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@John_Chu Жыл бұрын
The song is about the life of a coke dealer in late '70s Los Angeles. At the time, with so many celebrities partaking of the "illegal fun," it was considered a "glamour profession." The entire Gaucho album is about the high and low life of Los Angeles/Hollywood in the late '70s as seen from the point of view of 2 unrepentent East Coast hipsters (Becker & Fagen) who are attracted and repulsed at the same time by the whole deal.
@jimmoore8951 Жыл бұрын
Nailed it again, Mr. Chu... it's Disco Dan poking fun at the LA scene during the cocaine days (how did we survive?) of the late 70s and 80s. I originally thought Magic was Hoops McCann, but it could have been almost any NBA player at the time (how did they survive?) before weed took over as the players’ between-game drug of choice. That Jive Miguel dude was the typical hanger-on gaining his 15 minutes of fame with his South American connections and coke spoon. Goes well with Babylon Sisters in telling the story of illegal fun under the SoCal sun.
@janishaldeman3339 Жыл бұрын
Spend a quarter to shine... yep
@John_Chu Жыл бұрын
@@gottabeemee The narrator is a coke dealer, not the kingpin but the guy who makes the "special deliveries" to celebrities and high-rollers, one of which is a pro athlete, named in the first verse. Then he lists other customers in the following verses. Please read the lyrics or, next time, actually listen to the rest of the song, not just the first verse before commenting, Arlene.
@John_Chu Жыл бұрын
Hoops McCann is possibly Spencer Haywood, who played for the Lakers in the 1979-80 season, right when Fagen mostly was recording the Gaucho album. Haywood was dismissed from the Lakers by then-coach Paul Westhead during the 1980 NBA Finals for falling asleep during practice due to his addiction. Other rumored candidates in the song are Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson, Dallas Cowboys linebacker, KROQ DJ Russ O'Hara, who testified against drug-smuggling pilot Jack Carlton Reed, and Michael (Jive Miguel), who was studio head Bob Evans ne'erdo well brother-in-law, arrested in an FBI sting to buy coke.
@springsource Жыл бұрын
Nailed it.
@antrivers46 Жыл бұрын
Personally I don’t believe there has ever been such a complex chord arrangement made to sound so seamless. The 5 chords leading to the chorus are perfection and the crescendo into the bridge is as good as it gets. Perfection and Grace ❤
@lawrenceanthony7117 Жыл бұрын
Donald Fagens solo “The Nightfly” is a masterpiece!
@bobburroughs6241 Жыл бұрын
Yes, hope they do that, especially all time fave I.G.Y.
@louisberrigan11 ай бұрын
Underrated
@eric_bee6 ай бұрын
The Guitarist at the end is Steve Khan. Super nice guy and one hell of a brilliant guitarist. I think he has the best harmonies
@kirkhassett8726 Жыл бұрын
The journey to complete Gaucho was an agonizing one for Walter, who was going through many difficult personal issues, including recovering from getting hit by a car (resulting in having to assist with the production by telephone) and for Donald, who had become so obsessed with perfection on this album, that the fun of recording it was drained away, despite the beauty of the finished product. Of particularly disastrous note, was the loss of the master recording of their favorite track and intended first single, “The Second Arrangement”. This recording was almost completely erased in a studio accident by an assistant, and though they attempted to re-record the song, they were unable to recapture it to Donald and Walter’s satisfaction, and so it was abandoned (bootlegs of studio demos can be found online). This track, along with several other outtakes, ran long enough to comprise almost a full-length alternate Gaucho album than the one released. There are several different fan documentaries regarding “The Lost Gaucho” available on KZfaq, that with your studio background, I think you guys would appreciate.
@bobburroughs6241 Жыл бұрын
Wow, never knew that.
@user-nj8rm4dv3m5 ай бұрын
"Jack with his radar, stalking the dread moray eel.....at the wheel....with his Eurasian bride." Where does he come with stuff like that? Brilliance!
@antrivers464 ай бұрын
Yep the genius lyrics are unsurpassable.
@walterkirk9210 Жыл бұрын
Regarding the Carib Cannibal, it's not a cruise ship in the vain of large, modern passenger liners, but I think of it as a personal luxury motor yacht. Suitable for cruising open waters fast.
@jml-rj5re Жыл бұрын
Yes. Doing those coke runs.
@philaman197210 ай бұрын
The beat, the guitar, the layering, and a myriad of other details serves to make this song a masterpiece. Truly, music does not get any better than this!
@antrivers466 ай бұрын
You're absolutely right. Everything about this recording is pretty unsurpassable. I don't have enough superlatives for this song.
@seabrook1976 Жыл бұрын
I read an interview somewhere where Fagen and Becker indicated that sometimes they used words because of how they sounded phonetically to fit with a particular groove. Sometimes the lyrics would have meaning but sometimes they wouldn’t. They kept it intentionally ambiguous. Two supreme geniuses, those two.
@chadlyblomme Жыл бұрын
True enough, however just as they were meticulous with the music such attention is paid to the lyrical stories. I would recommend fans check out the song meaning website (think thats the name) for quality breakdowns of songs meanings and references. Like studying a good novel in a college course. The reason to do so is youll appreciate and thus enhoy thier mastery even more. Happy musical exploration brothers & sisters!
@seabrook1976 Жыл бұрын
@@chadlyblomme that’s definitely an interesting rabbit hole to explore as well.
@pluckinmageetar Жыл бұрын
The true measure of a great musician in the 70s and 80's wasn't a Grammy.....it was being asked to play on a Steely Dan album. If you get that call, you've definitely made it.
@masapell Жыл бұрын
20 years later the genius of “Two Against Nature” comes out and wins 4 Grammys. One of my favorite albums too, as there is so much tight groove on it, along with stellar songwriting and playing. But, the Fagen solo work between is just as killer. The Nightfly and Kamakyriad are spectacular in their own right. So much more music to push through! If you get a chance at the end of Gaucho, listen to the song that was accidentally erased while recording - The Second Arrangement. They tried to re-record it, but apparently were never satisfied with the recordings. There are a few cleaned up versions on it here on KZfaq.
@jessecole1531 Жыл бұрын
So true about the Second Arrangement! Great song! There is a live version of Steely Dan doing the song on a rarity set at the Beacon Theatre. Just when you’ve heard all the Steely Dan songs, nope not yet! 😂
@Mr62Lincoln Жыл бұрын
Regarding Fagen's solo albums, don't forget Morph the Cat! Wall to wall strength.
@masapell Жыл бұрын
@@Mr62Lincoln Yes to Morph the Cat and Sunken Condos and the Walter Becker releases too. So much great stuff!
@jml-rj5re Жыл бұрын
Kulee Baba didn't make it either. The Bear.
@davidrauh8118 Жыл бұрын
Goucho is a reference to Walter Becker's drug dealer. Donald Fagen got tired of him showing up with Walter at his house and even the recording studio. That's what broke them up. Donald told Walter to get himself clean so he moved to Hawaii to do so. Donald went ahead and released two solo albums. It took them 20 years to return as Steely Dan.
@ronaldelliott4373 Жыл бұрын
Donald’s album “The Nightfly” is still on my favorites list all these yrs later. 👍
@jml-rj5re Жыл бұрын
The title track is about a gay love triangle. A dude's flamboyant gay lover shows up at his work with a new sideman... Very LA.
@princerob4257 ай бұрын
@@jml-rj5reno original poster was right
@jml-rj5re11 күн бұрын
@@princerob425 Nope. Donald and Walter have disclosed the gay love thing in intereviews.
@ricobonifacio109511 ай бұрын
One of my favorite songs from Steely Dan. Such a smooth ride.
@CharlesTRose Жыл бұрын
Ive heard guitar players jokingly refer to those extended chords Steely is known for as the "expensive chords" .lol
@469buck Жыл бұрын
You guys got this..."Brut and charisma poured from the shadows where he stood..." You CANNOT beat SD's lyrics. This music will outlast me. Praise be.
@antrivers466 ай бұрын
Agree, what a fantastic petition line
@antrivers466 ай бұрын
Poetic
@jessecole1531 Жыл бұрын
Valerie Simpson from “Ashford and Simpson” is singing background on this song and a few other on this album. Continue on my Brothers! Trust me you will not be disappointed! 👍🏾💪🏿
@msburton1406 Жыл бұрын
You got that right about Valerie Simpson on this track. I can hear her distinctively in the vocals.
@edwardcapobianco2975 Жыл бұрын
Once again I'm riding with the brothers and Steely Dan. I was introduced to Steely Dan through top 40 AM radio on my little 9-volt transistor with ear bud. I was 8 years old in 1972 and AM radio at the time gave you a great mix of music. You could hear anything from Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan,Cat Stevens, The stones and Al Green and so much more..A few years down the road I got my first stereo and started listening to FM radio. WPLJ 95.5 was the premier Rock channel to listen to. They were playing all the cuts off the Steely Dan albums. It was a whole new world and that's when I started to really build my album collection. I saved up for 2 years got myself a Technics stereo system along with JBL speakers with 15 inch woofers and The Aja album. I never thought an album could sound so good!! Listening to the Dan with you guys brings me back to my early teenage years in the 1970s. Keep it rolling bros, I love your channel and I also love the fact that you guys have musical backgrounds so you know what the hell you're talking about. P.S. you have to check out a song called Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty, it's right up your alley, both of you guys!! Old Ed here won't steer you wrong. I'm also hoping after you finish the Steely Dan run ,that you do some Stevie Wonder coz I grew up on the albums talking book, Innervisions and songs in the key of life. From 1972 to 1976 I think Stevie Wonder won a pile of Grammys. This is when the award really meant something and the competition was real, not like today when musicianship and production are barely taken into consideration!!!
@lab4389 Жыл бұрын
Mine was KLBJ FM! Our first fm station. Steely Dan was playing at every party we had. I finally got to see them before Walter Becker passed. Michael McDonald was there as well. 🎶
@edwardcapobianco2975 Жыл бұрын
@@lab4389 was that the rock and soul review???! I saw Boz scaggs with Michael McDonald, Donald Fagen I think ,Steve Gadd on drums in the late 80s or early 90s at the Beacon TheaterI can't remember if Walter Becker was there too because I did see steely Dan later on after they released the two against nature album and the years are piling on so quick, I can't keep track any longer...both shows were great but Steely Dan are perfectionists, that's why the never toured. They strictly believe in studio work and getting it perfect. The good old days when chicks were cool and listened to great music. A lot of the girls were into Frampton and the Stones , to get a girl who liked Led Zeppelin was really something special but you got a girl who likes Steely Dan , that was a jackpot!!! 😂
@tommythompson9565 Жыл бұрын
Your history parallels mine. I was 13 in '72 and was building my album collection as well. Music was a big part of my life since I was a kid. Used to walk around outside holding my transistor radio up to my ear, listening to AM radio. I thought I had arrived when I got a single line earphone. New Orleans had 2 popular FM stations -- KRNO and
@edwardcapobianco2975 Жыл бұрын
@@tommythompson9565 right on brother! I'm a rocker at heart. Love the Allman Brothers, Beatles,Zeppelin ,Santana,Elton John, free,Bad co. Etc . However a.m. radio turned me on to some great Motown,soul and real R and B. Not the shit they call R & B today. So I really like Al Green, Teddy pendergrass, The stylistics, the ojays, spinners,Earth ,wind and fire,etc. As much as things changed by going to FM radio, it was the top 40 AM station that molded my musical tastes. You didn't have to change the station to get a good mix of everything. Black-and-white music were played on the same station and those were the days of when you got 3,4,5 part harmony, meaningful lyrics and stellar musicians. Today if you go around the radio dial trying to find a station that plays that type of mix I don't think they exist. So many people just listen to One genre of music and that's it. To get them to listen to anything outside of that is real tough. That's why I enjoy these reaction channels so much. Watching young black kids get the same reactions I got to songs from 40-50 years ago. I especially like these two brothers because they "get it" plus they have musical ability and knowledge. Many people have argued with me that it comes down to taste and opinion. I beg to differ tremendously. Yes the song does have the sound good but if anybody's going to tell me that rap has the same soul, feel,groove and emotional sway on a person like 60s and 70s music,they need their heads examined. Steely Dan is a perfect example of what I'm talkin about. These guys are not 3 chord wonders. It's the best musicianship around!!!
@tommythompson9565 Жыл бұрын
@@edwardcapobianco2975 "Right on" back at ya, brother. I agree with you across the board. AM radio was, and still is, full of great music. When I transitioned from "pop music", so to say, mainly on AM stations to heavier stuff [ Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, etc. ] on FM , I didn't begin disliking the AM fare. Uh uh. Good music is good music. [ and Rap is crap . Yeah -- there might be a catchy Rap song or two out there, but that's only because they sound more un-rappy than the usual crap. ] The Jackson 5. The early Beatles stuff. Sonny and Cher. The Archie's. Yes -- even the Archie's. And Herman's Hermits. Pure pop gold. You are right on regarding the 2 dudes on this reaction channel. Laid back guys who know music. It helps me understand more along the production side because I am not a musician. Their insight adds to the appreciation of the song. And you gotta love how they can disagree with each other. Push each other's buttons a little. Real stuff. And as it is with most of these music Reaction Videos Channels, it is a pleasure to see them react so emotionally to the same music that freaked us out back when this music was first released. I've seen a few reactors cry from being overwhelmed by the music they were listening to -- experiencing. Can't tell you how many hours I've spent over the last year or so watching these Reaction Videos Channels. It is a blast. And now they are reacting to movies. Wouldn't think that would be worthwhile, but it ends up being fun. Especially when the movie has a big twist to it, like The Sixth Sense. or is very emotional, like The Green Mile.
@patriciastewart97117 ай бұрын
My mom & I both worked for a famous actress in the late 80's thru early 90's who was beloved at Mr.Chow in Beverly Hills & used to treat us to dinner regularly there. became friends with the staff & they weren't aware of the reference to themselves on this song-due to us they put the album on the sound system & it became a regular thing to play the whole album.-we were treated like royalty. Yet another reason I love Steely Dan.
@briangray00 Жыл бұрын
It's fantastic to see you pair 'getting it'; the Steely Dan vibe 40 years on. You'll find it a stretch to find something you don't like. They're consistently great and every song has a massive present you weren't quite expecting. You looked like a pair of nodding dog ,parcel shelf ornaments during that epic fade out. This song is so cinematic; I've been waiting for it to be made into a movie. Ditto Don't Take Me Alive, which you already reacted to.
@ragjamrock Жыл бұрын
This song always reminds me of Cherchez la femme by Dr Buzzards Original Savannah Band.🎶🏝️
@kirkhassett8726 Жыл бұрын
Good call! 👍🏻
@biskygiver Жыл бұрын
The sad thing here for Steely Dan aficionados is 1980 is where they truly came into their groove and this is where it ended, and, personally speaking, I feel like I was robbed. I do not want to throw stones, but I believe Fagen had to distance himself from Walter due to poor decisions within Walter's life. There were more albums left in these cats and it's a heaven we never got the chance to continue to visit.
@lancealrick6898 Жыл бұрын
A bit harsh on Walter, I do think. Fagen was the producer on Becker's solo album 11 Tracks of Whack, 1994, which had some incredible songs on it. Book of Liars, Surf And/Or Die, Girlfriend, etc. Walter emerged undiminished.
@kbrewski1 Жыл бұрын
We got Nightfly 2 years later dude. A masterpiece every bit as good or better than Gaucho.
@biskygiver Жыл бұрын
@@kbrewski1 Understood but not the point. Fagen's solo career was impressive, as it had the driving beat found in many Steely Dan songs, but Donald's solo career was going to happen regardless of whether he broke ways with Walter after Gaucho, so before Fagen's solo career started there should have been another couple of Dan albums, or so, to grace our existence first.
@kbrewski1 Жыл бұрын
@@biskygiver Well the problem was Walter's drug issues, so doing more albums with him wasn't possible in the post Gaucho period. And I forgot to add in my prior post, you say they hit their groove with Gaucho. I love all SD albums, but to me Aja was the apex, their masterpiece of jazz, fusion, funk, rock and pop. Gaucho is great but a little cold and clinical in spots. Aja is truly a jazz and funk exploration on another level.
@gregbartley2475 Жыл бұрын
Katie lied through Aja is my favorite period from them but every record is outstanding
@iankeldin324910 ай бұрын
One of the greatest bass lines of all time. Listen to how little it lands on the one.
@obedtorres1867 ай бұрын
Yes. Bass lines is awesome
@antrivers466 ай бұрын
Anthony Jackson I think. And Steve Khan's guitar is off the scale
@jml-rj5re Жыл бұрын
Rob Mounsey's piano solo is better than most musician's entire career. Epic song about the drug underbelly in LA.
@danielmccann832510 ай бұрын
you should listen to mounsey being interviewed on a steely dan podcast. He talks about his solo and all his fills. Incredible work
@johnathanstruble1064 Жыл бұрын
Truly enjoy your reactions, from the technical things you mention, the production, and it really pops when the music, writing, production, hits you in the heart! And the foot, and the hips , ..and the . 😂😂😂
@mrmockatoo6786 Жыл бұрын
Your heads are doing a disco dance of their own. Keep the journey going, guys.
@deaniegarcia5694 Жыл бұрын
Just so fun to see others fall into the Dan orbit! Enjoy and thanks for your reactions.
@russelbarnes7235 Жыл бұрын
Good to see you doing this album. I recently saw the title song proclaimed as the greatest song of all time. I guess it can be viewed as that great, but I feel this album is a great collection of great songs. Time Out of Mind, My Rival and Third World Man are each many people's favorites I'd bet. Steely Dan doing their thing, again. Keep doing your thing my brothers.
@walterkirk9210 Жыл бұрын
So, so many great songs!!! I've always loved Third World Man. I've read the Larry Carlton had considered his guitar solo on Third World Man, his favorite. I've also read/heard that Third World Man is Joni Mitchell's favorite Steely Dan song.
@cindyp1033 Жыл бұрын
Whichever album I’m listening to is my favorite album 😂 I love them all!❤
@gregfulton25396 ай бұрын
Fave song on this album. Loving your takes, as noted elsewhere been a Dan fan since the '70s, the band will comfort me in old age...
@mike4769 Жыл бұрын
My favorite steely dan song
@ukiahsguitarsolos3436 Жыл бұрын
My favorite Steely Dan song! So smooth!
@user-jl9eo3xu2e22 күн бұрын
One Of My Favs
@liveorexist3661 Жыл бұрын
I can't wait to get to the Two Against Nature album. I don't see many reactions to it and it's one of my favorites, EVERY song on it is such a groove. Correct ne I'm wrong but it was their only Best Album grammy, not that it matters much. I also love The Nightfly and hope we get to that one too.
@jml-rj5re Жыл бұрын
The last 2/3 of Everything Must Go is All pocket, all the time. VERY underrated.
@johnleonard3806 Жыл бұрын
I moved from NY to San Diego in 81 when I was 20. This record and Grover Washington's Wine Light was being played in every house. Big party everywhere. Many crashed and burned.
@patcrowder4418 Жыл бұрын
Got to add one more thing. Saw them Live in West Palm Beach, Fl. about 1999. The morning after I commented on the Dan web page, about how surprised and incredible "Glamour Profession" sounded that night, and Walter himself commented, and agreed and said "thank you". He was a hero, and a genius hybrid. RIP sir.
@ohfour-seven6228 Жыл бұрын
If you like this album, please check out Fagen's second solo album, Kamakiriad. Each song gets better than the last and the first song is absolutely incredible. And even though it was a Fagen solo album, Walter Becker produced it. You'll love Kamakiriad!
@ohfour-seven6228 Жыл бұрын
@@ronrobbins2737 Oh yeah, also an incredible album!
@BrotherApexx9 ай бұрын
This is one of my favorite songs on Gaucho, which is saying something considering all the great songs on that album. This song has such strong storytelling elements, musicality, and beautifully and tragically forecasts and captures the excess of the 80's just as it was getting started. It also has that disco vibe I remember as a child. Nostalgia at its finest
@raycewilliams3300 Жыл бұрын
This is just a partial list of the amazing talent that Fagan and Becker assembled for the album "Gaucho"..... Randy Brecker, Wayne Andre, Tom Scott, David Sanborn, Michael Brecker, Joe Sample , Hiram Bullock , Larry Carlton , Rick Derringer, Steve Khan , Mark Knopfler , Chuck Rainey , Steve Gadd, Jeff Porcaro, Bernard Purdie along with Michael McDonald , Patti Austin and Valerie Simpson on backing vocals.
@mormovies Жыл бұрын
Not enough kudos to the players!
@bobburroughs6241 Жыл бұрын
Magic.
@raycewilliams3300 Жыл бұрын
@@mormovies I agree 100%. Fagan & Becker hired THE BEST at their craft. I can remember being in a RECORD STORE back in the 70's and 80's and spending my time looking at the artists that performed on Steely Dan's albums. To this day I am still amazed at how they brought in so much talent. I don't recall any other artists doing what Fagan & Becker did.
@brianvangyzen6040 Жыл бұрын
What a line-up, the best of the best!!!
@metaphoria3 Жыл бұрын
That synth is so lush and how it rebounds kinda reminds me of Laugh now cry later
@lageronimo8012 Жыл бұрын
Bass player is sick. Wow.
@raycewilliams3300 Жыл бұрын
I've mentioned this before that Steely Dan are geniuses on "layerinng" their music. You mentioned that this song has a "disco" beat to it and I totally agree. In this case they take that disco beat and add several layers over that beat. I honestly do not know of another band that has been able to do that in such a flawless manner as Steely Dan. Thanks for reacting to this track. Great job as always. BTW... A Gaucho is a cowboy of the South American pampas.
@MrAitraining Жыл бұрын
They took their time between albums at it shows.
@georgetaxi8179 Жыл бұрын
Besides the great music, the lyrics are funny as hell. Love how they incorporate these shady characters in all their tunes like. "Hoops McCann" and "Jive Miguel". The lyrics in the next song Gaucho are also funny. I could be wrong, but I think it's about an agent who gets pissed off because his client brings his flamboyant foreign gay lover to an important business meeting that can jeopardize the deal. Only Fagan and Becker think of stuff like this.
@rockectsciencesuckz Жыл бұрын
one of my favorite tracks from this album. Its always great to see a new upload from you two!
@briandeeley15999 ай бұрын
You guys are right on the money.
@blackwolf6082 Жыл бұрын
Another greatly produced song
@amosglitterz2649 Жыл бұрын
Fagan's 'The Nightfly' album picks up where this one leaves off. 1982 release. Fagan had lots more in the tank after he parted with Becker. On listening, you wouldn't know it wasn't the duo.
@sigve300810 ай бұрын
That bass!
@kentinatl Жыл бұрын
I listened to the album Gaucho everyday for a month when it came out and I still often check it out...love your reactions guys..Kent in Ohio.
@kevinaldridge Жыл бұрын
Nice 😁⭐️ Can you do Kamakiriad? One of Fagens solo albums. It is the “dogs bollox”, as we say here in England. 😂
@antrivers466 ай бұрын
The poodles plums 😊
@cptight88 Жыл бұрын
There's definitely a "Cherchez La Femme" vibe in here.
@savariaxa Жыл бұрын
Steve Kahn on lead guitar and Anthony Jackson on bass the best !
@roundtownKen Жыл бұрын
Gritty Ken here boys. A lot of disco has not aged well. Glamour doesn't have that problem. I believe you are ready for a gem off their "Gold" greatest hits Expanded Edition album('91)... *"Here at the Western World"*. Also on the same album - a monster of a movie soundtrack "Century's End"('88). Keep it up.
@cindipossidento5688 Жыл бұрын
Gaucho is a Spanish Cowboy for lack of a better term ….. I am loving how u guys took the Steely Dan deep dive. And what a dive it is !!! Their musicality is SUPERB !!! 💥😘💥 Background girls are PHENOMENAL!!
@billadkins5150 Жыл бұрын
A gaucho is a South American cowboy. I bought this album when it came out. Timeless.
@Dwight-y1u3 күн бұрын
The Glamour Profession was about making big drug deals in the LA market. It's a great song.
@RazorBoy22402 Жыл бұрын
About a basketball star and his illegal fun traveling after the game. Awesome. "Meet me at midnight at Mr. Chow". Goucho is like a Spanish gigolo.
@TedRegal-og2mk4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info. I saw them live in 2013 outdoor show in Illinois. It was ok.
@realbser1956 Жыл бұрын
Totally agree with you about the Grammy. They should have had multiple Grammys by the time they won in 2000. That’s Steve Kahn on the guitar solo and that gorgeous outro.
@mikeoittinen5623 Жыл бұрын
Nice observations, cool!
@makethebestofwhatsaround3113 Жыл бұрын
Gaucho is a South American cowboy.
@michaelbeerbados3291 Жыл бұрын
who is this Gaucho , amigo? why is he standing there? in you spangled leather poncho and your elevator shoes? Bodacious cowboys such as your "friend' will NEVER be welcome here !! ( high in the Custerdome)
@FUBAR1986 Жыл бұрын
Exactly and from what I understand the original Cowboys
@paxonearth Жыл бұрын
I don't know about this particular song, but bass legend, Chuck Rainey, played on a HUGE number of their songs. Incidentally, he also plays the amazing bass line on the theme song for TV's Sanford and Son.
@danielmccann8325 Жыл бұрын
This song, the bass part is done by legend Anthony Jackson.
@paxonearth Жыл бұрын
@@danielmccann8325 Awesome! Thanks.
@deaniegarcia5694 Жыл бұрын
They take the private plane (The Carib Cannibal) to Barbados for something to do “just for the ride”….they are painting a picture of a Coke dealer …
@brendawoodson3230 Жыл бұрын
Love you guys
@corygivan5507 Жыл бұрын
Bout time one of you guys rocks a Steely Dan t-shirt. I can't send you one cause I'm poor. But make it happen.
@georgetaxi8179 Жыл бұрын
I recall hearing one of you say you play drums. In the next track, Gaucho Jeff Porcaro (Toto) plays these beautiful ghost notes that only drummers can pick up.
@cindyp1033 Жыл бұрын
Love it when I see 6:05 on the clock. Automatically start hearing this song 😂❤
@antrivers466 ай бұрын
Lol, everyday for me too
@michaelbeerbados3291 Жыл бұрын
Countdown to Ecstacy....my fave Dan album...but they are all fantastic
@mcbeezee2120 Жыл бұрын
As someone here already said, I think the closing guitar on THIS piece, was Steve Khan(?)
@MrRabbit43 Жыл бұрын
That was NYC’s Steve Khan on guitar . Check out his tune “ Eye Over Autumn” off his solo album “The Blue Man . Steve Gadd “AJA” drummer on skins . All studio cats y’all gotta hear !
@msburton1406 Жыл бұрын
Steve Khan is brilliant on guitar here. The pocket guitar solo and outro have Walter written all over them. Walter
@MrRabbit43 Жыл бұрын
@@msburton1406 Listen to Khans work with Michael Franks “ The Camera Never Lies” or “ Your Secrets Safe With Me” That whole outro is Khan . Even the solo on Gaucho is Khan .
@jml-rj5re Жыл бұрын
bass: Anthony Jackson
@ricobonifacio109511 ай бұрын
Also, they are the Kings of fill. All those instruments coming into sprinkle notes here and there. Such great stuff.
@biskygiver Жыл бұрын
Gaucho would be the next song up and Fagen's vocals will capture you from the start. The song is also ballad like, which is very different for "the Dan."
@stevenperry4466 Жыл бұрын
Gaucho just means cowboy. Steely Dan belong to both the East coast and the West coast. Unique! Great review. I think you guys would like "Show Biz Kids"
@anthonywhetzelcreativedire5496 Жыл бұрын
Classy, classy song... about drug addiction. LOL. Steely Dan went dark for 20 years after this album. Donald Fagen then recorded "The Nightfly" which is incredible. Followed by "Kamakiriad" which is also top shelf. They're both in essence Steely Dan albums, so check those out. Not a bad track on either one, as you could imagine. Keep on groovin'!
@reubenfinklestein4496 Жыл бұрын
Fantabulous guys! Thanks so much from here in Rotterdam. I'd love to hear your take on The Second Arrangement, the track notoriously wiped from the Gaucho sessions and the greatest unreleased incomplete outtake ever. Find it on YT or I'll post a link.
@gottabeemee Жыл бұрын
GAUCHO refers to hardiness, unruly, lawlessness Arentinian/Urguay version of Cowboys... 😁😉. Great song, a not so behind the scenes of a basketball star, driving a big car, scoring more than baskets, "spend a quarter just to shine a silver spoon" reference to doing coke... The gist: "livin' hard will take it's toll".. they wrote a song with lyrics that could any "star" today ...
@atreyu2346 Жыл бұрын
This is crazy im only 35 and for the past ten years at least and 2017 Grammy win for them . This song and thier song writing in general is like no other love the jazz and rock mix well a old freind turned me on to them and wow this song stuck with me i love the disco vibe but the mood and sophisticated style im into fashion and GLAMOUR PROFESSION is my lifetime anthem now. That beat tho omg its so sexy and classy glamour it is a peice of art on its own. Wow 👌 thanks guys for appreciated old school classic in a rock genre. ❤🎉
@mszorad Жыл бұрын
you're gonna love fagen's solo work.
@gilshows4660 Жыл бұрын
Bingo ! You got it again ! That bass was the unsung hero on this one !
@michaelyork4554 Жыл бұрын
Yeah this is there take on the Peruvian Flake. Sometimes it's slow mo, and sometimes it's fast forward.
@bondwin7025 Жыл бұрын
Young Lesley Miller and Valerie Simpson on back vocals is so freaking sexy. ❤❤❤ De LA SOUL, ATCQ sampled so many tones from SD . Rip Mr W Becker 🙏.
@unreliablenarrator6649 Жыл бұрын
The reason they broke up is Walter Becker got in a terrible pedestrian accident with major injuries and almost died. He then retired to Hawaii to convalesce for several years. I believe he suffered a broken back.
@caseyporter1235 Жыл бұрын
Don’t know if Dan got better over time, they just morphed from album to album into different styles and every album is unique and excellent… I can’t pick any album as better over another….Depends on the mood….Cheers….
@jml-rj5re Жыл бұрын
They got better.
@Lugnut64052 Жыл бұрын
Every album is different AND they got better.
@TheDivayenta Жыл бұрын
The brilliance of the Nightfly solo album by Donald Fagen truly makes it part of a trilogy with Aja and Gaucho. It will blow you guys away. There are websites dedicated to analyzing Steely’s lyrics. The discussions are great!
@anthonyblakely399 Жыл бұрын
Just Smooth Jazz Boys......Always the basis of Steely Dan's songs with mixtures of other music genres.
@glennburch1081 Жыл бұрын
Gaucho and Aja are SD best two records IMO. Yes, Gauch was released 3 years after Aja in 1977. The meaning of Gaucho that you inquired is about two older gay men. Enjoyed your reaction, TY. YOU JUST CANNOT GO WRONG WITH SD!
@johnlylemusic Жыл бұрын
To my ears, this isn’t disco. “Josie” from Aja was disco. This is Steely Dan doing World Lounge Music. They (unintentionally) invented that genre with this song. Btw that’s Steve Khan on lead guitar.
@joelliebler5690 Жыл бұрын
Just sublime!
@St705 Жыл бұрын
Search " Glamour Profession bass cover" to really get Anthony Jackson at his best. Love this.
@edcedera Жыл бұрын
Life on the A-Team dealers ride-The 80's
@joesilhan4870 Жыл бұрын
Just want you fellas to know that Glamour Profession was recorded with a drum machine created by Roger Nichols. Their engineer. It also had a name…Wendell
@randyfaher8487 Жыл бұрын
Nice add...I was getting ready to post the same but you beat me to it....
@metaphoria3 Жыл бұрын
So glad you guys finally got to this one of my fave SD songs/ songs that bassline is disguuuuuusting everything about this song 🔥
@ronroc9 ай бұрын
They won a Grammy for the album, Two Against The World. My jam on that album was Jack Of Seed. Then later in the 2000's they came out with their final studio album, Everything Must Go.
@sonicart1808 Жыл бұрын
Masterpiece..... Thanks Guys.
@sherel1970 Жыл бұрын
I can see folks doing the hustle to this one 💃
@gerhardbraatz6305 Жыл бұрын
I think a Gaucho was the original cowboy and is what the American cowboy modeled himself after.
@FUBAR1986 Жыл бұрын
Of South America I believe it was Brazil
@biskygiver Жыл бұрын
And they rode horses through the "pampas." Now they will ask what is "pampas"" And you tell them that's where the "horse hockeys" would be found, and, yet again, they will ask what are "horse hockeys?."
@degalan265610 ай бұрын
I’m not worthy… this music is what music should be all about
@theivory1 Жыл бұрын
This song is one of their more unique ones for sure.
@joewicker859910 ай бұрын
I have always heard an L.A. Lakers player as a centerpiece character in this song. Caught up in the glamour and risk of fame and youth...hangers on, enablers and living hard as it takes it's toll...