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  • A little traveling music, maestro.

  • Advice: If you are listening to this and someone asks what you are listening to. You say Steely Dan. If their response is who are they, well Justin Bieber this Lil Wayne that. Look at them and punch them in their face.

  • 8 people prefer to listen to justin beiber

  • i swear no gets this guys tone right cept me! not even the the steely dan guitarist! by the way lead guitar on this track was played by studio guitarist elliot randall. his solo on this song was quote "my favorite solo of all time" - jimmy page

  • Ladies and gentlemen, the most played song on BBC Radio 2.

  • @AVEIL I'm afraid I'm not knowledgeable about the guitar playing. I guess what I mean is the harmony of the guitars sounds like two playing in cadence. One high, one low. Know what you mean about the dueling thing as in deliverance though I can't remember the name of the song either. That is amazing, just one guitar?

  • The 69-75 was an interestng ear b/c lots of experimenting w/studio mix using conv instruments and some synthesizer.When CBAThrill...I was 15.It finally dawned on me that this was a special period-only the Beatles had gone full studio up to that pt. Steely was master at this, their music v.original, amazing mixing. Elton John early as well. Listen to the mix of Tiny Dancer- all the instruments, awesome in the true sense of the word. Steely-like every one of their songs on the albs were solid.

  • This song just gives me chills! I love the dueling guitars and the harmony. Another dueling guitar favorite is Hotel California.  Class of '76

  • @autodrafters There are no dueling guitars, the session guitarist is simply playing the lead in harmony. "Dueling" is like what you hear on that song from Deliverance, where you have a kind of question & answer scenario going on w/ the banjos. Can't remember the name of that song. But the lead on this song IS amazing--I've been playing for a long time,& it's a tricky guitar part; it's not that technical, it's just played so well, w/ so many articulation techniques & weird timing at parts..

  • one of my favorite leads and runs of all time....melodic...if i ever take guitar lessons again I will pay the instructor to teach me this lead and then i will die happy !

  • @fuzzypige222 I've been playing guitar for about 20 years, and that solo is challenging even for me!

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  • Last year of high school music.

  • I bought the vynil in the mid seventies. a friend from NZ pissed on the it in its cover in the middle of the night......... while searching for the loo. It still sounds great!

  • this album has to be one of the tops of all time....in 2050 people will still be snapping their fingers and wiggling the booties for this song

  • Lol, I once played this for my band and our lead guitarist/A-hole metal head got a migraine.

  • .... nothing like this anymore. (tear drops...)

  • It's about litracy.

    

  • @whoandtheha It's about humanity. Common life experiences, lead to common life conclusions. One man's life is equal to another's. No?

  • My Dad died 4 years ago. im 18 now. i remember Steely Dan was one of his favorite bands an this is his song by steely dan. i remember the day he died as we drive down to his house since my parents were seperated. this song played as i droved away from that house. an as we drove by it again, this song played. an as we did. it was d last time we drove by there. d house looked like it had a jungle around it. damn, strange ways how music touchs all of us n Rock n Roll! The Music Never Stopped movie!

  • @tomazco Too good.

  • I'm old a crusty, and I hate anything that makes my life better. I hate this "devil music". Thanks for posting!

  • I had this song stuck in my head for the past week. Spent an hour today figuring out which song it was. I am satisfied.

  • i saw steely dan at harveys resort and casino at lake tahoe at the summer series concerts. i snuck in and nobody noticed. great concert for the price. :- }

  • hmmmm....the two top comments contradict eachother

  • The comments making fun of the people stating their ages are just as annoying as the comments they are criticizing...just friggin listen people.

  • @MrQueen1975 I like it when a younger generation likes older music..it gives me hope!

  • @Alexandernero666

    To me its a load of crap,but that's only my opinion.

  • This is not a matter of opinion. This song, and album, is an absolute masterpiece and so your opinion cannot change that absolute fact.

    Nothing personal.

  • @RiemannFan

    HeHe .. My wife adding her opinion on my YT account, the cow.

    I myself have not heard it....

    However when someone states an Opinion, then its IS an opinion.

    You stating something else and asserting it as fact, does not make it a fact either.

    Im no steely dan fan I must admit, however I am up for almost any half decent music. My wife is bordering on mental with their knowledge of music so if she says its crap then who am I to argue? She is always right. She told me.

  • @MrQueen1975 You're right. The music is more important. Sorry.

  • LOL everyone on youtube hates each other. People seem to get comment fatigue from reading all the same comments about Bieber sucking balls or this generation's music sucking ass or about how I'm 15 and our music sucks cunt. I don't search music I don't like so I'm in the dark about "today's music"... that's not to say there isn't excellent music today, you just have to try to avoid listening to crap. I a tune plays and you have no control over it, just put your headphones on

  • @ayguey100 You're right. Hate is a strong word, but anonymity affords the privilege of overt antagonism.  Discreet, tender humanity, has been sold to "content providers", who, chronicles the intimate lives of the products you valued, bought, sold, and re-hypothecated again?. Ain't that right, Jimmy Diamond?

  • @Dactuck Sean Peake!

  • all these comments are crap. why can't people just go on and share life stories about the songs and not fight about stupid shit that no one cares about. to each their own.

  • I'm 97 and this is the only music I'll listen to. The music I grew up with in the 20s was crap.

  • @JohnnyCxviii I'm some guy and I like to make comments that aren't witty in response to comments that aren't witty.

  • @JohnnyCxviii thats fuckin awesome

  • @JohnnyCxviii Remember "Old Man River?" My dad would have been 99 last Sat. He sang that song from time to time.

  • @JohnnyCxviii Right on man!

  • @JohnnyCxviii sure you are

  • @JohnnyCxviii did you care much for the 60's?

  • @JohnnyCxviii YES.

  • Man what a Timeless Classic. And by far and away one of the greatest Guitar solo's ever.

  • @tomazco guns and roses suck fat balls like yourself and their cover of live and let die is the worst cover of any song ever @TheNickelKnocker take some of your own advice

  • I was in the car with my dad and i asked him: "Do you know Steely Dan?" and he began singing: "Are you reeling in the yeeeeeaaaarss, stowin away the tiiiiiiiime"

    I love my dad so much.

  • The first time I heard this song my girlfriend and I was on our way to the Drive-in. I had a Brown 69 Road Runner.Life was so different back then.No seat Belts, 50 cents a head to get into the Drive-in. A slice of Pizza there was 10 cents,a coke was 15. Nobody was up tight,just live life and enjoy!

  • this is music... bring it back

  • epic

    

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  • im actually glad when i see people put how old they are i mean yeah it gets irritable but at the same time in high school i was one of the only kids who listened to good music like this i always wondered if i was the only one and now i know that im not. in other words im happy that this great music is still going through the test of time ill still listen to steely dan fifty years from now, and wont even here about justin bieber or lady gaga.

  • This music is tied to the emotions of the times we lived thru...those of us who were in our teens in the 70's. It was the most uplifting carefree and magical time for those of us who experienced those years. This music brings it all back.

  • Thats cuz Steely Dan Gargles my balls!,,,

  • how can it be that this video doesen't even have 180,00 views yet! greatest song ever!

  • You cant talk down about a whole generation, everyone listens to what music they find is good whether it be C-Rap, Metal, Classic Rock, Country, and so on. Just be yourself quit judging people based on their generation.

  • My generation's music is incomprehensible to those not going through it. Too bad you missed it.

  • vintage steely dan,great listening

  • @allisonnova1 "vintage" way to make me feel like a geezer! :p

    Some reason it's been a Steely NYE

  • Excellent song, the lead singer sounds like Phil Lynott from Thin Lizzy, another great 70's band. :)

  • @fatpizzaman amen to that ;)

  • Hey dude, the Rocky Horror Picture Show called....they want their lips back. Scored a pretty cool tune otherwise.....keep 'em comin'. We're listening.

  • It's almost 2012! It seems like I'm reelin in the years :P but does it count if I enjoy every bit of it?!

  • For the longest time I thought the chorus was "Reelin' in the yeast". "Years" sounds much more pleasant.

  • LOL, I am a DNA deficient spermatozoa ready to swim up the canal and I Like this song....I started listening to this band when i was a mix of proteins and enzymes and carbohydrate sugars..My other friends who are also sperm cells are silly cause they listen to Justin Biebers proteins (he doesnt have any sperm cells yet) favorite songs...they do seem to like rap....maybe there is a musical connection (or lack of it)

  • I HEARD THIS ON THE RADIO THIS MORNING FUCK YES :DDDDDDD

  • There's lots of good music being made today.....I just can't find it. :(

  • I used to have to listen to this song every day at my retail job. It was not only the reason I quit but also the reason I almost set the place on fire. This shit is beyond awful.

  • @zigzigzig Trollin'?

  • @wetry567765 Not even close.

  • Hell I wish I was 15 just so I could discover the great music form back in the day and realise how fuckin amazing this shit is man.....

  • @StuzRoz - I meant to say discover it for the first time AGAIN - LMAO

  • In 1972, I drove across the country from Seattle to Atlanta, to Chicago, then back to Seattle. It was in a good riding 1964 Dodge Polara 500 with a 383 cid V8. This song was my companion throughout the trip, even as someone road shotgun from Atlanta to Chicago with me. I looked for it everywhere on AM, turning the knob on the radio until I found it again and again. I couldn't get enough of that song! Nothing's changed. I liked it then, I like it now! (Oh...this is music, not a video).

  • You got to agree with me, that this song's got some Thin Lizzy vibe!

  • I herd this song on the radio and it was so amazing to hear an amazing song instea dof that gay rap and hip hop shit they overplay now a days!!! Thumbs up for this amazing song!!!

  • LONG LIVE STEELY AND LOVE LIVE IT'S SOUTHERN BRETHREN

  • @Playjex mmm-hmm. south WILL rise ag-ain.

  • I sm sick of people picking on innocent little kids without giving them some kind of remuneration in terms of advice to vte Perry '12. He reels in the east.

  • good music will always stand the test of time.

  • Good musice will always stand the test of time.

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  • For some reason this songs really reminds me of the show LOST.

    Great song.

  • really great music! done before I was born, and yet today even my kids dig it!

  • i love the sound that he gets on his lead guitar, fuckin classic sound

  • im 11 and my dad told me about them and i LOVE THE SONGSSSSS :D

  • Love this track

  • I'm sorry, but I like the studio versions the best for certain reasons like "every note is played to perfection aand rests and plays are obeyed"! You can see I know little about music, but I know great music when I hear it!!! BobbyK

  • A mini-drama in 4-1/2 minutes. Brilliant!

  • You know what? I'm 15 and I don't feel the need to go around stating the obvious by commenting on songs about how much better I think they are than today's crap.

    Rant aside, I love Steely Dan. I'm never going to forget the first time I ever heard one of their songs (Kid Charlemagne back in '08). Damn, I thought that song was one of the greatest things ever... which it is.

  • @ExtendedancEPlay It makes me feel good that kids listen to GREAT classic rock. I'm 55 years old and I grew up listening to this type of music and still enjoying it today ! If you haven't listened to Mahogany Rush yet, play 'Land of a thousand nights' and crank it up very loud ! It will blow your mind !

  • @ExtendedancEPlay you are a genious i am 15 too and i cant stand the ignorant attitude of some people who just dismiss the music i like because it is old or diferent to the current trend.

  • Summer of 1972,ridding my 185cc Suzuki off road.Oh did I forget to mention a doobie.

  • Trivia bit:  Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin once said in an interview that the guitar solo in this song was his all-time favorite.

  • There was politics to Steely Dan's sucess in LA with the east coast college songs. Ask Jeff "skunk" Baxter.

  • nerd me heard this on tv way back, and on am radio.

    and here i am todya, at age 52, syrfing utube while wasted on wine.

  • I am sick of seeing on videos every where the "I'm 15 or 16 year old, and I listen to good music and I think today's music is crap blah blah blah."

    Know what would be really cool? If you would just shut up about how old you are and listen.

  • @TheNickelKnocker true bro

  • @TheNickelKnocker lol it's like they want a cookie or something

  • @TheNickelKnocker im 16 years old and i listen to good music. I think todays music is crap!

  • @TheNickelKnocker keep it cool. im glad kids are listeningto good music from the yester years. what kind of example are you setting son. let those who appreciate do so, especially when it comes to our children. peace

  • @TheNickelKnocker .....I think it cool that they do that...and the music they make today has the production value of disposable lighters.....And dude last time I checked they don't care what you are Sick of seeing

  • @TheNickelKnocker Well aren't you cool? How about you leave the 15 or 16 year olds alone to enjoy their final years as children before they grow up to be grumpy old fools like you...

  • Its great to see good music videos getting viewed here.

    Rock on people!

    

  • Reminds me of my old house

  • ive looked for this song for months and ppl just kept telling me it was "candyman" by sammy davis jr...that songs gay compared to this

  • awesome song, gay album cover

  • This song litterally was stuck in my head for 2 months, NOT even joking.

  • @freakingawesomestuff this song has been stuck in my head my whole life

  • I <3 this song!!!!!!!! They're such good singers!

  • there is still some good music man. allways have had light weight pop fluff we just remember the good stuff cause thats what lasts.

  • I was their when this music came out and I loved it. This music is the real deal and hearing it never gets old. Thank you Steely Dan for being true to your craft!!! Reeling in the years is the best.

  • I'm 24 years old been listenin to classic rock since i got into music, and steely dan would have to be my fav. band!

  • Can't Buy a Thrill is all awesome

  • thumbs up if you're Irish and now what this son is off :D

  • petebest22 - I concur!

  • great tune - Steely Dan rocks!

  • Yes i agree with you kaychikybabexo .. no one in the charts can make great music lkie this anymore and its about time it ended and someone boot this rubbish they call music out of the charts.

  • Wow... I Heard this song when I was like.. 5. At 14, I didn't think I still knew the words.

  • I heard that the solo in this song is Jimmy Page's favorite guitar solo. :)

  • I'm 5 years old but I say this:

    The shmo who produced this LP should have been fired for cutting such a great guitar riff off way to soon. Even Justin Beaver agrees.

  • theres 5 people reelin in their ears.

  • I gotta admit, I hadn't heard Steely Dan until The A=Team...but they aren't bad.

  • I'm a Magical Leopluradon and even I listen to Steely Dan. 

  • We played Steely Dan as marching band music this year and this song rocks!

  • One of my favorite bands of all time. There just isn't any great music anymore and that's sad....

  • reminds me a bit of thin lizzy in places....that makes it only more awesome in my eyes... : )

  • @thesunreport Thin Lizzy with the great Gary Moore.

  • good music is timeless... lot of young teens think if its old then its not good.

  • @kaychikybabexo i'm 15 years old and i listen to steely dan, Tears for Fears, Level 42 all that sort of stuff.. to me, the garbage that is on the music channel these days is just auto-tuned, drum machined, chavy slutty shit! i don't even class it as music because if you hand one of those people an instrument i bet they can't even play a note.. THAT'S NOT MUSIC! Anyone else agree?!

  • @samzz00zz Bullshit your profile says you're 19.

  • @samzz00zz yeahh im 17 n love classic rock ect

  • @samzz00zz Listen to Ronnie Van Zant of LYNYRD SKYNYRD fame of the 60s and 70s anything prior to the plane crash of oct. 20th 1977. Just give them a listen.

  • @chance501

    There was Lynard Skynard AFTER the plane crash? :P

  • @samzz00zz The ironic thing is, on almost every classic rock song on youtube there are comments like this. So obviously a lot of young people like a broad range of music. (myself included) although I do like some current music as well.

    

  • @samzz00zz alright dude i get it im 14 and i totally agree with you but really... you dont have to proclaim it to the world, people get it... we love this music too not just older people. it will live on trust me

  • @samzz00zz no one cares

  • @hjenkinz I care, and you should too. I think that we need more youngsters to be brought up on things like this.

  • @samzz00zz Join the club buddy. I'm 15 as well and also agree with you 100%. Our generation that even listens and likes this music isn't that big, but I'm proud to be a part of it.

  • @samzz00zz I listen to steely dan and pink floyd etc as well but you have to learn to appreciate other ppls music choices or likes don't be a faggot

  • @samzz00zz Learn to appreciate the music that we have today. You just aren't looking hard enough. When you are as old as your father is now, you will hear the music that will be playing 20 years from now and look back on how much better the music is today.

  • @cheeseman369 This was a complicated post, but I think I agree... people keep seem to come up with awesome stuff... but it seems to get harder and harder to get distinguished without compromise...

  • @samzz00zz

    Well said young fella.

  • @samzz00zz nobody cares

  • @hjenkinz wich is why it is one of the top comments

  • @fatbassethound no one cares how old you are

  • @samzz00zz Yah man I know what you're saying. I'm 4 and no one in my preschool appreciates the greats like Steely Dan and Pink Floyd. They all like that Wheels on the Bus and Itsy Bitsy Spider bullshit.

  • @iamnotascientisi LOL LOL

  • @samzz00zz To an extent, the radio sucks, but there is still alot of good music out there. You just have to have an open mind for the sound of it. I listen to this, classical, metal, heavier metal, tribal, and all sorts of other stuff.

  • @samzz00zz We wouldn't be listening to this if we didn't like it and agree. But, no one cares that your 15 and you listen to old music ok. Pass it on.

  • @samzz00zz Only 15 and already a good taste of MUSIC.My compliments,keep doing the good stuff!!!!!

  • @samzz00zz Hearin that.

  • @samzz00zz

    You are pretty much on the money there Sunshine. I am glad at your age you know how to separate the chaff from the good stuff. Much of the great music of the past is being copied, remixed, and sold as the latest thing. Cheers

  • @samzz00zz not really,ur just being immature and stereotyping all music to be that genre.Listen to some of the proper rappers,the messages they get across are amazing.

  • @TinieElephantHD rap music (IF I AM FORCED TO CALL IT MUSIC) IS JUST MORE RADIO GAGA AND CRAPPY AT THAT

  • @samzz00zz i feel you

  • @samzz00zz :DDD

  • Good music is good.

  • @kmc56 YES! GOOD MUSIC IS GOOD! :D

  • @kmc56 You mean Good music is EPIC

  • The things 4 people dislike, I can't understand

  • That guitar solo by Elliot Randall is amazing.

  • The definition of Timeless 

  • I'm 15, but nobody fucking cares. Anyway, I just discovered this song, and I really dig it!