Steely Dan: "Steely Dan's name has been popping up as a hip musical crush. Remember, this glossy bop-pop was the indifferent aristocracy to punk rock's stone-throwing in the late 70's. People fought

just discovered that you can take google maps the whole way up to center stage of the santa barbara bowl. just in case anyone wants to pretend to be Donald walking out this Wednesday:

https://www.google.com/maps/@34.433541,-119.693609,3a,75y,338.29h,81.24t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sYegFfjmLo93jJSx7HCEjjQ!2e0

https://soundcloud.com/austinboogiecrew/brian-ellis-peg-abc-002

http://i.imgur.com/mTmZJmr.gifhttp://i.imgur.com/mTmZJmr.gifhttp://i.imgur.com/mTmZJmr.gifhttp://i.imgur.com/mTmZJmr.gif

http://sfist.com/2015/07/20/san_francisco_show_and_tell_steely.php

very enjoyable read, ty

i'm missing the 'dan tonight (same venue i saw them at in 2013)

missed the dan and elvis costello at the bowl couple weeks back.

going to their South Florida show in August

am not excited to see EC tbh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELNgQFPdgrA

is there ash in the jar?
is there ash in the jaaaaaarr?

oops that was supposed to be http://i.imgur.com/q3bKJdL.png

i think im done seeing the dan live unless its in a robert downey jr bday party situation. they've been on autopilot the last couple times i seen em.

EC can kinda bring the goods live Alfred

seen him twice, liked him both times, not interested

The best thing about seeing The Dan last night was seeing Freddie Washington up close tho which was amazing.

for ref:

https://youtu.be/UsnPYsHhzc4?t=32

Becker: The protagonist in “Deacon Blues” is a triple-L loser—an L-L-L Loser.

Can anyone name all the tracks Victor Feldman played on?

http://somethingelsereviews.com/2014/12/21/best-steely-dan-keyboard-performances/

How they got Wayne Shorter to play on Aja

Great story, thanks for sharing. This bit was pretty touching:

"That Friday, I walked down to Studio A. Donald was dressed in a starched striped shirt—white with blue stripes—pretty spiffy compared to the T-shirts he customarily wore in the studio.

Listened to this track a couple days ago. That Shorter solo us one of my all-time favorite SD moments, it really feels like he's reaching for the cosmos.

Yes and the time signature keeps propelling things forward.

One of the first things that brought me around on Steely Dan was happening onto that track on the radio right before the Shorter solo. I remember it really clearly in fact, I was driving in down Broad St in Newark NJ and that solo plus the Gadd fills, it was like discovering that there was an entire genre of music I had never heard before that was aesthetically outside my range yet pushed all my buttons. I had no idea what it was in the moment and suspected it might be him soloing but wasn't sure.

Very much into the Gaucho outtakes these days...is there a 33 1/3 book on this record? There should be. Since there's an Aja one (which I found dull), I doubt it

Choosing between Aja and Gaucho is the hipster's Sophie's choice

when will everyone understand Pretzel Logic is the best

Choosing between Aja and Gaucho is the hipster's Sophie's choice

― calstars, Wednesday, August 10, 2016 9:31 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm, although Aja is a bit more optimistic & wistful. Gaucho is for when you're feeling mean.

when will everyone understand Pretzel Logic is the best

― Wimmels, Wednesday, August 10, 2016

how Gen X of you

hey now, best poll ever on ILM (mainly because of PP images)?

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

40 ballots
Full results for 16 Albums
Total points, song, number ones, 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

Gaucho got robbed!

1063 Can’t Buy a Trill 1-37

Yeah, I really dug this Star Trek: Deep Space Nine-themed concept album.

when will everyone understand Pretzel Logic is the best

― Wimmels, Wednesday, August 10, 2016

how Gen X of you

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, August 10, 2016 10:17 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Is this really the gen x choice? Explain! I'm not even disputing it (or my status as gen x), just wondering what it is about that album that would put it in that category

Pretzel Logic = Steely Dan's grunge phase

Every concept pressed on Steely Dan or one of their albums just only ~kinda~ holds up to scrutiny. What makes em fun.

How they got Wayne Shorter to play on Aja

Thanks, enjoyed reading this - although I'm disappointed to find that Purple Cabbage doesn't appear to be a real band.

"Well the..." for six hours straight! That's awesome!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CptCs1mXEAAfryj.jpg:small

*thinks about it*

Let's expand on that

Babylon Sisters: old creep plies young girls with drugs
Hey Nineteen: same. although it's unclear if the guy got the girl or if it's all in his head
Glamour Profession: celebrity drug dealer watches two of his clients dance while he stands in the darkness
Gaucho: can you get socially cucked?
Time Out of Mind: can drugs cuck you?
My Rival: this is what cucking is, right?
Third World Man: can you get cucked by a hangover?

has anyone else heard the original version of "everyone's gone to the movies"? talk about a weirdass cuck song

sad!

I was about to link to the cuck piece. It's pretty funny, I think.

Lock this cucking thread, please

when will everyone understand Pretzel Logic is the best

― Wimmels, Thursday, August 11, 2016 1:35 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yup.

Gaucho is fucking boring, IMO.

booooooo

Gaucho is fucking boring, IMO.

it was my least fave of the 70s records for years and then one day it just clicked. being in my 30s probably helped.

I can see how someone could find Gaucho boring. Still wrong, tho.

Pretzel Logic is fine but I much prefer albums 2, 4, 6, and 7

imagining a hi-NRG-ish remix of Gaucho now.. tempo doubled, massive kick drum, cowbells, random synth farts/fairlight stabs

I can't really fault the quality of the engineering or the the way the record sounds - that it's a very well-recorded album is pretty much a given. I can't really fault the talent of the musicians involved, either.

However, "production" doesn't always mean the way that a record sounds, it can be the methods involved in order to achieve the final result - and in this instance, as well-recorded as the record is, and as talented as the people involved are, the methods involved in gaining the final result led to a product that sounds incredibly lifeless. Hence, it is that rare thing - a record that sounds great but at the same time is badly produced. That, and I don't think any of the songs on Gaucho are particularly great.

Babylon, Glamour, Gaucho and TWM are all A+

Babylon, Glamour, Gaucho and TWM are all A+

― Master of Treacle, Saturday, August 13, 2016 6:08 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

and Hey Nineteen