WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | | Posted: May 16, 2013 - 07:52 | |
One of the great byproducts of Fagen's imagery is the stuff that simply doesn't make sense. For instance, Becker and Fagen met at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson in New York. That's the old school in Annandale. But he also writes about the oleanders blooming in the spring in Annandale--pretty much unlikely because oleanders are tropical and generally hardy in Zone 8 and higher, don't survive temps much below 0 degrees Celsius, and Annandale is on the border of Zones 5 and 6.
I've read that some recently developed mutations have had middling success in Zone 6, but that wasn't going on when Fagen wrote the lyrics. I prefer to think that Fagen simply like the image, the sound of the word, and how easily its meter fit into the song's metrics.
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junebaby65
(Cleveland, OH) | | Posted: May 16, 2013 - 07:46 | |
God Bless Jeff Baxter-who played the solo on this.
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drucev
(Brooklyn, NY) | | Posted: May 16, 2013 - 07:40 | |
EXT-PENCEY PREP
STEELY DAN'S MY OLD SCHOOL
JUSTIN BIEBER: 'PHONIES' MASSIVE FIREBALL.
FADE.
Baz Luhrman's CATCHER IN THE RYE
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catnip
(mostly wearing lard) | | Posted: Mar 14, 2013 - 13:56 | |
A low evening, and then this blasts out.
What is there not to like? The horn arrangements lift the heart, the guitar sizzles, the lyrics are wonderful SD impenetrable nonsense (to my ears), the production is faultless, and suddenly the world looks a better place.
Great song. Time to go on a SD jag. The neighbours may complain...
What the hell, I feel better.
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unclehud
(now 50 feet above the planet in Boston) | | Posted: Mar 14, 2013 - 13:49 | |
Bat wrote:The sax run between "California tumbles into the sea" and "That'll be the day I go back to Anondale" is just fantastic, especially the final little umpf of the bass sax at the very end. Yeah, man! Little details like that, the "toot, toot" horns in the background, and the guitar wailing at low volumes behind the vocals and ripping during solos, drums and cymbals being bashed throughout the enitre song ... lots of little details adding together make a truly fabulous tune. |
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Dave_Mack
(Ball of Confusion) | | Posted: Mar 14, 2013 - 13:45 | |
idiot_wind wrote:How about Dr Wu once in awhile?
Trippy lyrics, a hint of forlorn, and great musicianship. That's my favorite Dan song. I have a soft spot for this one, cause we used to play it in the Stanford Band. |
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beans4tea
| | Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 11:45 | |
Steely Dan, the only band that sounds like them  |
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rage
| | Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 11:41 | |
oh for a steely dan free world
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Paul_Skybreakers
(Amsterdam, the Netherlands) | | Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 03:11 | |
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kojiroh
(Istanbul, Turkey) | | Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 03:10 | |
I love how obsessed these guys are with the production quality of their work. No wonder this song is so good.
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Deckard
(long beach, Ca) | | Posted: Oct 08, 2012 - 18:10 | |
Call me crazy, but I love this song and it's probably one of my all time favorite SD songs. It's so well produced - I never get tired of listening to it.
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idiot_wind
| | Posted: Jul 06, 2012 - 06:57 | |
How about Dr Wu once in awhile?
Trippy lyrics, a hint of forlorn, and great musicianship.
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yellowfish
| | Posted: May 03, 2012 - 17:55 | |
How come there is no 11 rank?
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lily34
(lexvegas) | | Posted: May 03, 2012 - 17:53 | |
they can do no wrong in my book.
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p2h2d2
(On the Lake) | | Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 08:40 | |
Still among the best produced albums out there. RIP Roger Nichols!
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olivertwist
(Atlanta GA) | | Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 08:38 | |
 Steely Dan's greatest single!  |
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cayenne
(in over my head) | | Posted: Jan 29, 2012 - 17:10 | |
treatment_bound wrote: That was great, thanks! (For some reason, I've been thinking Annadale was in Maryland. Now I know!) |
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helgigermany
(Germany) | | Posted: Dec 28, 2011 - 22:00 | |
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treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison) | | Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 08:09 | |
Copy & paste the web address below into a new browsing session to read a really good article from about 5 years ago where Fagen discusses this song and college life:
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1174152,00.html
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Dinges,_the_Dude
(under sea-level, N52°22', E4°52') | | Posted: Oct 27, 2011 - 12:28 | |
My number 1 band by far!! Great album, great song!
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Bat
(Austin) | | Posted: Oct 26, 2011 - 13:51 | |
The sax run between "California tumbles into the sea" and "That'll be the day I go back to Anondale" is just fantastic, especially the final little umpf of the bass sax at the very end.
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bachbeet
| | Posted: Sep 24, 2011 - 21:26 | |
Excellent song from an excellent album. What a great band!
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Pharlap
(Bahama, NC) | | Posted: Aug 24, 2011 - 13:32 | |
saw them in a rare 70's tour. Opening (that's right) for ELO. Early 1974.
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mike_chouinard
| | Posted: Aug 24, 2011 - 12:42 | |
I was thrilled to see Fagen and Becker in 1994, and was probably the only Slacker generation punk in the audience. I still love their evil cha cha music more than just about anything.
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Huey
(Netherlands) | | Posted: Jul 24, 2011 - 03:51 | |
Wow this is "reeling in the years" for me. 9.
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Dave_Mack
(Ball of Confusion) | | Posted: Jun 22, 2011 - 14:34 | |
Seeing them in two weeks! w00t!
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freddyb
(Perth, Western Australia) | | Posted: May 21, 2011 - 22:16 | |
Great double bill just announced coming to our town in October. Steely Dan and Steve Winwood. I'm already counting the sleeps.
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kysmet
(Central Florida) | | Posted: Apr 20, 2011 - 08:45 | |
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Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas) | | Posted: Mar 19, 2011 - 20:20 | |
Saw Steely Dan live a few years ago. This is the song they blew the roof off with. Not the one I would have expected, but they totally pulled out all the stops. The live version is a good 6 minutes long.
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gabrielle7nt
(4.7 miles from my summer home) | | Posted: Mar 19, 2011 - 20:17 | |
Dave_Mack wrote:I always get goosebumps when I hear that sax section riff in the last verse. Sooooooo awesome!
Sax gives me goosebumps, too. |
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