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

Catch me dead wearing anything with that Tide logo.

Love this shirt, but yeah, could've left that out. Aja skull is a sick touch though.

I’d take the Aja skull by itself on a shirt.

I just want to say I love this thread title ending "People fought."

People fought with the Fez on

Author Rikki Ducornet attended Bard College with Donald Fagen where they met at a party and he gave her his number. She was intrigued by Fagen and tempted to call him but didn't - Steely Dan's song 'Rikki Don't Lose That Number' is referencing Fagen's brief soiree with Ducornet pic.twitter.com/3YxHwwNebz

— Barney Hurley (@barneyhurley1) November 26, 2021

Was she a student there or a faculty member or wife?

Was she 19?

Oh, student I guess, but she was married and her father was a professor there as well.

She later told an interviewer, "Philosophically it's an interesting song; I mean I think his 'number' is a cipher for the self."[

Aimee Mann talks about Steely Dan here, and it's an interesting take: https://www.soundopinions.org/show/835

She names Can't Buy a Thrill as an important album to her, but she talks about Steely Dan in general.

lol there was an "AM" version of "FM" which was achieved by simply splicing in the "A" from the chorus of "Aja" pic.twitter.com/qcVZeeMt1B

— Good Steely Dan Takes (@baddantakes) December 14, 2021

nugget courtesy of @DonBreithaupt via his 33 1/3 book on Aja pic.twitter.com/y1Mt9Jckk0

— Good Steely Dan Takes (@baddantakes) December 14, 2021

that's hilarious

Lol did stations splice the names of their local football teams into Deacon Blues?

A station in Wisconsin did censor the "new man on the Minnesota Vikings" line in Lizzo's "Truth Hurts"

https://www.nfl.com/news/green-bay-radio-bleeps-vikings-in-lizzo-s-truth-hurts-0ap3000001054260

"They call <awkward punch-in edit by local DJ who sounds nothing like Fagen> Penn State the Nittany Lions..."

Lol did stations splice the names of their local football teams into Deacon Blues?

― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Tuesday, December 14, 2021 8:08 PM (fifty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

they call *notre dame* the *fighting irish*...call me *stanford* blues

I'm guessing Wake Forest fans change it to "Demon Deacon Blues"

Just hearing the Bill Callahan version of Deacon Blues ….

I have mixed feelings about that one

it only works in the context of the whole album, which better establishes the loose vibe. But a loose vibe generally doesn't work well with Dan material anyhow.

The Dan has outlived punk.

Speaking of that, Santa brought me one of those Bedtime For Democracy/Countdown To Ecstasy tees.

It's really well-done.

Deacon Blues is perfect

I am partial to Any Major Dude Will Tell You, myself.

also perfect

How does it rate next to Tom Wopat’s version of DB?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wErmUahfPKo

I was anti-VR until seeing this pic.twitter.com/6DEYz5jYPg

— Good Steely Dan Takes (@baddantakes) January 25, 2022

Please don't do Royal Scam.

Please do Royal Scam.

Can’t buy a thrill would be the Wild one

I just saw someone post this. Great comments!

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

Commenters know when snares should be or not .

Commenters also drug dealers apparently

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOWp7QdIB0g

Steely Dan's Bodhisattva, from their Countdown to Ecstasy Album, is a Roll the Rock Classic song, where Donald and Walter explain the ultimate purpose of a Bodhisattva, which is after they have become an Ascended Master, a Yogi, they are to remain amongst us as our Teachers, Mentors, and Light House

In the song, the Key is to LET GO of our unhealthy connection to Physical Possessions, false Gold, for what is truly real, found within ourselves, Alchemical Gold...the Real Treasure of this World, which is God's Truth, which creates Enlightenment and thus, Awareness of all that is...

The "Shine of your Japan" is referring to the Illumination of the Pineal Gland, while the "Sparkle in your China" is the Illumination of the Pituitary Gland...the Milk and Honey that flow above us, to create the Promised Land, which is Heaven Upon Earth...which is us Trusting in God from Within ourselves, which is the ONLY Real Freedom there is...thus, we must all "Sell our Houses in Town" and RE-Treat to the Countryside Manor, which is Within You, the Third Ventricle of the Brain, where the Hallowed Trinity awaits us, forevermore...Real Family!

"Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva...LOOK OUT..." Where the Look Out is the Lighthouse Activated within us, the Light of the World, to help show others "The Way" of Jesus Christ, Buddha, Krishna...

So, Sit back, Relax, and Enjoy this masterpiece to the glory of God's Creation, and please remember friends that Colleen and I take care of 61 Animals here at our Animal Rescue Sanctuary, if you can comfortably afford to donate a little towards the costs of caring for our precious Family, we would greatly appreciate it...if you cannot afford to help, you can help in other ways, including sending us your Intentions of Love, of Strength and of Wisdom...you can send a monetary donation to:

THe Manor, The Lighthouse, the ... Sanctuary

I have to say I thought Bodhisattva was way more mundane than the explanation posted above. Isn't the "shine of your Japan" just a play on Japanning, a type of lacquerwork finish and "sparkle of your China" about the teacups when they've just come out of the dishwasher? Oh, Lord you've got me strung out on Eastern Intrigue, to quote Todd Rundgren's song, equally as sceptical of the western adoption of Eastern philosophies.

bodhdiSATT

sorry for beato but i did enjoy this video, though I thought it was gonna be about “your gold teeth ii” for a sec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9sR7kdh_qs

I knew what that would be before I pressed play.

idk why, but it doesn't seem that weird to me

I think the only weird thing about it is that it doesn't have much to do with the song? It's longer and there is more of it, but I don't know how much weirder it is than the strummed chord at the start of "Don't Take Me Alive."

the final line of the intro is more or less repeated during the chorus. the weird thing, i guess, is that there is no real western music theoretical framework that "explains" what's going on in the intro but it sounds good anyway.

It's not such a weird intro: it uses the same sonic palette as the body of the song, it returns to the tonic regularly, and the song needs something at the beginning and in the middle, it would be pretty dull otherwise.

Enjoyable video if you don’t already know the composition of the song. Every time I see these I want to bust out my guitar and learn the song
He could play down the reactions a bit though. “Oh!”

I don't know, the older and crankier I get the more I appreciate enthusiasm.

i still yelp every time i hear a perfectly executed keltner snare roll

I shriek when I hear an add 9 chord.

I only trust Blayne Westphall's take on these things

In the Aja doc they talk about bringing in entirely different bands to play the songs, like musical chairs, musical bands. How great would it be if an official alternate Aja could be made — the same songs but with different players and arrangements

Although I presume that those discarded versions never got past recording the rhythm tracks, so you'd be listening to a lot of instrumentals with no overdubs or lead parts.