the Gaucho title track is their peak of feeling imo
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 April 2014 01:20 (ten years ago) link
"daddy don't live in that new york city no more" is one of the most straightforward songs in the SD catalog, both musically and lyrically, but it's such a great, tight little blues-rock number. but most important, i have learned in the past couple of weeks that it sounds ridiculously great at loud volume through a decent set of speakers. i mean, so do most SD songs. but something about the way the groove in "new york city" came across at volume made a huge difference to me.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 4 April 2014 01:20 (ten years ago) link
"western world" was the loser of the ncaa-style play-in game i created for the final spot on my poll. it and my other non-album-track contender were vying for a spot that was in the teens, not #20, but the loser would end up with nothing. this is what i was doing sunday night when i realized ballots were due.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 4 April 2014 01:23 (ten years ago) link
wow "western world" was my #3. do i have bad taste or something??
― J. Sam, Friday, 4 April 2014 01:24 (ten years ago) link
jk just feeling disproportionately bitter about an internet message board poll
― J. Sam, Friday, 4 April 2014 01:26 (ten years ago) link
I didn't realize they had two studio-quality songs that weren't 'on the albums til this poll, tbqf
― 龜, Friday, 4 April 2014 01:26 (ten years ago) link
I mean I've only lived with FM and HATWW for a few days but I'd already rank it higher than the majority of PL and TRS
― 龜, Friday, 4 April 2014 01:27 (ten years ago) link
yeah i think "Western" is a blind spot for a lot of people just because it was neither on a proper album nor a hit like "FM." that said, i don't feel too strongly about it myself, although it's good.
― some dude, Friday, 4 April 2014 01:27 (ten years ago) link
yeah, my #5.
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 4 April 2014 01:28 (ten years ago) link
do i have bad taste or something??
there is no doubt whatsoever that every one of us will discover at some point during this rollout that we have bad taste. except for pplains, whose images exempt him from such accusations.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 4 April 2014 01:29 (ten years ago) link
his gifs are horrific
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 4 April 2014 01:30 (ten years ago) link
'The Second Arrangement' is already popping into my head at random points in the past few days, I'll probably have a dream soon where I hear a studio-quality rendition only to forget it when I wake up
My friend gave me a bootleg of Gaucho outtakes and Katy Lied outtakes, just haven't really spent any time with those at all (Katy Lied outtakes are unlabeled unfortunately)
― 龜, Friday, 4 April 2014 01:30 (ten years ago) link
TRUE
― J. Sam, Friday, 4 April 2014 01:30 (ten years ago) link
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wGMJ1BlQPGY/Uz4J_FSyzFI/AAAAAAAAAPg/deYok2d_2YQ/w640-h320-no/46. Green+Earrings.jpg
46. Green EarringsFrom: The Royal Scam Released: May, 1976259 Points, 13 Votes, 1 Number One
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 01:34 (ten years ago) link
I think we have to ration our "too lows"--maybe two each, max?I was tempted to bust one out for "Brooklyn" but instead tried to assuage the pain by indulging in a little jejune "Don & Glenn" parody....
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Friday, 4 April 2014 01:38 (ten years ago) link
i remain shocked that no one suggested "polled, daring, no flies on me" when puns for this thread's title were being thrown around.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 4 April 2014 01:41 (ten years ago) link
I think we have to ration our "too lows"--maybe two each, max?
too few!
My Gaucho Outtakes bootleg has two arrangements of The Second Arrangement! Nice
― 龜, Friday, 4 April 2014 01:41 (ten years ago) link
except for pplains, whose images exempt him
Gonna remember this the first time the wrong album or year is posted with the wrong song.
Hey, it happened with the Hüskers.
― pplains, Friday, 4 April 2014 01:43 (ten years ago) link
too low
actually, perhaps we can stipulate right now that, since everybody here likes every song steely dan ever did, except for the one person who sort of doesn't like "dirty work," every song, including our #1, will in fact be too low.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 4 April 2014 01:44 (ten years ago) link
it's their own damn fault for not singing into the mics circa zen arcade.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 4 April 2014 01:45 (ten years ago) link
in re: "Here at the Western World", i always considered it Dan canon because the Greatest Hits + Aja were the entirety of my dad's SD collection. So for me "HATWW" was as much a typical Dan song as "My Old School"
also, the inner sleeve of Greatest Hits greatly disturbed me when I was like 7 or so:
http://thriftyvinyl.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/dsc04287.jpg
― col, Friday, 4 April 2014 01:47 (ten years ago) link
It took the outtake of 'Glamour Profession' to realize that the opening drumline is basically the Billie Jean drumline
― 龜, Friday, 4 April 2014 01:47 (ten years ago) link
I too was disturbed by that image in my youth........and I always thought they sang "young skinny girls" on "HWW"....I mean look at those guys!
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Friday, 4 April 2014 01:49 (ten years ago) link
That font and that apartment are SO Woody Allen '78
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 April 2014 01:52 (ten years ago) link
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-YIYZVxFdK7Y/Uz4RRmE8lHI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/nwzbbtcxoHg/w640-h320-no/The+Fez.jpg
45. The FezFrom: The Royal Scam Released: May, 1976264 Points, 13 Votes
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 01:58 (ten years ago) link
-_-
― 龜, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:00 (ten years ago) link
ha ha ha that image.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:00 (ten years ago) link
Can't even believe Green Earrings didn't make my ballot. Switched it out last minute for another TRS track. Could say the same thing about Sign In Stranger, actually. But the guitar solo in this is one of my favorites!
― how's life, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:01 (ten years ago) link
Was expecting a Trojans ad xp
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:01 (ten years ago) link
*Green Earrings*From: The Royal Scam Released: May, 1976259 Points, 13 Votes, *1 Number One*
*Green Earrings*From: The Royal Scam Released: May, 1976259 Points, 13 Votes, *1 Number One*
*45. The Fez*From: The Royal Scam Released: May, 1976264 Points, 13 Votes
*45. The Fez*From: The Royal Scam Released: May, 1976264 Points, 13 Votes
On disc, the one-two punch of The Fez and Green Earrings is devastating.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:02 (ten years ago) link
looool at the Fez pic. Didn't vote for it, but in another Steely Dan poll syncronicity, my son asked me to buy him a fez for his birthday (a Doctor Who thing).
http://filmcrithulk.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/11-doctor-fez-570x321.jpg
― how's life, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:03 (ten years ago) link
love the fez.
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 4 April 2014 02:04 (ten years ago) link
fezzes are cool
― balls, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:09 (ten years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eIs9f2Zossk/Uz4UStcbrZI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/75C7G4WZRe0/w578-h552-no/steely_dan-the_fez_s_1.jpg
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:09 (ten years ago) link
Max Fischer agrees.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 April 2014 02:10 (ten years ago) link
that image is from the single:
7" Single ABC 12222 1. The Fez 3:59 2. Sign In Stranger 4:22
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:17 (ten years ago) link
It's early to be breaking out an A-frame!
The sheer contempt of "Daddy Don't..." is so great, especially when Fagen leans into "we know you're smoking wherever you are." I also have a soft spot for flagrantly rhyming "Hackensack" with "paper sack" - not even "paper bag!"
This is totally facile but these guys are basically the closest rock equivalent to the New Hollywood types, right?
― bentelec, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:17 (ten years ago) link
the fez! NTI otm, though green earrings ultimately was cut from my ballot.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 4 April 2014 02:20 (ten years ago) link
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-TT9ElBdL8gI/Uz4W9UWWEZI/AAAAAAAAARg/SKFnRSpW5qg/w640-h320-no/Charlie+Freak.jpg
44. Charlie FreakFrom: Pretzel LogicReleased: February 20, 1974268 Points, 12 Votes, 1 Number One
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:24 (ten years ago) link
"Fez" and "Green Earrings" are so twinned in my mind, and on the album, it's funny to see them side by side here too.
― some dude, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:27 (ten years ago) link
Love Charlie Freak so much. Not sure if anyone will agree but something about it reminds me of Spoon. I think it'd be a great song for them to cover.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:34 (ten years ago) link
that's funny, i'm also doing the Spoon poll.
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:35 (ten years ago) link
Love the sleigh bells on "Charlie Freak". Surprised "Throw Back The Little Ones" didn't place higher - hot licks & rhetoric don't poll much for nothing, &c.
― etc, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:36 (ten years ago) link
What is that reedy instrument in the background? I always picture it as an old wind-up street organ, with a dancing monkey.
― voodoo chili, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:39 (ten years ago) link
...in your soul?
― How About A Kiss For Your Cousin Doogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 4 April 2014 02:40 (ten years ago) link
yes.
― voodoo chili, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:41 (ten years ago) link
is the number one voter going to reveal themselves?
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:45 (ten years ago) link
it was iago, no?
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 4 April 2014 02:47 (ten years ago) link
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-oMdi8LOUOiE/Uz4bH6E48rI/AAAAAAAAASM/eZV_wac-APs/w640-h320-no/Everyone%2527s+Gone+To+the+Movies.jpg
43. Everyone's Gone To the MoviesFrom: Katy Lied Released: March 1975302 Points, 17 Votes
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:47 (ten years ago) link