Thank You Scientist + Steely Dan=MM-MARATHON MONDAY! Theme: “She’s Leaving Home At Last” | REACTION
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2 жыл бұрынSee how Nick (🇩🇪) and Lex (🇺🇸/🇲🇽) listen to this carefully chosen Michele Michele Marathon to celebrate their long & lazy weekend! Lex mentions something about the big 3-0...?
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@biskygiver 2 жыл бұрын
I was a teenager when Steely Dan was pumping out this music and from a musical perspective I felt like I was truly spoiled by the likes of these performers, musicians, lyricists, eclectic individuals who helped to broaden my understanding of music and its power. You've now heard 3 songs off Aja and it still has songs which can go head to head with the likes of Aja, Peg and Home at Last. Hard to imagine but true. "It's true, it's true."
@garyspry1444 2 жыл бұрын
Love Steely Dan. Please get to their first stuff on Can't by a Thrill Album, 1971. The songs have been given previously.😃
@buddystewart2020 2 жыл бұрын
"Home At Last" Donald Fagen - lead vocals, synthesizer, backing vocals Bernard Purdie - drums Chuck Rainey - bass guitar Larry Carlton - guitar Walter Becker - guitar solo Victor Feldman - piano, vibraphone Tim Schmit - backing vocals Tom Scott - horn arrangements Jim Horn, Bill Perkins, Plas Johnson, Jackie Kelso - saxophones, flutes Chuck Findley, Lou McCreary, Dick Hyde - brass
@genecase326 2 жыл бұрын
This song eludes to their return to NY after a few years in California. They felt they were "Home At Last".
@stevenesfield 2 жыл бұрын
You’ve just witnessed Bernard Purdie on drums the famous Purdie shuffle. Can’t wait for the Documentry. Please check out Black Cow , Show Bizz Kids , and the totally amazing FM by Steely Dan. Love your channel
@debrabrabenec3731 2 жыл бұрын
Fun song, based on Homer's "The Odyssey",("well the danger on the rocks is surely passed, still I remain tied to the mast")- referring to how Odysseus resists the temptation of the sirens. Also, cheers to you both as you continue on your wonderful exploration of Steely Dan's music. It's fun to spot the "drink de jour" in most songs. This one mentions retsina, a flavored Greek wine. Happy travels!
@nitedrive2956 2 жыл бұрын
Waiting for them to come across Kirschwasser ;)
@An_Cat_Dubh 2 жыл бұрын
Home At Last: the "Purdie shuffle" on full display. Ultra clean and smooth. Walter Becker on the lead guitar.
@danl.909 2 жыл бұрын
I wish Walter had played on more tracks. He was no fretboard athlete like some of the hired guns they used, but he was a tasteful, restrained player who never overdid it in a song.
@philt4346 2 жыл бұрын
shame that shuffle aint cutting through on this soundfile. when Junior gets the record home he'll have quite the revelation. Goes for all the SD reactions to be fair, KZfaq can't do this material justice.
@KBH27 2 жыл бұрын
Home At Last is one of my favorite Steely Dan tracks. Ear candy! They have so many stellar songs.
@richyasi7424 2 жыл бұрын
That solo at 9:30 is played on a free-reed instrument called a melodica. It basically looks like a small keyboard with an attached mouthpiece/wind controller. Fagen used it quite a bit in his solo work.
@dreamweaver8913 2 жыл бұрын
Steely Dan is outstanding, plus they also have Michael McDonald's talents in there too. Can't go wrong with them!
@shiningstar6659 2 жыл бұрын
Great song by Steely Dan. Their Aja album is fantastic.
@Rickhorse1 2 жыл бұрын
To complete the theme, She's Leaving Home (Beatles) should have been included. :-)
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
👍💕
@shyshift 2 жыл бұрын
It would have been blocked.
@jimled50jl49 2 жыл бұрын
Hi, I really enjoyed that. I was very late in the day with getting into Steely Dan [ in my 40''''s ] but have made up for it since acquiring every album + solo works. Wonderful music. Thankyou. I also want to say I am really pleased Nick got his guitar back repaired and he is happy again having it back, where it belongs. I got my 1st electric guitar when I was 18yrs old. A Stratocaster Natural with Ash body + Maple neck. I love my guitar. I wanted that one as it was the type & colour of Richie Blackmoor's guitar in the 70's with Deep Purple. They were the group I was first introduced to rock music, hearing an album called "Fireball". I had never heard music like it before with amazing guitar solo's. Still my favourite DP album today and I'm in my 60's.
@roundtownKen 2 жыл бұрын
Love your seasoned take on first listen SD songs. There is a different sounding song of theirs on their Royal Scam album called Haitian Divorce. The island vibe is SO strong and funky here. You will know it's Steely (complex and layered) but it is slightly different. Their chord voicings, guitar and vibraphone are really highlighted here. Enjoy.
@sooutrageous007 2 жыл бұрын
So true. Worth a listen 🎶
@ericmeredith8754 2 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed these requests! You cant go wrong with steely dan! And the first song was also really enjoyable! Great request! Nick and Lex , thanks for your insight as well and for the reaction! Cant wait for more!!’
@alanparsonsfan 2 жыл бұрын
You got to listen to Home at Last, at last! So fine to see my favorite reaction couple light up to... The impossible perfection of Steely Dan, and the gold standard work of Larry Carlton, Tom Scott and Bernard Purdie. Carlton, guitarist, once said that SD wrote a chord that was nearly impossible for a human hand to play. And yet, of course, he played it... And... only Steely Dan had the chutzpah to take the first classic of Western Literature, Homer's Odyssey and....rewrite the ending. In their telling of it, Odysseus withstands the temptations of the sriens, but then realizes that the road really has become his home. "Still I remain tied to the mast... Could it be that I have found my home at last?" In other words, he didn't go home (which does happen in the original, with all kinds of complications...). Don't know the name of it, but I think the high-pitched thing that you hear Donald play toward the very end is something that looks like a slim rectangular keyboard with a mouthpiece at the end that he blows into. Only like 2-3 octaves of keys I think. I've seen him play it in several YT live concerts. Watch some of them and you'll see him play it. No idea what it's called though.
@1nelsondj 2 жыл бұрын
Listen to the entire album then watch that excellent documentary. They sit as the console and isolate individual tracks, play alternate solos, etc. They were such perfectionists, they hire 6 or 7 different guitarists just for 'Peg' to get the perfect solo. Who else does that?
@shadowfire_08 2 жыл бұрын
Thank You Scientist deserves a dive, 3 albums of eclectic bliss 🤘🏻🔥🍻
@52ndWarhawkGerbil 2 жыл бұрын
There's a reason why audiophiles use this album as a benchmark to test out new sound-systems. It's sonic perfection. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker were perfectionists when it came to their music and they would meticulously tweak every aspect of every song to get it just how they wanted it. They'd go through drummer after drummer to find the right one for every song. I've heard that they would try out every possible combination of microphones at every distance from the amps and instruments until everything sounded perfect. Nobody did it quite like they did.
@pedal4ever 2 жыл бұрын
It helps when the perfection of their recordings has the absolute best musicians on the planet. There's too many to list. Jeff Skunk Baxter, Denny Dias, Larry Carlton, Hugh McCracken, Rick Derringer, Steve Khan and many others on guitar, for starters. The Best. You want horns? How about Tom Scott, Wayne Shorter, Michael Brecker, Pete Christlieb, Ernie Watts, David Sanborn, and more. On drums, Steve Gadd, Rich Marotta, and the great Bernard Purdie. On bass, Walter Becker of course, Chuck Rainey, and the great Marcus Miller. Let's face it. No other band came close to this level of all-star talent. Fagan and Becker picked the best of the best for their albums. Perhaps the best rock group of all time in just pure musical talent.
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
@@pedal4ever Wow. Reads like a Who’s Who in too-notch studio talent and more. Thanks, Pedal. ✨🤪
@Anders2112 2 жыл бұрын
"..Fagen and Becker were still not satisfied with the basic tracks for some of the songs, particularly with regard to the timing of the drum tracks.." "..It's too bad that we can't get a machine to play the beat we want, with full-frequency drum sounds, and to be able to move the snare drum and kick drum around independently." So they paid $150,000 to get a drum machine made. This was for Gaucho.
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
@@Anders2112 Amazing info. Wow. Thanks ✨🤪
@ianmitnick8245 2 жыл бұрын
The Steely Dan audio here is studio audio PERFECTION - cream of the crop - When I was at Berklee College of Music in Boston in 1989 - the 2 main bands that were REVERED by many of the Berklee College of Music rock and jazz music students (Dream Theater and Buddy Rich band members came from Berklee.....) the 2 bands Were Rush and Steely Dan!! People had Rush posters up on the walls at the school and everything....!!
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
Great story. Thanks ✨🤪
@raycewilliams3300 2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that you discovered the documentary on "Aja". I was going to suggest it after you had reacted to a few more Steely Dan songs. This album "Aja" is why there are so many ardent supporters of Steely Dan. I casually listened to them until I discovered this album. I realized that what they were doing was special in so many ways.
@jhamptonjr 2 жыл бұрын
Yes this is in my top 5 Steely Dan songs!
@missbelled6700 2 жыл бұрын
Home at Last with the Purdie shuffle is the smoothest drum beat of all TIME. Thank you, Mr. Purdie.
@5050spec 2 жыл бұрын
Yay My favorite Steely Dan piece. Thanks to both of you. Yay.
@MonsterSound 2 жыл бұрын
Another great reaction guys. This one is very poignant for me as my 18 year old daughter just left for University this weekend. An emotional time. My goodness. 😢🍁
@benmolnar 2 жыл бұрын
Such a great song., My 2 favs from this great album are Home at Last and Josie!!
@buckstraw925 2 жыл бұрын
So much Steely Dan out there. Keep going. You've barely scratched the surface.
@dcmphotog8452 2 жыл бұрын
So amazingly strange that I was just thinking the other day of Thank You Scientist as a suggestion for you guys to review. Not just the Prologue, but the entire "Stranger Heads Prevail" album. It is definitely one that is hard to classify as it covers so many genres. Unfortunately the Steely Dan song chosen was not the one I had suggested previously. But what a mind blower that would have been.
@MrHisperia2001 2 жыл бұрын
Such a cool tune from the Great Steely Dan ☝️❤️ thanks for the reaction guys you’re awesome ❤️☝️
@vincentgrogan7611 2 жыл бұрын
never heard anyone who appreciates great music say they were ANTI Steely Dan....it's inhuman!!!
@biskygiver 2 жыл бұрын
I remember George Carlin would diss those who liked the Dan and I thought "only a fool would say that."
@triscat 2 жыл бұрын
I have a dear old friend who loves music and hates SD. I still love the guy, but it happens.
@keithjones6023 2 жыл бұрын
@@triscat you can only feel sorry for the poor old sod! 🙁
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Vincent. I think it was the Steely Dan fans more than the band itself. A few comments were a little rough. Thanks ✨🤪
@eileendobbs8009 2 жыл бұрын
So glad you're checking out Home At Last. Maybe my favorite SD song and I'm a mega SD fan.
@michaelmontalvo5757 2 жыл бұрын
Such a cool reaction. You two bless me.
@iliumboy 2 жыл бұрын
A junior engineer threatened to quit after a mixing session for this song. Donald had spent 6 hours mixing the words "well the ...". She couldn't believe he spent 6 hours on 2 syllables. The ironic thing is when playing this song live, Donald doesn't even say the words.
@johncagnettajr344 2 жыл бұрын
The solo was done on a synthesizer played by Fagan
@lucasroth7922 2 жыл бұрын
One of my favs from my favorite bands favorite band ✌🤘😁
@cometogether999 2 жыл бұрын
I'm not familiar with Thank You Scientist, but I really like it. And Steely Dan, what can I say? I could pile so many superlatives on them. Great pairing for a Michele Michele Marathon. So glad that you can move on to finish the Aja album by yourselves, please let us know what you think of the rest of the album.
@toddmichelfelder3417 2 жыл бұрын
Exactly!!!👏👏
@ih3851 2 жыл бұрын
While it's a nice song, that is not the typical sound for TYS. They usually are prog metal with heavy jazz influence.
@mikewritz 2 жыл бұрын
Aja is a great album and is considered their masterpiece for good reason so yes, watch the documentary cause it’s good but remember their other albums are even better IMO. The Royal Scam and Countdown to Ecstasy are 2 of the best albums by any artist ever, period.
@michaelrouten6169 2 жыл бұрын
Your next Steely Dan listen Must be "FM (No Static At All)". Absolutely.
@conspiracionesy 2 жыл бұрын
I think they did it already
@static6OOO 2 жыл бұрын
What a great album!
@EDubNYC 2 жыл бұрын
Love that you guys did these two. And yes, that's David Palmer on the vocals -- another great one-off vocal on that album is drummer Jim Hodder singing Midnite Cruiser. Anyway, one of the great things about Steely Dan is how consistently good they are, song after song after song; if you asked ten SD fans to list their Top 10 SD tunes, there'd be almost no overlap across some of those lists. That being said, people have been asking you to do Kid Charlemagne, and they're not wrong.
@texashookem22 2 жыл бұрын
I will be here fully, in the proper state of mind, for the livestream Aja full album listen. It is perfection.
@RockDocNeal 2 жыл бұрын
I love every song on Steely Dan's Aja album, but Home At Last is definitely one of favorites because of the incredible groove, with Bernard Purdie, the self-proclaimed "hit maker", on drums ("You done hired the hitmaker"!), Larry Carlton on perfect rhythm guitar (Walter Becker plays the guitar solo), the great Chuck Rainey on bass, Victor Feldman on piano/vibraphone, Donald Fagen supplying the vocals, of course, and the synth solo and the Eagles Timothy B Schmit on back-up vocals.
@genecase326 2 жыл бұрын
Back in about 1974 my local FM radio station would play The KInks "No More Looking Back" followed by "Look Into The Future" by Journey. I thought it was pretty cool. Then again, I was 15!
@RicardoCamargo 2 жыл бұрын
Great! Just to add that Charly Garcia was a self-confessed fan of the Beatles and Steely Dan.
@donaldjackson1490 2 жыл бұрын
AJA Released in 1977! Unbelievably fresh for 45 years old…nice pairing of new and old!
@realbser1956 2 жыл бұрын
Probably # 2 on my list of SD songs after Aja. How can you miss with the like of Chuck Rainey, Bernard Purdie, Victor Feldman, Larry Carlton and of course Walter with that beautiful solo at the end. Nice pairing of songs. Hope you had a great Labor Day.
@SpiderMcGee 2 жыл бұрын
They say few artists put out a perfect album, but Steely Dan made seven in a row.
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
Happy Labor Day marathon surprise! Great reaction, N&L! Thanks so much. “Home At Last” has that undeniable funky beat with the “Purdie Shuffle” and Chuck Rainey bass. Larry Carlton plays guitar on this track but the solo is listed as Walter’s. Love the literary reference to Ulysses being “tied to the mast” to resist the siren’s song. Steely Dan has provided ear candy for decades. So many more great tracks left on Aja. Enjoy 😉. Thank You Scientist is a new acquisition for me and some tracks are very dense but I thought this Beatles-sounding Prologue could act as an appetizer to the real meal. Hugs & thank you thank you ✨🤪
@cometogether999 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Michele Michele for providing the ear candy!
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
@@cometogether999 CT, you’re a bonafide asset to this channel. Appreciate your knowledge and support and passion. Thank you. ✨🤪
@mauriciodelarosa2449 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Michele Michele thanks for the main course. 😋🤤
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
@@mauriciodelarosa2449 Happy to dine with the great Mauricio anytime. You’ve been Fierce on this channel. Thanks, my brother. ✨🤪
@mauriciodelarosa2449 2 жыл бұрын
@@michelemichele3375 thanks but come on now I have another M for you stands for modest. 🙏🏽✌🏽❤️
@patricknicolucci5073 2 жыл бұрын
Nick so happy they did a good job repairing your axe
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
Yes! Good news. Fixing the Battlescar. ✨🤪
@markfilla9305 2 жыл бұрын
Probably my all-time favorite SD track! Love it!
@cityhonors1 2 жыл бұрын
🙋🏿♀️ FM (No Static At All) 🤔 since my Aja Album Livestream request may be thwarted by 😒 KZfaq! 😍 Love you guys! 🥁 Purdie Shuffle in da house! 😁🐰
@jameswarner5809 2 жыл бұрын
The music of Thank You Scientist is an unusual mix of styles. You'll find prog and jazz influences along with others if you go deeper.
@michaelyork4554 2 жыл бұрын
Josie, Deacon Blues, Black Cow, I Got The News, WOW All of "The Royal Scam" as well, my favorite album
@dorkmier 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Nick N Lex. Never heard of Thank You Scientist. Very interesting music. That song wasn't my cup of tea, maybe if I listen to it more it will grow on me but am open to hearing more to see if I like any. Steely Dan I know very well and enjoy them very much. I've always liked the bass line in this song. Glad you both liked them. Keep up the good work.
@davidhill7055 2 жыл бұрын
He guys. Have you ever heard a song START with a long guitar solo. Pretty much unheard of right. Well you'll find it on Steely Dan's 'Royal Scam' album. Their 5th Studio album. The song "Don't take me Alive" The artist (a sought after studio musician at the time) the legendary Larry Carlton. As a young man he made a name for himself by doing work with Joni Mitchel, Steely Dan and so many others. In time he rose to legendary status in the jazz guitar world. Perhaps best know for his later work with the Crusaders and then Fourplay. He's played on over 100 gold albums. You name a hit in the 70's or 80's and most likely Larry Carlton was on guitar for the studio recording. Check out "Don't take me Alive."
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
I agree David. I sent N&L 2 Steely Dan CDs: Aja & Royal Scam. “Don’t Take Me Alive” is a favorite (among many lol). We’ll have to request tracks once they open up again in November. Oh, and I’m sending them the live CD from their current tour, dropping September 24th. They’ve already dropped a couple tracks, including Aja, Nicks favorite. Check it out. Northeast Corridor Live (from the Orpheum Theatre): m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bdFnl8Kf2s6rh58.html Also some generous subscriber sent them the whole Steely Dan discography, so they can start listening once we request a few tracks. Thanks, David ✨🤪
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
Btw, love Larry Carlton’s contribution! ✨🤪
@davidhill7055 2 жыл бұрын
@@michelemichele3375 Thank you Michele. There are many generous people in the YT community when it comes to supporting kindred spirits. Thanks for the info on Steely Dan's upcoming CD. GAUCHO and TWO AGAINST NATURE are my current favorite SD albums. But that changes periodically depending on how long it's been since I returned to one of their albums.
@sidecardog5244 2 жыл бұрын
At last...Home at Last. My fav song on Aja.
@waltergill345 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Nick & Lex, Hoped that your trip to Mexico was great and sorry that I haven't been watching and or checking in as often as I had wanted so please forgive me and I will try my best to do better!! But anyway, Thanks for finally reacting to one of my suggested tracks "Home At Last" from Aja by Steely Dan and although it was by Michele another supporter to your page, It's all good and I'm still glad that you both love the song and hoped that you had a great Labor Day Weekend as well!! I need to add The Whirlwind (live) by Transatlantic to your reaction list and YOU NEED TO PLEASE REACT TO IT ASAP!!!! Enough Said!!! Thanks in advance and hope to hear from you soon!! Thanks & Keep Rockin'!!, Walter - 🤘🤘🤘🤘
@donaldjackson1490 2 жыл бұрын
Additional Info…Claudio Sanchez, vocalist and guitarist for the progressive metal/rock group Coheed and Cambria and founder of Evil Ink Records, signed the band in summer 2014. Coheed and Cambria are worth a listen to for sure…and Thank You Scientist is really great fusion, I hear RUSH, Chicago, Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Zappa influences. Check out “Mr. Invisible”or “Rube Goldberg”Variations”
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Donald. I like Rube Goldberg Variations also. Named after the Rube Goldberg inventions that are gadgets or complicated contraptions that perform simple tasks but in a convoluted way. Funny. Thanks for your info. ✨🤪
@robertjewell9727 2 жыл бұрын
Here's another Beatles connection... Michele, la belle... You pick great MMday choices. 👍🎶
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
Can’t escape my influence. Haha. Thanks, RJ. ✨🤪
@wagstaff6135 2 жыл бұрын
Michele Michele rules. I just got into Thank You Scientist from a Sea of Tranquility episode (thanks, George L.). Aja of course is just standard for those of us of a certain age. And the ur-text, The Beatles' "She's Leaving Home", is one of the most moving things they ever did. You need to check that out for yourselves (presumably).
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Wagstaff. The Beatles addition would have been nice to include. Or I even considered “Josie” or “Black Cow” or any of the albums other great tracks. I was trying to keep it short. Lol. Thanks ✨🤪
@wagstaff6135 2 жыл бұрын
@@michelemichele3375 I actually thought you were trying to keep it sub-text.
@shyshift 2 жыл бұрын
I was the one George chose Thank You Scientist-Stranger Heads Prevail for Album Homework Assignment. This song has beauty for sure but the rest of the album is more like Dream Theater and Haken on speed. They are awesome musicians. I studied this album for 2 weeks and played it at least 7 times.
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
@@wagstaff6135 Uh yeah. Very that. Lol, subliminal intent maybe. Thanks ✨🤪
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
@@shyshift I went a little nuts with them at first. They are very talented and I like some of the wacky fun I see in their live performances. The album is just very full of notes without much space between them. Yes, like “on speed”. My only suggestion would be to include a couple tracks that aren’t so dense to give listeners room to breathe. That’s why I liked the Prologue and Epilogue. And, of course, because I hear Beatles influence. There are some great performances on the two albums I checked out. This one and Terraformer. I just have to listen a couple tracks at a time or I’m speedy too. Lol. Thanks, Rand. ✨🤪
@hklinker 2 жыл бұрын
That was Walter Becker’s guitar solo.
@mvunit3 2 жыл бұрын
I'm very surprised there wasn't more acknowledgement of the Thank You Scientists track from your audience . . . That was really good! :). Its a band I've known about but hadn't sat down to listen to. I can already tell they have a lot of influences, and their other tracks probably don't sound anything like this 1 track (That's "Progressive Rock/Prog Metal" for ya' ;). I guess I get the correlation of the Beatles "She's Leaving Home" (and checkout another Beatles track "Honey Pie"), is that the tracks sound like they come from the "Turn of the Century"; early Jazz ("Ragtime"), Minstrel Shows, Vaudeville, Showtunes/Stage Musicals, and the Barber Shop Quartet Harmonies. And the theme of "Leaving" along with the Steely Dan track (after reading the lyrics for both tracks). I will have to look into their 3 albums. As for Steely Dan, "Aja" is ICONIC and tracks were a standard on AOR FM Radio in Los Angeles, but I've been hearing the tracks and the album since I was 14 in 1977. The engineering/producing is top of the heap, the musicianship set the standard for session players and composition . . . But its _always_ great to hear new music that does NOT get radio-play and adds something new (again, I'm sure their other tracks have a unique sound and are not limited by time constraints or ideas). I grew-up on Steely Dan's music, and wore-out my 45 rpm record single of "Reeling in the years". But I love the music of the past as well-as contemporary music from the heavy, extreme, to the challenging, melodic and epics :). - Thanks MM & NnL :D.
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, mv. Happy you’re weighing in. ✨🤪
@mauriciodelarosa2449 2 жыл бұрын
Home At Last ✅
@woodyhopkins3254 2 жыл бұрын
I have been a fan of Steely Dan since I was in high school. I graduated in 1976. One of my favorite songs that you rarely see requested or talked about is Chain Lightning from the album Katy Lied. The only problem with the song is it's too short. Doctor Wu is another good one from that album. Please do Chain Lightning.. I would love to see your reaction and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. Watching you guys listen to these songs for the 1st time is like me listening to them for the 1st time again.
@papacarl2002 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah! Always dig the tunes MM recoMMends!! 🙏🏼Will have to go get my headphones on to enjoy in StereO 🤘🏼🎧🤟🏼
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Good to see you, papacarl. ✨🤪
@rikconverse8726 2 жыл бұрын
Diggin' the Leinenkugels T-Shirt, btw! (I like their Summer Shandy & Grapefruit Shandy!)
@danl.909 2 жыл бұрын
_The Royal Scam_ ,alas, was the theme music to the failure of my marriage in ‘76-‘77. "Home At Last" was the one song I clung to for hope that I would someday find my way out of that hell. I did, eventually, and the song still reminds me that when times are tough, eventually you will see that the "danger on the rocks is surely past." Thanks for playing it. PS: I promise to become a patron if you do a reaction to the _Aja_ documentary!
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
Hopeful story. Thanks. And I also think Fagen talking about the danger on the “rocks” could be other rocks also. Those were white years for some. 🤧 And yes, we would support Patreon. ✨🤪
@Newfie-zc7ug 2 жыл бұрын
Steeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeely......Dannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. Just love them !
@richardbarton6146 2 жыл бұрын
you guys are not paying attention to the drumming!! The "purdie shuffle"" bernard Purdie played this track.. soo good!
@100PCMMCW 2 жыл бұрын
I think you'd enjoy Lorde's Solar Power......because of the musical references she uses, and I bet this'll surprise you - it's an Electric guitar based album of '60's and '70's iconic psychadelic folk/rock and rock opera......and the vocal harmonies are similar to the first track in this video. PS - I went to my first RUSH concert in 1980 -another chill reaction guys, thanks again for posting. Be safe, be well and Bon Chance on your travels and journey. PPS - I used to use Steely Dan and RUSH in all my EXPOS and Shows back in the day...................great reaction as always guys
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
Yes 👍💕 Love Lorde. ✨🤪
@eevertonfarias 2 жыл бұрын
Listen Transatlantic: The absolute Universe whit Mike Portnoy and Neal Morse.
@murdockreviews 2 жыл бұрын
First band seems to throw all together at once: Beach Boys harmonies, Electric Light Orchestra and Beatles, a bit of Queen and some prog structures. Enjoyed that 🙂 pity it was such a short tune, as I was curious where this would be going. Nick sounds as if he's caught a slight cold?! If so: hope you get rid of it soon. And if I misheard/over interpreted your voice, just stay healthy, you two 😊
@rikconverse8726 2 жыл бұрын
Crew on: "Home At Last" Donald Fagen - lead vocals, synthesizer, backing vocals Bernard Purdie - drums Chuck Rainey - bass guitar Larry Carlton - guitar Walter Becker - guitar solo Victor Feldman - piano, vibraphone Tim Schmit - backing vocals Purdie & Rainey - hard to find a tighter rhythm section than those two!
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
Facts. ✨🤪
@FloatingAnarchy61 2 жыл бұрын
Great choice Michele. Despite the other more well known songs this is probably my favourite song on Aja. As I've said before about the Dan, if you leave aside the brilliant musicianship, it's always their brilliant harmonies that do it for me. I'd put them up their with CSN and Fleetwood Mac in that respect. People tend to forget the great choruses so many of their songs have, My Old School, Do It Again, Pretzel Logic. Another one that swings like this one is Babylon Sisters, probably my favourite Dan song. Waiting now Nick and Lex for you to do some Talk Talk. I think they'll be right up your alley. I know Michele sent you Spirit Of Eden and Laughing Stock. The Rainbow from Spirit would be a good place to start.
@jeffaube 2 жыл бұрын
@Vincent Grogan’s point below: Well, OK, I went through a period from loving Steely Dan (having seen them live on their first tour) to not exactly hating them, but being a little off the Dan train, and then coming back years later to embrace them again. That middle part came about because there was a narrative by some in the late 70s that SD were too polished and intellectual to be “real” rock and roll - this was about the time that punk rock was taking hold and it became fashionable to rebel against what we now think of as classic rock. And at the time, I kinda felt that way, preferring Ramones, Elvis C, etc. to the more jazz-inflected SD sound. Ironic and inconsistent of me, because I was listening to a fair amount of jazz at that time too. Anyway, came back around to embrace both brash and finesse. Sorry for the long story, but I thought it might shed a little light into how some people might not love this music.
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Jeff. Makes total sense. Thanks for that outlook. I also embraced Punk but I was greedy enough to keep my jazz-influenced groups close to my heart also. Jazz and Beat Generation culture just seemed counter-culture enough to me already. Haha. But I hear you. And to Nick’s point about balancing “polished” with “robotic” or over-worked: I get that too. Steely Dan just always seemed “off” enough with an unexpected lyric or tasty notes here and there to redeem it from sounding too predictable to me. Thanks, though. Love hearing your story. ✨🤪
@dyrkeschaefer 2 жыл бұрын
Gonna have to check more Thank You Scientist. Hadn't heard of them before. This track is very much in the same vein is another band I love, Jellyfish. The two of you might want to check a track from Jellyfish's album Spilt Milk ( every track is really good ). Begin with Joining A Fanclub, for instance. Everything on the Aja album is fire. Same goes for their Gaucho album. One of my absolute favorite tracks from Steely Dan is Pretzel Logic ( from the album Pretzel Logic ).
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
Great comment. Someone said that Jellyfish was an inspiration to them. Good catch. Thanks ✨🤪
@FenderBassMan 2 жыл бұрын
I believe that instrument you were doubting--is it a trumpet or a keyboard?--is either an ocarina (like a woodwind organ sound) or a synth, since he's heavy into the one he straps on like a guitar. I enjoy how Becker & Fagen sneaked in Vic Feldman on vibraphones, an instrument that doesn't get much love beyond jazz. Nick, since you in particular seem to respond to clean brassy arrangements, you (and Lex) should seriously commit a bit of time to examine Chicago Transit Authority, Blood Sweat and Tears, and certainly Earth Wind & Fire. Serious rockin' groups with massive brass dynamics!
@cometogether999 2 жыл бұрын
Great suggestions.
@FenderBassMan 2 жыл бұрын
@@cometogether999 Thanks, but I was a day late and a dollar short: I just heard Nick and Lexi discuss their appreciation for Chicago and Tower of Power. Sure would like to hear them tackle "Go Down Gamblin'" or even "Spinning Wheel."
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
@@FenderBassMan Great suggestions. I think you’re correct though - they are familiar with a few. Back when I first found the channel, I requested “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know” (Al Kooper’s BLood Sweat and Tears) but I changed the request to ELP because of the perceived Prog following. Tower of Power was the last live show I saw (NAMM SHOW January 2020) - they delivered! ✨🤪
@cometogether999 2 жыл бұрын
@@michelemichele3375 Al Kooper's Blood, Sweat, and Tears can't be slept on. Several gems in that iteration of the band. I really like, "I Can't Quit Her."
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
@@cometogether999 I agree. Love both and Kooper wrote both. According to Wiki, he attended a Maynard Ferguson (jazz trumpeter) concert in 1960 and wanted to add horns to a rock band. The rest - Music History. Thanks so much for all your great input. ✨🤪
@mrgoneshouse3663 2 жыл бұрын
there is 7 songs on AJA....to me everyone is better than the last.....7 songs all got Mega Air-Time on all the Radio stations in 1977 and 78....The two most amazing albums...Dark side of the Moon and AJA
@PSGott 2 жыл бұрын
Please don’t listen to the rest of the Aja album without us! Every song on it is worthy of your commentary.
@macrarteuy 2 жыл бұрын
Para el próximo video en español les recomiendo Miguel Abuelo et Nada, canción "Tirando piedras al río". Es uno de los mejores discos del rock argentino y en español. No se van a arrepentir
@mackeymintle66 2 жыл бұрын
10-1 Thank you Scientist was into the band Jellyfish. Jellyfish’s “Spilt Milk” record is often used to calibrate the monitors in recording studios.
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
That connection makes sense. They both have a playful component also. And while this Thank You Scientist album opens with a Beatles vibe, “Spilt Milk” opens with a Queen sound. Thanks for the comment. ✨🤪
@murdockreviews 2 жыл бұрын
@@michelemichele3375 Joining a Fan Club? 😉
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
@@murdockreviews HaHa, Murdock. You amaze me - you know about everything! Yes, that’s a popular track from Jellyfish. Thanks again, you’re always knowledgeable and supportive and fun. ✨🤪
@stevenesfield 2 жыл бұрын
Totally amazing album next must be ROYAL SCAM …. Steely Dan. Green earrings first then the rest it will blow you away guys.
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
That’s how I see it. I sent them 2 Steely Dan CDs: Aja and Royal Scam. But someone sent them the whole discography box set too, so they’re set. We just have to keep requesting more. Lol. Thanks, Steve. ✨🤪
@youtubesucksforforcingthis 2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad someone managed to get some Thank You Scientist in here, but let's go for slightly longer than the album intro song next time ;) You are right that they are prog, but a little more prog rock/ jazz fusion than prog metal
@jimrogers7311 2 жыл бұрын
If you would like to hear Walter Becker at his best... play the song FM (No static at all)... it's his best work
@tatzantwos 2 жыл бұрын
What's in a name ? Steely dan, = Burroughs, naked lunch. Lol young explorers
@raiderfan346 2 жыл бұрын
You had me at Michele Michele.
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
You’re too sweet. Hey, big game. Rooms are filling up with Raider Fans. Lol. ✨🤪
@raiderfan346 2 жыл бұрын
@@michelemichele3375 You're the best!
@philt4346 2 жыл бұрын
The first one, the mix was a mess right up to the coda which achieved some finer resolution. There was a good song in there somewhere. The second one, thankyou for sharing your reaction, it's a trip.
@cityhonors1 2 жыл бұрын
🙋🏿♀️ I say do a Livestream of you guys finally listening to the entire Aja Album! 🤗 Go On! #JustDoIt 😁🐰
@andrewbrooks6882 6 ай бұрын
7 songs,with 22 musicians, costing 11 million dollars in 1977.
@robclem8407 2 жыл бұрын
You guys need to lock in on the Bernard Purdie Half Time Shuffle that makes this song groove with the Chiggity Chiggity in between everything else that’s going on. Without it, the song isn’t the same.
@andrewalbert3216 2 жыл бұрын
Triumvirat’s Spartacus 1975 I highly recommend you check this album out. I stumbled upon it 46 years ago when I was 12. ( my older brother had bought it)It started my love affair with progressive rock. At the time I didn’t know what I was getting myself into but it definitely sparked my love of prog rock. The album is long gone worn out from hundreds of plays and I hadn’t heard it for many years until the internet and KZfaq and rediscovered it all over again and I still love it
@kevincarrigan6348 2 жыл бұрын
What was the surname of Max & Lucy in the film , "across the universe" ? The clue is in my surname !....
@squidkid2 2 жыл бұрын
They're so tight that they're loose.
@tonyfoster61 2 жыл бұрын
You must listen to “Brite Nitegown” from Donald Fagen's album "Morph The Cat"..... it's amazing
@nickkowalewski2053 2 жыл бұрын
Anyone know their patreon? Can't seem to find a link
@cometogether999 2 жыл бұрын
I don't think it's in operation quite yet.
@nickkowalewski2053 2 жыл бұрын
@@cometogether999 ah that would be why haha. Thanks
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
Soon come. Hopefully this year?!! ✨🤪
@skyweasel1 2 жыл бұрын
Regarding your comments on structure/perfection vs. loose playing at about the 16:00 mark, when you watch the documentary on Aja there are some comments from guitarist Dean Parks on this subject that may be illuminating. BTW where is your Patreon channel? I might actually have to shell out some bucks to experience that one ;^)
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
Patreon finally coming later this year? Hopefully. ✨🤪
@skyweasel1 2 жыл бұрын
@@michelemichele3375 I see. When they said they would do the Aja documentary on Patreon I assumed they had one now but not able to find it there, which doesn't mean it doesn't exist but there is no nicknlex Patreon anyway.
@michelemichele3375 2 жыл бұрын
@@skyweasel1 I think they’re shooting for November to set up Patreon. 🤞
@ezequielchaparro6131 2 жыл бұрын
Reaccionen a una canción de ASSPERA metal bizzaro argentino del bueno
@sexytasmin Жыл бұрын
Alexia you have a beautiful smile it makes me feel very happy.
@NicknLex Жыл бұрын
That is so sweet; thank you! 😊
@kendeeni 2 жыл бұрын
Do you folks have a Patreon page?
@NicknLex 2 жыл бұрын
Not yet! Had been planning on logistics and return from vacation to get started but stay tuned and we’ll talk about what the plans are and release date! Thanks for asking about it though, it means a lot. :) - Lex
@winchesterbear 2 жыл бұрын
She is as cute as f____
@barrymcphee5494 2 жыл бұрын
I also liked this tryptic, but there's no very unique.
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