Steely Dan | Home At Last, I Got The News, Josie | REACTION VIDEO
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- Опубликовано: 16 дек 2020
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I'm back with the conclusion of Aja from Steely Dan, We close with Home At Last, I got the news, and Josie and let me say, it was one hell of a close!!!!
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Ya gotta admit.....Steely Dan are some of the Baddest MFers EVER
My close friend of 60 years, Jim Keltner, is the drummer on Josie!
that's awesome!
Named our dog after this song. We were driving home to Los Angeles after picking her up from a rescue in San Diego. We were trying to come up with a name. I said “when Josie comes home, so good. She’s the pride of the neighborhood.” Family agreed. Josie has been with us 5 years now.
And Larry Carlton on Guitar :)
I meant Larry Carlton played Lead Guitar on I got the news. But wrote the charts for Josie
awesome. Josie is my Dad's favorite Steely Dan song
Home At last , I want this playing at my funeral. If I was forced to pick one Steely Dan song at gunpoint, it would be this.
It's on my funeral list too
Agreed 👍
@@lesliesterling826
I told my kids that, and actually wrote out a list of songs I want played
Walter Becker playing a great guitar solo.
And I love the line " Broadway Duchess, darlin' if you only knew half as much as everybody thinks you do"
Incredible line and delivery from Michael McDonald as well.
I Got The News always had an impossible task following those first 5 stunners, but little by little it grows on you and gets under the skin. Before soon you realize you're singin' that Broadway Duchess line for days haha
Josie is one of their most well known songs and just so deliciously dirty
"Home at Last" is my top Dan track. It is a perfect song for my palette. Great insights and feels.
A top four for me. Kid Charlemagne and The Fez and the Caves of Altamira are memorizing for me.
Josie brings the FUNK.
Home at Last is a killer track. Bernard Purdie on drums and Chuck Rainey on bass are locked in a serious groove. Also have to shout out the great drumming by Ed Greene on I Got The News.
The level of quality of their songs in general is stellar. It's as if they scrutinized each and every bar, adding, deleting, augmenting until perfect. The Dan, the 8th wonder of the world.
You surmised quite accurately, Frankincensed. The Dan were known throughout the business as the toughest musical taskmasters to many of the top-of-their-craft studio artists deemed worthy enough to join the SD family of overworked, worn-to-the-nub talent.
they absolutely did exactly that. Nothing happening by chance, everything is planned to perfection
Bernhard Purdie and Chuck Rainy playing half time shuffle is absolutely priceless.
Home at Last is a personal fav of mine and I'm a huge Steely Dan fan. It is an "underrated" gem that doesn't seem to get enough credit.
They played it the first two times I saw them. If you can see them, do. It's more than you're likely to expect.
i love this. steely dan had mastered the art of deception & tease.
Donald’s voice sounds like no one else’s. Instantly recognizable, unique and perfect for this music
Aja is fantastic, but to me, Gaucho is the undisputed number 1 album. My favorite album of any artist
The Odyssey references in "Home at Last" always get me.
Me too. Do you remember the original liner notes? Walter Becker wrote the first section under a pseudonym and on this song he said "and now we come to a stunning feat in the world of pop legerdemain" IIRC that may not be exact. Goes on to reference elucidating new insights from Odyssey ala James Joyce. Anyway interesting stuff.
So many amassing references to great literature
Just the band name lol Burroughs naked lunch lol how totally appropriate
Damn, midnight here and I was just about to head for bed when I landed here. For Steely Dan, bed can wait. The sleep will be richer when it does come. Home At Last and Josie can replay endlessly in my world and I'm content.
I kept thinking just wait till Michael McDonald comes in on those harmonies on I Got The News, how fast you were gonna do a 180! LOL. You were suffering from “Premature Denounciation” 😁. Glad you loved the album. I hope it lived up to the hype.
Do you mean on I Got the News?
@@TheDivayenta yes, my mistake.
Also on Peg.
I've watched your wrap up on Aja several times now before commenting. Everyone has been saying, "wait til you get to Aja"', now you know why us SD fans are so fond of this album, it's a bonfire. By the way, I would be proud to have my name in the credits for "I got the news", certainly not the best, but it belongs right were they placed it in the sequence, love the tempo and syncopation, and the guitar solo is simply perfect. And to concur with Frankinscensed, the 8th wonder of the world. Home at Last is the hidden gem in this album, but I must say that Aja is my favorite song. Wayne Shorter's sax solo is the bom-diggity, only to be magnified by Steve Gadd's drumming. Great job that you did on this album, Mike. I really enjoyed the trip.
Aja is an audiophile benchmark albium. It's what you use to test any new equipment.
“Home at Last” is my favorite on that album too. Not the most famous on that famous record by a long shot, but still, as you say, a perfect song. Just delicious.
This is just a great album all around. You used to have to buy entire albums and you got your money's worth with this one.
The Dan are in a totally separate realm of music. They are the ultimate musician’s musicians. Sheer Perfection 😎🙏♥️
You are the master of yo shit! Awesome reaction. I knew you would have an epiphany in
I Got The News when the bridge came in.
The drums on Home at Last, by Bernard Purdie, playing his famous Purdie Shuffle with triplets over tuplets at different speeds - an absolute legend, just like Steve Gadd on the title track, Aja, and Donald Fagen's killer lead synth solo - just an amazing album.
Cant Buy A Thrill and Aja are from completely different eras. You dont have to pick! They rock in their own time and place.
I have loved this album since it was released (I was in junior high) and it's like a "best of" for me. So glad I've been able to listen to it for almost 44 years and so glad you've discovered it. Nothing like Steely Dan (RIP Walter Becker).
Amazing Steely Dan one of the all time best albums next one is their masterpiece Gaucho 👍
YES YES YES!!! Steely Dan is the pinnacle of great music for me. Sophisticated Jazz/Funk. SO many great songs; my personal favorite is "JACK OF SPEED"
Oh my DramaSydE, I am truly enjoying this journey of Steely Dan. Thank you so much. Love the channel.
Deacon Blues is my favorite on this album , followed by Josie. I wanna meet Josie!
My favorite album? The box set!
TIMELESS!! Good ANYTIME...the VIBE that fits all those who enjoy a SMOOTH GROVE delivered with excellent sound, production, vocals, arrangements and ATTENTION TO DETAILS... Excellence is in the details...and this band doesn't miss one. PEACE!!
I enjoy steely dan very much... but I think a major part of that is your unfiltered enjoyment of all the pieces!
You have great point...or maybe meds hearing..🔥🔥
Couldn't agree more. I'm a full time musician over thirty years. This is a the cream. And all those intricate parts have been subjected to the finest treatment with regards to the best engineering in music history. I not only hear the nylon tips on the drum stick hitting the hi-hat, I think I could tell you the brand. Their production standard is an unreachable bar. You're spot on about "I Got The News" I'm a huge fan of the Dan, but they have a few that don't exactly kill me. This is one. It seems to me like some of their afterthoughts thrown in a blender. But still, that makes it like a lower end Ferrari compared to the Chevys and Fords on the musical highway.
thank you commenting, it's refreshing to hear fellow musicians hear the same things i hear
@@DramaSydETV I agree. I search for people who can identify the fine touches. They're rare. That's why I listen with you.
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Hot damn brother, you finally got the news, and the deacon blues! My day isn't complete until you entertain me, especially with SD. Watching you explore the Dan like a road map on a trip I've taken countless times is so worth the admission. Thanks for the ride Mike, and pls let me hitchhike again real soon! 👍👍
the good thing about Steely Dan is you can all....their songs , then just start over!
I remember this album so well. These songs defined my elementary school years. Love this album.
I was 13 to 23 years old in the 1970s (oldest of the GenX)... I was blessed with music like this, made me a very picky music lover.
Check out Donald Fagen's solo albums - The Nightfly, especially - if you liked Aja. and particularly if you want to go the distance and get the full Steely Dan experience.
I've been a Dan fan for centuries but I'm just now hearing Stevie's influence on them.
My fav is surely Home at Last! I knew you'd love it. Just a feelin'
It's the Purdie Shuffle that sets this timeless groove.
'Aja' is in my top three albums of all time, and I really think it's Steely Dan's best, but yes, Steely Dan in general are incredible, and one of my very favorite groups of all time.
Home at Last has always been one of my favorites. The groove is sooo satisfying.
This album is a smooth sonic joy from front to back. Home at Last - complete with "Purdy Shuffle" backbeat - is especially sweet.
Should be conidered as one of the GOAT
albums? ...
It is for me. The gold standard others are measured against.
If not the best, it’s right up there. Thee Ed only one I can think that would challenge it (for me) is Supertramp’s “Crime of the Century”.
It put a cap on the ‘70s, for sure. There was not a better album made in that decade.
@@danl.909 I certainly can’t argue that; Aja is one of the best of all time. However, I’d have to say that Chicago (Chicago II) is right there with it. Musically superior, another album that’s great beginning to end, and was also a double album. Neither group was afraid to venture into unusual keys and time signatures that pop music didn’t normally dare tread.
I =LOVED= that moment when you started the Michael MacDonald segment and got that stunned look on your face and CHANGED YO MIND! Haha. Nice. Glad you enjoyed it. It's a great song, and that's the best part. Thanks for the reaction video.
Today we are used to listening to singles, where back then we'd place the LP on the turntable and listen to the entire side.
Wait til you hear the opening track on Gaucho, it's a killer!
To me, Babylon Sisters *is* the epitome of the Steely Dan sound.
to me, i'd say the fez or aja is, but its all magical of course :D
@@vincentthibeault7452 It's so laid back and groovy, and still harmonically moving. It's also free from these sometimes pretty cheesy "rock&roll" or "R&B" influences that plauged some other tunes.
@@vincentthibeault7452 Thanks. As we say here - taste is like the ass - divided. (Does not work that well in English translation though :)
@@vincentthibeault7452 And yes, Gaucho is a great tune too! (Although partly "stolen" from Mr Jarret.)
It IS the perfect song...as are so many other Steely Dan tracks! How can you choose a favorite when they're all so fan-freaking-tastic!! love them so much.🤩
i agree with you 100% if i were only allowed 1 SD track it would be this one,the FUNK and flow is just stunning,all sections are a joy and the solos 🤯👍.
When I got this album it took me a couple of listens before I got into "I Got The News" and "Josie". The whole album is a masterpiece!
I am having a great Saturday afternoon. The guitar playing on Josie is amazing. My favourite band Ever ❤❤❤
Michael MacDonald, who did the backing vocals on the choruses of both 'I Got the News' and 'Peg' was the lead vocalist and keyboard player and co-writer of many of the songs of The Doobie Brothers, also absolutely excellent (What a Fool Believes, Minute By Minute, so many great songs), at the same time that this album was released, and he had a tremendous solo career in the eighties.
As in any Steely Dan song or album. The one you are listening to is presently your favorite. On to playing with the Gauchos!
Donald Fagen LOVES all instruments it's clear, but perhaps the bass the most ! WOW. thank you DramaSydETV
Thanks for watching
The album that all other albums will be measured against. The defining achievement of modern music.
Somewhere out there is a musically talented young kid notating every sound and fury of Steely Dan. This kid will become the next outgrowth of the excellence of this music. It will triumph!
Haha! When I saw your reaction to 'Peg' was like, "But you haven't heard 'Home At Last' yet."
Enjoy your reactions and commentary, DramasydE. Fire!
Josie is the best song in the history of the world. And that's a fact. But every song on Aja is superb, although I Got the News took me a while to appreciate.
I just love how SD often counterpoint seedy lyrics against the smoothest of grooves.
Greetings from New Zealand!
Bro, you can’t do “favorite song” on an album like this. It’s just a favorite album when all the cuts are this good.
So good! Love Steely Dan! Thanks for your insights, always a great reaction from you. 😃
An engineer threatened to quit while working on "Home At Last". She couldn't take it anymore. Donald had spent six hours mixing the words "Well the ...". Six hours mixing 2 syllables.
Damn that’s crazy
It has been argued many times that Aja is the most perfectly produced album of all-time. There's even a documentary about how meticulously crafted it was over the span of almost a year in the studio.
When I got into Steely Dan it was the greatest hits album. Then I just started downloading from LimeWire everything I could find. I had no idea which song was on what album. I love them all and listen to them in different orders put them on mixtapes and listened until I ruined them. To this day I couldn't name for you all the songs on each album but looking back as a collective work, this one and pretzel logic rule the day.
I am so happy to have happened upon this. Home at Last, I would agree, is THE perfect song. And Sir, the fact that you took the time to point out the extreme precision of the vocals was the icing on your "plate" of musical goodness. I read somewhere that It was the recording of the song Home at Last that brought at least one production person to almost quit. The crew worked for several hours on getting that "well the..." part done to Fagan's satisfaction. Just hours and hours of those 2 words, over and over. To me, it was time well spent, because that tiny bit has always inexplicably been just over-the-top perfection to me. This comes a couple of years late, but thank you for a thoughtful and beautifully expressed reaction.
GREAT sound sipping moonshine...foot tapping 4 sure
I thought you might have recognized Michael MacDonald singing harmony late in I got the news but hey, I'm glad the song won you over. A fav of mine.
I have I just discovered this 1 1/2 years after you posted it?! Awesome reaction/analysis of some of my favorite songs from one of my favorite albums!
This is the song I test my stereo setup with any time I move, or rearrange my speakers, or get a new amp or receiver. "It is the perfect song," for sure.
Don’t forget the reggae! This song is as if all forms of funk - jazz, blues, reggae, rock, and r&b came together on a song that screams about finally going home to where you belong. This song is a masterpiece!
What is not to love. The best players in the world , playing over the greatest grooves in the world, with deep heavy lyrics that always tell a great story.
I've said the exact same thing, that this song is just perfect. Absolutely nothing is out of place. Love enjoying good music with good people!
Thank you for answering my request.....I promise you will not be disappointed and the song will explain why many of us considered Steely Dan are among the gods of Rock n' Roll. This is one of my favorite songs from them. Thanks again!!! Enjoy
Dare we say it ... the duo of Fagen & Becker ... genius ....
Your reaction to I Got The News is priceless. Keep in mind that the music is not smooth...it is jarring. But there is a reason for this. The song is describing oral sex. It's supposed to make you just a bit uncomfortable in order to accept a subject that was unspeakable in 1977. These guys are genius.
Thank you. Most don’t know this! “Take it in your hand”... “I may never walk again” ... “Spanish kissing, see it glisten”... “you came raging, love rampaging” ...”can’t you see our love will grow” So great!
Hog out! Food not necessary. You be the man and keep coming....cant get enough
This Aja Album is just Musical perfection start to finish!
The Purdie shuffle on which Donald's voice surfs. mmm I LOVE Home at Last
The Bernard Purdue shuffle on “Home at Last” is key to this outstanding funkiness of this piece.
HAL is my favorite SD song. Makes me think of another great 70’s group- the Crusaders. I’m sure there was some guest musician crossover with them and SD.
IGTN with Michael McDonald on the chorus is FIERCE.
Mike also killed on Peg.
Larry Carlton and Joe Sample from the Crusaders have both played on Steely Dan tracks.Larry's solo on Kid Charlemagne is the most memorable.
@@ragjamrock that explains it!
good analogy: unpredictable weather....anything can happen with these guys.
Black people appreciating white music, me, white man who loves black music. We are brothers together. Love to America 🇺🇸 from England 🇬🇧
Thoroughly enjoyed this one, thanks! You should definitely do the song "FM" next. It was recorded around the same time as Aja and has a similar feel. After that, don't slouch on Gaucho! The opening track "Babylon Sisters" is one of my favorites...
Yeah they’re all great!
Haha!! I was coming in here to give you a hard time because you reacted before the chorus on I Got the News. I live for when Michael McDonald’s (Doobie Bros.) back up vocals kick in and then the tasty guitar solo that follows. Different time signature gives it a great vibe.
I enjoy your honest feedback and sometimes one must listen to a song completely, even several times to pick up nuances of great songs like these!👍🏻❤️☮️✌🏻🎹🎤🎼
Well said!
Several times? I’m still picking up new sounds 4 decades later😁 . DramaSyde and you folks in the comments section have helped me learn how to really listen to music. Thanks to you all.
i love your enthusiasm for SD. thanks for the post.
What Up DS, HOME AT LAST has always been my favorite on the album, I GOT THE NEWS, Love the drums, I believe it's Purdie, you never know with this Band, they might do a hundred takes with four different drummers, and then JOSIE, the rockinist song on the album.
Love the way your opinion turned on I Got The News. I just knew it would happen, made my day still. Wonderful vid Sir 🙏
Home at Last is one of my all time favorites... You are so right that it's fully complete, missing nothing.
Always give them a chance. They will rock your world!
And the gold medal goes to...AJA
Love watching young people appreciate what us old have known for a while. More where that came from.
Fire is the correct word, my good man.
The Purdie Shuffle drives this song perfectly! Thanks for the sincere, thoughtful reviews my man. Keep it up!
Love the Dan, "Countdown To Ecstasy" was my first album of theirs, so leaning towards that as my fave, "Pretzel Logic" and "Aja" are right up there, too.
Almost a PERFECT Album, front to back. I say almost 'cause it's too dang SHORT !!
You are correct: I'm telling you, even 'I Got the News' is solid, and just wait for 'Josie'...
When this album first came out I had to tell Columbia house record and tape club to send an extra 2 LP's and two more cassettes because I knew I was going to play the crap out of it, my older brother hated the modern bands of the day, he was a hardcore country and some classic jazz fan- (Herbie Mann and Jimmy Smith mostly) one day I was listening to Home At Last, he came barging into my room and asked me what the hell I was listening to, I told him it was Steely Dan, he pulled up a chair beside my record player and never said a word through the whole album. afterward he went out and bought the whole SD catalogue up to that point. He's still a fan to this day. Awesome band.
I'm in my 50's and back in the day when you went to by Hi-fi systems you tested them with Steely Dan. If you need to test headphones or speakers this was the standard. Love your work and support you 100% it's all love man