On their perfectionism: "Donald Fagen made seemingly endless tweaks to this song, creating one mix after another. Someone in the studio must have been keeping count, because when he hit 250 mixes, the crew gave him a "platinum" disk they created just for him. Fagen kept going, and it was mix number 274 that finally won his approval. He took that mix home to New York, but heard a note in the bass line he didn't like, so he returned to Los Angeles a week later and reconvened the team to fix it." Thanks Neal and Harri.
Fagen and Becker appear to have much in common with another American musical genius, Brian Wilson. After Brian stopped touring and devoted all his labor to composing and the studio, he was said to be a relentless perfectionist in his overseeing every aspect of recording the records. He also brought in a brigade of legendary studio musicians and employed some of the "Wall of Sound" production techniques that Phil Spector was famous for. When they arrived in studio to begin a session, Brian would have detailed charts prepared for each of the musicians -- and also for his Beach Bros when they came off tour and into the studio to record the vocals. Steely Dan also quit touring for years after 1974 to fully devote themselves to creating and recording new music.
I saw an interview with David Crosby shortly before his death, where he said Gaucho is his favorite album. Not his favorite Steely Dan album, but his favorite from the whole music world. He said that if Gaucho came out before Aja, it would be the benchmark.
'Jungle music.' A slur used in the 1950's against R&B. In an interview years ago Mick Jagger said his father called it that in the 1960's when the RS started.
As you can see by my name, I am a fan. But, the reason I love this so much is because I used to live in San Francisco, and this song is about a night on the town in SF! I miss it like crazy!!
It's hard for me to pin a fav because there's just so many but Babylon sister is just so elite and I was lucky enough to see Dan when they blew into Australia before Walter's passing fondest memories
"Here come those Santa Ana winds again." An Iconic band. Them or the Doobies are my all time number one. One or the other. Steely Dan reached a level that no one else did and it was actually frustrating when your dad had those records because music does not get any better. That jazz. Jazz rock? Who does that? Makes you feel like a Lounge Lizard and that Miles Davis is playing some muted horn and you're having a drink with Tropical girls in some Noir club. Like you are the gumshoe sleuth detective.
Yes, the Doobies or Steely Dan! Love both bands. I've got all Steely Dan studio albums and most of the Doobies records, if l could only keep one album from both bands it would be Pretzel Logic and The Captain and Me. Pretzel Logic probably wouldn't be everyone's choice, but just love the shorter snappy songs and that one. The Captain and Me would be top choice l think with most DB fans.
@@keithjones7390 there's one song on Pretzel Logic called "With a Gun" that is as good as any country song ever written. Steely Dan came off like novelists. Like singing authors. Their songs really drew me in. I spent too much time listening to those records over and over before I was even 10 years old.
@@TrueBagPipeRock l don't know if it's because Pretzel Logic was the first Steely Dan album l bought but it's one of my favourite albums ever. With a Gun is one of my favourite tracks on the album along with Through With Buzz, Barrytown, Charlie Freak and the wonderful title track. As with a lot of bands it's their earlier stuff l like the most, The Royal Scam (Caves of Altamira a favourite) and Countdown to Ecstasy (My Old School another wonderful track) being two more albums l love. I know many fans would choose AJA perhaps as their best album, but speaking personally it's almost too perfect and polished, losing that certain something evident on their earlier releases. I have all their studio albums, but it's mostly the albums upto RS that l play the most, even though l have played Everything Must Go a number of times at this moment l couldn't possibly remember any of the tunes, not even the title! 😒
Eight time Grammy Award winner Roger Nichols was the engineer for most of Steely Dan’s career. I believe that, as great as they are, they would not have had the same success without Roger in the studio with them.
The Dan loved the May-September romances lol. Check out Donald Fagen's ( it's from Sunken Condos, basically a Dan Album) "Slinky Thing" and Dan's, "Hey Nineteen."
Yo, the reggae comment is on point. I didn't really think of that. Have you heard "Haitian Divorce" by Steely Dan? Gives you that reggae you speak of. See, Harri has way better ears than I do.
That sweet Purdie shuffle with the drums! I’ve met Bernard Purdie and heard him play at my friends jazz club. Mr. Purdie is 84 and still has the groove!
Babylon Sister. Just as cool as the other side of the pillow. Who else but Pncombies to sponsor this masterpiece. A true measure of an audiophiles hifi system, a listeners delight. Thanks Pncombies and Harri.👋👋👋
Night driving song. I think it would be anyway, but its connected to a memory for me. Having my first car (and car stereo) going skating downtown and driving home after midnight. This is one of the first few cassettes (yes, that long ago) i bought and would be listening to.
One of my favorite songs of all time. Definitely my favorite SD song.I think listened to this song about 100 times before I figured out what it was really about.
The first time I heard this album I was 12 years old(1980). I didn't understand the references but loved the vibe. 10 years later I had lived the lyrics. I didn't understand that it was a cautionary tale until I paid for that life.
The amazing thing about Steely Dan, especially on song such as this, is there is almost never a standard chord, ie root third, fifth. There is almost always an added 2nd/9th, 4th. 6th, a major minor, a flattened 5th etc. But it never sounds gratuitous. My favourite band by a mile
I was introduced to Steely Dan through their greatest hits album in the 70's and this was the first new release album after that. I could not stop playing it...
They were so unique, each song of Steely Dan was a masterpiece. Mastermind Mr. Donald Fagen !!! Always those amazing grooves and vibes in each song. From the first moment in 1972, Do it again, I loved this band.
steely dan is in a category by themselves. no other group really sounds like them or has the same style. reggae, jazz, and r&b. love the groove, too. great reaction, harri.
appreciate that you know enough about music to appreciate the nuances and also can comment on the quality of the arrangement and engineering. most reaction channels are just some schmuck saying they do or don't like the song i.e. a waste of time.
When Aja came out in mid 70s we had never heard anything like it. Huge fusion of jazz and blues, what you mean when you say "that was such a cool song".
Donald Fagen was a bit of a perfectionist. Thank goodness! He and Walter came out with some great and timeless music. With the help of some awesome studio musicians and backup singers. A wealth of awesome Dan music to explore. ( albums "Aja" and "Two Against Nature" are 2 of my favorites) Nice reaction! Enjoyed it. RIP MR. BECKER!
Donald Fagen is dope! He's one I listened to in my younger years...and still listening to. Great road trip music. Steely Dan is an incredibly talented band.
I took 276 takes before Donald Fagen was satisfied with the sound he wants Patti Austin one of the backup vocals Bernard Purdie on drums stellar production values !
"Jungle music" is an unfortunate" reference in time to describe a style of music that didn't get airplay on mainstream radio. It just made it more popular. The character in the song was trying to leave town without drawing attention to himself and his friend
Harry, I CAN'T believe you haven't heard this already. Well, don't sleep on Home at Last. They had a tendency to drive their engineers crazy 😂 they were obsessively anal about getting just what they wanted. But, their determination and music has stood the test of time...and is some of if not the best ride music. There isn't ANYONE like...The Dan...and now never will be. They were known to do 30-50 takes on their fade outs.
Steely Dan and Linda Ronstadt provided the soundtrack to my college days. SD is such an amazing pair of guys with a variety of the best studio players the world had to offer. Thanks Neal and Harri for another great reaction video. 🌺✌️
The song leads off the Gaucho album, followed by the more upbeat Hey19, showing the Dan’s disdain towards the Babylonian lifestyle of LA and SF. The beautiful backup vocals, reggae guitar, Purdie shuffle, muted trumpet, crescendoing horns make this song as iconic as the cities it’s written about.
From the 1980 album, " Gaucho", this is a beautiful song. Stunningly Donald and Walter add the vocals, but didn't contribute playing any instruments on this song. Bernard Purdie plays his signature half time shuffle beat on the drums, other professional musicians were brought in and 6 back up singers add the great vocals. Absolutely a great Steely Dan vibe, with great instrumentation particularly the horns. Always a treat. Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and Neal 👏👏 Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
The band is not a prolific touring band, but I was able to see them e few years back in Virginia Beach just b4 Walter Becker passed (RIP). The sound is crystal clear live just as it is from a studio production. I feel so honored and fortunate to have seen this band with Walter and Donald Fagen together..... such a wonderful memory. Easy to see why this band was inducted into the R&RHOF in 2001. Have always been enamored with their Pretzel Logic song as well as so, so many of their other songs. Great reaction Harri, TY.
You have to live in CA to understand the story. It's a middle-aged white guy who just picked up a young, hot black girl at an LA night club the night before. It's the next morning, they're driving north on Highway 1, Pacific Coast Highway, to San Francisco.
The song leads off the Gaucho album, followed by the more upbeat Hey19, showing the Dan’s disdain towards the Babylonian lifestyle of LA and SF. The beautiful backup vocals, reggae guitar, Purdie shuffle, muted trumpet, crescendoing horns make this song as iconic as the cities it’s written about.
The 5.1 channel DTS CD sounds incredible! "My Rival" has become my favorite song off this album, even though I'm not sure why? I just love it for some reason.
Say a prayer for Donald - He is currently in the hospital and Steely Dan as opener for the Eagles is cancelled. Let's hope Donald gets well soon! After all, he is the last bastion of the Dan.
You have simply got/got to listen to the live version of Boddhisatva on the the Citizen Steely Dan compilation. I won’t even tell you why. You will not regret it.
yeah that shuffle sounds a little reggae the reference is from Hollywood there was a book called Hollywood Babylon and of course the Santa Ana Winds that gives you the setting which is the L.A. area where I grew up so since your from England I will explain it to you.........see Santa Ana is the area east of Los Angeles near Riverside and all that , well so therefore, when the winds come from offshore from the Pacific Ocean then see the air is negatively charged and it makes you feel good all those negative ions but when the air comes from the hot desert sands it has positive ions and that makes people irritable because of the positive ions see the negative ions give you free electrons and its like taking anti oxidants but positive ions are like free radicals and they are not good for you that is why after the girls sing here come those Santa Ana winds again then Donald sings ...... Bad News allright My Man , Cheers
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The muted trumpet and the background singers make this song extra special.
The Dan...timeless exellence
Agree with you buddy. A thought for Walter Becker ❤
On their perfectionism: "Donald Fagen made seemingly endless tweaks to this song, creating one mix after another. Someone in the studio must have been keeping count, because when he hit 250 mixes, the crew gave him a "platinum" disk they created just for him. Fagen kept going, and it was mix number 274 that finally won his approval. He took that mix home to New York, but heard a note in the bass line he didn't like, so he returned to Los Angeles a week later and reconvened the team to fix it." Thanks Neal and Harri.
The pleasure is mine, John...you're welcome, brother.
Cool is Cool. Fagen 🏝️
Fagen and Becker appear to have much in common with another American musical genius, Brian Wilson. After Brian stopped touring and devoted all his labor to composing and the studio, he was said to be a relentless perfectionist in his overseeing every aspect of recording the records. He also brought in a brigade of legendary studio musicians and employed some of the "Wall of Sound" production techniques that Phil Spector was famous for. When they arrived in studio to begin a session, Brian would have detailed charts prepared for each of the musicians -- and also for his Beach Bros when they came off tour and into the studio to record the vocals. Steely Dan also quit touring for years after 1974 to fully devote themselves to creating and recording new music.
A world class group, who made albums with many talented musicians. Love this group
You gotta shake it, baby
You gotta shake it, baby
You gotta shake it! 😂😂😂
Sounds of the American culture by true American musicianship, goovin!
They did 275 takes on this song before they said yes this is it. Pure profection
I saw an interview with David Crosby shortly before his death, where he said Gaucho is his favorite album. Not his favorite Steely Dan album, but his favorite from the whole music world.
He said that if Gaucho came out before Aja, it would be the benchmark.
'Jungle music.' A slur used in the 1950's against R&B. In an interview years ago Mick Jagger said his father called it that in the 1960's when the RS started.
You got to shake it baby. 💕
As you can see by my name, I am a fan. But, the reason I love this so much is because I used to live in San Francisco, and this song is about a night on the town in SF! I miss it like crazy!!
The kid will live and learn as he watches his bridges burn from the point of no return.
My favorite song by the Dan. Such an iconic shuffle by Mr. Purdie. Fantastic background vocals. Thanks Harri.
It's hard for me to pin a fav because there's just so many but Babylon sister is just so elite and I was lucky enough to see Dan when they blew into Australia before Walter's passing fondest memories
"Here come those Santa Ana winds again." An Iconic band. Them or the Doobies are my all time number one. One or the other. Steely Dan reached a level that no one else did and it was actually frustrating when your dad had those records because music does not get any better. That jazz. Jazz rock? Who does that? Makes you feel like a Lounge Lizard and that Miles Davis is playing some muted horn and you're having a drink with Tropical girls in some Noir club. Like you are the gumshoe sleuth detective.
Yes, the Doobies or Steely Dan! Love both bands. I've got all Steely Dan studio albums and most of the Doobies records, if l could only keep one album from both bands it would be Pretzel Logic and The Captain and Me.
Pretzel Logic probably wouldn't be everyone's choice, but just love the shorter snappy songs and that one. The Captain and Me would be top choice l think with most DB fans.
@@keithjones7390 there's one song on Pretzel Logic called "With a Gun" that is as good as any country song ever written. Steely Dan came off like novelists. Like singing authors. Their songs really drew me in. I spent too much time listening to those records over and over before I was even 10 years old.
@@TrueBagPipeRock l don't know if it's because Pretzel Logic was the first Steely Dan album l bought but it's one of my favourite albums ever. With a Gun is one of my favourite tracks on the album along with Through With Buzz, Barrytown, Charlie Freak and the wonderful title track. As with a lot of bands it's their earlier stuff l like the most, The Royal Scam (Caves of Altamira a favourite) and Countdown to Ecstasy (My Old School another wonderful track) being two more albums l love. I know many fans would choose AJA perhaps as their best album, but speaking personally it's almost too perfect and polished, losing that certain something evident on their earlier releases.
I have all their studio albums, but it's mostly the albums upto RS that l play the most, even though l have played Everything Must Go a number of times at this moment l couldn't possibly remember any of the tunes, not even the title! 😒
Eight time Grammy Award winner Roger Nichols was the engineer for most of Steely Dan’s career. I believe that, as great as they are, they would not have had the same success without Roger in the studio with them.
The Dan loved the May-September romances lol. Check out Donald Fagen's ( it's from Sunken Condos, basically a Dan Album) "Slinky Thing" and Dan's, "Hey Nineteen."
Yo, the reggae comment is on point. I didn't really think of that. Have you heard "Haitian Divorce" by Steely Dan? Gives you that reggae you speak of. See, Harri has way better ears than I do.
That sweet Purdie shuffle with the drums! I’ve met Bernard Purdie and heard him play at my friends jazz club. Mr. Purdie is 84 and still has the groove!
And doesn’t he know it lol
In the 1950's jungle music was a derogatory term for R&B. Mick Jagger said his father used that term in the 1960's in referring to American R&B.
The Dan are just beyond perfection. The pair of them write, arrange, engineer, mix and produce everything.
They are perfection but don’t forget Roger ‘the immortal’ Nicho;;s or Gary Katz. Crucial
You have the best Steely Dan reactions Harri !!
ICONIC! LEGENDARY!
The drive from LA to the Golden Gate Bridge. LA & San Francisco are the Babylon sisters. Thank you Harri for the superb reaction.
Love watching someone hearing and appreciating the Dan .....
Babylon Sister. Just as cool as the other side of the pillow. Who else but Pncombies to sponsor this masterpiece. A true measure of an audiophiles hifi system, a listeners delight. Thanks Pncombies and Harri.👋👋👋
"A listener's delight." How well put! If I hadn't selected it you would've, Imadrummin! Thank you, brother!
Night driving song. I think it would be anyway, but its connected to a memory for me. Having my first car (and car stereo) going skating downtown and driving home after midnight. This is one of the first few cassettes (yes, that long ago) i bought and would be listening to.
Engineered by Roger Nichols, who earned a grammy for inventing the first programmable drum machine "Wendle" for this album.
I could just cruise endlessly on Highway 1, in Cali listening to Steely Dan!!!
One of my favorite songs of all time. Definitely my favorite SD song.I think listened to this song about 100 times before I figured out what it was really about.
The first time I heard this album I was 12 years old(1980). I didn't understand the references but loved the vibe. 10 years later I had lived the lyrics. I didn't understand that it was a cautionary tale until I paid for that life.
“The point of no return.” Experience of many troubled souls.
Nice song, gotta love Steely Dan. Thanks Neal and Harri.
My pleasure, sis...glad you were digging it, too!
Steely Dan is truly a legendary band of the 70s, and it's one of my favorites.
Your joy is palpable
The amazing thing about Steely Dan, especially on song such as this, is there is almost never a standard chord, ie root third, fifth. There is almost always an added 2nd/9th, 4th. 6th, a major minor, a flattened 5th etc. But it never sounds gratuitous. My favourite band by a mile
Brilliant song; love it.
I was introduced to Steely Dan through their greatest hits album in the 70's and this was the first new release album after that. I could not stop playing it...
Warning: Don't go for that cotton candy!! So fine, so young...
Smoooooooth.
THIS is The Vibe.
They were so unique, each song of Steely Dan was a masterpiece. Mastermind Mr. Donald Fagen !!! Always those amazing grooves and vibes in each song. From the first moment in 1972, Do it again, I loved this band.
THANK YOU HARRI, LOVE STEELY DAN.
Steely Dan, next up - Pretzel Logic. Soooo groooovy!
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I would bring this CD to the Hi-Fi store to listen to when demoing high end speakers. So clean and wide range of sonic sounds.
They were & are pure magic loved them in the 70's while in HS & they still sound great.
steely dan is in a category by themselves. no other group really sounds like them or has the same style. reggae, jazz, and r&b. love the groove, too. great reaction, harri.
appreciate that you know enough about music to appreciate the nuances and also can comment on the quality of the arrangement and engineering. most reaction channels are just some schmuck saying they do or don't like the song i.e. a waste of time.
When Aja came out in mid 70s we had never heard anything like it. Huge fusion of jazz and blues, what you mean when you say "that was such a cool song".
Nice reaction, great commentary
Donald Fagen was a bit of a perfectionist. Thank goodness! He and Walter came out with some great and timeless music. With the help of some awesome studio musicians and backup singers. A wealth of awesome Dan music to explore. ( albums "Aja" and "Two Against Nature" are 2 of my favorites)
Nice reaction! Enjoyed it. RIP MR. BECKER!
another jem, just as good as the Black COW & Time out of Mind & many others
Donald Fagen is dope! He's one I listened to in my younger years...and still listening to. Great road trip music. Steely Dan is an incredibly talented band.
Sheer perfection.
Cornish!
Like honey poured directly into your ears.
I took 276 takes before Donald Fagen was satisfied with the sound he wants Patti Austin one of the backup vocals Bernard Purdie on drums stellar production values !
Just love this one, love all steely Dan. Give a listen to "royal scam"
My favorite Steely Dan album.
As far as I know, they've never toured. Strictly a studio band (Fagen and Becker were the only regulars on every album).
"Jungle music" is an unfortunate" reference in time to describe a style of music that didn't get airplay on mainstream radio. It just made it more popular. The character in the song was trying to leave town without drawing attention to himself and his friend
Harry, I CAN'T believe you haven't heard this already. Well, don't sleep on Home at Last. They had a tendency to drive their engineers crazy 😂 they were obsessively anal about getting just what they wanted. But, their determination and music has stood the test of time...and is some of if not the best ride music. There isn't ANYONE like...The Dan...and now never will be. They were known to do 30-50 takes on their fade outs.
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Steely Dan and Linda Ronstadt provided the soundtrack to my college days. SD is such an amazing pair of guys with a variety of the best studio players the world had to offer. Thanks Neal and Harri for another great reaction video. 🌺✌️
You're welcome, Debbie.
So fine, so young… Tell me you’re the only one…” The Dan🖖🏼🍻
I believe Rodger Nichols was the engineer as on the Aja album. Digital clarity in the analog age. Arguable the best engineered album of all time.
Not an argument with me lol
Thanks for such a clean sounding upload... I heard a new detail i never noticed in many decades of loving every nuamce of this awesome track 5:25
The song leads off the Gaucho album, followed by the more upbeat Hey19, showing the Dan’s disdain towards the Babylonian lifestyle of LA and SF. The beautiful backup vocals, reggae guitar, Purdie shuffle, muted trumpet, crescendoing horns make this song as iconic as the cities it’s written about.
Great choice. One of my favourite SD songs. You're the best, Harri.
Thank you!
Love The Dan man
Magic as ever. Heard Reelin' in the Years on radio back then - bought album right away. The rest is history. Finally saw them in London, 2009.
don't get the "cotton candy", "watching bridges burn", check out all the phrasing & meanings in this song there were many.
Great song
From the 1980 album, " Gaucho", this is a beautiful song. Stunningly Donald and Walter add the vocals, but didn't contribute playing any instruments on this song. Bernard Purdie plays his signature half time shuffle beat on the drums, other professional musicians were brought in and 6 back up singers add the great vocals.
Absolutely a great Steely Dan vibe, with great instrumentation particularly the horns. Always a treat. Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and Neal 👏👏 Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
My pleasure, Mary...thanks for enlightening the viewers. You gotta savor the 'Purdie Shuffle"!
@@pncombiesIndeed, beautiful song. Hope you're staying cool. 🌞🌞🔥🔥✌️✌️🎶🎶🤗
@@marybaillie8907 107° in Austin yesterday. 🥵😎🔥
@pncombies Yes, I saw that on the Today Show. Take care!! Hydrate Hydrate.👍✌️🎶🇨🇦
You should watch the outstanding documentary on the making of the Aja album. I think you would really enjoy that one.
Unique
Chuck Rainey Bass Bernard Purdie Drums ( The Purdie half time shuffle) One of the greast rhythm section ever ....Bob Ludwig was the mastering engeneer
This is the most expensive album ever produced. It would cost over 10 million dollars to make now. Never happen again. Dig it the most.
STYLIN!
I love to hear them!1😊😊
The band is not a prolific touring band, but I was able to see them e few years back in Virginia Beach just b4 Walter Becker passed (RIP). The sound is crystal clear live just as it is from a studio production. I feel so honored and fortunate to have seen this band with Walter and Donald Fagen together..... such a wonderful memory. Easy to see why this band was inducted into the R&RHOF in 2001. Have always been enamored with their Pretzel Logic song as well as so, so many of their other songs. Great reaction Harri, TY.
We did also...in Appleton WI
You have to live in CA to understand the story. It's a middle-aged white guy who just picked up a young, hot black girl at an LA night club the night before. It's the next morning, they're driving north on Highway 1, Pacific Coast Highway, to San Francisco.
The sound of my youth❤❤❤
The song leads off the Gaucho album, followed by the more upbeat Hey19, showing the Dan’s disdain towards the Babylonian lifestyle of LA and SF. The beautiful backup vocals, reggae guitar, Purdie shuffle, muted trumpet, crescendoing horns make this song as iconic as the cities it’s written about.
The 5.1 channel DTS CD sounds incredible! "My Rival" has become my favorite song off this album, even though I'm not sure why? I just love it for some reason.
Bodhisattva is another great Steely Dan tune
Babylon By the Bay is the nickname of San Francisco.
You, and any Steely Dan fan who hasn't seen it, should watch the 2000 PBS live video recording special on Steely Dan called Plush TV Jazz -Rock Party.
Made me get out the vinyl. Ahh.
One of their 3 or 4 best. Aja and Royal Scam are awfully good too.
Donald Fagan said Royal Scam was their penultimate, and that they probably would never better it.
Such a Grove. Like running around Boston or Miami. 🪴🌴🦞
The whole album is fire, not one duff song on it.
Say a prayer for Donald - He is currently in the hospital and Steely Dan as opener for the Eagles is cancelled. Let's hope Donald gets well soon! After all, he is the last bastion of the Dan.
Gaucho is probably the finest recorded and engineered record ever done.
It was Very cool Live. Love this album --> so now you must hit the Very tight TIME OUT OF MIND, and listen for Mark Knopfler's short solo.
Ear candy.
These babylons defy gravity😄🍉🍉🍈🍈
The fad out took 100s of hours to finalize.
My apologies for taking so long 2 subscribe, love your stuff!
next logical steely Dan from here is-hey-9👌
You have simply got/got to listen to the live version of Boddhisatva on the the Citizen Steely Dan compilation. I won’t even tell you why. You will not regret it.
Steely Dan loves Bob Marley, ha, ha, ha 😅😅😅
"Tell me I'm the only one" How about TWO? sister rivalry?
yeah that shuffle sounds a little reggae the reference is from Hollywood there was a book called Hollywood Babylon and of course the Santa Ana Winds that gives you the setting which is the L.A. area where I grew up so since your from England I will explain it to you.........see Santa Ana is the area east of Los Angeles near Riverside and all that , well so therefore, when the winds come from offshore from the Pacific Ocean then see the air is negatively charged and it makes you feel good all those negative ions but when the air comes from the hot desert sands it has positive ions and that makes people irritable because of the positive ions see the negative ions give you free electrons and its like taking anti oxidants but positive ions are like free radicals and they are not good for you that is why after the girls sing here come those Santa Ana winds again then Donald sings ...... Bad News allright My Man , Cheers