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1978: "Peg" (B-side: "I Got the News")Label: ABC 12320Chart: US Pop 11
"Peg" was released as a single in 1977 and reached #11 on the US Billboard chart in 1978 and #8 on the Cash Box chart.
The song is a blend of rock, jazz, and R&B. The song's guitar solo was attempted by seven top studio session guitarists ‒ including Robben Ford ‒ before Jay Graydon's version became the "keeper". He worked on the song for about six hours before the band was satisfied.
Michael McDonald can be heard providing multi-tracked backup vocals in the choruses, and keyboardist Paul Griffin can also be heard improvising background vocals in the final chorus and fadeout.
"Peg" was heavily sampled on the 1989 De La Soul song, "Eye Know". In 2007, the song was covered by Nerina Pallot.
Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle gained notoriety after she jumped to her death from the "H" on the Hollywoodland sign in September 1932 at the age of 24. The suicide note as published read: "I am afraid, I am a coward. I am sorry for everything. If I had done this a long time ago, it would have saved a lot of pain. P.E."
― Bee OK, Monday, 7 April 2014 00:18 (ten years ago) link
TOO LOW TOO LOW TOO LOW TOO LOW TOO LOW
Need I mention that I was one of "Peg"'s #1 voters?
― Set the Ctrl-Alt-Del for the heart of the sun (SlimAndSlam), Monday, 7 April 2014 00:18 (ten years ago) link
well that's uplifting! xp
y'all I have to go out now so can I just c&p two all time posts about "Deacon Blues"
Someone please explain this to me? Right now the guy is singing "learn to work the saxophone, I'll play just what I feel" to a backing track that sounds like a 5th generation faded photocopy of some actually good soul-jazz song. How is this different from Kenny G or Grover Washington or what have you?
― Tuomas, Friday, January 8, 2010 2:47 PM (4 years ago)
DEACON BLUES
INTRO:(Cmaj7, Gsus2/B, Bbmaj7, Fsus2/A, Dmaj7, Asus2/C#, Cmaj7, Gsus2/B, Ebmaj7, E7#9)Verse 1:(G13)This is the (F13)day of the(G/A)expanding (F13)man. (G13)That shape is my(F13) shade there (G/A)where I used to(D9) stand. (Fmaj7) It seems like(E7-9) only yest(Am7)erday I gazed through the (Bb13) glass. At(E7) ramblers, (B7)wild gamblers. That's(B7#9)all in the(E7) past(B7#9, E7).(G13)You call me (F13)a fool you say it's a (G/A)crazy (F13)scene. (G13)This one's for(F13) real I already (G/A)bought (A7)the dream. (Fmaj7) So useless to(E7-9) ask me why. (Am7)Throw a kiss a(Gm7)nd say good(F#maj7)bye. (Fmaj7)I'll ma(Csus2/E)ke it this time. (D9)I'm ready (F/G)to cross that fine line.CHORUS: (Am7)I'll Learn to work (Em7)the saxophone. (Dm7)I play ju(Cmaj7)st what I feel. (Bbmaj7)Drink scotch whiskey (Am)all night. (Am/G)long(Am/F#, Fmaj7) And (Csus2/E)die beh(Fmaj7)ind the wheel.(Am7) They got a name for the(Em7)winners in the world. (Dm7)I want a (Cmaj7)name when I lose. They (Bbmaj7)call Alabama the (Am)crimson (Am/G)tide.(Am/F#, Fmaj7) (Csus2/E)Call me Dea(Fmaj7)con Bl(Am7)ues (Deacon (Em7)Blues) (Dmaj7, Asus2/C#, Cmaj7, Gsus2/B, Ebmaj7, E7#9)VERSE 2 : My back to the wall a victim of laughing chance. This is for me the essence of true romance. Sharing the things we know and love with those of my kind. Libations, sensations which stagger the mind. I crawl like a viper through these suburban streets. Make love to these women languid and bittersweet. I'll rise when the sun goes down. Cover every game in town. A world of my own. I'll make it my home sweet home.CHORUS*Play these instead of the last chords*(Dmaj7, Asus2/C#, Cmaj7, Gsus2/B, Bb13, Gsus2/B)INSTRUMENTAL: (Cmaj7, Em7, A13, D7#5#9, G13, B7#9, Em7, A13, Fmaj7, F#7#9, Gmaj7, B7#9)*Repeat**INTRO* Verse 3:(G13)This is the (F13)night of the (G/A)expan(F13)ding man. (G13)I take one last(F13)drag as I (G/A)approach(A7) the stand. (Fmaj7)I cried when I(E7-9) wrote this song. (Am7)Sue me if I (Gm7)play too lo(F#maj7)ng (Fmaj7). This brother(Csus2/E) is free. (D9)I'll be what(F/G)I want to be.CHORUSOUTRO: Same as first half of 1st Verse - except play D9-5 instead of D9. Keep repeating this half verse to fade
― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, April 29, 2004 12:18 PM (9 years ago)
― sleeve, Monday, 7 April 2014 00:19 (ten years ago) link
and grover washington is badass
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 7 April 2014 00:27 (ten years ago) link
A woman gave Gaucho 4 1/2 stars--of course we've never heard of her: she was promptly and ruthlessly marginalized.....
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Monday, 7 April 2014 00:28 (ten years ago) link
ariel swartley wrote the piece about the wild, the innocent that appears in stranded
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 7 April 2014 00:30 (ten years ago) link
Forgot about this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IshE5Xt4J6M
― pplains, Monday, 7 April 2014 00:30 (ten years ago) link
nothing like youtubes of teenagers playing along to CDs to remind me that i am much more of a guitar owner than a guitar player.
― how's life, Monday, 7 April 2014 00:36 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, that's where I figured aw hell, I didn't really want to learn how to play all of Peg anyway.
― pplains, Monday, 7 April 2014 00:38 (ten years ago) link
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2. My Old SchoolB-side "Pearl of the Quarter"From: Countdown to EcstasySingle Released: 19731,515 Points, 54 Votes, 10 Number Ones
― Bee OK, Monday, 7 April 2014 00:42 (ten years ago) link
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1. Deacon BluesB-side "Home at Last"From: AjaSingle Released: 19771,600 Points, 59 Votes, 6 Number Ones
hahahahaah thought so
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 April 2014 00:44 (ten years ago) link
pretty close compared to most of these polls!
― some dude, Monday, 7 April 2014 00:45 (ten years ago) link
aw, almost made it! still, my old school got more #1s though. good consolation prize.
― how's life, Monday, 7 April 2014 00:46 (ten years ago) link
love the deacon blues image
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 7 April 2014 00:46 (ten years ago) link
10 Number Ones for MOS? weird, always liked that song but never LOVED it. the singles are not my favorites on CTE
― g simmel, Monday, 7 April 2014 00:46 (ten years ago) link
#2 totally surprises me: "fun little song, #27 or so" would have been my honest guess.10 #1 votes!
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Monday, 7 April 2014 00:47 (ten years ago) link
Boooo!
― Set the Ctrl-Alt-Del for the heart of the sun (SlimAndSlam), Monday, 7 April 2014 00:48 (ten years ago) link
yeah i found some thing where some guy asked fagen & becker if it was about entwistle and they said it wasn't before but it was now, that originally it was about another actress they knew though the way they phrased it totally made me think 'o, so it is about porn' (that could just be confirmation bias though).
fuck tuomas for dissing grover washington in passing.
― balls, Monday, 7 April 2014 00:48 (ten years ago) link
MOS was my number 1.
if i'm ever a billionaire i'm going to buy a sports franchise and re-name them the Deacon Blue
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 7 April 2014 00:49 (ten years ago) link
#1 and #2 together make me realize....so much, uh, collegiate imagery in the Dan.from a couple of not-very-Joe College types.
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Monday, 7 April 2014 00:49 (ten years ago) link
let's be positiveno matter what song won itthere are no losers
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Monday, 7 April 2014 00:50 (ten years ago) link
more of their bittersweet affection for American mythos, I guess....or: the college student as key symbolic figure of Nixonland?help me out here, Clemenza...
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Monday, 7 April 2014 00:50 (ten years ago) link
tbh I didn't vote for either MOS or DB but man what great songs nonetheless.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Monday, 7 April 2014 00:51 (ten years ago) link
i like mos but it's the closest they come to jimmy buffett which 90% of the time works against it for me. i'm nowhere near as big fan of cte as everyone else here though. cool story - http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1174152,00.html
― balls, Monday, 7 April 2014 00:51 (ten years ago) link
(Okay, got that out of my system.)
― Set the Ctrl-Alt-Del for the heart of the sun (SlimAndSlam), Monday, 7 April 2014 00:52 (ten years ago) link
love both songs as they both made my ballot. "My Old School" is one of those songs that is so good but forget about at times.
― Bee OK, Monday, 7 April 2014 00:59 (ten years ago) link
here's a breakdown of the album by points for songs in the top 60:
Aja: 5849 (17 #1s)Countdown To Ecstasy: 5343 (18 #1s)Katy Lied: 4599 (11 #1s)Pretzel Logic: 4520 (12 #1s)Gaucho: 4433 (7 #1s)The Royal Scam: 3840 (7 #1s)Can’t Buy A Thrill: 3553 (2 #1s)Two Against Nature: 252 (1 #1)
what's interesting about this is that, compared to the results for the actual albums subpoll, Pretzel Logic dropped a couple spots and Countdown moved up a couple spots, effectively switching places: Polled At Last: STEELY DAN - ILM Artist poll #50
― some dude, Monday, 7 April 2014 01:01 (ten years ago) link
MOS was my #2 because it's great and has sassy horns. Deacon Blue was my #7 because I also want a name when I lose.
Both great great songs.
― Sandy, Monday, 7 April 2014 01:01 (ten years ago) link
1. Third World Man2. The Boston Rag3. Deacon Blue4. Your Gold Teeth5. Midnight Cruiser6. Any Major Dude Will Tell You7. Doctor Wu8. Kid Charlemagne9. Gaucho10. Showbiz Kids11. Black Friday12. King of the World13. Rose Darling14. Godwhacker15. FM16. Hey Nineteen17. With a Gun18. Home at Last19. Dirty Work
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 April 2014 01:03 (ten years ago) link
my old schoolonly a fool would say thatblack fridaypegthe fezmy rivalbabylon sistershey nineteenkid charlemagnethe mock turtle songblack cowdo it againbrooklyn owes the charmer under medirty workdeacon bluesreelin the yearsgauchotime out of mindsign in strangerFM
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 7 April 2014 01:06 (ten years ago) link
1) Babylon Sisters2) Razor Boy3) Time Out of Mind4) Rikki Don't Lose That Number5) The Boston Rag6) Black Cow7) Only A Fool Would Say That8) Peg9) Everyone's Gone To The Movies10) Your Gold Teeth11) Pretzel Logic12) Third World Man13) Night By Night14) Don't Take Me Alive15) Glamour Profession16) Kid Charlemagne17) The Caves Of Altamira18) Rose Darling19) Sign In Stranger20) Black Friday
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Monday, 7 April 2014 01:06 (ten years ago) link
a worthy number 1. it's such an immaculately paced song, fluid and constant like a moving spectacle. sits on a comfortable groove for seven-odd minutes, but it could go on longer and i wouldn't mind.
― charlie h, Monday, 7 April 2014 01:07 (ten years ago) link
1. Your Gold Teeth2. Haitian Divorce3. Peg4. Razor Boy5. Hey Nineteen6. The Caves of Altamira7. Everyone's Gone To The Movies8. Black Cow9. Gaucho10. Only A Fool Would Say That11. Deacon Blues12. My Old School13. I Got the News14. Babylon Sisters15. Rose Darling16. Josie17. FM18. Barrytown19. My Rival20. The Fez
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 7 April 2014 01:07 (ten years ago) link
the only two songs i voted for in the top ten were #1 and #2, that turned out nicely
both songs perfect lyrically
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 7 April 2014 01:07 (ten years ago) link
1. Jack of Speed2. Third World Man3. King Of The World4. The Boston Rag5. Everything Must Go6. My Rival7. My Old School8. West of Hollywood9. Bad Sneakers10. Josie11. Don't Take Me Alive12. Deacon Blues13. Glamour Profession14. Your Gold Teeth15. Here In The Western World16. Razor Boy17. Time Out Of Mind18. Charlie Freak19. Pixeleen20. Blues Beach
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 7 April 2014 01:08 (ten years ago) link
King Of The WorldHaitian DivorceDeacon BluesReelin' In The YearsAny World (That I'm Welcome To)Babylon SistersNight By NightJack Of SpeedMy Old SchoolThe Caves of AltamiraThe Second ArrangementHome At LastPretzel LogicThe Boston RagPegDirty WorkThis All Too Mobile HomeBlack CowGodwhackerYour Gold Teeth II
― some dude, Monday, 7 April 2014 01:08 (ten years ago) link
My Old SchoolDeacon BluesRose DarlingKid CharlemagneDoctor WuBad SneakersThe Caves of AltamiraPearl Of The QuarterAny Major Dude Will Tell YouDaddy Don't Live In That New York City No MoreThe Boston RagPegHey NineteenBlack FridayYour Gold TeethHaitian DivorceNight By NightReelin' In The YearsFMGaucho
― charlie h, Monday, 7 April 2014 01:11 (ten years ago) link
1-4-3-2-1-4-4 other 1
Deacon BluesThird World ManDo It AgainJosieHey NineteenRazor BoyMy Old SchoolBabylon SistersShow Biz KidsDoctor WuAny Major Dude Will Tell YouPegYour Gold TeethGauchoAjaDon’t Take Me AliveBad SneakersRikki Don’t Lose that NumberNight by NightFM
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GauchoAjaCountdown to EcstasyCan’t Buy A ThrillPretzel LogicKaty LiedThe Royal Scam The Nightfly
― Bee OK, Monday, 7 April 2014 01:14 (ten years ago) link
thank you bee ok and pplains, this didn't disappoint
― a pretty interesting week for the common man living in limerick village (soref), Monday, 7 April 2014 01:15 (ten years ago) link
1. Kid Charlemagne2. My Old School3. Dirty Work4. Don't Take Me Alive5. Show Biz Kids6. FM7. Deacon Blues8. Doctor Wu9. Midnight Cruiser10. Change of the Guard11. Black Friday12. King of the World13. Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me)14. Do It Again15. Bodhisattva16. Haitian Divorce17. Peg18. Pretzel Logic19. Barrytown20. Josie
― Sandy, Monday, 7 April 2014 01:16 (ten years ago) link
and thank you so much Bee OK and pplains, what fun this was!
rikki don't lose that numberthrough with buzzrose darlingany world (that i'm welcome to)parker's bandshow biz kidsdirty workbabylon sistersonly a fool would say thatpearl of the quartermy old schoolgauchobarrytownjosieany major dude will tell youthe boston rageveryone's gone to the moviesfm (no static at all)throw back the little onesdaddy don't live in that new york city no more
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 7 April 2014 01:16 (ten years ago) link
my list didn't seem OVERLY orthodox when i came up with it, but there's obviously plenty of overlap with the actual results.
― charlie h, Monday, 7 April 2014 01:17 (ten years ago) link
Hmm Never would have predicted MOS for top ten
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Monday, 7 April 2014 01:17 (ten years ago) link
excellent poll, Bee OK and pplains. one of my favourites.
yes, thank you!
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 7 April 2014 01:19 (ten years ago) link
so much, uh, collegiate imagery in the Dan. from a couple of not-very-Joe College types.
becker and fagen were totally joe college types. the proto college rock band in many ways.
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 7 April 2014 01:19 (ten years ago) link
deacon blues midnite cruiserdr. wu babylon sisters kid charlemagne
rikki don't lose that number dirty work aja any major dude will tell you pearl of the quarter
your gold teeth everyone's gone to the movies 3rd world man gaucho brooklyn (owes the charmer under me)
reelin in the years my old schoolblack fridayhere at the western worldyour gold teeth 2
― Swag Heathen (theStalePrince), Monday, 7 April 2014 01:20 (ten years ago) link
ah, we mean something different, cuz--no point in arguing with you...
fantastic poll, Bee ok!