Some turnout, a hundred grand
Get with it we'll shake his hand
Don't bother to understand
Don't question the little man
Be part of the brotherhood
Yes it's chain lightning
It feels so good
Hush brother, we cross the square
Act natural like you don't care
Turn slowly and comb your hair
Don't trouble the midnight air
We're standing just where he stood
It was chain lightning
It feels so good
The song is supposedly about a couple of Nazis. In the first verse they are at a rally. The "little man" is Hitler.
In the second verse they return after the war to the scene of the rally. Interesting song especially as Donald Fagan was Jewish.
Sara Niemietz covers Pretzel logic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcud61ydCiA
Steely Dan was 2 guys (Fagen & Becker) who hired A-Class studio musicians to play on their tracks.
They were infamous for hiring a group of studio musicians to record a song...then the next day a new group of musicians would come in and record the same song.
They would bring in numerous musicians to get a solo “just right”. The guitar solo in “Peg” brought in 6-7 musicians to try their hand...until Jay Graydon nailed it. byw, Jay Graydon played the hot solo on Al Jarreau’s “Raging Water” & co-wrote the song as well as produced the entire album.
Their engineer, Roger Nichols, was a nuclear scientist and SD albums always were known for their high level of sound quality.
Jazz inspired music
Great musicians
Dry, sardonic lyrics
Impeccable sound quality