Hearing Steely Dan For The First Time

This video is just wonderful.

I have never watched a video from Jamel_AKA_Jamal on YouTube before, but I saw this one on the Steely Dan Reddit. It is just so fun and refreshing to watch someone discover a beloved band for the first time. And yes, "Black Cow" is a fantastic track and all of Aja is a damn masterpiece. If you want a smile, watch the clip!

And if you want to know the hip-hop track that most directly samples "Black Cow," well, here you go:

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[GNR]

Got a friend who drinks "Spotted Cow" beer from New Glarus, WI. Always changes the lyrics to "Drink your spotted cow and get out of here..."

[Him]

He seems, as his shirt says, humble and his response seem heartfelt. Some funny moments too. I have seen some other versions of this trend (a trend of which I knew nothing until a friend mentioned it to me). Some of them seem downright artificial and forced. This one didn't. Appreciated something to make me smile today.

As a person who enjoys some of those 'thieving *** rappers' to which he makes reference, let me go a bit older school for a moment. I remember a time and place(s) when "Me So Horny" was all the rage. Yes, the late 80s were an odd time. But I also remember the first time I heard Mass Production's "Firecracker." So that sort of sampling works, for me, on a few levels. It adds something to newer songs and, as Allyson suggested, it also might draw some listeners into the music which it samples. That is a win-win in my book. And, besides (and asides), _Full Metal Jacket_ remains a caustically powerful film; the gin (if you will) to the tonic that was _Platoon_. Enough with the digressions . . .

[Metalboy!]

Though I appreciate “Aja” and your high regard for what is rightfully regarded as their magnum opus, I prefer “Royal Scam” and “Can’t Buy A Thrill”, with “Do It Again” as my favorite track of theirs.