― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 10 February 2006 12:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Le Baaderonixx de Clignancourt (baaderonixx), Thursday, 2 March 2006 13:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 2 March 2006 13:29 (eighteen years ago) link
I can't listen to "Third World Man" without tearing up - the only song in their vast catalogue that unnerves me.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 2 March 2006 14:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Le Baaderonixx de Clignancourt (baaderonixx), Thursday, 2 March 2006 14:54 (eighteen years ago) link
The whole album is awesome!
The only thing that would make it better would be making it a double album with Aja.
― Dan (Loving The Dan) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Le Baaderonixx de Clignancourt (baaderonixx), Thursday, 2 March 2006 17:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 2 March 2006 17:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Le Baaderonixx de Clignancourt (baaderonixx), Thursday, 2 March 2006 18:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan (Previous Two Posts OTM) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 2 March 2006 18:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 2 March 2006 18:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― mfc51, Sunday, 2 April 2006 05:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Reilly Barratt, Sunday, 23 April 2006 16:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― kevinod (odtron5000), Sunday, 23 April 2006 17:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Sunday, 23 April 2006 17:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― kevinod (odtron5000), Sunday, 23 April 2006 18:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― Reilly, Tuesday, 25 April 2006 18:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Reilly, Tuesday, 25 April 2006 18:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Reilly, Tuesday, 25 April 2006 18:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― brianh, Sunday, 30 April 2006 12:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Sunday, 30 April 2006 13:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― kevinod (odtron5000), Sunday, 30 April 2006 18:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― O-Keigh (O-Keigh), Sunday, 30 April 2006 19:32 (eighteen years ago) link
But that's what's so hellish about it. It's Los Fucking Angeles.
A thought I had on another thread:
T/S: The best album about LA
Guns n' Roses Appetite for Destruction or Steely Dan Gaucho? Two sides of the same coin, I think.
― sinful caesar sipped his snifter (kenan), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 01:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixx immer wieder (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 11:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 11:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 23:49 (seventeen years ago) link
Story:http://www.bigomagazine.com/archive/ARrarities/ARsdgaucho.html
'Second arrangement' is probably my most listened to Steely Dan song. 'The Bear' is also good. If they had been finished and included, I think Gaucho would be an easy consensus for best Steely Dan album
― starke (starke), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 01:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Baaderonixx immer wieder (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 07:29 (seventeen years ago) link
READ THE FUCKING THREAD
― aimee semple mcmansion (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 07:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marmot 4-Tay: forth-coming, my child. forth-coming most righteous champion (mar, Wednesday, 28 June 2006 07:50 (seventeen years ago) link
however i had "deacon blues" stuck in my head this afternoon. i usually hate songs with long choruses (and repeating long choruses, at that), but "deacon blues" is just perfect. something about how assuredly bewildered fagen's delivery seems supersedes any possible klutziness.
― aimee semple mcmansion (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 08:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marmot 4-Tay: forth-coming, my child. forth-coming most righteous champion (mar, Wednesday, 28 June 2006 08:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marmot 4-Tay: forth-coming, my child. forth-coming most righteous champion (mar, Wednesday, 28 June 2006 08:08 (seventeen years ago) link
And am I just imagining that Streisand covered "Barrytown"? I know she did the early-Becker/Fagen "I Mean to Shine," but I love the idea of her sticking it to the Archie Bunker type of "Barrytown."
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 08:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 08:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― aimee semple mcmansion (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 08:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marmot 4-Tay: forth-coming, my child. forth-coming most righteous champion (mar, Wednesday, 28 June 2006 08:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― aimee semple mcmansion (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 08:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marmot 4-Tay: forth-coming, my child. forth-coming most righteous champion (mar, Wednesday, 28 June 2006 09:08 (seventeen years ago) link
It's funny reading this sentiment toward these two albums. Having grown up in a very Dan-friendly house, I've always loved their music, and The Royal Scam and Gaucho are my favorite albums. Scam is certainly not their greatest album, but, more so with Steely Dan than with most bands, certain songs tend to make indelible marks on your memory and hold such strong connections. Whenever I hear "Kid Charlemagne" or "Caves of Altamira" I'm instantly reminded of a rather fond period of my life. Whether it is because of how often I listened to that record then or some meaning within those songs I do not know.
Also, on the talk of Scam upthread as neo-hippie favorite I can attest, as me and my friends were deep into our Phish phase and spun the album hundreds of times (I was 16....). Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the album seems to be the only one where they focused mroe on texture and groove and funk (in some places) than on their usual character sketches and dark contemporary commentary. It's easy to listen to "The Fez" when you've taken 8 bong hits.
Gaucho on the other hand is no guilty pleasure. It is a work of pure yet restrained genius, with loads of sleaze, contempt, antipathy... over the most sophisticated, glossy, presicse sounds...it's a gripping album.
― Magna Gardner (New Media Intern), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 15:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ (chaki), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 16:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 16:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ¨ˆ (chaki), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 17:44 (seventeen years ago) link
Alright, last time I read it (admittedly a while ago) nobody had, and a text search for 'bootleg' came up empty. Sorry for ruining your day.
That being said:
the lost gaucho album >>>>>> gaucho
is very true.
― starke (starke), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 19:50 (seventeen years ago) link
is it safe to like "since u been gone" yet?
― aimee semple mcmansion (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 29 June 2006 00:12 (seventeen years ago) link
You can find the source for the title track in 'Long as You Know You're Living Yours' from the Keith Jarrett and co album Belonging. Jarrett noticed this as well, sued and now receives a co-writing credit on the track.
― calstars, Sunday, 3 June 2007 02:26 (sixteen years ago) link
AMG:
Themes: Night Driving At the Office!!!! Late Night
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Sunday, 3 June 2007 02:38 (sixteen years ago) link
I just ordered a cheap used copy of this.
― Hurting 2, Sunday, 3 June 2007 03:13 (sixteen years ago) link