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PrintableJazzyJ said: and I found out that "The Fez" was a song about having sex with a condom.
But I shouldn't be so surprised cuz of their wide range of topics for songs. I knew that.  The lyrics go: "No I’m never gonna do it without the fez on..."
And a "fez" is a type of hat, so....  "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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I'll learn to work the saxaphone, I play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whiskey all night long, And die behind the wheel.  thread ! | |
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When I hear Steely Dan...I think of NYC | |
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The beginning of Hey Nineteen is sublime.  | |
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Donald Fagens solo jam was tight.. | |
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I agree with this article. They deserve serious study and further investigation.
Any of their songs send me into fits of nostalgia. I love to hear them late at night, driving in my car. It's that kind of music - absolutely atmospheric. | |
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FiveFootNine said: When I hear Steely Dan...I think of NYC
me too.. | |
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psychodelicide said: Does anybody remember the Steely Dan tune "Time Out of Mind" that was released in 1981? Just got through listening it a few minutes ago. Great song, it brings back great memories.
 Cool song! It's on 'Gaucho' from 1980, my fave of theirs. LOVE Babylon Sisters and the title track, and 'My Rival'. | |
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psychodelicide said: Does anybody remember the Steely Dan tune "Time Out of Mind" that was released in 1981? Just got through listening it a few minutes ago. Great song, it brings back great memories. That's one of my top three songs from them. I loooove Michael McDonald in the background. | |
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Stymie said: psychodelicide said: Does anybody remember the Steely Dan tune "Time Out of Mind" that was released in 1981? Just got through listening it a few minutes ago. Great song, it brings back great memories. That's one of my top three songs from them. I loooove Michael McDonald in the background. The happy sounding drug song... Tonight when I chase the dragon The water will change to cherry wine And the silver will turn to gold Time out of mind ... 
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theAudience said:[quote] Stymie said: That's one of my top three songs from them. I loooove Michael McDonald in the background.
The happy sounding drug song... Tonight when I chase the dragon The water will change to cherry wine And the silver will turn to gold Time out of mind ...
tA You got it right babe! Chase the dragon= shooting up The water will change to cherry wine=the bit of blood one draws during the act The silver will turn to gold= the color of burned aluminum foil with the stuff and of course, the lyric "Time out of mind..." speaks for itself.... | |
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Ottensen said: theAudience said: The happy sounding drug song... Tonight when I chase the dragon The water will change to cherry wine And the silver will turn to gold Time out of mind ...
tA You got it right babe! Chase the dragon= shooting up The water will change to cherry wine=the bit of blood one draws during the act The silver will turn to gold= the color of burned aluminum foil with the stuff and of course, the lyric "Time out of mind..." speaks for itself.... 
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These are just some of my favorite Steely Dan lyrics... 
My Rival The wind was driving in my face The smell of prickly pear My rival-show me my rival The milk truck eased into my space Somebody screamed somwhere I struck a match against the door Of Anthony's Bar and Grill I was the whining stranger A fool in love With time to kill I've got detectives on this case They filmed the whole charade My rival-show me my rival He's got a scar across his face He wears a hearing aid Sure he's a jolly roger Until he answers for his crime Yes, I'll match him whim for whim now I still recall when I first held Your tiny hand in mine My rival-show me my rival I loved you more than I can tell But now it's stomping time Sure he's a jolly roger Until he answers for his crime Yes, I'll match him whim for whim now "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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minneapolisgenius said: These are just some of my favorite Steely Dan lyrics...
My Rival The wind was driving in my face The smell of prickly pear My rival-show me my rival The milk truck eased into my space Somebody screamed somwhere I struck a match against the door Of Anthony's Bar and Grill I was the whining stranger A fool in love With time to kill I've got detectives on this case They filmed the whole charade My rival-show me my rival He's got a scar across his face He wears a hearing aid Sure he's a jolly roger Until he answers for his crime Yes, I'll match him whim for whim now I still recall when I first held Your tiny hand in mine My rival-show me my rival I loved you more than I can tell But now it's stomping time Sure he's a jolly roger Until he answers for his crime Yes, I'll match him whim for whim now Great humorous image. That's Donald & Walter alright... 
...pure street brawling thugs. They've even got the look.
We're gonna mix in the street tA Tribal Disorder
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theAudience said: minneapolisgenius said: These are just some of my favorite Steely Dan lyrics...
My Rival The wind was driving in my face The smell of prickly pear My rival-show me my rival The milk truck eased into my space Somebody screamed somwhere I struck a match against the door Of Anthony's Bar and Grill I was the whining stranger A fool in love With time to kill I've got detectives on this case They filmed the whole charade My rival-show me my rival He's got a scar across his face He wears a hearing aid Sure he's a jolly roger Until he answers for his crime Yes, I'll match him whim for whim now I still recall when I first held Your tiny hand in mine My rival-show me my rival I loved you more than I can tell But now it's stomping time Sure he's a jolly roger Until he answers for his crime Yes, I'll match him whim for whim now Great humorous image. That's Donald & Walter alright...
...pure street brawling thugs. They've even got the look.
We're gonna mix in the street tA Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431  Thats my very favorite line! (the scar and hearing aid part) 
I remember when I first heard the song, I mean really LISTENED to it, I came across that line and was like  . I kept re-playing it to make sure I heard it right. "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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minneapolisgenius said: Thats my very favorite line! (the scar and hearing aid part)
I remember when I first heard the song, I mean really LISTENED to it, I came across that line and was like . I kept re-playing it to make sure I heard it right. You might enjoy the Robert Christgau article here... http://www.prince.org/msg/8/164689 ...He's got an interesting take on the source of their lyrics and their "sound" in general. Some things that I had been thinking about them for a while. tA Tribal Disorder
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paligap said: brownsugar said: so what is "babylon sisters" about? its my favorite of theirs but i never took to time to listen to all the lyrics. I'm not sure, exactly, but I always took it to be a commentary on their lifestyle at the time...(Donald and Walter have always had a fascination with women much younger than them...probably what Hey Ninteen, among others , is about) but in some notes about the album, Walter Becker did mention during the recording of that album (Gaucho) they were (or he was) supposed to hook up with two beautiful young waitresses...if you look at the decadence that was going on in L.A., (the "Coke" years as Walter now calls them) those two might represent the Babylon Sisters (assuming L.A. was Babylon)...check the lyrics and let me know if you can make out that or some other scenario(for example, it might just be a fictional story about some older guy hooking up with two young women?)... Babylon Sisters Drive west on Sunset to the sea Turn that jungle music down Just until we're out of town This is no one night stand It's a real occassion Close your eyes and you'll be there It's everything they say The end of a perfect day Distant lights from across the bay Babylon sisters shake it Babylon sisters shake it So fine, so young Tell me I'm the only one Here come those Santa Anna winds again We'll jog with show folk on the sand Drink kirschwasser from a shell San Francisco Show and Tell Well I should know by now That it's just a spasm Like a Sunday in T.J. That it's cheap but it's not free That I'm not what I used to be And that love's not a game for three [chorus] [solo] My friends say no don't go for that cotton candy Son you're playing with fire The kid will live and learn As he watched all his bridges burn From the point of no return [chorus] ... [Edited 10/21/05 12:56pm] i think your right but i think that maybe they old guy is just daydreaming about it? and his friends are telling him he's silly? something like that. what do you think about "haitian divorce"? do you like that one? | |
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theAudience said: minneapolisgenius said: Thats my very favorite line! (the scar and hearing aid part)
I remember when I first heard the song, I mean really LISTENED to it, I came across that line and was like . I kept re-playing it to make sure I heard it right. You might enjoy the Robert Christgau article here... http://www.prince.org/msg/8/164689 ...He's got an interesting take on the source of their lyrics and their "sound" in general. Some things that I had been thinking about them for a while. tA Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 Thanks for that. I did start reading it earlier, but it got really long and I planned to come back to it. I will in a bit."I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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minneapolisgenius said: Thanks for that. I did start reading it earlier, but it got really long and I planned to come back to it. I will in a bit.Aah, that old attention-span thing. 
Sorry but i'm sucker for intense detail.
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minneapolisgenius said: These are just some of my favorite Steely Dan lyrics...
This chorus from Tomorrow's Girls (Kamakiriad)... They're mixing with the population A virus wearing pumps and pearls Lord help the lonely guys Hooked by those hungry eyes Here come Tomorrow's Girls ...is in my Top 10 SD/Donald Fagen lyrics. tA Tribal Disorder
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I also like this one, tA . . .
She's pure science with a splash of black cat She's Almost Gothic and I like it like that "Almost Gothic," Steely Dan, Two Against Nature (2000) [Edited 10/25/05 15:52pm] Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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namepeace said: I also like this one, tA . . .
She's pure science with a splash of black cat She's Almost Gothic and I like it like that "Almost Gothic," Steely Dan, Two Against Nature (2000) 
And the very next lines set up an interesting image... This dark place so thrilling and new It's kind of like the opposite of an aerial view ...
You can mine these gems for days. tA Tribal Disorder
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theAudience said: minneapolisgenius said: These are just some of my favorite Steely Dan lyrics...
This chorus from Tomorrow's Girls (Kamakiriad)... They're mixing with the population A virus wearing pumps and pearls Lord help the lonely guys Hooked by those hungry eyes Here come Tomorrow's Girls ...is in my Top 10 SD/Donald Fagen lyrics. tA Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431  Is that some kind of hint? Are you trying to tell me something?
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minneapolisgenius said: theAudience said: This chorus from Tomorrow's Girls (Kamakiriad)... They're mixing with the population A virus wearing pumps and pearls Lord help the lonely guys Hooked by those hungry eyes Here come Tomorrow's Girls ...is in my Top 10 SD/Donald Fagen lyrics. tA Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 Is that some kind of hint? Are you trying to tell me something?
I hope not. 
But have you ever heard a spaceship flying, infection spewing, intergalactic stank ho described so elegantly?
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theAudience said: minneapolisgenius said: Is that some kind of hint? Are you trying to tell me something?
I hope not.
But have you ever heard a spaceship flying, infection spewing, intergalactic stank ho described so elegantly?
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No, actually I haven't. "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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Snowbound was an awesome song. I'm surprised it didn't get licensed to Volkswagon. | |
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I love the lyrics to "Your Gold Teeth"
Got a feeling I've been here before Watching as you cross the killing floor You know you'll have to pay it all You'll pay today or pay tomorrow You fasten up your beaded gown Then you try to tie me down Do you work it out one by one Or played in combination You throw out your gold teeth Do you see how they roll I have seen your iron and your brass Can't you see it shine behind the glass Your fortune is your roving eye Your mouth and legs Your gift for the runaround Torture is the main attraction I don't need that kind of action You don't have to dance for me I've seen your dance before Do you throw out your gold teeth Do you see how they roll Tobacco they grow in Peking In the Year of the Locust You'll see a sad thing Even Cathy Berberian knows There's one roulade she can't sing Dumb luck my friend Won't suck me in this time Got a feeling I've been here before Won't you let me help you find the door All you got to do is use Your silver shoes A gift for the runaround Use your knack darlin' Take one step back darlin' There ain't nothing in Chicago For a monkey woman to do Do you throw out your gold teeth Do you see how they roll I always sing along to them, and I really have no idea what it's about. I never really sat back and tried to figure it out. 
Anyone care to decipher it for me?
spelling edit [Edited 10/26/05 11:05am] "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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| meaning? hmmm.... I dunno, You might be on your own on that one!But I've always loved the sequel, Your Gold Teeth II:
YOUR GOLD TEETH II Who are these children Who scheme and run wild? Who speak with their wings And the way that they smile? What are the secrets They trace in the sky? And why do you tremble Each time they ride by? CHORUS: Throw out your gold teeth And see how they roll The answer they reveal Life is unreal Who are these strangers Who pass through the door? Who cover your action And go you one more? If you're feeling lucky You best not refuse It's your game the rules Are your own win or lose Throw out your gold teeth And see how they roll The answer they reveal Life is unreal Don't know what this means either, but I love that Tune! ... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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paligap said: meaning? hmmm.... I dunno, You might be on your own on that one!But I've always loved the sequel, Your Gold Teeth II:
YOUR GOLD TEETH II Who are these children Who scheme and run wild? Who speak with their wings And the way that they smile? What are the secrets They trace in the sky? And why do you tremble Each time they ride by? CHORUS: Throw out your gold teeth And see how they roll The answer they reveal Life is unreal Who are these strangers Who pass through the door? Who cover your action And go you one more? If you're feeling lucky You best not refuse It's your game the rules Are your own win or lose Throw out your gold teeth And see how they roll The answer they reveal Life is unreal Don't know what this means either, but I love that Tune! ... I'm getting a "gambling" feel on Your Gold Teeth #1. "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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paligap said: meaning? hmmm.... I dunno, You might be on your own on that one!But I've always loved the sequel, Your Gold Teeth II:
YOUR GOLD TEETH II Who are these children Who scheme and run wild? Who speak with their wings And the way that they smile? What are the secrets They trace in the sky? And why do you tremble Each time they ride by? CHORUS: Throw out your gold teeth And see how they roll The answer they reveal Life is unreal Who are these strangers Who pass through the door? Who cover your action And go you one more? If you're feeling lucky You best not refuse It's your game the rules Are your own win or lose Throw out your gold teeth And see how they roll The answer they reveal Life is unreal Don't know what this means either, but I love that Tune! ... I've always liked the beginning and the middle instrumental break in this song. See how they rolllll. |
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