Polled At Last: STEELY DAN - ILM Artist poll #50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4lCTVFTXCw

8. H Gang
From: Donald Fagen - Morph the Cat
Released: Released March 7, 2006
58 Points, 2 Votes

OH GREAT just as we're getting ready for bed

that was 58 points

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I've not listened to any solo becker and those are great

the reason why i went for 12 was because number 11 got a number 1 vote...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMLDLRSzip8

7. I'm Not the Same Without You
From: Donald Fagen - Sunken Condos
Released: October 16, 2012
64 Points, 2 Votes

i like that song, first time hearing it

that Fagen song is marvelous: his best solo song since 192.

Really taken with Becker's "Circus Money" too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu2eoXzsCMw

6. Morph the Cat
From: Donald Fagen - Morph the Cat
Released: Released March 7, 2006
73 Points, 2 Votes, 1 Number One

yeah, these were great but the remaining 5 are all from the Nightfly right?

Haha I voted for exactly 5 tracks from the Nightfly

i will get the numbering corrected, really wish i had mod powers...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L6L1NbJuIo

5. The Goodbye Look
From Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
Released: October 29, 1982
82 Points, 3 Votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nomb3-hIWjA

4. Maxine
From: Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
Released: October 29, 1982
94 Points, 3 Votes, 1 Number One

Guess not all of my five are placing then

didn't vote in this subpoll but the nightfly was my number one album. goodbye look and maxine are major favorites as are the top 3 i'm sure.

we actually get a video next

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

3. New Frontier
From: Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
Released: October 29, 1982
156 Points, 5 Votes

Such a tremendous video. One of the all-time greatest.

^^Wasn't it (along with Springsteen's "Atlantic City" clip) the first major video wherein the artist didn't appear in person* ?

*Fagan is on a poster in his.

Probably, and "Atlantic City" came out around the same time (like, within a month of "New Frontier").

so this next song only beat "New Frontier" by one point, the only reason it did come out on top was because it had a number one vote.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cd9YJvoQIg

2. The Nightfly
From: Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
Released: October 29, 1982
157 Points, 5 Votes, 1 Number One

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k1m9TevgJM

1. I.G.Y. (aka International Geophysical Year)
From: Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
Released: October 29, 1982
262 Points, 7 Votes, 4 Number Ones

According to Wikipedia, "the 'I.G.Y.' of the title refers to the 'International Geophysical Year', an event that ran from July 1957 to December 1958. The I.G.Y. was an international scientific project promoting collaboration among the world's scientists. Fagen's lyrics reference futuristic concepts such as solar-powered cities, a transatlantic tunnel, permanent space stations, and spandex jackets."

8 ballots
full results for 33 solo tracks
total points, song, number ones, total votes

262 I.G.Y. 4-7
157 The Nightfly 1-5
156 New Frontier 5
94 Maxine 1-3
82 The Goodbye Look 3
73 Morph the Cat 1-2
64 I'm Not the Same Without You 2
58 H Gang 2
50 Slinky Thing 2
45 Circus Money 2
40 Paging Audrey 1-1
36 This Moody Bastard 1

33 Downtown Canon 1
33 Tomorrow' s Girls 1
33 Brite Nitegown 1
30 Junkie Girl 1
30 Ruby Baby 1
30 Somebody’s Saturday Night 1
30 Magic Smile (Rosie Zaza) 1
30 Walk Between Raindrops 1
28 Countermoon 1
27 Mary Shut the Garden Door 1
26 Miss Marlene 1
26 Security Joan 1
26 Hard Up Case 1
25 Weather In My Head 1
24 Century’s End 1
24 Down In The Bottom 1
23 Book Of Liars 1
23 The New Breed 1
23 Lazy Nina (Greg Philliganes) 1
22 Snowbound 1
25 What I Do 1

really i'm the only asshole who voted for "snowbound"?

didn't have enough time to vote solo but totally would've voted for 'snowbound'

so my personal story, i bought The Nightfly last year and only opened it in January. just about a week ago i read the inside and found out that I.G.Y. has International Geophysical Year written below it. i didn't end up voting for this part of the poll as i figured 8 solo songs was just not quite enough.

i have a big surprise for tomorrow as pplains was able to come through.

We hear you're leaving, Bee OK
I thought our little ILM poll had just begun

nope, i was just talking about tomorrow there.

it really starts next with Albums.

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/57/9b/49d8c060ada00c27a582d110.L.jpg

10. Everything Must Go
Released: June 10, 2003
166 Points, 7 Votes

is anyone else up? i know i am.

everyone's gone to the movies
Now we're alone at last

lol

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/9c/72/e0c0024128a0d223c0a2c010.L.jpg

9. Two Against Nature
Released: February 29, 2000
223 Points, 9 Votes

boo, everything must go is definitely > two against nature

is anyone else up? i know i am.

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everyone's gone to the movies
Now we're alone at last

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(This would've been the time where Autumn Almanac would say, "Hey, it's the middle of Thursday afternoon here!")

glad to turn some people onto the Becker record -- one of my hangups about Fagen solo/later SD is that Donald's voice has been in decline, but Becker seemed to finally find his on Circus Money, kind of a gruff, personable Warren Zevon vibe.

Two Against Nature won the group four Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. It has been certified 2× Platinum in the US.

Two Against Nature marked Steely Dan's long-awaited debut for Warner Bros. Records - through a sub-label, Giant Records. They intended to release Gaucho on Warner Bros. after their longtime label ABC Records merged with MCA Records, but MCA claimed ownership of the master recordings.

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8. The Nightfly
Released: October 29, 1982
517 Points, 18 Votes, 2 Number Ones

I thought Nightfly might to overtake one of the first 7, such is its following here.

might manage to

wow me too

damn that's low!!

bee ok, can i put in a request for you to bold the first line of the entry, as most poll runners do? it makes it a lot easier to find when scrolling through the thread

the big seven are up next