This one didn't click for me until I knew he was singing it to a Krishna. Perfect from then on.
krishna, moonie, whoever he is believed to be siging to -- i had absolutely no idea, and that completely, like 100 percent, reverses how i have always heard the song. i think.
― fact checking cuz, Saturday, 5 April 2014 18:37 (ten years ago) link
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25. Black FridayFrom: Katy LiedReleased: March 1975575 Points, 28 Votes
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 18:42 (ten years ago) link
Nice.
Could we get a quick summary post of the first 25?
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 5 April 2014 18:58 (ten years ago) link
Top ten!
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 April 2014 18:59 (ten years ago) link
25)575 Black Friday 2826)556 Barrytown 1-2727)543 Only A Fool Would Say That 2228)540 Time Out Of Mind 2429)522 Night By Night 2430)513 Razor Boy 2231)492 Rose Darling 2432)478 Your Gold Teeth II (2-23)33)475 Haitian Divorce 2334)468 Your Gold Teeth 1-2335)433 Bodhisattva 1-2036)427 Glamour Profession 2137)418 Don’t Take Me Alive 1-2038)408 Home At Last 1-1939)402 Midnight Cruiser 1840)374 Any World (That I'm Welcome To) 1-15
41)308 Pearl Of The Quarter 1442)304 The Royal Scam 1643)302 Everyone’s Gone To The Movies 1744)268 Charlie Freak 1-1245)264 The Fez 1346)259 Green Earrings 1-1347)244 Here At the Western World 1348)227 Daddy Don’t Live In That New York City No More 1349)189 Sign In Stranger 1050)179 Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me) 9
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:03 (ten years ago) link
so already 9 tracks with #1 votes...will end up with, what? 25 different tracks? how many voters again?
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:09 (ten years ago) link
Thanks!
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:09 (ten years ago) link
77 ballots.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:10 (ten years ago) link
I gave up trying to order my 20 tracks and just sent an unranked ballot, don't know if lots of people did this and that's why there are fewer number ones than expected?
― soref, Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:12 (ten years ago) link
only 2 unranked ballots received.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:13 (ten years ago) link
Black Friday is their most classic rock FM radio sounding ime
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:15 (ten years ago) link
only track from KL i voted for
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3K7y6mRF6GQ/U0BUpz6SI3I/AAAAAAAAAgM/2w0mie-hNhk/w640-h320-no/Caves+Of+Altamira.jpg
24. The Caves Of AltamiraFrom: The Royal Scam Released: May, 1976627 Points, 25 Votes
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:18 (ten years ago) link
pplains killing it with the graphics
― Brad C., Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:19 (ten years ago) link
re: Black Friday, those rapid fire hammer-ons are crazy, and I tried to play them on guitar in high school with no success
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:21 (ten years ago) link
voted for this one, caves of altamira is incredible.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:23 (ten years ago) link
some dude has been otm about the horn arrangement making caves great
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:24 (ten years ago) link
love it! glad it made the top 25. had to rearrange my ballot at the last second because I realized I had initially left it off.
― how's life, Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:26 (ten years ago) link
Black Friday: A town in New South Wales, Australia. Muswellbrook is approximately 280 kilometres north-west of Sydney and has a population of 15,000. The pronunciation used in the song is in fact wrong — locals don't pronounce the W, so it sounds more like "Musclebrook".
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:29 (ten years ago) link
Altamira: A set of prehistoric cave paintings, near the medieval village of Santillana del Mar in northern Spain. Discovered in 1869, the scenes of bison and deer have been described as "the Sistine Chapel of Palaeolithic art".
http://www.santillana-del-mar.com/english/altamira.htm
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:33 (ten years ago) link
How seventies to descend into the caves wearing one's pearl necklace and open blouse.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:39 (ten years ago) link
Black Friday is such a great tune. I didn't vote in this but I wish I had. My number 1 hasn't shown up yet but I bet it's this thread's "sway"
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:43 (ten years ago) link
Love "Caves Of Altamira"...Steely Dan at their greenest...great sax solo too
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:51 (ten years ago) link
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23. Third World ManFrom: Gaucho Released: November 21, 1980628 Points, 26 Votes, 1 Number One
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:52 (ten years ago) link
i might emerge from this poll with the royal scam as my new favorite LP
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:53 (ten years ago) link
"Third World Man" my #2, only held from #1 for sentimental reasons
― Euler, Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:54 (ten years ago) link
my first TOO LOW, this was my number two but someone did vote this their best song.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:54 (ten years ago) link
haha
one of the two gaucho tracks i didn't vote for. still love it tho.
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:55 (ten years ago) link
My #1
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:56 (ten years ago) link
I wrote on the Gaucho thread how this sounds like an encapsulation of the insular rich West Coast vibe in stuff like Joni Mitchell's The Hissing of Summer Lawns: a crustacean of a man slowly dying in a perfect apartment, those chords piling layer on layer of silt on top of him.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 April 2014 19:57 (ten years ago) link
a crustacean of a man slowly dying in a perfect apartment, those chords piling layer on layer of silt on top of him.
not a bad way to go, really. except for the crustacean part.
― fact checking cuz, Saturday, 5 April 2014 20:01 (ten years ago) link
woah, total HoSL vibes. good call.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 5 April 2014 20:01 (ten years ago) link
he's been mobilized since dawnnow he's crouching on the lawn
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 April 2014 20:29 (ten years ago) link
also my number two
Fagen doesn't bother distinguishing reporting from contempt.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 April 2014 20:30 (ten years ago) link
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22. Reelin' In The YearsB-side "Only a Fool Would Say That"From: Can't Buy a ThrillSingle Released: March 1973644 Points, 32 Votes
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 20:32 (ten years ago) link
^^ one of very few Dan songs I'm bored of
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 April 2014 20:33 (ten years ago) link
somehow i still find the solo thrilling
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 April 2014 20:35 (ten years ago) link
victim of overplay, maybe, but this has not held up as well as the other singles
― Brad C., Saturday, 5 April 2014 20:38 (ten years ago) link
xps I've been to Santillana del Mar, and now feel like an idiot for not having known there were caves there. The village is pretty enough I guess. Sounds like I'd've'd trouble getting a ticket anyway.
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 5 April 2014 20:41 (ten years ago) link
Reelin' is still great.
― weatheringdaleson, Saturday, 5 April 2014 20:42 (ten years ago) link
Love it, then and now.
― clemenza, Saturday, 5 April 2014 20:43 (ten years ago) link
I drove through Cantabria last summer thinking we'd stop at the caves, but like Lascaux you can't see the real cave anymore, only a replica. think the Dan would appreciate that
― Euler, Saturday, 5 April 2014 20:44 (ten years ago) link
only the Dan would say that
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 April 2014 20:47 (ten years ago) link
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1973: "Reelin' In The Years" (B-side: "Only A Fool")Label: ABC 11352Chart: 11 US Pop
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 20:49 (ten years ago) link
Can't get sick of this one
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Saturday, 5 April 2014 20:51 (ten years ago) link
Well, I'm glad Cleveland stepped up and forced their hand. Thank you, Cleveland, thanks a bunch.
― clemenza, Saturday, 5 April 2014 20:52 (ten years ago) link
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The Boston RagFrom: Countdown to Ecstasy Released: July 1973646 Points, 27 Votes, 2 Number Ones
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:05 (ten years ago) link
my other favorite dan lyric!
i was out of my mind andyou were on the phone
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:08 (ten years ago) link