Are you familiar with the duo Eye To Eye? Deborah Berg's voice is wonderful. They are known for their top forty hit "Nice Girls" (1982). They have a song called "Falling For A Funny One" Larry does a nice guitar solo and overall guitar work on their song. Eye To Eye were also produced by Gary Katz and many musicians who played with Steely Dan also help them with their songs even Donald himself. Give them a listen if your not familiar. They were not Steely Dan but very influenced by them.
@susanprather1021
3 ай бұрын
The truth is whatever Steely Dan song you're hearing will be your favorite!
@thorfinsky1427
3 ай бұрын
"Cousin Dupree"? 🙃
@BonniePicc
3 ай бұрын
I am guilty of that!
@janicemartin2016
3 ай бұрын
So true. I love Steely Dan and I love Donald Fagen’s albums too
@charlespapps2389
3 ай бұрын
That is SO TRUE!!!
@nedeast6845
3 ай бұрын
it is more difficult to find the Dan song you don't like:)
@toddmichelfelder3417
3 ай бұрын
Literally one of my favorite Dan tunes!!! Maybe the best guitar intro ever!! Larry Carlton is a beast!!
@RonaldCanfield-m2r
3 ай бұрын
One of the best opening guitar solos ever!
@RedRobe75
3 ай бұрын
- The - best, I would say.
@Marcoanfieldforever72
Ай бұрын
True
@frankdillard2522
14 күн бұрын
That and Kid Charlemagne.
@RonErickson-w6n
3 ай бұрын
Larry Carlton on guitar.
@Jacob_D4433
3 ай бұрын
Yup, The Royal Scam album had some real gems. Check out Steely Dan's "Kid Charlemagne." A very famous artist took a sample from it. Great music! 💯🔥🌟
@ummagumma6720
3 ай бұрын
YES!!!!!!!!!PLZ!!!!!!!!
@magneto7930
3 ай бұрын
Deacon Blues by Steely Dan, that's the one you need to hear next!
@rulebs
3 ай бұрын
agree
@LSorr3
3 ай бұрын
@@rulebs green earrings fm glamour profession
@RabbiSteve1
3 ай бұрын
Yes, “Deacon Blues”! Another great noir story, but this time about someone who is willing to bet it all on playing the saxophone.
@magneto7930
3 ай бұрын
@LSorr3 FM was going to be my next suggestion. Some people list a bunch of songs. I think they notice it more when you just list one song at a time.
@stevekant1745
3 ай бұрын
@@magneto7930 Nothing but (Deacon) blues and Elvis and somebody else's favorite song!
@TheBham54
3 ай бұрын
Steely Dan is my "stranded on a desert island with only one group's music" band. Endless perfection.
@louisspeciale
3 ай бұрын
I'll take the Beatles or the Doors 🚪
@nedeast6845
3 ай бұрын
I would probably go with Mozart....but I know what you mean...
@leemcclements8889
3 ай бұрын
Steely Dan is brilliance on all levels.JMO.
@Faltor895
3 ай бұрын
Yes. They are to jazz what Zep is to the blues.
@whitespider99
3 ай бұрын
Amber & Jay, here are some other good Steely Dan songs to react to: "Only a Fool Would Say That", "Doctor Wu", "Kid Charlemagne", "Black Cow", and "Hey Nineteen".
@CodeBleu724
3 ай бұрын
Black Cow has the funkiest bassline!
@bloos61
3 ай бұрын
Hey Nineteen...LOVE it!😊
@jamesstarks3676
3 ай бұрын
I want them to do Haitian Divorce
@Daxtarr1
3 ай бұрын
Love Black Cow
@randyrodriguez1445
3 ай бұрын
What he said…
@LanieShapiro
3 ай бұрын
Also… Babylon Sisters & Bodhisattva & more. There are so many AMAZING SD songs. 🎶💙
@rosemarywatson1231
3 ай бұрын
Steely Dan has nothing but good music.
@theodoreritola7641
3 ай бұрын
Them sweet 70s 4 Sure
@Coowallsky
3 ай бұрын
Up to Gaucho. Went downhill after that.
@rosemarywatson1231
3 ай бұрын
@@Coowallsky I didn't know that. I just started listening to Donald Fagen after awhile.
@surlechapeau
3 ай бұрын
Jay & Amber, you'll absolutely LOVE their "Aja", "Deacon Blues" and "FM" !!!!!
@paulinesmith6553
3 ай бұрын
My first apartment life I had a neighbor who played “Peg” on repeat back in 1978. He must have had a broken relationship with Peg.
@TheirFinestHour
3 ай бұрын
That is one hell of an album
@elizabethfranco1284
3 ай бұрын
Please please do FM No Static at All
@elizabethfranco1284
3 ай бұрын
My mom had this album,Haitian Divorce is another banner from The Royal Scam album
@TheAcarch2
3 ай бұрын
OOOHH! That guitar solo at the end, how can one not crank that up!
@terrilgeorge7255
3 ай бұрын
I will put in a vote for Haitian Divorce too.
@barrydehatchett8692
3 ай бұрын
Love how the song opens with the guitar solo...dark lyrics for sure, love you two!
@MisterWondrous
3 ай бұрын
One of their best songs. Great album too. Check out "The Royal Scam"...the song.
@RandoReport
3 ай бұрын
Between 1972 and 1980, Steely Dan made seven perfect albums. They were taskmasters and produced a technically superior product every time. Some songs are better than others, but you can't go wrong with any song from any of them.
@randyhochstein8455
3 ай бұрын
It’s often been said that Steely Dan is your favorite band’s favorite band. ❤️🎸✌🏼😎🇺🇸
@butchphaneuf9675
3 ай бұрын
Same album, Kid Charlemagne. Larry Carlton's solo is epic. Lyrics as always take you deeper into the story - this time about Owsley Stanley, the top LSD producer in the Bay area.
@my7758
3 ай бұрын
Steely Dan = Epic! I listened to this album back to back, over and over and over…♥️🙌
@seanjudge4675
3 ай бұрын
Top 5 all time favorite songs. Glad you got to hear this for the first time!
@randysummers9228
3 ай бұрын
Larry Carlton playing his 335 guitar into a cranked Fender Deluxe tweed amp. Maybe my favorite lead guitar tone ever recorded.
@andrewpetik2034
3 ай бұрын
FM.... The Royal Scam.... Both are incredible!
@simonsmith3060
3 ай бұрын
Amber nailed the meaning.
@skinnybattlecow6505
3 ай бұрын
"It's Steely Dan. That's how you make music." Best quote ever!
@tone4507
3 ай бұрын
He's a book-keeper's son, not a wood-maker's...
@yournamehere6002
3 ай бұрын
They are clueless
@rickrobinson672
3 ай бұрын
I use to think it was "bull-keeper's son. "
@kevinmcpartland7639
3 ай бұрын
I’d assumed pool keepers until I recently heard otherwise.
@yournamehere6002
3 ай бұрын
@@kevinmcpartland7639 His father worked for the mob doing their books, he stole money from him and went on the run. Now he's holed up in a building with hostages and doesn't want to be taken alive because his father and the mob are after him.
@harveyklatzko3461
3 ай бұрын
@@kevinmcpartland7639 I thought if they sung, " I'm a pool hall hustlers son " that would be a great lyric.
@jollyrodgers7272
3 ай бұрын
This was their mid-level time period. I was living in Oregon when the Royal Scam came out (1976) and a local FM station would do an entire album review, and I heard it there first - Loved this track. Try KID CHARLEMAGNE from this next.
@katiemanning3761
3 ай бұрын
That's a must!!
@robertljazz2796
3 ай бұрын
I crossed my old man Back in Oregon! Please listen to" Peg" by Steely Dan !!!!!!
@LSorr3
3 ай бұрын
I think they did already
@robertljazz2796
3 ай бұрын
@@LSorr3 oh ok!
@neilludlam8055
3 ай бұрын
Outstanding album. Outstanding group. RIP Walter.
@paulyoung8108
3 ай бұрын
I'm a bookkeepers son, I don't want to shoot no one
@jeffmay8139
3 ай бұрын
Your favorite band's favorite band.
@motrock2
3 ай бұрын
Larry Carlton on the guitar.. amazing!
@smffeb58
3 ай бұрын
Am so happy the gist of the lyrics were understood. Steely Dan will always have top notch musicians. Even their worst song musically (can’t think of one) is better than any other band. The fact that their lyrics always made the fans (like myself) try to ascertain what the plot was. The combination musical excellence, with lyrically cryptic, is what separates them, and puts them in the top tier.
@Thejazzfan66
3 ай бұрын
Only Steely Dan can write about a guy who is in a standoff with the police and make it sound catchy.
@larryk731
3 ай бұрын
Or a song about a drug dealer (Kid Charlemaign), porn star probably (Peg), collrge professor relationship with 19 year old student(Hey 19), desired incestuous relationship that (thankfully) doesn't materialize (Cousin dupree), child m--lester (Everyone's gone to the movies) etc... Virtually every Steely Dan song has very dark lyrics on top of a jazz/pop/rock fusion feel good sound. You've got to love the combination
@BobRollins-z4m
3 ай бұрын
Try "King of the World" Steely Dan...great song
@johnroberts5637
3 ай бұрын
One of my four favorite Steely Dan tunes, the other three being "Kid Charlemagne," "Haitian Divorce," and "Dirty Work." I think y'all have hit them all now. Good job.
@marvelharris9540
3 ай бұрын
intro chord and solo with no blues notes whatsoever... just brilliant
@robertcussins2807
3 ай бұрын
G7#9
@justinvancura2231
3 ай бұрын
Great song, nice reaction, indeed sumptuous guitar work from Larry Carlton. Agree that "FM" would be a great next one to react to from them, but try to pick the version from "A Decade of Steely Dan" with the Walter Becker lead guitar ending (opposed to the one with the sax).
@janicez2630
3 ай бұрын
Steely Dan has a HUGE selection of great tunes....keep going.
@joshsmith302
3 ай бұрын
Amber and Jordan you may like Mountain (Mississippi Queen). Keep up with the good work 😎👍
@piedmontish
3 ай бұрын
I agree! It really started A new angle for the metal sound!
@MOS650
3 ай бұрын
I suggest their song Black Cow.
@Wordsmyth8
3 ай бұрын
That’s my favorite.
@jamessullivan5860
3 ай бұрын
I have most of their music but Royal Scam and Aja are my favorite Steely Dan albums.
@nickimontie
3 ай бұрын
Same here!
@kemowery
3 ай бұрын
Even by the standards of a Steely Dan album, Aja is nothing but wall-to-wall bangers.
@markray3273
3 ай бұрын
next song should be hey nineteen 1981
@theodoreritola7641
3 ай бұрын
No way keep them 70s comig PEASE. BACK in Oregon lol I live in Seaside Oregon its Beautiful
@TheAcarch2
3 ай бұрын
Steely Dan is always a treat you guys, lots more to discover as well. And the great thing is that listening to their music is like investing in your future. The value never goes down.
@derekd1997
3 ай бұрын
That's a good way of putting it. I'm currently on my Steely Dan journey at age 38. Going through each album chronologically, solo albums too. Currently on Walter Becker's 11 Tracks of Wack. I've discovered so many cool songs I'll keep in rotation forever.
@TheAcarch2
3 ай бұрын
@@derekd1997 That's awesome Derek. I like how you're going through the albums in a logical way. For me it was in 1999 when I bought a best of Steely Dan CD. The only titles I recognized were ''Ricky Don't Lose That Number'' and ''Hey Nineteen''. Didn't realize they had done other familiar songs like '' Do It Again'', ''Peg'', ''FM'' and the rest just blew me away. Cheers brother!
@theylied1776
3 ай бұрын
Steely Dan popped off from the 1970s, that's when all the jam bands started appearing. Like the Doobie Brothers.
@davidhuggan6315
3 ай бұрын
There's such a great revival in this kind of music right now, from the likes of Young Gun Silver Fox, State Cows, Super DB, Page 99 and more. Great to see new artists emulating this and even putting a fresh take on it.
@ThePittsburghToddy
3 ай бұрын
There are those who love Steely Dan and those who are wrong.🖖🏼
@jameskneubuhl9115
3 ай бұрын
Leave it to Steely Dan to portray someone holding out against the police in a sympathetic manner. There's a lot about the story they leave out. Like HOW did the bookkeeper's son cross his old man? WHY is he holding out with a case of dynamite? Seems this song from the '70s predicted the kind of stand-offs we'd see more of in the 2000s.
@danielb2993
3 ай бұрын
The Royal Scam is a great tune as well.
@mikejacobs7786
3 ай бұрын
Keep the Dan coming
@cameronstestingart794
3 ай бұрын
Perfection as always from the Dan
@thejorgeee
3 ай бұрын
One great song that most people don't know/play unless they are Steely Dan followers is "SHOW BIZ KIDS"" from their secong album 1973 Countdown to Ectasy. Rickie Lee Jones does an amazing slower version of the song in 2000 as well for you Steely Dan fans who I haven't heard. it.
@BonniePicc
3 ай бұрын
Love that song!
@laughinggravyuk
3 ай бұрын
If you haven't heard it yet, "Kid Charlemagne" is a belter.
@dbadbt
3 ай бұрын
It's about a 'Dog Day Afternoon' type of situation. Check out 'FM'. Great late night, slinky kind of funk.
@rrailguitar2211
3 ай бұрын
I've heard the lead guitar player was Larry Carlton, an ace player on several Steely Dan cuts. On the Aja LP he arranged Becker and Fagen's songs for the band. Listen to "Deacon Blues" from that LP. The Royal Scam was met with faint praise from the critics when it came out. I think it's been underrated over the years. But "Kid Charlemagne" "Green Earring" and "Sign In Stranger" are great cuts.
@cptight88
3 ай бұрын
Great song. It is about a real life event. A guy named David Fine was one of four men that bombed Sterling Hall, a building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus that housed the Army Mathematics Research Center in 1970 as a Vietnam War protest. One researcher was killed, 3 others were injured. He was finally found by the FBI in 1976 in California holed up in a room.
@Linda-y9h
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for that info. Their lyrics really make us listen, and try to figure out wtf they mean! ❤😂
@MichaelImperiale-bn7sw
3 ай бұрын
Good to know, thanks!
@jnaught1358
3 ай бұрын
Indeed!
@bonepicker1
3 ай бұрын
Wow, thanks for the info.
@cleanwilly99
3 ай бұрын
I had never heard that this was about the Sterling Hall bombing. There were actually four men involved. Karelton and David Armstrong, David Fine and Leo Burt. The first three were eventually captured but Leo Burt, now almost 54 years later, has never been found.
@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary
3 ай бұрын
One of their Best Albums.. Royal Scam and Kid Charmelon along with Big Black Cow!
@dggydddy59
3 ай бұрын
Kid Charlemagne.
@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary
3 ай бұрын
@@dggydddy59 They got the idea I think...
@mswarren1
3 ай бұрын
Guys, my husband and I adore you two. Can you do a reaction video to an older country song called A Dozen Red Roses by Tammy Graham. If you will do that song, do me one favor....grab tissues first.
@livenhfree
3 ай бұрын
You've finally found it! The best pop music guitar intro of all time. A masterpiece. Larry Carlton is a virtuoso. (BTW, it's "bookkeeper's" son.) Thank you!
@77bevo
3 ай бұрын
Fagen called Carlton back to improve the intro to the song. After several versions, Fagen said 'just give me a crazy-ass chord'... which is what we hear.
@richardkarram3122
3 ай бұрын
Best guitar intro in rock 🎸 big up's to Larry Carlton
@poeslanding
3 ай бұрын
Steely Dan kicks! KISS-I Still Love You/MTV Unplugged
@benetta8275
3 ай бұрын
The entire album is genius! Please do the whole album!!!!!!
@Wordsmyth8
3 ай бұрын
Not one of their more accessible tunes, IMO. Have you heard Black Cow? It is amazing. I’d also suggest Dr. Wu, Pretzel Logic and Boston Rag. Too many to mention, really.
@Pthaloskies
3 ай бұрын
Larry Carlton's guitar work here is legendary in the guitar playing community. It's the Holy Grail!
@MauricioDelaRosa-db7rr
3 ай бұрын
Way to go you two this is one of my favorite Steely Dan tunes. Next from them you should do Here At The Western World. 👌🏼🙏🏼
@user-ok1rh3qh3b
3 ай бұрын
steely dan's "King of the World" is a peppy little number about the end of the world and last man standing.
@luisllere5064
3 ай бұрын
From the Aja album. Deacon Blues, Aja and Black Cow. The whole Album is Fantastic.
@RodneyBurris-j7f
Ай бұрын
The entire Royal Scam album is excellent!
@mikeharvey3551
23 күн бұрын
"FM" is another great song ( with a Horn solo), "Black Friday", & Kid Charlemagne, "Hey 19" are also good
@kevinmauch5622
3 ай бұрын
The legendary Larry Carlton on lead guitar. Check out some of his work with The Crusaders. Great stuff.
@danmayberry1185
3 ай бұрын
Crusaders rule!
@kevinmauch5622
3 ай бұрын
@@danmayberry1185 One of my fave tracks is Spiral off of the Those Southern Knights album. Larry's guitar work is fire.
@KatazeevTheWizard
3 ай бұрын
Put "Deacon Blues" on the roster!
@dreamdawg3187
3 ай бұрын
Awesome song. If you like that one, try "King of the World".
@danmcconnell5941
3 ай бұрын
Have you done solo Donald Fagen yet? New Frontier would be a good one to check out
@warrennicholsony.fernando4513
3 ай бұрын
Barrytown and Dr. Wu. Please react to these 2 Steely Dan songs!
@michelleb9808
3 ай бұрын
What they all said. Steely Dan is ah-mazing, for sure up there in top favorite artists ever. The entire Royal Scam album is sooooooooo good. Do the title song!!
@COLINWARD-v3y
3 ай бұрын
Steely Dan make such great music. You have done a few by them, there are a couple of good ones from their Gaucho album, 'Gaucho' and 'Time out of mind' with Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits on Guitar. For a real banger something else to checkout is 'All she wants to do is dance' by Don Henley of the Eagles-Colin Ward
@LanieShapiro
3 ай бұрын
Thanks!!! My favorite band!!! So many amazing songs!! Next: Dr. Woo!! 🙏
@Wordsmyth8
3 ай бұрын
Dr. Wu. 😀
@krob-sn7ek
3 ай бұрын
Royal Scam should be next !! Pure Steely Dan
@lw3918
3 ай бұрын
Jay needs to do Ratt "I Want A Woman" the official video. He needs to see 80's girls at their finest.
@Rcprobot
3 ай бұрын
This IS how you make music. Truer words were never spoken.
@jacqueline4514
3 ай бұрын
WHO other than Steely Dan can write a classy song about a standoff between a mentally unstable guy and the police? No one! Next Steely Dan songs: THE ROYAL SCAM , JACK OF SPEED, NIGHT BY NIGHT, studio versions 🔥🔥🔥
@francismckenney8338
3 ай бұрын
So you're looking at the album The Royal Scam. Pick any song off of the album, they're all outstanding. Especially the title track!!!
@michaelakkerman407
3 ай бұрын
My favorite Dan song!!!! Great solo at the start.
@surfpsych
3 ай бұрын
Yes!
@bernie66
3 ай бұрын
Everyone is digging up some music I forgot. Thanks to all for bringing Steely Dan back. Thanks to Jay and Amber Also,. Love to the family. Your faithful follower. 🫶👏🎤🎼🎵🎶
@mrcody333cam
3 ай бұрын
That succulent lead guitar throughout this song is played by Larry Carlton. He has recorded with many others including Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Bobby Bland, Sammy Davis, Jr., Paulinho Da Costa, Charly García, the Fifth Dimension, Herb Alpert, Christopher Cross, Dolly Parton, Andy Williams, and the Partridge Family.
@marygoodson4920
3 ай бұрын
And yes, he's saying he "crossed" his old man. Next you should listen to "Kid Charlemagne" from them, and "East of Eden" by Maria McKee and Lone Lustice this Female Friday! You'll love her!!!❤❤❤❤
@marksummers1700
3 ай бұрын
not many songs begin with a guitar solo...
@benjaminrupe5930
3 ай бұрын
Favorite tracks from this album are "The Caves of Altimira" and the title track "The Royal Scam". The entire album is exquisite, however.
@keithjones7390
3 ай бұрын
My favourite tracks too.
@Bowhunters6go8xz6x
3 ай бұрын
Gotta play Deacon Blues !
@ursulareeder8568
3 ай бұрын
Saw them at Gorge at George, WA, where Donald Fagen introduced the song apologizing that they NOW know how to pronounce Oregon correctly. The Pacific Northwest crowd knowingly went wild with appreciation. (It’s pronounced Ore-eh-gun, not Ore-ah-gone). Thanks for pronouncing it correctly, Jay!!!!
@JamesCarson-tm8df
3 ай бұрын
Hey you guys don't forget Donald Fagans singing too always loved Do it Again and Peg, Ricki Don't Lose That Number
@kjisnot
3 ай бұрын
I always thought the tower shooter at the University in Texas in the 1960's inspired this. Maybe, maybe not.
@TheCornishCockney
3 ай бұрын
BOOKmakers son (betting). He crossed his old man and death would be better than facing him.
@stevenesfield
3 ай бұрын
The Royal Scam is an album of pure genius. Please check out Green Earings and title track in fact just the whole album 😂♥️
@georgiamartin9841
3 ай бұрын
If you like a hint of scandal check out Boz Skaggs 'Georgia'. Not gonna spoil it, but listen to the lyrics! ;)
@williamgreco3046
3 ай бұрын
This confirms my hypothesis. An obscure one before doing the ones people know. I like the song; I am a Dan guy but far from the intent of reaction channels. Probably a paid request from Patreon.
@you2449
3 ай бұрын
since they like "Ricky Don't Lose that Number," they should hear Phil Collin's "Billy, Don't You Lose My Number." totally different song. but will forever get confused in my head.
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