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jukes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 04:13 PM
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the Dan's "book-keeper's son"
Edited on Mon Apr-24-06 04:14 PM by jukes
now, THAT's how jukes is going to close the door!!!
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jukes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 04:29 PM
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1. no one?
so, i don't know if you don't get the reference, you're all boring & nobody's ever had that fantasy, or if you all just wish i'd go away.



hmmmmm. i'll assume #1, w/ #2 as a backup.
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6000eliot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-25-06 12:31 AM
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8. "Don't Take Me Alive"
From "The Royal Scam." Great song. Great album.
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jukes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-25-06 08:43 AM
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9. well, i'm glad some1 finally got it.
maybe the day crew is a little thick...
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jukes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 04:39 PM
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2. LOSERS!
oh, we'd much rather whine about some wasps than dream about taking on the Man and sparking some fuze!



WIMPS!
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 04:41 PM
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3. Maybe you need a translator?
:shrug:
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jukes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 04:46 PM
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4. that cd be it
my interpersonal skills and use of allusion seem lacking.


guess i'll go back to work.




(you do know this was all a joke, right?)
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Lady Effingbroke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 05:20 PM
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5. I'm right there with ya.
"I'm a bookkeeper's son
I don't want to shoot no one
Well I crossed my old man back in Oregon
Don't take me alive
Got a case of dynamite
I could hold out here all night
Yes I crossed my old man back in Oregon
Don't take me alive"

I LOVE the Dan and I'm not ashamed!
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 11:20 PM
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6. amen to that
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-24-06 11:21 PM
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7. I got it the minute I read the title!
and yeah...I like SD too..
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Squeech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-25-06 09:05 AM
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10. Any world that I'm welcome to
is better than the one I come from.

But then, I'm way deep into nothing special, riding the crest of a wave breaking just west of Hollywood.

(And somebody once made the claim to me that he was Kid Charlemagne.)
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jukes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-25-06 10:14 AM
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11. Kid Charlemagne
Edited on Tue Apr-25-06 10:19 AM by jukes
was actually the soundman for some other group. maybe the Dead or Led Zep, can't remember now. he "dabbled" in chemical preparations on the side. the "diamond with the pearl" he mixed might be extacy.

it's noted in the liner notes on 1 of the newest albums, i think. there's a good Dan forum at: www.steelydan.com
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Squeech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-25-06 10:25 AM
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12. Are you sure?
I know the character is somewhat based on Augustus Stanley Owsley III, who was credited with brewing the best LSD around during the Summer of Love (and yes, he helped build and run the Grateful Dead's sound system back in the day). But the last couple verses are nothing like Owsley's own history.

Actually I don't think anything is known of Owsley's own history after he and the Dead parted ways. He was wealthy enough to cover his tracks pretty well.

I think Becker & Fagen just saw an interesting hook for a song. Most of their sympathetic characters are outcasts, massive violators of social norms.

Are you with me, Doctor Wu? :hi:
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jukes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-25-06 10:30 AM
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13. Owsley may be the guy
at any rate, it was a characterization based upon, not really meant to be autobiagraphical.

you sure know your "rock outlaw" history!
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