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Re: When did you get into Steely Dan?
Posted: Wed April 08, 2020 1:02 am
by wease
Anybody?
Re: When did you get into Steely Dan?
Posted: Wed April 08, 2020 2:08 pm
by wease
I guess we’ll never get to read it, Doug.
Re: When did you get into Steely Dan?
Posted: Fri November 19, 2021 4:13 pm
by Malloy
Alex wrote:my second cousin does donald fagen's taxes
i'm turning this sentence over in my mouth
Re: When did you get into Steely Dan?
Posted: Fri November 19, 2021 8:24 pm
by Wendy Carlos's Twin
Just saw the Dan in Bethlehem. Tight.
Re: When did you get into Steely Dan?
Posted: Fri November 19, 2021 9:59 pm
by wease
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:Just saw the Dan in Bethlehem. Tight.
Jealous
Man, you got a great set. Night By Night, Bad Sneakers and Time Out of Mind? Fuck yeah.
Re: When did you get into Steely Dan?
Posted: Wed March 16, 2022 1:37 pm
by wease
Looks like they’re gearing up for a big summer tour. A date was announced yesterday for outside of Nashville. I’d like to go but I can’t find any pricing info to see if it would even be feasible.
Re: When did you get into Steely Dan?
Posted: Thu March 17, 2022 8:07 pm
by wease
I’m in!
Re: When did you get into Steely Dan?
Posted: Thu March 17, 2022 10:31 pm
by Wendy Carlos's Twin
wease wrote:Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:Just saw the Dan in Bethlehem. Tight.
Jealous
Man, you got a great set. Night By Night, Bad Sneakers and Time Out of Mind? Fuck yeah.
Still waiting for a bootleg, bleh.
Re: When did you get into Steely Dan?
Posted: Fri March 18, 2022 1:26 am
by wease
I’m really hoping they pull out deeper cuts like those in Nashville.
Re: When did you get into Steely Dan?
Posted: Thu May 22, 2025 3:44 pm
by wease
For VG:
Countdown to Ecstasy
Katy Lied
Aja
Royal Scam
Pretzel Logic
Can’t Buy A Thrill
Two Against Nature
Everything Must Go
Gaucho
While Gaucho has one of my fave tunes of theirs (Time Out Of Mind) overall as an album, I don’t really care for it.
Re: When did you get into Steely Dan?
Posted: Thu May 22, 2025 4:00 pm
by VinylGuy
yeah cool this is what i wanted
Interesting to see Gaucho is so low and Aja is three
Re: When did you get into Steely Dan?
Posted: Thu May 22, 2025 5:41 pm
by wease
It’s the songs. Aja has the goods. Gaucho doesn’t. Tremendous musicianship and precision, yes. I just don’t care for the songs as much.
Re: When did you get into Steely Dan?
Posted: Thu May 22, 2025 8:37 pm
by VinylGuy
yeah, Aja is wonderful i agree.
Re: When did you get into Steely Dan?
Posted: Fri May 23, 2025 1:25 am
by wease
And it’s a razor thin line separating Countdown from Katy.
Re: When did you get into Steely Dan?
Posted: Fri May 23, 2025 7:53 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Katy Lied
Aja
Gaucho
The Royal Scam
Countdown to Ecstasy
Pretzel Logic
Can't Buy a Thrill
Everything Must Go
Two Against Nature
Re: When did you get into Steely Dan?
Posted: Fri May 23, 2025 9:54 pm
by wease
What do you like so much about Gaucho, LV?
( Glad to see you back)
Re: When did you get into Steely Dan?
Posted: Fri May 23, 2025 9:59 pm
by LoathedVermin72
wease wrote:What do you like so much about Gaucho, LV?
It's probably their smoothest and slickest work - the inevitable Sophisti-Pop endpoint their '70s Soft Rock was always leading to. I think the songwriting is really beautiful, too - the "
here come those Santa Ana winds again" beat in "Babylon Sisters", for instance, evinces just how totally they had mastered their craft by that point.
wease wrote:( Glad to see you back)
Hey if I ever stray from RM, a surefire way to lure me back is Steely Dan rankings
Re: When did you get into Steely Dan?
Posted: Fri May 23, 2025 10:20 pm
by wease
LoathedVermin72 wrote:wease wrote:What do you like so much about Gaucho, LV?
It's probably their smoothest and slickest work - the inevitable Sophisti-Pop endpoint their '70s Soft Rock was always leading to. I think the songwriting is really beautiful, too - the "
here come those Santa Ana winds again" beat in "Babylon Sisters", for instance, evinces just how totally they had mastered their craft by that point.
I totally agree with that. I just can’t get into all the tunes. I can’t stand Babylon Sisters, the title track or My Rival. Time Out Of Mind is the only one I truly love. The others are ok. I like the outtakes more than most of the songs on the album. Second Arrangement and The Bear are great songs and I’d much rather they be on the album.
Re: When did you get into Steely Dan?
Posted: Fri May 23, 2025 10:21 pm
by wease
Re: When did you get into Steely Dan?
Posted: Fri May 23, 2025 10:27 pm
by LoathedVermin72
wease wrote:LoathedVermin72 wrote:wease wrote:What do you like so much about Gaucho, LV?
It's probably their smoothest and slickest work - the inevitable Sophisti-Pop endpoint their '70s Soft Rock was always leading to. I think the songwriting is really beautiful, too - the "
here come those Santa Ana winds again" beat in "Babylon Sisters", for instance, evinces just how totally they had mastered their craft by that point.
I totally agree with that. I just can’t get into all the tunes. I can’t stand Babylon Sisters, the title track or My Rival. Time Out Of Mind is the only one I truly love. The others are ok. I like the outtakes more than most of the songs on the album. Second Arrangement and The Bear are great songs and I’d much rather they be on the album.
What bugs you about BS? That and "Third World Man" are my two favorites on the album and, I think, two of the best songs they ever recorded.