WOAH, a 2 ranking for Third World Man, which I also love, but which has been dissed by many for being a slow paced melancholy song to end what was a slow paced Album(although it is my second fave dan album) in Gaucho!
A real surprise and well done.
Your top 10 Dan songs right here. Dan fans, be heard...
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A real surprise and well done.
Nobody liked Gaucho. It was among their best.
They opened every show for a long time with "Time Out of Mind", and "Sisters" was always a staple in their concerts. Should tell people what Walt and Don thought of it.
They opened every show for a long time with "Time Out of Mind", and "Sisters" was always a staple in their concerts. Should tell people what Walt and Don thought of it.
Big fan of Steely Dan.
Your Gold Teeth II has been an earworm for me the last day or so. Came on Sirius XM Deep Tracks while I was pulling out of a cemetery lot after purchasing my burial plot and stone yesterday afternoon.
Not fixin' to die just yet, tho.
They had a lot of trouble and bad luck recording Gaucho. The first finshed masters were lost in a fire, and they had to go back and re-record the entire album. Then, there were one or two songs that didn't make the final cut, that they wanted on there. Still, Gaucho is amazing and is maybe the best sounding and recorded record that was made in the early 80's(Dire Straits Love Over Gold, Toto IV, a few others in that league). You are correct, Gaucho was panned universally, unless you count the hard core Dan fans who are unlike hard core fans of other bands in that they do not discriminate between the early works, and later works of a band. Frankly, if you listen to the title track and listen closely to the drum work, it's among the finest ever done. Jeff Porcaro in my opinion is one of the ten best drummers who has ever lived and how in the world he did that odd time signature with those ghost fills and high hat tricks and did it flawlessly, amazing.
That ditch out in the valley...
Could be.
But, with any luck, up the hill, near the cross, just below the tree line.
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One thing I've noticed is that their hits tend to be my favorite songs. I have listened to several of their records, and the deep cuts don't do it for me quite as much. Josie might be an exception, unless that's also considered a hit.
Wow. Very tough. Top five:
1. My Old School
2. Deacon Blues
3. Reelin' In the Years
4. Kid Charlemagne
5. Hey Nineteen
1. My Old School
2. Deacon Blues
3. Reelin' In the Years
4. Kid Charlemagne
5. Hey Nineteen
My favorite band. They're timeless. I've seen them many times, always great. Also caught Larry Carlton in a very small venue -- he took questions from the crowd and told lots of Dan stories. Fagen and Becker were perfectionists -- always wanted the best guys playing with them and they did many takes in the studio to get the songs exactly right.
10. With a Gun
9. Deacon Blues
8. My Rival
7. Everything You Did
6. Any Major Dude Will Tell You
5. Only a Fool Would Say That
4. Don't Take Me Alive
3. Your Gold Teeth I
2. Third World Man
1. Razor Boy
10. With a Gun
9. Deacon Blues
8. My Rival
7. Everything You Did
6. Any Major Dude Will Tell You
5. Only a Fool Would Say That
4. Don't Take Me Alive
3. Your Gold Teeth I
2. Third World Man
1. Razor Boy
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