Steely Dan - My Rival

[MusicThatDoesNotSuck]

Amazing, all you need is a band.

[KicknStep]

Listen to it quite regularly now.. Love hearing that keyboard tone man.. Good voice too. Thx again for sharing.

[JamaisMEC]

Well done. I've been playing a jazz guitar ad lib to your track here. One of my favorite quirky Steely Dan songs, I'm pleased that you posted your version; at least there's some record of it in cyberspace. Bien joue'.

[KicknStep]

Sounds great I think...

[turnaroundphraseNY]

G#+C+E+F#+A, not G#+C+F#+B.... unfortunately

[rayboludo]

You are absolutely tha money man, love the chops and very good vocals too

[probrojeffro]

Good to see a contemporary musician with talent grovin' on the classics. Love the Dan.

[mtroy0620]

Hey that's terrific!

[Rotwatcher]

Very, very nice work.

[redbarchetta619]

great take on the song, not easy to do without all the other parts either! thanks for keeping my faith that there are other people out there who want to share the music of steely dan and keep it going

[matt4270]

Natural Metronome!

[hexodus00]

Sweet work, man. U should make a version of this: watch?v=_EI3bPC4O8U

[ObamaHappens]

Nice remake.

[garwood34]

Dude, I absolutely love your renditions of Steely Dan. Been a fan of yours for a few years now. What's the chances of you doing "Caves of Altamira?"

[bradnottingham]

I had no idea about your talent until I heard this. Brilliant sir!!! Bravo!!! Well done!!!

[PeaceUdo]

I will drop my panties for you.

[veneta72]

You rock, bro! this is purely awesome and way, waaaay over the heads of most who watch it in terms of the practice and talent necessary to pull this off. Kudos. Way to go. Awesome awesome awesome. Great, great tune!

[cameronrr1]

Xolent

[mindyspark]

Unreal - you are spectacular. Hope you make it in the big time :) Your looks don't hurt either!

[zoltorrrr]

this is my favorite Dan song...excellent job my man!!!

[rickstill122]

@zoltorrrr My favorite too. What is it about this one?

[eddied29]

very very very fuckin nice

[jimszeles]

Good job!

[eatonjohnrobert]

Fricking AWESOME !!!! Lots of fun and well done!!!!

[LiveCrueltyFreeNow]

Oh my God, I love this video. I went searching for the Dan's song on YouTube and decided to check this out. You're great !! :)

[dstol62]

In the words of Mr. Burns, ehhhxcellent....

[jeffgarbage]

you did an excellent job, one of my favorite SD songs.

[MomoTheBellyDancer]

This must have taken you ages to get right. Kudos!

[marcoscotti]

good job!

[ColmIncendinall]

Excellent. I'm a big fan of the Dan and you nailed this!

[Khultan]

Homeboy, you're alright, man : ) keep it going!!

[52hombre]

Excellent. Wish I could find the TAB for guitar to this tune. I know the solo parts but can't figure the chords accurately enough by ear. Jazz stuff always sounds vague and you can't always go by the bass note(s).

[latibes]

Do some stuff from Night Fly. Maxine would be a good one to do with the Gregg Phillanges intro too.

[TheIzzy41]

Sounds great!

[miglage]

Incredible!!! Your voice, your way of singing together with your keyboard, you have captured the essence of one of my Steely Dan's favourite songs. Regards from sunny Spain

[GP1138]

Very nice! You have a great singing voice!

[pymt]

just cool...thanks dude

[RamboLambo2]

I don't like covers for some reason, AT ALL... BUT! I think you have genuine talent and very good taste and rhythm and style. keep it up and you'll go verrry far. Stay Groovy, man, way to do the DAN.

[MehefinHeulog]

you have caught the very essence of Becker amd Fagen here

and in a very simple and elegant way

love it

beautiful work

you deserve a record contract

[MehefinHeulog]

superb!!

just really really good

[pjbsjb]

This is really good. After the 1st verse, I didn't miss the back up singers.

Great job.

[sonnyrobot78]

Great! I love you!

[TheIzzy41]

I love this song!

[mevagissey69]

Vocally, there's a similarity to Dean Friedman's voice.  Not bad at all...

[miamigroove]

excellent work!

[habyss]

One of things I hated about Morph and Everything Must Go is that the songs are rather nondescript. My Rival has an identity.

[GP1138]

Agreed.. SD's newer albums (post 1993) aren't as good as the older stuff. Still good though!

[NanZamponi]

Great job!

[autoforthepeople]

Haha, I saw this ages ago and didn't realise you were the same person who did True Companion *lol* So talented- keep it going!!! :- D

[wellisaythat]

Like the way you look at the camera at the start too. Cool stuff. :-DDD

[wellisaythat]

Wow, you're getting better with age my friend like fine wine hehe. Very impressed with your work here.

I'm a big SD fan, and use this version in my Steely Dan from the start playlist since it's the best/ almost only one I think.

Anyway, nice job, and never listen to what the haters say.... but you know that already.

Peace

WIST

[Vinnybrain]

Wow...impressive! Can I sit in on bass with you??

Goucho is one of my all time fav Dan albums...Aja is suitable for framing! Museum quality !!!

You nailed the Fagen... now try something off Morph the Cat ! Vß

[7855waldo]

Keep at it, you're onto something!

[MrArbex]

Legal. A música ajuda muito, pois é muito bem feita.

[gawful44]

better each listen

[gawful44]

tom wins!

[gawful44]

this s0ong soooo overlOOked 1 #1 performance

[Steelyden]

Thumps up man! very good choice and peformance

[Pappahobo]

I belive there's only two kind of songs: the good and the bad ones. And this is really good.

[leoray1234]

I like your vocals better than Donald Fagen's!

[trumpetgirl5]

that was amazing! one of my favorite songs of theirs. :) you're a great singer too... and quite attractive lol ;]

[tnami09]

Man u really bring that heat with ya when u step up to those keys!! I'm totally new to this song b.t.w. thanks for the introduction. What album is this from?

[JaYSpRE2007]

Thanks, this is from the Gaucho album.

[GSHABAZZ]

@JaYSpRE2007

Nice Job on the song. Gaucho was a great album i remember it well my senior year in high school. I really loved BABALON SISTERS

[gackstacker]

Srsly tho, great cover bud. Are u british? U sound kind of britishy.

[JaYSpRE2007]

No, I'm actually mainly Italian and French Canadian. I tend to sing with an accent at times.

[gackstacker]

Couldn't you get your girlz in to sing the 'My rival, show me me rival' bits?

[JaYSpRE2007]

Heh, unfortunately

[colorkitties]

GREAT cover. Nice to see a young person who appreciates a more obscure song from Steely Dan.

[jamesfuria]

all class buddy.

-the nahash illuminati

[ancalagon12321]

Unexpectedly awesome!

[stephystills]

Too cool! another 5  Right here---!

[JaYSpRE2007]

Thanks!

[thecastlestalker]

Fantastic cover of this song---no one else even comes close. Now all you need to find is a Walter Becker-type dude to stand in and do the strings...

[wadeaminute]

A fine version my friend !!! Mr Fagen himself would be stoked seeing this. You're a major dude !!

[Bohemianstylegirl]

Wow, great job> great to see such a young man have an appreciation for real music..and show some real talent.!

[randythebredeman]

Great job! Keep up the good work.

[matt4270]

Nice! Fagen with a bit of "Turnstyles" era Billy Joel thrown in!

[edgarallanpoet]

This is probably your best video.

[JaYSpRE2007]

This is probably your best comment.

[Cracko90]

This song started rattling around in my head this week. Looked around for the original - no find. Found this instead. In many ways it is more fulfilling. Seeing someone pull off such a fine cover with just a keyboard and their voice.

Thanks for this excellent piece of music.

[malmatar]

Wow!! Super nice job! I was in the mood to hear some Dan and what great twist!

[TShane0423]

Great Job man!

[tillymouse]

Could not find the original on the Tube....this will certainly do! You bring a lot to it my man my fav view at the mo'. Fair play to ye boy! If you are ever in Cork I'll buy you a pint.

[doedoe1]

Awesome song, and Great Job.... Enjoyed it.....

[Cracko90]

Came here to find the original, but this is a great cover. Well done!

[funforfinn]

So did I, but this was a nice surprise :) Way do go youg man, very impressive!

[curiousnomad]

This person was born a musician. You can't just practice to "get it" like this. You have to be wired to do this. Great job.

[drezone]

One of the very first songs I learned on Piano... U got this VERBATIM!

[hardwickdeborah]

I wanted to hear the original,but,this young kid did a great job playing the keyboard,I gave him 5 stars. John Hardwick

[STIRKDAWG]

This kid has a really weird understanding of this music. He's very young and very sensitive to the nuance of this incredibly complex music. Unreal...

[garwood34]

Wow, excellent job. "My Rival" is one of my all-time favorite Steely Dan songs, and you absolutely nailed it. Donald and Walter would be honored, I'm sure. Good luck, Justin, and keep bringing us more great music. I could sit here and watch you all day!

[nimrod3094]

Yeah! I love "My Rival". What are the chords?

[NjoyLabattsBlue]

sweet dude...well done and good taste it music. you are ready to hit the local coffee joint on friday night. get a good drummer and bass player

[dirtybassplayer6]

Nice job.

[funyhowe]

Has Steely Dan seen your versions? I'd bet he'd be impressed. At least Michelle Obama keeps it real.

[NunnelNursuries]

Good to see you back

[NJJ77]

Steely Dan were perfectionists when they produced their great albums. You are too when you say two mistakes, they were hardly noticable. Keep up the good work.

[igot1i]

dude, good to see you back with more. You've aged well. Great song!

[upst8]

Great perfomance - I'll bet that was fun to do. I'll go five stars on that one.

[tomwms]

This is great, you are quite a talent. You and all the other great interpreters of Steely Dan posting on YouTube should join together and tour Aamerica.

[Beniscool27]

Very well played your hard work payed off:)

[eikels]

Great,great,nice !!Very talented.

[edgarallanpoet]

If anyone were to rival my opinion then they wouldn't know true art. The performance was truely uncanny and yet pragmatic; and as you played it seemed very cathartic.

[JaYSpRE2007]

That comment was uncanny...

[2ofusmusic]

love it :)

[slatersgarage]

Slammin', as usual... Great stuff!