I named my dog after this song 13 years ago, and to this day Josie is the pride of my neighborhood.
@IronMan-tk8uc
4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful and hilarious.
@jswjanjan
4 жыл бұрын
🙂👍
@finnspringston
4 жыл бұрын
I will rev up my motor scooter
@cgirl111
4 жыл бұрын
I named my daughter Aja in 1985.
@pauls064
4 жыл бұрын
I also named my dog after this song .... lol. In 1994
@jsmcguireIII
7 жыл бұрын
the major triads he throws over the minor/modal baseline creates the tensions that he resolves and then resets. this plays with your emotional cortex in ways you don't consciously process
@klyvemurray
7 жыл бұрын
Oh Yeah !! You're right onto it, santacruzer...Excellent !!
@PhillipLandmeier
5 жыл бұрын
Yes, that's the whole point of music, and Steely Dan takes this to a level equalled only in a few cases of classical music.
@kfd308
4 жыл бұрын
Well said
@abrarahmed1888
8 жыл бұрын
Cryptic,sardonic, coruscating geniuses.Finely honing the feel and structure of the songs, practicing and practicing until they become second nature and allowing the musicians playing to imbue their own characteristics whilst remaining faithful to the original intent. Once-in-a-lifetime musicians. From the age of 17 they were easily (and still are) my favourite band. At least once a month I have to get my fix my listening to Aja in its entirety
@klyvemurray
7 жыл бұрын
Eloquently put, Abrar.
@PhillipLandmeier
5 жыл бұрын
Yes, eloquently indeed -- and someone who knows the word coruscating. I love it. That's exactly what some Steely Dan tunes often are. PEG is an example. It just sparkles and glitters like a star, which I suspect is the effect they were going for. Boy, does it work.
@stourleykracklite7663
4 жыл бұрын
Damn, if you are writing a music column I need to subscribe.
@jamesmorse3458
3 жыл бұрын
Coruscating also means critical and scathing which, I think applies to his comment
@Vejur9000
2 жыл бұрын
Yaaasss....
@LikeWiseLikeYou
11 жыл бұрын
"And um.. well you might ask, 'Well how are these related to the blues?' and uh, well they're not actually." Awesome Fagen moment.
@Veranek
6 жыл бұрын
Best part of the video.
@Crezelltree4261
5 жыл бұрын
LikeWiseLikeYou:Remarkable when you can see all the work & thought that goes into creating a song & then to have it become a smash hit & a classic. All we fans hear & groove to is the finished product.That's the magic of music;so many diverse ideas coming together & jelling into something catchy & cool. It can start off with something like a simple blues variation & suddenly, boom!You got a catchy opening,a theme you can sing & bob your head to & finally a musical story you can hang on to for years.
@davidwatkins204
4 жыл бұрын
Man, y know, awesome, genius, find some adjectives that are apicable, or, if y cant, don't make no comments at arl. Yd be much more appreciated.
@ItwasntI
4 жыл бұрын
David Watkins what a little ray of sunshine you are! Sheesh.
@eraymondscorner7497
3 жыл бұрын
But then he tagged on it and cosmically connected it all... anyway 👌🏽💯😂
@Imhalfamazing
7 жыл бұрын
I know a couple of scales and a few chords, and I watch this like I know what they are saying.
@michellerjackson5776
6 жыл бұрын
Maaaaan. Sure.
@michellerjackson5776
6 жыл бұрын
HOWEVER.. I am eternally a fan
@sharksport01
4 жыл бұрын
you know more than me 😉
@1957PLATO
Жыл бұрын
This guy is so freaking clever. It’s uncanny. Their music still sounds as fresh as when it was written, 50 years ago.
@paulcat75
8 жыл бұрын
Clearly Donald fagan is a musical genius nuff said....
@stgodards
6 жыл бұрын
He's a little more than competent. His knowledge of the history and theory behind this stuff is clearly very advanced. Added to that is the fact that he's able to utilize that knowledge by writing songs like New Frontier and Maxine makes him a genius in my book.
@michellerjackson5776
6 жыл бұрын
@@stgodards Yes. and YES
@mcasenl
5 жыл бұрын
@Christopher Crepon, Yeah, and Mozart was a competent music composer, and Einstein was a competent physicist.
@sharksport01
4 жыл бұрын
they both were/are genius and perfectionists, imo.
@PhilUKNet
4 жыл бұрын
Fagen was/is the musical genius. Becker, as well as being a great writing partner, guitarist and bass player, gave the lyrics their cynical edge. It was the perfect match, probably never to be repeated again.
@Nyquistic
11 жыл бұрын
"... we'll put a Gregorian, sort of a swampy introduction on it" This is genius at work (at around 06:25) -- love it!
@pwkpilot
10 жыл бұрын
Fagen is a genius/master-songwriting/piano player. Gosh, I should stop myself now........
@msstevie1951
10 жыл бұрын
He really is all that and then some....can not even imagine the world without his genius writing skills,not to mention his singing & playing talent! He & the entire band are amazing...You are so right pwkpilot!
@josstam
6 жыл бұрын
SD was a major factor in my musical development, and my sense of humor as I come to think of it
@terrymiller111
6 жыл бұрын
Too late--restraining order being printed already.
@warmswarm
5 жыл бұрын
What I find strange is the fact that they are playing this song in D minor but on the record and live it's in E minor. That means Donald can play this, not so simple song, in two different keys.
@hagakure6410
8 жыл бұрын
Always amazing to watch two musicians converse (verbally and musically) when both are so completely knowledgeable about their instrument, music theory in general, and also music history in the sense of knowing what riffs, chords, modes, etc. come from what sources.
@JohnnyNowhere
7 жыл бұрын
Man, these guys are talking calculus in my world of addition and subtraction. What a way to set up a groove.
@billymac6961
6 жыл бұрын
I wonder if this is how Justin Bieber writes his music.
@bridgetclooney3453
4 жыл бұрын
Billy Mac LOL
@Joes0s
4 жыл бұрын
Lol sure
@Olegzyan
4 жыл бұрын
can he really write music? i really doubt that!
@paul-Ess
4 жыл бұрын
With a big crayon
@マシュードーラン
4 жыл бұрын
Such a tired reference
@jamestcallahanphotographer
10 ай бұрын
Absolutely incredible to hear how this masterpiece of a Pop/Jazz/Rock/Blues song was created.
@fivestring65ify
7 жыл бұрын
Fagan is a freaking genius. The way he explained how they arranged Josie is unreal. This is what's missing in todays music.
@tooomasz
4 жыл бұрын
Nothing's missing in today's music
@IronMan-tk8uc
3 жыл бұрын
@@tooomasz Are you sure?
@tooomasz
3 жыл бұрын
yep
@maolruanaidhh9153
3 жыл бұрын
@@tooomasz not sure about that
@davecoalwood9487
3 жыл бұрын
@@tooomasz How about lack of being shit?
@15twoe
8 жыл бұрын
this is what happens when you have someone who is classically trained that just loves and wants to play music! We really need music back in elementary schools again!
@nuffinman8876
7 жыл бұрын
Fagen wasn't classically trained, he taught himself to play by listening to records
@drblaney22
7 жыл бұрын
Man you got that right......I lift my glass to that
@michaelreidperry3256
7 жыл бұрын
Yesir or yesam! We seem to continue the dumbing down and decivilization of our American culture. America needs immigration now more than ever!
@nuffinman8876
7 жыл бұрын
Michael Reid Perry how is importing a bunch of uneducated people with an average IQ of 80 going to help?
@michaelreidperry3256
7 жыл бұрын
How do you know they have an IQ of 80? Not many people have their IQ properly tested by a professional. A professional has to do it. Most of them are quite smart, like so many natural born Americans. I'm speaking of attracting a new cultural energy from beyond our borders that continues to make America greater, rather than us stagnating, smelling our own farts.
@hoodooskidoo
15 жыл бұрын
I believe this was in 1993. Bernhardt was Steely Dan's musical director for their tour that year.
@sibsbubbles
8 жыл бұрын
man a musician can learn a ton from this. very cool applications of jazz and blues so nicely working together on a really sweet lick when compared to the full cut with everyone playing. even better to hear it all explained too.
@Youman71463
7 жыл бұрын
Another brilliant post that should lay to waste all the naysayers who think Becker and Fagen were "nothing" without their studio musicians - thanks for sharing!
@RaptorGN07
8 жыл бұрын
this tells those people who think that guys like DF are merely unschooled guys who put the gang together and banged away. There are a lot of music sheets and direction involved here.
@tomtruett1946
4 жыл бұрын
Especially loved the line, “She prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire.” Vivid.
@stourleykracklite7663
4 жыл бұрын
I always heard it “plays,” which is wrong. But better.
@sharksport01
4 жыл бұрын
preys.
@kdmann22
2 ай бұрын
I like "Pick up what's left by daylight?
@quickjazz55
12 жыл бұрын
There's a hint of Mike Myers' (Dr. Evil), in some of Don Fagen's mannerism's. It in no way diminishes his musical genius or prowess however. In fact, I find it an enhancement.
@stourleykracklite7663
4 жыл бұрын
Oh, behave
@sjenkins8468
3 жыл бұрын
“I want a G triad with some freaking lasers!’
@adumbberg
8 жыл бұрын
"Gregorian swampy introduction..." Exactly what it is. That is awesome.
@apd105
7 жыл бұрын
He said that. OMG he actually said that. Fantastic.
@bruzmob1
12 жыл бұрын
I was in college when Aja first came out, and it made me fall in love with music all over again.
@ryanhilton1084
8 жыл бұрын
Fagen is a genius
@christophersleight1943
6 жыл бұрын
Aja was, is (and I hate it when people do this) for me 1 of the 20 best pieces of work ever done. I had a girlfriend that said, "Aja (song) is such a beautiful love song", she was speechless when I explained it was about China White heroin.......kinda of ruined her love buzz.
@ItwasntI
4 жыл бұрын
Christopher Sleight well, sigh, that is sort of a love song anyway...
@christophermiller7532
8 жыл бұрын
5 people hate hats and hooters.
@phillybri
6 жыл бұрын
Funny thing about me: Love hats, hate hooters.
@eliolopez3107
8 жыл бұрын
Eight thumbs down? Who could give this a thumbs down? Steely Dan is one of the absolute greats of modern music. Fagen and Becker wrote some major gems right up there with The Beatles.
@johnanderson1330
8 жыл бұрын
any thumbs down must be a mistake. how could you not thumbs up steely dad!
@eliolopez3107
8 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@dell1111111111
8 жыл бұрын
you know who hates Steely Dan? Communists
@eliolopez3107
8 жыл бұрын
What?! That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard anyone say.
@RealisticCookingIRL
8 жыл бұрын
"I heard it was you, talking 'bout a world where all is free, it just couldn't be, and only a fool would say that."
@PatRClarke
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely incredible to hear him describing music, describing the "space". I feel like being in the studio with him and everyone else when they were creating like this would have been a religious experience.
@robbieclark7828
4 жыл бұрын
The way he just swings his right hand through the air whenever he plays is hilarious to me. It’s like his right arm is drunk but it always connects.
@joelglanton6531
3 жыл бұрын
I totally started doing that because I thought it looked cool and now more than a decade later I just remembered who I stole it from lol
@steveburt2194
7 жыл бұрын
Listen to Night by night, Haitian divorce and Third world man. Now that is classic fuckin Dan.
@Jekylnhyde55
7 жыл бұрын
Haitian Divorce, The Caves of Altamira and Dont Take Me Alive... The Royal Scam will always be my favorite SD recording, even though Aja is one of the best recorded and produced records of all time, right there with Dark Side of the Moon...
@frappehomunculus875
8 жыл бұрын
Fagen/Becker? The best songwriters of the 70's 80's 90's and on.
@jamesj9998
7 жыл бұрын
frappe homunculus Agree, but would include Todd Rundgren in that list.
@strictlynorton
6 жыл бұрын
Passion personified. The talent Becker and Fagen laid on the music world set the bar for future generations. Stunning. Sublime. Soulful all at once. Watch and learn kids. Master at work right here!
@greensombrero3641
8 жыл бұрын
this is a true artist being kind enough to let us into the process. what amazing sounds paintings they made for the future. wow. sooooooo beautiful........
@klyvemurray
7 жыл бұрын
Spot on, GS !!
@TheProfessorWilliam
7 жыл бұрын
I will most miss Walter. RIP. You did a lot for the music world. And for those 18 thumbs down, I say you are a disgusting set of human-beings. Why where you on this channel anyway. This is for adult musicians. Walter, your music will last for ever. Thanks.
@bridgetclooney3453
4 жыл бұрын
That stuff he did initially, I heard Ray Charles so deep. Love how Walter (Becker) being bass player factored in to their genius. Steely Dan will never have an equal, they haven’t since 1973- RIP Walter
@communtyhivemind
14 жыл бұрын
because Dm is the saddest of all the keys, of course
@jsmcguireIII
7 жыл бұрын
I try so hard to listen to and respect what passes for popular music today and it is REALLY HARD. Most of what I hear sounds like it was created by some kind of algorithm devoid of a human pulse. Go read Never a Dull Moment about 1971. That was a golden age and I was fortunate to be there.
@OneOffization
10 жыл бұрын
Yes, those Gregorian swamps! LOL!
@paulsnively3377
8 жыл бұрын
+Andrey Gaganov Hard to explain without some music theory: he's referring to a kind of mix of chord structure from Gregorian chant (search for that) and "Delta" (Louisiana delta) blues (search for that). He also explicitly refers to "modal" music, which Gregorian chant is an example of, coming, as it did, before Bach basically shoved the "well-tempered scale" (eliminating modes) down the throat of western music. The big takeaway, whether you follow this or not, is that Donald Fagen's music theory background is quite good, and since he's an artist, he knows you have to know the rules before you can break them.
@philliptemple1587
7 жыл бұрын
Vince V I
@dwightchapman9090
3 жыл бұрын
To be in that mind for a minute. That's from God. All I can say....
@jlionz
13 жыл бұрын
A master class in song structure and composition by one of the all time masters/greats/what-have-you, thank you so much for posting this video I learned a lot.
@Duncan464
9 жыл бұрын
Incredibly enjoyable. Donald and Walter(I know he is not in this vid) are the 2 most important song writers of the last 50 years.Genius's
@mangda2449
9 жыл бұрын
+Duncan lobley Ever hear of a couple dudes named Lennon & McCartney? How 'bout Page & Plant, Waters & Gilmore, or Jagger & Richards? Calm down superfan.
@tomthd1
8 жыл бұрын
I concur they were 1 of a couple of great writing duo's of that era. Still one of my favorite bands of all time.
@skierpage
7 жыл бұрын
Duncan lobley Steely Dan set such a high bar for anyone moving from rock to jazz that few cover their songs and "yacht rock" performers (late Doobie Brothers, Michael Franks, Christopher Cross) aped the smoothness and solos but without the complexity. Other songwriters were far more influential.
@chrisnealis4270
7 жыл бұрын
Let's not forget about Zappa. "Inca Roads", one of many fusion masterpieces.
@1881art
6 жыл бұрын
Agreed. The stuff will stand the test of time.
@nv1493
4 жыл бұрын
This is why this music has lasted for generations. It's crafted by musicians. Unlike computer generated sampling and loops from current disposable pop "stars".
@davebosworth1778
7 жыл бұрын
..."so you put a little.... Gregorian, sort of a swampy, sort of introduction on it,..and you get THIS." Love it!
@nedcronin
8 жыл бұрын
I can watch this again and again.
@Pim3211
7 ай бұрын
I have watched this again and again🎉😅
@Joes0s
4 жыл бұрын
Dude is a blues and jazz genius who learned from music he heard growing up. Becker and he were these out of time masters of their art. They stood out because nobody but them played like that, and they shunned the live scenes for decades. Bohemian hipsters before hipsters were hipsters.
@jesham7627
3 жыл бұрын
Fusion approach demonstrated and explained without any nonsense. Thank you.
@charlesinsandiego2537
7 жыл бұрын
There is no bullshit like real bullshit.
@johnjones6601
2 жыл бұрын
Could listen to him all day talk about his craft. A brilliant pair of songwriters were Walter and Donald.
@Anymajordude5
15 жыл бұрын
i think what you wrote was funny in a way, but I know Donald Fagen to be married to a woman and he is adored by millions as one half of Steely Dan. Do you even know the music of Steely Dan ?
@davidmmcg
13 жыл бұрын
at 3:54 he misspeaks when he says "G major 9 with no 3rd" when he probably meant to say "C major 9 with no 3rd".
@johns.8082
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I caught that too. What a dope!
@ChristopherCudworth
4 жыл бұрын
Now we know why Steely Dan didn’t want stupid liner notes on Aja
@wonderbars36
3 жыл бұрын
Damn good keyboard player. I love the hidden simplicity in the chord shapes yet how full the jazz of it makes it sound.
@theflash1425
7 жыл бұрын
All 44 Justin Bieber fans must have stumbled onto this video. That's the only possible explanation for the 44 dislikes.
@gb1978gb
5 жыл бұрын
Probably so. Kinda like someone who just learned to count on their fingers stumbling upon a lecture by Einstein with comments by Hawking.....lol hate what they cant comprehend...
@carlvadman4792
5 жыл бұрын
The Flash Not really you dumbass. Then again I like both Steely Dan and Bieber and I'm not a close minded douchebag.
@carlvadman4792
5 жыл бұрын
Glenn Beasley Either that or they just feel like clicking the dislike to piss people off even though this is a good video
@stourleykracklite7663
4 жыл бұрын
@Carl More of the open minded sort?
@theflash1425
4 жыл бұрын
@@stourleykracklite7663 Nah, @Carl is just one of those gutless trolls who thinks they're empowering themselves by calling other people names from the safety of their keyboards in their mother's basement somewhere. If he was rude enough to do it standing in front of me, I guarantee he'd wet himself.
@josielisette6768
7 жыл бұрын
I'm Home Donald lol love this song specially if that's my NAME =)
@carldavis1407
7 жыл бұрын
Josie p. We're gonna lay down the law and break it 😎
@plectroman
8 жыл бұрын
Gregorian, swampy lol!
@jagdpanther1944
8 жыл бұрын
I know I loved that too:) Only Donald Fagen could come out with something like that!
@michealodwyer7306
4 жыл бұрын
Fagan's idea of a "primitive blues from the Delta" sounds a lot more advanced than mine..
@joedynaflow9157
Жыл бұрын
The thought put into this this song is an example of total creativity.
@JAWZMUZIK1
6 жыл бұрын
real musicians talking about real music. totally gone from todays landscape.
@chrisjaybecker
7 ай бұрын
Have you ever notice how Steely Dan's imitators, like Rupert Holmes, Christopher Cross, Ambrosia, etc. became known decades later as Yacht Rock, but not Steely Dan. They're their own genre.
@jfkesq
3 жыл бұрын
I've heard the song a thousands times, but every time I hear it sounds like the first time.
@rprillman81
11 жыл бұрын
Im learning this joint and it sounds so so good when you play it. You just want to play it over and over again.
@noternunstoned
2 жыл бұрын
Walter and Donald took the essence of blues, soul and jazz-rock and polished it with super tasty inversions and arrangements, then dirtied it up just a little so it doesn't sound mechanical or robotic. Organic with no autotune, no hiding behind effects, no smoke and mirrors.
@wannamonslo9626
Жыл бұрын
When he said "we wanted to simplify it because we didn't want too much going on under the vocal Melody."
@pomegranitejason
5 жыл бұрын
Original in "E" had to drop it a whole tone cause you have to be a castrati to sing it
@billjhyt
15 жыл бұрын
Notice that the guy with the insane comments is in fact 'tuned in" and listening to the master. Interesting that one with such an elevated perspective would stoop to the depths of mediocrity and waste his/her time tainting their ears with the likes of SD/the man.
@don4476
3 жыл бұрын
The fella with him....beast. SD tour musical director. Has some skills.
@Crezelltree4261
5 жыл бұрын
Notice how Fagen's talking voice is way different from his singing voice.Sometimes with other vocalists,it's the other way around.He is a very knowledgeable musician.
@birsay123
2 жыл бұрын
Gives you kind of a G major triad over a C with no third. Yes Donald.
@blujazz10000
6 жыл бұрын
The MUSICAL GENIUS himself. Can't wait to see him and the band at Heinz Hall in downtown Pittsburgh October 2018 !!!
@colleenposadas8415
6 жыл бұрын
Thomas Lee Miller Just saw him/them last night in Seattle! Wow what I didn't know! What a group!
@tdstudd1996
6 жыл бұрын
What a freaking genius! So glad my dad showed me this music growing up. I took guitar lessons throughout my entire childhood up until college, and learned a (I thought) decent amount of theory along the way. But watching this makes me understand how little I actually know. Now I produce music electronically which, contrary to popular belief, requires a great deal of not only music theory knowledge (if you want it to sound good), but also synthesis and sound design. This video really inspires me to dig deeper into music theory.
@GameLevelEditor
13 жыл бұрын
Steely Dan had a chemistry musicianship and wrote interesting great songs! Every once in a while a band comes out that has a total mojo! Its rare and slipping out of the people. I think bands like EWF, Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan, Beatles etc had it. Not to be confused with certain arrangements that use musical instruments to promote hair follicle excitement and projecting certain attitudes that have less to do with creating harmonies.
@labrosath
13 жыл бұрын
Bernhardt keeps on looking for blues references in the composition. I think this approach is senseless. It is really a SD class synthesis. Unique, superb and difficult to put in words even by its maker.
@egyptianminor
13 жыл бұрын
Donald & Walt are some of my favorite song writers, true masters of the craft. They also use this same device of device of 'illuminating' a minor blues progression by inserting Maj 7/9 chords, on the song 'Don't take me Alive" from "The Royal Scam".
@Jekylnhyde55
7 жыл бұрын
As Fagen calls it (the Maj 9), the mu major... Love it...
@kasponya
14 жыл бұрын
So simple sounding yet very complex - brilliant!
@duffinpaul
13 жыл бұрын
@wesonthenet he does it in Dm now cos its a bit too high vocaly to do it in the original key.....Roger Nicols told him that back in 77
@jordanrioscreations
7 жыл бұрын
Dude knows music. Cool how the basis for some of his songs are different types of blues.
@ronswanson1704
4 жыл бұрын
In music theory I think I’m still in Algebra of their Calculus 2.
@oliverkarhunen5275
7 жыл бұрын
He's a genius.
@DrApocalypse
13 жыл бұрын
Put a little Gregorian sort of Swampy intro on it and we get THIS... HYSTERICAL!
@justifiedlife1595
6 жыл бұрын
Grew up and learned a lot with these guys on jazz, bossanova,studio musicians, and excellent engineering, that influenced my own musical, studio career. But had to finally admit, after "Two Against Nature" lyrics, that my values are completely different from theirs, and deleted their music from my music collection, and quit idolizing them. Hope they realize they've not added much love or positive stuff to the world. Just perfected their take on an evil world, and glorified themselves.
@LP5369GT
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, just slap a little Gregorian swampy intro on it and you get this....lol, piece of cake. Just one of the most iconic intro's in the history of modern music.
@souljubilant12
8 жыл бұрын
Couple cats chatting about music
@billjhyt
15 жыл бұрын
You do realize I am being tongue in cheek. I consider it a great privilege to listen to Walter explain what would otherwise be a mystery to me and business as usual to him/in his mind. Isn't WB and utube grand!?
@chrismitchell45
3 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing how much is going on that song with only the piano part. There will never be another Dan.
@arthouston7361
6 жыл бұрын
Speaking as an on air jock who played their tracks during the time when they were not yet "oldies," , I simply enjoyed this group of works like a fine meal, without fully understanding the depth of experience and understanding of the chef for all of the ingredients he was using. This set of vids gives me some of that missing insight, and I now have a much deeper appreciation of what was going on to put this meal together. I now feel like a foodie who wants to learn more about making meals like this myself, or at least have some of that understanding as a yeoman, if not a master.
@souljubilant12
6 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for him to say "keep the cymbals splashy and let's take the bass line for a walk".
@jerichoe
4 жыл бұрын
This is simply some of the most beautiful musical magic ever experienced in our lives. God bless Don and Walt ~)~
@chaztiz8839
3 жыл бұрын
Fagan is a freakin musical genius!!!
@harryhenderson2259
Жыл бұрын
Donald F Is my All time Favorite All Around Tune Guy ! Along with The Eagles gang !" Complexity ,Versitility Classic, Multitudes of Everythimg & Anythimg blended from past to presemt of knowledge of & in Music thru half a Century ! Gemiuses of their Crafts !"
@joe-vz6hx
7 жыл бұрын
thx very much for this. I saw Steely Dan in concert some years back. while there was nothing wrong with it, frankly it had a "mailed it in" feel which was disappointing...I'd much rather have had an hour or more of listening to stuff like this...in fact this video could've been 10 hrs long and I would have happily sat here soaking up every minute.
@AvvieLanche
12 жыл бұрын
This had me doubting myself for a moment; i've been playing it for years and the final recording was in Em, not Dm.
@justinandrews5084
7 жыл бұрын
The BOSS himself... Looking for musicians with "No hangups." What does that mean? We have to ask ourselves "The Question"... What if... Walter had never taken drugs? Would Walter have written all those crazy F'ed up lyrics? He REALLY WAS a rambler and a gambler...chasing the dragon paid off... Is doin' coke and shooting smack a good thing?
@alondathomas293
7 жыл бұрын
Andrews: Clearly, it became too much of a problem for Becker, which is why the group broke up in the first place. Good thing he got himself together, so by the time they finally got back together, they could make more beautiful music together (which they did, before his recent untimely passing)---he'd just come off a Steely Dan tour, too.) R.I.P. for all the great music they made and that I grew up on.
@DruDilly
Жыл бұрын
I just saw a clip about this on IG that brought me to find this video. I just noticed the intro walk up is different in this video than it is on the original recording. They start the half step walk up on the recording on F and on this video, they start it on Eb. It still works to get into the song but it threw me off for a sec.
@jayro2996
Жыл бұрын
Beatnik move over, you've been usurped by an evolutionary hipster from EARTH, ya know, the backwater planet of no consequence
@paulbyrnesrmt2929
6 жыл бұрын
Dammmn that's some relaxed advanced jazz
@PontiacS.
6 ай бұрын
The First Half of the 70's was All About the reintroduction of Major chords into "Pop" music.
@Laguna2013
Жыл бұрын
He's obviously a god, but when I hear this stripped down play I can't help but being reminded of the movie 'Swingers'. kzitem.info/news/bejne/upCBm2GdrmV5h5w I mean this in the best possible way.
@AnonsCrossfader
7 жыл бұрын
I've been using those same triad chords for years. They basically spell major 9's.
@Jekylnhyde55
7 жыл бұрын
The Famous Steely Dan mu major...
@davidferrara1105
6 жыл бұрын
there's a tone cluster in the middle tho
@steveyraynelson
11 жыл бұрын
Where do I get this whole DVD? I've heard about this video I gotta have it, even tho I'm "just" a guitar player! (I play keys, too)
@tiluriso
7 жыл бұрын
Maybe their website?
@izaakdaviddiggs
Жыл бұрын
Becker and Fagen may not have played much on the albums, but they are still great musicians...
@microdon2
11 жыл бұрын
Exactly! And those opening chords - holy - DF is an f-ing genius.
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