Amen brah. Is there gas in the car?

There is no such  thing as too much Steely Dan

Just finished an interesting book about the Dan: Quantum Criminals. Recommended for those interested in a deep dive.

Meanwhile: "is there gas in the car? yes, there's gas in the car!"

Epic guitar solo by Larry Carlton

There is no such  thing as too much Steely Dan

yes, there's gas in the caaaaar!

Here's a fantastic study of this fantastic song:

What Makes This Song Great? Ep. 3 Steely Dan - Rick Beato

the album that sucked me into a record club - dumb. But this song was great and when I read the story about Owsley (can't remember the last name) in a special (40th anniversary?) Rolling Stones edition it was better...gave it context. Before that it was an amazingly produced tune!

+1 to 9, loving this jazzy tune from some of the best session players ever....and some Michael McDonald!  Long Live RP!!

Donald Fagen – lead vocals, organ Larry Carlton – lead guitar Walter Becker – rhythm guitar Don Grolnick – Fender Rhodes electric piano Paul Griffin – Hohner Clavinet Chuck Rainey – bass Bernard Purdie – drums Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald, Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews – background vocals

"4 out of 5 dentists recommend Trident gum"

Someone has to be the 5th that does not.

Parts of this song have a very Alan Parsons Project feel

So who's playing that killer guitar at the end of song? 

Becker or Carlton? 

Will some  great mysteries never be solved?  

OMG. All the years I've been listening to this song and I always thought they said, "Did you realize that your were Italian in their eyes"!! 

OMG. All the years I've been listening to this song and I always thought they said, "Did you realize that your were Italian in their eyes"!! 

Imma just come out and say it: I like Steely Dan. And always have. So there. Laugh in my face if you must. . . .

did Walter Becker do that awesome guitar solo in the middle of this song? so sweet!

Steely Dan residency in Las Vegas - three weeks of shows on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday.
Used points to get flights and a hotel and bought excellent seats immediately to the left of the sound board for the middle week, Wed/Fri/Sat.

Worked hard all my life - this is why I did it.

Thanks for reminding me once again how really good these guys were.

Thanks MiloD.

Steely Dan .......  strange that I don't own any music from this band.  One of the best from the period. 

I'll take "Sometimes When We Touch" over just about any Steely Dan song (and that's not to say i like Sometimes When We Touch) . I recognize that Steely Dan is a great band and has a lot of songs that are loved by millions but for some reason, i just cannot stand that guy's voice... too lounge-y.

Who is playing the killer guitar at the end of the song? 

 And...what the heck are these wonderful cryptic lyrics about? 

Terrific Steely Dan ode to the King of LSD.

 https://sfist.com/2015/07/20/san_francisco_show_and_tell_steely.php

. . . But don't forget Dan Hill with "Sometimes When We Touch": 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xnyHG96vY8 

Why Will Ferrell hasn't done a parody of that song is beyond me. If you can do an OTT cowbell for Blue Oyster Cult, you can break the evil spell of Dan Hill with laughter.

Every time I have to turn off Radio Paradise because I notice that my speakers are producing music that is making my stomach turn, it's Steely Dan.  This band is just wildly so much worse than anything else that EVER plays on RP.  That so many of you dig it is a complete mystery to me.  His voice is bland and tired sounding.  The backup bass sounds like elevator music with gas.  It's just awful.

Wow...are you too young to remember Barry Manilow?  Now there's someone worth vomiting to.                         

Every time I have to turn off Radio Paradise because I notice that my speakers are producing music that is making my stomach turn, it's Steely Dan.  This band is just wildly so much worse than anything else that EVER plays on RP.  That so many of you dig it is a complete mystery to me.  His voice is bland and tired sounding.  The backup bass sounds like elevator music with gas.  It's just awful.

Every time I have to turn off Radio Paradise because I notice that my speakers are producing music that is making my stomach turn, it's Steely Dan.  This band is just wildly so much worse than anything else that EVER plays on RP.  That so many of you dig it is a complete mystery to me.  His voice is bland and tired sounding.  The backup bass sounds like elevator music with gas.  It's just awful.

Two 'Dans in one day. Awesome.

Two 'Dans in one day. Awesome.

i try to avoid negative comments, but i have to agree that i just don't get anything from Steely Dan, other than an urge to mute to speakers 

i try to avoid negative comments, but i have to agree that i just don't get anything from Steely Dan, other than an urge to mute to speakers 

did Walter Becker do that awesome guitar solo in the middle of this song? so sweet!

RIP Owsley!

One of the finest rock solos ever (both solos). Larry Carlton's playing is unbelievable. So tasty!

Is there something wrong with me?  I find this painful, I would rather listen to silence!  Technically accomplished I'm sure but tuneless. Help me - someone please explain the appeal of SD!!!!

Owsley Stanley (b. Augustus Owsley Stanley III, January 19, 1935, also known as Owsley or Bear) was an underground LSD chemist, the first to produce large quantities of pure LSD. His total production is estimated at around half a kilogram of LSD, or roughly 5 million 100-microgram "trips" of normal potency, although accounts vary widely. The widespread and low-cost (often given away free) availability of high-quality Owsley LSD in the San Francisco area in the mid-1960s may well have been indispensable for the emergence of the hippie movement during the Summer of Love in the Haight-Ashbury area, which one historian of that movement, Charles Perry, has described as "one big LSD party" and which has had continuing influence to this day in American society in terms of increasing tolerance for alternative perspectives and lifestyles. Owsley was also an accomplished sound engineer, and the longtime soundman for seminal psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead; the band's well-known "dancing bear" icon derives from his nickname. He designed the first high-fidelity sound systems for rock music, culminating in the massive "Wall of Sound" electrical amplification system used by the Grateful Dead in their live shows, at the time a highly innovative feat of engineering^<1>, and was involved with the founding of high-end musical instrument maker Alembic Inc and the pre-eminent concert sound equipment manufacturer Meyer Sound. The combination of his notoriety in the psychedelic scene and his reclusive tendencies (in part cultivated to confuse the authorities —-he avoided being photographed and refused to be interviewed for many years) led to the perpetuation of many inaccurate tales invoking him, and it should be noted that most published materials about him contain some inaccuracies.

Saw SD live when they came through San Francisco last October, and they were surprisingly cool, like, a top-5 live show in the last several years. Was expecting more filler, didn't think it would turn out that rich, given that they peaked over 30 years ago. I need to acquire more of their albums.

I agree with the "ooze" part, but not with the cool part.  For me, it's more like the Brown Noise.

Is there something wrong with me?  I find this painful, I would rather listen to silence!  Technically accomplished I'm sure but tuneless. Help me - someone please explain the appeal of SD!!!!

Donald fagen's voice oozes cooool...

A direct link can also be made to Ken Kesey, the Merry Pranksters, Whole Earth Catalog, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center), and just about everything having to do with modern personal computing.

What's a day without sunshine?

Check out that guitar solo. 

Great song despite the Michael McDonald backing vocals.  You can just hear him thinking "I can't wait to ruin the Doobie Brothers!"

Owsley Stanley (b. Augustus Owsley Stanley III, January 19, 1935, also known as Owsley or Bear) was an underground LSD chemist, the first to produce large quantities of pure LSD. His total production is estimated at around half a kilogram of LSD, or roughly 5 million 100-microgram "trips" of normal potency, although accounts vary widely. The widespread and low-cost (often given away free) availability of high-quality Owsley LSD in the San Francisco area in the mid-1960s may well have been indispensable for the emergence of the hippie movement during the Summer of Love in the Haight-Ashbury area, which one historian of that movement, Charles Perry, has described as "one big LSD party" and which has had continuing influence to this day in American society in terms of increasing tolerance for alternative perspectives and lifestyles. Owsley was also an accomplished sound engineer, and the longtime soundman for seminal psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead; the band's well-known "dancing bear" icon derives from his nickname. He designed the first high-fidelity sound systems for rock music, culminating in the massive "Wall of Sound" electrical amplification system used by the Grateful Dead in their live shows, at the time a highly innovative feat of engineering^<1>, and was involved with the founding of high-end musical instrument maker Alembic Inc and the pre-eminent concert sound equipment manufacturer Meyer Sound. The combination of his notoriety in the psychedelic scene and his reclusive tendencies (in part cultivated to confuse the authorities —-he avoided being photographed and refused to be interviewed for many years) led to the perpetuation of many inaccurate tales invoking him, and it should be noted that most published materials about him contain some inaccuracies.

if it involves a William Burroughs novel and a nickname for an unmentionable object, then yes, you're right.

Owsley Stanley (b. Augustus Owsley Stanley III, January 19, 1935, also known as Owsley or Bear) was an underground LSD chemist, the first to produce large quantities of pure LSD. His total production is estimated at around half a kilogram of LSD, or roughly 5 million 100-microgram "trips" of normal potency, although accounts vary widely. The widespread and low-cost (often given away free) availability of high-quality Owsley LSD in the San Francisco area in the mid-1960s may well have been indispensable for the emergence of the hippie movement during the Summer of Love in the Haight-Ashbury area, which one historian of that movement, Charles Perry, has described as "one big LSD party" and which has had continuing influence to this day in American society in terms of increasing tolerance for alternative perspectives and lifestyles. Owsley was also an accomplished sound engineer, and the longtime soundman for seminal psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead; the band's well-known "dancing bear" icon derives from his nickname. He designed the first high-fidelity sound systems for rock music, culminating in the massive "Wall of Sound" electrical amplification system used by the Grateful Dead in their live shows, at the time a highly innovative feat of engineering^<1>, and was involved with the founding of high-end musical instrument maker Alembic Inc and the pre-eminent concert sound equipment manufacturer Meyer Sound. The combination of his notoriety in the psychedelic scene and his reclusive tendencies (in part cultivated to confuse the authorities —-he avoided being photographed and refused to be interviewed for many years) led to the perpetuation of many inaccurate tales invoking him, and it should be noted that most published materials about him contain some inaccuracies.