Wow, never knew this about My Favorite Band.
John Lennon was a jerk and I never liked him.
I don’t watch a lot of wrestling.
Was this a good bout?
Thing about Steely Dan, they sucked.
Then there’s Steely Dan’s “What a Beautiful World” tune.
I’ve never heard that it was done ironically.
can this possibly be translated to english?
“Steely Dan’s bold response to Lennon’s all-white evangelism...”
He did all that with Yoko Ono.
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I never liked Steely Dan in the first place so I guess that’s why I had never heard about this.
Steely Dan… good band. The Beatles… quite a bit better.
I’m a Lennon, Dylan & Steely Dan fan. The writer or anyone else can fault Lennon for his foolish notions, but they can’t diminish his huge talent or the that of the Beatles as a whole.
“Their 1972 track, ‘Only a Fool Would Say That’ was written in response to Lennon’s parade of peace. It looks at idealism through the practical eyes of folks on the street.”
LOVE Steely Dan. I’d wish for THEIR music vs. Beatles if stranded on a desert island. ;)
Steely Dan had some enjoyable good music... in a Yacht Rock kinda way. But please.... spare me serious social critique from those clowns.
“. . . cultural zenith akin to the great renaissance period confined to about seven short years from Bob Dylan’s The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan in 1963 to Woodstock in 1969. ‘
I enjoyed the hell out the ‘60’s, but “great renaissance period”? - give me a break - there’s a lot to be said for music that’s fun and readily-available weed, but that’s a far cry from an intellectual zenith, and typical of a counter-culture that took itself way too seriously.
I’ll take Oingo Boingo
Capitalism
There’s nothing wrong with the capitalism
There’s nothing wrong with free enterprise
Don’t try to make me feel guilty
I’m so tired of hearing you cry
There’s nothing wrong with making some profit
If you ask me, I’ll say it’s just fine
There’s nothing wrong with wanting to live nice
I’m so tired of hearing you whine
About the revolution or bringin’ down the rich
When was the last time you dug a ditch, baby?!
[Verse 2]
If it ain’t one thing, then it’s the other
Any cause that crosses your path
Your heart bleeds for anyone’s brother
I’ve got to tell you you’re a pain in the ass
You criticize with plenty of vigor
You rationalize everything that you do
With catchy phrases and heavy quotations
And everybody is crazy but you
[Chorus]
You’re just a middle class socialist brat
From a suburban family and you never really had to work
And you tell me that you’ve got to get back
To the struggling masses (whoever they are)
You talk, talk, talk about the suffering and pain
Your mouth is bigger than your entire brain
What the hell do you know about suffering and pain, you dumb f___?
‘Imagine’ wasn’t a prayer for peace; it was a atheistic neo-Marxist anthem that, as usual, refused to acknowledge our fallen human nature. By this author’s reckoning then, that would put Steely Dan firmly in the Judeo-Christian camp. Only a propagandist would call ‘Imagine’ a prayer.
Just me, but I did not care for the music of either of them.
Well, get back Jack, do it again...
My favorite song from “Can’t Buy A Thrill”, is “Turn That Heartbeat Over Again”, only Steely Dan could do a song like that.