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Steely Dan — Only a Fool Would Say That
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kdarwish
(Turku, Finland)
Posted: May 06, 2013 - 03:50
 
Very appealing, thank you.

grant
Posted: May 06, 2013 - 03:48
 
A beautiful tune from the Dan, with a spectacular guitar solo.

richlister
(Here, there, pretty much everywhere.)
Posted: Feb 01, 2013 - 04:47
 
 oldsaxon wrote:
There are so many really great songs on this album. Only a fool would choose one over the next. 
 
Is 'Next' better than 'One' ?

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Nov 30, 2012 - 11:53
 
There are so many really great songs on this album. Only a fool would choose one over the next. 

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Nov 30, 2012 - 11:52
 
Wow, deep cut Dan. Haven't heard this in ages and it's sounding very nice.

TheLib
(Silicon Valley, CA)
Posted: Sep 28, 2012 - 16:20
 
Boy has this song aged well.  And this from their debut album — they were just getting started.

ziakut
(Right Here)
Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 17:46
 
What were they thinking with that terrible cover art for the album? Just plain bad. Maybe someone ok'd the cover art...and then they came up with this title track.

katiediddler
Posted: Jun 26, 2012 - 07:21
 
Love it.

neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: May 25, 2012 - 10:46
 
there are no  words for the pain this causes me

CCinSB
(the west coast)
Posted: May 25, 2012 - 10:43
 
{#Cheers}

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: May 25, 2012 - 10:43
 
I really enjoy this entire record

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: May 25, 2012 - 10:43
 
love hearing this whole album...this song is awesome.

Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet)
Posted: Apr 23, 2012 - 17:13
 
This came along at just the right time, back then, and right now.....sounds nice to hear again....

ckcotton
(Adding snarky comments since 2007)
Posted: Jan 19, 2012 - 12:36
 
LOVE this one...

Steely has a lot of great tunes but this is up there near the top

 

Xeric
(Montana)
Posted: Oct 16, 2011 - 12:47
 
 SpamNRice wrote:

...Only a Fool Would Say That! {#High-five} Best album ever... or damn close!
 
Yep.

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Oct 16, 2011 - 12:47
 
Very nice!

soloport
(Beaverton, Oregon, USA)
Posted: Aug 14, 2011 - 14:38
 
For some reason this strikes me as one of the the very best songs, ever.  It's ability to mood-alter in a positive way is strong.


chix
(Limburg, Germany)
Posted: Jul 14, 2011 - 05:43
 
8


SpamNRice
(Northern, Italy)
Posted: Jul 14, 2011 - 05:43
 
 mandolin wrote:
...nooooooOOOOOOOOOoooooo not steely dan!..  {#Stop}

 
...Only a Fool Would Say That! {#High-five} Best album ever... or damn close!


chedak
(Somewhere-over-the-rainbow, KS)
Posted: Jun 12, 2011 - 13:47
 
Yeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssss, Steely Dan!{#Music}

 mandolin wrote:
...nooooooOOOOOOOOOoooooo not steely dan!..  {#Stop}

 



nanrad
(San Francisco,CA)
Posted: Jun 12, 2011 - 13:46
 
Awesome! These are the songs that keep me here...

Zep
(3-2 count, bottom of the 9th, 2 out, bases loaded, and the coach sez take.)
Posted: Apr 10, 2011 - 08:43
 
 neuticle wrote:
bad Bill! naughty Bill!
 


"He must be spanked.  And then you must spank me."

mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 20:28
 
...nooooooOOOOOOOOOoooooo not steely dan!..  {#Stop}


forge
(Boynton Beach, FL)
Posted: Feb 05, 2011 - 19:29
 
Just recently saw them in Boca Raton, FL in an amphitheatre. It was pretty obvious Don doesn't think Boca is home to the most fervent of Dan fans, they did a very "AM radio" set of songs and walked off, no encore, but OMG I thought they were AMAZING. If only they'd done "Don't Take Me Alive" I'd have died right there of happiness.

Dinges,_the_Dude
(under sea-level, N52°22', E4°52')
Posted: Jan 06, 2011 - 05:19
 
More DAN!!

Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: Dec 05, 2010 - 17:35
 
 bindi wrote:
these guys SUCK???   Only a fool would say that!   Love SD!!!
 

Nope, I love them the best of all.  Sorry guys.  {#Hearteyes}

bindi
(North Carolina)
Posted: Dec 05, 2010 - 14:21
 
these guys SUCK???   Only a fool would say that!   Love SD!!!

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Oct 03, 2010 - 06:49
 
 helgigermany wrote:
Love Steely Dan!!
 
Love em more!{#Hearteyes}{#Lol}

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Oct 03, 2010 - 06:48
 
Love Steely Dan!!

meatballsmom
(Valley of the Sun - Arizona!)
Posted: Sep 01, 2010 - 06:54
 
Yea, I always loved the sound of these guys!    {#Dancingbanana_2}  {#Dancingbanana}  {#Bananajam}

bachbeet
Posted: Jun 29, 2010 - 09:43
 
"Nice Les Montgomery-style guitar work. I presume it's "Skunk" Baxter."

I think you mean Wes Montgomery.  Yeah, the Dan were heavily jazz influenced and used many jazz musicians on their albums.  Another song from this album which was a minor hit was Dirty Work which had a different lead vocalist, David Palmer, on it.  I think he left shortly after.

neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Jun 29, 2010 - 09:38
 
bad Bill! naughty Bill!

DoctorHooey
(/etc)
Posted: Jun 29, 2010 - 09:37
 
 lysisphere wrote:
I'd take Gogol Bordello...
 
I agree! As much as I LOVE the Dan, it's a come-down after that rockin' Zippers tune!


jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Jun 29, 2010 - 09:36
 
Deep Joy - any Dan track gives me such pleasure and evokes a time, place and climate that I have never experienced except in my dreams....

lysisphere
(largest contiguous ponderosa forest (currently on fire))
Posted: Jun 29, 2010 - 09:35
 
I'd take Gogol Bordello...

KikaKitty
Posted: May 28, 2010 - 13:44
 
Steely Dan, Squirrel Nut Zippers & Paco de Lucia what a line up, doesn't get much better than this....fav radio station of all time, and that is saying alot! 


Dillinquent
(Hertford, UK)
Posted: Mar 26, 2010 - 06:10
 
 jools wrote:

No - I am from South London originally, emigrated to Brighton.. But I can be if there is a large inheritance on the cards...
I wish!
Nice to meet you though Jools. 



rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California)
Posted: Feb 22, 2010 - 16:24
 
Bill just pointed out that this album debuted in 1972. I purchased this album when it came out. Thanks for making me feel exceptionally old, Bill ... {#Lol}

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Jan 22, 2010 - 06:22
 
love this song.

jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Jan 22, 2010 - 06:13
 
 Dillinquent wrote:
 jools wrote:
Oh, The Dan - how perfect for a rainy day in UK
 Hear, hear...

Is that cousin Jools,  from Norcott?
 
No - I am from South London originally, emigrated to Brighton.. But I can be if there is a large inheritance on the cards...

Dillinquent
Posted: Jan 22, 2010 - 06:10
 
 jools wrote:
Oh, The Dan - how perfect for a rainy day in UK
 Hear, hear...




jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Jan 22, 2010 - 06:08
 
Oh, The Dan - how perfect for a rainy day in UK

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Nov 20, 2009 - 10:13
 
 Dave_Mack wrote:
I just saw Steely Dan on their internet request tour.  Naturally, they didn't play any rarities.  That's the sort of tour I'd love to see.  There are real gems in the less-played realms of their catalog.  Nice to hear this one.
 
Yeah, I passed on a chance to see their "Bread Line in '09" mini-tour earlier this year - and they were in town, no less, no driving involved. I'd heard that the tours are becoming a "greatest hits" show and I wanted to see them take chances on older tunes like this.


jagdriver
(Just a tad south of Paradise)
Posted: Nov 20, 2009 - 10:06
 
Nice Les Montgomery-style guitar work. I presume it's "Skunk" Baxter.

Dave_Mack
(Five bus, Jive bus!)
Posted: Nov 20, 2009 - 10:04
 
I just saw Steely Dan on their internet request tour.  Naturally, they didn't play any rarities.  That's the sort of tour I'd love to see.  There are real gems in the less-played realms of their catalog.  Nice to hear this one.

Dinges,_the_Dude
(under sea-level, N52°22', E4°52')
Posted: Sep 18, 2009 - 10:07
 
Aah, great!

jadewahoo
(Beautiful Earth)
Posted: Sep 18, 2009 - 10:04
 
 spaceman wrote:

I know exactly what you're talking about, although it took some time for me to be able to admit it.

I've hated everything I've ever heard from Steely Dan (I only ever hear them on RP), and I really really want to know what's so special about them - because jugding from the comments and the ratings, a lot of the listeners here love them. I get that "alternate dimension" feeling with other areas of music... I'm in love with the old Genesis prog rock, for example, and I know that many people think that they're too pompous. I like heavy metal, and some people think metal is too loud and noisy. I like certain flavors of electronica music, and some think that that's too artificial and inorganic. I like some of the experimental stuff that Peter Hammill has done, and that is too inaccessible for some people. I can understand all of that.

But Steely Dan - what are they too much of? For me, their music just sounds uninteresting, uninspired, and boring. Bland. Mainstream, if you will. I'm not trying to start a flame war, and I respect that you like their music, but... I can't understand why. There must be something I'm missing.

Is it the lyrics? Or maybe you "had to be there" when they were hot? Where I live, hardly anybody has even heard of the Dan, let alone grown up with their music. Help me out here... I get to hear at least 1-2 Steely Dan tracks on RP every day, and I would really like to know why people listen to this kind of music.


  Steely Dan's turn of a phrase is unique, lyrically. They also use Voice as an instrument, typical of Jazz. The turn of phrase then becomes, metaphorically, like a tweak in the sax, a guitar riff gone to the side. The emotional content of their songs is dynamic, beneath the smooth exterior, which itself speaks to the nature of how we handle emotion in our communication. While smooth talking a prospective date, we might be churning with desire beneath the surface... like that. At least, that is my take on Steely Dan.



firefly6
Posted: Sep 18, 2009 - 09:55
 
A great album — good to revisit it.

DigitalJer
(Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Posted: Jun 15, 2009 - 11:32
 
 von_Hayek wrote:

The one and only Keith Carlock! Watch him play "Babylon sisters" along with Jeff Young, Jon Herington, and Freddie Washington:

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=MSOpUMjWZ8s

 
wow, that was cool!!


1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Jun 15, 2009 - 11:28
 
Back in the 70s I used to play this Album often..Still my favorite Steely Dan LP