Steely Dan Live 1996 at Manassas 21/23: I.G.Y

[TRWTWN]

Music without precedent. There's nothing like Steely Dan.

[ArthurStone]

Thanks for posting this.

What a talent. I have been listening since the early 1970's and Fagen holds up.

As good as it gets.

[EISLER95]

♪ What a beautiful world this would be

if all the people loved this song like me ♪

[MrBootify]

Great!!!

[MissUnderstoodTV]

@EYEM2L8 I think he is far from disgusting to look at, in my eyes he's gorgeous.

[pbyardh]

The Cole Porter of our generation. Nobody composes these days like Don. This album is the best of our era. Thanks!

[casionokiae71]

Bumpus FTW

[TheIrishlad12]

this wasactually off donald's solo album "The Nightfly"

[jazz4asahel]

Check out Bumpus at 3:21 pushing his head to the right at the end of his short solo.

[TheTiger1964]

He looks like a cross between Ray Charles and Freddie Mercury!!!!!

[egyptianminor]

I was there folks...Nisssan Pavillion, Virginia, my very first SD concert and I'm not proud to say this, but I've also got the bootleg double CD of this same show. Wayne Krantz on lead guitar.What's curious is that they played an experimental-slightly different version (the bridge had different mel./changes) of 'Jack of Speed', w/ Walter Becker singing lead,and a still unreleased tune called 'Wet Side Story", which from close listening, sounds like it had 'dummy lyrics'.

[dfriedman7]

i dont think i wanna know the 5 that disliked this

[drewper73]

It's a hair too fast. It sounds forced. Also, I didn't know they toured in 1996. Thanks for posting.

[providenceb]

It's bands like Steely Dan that inspired me to become a musician, Steve Wonder, Prince, and many more. Even so the younger musicians are taking it to another level, and I am not referring to the pop music we hear today. The music we hear today is suited for the toilet, and need to be flush, before it contaminate the youths.

[julioquiroznajera]

Me quedo con la version de los ochentas, jejeje ya se ve cansado este hombre, que ya no cante...

[philhealey1]

Fagen is a god.

[SesyuaRositaaj681]

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[macsnafu]

IGY definitely sounds like a Dan song, like Deacon Blues or Time Out of Mind, but the other songs on the Nightfly album are less Dan-ish, as Fagen explores different jazzy styles and such, like Ruby Baby, New Frontier, and Walk Between the Raindrops.

[Joshglenncooper]

@rockstar2192 yeah, thats what I'm after, if you could that would be great.

[Joshglenncooper]

@rockstar2192 could you give me links to these tracks I would love to hear them? Or even just the names of the tracks would do, thanks

[fpisa]

Buffa Vive

[NUMBERFIV]

Genial !! Amazing theme!

[kimmchin]

Stunning how great music used to be compared with what is now. This man and this band will live on for another 100 years.

[jp0531801]

This was not one of my favorites, although growing up listening to Steely Dan, I really didnt know this was Donald Fagan of "Steely Dan" as I heard this always on the local smooth jazz station during the early 90s. It wasn't till later on I realized Fagan's voice and kinda recognoized it as a Steely Dan sound and voice of Donald Fagan, but wasnt like all the others. About ten years ago I realized it was a "solo" album Fagan did in 1981 "Nightfly" that sounded very similar to "Gaucho" 1980

[bossou5555]

the girls are a little to fast in this cut ,but always good

[WhatTheFlyinFudge]

This is basically a love song about scientists.

[rosedarling11]

Wonderful! Such a hopeful song, one of my favorites of all time. Happy birthday, Donald!

[esterhay]

Fantastic performer!

[Similie]

I'm getting a ticket for that wheel in space. Werner von Braun inspired it and Chesley Bonestell painted it. The future is a-okay!

[pbyardh]

International Geophysical Year. Like, 1960. Pre-dating global warming. Don was on top of things, making music out of that kind of stuff. Fabulous. This tune was from 1981, I think.

[TwinsDad100]

IGY = International Geophysical Year

[tecnoborg75]

IGY= i get you

[tuzonthume]

IGY= Is Groovy, Yes?

[Hyperion1138]

This song really put the hook in me when I first heard it in High School, I loved that album!

I never knew C.Bumpus passed, a real shame!

It was interesting to see that he also did allot of work with Ambrosia, and all their soft hits in the late 70's early 80's.

[coachcdobbs]

Saw "The Dukes Of September Rhythm Revue" w/ Donald Fagen, Mike McDonald, and Boz Scaggs twice this week. They played this song and Green Flower Street both nights. A real treat!!!

[EddieRamon]

the nightfly was one of the best records of the 20th century. every song is good!!

[surrealistgirlx]

Great song and band. Seen them twice in concert -- tremendous.

[surrealistgirlx]

Love this song. I've seen Steely Dan twice and for a group considered a "studio band" they were tremendous.

[michaelspillman1]

R.I.P Neil, what a sax player!

[bluemonkjd]

Does Donald Fagen actually have Asberger's, or has he just made a great career on acting like it? Either way, I love the guy.

[kell1reilly2]

@bluemonkjd a lot of performances he does these days (of which i mean within like, the last 2 or 3 years) his movements keep getting more erratic & i find myself thinking something in his head is going haywire. look for performances where they were in san francisco in 2009. the videos are in HD & donald is just so...weird lol

[shadmclovinjo]

thx guy

[shadmclovinjo]

ive been looking for this song can someone tell me what album its on

[DylanTMathews]

@shadmclovinjo

The Nightfly - Donald Fagen (1982) It was Fagen's first solo album after Steely Dan's initial split-up.

[dan131m]

** I step away from the microphone to breathe in.

[Similie]

the future looks bright--what a beautiful world!

[Godzillary]

quite simply this band has helped me gain a natural feel for music and all its complex simplicity

[videovictim3]

the great cornelius bumpus. you live forever in the music we love. miss you brother.

[cliffovski]

great stuff.

[supakuringuwain]

最高！！

[rockdrumr429]

Is that Wayne Shorter?

[andecko]

@rockdrumr429

JACO WAS BIG, WAYNE SHORTER...I DON'T KNOW MAN, BUT IS MAGNIFICO, BEAUTIFULL, LINDO, EQUILIBRADO,REAL CLASSIC!

[romitoci]

magic Donald...

[RJiminez51]

it seems he wrote better songs without walter becker.like daryl oates doest need john oates. like paul simon doesnt need art garfunkel. like ronnie dunn doent need kix. and so on

[andecko]

@RJiminez51

LIKE JACO DON´T NEED PASTORIUS, LIKE ''ALL WE DON'T NEED IS LOVE'', SO ONE....ALMOST BETTER THAN SEX ,BETTER WITH THE SEX!

[ssuperstar1917]

What´s with Donald at the end? The Nightfly came out in 1982, not 1986 - and Ari Ambrose did not play the tenor sax solo :)

[Rnewmanguy]

@ssuperstar1917 he says '1980, thanks' not '1986'

[JAY132]

Too right. He was one of the guys I specifically wanted to see live with them, but by the time they got 'round my way, he was long gone.

Great video.

[zeebassist]

Really miss Bumpus~~~great guy

[DancingSpiderman]

@zeebassist Yeah, I heard he used to jamm in the NYC subways because he liked the ambiance... ever since I heard that I always wanted to visit NYC to hang out and find him playing...  well, too late

RIP Bumpus

[drohegda]

One of thee best of all time. my main man.

[blupiano]

Way to go, Cornelius Bumpus. A fine tenor solo...

[DancingSpiderman]

DAYum I'm glad I'm a Pygmy.... I'd like to be walking down the street in NYC and acidentally bumper-car into Carolyn's tay-days... briefly poking my eyes wit dem nipps....

I wonder whether Walter got to belt out one of his oddball solo songs during this concert? Or maybe his solo CD hadnt' come out by that time?

The bananana peel and music one, haha, great...

Last night, I saw these adult kidz dressed up for Halloween , dressed up like TeleTubbies. The complete set.

[whitemughal]

Reading Fred Kaplan's interesting book, "1959: The Year Everything Changed" brought this song and the IGY all back to me. Donald's favourable review is even featured on the back cover. I remember listening to this song in the fall of 1982 when I was convinced I was in love with the beautiful, long-haired blonde girl who shared a library carrel with me at university. What a wonderful world it could be (or not, alas!)

[hurl771]

waaaaaaa waaaaaaaaa waaaaaaaa

[hurl771]

that was totally new york right there! i am cruzing manhatten eatting a cornbeef on rye and listening to igy that guy steely dan is just the coolest he is like a white ray charles that guy steely dan rocks!

[ben1988uk]

No, Ray Charles was like a black Donald Fagen. lol jk

[hurl771]

ok hows this stevie wonder is a black Donald Fagen

[david0car]

HEY..MMMuller,..Best of Nuck!! You'll need it babe! You'll obviously be one of the "eternally free & eternally young!! If this tune doesn't turn your crank on your Gibson L9S Fretless or the AXE, "in the corner of my eye" the Gibson 175/335 or what have ya not obviously. God Bless all your 7th's, 9th's, 13'th's & flat 5's. Hey MMMuller, Try to answer this trick question - [Q.] "What does a Bannana Peel and Music have in common? [A.] If you dont C# you'll Bb. (xixixi Drum Roll & "Brum-Chik")

[Shamagogue]

......still waiting for my Spandex jacket....still I'm glad that the fix is in....right?

[steelydanZ]

Go for it Cornelius Bumpus , now that hes passed over to Heaven/Music land!

Another Great song , by Donald.Sounds like it came out yesterday.

[GP1138]

The first 30 seconds of this tune on record is sublime.

[sharindalove]

awesome song!  what does IGY stand for?

[sonofabird]

International Geophysical Year. It was like 1956-58 somewhere in there. Look it up, it's really interesting, but that's what inspired the song (only looking back with 1980's hindsight).

[kell1reilly2]

terrific

[mallyrose87]

Great performance of an incredible song!

I wish he would play this as part of the "Rent Party 2009" tour as well!

[LaniacUSA]

What a show! Front row, backstage and even travelled on their tour bus to Washington post-show, gosh the phun memories! Much respect to all the great guys in this legendary band! :)

[xkxdizzlex]

Love this song! =)

[MROSEN62]

Lady Chatterley was cool. She would have loved Fagan and Becker.

[Nuditeaf]

You heard from Cornelius Bumpus!!!

And that's two tenors- I don't see no alto...

[pbyardh]

I experienced IGY. It was just like this (except the glorious music) .

[Flap999]

Steeley Dan was Lady Chatterley's dildo. Sorry, someone had to point it out.

[nimmegeers]

So Lady Chatterley made a guest appearance in 'The Naked Lunch'?

[pattysue4]

He's not a guy, it's a band. One of the all time greats -- I can literally measure out my life in the seasons of Steely Dan music, can remember what I was doing when each of those songs were playing. Fell in love to these songs, partied, broke up, made up, etc. Can't say enough about Steely Dan. Still flutters my heart.

[audioimportgmbh]

Love what you are saying!!!

[TSaxman74]

@pattysue4 He's referring to either Fagen or Bumpus, both guys. RIP to Cornelius.

[camerino1]

@pattysue4 I totally agree with you. Music that built up our souls

[johnsmarkland]

I heard his songs but didnt know the artist name. Busta Rhymes rung his name in one of his songs. while watching the tube busta came to mind when he said like steelie dan, I said well let me type his name, he's a pretty smooth guy. Has a nice NY sound smooth jazz like rythym.

[d3ziii]

this is what i call real music! wonderful sound!

[suckyourtube]

What a great music this will be (in his CD)!

What a poor vocal to be (in his live)!

[CofCGuy]

Get your ticket to that wheel in space while there's time.

[BTC141]

I want to live in this beautiful world which Donald sings about. "We'll be eternally free, yes/ and eternally young." So positive and inspiring. Thanks for posting.

[adayinthelife54]

Thanks for the many posts carlospc-some of my favorites!

[Gedemondas]

R.I.P. Cornelius

[xpressivist]

a group called "rhythm logic" has their own version of this song with mysha leak on vocals (i hope i spelled her name corectly). no disrespect against walter and donald, but i think rhythm logic's version sounds better.

[wellisaythat]

xpressivist, .... just shut up, moron.

[xpressivist]

no. you shut up if you don't have anything sensible to say, dickhead.

[wellisaythat]

You call saying that someone who's singing someone else's song is better than the ORIGINAL is sensible???

You just don't say shit like that about legends like Steely Dan/Donald Fegan.....!!

Stupid moron.

[xpressivist]

You are so narrow minded. You're a musical fundamentalist nitwit. Go back to school, please.

[GDarkstar74]

Maybe you think it sounds better, but this is how it was intended to sound because DONALD WROTE IT.

[excursustoo]

Thank you!

[femurlee]

This is a very positive song by Donald Fagen. It moves me to think of a good futuristic society where all the pettiness is gone and mankind strives for personal and communal excellence. Great stuff! Peace.

[Gedemondas]

I believe that despite this songs generally upbeat feel, theres a certain amount of irony as well regarding the 50's outlook towards the future

[ejthomas3]

I really love this song, especially when I heard it at work.

[MarinK123]

I G Y is International Geophysical Year. Google it- it was a time in the late 1950's where everyone thought they were on the cutting edge of science and all kinds of "George Jetson" like things were possible...

[gaudy98]

Cornelius bumpus !!!! Fantastic..... True talent ...RIP

[Pallindrom27]

I LOVE this song and have for years.

Does anybody know WHY it's called I.G.Y.?

Do the letters stand for anything?

And what year did the song first come out?

[Pallindrom27]

Ok scratch the question about WHEN it came out. I wrote the first comment while listening to it and he says at the END the album it was on came out in 1980.

I WOULD still like to know what I.G.Y. means though.

[castertunes1967]

I don't know that this helps but it's International Geophysical Year (which raises more questions than it answers I suppose)--the album is The Nightfly, one of the best "albums" of fall 1982--"New Frontier" was also stellar. Mainstream radio flirted with that track a little back in '83. Not a lemon on this one--up there with the best Dan release, which is...

[Pallindrom27]

Thank you my friend!

Long time no talk! (LoL)

It's a small world sometimes isn't it?

[doedoe1]

IGY : International Geophysical Year..... the song originated in 1981......

[AcousticUplift]

Wow I had no idea this had a Steely Dan connection. Seems obvious really. I'm just now going through their vast back catalogue having only been familiar with a few of their tracks. They worked with some of the most seminal musicians and vocalists of their era. Amazing. Such a distinctive sound, instantly recognisable.

[spigelwii]

Now that's neat.

[51french]

Mozart, Bach, Beethoven take a backseat, these are the greatest composers of the 20th century. Check out the intensity of the brass players, they are honored to be playing in this band.

Does anybody have the Dan's "Book of Liars" on video? Great tune.

[trogdon]

I don't mean to sound like a total snob, but Bach was an early 18th century musician, Mozart a late 18th century musician, and Beethoven a late 18th century/early 19th century musician.

That aside, these guys are some of the best in pop music, and so distinctive as far as jazz goes. Amazing.

[azqy08]

Couldn't agree with you more. Their lyrics are great, and these guys have one of the best grooves you'll find in pop music. Not to mention, some of their musicians on the recordings are top jazz players. Can't find talent like this anymore!

[TSaxman74]

One brass player. And two saxes.

[Yaponchik78]

Cornelius Bumpus is incredible...

[JoelmanJames]

Pretty minor, but Cornelius Bumpus is playing tenor saxophone in this clip. RIP.

[marcoperbrano]

Fantastic!

[slimshaddytn]

Thanks for sharing this one.. the sax player is friggin awesome.. they should have let him really cut loose..

[pab777]

Totally agree!!! this song is just something else:::::::

[Ramona817]

What a great song, and performance!

[1947Chief]

it really fits with today , in the USA - an Obama song ?

[ahdoda]

im soOoo bored right now =(

this video got my pusssssyyyy wweeeettttt!!! wX

[esroberto1]

LogicJunkie is totally right. And I have everything Fagen/Steely Dan ever released on multiple formats. You think Fagen believes he's pretty? Or that he gives a shit? Please.

[AnthonyDelRay]

You're a pure bred Dickhead LogicJunkie

[cejono]

One of the greatest tunes ever off an legendery album!!

[mikeof59]

What does I.G.Y. signify?

[carlospc]

I.G.Y = International Geophysical Year

[thecat029]

Towards the end when Cornelius Bumpus starts his solo, it plays almost as a tribute to him...

[beebebop]

+1 on the Cornelius tribute. He is missed, big time...

[Bappafish08]

Don is THE man, Right?

Dave the Rave

[TheLogicJunkie]

A face for radio.

Truly.

[carlothewolf1331]

TheLogicJunkie = Queen of the Douchbags

[TheLogicJunkie]

I mean, don't get me wrong. I have "The Nightfly", and I sing "IGY" on karaoke night. I think his lyrics, voice, and melodies are top-tier, but you have to admit that he is a "face for radio", as they say.

[MMMuller]

who gives a shit anyway? brainwashed idiot

[TheLogicJunkie]

Sorry for saying that. But you have to admit that Donald Fagen is not exactly a face for the Barbie-doll halls of MTV.

[modifiedcontent]

@TheLogicJunkie, he looks like a white Ray Charles to me here. Nothing wrong with that. Original nerd cool!

[TheLogicJunkie]

A face for radio.

Truly.

[ketoujin]

I mean the outro solo on "Peg" also from this show was good.

[ketoujin]

Great version of Fagen's song with the whole of the Dan backing him up. I was in high school at this time and remember them touring that year - wish I'd gone to see them. The guitar is no Harrington but his outro solo is pretty good.

[sserpent21]

Strange that Steely Dan is playing one of Fagens' songs. Don't they usually do that when they're apart?

Did they do any of Walters songs?

[carlospc]

It is not uncommon. Sometimes they play one of Fagen's and one of Baker's. I think in this same set they play Baker's Book of liars.

[AL3Xmw]

its *Becker*

[carlospc]

You're right. Sorry...

[doedoe1]

This is such an Awesome song.....

[steely95]

Ce morceau est tout simplement EXTRAORDINAIRE !!

[crw3688]

Love it how Donald tell about hearing it from Ari Ambrose, but the big solo was from Bumpus.

[rkay51]

Carlospc you magnificent bastard ..... These videos are great! Thanks so much!

What a wonderful time to be free!

[reesetee1]

RIP Bump!!!

[sportschick1719]

Dude, I'm so glad I found your vids on here...this is my all time favorite Donald Fagen song..even though he performed this with the Dan, this was on his first solo album..I LOVE THIS SONG!!! What a treasure to find this live. Thank you again!!!

[eddieiimi]

What a great find, thanks!

[lelemac]

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!

[CSNY225]

one of Fagen's masterpieces.

[Chublin2249]

damn second. oh well. up yours dusty

[dustypuppy]

rofl :)

[Chublin2249]

First comment, and all i gots to say is: GREAT SONG!

[dustypuppy]

cool :)