Posted on 03/06/2023 12:28:56 PM PST by nickcarraway
By the time they got to touring again, I was married with a child and no money to spend on frivolous entertainment..............
Mine too. In 1978, my friend gave me his Aja album because he told me it sucked. It was not like prior Steely Dan albums. More sophisticated if you will.
Can't replace his monologues: https://youtu.be/SsDWQsEgsqg
More ‘Jazzy’...................
Exactly.
At the 4:42 mark...Wow!
Shoot, to me they get better with age.
The Royal Scam album was a masterpiece too. Kid Charlemagne, great lyrics and guitar.
Carlton on Guitar: https://musicaficionado.blog/2018/08/29/larry-carltons-sessions-with-steely-dan-and-joni-mitchell/
It was tougher in the old days when they never went on tour. They did start sometime around...199 I think
Nope...it was 1993. Before that...not much at all.
Can’t Buy A Thrill is one of the best albums of all time.
Thanks for that on Aja. I have never seen Rick Beato so excited. I always dismissed Aja. But it it is quite a put together tune. Once again proving all artistic masterpieces are done when the artists is young. In this case Steely Dan and their musicians. Steely Dan don’t play sheeet on their records. They arrange and produce their musicians.
Like directing a movie.
I had to bring up the song Aja again to hear the solo. I had the album and always slipped that song because its so drawn out and boring. Wayne is an incredible player but unfortunately had little to play against on that solo.
I agree. After Shorter's death I tracked down and played Aja just to remind myself of his solo. It slightly improved a mediocre song.
On the other hand, listen to this solo from Miles's "In a Silent Way":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHesqaMhh34&t=1650s.
Miles starts playing directly afterward.
Yeah - I have that Miles album - in a silent way. Seriously heavy music. Thanks for the specific link and re-listen.
Wayne has this thing where he holds notes and changes the timbre. infectious and rich. He doesn’t always have to play a lot of notes to get across this vibe.
He did it in the Aja song as well. What a loss seeing him go.
Aja released on September 23, 1977
I was in high school and nobody had a tattoo.
I miss the 70’s
I like the Aja album ok, but I always prefer the more guitar-driven era of Steely Dan.
Yes I hear that. I was able to see them live for reeling in the years tour. They had a good band then.
They then got very sophisticated which I appreciated but no longer a band. Ridiculous stories of going through whole bands to record each song. Great sounding but almost sterile at that point.
I wore that 8-track out!..................
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