what's jarring is how their avowed tastes are largely not reflected in their music
― Οὖτις, Friday, 18 September 2015 16:35 (eight years ago) link
I mean apart from East St. Louis Toodle-oo and more subliminal stuff like chord voicings and having tight horn arrangements, their music bears zero resemblance to hard bop or ray charles or whatever
― Οὖτις, Friday, 18 September 2015 16:36 (eight years ago) link
I think of their version of East St. L T. as a "nice gesture" - Duke was dying that year. Musically it's a travesty, a Disneyfication. Both the 20s and 30s versions by Duke are weird, spooky records that still sound alive. I've said this before, but the enshrinement of Duke Ellington as Cultural Institution means a lot of people miss a lot of wild sonic kicks thinking they are visiting a monument or something.
I think what worked for Steely Dan was that they did rock and pop with extra confidence, out of a sense they were in on something harder that they were not worthy of, but could compensate with pop music that was comparatively complicated.
This attitude has also produced some of the most awful crap from nearly anybody else who has it ---- all those classically trained idiots who think pop music is easy until they embarrass themselves. (name your own examples).
― Vic Perry, Friday, 18 September 2015 16:52 (eight years ago) link
pplains is going to be my co-poll runner for Talking Heads. Bumping this tread to look again at what he did for us before. I also think he did Sonic Youth?
― To Live and Die In L.A. (Bee OK), Thursday, 23 March 2017 20:12 (seven years ago) link
Aw, too much of a bourgeois ILXor for SY.
Along with this one, I've done Gotta Make Polls for the Polls I Make - ILM HUSKER DU POLL RESULTS and Deez POLLABLE Heroes - THE ILM //METALLICA\ POLL RESULTS
This one, by far - and so far, has been my favorite. Gotta say, there is something to running these polls by EITHER crunching the numbers OR doing the art. Looking forward to another side gig!
― pplains, Thursday, 23 March 2017 21:38 (seven years ago) link
it was Husker Du that i was looking for, thought it was SY. i should have also remembered Metallica as that was more recent.
i agree, Steely Dan might actually be ILM's best poll.
again, thanks.
― To Live and Die In L.A. (Bee OK), Friday, 24 March 2017 04:19 (seven years ago) link
Those Metallica Bible pictures really went a lot flatter on me than I would've predicted.
― pplains, Friday, 24 March 2017 05:19 (seven years ago) link
never heard this (written by fagen)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJMelsJukC0
― gr8080, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 14:37 (seven years ago) link
Snazzy suit.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 14:41 (seven years ago) link
walkin the dog and watching soul train
― gr8080, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 14:42 (seven years ago) link
The new Fagen/Rundgren collar is great
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GknsBhsYiL0
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 14:56 (seven years ago) link
omg lol
― gr8080, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 15:28 (seven years ago) link
ha wow!
― brimstead, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 23:40 (seven years ago) link
it's surreal hearing their voices together
So I take it this is about Trump.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 01:13 (seven years ago) link
and not too elegant
― niels, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 05:46 (seven years ago) link
Great that this thread got bumped. I listen to this Spotify playlist about once every quarter or four times a year.
― the future is now, Thursday, 11 May 2017 04:29 (seven years ago) link
"Here Comes those San Ana Winds again"
happening to be listening to this Spotify right now. living in Southern California. oh yeah, add a bit of red wine.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 20 July 2017 02:21 (six years ago) link
probably the reason for my activity tonight.
lucky you :-)
― Bee OK, Thursday, 20 July 2017 02:22 (six years ago) link
I have been listening to ILM's Top 60 Spotify playlist these last couple of days for obvious reasons.
RIP Walter Becker.
― the future is now, Thursday, 7 September 2017 01:17 (six years ago) link
A poster named some dude made this playlist:
http://open.spotify.com/user/1219464571/playlist/3WxVfruSRGjCsxQsrtZNuG
― the future is now, Thursday, 7 September 2017 01:28 (six years ago) link
It's the results of this thread, just to be clear.
― the future is now, Thursday, 7 September 2017 01:29 (six years ago) link
I've had 'Peg' stuck in my head all day.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Thursday, 7 September 2017 11:45 (six years ago) link
i remember some dude!
i have been listening to a lot of Steely Dan this week including this playlist. so sad.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 7 September 2017 23:47 (six years ago) link
i have been watching the HBO series The Leftovers and last night it had a funny scene. they are having a party and one of the main actors teenage daughter is walking around. Steely Dan's "Only a Fool Would Say That" is playing at this huge party and she asked her dad who would play this music? he replies "old people" it is implied that he picked the music. i wanted to see where that song placed on our countdown and i see it was number 27.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 9 September 2017 01:34 (six years ago) link
been watching the hell out of some making Aja on YouTube
pretty much beats any roc doc/ artist biopic/ making of I can think of
― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Saturday, 9 September 2017 01:49 (six years ago) link
I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall during the legendary six hour long "well the" session, just to see what the fuck was going on.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Saturday, 9 September 2017 10:57 (six years ago) link
To be fair to Walter and Donald, the "well the" moment really is fantastic
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Saturday, 9 September 2017 13:35 (six years ago) link
The new Fagen/Rundgren collar is greathttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GknsBhsYiL0🕸
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GknsBhsYiL0🕸
Apparently they did this during the Morph the Cat sessions:
https://youtu.be/-m66623AoL8
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 16 September 2017 12:54 (six years ago) link
this poll predated my Dan fandom but it was a great read. bravo to everyone but especially to Bee OK and to pplains. the images here may be your finest hour. lotta things surprised me in the countdown, my ballot would look a lot different than this list i think! "gaucho" would be my #1 is the only thing i'm sure of.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 29 October 2017 15:06 (six years ago) link
thank you, this is one of the best artist poll done on ILM if i don't say so myself and was a lot of fun. i remember ILx had outage during the roll-out and i was freaking out. it just caused this poll to run into Sunday, which in the end did not matter.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 9 November 2017 00:43 (six years ago) link
results have fallen off:
― Bee OK, Thursday, 9 November 2017 00:52 (six years ago) link
Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/user/1219464571/playlist/3WxVfruSRGjCsxQsrtZNuG
images by pplains, link courtesy of gr8080:*******ALL GRAPHICS ON ONE PAGE*******
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8 BallotsFull Results for 33 Solo TracksTotal Points, Song, (Number One(s)), Total Votes
262 I.G.Y. 4-7157 The Nightfly 1-5156 New Frontier 594 Maxine 1-382 The Goodbye Look 373 Morph the Cat 1-264 I'm Not the Same Without You 258 H Gang 250 Slinky Thing 245 Circus Money 240 Paging Audrey 1-136 This Moody Bastard 1
33 Downtown Canon 133 Tomorrow' s Girls 133 Brite Nitegown 130 Junkie Girl 130 Ruby Baby 130 Somebody’s Saturday Night 1 30 Magic Smile (Rosie Zaza) 130 Walk Between Raindrops 128 Countermoon 127 Mary Shut the Garden Door 126 Miss Marlene 126 Security Joan 126 Hard Up Case 1 25 Weather In My Head 124 Century’s End 124 Down In The Bottom 123 Book Of Liars 123 The New Breed 123 Lazy Nina (Greg Philliganes) 122 Snowbound 125 What I Do 1
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40 BallotsFull Results for 16 AlbumsTotal Points, Song, (Number One(s)), Total Votes
1312 Aja 9-391198 Pretzel Logic 5-391191 Katie Lied 3-381180 Countdown to Ecstasy 7-351135 Gaucho 8-361096 The Royal Scam 5-381063 Can’t Buy a Trill 1-37517 The Nightfly 2-18223 Two Against Nature 9166 Everything Must Go 7
89 Sunken Condos 445 11 Tracks of Whack 225 Circus Money 120 Alive In America 118 Morph The Cat 117 Kamakiriad 1
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77 Ballots Received (2 unranked)Full Results for 84 TracksTotal Points, Song, (Number One(s)), Total Votes
1600 Deacon Blues 6-591515 My Old School 10-54 1314 Peg 3-571252 Doctor Wu 7-441203 Kid Charlemagne 5-501158 Rikki Don't Lose That Number 4-461129 Babylon Sisters 4-441117 Black Cow 3-451036 Any Major Dude Will Tell You 3-41
885 Hey Nineteen 43808 Do It Again 1-35806 Dirty Work 1-36767 Bad Sneakers 1-39761 Show Biz Kids 2-32732 Aja 3-30722 FM (No Static At All) 34699 King Of The World 2-28686 Pretzel Logic 3-33678 Josie 1-32669 Gaucho 2-27
646 The Boston Rag 2-27644 Reelin’ In The Years 32628 Third World Man 1-26 627 The Caves Of Altamira 25575 Black Friday 28556 Barrytown 1-27543 Only A Fool Would Say That 22540 Time Out Of Mind 24522 Night By Night 24513 Razor Boy 22492 Rose Darling 24478 Your Gold Teeth II (2-23)475 Haitian Divorce 23468 Your Gold Teeth 1-23433 Bodhisattva 1-20427 Glamour Profession 21418 Don’t Take Me Alive 1-20408 Home At Last 1-19402 Midnight Cruiser 18374 Any World (That I'm Welcome To) 1-15
308 Pearl Of The Quarter 14304 The Royal Scam 16302 Everyone’s Gone To The Movies 17268 Charlie Freak 1-12264 The Fez 13259 Green Earrings 1-13244 Here At the Western World 13227 Daddy Don’t Live In That New York City No More 13189 Sign In Stranger 10179 Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me) 9
176 Jack Of Speed 1-8171 Kings 9156 My Rival 7143 Through With Buzz 7132 Throw Back The Little Ones 7101 Everything You Did 5 90 Second Arrangement 579 Parker's Band 476 Almost Gothic 472 Monkey In Your Soul 360 I Got the News 359 West Of Hollywood 359 Fire in the Hole 356 Turn That Heartbeat Over Again 449 Change Of The Guard 347 Godwhacker 345 Everything Must Go 242 Gaslighting Abbie 239 Cousin Dupree 237 Things I Miss The Most 236 Janie Runaway 230 Mr. Sam 143 With A Gun 342 You Got The Bear 224 Were You Blind That Day 122 The Mock Turtle Song 120 East St. Louis Toodle-Oo 120 Two Against Nature 115 This All Too Mobile Home 115 Kulee Baba 114 Chain Lightning 114 Dallas 113 Pixeleen 112 Blues Beach 1
― Bee OK, Thursday, 9 November 2017 00:56 (six years ago) link
I can’t find the poll we did with the awesome graphics, but it looks like at least one of those images is being used elsewhere:
https://youtu.be/sqHpBpI1yQM
― calstars, Saturday, 14 April 2018 10:38 (six years ago) link
wow, that's crazy. pplains graphics will forever be immortalized on YouTube.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 14 April 2018 17:12 (six years ago) link
i think you got the right threat calstars. unless you are looking for something that isn't Steely Dan and those amazing graphics that pplains put together.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 14 April 2018 17:13 (six years ago) link
^thread
― Bee OK, Saturday, 14 April 2018 17:14 (six years ago) link
haha.
Including Nos. 51-60 in this poll one of the best ideas you had.
― pplains, Saturday, 14 April 2018 23:43 (six years ago) link
oh yeah, thanks. what pplains is talking about. it was poll number 50 so i was going to roll out a Top 50. at the last minute i asked pplains if he could make up 10 more images and he scrambled but was able to come up with them. the reason i added the extra 10 was because there was a number 1 in there. also "The Second Arrangement" ended up being 57 and now on YouTube, lol.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 01:55 (six years ago) link
The changing of the guard!
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 September 2018 18:56 (five years ago) link
your top two is correct but after that i can't help you
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 September 2018 19:06 (five years ago) link
scrolls down...
and down...
did he forget?
6. Aja
yeah I can't help you
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 27 September 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
your copy editor would like to point out that it's "Only a Fool Would Say That"
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 27 September 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
nice to see someone agree w me about how great the debut is tho
i also think almost any ranking of the steely dan discography is correct tbf
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 September 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
Yeah, that's on point. Not sure abt Alfred but the ranking of Dan albums will probably differ every month.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 27 September 2018 19:13 (five years ago) link
there isn't any
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 September 2018 19:13 (five years ago) link
Not sure abt Alfred but the ranking of Dan albums will probably differ every month.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre)
The Royal Scam was terrific when showering and shaving this morning.
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 September 2018 19:14 (five years ago) link
it's def my least favorite
I'll take Gaucho over Aja as well
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 27 September 2018 19:15 (five years ago) link
xp that's what's matters
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 27 September 2018 19:16 (five years ago) link