Gaucho Poll

Also - what's this about another version sans drums?

yeah, that's the only one I've ever known. it sounds nothing like this...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VRSU59uxi1U

...which is what I'm assuming everyone else has heard. I'll upload the one I have later. if that youtube clip is any indication, the sound quality is way better.

something a little fishy about the story behind this track...

I don't understand the conspiracy theory attitude here. As I understand it back in the analog age before unlimited hard drive space, it was pretty common to erase and tape over master tapes of tracks that the artist had no intention of releasing, and there are tons of stories of studio mishaps involving erasing accidents.

And there's usually a very good reason why bands don't allow songs to progress past the demo phase.

it just strikes me a little odd that the song was never properly re-recorded.

has you browser ever crashed in the middle of drafting a long post? sometimes you boot right back up and re-do it from memory as quickly as you can, and sometimes you just throw up your hands and say "fuck it, it wasn't that important."

Man I have been in a studio and had stuff wiped that I wasn't ready to use let. It's hard to describe what that does to your morale. You kinda never want to hear the song again at that point - certainly you're not about to revisit it during those sessions. Finding out that something you tracked and thought you liked has been wiped is like being informed that your effort, your hard effort toward something lasting, was literally for nothing. So the story behind this track not only strikes me as believable; I'm certain it's true.

"...that I wasn't ready to let go of," I mean.

holy cow "related videos" yields another Gaucho outtake that sounds like it would have been stellar:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BtkHAdOZSaQ&feature=related

The irony of this result is that Hey Nineteen is a microcosm of what makes SD so great in the first place: a smooth, catchy pop tune with sardonic lyrics and perfect production, plus Michael McDonald.

Those interested should check out: http://www.bigozine2.com/archive/ARrarities/ARsdgaucho.html

alright I take it back, the full band version of 2nd Arrangement is seriously awesome

has you browser ever crashed in the middle of drafting a long post? sometimes you boot right back up and re-do it from memory as quickly as you can, and sometimes you just throw up your hands and say "fuck it, it wasn't that important."

true, true. maybe this is more about me wishing they had properly re-recorded it than anything!

second arrangement, sans drums (and most everything else):
http://www.sendspace.com/file/an8bsw

Jive miguel
Hes in from bogota
Meet me at midnight
At mr. chows

the finest of all SD albums.

Alfred's repping for "Third World Man" in other threads has really raised its reputation in my view

thanks, dyao.

is this the ultimate Sunday night album?

yes

ultimate sunday night band really

I almost turned off the stereo during the title track -- too intense.

i still don't get it -- this album barely has a pulse (and the first 6 albums very frequently rock pretty hard imo)

Yeah, don't look for hard rockin' on this one -- all the intensity is in the intricacies of the chord changes, the way in which the rhythm section interacts with the guitars and sax, and Fagen's voice. It's an album whose virtues are difficult to proselytize about.

it's also hilarious - their funniest record?

i know what ppl mean when they say it sounds kinda lethargic tho. it's pretty impressively world-weary for 2 guys that were barely out of their 20s.

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True, it doesn't exactly rock hard. All the edges have been air brushed clean and songs glide along on a cloud of coked up glory.

And that's one reason why I love it so much.

god, I love this album so much.

and def their funniest record for "gaucho" alone.

also -

it's pretty impressively world-weary for 2 guys that were barely out of their 20s.

this kind of just blew my mind.

living hard will take its toll

anyone with a big heart want to rapidshare or torrent us the lost gaucho and katy lied demos? would be eternally grateful!

I got you on the gaucho outtakes, but it's going to have to wait for tomorrow

thanks dyao! that's really nice of you

np

I imagine this is the kind of album you listen to in a lawn chair on your rooftop overlooking the city, watching the dull sun set slowly into the horizon

With coke in your nose and a young girl on your dick.

this record makes me never want to go to work again.

My favorite Dan record. Has the feeling of a collection of short stories. Would've voted Time Out Of Mind or Glamour Profession, but there's really no going wrong on this platter and F U MY RIVAL IS CLASSIC.

bodacious cowboys

glad to see the love. my favorite dan too. can't really play it in the winter though

gaucho outtakes:

http://www.mediafire.com/?yd12zyjrjmu

would love to hear katy lied demos, hint hint

thanks dyao. if i ever get the kay lied demos, i'll figure out how to post them...had them once, they are really great, particularly "mr. sam" an amazing unreleased song

yo i found the katy lied demos/outtakes just on blogs via google search

http://greenalienchick.blogspot.com/2009/08/steely-dan-katy-lied-outtakes-rough.html

thanks, hobbes

thanks! didn't realize there were so many gaucho outtakes out there. (I had one discs worth.)

CHILDREN WE HAVE IT RIGHT HERE

god, even the outtakes are gold.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Qpo4hxJys

lol at that vid btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EI3bPC4O8U

You're all off your nut. It's Pretty Purdie on the drums. Take a listen to the purdie shuffle. You done it...you done hired the hitmaker.No one but!
jupiterjazz 1 week ago

isn't Purdie nuts? was his'i played on 21 Beatles songs instead of Ringo' story ever mentioned on ILX?

Wow! "The Bear" is awesome.

if you guys haven't heard 'second arrangement' ya prob should