To think this and The Second Arrangement could have been lost forever (or more accurately just been left as low quality demo tapes) had it not been for the efforts of a fanbase that's endured for 50 years. Long live Steely Dan.
@@bobbyohanesian4228great question. How it didn’t beat “I Got The News” or “Home At Last” is beyond me. But then again, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen are beyond me so it adds up. But yeah Kulee Baba has one of the best drum beats of the classic rock era in my opinion. It’s so steady and choppy with a complex but groove-able rhythm. Keeps the song on edge and exciting. With a challenging chorus that is maybe a bit too dissonant for commercial success? Whatever the case may be, it is a shame it was left off both albums, Gaucho and Aja
Steely Dan's best song ever being an outtake almost lost forever is the most Steely Dan thing ever. I'm starting to hear cover bands play The Second Arrangement. Being an SD fan is a sickness
Verse 1: Donald Fagen] Sir, I parked my juggernaut at your gate Fifteen-thousand miles and I'm feeling great I've been on the run, but I done my time You just can't stand still with a friend like mine [Chorus] There's a bear that walks like a man Better shake him fast Better hide yourself if you can Cause he wants your ass I believe you'll do quite well But only time will tell If you got the bear or the bear got you
Ahhhh the 70s and the 80s, what an amazing time to have been growing up, into the 90s things started to go a little downhill and now in the 21st century.........WHAT DO WE HAVE!
We were born perfectly: we know what good music is and now YT can supply it. Also missed a worldwide depression and having to fight in a few wars as a bonus.
@@IronMan-tk8uc Yeah, he (and Walt before he passed) were upset that these even exist. They're perfectionists-and no matter how perfect we think these are, they didn't agree. I know he did Second Arrangement at rarities night @ Beacon a few years back, but I doubt we will ever see OG SD content from him again. Sucks, but I respect them enough to be grateful we got as much as we did, to begin with!
This is just stunning, I’m hearing things i’ve never heard before in previous copies. It’s like a blanket has been removed , real hi fi. You’ve done a really awesome job on this. Thank you!
This song is deep. I have struggled with anxiety all my life, mostly used drugs to cope. Gave all that up and poof, my anxiety is like a distant memory. Everyday stresses exist, but the torturous sensations and panic are long gone. “The bear” is a real evolutionary remnant that tricks your brain into fight, flight or both. Do you have the bear? Or did the bear get you?
..and once again, thank you! Also, the only reason I picked up Falco was that in the past, all I mained were mid/low tiers and Falco was the most balanced of the broken characters matchup-wise.
Mark my words, I don’t know when, I don’t really even know how- but one day, could be a couple years from now even, we’re going to get AI based restoration that will bring the songs to any quality level desired, just shy of Steely Studio- and we will hear the tracks in a quality that said “how did no one think that this would happen years ago? It makes so much sense” Until then, I’ll be listening to your restorations
All this talk of AI restoration in the Danbase has really gotten my hopes up. I'll be pretty sad if it doesn't end up happening. And I will sue all of you people for emotional distress. The Second Arrangement is my favorite song of all time on some days.
Especially the songs that didn't make the cut. The Bear and Kulee Baba would have been among the best on the album. A double album or 3-sided album was needed. I Can't Write Home About You and of course Second Arrangement as well.
You’ve done a good job of improving the general dynamic range and sonic quality of this work-in-progress! Because that’s what this clearly is. That’s a guide vocal you’re hearing, complete with hit and miss double tracking. I also feel that there are a few areas where the track loses its way musically and sags. Again, some of the soloing etc is a placeholder that I’d bet they intended to come back to later. That aside, this is well past cool if you accept it’s a working version and not a finished track. Fagen and Becker would never have released this in this half-finished form. Like everyone else, I wish they had finished it and put it on Gaucho - it’s easily as good as many of the tracks that did make the cut (and arguably better than one or two).
Great to hear this. Heard Second Arrangement recently which was also a discarded or lost track from the Gaucho sessions but I think is actually a better track.
Isn't it? It's one of my most prized treasures that I'm happy to share. Also, never thought I'd see you become a fan after my other friends' responses lol
I still think this is about speed. Some college students "speeded" in the seventies for various reasons, mostly in lieu of caffeine while cramming for tests. Most felt they need not worry about the " crash" - silly fools, because the bear got them.
You Definitely got the bear You're the man there's no goldy locks here but the real McCoy trying to get rid of a nasty head cold 🥶🤧 Awesome vocal talant of stealy dann remarkable sound of Stealy Dann have to listen to all there albums.K got to listen to the" Night Fly 🪰 album." Great sound recording
Here's a GDrive link to the final product: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mWlkBM9MCMsELV8D5xT6K-3LrpBdHCj7?usp=sharing It's not in the .flac format, but rather .wav, but both are lossless so I hope that's okay. Also, sorry for the late response.
Only downside for me is the fade omitting the instrumental version's cool coda with its closing jazz chords. Otherwise, this is like something they could release today - it's that good.
I wasn't sure whether or not to add it because the transition felt strange while listening to it... Looking back, I kinda regret my decision of cutting it... Other than that, thank you so much for the compliments!
It was heroin. The kingpin pusher was nicknamed the bear. He life is chronicalled in kid Charlemagne. He went driving around in a rolls royce with low fuel and ran out when there was an app on him. The people in the next car were the police.
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To think this and The Second Arrangement could have been lost forever (or more accurately just been left as low quality demo tapes) had it not been for the efforts of a fanbase that's endured for 50 years. Long live Steely Dan.
Until June when it was rediscovered and released almost studio quality
The Dan's outakes are better than most other bands best...❤
Why was Kulee Baba not on Aja?
@@bobbyohanesian4228great question. How it didn’t beat “I Got The News” or “Home At Last” is beyond me. But then again, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen are beyond me so it adds up. But yeah Kulee Baba has one of the best drum beats of the classic rock era in my opinion. It’s so steady and choppy with a complex but groove-able rhythm. Keeps the song on edge and exciting. With a challenging chorus that is maybe a bit too dissonant for commercial success? Whatever the case may be, it is a shame it was left off both albums, Gaucho and Aja
I hope my neighbors like this song.
Judging by how most people are either ambivalent or outright hateful toward good ol' Steely, I believe you'll drive 'em nuts!
Trust me in time they will💯
If they don't like it, they don't know what is good music
Move if they don't.
Best comment about music ever! 😉
I'm literally crying here - Tears of Joy ! If i ever get to meet Donald Fagen i won't make it - these guys changed my life forever!
See the glory of the Royal Bear.
Definitely it has that same haunting minor 6/9 chord vamp as 'The Royal Scam'.
Steely Dan's best song ever being an outtake almost lost forever is the most Steely Dan thing ever. I'm starting to hear cover bands play The Second Arrangement. Being an SD fan is a sickness
And, Steely Dan is the elixir!! 😀
And to think that this song didn't even make it onto an album. Incredible.
This makes me feel young again, listening to Steely Dan new release. What a great song.
4:45 is that the most soulful Fagen ever got with Steely Dan? He NEVER did inflections like that on any other tune!
this is insanely good
Glad you liked it! I have to admit that it took days for me to perfect it lol
If The Bear and The Second Arrangement had made it on to Gaucho, it would have been an all-time classic up there with Aja and The Royal Scam.
I recall playing this SD song and Aja in Darfur. The people there in that little village loved it. No one moved or even said a word.
My favorite Steely Dan song and it was left on the cutting room floor. Pretty crazy. This song is perfection.
Verse 1: Donald Fagen]
Sir, I parked my juggernaut at your gate
Fifteen-thousand miles and I'm feeling great
I've been on the run, but I done my time
You just can't stand still with a friend like mine
[Chorus]
There's a bear that walks like a man
Better shake him fast
Better hide yourself if you can
Cause he wants your ass
I believe you'll do quite well
But only time will tell
If you got the bear or the bear got you
Ahhhh the 70s and the 80s, what an amazing time to have been growing up, into the 90s things started to go a little downhill and now in the 21st century.........WHAT DO WE HAVE!
Rap. Don’t you just love it?
We were born perfectly: we know what good music is and now YT can supply it. Also missed a worldwide depression and having to fight in a few wars as a bonus.
Jesus dude, amazing work on this. By far the best version available. You almost can't tell that it ISN'T a studio Dan release!
The improvements on these SD demos are phenomenal. Fagen should hire you to work on a box set of unreleased tracks!
If only... Lol
As phenomenal as this would be, I just don't see Mr. Fagen doing this with material that he didn't released in any of his previous albums.
@@IronMan-tk8uc Yeah, he (and Walt before he passed) were upset that these even exist. They're perfectionists-and no matter how perfect we think these are, they didn't agree. I know he did Second Arrangement at rarities night @ Beacon a few years back, but I doubt we will ever see OG SD content from him again. Sucks, but I respect them enough to be grateful we got as much as we did, to begin with!
This is as good as music gets. MANY songs as great as this.... but nothin's better.
This is just stunning, I’m hearing things i’ve never heard before in previous copies. It’s like a blanket has been removed , real hi fi. You’ve done a really awesome job on this. Thank you!
Yes, Chef!
hahahaha i figure out the same "Chef"
I listen to this daily
Thanks from a Dan Fan.
Thanks from another Dan fan! I'm really glad you liked my work to that degree!
Did you get the bear or did the bear get you?
So wish these were released on a CD. Brilliant remastering.
Very good song. Steely Dan forever
I've heard this song one thousand times, and I can say this is the best edition !!!!!!
This is great: classic Steely with a 10cc by-way-of-P-Funk feel!
Thanks for your outstanding work on that lost Steely Dan song
CRIMINAL THIS WAS LEFT OFF GAUCHO, ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE ❤❤❤
This has got a great groove. Definitely a SD gem.
Bill Schnee has just said on the Rick Beato 2 Interview that 'The Bear' was cut during the 'Aja' Sessions, as I had suspected.
the instrumental part that starts after 3 minutes is really great!
This song is deep. I have struggled with anxiety all my life, mostly used drugs to cope. Gave all that up and poof, my anxiety is like a distant memory. Everyday stresses exist, but the torturous sensations and panic are long gone. “The bear” is a real evolutionary remnant that tricks your brain into fight, flight or both. Do you have the bear? Or did the bear get you?
Oh wow, this sounds way better. Man, this jam rocks
You've done wonders on this - massive improvement. Sounds immense!
The verb on Don's voice 🤩♥️
Once again, sincere thanks for this, you're the man! (also, nice melee main)
..and once again, thank you! Also, the only reason I picked up Falco was that in the past, all I mained were mid/low tiers and Falco was the most balanced of the broken characters matchup-wise.
you're doing an amazing job on all the restores
Musical genius from top to bottom, is Steely Dan.
Insane for Fagan not to release or even acknowledge this great track. Well, that’s Fagan for you.
They've played it live a handful of times in 2011
I know Donald and Walter are perfectionists but what the actual fuck??? How the fuck did this not make the album.
I can't help but think the bear got Walt. So sorry, friend I never met, I always wished you could reach happy and well. RIP.
That is what this was about: Walter Becker. The bear was his drug addiction and the car that hit him.
Thank you. I can’t shake my admiration for these two men. The quirk, the comedy, adventure, the characters of Steely Dan.
Suddenly here we are with 4 new SD tracks - thanks!
Awesome song
Mark my words, I don’t know when, I don’t really even know how- but one day, could be a couple years from now even, we’re going to get AI based restoration that will bring the songs to any quality level desired, just shy of Steely Studio- and we will hear the tracks in a quality that said “how did no one think that this would happen years ago? It makes so much sense”
Until then, I’ll be listening to your restorations
I am desperately waiting for that day to come. Just imagine the implications!
All this talk of AI restoration in the Danbase has really gotten my hopes up. I'll be pretty sad if it doesn't end up happening. And I will sue all of you people for emotional distress. The Second Arrangement is my favorite song of all time on some days.
Thank you so so much. Just wonderful.
Thank you. God bless.
Great job dude! Always thought this tune had serious Scam vibes.
Great job!
God damn, this is amazing. Thank you for uploading this
WOW! never heard this before!!!
Even the songs that didn't make the album are awesome.
Especially the songs that didn't make the cut. The Bear and Kulee Baba would have been among the best on the album. A double album or 3-sided album was needed. I Can't Write Home About You and of course Second Arrangement as well.
It's gotta be a week now that I listened to this everyday.
Steely DAMN...Great job here my friend! Can't wait for the Gaucho demo! Peace
This sounds amazing. Thanks so much for your efforts and sharing it. It has that sparkling yet massive Steely Dan vibe - so intoxicating.
Listening to this upload I regained confidence in my headphones 🙂
You’re a godsend. Thanks for this!
WOW...EXCELLENT! Thanks so much for sharing!
Sounds unreal!!! Keep it up brudda
Fantastic song!
oh my god yes
thank you for your service, BAA - excellent work my friend ♥
Gooooood job 😉
The bass 🎸 and the bridge, sheesh 👌🏾👍🏾
Great Job.
wow! nice restoration, it sounds great :)
Thank you so much for your efforts, my friend. This is absolutely wonderful!❤️
Incredible Job on this!
Night by night groove imho. ❤
Good call! Several albums prior, but similar sound on this track.
You're a hero!
You’ve done a good job of improving the general dynamic range and sonic quality of this work-in-progress! Because that’s what this clearly is. That’s a guide vocal you’re hearing, complete with hit and miss double tracking. I also feel that there are a few areas where the track loses its way musically and sags. Again, some of the soloing etc is a placeholder that I’d bet they intended to come back to later. That aside, this is well past cool if you accept it’s a working version and not a finished track. Fagen and Becker would never have released this in this half-finished form. Like everyone else, I wish they had finished it and put it on Gaucho - it’s easily as good as many of the tracks that did make the cut (and arguably better than one or two).
fabulous.
Great work, thank you.
This tune is 50x better than Kulee Baba. Unlike Kula Baba, it actually sounds like a SD song
I disagree. Kulee Baba does sound a Dan song, especially with that godly Jeff Porcaro groove!
I guess we can agree to disagree. Apparently Donald and Walter didn't like it either... otherwise they would have put it on the record.
Great to hear this. Heard Second Arrangement recently which was also a discarded or lost track from the Gaucho sessions but I think is actually a better track.
That's some good Dan
Isn't it? It's one of my most prized treasures that I'm happy to share. Also, never thought I'd see you become a fan after my other friends' responses lol
@@BleusAudioArchive oh really ? What did they respond..
@@BlazeMasterBM Well, you know about what Chris and Sean say about it. Lol
awesome sound
Sounds fabulous! Thanks so much!!!
I still think this is about speed. Some college students "speeded" in the seventies for various reasons, mostly in lieu of caffeine while cramming for tests. Most felt they need not worry about the " crash" - silly fools, because the bear got them.
this is amazing
🔥🔥🔥
Mistifying. Excellent work here.
beast 🔥
Mr. QUICK Has Flown From the Cosmic ZOOO……🙏❤️☮️😇🌹🌈🎶🔥♥️💜
You Definitely got the bear You're the man there's no goldy locks here but the real McCoy trying to get rid of a nasty head cold 🥶🤧
Awesome vocal talant of stealy dann remarkable sound of Stealy Dann have to listen to all there albums.K got to listen to the" Night Fly 🪰 album." Great sound recording
Sorry about the silly start of my last comment i was just proberly talking nonsense .A magnificeant singer a magnificeant band one of my favourites
This song is so fucking good
WELL DONE INDEED.
How did Third World Man make the cut over the Bear? This song is AMAZING
awesome song, amazing work.. would’ve been amazing on gaucho! Can you try to boost “Were you blind that day?“
If you can and want to, do you think you could do I Can’t Write Home About You next please?
God, this shit is so great
Is there a FLAC file you can link? 👉👈
Here's a GDrive link to the final product: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mWlkBM9MCMsELV8D5xT6K-3LrpBdHCj7?usp=sharing
It's not in the .flac format, but rather .wav, but both are lossless so I hope that's okay.
Also, sorry for the late response.
@@BleusAudioArchive Not late at all! Thank you!!
@@BleusAudioArchive Stunning. So velvety smooth!
This is awesome. But I think I see why they shelved it: It sounds like Royal Scam (the song) in the chorus. Still love the groove.
Would love a DL link for HQ listening ^^
Does Donald fagen ever talk about these songs? Can we please interview him before it’s too late please 😢
Sounds a lot like the song Lonely Woman by Horace Silver at certain points.
Only downside for me is the fade omitting the instrumental version's cool coda with its closing jazz chords. Otherwise, this is like something they could release today - it's that good.
I wasn't sure whether or not to add it because the transition felt strange while listening to it... Looking back, I kinda regret my decision of cutting it... Other than that, thank you so much for the compliments!
Donald Fagan got the bear. He’s a beast
Tango! 3:06
waiting for a “Gauchito” EP official release of this and Second Arrangement
Damn shame this song never made it on any of their albums. Was this recorded during the Aja sessions? It would have fit well on that record.
Anyone got any theories on what the lyrics are about? i always saw it as talking about some policeman, as sometimes theyre referred to as "Bears"
I've heard heroin (or drug dependencies in general). I've also wondered for a while.
It was heroin. The kingpin pusher was nicknamed the bear. He life is chronicalled in kid Charlemagne. He went driving around in a rolls royce with low fuel and ran out when there was an app on him. The people in the next car were the police.
the song is about what happens when someone riding dirty gets a "taste" of their own supply