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.
― o. nate, Saturday, 2 December 2017 02:34 (six years ago) link
Agree
― calstars, Saturday, 2 December 2017 02:40 (six years ago) link
I've said it before somewhere, but I love how the title track sounds like a Norman Whitfield production.
― Tim F, Saturday, 2 December 2017 04:12 (six years ago) link
caves of altamira has such a huge, lush-sounding hook, odd it’s only been sampled once afaict, by some italian rappers
― sciatica, Saturday, 2 December 2017 05:58 (six years ago) link
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
― Florin Cuchares, Saturday, 2 December 2017 08:40 (six years ago) link
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?
― soref, Saturday, 2 December 2017 10:00 (six years ago) link
"sign in stranger" has quietly become my favorite dan song of all time
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 2 December 2017 19:15 (six years ago) link
Yeah except for the outro
― calstars, Saturday, 2 December 2017 19:20 (six years ago) link
Sign in Stranger has always reminded me of Spoon circa Gax5.
― yugi ex, Saturday, 2 December 2017 21:03 (six years ago) link
Paul Griffin is a hero
― voodoo chili, Saturday, 2 December 2017 21:11 (six years ago) link
finding a new song to obsess over from this record every month or so lol
right now, it's "everything you did."
― supreme court justice samuel lance-ito (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link
You were a rollah skatah
― calstars, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 19:08 (five years ago) link
you gonna show me later
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 19:15 (five years ago) link
at the graaahhhhhtoin the greeeeeeasy chair
― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Thursday, 16 January 2020 20:01 (four years ago) link
What a weird song
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 16 January 2020 20:52 (four years ago) link
when she smiles, she says it all
― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Thursday, 16 January 2020 21:01 (four years ago) link
what's a greasy chair?
― ☮️ (peace, man), Thursday, 16 January 2020 21:16 (four years ago) link
one that's hard to sit in
― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Thursday, 16 January 2020 21:17 (four years ago) link
at the graaahhhhhtoin the greeeeeeasy chair― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Thursday, January 16, 2020 3:01 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglinkWhat a weird song― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, January 16, 2020 3:52 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Thursday, January 16, 2020 3:01 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, January 16, 2020 3:52 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
lmfao otm
― flappy bird, Friday, 17 January 2020 18:33 (four years ago) link
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
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 17 January 2020 18:45 (four years ago) link
Still think the second half is the least distinguished suite they recorded.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 January 2020 18:47 (four years ago) link
Crazy talk. The last song is weak but everything else is great.
― o. nate, Friday, 17 January 2020 19:07 (four years ago) link
It’s just that the first half is so loaded that the second pales a bit
― calstars, Friday, 17 January 2020 19:09 (four years ago) link
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
― bidenfan69420 (jim in vancouver), Friday, 17 January 2020 19:13 (four years ago) link
the talk box in "Haitian Divorce" is akin to reading Trump tweets.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 January 2020 19:15 (four years ago) link
omfg green earrings is all time
― flappy bird, Friday, 17 January 2020 19:20 (four years ago) link
Green Earrings is a deeply funky groove.
― o. nate, Friday, 17 January 2020 19:22 (four years ago) link
the poll says no
― bidenfan69420 (jim in vancouver), Friday, 17 January 2020 19:24 (four years ago) link
If you want to talk non essentials let’s talk Rose Darling...none of the tracks on Side 2 sink to that level
― calstars, Friday, 17 January 2020 19:24 (four years ago) link
go to hell
― brimstead, Friday, 17 January 2020 19:26 (four years ago) link
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, 17 January 2020 19:33 (four years ago) link
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― bidenfan69420 (jim in vancouver), Friday, 17 January 2020 19:40 (four years ago) link
It’s almost as if there are different kinds of Steely Dan fans who like different aspects of their work.
― o. nate, Friday, 17 January 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
i think it's better than the side b on katy lied also tbh
― bidenfan69420 (jim in vancouver), Friday, 17 January 2020 19:42 (four years ago) link
― bidenfan69420 (jim in vancouver),
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 January 2020 19:48 (four years ago) link
green earrings has two of the best solos to grace any SD song, plus my fav bernard purdie fill ever leading into solo #1.
― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Friday, 17 January 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
lol I just love this bands music so much
― brimstead, Friday, 17 January 2020 21:16 (four years ago) link
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.
― flappy bird, Friday, 17 January 2020 23:01 (four years ago) link
the ‘harmonic movement’ or whatever in the chorus of “rose darling” is phenomenal
― brimstead, Friday, 17 January 2020 23:31 (four years ago) link
You zombie! Be born again my friend.
― BrianB, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 02:22 (three years ago) link
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.
― brimstead, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 20:07 (three years ago) link
Thought this was pretty funny.
pic.twitter.com/Sq1nz8JIL2— Good Steely Dan Takes (@baddantakes) July 28, 2020
― clemenza, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 20:19 (three years ago) link
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.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 1 August 2020 03:05 (three years ago) link
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
― brimstead, Saturday, 16 January 2021 04:55 (three years ago) link
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.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 16 January 2021 05:02 (three years ago) link
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
― Dusty Benelux (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 21:57 (three years ago) link
Haitian faux funk
― calstars, Wednesday, 3 February 2021 22:37 (three years ago) link
for me, it's probably the weakest of the original run of albums
― Washington Generals D-League affiliate (will), Thursday, 4 February 2021 07:11 (three years ago) link
‘Caves’ is the most upscale piece of music ever recorded...in fact I only wanna become stinking rich to blast it every morning over my buffet breakfast in my mansion in Bel Air
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Thursday, 4 February 2021 08:48 (three years ago) link
Pretzel Logic is prob. my least fav of the original run--actually, probably Katy Lied--but it's got three of their career best songs, at least.
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 4 February 2021 18:41 (three years ago) link