SVinNJ..... I am not positive but I think a Babylon Sister is something you see when you mix black tar heroin with peyote buttons..... Kind of like "tonight I'm gonna 'chase the dragon' ....... These dudes were taking in all the 70's had to offer my friend!
Babylon Sisters are two cities by the sea. San Francisco and Oakland CA ... listen again ... preferably a better recording than this one ... but this will do
You would think that with all the money Steely Dan makes he can afford a decent plastic surgery.but, he just wants to live with that deformity in his face. great band.
@sizedoctor plastic surgery sometimes results in a "mask" a horrific deformity that makes the person's face look lifeless and motionless. everyone should appreciate the way they turned out, unless you have some horrific deformity caused by injury or something equally horrible, play with hand your dealt.
I was 16 living in the Sunshine Coast QLD Australia...and Aja had just come out..Nothing reminds me more of freedom, happiness, preciseness, and youth more than Steely Dan.. I had the pleasure of seeing them in Brisbane 2 years ago...and i loved the back up singers.. I wished I were one of them...one of them was so young..even though she had the feeling, I wondered how she could have the true feeling if she hadn't been born yet...
Damn, I'm glad I didn't discover Steely Dan earlier . . . God knows there's not much out there these days, but I can take my time and get to know S D's catalogue.
@MrZardoz777 I've known Steely Dan since forever... I know their catalogue and every lyric. I'm glad I've known them for 30 years. I judge other tunes by their standard. I've discovered other tunes are crap!
the royal scam is the only one of theirs i owned,on black vinyl,played it to death...phat funky smoky...his voice is awesome....what a mellow opening to this browsing session.
@emblem1980 Porcaro actually got the groove for Rosanna...better sit down for this one...from John Bonham! Led Zeppelin's 1979 "Fool in the Rain" No kidding! He said he merely took the slower half-time shuffle, ghosting on the snare drum included, and sped it up.
@derosierjr Actually, he said he got it from TWO tunes: Fool In The Rain, and this tune...from Bernard Purdie. And he also used a Bo Diddley influence for the kick drum pattern.
This is the true supergroup in every sense of the word. What a voice for a guy in his sixties. it will never be better than this. perfection is this .
What a tune! So complex that only Steely Dan can make it sound the way it should. No one should dare do this any different. This is a product of deep thoughts.
walter becker looks like a guy who builds bombs in his basement... Fagan looks like someone's podiatrist... unlikely pair to write this gorgeous music. respect to The Dan
@JerichoDitch2 becker looks like the mad scientist,,, fagan looks like the ecsapee from the mental ward,, and i not sure he didnt and stayed in a motel 6 last night
ninja ,you will find that most artist who do not sing relaxed(not strained) after yrs of performance it takes it's toll. Steely dan is a original relaxed dude. it comes naturally . he will retain that voice for a long minute he is an awsome dude!
Worked as a recording engineer and live sound mixer during the 70's and 80's. recorded alot of the folks that are on this stage and worked with Purdie on a number of sessions. . Facts are facts. . .yes the guy is very solid. . . but it drags. . . rack it up against the original and it sticks out like a sore thumb . . . excuse me for having high standards. Overall still a great performance but there are better versions of this out there. . .
Not my favorite live version of this. Keyboard player muffs the opening and it drags. . . the trick of the Purdie Shuffle is you have to be behind the beat but you still have to be pushing the tempo. Been playing and listening for 30 years and have seen maybe a handful of drummers that can do it. Saw them play this at Jones Beach in 96 and the groove at the end was just transcendant. . . you gotta shake it baby . . .
Brings out that San Diego feeling in me. I look so forward to the Santa Ana winds each winter. Those nights in TJ, and sharing a street taco with some hottie your just spending the weekend with.
Well drink cherry brandy (kirschwasser from a shell). Babylon Sister? (The allegorical Babylonian whore?) Shes so fine, so young and wants to know shes the only one. that its just a spasm. (spasm = a temporary burst of energy, activity or emotion.) Shes the cotton candy his friends warn him about. But he goes for it nonetheless regardless of the consequencesthe kid will live and learn, as he watches his bridges burn, from the point of no return.
Were I to dissect this tune, Id say it's another song in which Fagen raises the issue of older man/younger chick as in Hey 19. Sounds like she's a flusie! As they drive to the beach, she plays jungle music which he finds a bit embarrassing; an age-difference issue. Their destination is everything shes heard it to be, as he tries to impress her with illusions of jogging with the stars.
For starters is not a great singing voice from a critical stand point. Its whiny and nasal with a touch of Brooklyn. However these songs are incredibly hard to sing because of that. I've heard many cover bands try to sound like him and it just comes of cheesy. No one else can pull it off, its the voice of Steely Dan.. one of the greatest band of all time. I couldn't imagine them with out it.
"Pompous asses" is usually used by people on the outside looking in. If one has never played how one look at it in the same light? Explain colors to a blind person. If one is sightless, how can one experience color? If one can't find a thrill maybe one could buy one?
pine knob ampitheatre is now dte music center and showmanship is wonderful, van halen is my favorite band(w/ david lee roth) however the music much more than makes up for the lack of visual aid. STEELY DAN YOU ROCK. they just dont make music like this anymore.
I think they manage to do that very rare thing- create something truly beautiful. I am not a big fan of theirs nor am I a jazz buff but I do recognise this simple fact.
Completely agree. Fagen is so awkward looking on stage. Last year at their Honda Center show in Anaheim, CA he was wearing what looked to be an old corduroy blazer that appear to be 3 or 4 sizes too small. Talented? Absolutely! Stage presence? Not these guys.
Thanks to joeo78501 ...I was just wondering WHERE are they in this song, and you answered it! Steely Dan posts are wonderful! I think there must be 100 plus chord changes in this song???? every one of them is priceless.
They just don't have conscious stage presence so much; they play the music and that's it. The music's amazing, but some people don't like the lack of showmanship.
He is on the Santa Monica Freeway towards Malibu (Here cms the Snta Anna winds Again)With his young girl excited about the sexual three way(Lves nt a gme fr three) He no longr has much in cmon w thm (turn tht jungle music down)"So Fine So Young" Babylon Sister Shake It.. You got to Shake It Baby,you got to Shk It Bbe,YouGot to Shake It.....
When people leave comments about an off Steely Dan performance... its just hard to believe. I mean, the musicianship here is supreme! Listen to the Rhodes, the horns, the background vocalists, the guitarists, the shuffle, and then that bassline.
BTW If they wanted a crooner they had their chance twice (David Palmer and Michael McDonald). Fagens vocal phrasing makes Steely Dan sound so unique and it wouldnt be The Dan any other way. This is a very good performance by a very good band!
@coachcdobbs ---Sadly, it is not hard for me to believe that the majority of people who "comment" are simply jerks and fools. They were always there, but do to overpopulation and the internet, we just have to wade through more of them more often. Whadda ya gonna do except spam 'em and get 'em erased?
Its okay to say one of the greatest bands have off nights, or songs. It just so happened to be Babylon Sisters was a little off for Donalds voice that night. Aint no big thang. He tore up "Black cow" that night.
"Seems to be about an older guy who takes his young girlfriend to Malibu for a threesome with another young girl and just ends up feeling old."
You nailed it.
And I could do rounds of Purdie around that kid. Well, we're the same age, but Im here at home smoking black and you tubing, and he's getting the gigs. Guess I should have gone to Berkley, than maybe I would have gotten a break too. We all have our jealous bitter moments. So im not hating. I will at least get my audition dam it.
Babylon sisters = fallen women, fallen and degenerate lifestlyles, he realizes he is getting to old for this shallow experiences Conton candy= nose candy (drug' . "Tell me I'm the only One" a delusional refrence about relationships with prostitutes..
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This is a weak, uninspired performance by the great Don. His singing kinda sucks in contrast to his much greater performances of this fabulous classic. might be hung over? Even the great ones get bored with their material sometimes..Drummer does a nice Purdie shuffle alright.
For the two debating over the black woman thing with this song, I don't know, but I do know that in the recorded song the background singers are black women who are well known in the industry.
Babyon refrnce is Biblical about a fallen people, its no scret about idulgent rock lifesytles, he has talked about his indulgent destructive behavior befor ( Kid Charlamagne, tonight when I chase the dragon , r all drug rfernces) he has mentioned his prfrence for fast women (prostitutes) in his songs before. Beanpie gets it.
Well thanks for letting me know, I like behind the music moments from people who are true fans. Now that you mentioned it, I do see what you mean. I'm thinking about the lyrics of the song. Oh and who is Beanpie? Like Phil Collins......Did I miss again?. (laughing)
The opening bars are oh so cool. A classic song by one of the greatest groups ever to have played music. Saw them once when they played in Dublin around 97/98.
Are there any swedes in the Islanders team today? You know like Foppa Forsberg that was in Colorado for a long time before or Sundin in Toronto. Or the iconic player Börje Salming long before?
IU'm sorry to seem to express to be misunderstood. I just ranted about swedish hockeyplayers. Sundin and Salming of course never played in New York Islanders. They played in Toronto.
The song is about Los Angeles. Drive west down Sunset Boulevard and you end up in Malibu at the edge of the Pacific, where you can "jog with show folk on the sand". Also "those Santa Ana winds" - the Santa Ana blows in Southern California, not San Francisco.
"San Francisco show-and-tell" is '70s slang for sex.
Seems to be about an older guy who takes his young girlfriend to Malibu for a threesome with another young girl and just ends up feeling old.
Thank you. It really figures better. San Francisco woulden't have been mentioned in a byline if it was about that city. A slight cognitive dissonance there not immidiately recognized. My only excuse is that I do not live there so I couldn't know all details lika that the Santa Ana winds do not reach San Francisco.
So you think they sing songs about some of the musicians in the band?
Pretty unusual wouldn't you say? Most songs are much less egotisical than to be about some of the band members. And I regretfully must conclude, som or the less important band musicians.
It should rather be Babylon sister in singularis rather than sisters in pluralis. since it is a single city by the name Los Angeles"
Do you mean that Babylon sister refers to Los Angeles? I disagree. Read vritra123's post.. I think he nails it, just that I think those women are black.. Hence "Babylon Sisters"
It was you that said babylon sisters might be about black women.
I found the idea prepoterous. Do you read me now?
But what you mentioned later in the reply I'm answering to now; that it could be about both Los Angeles and San Francisco is actually quite thought provoking.
Even detuned a bit for the sake of the ravages of time (and smoke) on the voice, it's every bit as thick and delicious as a dagwood sandwich. The keyboards are driving me mad. Scrumptious
I agree with those who thought it could have been played a tad faster but I wouldn't change anything else. The Steelies' combination of song craft, musicianship and lyricism are out of this world! Such a great song, so smooth, so poignant.
Better than ever.Thank you.
garebear1015 1 week ago
Epic, timeless, Doky Brothers rule!
BerreBar 1 week ago
Happy Birthday, Donald!!!
justpassnthru 2 weeks ago
You got to shake it baby
TheSeeeTeee 2 weeks ago
If music is good, never gets old. After so many years, earing Steely Dan Y still enjoy it.
nelly7412 1 month ago
If you listen to the recorded version this is very disappointing .. however still a brilliant performance from the master Donald Fagan ...
misty8718 2 months ago
You're the only one. (having said that, I'll take any of the 3 backup ladies!)
tmack43 2 months ago
I can't tell a Difference between Sipping a Glass of this Steely Dan Concoction or having A brain Surgeon Tinker with My Emotions.
worldwildwest 4 months ago
This is the kind of cool-cat music that perseveres throughout the ages, never getting old.
stillmindster 5 months ago in playlist Steely Dan 2 2
like the express to the good old days. but not so much the Kirswasser. I'm just saying.,
GlenSpCO 5 months ago
like the express to the good old days.
GlenSpCO 5 months ago
drink kirswasser froma shell....cherry liqueur btw
TheIrishlad12 6 months ago
They are brilliant live ... so worth the experience. If you haven't seen them, go if you get a chance. The performances are flawless.
melbomartin 6 months ago
In ten more years, Fagan and David Letterman will look like identical twins.
dksculpture 7 months ago
@dksculpture Fagan has fangs and sings dreams, Letterman eats chip cookies from his mom Look alikes --so different.
MultiShades 5 months ago
Tasty, Jim Pugh!
gregtyoung 7 months ago in playlist Steely Dan
@gregtyoung Nice camera work, btw. Zoom in on the filler chords AFTER the solo...good one.
gregtyoung 4 months ago
Who is the drummer ?
Madeofplastic 7 months ago
@Madeofplastic Keith Carlock.
pmerendi 7 months ago
@pmerendi Thanks ! :-)
Madeofplastic 6 months ago
@Madeofplastic The Amazing Keith Carlock!
BrooksFe 5 months ago
slowed downed that was hip
dreadtodred 7 months ago
SVinNJ..... I am not positive but I think a Babylon Sister is something you see when you mix black tar heroin with peyote buttons..... Kind of like "tonight I'm gonna 'chase the dragon' ....... These dudes were taking in all the 70's had to offer my friend!
wyattgene 8 months ago
Babylon Sisters are two cities by the sea. San Francisco and Oakland CA ... listen again ... preferably a better recording than this one ... but this will do
saintsnaints 8 months ago 2
Can someone tell what a Babylon Sister is?
SVinNJ 8 months ago
Dazzling.....
navet1953 8 months ago
Tem uma hora, aos 2,34 minutos que ele pede "three cachaça S. Francisco". Pode ver!
norbazamboni 9 months ago
STEELY DAN／Babylon Sisters
マイフェイバリット、スティーリーダン。
saketorasan 10 months ago
Best song they ever did. So soulful. and done with passion
turtle19771 10 months ago
@sizedoctor Yeah, that "deformity" has really ruined his life, hasn't it?
kyoty58 10 months ago
What a beautiful song
MrJeffyh 10 months ago
I was at this show; insanely good.
the '96 show at the same venue was better, though.
#@!
SpammerOvTheGods 11 months ago
You would think that with all the money Steely Dan makes he can afford a decent plastic surgery.but, he just wants to live with that deformity in his face. great band.
sizedoctor 11 months ago
@sizedoctor plastic surgery sometimes results in a "mask" a horrific deformity that makes the person's face look lifeless and motionless. everyone should appreciate the way they turned out, unless you have some horrific deformity caused by injury or something equally horrible, play with hand your dealt.
illlite 11 months ago
@sizedoctor who cares what he looks like, or rather who's business to question what he should do with hes money?
Saffire192 10 months ago
Has there ever been a cooler intro? Wow
guitarist3813 1 year ago
@guitarist3813 Drive west on Sunset is my favorite line, turn that jungle music down, Ive made that drive many times
paulbarraza 8 months ago
I was 16 living in the Sunshine Coast QLD Australia...and Aja had just come out..Nothing reminds me more of freedom, happiness, preciseness, and youth more than Steely Dan.. I had the pleasure of seeing them in Brisbane 2 years ago...and i loved the back up singers.. I wished I were one of them...one of them was so young..even though she had the feeling, I wondered how she could have the true feeling if she hadn't been born yet...
nirmalamayi 1 year ago 2
This song is unbelievably good. One of the best. Such a nice flow to it.
bradmonium1 1 year ago
awesomely awesome
edudzzaj 1 year ago
Damn, I'm glad I didn't discover Steely Dan earlier . . . God knows there's not much out there these days, but I can take my time and get to know S D's catalogue.
Damn, they rock live.
MrZardoz777 1 year ago
@MrZardoz777 I've known Steely Dan since forever... I know their catalogue and every lyric. I'm glad I've known them for 30 years. I judge other tunes by their standard. I've discovered other tunes are crap!
JazzPurist 1 year ago 2
MARAVILHA!!!
MrChalinho 1 year ago
the royal scam is the only one of theirs i owned,on black vinyl,played it to death...phat funky smoky...his voice is awesome....what a mellow opening to this browsing session.
self49 1 year ago
jeff porcaros favorates....the creation of rosana
emblem1980 1 year ago
@emblem1980 Porcaro actually got the groove for Rosanna...better sit down for this one...from John Bonham! Led Zeppelin's 1979 "Fool in the Rain" No kidding! He said he merely took the slower half-time shuffle, ghosting on the snare drum included, and sped it up.
derosierjr 1 year ago
@derosierjr Actually, he said he got it from TWO tunes: Fool In The Rain, and this tune...from Bernard Purdie. And he also used a Bo Diddley influence for the kick drum pattern.
tcbetka 11 months ago
@tcbetka Almost forgot...he also mentioned "Home At Last." Another SD tune with Purdie, as I recall.
tcbetka 11 months ago
One of the greatest studio groups of all time. Shake It !!!!!!!
Nupeman1972 1 year ago
drive west on sunset to the sea
357dubs 1 year ago
This is the true supergroup in every sense of the word. What a voice for a guy in his sixties. it will never be better than this. perfection is this .
22chrisf 1 year ago
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castlevaniamaniac 1 year ago
What a tune! So complex that only Steely Dan can make it sound the way it should. No one should dare do this any different. This is a product of deep thoughts.
RGN07 1 year ago 2
This drummer cant play the shuffle like BP.....but who can?
bigrawbio 1 year ago
"here come those santa anna winds again."
hassan1953 1 year ago
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hassan1953 1 year ago
Love the dan. Keep the music alive!
sjnorman1 1 year ago
walter becker looks like a guy who builds bombs in his basement... Fagan looks like someone's podiatrist... unlikely pair to write this gorgeous music. respect to The Dan
JerichoDitch2 1 year ago
@JerichoDitch2 becker looks like the mad scientist,,, fagan looks like the ecsapee from the mental ward,, and i not sure he didnt and stayed in a motel 6 last night
lovebumper2121 1 year ago
Love love love Steely Dan!
smellmyfarts 1 year ago
the first 50 seconds of this song just make you feel on top of the world, such a sexy song, bloody love you steely dan
CharloHum 1 year ago
It's hard to read bad comments about Steely Dan. It sort of cuts and hurts. Please give respect where it's due.
JustinSage 1 year ago
hes a genius
spreyfel 1 year ago
good stuff
skorcha 1 year ago
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CharloHum 1 year ago
Great trumbone work, btw, around 4:15.
fiamike 1 year ago
Jim Pugh, everyone!
CaptainJazz92 1 year ago
hail to the Be-Bop Daddy!! love fagans shirt
'tell me im the only one........'
thetravellinminstrel 1 year ago
@thetravellinminstrel they're actually a band out of the Chicagoland area, play Dan-esque stuff
CaptainJazz92 1 year ago
ninja ,you will find that most artist who do not sing relaxed(not strained) after yrs of performance it takes it's toll. Steely dan is a original relaxed dude. it comes naturally . he will retain that voice for a long minute he is an awsome dude!
sixfoot0 1 year ago 2
steely dan is not a person. just go ask jethro tull, he will tell you. hahahaha.
TheAdjacent 1 year ago
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steely dan is not a person. just go ask jethro tull, he will tell you. hahahaha.
TheAdjacent 1 year ago
@sixfoot0 --the "dude's" name is Donald Fagan. Steely Dan is a band.
durgaaa 1 year ago
@durgaaa It's spelled Fagen.
passonno 1 year ago
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owlcu 1 year ago
This is my jam!!! That groove is hypnotic.
bigtoine45 1 year ago
Worked as a recording engineer and live sound mixer during the 70's and 80's. recorded alot of the folks that are on this stage and worked with Purdie on a number of sessions. . Facts are facts. . .yes the guy is very solid. . . but it drags. . . rack it up against the original and it sticks out like a sore thumb . . . excuse me for having high standards. Overall still a great performance but there are better versions of this out there. . .
richdys 1 year ago
Stop your whining richdys...do you play with Don & Walter?
slikkboi 1 year ago
Not my favorite live version of this. Keyboard player muffs the opening and it drags. . . the trick of the Purdie Shuffle is you have to be behind the beat but you still have to be pushing the tempo. Been playing and listening for 30 years and have seen maybe a handful of drummers that can do it. Saw them play this at Jones Beach in 96 and the groove at the end was just transcendant. . . you gotta shake it baby . . .
richdys 2 years ago
well, yes, nobody can play like Purdie, because well, they aren't Purdie...no reason to diss someone else's playing...this guy is solid...lighten up
pretorious700 1 year ago
It's good rock n' roll to me......
AND I LIKE IT, LIKE IT, YES I DO!
chungiemunchin 2 years ago
Brings out that San Diego feeling in me. I look so forward to the Santa Ana winds each winter. Those nights in TJ, and sharing a street taco with some hottie your just spending the weekend with.
edmctigue 2 years ago
Drummer Carlock is too behind the beat for Steely Dan, maybe he's tired.
generatrix999 2 years ago
A true musician's band without a doubt!
MrLaggman 2 years ago 2
Its missing the infamous purdie shuffle , but hey these guys are bloody cool!
julie223783 2 years ago
Well drink cherry brandy (kirschwasser from a shell). Babylon Sister? (The allegorical Babylonian whore?) Shes so fine, so young and wants to know shes the only one. that its just a spasm. (spasm = a temporary burst of energy, activity or emotion.) Shes the cotton candy his friends warn him about. But he goes for it nonetheless regardless of the consequencesthe kid will live and learn, as he watches his bridges burn, from the point of no return.
chachokeva 2 years ago 2
Were I to dissect this tune, Id say it's another song in which Fagen raises the issue of older man/younger chick as in Hey 19. Sounds like she's a flusie! As they drive to the beach, she plays jungle music which he finds a bit embarrassing; an age-difference issue. Their destination is everything shes heard it to be, as he tries to impress her with illusions of jogging with the stars.
chachokeva 2 years ago
this guy's voice sounds exactly the same as it is on the album, how? after all these years...
ninjachipzanuff 2 years ago 24
@ninjachipzanuff he didn't smoke all that pot like Paul McCartney did....or smoke a lot of something else like Elton John did...
norseleague 1 year ago 2
For starters is not a great singing voice from a critical stand point. Its whiny and nasal with a touch of Brooklyn. However these songs are incredibly hard to sing because of that. I've heard many cover bands try to sound like him and it just comes of cheesy. No one else can pull it off, its the voice of Steely Dan.. one of the greatest band of all time. I couldn't imagine them with out it.
tyleryesta1 8 months ago
Love the performance, love the song, love the album, love the band...but why the picture of a Centrifugal Turbojet Engine at the end?
flyboy172r 2 years ago
I was at this show. Steely Dan is great in concert! You have to be a musician to really appreciate how great these guys are.
galaktikid 2 years ago 2
That statement is a many times used phrase of pompous asses. That is simply not true. Why don't you try to prove your point?
atty1chgo 2 years ago
"Pompous asses" is usually used by people on the outside looking in. If one has never played how one look at it in the same light? Explain colors to a blind person. If one is sightless, how can one experience color? If one can't find a thrill maybe one could buy one?
galaktikid 2 years ago
that dude's playing the hi-hat part all slow and weird.
kwakky 2 years ago
You do realize this is a live show, right? It's not going to be exactly the same as the record.
GP1138 2 years ago
yes. it's just that the melody of that shuffle part doesn't come out when it's played like that. that's all.
kwakky 2 years ago
because he's not bernard purdie?
rspfla 2 years ago
drummers have got to shut the fuck up....yeah, you could do better jerkoff
pretorious700 1 year ago
get mad about it.
kwakky 1 year ago
class
racingeye 2 years ago
pine knob ampitheatre is now dte music center and showmanship is wonderful, van halen is my favorite band(w/ david lee roth) however the music much more than makes up for the lack of visual aid. STEELY DAN YOU ROCK. they just dont make music like this anymore.
WELCHLIKEWHOA 2 years ago
I think they manage to do that very rare thing- create something truly beautiful. I am not a big fan of theirs nor am I a jazz buff but I do recognise this simple fact.
Mrbiggerjobs1000 2 years ago
I can overlook the lack of showmanship...the music speaks for it`self and is superb. A real treat thx fer posting :)
CoolVIguy 2 years ago 4
thats the good thing about youtube you can stumble on music you havent heard before.
TheCorkblackcat 2 years ago
Yes, the stage presence thing... well, they were always more of a studio production.
It occurs to me that if Fagen and Becker were physically magnetic, they could have conquered the world.
keefek 2 years ago
Completely agree. Fagen is so awkward looking on stage. Last year at their Honda Center show in Anaheim, CA he was wearing what looked to be an old corduroy blazer that appear to be 3 or 4 sizes too small. Talented? Absolutely! Stage presence? Not these guys.
fisherappliance 2 years ago
this one made the cut tonight in durham, amazing show, great to see them in a fairly intimate enviroment
classichost 2 years ago
The best of the best !!!
okcaribe 2 years ago
Mu Major Chord
Mamasan41 2 years ago
Thanks to joeo78501 ...I was just wondering WHERE are they in this song, and you answered it! Steely Dan posts are wonderful! I think there must be 100 plus chord changes in this song???? every one of them is priceless.
Mamasan41 2 years ago
really diggin' the chick in the middle, songs could go on for ever..........
grooovedigga 2 years ago 2
Me too..
peartfan2112 2 years ago
Yes Carolyn Lionheart is a great singer and looks hot.... and has done several tours with The Dan.
Stevenrobertsbham 2 years ago 2
What's the matter with the other two women?
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oooooooooooooook6896 2 years ago
how people can say that they are not good live??they are perfect.
NiggaWhatChannel 2 years ago 4
They just don't have conscious stage presence so much; they play the music and that's it. The music's amazing, but some people don't like the lack of showmanship.
DatBugler 2 years ago
He is on the Santa Monica Freeway towards Malibu (Here cms the Snta Anna winds Again)With his young girl excited about the sexual three way(Lves nt a gme fr three) He no longr has much in cmon w thm (turn tht jungle music down)"So Fine So Young" Babylon Sister Shake It.. You got to Shake It Baby,you got to Shk It Bbe,YouGot to Shake It.....
joeo78501 2 years ago
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BishopCQ 2 years ago
how so?
iZXCVBNM0 2 years ago
Put Simply Its all about just being an awsomely tight band. Cant ask fer no more ! Devastating !
navaho56 2 years ago
it's all about the shuffle
DoubleDowner 2 years ago
When people leave comments about an off Steely Dan performance... its just hard to believe. I mean, the musicianship here is supreme! Listen to the Rhodes, the horns, the background vocalists, the guitarists, the shuffle, and then that bassline.
BTW If they wanted a crooner they had their chance twice (David Palmer and Michael McDonald). Fagens vocal phrasing makes Steely Dan sound so unique and it wouldnt be The Dan any other way. This is a very good performance by a very good band!
coachcdobbs 2 years ago 38
@coachcdobbs ---Sadly, it is not hard for me to believe that the majority of people who "comment" are simply jerks and fools. They were always there, but do to overpopulation and the internet, we just have to wade through more of them more often. Whadda ya gonna do except spam 'em and get 'em erased?
durgaaa 1 year ago
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illlite 1 year ago
@coachcdobbs Instead they would have been "Shelly Mann" or "Penis Whip" acording to the WU5000
illlite 1 year ago
I love this damn song....I love all of their music
stayfresh06 2 years ago 3
love this.......thanks for posting.
great share sherry!
DejaVuSu 2 years ago
Classic!
valambiguous 2 years ago
Its okay to say one of the greatest bands have off nights, or songs. It just so happened to be Babylon Sisters was a little off for Donalds voice that night. Aint no big thang. He tore up "Black cow" that night.
beanpies 2 years ago
"Seems to be about an older guy who takes his young girlfriend to Malibu for a threesome with another young girl and just ends up feeling old."
You nailed it.
And I could do rounds of Purdie around that kid. Well, we're the same age, but Im here at home smoking black and you tubing, and he's getting the gigs. Guess I should have gone to Berkley, than maybe I would have gotten a break too. We all have our jealous bitter moments. So im not hating. I will at least get my audition dam it.
beanpies 2 years ago
Babylon sisters = fallen women, fallen and degenerate lifestlyles, he realizes he is getting to old for this shallow experiences Conton candy= nose candy (drug' . "Tell me I'm the only One" a delusional refrence about relationships with prostitutes..
joeo78501 2 years ago 2
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This is a weak, uninspired performance by the great Don. His singing kinda sucks in contrast to his much greater performances of this fabulous classic. might be hung over? Even the great ones get bored with their material sometimes..Drummer does a nice Purdie shuffle alright.
lclaughton 3 years ago
So subjective, yet authoritative... like a Sunday in Havana... hahahah
you're an pompous ass...
outsidechange 2 years ago
Keith Carlock does a great "Purdy Shuffle"
drmmnjoe 3 years ago 2
This song just has such a sultry groove beyond anything they had done before. "You gotta shake it, baby!"
JookieRed 3 years ago
For the two debating over the black woman thing with this song, I don't know, but I do know that in the recorded song the background singers are black women who are well known in the industry.
janpage817 3 years ago
Babyon refrnce is Biblical about a fallen people, its no scret about idulgent rock lifesytles, he has talked about his indulgent destructive behavior befor ( Kid Charlamagne, tonight when I chase the dragon , r all drug rfernces) he has mentioned his prfrence for fast women (prostitutes) in his songs before. Beanpie gets it.
joeo78501 2 years ago
Well thanks for letting me know, I like behind the music moments from people who are true fans. Now that you mentioned it, I do see what you mean. I'm thinking about the lyrics of the song. Oh and who is Beanpie? Like Phil Collins......Did I miss again?. (laughing)
janpage817 2 years ago
languid and bittersweet.
ojososo 3 years ago
GREAT BAND. I Think Doanld Fagen is Underated.He's Up There With Robert Plant And Freedy Mercury.
rgh1408 3 years ago
Veery funny.
No I don't think Donald rates so low in any imagined musical hierarchy.
dogofman 3 years ago
He's good, but he's not that good.
Then again, Robert Plant wasn't actually that good either in my opinion, just distinctive. Mercury on the other hand was a born performer.
The3lse 3 years ago
Stop kidding dude. They are playing in different divisions.
It's OK to like Mercury.
But you can't seriously compare him to Donald.
dogofman 3 years ago
Buy the CD, stick it in some good gear, put the head phones on, lock the door and close your eyes..... freaking AWESOME!!!!!!
52NutZ 3 years ago 6
Great song! It is definitely an acquired taste, though. Brilliant band!
theonlyavengergirl 3 years ago
Steely Dan is no ordinary band that is for sure! Join the Dandom, its great!
alsuareziii 3 years ago
There is really no other band that compares!
Let's all collectively pray for a tour in 2009!!
Cantrell100 3 years ago 3
I love it!
howdoyouread 3 years ago
Pen Gillette on keyboards! hahaha
TJLethal21 3 years ago
You gotta shake it baby. You gotta shake it. Damn,girls.
doozerace 3 years ago
The opening bars are oh so cool. A classic song by one of the greatest groups ever to have played music. Saw them once when they played in Dublin around 97/98.
munsterfloyd 3 years ago
turn that jungle music down ,,,seen donald fagen and steely dan twice in philly
skyredted 3 years ago
One of the absolute best songs. Why are so few watching it? I just don't understand.
dogofman 3 years ago
Love that Shuffle Beat. Bernard Purdie & Jeff Pocaro Rythyms..
raythedrum 3 years ago
I was raised in Babylon, NY. About 45 min East of NYC.
clobbohead 3 years ago
Babylon in New York state. Sister city of Babylon Mesopotamia?
dogofman 3 years ago
That I wouldn't know, but probably. People from Babylon, ("Islanders") like to visit "The City". I imagine it was the inspiration for the song.
clobbohead 3 years ago
Are there any swedes in the Islanders team today? You know like Foppa Forsberg that was in Colorado for a long time before or Sundin in Toronto. Or the iconic player Börje Salming long before?
dogofman 3 years ago
IU'm sorry to seem to express to be misunderstood. I just ranted about swedish hockeyplayers. Sundin and Salming of course never played in New York Islanders. They played in Toronto.
dogofman 3 years ago
Sorry again!
Even Foppa Forsberg didn't play for New York Islanders but rather for Philadelphia Flyers in the dawn of his hockey career.
I don't really know why I have such a hard time to distinguish between those two hockey clubs.
dogofman 3 years ago
A question. Isn't it babylon sister rather than babylon sisters?
Isn't this song about San Francisco?
That's how I always understood it. Even though I'm not even american.
dogofman 3 years ago
"Drive west down Sunset to the sea...".
The song is about Los Angeles. Drive west down Sunset Boulevard and you end up in Malibu at the edge of the Pacific, where you can "jog with show folk on the sand". Also "those Santa Ana winds" - the Santa Ana blows in Southern California, not San Francisco.
"San Francisco show-and-tell" is '70s slang for sex.
Seems to be about an older guy who takes his young girlfriend to Malibu for a threesome with another young girl and just ends up feeling old.
vritra123 3 years ago 2
Thank you. It really figures better. San Francisco woulden't have been mentioned in a byline if it was about that city. A slight cognitive dissonance there not immidiately recognized. My only excuse is that I do not live there so I couldn't know all details lika that the Santa Ana winds do not reach San Francisco.
dogofman 3 years ago
So I was right in my preposition?
It should rather be Babylon sister in singularis rather than sisters in pluralis. since it is a single city by the name Los Angeles.
I was right after all in my first... hunch or whatever.
dogofman 3 years ago
Maybe babylons sister means black woman? And that the other chick is also black? = Babylon Sisters ^^
DixieNarko 3 years ago
So you think they sing songs about some of the musicians in the band?
Pretty unusual wouldn't you say? Most songs are much less egotisical than to be about some of the band members. And I regretfully must conclude, som or the less important band musicians.
Background singers for f--'s sake
dogofman 3 years ago
No?
Your post:
"So I was right in my preposition?
It should rather be Babylon sister in singularis rather than sisters in pluralis. since it is a single city by the name Los Angeles"
Do you mean that Babylon sister refers to Los Angeles? I disagree. Read vritra123's post.. I think he nails it, just that I think those women are black.. Hence "Babylon Sisters"
DixieNarko 3 years ago
What the f**k are you talking about. I'm ever more convinced that it's abot Los Angeles the more i figure.
Black women?
You got weird fantacies.
dogofman 3 years ago
Well, they dont have to be black. They might just be some outgoing chicks. But a nice racist thing to say of you anyway.
Btw.. If Babylon Sister(s) is a city, it might be Los Angeles AND San Francisco?
DixieNarko 3 years ago
Me!!??
It was you that said babylon sisters might be about black women.
I found the idea prepoterous. Do you read me now?
But what you mentioned later in the reply I'm answering to now; that it could be about both Los Angeles and San Francisco is actually quite thought provoking.
dogofman 3 years ago
You are funny^^
Anyway.. I think you are completely off. But that's the thing about Dan lyrics, we might all be wrong.
DixieNarko 3 years ago
Yeah fer sure!
and you might of course also be wrong about it all.
Just come to think about an ancient computer gaming frase so often cited:
"All your base are belong to us"
dogofman 3 years ago
Even detuned a bit for the sake of the ravages of time (and smoke) on the voice, it's every bit as thick and delicious as a dagwood sandwich. The keyboards are driving me mad. Scrumptious
kirkmach32 3 years ago
Very cool. Very sexy. Brilliant lyrics and from 'Gaucho' possibly the best recorded album ever.
IvorMovie 3 years ago
this is r&b at its finest
winespiller 3 years ago
I agree with those who thought it could have been played a tad faster but I wouldn't change anything else. The Steelies' combination of song craft, musicianship and lyricism are out of this world! Such a great song, so smooth, so poignant.
AlmostEthical 3 years ago
Hey I posted the 'response' incase anyone found it helpful to see the chords played out.. thanks for posting this great video
logosthedestroyer 3 years ago
"Don't go for that cotton candy." Love it.
oldschoolpete 3 years ago