This song is like a 'going out of business sale' for the band. This was going to be their last album and they knew it. Now Walter Becker is dead and there will be no more albums. It was sad when it first came out and it's even sadder now that he's gone. Great song. Great album. Great band. RIP Walter.
ALL their albums are great albums. Got every one of them,even the solo stuff from Walter. My favourite band of them all. In the 70's,nobody was cooler than The Don,Donald Fagen. Check out the DF album The Nightfly. Genius.
My fave band too. Don't worry, I know The Nightfly intimately. And Kamakiriad. And Morph the Cat. I guess we can only live in hope of another solo project before we lose Donald.
@@hamishspencer Teahouse on the Tracks from Kamakiriad,one of my favourite all time songs from ANYONE. The mood that song generates is warm and good-time. Agree DF should be releasing another work and heard he is in the studio.You know how he is,secretive and eccentric. Wouldn't surprise me at all if he's recording another masterpiece.
I remember when this was released, I cried. I didn’t want anyone to see me. When I heard “Everything Must Go” I knew that was the swan song of one of the bands who had meant so much to me. I had every album, including the solo work... gone through college with them, a divorce with them, started a new life with them. Thanks for choosing this song. I couldn’t hear it for years, but it seems I was ready now. Thanks Sir.
the final song on the final steely dan album - fading styllishly, gracefully over the horizon - a beautiful, bittersweet farewell as befits sir donald and sir walter - it just doesn't get any better!
Just came outside to grab a smoke and see what's happening in this crazy world and saw you posted some Steely Dan. Can't go wrong with that. While I was sitting here drifting away with the sax, a couple of hummingbirds showed up and put on an aerial show dive bombing each other...heh heh.
I have spent more time listening to and trying to figure out the meaning of steely dan lyrics than I care to think about . But probably my all time favorite band
Thanks for appreciating the true jazz/blues nature of this music man, please keep spreading the word! Don’t forget Donald Fagen‘s solo projects too, that’s also Steely Dan and plenty of masterpieces hiding in plain sight when you explore those!!
@@BennyNegroFromQueens I watched an interview on youtube about a year ago and they asked Donald about Rikki. He responded that the label insisted that they have a radio tune on the album and he wrote Rikki to make them happy. (paraphrasing a bit after a year) Now I can't find the interview on youtube. I will keep looking and post a link when I find it.
"Things I Miss the Most" off that album is a personal favorite--the humor and melancholy of nearing the end of life without all the toys and pleasures of the past. And recently, I chatted with a friend about this song after I commended him for his cheerful attitude about his choice to replace his luxury car--he had no interest in paying for a new engine--with a used economy car, much to the chagrin of his neighbors.
Not really. A lot of pop/jazz/fusion-bands have just as good audio. Steely Dan had a lot of nice and beautiful ideas though (and also some not that great), in harmony, melody, arrangement, lyrics, etc.
You're doing so much for good music and we appreciate you 😊 I'm a great-grandmother now but these videos take me back with great music and great company....thanks for keeping the music alive.♥️😷
Still some great, great ones out there! Caves of Altamira Night By Night Bad Sneakers Any Major Dude Green Earrings Would be at the top of my list for reactions not yet done! Thanks for hitting so many of the greats.
last album for Walter Becker, the sax is the standout for me, Steely dan actually had 2 Tenor Sax players on this studio album, this is Walter Weiscoff
This was the last cut on their last album and -- though no one in the Dan confessed it until after Walter's passing -- everything about the song was intentional and done with purpose and feeling. We fans kinda suspected it -- all the clues were there -- but we really didn't want to admit it to ourselves. This was their Swan Song, and so they began with an over-the-top Big Hollywood Send-Off. Big. Dramatic. Almost as difficult to listen to as the news of The Dan's demise. It reminded me of Milton Berle's intro music from The Tonight Show, which Doc Severinsen and his band would make longer and gaudier with every successive appearance. "Uncle Miltie's" death in March '02 at the age of 93 signalled the end of an American cultural era and may well have inspired the intro. Keeping the listener on the brink for a moment, The Dan then lays down one of their trademark nasty deep grooves -- darkly urbane, full of affected resignation and despair. The album came out in 2003, and it reflects the uneasy times after the Bush (s)election, the burst of the dot-com bubble, Enron, 9/11, and the US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. Many pioneering corporate startups -- especially e-commerce and telecom firms -- experienced a meteoric rise and fall. Some of their execs had golden parachutes, while their workers were left to pick up whatever pieces of their lives they could find in the wreckage. Props to: Walt Weiskopf on the tenor sax, wailing in the intro and giving us that long last kiss goodbye; and to the rhythm section: Keith Carlock (drums) and Becker back to basics on bass.
Ok Jamel...everyone else will fill you in on where and when on this recording but let's not say "end of their careers". Donald still goes out on tour and even Denny Dias has played with him. We know Walter is there in spirit....so they live on thru their music. Donald still writes and keeps it all going....
You should check out a Donald Fagen side project. He put out an album called “The night fly” which is great but there is a song on it I think you will really like called “I.G.Y”. Sooo much groove accompanied by deep lyrics. Trust me
Hey Jamel I'm glad you found Everything Must Go. I listen to this CD when I'm doing something that takes a while to finish. There is a DVD included with the CD that puts Donald and Walter on the back of a cab as it picks up passengers. You must check it out.
I think we can say there were none greater than the Dan! Not many bands made excellent music, above and beyond, time. Steely Dan was one that did. What a self-deprecating comment on the title. Love the line, “...everything must go!...” And we will.
Besides the incredible good music: this album (and of course "Two against Nature") are recorded at the highest quality level. Every Hifi enthusiast must have this.
Jamel, you SO get the heart of the Dan! The inspired chordal changes, innovative voicing, brilliant sax rendering, the stunning female vocals that wash a textural base over the melody and layers of simplicity that end in complex chaos. Then the basic groove that makes you move, this song is a master class of musical excellence. Thank you for posting!
Oh the extreme pleasure of listening to Steely Dan. We are creeping towards Spring here in Australia, and I cannot wait to have a cocktail and sit out on the deck with Steely Dan tracks to enrich the experience
Thanks to your reactions, I've been buying up the Steely Dan catalog. I'm 51, and somehow, this band slipped through my fingers. Thanks for keeping the music alive!
steely dan was one of the great technical bands and studio musicians . . . like great artists their lyrics spoke personally to each individual while having a specific story to each member . . . the way to truly enjoy steely dan is just to disconnect, vibe and flow . . . let the lyrics you catch guide your experience and enhance the trip :)
Like Sinatra, Jobim, Chet Baker, and Stan Getz, the Dan had Swag. All the aforementioned were the best at their craft, and these cats from Steely Dan were no exception. You, Mr. Jamel, are a Rock Star in your own right by keeping them alive! Thank you!
Frankly I could use a little face time, in the service elevator...and if dave from acquisitions wants to get in on the action, with his handycam in tow.... Best lyrics ever!!!
The line about the handycam is funny. It shows the song’s age. Handheld Digital cameras were all the rage back then as I remember it. Now we all have smart phones.
There are many folks that do this on You Tube but there is no one that does it quite like you .Your taste in music is EXEMPLARY .I PARTICULARLY enjoyed your reaction to one ofy all time favs,,,,,Steely Dan 😎😎😎👍👍
It is the perfect metaphor to an individual’s groove coming to an end ! A lot to be grateful for and proud ! Will be playin this tune at me own funeral ! Cheers jy
Hi Jemel! Like some other people already said, this was the final song on their final album, but the band also had broken up from early 80s to early 90s then released the album “Two Against Nature” in 2000. Please react to some songs from that album! All of them are on par with their jazzier material of the late 70s, but I’d start with “Gaslighting Abbie” or “Janie Runaway”. Thanks for keeping great music alive, man!
Last song on the last album Becker and Fagen recorded together. Tremendous tenor sax man (and arranger) Walt Weiskopf killing it on the solo(s). So many great players- - (imho) especially The Great God Carlock on drums. Out on tour they called this line-up the "Everyone Must Blow" Orchestra!
I'm sorry I didn't comment on this so long ago. Steely Dan and the album "Everything Must Go" is their epitome in my opinion, and I'm 67 and have been lsitening to SD since they first came out (Donald Fagen and Walter Becker and all the musical geniuses who have jorned them as "Steely Dan"). Unequalled musical genius!
You already have half the views that the song has. This song is stupendously and stunningly amazing. I started listening to Steely Dan at 9 years old and I've grown old with them. This was the ONLY jazzish band that use to get serious play on rock stations in their heyday and beyond. They started out back in the day getting pop radio play but that faded out but the rock stations never let them go. THANK YOU ALL THE STATIONS THAT USE TO PLAY THEM . I WOULD HAVE MISSED AN ALL AMERICAN JAZZ, ROCK, POP MIRACLE. (Cuz I never would've chased this band down on my own). This was a come back album after 20 years without an album. Then they turned around about 3 years after and released another one, and now only Donald Fagen occasionally releases an album (the other main guy died). Donald Fagen's albums aren't of the same caliber but there are always at least 2 0r 3 good songs on his solos. He's the lead singer in the former band.
They give the music room to breath ~~~ Elbowroom not only for the individual musicians to be heard and to interweave, but also for the listener to be a participant. Speaking as a listener who was there to hear each 1970's album when it was new, I'll just say "thanks for turning me on to a SD tune that was new to me," and, "it's definitely true to the tradition" P.S. please do "Hot Fun In the Summertime" ! Today's the last day of August, and like the song says, "First of the fall and then she goes back~~~"
I've always been a huge Steely Dan fan, now I wanna hear some LIttle Feat. Old folks boogie, Oh Atlanta. Fat man in the bathtub. Dixie chicken. Let it roll. etc....
Steely Dan jazz rock soul. Van Morrison jazz rock. Celtic soul. So great to hear you supporting two great artists. For SD it was more about the musicianship for VM it was more about the voice.
This is the last song on the last album Everything Must Go released in 2003. Check out their 2000 album Two Against Nature and the songs “Gaslighting Abbie”, “Jack of Speed”, “Negative Girl”, and “West of Hollywood”. That album won 4 Grammy awards.
Steely Dan has a way of 'disguising' The Blues within harmonic substitutions and chordal alterations that is pretty unique in Pop/Rock music, but often found in Jazz music. - you can still hear a Blues song form and hear the Blues feeling in the melody and in those vocal cadences.
I hope you'll react to this whole album over time. It's excellent! I love watching you enjoy their music. I have been a fan since high school in the 70's and they're still my favorite band. No one compares.
Great track and reaction Jamal, I loved the joy in your face once the song got going. How could anyone not like steely Dan. The musicians, musicians. Ear Candy as you say. Donald Fagens voice is so right for their sound as well. The planets aligned with SD. Great stuff again Jamel, the best reaction channel on RUclips.
"Telstar" by The Tornados is a nearly lost classic today. An instrumental, but one that was instrumental in shaping music to come and an inspiration to the Space Generation. Look for a remastered recording, a lot of scratchy 45s were posted to RUclips.
Thanks Brother J for coming back to Steely Dan, those are the reactions that brought me to my brother from another mother on the other coast. Please continue to keep their great music alive... ☮&❤
I was only familiar with a few Steely Dan until I started watching your videos. Glad to discover them with you. Seems like somebody "learned to work the saxophone". Liked this one.
I really want to see your reaction to the Steely Dan Confessions. Its them pretty much promoting this album in their own special way riding around vegas in a taxi
You know what's crazy? Jamal's videos on Steely Dan are waaaay more popular and get waaaay more views than actual Steely Dan videos. In other words, Jamal is spreading the gospel.
James Irwin: I second a strong recommendation of "Green Earrings". But with the essential caveat that one of the finest concert performances ever recorded (by anyone) is the live version of this song on "Alive in America". Trust me. You can think me later!
This song is like a 'going out of business sale' for the band. This was going to be their last album and they knew it. Now Walter Becker is dead and there will be no more albums. It was sad when it first came out and it's even sadder now that he's gone. Great song. Great album. Great band. RIP Walter.
ALL their albums are great albums.
Got every one of them,even the solo stuff from Walter.
My favourite band of them all.
In the 70's,nobody was cooler than The Don,Donald Fagen.
Check out the DF album The Nightfly.
Genius.
My fave band too. Don't worry, I know The Nightfly intimately. And Kamakiriad. And Morph the Cat. I guess we can only live in hope of another solo project before we lose Donald.
Intentionally the last cut on the album. Steely Dan's swan song.
@@hamishspencer Teahouse on the Tracks from Kamakiriad,one of my favourite all time songs from ANYONE.
The mood that song generates is warm and good-time.
Agree DF should be releasing another work and heard he is in the studio.You know how he is,secretive and eccentric.
Wouldn't surprise me at all if he's recording another masterpiece.
They said they recorded 8 songs from the 1980's that has not been released yet. I"m sure they will be at some point.
I remember when this was released, I cried. I didn’t want anyone to see me. When I heard “Everything Must Go” I knew that was the swan song of one of the bands who had meant so much to me. I had every album, including the solo work... gone through college with them, a divorce with them, started a new life with them. Thanks for choosing this song. I couldn’t hear it for years, but it seems I was ready now. Thanks Sir.
Never enough STEELY Dan😍
the final song on the final steely dan album - fading styllishly, gracefully over the horizon - a beautiful, bittersweet farewell as befits sir donald and sir walter - it just doesn't get any better!
Steely Dan was always questing for "the perfect groove". And I've always said that they found it, at last, with this final song on the last album.
Just came outside to grab a smoke and see what's happening in this crazy world and saw you posted some Steely Dan. Can't go wrong with that. While I was sitting here drifting away with the sax, a couple of hummingbirds showed up and put on an aerial show dive bombing each other...heh heh.
Maybe Walter's way of saying 'glad you like the tune'
Sounds like an amazing way to spend your break.
Richard, me too, fired up a stogie, settled in and said Yeah
That's what happens when you go for a smoke. Much love.
Yea! Back to Steely Dan. They have an endless arsenal of great music. Have a great weekend. ✌️
I have spent more time listening to and trying to figure out the meaning of steely dan lyrics than I care to think about . But probably my all time favorite band
They are mostly nonsensical. But they sure sound great don't they.
Dwight Waldvogel Like a long road that doesn’t really go anywhere but the scenery is cool.
I don’t think it is nonsense
Me too, me too.
I gave up trying to decipher the lyrics, I just groove to the vibe and ride it out.
For some context, this was the last song on their final album. Always glad to see more Steely Dan and Donald Fagen reactions, brother!
‘Only A Fool Would Say That’ by Steely Dan from the first album ‘Can’t Buy A Thrill’
Everyone swears by AJA But I think that album is thee best one. A few gems on it that don't get much praise for sure
The Royal Scam is one of my favourites.
CDTE is the best album
@@BennyNegroFromQueens They are the best ❤️
Back to the Dan. Life is good.
Thanks for appreciating the true jazz/blues nature of this music man, please keep spreading the word! Don’t forget Donald Fagen‘s solo projects too, that’s also Steely Dan and plenty of masterpieces hiding in plain sight when you explore those!!
@@ronrobbins2737 dont forget walter beckers solo stuff. 11 tracks of whack is the best solo album either did besides nightfly
Steely Dan forgot to make a bad song. All of'em stellar.
Not Rikki Dont Lose that Number. That song sucks.
@@BennyNegroFromQueens Fagen said they only recorded it because the record company demanded it.
@@michaelrichard5920 did he?
@@BennyNegroFromQueens I watched an interview on youtube about a year ago and they asked Donald about Rikki. He responded that the label insisted that they have a radio tune on the album and he wrote Rikki to make them happy. (paraphrasing a bit after a year) Now I can't find the interview on youtube. I will keep looking and post a link when I find it.
@@michaelrichard5920 i believe you
"Things I Miss the Most" off that album is a personal favorite--the humor and melancholy of nearing the end of life without all the toys and pleasures of the past. And recently, I chatted with a friend about this song after I commended him for his cheerful attitude about his choice to replace his luxury car--he had no interest in paying for a new engine--with a used economy car, much to the chagrin of his neighbors.
Pixeleen, Lunch with Gina, Greenbook are epic. Godwhacker marks the return of the synth harp.
Face time and handy cams in an elevator is classic steely sex eggs.
And sad to say this is the last song on the last Steely Dan album. RIP Walter Becker.
Steely Dan = Perfection in sound.
Not really. A lot of pop/jazz/fusion-bands have just as good audio. Steely Dan had a lot of nice and beautiful ideas though (and also some not that great), in harmony, melody, arrangement, lyrics, etc.
I can’t believe you did this one!! So thrilled!! Such an intricate song.
this song came out in 2003, it was on their last album. Check out "Cousin Dupree" from their 2000 album Two Against Nature
Jamal should do the live version of Cousin Dupree. It sounds close to the studio version. It’s time he seen a live performance from the Dan.
@@MichaelTrogdon1990 Dupree is a must!!
Which won a Grammy for album of the year
Mike Emry, 2AN is their most underrated album. It’s so good but it got very little air time.
Should also check out the letter writing between Steely Dan and the Wilson brothers over this song. Funny shit!
I've always enjoyed Steely Dan and all their music from when I was a kid
What can we say: We luv Steely Dan 🥁🎷🎸🥂
You're doing so much for good music and we appreciate you 😊 I'm a great-grandmother now but these videos take me back with great music and great company....thanks for keeping the music alive.♥️😷
The entity that is Steely Dan! ❤️❤️
Wakanda forever
The album tells a story and Everything Must Go is the last song on the album telling the end of the story.
Still some great, great ones out there!
Caves of Altamira
Night By Night
Bad Sneakers
Any Major Dude
Green Earrings
Would be at the top of my list for reactions not yet done! Thanks for hitting so many of the greats.
Great list. I’d like to add “your gold teeth II”
Night by Night I can replay FOREVER!
I love how you just rattled off my favourite Steely Dan songs in order 😍
last album for Walter Becker, the sax is the standout for me, Steely dan actually had 2 Tenor Sax players on this studio album, this is Walter Weiscoff
yeah, kind of a twilight LP impo,
Don’t forget Walter Becker put out a solo album in 2008 called Circus Money.
Oh yeah Walt Weiskopf one of the all time best sax players that hardly no one knows about
@@MichaelTrogdon1990 and it's great. Downtown Canon and Paging Audrey are as good as anything on Aja.
@@jml-rj5re eh. I liked 11 Tracks of Whack way better. Becker used a song writing partner for Circus and I think he influenced the album too much.
This was the last cut on their last album and -- though no one in the Dan confessed it until after Walter's passing -- everything about the song was intentional and done with purpose and feeling.
We fans kinda suspected it -- all the clues were there -- but we really didn't want to admit it to ourselves.
This was their Swan Song, and so they began with an over-the-top Big Hollywood Send-Off.
Big. Dramatic. Almost as difficult to listen to as the news of The Dan's demise.
It reminded me of Milton Berle's intro music from The Tonight Show, which Doc Severinsen and his band would make longer and gaudier with every successive appearance.
"Uncle Miltie's" death in March '02 at the age of 93 signalled the end of an American cultural era and may well have inspired the intro.
Keeping the listener on the brink for a moment, The Dan then lays down one of their trademark nasty deep grooves -- darkly urbane, full of affected resignation and despair.
The album came out in 2003, and it reflects the uneasy times after the Bush (s)election, the burst of the dot-com bubble, Enron, 9/11, and the US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.
Many pioneering corporate startups -- especially e-commerce and telecom firms -- experienced a meteoric rise and fall. Some of their execs had golden parachutes, while their workers were left to pick up whatever pieces of their lives they could find in the wreckage.
Props to: Walt Weiskopf on the tenor sax, wailing in the intro and giving us that long last kiss goodbye; and to the rhythm section: Keith Carlock (drums) and Becker back to basics on bass.
Whenever you get to Steely Dan again, please do yourself a favor and check out Night by Night.
night by night and glamour profession please!
Yes by all means Night By Night and Glamour Profession...
And Kamakyriad too! :)
My favourite Dan song.
With Jeff Porcaro on drums
Donald Fagen- Walk Between the Raindrops
Great song, upbeat !
There's always so much to enjoy in any Steely Dan song, but the arrangements are guaranteed to be special.
My favourite example is the arrangement of Reelin' in the Years they did on Alive in America. So different, so funky and soooo good!
Like it better than the studio version
Finally back to my favorite group. Listen to your Playlist of them once a week. Thanks for all you do Jamel.
Never get enough of Steely Dan.
Steely Dan " Black Friday" 🔥
Ok Jamel...everyone else will fill you in on where and when on this recording but let's not say "end of their careers". Donald still goes out on tour and even Denny Dias has played with him. We know Walter is there in spirit....so they live on thru their music. Donald still writes and keeps it all going....
Yeah back to the Dan! “Bad Sneakers “ please
I love Bad Sneakers
And a Pina Colada...
You fellllla!
@@Joe-Flow How you gonna beat the heat?
wolfgang klassen 😁
from this same album: "Lunch with Gina"!
and The Last Mall
You should check out a Donald Fagen side project. He put out an album called “The night fly” which is great but there is a song on it I think you will really like called “I.G.Y”. Sooo much groove accompanied by deep lyrics. Trust me
Not a dud song on there. Even Walk Between the Raindrops has a great groove.
oh baby Ray I second that emotion. An all time favorite.
Great album
That might have to be a patreon or vimeo. Donald F's stuff seems to have problems making it on youtube
I loved “ Night Fly “. I wore that album out when I was deejaying college radio.
It's like hanging with a buddy jamming it out.
Deeper dive as the brilliance gives way too pure groove .
Oh my .
Those harmonies are as tight as they are utterly gorgeous .
Should read "to pure groove".
Gotta fire my editor...again !
Hey Jamel
I'm glad you found Everything Must Go. I listen to this CD when I'm doing something that takes a while to finish. There is a DVD included with the CD that puts Donald and Walter on the back of a cab as it picks up passengers. You must check it out.
Top notch production values were a hallmark of Steely Dan albums. Always a great sound.
This is the type of chill music that you cruise to...so relaxing... MY GOODNESS
I think we can say there were none greater than the Dan! Not many bands made excellent music, above and beyond, time. Steely Dan was one that did.
What a self-deprecating comment on the title. Love the line, “...everything must go!...” And we will.
Besides the incredible good music: this album (and of course "Two against Nature") are recorded at the highest quality level. Every Hifi enthusiast must have this.
Two Against Nature is killer!
Find them on DVD AUDIO in 5.1 surround. Its exceptional. Really.
@@roundtownKen Unfortunately I don't own a X.1 sound system. Just very good stereo equipment. But I believe in your advice.
Fagen’s Morph the Cat album also sounds really good!
@@svanteforsman8244 Yes it is. It's spectacular in 5.1 Dolby surround(on DVD Audio)
Simply ingenious, so much jazz, funk and soul being fused into a single song...
Jamel, you SO get the heart of the Dan! The inspired chordal changes, innovative voicing, brilliant sax rendering, the stunning female vocals that wash a textural base over the melody and layers of simplicity that end in complex chaos. Then the basic groove that makes you move, this song is a master class of musical excellence. Thank you for posting!
Oh the extreme pleasure of listening to Steely Dan. We are creeping towards Spring here in Australia, and I cannot wait to have a cocktail and sit out on the deck with Steely Dan tracks to enrich the experience
Thanks to your reactions, I've been buying up the Steely Dan catalog. I'm 51, and somehow, this band slipped through my fingers. Thanks for keeping the music alive!
steely dan was one of the great technical bands and studio musicians . . . like great artists their lyrics spoke personally to each individual while having a specific story to each member . . . the way to truly enjoy steely dan is just to disconnect, vibe and flow . . . let the lyrics you catch guide your experience and enhance the trip :)
Like Sinatra, Jobim, Chet Baker, and Stan Getz, the Dan had Swag. All the aforementioned were the best at their craft, and these cats from Steely Dan were no exception. You, Mr. Jamel, are a Rock Star in your own right by keeping them alive! Thank you!
Soulful Steely Dan.... never disappoints. 💗
Frankly I could use a little face time, in the service elevator...and if dave from acquisitions wants to get in on the action, with his handycam in tow....
Best lyrics ever!!!
The line about the handycam is funny. It shows the song’s age. Handheld Digital cameras were all the rage back then as I remember it. Now we all have smart phones.
Mike Writz I move to dissolve the corporation
In a pool of margaritas
There are many folks that do this on You Tube but there is no one that does it quite like you .Your taste in music is EXEMPLARY .I PARTICULARLY enjoyed your reaction to one ofy all time favs,,,,,Steely Dan 😎😎😎👍👍
No one ever mentions this album when they talk about SD. I think it's as perfect as "Aja"
Better
Another Steely Dan song to fall in love with-thanks man
If you enjoyed this tune brother Jamel you will surely enjoy "Cousin Dupree" from the "Two Against Nature" LP, an upbeat Steely Dan tune.
Smooth, funky truth!
Love the reaction as always. One of the best bands I've ever had the pleasure of seeing perform live. Keep em' coming!
Steely Dan. Finding the best musicians and putting them together since 1972!
Dan had some of the best everything ever
Ahh, we're getting into the later Steely Dan stuff now eh? Then I'll suggest "Florida Room: from Kamakiriad.
Robert Head Very good but I really like Tomorrow’s Girls 😎
@@fukawininetynine5999 Good one too
Kamakiriad is a great album. Personal favorites are: "Countermoon", Snowbound", "Tomorrow's Girls", and "On the Dunes".
Love Florida Room! When the cold wind comes, I go where the dahlias bloom, I keep drifting back to my Forida room...
Florida Room? A man of class I see 👊
It is the perfect metaphor to an individual’s groove coming to an end ! A lot to be grateful for and proud ! Will be playin this tune at me own funeral !
Cheers jy
Hi Jemel! Like some other people already said, this was the final song on their final album, but the band also had broken up from early 80s to early 90s then released the album “Two Against Nature” in 2000.
Please react to some songs from that album! All of them are on par with their jazzier material of the late 70s, but I’d start with “Gaslighting Abbie” or “Janie Runaway”. Thanks for keeping great music alive, man!
Zack Rosenberg
My two favorites from Two Against Nature are Almost Gothic and Jack of Speed.
Jamel there's another Steely Dan beauty waiting in the wings for your very addictive reactions...'What a shame about me'..
You'll love it!
Last song on the last album Becker and Fagen recorded together. Tremendous tenor sax man (and arranger) Walt Weiskopf killing it on the solo(s). So many great players- - (imho) especially The Great God Carlock on drums. Out on tour they called this line-up the "Everyone Must Blow" Orchestra!
Brother you know Steely Dan is going to throw a curve ball on a fast ball count
I'm sorry I didn't comment on this so long ago. Steely Dan and the album "Everything Must Go" is their epitome in my opinion, and I'm 67 and have been lsitening to SD since they first came out (Donald Fagen and Walter Becker and all the musical geniuses who have jorned them as "Steely Dan"). Unequalled musical genius!
Steely Dan is the bestest.
You can play their music anytime Jamal! It is so darn cool! I do love quite a bit of the music you have dug up! But this is sooooooo over the top!
They kept going. Great music by two amazing songwriters!
You already have half the views that the song has. This song is stupendously and stunningly amazing. I started listening to Steely Dan at 9 years old and I've grown old with them. This was the ONLY jazzish band that use to get serious play on rock stations in their heyday and beyond. They started out back in the day getting pop radio play but that faded out but the rock stations never let them go. THANK YOU ALL THE STATIONS THAT USE TO PLAY THEM . I WOULD HAVE MISSED AN ALL AMERICAN JAZZ, ROCK, POP MIRACLE. (Cuz I never would've chased this band down on my own). This was a come back album after 20 years without an album. Then they turned around about 3 years after and released another one, and now only Donald Fagen occasionally releases an album (the other main guy died). Donald Fagen's albums aren't of the same caliber but there are always at least 2 0r 3 good songs on his solos. He's the lead singer in the former band.
They give the music room to breath ~~~ Elbowroom not only for the individual musicians to be heard and to interweave, but also for the listener to be a participant. Speaking as a listener who was there to hear each 1970's album when it was new, I'll just say "thanks for turning me on to a SD tune that was new to me," and, "it's definitely true to the tradition"
P.S. please do "Hot Fun In the Summertime" ! Today's the last day of August, and like the song says, "First of the fall and then she goes back~~~"
Another 'under the radar' song by SD is Green Earrings. This one grooves hard. I was speechless the very first time I heard it.
Yes, Green Earrings. Although it is hard to pick a favorite SD tune, this very well could be my favorite.
Green earrings is awesome but so is most of the early stuff
As always, a great addition to my Virginia Saturday afternoon!
I've always been a huge Steely Dan fan, now I wanna hear some LIttle Feat. Old folks boogie, Oh Atlanta. Fat man in the bathtub. Dixie chicken. Let it roll. etc....
So much jazz!! I cannot get enough!!
It's Steely Dan - say no more! 😉
Steely Dan jazz rock soul. Van Morrison jazz rock. Celtic soul. So great to hear you supporting two great artists. For SD it was more about the musicianship for VM it was more about the voice.
This is the last song on the last album Everything Must Go released in 2003. Check out their 2000 album Two Against Nature and the songs “Gaslighting Abbie”, “Jack of Speed”, “Negative Girl”, and “West of Hollywood”. That album won 4 Grammy awards.
Steely Dan has a way of 'disguising' The Blues within harmonic substitutions and chordal alterations that is pretty unique in Pop/Rock music, but often found in Jazz music. - you can still hear a Blues song form and hear the Blues feeling in the melody and in those vocal cadences.
I hope you'll react to this whole album over time. It's excellent! I love watching you enjoy their music. I have been a fan since high school in the 70's and they're still my favorite band. No one compares.
Great track and reaction Jamal, I loved the joy in your face once the song got going. How could anyone not like steely Dan. The musicians, musicians. Ear Candy as you say. Donald Fagens voice is so right for their sound as well. The planets aligned with SD. Great stuff again Jamel, the best reaction channel on RUclips.
The Caves, brother - you've gotsa do The Caves...of Altamira
Things I miss the most. Best song on the album.
"Telstar" by The Tornados is a nearly lost classic today. An instrumental, but one that was instrumental in shaping music to come and an inspiration to the Space Generation. Look for a remastered recording, a lot of scratchy 45s were posted to RUclips.
Thanks Brother J for coming back to Steely Dan, those are the reactions that brought me to my brother from another mother on the other coast.
Please continue to keep their great music alive... ☮&❤
More Steely Dan Pixeleen, The Green book
I think those might be from one of Donald Fagen's solo albums?
I was only familiar with a few Steely Dan until I started watching your videos. Glad to discover them with you. Seems like somebody "learned to work the saxophone". Liked this one.
I really want to see your reaction to the Steely Dan Confessions. Its them pretty much promoting this album in their own special way riding around vegas in a taxi
Fagan's voice does the unexpected. Never leaves unsatisfied .
You know what's crazy? Jamal's videos on Steely Dan are waaaay more popular and get waaaay more views than actual Steely Dan videos. In other words, Jamal is spreading the gospel.
Love all the Steely Dan!
And steely is my favorite and have many smooth nights with them
You crack me up, but in a good way. Lots of us longtime Dan Fans reacted similarly when we discovered this golden music. It's just too sweet.
Love the "stank face"!!! It's good to know that your generation is discovering what the one before you has already learned... Steely Dan is the ish!
An underappreciated gem from the boys...thanks so much for sharing it...my wife and I burst into song frequently, singing this masterpiece!
There is such a classical jazz entry on this....love it!
Dude you hit it outa the park. slumming on Sunday W/ bloody mary in hand. Thank you brother.
you tell me how someone figures out those vocals, the harmonizing, right in the music?? And the music...lawd
Still gotta do “Green Earrings”, you’re missing out!!
James Irwin: I second a strong recommendation of "Green Earrings". But with the essential caveat that one of the finest concert performances ever recorded (by anyone) is the live version of this song on "Alive in America". Trust me. You can think me later!
It baffles me how this song is so groovy and laid back and yet so incredibly sad at the same time. Then again, it's the Dan so...
these 2 guys are the best writers in the history of rock