*** Official Steely Dan Thread ***

[vikesbumeout]

Walter Becker has died. Sucks. Post your favorite Steely Dan songs and stories here.

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We hear you're leaving, that's okay
I thought our little wild time had just begun....
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[YBBR]

Respect to Steely Dan. For real. RIP Walter Becker

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[Justin Kase]

Becker and Fagan were so very talented and complex as musicians, at least in my opinion. They were never a band I really got into, even though their music was always around me. I never bought an album, tape or cd. The only song I like much is Reelin in the years.

[weimy froob]

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[Verle]

A talented group who made music that doesn't appeal to me. Same goes for the fucking Doobie Bros.

[somuchyummy]

top five alltime band for me. i understand how some people didn't like them - their music featured a lot of unconventional twists and turns. but i like that about them. i often didn't get where the songs were going right away, but had to listen to them a dozen times before the chord changes and melodies made sense. but i found that part of it rewarding.

a few other points: their state fair gig a few years back made it really clear to me how deep the grooves are on their songs. funky as fook. their "meet the band, each guy gets a solo" song that night was james brown's "papa don't take no mess" - and the groove of that song fit right in the pocket of everything else they played that night.

second thing: guitar players loooooooved the dan. their songs always featured some of the coolest, most blistering guitar solos because they always a) brought in great players to do them and b) like i said earlier, the chord changes were different and set up so many more possibilities for the guitarists to work with. it never was the old 1-4-5.

finally, they have been knocked for being cold and clinical. and some of their records do carry a pristine sheen that i don't care for (worst offender, The Royal Scam). but lyrically, their songs were anything but clinical. common recurrent theme is being an outsider and misunderstood or not fitting into the world, trying to find or keep friends, trying to find a home. really human stuff.

[YBBR]

top five alltime band for me. i understand how some people didn't like them - their music featured a lot of unconventional twists and turns. but i like that about them. i often didn't get where the songs were going right away, but had to listen to them a dozen times before the chord changes and melodies made sense. but i found that part of it rewarding.

a few other points: their state fair gig a few years back made it really clear to me how deep the grooves are on their songs. funky as fook. their "meet the band, each guy gets a solo" song that night was james brown's "papa don't take no mess" - and the groove of that song fit right in the pocket of everything else they played that night.

second thing: guitar players loooooooved the dan. their songs always featured some of the coolest, most blistering guitar solos because they always a) brought in great players to do them and b) like i said earlier, the chord changes were different and set up so many more possibilities for the guitarists to work with. it never was the old 1-4-5.

finally, they have been knocked for being cold and clinical. and some of their records do carry a pristine sheen that i don't care for (worst offender, The Royal Scam). but lyrically, their songs were anything but clinical. common recurrent theme is being an outsider and misunderstood or not fitting into the world, trying to find or keep friends, trying to find a home. really human stuff.

Nice. Great band.

[Lightning]

I want to say I hate them but out of respect to the rest of you, I won't.

[somuchyummy]

and i want to say that you have absolutely no taste, but i won't - because you didn't say that you hated them.

[Hummdrum]

there was a good Steelie Dan tribute band here last July but I couldn't go. I heard they were awsome.
I like Hey NIneteen. I remember listening to Kasey Casem back in the day and the song was about them touring and meeting girls who looked to be any age. A few turned out to be 19 instead of looking 25 or older and they had nothing in common since they were in their early 30's while in the band. The mention of "the fine columbian" was the new weed that was seedless with red thread and would get you stoned nicely after one toke.