RUSHHEAD666 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 The backing vocals of Michael "Ronald" McDonald. "Aja" is the greatest Steely Dan album of all time. Do you agree? What is yours? I know Earthshine recently wrote a thread about the great Steely Dan, but let's talk about their albums. I'm serious about my hatred for Michael McDonald. Those backing vocals on "Peg" bug the shit out of me, yet I love Steve Gadd's drumming so much that I can tolerate it. I love the Doobie Brothers too! It is quite obvious that once Michael entered that band that he totally fuckked it up. RUINED.... FAIL! (for TICK) How do you go from "The Captain And Me" to "Minute By Minute?" Timebomb ticking, ticking and a ticking. Could you imagine if RUSH hired Michael McDonald to do Geddy's back up vocal tracks on the new stupid "download" ep or whatever you want to call it? Lame. I would never pay a dollar to hear a new Rush song with McDonald on it. Bad idea. Bad thread. "What's in your wallet?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 the second to last time i saw the dan Michael McDonald opened and joined them on stage for several songs. MM is on all three of the best dan discs as i rate them katy lied the royal scam aja he also was on gaucho if i am not mistaken. gaucho is good but not as good as the ones listed above or the earlier discs IMO. not a faon of his solo work but for background vocals he works well IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tick Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 A true masterpiece! One of the 10 greatest albums of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadoood Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 One of the best sounding albums ever. Just so crisp. Each instrument shines through. Brilliant collection of songs. Earl, you should check out the making of Aja. Great stuff. They break it all down in the studio. tp://www.amazon.com/Classic-Albums-Steely-Dan-Aja/dp/6305772649 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 he played on pretzel logic too. gary katz was the producer of aja and most of the other dan records and here is his take on MM. "Another major change in the structure of the band occurs when Michael McDonald follows Baxter to join the Doobie Brothers as the lead vocalist, prompting Gary Katz to comment, "Michael's role as a backup singer is the ultimate waste of talent." " http://www.steelydan.com/faq.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutman Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Fantastic album!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush! Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Aja is a brilliant album. It has the perfect 70s sound to it. No faults in the engineering whatsoever. Favorite songs for me are Black Cow, Deacon Blues, & Josie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Cocky Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 QUOTE (Rush! @ Feb 15 2010, 04:59 PM) Aja is a brilliant album. It has the perfect 70s sound to it. No faults in the engineering whatsoever. Favorite songs for me are Black Cow, Deacon Blues, & Josie. Agree with all of that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodys hero Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Love this album. My personal favorite. Didn't they just tour and do this whole album? or maybe it is a tour to come this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 QUOTE (nobodys hero @ Feb 16 2010, 11:39 AM) Love this album. My personal favorite. Didn't they just tour and do this whole album? or maybe it is a tour to come this year yes, they did. they also did all of gaucho, all of the royal scam and an internet vote show. that was for select dates and most dates ( like mine ) was just a typical although they played almost all of aja when i saw them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted February 17, 2010 Author Share Posted February 17, 2010 QUOTE (tick @ Feb 15 2010, 06:57 AM) A true masterpiece! One of the 10 greatest albums of all time. Tick, I am listening to "Aja" right now. Third time in three days. I can't get enough of it. I listened to "The Royal Scam" and "Gaucho" tonight as well. I love those records too, but nothing can touch "Aja!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted February 17, 2010 Author Share Posted February 17, 2010 QUOTE (nobodys hero @ Feb 16 2010, 09:39 AM) Love this album. My personal favorite. Didn't they just tour and do this whole album? or maybe it is a tour to come this year Hey Cindy! I knew of this thanks to Tangy. Heck Steely Dan played like four shows here in the Bay Area and I didn't make any of them. I remember that the first show in San Jose was the "Aja" record all the way through. I missed it hence I FAIL. Pisses me off right now to be honest. Oh well, no one can touch the drumming of Steve Gadd on this record. Neil could never lay down these tracks. Steely Dan makes me vibrate with joy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted February 17, 2010 Author Share Posted February 17, 2010 QUOTE (Xanadoood @ Feb 15 2010, 11:13 AM) One of the best sounding albums ever. Just so crisp. Each instrument shines through. Brilliant collection of songs. Earl, you should check out the making of Aja. Great stuff. They break it all down in the studio. tp://www.amazon.com/Classic-Albums-Steely-Dan-Aja/dp/6305772649 Hey doood! Glad I revisited this thread tonight! I am the proud owner of that "Aja" dvd! The "Classic Albums" dvd line is well, CLASSIC! I own most of them! Larry Carlton is an AJA GOD! That would be "DOG AJA" backwards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthshine Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Aja is perhaps their best album. So many styles on it. Absolutely love every track on it except for Black Cow which is okay. Home At Last is superb. BTW, Gadd did not play drums on Peg. That was either Jim Keltner or Ed Greene. I think it was Jim Keltner who definitely played on Josie. Gaddy (as Carl Palmer calls him ) only played on the title track. Hey! Do you remember FM? Great song and great movie from what I have heard. I remember when it came out but never got to see it. Man, those were great days. Life was so different then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted February 17, 2010 Author Share Posted February 17, 2010 QUOTE (Earthshine @ Feb 17 2010, 12:07 AM) Aja is perhaps their best album. So many styles on it. Absolutely love every track on it except for Black Cow which is okay. Home At Last is superb. BTW, Gadd did not play drums on Peg. That was either Jim Keltner or Ed Greene. I think it was Jim Keltner who definitely played on Josie. Gaddy (as Carl Palmer calls him ) only played on the title track. Hey! Do you remember FM? Great song and great movie from what I have heard. I remember when it came out but never got to see it. Man, those were great days. Life was so different then. You have excellent Steely Dan knowledge. I thought Gadd played on every track. Heck yeah I love FM! Great movie too! I love "Black Cow" by the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadoood Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Feb 17 2010, 01:55 AM) QUOTE (Xanadoood @ Feb 15 2010, 11:13 AM) One of the best sounding albums ever. Just so crisp. Each instrument shines through. Brilliant collection of songs. Earl, you should check out the making of Aja. Great stuff. They break it all down in the studio. tp://www.amazon.com/Classic-Albums-Steely-Dan-Aja/dp/6305772649 Hey doood! Glad I revisited this thread tonight! I am the proud owner of that "Aja" dvd! The "Classic Albums" dvd line is well, CLASSIC! I own most of them! Larry Carlton is an AJA GOD! That would be "DOG AJA" backwards! Yeah, that Classic album series rocks. I also have The Number of the Beast and British steel. The rumour is that they are working on Moving Pictures. That should be amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shifty Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush! Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 QUOTE (Rush Cocky @ Feb 16 2010, 10:33 AM) QUOTE (Rush! @ Feb 15 2010, 04:59 PM) Aja is a brilliant album. It has the perfect 70s sound to it. No faults in the engineering whatsoever. Favorite songs for me are Black Cow, Deacon Blues, & Josie. Agree with all of that! Gadd only played on the title track. Rick Marotta played on Peg, and Jim Keltner played Josie. Don't forget the awesome Bernard Purdie on Deacon Blues and Home at Last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Feb 17 2010, 01:52 AM) QUOTE (nobodys hero @ Feb 16 2010, 09:39 AM) Love this album. My personal favorite. Didn't they just tour and do this whole album? or maybe it is a tour to come this year Hey Cindy! I knew of this thanks to Tangy. Heck Steely Dan played like four shows here in the Bay Area and I didn't make any of them. I remember that the first show in San Jose was the "Aja" record all the way through. I missed it hence I FAIL. I had wondered whether or not you had caught one of those shows. larry carlton was performing with them on certain nights too this tour. my show this summer was killer with lots of surprises including FM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted February 22, 2010 Author Share Posted February 22, 2010 QUOTE (tangy @ Feb 17 2010, 09:37 AM) QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Feb 17 2010, 01:52 AM) QUOTE (nobodys hero @ Feb 16 2010, 09:39 AM) Love this album. My personal favorite. Didn't they just tour and do this whole album? or maybe it is a tour to come this year Hey Cindy! I knew of this thanks to Tangy. Heck Steely Dan played like four shows here in the Bay Area and I didn't make any of them. I remember that the first show in San Jose was the "Aja" record all the way through. I missed it hence I FAIL. I had wondered whether or not you had caught one of those shows. larry carlton was performing with them on certain nights too this tour. my show this summer was killer with lots of surprises including FM! Damn Tang! I blew it big time!! I wish I had gone to at least the "Aja" show. I listened to "Katy Lied" twice last night and I must say it's damn good and gives "Aja" a run for it's money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Feb 22 2010, 06:45 PM) QUOTE (tangy @ Feb 17 2010, 09:37 AM) QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Feb 17 2010, 01:52 AM) QUOTE (nobodys hero @ Feb 16 2010, 09:39 AM) Love this album. My personal favorite. Didn't they just tour and do this whole album? or maybe it is a tour to come this year Hey Cindy! I knew of this thanks to Tangy. Heck Steely Dan played like four shows here in the Bay Area and I didn't make any of them. I remember that the first show in San Jose was the "Aja" record all the way through. I missed it hence I FAIL. I had wondered whether or not you had caught one of those shows. larry carlton was performing with them on certain nights too this tour. my show this summer was killer with lots of surprises including FM! Damn Tang! I blew it big time!! I wish I had gone to at least the "Aja" show. I listened to "Katy Lied" twice last night and I must say it's damn good and gives "Aja" a run for it's money. yeah, its got great energy and a crazy. SD are my second favorite group only to Rush so I pretty much love all their discs. My faves from KL are Doctor Wu, Bad Sneakers, Everyones gone to the movies and Daddy don't live in that NYC no more and Any World. Any Major Dude Will Tell You that another all time favorite Dan song is Barrytown from pretzel logic. Barrytown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Aja came up on the ipod today. Album is f-cking genius, so well recorded. Love the drums in the title track! Great music to chill by... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 QUOTE (lerxt1990 @ Sep 17 2010, 09:20 PM) Aja came up on the ipod today. Album is f-cking genius, so well recorded. Love the drums in the title track! Great music to chill by... This album is where drummer Steve Gadd arrived. He is so good it's ridiculous, especially on that title track. His version of "Love For Sale" on the first Burning For Buddy is my fave on that album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastille Dave Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 I dont really know the best album from Steely Dan, I grew up hearing a few albums in their entirety from them but mostly the hits and lesser hits. I do have Aja on LP and a greatest hits cd. Gimme 20-25 of their best songs and hits and I am a big fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 gadd on fills on aja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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