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favorite Steely Dan tracks Peg
Black Cow Gaucho I Got The News Babylon Sisters Deacon Blues Time Out Of Mind Your Gold Teeth II Bad Sneakers Josie Do It Again FM The Royal Scam Everyone's Gone To The Movies Chained Lightning Green Earings Third World Man Dr Wu Two Against Nature Almost Gothic Pixeleen Kulee Baba (unreleased) Donald Fagen, solo: IGY (What A Beautiful World) Maxine True Companion (from the Heavy Metal soundtrack) Florida Room Snowbound Trans-Island Skyway On The Dunes Walter Becker, Solo: Girlfriend This Moody Bastard Book Of Liars Hat Too Flat Lucky Henry [This message was edited Wed Jun 9 19:41:52 2004 by paligap] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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Kings Only A Fool Would Say That Reelin' In The Years Bodhisattva Razor Boy Showbiz Kids Rikki Don't Lose That Number Night By Night Any Major Dude Will Tell You Pretzel Logic Everyone's Gone To The Movies Chain Lightning Kid Charlemagne The Caves Of Altamira Don't Take Me Alive The Fez Haitian Divorce Black Cow Aja Deacon Blues Peg Home At Last I Got The News Josie Babylon Sisters Hey Nineteen Time Out Of Mind Third World Man Gaslighting Abbie Almost Gothic Jack Of Speed Cousin Dupree Blues Beach Green Book Pixeleen  [This message was edited Wed Jun 9 10:05:15 2004 by Cloudbuster] | |
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Steely Dan is so underrated. Hard to list all my favs, but Pretzel Logic and Kid Charlemagne stand out, as does New Frontier by Fagan. | |
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A forgotten tune on these lists is "Dirty Work"! I know Fagen doesn't sing it, but it is a great Steely Dan tune anyway!
MrGoldstruck said: Steely Dan is so underrated. Hard to list all my favs, but Pretzel Logic and Kid Charlemagne stand out, as does New Frontier by Fagan. | |
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A forgotten tune on these lists is "Dirty Work"!
I heve this one by Pointer Sisters, great cover Kid Charlemagne is funky and I love the song about Chinese Music ( forgot the title) + Babylon Sister, Gaucho.. | |
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who knows the Rosie Vela album Zazu (1986) produced by Fagen / Becker ? a must have if you like Steely Danl! | |
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 yeah, this is for sure one of my all time favourite bands, that list would be much to long so I won't even start
anyway, my fave album would be "Kamirikad" (if it's allowed to include solo works) damn, juts why! why! why! does Fagen take such looooong breakes in between albums!! . [This message was edited Wed Jun 9 11:50:47 2004 by Dancelot] Vanglorious... this is protected by the red, the black, and the green. With a key... sissy! | |
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jn2 said:
and I love the song about Chinese Music ( forgot the title)
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jn2 said: who knows the Rosie Vela album Zazu (1986) produced by Fagen / Becker ? a must have if you like Steely Danl!
I also love the songs and production that Walter Becker did for China Crisis on the albums "Flaunt the Imperfection" and " Diary Of A Hollow Horse"" 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: jn2 said: who knows the Rosie Vela album Zazu (1986) produced by Fagen / Becker ? a must have if you like Steely Danl!
I also love the songs and production that Walter Becker did for China Crisis on the albums "Flaunt the Imperfection" and " Diary Of A Hollow Horse" | |
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An easier assignment and shorter list would be what songs are your LEAST favorite.
Especially on albums from Katy Lied through Everything Must Go when they decided to operate as a duo and use session players for the recordings. I'll narrow my list down to 2 favs from each of those albums: KATY LIED: Bad Sneakers Dr Wu THE ROYAL SCAM: Kid Charlemagne (Larry Carlton's solo  )
Green Earrings AJA: (This is a hard one to just pick 2 from) Aja (Wayne Shorter and Steve Gadd )
Home At Last (The famous "Pretty Purdie" shuffle )
To all drummers, Steve Gadd's phenomenal drumming on the Aja cut has been transcribed (along with audio samples) here: http://www.intrepidsoftwa...gr_aja.php GAUCHO Glamour Profession (Steve Kahn's solo )
Time Out Of Mind (A happy sounding ode to smack?) TWO AGAINST NATURE Cousin Dupree (maybe she wasn't a 1st cousin )
West Of Hollywood ("I'm way deep into nothing special" Unfortunately, I see this on a daily basis here in LaLa land.) EVERYTHING MUST GO Godwhacker Pixeleen (vocal arrangements )
Donald Fagen Solo THE NIGHTFLY Maxine (one of the coolest pop tunes ever. vocal arrangement )
The Nightfly (surprised that no late night talk show host has adopted this as a theme song) KAMAKIRIAD On The Dunes Tomorrow's Girls (One of the best lines in pop music) 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 Gotta look into the Walter Becker material. Some years ago, a friend provided me with a Dan rehearsal on cassette that i'm gonna have to dig out and transfer to CD. paligap, what's up with the new av? tA  Tribal Disorder
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a bunch of the ones already listed!!!
i need to get some Steely Dan in my collection http://elmadartista.tumblr.com/ http://twitter.com/madartista | |
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jn2 said: and I love the song about Chinese Music ( forgot the title)
Probably Aja: Chinese music under banyan trees Here at the dude ranch above the sea tA Tribal Disorder
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Isn't Money Don't Matter Tonight the sign of Steely Dan's influence on Prince's music? | |
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jn2 said: Isn't Money Don't Matter Tonight the sign of Steely Dan's influence on Prince's music?
I always thought it had a Steely slant to it! " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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There is no such thing as a bad Steely Dan song. They're all brilliant. But favorites are probably: Bodhisattva
My Old School Parker's Band Bad Sneakers Kid Charlemagne Caves of Altimira Peg Deacon Blues Josie FM Babylon Sisters Third World Man Gaslighting Abbie What a Shame about Me Two Against Nature West of Hollywood The Last Mall Blues Beach Pixeleen And as far as Donald Fagen's solo work goes, I love IGY (What a Beautiful World), Green Flower Street, Ruby Baby, Snowbound, Florida Room, and On the Dunes. I'd love for Fagen to make another solo album, but only as long as the Dan puts out another album within the next couple of years! | |
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theAudience said: paligap, what's up with the new av? tA I know...I went from Jean Paul Bourelly to Gerald McBoing Boing...I dunno, Sometimes I got a Cartoon Mind! " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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jtgillia said: Snowbound, Florida Room, and On the Dunes.
Man I loved those tracks on Kamakiriad!! I don't know if it's physically possible to wear out a CD, but I sure tried with that one!!  " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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>Man I loved those tracks on Kamakiriad!! I don't know if it's physically possible to wear out a CD, but I sure tried with that one!!<
Yeah, Kamakiriad is a very underrated album. Sometimes I feel like it's my little private musical secret, if you know what I mean! | |
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First Off...I LOVE THEM....PEG is MY FAVORITE song..AJA is My Favorite of theirs. | |
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paligap said: Peg
Black Cow Gaucho I Got The News Babylon Sisters Deacon Blues Time Out Of Mind Your Gold Teeth II Bad Sneakers Josie Do It Again FM The Royal Scam Everyone's Gone To The Movies Chained Lightning Green Earings Third World Man Dr Wu Two Against Nature Almost Gothic Pixeleen Kulee Baba (unreleased) Donald Fagen, solo: IGY (What A Beautiful World) Maxine True Companion (from the Heavy Metal soundtrack) Florida Room Snowbound Trans-Island Skyway On The Dunes Walter Becker, Solo: Girlfriend This Moody Bastard Book Of Liars Hat Too Flat Lucky Henry [This message was edited Wed Jun 9 19:41:52 2004 by paligap] Maxine, Ruby-Ruby, Babylon Sister...  "A united state of mind will never be divided
The real definition of unity is 1 People can slam their door, disagree and fight it But how U gonna love the Father but not love the Son? United States of Division"     | |
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Zelaira said: First Off...I LOVE THEM....PEG is MY FAVORITE song..AJA is My Favorite of theirs.
 "A united state of mind will never be divided
The real definition of unity is 1 People can slam their door, disagree and fight it But how U gonna love the Father but not love the Son? United States of Division" | |
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"Show Biz Kids" - 'you go to lost wages'...no bridge on this one, no problem.
"Ricky Don't Lose That Number" - piano phrase taken from Horace Silver's "Song For My Father"...might be a problem. "Any Major Dude" - 'i never seen you lookin so bad, my funky one' "Monkey In Your Soul" - 'where's that fatback chord i found?' "Your Gold Teeth II" - 'throw out your gold teeth and see how they roll'...gotta love the chord changes on the piano. "Chain Lightning" - 'don't question the little man' "Throw Back The Little Ones" - 'and pan fry the big ones' "Kid Charlemagne" - 'is there gas in the car? yes, there's gas in the car'...anything Bernard Purdie plays drums on is usally damn good. "The Fez" - just a good groove. "Green Earrings" - an even better groove. "Haitian Divorce" - just because. "Black Cow" - 'drink your big, black, cow. and get outta here' "Aja" - Steve Gadd is a baaaddd man. "Peg" - De La Soul's favorite foriegn movie. "Deacon Blues" - 'they call Alabama the Crimson Tide, call me Deacon Blues' "Home At Last" - check out Purdie's underpinning swing at the 2:31 mark. Sweeeet. "I Got The News" - no explanation needed. "Josie" - a critic once described this song as a "tribute to a trouble maker"...i like that. break out them hats and hooters. "Babylon Sisters" - I don't know who plays drums on this one, but the subtle syncopation of the bass drum as the chorus comes up gets me every time. Dennis Chambers plays the version on their live album. "Gaslighting Abbie" - just cuz. "Two Against Nature" - swingin shit. This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes. | |
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"Babylon Sisters" - I don't know who plays drums on this one, but the subtle syncopation of the bass drum as the chorus comes up gets me every time. Dennis Chambers plays the version on their live album.
That's Bernard Purdie on the original record! Keep on shufflin', "Pretty Purdie"!" 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: That's Bernard Purdie on the original record! Keep on shufflin', "Pretty Purdie"!The one and only
They come up with some of the greatest storylines. Some more cryptic than others. But even when they used the tried and true subjects (found love, lost love, strange love) they do it with such an oblique and cerebral flair. Have you seen the Classic Albums - Steely Dan: AjaDVD? Some really priceless insights into that album. Especially the story behind the guitar solo on Peg. tA Tribal Disorder
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theAudience said:
Have you seen the Classic Albums - Steely Dan: AjaDVD?
Some really priceless insights into that album. Especially the story behind the guitar solo on Peg. Yeah, that DVD was wild! I tripped on Donald doing the Uptown, baby! Uptown, baby! And how many vocal tracks did they make Michael Mcdonald record for" Peg"? [This message was edited Thu Jun 10 13:00:45 2004 by paligap] " 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: Supernova said:
"Babylon Sisters" - I don't know who plays drums on this one, but the subtle syncopation of the bass drum as the chorus comes up gets me every time. Dennis Chambers plays the version on their live album.
That's Bernard Purdie on the original record! Keep on shufflin', "Pretty Purdie"!I should have known. I knew it didn't sound like either Gadd or Jeff Porcaro (who also has done session work with Steely Dan).This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes. | |
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