I am 63 and have been a hard-core Steely Dan fan since 1975. I want you to know how gratifying it is to hear you and watch you experience this music for the first time. Thank you!

"The Cuervo gold, the fine Columbian, make tonight a wonderful thing" great lyrics

Black Cow, Peg, Josie. All great tunes

I WORE OUT a cassette of Steely Dan hits. Love the head bobbing. The song does require some portion of your body to be in motion. Thank you for this one.

Peg is another good one from Steely Dan

You can't miss with Steely Dan. The entire catalog is 🔥🔥🔥

SD has a ton of smooth grooves. Black Cow or Kid Charlemagne are both great

Deacon Blues is a perfect song.

My friend, "Aja" the song will hook you for life. It is that good. But always go with the album studio cut when listening. They are like Alan Parsons and latter Beatles, they are a creation of and for the studio. Every note is charted.

Back from vacation and I see two reactions to what may be the most loved, hated and misunderstood band to come out of the 1970’s. First couple of albums were more rock oriented, try Reelin in the Years for a rocker with some killer guitar licks. They had a touring band but quickly decided that they did not want to do that anymore, mainly because of co founder Donald Fagan’s unease in front of an audience. So that stopped touring and just did studio albums. They used the best studio musicians they could find and moved towards a more jazzy sound. The musicians on their albums are like a who’s who of jazz and pop greats. Others have pointed out that Michael McDonald appeared on many of their songs, listen to Peg for Michael McDonald’s background vocals. They had a reputation for trying out many musicians for the same song. As a result their production is unmatched by any other group, ever, IMO. You can hear it in all of their music, the groove as you say. Every Dan Fan has a favorite album or particular song. Mine is the album Aja and the song of the same name. Killer drum solos, killer sax solos, just an all out fabulous song. Try Kid Charlamagne also. Maybe the entire album could be done at some point. It is well worth the listen. Thank you for going into the well for this group. You will not be sorry.

Fun fact: the band is named after an absurdly large, um, “female entertainment device,” one of the members saw in a shop in Japan.

Steely dan is a deep dive. So many great songs and grooves! Truly a musicians band!

You are just scratching the surface, there is such a huge catalog of music which I never tire of. Aja is a great start.

Check out their 1978 single they recorded for a movie... it's called FM (No Static At All), make sure to play the long version with the guitar and sax solos.

"FM (no static at all)" by Steely Dan is on the same line with "Hey Nineteen".

Love Steely Dan. Like I told you, you can hear Michael McDonald.

Kid Charlemagne, My Old School, FM, Josie, Don't Take Me Alive, Peg (great Michael McDonald backup vocals), Babylon Sisters and about a hundred more! Incredible band.

Might I suggest Black Cow, Green Earrings, Peg, The Caves of Altimira, Reeling In the Years, Hatian Divorce, Kid Charlemagne, The Fez, Home At Last, Don't Take Me Alive, to start with! The Steely Dan Rabbit Hole is as deep as Zeps! Strap on and hold on! 💯

They are very musical or "instrumentational" (not a word)...word has it that they'd audition 5 or 6 of the best studio guitarists out there, just to get the right sound...do more Steely Dan...you'll like em!

One of my favorite bands. I don't think there is a song they recorded that I don't at least like. Most of them I love and while they have complicated lyrics I have stored most of them in my head. And I agree with you about them being "instrumentational."

"Josie" is your type of song, or "Peg" or "Kid Charlemagne" "Deacon Blues" is cool too

I remember hearing this song on the radio a lot in early 1981.

Do Aja off the album Aja, a truly great musical composition that you'd appreciate. The whole album is 10.

You hit the jackpot when you heard about Steely Dan my friend! There’s no group like them. Two guys, who hired and used the very best musicians out there. Their catalogue is both large and incredibly varied. That’s why they’re one of the most sampled groups in Hip Hop! I’d suggest ‘Night By Night’, ‘Home At Last’, ‘Peg’ ‘Black Cow’ and ‘Jack Of Speed’ as five excellent and very different examples.

The Steely Dan heyday was between 1972-80, although they recorded after that and Donald Fagen had a great solo album. If you start with the album "can't buy a thrill" (Do it Again) the journey could take you down a deep rabbit hole.

For unbelievable guitar work, listen to Don’t Take Me Alive. Larry Carlton’s solo to start the song is nonpareil.

Hey, friend. There are almost too many great songs in the Steely Dan catalog to list, but you're in for some real treats. I might start by suggesting songs on the "Aja" album. Also, Donald Fagen (of Steely Dan) has some great tracks from just after "Hey Nineteen," which are amazing and of the same period. I recommend " I.G.Y. " and "New Frontier." And I believe "instrumentational" is a legal use of language, albeit an uncommon one. ;-)

You're about to go down a steep rabbit hole. Go all the way!

They are two cats, and the best studio musicians they can find for that session

Steely Dan is THE TRUTH!!! Their catalog consist of nothing but GEMS!!!

Don't beat yourself up too much for never hearing this absolutely historical band. Just sit back and enjoy it. Love to see you getting so emotional on it. This is what I grew up with. 60's & 70's music, the best times for music barr none. Enjoy.

Steely Dan "Reelin' in the years", "FM (No Static At All)" "Peg" "Josie" "Rikki don't lose that number" "Black Cow" "My Old School" "Deacon Blues" and "Pretzel Logic" all great tunes

I am 47 years old and I have been unraveling Steely Dan since I started listening to music. I never get tired of any of it. Even as a young punk rocker who hated everything old men made I would just binge every album of theirs.

Glad you found Steely Dan. Been a fan for about 50 years now. Not sure why they were never appreciated as much as I thought they deserved.

Steely Dan is a groove.

Take that dive down the steely Dan rabbit hole

Gaucho won the Grammy for Best Engineered Non Classical Recording.

They're still touring, you should see them live. Awesome in concert.

Good for you, bro. I've been watching a lot of reaction videos lately, but this one actually made me tear up a little. Steely Dan are in my top 3 all time favourite bands and watching you get into their music for the first time is a beautiful thing to behold.

So many groove-alicious tunes by these dudes. Just wow. Check out "Deacon Blues" and "Rikki, Don't Lose That Number". You will truly enjoy,.

So great to see black ladies and gents discovering Steely Dan. Great band.

A very talented band that hits you over and over. So many great tunes.

Love Steely Dan, for 45 years, great to see you get in on the groove and so much more to do. Yes, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin. Steely Dan. Reelin In The Years is the song that got me into the guitar way back when.

How can you resist that groove?...you can't... Also there's a handful of bands in history where practically every track they wrote was a banger, Steely Dan fall square into that category.

Steely Dan, every song is a winner.

This is every professional musician favorite band .

Hey 19 is one of my favorite songs. I'm 65 now, and I still recall a few nights with cuervo gold, though I never got into smoking weed' I did have a girlfriend who was one fine Columbian.

The Dan... One of the best examples of the use of negative space... musically dense, but extremely tasteful.....

I started listening to Steely Dan in 1975, at 9 years old, in southern California.

One of The Greatest Complete Band of all Time

FM, Deacon Blues, Reelin in the Years, Do it again, AJA, Ricky dont lose that number they are all FIRE........Trust me. NICE HAT by the way.

Man, you have only scratched the surface!

Never really knew who sang this one but remember it from the radio. It was a nice walk down the memory lane.

Every Steely Dan song on every album is like that. It's a groove. No filler, all good songs, tons of hits. Aww. don't be mad at yourself, you have the rest of your life to enjoy! Steely Dan is not a band as such, it is just two guys, Walter Becker (now deceased) and Donald Fagan (still writing music). Becker and Fagan use studio musicians, and they use different musicians on each song, choosing the right musician with just the style they want for that song. It just gets better and better. You won't lose subscribers, you are turning them on to something wonderful.

the album '' coutdown to exctasy '', is another great album. but i've been listening for 50yrs or so and haven't heard a bad song. prduction and music is second to none. keep going.

Can't hear you very well but Hello from NORTH CAROLINA.🇺🇸try the hit FM..ANOTHER GREAT..STEELY DAN WAS WONDERFUL.THANKS 4 PLAYING.👍🎹🎺🎻🎵

This song reminds me of how no one under the age of 30 knows what I'm saying, nor I them. We just look at each other and shrug. I have to say that KZfaq has changed that a bit, for which I'm grateful.

Be glad you found them no matter when, one of the all time great bands, pick any song and it is fantastic

Kid Charlemagne 🔥🤘😎💯💕🔥

"Hey Nineteen"was always playing when we went to the Roller Skating Rink in the 70s.

Wait until you hear Glamour Profession from Gaucho. Endless ear candy groove.

Still remember this song as a lil boy and my brothers, cousins and, uncle's slappin' this!!

The syncopation between the instruments, and the SPACE in the arrangement and the mix is just fantastic! And of course the chord progression is SO hip and cool, and so much more complex than it seems.👍🏼🎼❤️😎

steely dan has so many good songs it's crazy

So much beautiful music from my youth. Check out the album “Pretzel Logic.”

I love how it has you rocking to the music

I think Steely Dan is more appreciated today than when their songs came out, because the production quality doesn't always show up on a car radio the way it does on headphones. Otherwise, you need expensive hi-fi equipment to hear the depth of the recording. Also, I don't know if you've done the Doobie Brothers, but a few of their songs are worth listening to today. Black Water has a lot of musical complexity, but the virtually unknown 8th Avenue Shuffle is shockingly good for a song that didn't get any airtime when it first came out and deserves more attention than most of their other songs.

Fantastic Band, fantastic song...That's Michael McDonald on those harmonies. The Cuervo Gold, the fine columbian make tonight a wonderful thing! Try the title track and Don't Take Me Alive from The Royal Scam. You really can't go wrong with Steely Dan.

Smooth as butter. always loved The Dan. they don't have 1 bad song

I remember, when this first came out, listening to it while on acid. I still get flashbacks when I hear it !!!!

Watching your reaction, you can see that the rhythm section has some stank on it. Great band.

You just can't tire of them. Glad you found them!

The groove masters

I get a kick out of seeing young people discover this band. SD is Jazz, Rock, Blues with harmony, rhythm, and great vocal/instrumental arrangements. There's much more from this band to dig into.

Teenage years revisited ✌❣

My favorite band. 45 years now. Can't find a "bad" cut.

D - don''t be mad ya didn't know SD. For what ever reason, too young, chance, theres so much music anybody hasn't heard. I'm 63 and still having first listen eargasms on a regular basis. Most people will never run out of new, sublime music to discover. Its reason to rejoice.

Complex arrangements, was what you were looking for

MORE STEELY DAN PLS!! - AJA, GAUCHO...

Love the expressions my bredda has on his face . Pure groove 👍🏾

DEEEEEEEEEEEP and enjoyable rabbit hole with Steely Dan

I wore the grooves in the vinyl through to the other side on this album.

Love how you got movin and groovin right off the bat. Great tune

I think the background vocals are her part of the conversation.

ALL OF IT! love yer hopes!

Deacon blues-Steely Dan

Grew up on Steely Dan. Good music is good music...period! Love your videos and keep expanding your horizons.

this is the way music should be produced

Tahk you so much for this play list.

So happy you're onto The Dan!

Hey 19 ! Love this song

Love me some Steele Dan. Have a few of there LPs. Matter of fact I have a very eclectic collection of LPs.

Sir love the Steely Dan selection...also STEELY DAN: BLACK COW

Bodhisattva, Kid Charlemagne, Peg. Amazing composition, lyrics and performance.

The hook with those harmonies 👌💜 Man I grew up on this funky stuff. It sounds better on a warped cassette. 😄 Well, that's my nostalgia talking. P.S. I miss gaucho pants being in style.

Thanks for your honest reaction...

So happy to see you found SD.. Top of the heap.

This tune is so minimalistic. And that makes it huge! Master class music! Edit: I've been subbed: why no notifications?

They were smooth as silk

Just stumbled across your channel and enjoying your reactions. Congrats on finding my favorite band! Get lost in the groove and fall in love! You won't regret it.