ghcollins86
(Santa Monica, CA (469.84 miles SSW of Paradise)) | | Posted: May 18, 2006 - 10:00 | |
How about "Barrytown" from Pretzel Logic?
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CCinSB
| | Posted: May 18, 2006 - 09:59 | |
Great album, great song.  |
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strike35
(Sarasota) | | Posted: May 18, 2006 - 09:59 | |
Great tune... Classic Album, just look at the cover.. we have it pretty good.
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designerGirl
(Western Hemisphere) | | Posted: May 18, 2006 - 09:57 | |
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Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet) | | Posted: May 18, 2006 - 09:57 | |
ChardRemains wrote:One of the best "album sides" ever....Thanks, RP! Yeah, the first two Steely Dan albums were the best! |
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dolfan
(Kingsland, Ga./Jacksonville, FL) | | Posted: Jul 12, 2005 - 13:09 | |
alreadytaken wrote: 
As a long time Dan Fan, I sometimes look up their often obscure references. a squonk seems to be a mythical pole-cat type of creature in southern lore. It's depicted as mournful and sobbing for some reason. Wish I knew how to link to that pic I saw.
I did some looking, too. Here's a helpful web site:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/360/A855092 |
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alreadytaken
| | Posted: Jun 27, 2005 - 20:19 | |
oldslabsides wrote:i've always liked this song, like virtually all Steely Dan, but after all these years, i'm still not entirely sure what a "squonk" is....
As a long time Dan Fan, I sometimes look up their often obscure references. a squonk seems to be a mythical pole-cat type of creature in southern lore. It's depicted as mournful and sobbing for some reason. Wish I knew how to link to that pic I saw. |
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Shaken_Bake
(Mile High City (or is it just me?)) | | Posted: Jun 27, 2005 - 20:12 | |
Gimme old Steely Dan - any day, any time. I do know all the words and I will sing it loudly! (You have been warned!)
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WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | | Posted: Mar 31, 2005 - 19:53 | |
Art_Carnage wrote:  My second favorite SD album!
My favorite for "Rikki..." and 'specially "East St. Louis Toodle-oo". Name one other group that's done Ellington with pedal steel. |
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Old_Pool_Skunk
(Whayyy out there.) | | Posted: Mar 31, 2005 - 19:49 | |
Ahhh....  |
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redeyespy
(SoFL) | | Posted: Mar 04, 2005 - 21:32 | |
stevo_b wrote:Define a squonk.
Scroll back a bit. |
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steeler
(somewhere outside of Barstow) | | Posted: Mar 02, 2005 - 08:46 | |
Cyclehawk wrote:The album is a truly brilliant piece of work. Still sounds fresh 30 years later.
:nodhead: |
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stevo_b
(Really Crunching Numbers Now!!!) | | Posted: Mar 02, 2005 - 08:44 | |
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dolfan
(Kingsland, Ga./Jacksonville, FL) | | Posted: Feb 15, 2005 - 15:02 | |
Even though we have virtually all SD on CD now, I still have my vinyl copy of Pretzel Logic that I happily bought while in college. More SD is a very, very good thing. Bring it on!!
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Trustocity
(Boston, baby) | | Posted: Feb 15, 2005 - 15:01 | |
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bubble_headed_beach_blond
(subcontinental divide) | | Posted: Jan 31, 2005 - 21:24 | |
NICKNAME wrote:RADIOPARADISE SHOULD HANDOUT "PEARLS BEFORE SWINE" AWARDS TO LISTENERS WHO RATE GOOD SONGS 1 !
a waste of perfectly good pearls. a strand? earrings? |
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veegez
(Burnsville, mn) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2004 - 06:31 | |
trekhead wrote:Oooooh! CRASH!!!
From a 10 to a 1.... Freddy Jones to THIS! Eesh!
Nice! Lift off!!! From an 8 to a 10...From Freddy Jones to THIS! Woo-hoo! |
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trekhead
| | Posted: Nov 04, 2004 - 06:29 | |
Oooooh! CRASH!!!
From a 10 to a 1.... Freddy Jones to THIS! Eesh!
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ChardRemains
(Pepperland) | | Posted: Oct 20, 2004 - 12:43 | |
One of the best "album sides" ever....Thanks, RP!
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Bodhisattva
(Richmond, VA) | | Posted: Oct 20, 2004 - 12:41 | |
my favorite SD song (well, this and Dirty Work).... thanks, RP!  |
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Cyclehawk
(Athens GA) | | Posted: Oct 20, 2004 - 12:40 | |
The album is a truly brilliant piece of work. Still sounds fresh 30 years later.
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blades
(NYC) | | Posted: Oct 05, 2004 - 18:11 | |
 was so long ago; was only yesterday. one of the best rock albums ever. |
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ediTed
(Phoenix, AZ) | | Posted: Aug 22, 2004 - 14:15 | |
I'm soooooooooo glad that this is in the rotation. One of my fav albums!
Thanks...
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Dave_Mack
(Saratoga, CA) | | Posted: Jun 14, 2004 - 12:28 | |
redeyespy wrote:
"(Lacrimacorpus dissolvens) The range of the squonk is very limited. Few people outside of Pennsylvania have ever heard of the quaint beast, which is said to be fairly common in the hemlock forests of that State. The squonk is of a very retiring disposition, generally travelling about at twilight and dusk. Because of its misfitting skin, which is covered with warts and moles, it is always unhappy; in fact it is said, by people who are best able to judge, to be the most morbid of beasts. Hunters who are good at tracking are able to follow a squonk by its tear-stained trail, for the animal weeps constantly. When cornered and escape seems impossible, or when surprised and frightened, it may even dissolve itself in tears. Squonk hunters are most successful on frosty moonlit nights, when tears are shed slowly and the animal dislikes moving about; it may then be heard weeping under the boughs of dark hemlock trees. Mr. J. P. Wentling, formerly of Pennsylvania, but now at St. Anthony Park, Minnesota, had a disappointing experience with a squonk near Mont Alto. He made a clever capture by mimicking the squonk and inducing it to hop into a sack, in which he was carrying it home, when suddenly the burden lightened and the weeping ceased. Wentling unslung the sack and looked in. There was nothing but tears and bubbles."
- William T. Cox, "Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods, With a Few Desert and Mountain Beasts"
Faskinatin'! And this story forms the basis, well the whole song really, of "Squonk" by Genesis from "A Trick of the Tail". Never knew the source. Thanks! |
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redeyespy
(SoFL) | | Posted: Jun 02, 2004 - 20:12 | |
oldslabsides wrote:i've always liked this song, like virtually all Steely Dan, but after all these years, i'm still not entirely sure what a "squonk" is....
"(Lacrimacorpus dissolvens) The range of the squonk is very limited. Few people outside of Pennsylvania have ever heard of the quaint beast, which is said to be fairly common in the hemlock forests of that State. The squonk is of a very retiring disposition, generally travelling about at twilight and dusk. Because of its misfitting skin, which is covered with warts and moles, it is always unhappy; in fact it is said, by people who are best able to judge, to be the most morbid of beasts. Hunters who are good at tracking are able to follow a squonk by its tear-stained trail, for the animal weeps constantly. When cornered and escape seems impossible, or when surprised and frightened, it may even dissolve itself in tears. Squonk hunters are most successful on frosty moonlit nights, when tears are shed slowly and the animal dislikes moving about; it may then be heard weeping under the boughs of dark hemlock trees. Mr. J. P. Wentling, formerly of Pennsylvania, but now at St. Anthony Park, Minnesota, had a disappointing experience with a squonk near Mont Alto. He made a clever capture by mimicking the squonk and inducing it to hop into a sack, in which he was carrying it home, when suddenly the burden lightened and the weeping ceased. Wentling unslung the sack and looked in. There was nothing but tears and bubbles."
- William T. Cox, "Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods, With a Few Desert and Mountain Beasts"
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Red_Dragon
(somewhere in the great midwest) | | Posted: Jun 01, 2004 - 07:08 | |
i've always liked this song, like virtually all Steely Dan, but after all these years, i'm still not entirely sure what a "squonk" is....
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Platypus
(here, now) | | Posted: May 05, 2004 - 21:18 | |
that one guitar line that plays throughout always sounds like a GD lick to me.
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GregX59
(Omaha, NE) | | Posted: Apr 28, 2004 - 19:24 | |
A true classic. I uploaded it a year or so ago, and got a "Sorry". Glad it made the rotation.
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upinya
(Orlando, FL) | | Posted: Mar 16, 2004 - 05:59 | |
Another one of mine. I'm laying eggs, it feels like :)
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AliGator
(France) | | Posted: Mar 16, 2004 - 05:56 | |
It's great to hear this here. :nodhead:
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