available for this tune by finding on RUclips the live version of this from DF’s solo tour in 2006. The band takes the last part of the song and extends it by about three minutes and gets into some really interesting territory. Find it.

  • @melvinwomack3717
    @melvinwomack3717 Год назад +6

    My favorite from the album 👍👌

  • @minnyh
    @minnyh Год назад +2

    one of my favs 👍

  • @Thomas-aka-TomD
    @Thomas-aka-TomD Год назад +4

    Fellas, fellas, fellas..... of course this was a great selection and your energy always good. I was bit surprised when you were disclosing your tops for music genres , that there was no mention of Steely Dan. What category would you even put them? Their own? Thoughts?

    • @AirplayBeats
      @AirplayBeats  Год назад +2

      In my opinion, I consider Steely Dan more jazzy than anything but they are definitely their own genre

    • @Thomas-aka-TomD
      @Thomas-aka-TomD Год назад

      @@AirplayBeats Agreed they are rooted in jazz. Fagen once said in an interview, he and Walter were raised on jazz and when starting out, they went to studios selling songs...more pop rock stuff which you hear on the first album. He said they kept the good stuff they wanted to do in the hip pocket until they had the power.
      You also didn't mention BLUES and of course SRV comes to mind. You might do FAVORITE ARTISTS NEW TO YOU since your reaction journey started. Maybe FAVORITE LIVE PERFORMANCE. People are gonna be interested in who has had an impact on you since starting your journey. Thanks for sharing with us! Love the vibe and energy fellas

  • @Claypoool
    @Claypoool Год назад +1

    Can’t believe I’ve never heard the 808 bass part in the chorus before now!!! Thanks

  • @markburnham7512
    @markburnham7512 Год назад +4

    Nice little tune about the Cuban revolution.

  • @duderanchproductions
    @duderanchproductions Год назад +10

    20-30 takes?! lmao not even 20-30 hours, we measured Dan and Fagen's albums by YEARS... so a little note, growing up with The Boys we understood how great they were, we just were naive enough to think we would hear something like it or that good again, yea, well, 40-50 years later and still waiting. So, when we would hear their albums the first time, we would be blown away but had to re-listen to absorb all the delicate touches built into their musical paintings. So when we would hear "would you make me a Cuban Breeze, Gretchen" it would stick and become part of our vernacular and would be sprung on unsuspecting parties, such as being greeted by a server in a restaurant, heaven forbid, named Gretchen, lol, and it was a race to fit in the phrase at the best point, "can you make me a Cuban Breeze, Gretchen"? There are nuggets like this all through their musical history, and many me and my friends still use to this day, and all we need say is a word, or a short phrase from The Boys, and bam! - memories are triggered and we are transported in our minds to those glorious times back in the day. Hope you get as much out them as we did, cause it's been a wonderful ride.

    • @deaniegarcia5694
      @deaniegarcia5694 Год назад +2

      you are SO right! Been 50 years now...still waiting lol...loved your post. There are so many lines...from songs like "Daddy Don't Live in New York City No More, Everyone's Gone To the Movies, Don't Take Me Alive" and so many more...a rich texture of words/phrases painting the story...they are unsurpassed in both music and lyrics..

    • @donaldcoe5699
      @donaldcoe5699 Год назад +2

      Is there gas in the car??? Great comment, couldn't agree with more.

  • @4yules
    @4yules Год назад +3

    i love this whole album

  • @jimwillride
    @jimwillride Год назад +3

    I learn a lot every time guys, thanks for the great channel.

  • @user-tf3qi2wg8j
    @user-tf3qi2wg8j Год назад +4

    It's about the great Cuban Revolution. Although marimbas have never been a big part, if at all, of traditional Cuban music.

  • @danielconnolly8565
    @danielconnolly8565 8 месяцев назад +2

    The words, again. Listen to the words. The story.
    This album is an absolute masterpiece.

  • @stumblinharris2219
    @stumblinharris2219 8 месяцев назад +2

    I envy you getting to hear his other solo albums for the first time and very much look forward to your reactions

  • @joewicker8599
    @joewicker8599 10 месяцев назад +1

    Your sound is perfectly tuned, best of reaction genre on utube.

  • @markharbin9945
    @markharbin9945 Год назад +5

    Love the Humphrey Bogart look on the album cover 😮

  • @toddmichelfelder3417
    @toddmichelfelder3417 Год назад +3

    Another fantastic reaction to a fantastic song!!!
    A totally enjoy watching you two react to all this great music, it takes me back to when I first heard a lot of this music!!!
    Thank you La and Chi!!👏👏

  • @LawrinMaxwellsmpc500
    @LawrinMaxwellsmpc500 10 месяцев назад +1

    Yo this track is fresh af!!! Has a head nod vibe like crazy!! The chords are the best part. This jazz music is gangsta af

  • @jacqueline4514
    @jacqueline4514 Год назад +1

    Donald Fagen/Steely Dan never ever disappoint! The subject matter of this song makes me think of somewhat related matter in Steely Dan's "The Royal Scam", which also reminds me that you probably have at least 30 more songs to enjoy, La and Che! 🥰 Their sound, their intelligent lyrics; true standouts.

  • @melvinwomack3717
    @melvinwomack3717 Год назад +7

    Kamakiriad is going to blow them away 😅 every song it HARD!!!

    • @masapell
      @masapell Год назад +2

      Yes sir! One of my favorite albums. I can’t wait until they play it. :)

    • @melvinwomack3717
      @melvinwomack3717 Год назад

      @@masapell what's your favorite track from the album?mine is on the dunes

    • @masapell
      @masapell Год назад +2

      @@melvinwomack3717 I love the bouncy feeling of Florida Room and the Cornelius Bumpus solo. The horn parts are great too :)

    • @melvinwomack3717
      @melvinwomack3717 Год назад +1

      @@masapell yes! the horns are great on that song 👌 spring time is my second favorite

    • @melvinwomack3717
      @melvinwomack3717 Год назад +1

      @@masapell Cornelius is the sax player on some of the Doobie brothers stuff right 🤔?

  • @darrenmaxwell1085
    @darrenmaxwell1085 Год назад +1

    Lol😂 La “I’m doing all I can to stay seated”!

  • @perrynelson4254
    @perrynelson4254 Год назад +3

    The 808 makes sense, given the year this was recorded

  • @Jack-D-Ripper
    @Jack-D-Ripper 7 месяцев назад

    I bought the vinyl album in 1983 after hearing the single "New Frontier". Wow! I'd stumbled upon a hidden gem. I brought my kids up on this album and my son is still a huge fan (being strapped into the back of the car and having to endure Dad's taste in music couldn't harmed that process!).
    This album is a MUST for every "muso". And one of the first, if not the first fully digitally recorded albums!

  • @kltan7261
    @kltan7261 Год назад +7

    You can bring this album to a desert island, to planet Mars or even to the next galaxy...

  • @toddlastman198
    @toddlastman198 8 месяцев назад +2

    Love the Blue Jays hat, Fagen is one of the greatest . Thanks

  • @frasercathygartside1356
    @frasercathygartside1356 11 месяцев назад +1

    a song about impending doom with a bouncy groove -- wild

  • @leighnapier4505
    @leighnapier4505 9 месяцев назад +1

    Genius !

  • @johnisouth6636
    @johnisouth6636 Год назад +2

    5:21 Ya mean that Fagan sound😉. Keep on my BROS.

  • @ubilo
    @ubilo 6 месяцев назад

    Nice nostalgic vibe to this wonderful album.

  • @scubashooter
    @scubashooter 9 месяцев назад +1

    Florida Room is a masterclass in song writing and performance imo.

  • @timgrady4630
    @timgrady4630 Год назад +3

    Checks off the SD Boxes ...this record .

  • @brendawoodson3230
    @brendawoodson3230 11 месяцев назад +1

    This is a favorite love that latin beat

  • @jcepp
    @jcepp Год назад +2

    Trying again since this one is fresh:
    On your Heart - Led Zeppelin video, you mentioned you’d like to know what LZ thought.
    They were on Letterman the next night and talked about it.
    I posted the link in the original comments, but you’ll find it if you search lettermen led zep. The clip title mentions Elvis.

  • @antrivers46
    @antrivers46 11 месяцев назад +1

    Where do I start? Firstly, you’re reviews are fabulous. It maybe your first time, would be at least my thousandth lol. Musically, as with everything on The Nightfly, it is flawless. But look at the band!!! Larry Carlton on guitar (and the brilliant Steve Khan and Dean Parks). Jeff Porcaro from Toto on drums. The legendary Marcus Miller on bass. The equally legendary Greg Phillinganes on keys. Valerie Simpson (Ashford & Simpson) on bv’s and the brilliant Starz Vanderlocket on percussion. Add to that a fusion of Caribbean/Jazz and ending with a conga. Untouchable.

  • @geoffn54
    @geoffn54 2 месяца назад

    Fagen did some great stuff outside Steely Dan.

  • @Chess8548
    @Chess8548 9 месяцев назад +1

    My favorite Fagen song.

  • @briangray00
    @briangray00 Год назад +2

    "I'm doing all I can to remain seated" 🤣😍 - This really swings doesn't it!? The whole LP is a delight, of course. They released a *live* reconstruction of the Nightfly last year, here the Goodbye Look from it ruclips.net/video/4OqZaf7INrQ/видео.html

  • @johnswanson7150
    @johnswanson7150 Год назад +3

    Really enjoy your channel...
    Give this a listen...jazz instrumental but think you might like it...

    • @johnswanson7150
      @johnswanson7150 Год назад

      forgot the link...
      ruclips.net/video/qbs1O-IUBv8/видео.html
      Sorry

  • @perrynelson4254
    @perrynelson4254 Год назад +17

    This song is set in Cuba when Castro was seizing power. Fagen's character is trying to get off the island

    • @esdel1955
      @esdel1955 Год назад +1

      It does sound like Cuba, but the musical vibe of the song is calypso (he even mentions steel bands), which is not Cuban music at all, it’s Trinidad and Tobago. Then again, there’s that line about “Cuban breeze…” Anyway, it sure reminds me of my childhood. I was born in Cuba and lived through the Revolution.

    • @perrynelson4254
      @perrynelson4254 Год назад +1

      @@esdel1955 Wow!!

    • @esdel1955
      @esdel1955 Год назад

      @@perrynelson4254 you think that’s wow? Fidel Castro picked me up and sat me on his shoulders. He picked my sister up and sat her on the hood of his car. We also met and chatted with Che Guevara.

    • @perrynelson4254
      @perrynelson4254 Год назад +1

      Even MORE WOW!! That's incredible.

    • @esdel1955
      @esdel1955 Год назад +1

      @@perrynelson4254 hehe yeah my childhood was like a movie

  • @chiefraa7693
    @chiefraa7693 Год назад +3

    Don't forget Florida Room by Fagen

  • @phantomrockerr
    @phantomrockerr Год назад +3

    I'm not much of a dancer, so I was tapping my feet.

  • @philiphill6697
    @philiphill6697 6 месяцев назад +1

    One of the first 100% digitally recorded albums. The music and engineering are both masterpieces. The record is basically about Fagen growing up in the 50's.

  • @51ESH
    @51ESH 7 месяцев назад

    Donald was never scared to let his soul glow

  • @27bayoubengals
    @27bayoubengals Год назад +1

    Fucking master piece!

  • @Thejazzfan66
    @Thejazzfan66 2 месяца назад

    I just found a used copy of The Nightfly last Saturday! This is Fagen’s best solo album…period.

  • @scubashooter
    @scubashooter 9 месяцев назад +1

    You notice he closes a Caribbean flavored song with sleigh bells?

  • @robertkramer41
    @robertkramer41 Год назад +1

    That whole album...
    Own that shit.
    You do or ya don't but it awesome.

  • @paullacroix527
    @paullacroix527 Месяц назад

    Great song. Donald performs this song when he was inducted into the jazz hall of fame. His voice is off a bit but well worth watching, it's on YT. Later...

  • @paulweber686
    @paulweber686 11 месяцев назад +1

    Larry Carlton, for me, is among the best of the best, and I favor his playing among most of those. He is absolutely brilliant here. I have had this song in my head for weeks at a time and only removed it by conscious choice. Donald Fagen is a demigod. I generally pay close attention to the bass guitar: on this song the bass player is so good that I had to concentrate to isolate his or her (his) line in the song. That may be the greatest compliment that a bass player can achieve on a tune of this magnitude: it's everywhere but I can't tell where it is! If I had to guess(and at this point I do), I would say Chuck Rainey is the bassist.

  • @peterbellini6102
    @peterbellini6102 8 дней назад

    Fagen loved Hemingway and Nabokov amongst other authors so he just riffed on 'ol Ernie's vibe and voila!

  • @mjm5081
    @mjm5081 6 месяцев назад +1

    • @allendixon7700
      @allendixon7700 5 месяцев назад

      I love that I love the way it starts out.Oh well

    • @allendixon7700
      @allendixon7700 5 месяцев назад

      😅😅😅

    • @allendixon7700
      @allendixon7700 5 месяцев назад

      Ever heard the hit the song l I g h t s out of u t by the j giles band

  • @Phillphine
    @Phillphine Год назад +2

    Try to get to "Maxine" and "Ruby baby" before you leave this album.
    Edit: forgot. There's some Donald Fagen songs from movie soundtracks you'll want to try too. "True companion", from the "heavy metal" soundtrack, and "century's end" (forgot what movie it's from).
    And one more Steely Dan, "chain lightning". I don't know what album or what it's from (I've only heard it on a "best of"). Sort of a Doo wop/blues song. Different, but still good.
    Edit edit: sorry one more. "Here at the western world". It's another that's on a best of, but not on a regular album. I read it got dropped from "royal scam", but not added to "Aja". It's a good song though, and you can tell it sounds like it would have been on one of those albums.

  • @t.j.payeur5331
    @t.j.payeur5331 Год назад +3

    A song about Castro taking over in Cuba..this whole album is about growing up during the Kennedy years...

  • @houseson
    @houseson Год назад +6

    Help me out guys. 808? What is that?

    • @AirplayBeats
      @AirplayBeats  Год назад +4

      It’s a deep drum kick. Need sub woofer speakers or earphones to hear it

    • @houseson
      @houseson Год назад

      Thanks!

    • @jimmoore8951
      @jimmoore8951 Год назад

      And all this time I thought it meant Hawaiian. Be strong, Maui

  • @jml-rj5re
    @jml-rj5re Год назад +3

    "whole new ballgame" = Castro was a big fan of baseball.

  • @garyrausch1184
    @garyrausch1184 Год назад +3

    You could say Donald Fagan is the equivalent of Phil Spector, wall of sound layers of instruments

  • @sweetcheeks-eo6mu
    @sweetcheeks-eo6mu Год назад +4

    not a bad track on this album

  • @GetzGoth
    @GetzGoth Год назад +1

    I think I’d skip that “small reception behind the Casino” at all costs. Cheers!