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

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".

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

How seventies to descend into the caves wearing one's pearl necklace and open blouse.

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"

Love "Caves Of Altamira"...Steely Dan at their greenest...great sax solo too

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23. Third World Man
From: Gaucho
Released: November 21, 1980
628 Points, 26 Votes, 1 Number One

i might emerge from this poll with the royal scam as my new favorite LP

"Third World Man" my #2, only held from #1 for sentimental reasons

my first TOO LOW, this was my number two but someone did vote this their best song.

haha

one of the two gaucho tracks i didn't vote for. still love it tho.

My #1

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.

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.

woah, total HoSL vibes. good call.

he's been mobilized since dawn
now he's crouching on the lawn

also my number two

Fagen doesn't bother distinguishing reporting from contempt.

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22. Reelin' In The Years
B-side "Only a Fool Would Say That"
From: Can't Buy a Thrill
Single Released: March 1973
644 Points, 32 Votes

^^ one of very few Dan songs I'm bored of

somehow i still find the solo thrilling

victim of overplay, maybe, but this has not held up as well as the other singles

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.

Reelin' is still great.

Love it, then and now.

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

only the Dan would say that

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1973: "Reelin' In The Years" (B-side: "Only A Fool")
Label: ABC 11352
Chart: 11 US Pop

Can't get sick of this one

Well, I'm glad Cleveland stepped up and forced their hand. Thank you, Cleveland, thanks a bunch.

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The Boston Rag
From: Countdown to Ecstasy
Released: July 1973
646 Points, 27 Votes, 2 Number Ones

my other favorite dan lyric!

i was out of my mind and
you were on the phone

also too low

yessssss. the fake tango at the beginning of the guitar solo!

oh yeah all time favorite dan solo

this was my #5, great song.

my #10; highlights are the exhortations to "you better bring it on home" and to "bring it back, bring it back now" as the song winds down; the Dan's version of getting lost in the boogie

great song but missed my ballot.

we are into the Top 20.

so throw out your gold teeth!

my #3 - i'm no closer to knowing what it's about than i was before i ever heard it, but what a fucking great song

also i love how it seemingly takes place in new york

One more of mine - "Black Friday" - has shown up.

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20. Gaucho
From: Gaucho
Released: November 21, 1980
669 Points, 27 Votes, 2 Number Ones

Reelin' In the Years only #22? What kind of people are you?

bodacious cowboys.....yet I welcome them!

pointed my car down 7th avenue

totally surprised that Gaucho isn't higher. it wasn't on my ballot but i know there are some serious partisans on this board.

"gaucho" is a perfect song

i forgot to vote for it

love this song, made my ballot.