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| Caess | Posted: Jan 05, 2007 - 16:30 heh, it's funny to see these kids knocking the Dan. maybe in a few years mates. you can only wish you'd understand anything. :x steppin' out with the Jack of Speed. |
| larz (too close for comfort) | Posted: Jan 24, 2006 - 18:10 This sounds like something you might have heard shopping in the Bay in the 80s. |
| lester | Posted: Oct 29, 2005 - 07:46 I remember liking Steely Dan, but I don't remember this. Hmmmm. |
| pianocomposer (USA) | Posted: Oct 29, 2005 - 07:45 The Dan is just as good as ever...this album won a Grammy so somebody who likes it gave it some props. sorry if some of you are bored by high quality pop jazz.  |
| MannyT | Posted: Oct 14, 2005 - 15:42 This puts me right to sleep. And I'm not tired. Booooring. |
| Zep | Posted: Sep 30, 2005 - 11:06 trekhead wrote: ...Nnnnooo...
Little too much of these Nit-wits on here, troubling. Mute AND 1. This is not your father's Steely Dan. |
| PharmGirl (Philly) | Posted: Sep 15, 2005 - 05:05 trekhead wrote: What he said. 1. |
| trekhead (Just Missed Me.) | Posted: Sep 15, 2005 - 05:04 ...Nnnnooo... Little too much of these Nit-wits on here, troubling. Mute AND 1. |
| Caribbeing (Ann Arbor, MI) | Posted: Aug 16, 2005 - 11:46 Not to be gross, but - doesn't this sound like he's singing "Jack Off Speed"? |
| trekhead (Just Missed Me.) | Posted: Aug 16, 2005 - 11:40 Daveinbawlmer wrote: Not smart enough to be jazz, not gritty enough to be rock and not cute or inventive enough to be pop.
Worthless. Dreck. Mute. What he said. 1. |
| Daveinbawlmer (Bawlmer, Merlin. Hon.) | Posted: Jun 03, 2005 - 18:29 Not smart enough to be jazz, not gritty enough to be rock and not cute or inventive enough to be pop. Worthless. Dreck. Mute. |
| tony99 | Posted: May 05, 2005 - 11:12 Too smooth by half ... anything from the magic first four records and forget the rest, lads .. even boy bands make music like this these days ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ |
| Notelrac (Raleigh, NC) | Posted: May 05, 2005 - 11:10 Love the Dan, hate their new stuff. |
| radiojunkie (stuck in the crack, NY/CT) | Posted: Apr 20, 2005 - 19:53 I'm still not convinced, but even middlin' Dan is better than no Dan at all. |
| Old_Pool_Skunk (Whayyy out there.) | Posted: Apr 20, 2005 - 19:43 Love the Dan. |
| samiyam (Crawling Through Your Air Ducts...) | Posted: Feb 20, 2005 - 23:11 ce wrote: The new Steely Dan albums still have the cool horns and nice doses of backup singers, but to me they often sound like a drum machine on a factory-preprogrammed slow square beat. I liked 'em better when they were still on heroin... :-k |
| phineas (Nirvana) | Posted: Feb 20, 2005 - 22:42 cataloger wrote: This is something my dad would skate backwards to during the late 70s to impress my mom. gross.
Best song comment. Ever. :nodhead: |
| kelimutu (The great white north) | Posted: Jan 07, 2005 - 17:39 Daveinbawlmer wrote:  I share your pain
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| rah | Posted: Nov 09, 2004 - 14:42 ce wrote: "Smooth Jazz" is probably neither smooth nor jazz. discuss amongst y'selves... |
| Angloray (Los Angeles) | Posted: Nov 09, 2004 - 14:29 lindydallas wrote: Wow... I've finally found a use for the rating of "4 - Acceptable."
This is probably the least annoying / cheesy / soul-sucking Steely Dan song. Ergo, it is "acceptable." When it is played, God merely slaps a kitten; --d ha! I love this comment. :) |
| RichardPrins (Ω³) | Posted: Oct 10, 2004 - 23:58 8) |
| dave_porter (between a rock and a hard place) | Posted: Sep 11, 2004 - 13:40 cataloger wrote: This is something my dad would skate backwards to during the late 70s to impress my mom. gross.
Huh? I don't think so... It's from "Two Against Nature", which wasn't released until February 2000. Another Dan track maybe, but not this one. Dave the pedant |
| ce (The Netherlands) | Posted: Aug 13, 2004 - 02:54 OmegaConcern wrote: You know, I haven't really been a fan of their new stuff. The reason I like this song is because it sounds like their old stuff - less "smooooooth jazz" sounding (god I hate that term). Either way, they're still great. They're just doing what everybody else does...getting old.
"Smooth Jazz" is probably neither smooth nor jazz. The new Steely Dan albums still have the cool horns and nice doses of backup singers, but to me they often sound like a drum machine on a factory-preprogrammed slow square beat. There's far less verve in them. I miss the tempo changes, I miss the tempo! I wish they would hire some more jazz people like they used to. |
| Monkeysdad (Chatsworth, CA) | Posted: Jun 19, 2004 - 00:09 DaWiz wrote: dis das blowith :puke:
Oik, Wiz! I'm now assured that your yearly salary review isn't based on your judgement of a well done song. 
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| Monkeysdad (Chatsworth, CA) | Posted: Jun 19, 2004 - 00:09 DaWiz wrote: dis das blowith :puke:
Oik, Wiz! I'm now assured that your yearly review isn't based on your judgement of a well done song.
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| cataloger (Fayettnam, AR) | Posted: May 10, 2004 - 08:12 This is something my dad would skate backwards to during the late 70s to impress my mom. gross. |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: Apr 27, 2004 - 09:06 |
| jazzface78 (new york) | Posted: Apr 27, 2004 - 09:01 steely dan can do no wrong - saw them at Jones BEach last summer - sublime also, couldnt agree more with Greg's analysis |
| Monkeysdad (Chatsworth, CA) | Posted: Apr 14, 2004 - 13:25 BooKitty wrote: Quite ho-hum. New stuff couldn't hold Pretzel Logic or Katy Lied's jockstrap.
Wow, what a really deep observation 
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| Red_Dragon (somewhere in the great midwest) | Posted: Apr 14, 2004 - 13:23 i've been a Dan fan forever, and, to me, this album is perhaps the steeliest dan ever - love it!  |
| GregX59 (Omaha, NE) | Posted: Apr 14, 2004 - 13:18 Like most 'Dan tunes, it takes several listenings to pick up the subtleties. I have yet to find a Steely Dan tune that doesn't improve with each listen. For example, check out the guitar solo - so laid back you'll miss it if you don't pay attention. But worth the listen, it's way cool! |
| BooKitty (new york city) | Posted: Apr 01, 2004 - 19:48 Quite ho-hum. New stuff couldn't hold Pretzel Logic or Katy Lied's jockstrap. |
| Daveinbawlmer | Posted: Feb 14, 2004 - 14:23 |
| drH (Gillis's Grocery) | Posted: Jan 24, 2004 - 15:53 Ah yes...  |
| OCDHG (10-E-C) | Posted: Jan 14, 2004 - 08:21 i don't usually do this, but... :-& :puke: |
| Leslie (No. Calif) | Posted: Dec 24, 2003 - 21:04 This is one of my favorite new albums of the past few years. One of the few that replaces the Dead in my car CD player. |
| Roverfish (Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting, please drive through!) | Posted: Dec 14, 2003 - 14:06 This album cut pales in comparison to the live version they do on the concert DVD of the same name. Still a solid Dan tune. |
| OmegaConcern (Miami, FL) | Posted: Dec 04, 2003 - 06:58 You know, I haven't really been a fan of their new stuff. The reason I like this song is because it sounds like their old stuff - less "smooooooth jazz" sounding (god I hate that term). Either way, they're still great. They're just doing what everybody else does...getting old. |
| lindydallas | Posted: Nov 03, 2003 - 08:50 Wow... I've finally found a use for the rating of "4 - Acceptable." This is probably the least annoying / cheesy / soul-sucking Steely Dan song. Ergo, it is "acceptable." When it is played, God merely slaps a kitten; --d |
| redeyespy (W.P.B., FL) | Posted: Oct 16, 2003 - 21:56 242glt wrote: Romantism and Steely Dan are mutually exclusive. How about drippingly sarcastic? Without question, though if you go back to songs on the GAUCHO album, say, "Time Out of Mind," I get the impression Donald and Walter(moreso Walter) wrote about "mystical sphere(s) direct from Lhasa" and Chasing "the dragon" with a bit of (albeit winking) romantacism. |
| 242glt (Jackson, MS) | Posted: Oct 13, 2003 - 21:03 Fantastic song; fantastic musicians. Keep em coming, Bill! |
| 242glt (Jackson, MS) | Posted: Oct 13, 2003 - 21:02 redeyespy wrote: "He's a one way rider, on the shriek express, and his new best friend is at the throttle more or less."
Yes, ANOTHER drug themed tune from the Dan, but one that actually addresses addiction without romanticizing. Pretty catchy, too. The album TWO AGAINST NATURE continues to gain with each listening Romantism and Steely Dan are mutually exclusive. How about drippingly sarcastic? |
| randyman8 (Clarkston, MI) | Posted: Oct 03, 2003 - 16:11 Steely Dan makes some of the best music around. This is probably my fave song on the Two Against Nature CD. And yes, the live DVD version is awesome! Nice to see they are still making music that is on par, or at least very close to, their prime stuff from the 70's. I'm trying to get into the new Everything Must Go CD ... I heard Lunch With Gina yesterday on NPR and that's gotta be one of the best on that CD.
Randy |
| littlebluedog (Portland, OR) | Posted: Oct 03, 2003 - 15:22 redeyespy wrote: Nope. Your pseudo-smugness pretty much says it all.  |
| redeyespy (W.P.B, FL) | Posted: Sep 01, 2003 - 07:55 RAZORBACKS wrote: :) :p
 
STEELY DAN....need I say more Nope. Your pseudo-smugness pretty much says it all. |
| redeyespy (West Palm Beach, FL) | Posted: Jul 06, 2003 - 20:47 "He's a one way rider, on the shriek express, and his new best friend is at the throttle more or less." Yes, ANOTHER drug themed tune from the Dan, but one that actually addresses addiction without romanticizing. Pretty catchy, too. The album TWO AGAINST NATURE continues to gain with each listening |
| DaWiz (Honolulu, HI) | Posted: Jul 03, 2003 - 19:10 dis das blowith :puke: |
| javafreek (CA) | Posted: Jun 23, 2003 - 14:28 This is most definitely a head bobber of a tune. :) :) :) |
| gypsy222 (Minneapolis, MN) | Posted: Jun 13, 2003 - 10:01 Originally Posted by basstooner:
How could you not get hooked on this?  Very easliy. |
| basstooner (Washington, DC) | Posted: Jun 13, 2003 - 09:57 How could you not get hooked on this? |