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Steely Dan
Bodhisattva
Pretzel Logic
(1974)

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Stephenater
May 23, 2013 - 17:55
Cynaera wrote:
I'd love it if, when one clicks on the "Album Info" link, they'd actually get info on "Pretzel Logic" instead of "A Decade of Steely Dan." Feh... I love the Dan (and never mind that the band's namesake is a dildo in "Naked Lunch"), and they're currently ON TOUR!!!! Quite the stellar batch of musicians and vocalists, too. Before I die, I want to see these guys in concert, because I've loved their music since "Can't Buy A Thrill."


I hope you got to see them Cynaera!

I went to see them a few years ago and it was a religious experience.

Loved skiing to this song on my Sony Walkman;)


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bachbeet
Mar 21, 2013 - 22:45
One of the best groups ever. Great series of records that they put out. Heavy jazz influence and use of jazz artists.


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Ahnyer_Keester
Feb 18, 2013 - 12:27
Nice jazz groove but then it just gets irritating. Not Steely Dan's best.


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nagsheadlocal
Feb 18, 2013 - 12:26
Man, talk about having your head spin - I was just chatting online with an old friend I haven't seen in years, we were talking about being at a party and hearing this song, the first time we had heard Steely Dan. And now it hits my earphones almost 40 years later to the day.

Sheesh, I am unconnected, as Kurt Vonnegut would say.


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Bargamon
Nov 16, 2012 - 11:17
Definition of BODHISATTVA : a being that compassionately refrains from entering nirvana in order to save others and is worshipped as a deity in Mahayana Buddhism


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d48m02h1918
Nov 16, 2012 - 11:15
Yes, like the post before me said......absolutely



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BigIslandBlues
Sep 14, 2012 - 13:40
The sparkle in your china.
Smokin' tune.


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Rockit
Sep 14, 2012 - 13:37
The sparkle in your....What?


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d-don
Sep 14, 2012 - 13:37

One of my favorite Steelies.




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k_trout
Jul 13, 2012 - 15:53
No band in '73 was making anything like this - very unique and very very musically talented and sophisticated. The Dan rocks and will endure.


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neuticle
Jul 13, 2012 - 15:49
yuck


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On_The_Beach
Jun 12, 2012 - 00:32
The Dan at their rockin' best.


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ce
May 11, 2012 - 05:38
Businessgypsy wrote:
According to critic Viscount LaCarte (is that a real name?):
Arguably The Dan's hardest rocking tune (ostensibly about people dabbling in eastern philosophy as if it was a trifle,)

Bill followed this up with Kula Shaker - Tattva , which might just qualify as that "dabbling".
I really like both songs, though.


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Felix_The_Cat
May 11, 2012 - 05:26
Pretty sure this was The Police!!


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Toke
Apr 09, 2012 - 12:01
JoepKoperdraat wrote:
This song is from Countdown to Ecstasy and not from Pretzel Logic


DITTO ...but just a wee mistake that can be forgiven


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idiot_wind
Apr 09, 2012 - 11:59
This rating should be a 8.5 or higher.

Check out the strange lyrics (typical for them).

Check out the two kick ass guitars. Takes you out and then back to...tight syncopation (sp) which is outrageous.

Key boards just add to the groove.
Ah....the 1970s. What a decade for music.

Oh yeah, do you all get the repeat/chanting of Bodhisattva in the last chorus at the end and how it reinforces the concept for the song?



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ckcotton
Apr 09, 2012 - 11:58
I REALLY like Steely.... but this is one of the worst of all




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pinto
Mar 09, 2012 - 18:13
martinc wrote:
Didn't Rick Derringer also play on this song?


I believe that Rick Derringer played on "Show Biz Kids", another excellent song on the "Countdown to Ecstasy" album


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icemang
Feb 06, 2012 - 02:48
Every Steely Dan song has a blistering guitar lead somewhere in there. I listen for that. Nice band in every iteration, but let's rock a bit boys.


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JoepKoperdraat
Jan 05, 2012 - 07:58
This song is from Countdown to Ecstasy and not from Pretzel Logic


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