Dude that played bass on peg deserves a Nobel prize. The fact it's named after someone called Entwistle is hilarious
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Monday, 7 April 2014 03:44 (ten years ago) link
1. Bodhisattva 2. Midnite Cruiser 3. Reelin' in the Years 4. Kid Charlemange 5. Do It Again 6. Doctor Wu 7. Black Friday 8. My Old School 9. Deacon Blues 10. Any Major Dude Will Tell You11. Haitian Divorce12. Babylon Sisters13. Jack Of Speed14. Jose15. Peg16. Hey 1917. Everyone's Gone To The Movies18. FM19. Fire In The Hole20. Here In The Western World
― I'll take the jangle-jangle over the throb-throb (brg30), Monday, 7 April 2014 05:27 (ten years ago) link
been really into jack of speed and this moody bastard
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 7 April 2014 05:43 (ten years ago) link
dude who played bass on "peg" is chuck rainey, session man extraordinaire.
― the pursuit of ha'pennies (get bent), Monday, 7 April 2014 05:44 (ten years ago) link
Awesome poll, missed the live rollout of the top 5 to watch Wrestlemania with future brother-in-law (sure Fagen and Becker would appreciate that somehow)...anyway, wanted to thank Bee OK for an awesome poll, and pplains, seriously A+ job on the graphics.
Pretty sure my top 3 would be the same if I had voted today but the rest is totally in flux and there are a ton of songs that I kinda felt dumb for excluding, but seriously, best fucking band ever.
My Old SchoolRazor BoyDeacon BluesShow Biz KidsThird World ManAny World (That I'm Welcome To)FM (No Static at All)Kid CharlemagneAjaBad SneakersGauchoHome at LastPegYour Gold Teeth IIDoctor WuDirty WorkGlamour ProfessionYour Gold TeethEverything You DidRikki Don't Lose That Number
― cwkiii, Monday, 7 April 2014 05:53 (ten years ago) link
nice, razor boy @ #2!
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 7 April 2014 05:59 (ten years ago) link
I made a feeble attempt to boost "Razor Boy" on the noms thread; was thrilled to see it place as high as it did tbh. Such a beautiful song.
― cwkiii, Monday, 7 April 2014 06:03 (ten years ago) link
So is someone going to send a link to this thread to Messrs. Fagan and Becker?
― nickn, Monday, 7 April 2014 06:05 (ten years ago) link
Poll 1
1. Deacon Blues2. Caves Of Altamira3. Babylon Sisters4. Night By Night5. Peg6. Josie7. Black Cow8. Aja9. Kid Charlemagne10. Haitian Divorce11. Pretzel Logic12. Hey Nineteen13. Any Major Dude Will Tell You14. Throw Back The Little Ones15. FM16. Bad Sneakers17. Rikki Don't Lose That Number18. My Old School19. Reelin In The Years20. Do It Again
Poll 2
1. IGY2. The Nightfly3. Tomorrow' s Girls4. Magic Smile (Rosie Zaza)5. H Gang6. New Frontier7. Maxine8. The Goodbye Look9. Lazy Nina (Greg Philliganes)10. Snowbound
Poll 3
1. The Nightfly 2. The Royal Scam3. Katy Lied4. Pretzel Logic5. Aja6. Gaucho7. Countdown To Ecstacy8. Can't Buy A Thrill
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Monday, 7 April 2014 06:33 (ten years ago) link
That whole Rosie Vela album is really great!
― soref, Monday, 7 April 2014 07:03 (ten years ago) link
1. BarrytownOnly a Fool Would Say ThatNight by NightThe Caves of AltamiraDeacon BluesRikki Don't Lose That NumberYour Gold Teeth IIKing of the WorldThe Boston RagKingsYour Gold TeethThird World ManBad SneakersRose DarlingBlack CowMy Old SchoolHere at the Western WorldHome at LastGreen Earrings20. Midnight Cruiser
My ballot would definitely be different if I redid it today but I always knew that would be the case. I should've had 'King of the World' in my top 5, my favourite SD song changes all the time but that's always been a contender.
Big thanks to Bee OK and PPlains, have really enjoyed following this. I think I started reading ILX not too long after I first got into Steely Dan and I've always appreciated how widely-loved they seem to be on here.
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 7 April 2014 07:57 (ten years ago) link
Went deep cut heavy
1. Show Biz Kids2. Monkey In Your Soul3. King of The World4. Bodisattva5. Daddy Don't Live That New York City No More6. Time Out of Mind7. The Boston Rag8. Sign In Stranger9. Rose Darling10. Your Gold Teeth11. FM (No Static At All)12. Charlie Freak13. Josie14. Green Earrings15. Your Gold Teeth II16. Turn That Heartbeat Over Again17. Pearl of The Quarter18. Everything You Did19. Home At Last20. Midnight Cruiser
Albums:
1. Countdown To Ecstacy2. Katy Lied3. The Royal Scam4. Pretzel Logic5. Aja6. Can't Buy A Thrill7. Gaucho
Ups to Bee Ok and PPlains for putting this together and succeeding with this most precious of polls.
― How About A Kiss For Your Cousin Doogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 7 April 2014 08:19 (ten years ago) link
yeah, great job guys. very enjoyable rollout
― g simmel, Monday, 7 April 2014 08:51 (ten years ago) link
Great work, fellas. Very exciting poll. My ballot:
Green EarringsPegGauchoCaves of AltamiraYour Gold Teeth IIAjaAny Major DudeDr. WuGlamour ProfessionKid CharlemagneRazor BoyDo It AgainBarrytownBad SneakersShowbiz KidsNight By NightHome at LastBabylon SistersThe FezEveryone's Gone to the Movies
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 7 April 2014 10:50 (ten years ago) link
1. Pretzel Logic2. Charlie Freak3. Aja4. Do It Again5. The Royal Scam6. Throw Back The Little Ones7. Only A Fool Would Say That8. Kid Charlemagne9. Night By Night10. Home At Last
11. The Caves Of Altamira12. East St Louis Toodle-oo13. Josie14. Third World Man15. Deacon Blues16. Babylon Sisters17. Black Cow18. King Of The World19. Kings20. My Old School
Aja was the only album I knew well before this poll - I've probably marked its cuts too high, because on listening it turned out to be their poppier and blusier cuts I dug the most. The band's basic perversity sits nicely among very complicated bubblegum.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 7 April 2014 11:22 (ten years ago) link
Enjoyed following this enormously. Thanks to Bee OK. And amazing work, pplains.
― Jeff W, Monday, 7 April 2014 11:32 (ten years ago) link
Does Becker write any of the SD lyrics at all? Co-write? I've only ever seen reference to his "sensibility" in the lyrics
― Iago Galdston, Sunday, April 6, 2014 10:48 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it's always been my impression that they collaborate on lyrics. and of the handful of songs that have been anecdotally linked to their own lives, about half of them seem to be about Becker's life, not Fagen's. plus his solo albums maintain the SD sensibility about as much as Fagen's.
― some dude, Monday, 7 April 2014 11:43 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I spotted the differences when I bought The Nightfly.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 April 2014 11:44 (ten years ago) link
Tracks:
My Old SchoolTime Out Of MindBad SneakersBlack CowAny World (That I’m Welcome To)Daddy Don’t Live in That New York City No MoreDr. WuHaitian DivorceShow Biz KidsThe Boston RagGlamour ProfessionCaves of AltamiraPretzel LogicFMBabylon SistersPearl of the QuarterPegHey NineteenKid CharlemagneHere at the Western World
Solo Tracks:Donald Fagen - Morph the CatDonald Fagen - I.G.Y.Donald Fagen - Brite NitegownDonald Fagen - H GangDonald Fagen - The NightflyDonald Fagen - Mary Shut the Garden DoorDonald Fagen - Security JoanDonald Fagen - New FrontierDonald Fagen - Slinky ThingDonald Fagen - The New Breed
― take a piece of mr. baxter's hand (how's life), Monday, 7 April 2014 12:37 (ten years ago) link
i would just like to say "My Old School" is a masterpiece and it tickled me to see so many people flabbergasted that it made it to #2
― some dude, Monday, 7 April 2014 12:48 (ten years ago) link
ok pplains fess up: where did you source all the graphics from
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Sunday, April 6, 2014 10:38 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^ this, plz
excellent poll, thanks everyone
― Brad C., Monday, 7 April 2014 12:55 (ten years ago) link
The thing about My Old School is that, even if you don't like searing raucous soul songs about love and loss and minor vice, you have to at least acknowledge that Jeff Baxter's fills and solos in this thing are absolutely indomitable.
― take a piece of mr. baxter's hand (how's life), Monday, 7 April 2014 12:56 (ten years ago) link
otm
― some dude, Monday, 7 April 2014 13:01 (ten years ago) link
I remember reading an interview where Fagan said that most of the time one of them would write a draft of a song and then give it to the other, who would change it up and then give it back.
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Monday, 7 April 2014 13:19 (ten years ago) link
Gaucho (G)Third World Man (G)My Old School (CTE)Doctor Wu (KL)Hey Nineteen (G)Pearl of the Quarter (CTE)Rose Darling - (KL)Deacon Blues (A)Bad Sneakers (KL)Midnite Cruiser (CBAT)Only A Fool Would Say That (CBAT)Time Out of Mind (G)Glamour Profession (G)Peg (A)Babylon Sisters (G)Reelin in the Years (CBAT)Kid Charlemagne (TRS)Turn That Heartbeat Over Again (CBAT)Your Gold Teeth (CTE)Show Biz Kids (CTE)
Looking back I want to move Show Biz Kids up a bunch more
I kinda smiled secretly inside when I found out a few other posters had Third World Man at #2 too
― 龜, Monday, 7 April 2014 13:24 (ten years ago) link
BTW there is a line of beauty products called Dr. Wu
http://i.imgur.com/jW9QBXc.jpg
― 龜, Monday, 7 April 2014 13:25 (ten years ago) link
Again, I seem to remember Don saying that 'Barrytown' was all him, and that it "hadn't worked out so well", or something similar
Bad Sneakers My Old School Rikki Don’t Lose That Number Doctor Wu Only a Fool Would Say That Here at the Western World Barrytown Do it Again Boston Rag Pearl of the Quarter Gaucho Deacon Blues Everyone’s Gone to the Movies Kid Charlemagne Peg Dirty Work Any Major Dude Will Tell You Hey Nineteen Brooklyn (owes the charmer under me) Your Gold Teeth
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 7 April 2014 13:25 (ten years ago) link
Boy, this was great fun. Am honored to be a part of the Everything Must Go fan club, with votes for "The Things I Missed the Most" and the title track.
Former NFL linebacker Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson, an inspiration for "Glamour Profession" (my #2):
Henderson's destructive lifestyle of drugs and alcohol began to catch up with him. During many games, he snorted liquid cocaine from an inhaler he hid in his pants.
And this confirms there aren't many "Chain Lightning" supporters:
Donald I'm very fond of Rick Derringer's solo on Chain LightningWalter I never liked that one that much.Donald I'm sure Rick will be glad to read that.
― Max S. will be so proud when he sees this (Max F.) (Max), Monday, 7 April 2014 13:29 (ten years ago) link
my ballot:
1. Any World That I'm Welcome ToRikki Don't Lose That NumberDr. WuAny Major Dude Will Tell YouBlack FridayThe Royal ScamCharlie FreakNight By NightThrough With BuzzPegPretzel LogicRose DarlingReelin' In The YearsMonkey In Your SoulKid CharlemagneDeacon BluesJosieBlack CowThrow Back The Little Ones20. Bad Sneakers
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 7 April 2014 13:33 (ten years ago) link
Thought I remembered reading somewhere that the reissue liner notes were all Becker. Easily the funniest liner notes ever to appear with any recording, ever.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 7 April 2014 13:35 (ten years ago) link
My ballot:
AjaGauchoBabylon SistersDeacon BluesDoctor WuGlamour ProfessionFMHey NineteenBlack CowKid CharlemagnePegMy Old SchoolHaitian DivorceThe Royal ScamJosieEveryone's Gone to the MoviesGreen EarringsBad SneakersDaddy Don't Live in That New York City No MoreYour Gold Teeth II
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Monday, 7 April 2014 13:41 (ten years ago) link
This poll exposed me to many Steely Dan songs I wasn't familiar with. I can not for the life of me get "Through With Buzz" out of my head. And lyrics aside, "The Royal Scam" could've almost been a Neil Young song circa. After the Gold Rush.
This was Bee OK's poll. I was more of a Michael McDonald (or Rick Derringer) to this than a Walter Becker. I enjoyed being a part of the backend and I thank Bee for letting me have a hand in it.
I said to Bee that Steely Dan on the surface comes across as this very polished, at times sterile, version of Rock N' Roll, but it's only when you start paying attention to them on the headphones or alone in the radio station's lounge room that you hear something else you don't hear on the speakers at the grocery store. Almost like the Sears catalog, an innocent tome for the whole family, delivered to your doorstep before every Christmas and filled with some of the nastiest, sleaziest images available.
I mean, I kinda got grouchy about the trend of adding +porn to any hobby that people really get into, like abandoned parks or maps. But here's a true example of being able to use "catalogue-porn" without changing the meaning. These faded 35 mm images of attractive people lounging about in their underwear under bad lighting seemed a perfect conduit to cataloguing popular Steely Dan songs on the Internet.
And when I hit the motherlode of these images here, that's when I hurried up and volunteered for the job. It was only until later that I realized Wait, these are all winter catalogues. What am I going to do when Babylon Sisters comes up? So that's when I also started exploring old cigarette and liquor ads.
I tried to keep the images to the same era as the songs. The Gaucho ones were fun because boy, by the time 1980 had rolled rolled around, everything was starting to turn into a shitshow. And I learned the hard way when we extended the poll to 60 including the Two Against Nature songs, that print catalogs from Y2K are damn near hard to find online.
Here are a few that got left on the cutting room floor.
http://i.imgur.com/2AYbSCr.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ExULsyf.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/bhFZeE6.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/92SA0w3.jpg
And as God as my witness, I tried my damndest to find a 70s houndstooth hat from a catalogue, to no avail.
Thank you all for the kind words!
― pplains, Monday, 7 April 2014 13:57 (ten years ago) link
Brilliant work, pplains.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 7 April 2014 14:00 (ten years ago) link
Holy crap, I think that might be Fagen right there on the left in that last image!
― pplains, Monday, 7 April 2014 14:00 (ten years ago) link
Amazing
― 龜, Monday, 7 April 2014 14:01 (ten years ago) link
Great work Bee OK and pplains!
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Monday, 7 April 2014 14:04 (ten years ago) link
huge wishbook fan over here
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 7 April 2014 14:42 (ten years ago) link
pp/BeeOk: did either of your do an imgur gallery w/ all the images on one page?
if not, i can.
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 7 April 2014 15:18 (ten years ago) link
Hell, I'll hand you the keys to my dropbox folder, if you want.
― pplains, Monday, 7 April 2014 15:22 (ten years ago) link
(How do I hand someone keys to my dropbox folder, anyone?)
right click, share
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 7 April 2014 15:26 (ten years ago) link
Many thanks to Mr. OK for running this. It will live forever in the Caves of Altamira of my heart.
The Boston RagAny Major Dude Will Tell YouRikki Don’t Lose That NumberDoctor WuRose DarlingRazor BoyBarrytownDo It AgainDeacon BluesReeling In The YearsDirty WorkShow Biz KidsPegKid CharlemagnePretzel LogicHere At The Western WorldKing Of The WorldYour Gold Teeth IIThe Royal ScamHey Nineteen
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 7 April 2014 15:31 (ten years ago) link
And the visuals were the best in ILM poll history. Holy mackerel.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 7 April 2014 15:33 (ten years ago) link
*******ALL GRAPHICS ON ONE PAGE*******
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 7 April 2014 16:10 (ten years ago) link
awesome
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 7 April 2014 16:54 (ten years ago) link
pplains , enjoyed the back story.
― calstars, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 01:17 (ten years ago) link
backstory?
thanks for all the kind words everyone. hope you had fun and hope that i didn't drag it out too long. i wanted to keep the suspense in the air after i reveled each song.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 01:32 (ten years ago) link
that was one of the quicker countdowns actually! it was kinda fun to have like half a week of really concentrated posting.
― some dude, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 01:50 (ten years ago) link
As for length, I absolutely prefer the slightly slower polls like this, because you get to really soak it in, think about your comments, read others', and anticipate what's coming next.
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 11:00 (ten years ago) link