glad to see the love. my favorite dan too. can't really play it in the winter though
― sonderangerbot, Monday, 29 March 2010 22:53 (thirteen years ago) link
gaucho outtakes:
http://www.mediafire.com/?yd12zyjrjmu
would love to hear katy lied demos, hint hint
― ain't no thang but a chicken ㅋ (dyao), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 03:35 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― iago g., Wednesday, 31 March 2010 05:07 (thirteen years ago) link
yo i found the katy lied demos/outtakes just on blogs via google search
― bodacious cowboy (hobbes), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 07:44 (thirteen years ago) link
http://greenalienchick.blogspot.com/2009/08/steely-dan-katy-lied-outtakes-rough.html
thanks, hobbes
― iago g., Wednesday, 31 March 2010 07:56 (thirteen years ago) link
thanks! didn't realize there were so many gaucho outtakes out there. (I had one discs worth.)
― original bgm, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 13:59 (thirteen years ago) link
CHILDREN WE HAVE IT RIGHT HERE
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Friday, 23 April 2010 04:47 (thirteen years ago) link
god, even the outtakes are gold.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Qpo4hxJys
― original bgm, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 03:26 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― original bgm, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 03:29 (thirteen years ago) link
isn't Purdie nuts? was his'i played on 21 Beatles songs instead of Ringo' story ever mentioned on ILX?
― piscesx, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 03:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow! "The Bear" is awesome.
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 04:05 (thirteen years ago) link
if you guys haven't heard 'second arrangement' ya prob should
― iatee, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 04:10 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah Second Arrangement KILLS.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
I heard it a few years ago, but I prefer "The Bear" for the clavinet and Fagen's vocal.
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, "second arrangement" is killer, no doubt about it. and though I find the low fidelity on both of the takes I've heard charming, I can't help but wonder what the song would sound like given the pristine dan treatment. it really seems to beg for it - it just pops.
but "the bear" is a sparser, dirtier groove. I may prefer it as well, given the circumstances.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 23:33 (thirteen years ago) link
man, the riff that kicks off "second arrangement" is SO GOOD. love it!!
― original bgm, Monday, 18 April 2011 01:32 (twelve years ago) link
I'll repeat: "The Bear" is terrific, especially how it builds to the chorus punch line.
― My mom is all about capital gains tax butthurtedness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 April 2011 01:45 (twelve years ago) link
it's true. gaucho has slowly worked its way to the top of the dan releases for me. but if "second arrangement" and "the bear" were on it too? damn.
― original bgm, Monday, 18 April 2011 01:51 (twelve years ago) link
Alfred's repping for "Third World Man" in other threads has really raised its reputation in my view
― dyao, Monday, October 12, 2009
I never saw this post but am getting teary about it. Thanks!
I'm listening to "Time Out of Mind."
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 8 April 2012 03:22 (eleven years ago) link
Would probably switch my vote to "Third World Man" nowadays.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Sunday, 8 April 2012 03:43 (eleven years ago) link
I love this album but will always consider Aja its superior
― same old song and placenta (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 8 April 2012 04:56 (eleven years ago) link
it really is mind-blowing that fagen and becker were 32 and 30 respectively when this album was released. the recording sessions began when they were 30 and 28!
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Sunday, 12 May 2013 07:23 (ten years ago) link
glamour profession got fucking robbed here
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Monday, 5 May 2014 06:55 (nine years ago) link
it's been six years i think we're due for another gaucho poll
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Monday, 5 May 2014 06:56 (nine years ago) link
If you're gonna do one make it weighted
― 龜, Monday, 5 May 2014 07:08 (nine years ago) link
I'll have to give that title track another chance. I'm not a fan of this album (a lot of it feels boring), but even though it's the least of their 1972-1980 run of releases, it's still okay. There's some fine stuff, and "Hey Nineteen" and "Time Out of Mind" are great singles. (The latter was even the highlight of both Steely Dan shows that I've seen over the years, thanks to the addition of an extended solo from Fagen.)
― birdistheword, Sunday, 16 August 2020 00:17 (three years ago) link
Title track is my favorite, too.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Sunday, 16 August 2020 00:21 (three years ago) link
soon you’ll throw down your disguisewe’ll see behind those briiiiiight eyes
― mozzy star (voodoo chili), Sunday, 16 August 2020 02:17 (three years ago) link
Gaucho outtakes poll would be more interesting
― calstars, Sunday, 16 August 2020 02:46 (three years ago) link
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Monday, 5 May 2014 07:55 (six years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 16 August 2020 02:57 (three years ago) link
for me, the right answer is clearly track 1 or track 2
― brimstead, Sunday, 16 August 2020 02:58 (three years ago) link
I regret to inform you that not enough people are shaking it
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), Sunday, 15 November 2020 20:13 (three years ago) link
40 years old today
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 21 November 2020 16:43 (three years ago) link
Man the instrumental outro of "Gaucho" is so amazing. It's like they heard the theme from Donohue and said "let's show that Mike Post hack how it's done" (yeah I know the timeline doesn't work out but I'd imagine the inspiration was something along those lines)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv4SkB72XdA
― J. Sam, Saturday, 27 August 2022 01:33 (one year ago) link
lmao they do have a similar melody
mike post rocks though
― flopson, Sunday, 28 August 2022 05:32 (one year ago) link
the "my rival" guitar sounds like it got repurposed in sheryl crow's "my favorite mistake"
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Sunday, 28 August 2022 05:41 (one year ago) link
xp yeah no disrespect to Mike Post. For some reason I imagined Becker and Fagen turning their noses up at him, but on second thought that's a flimsy assumption; I remember Fagen talking in an interview about how TV music was a major inspiration for him. I would bet that he appreciated Post's work in a kitschy way
― J. Sam, Sunday, 28 August 2022 12:57 (one year ago) link
Basically "let's take this kinda cheesy TV theme music and make it super harmonically complex"
― J. Sam, Sunday, 28 August 2022 13:00 (one year ago) link