donald fagen, "the nightfly" -- c or d?

Actually I did stop listening to it, now I'm onto "Snowbound" and "Pixeleen"

Becker & Fagen should be given the Keys to the fucking City. They have improved my life beyond measure. God DAMN this is a wonderful world. [falls face down onto keyboard]

i saw an ad for two morning-show DJs who were conspicuously ugly. so i thought, "haha, 'a face made for radio.'" then i thought of the cover of this album.

i just listened to this on the way home from work! that tower records online sale had the nightfly for $7.99 so i picked it up, wanting to hear new frontier. walk between raindrops is pretty great too!

Best song ever? I rather think it might be.

Wow.

Wow.

We are from such completely different worlds. "I.G.Y." is not only one of my least favorite songs ever, but hearing it actually makes me feel slightly ill. And, no, I'm seriously not being hyperbolic. It sounds utterly soulless to my ears.

But then I'm most assuredly not in any way a Steely Dan fan, which would appear to make my opinions very unpopular in this thread.

what else is on it extras-wise, just the NEW FRONTIER video?

how soes it sound?

The guy I studied engineering under, for one.

God, there's nothing QUITE like "Ruby Baby" for getting ready to leave for a great dinner and the company of friends on a Saturday night.

geir otm

According to the Brian Sweet bio the group used to warm up their vocal chords with 'Ruby Baby' before their live shows in the early 70s.

MAN what a record.

Have had a casette copy of it for years. Don't listen too often to it though.

And afetr reading this thread I'm now belatedly getting this weird image of JBR -- sitting in a fridge and listening to "Maxine".

according to wikipedia:
The Nightfly is widely considered to be one of the best engineered albums ever made. Some audio engineers use it to evaluate the quality of playback equipment.

Out of curiosity, which other records were used for this purpose? Part of what got me into listening to Steely Dan in the first place was curiosity stemming from this very subject, but I can only remember hearing it come up w/r/t Aja and the Nightfly.

hey, maybe I can use the word "curiosity" a few more times

heard today (in a "taco del mar") a cover of THE FAGEN/NIGHTFLY ARRANGEMENT of "Ruby Baby"

clearly impossible

dude, taco del mar is disgusting!

Anyone check this out?
http://www.amazon.com/Nightfly-Trilogy-3-MVI-DVD-4-CD/dp/B000M06SVS

I think i first heard "Ruby Baby" (and prbly "The New Frontier" as well) at a Wendy's.

I heard "IGY" at a Denny's last month.

God, I wanted to be the kid in "New Frontier," minus the design-learning part.

according to wikipedia:
The Nightfly is widely considered to be one of the best engineered albums ever made. Some audio engineers use it to evaluate the quality of playback equipment.

Out of curiosity, which other records were used for this purpose? Part of what got me into listening to Steely Dan in the first place was curiosity stemming from this very subject, but I can only remember hearing it come up w/r/t Aja and the Nightfly.

Interesting question. I've read this about Dark Side of The Moon, altough i think engineers preferred it as an example of using the full range of the stereo field.

for the second time in less than two weeks I just have heard a car go past on my street blasting "I.G.Y."

I have to say, everything else sounds like shit when played after The Nightfly. It sounds bleeding fantastic on my new system.

Anyone check this out?
http://www.amazon.com/Nightfly-Trilogy-3-MVI-DVD-4-CD/dp/B000M06SVS

just got it today actually! Nightfly is of course gloriously immaculate in 5.1 - strangely enough the mix doesn't do "I.G.Y" any favors, but OH MY GOD "The Goodbye Look" sounds spry and lively as hell. Morph the Cat is a revelation, instantly my favorite Fagen-related project since the Nightfly; I predict that I'll be torturing my neighbors with it for the next few months. Kamakiriad or w/e still bores me so much that it reminds me of middle school, but at least it bores me in 5.1 now.

what are the '10 extra tracks' on disc 4?? what era are they from? are they any good?

The cover of "Ruby Baby" is wondrous.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, March 13, 2006 7:58 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark

Just listened to this in decent headphones for the first time ever and there's a woman sighing (or something) at about 24 seconds.

Unless memory fails -- it's been a while -- that's Valerie Simpson.

Yes, she's definitely on it. It's...erm...added a whole new dimension to the track.

One of the best things about this LP is that it can be found at second hand stores for about 50 cents.

hm. bummer since i just bought it from emusic for, like, 4 bucks.

good album tho

"i hear yr mad about brubeck . . ."

I saw some "Early songs of becker and fagen" record for a couple dollars and didn't pick it up
it was gone the next day
if I see it again should I get it?

The horns on "I.G.Y"...sigh. So wonderful.

Flawless classic.

"Early songs of becker and fagen

nah

Flawless classic.

otm

I love this album more than any in the Steely Dan catalog.

ok this good but lets not get carried away like poor EZ here

I'm a weird Dan fan anyways - my favorite is The Royal Scam and my least favorite is Aja.

I saw some "Early songs of becker and fagen" record for a couple dollars and didn't pick it up
it was gone the next day
if I see it again should I get it?

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, April 23, 2010 12:31 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

did it have like a reel of tape in a metal case or something on the cover?

i bought that once....you're not missing anything great....i ended up selling it back later on....i guess if it's like $2 just to satisfy your curiosity maybe

MTV used to play the New Frontier video constantly.

I'm trying to think of some solo debut albums from lead singers that are better than this, and there aren't many.

When does the Kamakiriad re-evaluation begin? That will be a tougher sell.