"Pretzel Logic" got three number ones, didn't make my list.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 23:34 (ten years ago) link
/She prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire./
Always hard to explain to my daughter who is, er, named Josie.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 5 April 2014 23:35 (ten years ago) link
yeah "Pretzel Logic" is my #5, wrote a bit about it on some other thread about how it's a canny reflection on the ephemeral and thus their best blues jam― Euler, Saturday, April 5, 2014 7:18 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Euler, Saturday, April 5, 2014 7:18 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
What are you talking about?
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 5 April 2014 23:39 (ten years ago) link
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-u5aqKEU1dv0/U0CSQdHisnI/AAAAAAAAAno/fOQMQl-Lxc0/w640-h320-no/King+Of+the+World.jpg
17. King Of The WorldFrom: Countdown to Ecstasy Released: July 1973699 Points, 28 Votes, 2 Number Ones
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 23:48 (ten years ago) link
amazing graphic.
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Saturday, 5 April 2014 23:49 (ten years ago) link
(also: i'll confess i was activity anticipating what sort of image Gaucho would get and pp did not disappoint)
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Saturday, 5 April 2014 23:50 (ten years ago) link
Just checking in. Who is the other person who had The Boston Rag at 1? Bring it back now!
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 5 April 2014 23:53 (ten years ago) link
Looooove the synth
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 April 2014 23:56 (ten years ago) link
and the guitarists answering every Fagenism.
"Pretzel Logic" was my #1--but it was actually "King of the World" that I thought would win. I'll resign myself now to an Aja or Gaucho #1
― clemenza, Saturday, 5 April 2014 23:56 (ten years ago) link
I was one of the #1 voters for KOTW, really was pulling for it to crack the top ten
― some dude, Saturday, 5 April 2014 23:57 (ten years ago) link
I think of "King of the World" the same way I think of On the Beach's cover: as one of the greatest encapsulations of the last few months of Nixon. (Countdown came out in July of '73, so they jumped the gun a bit.) What it must have felt like to experience that, I mean. Even though I know they're almost certainly singing about something else--the big one in California, probably.
― clemenza, Sunday, 6 April 2014 00:05 (ten years ago) link
A Monza for the "King of The World" graphic? Too perfect! Can't comment much now, but will say pp's images own.
― How About A Kiss For Your Cousin Doogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 6 April 2014 00:06 (ten years ago) link
Great pic for a great song.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 6 April 2014 00:08 (ten years ago) link
this part of the poll must be the title track graveyard, expecting "Aja" and "Dr. Wu" next
― some dude, Sunday, 6 April 2014 00:10 (ten years ago) link
just finished re-listening to "Pretzel Logic" and wondering how i actually didn't vote for it.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 00:12 (ten years ago) link
the big multi-tracked Fagen harmonies on choruses like "King Of The World" and "Pretzel Logic" are catnip to me, so great
― some dude, Sunday, 6 April 2014 00:16 (ten years ago) link
You're fucking kidding me. This is my favorite SD song
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Sunday, 6 April 2014 00:24 (ten years ago) link
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-PQHOspGyLGI/U0CZvHw-M0I/AAAAAAAAAog/ulZZWdnIOPY/w585-h320-no/FM.jpg
16. FM (No Static At All)B-side: FM (No Static At All) - RepriseFrom: FM SoundtrackSingle Released: 1978722 Points, 34 Votes
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 00:33 (ten years ago) link
Gutted about the king of the world placing. But if u don't vote u can't bitch
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Sunday, 6 April 2014 00:39 (ten years ago) link
kick off your high-heeled sneakers. It's party time.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 April 2014 00:39 (ten years ago) link
haha, yes you can.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 00:40 (ten years ago) link
xpost
great song and did make my list but was my very last entry or number 20.
8 of my top 10 remaining, so I wd appear to be Mister Consensus....
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Sunday, 6 April 2014 00:44 (ten years ago) link
Who is that
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 6 April 2014 00:46 (ten years ago) link
dunno, but he likes 'dirty work'
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 April 2014 00:48 (ten years ago) link
Haha, I see what you did there, PP.
― nickn, Sunday, 6 April 2014 00:51 (ten years ago) link
No I mean the girl
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 6 April 2014 00:51 (ten years ago) link
;-)
― pplains, Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:05 (ten years ago) link
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_gNsSlX6xj8/U0Cmv6-bgkI/AAAAAAAAApM/754bJvmZSkk/w448-h439-no/FM_%2528No_Static_At_All%2529.jpg
1978: FM (No Static At All) (B-side: FM (No Static At All) - Reprise)Label MCAChart: 22 US Pop, 30 US Adult Contemporary, 49 UK
This was the first single Steely Dan released on MCA Records (which had released the soundtrack), predating MCA's acquisition of ABC Records by one year.
Three versions of the song by Steely Dan exist. The first two versions, "FM" and "FM (reprise)", originally appeared on the FM soundtrack album and the 12" single. "FM" has a running time of 4:50 and features a guitar solo outro. This version of "FM" also appears on the original 1982 release of the compilation album Gold, the compilation album A Decade of Steely Dan, and the compilation album The Definitive Collection. "FM (reprise)" is an instrumental reprise of "FM" with a prominent saxophone solo and has a running time of 2:53.
A third version of "FM" was created by removing the guitar solo from the end of the original track, and using the FM (reprise) saxophone version as a new ending, yielding a running time of 5:06. This hybrid version appears on the 1991 compilation Gold (Expanded Edition) and most every release after that. It is possible this remix was done so that compilations would not feature two different versions of the same song back to back.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:07 (ten years ago) link
should i save the rest or post a few more tonight?
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:13 (ten years ago) link
maybe one more imo. leave some mystery for the last day.
― some dude, Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:14 (ten years ago) link
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-l_BXgw30nqQ/U0CrjP87XuI/AAAAAAAAAp0/neWrU_fMZg4/w640-h320-no/Aja.jpg
15. AjaFrom: AjaReleased: September 23, 1977732 Points, 30 Votes, 3 Number Ones
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:24 (ten years ago) link
Surprisingly low.
― Set the Ctrl-Alt-Del for the heart of the sun (SlimAndSlam), Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:30 (ten years ago) link
Then again, five of my top ten have already shown up. (This was among them.) But I thought I was part of the consensus with "Aja."
― Set the Ctrl-Alt-Del for the heart of the sun (SlimAndSlam), Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:34 (ten years ago) link
such a beautiful song, so reminds me of living in Southern California. that drumming! this was also my #15, so bravo about its placement.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:40 (ten years ago) link
Steve Gadd/Wayne Shorter breakdown puts this tune over the top IMO.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:41 (ten years ago) link
Up on the hill People never stare They just don't care Chinese music under banyan trees Here at the dude ranch above the sea
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:53 (ten years ago) link
for a long time i found "Aja" offputting, but i finally gave in and found its appeal a few years ago, after seeing SD kill it live, and also hearing this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggWYeXVbzdY
― some dude, Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:57 (ten years ago) link
ah, fuck, it......TOO LOW!love Shorter and Gadd, but also the melodies....
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:58 (ten years ago) link
Okay, fourteen songs to go, and by my count there are twenty-one songs from the first seven albums that have not been listed yet.
Actually, as far as I can tell, there are a total of three songs from the first seven albums that have not been mentioned in this thread yet. Any guesses?
― Set the Ctrl-Alt-Del for the heart of the sun (SlimAndSlam), Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:59 (ten years ago) link
i've been to a dude ranch above the sea tbh, but that's a story for another thread
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Sunday, 6 April 2014 02:00 (ten years ago) link
Banyan: A type of tropical fig tree. The term "Banyan" includes many subspecies such as Indian Banyans, Chinese Banyans, Sacred Figs, and the sinister-sounding Florida Strangler Fig! In all cases, the banyan's distinguishing feature is its branches, which send out shoots that grow down to the soil to form secondary trunks. Of historical interest is the fact that Siddhartha (the young Buddha) was apparently sitting under a banyan tree when he received enlightenment. The specific tree in question is known as the Bodhi tree — sharing the same root (no pun intended) as the word bodhisattva.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 02:05 (ten years ago) link
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8xf5etKrZH4/U0C5erd0IjI/AAAAAAAAAqk/y37JGg2TrCw/w640-h320-no/Show+Biz+Kids.jpg
14. Show Biz KidsB-side: "Razor Boy"From: Countdown to EcstasySingle Released: 1973761 Points, 32 Votes, 2 Number Ones
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 02:26 (ten years ago) link
lol @ graphic
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Sunday, 6 April 2014 02:27 (ten years ago) link
pplains hit it out of the park with that one.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 02:27 (ten years ago) link
a song that did end up making my list, surprised because at first didn't think it had a chance.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 02:36 (ten years ago) link
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-j3pSZNs8va8/U0C9Ts_S-tI/AAAAAAAAArM/wxaocSNgJtc/w547-h552-no/steely-dan-show-biz-kids-abc.jpg
1973: "Show Biz Kids" (B-side: "Razor Boy")Label: ABC 11382Chart: US Pop 61
The song features a slide guitar solo by Rick Derringer.
The song was sampled by Super Furry Animals on their 1996 single "The Man Don't Give a Fuck".
The song was also covered by Ricki Lee Jones on her 2000 album It's Like This.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 02:45 (ten years ago) link
flip that record over
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 April 2014 02:47 (ten years ago) link