Steely Dan performed two times on Late Show: 1. October 20, 1995: "Josie" 2. March 3, 2000: "Cousin Dupree" Both performances in full and glorious stereo. For Walter.
John Walls Some fine wine, some slices of Gouda cheese, some lit logs in the fireplace, some Steely Dan playing in the background. Who sez life isn’t perfect?
Steely Dans music was almost its own genre. It had such a mix of rock, blues, jazz etc. So smooth. There’s nobody else like them and prolly never will be.
I'm the same age as you and of ALL the comments here I just had to respond to yours as I couldn't agree more! For over a half century, they still never disappoint & always sound fresh as day 1 of the release. R.I.P. Walter & keep it going Donald!
I'm 17 right now and these guys are my favorite "band" of all time for sure. There's a lot of good music out there but the perfectionism of Steely Dan will likely never be topped!
I'm 63 and I loved their music from the start with Can't buy a thrill in 73. I was into rock music from age 6. Have to get a fix of the Dan at least a few times per month. While I was mostly a Zeppelin and Who fan, but they had such a groove you couldn't ignore.
@@Toon444hey man - great to know your tuned I. To the Dan !! I’m 58 and my 17 year old loves them as much as I do - I’m sure you’ll still be listening to them when your as old as me my friend
What they did was such a rarity though. Two guys who were freakishly gifted at songwriting, and also into beatnik culture and old jazz music, took that sensibility into the rock music idiom of that era. The result is this deadpan, effortlessly cool and often quite biting music that exists in its own dimension. It's hard to imagine such a thing (or anything close to it) happening again in music, that attitude they had doesn't really exist in the modern day with my generation. There have of course been several amazing bands over the last 25 years or so but they're nothing like SD.
I would blast it in my room... and before long I had my Mom, brother, and brother-in-law in there... so I would say... oh, sorry mom u want me to turn it down, and she would tell me no... she said she loved them too!! My mom was hip !!!! Miss her!!!! 🥰😢🥰💕💕💕
I'd be honored if some Steely Dan fans would take a listen to my live keyboard & vocal performances of HOME AT LAST and JOSIE on my YT channel in tribute to the Aja album and the great Walter Becker. Live acoustic with no backing tracks or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
There will never be a band with sound and style that Becker and Fagan has.Their music has lived through the test of time. Cannot duplicate. Love you Steely Dan.
To a certain extent you're right,...But there are many musicians who don't want to recreate their studio sound(s),...e.g., Jimi Page, Eddie Van Halen, Mr Jimi Hendrix, etc, etc, etc 🎼
@@danielcastillo4819 And I agree with you Daniel, but on the other hand generally that’s what the audience wants. I do like when a musician or group puts a fresh spin on a tune, but not when it becomes unrecognizable from the original.
One of the smartest, coolest duos in all of pop history. And pure musical genius. Wherever you play it, whenever you hear it, their music makes anything that much cooler.
Pop?! Hush yo' mouth! Steely Dan is not pop, Steely Dan is a genre bending true originator of rock/R&B/funk/jazz fusion that has never been replicated. They are the antithesis of pop! Rant over.
@Darby Powell I understand that pop means popular, I just wouldn't put them in that box. They had some pop songs but they were much more than that. I would say "coolest duos in MUSIC history, not pop history.
@@mattcorregan4760 Yea and they did all that from the perspective of pop, they are pop in the same genius way that Pet Sounds is pop. No need denigrate popular music just because its popular lmfao
If you ever get a chance to watch the documentary where they got most of the "Aja" session players together to do a recreation in-studio, make time. Watching brilliant artists who are perfectionists describe their process is a rare privilege.
@@jonvaughn8865 - Okay....I'll buy that. How's about Fleetwood Mac (before) the women joined? It was heavy bluesy and intense dream-state-ish. Early Pink Floyd rates as well. Don't get me going on early Genesis.
It's surprising that the Eagles were more known than Steely Dan. The Eagles even sold more records. But I'll take Steely Dan any day. Intelligent music at its finest. Every note matters.
They where the quintessential musicians band that opened the door to what life felt like in The big American cities in the 1970s. Raw, edgy, musical, story telling, and just plain Amazing...
Amazingly underrated guitar player Walter was, I couldn't believe that at the end of Josie he plays the melody line to If I Only Had a Heart, blew my mind.
Walter Becker's tone and playing are perfection. As a songwriting duo Becker and Fagen are about as good as it gets in popular music. What a sound they created. Walter Becker never grew old, he just cut his hair and changed his glasses. This is a complete treat. Letterman has no idea how lucky he is to share a stage with these great men. Thank you.
As a teenage saxophone player in the 70's & 80's hooked on jazz, surrounded by rock, and somewhat intrigued by punk/new wave, I was totally captivated by Steely Dan. Despite the AM radio air play of "Reelin' In the Years", "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", and "Peg" (the only Steely Dan songs I ever heard on the radio), it was "Bodisatva", "Dr. Wu", "Don't Take Me Alive", "FM", and my all time favorite "Black Cow" that intrigued me, got me through finals at college, and gave me comfort. The sophistication of their chord progressions alone were exhilarating, but when combined with Phil Woods' tasty sax solos, Becker & Donnie Diaz's crying guitar licks, and the memorable echos of Michael McDonald's voice, well I just surrendered to it. And yet there was more: the art of sarcasm redefined through their provocative lyrics. I mean not just profound poetry (e.g. "Reelin' in the Years", "Black Cow"), self deprecating introspection (e.g. "Deacon Blues", "Brooklyn", "Any World"), or drug fueled mayhem (e.g. "Doctor Wu", "Kid Charlemagne"), but unforgettable imagery with phrases like "Kick off your high-heeled sneakers", "Just by chance you crossed a diamond with a pearl", and "Every man and beast appeared a friend as real as I". Walter Becker and Donald Fagen: you got me, I bopped and cruised to rock, I danced at clubs to New Wave, but I "thought" to the perfect fusion of jazz and rock that had but one master: the Dan of Steel. In a truly sardonic irony, the fate suffered by Walter Becker puts him in a league with Michael Angelo, Van Gogh, Beethoven, Billie Holiday, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, and other twisted geniuses the world has loved and lost.
Am with you! I saw a very young woman, 20s, wearing a Steely Dan tee shirt today in my town - Saskatoon, SK, Canada Sept. 17, 2022! So, tonight am looking them up yet again on CZcams. LOVE Donald Fagen's New Frontier - have watched it a million times since the golden age of MTV - early 80s!!
If you liked this, then be sure to check out this live show from 1993: czcams.com/video/mGt8RebOy7Q/video.html The accuracy of all of the musicians is incredible!
I agree. But Fagan for all his genius has always had a terrible voice. Thin, no projection, and suspect pitch. I sometimes wonder whether his ego prevented him for letting a singer sing his tunest.
You just can't beat the Dan. They defined an era with a unique style all their own. Thinking man's music. Walter will be sorely missed. I hope to see ya on the other side Walter, and don't be late. ha, ha, ha.
Music out of any time!!! One band underrated to be so innovated making fussion of so different types of music like jazz latin pop blues and funkie!!! And with so good quality!! So far my favourite band of music ever!!
They are a once in a lifetime group. We will never have anything except their music once Mr Fagan hangs it up. But what a great deal for those of us who really enjoy music. You have to understand their music to really appreciate it. I've been a Steely Dan enthusiast since the first time I heard "My old school ". Thank GOD for this gift. AMEN?
humans can really be disappointing but seeing and hearing the genius that is Donald and Walter(RIP) and the incredible musicians involved with Steely Dan absolutely restores my faith in humanity! Currently jamming Walter's first solo album from 1994.....A GEM!
11 Tracks of Whack and Circus Money took a listen or two to really grow on me but damn I love them now- so weird, so funky. Walter just let it rip and it turned out great
Being a musician (and getting paid for it too!) for a couple of decades, I watch videos of my heroes - such as Steely Dan - and imagine having lived their life. And then I get sad because my life isn't anywhere near what theirs was. And then I'm reminded that the imagination, and the world it takes me to is way better than having lived their reality with all of the suffering and struggles that came with it. Rarely do very gifted people feel as though their lives are gifted. Maybe they would look at my life and imagine living it.
Wow - had the dream come true to see them live in 2014 before Becker's passing. My son and I drove down to Michigan, and they were excellent. I was up dancing and screaming like a teenager. This is a memory I will always cherish.
These guy's were some of the best song writers & their musicianship was far beyond great. Just awesome, Becker, Fagen, Jeff Skunk Baxter; truly phenomenal and with one of the FINEST original albums ever..."Aja".
When I first heard their music on F.M. radio in late 1972, I thought it sounded 10 years ahead of the curve. By the late summer of '73 every club band worth a damn was trying their best to cover "Reelin' In the Years," "Dirty Work" and even "My Old School" from their second album. They became for me in the '70s what The Beatles had been in the '60s. My wife and I were lucky to see their April 1974 tour stop at the U. of Toledo … their last tour as a real band.
One of the finest bands of the 70's... period! virtuoso playing on every album & the songs are timeless. I agree with a lot of the commenters below, Becker was such an under rated guitarist .R.I.P. Walter & thank you for adding to the soundtrack of my youth!
Alan Burch - I saw Steely Dan in ‘93 and Becker was playing many of those iconic solos note for note. He may not have been a great guitarist when they first started, but he grew to be one, no doubt about that. I witnessed it firsthand.
Primarily a bassist, was always a great guitarist while the band preferred to employ the likes of Baxter, Carlton, Parks, Knophler, Khan, Ritenour, etc
They're playing live and is absolutely perfect. Can't get any tighter. It's super hard for a band to be that tight and the sound that perfect. That's why you rarely hear it. These guys are the best. Hat's off to the Sam Donaldson Orchestra!
For a genius level guitarist, Walter always looked so unassuming. Reminds me of one of my history teachers in high school. Love both the teacher.... and the the professor aka The late great Walter Becker.You are sorely missed by this history buff sir. RIP
Considering how much production went in to their music in the studio it’s as much a testament to their talents to sound so good/tight, live. And that means everyone playing.
Listen to how ridiculously precise and emotive this is almost 30 years on. The groove is so specific, plus all the little accents and intricacies. Until you (and I) grasp every aspect then there’s still more to learn musically.
One of the few groups that didn’t tour at all for years. They were a studio band. Mainly a duo. What I like is it’s basically Pop Jazz! Pop songs with a Jazz flavor. Brilliant! Which is why they sound so different from everyone else. Everyone else was doing Pop Rock or R&B Blues Rock.
Who's listening to this classic with me in 2020?!
John Walls Some fine wine, some slices of Gouda cheese, some lit logs in the fireplace, some Steely Dan playing in the background. Who sez life isn’t perfect?
@@billbaumiester6764 who sex with the Fez on!
Sez
Yo!
Oh, yes, so good...
Steely Dans music was almost its own genre. It had such a mix of rock, blues, jazz etc. So smooth. There’s nobody else like them and prolly never will be.
Agreed
💯
Dave Matthews Band is close.
Not, almost. It is, it's own genre.
@@jeffm8882 not even close
God I loved their music. Intelligent,
and sophisticated. They didn't just write songs, they constructed works of art. Rest in peace Walter Becker.
Jim Lamoreaux - Very well said, brother!
Yea well put jim
so true
Yes, intelligent forms in their compositions is what kept SD at the top of my stack in the 70's till whenever.
Their lyrics make me want to be there, whatever they were doing...
I loved them as a 17 year old and now I am 65 , its 2021, and I still love Steely Dan
I'm the same age as you and of ALL the comments here I just had to respond to yours as I couldn't agree more! For over a half century, they still never disappoint & always sound fresh as day 1 of the release. R.I.P. Walter & keep it going Donald!
Same here, turn 65 in 3 weeks, oh to go back to then.
I'm 17 right now and these guys are my favorite "band" of all time for sure. There's a lot of good music out there but the perfectionism of Steely Dan will likely never be topped!
I'm 63 and I loved their music from the start with Can't buy a thrill in 73. I was into rock music from age 6. Have to get a fix of the Dan at least a few times per month. While I was mostly a Zeppelin and Who fan, but they had such a groove you couldn't ignore.
@@Toon444hey man - great to know your tuned I. To the Dan !! I’m 58 and my 17 year old loves them as much as I do - I’m sure you’ll still be listening to them when your as old as me my friend
There's still NOTHING that sounds like Steely Dan. I hear the first chords of any of their songs, and I just smile and enjoy the moments that follow.
I could not agree more
Well said
On a real sound system. McIntosh and klipsh. Mind boggling. Modern Beethoven's.
What they did was such a rarity though. Two guys who were freakishly gifted at songwriting, and also into beatnik culture and old jazz music, took that sensibility into the rock music idiom of that era. The result is this deadpan, effortlessly cool and often quite biting music that exists in its own dimension.
It's hard to imagine such a thing (or anything close to it) happening again in music, that attitude they had doesn't really exist in the modern day with my generation. There have of course been several amazing bands over the last 25 years or so but they're nothing like SD.
Whose listening to this classic in 2023?!
Steely Dan, forever
Millions, of which i am, but one!! 🎸 🎼 😁
2024
Nothing like blasting Steely Dan out the dorm window on a warm spring day in the early 1970's. That was life.
I absolutely did that - only in the 80's!!!!
i do that now. im 23!!!!
@@HealthyAndInspiredI do this in 2019...78 years old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@phyllispetras2181 go phyllis!!
I would blast it in my room... and before long I had my Mom, brother, and brother-in-law in there... so I would say... oh, sorry mom u want me to turn it down, and she would tell me no... she said she loved them too!! My mom was hip !!!! Miss her!!!! 🥰😢🥰💕💕💕
The Perfect fusion of JazzRock ever created!
Music like that will never be made again
These guys were just on a “different level”- making complex music look and sound sooo smooth n easy......
You really learn the truth of what you say when you try to learn any one - just one - part.
Fagan looks almost bored with the performance.
You are so right
@@carnivaltym right haha
they had purdie on drums at one point.. i think that’s the best they’ve ever sounded
Wow!!! It's 2023 now I still can't get enough, I'm 62 years young still listening virtually every day 💕
Donald Fagan will continue to play as long as possible to keep the music alive. I'm truly mourning Walter Becker.
FAGEN WITH AN E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He'll continue to play till he drops dead like all of us...
Ditto.👍
✌💜💙❤💚💛
I'd be honored if some Steely Dan fans would take a listen to my live keyboard & vocal performances of HOME AT LAST and JOSIE on my YT channel in tribute to the Aja album and the great Walter Becker. Live acoustic with no backing tracks or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
I couldn’t agree with u more!!! Love them!!!!!
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰💕💕💕
I can remember hearing them on the radio all the time back in the day. I'm 63, and I miss those days so much. The world's such a mess right now.
Walter kills it on this. RIP Walter. left us to soon
Their music is like a home to me. When I get bored of other stuffs I turn back to them. They never get old.
Never ever
Interesting comment. There are many others who feel as you do. Of that I am sure. Its timeless
There will never be a band with sound and style that Becker and Fagan has.Their music has lived through the test of time. Cannot duplicate. Love you Steely Dan.
One of the few groups that can replicate a studio sound live.
Sucks that it was played in dentist offices and elevators 😥😥😥😥😥
To a certain extent you're right,...But there are many musicians who don't want to recreate their studio sound(s),...e.g., Jimi Page, Eddie Van Halen, Mr Jimi Hendrix, etc, etc, etc 🎼
@@danielcastillo4819 And I agree with you Daniel, but on the other hand generally that’s what the audience wants. I do like when a musician or group puts a fresh spin on a tune, but not when it becomes unrecognizable from the original.
You have a really valid point there. Nice call!!!!
One of the smartest, coolest duos in all of pop history. And pure musical genius. Wherever you play it, whenever you hear it, their music makes anything that much cooler.
Pop?! Hush yo' mouth! Steely Dan is not pop, Steely Dan is a genre bending true originator of rock/R&B/funk/jazz fusion that has never been replicated. They are the antithesis of pop! Rant over.
@Darby Powell I understand that pop means popular, I just wouldn't put them in that box. They had some pop songs but they were much more than that. I would say "coolest duos in MUSIC history, not pop history.
Vejur: PREACH ON !! I agree totally!
@@mattcorregan4760 Yea and they did all that from the perspective of pop, they are pop in the same genius way that Pet Sounds is pop. No need denigrate popular music just because its popular lmfao
You seem to be unaware that a duo consists of just two people !
Who else is still waiting for Josie to come home...in December 2020?
Corona
the most sophisticated, intelligent brilliant band
And Supertramp
Pretty sure you're limiting yourself with such a statement. Steely Dan is among those who think.
@@MrLeftfootlouie fair enough. I'll substitute 'the' for 'a'
They took jazz chords and made a string of top 40 hits with them. Unique band.
nice concise summary there!
We babyboomer's in the Philippines grew up with their music during the martial law years in the '70's!
If you ever get a chance to watch the documentary where they got most of the "Aja" session players together to do a recreation in-studio, make time. Watching brilliant artists who are perfectionists describe their process is a rare privilege.
Saw them in Vegas in 2017 shortly before the passing of Walter Becker. One of my life's epic music show experiences.
Nothing and nobody will ever do it again..... Steely Dan ❤️❤️
My most favourite band of all times. There's is a special sound. Rest in peace Walter Becker.
I've been listening to SD for 50 years, it's still going strong.
No band switches genres so smooth throughout the song. It truly is fantastic. They are so unique.
Playing 'Josie' live with mind-blowing execution just shows why they're so great!
This is the greatest band ever. Ever.
Ever.
@@jonvaughn8865 - WRONG----!
Frank Zappa *blows away* Steely Dan.
@@JamminClemmons Different type of bands. I love Zappa.
@@jonvaughn8865 - Okay....I'll buy that.
How's about Fleetwood Mac (before) the women joined? It was heavy bluesy and intense dream-state-ish.
Early Pink Floyd rates as well.
Don't get me going on early Genesis.
These guys were such perfectionists; their live performances sounded just like the original studio recordings
They invented smooth jazz...
So true perfection artist
It's surprising that the Eagles were more known than Steely Dan. The Eagles even sold more records. But I'll take Steely Dan any day. Intelligent music at its finest. Every note matters.
Their music is like fine wine. Every sip you get a different flavor and nuance. That’s why I can listen over and over obsessively. RIP Walter
They where the quintessential musicians band that opened the door to what life felt like in The big American cities in the 1970s. Raw, edgy, musical, story telling, and just plain Amazing...
I have always LOVED!!! Steely Dan!!! I'm 66 and still live Steely Dan!!!
The say smell triggers deep memories. So does Steely Dan. Direct line to the center of my brain.
Legendary!!!!
Steely Dan was a collective of musical masters playing on an absolutely genius level!!!
Steely Dan as close to perfection as humans can get!
Amazingly underrated guitar player Walter was, I couldn't believe that at the end of Josie he plays the melody line to If I Only Had a Heart, blew my mind.
I'm here listening in 2021 and the groove is as sweet as ever.
Nov. 2021, still listening
Walter Becker's tone and playing are perfection. As a songwriting duo Becker and Fagen are about as good as it gets in popular music. What a sound they created. Walter Becker never grew old, he just cut his hair and changed his glasses. This is a complete treat. Letterman has no idea how lucky he is to share a stage with these great men. Thank you.
Yes he does
Steely Dan was such a reveloutinary and iconic sounding band that changed a world in music.
As a teenage saxophone player in the 70's & 80's hooked on jazz, surrounded by rock, and somewhat intrigued by punk/new wave, I was totally captivated by Steely Dan. Despite the AM radio air play of "Reelin' In the Years", "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", and "Peg" (the only Steely Dan songs I ever heard on the radio), it was "Bodisatva", "Dr. Wu", "Don't Take Me Alive", "FM", and my all time favorite "Black Cow" that intrigued me, got me through finals at college, and gave me comfort. The sophistication of their chord progressions alone were exhilarating, but when combined with Phil Woods' tasty sax solos, Becker & Donnie Diaz's crying guitar licks, and the memorable echos of Michael McDonald's voice, well I just surrendered to it. And yet there was more: the art of sarcasm redefined through their provocative lyrics. I mean not just profound poetry (e.g. "Reelin' in the Years", "Black Cow"), self deprecating introspection (e.g. "Deacon Blues", "Brooklyn", "Any World"), or drug fueled mayhem (e.g. "Doctor Wu", "Kid Charlemagne"), but unforgettable imagery with phrases like "Kick off your high-heeled sneakers", "Just by chance you crossed a diamond with a pearl", and "Every man and beast appeared a friend as real as I". Walter Becker and Donald Fagen: you got me, I bopped and cruised to rock, I danced at clubs to New Wave, but I "thought" to the perfect fusion of jazz and rock that had but one master: the Dan of Steel. In a truly sardonic irony, the fate suffered by Walter Becker puts him in a league with Michael Angelo, Van Gogh, Beethoven, Billie Holiday, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, and other twisted geniuses the world has loved and lost.
Am with you! I saw a very young woman, 20s, wearing a Steely Dan tee shirt today in my town - Saskatoon, SK, Canada Sept. 17, 2022! So, tonight am looking them up yet again on CZcams. LOVE Donald Fagen's New Frontier - have watched it a million times since the golden age of MTV - early 80s!!
When I learned to play "Josie," I finally considered myself a pretty decent guitarist: all those groovy jazz chords!
Spoken like a true musician. I learned to play Babylon Sisters on keyboard and felt like I arrived.
@@miskelproducts41 Babylon sisters is like a final exam for chords..
@@patrickmullins4552 It's pure genius!
Josie has the funkiest beat.
i've been learning Peg and Kid Charlamagne... never knew my fingers could stretch like that lol
I like Steely Dan! Just some smooth stuff!
Damn, this has got to be the best live vocal performance I've seen from these guys. Those backup singers are amazing!
I agree.. the backup singers on the earlier 90's Letterman show blow the later ones away.
DagwoodMMAt
The backup girls on cousin Dupree are SDs regulars. Caroline Lionhart is so fine.
If you liked this, then be sure to check out this live show from 1993: czcams.com/video/mGt8RebOy7Q/video.html The accuracy of all of the musicians is incredible!
I agree. But Fagan for all his genius has always had a terrible voice. Thin, no projection, and suspect pitch. I sometimes wonder whether his ego prevented him for letting a singer sing his tunest.
He let Michael Macdonald sing a couple!
Sounds as fresh today as when it was first released. I appreciate it more today than I did then.
Listening in 2023 & it's still brilliant
Damn-Walter Becker looked so young and handsome and healthy back then. How much I miss that SOB. May he rest in peace! RIP Walter Becker!
He looks like a rocking Martin Mull!
Cornelius, Walter, and Rickie all in Heaven's band now. Missing their groove.
Good LIVE.....but complete PERFECTION in the studio. 🎧
I LOVE Steely Dan. They are still all here as far as I’m concerned. RIP Walter.
Today September 3 2019 two years since Walter left us all-one of the greatest losses in music history all us SD fans will never get over his loss
It was liking loseing Neal peart biggest loss for me in music
Like the best friend you never met then lost forever......
Like losing Freddy
Absolutely love Steely Dan good to see some old footage of them playing live. R.I.P. Walter Becker what a great musician.
You just can't beat the Dan. They defined an era with a unique style all their own. Thinking man's music. Walter will be sorely missed. I hope to see ya on the other side Walter, and don't be late. ha, ha, ha.
Laverne Johnson - Sounds like somebody needs to get laid...
Yes sir, incest really make ya think, don't it?
Great analogy 👍
What a great time to be a teenager in the 70s when SD was making something called vinyl.
AJA IS THE GREATEST ALBUM PERIOD black man from MOTOWN MICHIGAN
Back from a day where there was digital NOTHING.
Just raw TALENT!
Another part of my youth gone. R.I.P Walter Backer : (
Yep, so glad I got to see them down here in Australia a couple of times. Very sad to lose Walter.
jamal23227 it’s Becker not Backer dawg
ahhh, come on, Never gone...we make sure!
what a talent.
Not gone. Just waiting for the rest of us.... God bless you all.
Music out of any time!!!
One band underrated to be so innovated making fussion of so different types of music like jazz latin pop blues and funkie!!!
And with so good quality!!
So far my favourite band of music ever!!
They are a once in a lifetime group. We will never have anything except their music once Mr Fagan hangs it up. But what a great deal for those of us who really enjoy music. You have to understand their music to really appreciate it. I've been a Steely Dan enthusiast since the first time I heard "My old school ". Thank GOD for this gift. AMEN?
Yeah - and I like the way you made this phrase come to life: ie “When Donald hangs up the fangs”. ... nice😎
What a great band! RIP Walter and thanks.
I am! His tune “Time Out of Mind,” was swirling around in my head this morning! He’s a WOW! I’d forgotten how cool his music was-still IS!
Hey girlfriend are you related to The Emotions, by chance..meaning cousins?
That tune swirls in my head every day. What a wonderful thing 🙂
Pure pure class Greatest band of all time in my opinion
humans can really be disappointing but seeing and hearing the genius that is Donald and Walter(RIP) and the incredible musicians involved with Steely Dan absolutely restores my faith in humanity! Currently jamming Walter's first solo album from 1994.....A GEM!
11 Tracks of Whack and Circus Money took a listen or two to really grow on me but damn I love them now- so weird, so funky. Walter just let it rip and it turned out great
Saw their comeback tour in 94...it was simply awesome to hear all those great songs played live,most for the first time.
I'm seeing this in 2023.
Sounds great.
Honestly, there is no reason these guys should have been popular....but that music!
W.B. looks so cool like a professor. Fantastic performance.
Long live Donald Fagen.
Yes - the Rock Professor. Old Walt's probably laying there thinking, "I shouldn't have worn those white sneakers. What was I thinking?"
Class is IN SESSION ❤️
Unbelievably he's still going...legend
he moved like a virtuoso, but with simple, tasty licks
he was playing guitar with his heart
He reminds me of Robert Fripp.
When Late Night Television was worth Staying up for!!!
No one comes close today....Musically or As Host....
Great Times!!Thanks for the share:-)
Also before Letterman lost his mind.
Being a musician (and getting paid for it too!) for a couple of decades, I watch videos of my heroes - such as Steely Dan - and imagine having lived their life. And then I get sad because my life isn't anywhere near what theirs was. And then I'm reminded that the imagination, and the world it takes me to is way better than having lived their reality with all of the suffering and struggles that came with it. Rarely do very gifted people feel as though their lives are gifted. Maybe they would look at my life and imagine living it.
Great way of looking at things.
How good is this ? Absolutely top notch......
That CD came out, and I got it. After a quarter-century, I still can't get enough of it.
it's the best music to have an earworm
One of my favourite bands since 1972.great songs,still sound fantastic. Rip Walter Becker.
Wow - had the dream come true to see them live in 2014 before Becker's passing. My son and I drove down to Michigan, and they were excellent. I was up dancing and screaming like a teenager. This is a memory I will always cherish.
These guy's were some of the best song writers & their musicianship was far beyond great. Just awesome, Becker, Fagen, Jeff Skunk Baxter; truly phenomenal and with one of the FINEST original albums ever..."Aja".
You forgot Denny Diaz
Y'all notice just how precise each instrument placement is held together..like riding a huge wave out on the coast on your board!😀
Iconic music 101. The Dan were always the band that set the bar. True greatness that inspired many generations of aspiring musicians to aim higher!
I just catch this ! August 2023 , like the good wine , hiding in the cellar enjoy it ,very slowly !
Wish this music was made today
This is beautifully done..top to bottom!!!
When I first heard their music on F.M. radio in late 1972, I thought it sounded 10 years ahead of the curve. By the late summer of '73 every club band worth a damn was trying their best to cover "Reelin' In the Years," "Dirty Work" and even "My Old School" from their second album. They became for me in the '70s what The Beatles had been in the '60s. My wife and I were lucky to see their April 1974 tour stop at the U. of Toledo … their last tour as a real band.
Toledo rocks
Becker r.i.p may your funky guitar playing entertain them in paradise
A ratos jazz, a ratos soul o funk, Steely Dan consiguieron elevar su musica a los altares con su elegancia y perfeccion. Grande Walter Becker. RIP
Love the Dan. Miss Walter.
And, tbh, I miss the 1995 David Letterman.
I miss the 1985 David Letterman even more.
True only one of those changed for the worst. Flaming liberal, Dave looks homeless now!
but he's happy...homeless with millions $, racing team , etc...I'll take that if that an day... everyone so political these days...damn...@@epiet270
I miss David also . Terribly .
RIP Walter
I grew up with this. Brings back lots of great memories. Saw them live in '95.
That was fkn awwwwesommmmme
One of the finest bands of the 70's... period! virtuoso playing on every album & the songs are timeless. I agree with a lot of the commenters below, Becker was such an under rated guitarist .R.I.P. Walter & thank you for adding to the soundtrack of my youth!
Alan Burch - I saw Steely Dan in ‘93 and Becker was playing many of those iconic solos note for note. He may not have been a great guitarist when they first started, but he grew to be one, no doubt about that. I witnessed it firsthand.
lazycalm41 he is a fine player. So used to him using session guitar players
Primarily a bassist, was always a great guitarist while the band preferred to employ the likes of Baxter, Carlton, Parks, Knophler, Khan, Ritenour, etc
@@cirenosnor5768 Whoa now you forgot about Denny Dias
THE best band of the 70’s…
Clever and sophisticated sound. Always my favourite band
Awesome Never Get Tired of Steely Dan " Timeless Sound "
My favorite band since the early seventies...
They're playing live and is absolutely perfect. Can't get any tighter. It's super hard for a band to be that tight and the sound that perfect. That's why you rarely hear it. These guys are the best. Hat's off to the Sam Donaldson Orchestra!
Superlative! Possibly the best band ever...
For a genius level guitarist, Walter always looked so unassuming. Reminds me of one of my history teachers in high school. Love both the teacher.... and the the professor aka The late great Walter Becker.You are sorely missed by this history buff sir. RIP
Considering how much production went in to their music in the studio it’s as much a testament to their talents to sound so good/tight, live. And that means everyone playing.
Many great guitar players recorded with this top band, but Walter's playing was as sublimely inspired as any of 'em...
You should google Drew Zing, the guitarist with them live during this time (he's to Becker's right and back). He's wonderful. You'd love him!
Legends love Steely Dan can't explain what their music does
Listen to how ridiculously precise and emotive this is almost 30 years on. The groove is so specific, plus all the little accents and intricacies. Until you (and I) grasp every aspect then there’s still more to learn musically.
One of the few groups that didn’t tour at all for years. They were a studio band. Mainly a duo. What I like is it’s basically Pop Jazz! Pop songs with a Jazz flavor. Brilliant! Which is why they sound so different from everyone else. Everyone else was doing Pop Rock or R&B Blues Rock.