;-)
― pplains, Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:05 (ten years ago) link
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_gNsSlX6xj8/U0Cmv6-bgkI/AAAAAAAAApM/754bJvmZSkk/w448-h439-no/FM_%2528No_Static_At_All%2529.jpg
1978: FM (No Static At All) (B-side: FM (No Static At All) - Reprise)Label MCAChart: 22 US Pop, 30 US Adult Contemporary, 49 UK
This was the first single Steely Dan released on MCA Records (which had released the soundtrack), predating MCA's acquisition of ABC Records by one year.
Three versions of the song by Steely Dan exist. The first two versions, "FM" and "FM (reprise)", originally appeared on the FM soundtrack album and the 12" single. "FM" has a running time of 4:50 and features a guitar solo outro. This version of "FM" also appears on the original 1982 release of the compilation album Gold, the compilation album A Decade of Steely Dan, and the compilation album The Definitive Collection. "FM (reprise)" is an instrumental reprise of "FM" with a prominent saxophone solo and has a running time of 2:53.
A third version of "FM" was created by removing the guitar solo from the end of the original track, and using the FM (reprise) saxophone version as a new ending, yielding a running time of 5:06. This hybrid version appears on the 1991 compilation Gold (Expanded Edition) and most every release after that. It is possible this remix was done so that compilations would not feature two different versions of the same song back to back.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:07 (ten years ago) link
should i save the rest or post a few more tonight?
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:13 (ten years ago) link
maybe one more imo. leave some mystery for the last day.
― some dude, Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:14 (ten years ago) link
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-l_BXgw30nqQ/U0CrjP87XuI/AAAAAAAAAp0/neWrU_fMZg4/w640-h320-no/Aja.jpg
15. AjaFrom: AjaReleased: September 23, 1977732 Points, 30 Votes, 3 Number Ones
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:24 (ten years ago) link
Surprisingly low.
― Set the Ctrl-Alt-Del for the heart of the sun (SlimAndSlam), Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:30 (ten years ago) link
Then again, five of my top ten have already shown up. (This was among them.) But I thought I was part of the consensus with "Aja."
― Set the Ctrl-Alt-Del for the heart of the sun (SlimAndSlam), Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:34 (ten years ago) link
such a beautiful song, so reminds me of living in Southern California. that drumming! this was also my #15, so bravo about its placement.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:40 (ten years ago) link
Steve Gadd/Wayne Shorter breakdown puts this tune over the top IMO.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:41 (ten years ago) link
Up on the hill People never stare They just don't care Chinese music under banyan trees Here at the dude ranch above the sea
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:53 (ten years ago) link
for a long time i found "Aja" offputting, but i finally gave in and found its appeal a few years ago, after seeing SD kill it live, and also hearing this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggWYeXVbzdY
― some dude, Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:57 (ten years ago) link
ah, fuck, it......TOO LOW!love Shorter and Gadd, but also the melodies....
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:58 (ten years ago) link
Okay, fourteen songs to go, and by my count there are twenty-one songs from the first seven albums that have not been listed yet.
Actually, as far as I can tell, there are a total of three songs from the first seven albums that have not been mentioned in this thread yet. Any guesses?
― Set the Ctrl-Alt-Del for the heart of the sun (SlimAndSlam), Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:59 (ten years ago) link
i've been to a dude ranch above the sea tbh, but that's a story for another thread
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Sunday, 6 April 2014 02:00 (ten years ago) link
Banyan: A type of tropical fig tree. The term "Banyan" includes many subspecies such as Indian Banyans, Chinese Banyans, Sacred Figs, and the sinister-sounding Florida Strangler Fig! In all cases, the banyan's distinguishing feature is its branches, which send out shoots that grow down to the soil to form secondary trunks. Of historical interest is the fact that Siddhartha (the young Buddha) was apparently sitting under a banyan tree when he received enlightenment. The specific tree in question is known as the Bodhi tree — sharing the same root (no pun intended) as the word bodhisattva.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 02:05 (ten years ago) link
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8xf5etKrZH4/U0C5erd0IjI/AAAAAAAAAqk/y37JGg2TrCw/w640-h320-no/Show+Biz+Kids.jpg
14. Show Biz KidsB-side: "Razor Boy"From: Countdown to EcstasySingle Released: 1973761 Points, 32 Votes, 2 Number Ones
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 02:26 (ten years ago) link
lol @ graphic
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Sunday, 6 April 2014 02:27 (ten years ago) link
pplains hit it out of the park with that one.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 02:27 (ten years ago) link
a song that did end up making my list, surprised because at first didn't think it had a chance.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 02:36 (ten years ago) link
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-j3pSZNs8va8/U0C9Ts_S-tI/AAAAAAAAArM/wxaocSNgJtc/w547-h552-no/steely-dan-show-biz-kids-abc.jpg
1973: "Show Biz Kids" (B-side: "Razor Boy")Label: ABC 11382Chart: US Pop 61
The song features a slide guitar solo by Rick Derringer.
The song was sampled by Super Furry Animals on their 1996 single "The Man Don't Give a Fuck".
The song was also covered by Ricki Lee Jones on her 2000 album It's Like This.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 02:45 (ten years ago) link
flip that record over
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 April 2014 02:47 (ten years ago) link
I was one of the #1 voters for KOTW, really was pulling for it to crack the top ten
― some dude, Saturday, April 5, 2014 7:57 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I was the other one. I'm just disappointed "Show Biz Kids" finished ahead of it. I mean COME ON PPL.
― J. Sam, Sunday, 6 April 2014 02:49 (ten years ago) link
king of the world and aja two of my top three. genuinely surprised neither broke the top ten.
― Roberto Spiralli, Sunday, 6 April 2014 02:50 (ten years ago) link
Is the fact that "Show Biz Kids" is so musically repetitive and boring supposed to be an ironic meta-commentary? Did SD just not give a fuck about anybody else, and this is how they showed it?
― Set the Ctrl-Alt-Del for the heart of the sun (SlimAndSlam), Sunday, 6 April 2014 03:06 (ten years ago) link
I'm with you SlimandSlam
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 April 2014 03:13 (ten years ago) link
"Aja" and "Gaucho" were my #1 and #2, so TOO LOW!
"Aja" is their symphony, and it truly stands alone in their catalog.
YES! Also, the ending when Gadd finally hits that epic drum groove is the best way to end a song ever.
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Sunday, 6 April 2014 03:13 (ten years ago) link
Re: show biz kids, with every song I've revisited due to this poll, the poll has been correct though.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 April 2014 03:19 (ten years ago) link
King of the World behind show biz kids is a travesty on par with the 2000 election hanging chad fiasco.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Sunday, 6 April 2014 03:20 (ten years ago) link
Haha. I am inclined to agree. But I will study first.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 April 2014 03:22 (ten years ago) link
Fagen and Derringer are the only ones in SBK who get to have any fun. Everyone else plays the same plodding riff (which doesn't even rise to the level of "groove") over and over and over and over. Bill Magill otm.
― Set the Ctrl-Alt-Del for the heart of the sun (SlimAndSlam), Sunday, 6 April 2014 03:23 (ten years ago) link
the #1 voters must speak!
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Sunday, 6 April 2014 03:28 (ten years ago) link
Yes, reveal the secrets!
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 April 2014 03:29 (ten years ago) link
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-PqJucx523L0/U0DLVjcvYMI/AAAAAAAAAr8/7qVwS6sjlPw/w640-h320-no/Bad+Sneakers.jpg
13. Bad SneakersB-side "Chain Lightning"From:: Katy LiedSingle Released: March 1975767 Points, 39 Votes, 1 Number One
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 03:38 (ten years ago) link
I can't. GO TO BED.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 6 April 2014 03:40 (ten years ago) link
<3 bad sneakers <3
― J. Sam, Sunday, 6 April 2014 03:41 (ten years ago) link
Is this like "My Bad Old Sneakers"?
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 6 April 2014 03:53 (ten years ago) link
My Bad (Sneakers)
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 April 2014 04:02 (ten years ago) link
"And for the coupa-de-GRAHHHSSS/they're OUTRAGEOUS" is one of the shittiest lyrics ever, that track spoils CTE bigtime
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Sunday, 6 April 2014 04:03 (ten years ago) link
will all 7 classic period LPs have a top 10 track?
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Sunday, 6 April 2014 04:23 (ten years ago) link
my bad sneakers is a classic example of a song i accidentally love, despite my best intentions.
absolutely did not vote for it.
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Sunday, 6 April 2014 04:28 (ten years ago) link
kinda wishing i voted for Aja
love Bad Sneakers. being down 'n' out never seemed so alluring.
― charlie h, Sunday, 6 April 2014 04:28 (ten years ago) link
tbh I fucking love the countermelody the instruments play in the verses. But I did not vote for it.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 April 2014 04:29 (ten years ago) link
Charlie, I wasted a vote on I got the news that I wish I have to Aja.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 April 2014 04:30 (ten years ago) link
Just checking in. Who is the other person who had The Boston Rag at 1? Bring it back now!
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 5 April 2014 23:53 (Yesterday)
http://libcudl.colorado.edu/sheetmusic/Images/Rag/RagBoston/RagBoston01b.jpg
Didn't have to think v.hard about it:
The Boston Rag, my favourite Dan song - the piano! The way it unfurls! "Any news was good news / And the feeling was bad at home / I was losing my mind and you were on the phone..."
Show Biz Kids in second place, really need to make a beardo edit of one of these days.
― etc, Friday, 20 June 2008 04:06 (5 years ago)
― etc, Sunday, 6 April 2014 04:34 (ten years ago) link
Would've been my #1 had I voted
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Sunday, 6 April 2014 04:42 (ten years ago) link
will get that title fixed
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 04:52 (ten years ago) link
And I'm going insaneAnd I'm laughing at the frozen rainAnd I'm so aloneHoney when they gonna send me home
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 04:57 (ten years ago) link
Sufjan, yeah i can't quite remember how Aja made its way out of my top 20, but it was a weird, ruthless decision.
― charlie h, Sunday, 6 April 2014 05:01 (ten years ago) link
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-hUHlYO5EjrA/U0DdrTt26RI/AAAAAAAAAso/iMXAc8jOqIg/w563-h552-no/steely-dan-bad-sneakers-abc-2.jpg
1975: "Bad Sneakers" (B-side: "Chain Lightning")Label: ABC 12128Charts: 103 US Pop
Michael McDonald's vocals on the song are one of his first for the band; he would continue to perform background vocals for the band in recordings until 1980.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 05:07 (ten years ago) link
did not know that McDonald fact. Thanks!
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 April 2014 05:17 (ten years ago) link