Remember when The Dan won a Grammy for "Two Against Nature" and Walter turned their acceptance speech into a trivia contest? Irreverent till this day and we love you for it Steely Dan.
@bojangleslounge Rotel, too, but Triangle Ittoh XS speakers and Epos sub, everything set to flat response. Not even very loud played still makes goosebumps on my back... Guitar solo, vocal - masterpiece.
Love this.Larry Carlton is gradually becoming my favourite guitar player.I totally bought into him when I first heard his playing on Joni Mitchell's Amelia
This is the last song on the Gaucho album. I would make love to Sandy at the start and by the time it got to this song we were exausted in each others arms both trying to understand the wonderment of our love and attraction to each other. She's gone now but this song has memories of true love for me. I miss you Sandy. Should you read this, I know you will know.
@Headcrackin456 The song was inspired by a bratty kid playing "Army Men" in a sandbox ; this was referred to in later interviews. Anyone who thinks this is about Wall Street or the military has other issues.
one of he haunting melodies of the era - no doubt about it - especially when u hear it on a audiophile album - every time I hear this I shed a tear or two
I saw Steely Dan at Sandstone amphitheatre in Kansas City on a warm, clear summer evening as the sun was setting behind us and the lights of the stage were soon followed by stars filling the sky. They played timeless classic's on a night I will never forget
The most beautiful, haunting, melancholic piece ever produced in the rock era. If we had sent this out on Voyager, any aliens thinking of invading us would instead have killed themselves with despair after listening. Frightening, how good these people are...
I feel the same way about this song. It's heartbreaking, devastating and beautiful. In its own category of greatness. And when I think that they stuck it at the very end of the last record they made together for over two decades...what a swan song.
Don and Walter knew that this was one of there most hauntingly beautiful songs, which is why they saved it for last on "Gaucho". As usual with SD, there's no telling what the lyrics mean, which is so integral to their power.
@krakenwave: Bullock's an outstanding player, but it sure as HELL ain't him on Steely Dan's "Third World Man". That's about as distinctively Larry Carlton as anything I've ever heard; right up there with "Kid Charlemagne".
@krakenwave: I'm sorry if I've disturbed your sensitivities in any way. I SURE wasn't trying to create any sort of "war of words", so-to-speak. BTW, I've owned, personally, more than a couple of second-hand Ibanez guitars and they've been among my favorites. George Benson won't use anything else. Still, those early ES335s with the factory stop tailpieces (which is what Larry used exclusively on his S.D. and Fagen solo efforts) are SO distinctive, along with Carlton's style! Hiram Bullock?
@krakenwave: I'm sorry if I've disturbed your sensitivities in any way. I SURE wasn't trying to create any sort of "war of words", so-to-speak. BTW, I've owned, personally, more than a couple of second-hand Ibanez guitars and they've been among my favorites. George Benson won't use anything else. Still, those early ES335s with the factory stop tailpieces (which is what Larry used exclusively on his S.D. and Fagen solo efforts) are SO distinctive, along with Carlton's style! Hiram Bullock?
The way Larry describes it, this song was an afterthought on the album that was a leftover from the previous album and only got added when one of the songs accidentally got erased. Gaucho was recorded in New York and Carlton wasn't there. Like a lot of Dire Strait songs, your favorite is not neccesarily the one that got the most air time.
ANYONE who knows anything about guitars (the ACTUAL, INDIVIDUAL INSTRUMENTS!!) will be able to identify this as being a Gibson ES335 with a little natural overdrive. Larry Carlton, for many years, went by the nickname "Mr. 335". Plus it's just clearly him. Derringer's awesome style is much more abrasive and less bluesy. That's him on "Black Friday" and, in a remarkable SLIDE effort, "Show Biz Kids".
@UKromany Hello, thanks for the comment but that guitar solo is the work of Larry Carlton. In fact, the song was reworked around his solo performance. There are several sources for this information including the album's liner notes, but this is the definitive source:
Larry Carlton discusses his guitar solo on "Third World Man." It's one of his own YouTube guitar lessons. The video is: H9B3lS17_G4 ....Search for it.
I would post the exact YouTube link but links void the post.
I can't decide which album was their best album. I will say this, I'm 35 and I grew up listening to Steely Dan from my old man. I like all of their albums, but Gaucho, Aja, and Royal Scam are among my favorites.
Timeless record. Steely Dan as a group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 but Larry Carlton deserves his own place in the Hall for his smoking, transcendent and blindingly brilliant solo on "Third World Man." Thanks for posting, enjoying all the versions on YouTube but the original is the touchstone...
@UKromany Actually, it is indeed Larry Carlton. He is credited with the solo by Becker and Fagen, and Larry also has a lesson on how to play the solo on his YouTube channel. Larry's brilliant solo on "Third World Man" is one of the most lauded pieces in the history of rock music. I bought the album when it was first released and have been enjoying it for about 31 years.
There is just something about Fagen's voice that is so mesmerizing/unique. It's one of those voices you hear in a band that just separates them from the other bands, makes them unique, and enjoyable. There is nobody else who sings like Donald Fagen. His voice is one of the best qualities of his music. It just doesn't have the same feeling when listening to other artists playing covers of his songs.
Gaucho is my favorite Steely Dan album. I have read about what a horrible experience it was for everybody involved in the recording of it, but man, I sure can't tell by listening to it. Every song is a gem. especially this one.
@avclubman I think that's why I love this track so much - because I believe it was actually left over from "Aja." Can you imagine that record with this on it as well???!!
no matter how many times I hear this song, it NEVER gets old! This song is also a great ending to both Gaucho and the albums Steely Dan produced from 1972-1980
@bradmonium1 As dark and off-mainstream as this odd pair is, they unfailingly command the planet's top flight acclaim, access and awards EVERY TIME they
lay down work which, also unfailingly become Instantly Legendary.
Most people regard Aja as Steely Dan's best album. Hard to argue with that, but for me Gaucho is their best. 1 Consider that the best song on the album "The Second Arrangement" was accidently erased. 2 Consider Roger Nichols won Grammy for best engineered album for Aja, and Gaouch sounds noticeably better. It's got a wider stereo image with better instrument separation. Our drummer brought in Tool, Foo Fighters, and Rage and we were SHOCKED at how much better and smoother Gaucho's drums sounded
ANYONE even vaguely familiar with Larry Carlton's work should be able to ascertain that the leads on "Third World Man" are his responsibility after about two or three notes! His sound is bluesy but technically virtuosic. My favorite "Lead Guitarist" ever with Jeff Beck not too far behind. I still believe that the pinnacle of guitar-playing is solo jazz, however. What Joe Pass, Charlie Byrd, Tuck Andress (Tuck and Patty!) and a few others do by THEMSELVES is mind-boggling. Still, GREAT SOLO!
Just a beautiful song. Larry Carlton's solo is perfect. My favourite song on my favourite Steely Dan album and definitely in my top ten of all time by any artist.
Pure genius. Read an interview years ago and the guys told the interviewer when asked for their inspiration to go back into the studio that they were driving down Sunset Blvd and turned on the radio and heard the garbage being pumped out...decision was made.
I have been listening to this song (album) for thirty years, non-stop. This song and "King of the World" are transcendental. At 3:05 he says," When he's crying out, I just sing that Ghana Rondo, Il era del terzzo mondo, he's a Third world man...
When Becker and Fagen moved to LA, they wrote a lot of songs about people and places back in New York. Later, when they returned to New York, they began writing about people and places they saw in LA. Gaucho is an album of their recollections of people and places around LA.
@Teflon65 I didn't know that. Ive been under the impression that Becker and Fagan (got to see them live in K.C.) were L.A. , my impression of their stuff has always been N.Y.C..
Michael McDonald first gained wide attention as an adjunct member of the group Steely Dan, providing back-up vocals on tracks for 1975's Katy Lied. He would return on subsequent Steely Dan recordings including 1976's The Royal Scam as well as both "Peg" and "I Got the News" from the 1977 album Aja. He also played keyboards on some Steely Dan tracks. McDonald continued to do background vocals for Steely Dan up to their 1980 release, Gaucho.
@UKromany So Becker and Fagen credit the wrong guitarist, and Larry Carlton's lesson his YouTube channel detailing how to play the solo is a fraud. Please, with all due respect, give up the wack ghetto crack and realize that this is Larry Carlton, always was, it's obviously his tone, melody and style. You might as well state that it's Keith Richard. Google this video link to Larry's lesson on the solo: H9B3lS17_G4
@UKromany "The Dan" is just my nickname for Steely Dan. 'Nuff said about what? You still haven't owned up to your error. It's okay to make a mistake -- we all make them -- but then at least be willing to admit it. You posted about ten times that the guitar solo on Third World Man was the work of Hiram Bullock despite this entire board being all about Larry Carlton. So you're wrong, and now it's my fault? I had been just sh***ting you the drugs, now I'm wondering if you're not actually on them!
@ApparentlyNigel Haha! Mr.Logic !! Fair enough mate,maybe you're right,maybe we're both wrong and it's Rick Derringer.My 'people' informed me otherwise."The Dan",as well as being 'your' nickname for Steely Dan is also the way a certain highly identifiable type of music afficionado might well refer to the band,(duo if you prefer).....a type of club,if you will. Just joshing! Honestly,all the best.
Probably my favorite album ever, aside from many Frank Zappa albums, too numerous to name. I think Frank Zappa and Steely Dan are the absolute best that Rock & Roll has to offer.
"don't love the generation, it's the same generation that gave us shit like grand funk..." Not sure where that is coming from . We are the generation that gave rise to you. Grand Funk was a mistake...Don't be too eager to cast aspersions there Spanky.
@MehefinHeulog This song pegs the hypocracry here in the West. It is a showing, a telling & a warning. I would hate to think my children & grandchildred should ever have to be a 3rd world man. A work of genius.
@musicminor25 I couldn't agree more. It truly is one of the best albums ever recorded. The songs, the musicians, the arrangements, and of course the production.
Remember when The Dan won a Grammy for "Two Against Nature" and Walter turned their acceptance speech into a trivia contest? Irreverent till this day and we love you for it Steely Dan.
MrShakbo 1 week ago
Saddest and most heartfelt guitar solo ever
peterwhalen1 2 weeks ago
That song sounds like I could have appeared in the sci-fi classic film The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) Starring David Bowie
EspioArtwork 2 weeks ago
Amazing and unbelievable rock! Steely Dan surpassed themselves!
DrNeelanjan 2 weeks ago
This is the last great guitar solo that they have done! wtf
bbrstatify 2 weeks ago
I wonder if Timothy McVeigh heard this.
GaryALucas 2 weeks ago
Just listened to the live version on the "LIVE IN AMERICA" record. a bit on the slow side but just as smashing, done well for a live delivery.
bojangleslounge 1 month ago
singin this song in music class at my highschool :D
onetwoBias 1 month ago
Still my favourite. listen to this one on big sound, just it played on my Rotel with pioneeer CS939 speakers in stereo, OMG!!!! Simply fantastic.
bojangleslounge 1 month ago
@bojangleslounge Rotel, too, but Triangle Ittoh XS speakers and Epos sub, everything set to flat response. Not even very loud played still makes goosebumps on my back... Guitar solo, vocal - masterpiece.
surabai 1 month ago
@surabai Old school Dahlquists for me.
Exilemainstreet 1 month ago
Unbelievably beatiful, just perfect...
surabai 1 month ago
@surabai Yeah!
bojangleslounge 1 month ago
Blows me outa my shoes Baby !
bscondict 1 month ago
lyrics too sad/terrifying to consider
basehead617 1 month ago
Love this.Larry Carlton is gradually becoming my favourite guitar player.I totally bought into him when I first heard his playing on Joni Mitchell's Amelia
vladamih 1 month ago
Fagens lyric puts pictures in your head wonderful pictures
cvgeeps 2 months ago
Larry is just THE MAN. Greatest album ever made.
chupioftheloom 2 months ago
i'll bet by the time you got to 'time out of mind' you were hitting it hard..... am i right? tell us......tell us!
swimmerB0B 3 months ago
GREAT SOLO BY LARRY CARLTON .
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DOREMISOLO 3 months ago
This is the last song on the Gaucho album. I would make love to Sandy at the start and by the time it got to this song we were exausted in each others arms both trying to understand the wonderment of our love and attraction to each other. She's gone now but this song has memories of true love for me. I miss you Sandy. Should you read this, I know you will know.
1950philly 3 months ago 7
@1950philly You just made me cry missing my own "Sandy" who is still alive but unfortunately is doing other things now
G8GT364CI 2 months ago
Can please someone tell me what this song is about? Is it about vietnam or immigrants in america?
Headcrackin456 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Steely Dan
@Headcrackin456 ....Its about Greedy Wall St and their "Muscle" a.k.a. The US Military and their brutal,never ending Profiteering-War Mongering!!!
OlymPigs2010 3 months ago
@Headcrackin456 The song was inspired by a bratty kid playing "Army Men" in a sandbox ; this was referred to in later interviews. Anyone who thinks this is about Wall Street or the military has other issues.
redtorino 3 months ago
Memories of 1983 when I first heard this album. Fantastic.
Casio61 3 months ago
@absoluteabsence000 They certainly do, and I am certainly thankful they share. Well said!
alanparsonsfan 4 months ago
one of he haunting melodies of the era - no doubt about it - especially when u hear it on a audiophile album - every time I hear this I shed a tear or two
reviveramesh 4 months ago
I saw Steely Dan at Sandstone amphitheatre in Kansas City on a warm, clear summer evening as the sun was setting behind us and the lights of the stage were soon followed by stars filling the sky. They played timeless classic's on a night I will never forget
MrJohnisthename 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Steely Dan
The most beautiful, haunting, melancholic piece ever produced in the rock era. If we had sent this out on Voyager, any aliens thinking of invading us would instead have killed themselves with despair after listening. Frightening, how good these people are...
alanparsonsfan 4 months ago 11
@alanparsonsfan - i loved your comment - god bless - ImMOBILsed and a third world man
reviveramesh 4 months ago
@alanparsonsfan
I feel the same way about this song. It's heartbreaking, devastating and beautiful. In its own category of greatness. And when I think that they stuck it at the very end of the last record they made together for over two decades...what a swan song.
greasemonkey1228 3 weeks ago
Don and Walter knew that this was one of there most hauntingly beautiful songs, which is why they saved it for last on "Gaucho". As usual with SD, there's no telling what the lyrics mean, which is so integral to their power.
pianobillf 4 months ago
Awesome song
Burt472 5 months ago
@krakenwave: Bullock's an outstanding player, but it sure as HELL ain't him on Steely Dan's "Third World Man". That's about as distinctively Larry Carlton as anything I've ever heard; right up there with "Kid Charlemagne".
dansteely77 5 months ago
@dansteely77 I personally cannot be sure but I fully apologize to you for being such a dick about it all.
krakenwave 4 months ago
@krakenwave: I'm sorry if I've disturbed your sensitivities in any way. I SURE wasn't trying to create any sort of "war of words", so-to-speak. BTW, I've owned, personally, more than a couple of second-hand Ibanez guitars and they've been among my favorites. George Benson won't use anything else. Still, those early ES335s with the factory stop tailpieces (which is what Larry used exclusively on his S.D. and Fagen solo efforts) are SO distinctive, along with Carlton's style! Hiram Bullock?
dansteely77 5 months ago
@krakenwave: I'm sorry if I've disturbed your sensitivities in any way. I SURE wasn't trying to create any sort of "war of words", so-to-speak. BTW, I've owned, personally, more than a couple of second-hand Ibanez guitars and they've been among my favorites. George Benson won't use anything else. Still, those early ES335s with the factory stop tailpieces (which is what Larry used exclusively on his S.D. and Fagen solo efforts) are SO distinctive, along with Carlton's style! Hiram Bullock?
dansteely77 5 months ago
Played this at my son's wedding (piano, plus guitar). What a wonderfully crafted song!
sloopjohnk 5 months ago
Their music is timeless, there's nothing else like it! I listen to them everyday.
This song is probably on my top 5 of SD.
Headcrackin456 5 months ago 2
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Headcrackin456 5 months ago
amazing amazing tune...puffff....so good !
TheAleksMichel 5 months ago
This one gets inside my pores
gatitame2azul 5 months ago
The way Larry describes it, this song was an afterthought on the album that was a leftover from the previous album and only got added when one of the songs accidentally got erased. Gaucho was recorded in New York and Carlton wasn't there. Like a lot of Dire Strait songs, your favorite is not neccesarily the one that got the most air time.
gi624 5 months ago
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krakenwave 5 months ago
Perfect!
trufflehund 5 months ago
ANYONE who knows anything about guitars (the ACTUAL, INDIVIDUAL INSTRUMENTS!!) will be able to identify this as being a Gibson ES335 with a little natural overdrive. Larry Carlton, for many years, went by the nickname "Mr. 335". Plus it's just clearly him. Derringer's awesome style is much more abrasive and less bluesy. That's him on "Black Friday" and, in a remarkable SLIDE effort, "Show Biz Kids".
dansteely77 6 months ago
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krakenwave 5 months ago
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krakenwave 5 months ago
@dansteely77
Well ain't you just the dog's big ACTUAL, INDIVIDUAL bollocks.
We bow down before your exquisitely-pitched (but in dansteely77-world presumably commonplace) earhole.
May we apparently non guitar-knowing-anythings please be allowed to listen a while?
We would be honoured, us cloth-eared non-ANYONE's with our secondhand Ibanez INSTRUMENTS.
Just tell us when to shuffle our plebian arses out backwards from your presence.
TL;dr version - Pretentious fucker that SD would skewer IRL
krakenwave 5 months ago
The short but sweet guitar solo is one of the most beautiful.
1Mejs 6 months ago
yep the best first row stuff !!! I saw them at Comerica THeater in PHX AZ
BARfastauto 6 months ago
This song is part of the soundtrack of my life. I've been listening to it for almost 40 years, and that first note still sucks me into its world.
23moksha 6 months ago
@UKromany Hello, thanks for the comment but that guitar solo is the work of Larry Carlton. In fact, the song was reworked around his solo performance. There are several sources for this information including the album's liner notes, but this is the definitive source:
Larry Carlton discusses his guitar solo on "Third World Man." It's one of his own YouTube guitar lessons. The video is: H9B3lS17_G4 ....Search for it.
I would post the exact YouTube link but links void the post.
ApparentlyNigel 6 months ago
Steely dan is one of the best groups of all time. Its the fucking bomb. This shit is music to die to.
mickrussom 7 months ago
I can't decide which album was their best album. I will say this, I'm 35 and I grew up listening to Steely Dan from my old man. I like all of their albums, but Gaucho, Aja, and Royal Scam are among my favorites.
charlestonchewy 7 months ago
どうしてこんな楽曲アレンジが出来るの?(驚)～スティーリー･ダン､ｶﾞｳﾁｮより"ｻｰﾄﾞ･ﾜｰﾙﾄﾞ･ﾏﾝ"～素晴らしすぎるｶｰﾙﾄﾝのｷﾞﾀｰｿﾛ
blackandtanful 7 months ago
This never gets old
ZurkonTheDestroyer 7 months ago
@ZurkonTheDestroyer Never. its the bomb. Steely dan is really quintessential.
mickrussom 7 months ago
Timeless record. Steely Dan as a group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 but Larry Carlton deserves his own place in the Hall for his smoking, transcendent and blindingly brilliant solo on "Third World Man." Thanks for posting, enjoying all the versions on YouTube but the original is the touchstone...
ApparentlyNigel 7 months ago
@ApparentlyNigel The guitar solo is played by the late Hiram Bullock.
UKromany 6 months ago
@UKromany Actually, it is indeed Larry Carlton. He is credited with the solo by Becker and Fagen, and Larry also has a lesson on how to play the solo on his YouTube channel. Larry's brilliant solo on "Third World Man" is one of the most lauded pieces in the history of rock music. I bought the album when it was first released and have been enjoying it for about 31 years.
ApparentlyNigel 6 months ago
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ApparentlyNigel 7 months ago
this gets me every time.superb and flawless tune.
cosmicrider287 8 months ago
@cosmicrider287 it is. most of their music is like this. quintessential and transcendental.
mickrussom 7 months ago
larry carlton solo !!! blinding ....
papalazerus22 8 months ago
@papalazerus22 It's Hiram Bullock.
UKromany 6 months ago
these guys put everyone to shame, sorry but so so true
toffee20 8 months ago
Steely Dan are probably the best band ever put together... and Gaucho defo the best song ever!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!!
annettefla 8 months ago 2
What other artist has so many songs with NO dislikes?! Just goes to show how meticulous these guys are!
kahne2 8 months ago
One off the best songs ever.
Love the music off the seventies, much better than today (i'm in my late twenties, so this music was before my time )
themausify 8 months ago 5
@themausify 1980
MokoMikoMako 2 months ago
One off the best songs ever.
Love the music off the seventies, much better than today (i'm in my late twenties, so this music was before my time ;)
themausify 8 months ago
Bob Dylan eat you heart out-sorry but you just don,t cut it with the Dan.Superb songs complex lyrically and harmonically leave u for dead man!!
rroyboy46 9 months ago
名作ｶﾞｳﾁｮより､"THIRD WORLD MAN"～タップリ手が混んでたスティーリーダン後期～何といってもカールトンのギターさばきの妙技
blackandtanful 9 months ago
Goes best with a "cheap" wine.....out of a paper sack (of course) SD = artist.
EddieVBlueIsland 9 months ago
There is just something about Fagen's voice that is so mesmerizing/unique. It's one of those voices you hear in a band that just separates them from the other bands, makes them unique, and enjoyable. There is nobody else who sings like Donald Fagen. His voice is one of the best qualities of his music. It just doesn't have the same feeling when listening to other artists playing covers of his songs.
korkiwi 9 months ago
This album is a forgotten gem. Donald Fagan's voice is perfect---compassionate and cruel. And Becker's solo is so tight and sad...
marginallymental 9 months ago
chills.....
bamboozled0 9 months ago
Steely Dan is the best band ever!!!!!!
steelydanf1fan96 9 months ago
Gaucho Album is Timeless.
MsS1n 9 months ago
Saying Gaucho is a masterpiece is an understatement. Everyone should be issued a Steely Dan album upon birth. All bow to the greatness of The Dan.
kingpin242 9 months ago 11
Gaucho is my favorite Steely Dan album. I have read about what a horrible experience it was for everybody involved in the recording of it, but man, I sure can't tell by listening to it. Every song is a gem. especially this one.
avclubman 10 months ago 3
@avclubman I think that's why I love this track so much - because I believe it was actually left over from "Aja." Can you imagine that record with this on it as well???!!
ipykipyk 9 months ago
RHODES!
jamesedwardtheobald 10 months ago
love the characterization of paranoia and fear given to the title character.reminds me of 2011 Republicans!
carrier3232 11 months ago
More and more I turn to this music nowadays...christ its cold as hell out there.
angie4josh 11 months ago 3
@angie4josh Wow, I hear you there. Great comment.
avclubman 9 months ago
no matter how many times I hear this song, it NEVER gets old! This song is also a great ending to both Gaucho and the albums Steely Dan produced from 1972-1980
kahne2 11 months ago 4
My top band. Period.
Tonybarzaga1 11 months ago 7
@Tonybarzaga1 totally agree
bradmonium1 9 months ago
@bradmonium1 As dark and off-mainstream as this odd pair is, they unfailingly command the planet's top flight acclaim, access and awards EVERY TIME they
lay down work which, also unfailingly become Instantly Legendary.
Tonybarzaga1 9 months ago
@Tonybarzaga1:
who cares? Period.
vitesenzafine 6 months ago
Most people regard Aja as Steely Dan's best album. Hard to argue with that, but for me Gaucho is their best. 1 Consider that the best song on the album "The Second Arrangement" was accidently erased. 2 Consider Roger Nichols won Grammy for best engineered album for Aja, and Gaouch sounds noticeably better. It's got a wider stereo image with better instrument separation. Our drummer brought in Tool, Foo Fighters, and Rage and we were SHOCKED at how much better and smoother Gaucho's drums sounded
winterrosscharlton 1 year ago 2
Some of the best guitar work....ever!
patrickmajor128 1 year ago 4
One of the best live bands you can ever see, worth every penny.
medicmunoz 1 year ago 5
Great Song, great lyrics.
Burt472 1 year ago 2
ANYONE even vaguely familiar with Larry Carlton's work should be able to ascertain that the leads on "Third World Man" are his responsibility after about two or three notes! His sound is bluesy but technically virtuosic. My favorite "Lead Guitarist" ever with Jeff Beck not too far behind. I still believe that the pinnacle of guitar-playing is solo jazz, however. What Joe Pass, Charlie Byrd, Tuck Andress (Tuck and Patty!) and a few others do by THEMSELVES is mind-boggling. Still, GREAT SOLO!
dansteely77 1 year ago
I hope the apocalypse sounds this good
deconblewz 1 year ago 3
Happy Birthday Donald Fagen (January 10)
SuperRod88 1 year ago 2
I've always liked the smooth smokey music of SD, thanks for posting!
pilotmountain1 1 year ago
Just a beautiful song. Larry Carlton's solo is perfect. My favourite song on my favourite Steely Dan album and definitely in my top ten of all time by any artist.
flashaaahaaah 1 year ago 2
Pure genius. Read an interview years ago and the guys told the interviewer when asked for their inspiration to go back into the studio that they were driving down Sunset Blvd and turned on the radio and heard the garbage being pumped out...decision was made.
Flap999 1 year ago
I have been listening to this song (album) for thirty years, non-stop. This song and "King of the World" are transcendental. At 3:05 he says," When he's crying out, I just sing that Ghana Rondo, Il era del terzzo mondo, he's a Third world man...
geronimo24100 1 year ago 3
One of my favorite songs of all time, could listen to it on a endless loop for hours and hours.
devilwithnosocks 1 year ago 3
When Becker and Fagen moved to LA, they wrote a lot of songs about people and places back in New York. Later, when they returned to New York, they began writing about people and places they saw in LA. Gaucho is an album of their recollections of people and places around LA.
Teflon65 1 year ago
@Teflon65 I didn't know that. Ive been under the impression that Becker and Fagan (got to see them live in K.C.) were L.A. , my impression of their stuff has always been N.Y.C..
lakeguild 1 year ago
@Teflon65 I was always curious as exactly which coast, seriously.
lakeguild 1 year ago
@lakeguild West, I think. They refer to Sunset Blvd several times.
JHDthe8 1 year ago
The whole album is perfection and grace.
MrAnymajordude 1 year ago 5
Anyone care to tranlate the lyrics @ 3:05
fatsimba95 1 year ago
can you add "My Rival" too, please??
eddied29 1 year ago
Michael McDonald first gained wide attention as an adjunct member of the group Steely Dan, providing back-up vocals on tracks for 1975's Katy Lied. He would return on subsequent Steely Dan recordings including 1976's The Royal Scam as well as both "Peg" and "I Got the News" from the 1977 album Aja. He also played keyboards on some Steely Dan tracks. McDonald continued to do background vocals for Steely Dan up to their 1980 release, Gaucho.
nutleyguitar1968 1 year ago
This sounds wonderful. An amazing song, for sure!
jarbon5 1 year ago 3
Finally! I waited so long for this upload and it is an excellent issue. Great sound.
I've always felt mixed emotions hearing this. Both up and down. The second half sounds a bit melancholic and that's what I love about it actually.
rr7firefly1 1 year ago 3
I LOVE this album! since early 80's still fresh can't stop listening thank you AMIGO!
SCACCOMATTO100 1 year ago 2
Lest we forget, May I remind us of the Fabulous Fagan vox on this cut! harmonies within the chorus that renders chills!
Andrea6702 1 year ago 2
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Andrea6702 1 year ago
Best. Guitar. Break. Ever. I bow down to Larry Carlton.
journeythruthepast 1 year ago 2
The guitar player is Hiram Bullock.
UKromany 1 year ago
@UKromany So Becker and Fagen credit the wrong guitarist, and Larry Carlton's lesson his YouTube channel detailing how to play the solo is a fraud. Please, with all due respect, give up the wack ghetto crack and realize that this is Larry Carlton, always was, it's obviously his tone, melody and style. You might as well state that it's Keith Richard. Google this video link to Larry's lesson on the solo: H9B3lS17_G4
ApparentlyNigel 6 months ago
@ApparentlyNigel "With all due respect,give up the wack ghetto crack....blah,blah" Easy,tiger! Do you like trains too?
UKromany 6 months ago
@bradco6 - I think Larry Carlton is the soloist here. Rick Derringer did Hoochie Coo.
cstudent 1 year ago
@cstudent Rick Derringer did a lot of work for the Dan but this is indeed Larry Carlton on "Third World Man."
ApparentlyNigel 6 months ago
@ApparentlyNigel "The Dan" ? "Nuff said,mate!
UKromany 6 months ago
@UKromany "The Dan" is just my nickname for Steely Dan. 'Nuff said about what? You still haven't owned up to your error. It's okay to make a mistake -- we all make them -- but then at least be willing to admit it. You posted about ten times that the guitar solo on Third World Man was the work of Hiram Bullock despite this entire board being all about Larry Carlton. So you're wrong, and now it's my fault? I had been just sh***ting you the drugs, now I'm wondering if you're not actually on them!
ApparentlyNigel 6 months ago
@ApparentlyNigel Haha! Mr.Logic !! Fair enough mate,maybe you're right,maybe we're both wrong and it's Rick Derringer.My 'people' informed me otherwise."The Dan",as well as being 'your' nickname for Steely Dan is also the way a certain highly identifiable type of music afficionado might well refer to the band,(duo if you prefer).....a type of club,if you will. Just joshing! Honestly,all the best.
UKromany 6 months ago
@ApparentlyNigel And may my testicles shrivel to the size of garden peas if.........,God forbid,I'm wrong
UKromany 6 months ago
Genius ending to the original incarnation (by far the best) of Steely Dan.
bbw1000 1 year ago
Stellar album start to finish.
Hadn't heard it for years and years when a friend played it. Took me way back. That guitar solo. Heaven to the hear again!
JVandale 1 year ago 2
Hard to believe the guy who did the guitar work on this track is the same who came out with the abomination known as "Rock N Roll Hoochie Koo".
bradco6 1 year ago
more than that - but american soldiers, specifically in this case
basehead617 1 year ago
there is NOTHING cryptic about this song, it's about the havoc the vietnam war wrought on hundreds of thousands of men
basehead617 1 year ago
INSANELY gorgeous song
basehead617 1 year ago 2
when will the sidewalks be safe for the little guy?
nipseysdad 1 year ago
One of the unforgettable 'gems' of the album.....
Viandanterosso 1 year ago 2
S.D. is of course talking about the US Military....and by extension the US Govt !!!
OlymPigs2010 1 year ago
Probably my favorite album ever, aside from many Frank Zappa albums, too numerous to name. I think Frank Zappa and Steely Dan are the absolute best that Rock & Roll has to offer.
GDarkstar74 1 year ago
Thanks for uploading this rare tract.
glasshammer52 1 year ago
"don't love the generation, it's the same generation that gave us shit like grand funk..." Not sure where that is coming from . We are the generation that gave rise to you. Grand Funk was a mistake...Don't be too eager to cast aspersions there Spanky.
mjn3457 1 year ago
"...I believe that I was dreaming..."
socalscottiebeatles 1 year ago
They should have a new album, but I don't know, it's a different time and age. They're older now. I'm not sure how that works.
Khultan 1 year ago
A fantastic track from a great cd
chris103050 1 year ago
guitar break to die for
every time
MehefinHeulog 2 years ago 29
utter genuius
best track on the album
maybe their best track ever
love it
thanks for posting
MehefinHeulog 2 years ago 5
@MehefinHeulog
Amen to that brother. My all time favourite steely dan album. Cheers friend.
cjonesjccc 2 years ago
mucho agree !!! superb song ... x
papalazerus22 1 year ago
@MehefinHeulog This song pegs the hypocracry here in the West. It is a showing, a telling & a warning. I would hate to think my children & grandchildred should ever have to be a 3rd world man. A work of genius.
nor888vast695 1 year ago
@MehefinHeulog I absolutely agree with you.
ega95jch 1 year ago
By and by, when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.
paidpoliticalad 2 years ago 2
when indeed
calebzia 2 years ago
This song is a musical masterpiece. The quirky high base's notes add to the crass humor of this song.
NephilimFree 2 years ago 2
I do it <ith my drums teacher and i looove it =)
I am nly 14 but i can say that i love the Steely Dan's generation !!
Infect476 2 years ago
don't love the generation, it's the same generation that gave us shit like grand funk.....love the band for the sheer genius of it, for the joy
calebzia 2 years ago
One of the tracks played at Porcaro's send-off....
RaincloudmusicTFS6 2 years ago 3
Love the melancholic nostalgia of this lyric and what else is there to say about the Dan's production other than absolutely flawless!! Thanks Leon!!
ph1lanthrope 2 years ago 2
I totally agree with you Phil, love "The Dan", especially Donald Fagan......
mary71257 2 years ago 2
Gaucho is one of the best albums ever recorded.
zenguin13 2 years ago 42
SO TRUE!!!!
musicminor25 2 years ago 8
@musicminor25 I couldn't agree more. It truly is one of the best albums ever recorded. The songs, the musicians, the arrangements, and of course the production.
lakeguild 1 year ago
@zenguin13
i have to disagree....this is probably their least, best album, but great none the less ^.^
nubs0wnz 1 year ago
@zenguin13 Didn't mean for my comments to post so many times. Sorry.
lakeguild 1 year ago
@zenguin13 Extremely true.
fulcrum300 1 year ago
I completely agree.
ustuppy 7 months ago