When I think of the greatest rock albums of all time invariably the same names pop up like The Wall, Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd, Who's Next by The Who, Led Zeppelin II and IV, Moving Pictures and 2112 by RUSH, Hotel California by The Eagles, Exile on Main Street by the Stones, Back in Black by AC/DC, Rumors by Fleetwood Mac, etc ... yet somehow I seem to forget that Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan deserves to be in the conversation
@@reallymysterious4393 So many on that list, youll probably get a 1000 replies. "Highway to Hell"-ACDC. Bon's last. Then you have Iron Maiden showing and proving what life would be after you lose an iconic lead vocalist answereing, "Killers"(Paul Di'Anno, lead vocals) with the, "Number of the beast"(Bruce Dickinson, lead vocals). This literally could go on forever....
Blanche Hudson they’re not icons and that’s your opinion. Arguing about who’s the best guitarist from that era is ignorance on a cosmic scale. Just sayin
@@CyrusOG666 Totally agree. How do you pick a "winner" from Page,Beck and Clapton alone for instance? Just that former Yardbirds trio and people can argue about who's best from now until Hell freezes over and no one would ever make a definitive case.
"You been telling me you're a genius since you were 17. In all the time I known you I still don't know what you mean." I love that line but whoever inspired them to write that part...damn. What a burn.
Reportedly that line is about - Chevy Chase! Donald Fagen was a friend of his from schooldays and actually Chevy played drums in a very, very early version of "The Dan".
Does ones heart good to see you making the connection with these songs that meant so much to us in our youth... we oldsters really had it good back then.
Watching these videos is like watching your kid opening up his presents on Christmas morning, and really wanting him to like what you got him, and he gives you the best reaction. You're bringing joy to the world, Jamal!
" Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has reportedly said that session player Elliott Randall's guitar solo on "Reeling In the Years" is his favorite solo of all time. " en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reelin'_In_the_Years Babylon Sisters is worth a listen.
@@ralph0901 Got to meet the tenor saxophonist on "FM" Pete Christlieb at The Mt. Hood Jazz Festival in Gresham, Oregon, back in the mid-80s. He graciously signed my "Aja" album where he played on the song "Deacon Blues."
@@ralph0901 And at the first Mt. Hood Jazz Festival in Aug. 1982 I got to meet Steely Dan producer Gary Gatz who helped assemble The Hoops McCann Band of session musicians who played an entire set of instrumental versions of Becker & Fagen classics. Seemed like everyone in the crowd was a Danfan that day.
I was like 12 when this came out one of my brothers listened to this when he was in college when I first heard it. Awesome music and an awesome band. Doesn't surprise me you checked this song out and enjoyed it.
You've listened to all the songs on Aja except "Home At Last" and "I Got The News", try those, I promise you'll agree the whole album is a masterpiece!
I'm 57. When I was young, great songs like this were on FM radio every day. They seemed to just keep coming and I thought the it would last forever. Sadly, it didn't work out like I thought.
YES to your "executive decision" to react to requests of songs you may have "heard" before. The thing about the quality of most of this music is the deeper and more attentively we listen, the more we notice and appreciate. You are dead right that we may have heard and noticed a "hook" "groove" or "refrain/chorus." A closer than cursory listen reveals so much more. This is what makes great music not only stand up to repeated listening. Music of that quality almost requires repeated listening to fully grasp and appreciate.
Here's a lesser known steely Dan song, "Cousin Dupree". A funny story about getting reacquainted with a long lost cousin, who, let's just say has "developed". Lesser known, but typically great steely Dan music.
My son's favorite Steely Dan song. He is 17 now but he saw them live at age 8. He can't explain why to this day. He will play it from time to time in his room. I think it the harmonies. One of my favorites as well.
Keep doing what you do Jamal. I’m reliving my youth watching you react to these songs. Yes children of the 60s & 70s were spoilt with music. Once your down that rabbit hole there’s no going back 👍
The more you listen to Steely Dan the more you get hooked unreal been listening to them since the 70's glad to see the younger generation enjoying cool music
I remember seeing Steely Dan at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, England back in 1974, they where fantastic then and still are. Glas you,re enjoying one of my favourite bands.
I think there's a difference between "hearing" a song and actively "listening" to it. There are plenty of songs I've heard countless times on the radio or whatever, but I've never took the time to attentively listen to music, analyze the different parts, discover what I like about the music, and try to figure out what the lyrics are about.
Would love to see you do a video on the band "Yes" heart of the sunrise is one of my favorite songs from them as well as roundabout. " I've seen all good people" is also a good one as well.
It is a joy to watch you groovin’ to Steely Dan - reawakened me to my love for their music. For sheer fun, you have to listen to “Daddy Don’t Live in That New York City.” Lyrically alive, musically deep in the funk, you will KNOW Daddy at song’s end. Can’t help but smile and laugh.
If you want to keep going, keep going. My list: "Pretzel Logic" "Night By Night" "Black Friday" "Don't Take Me Alive" "Sign in Stranger" "The Fez" "Green Earrings" "Haitian Divorce" "FM" "Babylon Sisters"
On his Black Cow review i made a list after running thru their discog. Somehow got deleted. Had everyone of these & more on it. Not doing that again lmao.
Oh wow, I was thinking about suggesting Boz Scaggs as I was scrolling. I was having an anxiety attack the other day watching all the coronavirus news, and I stumbled upon a Boz Scaggs suggestion and it took me back to when I was a kid and my mom and her friends listened to that all the time. I felt better after that and got more sleep than I had all week.
Jamal - this Welsh grandad has been listening to the Dan since I first heard Haitian Divorce back when I was 18. Loving your channel -but you really need to check out The Caves of Altamira. Love from the UK.
This is such a good freakin song. One of my all time faves from them. I could say that about so many of their tunes though. This album had a little more of the rock/pop flavor with the jazz hints in there and obviously the brilliant studio mix. Always playing with time signatures too. So good.
Steely Dan, and Doobie Bros. are my favorite bands. A lot of musicians played for both bands. The cool thing about Steely Dan was that they would put a guitar solo anywhere in the song. Very few bands start with a guitar solo.
We/I love your reactions to the tunes brother! Your enthusiasm encourages us to share also! We/I feel great sharing my tidbits of knowledge with my new fam jam.
Sometimes when I was younger you would hear a band and just know ... Steely Dan was one of those bands ... isn't nice to know you were right. They have been one of my favs since I heard "Kid Charlemagne " all those years ago and so glad you have caught onto them. Keep on doing your own thing man ... we love it. Many blessings on you Jamel.
Jamel, Really enjoyed your reactions to Steely Dan. I'd love to see your reaction to Steely Dan's Bodhisattva, Chain Lightning and Sign In Stranger. Stay safe !!!
"... the things that pass for knowledge I can't understand..." boy that line is more applicable now than it ever has been in modern times. We now live in an age where kids go to college to learn how to be more stupid.
@@jimjames8660 , he's just sore that getting a degree in gender studies and being saddled with student loan debt only qualifies him to be a barista at Starbucks.
That’s why I like these music reaction channels. Especially yours. I just like watching people enjoy the music I love for the first time or if they’ve heard it before, maybe they can hear it for real this time. Lol. Also, I do discover things I’ve never heard either on these channels. You are my favorite though brother. You really appreciate the classics I have loved for years. Really is fun to watch you on your journey. Yeah I’ve heard most of these tunes a thousand times, but again... watching you groove to them puts a smile on my face. And you usually have excellent sound quality on tour videos! Well done.
You’re doubling up on their debut. That’s awesome. Amazing to consider that despite sounding like he was born 45 and cynical, Fagen was 23 when they wrote and recorded this.
This song takes me back to 1973 walking to Jr. High School and listening to the radio Man those were much simpler times! Agree on Supertramp. One of my favs back in the day.
Classic Steely Dan - fading out during the best part of the guitar solo. Love them, and love you and your joyful, exuberant reactions to the music I grew up with and still listen to all the time. Keep it up Jamal!
Love your reactions, Jamal. You, Sir are a TRUE lover of music. You're honest and you give EVERY genre a chance. I appreciate you and all of your videos. Keep them coming.
Loving the Steely Dan stuff 👍 You need to have a go of some Supertramp tunes . Another band with songs you didn't know you know. Goodbye stranger is a great start
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter on guitar. One the most talented "under the radar" guitarist of all time. Suffered from polio, would play live on stage (with the Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan didn't play live back then) sitting on a stool. Little known, he is, to this day a certified rocket scientist. Helped design the Patriot Missle system, worked for Raytheon, etc. Sits on the government "Missle Defense Panel". Long hair, mustache and all. His security clearance rivals the president. Now THAT'S f***ing COOL!!!
When Walter Becker passes away a couple of years ago....someone posted a Steely Dan video to Facebook that was pretty cool. Their classic...'FM'.....but set to a nighttime flyover ( by a drone ) of the Empire State Building. I think it was the 50th anniversary of the installation of an FM antenna atop the tower. And so a radio station arranged for colorful lights to play in sync to the song.
One of the great albums of all time. Not a bad song on it. And the guitar work from Jeff Baxter STILL gives me goosebumps. Awesome reaction Jamal, thank you.
Steely Dan was a duo (Donald Fagan, Walter Becker) + every great studio musician of the 70s. Unique they blended jazz chord progressions with pop melodies...
You done done it! You done hired the hitmaker! Home at Last is so stellar, and a lot of people have never even heard of it. One of Purdie's top tracks and that's saying something.
I LOVE YOU. You are so open to new experiences, and the pure joy of KNOWLEDGE. Many excellent songs have been sampled, but rarely heard all the way through. Thank you for being open. 💯👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤗🤗🤗🤗💋
PLEASE keep reacting to music you might already recognize, because WE get the wonderful outcome of living again, through you, the FULLNESS of the offering these artists gave to us in our youth. You can't convince others. They have to feel it. Thank goodness for you. ❤️
Here’s What I’ve Done So Far👍🏾ruclips.net/p/PLAY_hpVvjQqBd693oOaXTfY1Xh_LuPd2i
I appreciate your honesty when you say you are familiar with a song, no need to explain it. Ain't nothing wrong with listening to good music.
When I think of the greatest rock albums of all time invariably the same names pop up like The Wall, Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd, Who's Next by The Who, Led Zeppelin II and IV, Moving Pictures and 2112 by RUSH, Hotel California by The Eagles, Exile on Main Street by the Stones, Back in Black by AC/DC, Rumors by Fleetwood Mac, etc ... yet somehow I seem to forget that Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan deserves to be in the conversation
I love the evening time when I can put on the headphones and listen to music with my friend Jamel - you are one cool cat!
@@reallymysterious4393 Probably one of the greatest debut albums ever. I have Aja in my top 5.
@@reallymysterious4393 So many on that list, youll probably get a 1000 replies. "Highway to Hell"-ACDC. Bon's last. Then you have Iron Maiden showing and proving what life would be after you lose an iconic lead vocalist answereing, "Killers"(Paul Di'Anno, lead vocals) with the, "Number of the beast"(Bruce Dickinson, lead vocals).
This literally could go on forever....
Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page has said that Elliott Randall's lead on this track is one of his favorite guitar solos ever. High praise from an icon.
wreckingKREW1 ya I heard he supposedly said that to. Def wouldn’t surprise me as it’s brilliant and Jimmy’s style.
Elliott Randall surpasses Page in so many ways. Larry Carlton, Jeff Baxter, and so many others surpass Page. Just sayin
Blanche Hudson they’re not icons and that’s your opinion. Arguing about who’s the best guitarist from that era is ignorance on a cosmic scale. Just sayin
@@H0neybaby_23 Methinks someone isn't a Zeppelin fan.
@@CyrusOG666 Totally agree. How do you pick a "winner" from Page,Beck and Clapton alone for instance? Just that former Yardbirds trio and people can argue about who's best from now until Hell freezes over and no one would ever make a definitive case.
I don't know why I let Steely Dan fade out of my life. Thanks for bringing them back to me! This has been fun!!!
One of the greatest guitar performances of all time!
Elliot Randall is a true artist on the guitar! Awesome guitar work!
true that 🎸😊
A day spent listening to Steely Dan is a day that's been enjoyed :)
Yes, also check out Supertramp " The Logical Song" "Take the Long Way Home" "Goodbye Stranger" and "Give a Little Bit" .
Stompie Joe I agree, but I’d add Breakfast in America the song off the album of the same name
Stompie Joe yes Supertramp
Supertramp INDEED!
Stompie Joe good call. Supertramp was amazing.
Great music
Other worldly music, we were so so spoilt in the 70s.....there is absolutely nothing made today that can eclipse this music. Genius.
"You been telling me you're a genius since you were 17. In all the time I known you I still don't know what you mean."
I love that line but whoever inspired them to write that part...damn. What a burn.
Reportedly that line is about - Chevy Chase! Donald Fagen was a friend of his from schooldays and actually Chevy played drums in a very, very early version of "The Dan".
"The things they pass for knowledge I can't understand"
Sounds like a lot of universities nowadays. 😂😂😂
"Are you gatherin' up the tears,
Have you had enough of mine?"
Those lyrics just hit so damn hard, love this jam!
Sarah P yes! Classic and beautiful line!
Still blows me away that Elliott Randall recorded the guitar solo in one take on the original recorded version. The sheer talent.
Never heard a Dan tune I didn't like. I'm loving how you are diggin the old music. Enjoy.😚😚😚
Ask...and you shall receive! Thank you! *Bodhisattva - Rikki Don't Lose That Number*
Rikki is another. I am an SD devotee but Rikki is over-simplistic compared to the rest of their work and the beat almost gets predictable.
Solid picks also Brian Setzer did Bodhisattva on the Me myself and Irene soundtrack and it's almost better.
Bodhisattva Jams!
@@freebirdtony I agree. great song
Especially the live version..........ruclips.net/video/D-6Axpqeuik/видео.html
I loved Steely Dan from the first time I heard them, Genius musicians.
same.
heard them when they first came out...i like Countdown and royal Scam. then Aja the best.
Reminds me of my childhood. My parents use to have parties way back when and they’d play this. I was idk 7 or 8...great music to grow up to.
Luke O Smells like shag carpet. 😏
Ssme.
We would hear this on the school bus on AM radio. Good times.
I'm kinda envious ngl
Mine too. I used to hate their music but now I love it. Brings back such good memories
When a guitar solo starts a song, you know it's gonna be good. Jimmy Page says this is his favorite guitar solo ever...🎼
The riff that sent guitar sales through the roof, and launched more than one musical careers....
Love this guy. His genuine honest reaction is excellent.
Does ones heart good to see you making the connection with these songs that meant so much to us in our youth... we oldsters really had it good back then.
FM FM FM FM.......next. Dammit! You can trust us!!!!
This the correct answer. Listen to Steve, Jamel.
He’s going to absolutely love FM.
TIMELESS PERFECTION! Once upon a time, real musicians who could actually sing and play.... imagine that!
Watching these videos is like watching your kid opening up his presents on Christmas morning, and really wanting him to like what you got him, and he gives you the best reaction. You're bringing joy to the world, Jamal!
so true!
Jamal I’m loving your reactions, especially Steely Dan, looks like you are so digging it! Please..... Babylon Sisters!
Great song. Best song from Gaucho IMO
The whole album is simply beautiful!
Iwantmy Utube agreed, it was their height of refinement.
Doctor Wu, Everyone's Gone To The Movies, Sign In Stranger, and Your Gold Teeth. All great Dan songs. All worth your time when you get around to them.
Not enough recommendations for Doctor Wu, one of their absolute greatest.
King of the world is one of my favorites. I'm surprised nobody ever talks about it.
@@steam_bison9933 and totally apropos of fucking everything right now, right?
steam_bison King of the World slaps so hard dude. I love that song
" Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has reportedly said that session player Elliott Randall's guitar solo on "Reeling In the Years" is his favorite solo of all time. " en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reelin'_In_the_Years
Babylon Sisters is worth a listen.
FM next please. Killer Sax solo and guitar outro. You WILL love it, I promise. Pretzel Logic is good too.
Legendary guitar solos from Elliott Randall.
I have met him, cool dude!!!
maybe also some ELO "Do Ya" "Last Train to London" "Livin Thing" "Turn to Stone" " Don't Bring Me Down" and the list goes on....lol
Stompie Joe yup, ELO is worth a dive
YES!!!! ELO Live from Glastonbury-
The
whole
damn
thing!!!
“Evil Woman!”
Rockaria and Beethoven
Lovin your Steely Dan reactions....still waiting for "FM (no static at all)"
Jamaaal don't seem to caaare...
@@kaustik185 If you can find FM the extended version, great instrumental on the second half
@@ralph0901 Got to meet the tenor saxophonist on "FM" Pete Christlieb at The Mt. Hood Jazz Festival in Gresham, Oregon, back in the mid-80s. He graciously signed my "Aja" album where he played on the song "Deacon Blues."
@@andyinoregon awesome
@@ralph0901 And at the first Mt. Hood Jazz Festival in Aug. 1982 I got to meet Steely Dan producer Gary Gatz who helped assemble The Hoops McCann Band of session musicians who played an entire set of instrumental versions of Becker & Fagen classics. Seemed like everyone in the crowd was a Danfan that day.
I was like 12 when this came out one of my brothers listened to this when he was in college when I first heard it. Awesome music and an awesome band. Doesn't surprise me you checked this song out and enjoyed it.
If you like steely Dan you should check out the band America. Suggestions: horse with no name,sister golden hair, venture highway, tin man
I absolutely agree. I love the band America. I like the song Sandman.
Yes!
Ventura Highway is a killer road-trip song...
Ventura Highway is one of my all time favorite songs. I have to sing when it comes on.
cammybaby01 Ventura Highway is beautiful.
I support your executive decision to react to songs you may have heard before. Especially as it pertains to The Dan!!!
Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan...you will love it
Also, Show Biz Kids
Any Major Dude Will Tell You....
The whole album is worth a listen
Jamel - work has been planting seeds for years. You've always been a Steely Dan fan, just didn't know it....
You've listened to all the songs on Aja except "Home At Last" and "I Got The News", try those, I promise you'll agree the whole album is a masterpiece!
Outstanding song, musical perfection - love Steely Dan!
Have you listened to The Brothers Johnson "Strawberry Letter 22" ? Very groovy song from '77.
One of my favorites :)
My boy,s since 74/ I was 15/ Now 60/ my favorite band of all time! These Cat,s personify Musical Perfection!!!! Clay
I'm 57. When I was young, great songs like this were on FM radio every day. They seemed to just keep coming and I thought the it would last forever. Sadly, it didn't work out like I thought.
YES to your "executive decision" to react to requests of songs you may have "heard" before. The thing about the quality of most of this music is the deeper and more attentively we listen, the more we notice and appreciate. You are dead right that we may have heard and noticed a "hook" "groove" or "refrain/chorus." A closer than cursory listen reveals so much more. This is what makes great music not only stand up to repeated listening. Music of that quality almost requires repeated listening to fully grasp and appreciate.
Yep. One of my favorite songs from one of my all time favorite groups. Steely Dan ROCKS!
Here's a lesser known steely Dan song, "Cousin Dupree". A funny story about getting reacquainted with a long lost cousin, who, let's just say has "developed". Lesser known, but typically great steely Dan music.
My son's favorite Steely Dan song. He is 17 now but he saw them live at age 8. He can't explain why to this day. He will play it from time to time in his room. I think it the harmonies. One of my favorites as well.
I`m 61, it is great that you and other people on reaction, appreciate classic rock. The music i grew up on.
A very unique band. Every time you hear it is just like the first time you heard it.
Steely Dan "Any Major Dude"
Keep doing what you do Jamal. I’m reliving my youth watching you react to these songs. Yes children of the 60s & 70s were spoilt with music. Once your down that rabbit hole there’s no going back 👍
This is Jimmy Page’s favorite guitar solo.
Yeah right! www.google.com/amp/s/www.guitarworld.com/amp/artists/elliott-randall-nailed-steely-dans-reelin-years-one-continuous-take
The more you listen to Steely Dan the more you get hooked unreal been listening to them since the 70's glad to see the younger generation enjoying cool music
This song goes good on a mixtape next to some BTO
I remember seeing Steely Dan at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, England back in 1974, they where fantastic then and still are. Glas you,re enjoying one of my favourite bands.
Try Gerry Rafferty, "Right Down The Line", please!!
Yes... add Baker Street.... ruclips.net/video/Fo6aKnRnBxM/видео.html
"Right Down the Line" is a stone cold classic.
Oh man, what a beautiful song!
Yasssssssssss!
Yes! I second this!
You are the best! I just really dig watching you play these songs and getting down with it. You have such a great positive vibe! Thanks!!! 🙏🏼✨🏆☘️😃
I think there's a difference between "hearing" a song and actively "listening" to it. There are plenty of songs I've heard countless times on the radio or whatever, but I've never took the time to attentively listen to music, analyze the different parts, discover what I like about the music, and try to figure out what the lyrics are about.
THIS.
I freaking love steely dan so much. What a great time in my life when this song first came out. So talented
Would love to see you do a video on the band "Yes" heart of the sunrise is one of my favorite songs from them as well as roundabout. " I've seen all good people" is also a good one as well.
Excellent choice!!😊
Have you reviewed "the Fez" yet? That's another gem from SD and the song makes me smile every time I hear it.
Absolutely love how you're covering The Dan's material man! This tune is among their crown jewels!
I love this guitar solo in the intro. After all these years, it's still my favorite.
"FM (no static at all)" will be another you might know but we will love hearing your reaction to it..
The great ensemble playing, the hook, the delivery of the lyrics, the guitar flow... it’s a perfect storm of joyous music making.
Jamel play Heart (Ann & Nancy Wilson)
"Magic Man"
Live '77 w the original band lineup. Roger Fisher was and always will be "the Magic Man".
@@bearballin " Crazy on you" is intense as well.
I saw them live at The Hollywood Snort a torium in Fl.May 2 1980 When i was a junior in high school.
YES PLEASE!
It is a joy to watch you groovin’ to Steely Dan - reawakened me to my love for their music. For sheer fun, you have to listen to “Daddy Don’t Live in That New York City.” Lyrically alive, musically deep in the funk, you will KNOW Daddy at song’s end. Can’t help but smile and laugh.
If you want to keep going, keep going. My list:
"Pretzel Logic"
"Night By Night"
"Black Friday"
"Don't Take Me Alive"
"Sign in Stranger"
"The Fez"
"Green Earrings"
"Haitian Divorce"
"FM"
"Babylon Sisters"
On his Black Cow review i made a list after running thru their discog. Somehow got deleted. Had everyone of these & more on it. Not doing that again lmao.
Bad Sneakers!
JUKEBOXZERO These are my favorites. He can't do everything, I'm sure.
@@StreetHierarchy yes! Michael McDonald w the background vocals.
@@vaportrails7943 at the rate he's going he'll be done w Steely in 2 weeks. lol
Boz Scaggs. "Lowdown." You probably already know it. It's worth a revisit.
Oh wow, I was thinking about suggesting Boz Scaggs as I was scrolling. I was having an anxiety attack the other day watching all the coronavirus news, and I stumbled upon a Boz Scaggs suggestion and it took me back to when I was a kid and my mom and her friends listened to that all the time. I felt better after that and got more sleep than I had all week.
Oooooo ooooooo I wonder wonder wonder wonder oooooooo 😊👍
Great song.
Lido Shuffle,too.
Jamal - this Welsh grandad has been listening to the Dan since I first heard Haitian Divorce back when I was 18. Loving your channel -but you really need to check out The Caves of Altamira. Love from the UK.
Well you wouldn't know a diamond if you held it in your hand, the things you think are precious, I can't understand.
Pure genius
This is such a good freakin song. One of my all time faves from them. I could say that about so many of their tunes though. This album had a little more of the rock/pop flavor with the jazz hints in there and obviously the brilliant studio mix. Always playing with time signatures too. So good.
Good people getting together listening to good music is what it’s all about.
We enjoy watching you enjoy good music!!!
Steely Dan, and Doobie Bros. are my favorite bands. A lot of musicians played for both bands. The cool thing about Steely Dan was that they would put a guitar solo anywhere in the song. Very few bands start with a guitar solo.
We/I love your reactions to the tunes brother! Your enthusiasm encourages us to share also! We/I feel great sharing my tidbits of knowledge with my new fam jam.
Sometimes when I was younger you would hear a band and just know ... Steely Dan was one of those bands ... isn't nice to know you were right.
They have been one of my favs since I heard "Kid Charlemagne " all those years ago and so glad you have caught onto them. Keep on doing your own thing man ... we love it.
Many blessings on you Jamel.
Jamel, Really enjoyed your reactions to Steely Dan. I'd love to see your reaction to Steely Dan's Bodhisattva, Chain Lightning and Sign In Stranger. Stay safe !!!
Makes it even better listening with someone else who enjoys it. Even when you heard it a million times.
"... the things that pass for knowledge I can't understand..." boy that line is more applicable now than it ever has been in modern times. We now live in an age where kids go to college to learn how to be more stupid.
they should save a bunch of money and just learn how to be stupid from you.
and lo, @@wreckoner2650 speaks up and shows us he was one of those all along
You got that right.
Preach.
@@jimjames8660 , he's just sore that getting a degree in gender studies and being saddled with student loan debt only qualifies him to be a barista at Starbucks.
That’s why I like these music reaction channels. Especially yours. I just like watching people enjoy the music I love for the first time or if they’ve heard it before, maybe they can hear it for real this time. Lol. Also, I do discover things I’ve never heard either on these channels. You are my favorite though brother. You really appreciate the classics I have loved for years. Really is fun to watch you on your journey. Yeah I’ve heard most of these tunes a thousand times, but again... watching you groove to them puts a smile on my face. And you usually have excellent sound quality on tour videos! Well done.
You’re doubling up on their debut. That’s awesome.
Amazing to consider that despite sounding like he was born 45 and cynical, Fagen was 23 when they wrote and recorded this.
This song takes me back to 1973 walking to Jr. High School and listening to the radio Man those were much simpler times! Agree on Supertramp. One of my favs back in the day.
You are the absolute best, thank you for that. You definitely got it goin' on.
You da' Man!
Oh YEAH!!! Another all time favorite Steely Dan!!!! This is a GREAT sing along song!!! ✌️💟☮️
"Well, you wouldn't even know a diamond if you were holding it in your hand..."
Steve Lubbehusen , The things you think are precious, I can’t understand! 😊
I play this when I’m driving along a coast road near where I live…. Just doesn’t get any better. The beat is infectious! 👏👏👏
Classic Steely Dan - fading out during the best part of the guitar solo. Love them, and love you and your joyful, exuberant reactions to the music I grew up with and still listen to all the time. Keep it up Jamal!
They always remind me of Thin Lizzy when I hear this song.
Love your reactions, Jamal. You, Sir are a TRUE lover of music. You're honest and you give EVERY genre a chance. I appreciate you and all of your videos. Keep them coming.
Loving the Steely Dan stuff 👍
You need to have a go of some Supertramp tunes . Another band with songs you didn't know you know.
Goodbye stranger is a great start
And also 10cc. Great stuff especially when the line up was Stewart,Goldmam, Godley and Creme.
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter on guitar. One the most talented "under the radar" guitarist of all time. Suffered from polio, would play live on stage (with the Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan didn't play live back then) sitting on a stool. Little known, he is, to this day a certified rocket scientist. Helped design the Patriot Missle system, worked for Raytheon, etc. Sits on the government "Missle Defense Panel". Long hair, mustache and all. His security clearance rivals the president. Now THAT'S f***ing COOL!!!
Yep, I'd do "FM" next if I were you. But, of course I'm not you. LOL.
No STATIC AT ALL!
Love that song!!!!!!
Groove to the third power that one!!
DO IT!!!
@@loriholloway5866 He already did.
When Walter Becker passes away a couple of years ago....someone posted a Steely Dan video to Facebook that was pretty cool. Their classic...'FM'.....but set to a nighttime flyover ( by a drone ) of the Empire State Building. I think it was the 50th anniversary of the installation of an FM antenna atop the tower. And so a radio station arranged for colorful lights to play in sync to the song.
Not sure if anyone mentioned: Time Out Of Mind. Another one I haven't seen requested is: Here in the Western World.
One of the great albums of all time. Not a bad song on it. And the guitar work from Jeff Baxter STILL gives me goosebumps. Awesome reaction Jamal, thank you.
Jamel, he knew so many Steely Dan songs and didn't even know it.
I heard this in a pub one Thursday night and have been hooked ever since .....still an awesome track that never ever dates
George Thorogood would be a sweet reaction! "Who do you love?"
Steely Dan was a duo (Donald Fagan, Walter Becker) + every great studio musician of the 70s. Unique they blended jazz chord progressions with pop melodies...
The riff that begins at 3:32, where Jamal shouts, "This is what we're here for", sounds like a Gaelic reel to me.
I had this album and had introduced my then- husband from France to Steely Dan because he had never heard of them. One of my favourite artists
"Home at Last" - Purdie pocket drumming, as good as it gets.
Agreed " Home At Last " is an underrated tune.
You done done it! You done hired the hitmaker!
Home at Last is so stellar, and a lot of people have never even heard of it.
One of Purdie's top tracks and that's saying something.
I LOVE YOU.
You are so open to new experiences, and the pure joy of KNOWLEDGE.
Many excellent songs have been sampled, but rarely heard all the way through.
Thank you for being open. 💯👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤗🤗🤗🤗💋
i will second someone elses request... the band America
Tin Man and Ventura Highway
@@alrivers2297 I love America. A Horse With No Name, I Need You are my favorites.
Daisy Jane my favorite America song Jamal I'm putting my request in now
PLEASE keep reacting to music you might already recognize, because WE get the wonderful outcome of living again, through you, the FULLNESS of the offering these artists gave to us in our youth. You can't convince others. They have to feel it. Thank goodness for you. ❤️