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Whatever happened to Steely Dan?

Posted on 05/23/2014 6:12:07 PM PDT by SamAdams76

They were good. Was there ever a Steely Dan song that was bad?

Just heard "Deacon Blues" on the radio. Timeless.

Back in the day, they were derided as a "Fern bar" band. I have no idea what that even means. But back in 1977, upscale men apparently went to these "fern bars" in their leisure suits and picked up women with the dulcet tones of Steely Dan in the background. Maybe a bit of Spyra Gyra and Chuck Mangione as well. But let's not talk about them, shall we. This thread is about Steely Dan.


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To: upchuck

Is there gas in the car?


61 posted on 05/23/2014 7:25:10 PM PDT by moovova
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To: SaxxonWoods

Are you all playing?


62 posted on 05/23/2014 7:26:52 PM PDT by MileHi
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To: Mich Patriot

I cried when I wrote this song...sue me if I play too long.


63 posted on 05/23/2014 7:28:58 PM PDT by moovova
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To: dontreadthis

Look at you. See #61.

What a hoot. Didn’t realize you’d beat me to it.


64 posted on 05/23/2014 7:34:56 PM PDT by moovova
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To: tumblindice

Does shooting his baby down by the river count?


65 posted on 05/23/2014 7:38:10 PM PDT by Freestate316 (Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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To: SamAdams76

Nope. Not that I remember.


66 posted on 05/23/2014 7:39:50 PM PDT by KGeorge (Till we're together again, Gypsy girl. May 28, 1998- June 3, 2013)
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To: SamAdams76

Steely Dan “Aja” was the “euchre album” while I was in college, although I thought “Countdown to Ecstasy” was overall their best album.


67 posted on 05/23/2014 7:42:09 PM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: moovova

Call your doctor - call your shrink
Western science she strictly rinkydink
They all masissi but we hang tough
Apsatively gonna help you beat that stuff


68 posted on 05/23/2014 7:43:45 PM PDT by dontreadthis
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To: SamAdams76

bttt


69 posted on 05/23/2014 7:47:26 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: SamAdams76

I think they do an annual multi-night run at the Beacon in NYC. I saw them a couple of years ago there...........amazing....


70 posted on 05/23/2014 7:47:32 PM PDT by ALASKA (Disgusted.....)
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To: tumblindice

“I saw the movie, and I read the book”,”and I just turned twenty two”, “everybody knows”.

“After the gold rush” “Welfare Mothers” “find someone that is turning”, “it keeps me searching for a heart of gold, and I’m getting old”


71 posted on 05/23/2014 8:05:55 PM PDT by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: SamAdams76

I’ve loved Steely Dan in the past and still do, but tend to sidestep listening to their more popular work due to my being a little overexposed.

Pretzel Logic is their best album, in my opinion. Some very interesting, relatively obscure songs. “Through With Buzz,” “Monkey In Your Soul,” etc.

http://youtu.be/uiSDlX6Pt7g


72 posted on 05/23/2014 8:20:01 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: SamAdams76

Saw Steely Dan live at Red Rocks last year. They’ve always been my absolute favorite but I’d never seen them live. It poured freezing rain the entire time. It was awesome.


73 posted on 05/23/2014 8:34:05 PM PDT by mountainbunny (Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens ~ J.R.R. Tolkien)
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To: Zeneta

What happened to Steely Dan?
They took the Wolverine back to Anondale.


74 posted on 05/23/2014 8:42:04 PM PDT by So Circumstanced
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To: SamAdams76

Bump for later as my cat has decided she needs attention NOW.


75 posted on 05/23/2014 8:47:47 PM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: SaxxonWoods

They once participated in some New York city revue. Other performers included Michael McDonald, Phoebe Snow, Boz Scaggs. What a treat in Mansfield ma.


76 posted on 05/23/2014 8:57:20 PM PDT by So Circumstanced
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To: upchuck

“FM”...I still refer to it as “The Deejay’s Anthem”.


77 posted on 05/23/2014 9:00:46 PM PDT by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Thanks for convincing me to never read Naked Lunch.


78 posted on 05/23/2014 9:12:21 PM PDT by vladimir998
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To: dontreadthis
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter played lead guitar in the early days and is prolly remembered best for his work on Reelin’ in the Years.

Played a mean steel pedal as well. Pretty solo on "Pearl of the Quarter".

79 posted on 05/23/2014 9:19:40 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: RegulatorCountry

Barrytown is my all-time favorite Dan song.

And with the current WH occupant, it takes on a whole new meaning.


80 posted on 05/23/2014 9:20:47 PM PDT by dfwgator
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