Flooner75 is absolutely right! I'm going crazy trying to do a remake of this blasted song. Yes, it is very hard to sing. No, I haven't been able to finish this song and it's driving me crazy. Between bouncing tracks and harmonizing, it's a dizzy mess.Fagen is just too damn good. He's the musician's musician. All of the half step intervals and the inversions are just mystifying. I wish I could write like this guy. Brilliant composition.
I can't believe I've never heard this song before. Loving it. Amazing how I can hear hints of other SD songs in there - Hey Nineteen, Gaucho, Maxine and even Pixeleen at the very end... Thanks for introducing me to this song.
Makes me want to fly a cab, have sex with a redhead, and then melt her. Harry Canyon was the only guy directly related to the Lok Nar who just plain didnt give a fuck.
A true creative genius. This song was one of those that acted like a 'life soundtrack' for me when I was in Antarctica, of all places. I was there as an icebreaker crew member, and we'd been there for a couple of months. I swear, my whole world was white/grey/brown, very monochromatic. I was tired of going up and down the channel breaking ice and I longed to return to the deep green Pacific Northwest, my home. The lyrics say it all, especially "I've been dreaming of my own green world."
@Flooner75 Great story! I'm a musician, and the artistic device that slays me on this song is called "close harmony." It's *very* hard to sing. Even Michael McDonald complains about Fagen's charts. Each singer's note is maybe a half-step away from the next voice's note. Very demanding, to make ear, brain and voice do exactly as they're told amidst other notes. But, it creates the ambiance of slow, tiny changes. I would never have made the Antarctica connection, but it's brilliant! Thanks!
Fagen's music enriched me so much. His style was for me a revelation. T.C. is a true masterpiece: the vocal part is a milestone for the extraordinary texture (maybe more than Maxine itself). Some years ago I wrote a piece dedicated to him (harmonies and atmosphere can someway recall the ones of T.C.). I would be very happy if someone who likes Fagen's music would give a listen to this piece of mine and let me know his/her opinion: the title here on YT is HOMAGE N.12 A DONALD FAGEN (2002)
I know but Warriors of the Wind i grew up with as a kid and it was my fave animated movie since i was 4 25 years ago, i didn't realize it was a butchery until i saw the uncut fansub tape of Nausicaa at 15 and made myself a copy of it as i owned it with the Warriors cut, but for the time Warriors was a good substitute until we finally got the uncut US version with a different dub. Does Taarna's story remind you of Nausicaa somehow only erotic this time?
@Johnlindsey289 yeah, but remember the roles are very different. Nausicaa is a healer and a leader and a deep thinker too (even botanist!). Taarna is literally vengeance personified! her cause is just, her logic is flawless. she is total badass, the fan service is just that: fan service.
Such a relaxing song to sleep too and one of my lullabyes, Donald Fagen rules my world since i was 12 when i had the soundtrack on CD back in 93 when i saw this movie on TBS with Vampire Hunter D, American Pop, Rock and Rule and Robot Carnival,. Such cool adult animated movies that opened my mind that animation isn't just for kids and of course i had earlier experiences such as Warriors of the Wind (the original Nausicaa), Twice Upon a Time, Wizards, Fire & Ice, Fantastic Planet etc. as a kid
I was going through records a few years back and found this on a humbug..my favorite group... the intro is amazing and the song has a Nightfly sound..around the same time Im guessing...No one ever talks about Donald Fagan when it comes to musical genius' its so fuckin sad!!
Indeed i was 12 about 18 years ago when i saw it on TBS with those movies i mentioned above and blew my mind, i had a major crush on Taarna as she was one of my various toon crushes that year. If you like this movie i recommend these similar movies: Akira, Ghost in The Shell, Fantastic Planet, LightYears (Gandahar), Wizards, Wicked city, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Warriors of the Wind), Ninja scroll, Fire and Ice, The wall, American Pop, Fist of the North Star etc.
Den and Taarna are both the original Avatar isn't that right? in fact HM the movie including the magazine are some of the influences to Cameron's new movie since James Cameron is a huge fan of both, he did some homages to homages to both sources since Avatar was like HM magazine brought to life. He was also borrowed from Last of the Mohicans, Dune, Star Wars, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Warriors of the Wind), Mononoke, Wizards, Fantastic Planet, Fire and Ice etc.
Only can Donald Fagen start a song as a simple jazz style instrumental, rock it out in the middle and make it lush-style ballad near the end. The man is a pure genius!
Loved this movie since i was 12 back in 93 watching it on TBS with Vampire Hunter D, Rock and Rule, Robot Carnival and American Pop, loved them all. I even bought Heavy Metal on video when i was 15 with the soundtrack, one of my favorite cartoon movies. Great relaxing song!
Awesome song. The fact that he fell out of an ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down should not deter the musical listener. My father loved Steely Dan and i guess that means i also love Steely Dan!
@worldwidekillerz Steve Khan. He's is an amazing guitarist on both electric and acoustic. His father is the great Sammy Cahn. Don't know why he changed the spelling of his last name. Try his album "The Blue Man" for some 70's jazz funk.
@worldwidekillerz Don Grolnick, Donald Fagen, Errol Bennett, Steve Jordan, Steve Khan, Will Lee and Zack Sanders is the full musician list. I don't think Walter was involved much in this song even though it was a Steely Dan tune (I could be wrong).
@Johnlindsey289 I always thought that Jean Giraud Moebius's artwork inspired Fifth Element of course his work regularly featured in Heavy Metal Magazine also
Let's also not forget James Cameron's Avatar was also influenced by Heavy Metal Magazine. Cameron is a fan of the 1981 animated movie and magazine as he was influenced by the works of Richard Corben, Moebius and Azarath according to him in an interview for Avatar which he showed some issues for the inspirations of creatures and world in Avatar. Gotta admit the movie was like a big screen issue of HM magazine brought to life and even Neytiri was like a covergirl or centerfold
@Johnlindsey289 Yeah I thought that also It's grown up Sci Fi The Navi and Pandora could have been straight out of Heavy Metal.magazine Lets not also forget that Cameron is a fan of Sci Fi novels in general Both Avatar and Aliens draw on Robert A Heinlein's Starship Troopers.As fpr Richard Corben I have long been a fan of his art It would be nice to see Den get an update in the forthcoming Heavy Metal movie which Cameron is involved in.
Let's not forget Dune novels plus Nausicaa and Princess Mononoke were influenced to Avatar. Cameron with David Fincher are co-producing/directing the film as i hear it might have 10 stories and other directors like Zack Snyder, Guillermo Del Toro, Gore Verbinski, Jack Black and Rob Zombie are involved as well! they should hire Yoshiaka Kawajari of Ninja Scroll/Wicked City/Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust fame or Katushiro "Akira" Otomo for an anime segment and Will Vinton for Claymation
So you grew up with this movie too like i did? awesome. If you like this movie, i recommend these similar movies: Akira, Ghost in The Shell, Rock and Rule, Wizards, Fire and Ice, Ninja Scroll, Urotsukidoji Legend of the Overfiend, Fritz The Cat, Wicked City, AMerican Pop, Fist of the North Star, Fantastic Planet, Lightyears, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (aka Warriors of the Wind), Princess Mononoke, Starchaser Legend of Orin, The Dark Crystal, South Park The Movie etc.
@Johnlindsey289 I came across it when we first got analogue Satellite TV around 1991.There weren't many english channels in the clear/unencrypted other than MTV news and sports channels but there where lots of German channels and it came on late one night think it was RTL .I couldn't understand the language and there where no subtitles but it looked fantastic and I watched it.Then I made the connection with the Heavy Metal magazine and became a fan.I have seen some of those movies you mentioned.
@Johnlindsey289 I came across it when we first got analogue Satellite TV around 1991.There weren't many english channels in the clear/unencrypted other than MTV news and sports channels but there where lots of German channels and it came on late one night think it was RTL .I couldn't understand the language and there where no subtitles but it looked fantastic and I watched it.Then I made the connection with the Heavy Metal magazine and became a fan.I have seen some of those movies you mentioned
I took a girl on a first date to see this movie back when it was first released. She ended up being my first steady girlfriend. Lasted about a year. So this film always brings up that memory of our first date.
Donald Fagen is an artist when it comes to writing great music. Even without the lyrics, it's so relaxing to sit back and just listen with the lights down low.
This song is just so relaxing and eases the brain when sleeping that you wish it could go on forever.
They need to make more adult animation movies like this, Akira, Ninja Scroll, Heavy Traffic, South Park The Movie, Ghost in The Shell, Beowulf, etc. to prove not all animation is a child's thing.
Well the closet similar animated movies to this are Akira, Ghost in The Shell, Ralph Bakshi's stuff, Ninja Scroll, Fire and Ice, Pink Floyd's The Wall, South Park The Movie, Beowulf, 9, Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend, some hentai movies, Haunted World of El Superbeasto, Wicked City, Fist of the North Star, Wizards, Rock and Rule, Starchaser etc. in terms of adult animation. But do you know what hentai is?
Gawd I love this tune, I could sit and listen to someone "elevator-music" nightclub this tune all night long.......so relaxing. I really am glad I have so many wonderful Steel Dan & Donald Fagen tunes to listen to, great stuff from growing up in the 70's and it sounds even better today !
This really reminds me of the first sf book I ever read was by Andre Norton about some star rangers who are sent to a planet that isn't on their charts. In the end, they discover that this planet on the far edge of the galaxy is Earth, finding a burnt plain where all the rockets launched to take mankind into space. In the eons since, Terra became a myth when its location was lost somehow in the galactic empire and bureaucracy it spawned. This song could be the preface.
What an incredible , descriptive use of the nuances of the english language "soare ax "has . Are you sure you weren't looking for the judas priest or twisted sister video ?
This tune proves that Donald Fagen is the George Gershwin of our time. His audio landscapes transport us to another place and time and his lush harmonies and melodies are indecribably beautiful and majestic. Please marvel at this genius among us.
Things will have this much soul again...just watch. These hard times bring out the best in people. Suffering (within reason) is often good for the soul. We've been "comfortably numb" for too long.
thank you.. good to know one is not all alone, the world is turning I know... though, if it's gonna turn the right way in my lifetime.. that I don't know.. .but still, as long as songs like this one appear on youtube.. there is a hope... gotta love the "good thing"... thanks again ; )
I love the steel triangle sound on this it's great Henry Mancini used it on the pilot episode of Colombo Ransom for a dead man
ninelivecat 3 weeks ago
I feel his making better's "imaginable sense" !
TheTake147 3 weeks ago
Close your eyes and let yourself be transported......
willidaws 1 month ago
great theme ¡¡¡
venintertrader 1 month ago
Flooner75 is absolutely right! I'm going crazy trying to do a remake of this blasted song. Yes, it is very hard to sing. No, I haven't been able to finish this song and it's driving me crazy. Between bouncing tracks and harmonizing, it's a dizzy mess.Fagen is just too damn good. He's the musician's musician. All of the half step intervals and the inversions are just mystifying. I wish I could write like this guy. Brilliant composition.
RRobbo06 2 months ago
1980's Jazzy-queerish metal-tweak. Cool flick and they chose the perfect part of this song to introduce Hairy Canyon.
DominusLuna 2 months ago
I can't believe I've never heard this song before. Loving it. Amazing how I can hear hints of other SD songs in there - Hey Nineteen, Gaucho, Maxine and even Pixeleen at the very end... Thanks for introducing me to this song.
mtroy0620 3 months ago
Makes me want to fly a cab, have sex with a redhead, and then melt her. Harry Canyon was the only guy directly related to the Lok Nar who just plain didnt give a fuck.
Oyabungaijin 3 months ago 5
such a wonderful song, great melody !!
gelrock99 4 months ago
Awesome song! His music creates such an environment.
StanleyKu 4 months ago
I keep listening to this one.
badoocee 4 months ago
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one of the most beautiful songs ever created....must be played at my next wedding...first dance song...
MsKneedeep 5 months ago
one of the most beautiful songs ever created....must be played at my next wedding...first dance song...
MsKneedeep 5 months ago
This is a challenging song as most disc jockeys can't bloviate for the three hundred and five seconds it takes for the singin' to begin ...
So many good songs on this album, and the movie was fun as well.
drchaffee 5 months ago
i think this a wonderfull theme ¡¡¡
venintertrader 5 months ago
A true creative genius. This song was one of those that acted like a 'life soundtrack' for me when I was in Antarctica, of all places. I was there as an icebreaker crew member, and we'd been there for a couple of months. I swear, my whole world was white/grey/brown, very monochromatic. I was tired of going up and down the channel breaking ice and I longed to return to the deep green Pacific Northwest, my home. The lyrics say it all, especially "I've been dreaming of my own green world."
Flooner75 6 months ago 4
@Flooner75 Great story! I'm a musician, and the artistic device that slays me on this song is called "close harmony." It's *very* hard to sing. Even Michael McDonald complains about Fagen's charts. Each singer's note is maybe a half-step away from the next voice's note. Very demanding, to make ear, brain and voice do exactly as they're told amidst other notes. But, it creates the ambiance of slow, tiny changes. I would never have made the Antarctica connection, but it's brilliant! Thanks!
manabozho 2 months ago
Fagen creates a better world that you occupy when you listen to his music. So damn good. I love Steely Dan but always liked Nightfly best of all.
schmoodle79 7 months ago 2
His work is endlessly interesting...not bad for being on the edge for almost 40 years.
We should all be so creative.
brocczz 7 months ago
@brocczz We should definitely not all be so creative!
iEirikB 7 months ago
I just keep listening to this one...Excellence.
badoocee 7 months ago
muy bonita esta canción la peli no estuvo nada mal y eso que a mi no me va la música heavy, menos mal que la BSO hay algo de pop como esto.
ebernv 8 months ago
2:53- 3:34- best break ever!
evelynamodifieddog2 8 months ago
I remember listening to this song when it came on the radio thinking, "wow, that takes your mind places...."
I was 12.
add14jazz 9 months ago 2
Possibly one of the best (and most underrated) soundtracks of all time. Next to the score, both are brilliant.
ScannerDarkly2 9 months ago 12
@ScannerDarkly2 I agree.
IRONMANHONDO87 3 months ago
The first and only time Donald Fagen and Heavy Metal share the same room.
bradco6 10 months ago 2
The movie sucks but the music rules.
stonemosaic 10 months ago
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Johnlindsey289 9 months ago
My favorite 'drift off and forget' tune of all time. And I do likes to 'drift off and forget.'
FirstLandingOnMedusa 10 months ago 5
Fagen's music enriched me so much. His style was for me a revelation. T.C. is a true masterpiece: the vocal part is a milestone for the extraordinary texture (maybe more than Maxine itself). Some years ago I wrote a piece dedicated to him (harmonies and atmosphere can someway recall the ones of T.C.). I would be very happy if someone who likes Fagen's music would give a listen to this piece of mine and let me know his/her opinion: the title here on YT is HOMAGE N.12 A DONALD FAGEN (2002)
robertocrudo1967 10 months ago
Great song from a truly fantastic soundtrack!
TheAltair4 10 months ago
@TheAltair4
Isn't such a relaxing song?
Johnlindsey289 10 months ago
@Johnlindsey289 That it is. All of You is another mellow and relaxing song on the soundtrack.
TheAltair4 10 months ago
@johnlindsey289 I actually have every last one of those movies! lol! Those are true classics to me. ;)
sipinonwax7 10 months ago
@sipinonwax7
Do you remember Warriors of the Wind and Starchaser Legend of Orin?
Johnlindsey289 10 months ago
@Johnlindsey289
Starchaser was horrible, and warriors of the wind was a butchered version of a good film
yelloweyeball 5 months ago
@yelloweyeball
I know but Warriors of the Wind i grew up with as a kid and it was my fave animated movie since i was 4 25 years ago, i didn't realize it was a butchery until i saw the uncut fansub tape of Nausicaa at 15 and made myself a copy of it as i owned it with the Warriors cut, but for the time Warriors was a good substitute until we finally got the uncut US version with a different dub. Does Taarna's story remind you of Nausicaa somehow only erotic this time?
Johnlindsey289 5 months ago
@Johnlindsey289 yeah, but remember the roles are very different. Nausicaa is a healer and a leader and a deep thinker too (even botanist!). Taarna is literally vengeance personified! her cause is just, her logic is flawless. she is total badass, the fan service is just that: fan service.
yelloweyeball 3 months ago
Such a relaxing song to sleep too and one of my lullabyes, Donald Fagen rules my world since i was 12 when i had the soundtrack on CD back in 93 when i saw this movie on TBS with Vampire Hunter D, American Pop, Rock and Rule and Robot Carnival,. Such cool adult animated movies that opened my mind that animation isn't just for kids and of course i had earlier experiences such as Warriors of the Wind (the original Nausicaa), Twice Upon a Time, Wizards, Fire & Ice, Fantastic Planet etc. as a kid
Johnlindsey289 10 months ago
I was going through records a few years back and found this on a humbug..my favorite group... the intro is amazing and the song has a Nightfly sound..around the same time Im guessing...No one ever talks about Donald Fagan when it comes to musical genius' its so fuckin sad!!
TheKidstarj 10 months ago
I remember THESE days! lol! Heavy Metal was my SHIT! :)
sipinonwax7 11 months ago
@sipinonwax7
Indeed i was 12 about 18 years ago when i saw it on TBS with those movies i mentioned above and blew my mind, i had a major crush on Taarna as she was one of my various toon crushes that year. If you like this movie i recommend these similar movies: Akira, Ghost in The Shell, Fantastic Planet, LightYears (Gandahar), Wizards, Wicked city, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Warriors of the Wind), Ninja scroll, Fire and Ice, The wall, American Pop, Fist of the North Star etc.
Johnlindsey289 10 months ago
Too Cool for school. Thanks for sharing the music SrAMagistrado...and Donald Fagen.
badoocee 11 months ago
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unit87 11 months ago
Great movie, better soundtrack..
skinsman3 11 months ago
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Johnlindsey289 10 months ago
Typical early eighties..... This is a taste of what Steely Dan kinda would've sounded sounded -POST "Gaucho"... Great stuff!!!
jp0531801 11 months ago 2
Very intimate sounding.
piloneman 11 months ago
This is nice I love the Steel Triangle sound.
ninelivecat 1 year ago
"Yeah, New York. Big deal...Scum-center of the world...Now they're even talkin' about lettin' in low-lives from other planets...
...My name's Harry Canyon. I drive a cab."
Billinois78 1 year ago 22
@Billinois78
Harry Canyon is the original Fifth Element isn't it?
Johnlindsey289 10 months ago
@Johnlindsey289 Yeah he is! Good call.
Billinois78 10 months ago
@Billinois78
Den and Taarna are both the original Avatar isn't that right? in fact HM the movie including the magazine are some of the influences to Cameron's new movie since James Cameron is a huge fan of both, he did some homages to homages to both sources since Avatar was like HM magazine brought to life. He was also borrowed from Last of the Mohicans, Dune, Star Wars, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Warriors of the Wind), Mononoke, Wizards, Fantastic Planet, Fire and Ice etc.
Johnlindsey289 10 months ago
@Johnlindsey289 Well, to be honest, I never watched Avatar. Yep, I'm the guy. So I can't really say much about that.
Billinois78 10 months ago
@Billinois78 "they killed my father and now Im the only one....!!!"
yurianne07 6 months ago
@Billinois78 that shit was killer.nice work
mdelair420 3 months ago
@mdelair420 Thanks
Billinois78 3 months ago
glennbo...I was going to make a comment until I read yours...U said it all my friend..nothing to add...nuff said
biollante62 1 year ago
Underrated and often unnoticed, this song shows the depth and breadth of Fagan's musical world. I'm all out of superlatives.
ziaone 1 year ago 2
I wonder who chose to dislike this video. Makes no sense at all.
ScannerDarkly2 1 year ago
@ScannerDarkly2 F*cking Justin Bieber
tigab122 1 year ago
Ohh, no, I've heard him sing--
This is the One Tru SOng
Schneiderama
truartemedia 1 year ago
I dont know whether I like the movie or the soundtrack better!!!!
Drpluv187 1 year ago
Only can Donald Fagen start a song as a simple jazz style instrumental, rock it out in the middle and make it lush-style ballad near the end. The man is a pure genius!
antibimbo21 1 year ago 5
Oh, a good one! Thank you:)
louiseduvee 1 year ago
hahahaa this song is so 80's porn
ApostleMan222 1 year ago
Loved this movie since i was 12 back in 93 watching it on TBS with Vampire Hunter D, Rock and Rule, Robot Carnival and American Pop, loved them all. I even bought Heavy Metal on video when i was 15 with the soundtrack, one of my favorite cartoon movies. Great relaxing song!
Johnlindsey289 1 year ago
Awesome song. The fact that he fell out of an ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down should not deter the musical listener. My father loved Steely Dan and i guess that means i also love Steely Dan!
TheMatchu123 1 year ago
Great song, I really love the guitars on this song, I envision Larry Charlton playing guitar on this song
Doobie1975 1 year ago
@Doobie1975 I´m almost sure it´s Steve Khan on this one.
xebio6 1 year ago
@Doobie1975 This is Steve Khan playing the guitar
ELVISHAGA 1 year ago
try singing along, its really hard to follow the multi-harmonies and chords. Donald is great.
ziaone 1 year ago
great solo
Sundownerr 1 year ago
Saw this movie in 1981 and after that I was hooked on Steely Dan, Black Sabbath, Cheap trick and Devo. What a great mix of music.
beatle0001 1 year ago 2
I remember seeing this movie as a kid in 1981 and the ONLY thing that impacted me from the film was THIS SONG. Fagen is brilliant.
dtf1977 1 year ago
Who played guitar on this track? It's like a little bit of Jeff Beck and David Gilmour. I absolutely love it.
worldwidekillerz 1 year ago
@worldwidekillerz Steve Khan. He's is an amazing guitarist on both electric and acoustic. His father is the great Sammy Cahn. Don't know why he changed the spelling of his last name. Try his album "The Blue Man" for some 70's jazz funk.
tleong99 1 year ago
@tleong99 Thanks so much man! I couldn't find any info about this song. All I knew was Donald Fagen did keyboard/synthesizer and vocals.
worldwidekillerz 1 year ago
@worldwidekillerz Don Grolnick, Donald Fagen, Errol Bennett, Steve Jordan, Steve Khan, Will Lee and Zack Sanders is the full musician list. I don't think Walter was involved much in this song even though it was a Steely Dan tune (I could be wrong).
tleong99 1 year ago
@worldwidekillerz
tleong99 1 year ago
@worldwidekillerz Steve Khan...
ELVISHAGA 1 year ago
Instrumentally cool.......yeah I'm chillin' to this one K : )
MsBeatlejoos 1 year ago
MBJ : )
Khultan 1 year ago
Yacht Rock!
AdobeGillis 1 year ago
It's hard to get enough of this striking bagatelle: ethereally romantic, stubbornly idiosyncratic, effortlessly cool, slightly nerdy.
en9nui 1 year ago 3
Thia was about the time of The Nightfly. It should have been a bonus track. Totally awesome piece!
StanleyKu 1 year ago
I reckon Harry Canyon was the best long segment in Heavy Metal, So beautifull so dangerous was good too.
ninelivecat 1 year ago
@ninelivecat
Fifth Element's ancestor did you know that?
Johnlindsey289 1 year ago
@Johnlindsey289 I always thought that Jean Giraud Moebius's artwork inspired Fifth Element of course his work regularly featured in Heavy Metal Magazine also
ninelivecat 1 year ago
@ninelivecat
Let's also not forget James Cameron's Avatar was also influenced by Heavy Metal Magazine. Cameron is a fan of the 1981 animated movie and magazine as he was influenced by the works of Richard Corben, Moebius and Azarath according to him in an interview for Avatar which he showed some issues for the inspirations of creatures and world in Avatar. Gotta admit the movie was like a big screen issue of HM magazine brought to life and even Neytiri was like a covergirl or centerfold
Johnlindsey289 1 year ago
@Johnlindsey289 Yeah I thought that also It's grown up Sci Fi The Navi and Pandora could have been straight out of Heavy Metal.magazine Lets not also forget that Cameron is a fan of Sci Fi novels in general Both Avatar and Aliens draw on Robert A Heinlein's Starship Troopers.As fpr Richard Corben I have long been a fan of his art It would be nice to see Den get an update in the forthcoming Heavy Metal movie which Cameron is involved in.
ninelivecat 1 year ago
@ninelivecat
Let's not forget Dune novels plus Nausicaa and Princess Mononoke were influenced to Avatar. Cameron with David Fincher are co-producing/directing the film as i hear it might have 10 stories and other directors like Zack Snyder, Guillermo Del Toro, Gore Verbinski, Jack Black and Rob Zombie are involved as well! they should hire Yoshiaka Kawajari of Ninja Scroll/Wicked City/Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust fame or Katushiro "Akira" Otomo for an anime segment and Will Vinton for Claymation
Johnlindsey289 1 year ago
@ninelivecat
So you grew up with this movie too like i did? awesome. If you like this movie, i recommend these similar movies: Akira, Ghost in The Shell, Rock and Rule, Wizards, Fire and Ice, Ninja Scroll, Urotsukidoji Legend of the Overfiend, Fritz The Cat, Wicked City, AMerican Pop, Fist of the North Star, Fantastic Planet, Lightyears, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (aka Warriors of the Wind), Princess Mononoke, Starchaser Legend of Orin, The Dark Crystal, South Park The Movie etc.
Johnlindsey289 1 year ago
@Johnlindsey289 I came across it when we first got analogue Satellite TV around 1991.There weren't many english channels in the clear/unencrypted other than MTV news and sports channels but there where lots of German channels and it came on late one night think it was RTL .I couldn't understand the language and there where no subtitles but it looked fantastic and I watched it.Then I made the connection with the Heavy Metal magazine and became a fan.I have seen some of those movies you mentioned.
ninelivecat 1 year ago
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@Johnlindsey289 I came across it when we first got analogue Satellite TV around 1991.There weren't many english channels in the clear/unencrypted other than MTV news and sports channels but there where lots of German channels and it came on late one night think it was RTL .I couldn't understand the language and there where no subtitles but it looked fantastic and I watched it.Then I made the connection with the Heavy Metal magazine and became a fan.I have seen some of those movies you mentioned
ninelivecat 1 year ago
Steely Dan FTW!!
gyrosplater 1 year ago 4
@gyrosplater Thanks, you rock too.
SteelyDan324 1 year ago
I took a girl on a first date to see this movie back when it was first released. She ended up being my first steady girlfriend. Lasted about a year. So this film always brings up that memory of our first date.
sparkimoto 1 year ago
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Johnlindsey289 1 year ago
Donald Fagen is an artist when it comes to writing great music. Even without the lyrics, it's so relaxing to sit back and just listen with the lights down low.
alfie1529 1 year ago
This song is just so relaxing and eases the brain when sleeping that you wish it could go on forever.
They need to make more adult animation movies like this, Akira, Ninja Scroll, Heavy Traffic, South Park The Movie, Ghost in The Shell, Beowulf, etc. to prove not all animation is a child's thing.
Johnlindsey289 1 year ago
alot of people got busy to this song
trustobey1016 2 years ago 3
Donald Fagen - an unsung legend in music.
micoraimoon 2 years ago 35
@micoraimoon You just sung him...;-)
TheRaketmensch 1 year ago
@micoraimoon Quite sung, like a capitol Q
evelynamodifieddog2 8 months ago
Heavy metal?
Please don't smear the dude so much.
dogofman 2 years ago
I disagree with Homer Simpson, rock and roll reached perfection sometime in the late 70's.
Wargoat6 2 years ago
Great song to listen to when buzzing.
ncbeach22 2 years ago
Anyone thinks this movie predated Japanese animation in the US in terms of mature audiences animation?
Johnlindsey289 2 years ago 3
@Johnlindsey289
No.
Khultan 1 year ago
Well the closet similar animated movies to this are Akira, Ghost in The Shell, Ralph Bakshi's stuff, Ninja Scroll, Fire and Ice, Pink Floyd's The Wall, South Park The Movie, Beowulf, 9, Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend, some hentai movies, Haunted World of El Superbeasto, Wicked City, Fist of the North Star, Wizards, Rock and Rule, Starchaser etc. in terms of adult animation. But do you know what hentai is?
Johnlindsey289 1 year ago
@Johnlindsey289 Yeah, it's Japanese porno hyped up.
Khultan 1 year ago
@Khultan UTROLLINBRAH?
SoulshatterEvolution 1 year ago
@SoulshatterEvolution Come again?
Khultan 1 year ago
@Johnlindsey289 I saw this at a midnight movie showing when it first came out and was blown away from beginning to end. A true cult movie classic.
alfie1529 1 year ago 3
Gawd I love this tune, I could sit and listen to someone "elevator-music" nightclub this tune all night long.......so relaxing. I really am glad I have so many wonderful Steel Dan & Donald Fagen tunes to listen to, great stuff from growing up in the 70's and it sounds even better today !
1MtnBoy 2 years ago 2
I often have to defend Steely Dan and Donald Fagan to the people around me. I hear this and know that I don't have to defend anything.
jamomo1371 2 years ago 4
Heavy Mental
redghettosun 2 years ago
Steve Khan really shines on this one
ELVISHAGA 2 years ago 5
Such a relaxing song that makes me feel relaxed. Anyone thinks this movie influenced The Fifth Element?
Johnlindsey289 2 years ago 5
sooo fucking chill, i put this on blast almost every summer day while im heading to the beach
SixShotMaryDown 2 years ago 4
Interesting chord changes
frls50 2 years ago 8
@frls50 No shit Sherlock!
Spartanm333 7 months ago
This really reminds me of the first sf book I ever read was by Andre Norton about some star rangers who are sent to a planet that isn't on their charts. In the end, they discover that this planet on the far edge of the galaxy is Earth, finding a burnt plain where all the rockets launched to take mankind into space. In the eons since, Terra became a myth when its location was lost somehow in the galactic empire and bureaucracy it spawned. This song could be the preface.
deadpan227 2 years ago
What an incredible , descriptive use of the nuances of the english language "soare ax "has . Are you sure you weren't looking for the judas priest or twisted sister video ?
glennbo72 2 years ago
This tune proves that Donald Fagen is the George Gershwin of our time. His audio landscapes transport us to another place and time and his lush harmonies and melodies are indecribably beautiful and majestic. Please marvel at this genius among us.
glennbo72 2 years ago 49
You know it Glenn, you know it!!
ilovesteelydan 2 years ago 3
This has been flagged as spam show
Get the fuck outta here with all that bullshit!!!!
spareaxe 2 years ago
@glennbo72 I agree. But the only thing is that this song was co-produced by both Fagen and Walter Becker. In other words, Steely Dan at it's best!
IRONMANHONDO87 1 year ago
Los miembros del equipo del compañero verdadero que puedo ver su cansado de acción En esta Casa crepuscular
eterna es justo una extracción triste
Justo más allá del sueño molestado de jjovenes de rutas aéreas de fuego y starshine que he estado soñando de
mi propio mundo verde Lejos a través del alcance de tiempo de espacio
CraigFoye80 3 years ago
Great piece of music out of the great piece of animation. Seems the things had more soul back then hey?
Thanks a bunch for this!
motmr 3 years ago
Things will have this much soul again...just watch. These hard times bring out the best in people. Suffering (within reason) is often good for the soul. We've been "comfortably numb" for too long.
craigjones21 3 years ago 4
thank you.. good to know one is not all alone, the world is turning I know... though, if it's gonna turn the right way in my lifetime.. that I don't know.. .but still, as long as songs like this one appear on youtube.. there is a hope... gotta love the "good thing"... thanks again ; )
motmr 2 years ago