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
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eMK-HqT2Lrg/U0B2U0xwpKI/AAAAAAAAAjs/-J0V7Nyi_oc/w640-h320-no/Gaucho.jpg
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
gaucho was my #2
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link
Gaucho is great! Not on my ballot.
― weatheringdaleson, Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:55 (ten years ago) link
The lyrics list at the top features at least four different lines from the song.
― voodoo chili, Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:55 (ten years ago) link
#9. I thought this was a #1 contender...
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:55 (ten years ago) link
love how the synths seem to microwave the chorus
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 April 2014 21:58 (ten years ago) link
The outro is marvelous. The song is a thing of beauty.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:02 (ten years ago) link
also love the percussive guitar in the chorus, damn
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:02 (ten years ago) link
Would you care to explaiiiiiiiinn
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:05 (ten years ago) link
so i have been getting this info from here: http://www.steelydandictionary.com/
Custerdome: A fictional skyscraper containing the luxury apartment where the song's plot unfolds. Editor's note: I decided to make an exception to my usual "no fictional words" rule and include this in the dictionary for two reasons: A) It's the word I get asked about most frequently by site visitors; and B) Temporarily abandoning their reticence to discuss lyric interpretations, Becker and Fagen kindly explained its exact meaning during an interview: "It exists only in our collective imagination. In the Steely Dan lexicon it serves as an archetype of a building that houses great corporations..."
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:07 (ten years ago) link
Gaucho: A South American cowboy. Originating from the pampas in Argentina, gauchos were familiar figures in the 18th/19th centuries, and typically were daring and skillful horsemen and plainsmen. Immortalised on film thanks to the 1927 Douglas Fairbanks swashbuckling epic The Gaucho.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:08 (ten years ago) link
i might emerge from this poll with the royal scam as my new favorite LP
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Saturday, April 5, 2014 3:53 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yaaaaay
i never thought "Reelin'" would rank lower than "Do It Again" and "Dirty Work," weird
― some dude, Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:13 (ten years ago) link
One of my best friends we nicknamed the Gaucho cuz of his ridiculous clothes and ways with women
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:14 (ten years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dlJsxYHS6A0/U0B_wCBiA0I/AAAAAAAAAkY/G4TgKvTHV-g/w640-h320-no/Josie.jpg
19. JosieFrom: AjaReleased: September 23, 1977678 Points, 32 Votes, 1 Number One
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:22 (ten years ago) link
fuck yeah
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:23 (ten years ago) link
shine up the battle apple
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:26 (ten years ago) link
shocked that this is only 19, was my number 4.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:27 (ten years ago) link
RAW FLAME, LIVE WIRE!
― voodoo chili, Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:28 (ten years ago) link
so few of SD's album closers feel like closing tracks to me. like almost everything besides "King Of The World," "Royal Scam" and "Third World Man." i kind of respect that, though, gives the albums an interesting flow.
― some dude, Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:28 (ten years ago) link
My No. 1. For this week anyway.
― pplains, Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:29 (ten years ago) link
xp
I agree, "Home at Last" would probably bee the most traditional closer for Aja
― voodoo chili, Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:29 (ten years ago) link
Lot of talk about how Steely Dan has stood up to repeated listens, except for maybe Reelin' In the Years. I agree, but I also worked for a classic rock station for eleven years. "Josie" is the only song of theirs that I never turn off, and keep in mind that I'll leave the other ones on too nine out of ten times.
― pplains, Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:31 (ten years ago) link
She prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me9ab4KlTU1ri63dso3_400.gif
― pplains, Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:34 (ten years ago) link
TOO LOW! but then i recall it got stiffed in the AJA poll.
― piscesx, Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:35 (ten years ago) link
still surprised "Josie" got released as a single; record companies be taking lessons from the success of Rumours.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:36 (ten years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vk8FfjoN8tg/U0CDnPlJnMI/AAAAAAAAAlA/v069iZ_Otg8/w500-h498-no/Steely%252BDan%252B-%252BJosie%252B-%252B12-%252BRECORD-MAXI%252BSINGLE-500549.jpg
1978: "Josie" (B-side: "Black Cow")Label: ABC 12404Chart: US Pop 26
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:38 (ten years ago) link
I think I'm coming around to "Third World Man," but for me both Aja and Gaucho seem to drop off a little with the last two tracks. I like "Josie," but it's probably their most forgettable single.
― thewufs, Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:46 (ten years ago) link
Damn, how did I not vote for "Josie." Probably the one I regret leaving off the ballot most.
― voodoo chili, Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:47 (ten years ago) link
Definitely can't argue with these two being in the top 20
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:49 (ten years ago) link
one of my favorite fagen vocals
Was out earlier, but "Caves of Altamira" was my #2. Absolutely love that song, and have since I first heard it at age 5 1/2 in 1978 when my older cousin spent the summer with us. She was a huge Steely Dan fan, and she brought with her all their albums.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 5 April 2014 22:57 (ten years ago) link
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-EfCuafZSPX8/U0CJzPI10YI/AAAAAAAAAlw/LrBtUiXsQlo/w640-h320-no/Pretzel+Logic.jpg
18. Pretzel LogicFrom: Pretzel LogicReleased: February 20, 1974686 Points, 33 Votes, 3 Number Ones
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 April 2014 23:03 (ten years ago) link
Yay Pretzel Logic, I was getting worried that it wouldn't make it.
― voodoo chili, Saturday, 5 April 2014 23:04 (ten years ago) link
I had somehow forgotten about "Josie" until I was finishing my list, but I made sure to make room for it.
― Sandy, Saturday, 5 April 2014 23:05 (ten years ago) link
...and here is "Pretzel Logic," one of my two that I thought might not make the list.
― Sandy, Saturday, 5 April 2014 23:06 (ten years ago) link