*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!"
That font and that apartment are SO Woody Allen '78
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
I only really got into Steely Dan earlier this year. It was fun playing spot the sample on The Royal Scam. The Fez being used by All Saints, Green Earrings used by Ice Cube and Kid Charlemagne (which will hopefully be a lot higher) which Kanye West sampled.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:47 (ten years ago) link
surprised that this isn't higher. this is my favorite off katy lied.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 4 April 2014 02:52 (ten years ago) link
The guy in the image sure looks like a Mr. LaPage
― voodoo chili, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:54 (ten years ago) link
it was iago, no?― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, April 3, 2014 10:47 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, April 3, 2014 10:47 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Not me. In my 20 though
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:56 (ten years ago) link
Never liked EGTTM, it grates on me
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 4 April 2014 02:58 (ten years ago) link
only a couple of more for today, hope you have enjoyed this rollout.
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 03:09 (ten years ago) link
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/--GDtwY_JExU/Uz4gzT0vw2I/AAAAAAAAAS0/IndFk_R6hXM/w640-h320-no/The+Royal+Scam.jpg
42. The Royal ScamFrom: The Royal Scam Released: May, 1976304 Points, 16 Votes
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 03:15 (ten years ago) link
― Bee OK, Thursday, April 3, 2014 10:45 PM (32 minutes ago)
It was me! Charlie Freak has been my favorite Dan song since I picked up all their albums on vinyl in probably 1994/95. Some people wait until later to go through their Steely Dan phase...I had mine at 20, which might explain my lean towards the less ornate and more direct works.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 April 2014 03:24 (ten years ago) link
cheers for Almost Gothic. would have made my top 20. went with a top 10 to preserve my sanity
amazing countdown!
― g simmel, Friday, 4 April 2014 03:28 (ten years ago) link
That font (Caslon, I think) will forever be the Barbra Streisand font, who used it on the cover of her first dozen albums.
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0002/037/MI0002037303.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 4 April 2014 03:30 (ten years ago) link
Is that David Cronenberg in the "Everyone's Gone to the Movies" graphic?
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 4 April 2014 03:32 (ten years ago) link
steely dan probably would've known it was barbra font! woody allen font is windsor
― balls, Friday, 4 April 2014 03:34 (ten years ago) link
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-16kQstXP128/Uz4kRaMiJQI/AAAAAAAAATg/P5D0voKlwcE/w640-h320-no/Pearl+Of+the+Quarter.jpg
41. Pearl Of the QuarterFrom: Countdown to Ecstasy Released: July 1973308 Points, 14 Votes
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 04:02 (ten years ago) link
First track I'm excited about to place :)
― 龜, Friday, 4 April 2014 04:03 (ten years ago) link
43. 302 Points42. 304 Points41. 308 Points
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 04:03 (ten years ago) link
I love "Pearl of the Quarter". Such a jam.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 4 April 2014 04:04 (ten years ago) link
Beautiful song, pedal steel for days
― voodoo chili, Friday, 4 April 2014 04:06 (ten years ago) link
steely dan probably would've known it was barbra font! woody allen font is windsor― balls, Thursday, April 3, 2014 10:34 PM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― balls, Thursday, April 3, 2014 10:34 PM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Of course! Babs was one of first (perhaps the first) major artist to record a Becker/Fagan track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6eonE_qF08
― How About A Kiss For Your Cousin Doogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 4 April 2014 04:21 (ten years ago) link
Am I dumb for not getting the Fez gif? Is that a church? Or is it another abstruse dick joke?
― thewufs, Friday, 4 April 2014 05:51 (ten years ago) link
so far:
308 Pearl Of The Quarter 14304 The Royal Scam 16302 Everyone’s Gone To The Movies 17268 Charlie Freak 1-12264 The Fez 13259 Green Earrings 1-13244 Here In The Western World 13227 Daddy Don’t Live In That New York City No More 13189 Sign In Stranger 10179 Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me) 9
176 Jack Of Speed 1-8171 Kings 9156 My Rival 7143 Through With Buzz 7132 Throw Back The Little Ones 7101 Everything You Did 5 90 Second Arrangement 579 Parker's Band 476 Almost Gothic 472 Monkey In Your Soul 3
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 07:12 (ten years ago) link
"pearl of the quarter" is their warren zevon/randy newman dark west coast singer/songwriter moment. they were, technically, west coast singer/songwriters (new york expats, but still), but is there anything else in their catalog that's anywhere near as close to fitting the description as that one?
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 4 April 2014 07:39 (ten years ago) link
fire in the hole?
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 4 April 2014 07:43 (ten years ago) link
Just catching up, this is a good start - three of my 20 have placed so far but I'm not going to complain as I didn't really expect those tracks to place too high.
My albums ballot was:
Countdown to EcstasyAjaKaty LiedCan't Buy a ThrillPretzel LogicGauchoThe Nightfly
I didn't feel enthusiastic enough about the later stuff to rank it. My top two are set in stone but then it's a three-way tie for third place really, since voting closed I started thinking I might put Royal Scam there and I feel bad now it placed so low. As others have said though, they're all great.
Loving the images so far too!
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 4 April 2014 08:04 (ten years ago) link
Whoops, that should've been:
Countdown to EcstasyAjaKaty LiedCan't Buy a ThrillThe Royal ScamPretzel LogicGauchoThe Nightfly
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 4 April 2014 08:05 (ten years ago) link
hmm, don't get any particular west coast vibes from that one. though as soon as i hit send on the above, it did occur to me that "pearl" does sound very much of a piece with the first album, and i guess there is a bit of a west coast s/s thing hanging over the first album in general (along with a lot of other stuff). but the steel guitar in "pearl," the country-rock groove, the storytelling, the way fagen sings it, it all has a feel that i don't quite get from any other particular dan song.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 4 April 2014 08:06 (ten years ago) link
The Fez:
A type of brimless hat, usually made from red felt with a tassel on top. Worn by men in the Middle East, or in the US by Shriners (a fraternal lodge organisation) during festivities. Islamic in origin, the hat is named after the holy city of Fez, Morocco. In an uncharacteristic bout of transparency, Becker and Fagen have admitted that "fez" in the context of the song is intended as a slang term for "condom" (and it's not too hard to imagine why).
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 08:11 (ten years ago) link
love this "everybody here likes every song steely dan ever did, except for the one person who sort of doesn't like "dirty work,""
not entirely true but still, the Dan is the closest to filler-less any band ever got imo
― g simmel, Friday, 4 April 2014 08:13 (ten years ago) link
I gave Charlie Freak my no.2 - was a whisker from giving it no.1 actually, but you can say that about half my ballot. I too like my Dan direct and relatively unadorned. And it's got such a sad sound.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 4 April 2014 08:18 (ten years ago) link
I think 'Brooklyn' comes closest maybe. I do have a fascination in general with songs that sound like they could fit on a band's previous or subsequent album.
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 4 April 2014 09:00 (ten years ago) link
"Pearl" and "The Royal Scam" are both songs i adore but didn't quite have room for on my ballot, glad they got some love
― some dude, Friday, 4 April 2014 09:38 (ten years ago) link