Aja!
This is a really interesting look at one of the best records ever made….
http://youtu.be/B8GwEX7nn6o
I remember being a young crazed musician in Juneau Alaska, and hearing “Peg” come on the radio, and being absolutely STUNNED by it, and needing to have the record immediately….
As an aside, I now know some of the people that played on this record, even just as passing acquaintances, in fact bumped into Dean Parks at NAMM today….and it’s wild sometimes how they are mostly very normal people, but for YOU, they had a massive impact…
Really fun to watch.
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I’ve seen this before, but it’s definitely worth the re-watch. Thanks for posting 😉
Love these guys ..
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Ya know… Had the same thought. I remember exactly where I was when I heard it.
I was in a record store and Aja was playing. I bought the (cassette) and fell madly in love with Steely Dan. :).
It’s interesting how musicians regard other music. Im no musician and I’ve always “liked” Steely Dan but never considered them to be one of the greatest of all time. HOWEVER, weirdly enough, Friday I was reciting part of the lyrics to Hey 19 to someone (younger) and then heard Peg on the radio on the way home and I was thinking, “huh, you know this song really has some interesting and subtle nuances to it that I never really appreciated”. It seems that perhaps SD is more entrenched in me than I might have thought. But who EVER thought Columbian was “fine” ? 🙂
It speaks for itself. Great way to start a day !
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We got to see Steely Dan perform “Aja” in NYC at The Beacon last October. It was incredible!
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Thanks Wade… that was a great documentary. I especially love hearing the alternate guitar solos on Peg!