Steely Dan - Josie Lyrics

a-a-h classic 70's

makes me feel 18 all over again

I'd be honored if some Donald Fagen & Steely Dan fans would take a listen to my live keyboard & vocal performances of JOSIE and HOME AT LAST on my YT channel in tribute to the Aja album and the legendary songwriting of Fagen and Becker. Live acoustic with no digital editing. Thanks and peace.

Listening in 2020 anyone else?

My granny name is Josie. I'm here because I love this song and my granny Josie B

Funk,jazz,blues,deep groove,complex changes,great lyrics,all in the space of a 4.30 minute "pop"tune.Amazing!

Who's listening to this song in 2020? Yeah, me neither, but soon, very soon ...

MerkinMuffly I am.

I think if there were an actor today that could play her, it'd be Margot Robbie; but back in the early 90s probably it would have been Sharon Stone.

that Bernard Perdie played drums on some of this album should tell you something; the most renowned soul drummer. this was a band that even jazzers paid attention to. becker and fagen were also some of the most perfectionist--if your time sucked on the drums, you didn't here the end of it. they were a prime studio band, as well, that caused them some issues when they first went live, I believe.

So fricking good! Love the Dan!

I don't know who the f**k John Mulaney is, Im here because Steely Dan rules.

one of the best engineered albums of all time
this song should have 10 million views

I’d like to personally thank John Mulaney for introducing me to Steely Dan

This song predicted the eagles winning the superbowl decades in advance. This song is Nostradamus with a bass guitar.

Could you elaborate?

As long as you only listen to the beat and dont listen to the words AT ALL its pretty ok

The words are weird and dont make much sense(to me at least), which some people like, I get it, (I dont) so if I only listen to the beat its pretty good

Nope, I dont really have a favorite, though I do like classic rock

@Eternal - Fire
I believe Steely Dan has no equal for these reasons:
1. They could do it all- rock, jazz, blues, funk, reggae, pop, soul, R&B, Latin, metal and even classical, if you throw in the string arrangement on "FM."
2. Everyone wanted to record with them. Over 100 different musicians and singers recorded with Steely Dan,
3. They sold over 40 million albums.
4. They have been described, not just as a band, but as an "aesthetic."

Fabulous, timeless music. Will sound as fresh in 2119.

Anyone here because the intro is accidentally the best Slayer riff?

Anyone here after Ben Eller's Slayer version?

The jokes on all these John Mulaney (whoever the fuck he is) fans who hate on Steely Dan. It's 42 years since this record came out and they're looking this up. In 42 years nobody on this planet is going to be looking up, or interested in looking up, John Mulaney or his stupid wife.

Got to see SD in Phoenix in 1994 at Desert Sky Pavilion with Dennis Chambers on drums and George Wadenius on guitar. Incredible night of music and pakalolo.

music like that will never be surpassed... today,s trash is nothing but a bad ear sore .

Still love this 2019.

Read Fagen's "Imminent Hipsters" on Amazon..............a fantastic read...it's his memories of a kid in the fifties and his love of jazz greats of the era..he is fantastically gifted as a reader and it's entertaining as all hell...........a quirky, witty, sardonic and sarcastic jaded kid of the fifties who made it very, very big.

To Robert Combs: that’s interesting information about the Vistalite Snare Drum. Where and how did you find that information? I ask respectfully and not challengingly. Thank you!

This is one of my favorite Steely Dan songs, it takes me back to my days of yore, I would say more, but do not want to incriminate myself, that is how good this song is!

Donald Fagen and Walter Becker had a propensity for writing songs in minor keys. This song was written in E minor.

always loved Steely Dan!

I saw them in Boston last night.

Great background music.😊

OMG that sound of real music, nothing like todays shit (absolute fecal matter)

My Dad brought me here

Walter Becker and Donald Fagen strove for perfection in the studio which made their music sound so naturally beautiful.

One of the greatest character tests of all time is the question: Peg or Josie?

Norm Appleton I cannot make a choice no way

Yes lol

Who the fuck is John Mulaney? I remember when this song was first hitting the airwaves.

Even though I never wasted one thought to what music John Mulaney might be listening to - This makes so much sense that I should probably have known nonetheless

Yo Vanessa Yo

shitttttt this jams stilll

Sample used from this song in Wiz Khalifa and Smoke Dza's record

great song, one of my old time favorites

I love all of them Always have .......

their faces are melting into the horns at the end

Every time I listen to this song, I am compelled to write a comment as a toast to its greatness!

Steely Dan has some tight rhythms.

214 people have their eyes on fire...

maybe they are just dead...........

I have come here from Mulaney on Fallon.

the drum lick at 3:35 is what perfection sounds like

So good.

Awesome song:the sad part is, when I typed Josie to find this tune Josie and the Pussycats comes up first.

Tacomadome24 nooooooo

Does it get any better than Steely Dan? Don't think so.

No they are amazing

3:37 onwards... Jesus CHRIST, those horns are on point! It's a simple line, but the timing! The PHRASING!

The best intro and outro tracks ever !! Steely Dan can seriously improve you well being.

Still listening in 2019. 🙋‍♀️ Steely Dan still the shittt!! That bassline tho!!! 😎👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

Why am i JUST NOW finding out ABOUT this song? 👍👍👍 rock on🎶🎤

Steely Dan
"Josie"
1978.

I think the best drum fill in (jazz-)rock history is Bernard Purdie in this song after 1:25...

Ripwalterbeck

Is there anyone who doesn't know this huge , intellectual creation ....top 100 all times confused ...

Jim Keltner brought me here

What a fantastic song! Please react to more Steely Dan.

She prays like a Roman, with her eyes on fire! Oh yes, she do!

This shit makes me wish I was like 17-27 in thd 70s.

Sure doesn't take this song to make me wish that.

@museack I suppose this song just brings those thoughts to the forefront would be a better way to describe it.

I think this might be my least favorite song on Aja, and yet for any other band, it would be their masterpiece.

This song was voted Aja's weakest on Reddit Steely Dan, but it's probably my favorite from the album. The title track doesnt do a whole lot for me.

My name is Josie lol

Rick Beato brought me here. He talks about SD all the time.

After Rick Beato Explaining the Lady Gaga lawsuit, he mentioned this song has unique chord progressions or riffs and it brought me to listening to the song. It has a nice beat to it.

Thanks Rick!

Donald Fagen – synthesizers, vocals
Walter Becker – guitar solos
Victor Feldman – electric piano
Larry Carlton – guitar
Dean Parks – guitar
Chuck Rainey – bass
Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals

Thank you John Mulaney

That opening riff sets it all up. A masterpiece.

Yes it is.

Great song R I P Walter Becker miss you. :((

BAD ASS.

The raw flame, the live wire, Prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire . . . (have you ever known those unusual people who are intense and self-actualized . . . and it's really who are, not an act . . . they'll change you)

The joy . . . time to let loose . . . decompression

Shit this is sped up, thus the key is higher.

haha, everyone is here from the John Mulaney story :). I thought i'd heard steely dan before- in my head it was blues/rock, sort of akin to ZZ top. Nope, guess I was really wrong! and I do agree with his wife, this is NOT my jam (literally listening long enough to leave this comment and then getting the heck outta this video)

laughter..the best medicine....4 u lonely people....looking for something lasting....

What does it mean to "scrapple"?

Music for grown-ups.

"EH SIT DOWN"

"Throw down the jam till the girls say when ... "

Gays and hooters in the street (Union Sq. to be exact), I forgot how time passes. Find my sanity listening to this. - NYC, 6/30/2019

Lay down the law, then break it 😀

Larry's guitar playing is exquisite! The intro chord sequence is one of the most beautiful chord sequences I have ever heard.
Here is a link to Larry playing this solo...
https://youtu.be/2QiXNHtr_DQ

Josie's back in the neighborhood - tonight, a major lunar eclipse - Halloween fireworks - burned rubber - battle apples and sandals twisting in the sand.

Song's like this is why there is no longer any good music. NO WAY today's farts could hold a candle to this sophisticated kind of work. NO WAY. So they don't even try.

These gents layin it down. Still fire in 2019.🔥

🎶🎺🎵♨️♨️👍🏾

Steely Dan was the best drivin' around drinkin' beer tunes on the cassette player in the late hours when I was in HS in the late 70's.

Hold for applause

Jackson Parodi brought us here.

My favorite steely dan tune

If a song is timeless ?

Hey my name is jozie

When setting the sound for a concert, why do the sound men love using Steely Dan music? What is the significance?

ALBUM AJA IS A MASTERPIECE.PERIOD

Can i throat punch the thumbs down people? 😆

Learning the drum part to this atm... So difficult ;-;

Tetszik ez a fals refrénes dinamika!

Magic. Notice the capital M.

imagine if this song played in Sonic Adventures Dx

Josie had to be the coolest girl on the east coast

I just bumped into recently, it’s soooo cool! ‘Jody comes home so bad’... it sounds like my song, ah!