I can’t find the poll we did with the awesome graphics, but it looks like at least one of those images is being used elsewhere:
https://youtu.be/sqHpBpI1yQM
― calstars, Saturday, 14 April 2018 10:38 (six years ago) link
wow, that's crazy. pplains graphics will forever be immortalized on YouTube.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 14 April 2018 17:12 (six years ago) link
i think you got the right threat calstars. unless you are looking for something that isn't Steely Dan and those amazing graphics that pplains put together.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 14 April 2018 17:13 (six years ago) link
^thread
― Bee OK, Saturday, 14 April 2018 17:14 (six years ago) link
haha.
Including Nos. 51-60 in this poll one of the best ideas you had.
― pplains, Saturday, 14 April 2018 23:43 (six years ago) link
oh yeah, thanks. what pplains is talking about. it was poll number 50 so i was going to roll out a Top 50. at the last minute i asked pplains if he could make up 10 more images and he scrambled but was able to come up with them. the reason i added the extra 10 was because there was a number 1 in there. also "The Second Arrangement" ended up being 57 and now on YouTube, lol.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 01:55 (six years ago) link
The changing of the guard!
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 September 2018 18:56 (five years ago) link
your top two is correct but after that i can't help you
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 September 2018 19:06 (five years ago) link
scrolls down...
and down...
did he forget?
6. Aja
yeah I can't help you
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 27 September 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
your copy editor would like to point out that it's "Only a Fool Would Say That"
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 27 September 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
nice to see someone agree w me about how great the debut is tho
i also think almost any ranking of the steely dan discography is correct tbf
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 September 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
Yeah, that's on point. Not sure abt Alfred but the ranking of Dan albums will probably differ every month.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 27 September 2018 19:13 (five years ago) link
there isn't any
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 September 2018 19:13 (five years ago) link
Not sure abt Alfred but the ranking of Dan albums will probably differ every month.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre)
The Royal Scam was terrific when showering and shaving this morning.
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 September 2018 19:14 (five years ago) link
it's def my least favorite
I'll take Gaucho over Aja as well
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 27 September 2018 19:15 (five years ago) link
xp that's what's matters
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 27 September 2018 19:16 (five years ago) link
royal scam was my least favorite for a while, but it really snuck up on me lately. i've been individually obsessed with each song over the past few months (besides the Fez)
green earringsi remembah
― nba jungboy (voodoo chili), Thursday, 27 September 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
Hear Haitian Divorce in my head at every tiki bar
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 27 September 2018 20:13 (five years ago) link
Switch Gaucho and Royal Scam and I agree with Alfred’s rankings.
― o. nate, Thursday, 27 September 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link
otm
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 27 September 2018 20:22 (five years ago) link
i agree with Alfred's rankings but would also agree with a different ILXor's completely different rankings. my ranking of Steely Dan albums tbh:
1. the one of the first seven that I'm playing at the moment1b: (tied) the remaining six from that group 3: everything must go4: two against nature.
― omar little, Thursday, 27 September 2018 21:51 (five years ago) link
Yeah there's no wrong answers here but my ranking is something like this:
1. Aja or Gaucho depending on mood3. Countdown4-7. The other '70s ones in some order with Pretzel Logic in last place (it's a classic but I think the second half is relatively weak)8-9. The two '00s ones (have never been able to get into these)
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 28 September 2018 08:39 (five years ago) link
omar otm
― nba jungboy (voodoo chili), Friday, 28 September 2018 09:15 (five years ago) link
Katy Lied always number one for me, can understand your diffrentrankings since your souls are dead etc.
― President Keyes, Sunday, 30 September 2018 02:52 (five years ago) link
otm -- Steely Dan fans
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 30 September 2018 03:30 (five years ago) link
Happy Dan Day, y’all. RIP Walter
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SsDWQsEgsqg
― i think ur a controp (voodoo chili), Sunday, 19 May 2019 16:51 (four years ago) link
Just under 5 hours to get Babylon Sisters across the finish line
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), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 12:53 (three years ago) link
The Guardian ranks its top 20 Steely Dan songs.
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Thursday, 20 October 2022 14:13 (one year ago) link
"Peg" is an honourable number one. Nice to see "Your Gold Teeth II", the only "deep track" from the first four albums to get a mention.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 20 October 2022 15:53 (one year ago) link
"Any Major Dude" is ranked way, way too low.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 20 October 2022 16:06 (one year ago) link
There's definitely a few 'later' ones on there that I wish were replaced with better tracks from the first four albums (and "Any Major Dude" would probably be top ten for me, maybe even top five) but yes, very nice to see "Your Gold Teeth II." One of my favorite guitar solos on any Steely Dan track.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 20 October 2022 16:51 (one year ago) link
Much like any Steely Dan album out of the first seven being a legitimate pick for their best, it’s hard to argue with any song from those albums making a top twenty list (I mean ok I might think you were insane if you slipped in East St Louis Toodle-oo at #20 but it is a fun cover.)
― omar little, Thursday, 20 October 2022 16:55 (one year ago) link
Along with the bias towards the later records, it's a little absurd that they feel they have to apologize for the "roughness" of "Show Biz Kids", like you'll spill your latte if you'll hear a little distortion.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 20 October 2022 17:03 (one year ago) link
IIRC, AOR radio back in the 70s deleted the word "fuck" from that song.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 20 October 2022 19:11 (one year ago) link
This is not a bad list, but I prefer ILM's top 20. "Peg" seems wrong to have as #1 - its a great song but its kind of Steely Dan lite.
― o. nate, Thursday, 20 October 2022 19:34 (one year ago) link
Michael McDonald intoning "foooreign movie" notwithstanding.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 20 October 2022 19:41 (one year ago) link
IIRC, AOR radio back in the 70s deleted the word "fuck" from that song
did aor radio back in the 70s ever actually play that song? but, yeah, if they did, there's zero chance a commercial radio station in the 70s would have knowingly aired that word in any context.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 20 October 2022 20:02 (one year ago) link
I love "Peg" but I agree. I'd sooner put Deacon Blues at #1 but more likely much further down.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 20 October 2022 20:02 (one year ago) link
did aor radio back in the 70s ever actually play that song?
I definitely heard it when I was a kid in Denver, and there were only two places I could have heard it: KBPI or KAZY, the two competing AOR stations back then.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 20 October 2022 20:04 (one year ago) link
Re: "Showbiz Kids," apparently on the old (1985?) CD master or the early 1990s remaster of "Show Biz Kids" there is a 1.75 second edit that was inserted at around 1:02. This segment was sourced from a different analog tape transfer than the rest of the track. (It features a few different guitar notes and the female choir is missing 'NOT' in 'Not Wages' on the 1985 version.)
I bring it up because if they wanted it to get radio play and decided to edit the master to make that possible, I wonder if this caused that weird anomaly on those CD's?
― birdistheword, Thursday, 20 October 2022 20:06 (one year ago) link
Was it "not wages"? I always heard "lost wages," or maybe "Las Wages."
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 20 October 2022 20:08 (one year ago) link
definitely "lost wages"
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 20 October 2022 20:10 (one year ago) link
I thought it was lost wages, but I just deferred to whoever discovered the info above.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 20 October 2022 20:21 (one year ago) link
two places I could have heard it: KBPI or KAZY, the two competing AOR stations back then
a toast to the classic days of classic rock!
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 20 October 2022 20:33 (one year ago) link
"KBPI rocks the Rockies"
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 20 October 2022 20:35 (one year ago) link
I'm glad to see this thread bumped with Dan-related content, instead of the one with the weirdly long stupid quote that gets truncated mid-phrase and
Steely Dan: "Steely Dan's name has been popping up as a hip musical crush. Remember, this glossy bop-pop was the indifferent aristocracy to punk rock's stone-throwing in the late 70's. People fought
― blissfully unawarewolf (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 20 October 2022 20:51 (one year ago) link
also that thread title seems to imply that Steely Dan is saying that quote.
― “uhh”—like, this is an insane oatmeal raisin cookie “uhh” (President Keyes), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 19:01 (one year ago) link
I hate being commanded to remember something
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 19:07 (one year ago) link
Could be from a Walter Becker mid-show monologue.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 19:14 (one year ago) link