i think i will just visit the 1973 midnight special version of this song. he looks and sounds awful. thanks to you it works for all of us the united way.
absolute classic when you look or should i say hear the amount of crap going around pretending to be music. by the way can you PLEASE COME TO IRELAND SOMETIME.. before i die would be great :)
The thing is, to me, S.D. are not really a pop band like DEVO. They're more a mix of Jazz (Horace Silver, Parker,Coltrane etc) & a William Burroughs nightmare.
There are many jazz artists that have been influenced by SD but not many pop bands.
Their harmonies are complex, lyrics are freaky and musicianship has always been 1st class.
Thank The Lord for Don! becker is just so pathetic, Don just keeps him on out of pity. They even have to hire a REAL guitarist so becker doesn’t look so damn lame. He’s such a mental midget and just look at him trying to play, oh my God, jerking around like a palsey, geeeezzzz. Thanks Don, for taking care of the little feller. What a nice guy.
@aristotled1 Come on man, it's hard to listen to your critical drivel when you're probably some garage band guitarist hoping for a gig at the local white-belt restaurant turned 'club" at night. Give me a break.
I saw them in Orange Beach the following night. They did include "Do It Again" in their setlist, and it was just as marvelous as it is here. It was amazing to be in the company of about ten thousand fellow Dan-fans, many of them old codgers like me, pumping their arms in the air on the sing-along chorus "You go back / Jack / Do it again."
Thanks for posting!
PS. Did anyone notice that Donald forgot the words during the first verse, on the "And the mourners are all singing" line? Funny!
@petchlucas he forgot a few words (or more) when I saw him at the Ottawa Bluesfest in 2008 but I thought so what...he's forgotten more good lyrics than I've ever written ;-)
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I love how the video is centered on Donald the whole time. Great job!
nfinateez 23 hours ago
I love how the video is centered on Donald the whole time. Great job!
nfinateez 23 hours ago
Grande Donald Fagen!!!!!!! 10 000 likes!!!!
Velvet10681 4 months ago
Audience need to shut the fuck up ..
mygirljools 5 months ago
Sorry! But I would A K the audience
BarbedHook 5 months ago
i think i will just visit the 1973 midnight special version of this song. he looks and sounds awful. thanks to you it works for all of us the united way.
just hang em up man, you are too old now.
natureboy1313 6 months ago
absolute classic when you look or should i say hear the amount of crap going around pretending to be music. by the way can you PLEASE COME TO IRELAND SOMETIME.. before i die would be great :)
babs
Galway
doriangreyification 6 months ago
poetry in jazz
dougfresh68 7 months ago
I'm 14 and I am a huge Danfan.
MrMan4020 7 months ago
Raggabass speaks on here about DEVO.
The thing is, to me, S.D. are not really a pop band like DEVO. They're more a mix of Jazz (Horace Silver, Parker,Coltrane etc) & a William Burroughs nightmare.
There are many jazz artists that have been influenced by SD but not many pop bands.
Their harmonies are complex, lyrics are freaky and musicianship has always been 1st class.
SD are hard to define & totally unique.
taildragger53 8 months ago
All the best for the greatest ! We will all get old some day ,,if we are lucky !
royzone12 9 months ago
Thank The Lord for Don! becker is just so pathetic, Don just keeps him on out of pity. They even have to hire a REAL guitarist so becker doesn’t look so damn lame. He’s such a mental midget and just look at him trying to play, oh my God, jerking around like a palsey, geeeezzzz. Thanks Don, for taking care of the little feller. What a nice guy.
aristotled1 1 year ago
@aristotled1 : are you Walt's first wife?
kevinherbert 11 months ago
@aristotled1 Come on man, it's hard to listen to your critical drivel when you're probably some garage band guitarist hoping for a gig at the local white-belt restaurant turned 'club" at night. Give me a break.
gsasko 6 months ago
Esta es la forma en que quiero llegar a ser un "old man"...larga vida Steely Dan
sonoman8724 1 year ago
dont bash old rock starz, wrote the songs got high and chicks in the 70z and now can do anything and still ia a god
urukhaicoffee 1 year ago
@urukhaicoffee You got that right! And they're all like gazillionaires!!
ladyfuschia 1 year ago
I prefer David Palmer doing vocals to this song. Look up Midnight Special Steely Dan.
LianaPalooza 1 year ago
He's gettin a little thin upstairs.... Ha ha... But he will always be a genius!!
jp0531801 1 year ago
@jp0531801 : so are you,,,and what about your hair?......
kevinherbert 11 months ago
i love donald fagen but he is on something in this vid.
salamonetalton 1 year ago
He looks like he's heavily sedated.
Lunarmoonbase2 1 year ago
most respect,,,donald is wonderful
bigestbabyz 1 year ago 4
not the same anymore. playimng it in a diffrent key no guitars and he just doesnt sing the same . he was really good but his time is over.
BNSF9250 1 year ago
He's not Playing the Music He Feels the Music! He's A Musical Genius
AJNism 1 year ago 2
loved this! that's gotta be hard to sustain live and no longer 20 years old :)
solidcatink 1 year ago
They have really changed the modulation here-changes key in the choruses-sounds weird to me...great, but weird.
GalaxyHorse 2 years ago 2
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How the hell did this band make it into the Rock Hall of Fame and a band like DEVO can't??
Steely Dan's music was the norm for that day and is obsolete today. Devo's music and influence can be heard in today's music.
I can name you over a hundred bands who said DEVO inspired/ influenced them, but can't name one band who said the same about Steely Dan...
raggabass 2 years ago
@raggabass ur an asshole
TheAbbeyroadfan 1 year ago
I hope Steely Dan never knows
that Michael jackson is dead because there is
a studio re-makes of this song with the
music of billy jean
hilarioph 2 years ago 2
@hilarioph and that song is dope.
HMicahA 1 year ago
ingenious and fascinating even today I love you.
MELLOWTRONIK 2 years ago
donald's still got it !! best performer ty for posting
barbie50a 2 years ago 2
great video. thank you for posting this.
mallyrose87 2 years ago
I saw them in Orange Beach the following night. They did include "Do It Again" in their setlist, and it was just as marvelous as it is here. It was amazing to be in the company of about ten thousand fellow Dan-fans, many of them old codgers like me, pumping their arms in the air on the sing-along chorus "You go back / Jack / Do it again."
Thanks for posting!
PS. Did anyone notice that Donald forgot the words during the first verse, on the "And the mourners are all singing" line? Funny!
petchlucas 2 years ago 3
@petchlucas he forgot a few words (or more) when I saw him at the Ottawa Bluesfest in 2008 but I thought so what...he's forgotten more good lyrics than I've ever written ;-)
starlingdavidhunter3 2 months ago
Love love love Steely Dan..will be in Chicago for 2 concerts in Sept and cannot wait!! TY for the great post!
tiacynnick 2 years ago
Steely Dan is absolutely great! :)
Godofwrath68 2 years ago
Thanks stuartslate,
Fantastic to see the lastest from SD. I really liked that you stayed with Donald....it's not often we get to see such insight....this is great.....
hypobolic 2 years ago
The heck with the neighbor! Thanks for trying! Well, you must have had a good seat. I was so depressed, couldn't make it due to work.
Thanks!
SaxyDan54 2 years ago