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
royal scam was my least favorite for a while, but it really snuck up on me lately. i've been individually obsessed with each song over the past few months (besides the Fez)
green earringsi remembah
― nba jungboy (voodoo chili), Thursday, 27 September 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
Hear Haitian Divorce in my head at every tiki bar
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 27 September 2018 20:13 (five years ago) link
Switch Gaucho and Royal Scam and I agree with Alfred’s rankings.
― o. nate, Thursday, 27 September 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link
otm
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 27 September 2018 20:22 (five years ago) link
i agree with Alfred's rankings but would also agree with a different ILXor's completely different rankings. my ranking of Steely Dan albums tbh:
1. the one of the first seven that I'm playing at the moment1b: (tied) the remaining six from that group 3: everything must go4: two against nature.
― omar little, Thursday, 27 September 2018 21:51 (five years ago) link
Yeah there's no wrong answers here but my ranking is something like this:
1. Aja or Gaucho depending on mood3. Countdown4-7. The other '70s ones in some order with Pretzel Logic in last place (it's a classic but I think the second half is relatively weak)8-9. The two '00s ones (have never been able to get into these)
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 28 September 2018 08:39 (five years ago) link
omar otm
― nba jungboy (voodoo chili), Friday, 28 September 2018 09:15 (five years ago) link
Katy Lied always number one for me, can understand your diffrentrankings since your souls are dead etc.
― President Keyes, Sunday, 30 September 2018 02:52 (five years ago) link
otm -- Steely Dan fans
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 30 September 2018 03:30 (five years ago) link
Happy Dan Day, y’all. RIP Walter
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SsDWQsEgsqg
― i think ur a controp (voodoo chili), Sunday, 19 May 2019 16:51 (five years ago) link
Just under 5 hours to get Babylon Sisters across the finish line
Qualifier 64!1 Roxy Music! https://t.co/MkrBGspvVb2 Steely Dan! https://t.co/BxjQIGI5vX3 Robert Palmer! https://t.co/Pc9h8kVMiD4 John Lennon! https://t.co/iw7xbSyiS4— World Cup Of 1980 (@peoples_pop) November 15, 2020
― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 12:53 (three years ago) link
The Guardian ranks its top 20 Steely Dan songs.
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Thursday, 20 October 2022 14:13 (one year ago) link
"Peg" is an honourable number one. Nice to see "Your Gold Teeth II", the only "deep track" from the first four albums to get a mention.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 20 October 2022 15:53 (one year ago) link
"Any Major Dude" is ranked way, way too low.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 20 October 2022 16:06 (one year ago) link
There's definitely a few 'later' ones on there that I wish were replaced with better tracks from the first four albums (and "Any Major Dude" would probably be top ten for me, maybe even top five) but yes, very nice to see "Your Gold Teeth II." One of my favorite guitar solos on any Steely Dan track.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 20 October 2022 16:51 (one year ago) link
Much like any Steely Dan album out of the first seven being a legitimate pick for their best, it’s hard to argue with any song from those albums making a top twenty list (I mean ok I might think you were insane if you slipped in East St Louis Toodle-oo at #20 but it is a fun cover.)
― omar little, Thursday, 20 October 2022 16:55 (one year ago) link
Along with the bias towards the later records, it's a little absurd that they feel they have to apologize for the "roughness" of "Show Biz Kids", like you'll spill your latte if you'll hear a little distortion.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 20 October 2022 17:03 (one year ago) link
IIRC, AOR radio back in the 70s deleted the word "fuck" from that song.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 20 October 2022 19:11 (one year ago) link
This is not a bad list, but I prefer ILM's top 20. "Peg" seems wrong to have as #1 - its a great song but its kind of Steely Dan lite.
― o. nate, Thursday, 20 October 2022 19:34 (one year ago) link
Michael McDonald intoning "foooreign movie" notwithstanding.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 20 October 2022 19:41 (one year ago) link
IIRC, AOR radio back in the 70s deleted the word "fuck" from that song
did aor radio back in the 70s ever actually play that song? but, yeah, if they did, there's zero chance a commercial radio station in the 70s would have knowingly aired that word in any context.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 20 October 2022 20:02 (one year ago) link
I love "Peg" but I agree. I'd sooner put Deacon Blues at #1 but more likely much further down.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 20 October 2022 20:02 (one year ago) link
did aor radio back in the 70s ever actually play that song?
I definitely heard it when I was a kid in Denver, and there were only two places I could have heard it: KBPI or KAZY, the two competing AOR stations back then.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 20 October 2022 20:04 (one year ago) link
Re: "Showbiz Kids," apparently on the old (1985?) CD master or the early 1990s remaster of "Show Biz Kids" there is a 1.75 second edit that was inserted at around 1:02. This segment was sourced from a different analog tape transfer than the rest of the track. (It features a few different guitar notes and the female choir is missing 'NOT' in 'Not Wages' on the 1985 version.)
I bring it up because if they wanted it to get radio play and decided to edit the master to make that possible, I wonder if this caused that weird anomaly on those CD's?
― birdistheword, Thursday, 20 October 2022 20:06 (one year ago) link
Was it "not wages"? I always heard "lost wages," or maybe "Las Wages."
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 20 October 2022 20:08 (one year ago) link