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@samson9535
3 жыл бұрын
The most expensive album ever produced up until that time. The production quality is so pure!
@trevorbraden5448
3 жыл бұрын
Please react to the Royal Scam
@cindysue5474
3 жыл бұрын
Check out Donald Fagens The Night fly that whole album is good watch the vid New Frontier its good.
@bekschwitz7481
3 жыл бұрын
I bought a grey Just Be a Good Human t shirt for myself for my 55th birthday coming up. I love the phrase and also like that I think whatever profit there might be helps you to continue making these videos that make me feel a little better about life. I thank you for that and hope that all good always comes for you and yours.
@danieledlefsen940
3 жыл бұрын
Do Black Friday by Steely Dan or The Royal Scam.
@egadgo
3 жыл бұрын
It's always a good day when Steely Dan is involved.
@stevefick3919
3 жыл бұрын
For Sure!
@michaelwise4986
3 жыл бұрын
RIGHT??
@TrashWerewolf
3 жыл бұрын
Any day is better with a Jamal reaction to Steely Dan!!!
@sweetdavey
3 жыл бұрын
Still all these years after first hearing this song and the rest of their catalogue, I'm just as amazed. The musical sophistication, innovation is just above anything. The down to earth yet extremely multilayered lyrics. The Dan was just something else man.
@steveullrich7737
3 жыл бұрын
Well said my thoughts too. Oh to hear a new Steely Dan song again would be so nice but not to be!
@hexodus00
3 жыл бұрын
Hear hear. Took the words outta my mouth.
@HareDeLune
3 жыл бұрын
The closest you can get to musical perfection.
@monsieurtukini
Жыл бұрын
This song in particular is very emotional IMO
@dudeymcduderson
3 жыл бұрын
Saw Jamel. Saw Steely Dan. I clicked. Just the end to a good day.
@PJyrstinkangas
3 жыл бұрын
The end to a perfect day, distant lights from across the bay.
@1bigrowdy
3 жыл бұрын
Go ahead and call me a Boomer we had AND have the best music ever it will never die .It is forever and will forever affect those who listen
@tramvis2521
3 жыл бұрын
I'm from gen Z and I can agree with this statement modern music pales in comparison
@springsource
3 жыл бұрын
GenX is dialed in to SD bro.
@deantait8326
3 жыл бұрын
I'm BOOMER proud 😎
@billj8148
3 жыл бұрын
Guess I, PROUDLY, qualify; born in '54.
@lisaspikes4291
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Once in a while I hear a new song I like, but most of it is garbage. And none of it has the depth and talent that 70s music had!
@robertcutting4007
3 жыл бұрын
Steely Dan is called a dad band by some, and yeah I guess they are. Old school, old time. But nobody today make's music of this standard and quality. No one!
@kristdodaro7926
3 жыл бұрын
Forget today, nobody else even then, or ever has made music like Steely Dan. They exist in their own dimension. I’m 55 now, a father of 3 and I’ve been seriously listening to them since 1975, when I was 10. What Fagen & Becker and all of the brilliant studio musicians brought to the world is nothing short of pure genius. Peace my Steely Dan brother!!
@mikehenson819
3 жыл бұрын
You are soooo right! Nobody!
@doctorrazz
3 жыл бұрын
I have gone to hifi shops with Aja and Gaugo and night fly for 45 years. and now I have a 5.2 system Klipshorns in the front Cornwall in the center and soon Heresy's in the rear
@MrAaronbathory
Жыл бұрын
@@kristdodaro7926 Try State Cows
@thomassicard3733
Жыл бұрын
Steely Dan: Your favorite band's favorite band.
@peck404
3 жыл бұрын
"GLAMOUR PROFESSION" OFF This Album is a Must.
@cbmx1x1
3 жыл бұрын
Best track on the album 👌🏻
@TheCybertiger9
3 жыл бұрын
@@cbmx1x1 agree
@cletusbeauregard1972
3 жыл бұрын
Saw them like 6 times between '93 and '08, starting with the 1993 comeback show in Detroit. Got to see them do this in '96. They came back from their intermission, opened with East St. Louis Toddle-oo, and then launched into Glamour Profession. 15,000 people just f-ing LEVITATED for the following 8 minutes.
@sterlingarcher9208
3 жыл бұрын
I went to Mr. Chows because of this song
@michaelwise4986
3 жыл бұрын
@@cletusbeauregard1972 Incredible...wish I was there (with Hoops, Jive, and the Eurasian Bride)!
@bd200
3 жыл бұрын
Try this: Gaucho was made when Walter was going through his heroin addiction and basically checked out, leaving Donald to produce most of the record. Every so often Walter would occasionally show up with his 'enabler' (Gaucho). This occurred when they were about to sign a major contract with Warner Brothers (the Custer dome) that Donald really wanted, but was in danger because of Walters drug abuse ("Just when I say boy we can't miss. - You are golden, then you do this")... Seen this way, all of the lyrics fall into place.
@eweystewy
2 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant! So fitting
@ShinobiFang781
2 жыл бұрын
Fuckin wow!
@guydammit3287
7 ай бұрын
Yep. Sounds about right.
@guydammit3287
7 ай бұрын
"Nasty school boy with no place to go."- yep.
@classic-kool
3 жыл бұрын
There's not a bad song on that album ..... One of the all-time greats in my opinion ..........
@chrispylant8001
3 жыл бұрын
Totally agree. It may be the best Steely Dan album, and that's saying a lot.
@_primemover_38
3 жыл бұрын
My favorite Dan album!!
@ncbeach22
3 жыл бұрын
Just imagine how much better it would be if The Second Arrangement had made it onto the album.
@pantherche
3 жыл бұрын
Gaucho is the most cohesive album the Dan made, largely due to the consistent "LA Losers" concept they had for the whole thing.
@gab2876
2 жыл бұрын
@@panthercheDidn’t they ran with this concept on all of their records during their initial run
@pbaker7160
3 жыл бұрын
One of the smoothest drum tracks ever recorded. RIP JP.
@thomassicard3733
Жыл бұрын
I learned to play drums by playing along with this album a gazillion times. Great stuff on this album - all of it!!! The guitarists on this album are just incredible!!!!
@davidcavazos6894
3 жыл бұрын
That's Tom Scott on Saxophone(s). Aja was recorded in LA and is stories about characters in New York. Gaucho, is stories about characters in LA and was recorded in New York.
@no2all
3 жыл бұрын
I think you would really like the groove of Steely Dan's "Doctor Wu" or "Glamour Profession". But even the most "mediocre" of Steely Dan songs are superb compared to the catalogues of most other acts.
@elipolonsky4235
3 жыл бұрын
He did "Doctor Wu".
@no2all
3 жыл бұрын
@@elipolonsky4235 Thanks, Eli. I must have missed it. Time to go to the wayback machine.
@sipesthebest128
3 жыл бұрын
"Glamour Profession" is in my top-10 of Steely Dan tracks... wonderful song.
@kasianvh
2 жыл бұрын
@@sipesthebest128 everytime I listen to it I discover something new in the bass line
@stevejackson1309
3 жыл бұрын
Can we get “The Caves of Altamira” by Steely Dan? Chorus is funky as hell, you’ll dig it no doubt!
@dudeymcduderson
3 жыл бұрын
Don't Take Me Alive too, if he's not already reacted to that. Great album Royal Scam.
@crazyorcfoot
3 жыл бұрын
He's done both
@tdstone
3 жыл бұрын
@@crazyorcfoot Nope. He has yet to get to Caves of Altamira. You can check his playlists which are grouped by artist. I would love to hear that one and Night By Night!!
@Margar02
3 жыл бұрын
PLEASE DO CAVES OF ALTAMIRA!!
@azuredivina
3 жыл бұрын
that's my favorite SD song ever.
@wendyweekendgourmet
3 жыл бұрын
Steely Dan is a different level of music genius! Complex lyrics and only the BEST studio musicians. Walter Becker passed a few years ago the night before we had tickets to see them perform live. Luckily, we had seen them live several times before. If there is music perfection? Steely Dan personifies it!
@cmartin4266
3 жыл бұрын
My interpretation of this song has always been a warning call from Donald to Walter. At the time Walter had a hard drug problem. Walter and Donald went to college together thus the school boy reference. The Gaucho is Walter’s drug buddy (I don’t care what you do at home - get stoned at home but come to work aka studio straight) doesn’t the Gaucho have a home? No he can’t sleep on the floor is Donald saying keep the stuff and his influence out of the studio. The expensive kiss off is reference to the disputes they were having with their record label at the time. In the song they reference the big shots’ building as the cluster dome. After this album steely Dan broke up for over a decade and Walter moved to Hawaii and got clean. Such a fabulous song! I stop what ever I’m doing when I hear this it is a song of friendship and a beautiful one at that. Just my interpretation but it fits them to a t.
@GFOXist
3 жыл бұрын
That's an interesting take, I think it is a song about a quid pro quo homosexual relationship between the narrator and the younger "golden boy"/"nasty school boy" that is unravelling.
@ceddyharris6340
3 жыл бұрын
I think it's about a homosexual love triangle, but a couple songs on the album definitely seemed like they hinted at Walter's drug problem... Glamour Profession and Time out of Mind.
@stevenbown5101
3 жыл бұрын
I get a similar sense to that. However I suggest the Gaucho is in fact walter. The narrator is a record company exec, the amigo is donald, being called on to sell out his friend.
@cmartin4266
3 жыл бұрын
@@stevenbown5101 oh wow! That ties in beautifully. It makes so much sense, I always thought the ‘try again tomorrow’ line was Donald to Walter but it could have been ABC/MCA to Donald And it is consistent with the conflicts that were brewing at the time. Thank you for that point of view. You have to love a song that can conjure up so many different narratives; and Steely Dan has so many songs that do that.
@cmartin4266
2 жыл бұрын
@@Azzlad thank you so much. There is a live version on Walter singing this song. Can’t help but think how far he came when I hear it.
@kevinkuckkan5102
3 жыл бұрын
‘Bodacious cowboys such as your friend will never be welcome here’...the cool-funk vibe literally oozes from Fagan’s keyboard work...
@gogiggs6416
3 жыл бұрын
The line "bodacious cowboys such as your friend will never be welcome here" has cracked me up for 40 years.
@jenniferganey2811
3 жыл бұрын
The song is really about a gay casino owner and his jealous relationship with is boyfriend, at the custerdome/casino. Gotta keep it professional!!
@kaydantonio3719
3 жыл бұрын
Gosh, that was 1980 and I love this album as much today as the day I bought it. I can’t believe that was 40 years ago.
@1bigrowdy
3 жыл бұрын
It is beyond amazing that so much of our mid 60s through early 80s music.is still relevant and able to transport you back to those wonderful days and bring joy like it did then
@gospelgirl6383
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I was 18 when I bought this album, my mother always played it when I had school... 😅
@herrbonk3635
3 жыл бұрын
It was recorded in 1978 actually (partly even in 1977, such as "Third world man" from the "Aja sessions"). The album was delayed a couple of years, due to some dispute with the "label".
@Duh6666666
3 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe that something so sophisticated was ever released commercially. Wow.
@wendyweekendgourmet
3 жыл бұрын
...Top 40 hits to boot!
@imme.7106
3 жыл бұрын
the story of that album's release is quite interesting actually!. It involves a change of record labels before the release in 1980. You should check out the history of that it's very interesting. Also, radio stations had a strict rule of 3 minutes per song. steely Dan and said "no we'll make them as long as we want! "Almost all the songs on gaucho are about 5 minutes long!
@lesliesterling826
3 жыл бұрын
released? they played this on the RADIO ok on the FM stations, but still...
@DGardn100
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I guess it wasn't as commercial when Keith Jarrett released it ;).
@patrickstallings9613
3 жыл бұрын
You sorta hint at what I love most about this band and how fantastic they were. They go to their label in the 70s. The SEVENTIES when you HAD to tour to sell records/albums and they go yeah no. We don't want to tour. Label goes uhh gulp ok. THEN, after Gaucho they take 20 years off and the next album wins multiple Grammys. 😄 Just absolutely insanely brilliant. Nobody else can touch that imo.
@georgetaxi8179
3 жыл бұрын
Love your Steely Dan reactions, but you haven't done any Donald Fagan solo reviews. You need to do Fagan's solo record Nightly. There isn't a bad song on the record and is just as good as his Steely Dan records. I am sure you will love it.
@richardbaiker1427
3 жыл бұрын
Nightfly, George.
@jesmarluk6635
3 жыл бұрын
Kamakiriad as well. Morph the Cat!
@lla788
3 жыл бұрын
Yep - the Nightfly is sublime! I think he should start with “Maxine”
@zooMsIsBack
3 жыл бұрын
Nightfly! It’s epic stuffs
@MichaelTrogdon1990
3 жыл бұрын
Jamal already did "New Frontier" on his Vimeo channel. He loved it.
@mikewritz
3 жыл бұрын
“I’ll drop him near the freeway, doesn’t he have a home???”
@davemorriscucamonga3038
3 жыл бұрын
Jeff Porcaro nailing the Perdie Shuffle. The rhythm section and percussion bring this one home
@Pluggit1953
3 жыл бұрын
* Purdey
@billykahn4051
3 жыл бұрын
* Purdie
@ralphfiligenzi6180
3 жыл бұрын
The talent and creativity of Steely Dan is amazing.
@winstonbrown1516
3 жыл бұрын
Yip!
@DeathlyTired
3 жыл бұрын
Such a tight sound from an all-star cast. Aside from Becker & Fagen, on this track alone, there's also: Randy Brecker on Trumpet, Tom Scott on Sax, Jeff Porcaro (of Toto) on drums, Patti Austin & Valerie Simpson amongst the backing vocalists, Co-written by Keith Jarrett Magic in, magic out.
@GFOXist
3 жыл бұрын
He sued for the writing credit.
@VallejoBrawler
3 жыл бұрын
Jarrett copyrighted the plagal cadence 🤬
@GFOXist
3 жыл бұрын
@@VallejoBrawler Have you heard the Jarrett original?
@donalddixon6541
3 жыл бұрын
"Babylon Sisters" is the second best song on the album IMHO ,that one needs to be next....
@audreycumby1075
3 жыл бұрын
Yes it is the bomb!
@Vampyre82
3 жыл бұрын
He's already done it!
@metheus108
3 жыл бұрын
"Time Out of Mind" is solid also, but also reacted to already
@surlechapeau
3 жыл бұрын
He reacted to that one, see here kzitem.info/news/bejne/1pdtzYxvhYx9o3Y
@tedmartin83
3 жыл бұрын
This song would blow anybodies mind. They crammed more musicality in one song than what's been produced in the last 10 years.
@dillon3759
3 жыл бұрын
Take a listen to Donald Fagan solo album “the Nightfly”
@MichaelTrogdon1990
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jamal, here's a few more from Steely Dan: Any Major Dude Will Tell You, The Caves of Altamira, West of Hollywood
@abbaeben6409
3 жыл бұрын
I second this And third this And fourth this! Get it done Jamel....love ya
@grant5603
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah Caves
@TheOneAndOnlyFloridaMan
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah man caves of altamira is a great tune
@HyzersGR
3 жыл бұрын
Night by Night
@IsleofWightBushcraft
3 жыл бұрын
Ok Jamal, I’d like to “ just be a good human, to be humble, kind, and to spread some joy peace and lurve, by suggesting “JACK OF SPEED” By steely Dan.
@kaustik185
3 жыл бұрын
This and basically the whole album except maybe the title track.
@IsleofWightBushcraft
3 жыл бұрын
@@kaustik185 the bass line in jack of speed is mmm mmm mmm
@kaustik185
3 жыл бұрын
@@IsleofWightBushcraftABSO. LUTELY. ... and so are the drums on Cousin Dupree, or the Woodwinds on Almost Gothic, or the Guitar on Gaslighting Abbie, or the Synth on Lunch with Gina... or or or!
@clintmalyk6002
3 жыл бұрын
@@IsleofWightBushcraft man the rhodes intro🤤🤤🤤
@davedrd8829
3 жыл бұрын
Yes yes yes yes yes.
@natejacobs5879
3 жыл бұрын
My karaoke software company just released "Gaucho". When it's okay to go back out to karaoke bars, I am chomping at the bit to sing one of my very fave Steely Dan tracks.
@2869may
3 жыл бұрын
My brother, How many times do I have to ask....? "ANY MAJOR DUDE WILL TELL YOU"....!
@sassymessmess9110
3 жыл бұрын
I just typed the same thing.😁
@2869may
3 жыл бұрын
@@sassymessmess9110 He just don't know...! I've been asking for quite a while.
@SnackiesVoices
3 жыл бұрын
Yessss!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@jimyoung1011
3 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure, but seem to think, he gets most of his suggestions/recommendations, from his Instagram account.
@HyzersGR
3 жыл бұрын
Night by Night!!!
@pmb187
3 жыл бұрын
Jamel, Steely dan has been my number one band, I got to see them once at the end of their career. They were incredible, "live" at the garden state arts center in NJ. I went to see them with my son's mother, she was a tall strawberry blonde. A very beautiful woman, she took me by the hand and lead me to the elevated dance platform and we started to dance a slow dance. We caused a domino effect, the whole place started to dance, it was magical.
@lewismaddox4132
3 жыл бұрын
"I don't care what you do at home, would you care to explain?" They kill me. I died 40 years ago. This is just my hollowed out husk.
@michaelscott4853
3 жыл бұрын
Jamel, you just need to dedicate a week to Steely Dan. And Rush 😀
@michaelwise4986
3 жыл бұрын
@Michael Scott: Right? I don’t think 26 weeks is excessive...you?
@ryangrissom7702
3 жыл бұрын
It doesn't get more precise than this. Every note is accounted for.
@GFOXist
3 жыл бұрын
Almost too precise, mechanical
@Snewter
3 жыл бұрын
@@GFOXist I must respectfully disagree. The “too precise” churning out of rhythms you hear (you say “mechanical”) is actually a great example of the genius of Donald and Walter. This song is so complex, yet still so sweetly pleasing to the sophisticated ear. As Ryan perfectly stated- every note is accounted for.
@rand0mn0
3 жыл бұрын
My understanding of this song's story is that there is a relationship between an older man, established in the music business, perhaps as a record producer or chief engineer, and a younger man who is dependent on him. The younger man brings in someone he has met, with whom he is obviously intimate (he's dressed in the younger man's clothes). The older man is embarrassed in front of his very important clients ("heavy rollers") and hurt by the way the younger man is flaunting his dalliance in front of him, in public. The intruder is gauche (unsophisticated and awkward, i.e., "snapping his fingers like a fool", which is seriously uncool in a recording session), which also a word that is very similar to "gaucho". Intentional? The older man tries reason with his boyfriend, and then tries increasingly harsh pressure, ("you're a nasty schoolboy, with no place to go!"). The most telling line, in my opinion, is "why is he standing in your spangled leather poncho, with THE STUDS THAT MATCH YOUR EYES". This tells me that, for all the older man's coolness, he is deeply hurt by the betrayal, as this was a gift to the young man from his heart. And now the young man has dressed his new lover in that gift, showing that the young man doesn't appreciate the gift in the same way, and that he is using the older man for a place to live and money. The entire album is about growing older, and recognizing the loss of one's youth and the fun, carefree and drug enhanced times that are now fading into the past.
@GaryColemanNC
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you... 😗
@mishterpreshident
2 жыл бұрын
This is precisely how I've always interpreted this track.
@juliesmall3756
3 жыл бұрын
Watching your reaction to your first Steely Dan brought me back home to their great music. I took them for granted back in the day because they had so many great songs. Listening back through their catalog I now appreciate the feat it was to create so many wonderfully crafted unique songs. The lyrics, the musicianship, and the vocals were so clean, time after time WOW.
@22Catch22
3 жыл бұрын
Glamour Profession, off this album is pure ear candy.
@GFOXist
3 жыл бұрын
Nose candy
@lewisbeaudry7615
3 жыл бұрын
This is probably my favorite song by the Dan. So funny how much they hate this dude! LOL
@donnm6811
3 жыл бұрын
Such a clean recording by Roger Nichols and Elliot Schreiner.
@danroenna9948
3 жыл бұрын
You gotsta do Steely Dan Night By Night. We love seeing your shoulders swingin, my brother.
@HyzersGR
3 жыл бұрын
Night by Night is by far the Dan’s most underrated song
@azuredivina
3 жыл бұрын
FUCKING BANGER OF A SONG!!
@lungching7102
3 жыл бұрын
This song is huge with so nasty groove! With a young drummer of 18years old....
@leefertwayne8163
3 жыл бұрын
Jamel, I was waiting patiently for this song to enter your ears. Finally it came along. I knew that sax would grab you!
@HughMorristheJoker
3 жыл бұрын
This one is an under the radar classic. Overshadowed by Aja, Gaucho, the song and album, is a smooth track, magnificent.
@smexykins3065
3 жыл бұрын
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE this song, this whole album is just sooooo good. Thank you Jamel!
@KawaTony1964
3 жыл бұрын
Even Steely Dan's deep tracks are worth listening to, aren't they? Never heard a bad Steely Dan song.
@KawaTony1964
3 жыл бұрын
@Terry Eugene Why do you say that? Steely Dan had alot of hits on the radio back in the day.
@KawaTony1964
3 жыл бұрын
@Cinder Man Oh. Well, there's no question about that. Their lyrics are super-deep.
@twelvemonkeys8786
3 жыл бұрын
Everything just changes when Steely Dan is on 🎶
@zelofanoful
3 жыл бұрын
I.G.Y I.G.Y I.G.Y I.G.Y I.G.Y I.G.Y I.G.Y I.G.Y 👌👌👌 Try it! It´s my favourite Donald Fagen song.😊 Have a nice day!
@lee-qz7bd
3 жыл бұрын
Best background music for those intimate nights of dinner and conversation
@jp-bl5vk
3 жыл бұрын
I'm a Deadhead and love that you've started to get into the Dead, but it was your Steely Dan reactions that first reeled me in - glad to see you come back to them! You should check out Sign In Stranger from their live album - kzitem.info/news/bejne/yZmjuKGPmqefYGk
@kevinkuckkan5102
3 жыл бұрын
Same here re reeling me in initially w/ his SD reactions
@ahrimanic7
3 жыл бұрын
It’s one of those songs that just keeps getting better with each passing minute.
@lisaspikes4291
3 жыл бұрын
Sometimes this song gets stuck in my head...for days! But I don’t mind.
@donnamcallister3489
3 жыл бұрын
Look into New York Rock and Soul Revue!!! There is some kickass music there. A couple of Steely's and a number of guests. The concerts were great. The album is legend. You'll lose it over Phoebe Snow.
@fivelinus432
3 жыл бұрын
Jamel brings sunshine into my world
@scm021374
3 жыл бұрын
For some saxophone love, you need to do Chuck Mangione "Feels so good" and Herb Alpert "Rise".
@Skeezer66
3 жыл бұрын
Yes! And Herb Alpert's 'Rotation'. Got him on Soul Train! LOL!!
@WRRHalum
3 жыл бұрын
Saxophone? You seen the cover photo of Feels So Good lately? smh...
@Skeezer66
3 жыл бұрын
@@WRRHalum Give the guy a break. Saxophone is easier to remember than a flugelhorn.
@scm021374
3 жыл бұрын
@@WRRHalum lol, trumpet. Sorry. Still good tho
@GFOXist
3 жыл бұрын
Both of those dudes play trumpet.
@willarrington8611
3 жыл бұрын
Have you done The Royal Scam yet? Peace✌✌🎶🎶
@colinvandenberg3446
3 жыл бұрын
I think so. You can check.
@richc5830
3 жыл бұрын
Jamal, thank you for the Steely Dan vids. I love seeing you enjoying the music some of us grew up on. Many famous musicians have said Steely Dan is the best band ever. RIP Walter Becker.
@missbelled6700
3 жыл бұрын
one of the deepest bass pockets of all time
@pbaker7160
3 жыл бұрын
And drums...
@missbelled6700
3 жыл бұрын
@@pbaker7160 Absolutely right. Porcaro and Becker, RIP to them both, and many thanks too.
@davidnorman4923
3 жыл бұрын
@@missbelled6700 Anthony Jackson bass!
@dannychesterman4536
3 жыл бұрын
@@davidnorman4923 Wikipedia has it as Becker, but to my ears it might indeed be Jackson
@danarchuleta1154
3 жыл бұрын
JJ! I've read various explanations, but the most compelling is that Gaucho is actually Walter Becker, who had significant personal problems that stressed the musical relationship between him and Donald Fagen...not sure if it's true, but compelling nonetheless! I marvel at how Steely's lyrics frequently belie darker subjects! There will never be another Steely Dan! Peace JJ!
@danarchuleta1154
3 жыл бұрын
...should have said " about Walter Becker," the "gaucho' was a protagonist in the whole scenerio.....
@drumhaver223
3 жыл бұрын
As with any SD song, listen to it 20 times and you'll hear something new, a new layer if you will, every single time.
@gzaq
3 жыл бұрын
According to the Steely Dan book "Reelin in the Years", this song is about a gay love triangle.
@wolfgangheinrich7019
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, and it's so obvious!
@theivory1
3 жыл бұрын
This has been my favorite Dan song since the first time I heard it years and years ago.
@stevengrammont44
3 жыл бұрын
You can never go wrong with any Steely Dan tune
@rtl4x4
3 жыл бұрын
another classic entry in the list of Dan songs with sweet music and really disturbing lyrics
@charlesyarb
3 жыл бұрын
How about some freaky dinky Dan ” Cousin Dupree”
@eileendobbs8009
3 жыл бұрын
If you have reacted to Glamour Profession off of Gaucho is definitely worth a listen
@keithroberts4028
3 жыл бұрын
One more, and I'll leave you alone: MOONLIGHT FEELS RIGHT by Starbuck. Peace.
@deirdremacnamara9885
3 жыл бұрын
Your face was a picture when the song started. Great reaction to a great song. 😂🎶
@photon236
3 жыл бұрын
Jamel, if you haven’t visited Steely Dan’s Glamour Profession, it’s past time.
@GFOXist
3 жыл бұрын
Check out Keith Jarrett "As Long As You're Living Yours"
@ricktassone6529
3 жыл бұрын
Steely Dan 🎧🎶 now THAT’S great music!...man, the wall is looking spectacular Jamel!
@alexanderwood3465
3 жыл бұрын
The lyric 'no he can't sleep on the floor, what do you think I'm yelling for?!' cracks me up every time 😄 I loved Gaucho on first listen, compared to Aja it's a colder record (it's like the OK Computer of Steely Dan, lots of blues and silvers) but it's great music 😌 🎶
@egoequus6263
Жыл бұрын
This was Steely Dan's spite album, done to fulfill a contract, after a bad breakup from their record company. They can't make bad music, even when they try.
@HareDeLune
3 жыл бұрын
Now, y'see, this reaction right here is *proof* that Mr. Fagen and Mr. Becker picked the right name for their band. *"Mister* Steely Dan 'n' whatever..."
@adam872
3 жыл бұрын
This for me is the most underrated Dan album. This is just one of the many BANGERS on Gaucho. It just gets better with the passing years. The harmonies, the chords, the lyrics and the horns. Absolutely immaculate.
@ricobonifacio1095
3 жыл бұрын
I heard this was based on Walter Becker, the bassist, guitarist, etc and his heroin problem at the time. Maybe someone( like a record guy) is telling Fagen this about Becker. Might be wrong but Dan always has hidden meanings and stories in their songs. It's worth looking up the answer anyway.
@jhendrixrush
Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs of all time. Thank you for keeping good music alive!!
@rustbucket6630
3 жыл бұрын
You should give Bob James One a spin. If you like Steely Dan a lot of the backup session players play on his albums. Also he’s been sampled by so many rappers.
@ALVIEDZANE
3 жыл бұрын
David Sanborn! Would you care to explain?! It’s Steely Dan. It’s better without explanation.
@johnwilkerson2195
3 жыл бұрын
I think this was Steely Dan's last album before Donald went solo
@michaelcorenzwit716
3 жыл бұрын
SD is the most sophisticated rock act ever. Fagan is a great musician and producer who set the highest standards and used the very best studio musicians.
@zorak1704
3 жыл бұрын
There was a song that was supposed to have been on the Gaucho album called The Second Arrangement. Interesting back story to it.
@audreycumby1075
3 жыл бұрын
Babylon Sisters by Steely Dan please!
@winchesterbear
3 жыл бұрын
Jamel, you are a national treasure!!!!
@blackpeter70
3 жыл бұрын
The Dan made art seem like an exact science. Always lovely production. They never bettered Hey 19, though...
@ScottFree-
3 жыл бұрын
You're almost there... Please do SIGN IN STRANGER!!!!! Months and months and months I've begged! Lol PLEASE Thanks for being there for us! Stay kind
@bardmathiasbergersen5068
3 жыл бұрын
One of my SD favourites, thanks!
@patrickdaniels8942
3 жыл бұрын
i think the guy singing is a wealthy, important gay man, maybe even a closet gay man, and he is a sugar daddy to the younger impetuous gay lover that he is singing to. the younger guy has brought home some strange homeless lover to the wealthy guys house and the wealthy guy is upset . thats my take.
@gospelgirl6383
3 жыл бұрын
The whole album is a masterpiece!🎶👌👌
@roberth2227
3 жыл бұрын
Jamel you hit this one on the head! You're absolutely right on the story for this one.
@michaeldubya
3 жыл бұрын
Flamboyant nice way to say “flamer”.
@paulwarren7018
3 жыл бұрын
Several 'Dan' recommendations in the comments but I'd like to add one as well: Here At The Western World. The lyrics and imagery still apply all these years later.
@peterdellos8824
3 жыл бұрын
Appreciate your taste level and willingness to go deep into the Dan. Thank you for the openness, Jamel!
@Pgaray27
3 жыл бұрын
Must hear Don’t take me Alive
@static6OOO
3 жыл бұрын
Now a lot of people don’t like it as much as me, but for me, My Rival is up there as one of my favorite Steely Dan songs.
@NOAHCASAS
3 жыл бұрын
I LO💚E CAUSE STEELY DAN "JEFF PORCARO" THE DRUMMER OF "TÖTÖ" WOULD PLAY & RECORD WITH STEELY ON ALOT OF SONGS REST.IN.PARADISE. 💔💛💚 JEFF THANKS FOR THIS REACTION JAMEL_AKA_JAMAL ✌& LO💚E BROTHER
@sassymessmess9110
3 жыл бұрын
I was thinking of Jeff Porcaro when I saw this.
@HyzersGR
3 жыл бұрын
Steely Dan - Night by Night!!!!
@RocketRod63
3 жыл бұрын
“Time Out Of Mind” from the same album 😉 Rickie Lee Jones’ “Young Blood” 👍👍
@michaelcoffey8669
3 жыл бұрын
I may have been the only kid in 9th grade who thought Steely Dan Goucho album was awesome. Now good man listen to Donald Fagen New Frontier
@evaczarnojanczyk1432
3 жыл бұрын
G’day, Jamel! An all time favourite. Keep up the great work! 🇰🇾
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