The song Steely Dan wrote to mock John Lennon

Far Out Magazine ^ | 3/8/22 | Sam Kemp

[Bullish]

Steely Dan "only a fool would say that"

[ifinnegan]

One of the worst bands ever.

Just horrible.

[stevio]

I floated the idea of doing that song for my solo gig. The falsetto part makes it difficult. My target wouldn’t be Lenon, but most of the people in the audience

[NFHale]

Thanks for posting that, I appreciate it

[dfwgator]

Boddhisatvah on “Countdown to Ecstasy” was also a knock on all the rich folks suddenly buying into Eastern Mysticism.

[stevio]

Dude, just leave. Just kidding, kinda.

[dfwgator]

A great song from one of the greatest debut albums ever.

[1Old Pro]

And here I thought these liberal artists were all about peace and love and getting along with everyone.

But, I enjoy the much of the music of these lefties.

[Red Badger]

One of the most intellectual of all rock bands.

One that I wanted to see but never could..............

[hardspunned]

How about “King of the World” giving our current masters the business. https://youtu.be/7Ay8tPN8Rys

[KC_Conspirator]

lolz
https://www.laweekly.com/steely-dan-fans-are-assholes/

[dfwgator]

I referenced that one the other day. Probably my all-time favorite SD song.

[dfwgator]

Guilty as charged, LOL!

[1Old Pro]

One of the most intellectual of all rock bands. One that I wanted to see but never could..............

They still tour w/o Becker of course. I've seen them 4-5 times. My only complaint was the set list hardly changed each year. I wanted to go to NYC a few years ago when they were performing whole albums, never could arrange it.

[jaydubya2]

I haven’t before heard that it was connected to John Lennon.

[stevio]

There’s not one of their albums I can pick as an absolute favorite. Listening to them raises your IQ a couple points. But then the other organics takes it right back down. So it’s a wash.

[nuconvert]

Great song. It’s Steely Dan.

Lyrics

Only a Fool Would Say That
Steely Dan
Our world become one
Of salads and sun
Only a fool would say that
A boy with a plan
A natural man
Wearing a white stetson hat

Unhand that gun begone
There’s no one to fire upon
If he’s holding it high
He’s telling a lie

I heard it was you
Talkin’ ‘bout a world
Where all is free
It just couldn’t be
And only a fool would say that

The man in the street
Draggin’ his feet
Don’t wanna hear the bad news
Imagine your face
There is his place
Standing inside his brown shoes

You do his nine to five
Drag yourself home half alive
And there on the screen
A man with a dream

I heard it was you
Talkin’ ‘bout a world
Where all is free
It just couldn’t be
And only a fool would say that

Anybody on the street
Has murder in his eyes
You feel no pain
And you’re younger
Then you realize
Only a fool would say that
Only a foooo oooooo ooooo oooool

I heard it was you
Talkin’ ‘bout a world
Where all is free
It just couldn’t be
And a fool would say that
And a fool would say that
And a fool would say that

[bramps]

The Beatles were bad but they weren’t the worst.

[hardspunned]

The album was their best.

[Bullish]

I did see them in concert in early 70s in Long Beach Ca.

Best music I have ever heard done live. They were masters at sounding exactly like their records. They were unbelievably good and they did most of their hits up to that point. It was the Pretzel Logic tour so I got to hear that album for the very first time played live.