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

"My Old School" on American Bandstand Don:

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1JxEOqSMouU/maxresdefault.jpg

Listening to Can't Buy A Thrill while I play RISK so I can feel what it's like to be Skunk Baxter

— Jonathan Weier (Contemporary Performing Artist) (@classicweier) January 14, 2023

Search for that Musicians Hall of Fame interview with Skunk Baxter off the ye' olde Youtube. That dude is a bit of a musical Forrest Gump as you get. I really dig the story in there about Segovia.

singing 🎶 they got the spy balloon from china 🎶 in a donald fagen voice

— boss crude (@bosscrood) February 3, 2023

totally

I will always be the kind of punk that shits on Steely Dan

— steve albini (@electricalWSOP) February 6, 2023

would pay to see

the one stunt GG Allin never dared

Donald Fagen's shoes cost more than GG's guarantee.

Donald Fagen's shits cost more...

can't believe people are still complaining about this and this thread and the article it referenced are almost 20 years old at this point

it's all in the game! and so are you...

Akm, we go back

Jack

Do it again

Thread churning round and round

(googles "steely dan lyrics about poop")

just once i wanna hear donald fagen sing the word "poop"

They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I poop

Poop, it will come back to you

What a beautiful world this could boop
What a glorious time to go poop

Poopy don't lost that numba

*lose

Arg

I'm never going back to my old poop

Why is he standing in your spangled leather poncho
and your elevator poops?

6:05 p.m., outside the stadium
Special delivery for Poops McCann

Winner ^

Steely Dan is trending pic.twitter.com/1pUxvsO0mR

— Sopranos Memes (@timeimmemorial_) February 6, 2023

Dirty work indeed

pic.twitter.com/Rib0R5N2UO

— People dancing to Steely Dan (@steelydance) April 3, 2020

(D)Anarchy In The UK: https://www.timeout.com/london/music/why-is-everyone-in-london-obsessed-with-steely-dan-right-now?

Rule, BritDannia

BritDannia rule the waves

Britons never never never shall lose that numba

"The Dan"

But
The Dan
Is way above shits

'My theory is that we've now reached a point in time and cultural history where anything that is of quality, or acclaimed in its time - and this goes for fashion as well - as long as you wear it or live it authentically and convincingly and cohesively, people don't look down their nose at you anymore'.

Gomori cites the popularity of a recent Pitchblack Playback session he hosted for 1996's 'Travelling Without Moving' by Jamiroquai - a band who have had their fair share of flak for being the antithesis of cool.

I was with him up to point he brought up Jamiroquai.

I was recently thinking about Jamiroquai as a band who would fit in fine with a lot of the now-celebrated 90s music—if you were too young to remember their videos or place in culture

jamiroquai rules, pretty sure a couple of my fave ILXors would agree w/me on that

In a few years, I suppose it will be Matisyahu's term to be reclaimed.

Heh, most of the Shibuya-Kei stuff on Cornelius's vanity labels sounded just like acid jazz.
xxp

I am okay with The Jamiroquai Redemption* but Matisyahu is a bridge too far.

* = worst Robert Ludlum novel

yah jamiroquai is great, i have no idea why anyone wouldn't like him tbh but people surprise me every day

it's the damn hat -- if you just listen to the tunes they're a band that was great way past their viral video moment.

In my college years it was the same fan base as Dave Matthews so maybe it's the fans, not the hat.

virtual fan infamy

what time is it? 4:30. it's not late, nah nah. 'space cowboy' came on next.

jamiroquai had some great singles and deep cuts both. for some, Jay Kay's hats maybe exacerbated the sense of affectation already potentially haunting the relentless strip-mining of 70s soul sounds, and the eventual dropping of their more political material. but it seems clear that they really did want to sound the way they did, with Exhibit A being the early albums' faithful inclusion of at least one dedicated showcase for their didgeridoo player ("Didgerama," "Didgin' Out"). say what you will but their retro-eco-gloss-bop came from the heart.

"The Didgeridoo Player from Jamiroquai":another timeline's "Drummer from Gay Dad"

DidgeriDON'T

Jammer for Gay Didgeridoo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66_--zvqGDw

jamiroquai is like weezer - first two albums only then tons of shit. also jk is supposed to be a huge dickhead which hasnt helped their rep.

O damn now I need to name my 90s cover band Jamiroqweezer

i actually just joined a 90s cover band called Geezer (we dress up as old men lol)

Damn you kurt schwitterz, just to one-up you I am going to form a 90s cover band that also plays the music of 60s/70s British rock band Free, and it will be called Freezer.

Freezer's signature song will be "Ice Ice Baby," of course.

Said one two, princes kneel before you
It's alllll riiiight noow

I’m a big fan of Stuart Zender / Toby Smith era Jamiroquai tbh.

As an early teen in the early 90’s, I had no idea that a lot of the same ground had been covered by Stevie Wonder / Roy Ayers decades earlier. I just thought ‘wow these guys have some *choooords*’.

Obviously years later when the internet arrived it was easy to dig in to the proper stuff, but these guys served as a gateway to some of my favourite 70’s jazz funk in the long run.