Polled At Last: STEELY DAN - ILM Artist poll #50

didn't vote for 3rd world man, but instead cast a ballot for "were you blind that day" which I thought was such a killer track. "The bear" from the Lost Gaucho boot ended up on my ballot as well.

― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, April 8, 2014

So glad someone else was digging the outtakes...it's ridiculous to include them when like every song on the 7 albums could conceivably be in the top 20, but there are some real jewels. Today I am regretting not putting "Sign in Stranger" in my 20, tomorrow it will be something else.

Please allow me the 1,000th post.

Fuck, sorry!

Catching up on the results. Good stuff, love the images. Spent the last week in Cancun listening to the Dan on the beach with fam. Not sure there's a better way to listen tbf. Here's my ballot.

1. Your Gold Teeth II
2. Peg
3. My Old School
4. Home at Last
5. Gaucho
6. Deacon Blues
7. Doctor Wu
8. The Boston Rag
9. King of the World
10. Your Gold Teeth
11. Black Cow
12. The Fez
13. Aja
14. Barrytown
15. Rikki Don't Lose That Number
16. Third World Man
17. Only a Fool Would Say That
18. Reelin' in the Years
19. Hey Nineteen
20. Bad Sneakers

the only better way would be to take out "with fam" (for me, I kid)

i never did say this but i thought "My Old School" was going to win this thing as it was leading almost the whole time. it was the last three for four ballots that actually finally put "Deacon Blues" over the top and then it wasn't even close.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/04/14/steely-dan-jamalot-ever-after-tour/7694729/

This summer, Steely Dan fans in North America will be able to buy a thrill.

Walter Becker and Donald Fagen will set off on the 47-city Jamalot Ever After tour July 2 in Portland, Ore., and tour through September.

The Jamalot Ever After tour dates follow:

July

2 - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, Ore.
3 - Les Schwab Amphitheatre, Bend, Ore.
5-6 - Marymoor Park, Redmond, Wash.
8-9 - The Mountain Winery, Saratoga, Calif.
10 - Concord Pavilion, Concord, Calif.
12 - The Forum, Los Angeles, Calif.
13 -Humphreys Concerts by the Bay, San Diego, Calif.
15 - Comerica Theatre, Phoenix, Ariz.
16 - Route 66 Casino Legends Theater, Albuquerque, N.M.
18 - Global Event Center at WinStar World Casino and Resort, Thackerville, Okla.
19 - Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, Mo.
21 - Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, Okla.
23 - Brady Theater, Tulsa, Okla.
24 - Walmart AMP, Rogers, Ark.
26 - UNO Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, La.
27 - Birmingham Jefferson Convention Center, Birmingham, Ala.
29 - Township Auditorium, Columbia, S.C.
31 - Biltmore Estate, Asheville, N.C.

August

1-2 - Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tenn.
4 - War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro, N.C.
6 - Musikfest, Bethlehem, Penn.
8 - Seneca Niagara Events Center, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
9 - City Fest, Erie, Penn.
11 - Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, Penn.
12 - Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, Ohio
13 - Palace Theatre, Columbus, Ohio
15 - Illinois State Fair, Springfield, Ill.
16 - Overture Hall, Madison, Wisc.
17 - Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, Ind.
19 - Fox Cities PAC, Appleton, Wisc.
20 - Kresge Auditorium, Interlochen, Mich.
22 - Colosseum at Caesars Windsor, Windsor, Ont.
23-24 - Sony Centre for Performing Arts, Toronto, Ont.
26 - National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ont.
27 - Théâtre St-Denis, Montreal, Que.
29 - Darling's Waterfront Pavilion, Bangor, Me.
30 - Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook, Gilford, N.H.
31 - Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

September

3-4 - Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, N.J.
6 - Blue Hills Bank Pavilion, Boston, Mass.
7 - Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence, R.I.
9-10 - Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown, N.J.
12 - Caesars Atlantic City, Atlantic City, N.J.
13-14 - Paramount Theatre, Huntington, N.Y.
16 - Toyota Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, Conn.
17 - Pier Six Pavilion, Baltimore, Md.

s/o to spottie, the other gold teeth II number 1'er

why don't they ever play the uk???? 8(

What *are* these venues? The Mountain Winery, Saratoga or Darling's Waterfront Pavilion, Bangor don't sound like it was a toss-up between them and Madison Square Garden or the Rose Bowl.

Oh man I think I could pull off seeing them in Atlantic City

Perfect place

Rogers! Dammit, northwest Arkansas, this means war.

Oh man I think I could pull off seeing them in Atlantic City

Perfect place

play "Do It Again" as you drive in

otm

Oooh tour ends in Baltimore at a pretty decent outdoor venue! I am so there

crazy that they are going to be in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana, but they are skipping Texas altogether?!?!?!

Man, they really hate that "Dallas" song to a fault, don't they?

I still can't get over that Rogers thing. I thought that the AMP (Arkansas Music Pavilion) was some sort of bluegrass center with the occasional guest appearance by Night Ranger.

The Brady Theater in Tulsa is pretty cool though. Pretty intimate place to hold a Steely Dan show.

http://midwestmusicscene.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Three-days-grace-tulsa-fans.jpg

http://midwestmusicscene.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/POD-fans-tulsa-2.jpg

That's me stagediving during "King of the World".

Good work going to Birmingham but not Atlanta. Nice routing guys.

Sometimes bands do tours of all the places they missed on the last run, maybe that's what this is?

yeah, still kicking myself for missing the steely dan/michael mcdonald show at chastain a few years back

I kind of admire the fact that they're playing places that a band of their stature would normally avoid. But I probably wouldn't be saying that if I didn't live in one of those places. Might end up checking them out this year.

I think being a band that does theatres and outdoor shed-type venues probably opens up the most geographical options for touring, compared to a band who does the kind of large clubs or arenas that you tend to get in major population centers

How are the ticket prices? When they were in NYC I remember seats started at like $200

Like smaller venues sound cool but it also seems like a good way to ensure high ticket prices

i would rather donate $200 to charity

s/o to spottie, the other gold teeth II number 1'er

― cheeseburger, Wednesday, April 16, 2014 2:42 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

who are these children who scheme and run wwiiiiiiiiiiiiild. I think it's the most beautiful song in their whole discography. Such sweet melodies.

Yeah, that crazy prog intro dissolving into the gorgeous first verse, so amazing

Could have seen the dan 2 blocks from my apartment, but tix were too $$$

also couldn't find 1 other interested person

yeah, still kicking myself for missing the steely dan/michael mcdonald show at chastain a few years back

― balls, Wednesday, April 16, 2014 10:32 AM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I saw this show (with Boz Scaggs) at the Verizon Amphitheater in Alpharetta

great show

i love how in your gold teeth 1&2 (esp 2) the music just unfurls away from the title line being sung in a way that basically sounds like watching gold teeth skitter cross a plush '70s carpet with a really garish pattern.

What *are* these venues? The Mountain Winery, Saratoga or Darling's Waterfront Pavilion, Bangor don't sound like it was a toss-up between them and Madison Square Garden or the Rose Bowl.

― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, April 16, 2014 2:51 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

crazy that they are going to be in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana, but they are skipping Texas altogether?!?!?!

― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Wednesday, April 16, 2014 8:39 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

iirc, they played Texas dates last year on that 'Pancake Day' tour.

http://open.spotify.com/user/1219464571/playlist/3WxVfruSRGjCsxQsrtZNuG

images by pplains, link courtesy of gr8080:
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8 Ballots
Full Results for 33 Solo Tracks
Total Points, Song, (Number One(s)), Total Votes

262 I.G.Y. 4-7
157 The Nightfly 1-5
156 New Frontier 5
94 Maxine 1-3
82 The Goodbye Look 3
73 Morph the Cat 1-2
64 I'm Not the Same Without You 2
58 H Gang 2
50 Slinky Thing 2
45 Circus Money 2
40 Paging Audrey 1-1
36 This Moody Bastard 1

33 Downtown Canon 1
33 Tomorrow' s Girls 1
33 Brite Nitegown 1
30 Junkie Girl 1
30 Ruby Baby 1
30 Somebody’s Saturday Night 1
30 Magic Smile (Rosie Zaza) 1
30 Walk Between Raindrops 1
28 Countermoon 1
27 Mary Shut the Garden Door 1
26 Miss Marlene 1
26 Security Joan 1
26 Hard Up Case 1
25 Weather In My Head 1
24 Century’s End 1
24 Down In The Bottom 1
23 Book Of Liars 1
23 The New Breed 1
23 Lazy Nina (Greg Philliganes) 1
22 Snowbound 1
25 What I Do 1

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40 Ballots
Full Results for 16 Albums
Total Points, Song, (Number One(s)), Total Votes

1312 Aja 9-39
1198 Pretzel Logic 5-39
1191 Katie Lied 3-38
1180 Countdown to Ecstasy 7-35
1135 Gaucho 8-36
1096 The Royal Scam 5-38
1063 Can’t Buy a Trill 1-37
517 The Nightfly 2-18
223 Two Against Nature 9
166 Everything Must Go 7

89 Sunken Condos 4
45 11 Tracks of Whack 2
25 Circus Money 1
20 Alive In America 1
18 Morph The Cat 1
17 Kamakiriad 1

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77 Ballots Received (2 unranked)
Full Results for 84 Tracks
Total Points, Song, (Number One(s)), Total Votes

1600 Deacon Blues 6-59
1515 My Old School 10-54
1314 Peg 3-57
1252 Doctor Wu 7-44
1203 Kid Charlemagne 5-50
1158 Rikki Don't Lose That Number 4-46
1129 Babylon Sisters 4-44
1117 Black Cow 3-45
1036 Any Major Dude Will Tell You 3-41

885 Hey Nineteen 43
808 Do It Again 1-35
806 Dirty Work 1-36
767 Bad Sneakers 1-39
761 Show Biz Kids 2-32
732 Aja 3-30
722 FM (No Static At All) 34
699 King Of The World 2-28
686 Pretzel Logic 3-33
678 Josie 1-32
669 Gaucho 2-27

646 The Boston Rag 2-27
644 Reelin’ In The Years 32
628 Third World Man 1-26
627 The Caves Of Altamira 25
575 Black Friday 28
556 Barrytown 1-27
543 Only A Fool Would Say That 22
540 Time Out Of Mind 24
522 Night By Night 24
513 Razor Boy 22
492 Rose Darling 24
478 Your Gold Teeth II (2-23)
475 Haitian Divorce 23
468 Your Gold Teeth 1-23
433 Bodhisattva 1-20
427 Glamour Profession 21
418 Don’t Take Me Alive 1-20
408 Home At Last 1-19
402 Midnight Cruiser 18
374 Any World (That I'm Welcome To) 1-15

308 Pearl Of The Quarter 14
304 The Royal Scam 16
302 Everyone’s Gone To The Movies 17
268 Charlie Freak 1-12
264 The Fez 13
259 Green Earrings 1-13
244 Here At the Western World 13
227 Daddy Don’t Live In That New York City No More 13
189 Sign In Stranger 10
179 Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me) 9

176 Jack Of Speed 1-8
171 Kings 9
156 My Rival 7
143 Through With Buzz 7
132 Throw Back The Little Ones 7
101 Everything You Did 5
90 Second Arrangement 5
79 Parker's Band 4
76 Almost Gothic 4
72 Monkey In Your Soul 3
60 I Got the News 3
59 West Of Hollywood 3
59 Fire in the Hole 3
56 Turn That Heartbeat Over Again 4
49 Change Of The Guard 3
47 Godwhacker 3
45 Everything Must Go 2
42 Gaslighting Abbie 2
39 Cousin Dupree 2
37 Things I Miss The Most 2
36 Janie Runaway 2
30 Mr. Sam 1
43 With A Gun 3
42 You Got The Bear 2
24 Were You Blind That Day 1
22 The Mock Turtle Song 1
20 East St. Louis Toodle-Oo 1
20 Two Against Nature 1
15 This All Too Mobile Home 1
15 Kulee Baba 1
14 Chain Lightning 1
14 Dallas 1
13 Pixeleen 1
12 Blues Beach 1

God those are so amazing. To say they capture the world SD were portraying is such an understatement.

Personal fave: My Rival

Ha, it is great

Can’t Buy a Trill

lol

in the wild: "only a fool would say that" soundtracking a party on tonight's episode of "the leftovers." teenage girl contemptuously asks her dad, "who picked this music?" "old people," he says.

old people who like to watch young people dance

http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/media/Common/11/EA/780855/t600-cupcake.jpg
happy ONE year anniversary poll.

Put the lock upon the door.

i have a very good memory of an aimless saturday evening last april where i had no plans and was trying to save $$ due to an upcoming vacation, and so i ended up going on a 7 or 8 mile solo beer crawl in a snowstorm, stopping for one cheap beer at every dive i passed, listening to this poll's spotify playlist on my headphones the whole time

Finished a two-hour long (!) podcast with sw00ds and Vic Perry on Gaucho last night. We hope to link soon.

awesome! can't wait!

sweet

Don't ever change, Index of /files/mp3 directory search:

http://i.imgur.com/xTTor3f.png

we're still havin' fun, and you're still reelin' in the years,
won't you let me help you find the door?

man the most awesomely cynical thing the dan could have done would have been to open their coachella set with "takin it to the streets" or something.

like if the replacements began a festival gig with "hey jealousy"

That would be so awesome. Back in the free-for-all file sharing days I recall regularly coming across "Play That Funky Music White Boy" by, wait for it...... Funkadelic. Uh huh.

i almost feel like there's a thread where we listed some examples of artists covering songs many already assumed they sang - big examples are rod stewart's "ooh la la" and billy idol's "don't you forget about me"