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37. Don't Take Me AliveFrom: The Royal Scam Released: May, 1976418 Points, 20 Votes, 1 Number One
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 18:54 (ten years ago) link
the first song from my ballot to make it.
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 18:57 (ten years ago) link
Agree with the upthread discussion of how fun SD is to sing along to - "Home At Last" is probably my favorite. ("Black Cow" is unfortunately pretty much impossible.)
"Any World...," out of all the Michael McDonald features, is the one that tends to bring the old SCTV bit to mind: http://youtu.be/b0HzWMqLeiE
― bentelec, Friday, 4 April 2014 19:02 (ten years ago) link
my favorite dan lyric!
i hear my insidethe mechanized hum of another world
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 4 April 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link
"Home At Last" was my #1. it's the song where I first ~~~got~~~ the Dan
― Euler, Friday, 4 April 2014 19:18 (ten years ago) link
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36. Glamour ProfessionFrom: Gaucho Released: November 21, 1980427 Points, 21 Votes
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 19:21 (ten years ago) link
I mean, I'd been listening to them for years, but "Home At Last" sinks way deeper. Fagen's voice at its most arachnid, lost amidst its own webs; and the triumphal horn break mocking his own self-mockery.
― Euler, Friday, 4 April 2014 19:22 (ten years ago) link
brut and charisma poured from the shadow where he stood
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 4 April 2014 19:24 (ten years ago) link
Too low!
― how's life, Friday, 4 April 2014 19:25 (ten years ago) link
Hollywood, I know your middle name...
OK, that is crazy low.
― bentelec, Friday, 4 April 2014 19:33 (ten years ago) link
i know, such a great song.
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 19:35 (ten years ago) link
One of my personal favorite ilx posts
all aboardthe Carib Cannibaloff to Barbadosjust for the rideJack with his radarStalking the dread moray eelAt the wheelWith his Eurasian bride--good luck unpacking all that― J0hn D., Tuesday, July 1, 2008 11:03 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
good luck unpacking all that
― J0hn D., Tuesday, July 1, 2008 11:03 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― how's life, Friday, 4 April 2014 19:43 (ten years ago) link
Only figured out recently that this song was the origin of John Cusack's character in One Crazy Summer. I thought they both were referencing some old celebrity I didn't know, which is kind of SD's MO
― Vinnie, Friday, 4 April 2014 19:43 (ten years ago) link
character name*
― Vinnie, Friday, 4 April 2014 19:44 (ten years ago) link
I chose "my rival" over "glamor profession". There I said it. Cool song and useful if you secretly wanted to rate a Nightfly song in the tracks poll.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 4 April 2014 19:44 (ten years ago) link
Here's where I'll not only point out the first misspelling in the graphics, but also plug their very user-friendly website.
― pplains, Friday, 4 April 2014 19:44 (ten years ago) link
xps (which was in response to me not knowing SHIT about gaucho but talking shit about it anyway)
― how's life, Friday, 4 April 2014 19:46 (ten years ago) link
I'm no headphone fetishist, but "Glamour Profession" sounds killer over them. So many synth parts I didn't hear. And that stately tread.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 April 2014 19:50 (ten years ago) link
Giving the world another "Cherchez La Femme" was a true and noble cause.
― bentelec, Friday, 4 April 2014 19:52 (ten years ago) link
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35. BodhisattvaFrom: Countdown to Ecstasy Released: July 1973433 Points, 20 Votes, 1 Number One
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 19:53 (ten years ago) link
Is this the rockin'-est song that the Dan ever recorded?
― voodoo chili, Friday, 4 April 2014 19:57 (ten years ago) link
probably the fastest, although other definitions of rockin'-est may favor a more guitar-driven track
― some dude, Friday, 4 April 2014 20:03 (ten years ago) link
"Any World" and "Home At Last" are both huge songs to me personally. wish they'd been higher but oh well.
You can tell em that tonight santa Monica has been set on fire!
― how's life, Friday, 4 April 2014 20:04 (ten years ago) link
I've struggled mightily to turn the groove from "Glamour Profession" into a smooth house track, but haven't quite made it work yet.
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Friday, 4 April 2014 20:17 (ten years ago) link
This must be the song studied by China Crisis and which persuaded them to call Becker.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 April 2014 20:19 (ten years ago) link
man it is kind of funny watching you folks lose all of your critical faculties when discussing this band
― sleeve, Friday, 4 April 2014 20:24 (ten years ago) link
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34. Your Gold TeethFrom: Countdown to Ecstasy Released: July 1973468 Points, 23 Votes, 1 Number One
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 20:29 (ten years ago) link
love this song my number 13.
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 20:30 (ten years ago) link
listened to this one on my drive to work this morning
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Friday, 4 April 2014 20:31 (ten years ago) link
another of my top tens
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 April 2014 20:31 (ten years ago) link
^^^^What is STEELY DAN? What are its major forms? How does it work, and what role does it play in our society? What is its relations with class interests? Who does it help/harm most? What contradictions does it contain?
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Friday, 4 April 2014 20:33 (ten years ago) link
"Glamour Profession" and "Your Gold Teeth" my #2 and #3.
Tobacco they grow in Peking.
― Max S. will be so proud when he sees this (Max F.) (Max), Friday, 4 April 2014 20:33 (ten years ago) link
guessing that every song from now on will have at least one #1 vote
― sleeve, Friday, 4 April 2014 20:38 (ten years ago) link
my #1! this song has everything: a killer groove, clever lyrics tucked into a subliminal bridge (tobacco they grow in peking), and a weird piano/guitar riff. it's also long!
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 4 April 2014 20:49 (ten years ago) link
and even being long, one of the best parts happens right at the end (6:10) as I think somebody already mentioned.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 4 April 2014 20:51 (ten years ago) link
and those cymbals in the chorus! :-o
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 4 April 2014 20:54 (ten years ago) link
From Wiki "Your Gold Teeth" follows a jaded female grifter who uses her attractiveness and cunning.
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 20:56 (ten years ago) link
tobacco they grow in pekingin the year of the locustyou'll see a sad thingeven cathy berberian knowsthere's one roulade she can't singdumb luck my friendwon't suck me in this time
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 4 April 2014 20:57 (ten years ago) link
I like how Brad's reminding me that Becker-Fagen write good lyrics.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 April 2014 20:59 (ten years ago) link
Finally looked up Cathy Berberian today. I was sort of hoping that it was a made up name.
― voodoo chili, Friday, 4 April 2014 21:00 (ten years ago) link
lol i just figured i'm not going to have much to say coherently about any of these songs, might as well post my favorite lyric from each
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 4 April 2014 21:01 (ten years ago) link
it's very easy to picture fagen at a club singing those warnings to the grifter and wondering if she risks it all. it could be in a musical.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 4 April 2014 21:01 (ten years ago) link
which could be why some don't like it
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 4 April 2014 21:02 (ten years ago) link
that or the electric piano solo anyway
should definitely stop calling it a "subliminal bridge" instead of a "sublime bridge" though before I get FP'd outta here
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 4 April 2014 21:05 (ten years ago) link
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33. Haitian DivorceFrom: The Royal Scam Released: May, 1976475 Points, 23 Votes
― Bee OK, Friday, 4 April 2014 21:10 (ten years ago) link
The vibes on this track are awesome, but I can't get past the talkbox :(
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 April 2014 21:11 (ten years ago) link
tearful reunion in the usa
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 4 April 2014 21:13 (ten years ago) link