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Intruder 
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 Topic: Top Ten Steely Dan SongsPosted: May 14 2021 at 17:56 |
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I guess it would be like putting together a greatest hits long player:
SIDE 1 - Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer...) - Show Biz Kids - Any Major Dude... - Black Friday - Kid Charlemagne SIDE 2 - Midnite Cruiser - Reelin' in the Years - Your Gold Teeth - Sign In Stranger - Doctor Wu
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I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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Posted: May 14 2021 at 15:26 |
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Jeff "Skunk" Baxter on "Reelin' in the Years"! Edited by BrufordFreak - May 14 2021 at 15:28 |
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Posted: May 14 2021 at 12:40 |
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Unfortunately I don't know their music well enough to make a top ten list.
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Posted: May 14 2021 at 09:00 |
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1. Kid Charlemagne 2. Josie 3. Do it Again 4. Don't Take Me Alive 5. Deacon Blues 6. Reeling in the Years 7. Boddhisattva 8. The Fez 9. Hey Ninteen 10. I Got The News
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Posted: May 16 2020 at 06:59 |
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1. King of the World
For the rest I am going to have to give it some thought. |
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted: May 16 2020 at 05:57 |
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Doctor Wu
Your gold teeth 2 Pretzel logic Rikki dont lose that number Peg Dirty Work The Royal Scam Josie Barrytown Do it again |
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Posted: April 18 2020 at 08:04 |
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Oh yeah, love the solo on Your Gold Teeth II too.
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Posted: April 18 2020 at 07:51 |
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I think it was... I made a lot of notes when I did my series of reviews of their albums when I added them to the site (which I sadly never finished).
I'd have to double check but I think he did.. he did famously give up the bass after Chuck Rainey bass-shamed him but he more than held his own with the best on the guitar. On that note.. is there really a more underrated guitarist out there than Denny Dias.
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rogerthat
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Posted: April 18 2020 at 07:42 |
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Exactly. I believe the second solo in Aja was also played by Becker? At least in their 90s shows, it was he who was playing it.
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Posted: April 18 2020 at 07:40 |
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f**king A man it really was.. and for all the virtuoso guitarists they employed in the studio.. the finest guitar solo perhaps?.. delivered by good old Walter Becker on that one.
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Somehow forgot about the title track of Pretzel Logic while making my list. It's maybe the archetypal Steely Dan track. If you had to pick one to represent their oeuvre...the swing-y shuffle, the jazz keyboard to drive the song rather than guitar riffs, the beautiful, magical twists to lead to the chorus, the chord-bending solo, it's got everything you associate with the band.
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^ I went for Time Out of Mind off of Gaucho which is not surprising since I have always had a homoerotic love of Michael Mcdonald's voice and it shines on that one..
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Posted: April 18 2020 at 07:32 |
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Love both Caves and Fez!
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Of all the Gaucho tracks, My Rival is probably the one most like their Pretzel-Royal Scam era.
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and you have such great taste otherwise Ken.. one of virtual life's greatest myseteries to me... how one whose great tastes are only rivaled by mine can blank out on this.. 1. Daddy Dont Live in that New York City No More 2. Pretzel Logic 3. Everyone's Gone to the Movies 4. King of the World 5. Bodhisattva 6. I Got the News 7. Time Out of Mind 8. Home at Last 9. Doctor Wu 10. Rikki Don't Lose that Number
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Posted: April 13 2020 at 11:07 |
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No special order.....
Reelin In The Years My Old School King Of The World Rikki Dont Lose That Number Night By Night Dont Take Me Alive Dr Wu Any World Bad Sneakers Aja Been a fan since day one....hard to choose only 10 tracks...I think they were an extremely talented duo with great sidemen...biting incisive satirical lyrics with simply stellar sophisticated pop rock with a healthy tribute to jazz. I have read over the years that other musicians were also big fans. I suppose my avatar name gives it away. ;) Edited by dr wu23 - April 13 2020 at 11:08 |
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Posted: April 13 2020 at 06:51 |
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Tough to trim it down to 10. In no particular order Night By Night Pretzel Logic Black Friday The Caves Of Altamira The Fez Aja Peg Home At Last Josie Time Out Of Mind
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Posted: April 12 2020 at 10:02 |
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My Rival! Such an overlooked tune that you won't see on too many favourites lists. It's one of my favourites from Gaucho.
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Posted: April 12 2020 at 04:16 |
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"Reelin' In the Years"
"Pretzel Logic" "Deacon Blues" "Peg" "Gaslighting Abbie" "FM" |
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Posted: April 12 2020 at 01:29 |
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1. Haitian Divorce 2. Kid Charlemagne 3. Ricki Don't Lose That Number 4. Aja 5. Reeling In The Years 6. FM 7. Deacon Blues 8. Boston Rag struggling a bit as I don't know the music well enough so I'll stick with an eight.
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