The song Steely Dan wrote to mock John Lennon

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

[ratzoe]

...and it seemed all that was playing on the AM radio was Steely Dan or Chicago on a loop.

You could be entitled to significant compensation.

[nesnah]

Who on this thread has ever heard the instermental prelude to “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number”?

[Bullish]

I heard them play it live in ‘73 Can’t remember if they did the long intro but I think they probably did.

BTW, best concert I have ever been to bar none.

[moehoward]

Dire Straits ? Interesting. I can see that being effective.

Would I be dating myself if I mentioned Gino Vinnelli, Storm at Sunup ?
Talk about a leg spreader!

[NFHale]

A veritable who’s who parade of great guitarists passed through the studio with Steely Dan… Denny Dias, Larry Carlton, Elliott Randall, Dean Parks. And Becker was no slouch on the axe either.

Kid Charlemagne is still one of the best, most stylish guitar chops ever, to me. That was Larry Carleton gettin’ it done…

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

No static at all.......

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

LOL! You had it better than I! It was MUZAK in our station wagon!

[nesnah]

https://youtu.be/kaxMrzrkzwI

It’s not long.

[Bullish]

Oh sure, now I know what you’re talking about.

[NFHale]

Aja still sounds like it was just recorded… timeless, stylish, slick, and beautiful.

“Home At Last” is one of my all time favorite songs. The guitar work shines.

[NFHale]

Well said… they had an amazing, eclectic mix of styles and found the talent to fit each song rather than the other way around.

I still load up the 5 disc changer with Katy Lied, Aja, Royal Scam, Pretzel Logic, Can’t Buy a Thrill… all of their stuff in rotation.

I thought Gaucho was weakest, but still had great music…

[NetAddicted]

MUST LISTEN later. So far, it sounds like a great answer to fools who idolize “Imagine.” OMG! Imagine explains transgenderism. Oy vey.

[NFHale]

Yeah my band covered don’t take me alive, kid Charlemagne, reeling in the years, and my old school back in the 80s. I did most of the guitar work on those songs with my band, but my other guitarist traded off once in a while with me.

Always went over well in the Philly andJersey clubs back in the day

[daniel1212]

Well, I think my parody need work:

Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s more easy if you’re high;
No hell below us,
Above us, only sky

Imagine all the people,
Livin’ for that lie,
A-haa.

Imagine there’s no countries,
So there’s more drugs to do.
Nothing to live or die for,
And no religion, too.

Imagine all the people,
living for my high.

You may say I’m a dreamer,
But I’m not the only one,
I hope someday you’ll join us,
So the devil will have won.

Imagine no possessions,
I’ll wonder if you can.
But buy my music,
Oh brotherhood of man!

Imagine all the people
Paying for my $ongs

You may say I’m a dreamer,
But I’m not the only one.
I hope someday you’ll join us,
So in Hell we're done.

Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s more easy if you’re high;
No hell below us,
Above us, only sky

Imagine all the people,
Livin’ for that lie,
A-haa.

Imagine there’s no countries,
So there’s more drugs to do.
Nothing to live or die for,
And no religion, too.

Imagine all the people,
living for my high.

You may say I’m a dreamer,
But I’m not the only one,
I hope someday you’ll join us,
So the devil will have won.

Imagine no possessions,
I’ll wonder if you can.
But buy my music,
Oh brotherhood of man!

Imagine all the people
Paying for my $ongs

You may say I’m a dreamer,
But I’m not the only one.
I hope someday you’ll join us,
So in Hell we're done.

[StAnDeliver]

"Same thing happened with Andy Partridge and XTC, another of my favorite bands."

Because his wife dumped his Valium script in the trash halfway through the 1980 tour. Fortunate to see them at Ginnings before he flipped out.

As for Steely, Fagan lost his shit because he couldn't control the live version when they were a 'band'.

There is a Youtube of Steely early live where Skunk nearly derails "Years" at the open with a wild, beautiful, but 'flaky' lead-in, and the camera pans to Fagen and he is about to barf.

There is an early Wings Over America concert video where Jimmy McCulloch, exact same thing, is destroying the jam lead-in to Medicine Jar (his song, btw), and Macca keeps glancing anxiously stage right. Gone from the band a year later, and Macca went back to mostly recording without touring ... only to get nailed in Japan for weed, opening an ambitious tour for "Back To The Egg".

[AnotherUnixGeek]

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

I got to see Steely Dan a few years ago at Shoreline in Mountain View, and consider myself very lucky, especially now that Walter has passed.