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
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Jw1kdGm7Zco/U0BkyjYshZI/AAAAAAAAAhk/7IfNzrLtQaU/w640-h320-no/Reelin%2527+In+the+Years.jpg
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
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NVBMSbZwEUE/U0BouAInOtI/AAAAAAAAAiM/taWP4UzTrR4/w377-h500-no/24+Steely+Dan+-+Single+-+Reeling+In+The+Years+-+Single+-+1973+-+Billboard.jpg
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
also too low
yessssss. the fake tango at the beginning of the guitar solo!
― leon d'amaleon, Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:09 (ten years ago) link
oh yeah all time favorite dan solo
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:15 (ten years ago) link
this was my #5, great song.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:16 (ten years ago) link
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
― Euler, Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:22 (ten years ago) link
great song but missed my ballot.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:32 (ten years ago) link
we are into the Top 20.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:33 (ten years ago) link
so throw out your gold teeth!
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:34 (ten years ago) link
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
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:34 (ten years ago) link
also i love how it seemingly takes place in new york
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:35 (ten years ago) link
One more of mine - "Black Friday" - has shown up.
― Sandy, Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:35 (ten years ago) link
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20. GauchoFrom: Gaucho Released: November 21, 1980669 Points, 27 Votes, 2 Number Ones
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:42 (ten years ago) link
Reelin' In the Years only #22? What kind of people are you?
― Inty Tyga Et La Tyga Loma (Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt), Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:44 (ten years ago) link
bodacious cowboys.....yet I welcome them!
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:45 (ten years ago) link
pointed my car down 7th avenue
― how's life, Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:47 (ten years ago) link
totally surprised that Gaucho isn't higher. it wasn't on my ballot but i know there are some serious partisans on this board.
― how's life, Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:48 (ten years ago) link
"gaucho" is a perfect song
i forgot to vote for it
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:49 (ten years ago) link
love this song, made my ballot.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:49 (ten years ago) link