Donald Fagen The Goodbye Look (HQ)

[localcrew]

One person obviously got the goodbye look.

You need a real good stereo to hear the deep, deep mega-bass drum in the chorus. It's on beat 14 and 16 but I can't hear it on these speakers. Big ol' honkin' concert bass drum. So low it "Hertz"! Get it?

[LONGLOTTfilms]

@localcrew Thanks so much for this comment! I love this record, and listened to it on cassette tape for years, at a landscaping job, which provided the tunes and no real quality audio experience. Though even at 16 bit I never heard that concert drum, which I can hear plainly here with headphones.

What I love about Steely Dan and any Walter' or Donald' associated videos is: they always attract intelligent, deep listeners who educate through comments, and revelation of minutiae. :-)

[Eisteoir]

If I ever get caught up in a Banana Republic coup d`etat this`ll be my last request. Democracy and I will both die happy !!

[Gilsams]

Jeff Porcaro from TOTO plays drums for the majority of this great album!

[akweo]

I guess that's Larry Carlton on guitar

[steveyraynelson]

this CD is what most sound companies use to tune in their systems, when I hear it, I know we're gonna have a great show!

[Urbanmystic123]

The Good Bye look is when the Generalissimo has decided to line you up against the wall and have you shot

[Urbanmystic123]

The Good Bye look means he is about to be lined up against the wall and shot

[SuperCalski]

no word can describe the talent donald fagen has

[richmondcigarettes]

beautifull

[stvn57]

So the character in the song is trying to get out of Havana before the fall, is that right? Can't figure out the Goodbye Look line though...

[reverendglenn]

I finally asked a bartender recently to make me a Cuban Breeze. I was politely informed it's the same thing as Mai Tai. Oh well...

[SavageRick]

Won't you pour me a cuban breeze Gretchen?

[2ndQuarto1]

@SavageRick My favourite line...

[vonvoltairekyo]

@avengerspeel & matthewdnorris Fagen's voice: utterly unique, not a "singer"'s voice, but absolutely pitch-perfect. That is rare. I wish I could sing like him.

[swimmerB0B]

stupid face, the glasses, and the gun= khaddafi?

[rlhtube4484]

Fangen and Becker = Fantastic and Brilliant. SMH and praise to God.

[kanaltube]

Nunca hubiera podido conocer este genio de la música sin el programa de Mabela Martínez y Tito Barreto "Stereo Jazz". Gracias Mabela y Tito, son unos locos por la buena música.

[swimmerB0B]

@TheDeviousMuzik - me, too! this song will definitely transform you to a sunnier place, and a sunnier disposition great job, mr. fagen. jeff porcaro was an awesome drummer and percussionist. RIP, mr porcaro. credit should be given, as well, to rob mounsey and starz vanderlocket for the percussion on this song.

[TheDeviousMuzik]

My favorite Fagen song, bar none.

[Coruscant98]

Listen to that notourioulsy difficult drum beat by Jeff Porcaro

[landart67]

@Coruscant98 A samba with a unusual placement of the snare accent. tough to play. Of course it sounds effortless on this track!

[79steelymatt]

Close your eyes and lean back and I swear I am either in Jamaica or the Caribbean on the beach sipping a drink with fruit & a little umbrella in it.What a cool jam this is, the very first cd I ever bought(in fact I didnt even own a cd player yet)on my birthday I got a cd player & 125.00 dollars and went out and bought all seven original cd's My fav albums(at that point) by years #1-1973 #2-1977 # 3-1976# 4-1974# 5-1975# 6-1980# 7-1972(David Palmer ruined a great debut album-he was awful)

[pontacelli]

But what about the superb jazz guitar lines, and soloing by Larry Carlton? Another genius for sure!

[DrKooBot]

such a soothing beat

[RicIsGod]

Tremendous tune!

[lioninwinter101]

17,000 hits for this originak track, but 27,000 for Mel Torme for same song????

[watchmanjimg]

I agree it's hard to beat the original, but the Torme' version has its charms. Plus, those of us who own The Nightfly album have less of a reason to listen to it on YouTube. The Mel Torme' rendition is something of a novelty.

[atragonify]

What a beautiful.

[lableslea1]

I have been listening to Donald Fagan for a very long time, had this album as soon as it came out. Love his music.

[specialsnoflake]

won't you pour me a cuban breeze Gretchen

[buoybuhund]

Will you pull me a Cuban breeze Gretchen?

[PEYIAKID]

Koo just how good god only knows, they are the light of my life, apart from the wife of course, Jim in a red hot Cyprus, wish you were here!!

[jsalmon39301]

I'm 16, and I think he's absolutely awesome. Steely dan are awesome as well.

[vongibson1968]

very nicely performed on every level

[yhenry77]

Some great guitar work! Smooth, great timing and nice chord changes.

[PimpDragon108]

Seeing Steely Dan tonight at the Clay Center in Charleston, WV and I hope I'll hear something from this amazing album!

[breezey475]

I owned this album like 4 times, I mean it started out on vinyl, then to cassette , then to cd, just wore it out from playing it so much....the whole album is incredible!!!

[shelleybobelly1]

stop being idiots.....yes its beyond great...we are just so glad we can listen to it ..so glad

[swagLilBallin11]

Mr.Om'mas Keith Sent Me Here.

[SuperiorArtCritic]

Flaws make drama. Fagen's voice creates a romance out of such drama - a voice that plays it awkwardly safe behind, say, sparkling sunglasses, cloudy cigars and hedged bets, then plunges headlong into a near suicide of coolness. I assume all the best art does that in its way.

[Nickhansfok]

Durham performing arts center August 4th Steely Dan I am so psyched

[halofan332]

You know this can't be anyone but Donald Fagen singing when he says the word "beach."

Even on an album full of the optimism of his youth, he can't help but put something like this in. And that's why we love him.

[avengerspeel]

I'm a singer, but how do you sing like this. Mr Fagan is just.....superior.

[matthewdnorris]

@avengerspeel

I honestly think what happened was they needed a singer in the beginning (like after their singer quit or something) and he filled in, haha. Thenn...after a few gigs of not being able to find a singer to fill in, he kept singing cause it working. Really, he's not a very good 'singer', but his singing is awesome. It's odd and so unique. Imo, it's partly why they can do what they do. :-)

[avengerspeel]

@matthewdnorris Kind of like Macy Gray filling in for her absentee vocalist at the recording of her first album. Got it. But I don't understand how someone could not be a very good singer, but sing awesomely. His voice gives me an erection every time I hear it. His vibrato, tone, delivery, phrasing and timing is spectacular. Maybe not for Fiddler on the Roof, but to tackle jazz?

[matthewdnorris]

@avengerspeel I guess I mean like, he's not a classical singer, but I think I like his voice all the more cause of that. Total fan here :-D

[JamaisMEC]

Won't you pour me a Cuban Breeze, Gretchen? How does he come up with this stuff!!!

[matthewdnorris]

@JamaisMEC hahaha, good question. I never quite figure out what he's singing about, but I keep comin' back. :-)

[JamaisMEC]

@matthewdnorris I recently learned that "Gretchen" was indeed a character in Ross MacDonald's "The Goodbye Look," some characters of which enjoyed Cuban Breezes. The story doesn't match the story in this song, however. Still...how he weaves his immense literary knowledge into these provocative verses is beyond genius, imho.

[matthewdnorris]

@JamaisMEC His sense of story and complexity is what keeps me listening! haha.

Great stuff. I just got the Kamakiriad and Morph the Cat albums today. Can't wait to dig in

[designgraphics3]

Sounds like intrigue in COOBA!!!, '59?, I need a Cuban Breeze, Gretchen!

[designgraphics3]

Sounds like intrigue in COOBA!!!, '59?

[philaman1972]

If this doesn't put you in a better mood, you have no pulse!

[oxlotol]

This song is about that Bastard Fidel Castro when his communist rebels took over Cuba and people were scrambling to get out of there. "The goodbye look" ment he was going to be shot in a public exceution as were countless others.

[avengerspeel]

I once saw a woman sitting at a restaurant talking to her man after a swim on the beach. The sun lifted the glistening waves of her long black hair, the glow of her golden brown skin, and the flawlessly delicate features so gracefully that I was witnessing a living airbrushed beauty. I had to drink this vision in. Fagan's voice does the same to me. He doesn't just delight my senses; he sets my soul on fire, like something not of this world.

[RnRanimal]

thanks solsburyHill22 , sounds great



[vitalsmusic]

this whole album is a treasure trove of gorgeous vocal harmonies.

[enoch90745]

pure awesomeness !

[uzipolo]

this didnt win a grammy??

[ladymccNYC]

n i c e MARIMBA yah nice and what a story, authentic. plaintive voice and harmonies.

[vickkiec51]

Cuba...at the time of the revolution?

[vickkiec51]

probably one of his best works...along w/ Dr Wu, Josie, and Deacon Blues

[Abbrielle1]

this whole album is fantastic

[TheDeviousMuzik]

@Abbrielle1

Yes, this whole album is absolutely amazing, but this one track is a driver... I'm either gambling in Monte Carlo or just parlaying in Venice Beach, CA. I love this song... The rules have changed, its not the same, it's all new players in a whole new ball game... deal me another hand, and pour me another Cuban breeze, Gretchen. I'm 21 again and taking big risks again... haha. lol

[taskzulu]

I LOVE THIS SONG BECAUSE I KNO W THE LOOK HES TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!! BARELY ESCAPED !!!!

[ricsnakeyt]

Hi there, thank you for posting my favourite Fagen song.

[mingalomars]

Beautiful tune...Fagen is a musical genius

[clearwater95]

First heard this on my friend's portable CD player at 2am on a bus from the border to Mexico City. Pitch dark, the cabin's asleep, good air conditioning, who knows where the hell we are. This song and album augured a week in el DF that was just as mysterious and beautiful. Thanks for posting this.

[misanthrope8]

genius

[Burt472]

Beautiful..............

[ohara128]

Donald Fagen is so great. I love the fact you posted in highest quality!!! This man's music deserves no less! Many thanks.

[Hectorogents]

Yes, thank you, kind Sir or Madame