Geeze Kevin you sound like a very deep person . Write a book. Now herington can play the music exactly how the original recording sounded or with a personal twist I have seen him sevral times. Seems like the shows Have their own signature. As do all live performances. I'm so glad I get that.
Saw them a few weeks ago in NY, Beacon theater sounding just like this. I'll always love the original but I now find this one to be the one I like to listen to. I think Carlock's drums have a lot to do with it, and Herrington pays homage, but makes it his own, he's not just covering, he's contributing. At the very start, Carlock lags that lead-in crash ever so slightly, and boosts every chorus that way too. They are better now posters, let go of history and go with it!
I remember the first time I heard this song was when I was driving along in my car and as soon as I heard it, I just cranked the radio. One of Steely Dan's best!
John is in the same league as Larry Carlton, but didn't take the time to learn the intro or solos note-for-note, he's just good enough to get an idea from the original and still do it justice. I don't really like how he did the intro at this show, but I've seen him rip it at others. Larry played this perfect when I saw them at The Beacon, but he was kinda half-assed for Reelin' because it wan't his song and he was winging it mostly. I just saw them at CMAC and John ripped Reelin' note-for-note.
I'm merely a drummer so forgive my opinining on this subject but whoever said that the solos HAVE GOT to be note for note is living in a colorless world...
I've seen an awful lot of bands over the years. Nobody can touch these guys live when they bring their "A" game ... which is EVERY show. They wouldn't tour for years back in the 70's mainly because Donald was not happy with the reproduction of the studio tunes in a live situation. Luckily for all of us, he lightened up ...now, I repeat; NOBODY can touch this unit live ... NOBODY.
The Royal Scam is probably their best album. This video is not bad considering how far this removed from the original. I'm glad they are still out there
I wonder if Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison or John Belushi would agree that drugs were good? Or how about all the people who have died from veneral disease? What kind of comment was that?
@debbydoo2008 I agree with you entirely however there was a time during the 1960s and early 1970s when it was considered a good thing to dabble in drugs.
It "expanded ones mind" to dabble in LSD..reached areas of the subconscious.(not that i agree with this)
Similar to the 1930s-1950s when smoking tobacco was a "healthy" pastime.(consider those early smoking ads)
Your comment proves nothing in regard to my comments. I only commented on his work on this song. I don't know enough about him to speak about the overall value of his work. But, having seen the Aja retrospective...about how hard they worked to find the perfect guy who could fill the holes on the album...it's unfortunate that they had to settle for work this poor. That being said, maybe much of his other work is great. I was only watching this video.
I wish they would release a killer live dvd already. It seems like they've been touring non-stop since Everything Must Go came out. They've got to have some awesome footage piled up by now. They released a pretty cool dvd when Two Against Nature came out, but that was in 2000. They also released the making of Aja on dvd. So, apparently they're not against releasing dvd's. Maybe one will be relased eventually. In the meantime I guess I'll just have to keep listening to all their great material.
Wow memories I had a band in 1980 from Montreal called "Melange" we did a trip down the US to Virginia Newport News and got flown to Guantanamo Bay by the US Navy our keyboardist was american Warren B Seale (awesome keys)hence the gig ...
this song & Kid Charlemagne were in our repertoire thanks love this band & Fagen to death..
The Herrington guitar work is terrible compared to any major guitarist. He neither copied Carlton well nor made it his own...either one would have been acceptable. As to the comment that Carlton isn't that great live, either. ..what an incredibly ignorant statement! Try watching (KpSpYoX4x-U) and making that statement. Carlton is letter-perfect live about 33 years after the original.
@taildragger53 : not for John Herrington..he's definitely in the same league....they're both gr8 players..you need to loosen up...music's not like barracking for a team...it's a ever shifting collegiate experience....
@kevinherbert For someone like me who has seen people like Wes Montgomery & Jimi Hendrix LIVE i'm afraid it's gonna take alot more than just Mr Herrington, however good you imagine him to be.
He's good but nothing special.
When you 've got 16 yr old girls like JezzyLewis on here who can sink most players i think it maybe you who needs to become more open minded.
@taildragger53 : I suggest you get yourself a lesson in social discourse old son, 'cos you come across as a bombastic freekin' know it all, hanging off the shirttails of talented musicians, and having the temerity to impose your cigar box values over them.......what a monumental, lightweight you are...a real YOU DROOB contributor...
@taildragger53 : you're an old accountant surely...some things are more than IN versus OUT...apparently that's beyond you...comparing Wes to Jimi or Herro..what a sad sack you must be.....I sp'ose a rose is more beautiful than an a orchid...according to you....
@kevinherbert It's such a long time ago that i've forgotten what i'd said but iof you'd actually SEEN Wes & Jimi live like i have then maybe you'd be in a better position to comment.
@kevinherbert You call me a sad sack! (LOL) Why don't you go and view some more of your porn clips on your ytube profile and leave the serious music comments to us on here.
@taildragger53 : it's clear from your 3 responses to my critiques, within 2 hours, that as you become more juiced/stoned whatever, you're ability to explain yourself diminishes exponentially.
However, I do endorse you're view on one's right to an opinion...qualified by the fact that there are two types of opinion: informed & uninformed.
Finally, I'd say the gr8 Islamic State of Iran maintains about the same level of democracy as the US of A..ever heard of the military industrial complex?
One of my all-time favorites by SD. Superb in every way, instrumentals--yes that Gibson is amazing, absolutely brilliant lyrics and intent--painting alienation & bunker mentality, providing a shoot-it-out fantasy for all those Walter Mitty's out there--hitting 'em below the hair line & perhaps even healing some. All done in a rockin', oddly soulful tune with a kick-ass riff...That's musical alchemy that few artists can pull off.
WHAT a perfect way to discribe a pine crowd. mellow yet substantial. detroit & pine is a favorite for ALL bands b/c they ALL say it when they play there. been going to pine knob since james gang in 74 up to "mayhem festival". 210 Broke my glasses in the mosh pit!!!!!! @ 48 yrs. old/young.
Brilliant to rediscover royal scam....still so dark,so tight,after a few decades!i think in many ways better than aja,every song a gem.used to be into genesis,yes,then heard this and have become addicted.........in a laid back mode.smokin.
This was the very first Steely Dan song that got me hooked. Those crazy words..I crossed my old man down in Oregon, don't take me alive. Who cared what that meant!?? Always a hot band and wild lyrics. They were always about on thing...the music. And they just got better and better.
What a great tune.. Along with FM, Deacon Blues, Black Cow, and of course Do it Again. Thank you so much for the musical enjoyment over the years Becker & Fagan..
July 3rd, my town Portland. Oregon...show sold out in 15 minutes. Thanks to good friends have a ticket in my pocket. Dream of a lifetime come true. It's going to be a great Holiday!
WOW one of there best although they are all great. Larry Carlton is great and so is John Herrington. The whole band is very impressive to say the least.
I do a lot of youtube surfing (WAAAAY too much), and I feel my tastes are about as varied and open-minded as anyone's, but you know.... I seem to always come back to Steely Dan. Simply the best.
This has all the pats - it is a materpiece in bringmg emotion to music. And it cannot be done without focus just as it cannot be listemed to without focus. This piece has captured irt all.
Very entertaining, despite the psychedelia and the fact that Donald's voice had already been fried some years ago. I like the way the backup singers all do completely arbitrary hand motions.
when you think about it,the fact this song came out over 25 years before the Columbine masacre, these lyrics are as acurate and relative to that incident just shows you how far ahead of their time they were. I can't help but feel so fortunate to have grown up in this era that produced the greatest musicians and bands in modern history. They inspired my intrest and dedication to make a career and a life from music and influenced my style of guitar and song writing that is not for sale anywhere..
"I hear my inside, the mechanized hum of another world"...the words in this song feel so eerily familiar. They frightfully chase me down to the darkest shadows of my vacant imagination, that it gives me chills!!!
THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD ALWAYS BRINGS BACK GOOD MEMORIES WHEN MUSIC WAS GOOD, SEX WAS INNOCENT AND THE MERE FACT OF GROWING UP WAS SOMETHING TO EXPLORE.
GOD BLESS ALL THOSE OF THE 70'S AND BEFORE / AND DRUGS WERE GOOD! STEELY DAN WAS SOMEONE YOU COULD RELATE TO !
@Woodyup I wish this sentiment held any reality. I can totally relate to it, but it's actually just romanticized bullshit. Sorry. Steely Dan IS one of the best bands in the world though.
"Don't Take Me Alive came out in '76 on the Royal Scam album so that long before the "Luby's Shooting. It's not about any particular incident but it sort of close to the Charles Whitman, Texas University Tower Shooting in '66. He killed 14 people including his mother and wife. The pressures of culture change and the Vietnam draft caused a few individuals to "go postal" with random acts of violence, much like the Columbine shootings, That's what makes this song relevant today.
They should not have included shots of the singers, the one in the middle ruined my concentration on the song. Every time she moved I almost fell off the chair.
Remember this song when I was a teen. Brings back such great memories. This is my favorite band. Gives me goose bumps!!! What great guitar riffffssss!!!!!The laydies are a nice element
it wasn't all about the music, which was incredible. They were militants, who were gone for 15-20 years..you figure it out. they would be arrsted for their lyrics today ...watch history, it will repeat...
my favorite group ever i love steely dan im black and when i wear steely dan shirts and thay ask me who is steely dan i feel good because iv introduced another human being to the best group to ever grace a stage
This wonderful version of this tune and the below are the 2 highest rated comments? Fagen is at his vocal best, the girls blending in perfectly. Herrignton is demonstrating what a consummate professional he is. Horns and keyboards doing some great effects. This is top-grade stuff, baby!
Absolutely amazing!! My favorite Steely Dan song..Donald Fagan is an amazing song writer...And Larry Carlton is one of the best guitar players out there!!
Heard SD for the first time in '74 @ 5 years old. Aside from loosing my hairline, haven't lost my appetite for this exceptional music. Timeless. Omnipotent. Fagan's a lyrical genius bathing in blue waters of harmony.
I hope Heaven exists , so i can see them there too ! Its a slight pity Donalds Voice is slightly faultering , wow its proof of just too much use !! in a good sense .
I remember reading an interview with Donald Fagen in the late 70s in which he said "See that guy that hijacked that cross-town bus yesterday?" (They were talking in New York.) "He probably has ten copies of The Royal Scam at home." (^^)
@ledboots2009 Mmmm - there's a thought. I have never imagined JB playing with SD. There again, I never imagined Pat Metheny playing with the Dan either, but apparently he was invited to do some live shows with them (but couldn't because of other commitments - he was pissed off, as you would be! :-)
just great. what a band, and such cool lyrics. first band to have got me interested in jazzt chords. re debate below about guitar player...I honestly couldn't have told you who he was....I just think he's great. becker and fagan have consistently chosen great musicians, and have done so again. mspriortube's comment exactly right i think
The middle back-up is quite exquisite!
jbikemoore 1 week ago
this song was recorded 1976. soooo ahead of its time. brilliant. timeless.
ukijhu97 2 weeks ago
Geeze Kevin you sound like a very deep person . Write a book. Now herington can play the music exactly how the original recording sounded or with a personal twist I have seen him sevral times. Seems like the shows Have their own signature. As do all live performances. I'm so glad I get that.
1vettal2012 1 month ago
@1vettal2012 : now that I've written it?????
kevinherbert 4 weeks ago
This tune brings me to tears.....of joy.....
kevinherbert 1 month ago
Saw them a few weeks ago in NY, Beacon theater sounding just like this. I'll always love the original but I now find this one to be the one I like to listen to. I think Carlock's drums have a lot to do with it, and Herrington pays homage, but makes it his own, he's not just covering, he's contributing. At the very start, Carlock lags that lead-in crash ever so slightly, and boosts every chorus that way too. They are better now posters, let go of history and go with it!
TimeChopper 1 month ago
Who the hell dislikes steely dan??
MatthewG111 1 month ago
Where was that classic ending, one of the greatest ever? You can't knock Jon Herrington though, an amazing player.
doubleotwentyone 3 months ago 3
Thank you so much for these videos. To the BEST BAND EVER!
bobtis 3 months ago
montreal,, says,, thank-you-,,, steely-dan******
sergechartrand64 4 months ago
I remember the first time I heard this song was when I was driving along in my car and as soon as I heard it, I just cranked the radio. One of Steely Dan's best!
Tubes12AX7k 4 months ago
5 dslikes???
sakuonist 4 months ago
donald fagen looks like he's in pain just singing.
jfgdfb 4 months ago
solosolosolosolosolo. Uno dei più bei assSSOLLI del mondo. L'ho detto!
danielebaggiani 4 months ago
Saw them in StL as well... the Fox at it's best!! Unreal show!!
yzguy01250 4 months ago
@yzguy01250 Thinkin about expanding my horizons and going to see Tony Bennet nov. 11 at the Fabulous Fox . I love that theater.
charlesruby79 4 months ago
@charlesruby79 I'm seeing Santana there on Tuesday night... that shoudl be pretty sick!!
yzguy01250 4 months ago
Saw them last night in St louis . It was great !
charlesruby79 5 months ago
@charlesruby79 Jealous!
AngstyMeierLink 5 months ago
@charlesruby79 sick! Great band
pjicleanair420 2 months ago
@pjicleanair420 I like four note chords
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Saw them last night at The Wharf in Orange Beach, Al. Awesome show!
GatorKarl 5 months ago
Saw them last night at The Wharf in Orange Beach, Al. Awesome show!
GatorKarl 5 months ago
John is in the same league as Larry Carlton, but didn't take the time to learn the intro or solos note-for-note, he's just good enough to get an idea from the original and still do it justice. I don't really like how he did the intro at this show, but I've seen him rip it at others. Larry played this perfect when I saw them at The Beacon, but he was kinda half-assed for Reelin' because it wan't his song and he was winging it mostly. I just saw them at CMAC and John ripped Reelin' note-for-note.
Splentaur 5 months ago 2
evidently, 5 people wish to be taken alive.
superspymarco 6 months ago
these days, they'd be labeled "terrorists" for a song like this. Gawd, I miss the "good old days" lol.
BigHammerQ 6 months ago
I'm merely a drummer so forgive my opinining on this subject but whoever said that the solos HAVE GOT to be note for note is living in a colorless world...
IanZCarson44 6 months ago in playlist Steely Dan
I've seen an awful lot of bands over the years. Nobody can touch these guys live when they bring their "A" game ... which is EVERY show. They wouldn't tour for years back in the 70's mainly because Donald was not happy with the reproduction of the studio tunes in a live situation. Luckily for all of us, he lightened up ...now, I repeat; NOBODY can touch this unit live ... NOBODY.
thesteelydanman 6 months ago
The Royal Scam is probably their best album. This video is not bad considering how far this removed from the original. I'm glad they are still out there
supertechsummercamp 6 months ago
I wonder if Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison or John Belushi would agree that drugs were good? Or how about all the people who have died from veneral disease? What kind of comment was that?
debbydoo2008 6 months ago
@debbydoo2008 I agree with you entirely however there was a time during the 1960s and early 1970s when it was considered a good thing to dabble in drugs.
It "expanded ones mind" to dabble in LSD..reached areas of the subconscious.(not that i agree with this)
Similar to the 1930s-1950s when smoking tobacco was a "healthy" pastime.(consider those early smoking ads)
taildragger53 1 month ago
steely . best crew ever..
aaronamccoy 6 months ago
Larry Carlton's leads are the "signature" for ALOT of these songs.
TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW FOR ANY GUIITARIST.
Sorry but the leads HAVE GOT TO BE "note-for-note".
regmoe 6 months ago
@regmoe : that's why you're an accountant....
kevinherbert 1 month ago
Hey, all is forgiven. Mad dog surrender...
Zemmi 6 months ago
AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!
theotihuacan 6 months ago
We agree, taildragger.
And hotlip...you're free to disagree. Everyone has the right to be wrong sometimes. ;-)
chazzbro 6 months ago
Fagen still rules ! - And Herrington is doing a fine job here ! - I do not agree with chazzbro !...
hotlipbrown 6 months ago
hear, hear, SD54– top shelf
caught them coupla years ago in SF and was jubilant (as were wife & then-12-year-old son, who's now starting to understand how lucky he is_)
what can i say? from the team that made the only perfect records that moved me (dyed-in-the-wool muso)
ummm, is this the Masonic late show? rather expected to hear some deafening claps from stage left - moi, naturellement…
funqsta 6 months ago
Pine Knob....Fagen's lips...yes ...the world is revolving as it should...
Howinoshawa 6 months ago
Your comment proves nothing in regard to my comments. I only commented on his work on this song. I don't know enough about him to speak about the overall value of his work. But, having seen the Aja retrospective...about how hard they worked to find the perfect guy who could fill the holes on the album...it's unfortunate that they had to settle for work this poor. That being said, maybe much of his other work is great. I was only watching this video.
chazzbro 6 months ago
I wish they would release a killer live dvd already. It seems like they've been touring non-stop since Everything Must Go came out. They've got to have some awesome footage piled up by now. They released a pretty cool dvd when Two Against Nature came out, but that was in 2000. They also released the making of Aja on dvd. So, apparently they're not against releasing dvd's. Maybe one will be relased eventually. In the meantime I guess I'll just have to keep listening to all their great material.
drewper73 6 months ago
Wow memories I had a band in 1980 from Montreal called "Melange" we did a trip down the US to Virginia Newport News and got flown to Guantanamo Bay by the US Navy our keyboardist was american Warren B Seale (awesome keys)hence the gig ...
this song & Kid Charlemagne were in our repertoire thanks love this band & Fagen to death..
khandrum 6 months ago
The Herrington guitar work is terrible compared to any major guitarist. He neither copied Carlton well nor made it his own...either one would have been acceptable. As to the comment that Carlton isn't that great live, either. ..what an incredibly ignorant statement! Try watching (KpSpYoX4x-U) and making that statement. Carlton is letter-perfect live about 33 years after the original.
chazzbro 6 months ago
@chazzbro He must be doing something right. He's been playing with them since "Two Against Nature."
drewper73 6 months ago in playlist Steely Dan
@chazzbro Larry Carlton is a very hard man to follow.
Once you've heard him nobody else quite matches up.
taildragger53 6 months ago
@taildragger53 : not for John Herrington..he's definitely in the same league....they're both gr8 players..you need to loosen up...music's not like barracking for a team...it's a ever shifting collegiate experience....
kevinherbert 6 months ago
@kevinherbert For someone like me who has seen people like Wes Montgomery & Jimi Hendrix LIVE i'm afraid it's gonna take alot more than just Mr Herrington, however good you imagine him to be.
He's good but nothing special.
When you 've got 16 yr old girls like JezzyLewis on here who can sink most players i think it maybe you who needs to become more open minded.
taildragger53 6 months ago
@taildragger53 : I suggest you get yourself a lesson in social discourse old son, 'cos you come across as a bombastic freekin' know it all, hanging off the shirttails of talented musicians, and having the temerity to impose your cigar box values over them.......what a monumental, lightweight you are...a real YOU DROOB contributor...
kevinherbert 6 months ago
@taildragger53 : you're an old accountant surely...some things are more than IN versus OUT...apparently that's beyond you...comparing Wes to Jimi or Herro..what a sad sack you must be.....I sp'ose a rose is more beautiful than an a orchid...according to you....
kevinherbert 1 month ago
@kevinherbert It's such a long time ago that i've forgotten what i'd said but iof you'd actually SEEN Wes & Jimi live like i have then maybe you'd be in a better position to comment.
Until then, just dream on. Who's the loser here?
taildragger53 1 month ago
@kevinherbert You tell me to loosen up and cool it and yet it looks like it's YOU who is getting abit hot under the collar.( ha ha!!)
It's a shame that just an ordinary blogger on here manages to push your buttons.
If i'm such a loser then WHY keep sending me obnoxious and pseudo-intellectual ramblings?
You need THERAPY mate! You should realise we ALL have our own opinions and are FREE to express them.
If you don't like it , go live in Iran!
taildragger53 1 month ago
@kevinherbert You call me a sad sack! (LOL) Why don't you go and view some more of your porn clips on your ytube profile and leave the serious music comments to us on here.
taildragger53 1 month ago
@taildragger53 : it's clear from your 3 responses to my critiques, within 2 hours, that as you become more juiced/stoned whatever, you're ability to explain yourself diminishes exponentially.
However, I do endorse you're view on one's right to an opinion...qualified by the fact that there are two types of opinion: informed & uninformed.
Finally, I'd say the gr8 Islamic State of Iran maintains about the same level of democracy as the US of A..ever heard of the military industrial complex?
kevinherbert 1 month ago
Four days and counting....this old Oregonian will dancing in the aisles, lol.....
whoof1 7 months ago
One of my all-time favorites by SD. Superb in every way, instrumentals--yes that Gibson is amazing, absolutely brilliant lyrics and intent--painting alienation & bunker mentality, providing a shoot-it-out fantasy for all those Walter Mitty's out there--hitting 'em below the hair line & perhaps even healing some. All done in a rockin', oddly soulful tune with a kick-ass riff...That's musical alchemy that few artists can pull off.
zenbear008 7 months ago
LOVE this song! It's my favorite by them!
RTA6226 7 months ago
It is super tough to nail somebody elses guitar solo, so dont be to hard on John Herington.
Winterstick549 8 months ago 9
@Winterstick549 I think John does a really great Job with the Dan
Camicente 6 months ago
@Winterstick549 WORD, especially when the "somebody" is Larry @%#$%&) Carlton. And Herington is NO slouch, he's really superlative.
xforge 6 months ago
@Winterstick549 : Herrington makes it HIS OWN.....
kevinherbert 1 month ago
righteous...
dstol62 8 months ago
STEELY DAN／Don’t Take Me Alive
流石に、このツアーギタリストも、練り抜かれたラリーのフレーズを真似するしかない…。
saketorasan 8 months ago
Jon Herington is awsome!!
beatles1000 8 months ago
@beatles1000 which member is that? Never heard of him
drr12341 8 months ago
the sound of that Gibson man.... wooow..can't get enough..
Raphaela..
zondacar1 8 months ago
the sound of that Gibson man.... wooow
zondacar1 8 months ago
WHAT a perfect way to discribe a pine crowd. mellow yet substantial. detroit & pine is a favorite for ALL bands b/c they ALL say it when they play there. been going to pine knob since james gang in 74 up to "mayhem festival". 210 Broke my glasses in the mosh pit!!!!!! @ 48 yrs. old/young.
MRCJCOLLINS 8 months ago
Bin Laden, we sure didn't take you alive, you grubby son of a BITCH!!!
rupertmundy 8 months ago 2
Steely Dan in Toronto on July 22nd, 2011....i'll be there...
cisco993623 9 months ago
Brilliant to rediscover royal scam....still so dark,so tight,after a few decades!i think in many ways better than aja,every song a gem.used to be into genesis,yes,then heard this and have become addicted.........in a laid back mode.smokin.
mattyblack22 9 months ago
ooh my god..goosepimples and tears.. this is soo beautiful! Raphaela..
zondacar1 9 months ago
This was the very first Steely Dan song that got me hooked. Those crazy words..I crossed my old man down in Oregon, don't take me alive. Who cared what that meant!?? Always a hot band and wild lyrics. They were always about on thing...the music. And they just got better and better.
sicilianbabe8 9 months ago
that white girl is throwing off the sisters
mainecoon1000 9 months ago
What a great tune.. Along with FM, Deacon Blues, Black Cow, and of course Do it Again. Thank you so much for the musical enjoyment over the years Becker & Fagan..
Redlinesixtynine 9 months ago 6
I've loved Steely Dan since I was a kid in the 70's. Genius. how were they able to come up with such ideas? too good!
jorbv8 9 months ago
July 3rd, my town Portland. Oregon...show sold out in 15 minutes. Thanks to good friends have a ticket in my pocket. Dream of a lifetime come true. It's going to be a great Holiday!
whoof1 9 months ago
Donald Fagen-Roger Waters. Rock & Roll's genius minds.
DonSudia 9 months ago
WOW one of there best although they are all great. Larry Carlton is great and so is John Herrington. The whole band is very impressive to say the least.
richyz01 10 months ago
I was at this concert, just fantastic. Each time I see them, they impress!
MrToddners 10 months ago
Love it... That sun-of-a bitch... Jon Herrington..ooooooohhh
jp0531801 10 months ago
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Domination. Coolest band ever.
Sherbrick 10 months ago
I do a lot of youtube surfing (WAAAAY too much), and I feel my tastes are about as varied and open-minded as anyone's, but you know.... I seem to always come back to Steely Dan. Simply the best.
guitarist3813 10 months ago
who plays the guitar in this video? Larry Carlton?
silasoldo7 10 months ago
@silasoldo7 ................john herrington
cisco993623 10 months ago
This has all the pats - it is a materpiece in bringmg emotion to music. And it cannot be done without focus just as it cannot be listemed to without focus. This piece has captured irt all.
bdx3bdx3 10 months ago
Very entertaining, despite the psychedelia and the fact that Donald's voice had already been fried some years ago. I like the way the backup singers all do completely arbitrary hand motions.
OzziePerch 10 months ago
Compare this to your average rap "song".
slurm33 11 months ago
Nice to see bands that aren't afraid to break the sacred '3 minute' long song rule.
Bunk.
Good music knows no time.
Except 4/4, 12/8, 9/6, whatever. :D
NIKONGUY1960 11 months ago
Wow. Absolute perfection! I get goosebumps every time I watch this. Thanks so much for posting!!
garwood34 11 months ago
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martiloe 11 months ago 5
Absolutely Best Ever ! ! !
teldered 1 year ago
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Loyd Grossman on lead vocals and keytar!
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does anyone know if this video is available on dvd?
danlow3 1 year ago
does anyone know if this video is available on dvd?
danlow3 1 year ago
the lady on the right in the brown dress outshines all of them
nukules 1 year ago
@nukulesits carolyn leonhart a great singer in her own right suggest you google her and check out her website.
hartforp 1 year ago
@hartforp Not bad to look at either.
Zeta9966 1 year ago
Great song to light-up the bong with!
64adventure 1 year ago
I mean realy.. The guitar... Sic...
rockpats 1 year ago
when you think about it,the fact this song came out over 25 years before the Columbine masacre, these lyrics are as acurate and relative to that incident just shows you how far ahead of their time they were. I can't help but feel so fortunate to have grown up in this era that produced the greatest musicians and bands in modern history. They inspired my intrest and dedication to make a career and a life from music and influenced my style of guitar and song writing that is not for sale anywhere..
lilrezkid25 1 year ago
"I hear my inside, the mechanized hum of another world"...the words in this song feel so eerily familiar. They frightfully chase me down to the darkest shadows of my vacant imagination, that it gives me chills!!!
lilrezkid25 1 year ago
Keith Carlock is the man.
jamsmooth 1 year ago
What music is suppose to be!
BlueRoseRocketBand2 1 year ago
THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD ALWAYS BRINGS BACK GOOD MEMORIES WHEN MUSIC WAS GOOD, SEX WAS INNOCENT AND THE MERE FACT OF GROWING UP WAS SOMETHING TO EXPLORE.
GOD BLESS ALL THOSE OF THE 70'S AND BEFORE / AND DRUGS WERE GOOD! STEELY DAN WAS SOMEONE YOU COULD RELATE TO !
Woodyup 1 year ago 29
@Woodyup disco sucked herpes was horrible and pot was brown coke cost too much and the quality sucked
but being young,,,,priceless
aperfectrain 1 year ago
@Woodyup Too true Woody Too true,great more carefree Days.
flanneryged 1 year ago
@Woodyup I wish this sentiment held any reality. I can totally relate to it, but it's actually just romanticized bullshit. Sorry. Steely Dan IS one of the best bands in the world though.
keefah85 8 months ago in playlist Steely Dan
@Woodyup Yes you said that right!
LamokaGhost 5 months ago in playlist Steely Dan
@Woodyup Yes you said that right!
LamokaGhost 5 months ago in playlist Steely Dan
That guy who did the Luby's shooting in 1991 loved this song.....and they didn't take him alive O.O
JeremyLaymanPPD 1 year ago
@JeremyLaymanPPD
"Don't Take Me Alive came out in '76 on the Royal Scam album so that long before the "Luby's Shooting. It's not about any particular incident but it sort of close to the Charles Whitman, Texas University Tower Shooting in '66. He killed 14 people including his mother and wife. The pressures of culture change and the Vietnam draft caused a few individuals to "go postal" with random acts of violence, much like the Columbine shootings, That's what makes this song relevant today.
lilrezkid25 1 year ago 3
Mellow but substantial, you know what I mean ? Gotta love Fagen.
jimbobv8 1 year ago
class.........................................
josie968 1 year ago 2
Great tune, but without Larry Clayton on lead it's a shadow of what it could be.
tseaver341 1 year ago
@tseaver341 I think Herrington's lacking too, but in fairness to him Carlton live is no where near the level of his studio playing
flowerdrop1 1 year ago
@tseaver341 Larry Carlton
SIXSTRING63 1 year ago
Tasteful Bliss
TheBluesie 1 year ago
The girl in the middle is Hot..
Patrickphx11 1 year ago
@Patrickphx11 Goodness - from where I'm lookin they are all hot!!
thmsjordan 1 year ago
@Patrickphx11
Check out some older vids, she "was" way hotter.
generatrix999 1 year ago
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THEPOCONOJOECHANNEL 1 year ago
@Patrickphx11 The girl in the middle is Carolyn Leonhart.
fernald10 1 year ago
Wow this rocks
biezulbub669 1 year ago
No fart jokes!
WillyHeinExperience 1 year ago
I was at this show and the video really captures the vibe from that night. Awesome.
MrJimbo772000 1 year ago
I'm still digging this song after all these years. Thanks for sharing. =)
StrangeArrangements 1 year ago
They should not have included shots of the singers, the one in the middle ruined my concentration on the song. Every time she moved I almost fell off the chair.
23moksha 1 year ago 2
tight playing definitely
just work out further variations of this, fellahs
mojavej 1 year ago
Steely Dans best song...ever, very fun to play guitar along with, makes my Wife crazy, 4 or 5 times in a row, I almost have rhe song nailed...poppa
MrPoppa2 1 year ago
Beautiful,sexy,sultry, love it listened to many in my time and these guys are in my opinion the top of their league,..Play me some more!
DustyKiss76 1 year ago
my boy seen them play at shoreline amphitheater and said they paid for everyones bart tickets home so they could play longer, world class cats
aaronamccoy 1 year ago
A favorite song. Hauntng with such a great intro. And beautiful Carolyn in the middle singing backup.
Entertainmentwriter 1 year ago
Love the Dan dearly, for decades, but a Keytar is never cool. Sorry, it's just true.
wandawong 1 year ago
steely danalive wew.
mrrtbones 1 year ago
dude what can be said of music in one word STEELY DAN.
bossou5555 1 year ago
Remember this song when I was a teen. Brings back such great memories. This is my favorite band. Gives me goose bumps!!! What great guitar riffffssss!!!!!The laydies are a nice element
lmh2mnexs 1 year ago
What great musicians and song writers. This is one of Frgans most powerful pieces
lmh2mnexs 1 year ago
it wasn't all about the music, which was incredible. They were militants, who were gone for 15-20 years..you figure it out. they would be arrsted for their lyrics today ...watch history, it will repeat...
dannystraight 1 year ago
my favorite group ever i love steely dan im black and when i wear steely dan shirts and thay ask me who is steely dan i feel good because iv introduced another human being to the best group to ever grace a stage
errandrunner68 1 year ago
I haven't been playing for any years and I'd give my left nut to play a lead that slick.
750gto 1 year ago
they still rock unbelievable!
rainboltkeith 1 year ago
The action on that guitar looks awesome. Sweet.
OilyPablo 1 year ago
This wonderful version of this tune and the below are the 2 highest rated comments? Fagen is at his vocal best, the girls blending in perfectly. Herrignton is demonstrating what a consummate professional he is. Horns and keyboards doing some great effects. This is top-grade stuff, baby!
SaxyDan54 1 year ago 40
@SaxyDan54 Absolutely! The orchestration of brass, keyboards, guitars, percussion and vocals is beyond brilliant.
zenbear008 7 months ago
Fagen looks like my college chemistry professor now
pretorious700 1 year ago
I been playin for 40 years and I'd give your left nut and my right one to play a lead that slick !!
2manystrats 1 year ago
@2manystrats Jon Herrington is killer-but he's mostly quoting Larry Carlton's studio riffs-not an easy task in itself.
pretorious700 1 year ago
@pretorious700 YUP...
nasty704 1 year ago
Classic and briiliant. One of the best guitar intros in rock combined with a haunting tale and melody. Just perfect.
Entertainmentwriter 1 year ago
Do this art form Justus and turn a High School age kid onto this music
McQ109 1 year ago
Donald Fagen...this guys is a legend...whatever to the rest of great music writers these days? It seems to be a very rare find nowadays.
sprydo7 1 year ago
What a great band this is man,wow.Thats what I love about youtube,where else you gonna see this stuff unless you can make it to the show
jusbarryman 1 year ago
that wasnt carlton on the guitar in this song..at least not in this video. carlton played with them in a bunch of songs
suegab7 1 year ago
This is truly timeless music. A top pop melody that never got the accolades it truly deserved. Remarkable brilliance.
Entertainmentwriter 1 year ago 3
Great tune!
scalesr4 1 year ago
Absolutely amazing!! My favorite Steely Dan song..Donald Fagan is an amazing song writer...And Larry Carlton is one of the best guitar players out there!!
adamolambert 1 year ago
donald fagan is truly one of the greatest writers along with frank zappa. i thankfully saw sd in mass a few years ago.
wdm120363 1 year ago
Dan best rock song not jazz the need new rock & roll songs
popsheba 1 year ago
Soooooo many reasons to love the DAN~! This hot lead is one of them, so hot he gets lost in the intro...Oh well I know --- it's live...
danplay19 1 year ago
On this song, he just gets older, better, and spookier!
teleny2 1 year ago
The guy just gets better and spookier with age!
teleny2 1 year ago
Great sound. True musicans!
cjknotty 1 year ago
I love them! But, I think they are going crazy. Don't get me wrong, I love their music!
roccoprch1 1 year ago
deft
MegaBellinger 1 year ago
Heard SD for the first time in '74 @ 5 years old. Aside from loosing my hairline, haven't lost my appetite for this exceptional music. Timeless. Omnipotent. Fagan's a lyrical genius bathing in blue waters of harmony.
bioartz 1 year ago
I hope Heaven exists , so i can see them there too ! Its a slight pity Donalds Voice is slightly faultering , wow its proof of just too much use !! in a good sense .
steelydanZ 1 year ago
remember this!
cameronrr1 1 year ago
I remember reading an interview with Donald Fagen in the late 70s in which he said "See that guy that hijacked that cross-town bus yesterday?" (They were talking in New York.) "He probably has ten copies of The Royal Scam at home." (^^)
bapyou 1 year ago 3
@bapyou Brilliant! Thanks for that insight! Fagen's probably right of course.....
twangbarfly 1 year ago
This song STILL gives me the chills!
propaganda63 1 year ago
It doesn't get much better than this!!
vidconceptual 1 year ago
one of my all-time top 10 favorites......respct from a native Oregonian, lol
whoof1 1 year ago
I always thought Jeff Beck could have done a fine job putting his tasteful lead stamp on one of Dan's classic compositions.
ledboots2009 1 year ago
@ledboots2009
I would love to hear him do that, especially on this tune, it'd be awesome!
CaptainJazz92 1 year ago
@ledboots2009 Mmmm - there's a thought. I have never imagined JB playing with SD. There again, I never imagined Pat Metheny playing with the Dan either, but apparently he was invited to do some live shows with them (but couldn't because of other commitments - he was pissed off, as you would be! :-)
twangbarfly 1 year ago
just an excellent group, period!
mmjj2 1 year ago
Great song.
guglhupf12 1 year ago
just great. what a band, and such cool lyrics. first band to have got me interested in jazzt chords. re debate below about guitar player...I honestly couldn't have told you who he was....I just think he's great. becker and fagan have consistently chosen great musicians, and have done so again. mspriortube's comment exactly right i think
echo680 1 year ago