*First Time Hearing* Steely Dan | Babylon Sisters | REACTION VIDEO
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2024
- First Time Hearing Steely Dan | Babylon Sisters | REACTION VIDEO
We open the door to Steely Dan's Gaucho, getting into the first song "Babylon Sisters"
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Along the horn section and backing vocals, there's also Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie's drums driving the tune - his famous, signature half time 12/8 'Purdie Shuffle' working its magic, just like it did on 'Home At Last'.
Michael McDonald; Patti Austin and Valerie Simpson on backup vocals. Fabulous
The Dan is "Get dressed up and mix a pitcher of martini" music. Even if you're alone.
This song has such a Steely Dan stamp of brightness, funk and wicked subtle groove. Those ladies' background vocals make my shoulder blades shiver.
"Like a Sunday in TJ, that it's cheap but it's not free"..........One of my favorite lines by SD.... Have to think about it a little....
Absolutely the best. This song is full of great lyrics, “San Francisco show and tell”.
“Don’t go for that cotton candy”. Google what that is slang for. Perfect Steely lyrics.
Can't go wrong with Steely Dan.
this one never gets old....never get tired of it...the ultimate compliment you can give a song...the Dan never misses
Close your eyes and you'll be there. It's everything they say. The end of a perfect day. Distant lights from across the bay.
“This is perfection, right here-perfection!” Indeed, my friend. This song is THE standard by which engineering and mixing is measured by.
The Mighty Babylon Sisters..was 20 in '80 when Gaucho came out. Still recovering from this masterpiece..Shake it indeed😀🇺🇸💃💃
This song is so smooth, it makes creamy peanut butter jealous.
What a great line ......thank you LOL
Can't stop that Bernard Purdie Shuffle on drums
If the tracks to this song were ingredients in a meal, very few could afford a seat at the table. Immaculate. And that pretty Purdy shuffle just the wheels on the little train that could. Bernie, you the MAN!
I remember buying that album in 1980 when it came out. 20 years old, driving my new car, the road and my life ahead of me...a beautiful feeling
Benard Purdie takes this song from good to great. Such an amazing drummer.
Yeeeessssss. Perfection for sure. Gaucho will be a great listen for you and us. Great songs ahead. Hey Nineteen, Gaucho, Time Out of Mind. Oh hell, all of em. 🔥🎷🎹🥁
I've listened to the Dan for many a year, but it's only now listening to you go through the catalogue that I realize just how important those backing vocals are to the Dan's overall sound. Simply singular.
The production values on the album are insane. Soooo smooth.
Steely Dan is in my top 5 most favorite bands. They are AMAZING. Jazz. Vocals. Music. Just the very best.
Loved Steely Dan before I knew who they were. I love this song, so smooth.
Asked why they decided to start playing live again since they stopped back in the mid 70's, they said "they were curious to hear what “Babylon Sisters” sounded like live."
Seen them a few times in the last decade. They kill it.
When this album first came out, my youthful brain was a little put off by its chill and disco-y feel, but it began to grow on me until eventually it became one of my favorite Dan records. Babylon Sisters is one reason why: the groove, the LA-noir-decadence lyrics, the perfect engineering. When Don and Walt started touring again with a big band with full horn section and backup singers, Babylon Sisters was an audience favorite -- it became a crowd thing to whoop and cheer when the (always excellent) backup singers did the "you gotta shake it baby you gotta shake it baby you gotta shake it" bits on the outro. Curiously I'm still only lukewarm on Hey Nineteen, but I really dig Glamour Profession, the title track, and Third World Man.
5he back up singers guide you through this song
Hey Nineteen is fun, but it’s kinda bland compared to songs like BS, Glamour Profession, and even My Rival (which is soooooooo fun)
that's the thing about their music. .at first you're not too enthusiastic about it, but then it starts growing on you and finally you just love it
Babylon Sisters has been my favorite for decades. The Dan doesn't get better than this.
Bernard Purdie on the drums, greatest groove r and b drummer...that's why it's swingin' like a mofo
IMHO Gaucho is the musical masterpiece of the album and I am truly excited to see you react. Gaucho is my favorite song of all time . Babylon Sisters is a close second .
This song is just as much of a trip as Aja in my eyes. I feel like I’m driving to San Francisco every time.
Amazing that this album came out 40 years ago!
I have many of their vinyls and CD's. This from 1980 is a favorite... among other Steely Dan favorites. I love how Steely Dan constantly changed "the band", bringing in various musicians to fit the songs. On this track they have Donald Fagen - Vocal: Don Grolnick- Electric Piano, Clarinet; Steve Khan-Guitar; Chuck Rainey-Bass; Bernard Purdie-Drums; Tom Scott- Tenor and Alto Saxophone, Clarinet; Randy Brecker-Trumpet, Flugelhorn; Crusher Bennett-Percussion; George Marge & Walter Kane-Bass Clarinet; and Diva Grey, Gordon Grody, Lani Groves, Leslie Miller and Patti Austin- Backing Vocals... the advantage of the liner notes
"These background vocals are everything. These horns are everything." Well, that's plainly impossible. ;-)
SO good! This is a great album.
Absolute smooth cut w mad dynamics. Brilliant. Can you dig it!!!!! Drama you da bomb!
The bridges burning from all of that cotton candy. I can relate. Im better, now.. Still, it gives me chills..
man this song is sooooo smooth; this is my favorite SD album !!!! Keep 'em coming !!!!
DramaSyed knows a great song when hears it and Babylon Sisters is one of the best. Personally, I think it can stand toe to toe with anything on Aja
Gaucho is a work of art
The vocals in this one are so visionary!
I LOVE your Steely Dan reactions - and this was always one of my favorites of their work. You are always just in the zone with a great Steely Dan tune!
Steely Dan is a phenomenal musical duo and they’ve inspired many over the years, love their music and have listened to it since I was a kid & im 60 now, however I haven’t listened to every album all the way through and as a result I don’t know every song they’ve performed but I’m good with what I have discovered regardless of what anyone else might think & it doesn’t even matter what anyone else might think or feel about that, no favorites. You keep doing what you’re doing and leave the negativity behind you, I enjoyed your review & responses.
Donald Fagan uses his music to chronicle his life of indulging every temptation. Drugs and sex. He then honestly confesses his regrets and also laments that those days are ending.
Well this was a great start to my Saturday. This song is a killer groove topped with all kinds of great vocals, harmonies and instrumentation.
Somewhere out there is a young musically talented kid notating every sound and fury of Steely Dan. This kid will be the next outgrowth of the excellence in this music.
My all-time favorite group, no one comes close
Yesssss I knew this was for you. Great reaction. This song is brilliant on every level and musician
This is one of the songs by Steely Dan that is used by manufacturers of high-end stereo systems to check system performance., because of how well mixed and balanced Steely Dan produced their albums. Put this on a really quality system using quality headphones and prepare for your mind and ears to be blown
I hope you check out “Two Against Nature” and “Everything Must Go” on your Steely Dan journey. Those are some great albums.
Or your best bourbon neat!
I've heard this tune a thousand times and it still gives me chills, even on a reaction video.
Jazz infusion at its best. Thank you for sharing this with us.
I have to say I love your humor. You are really funny. Love Steely Dan so I replay these all the time. So- your first name is Michael??? Nice. I enjoy your depth of knowledge of music. Keep em coming. Thank you 💜
What a groove! Great reaction! Can you believe this 40 years old?
Yessssss I have been waiting so patiently
I hope you didn't miss "Night by Night" off Pretzel Logic. Its the Dan's funkiest track, and one of the best guitar solos ever
he's reviewed all the Dan albums up until Gaucho
Fagen's solo efforts are great to. Steely Fan is so good I never tire of hearing it. Never. I've played some of these albums over and over and over on the same day. Love it.
Nice vibes... I could listen to this for hours! Thanks
I played this vinyl till the grooves wore through to the other side. lmao
Right
Happy to say I got the chance to see them live a few years back!
How have i never heard that trumpet before ? Fantastic.
The best catalog of music on the planet.....don't argue if you aint heard it!!!!!!!!!!
Yes this is absolute perfection. I must say the post production with the mixing is so good.
Love your reaction. You will hear "Perfection and Grace" later in the album.
A rare live show from Steely Dan performing "Black Cow." And it is Excellent!!!! I thought you might want to see this Live since you like live shows.....It also means that this group maybe doing Live shows in the future.
Been head bobbing to that song forty years
Steely Dan is amazing the Gaucho album top notch 😉
They knew how to make music that just FEELS right.
I'm not what I used to be and love is not a game for three, great line that kinda sums up the song.
Ok, now you know why I said not to slouch on Gaucho! Drama, most people *start* with these songs -- the greatest hits from Aja, Gaucho, The Royal Scam, the radio hits from earlier albums, etc... Then, if they like what they hear, they delve into the rest of the catalog. However, I've thoroughly enjoyed watching you walk through everything chronologicaly. It gives you such a great perspective of how the composition and production evolved over time. For me, in the later albums, Fagen seems much more confident in his own vocal ability and that's one of the reasons I love this song so much. Here, his phrasing and dynamics are near perfect and fit the impeccable groove to a tee. Suffice it to say that I thought you would really enjoy this track and I'm happy to see I was right. The rest of the album is no slouch, either... some more great tracks ahead! (And thank you for helping to end this ridiculous week on a better, higher note -- it's much appreciated.)
That's my jam
Yes, more Steely Dan! So good!! 😃 Thanks for continuing down the rabbit hole!
As good as it gets. As you said, perfection.
My favorite album from my favorite band!
Oh...it just keeps getting better and better. You still have a long way to go if you want to cover the Fagen solo records, the Becker solo records and the Dan albums from 94 on. All of them are special. Gaucho is my favorite though...sooooo damn good. btw.......RIP Neil Peart...it's been a year.
This song is about an older guy trying to have a 3 way with 2 younger girls but he’s too old to do it anymore (I’m not what I used to be, and that love’s not a game for 3) that both want him to themselves (tell me I’m the only one).
background vox omg...so right
The thing about Donald and Walter is they are not only extremely original songwriters but they also think like arrangers/orchestrators.
Yay! The 🔥 is back! 💯
steely dan is my poor man's midlife crisis.. so fucking happy I discovered SD
One of their best
As a guy who bought "Can't buy a thrill" and became hooked on the Dan when it came out in '72, I can relate to your reactions to them! To this day I await anything released by Donald Fagen (The same was true of Walter Becker as well.. :(.. ) but if you think think this is perfection, (And it is.. ) just wait till you hit Donalds "The Nightfly, Kamakiriad, and Morph the Cat albums... He truly is the Hoagy Carmichael of our generation... just you wait.. :)
Yes sir, Perfection, can't wait for your reaction to Gaucho. I love the muted trumpet accompany to the verse, and the horns throughout the song are simply great. Their use of windchimes in their songs always seem so right, and the background harmonies are amazing. This album, for me, is the Dan coming to maturity, as we all do as we get older. In each album, we get a glimpse of what might come next. I've never been disappointed, just bought the album, came home, and with no one else around, put it on the turntable and cranked it up. Being a drummer, I've always wanted to the hear music for what it is, not just something in the background. I'll be right here enjoying the trip that you're on because I know what comes next.
Love that Sax!
your reaction is nearly as entertaining as the track !
Thank you
Soon as you said "it's a sneaky Lil thing...." I laughed bc that's exactly what I thought first time lol instant Sub
Michael, take the rest of your life to decide which album is their best. Its been almost 50 years since my first Steely Dan album (Pretzel Logic) which I played 'til the grooves in my vinyl record wore out.....and I still can't decide. I just go with it and think it depends on your mood and a particular song of theirs you want to hear again for the 500th time. Good luck! No pressure.
Royal Scam album was my favorite as a teen. I like them all now. Steely Dan Countdown to Ecstasy too
If you haven't already, you should check out Drama's channel for a Playlist of reactions to SD!
Perfection!
LORD HAVE MERCY!! More SD!
Drama, this band had several members over the years, But no matter who was in the Band, They always sounded like Steely Dan, Due to Donald Fagan, the master of music and putting a band togeather, Cousin Figel
Finest reaction..,👈👈
Poor Donald. I was reading about the making of Gaucho. Walter was descending into heroin addiction and his girlfriend overdosed and he was hit by a car and in a wheelchair. So Donald did most of the work here and it strained their relationship for a long time. Pain does create genius though.
GAUCHO!!! Babylon Sisters!!
ooh my moniker!
How good is that shuffle on the drums?
I don't compare. I just hear the progression and maturing over the years of great music. The albums go along with the years of my life. Couldn't pick a favorite.
Trumpet great Randy Brecker plays on this track. BTW, have you checked out any Brecker Brothers? "Some Skunk Funk" is a good start.
Pfffffft. Yeah. Man, if you feel Steely Dan in your bones, choosing a favorite tune or the best tune is not possible. It depends on your mood at the moment, which changes from hour to hour. It can't be done. If you persist, I wish you luck, but have no hope. ;-)
Yes they did ;) Are you shaken yet? *tee hee* - Love me some Steeleye Span too :D
A very pleasant surprise. Now play the rest...I'll get some gin. ☆
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It’s gonna take A LOT of time.....you have some solo Donald Fagen albums and then “Two Against Nature” is going to rip your ears apart...but wait, there’s more. Also look up the story and listen to the one cut missing from Gaucho titled “The Second Arraignment”.... ;)