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Steely Dan were the kings of the outro. If you don't listen all the way to the end you'd miss so much

FINALLY! Reviewers who get the music! No ridiculous intro. You're not caricatures. Just real people appreciating the music. So refreshing! Thank you so much.

Nothing like being the old dude in the club still trying to hang with the young ones! The Cuervo gold and the fine Columbian helps, no doubt! Great song!

7:46 That's not actually a harmonica, it's Fagen on a synth. He did a lot with that kind of synth patch in the early 80s. Check out the tune "IGY" from his first (?) solo album.

It's 1979 and an early 30s guy is out on a date w/ a 19 yrl old. She doesn't know Aretha Franklin or 1960s Soul, 'cause she's a Disco era girl and the dude's cultural references are of a late 1960s Hipster.... but besides their mutual attraction (they're both of legal age), they do indeed have a couple of things in common after all, a teste for Tequila and Colombian Cannabis.

As an aspiring guitarist I find the guitar work on this song sublime. A perfect note starts the song, I don't think I can recall any other song where it starts with a singular note held for the perfect amount of time. It's like the song has inhaled and is holding it's breath and then on the exhale the song starts. Hugh McCraken then weaves, shimmies and slides all around the other instruments perfectly supporting or contrasting the phrases he wants to highlight. My favorite Steely Dan Guitarist is Larry Carlton (best solos!) but Hugh has some fantastic guitar parts in some of their songs.

This song off the "Gaucho" album was released in 1980 and got a ton of AIR PLAY. This track is "radio friendly" for sure. I've been in similar situations in college when "freshman" girls come to parties and I was 22 or 23 and they seemed clueless. By the time I turned 22 I had served three years in the U.S. Army with much of it overseas. Trying to interact with someone 18 or 19 was at best a challenge. We had very little in common. I thing that's the jest of this song. Another slice of life tune by S.D.

When Steely Dan (Fagen, Becker) lived in LA they wrote about New York (Pretzel Logic, Katy Lied). When they moved back to New York, they wrote about LA (Gaucho).

This IS the vibe .. shout out from LA .. roll up the windows, turn on the a/c, and turn up the gaucho

The Aretha Franklin line reminds me of the old story about the young British girls in the record store. One of them is leafing through Beatles albums and suddenly blurts out to her friend 'look, Paul was in another group before Wings'.

Was definitely a single. It was provably played 7 times a day. The next song is fire. Looking forward to it.

EVERY Person that is listening to this song needs to buy the catalog

Nail on the head. "The sex and drugs album". It definitely is. From every angle. The dealer, to the first time user.

Yes, Hey Nineteen was a single and it went to #10 on the charts. Hey Nineteen and Babylon Sisters both get played a lot on satellite radio. Maybe that’s where you know it from.

Sorry to disappoint but Michael McDonald was not on this one. Zach Sanders and Frank Floyd did the backing vocals here. But Michael McDonald was on one song from this album but I won’t tell you which one. Don’t won’t to spoil it.

There’s a song on Fagen’s most recent album (Sunken Condos) called Slinky Thing, that’s pretty much the same concept. Except he was in his late 60s by then 🤣. Edit - Now that I think of it, there’s also one on SD’s final album (Everything Must Go) called Pixeleen. Also young girl, old guy.

I believe this album was made after Walter and Donald moved back to NYC…all the songs are their snarky take on the over-wrought LA Scene…These NY dudes were not impressed

Come on out to Cali! You’ll love it!! Great review. Can’t wait until you get to Time Outta Mind

Try the solo album from Donald Fagen - The Nightfly, a masterpiece!! Had to buy the vinyl 3 times cause it was totally worn down. You could almost right through it. New Frontier, I.G.Y., Walk Between The Raindrops.... all of the tracks.

I think that was a synthesizer that sounded like a harmonica.

OK so I'm randomly going through your reactions to Steely Dan and you both are really good in like *you get it*. Yeah this is definitely West Coast vibe, and I haven't checked out your reaction to FM yet but same area code. ... I'm old, and I have internationally travelled to an extent, but I have never felt the need to check out the East of Chicago in my life. I keep telling myself I'll go check out some things but never get around to it. And Sifa mentions Santa Barbara of all places without ever having been there; you are so dang perceptive! I lived an hour's drive down PCH for a while in Ventura/Oxnard/Camarillo [The depicted "Hotel California" on the Eagles album cover is in Camarillo) as a Younger in the 80's during my California stint, and at the time I considered Ventura County a middle class person's Santa Barbara. Yep the vibes...good job again!...Sifa has mentioned Fagan's vowel enunciation; I totally attributed this to him being from New York/New Jersey and him just playing on it, like Brit punkers and some Brit rockers used to empahsize their natural accents e.g. The Kinks. ... I'll have to check out an aforementioned reaction to Blue Oyster Cult y'all have evidently done at some point; a favored group of mine from my youth. Uh! You two are good at this for my tastes :).

Yes - "Hey Nineteen" got heavy air play on Top 40 radio stations in the summer/fall of 1980. And currently get a lot of air play on Sirius XM's Watercolors channel (66) as well as their Yacht Rock channel (14). Coincidentally, I was also 19 at the time.

This one is always a fan favorite live!!

Hey Guys. The harmonica you thought you heard is a synth or electronic wind instrument.

Sorry guys. No Michael McDonald. Donald Fagen - electric piano, synthesizer (solo), vocals Walter Becker - bass guitar, guitar Hugh McCracken - guitars Rick Marotta - drums Victor Feldman, Steve Gadd - percussion Frank Floyd, Zack Sanders - backup vocals

She thinks I’m crazy but I’m just growing old. I’ve loved Steely Dan since they first came out many moons ago.😎

You might know this from the countless supermarkets, banks, doctors offices, shopping malls, etc that it was constantly played in for decades haha

I remember that commercial coming on TV every 5 minutes it seemed advertising Cuervo gold tequila. I never knew it was a complete song by Steely Dan.

There is an interview of them saying , when they moved to La a lot of their songs were about their NY vibes and back in NY they felt like Californians.

It hit #10 on the billboard charts in 1981.

One of the best songs from Steely Dan. (Along with FM and Babylon Sister.

Walter was beginning to have health problems so Donald soldered on

That one got a lot of air time in its day. Sure miss Walter Becker! Those two were a genre of their own. Masters of complex harmony!

I Grew up with this Vibe

Lots of sound engineers use this for sound checks even now as the production is so good !🙏

I am going to have to head to Patreon and join up. There is an artist that I have yet to see reacted to and she is fng incredible. I think her hole vibe is meant for you guys. Rickie Lee Jones, dubbed the empress of cool. Take a dive with Gravity. SD always gives a great feel.

I am going to have a pre-emptive strike here. There are going to be kids commenting and claiming the Fine Colombian is coke. Well they did not go to school in the 70's or they would know better. When I was in college you could buy Mexican for $20/ounce, Colombian for $50 and it was much better, although no good by todays standard. And for $120 you could get Thai stick.

Silky smooth vibe with not quite a taboo topic though he must have been much much older than she was!😃

Steely Dan! Another cool band. Loved this song when it was out! Try Dire Straits-- that Zydeco beat!

The credits on the album say Steve Gadd plays drums but in reality it's a drum machine programmed by Steely Dan' s genius engineer Roger Nichols.

Headphones music after embibing on the ganja.

Steely Dan produced immaculate music. Cool as shit y'all.

Hey 19 peaked at #10 on the Billboard chart in 1981.

The song peaked at #10 in the Billboard charts

So 19 was about a pole dancer leaving her shift. When I was a cab driver I would bring these girls to whatever motel they were staying at . Some would say it was how they were paying for their daughter's college tuition . Pole dancers are not dumb bimbos .

'I think I've heard this one before.' Yes you have, as well as I.G.Y., It's called 'Elevator music'. In the music industry it's been said 'If you've got copyright on elevator music, your at the top of the game'.

Rick Marotta is the drummer on this track! Wendel may have been used to tweak the groove slightly! Nevertheless a great track and album! They used the studio like an instrument!

A fun project for a DJ would be to take “do it again”, “everyone’s gone to the movies”, and “hey 19”, and do a mash up of the three, because they are basically all the same rhythm track. It’s not a knock against any of the songs or Steely Dan, but they had a certain sweet spot in the rhythm sections they created where they would blend drums and percussion, the difference here being that I think Hey 19 was a drum machine track, but those three songs can definitely be faded in and out with each other and it would completely work.

It's more like an organ (electric piano) sounding like a harmonica

Michael Mc donald is NOT singing on this. Donald Fagen - electric piano, synthesizer (solo), vocals. Walter Becker - bass guitar, guitar. Hugh McCracken - guitars. Rick Marotta - drums. Victor Feldman, Steve Gadd - percussion. Frank Floyd, Zack Sanders - backup vocals.

Never played live for i think their first 30 years.

In the middle of reviewing your sixth Steely album, six more to go (including Fagen’s four solos of course)

While I can't condone the use of intoxicating Herbs...wait a minute, I can.

morcaiden www.youtube.com/@Morcaiden also has unbelievably great videos for Steely Dan. not sure, but the one their watching might be his.

this song, the instruments and lack thereof ....brings to mind minimalism

It's not a Harmonica, Donald is playing a Melodica. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodica

Dan you say you wouldn't know how to begin writing a Steely Dan song. Here is a song written by Donald Fagan for David Crosby. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fqeTrKqkr9GxkY0.html Rodriguez For A Night.

HEY WTF

Can't go wrong with Steely Dan..I guess you know what they're named after? I'm not saying here, but it's obviously easy to look up if you don't. Sifa, was wondering if your partner in S After D had a determined look in his eye..would you call him Steely Dan? I'm sorry... it's late lol (i realise im watching these out of order , apologies for repeating prev comments)

harmonica = synth blues harp

I think this is about hooking up with a hot 19 year old and drinking tequila!

Michael McDonald???? I don't think so

Why is it assumed that “the fine Colombian” was weed? Not sure about that.

Cocaine and teens, sounds like Motley Crue except it really doesnt.

Not an harmonica, probably a Lyricon. Best. Leo.

For future reactions I would find ones without the all the imagery....stick to strictly lyrics versions and enjoy the music...imagery too distracting and pretty sophomoric IMO ....keep up the good work you 2!

Donald and Walter having a mid-life crises here. They were barely thirty...

19 was the average age of the soldier in Vietnam and that was a reference to them.

Liked this song but overly long. Lyrics could have been better but still a good song.

Always sad to see reaction vids when the reactor is watching these awful fan made vids.

If Michael MacDonald was in this song then he wasn't credited. Though the hook does sound like him. Awesome song, first time seeing your channel.

Groupies. The Quervo and weed make the age difference is a nothing burger.