Steely Dan - The Royal Scam poll

yeah jesus

GE is great but you’re talking such

I mean there’s no fucking with KC right?

eh, overexposed

I voted "Sign in Stranger" in the original poll, but would gladly vote "Green Earrings" in a rematch. There are at least 6 songs on here I could see myself voting for at any given time.

Agree

I've said it before somewhere, but I love how the title track sounds like a Norman Whitfield production.

caves of altamira has such a huge, lush-sounding hook, odd it’s only been sampled once afaict, by some italian rappers

Last time they played Don't Take me Alive in Portland everyone cheered after each instance of OREGAHN, great fun, great show maybe the best I've ever seen

Also yeah Green Earrings thoroughly robbed, nice to see reps for Haitian Divorce tho

Lol for the longest time I thought it was the “the rings of Randy’s eyes”

― flappy bird, Friday, December 1, 2017 9:42 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I used to think it was "rings of round design" and was confused because surely all rings are of round design?

"sign in stranger" has quietly become my favorite dan song of all time

Yeah except for the outro

Sign in Stranger has always reminded me of Spoon circa Gax5.

Paul Griffin is a hero

finding a new song to obsess over from this record every month or so lol

right now, it's "everything you did."

You were a rollah skatah

you gonna show me later

at the graaahhhhhto
in the greeeeeeasy chair

What a weird song

when she smiles, she says it all

what's a greasy chair?

one that's hard to sit in

at the graaahhhhhto
in the greeeeeeasy chair

― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Thursday, January 16, 2020 3:01 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

What a weird song

― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, January 16, 2020 3:52 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

lmfao otm

Sign in Stranger has always reminded me of Spoon circa Gax5.

I bet Spoon totally Stan for this album. "Green Earrings" is also pretty Spoon-esque. Even all the titles sound like they could be Spoon songs.

SPOON

Still think the second half is the least distinguished suite they recorded.

Crazy talk. The last song is weak but everything else is great.

It’s just that the first half is so loaded that the second pales a bit

green earrings and the royal scam are probably the most inessential tracks on the album - they are to my ears anyway - so it doesn't help side 2

the talk box in "Haitian Divorce" is akin to reading Trump tweets.

omfg green earrings is all time

Green Earrings is a deeply funky groove.

the poll says no

If you want to talk non essentials let’s talk Rose Darling...none of the tracks on Side 2 sink to that level

go to hell

Certainly it’s not their best side, but I’d take it over Side B of Katy Lied or either side of Gaucho.

Certainly it’s not their best side, but I’d take it over Side B of Katy Lied or either side of Gaucho.

― o. nate, Friday, January 17, 2020 11:33 AM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

go to hell

It’s almost as if there are different kinds of Steely Dan fans who like different aspects of their work.

i think it's better than the side b on katy lied also tbh

go to hell

― bidenfan69420 (jim in vancouver),

green earrings has two of the best solos to grace any SD song, plus my fav bernard purdie fill ever leading into solo #1.

lol I just love this bands music so much

yeah I was gonna say lol, Green Earrings has those two guitar solos. not only some of the best in their body of work, maybe some of the best in all of 70s rock... if Band of Gypsys doesn't count.
I mean this is their guitar solo record. Yeah, Haitian
I also once thought of Rose Darling as inessential (like a lesser version of Any World That I'm Welcome To), but it's grown on me. I'd actually argue the back half of this is one of their best sides, and would probably chuck the first side, if only for Kid Charlemagne. that song was licensed and sampled SO MUCH when I was growing up in the 90s and early 00s that when I finally heard it in context, well, I was unable to hear it with fresh ears. it makes me think of cheese commercials and car insurance.

the ‘harmonic movement’ or whatever in the chorus of “rose darling” is phenomenal

You zombie! Be born again my friend.

funny I just listened to this last night. so many hot guitar solos. favorite song is definitely “caves”. love the doominess of the title track.

Thought this was pretty funny.

pic.twitter.com/Sq1nz8JIL2

— Good Steely Dan Takes (@baddantakes) July 28, 2020

I'd watch that.

Anyway, this may be one of my least favorite Steely Dan albums, but the guitar work is pretty excellent - it may be their best showcase for that instrument.

ahh caves... when fagen goes “for you and me we understood” it’s so reassuring, like I’m not crazy for loving music so much lol

Always thought this was a very unusual song for them to have dug up from their old demos and re-recorded in 1976. It's unimaginable on any of the subsequent records.

ive had record player issues for a long time on and off. i now own 4 turntables, 3 of which don't work and languish in my storage space. my wife ordered a new stylus for the functioning player. i went out front of my building to smoke a joint last night. came back in and checked the mail box in the lobby, the stylus had arrived. came in and played the first record to hand - this record - the A side of this just blew me away anew. i think i voted for kid charlemagne on this poll but i think caves of altamira is the one for me now. i still find the B side underpowered but "green earrings" has increased in my estimation