Sample this: Steely Dan pt. 2

Speaking of maniacal perfectionism, this section really gets into the level of frustration Fagan and Becker inflicted on their musical brethren. All legendary in their own right, musicians were put through hours of grueling musical direction, only to be replaced by an entirely different band the next day. The section where Michael McDonald talks about singing backup vocals over himself, and trying to get the intonation right on Peg, is mindblowing. These are they types of things you only hear and appreciate after listening closely several times, because there is so much going on in these songs, which becomes all the more apparent when Fagan and Becker are messing around in the studio with outtakes and isolated vocal tracks. Any producers watching this video are salivating over those raw studio tracks...