i was not one of the #1 votes for "show biz kids," but i do love that one. i like all the obvious little moments -- the steely dan t-shirts, the show business kids not giving a fuck about anybody else, fagen's hysterically elongated phrasing of "coup de grace" (a move he would perfect a few years later with "is there gas in the car?"). i think the static, repetitious groove builds a momentum of its own that is paid off by the angry release of the "making movies of themselves" bit. i like to think frank ocean was paying homage to this song with "super rich kids," which i love equally.
― fact checking cuz, Sunday, 6 April 2014 09:29 (ten years ago) link
i screwed up by not voting for "throw down the jam till the girls say when" in the lyrics subpoll. very happy to see the "josie" love.
― fact checking cuz, Sunday, 6 April 2014 09:34 (ten years ago) link
Steve Gadd/Wayne Shorter breakdown puts this tune over the top IMO.
Shorter's great here, but Gadd's solo is the reason I couldn't vote for this. For me, it's the apotheosis of LA studio hackdom in drumming, the sound of someone who thinks Elvin Jones' approach needs to be tidied up. It's by far my least favorite moment in a Dan song, which is too bad, because apart from Gadd, I love "Aja."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 6 April 2014 11:03 (ten years ago) link
feeling kinda vindicated that it looks like my 2 favorite albums, Countdown and Scam, placed every single track in the countdown (so did Gaucho, but an easier feat at only 7 songs).
― some dude, Sunday, 6 April 2014 11:25 (ten years ago) link
this has happened 4 or 5 times so far:
ehh, that song is too highsong gets in headman, that's an amazing song
― Roberto Spiralli, Sunday, 6 April 2014 12:59 (ten years ago) link
^
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Sunday, 6 April 2014 14:24 (ten years ago) link
"king of the world" too low btw
if I stay insidei might live til Saturday
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 6 April 2014 14:26 (ten years ago) link
yeah i spent a lot of time during the voting period making myself listen to and re-evaluate songs that i had long ago decided were not personal favorites, and pretty much all of them i have to admit rule on some level (even if i didn't really change my ballot at all in the process).
― some dude, Sunday, 6 April 2014 15:06 (ten years ago) link
best so-called filler of any band as far as I know
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Sunday, 6 April 2014 15:12 (ten years ago) link
i don't like this band but i'm going to try again this week
― markers, Sunday, 6 April 2014 15:19 (ten years ago) link
lol this just happened to me yesterday with "Don't Take Me Alive"
― sleeve, Sunday, 6 April 2014 15:23 (ten years ago) link
Cobalt cigarettes
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Sunday, 6 April 2014 15:25 (ten years ago) link
Going to bed last night, my wife told me she had "Daddy Don't Live in that New York City No More" stuck in her head. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!!!
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Sunday, 6 April 2014 15:27 (ten years ago) link
― markers, Sunday, April 6, 2014 11:19 AM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
mar can i make you a special personalized gateway SD mix?
― some dude, Sunday, 6 April 2014 15:38 (ten years ago) link
uh yes!
― markers, Sunday, 6 April 2014 15:46 (ten years ago) link
well we are almost there
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 17:38 (ten years ago) link
starting up? i'd blow off the first semi-day of spring for more results!
― Iago Galdston, Sunday, 6 April 2014 17:43 (ten years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KdZpmauAkTs/U0GSu-Wu9aI/AAAAAAAAAtU/reykDhaekuc/w640-h320-no/Dirty+Work.jpg
12. Dirty WorkFrom: Can't Buy a ThrillReleased: November 1972806 Points, 36 Votes, 1 Number One
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 17:55 (ten years ago) link
phew. that's out of the way.
― how's life, Sunday, 6 April 2014 17:55 (ten years ago) link
good song
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Sunday, 6 April 2014 17:56 (ten years ago) link
Ah ILX, never disappoints
― Iago Galdston, Sunday, 6 April 2014 17:57 (ten years ago) link
hell of a song, but it's one of the very few I'm burned out on....this spot feels about right to me, actually.your #1, Iago?
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Sunday, 6 April 2014 17:58 (ten years ago) link
http://eil.com/images/main/Rolling+Stones+-+Dirty+Work+-+Sealed+-+LP+RECORD-476889.jpg
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 6 April 2014 17:59 (ten years ago) link
I listened to this a bunch last night. It is really good. I also realized that the beginning reminds me of Fastball's "Out of My Head", which was played to death on my hometown radio station in the late nineties.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:00 (ten years ago) link
I feel like getting all rock-crit adjectival for that cheeze keyboard solo by Fagen.....a "knowing" solo? an "insinuating" solo? "insinuatingly knowing"??
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:02 (ten years ago) link
it's like he's mocking Palmer's vocal right behind him.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:04 (ten years ago) link
hell of a song, but it's one of the very few I'm burned out on....this spot feels about right to me, actually.your #1, Iago?― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:58 PM (3 minutes ago)
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:58 PM (3 minutes ago)
Ha, I know, I can't shut up! I don't not like any SD songs, was just listening to this and loved it--#12 just blows my mind is all. This poll feels very....fraught, but in a good way
― Iago Galdston, Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:04 (ten years ago) link
Really love the vocal on Dirty Work.
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:04 (ten years ago) link
somebody should link the "Dirty Work" scene from "American Hustle"....
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
"Dirty Work" was my only vote from the debut. the sax's mocking too, could segue nicely into "Yakety Sax"
― Euler, Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
it was not released as a single but sure does look like it was:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7Hq-feXkMSs/U0GaDmiZJII/AAAAAAAAAuA/l9WTJ-yDhCI/w226-h223-no/Dirty+Work+-+Reelin.jpg
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:17 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qYalWMLigY
I like how they cut away from the song before the big chorus.
― voodoo chili, Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:20 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNpMC4FslNk
doin my dirty work, much appreciated!
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:24 (ten years ago) link
Guess you've found yourself somebody who'll do the job for free
― voodoo chili, Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:25 (ten years ago) link
lol
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:26 (ten years ago) link
I was the #1 vote fyi
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:27 (ten years ago) link
like a king in his castle, Shakey, in a medieval game, i foresee terrible trouble, yet i stay here just the same
― Iago Galdston, Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:30 (ten years ago) link
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-IRMwoWWi_eQ/U0GayaUJ-FI/AAAAAAAAAuk/YDL5MPilcwY/w640-h320-no/Do+It+Again.jpg
11. Do It AgainB-side: "Fire in the Hole"From: Can't Buy a ThrillSingle Released: November 1972808 Points, 35 Votes, 1 Number One
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:30 (ten years ago) link
great song
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:32 (ten years ago) link
lol I love and voted for "dirty work" but it has no chance in hell of making the top 10, you can chill already
― CANS.... and D? (some dude), Wednesday, April 2, 2014 8:16 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
got much closer than i imagined it would!
― some dude, Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:32 (ten years ago) link
for years I would hear the opening bars and change the station, disgusted by Santana.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:35 (ten years ago) link
shit, I have 7 of the top 10, so I know the other 3......only one big surprise, I'd say--well, maybe two.no spoilers, not gonna be that guy.....
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:35 (ten years ago) link
thanks
― Bee OK, Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:38 (ten years ago) link
still love this song. think i might have heard it more than any other Dan song. still turn it way up when it's on.
love how Fagen goes up and down the melodic scale, preparing us for that killer chorus
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:40 (ten years ago) link
we talked about this in the noms thread iirc but this is def the most covered 'dan track right?
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:40 (ten years ago) link
lord knows you've got to change
― pplains, Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:41 (ten years ago) link
everything i wanted to place has pretty much placed by now, so i'm gonna pour a margarita out for "everything must go" which i was hoping would at least hit the top 50 somewhere
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:42 (ten years ago) link
Club House - Do It Again Medley With Billie Jean …: http://youtu.be/EHCpSXv71ho
― how's life, Sunday, 6 April 2014 18:43 (ten years ago) link