A few weeks ago, Steely Dan played the entire Countdown To Ecstasy album at the Beacon Theater.
As I may have mentioned to you, dear readers. I would have loved to attend this particular concert...but serious lack of money has been a constant problem, this year.
So I scheduled an inexpensive trip to Phoenix with my family and passed on this opportunity.
Yes, I am sorry to have missed it, but at least this song turned up on Youtube.
It is the one song on the album I have never seen them play live...King of the World.
It is a personal favorite of mine...and my son's, due to the Arp Soloist (which is a synthesizer) that Donald Fagen played on the original recording. You can read Denny Dias account of the recording of that part of the song, HERE.
Enjoy the video, which has many problems with how the photographer moved the camera, (especially whenever Jim Beard would begin to play the solo) HERE.
