"Are You Reelin' in the Years? Stowin' Away the Time?"

[WritingIsMyReligion]

MORE Steely Dan!!!

:woohoo::woohoo:

I LOVE this radio station!

:loveya:

:hi:

WIMR

[miss_american_pie]

1. Again?

:hi:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

2. Yes, AGAIN!

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

Fagen has the best. voice. ever. Plus, the guitar solo on "Reelin'" is kick-ass.

:loveya:

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

7. Jimmy Page said

the guitar work on Reelin' in the Years is some of his favorite playing ever. I love the way Donald sings the verses. Beautiful.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

9. His voice is always so cool.

Slightly nasally sounding, which works SO WELL for their songs....

:loveya:

[no name no slogan]

3. OHGODMAKEITSTOP!!!!

:banghead:

Thanks for the earworm, kid! :P

[WritingIsMyReligion]

4. HAHA!

You don't like the 'Dan??

Fagen hates you. :P :P

:woohoo:

[no name no slogan]

25. Fagan's an ass

Becker is even worse: someone who knowingly collaborates with an ass.

I put them on par with the Eagles: smarmy feel-good "intellectual" pop for "sophisticated" listeners who think Kenny G is jazz.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

27. LOL!

:rofl::rofl:

Kenny G ain't jazz, but the 'Dan is fucking hilarious. They can be as asinine as they like...The lyrics still kick ass.

[no name no slogan]

29. You know that Jeff "Skunk" Baxter is a GOP House member, right?

he's supposedly an expert on missile defense systems, and a huge Freeper to boot.

Just as I suspected all along...

[WritingIsMyReligion]

36. Not surprised.

What about the two asses? ;)

[Beaverhausen]

5. They are touring this summer!!!

http://www.steelydan.com/tour06dates.html

[WritingIsMyReligion]

10. I KNOW!

Ole Michael McDonald is on with them, but that's not surprising--he did a lot of work on Aja.

:D

[Lady Effingbroke]

6. There's a Dan radio staion?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

11. No, unfortunately.

:D

But this classic rock station I've been listening to plays a lot of 'Dan!

[Va Lefty]

8. California tumbles into the sea...

That'll be the day I go back to Annandale.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

12. Ah, yes....

;)

[RevCheesehead]

13. All these years I've been singing

"Are you reeling in the eaves." :blush:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

14. LOL!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Burma Jones]

15. Whoa there Rev

aren't you reelin in the Sheaves?

[RevCheesehead]

16. Are you, in any way refering to that old hymn,

"Bringing in the Sheets?" :shrug:

[Burma Jones]

17. My Neighbors would sing Bringin in the Sheets

right before they would put them on for the weekly rally and cross burnin'......

[RevCheesehead]

19. that's just so....

...so wrong. :scared:

[Burma Jones]

20. True.......

that's why Dad got us out of Louisiana.....

[EstimatedProphet]

18. Yes, I am. How did you know?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

22. I know all.

Or at least, Donald Fagen does.

;)

[Metta]

21. Actually, I'm getting lost in the rock and roll and drifting away.

:)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

23. Another good song.

;)

[Metta]

28. Written by one Mentor Williams.

Glad Uncle Cracker has picked it up dispite their usual over the top indulgences, with Dobie Gray in a cameo.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

37. Like the original better.

:D

[Metta]

44. Yeah, me too.

:)

[Arugula Latte]

24. You've been telling me you were a genius since you were seventeen

In all the time I've known you I still don't know what you mean

:woohoo:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

26. In all the time I've known you

I still don't know what you mean...
The weekend at the college didn't turn out like you planned
The things that pass for knowledge I can't understand.

:woohoo:

[Lady Effingbroke]

30. Babs and Clean Willie were in love, they said-

So in love, the preacher's face turned red!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

38. LOL!

:rofl:

[tigereye]

31. that was my favorite SD song when I was your age

the first one I ever heard.... (leans on walker...)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

39. I like "Reelin'".

I also like "Aja" and "Deacon Blues," plus "Dirty Work," "Doctor Wu," etc.

;)

[tigereye]

56. their early stuff is great

Boddhisatva and Black Friday, and stuff from Pretzel Logic as well.

I even like Fagen's more recent "why did she leave me alone in the gigantic beachhouse" songs...

[Beaverhausen]

32. "Is there gas in the car?" "Yes there's gas in the car"

"I think the people down the hall know who you are"

[WritingIsMyReligion]

40. YES!

:woohoo:

[sendero]

52. Just by chance..

... you crossed diamond with a pearl, you turned it on the world, that's when you turned the world around.

Diamond, pearl. You know what they are :)

[TallahasseeGrannie]

33. Shut up!

lol...Yes, I am. I've been reelin' 'em in for quite a while and hope to put a few more years in yet.

Steely Dan rocks.

T-Grannie

[WritingIsMyReligion]

41. Fagen is funny.

:D

[Mother Jones]

34. YES!!!

I adore Steely Dan!!! I still listen to them regularly, it just puts me in a great mood.

I'd like to name our new boat 'Deacon Blues'...or at least have some connection to the Steely.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

42. "Deacon Blues" was the first 'Dan song I ever knew for the 'Dan.

Consequently, it's my favorite. ;)

[Arugula Latte]

45. They call Alabama the "Crimson Tide" ...

call me Deacon Blues ...

Or maybe your boat could be "Crimson Tide" if you paint it red?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

48. They got a name for the winners in the world

I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues

:D :D :woohoo:

[Lady Effingbroke]

35. Just when it seems so clear that it's over now,

Drink your big black cow and get out of here!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

43. OMG YES!

Down to Greene Street, there you go
Lookin' so outrageous, and they tell you so...

I LOVE Aja. LOVE it!! And "Black Cow" is ass-kicking!

:loveya:

[Lady Effingbroke]

46. She's the raw flame, the live wire-

She prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire!

(One of my all time Dan favorites!)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

49. OMG yes!

I'm listening to Aja right now, actually....I can't wait to get to "Josie."

SHE PRAYS LIKE A ROMAN WITH HER EYES ON FIRE! is some of the best 'Dan imagery ever. So fucking vivid.

:thumbsup:

[Lady Effingbroke]

47. No, I'm never gonna do it without the fez on!

:D :woohoo:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

50. THE FEZ, baby!

I didn't know there were so many other 'Danners around this joint!

:woohoo:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

51. Everyone, I'm listening to AJA now.

And dayum, do those angular banjos sound good to ME, Mr. Fagen.

:woohoo:

[Lady Effingbroke]

53. Aja and The Royal Scam are my favorite Dan albums.

I like all the rest of the albums, too!

I am a DAN FAN!

"Ruthie will give you the silver key
To open the red door
Lay down your Jackson and you will see
The sweetness you've been cryin' for"

[WritingIsMyReligion]

54. Don't forget KATY LIED.

"Are you there, Doctor Wu?"

:loveya:

[Lady Effingbroke]

55. Yes, they are all wonderful albums!

"Everywhere around me
I see jealousy and mayhem
Because no men have all their peace of mind
To carry them

Well I don't really care
If it's wrong or if it's right
But until my ship comes in
I'll live night by night"

Another of my favorite Dan songs - from "Pretzel Logic"

[njdemocrat106]

57. The Dan rocks

"Kid Charlemagne" is probably one of my all-time favorite songs by any artist. Any Dan naysayers can go back to their Bjork, Radiohead, or other over-hyped critical darlings.

"Clean this mess up else we'll all end up in jail, the test tubes and the scale, just get them all out of here!..."

[A HERETIC I AM]

58. I saw them in concert the first time they played in 19 years back in the

90's. They opened their tour at The Palace of Auburn Hills (Where the Detroit Pistons play) and even though my seats sucked - at the time, it was the 2nd fastest sellout in Ticketmaster history - it was totally cool hearing 20,000 35 year olds singing "My Old School" I saw them twice after that in subsequent visits to the Detroit area. All great concerts.

I don't think the last two albums hold a candle to their earlier work but they have never written a song that i didnt enjoy.

"On the counter
by your keys
is a book of numbers
and your remedies.
One of these
surely will screen out the sorrow
but where are you tomorrow?
I don't care anymore why you run around
(fade away)
Just when it seems so clear
that it's over now
Drink your big black cow
and get out of here."

Throw out your gold teeth and see how they roll
The answer they reveal - life is unreal

Best lyricists ever.
Best arrangements ever.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

59. Yes, that's very good.

I love "Black Cow."

:woohoo: