Polled At Last: STEELY DAN - ILM Artist poll #50

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43. Everyone's Gone To the Movies
From: Katy Lied
Released: March 1975
302 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

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

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42. The Royal Scam
From: The Royal Scam
Released: May, 1976
304 Points, 16 Votes

Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 03:15 (ten years ago) link

is the number one voter going to reveal themselves?

― 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 and that apartment are SO Woody Allen '78

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

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41. Pearl Of the Quarter
From: Countdown to Ecstasy
Released: July 1973
308 Points, 14 Votes

Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 04:02 (ten years ago) link

First track I'm excited about to place :)

, Friday, 4 April 2014 04:03 (ten years ago) link

43. 302 Points
42. 304 Points
41. 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

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 14
304 The Royal Scam 16
302 Everyone’s Gone To The Movies 17
268 Charlie Freak 1-12
264 The Fez 13
259 Green Earrings 1-13
244 Here In The Western World 13
227 Daddy Don’t Live In That New York City No More 13
189 Sign In Stranger 10
179 Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me) 9

176 Jack Of Speed 1-8
171 Kings 9
156 My Rival 7
143 Through With Buzz 7
132 Throw Back The Little Ones 7
101 Everything You Did 5
90 Second Arrangement 5
79 Parker's Band 4
76 Almost Gothic 4
72 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 Ecstasy
Aja
Katy Lied
Can't Buy a Thrill
Pretzel Logic
Gaucho
The 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 Ecstasy
Aja
Katy Lied
Can't Buy a Thrill
The Royal Scam
Pretzel Logic
Gaucho
The Nightfly

Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 4 April 2014 08:05 (ten years ago) link

fire in the hole?

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

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.

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

Had Pearl at #6, seems to me like one of the few 'sincere' songs in the SD catalogue?

, Friday, 4 April 2014 09:54 (ten years ago) link

^^yes even if you h8 the voulezvoulezvoulezvous, the pedal steel + chorus own

yuoowemeone, Friday, 4 April 2014 10:15 (ten years ago) link

i really dig the voulezvoulezvoulezvous. makes the song for me, especially the way in which it's sung

charlie h, Friday, 4 April 2014 10:48 (ten years ago) link

have had two tracks place so far: Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More and Pearl of the Quarter. both of them feature some of my favourite lyrics in the realm of Dan.

charlie h, Friday, 4 April 2014 10:53 (ten years ago) link

i also dig voulezvoulezvoulezvous, but I gather some ppl aren't fond

yuoowemeone, Friday, 4 April 2014 11:04 (ten years ago) link

I don't like it in Lady Marmalade. Love it here.

how's life, Friday, 4 April 2014 11:13 (ten years ago) link

"Pearl" in my top ten.

Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 April 2014 11:15 (ten years ago) link

favorite time to sing along with Fagen mannerisms is "and if you heeear from myyy Louiiiiise"

some dude, Friday, 4 April 2014 11:45 (ten years ago) link

I think Fagen being fun to sing along with is an underplayed aspect of/reason for Steely Dan's popularity

soref, Friday, 4 April 2014 11:52 (ten years ago) link

Just listening to CBAT and yeah think yr right there

sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Friday, 4 April 2014 12:09 (ten years ago) link

xp otm

It was a cryyyying disgraace

voodoo chili, Friday, 4 April 2014 12:10 (ten years ago) link

favorite time to sing along with Fagen mannerisms is "and if you heeear from myyy Louiiiiise"

"Red be-eans in riiice for a quar-dah!" is the bit for me. Soref otm.

Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 4 April 2014 12:40 (ten years ago) link

let's talk Dan sampling. you've probably heard the De La and Kanye songs, but would you like to hear Freeway and Joe Budden rap over a hot loop of the "Royal Scam" outro?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd4oJsO5_jk

my Baltimore homie Cex did an amazing album called Dannibal a few years ago comprised entirely of tiny moments from SD songs blown up into a hazy house of mirrors. the whole thing is pretty easy to find for DL but here you can stream tracks that sample "The Boston Rag" and "My Rival":

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Cex/Dannibal/

some dude, Friday, 4 April 2014 13:31 (ten years ago) link

Any Kind of Some Dude's ILM/Steely Dan Spotify Playlist repost.

pplains, Friday, 4 April 2014 13:34 (ten years ago) link

I think Fagen being fun to sing along with is an underplayed aspect of/reason for Steely Dan's popularity

They are pretty much my ideal karaoke band. I wish that "Gaucho" had been a more popular song because it is my dream to sing that one in a karaoke bar.

nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Friday, 4 April 2014 13:39 (ten years ago) link

Just getting caught up here, so apologies to comment on tracks that were way back in the results...

For some reason, I've always imagined that the rival in "My Rival" was Billy Joel.

Green Earrings might be my personal "too low", but I realize there are a lot of songs left and I may be feeling that way about many more.

nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Friday, 4 April 2014 13:41 (ten years ago) link

I'd like to see someone try karaoke Reelin' in the Years!

Iago Galdston, Friday, 4 April 2014 13:42 (ten years ago) link

they looked upon the promised land
where surely life was sweet
on the rising tide
to new york city
did they ride into the street

emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 4 April 2014 13:44 (ten years ago) link

saxophone in "everyone's gone to the movies" is the creepiest and best thing

emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 4 April 2014 13:44 (ten years ago) link


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