Posted on 01/06/2016 6:25:51 AM PST by WhiskeyX
Steely Dan Greatest Hits 1972-1978 / 1980-2003
by Andrew Dickman 28 videos•
The essential Steely Dan songs. I didn't realize this list has over 100,000 views! I just updated it with all songs from "#SteelyDan" except for "Bad Sneakers," which I nearly got. Jokes aside, this is a list for you that love or are starting to listen to Steely Dan.
I personally prefer studio versions of all the songs, but some live versions are the only YouTube versions available.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Steely Dan is an American jazz rock band whose music also blends elements of funk, R&B, and pop.[2] Founded by core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen in 1972, the band enjoyed great critical and commercial success in the late 1970s and early 1980s before breaking up in 1981. Rolling Stone has called them "the perfect musical antiheroes for the Seventies".[3] Steely Dan reunited in 1993 and has toured steadily ever since.
Recorded with a revolving cast of session musicians, Steely Dan's music is characterized by complex jazz-influenced structures and harmonies. Becker and Fagen are whimsical, often sarcastic lyricists, having written "cerebral, wry and eccentric"[2] songs about drugs, love affairs,[4][5][6][7] and crime.[7] The pair is also known for their near-obsessive perfectionism in the recording studio:[8][9] Over the year they took to record Gaucho (1980), an album of just seven songs, Becker and Fagen hired at least 42 studio musicians and 11 engineers.[10]
Steely Dan toured from 1972 to 1974 before retiring from live performances, becoming a studio-only band. After the group disbanded in 1981, Becker and Fagen were less active throughout most of the next decade, though a cult following[2] remained devoted to the group. Since reuniting in 1993 Steely Dan has released two albums of new material, the first of which, Two Against Nature, earned a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. They have sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2001.[11][12][13][14]
In a VH1 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, Steely Dan were listed at #82.[15]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steely_Dan
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Love Steely Dan.
Transistor and a large sum of money to spend
Thanks for posting. One of my faves. Got to see them perform in B’ham, UK.
Later.
Me too. My favorite lick is the beginning of “Don’t Take Me Alive” by Larry Carlton. He is one of the greats.
Most Excellent! Loved this group “way back in my day!”
clean this mess up else we’ll all end up in jail.
In the mornin’ you go gunnin’For the man who stole your water.
bump
The greatest couplet ever is in that song:
Is there gas in the car?
Yes, there’s gas in the car.
“I detect the El Supremo
From the room at the top of the stairs”
Same here as far back as I can remember.
Appropriate considering Donald Fagan was just arrested for assaulting his wife.
I think the people down the hall know who you are.
Hey,Nineteen....that’s “Retha Franklin.She don’t remember
The Queen of Soul....
The absolute best version of “Pretzel Logic”
Live from the NY Rock and Soul Revue with:
- Drew Zingg (lead guitar...and the best lead guitarist ever on any Steely Dan track)
- Michael McDonald (vocal on bridge)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt2zKrx0iYE
I saw them about 15 years ago. They got a (well deserved) standing ovation just for walking onto the stage.
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