DFB
Kick Henry Jackassowski
Mine too.
I will play SD albums tonight in the dark when I turn in for the night.
Steely Dan Aja in a dark room is great for relaxation.
R.I.P. Walter Becker (Steely Dan)
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I will play SD albums tonight in the dark when I turn in for the night.
Steely Dan Aja in a dark room is great for relaxation.
Chicken Man
Kick Henry Jackassowski
The Dan is coming to town here soon. I was wondering why only Fagan was pictured in the promo stuff.
Flamencology
You don't deserve koa.
It is a very impressive record in that respect, and it works for that particular album. But, for the vast majority of record, that level of isolation has been the devil. Nothing is better than the sound of a band playing live in the same room, perfectly engineered.
Fucking California, man.
Flatspotter
What?
Bummer. Becker was a seriously underrated guitar player.
instantsteve
Glowing Cloud
Wow. He was part of greatness. Sorry he had to walk on so soon.
jp_nyc
Kick Henry Jackassowski
VoidTerraFirma
Live to wine
2001 was a good year.
GDSmithTX
Corporate cog
Aw dammit. I've been out of pocket, helping my son's scout troop clean out flooded houses for a couple of days, so this is brand new to me. He was a big, big part of one of my all-time top 3 favorite bands.
His talent always seemed to be slightly overshadowed by Donald Fagen's, but whenever you'd see them interviewed together, they seemed pretty equal, finishing each sentences and jokes like two halves of the same strange, cool brain.
I'm gonna go watch Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja on Netflix.
RIP Walter. Get along, Kid C.
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GDSmithTX
Corporate cog
You were not wrong about that; it is one of those legendary albums that is nigh-impossible to beat.
Modern Saint
Starve your Fear, Feed your Dream!
Sad...
RIP Mr. Becker
RIP Mr. Becker
Tig
Fucktangular
https://www.facebook.com/DonaldFagenMusic/posts/1757720350925022
Donald Fagen
https://www.facebook.com/DonaldFage...1809.224964114200661/1757720090925048/?type=3
Walter Becker was my friend, my writing partner and my bandmate since we met as students at Bard College in 1967. We started writing nutty little tunes on an upright piano in a small sitting room in the lobby of Ward Manor, a mouldering old mansion on the Hudson River that the college used as a dorm.
We liked a lot of the same things: jazz (from the twenties through the mid-sixties), W.C. Fields, the Marx Brothers, science fiction, Nabokov, Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Berger, and Robert Altman films come to mind. Also soul music and Chicago blues.
Walter had a very rough childhood - I’ll spare you the details. Luckily, he was smart as a whip, an excellent guitarist and a great songwriter. He was cynical about human nature, including his own, and hysterically funny. Like a lot of kids from fractured families, he had the knack of creative mimicry, reading people’s hidden psychology and transforming what he saw into bubbly, incisive art. He used to write letters (never meant to be sent) in my wife Libby’s singular voice that made the three of us collapse with laughter.
His habits got the best of him by the end of the seventies, and we lost touch for a while. In the eighties, when I was putting together the NY Rock and Soul Review with Libby, we hooked up again, revived the Steely Dan concept and developed another terrific band.
I intend to keep the music we created together alive as long as I can, both with the Steely Dan band. We’ll miss him forever.
Donald Fagen
September 3 2017
Donald Fagen
https://www.facebook.com/DonaldFage...1809.224964114200661/1757720090925048/?type=3
Walter Becker was my friend, my writing partner and my bandmate since we met as students at Bard College in 1967. We started writing nutty little tunes on an upright piano in a small sitting room in the lobby of Ward Manor, a mouldering old mansion on the Hudson River that the college used as a dorm.
We liked a lot of the same things: jazz (from the twenties through the mid-sixties), W.C. Fields, the Marx Brothers, science fiction, Nabokov, Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Berger, and Robert Altman films come to mind. Also soul music and Chicago blues.
Walter had a very rough childhood - I’ll spare you the details. Luckily, he was smart as a whip, an excellent guitarist and a great songwriter. He was cynical about human nature, including his own, and hysterically funny. Like a lot of kids from fractured families, he had the knack of creative mimicry, reading people’s hidden psychology and transforming what he saw into bubbly, incisive art. He used to write letters (never meant to be sent) in my wife Libby’s singular voice that made the three of us collapse with laughter.
His habits got the best of him by the end of the seventies, and we lost touch for a while. In the eighties, when I was putting together the NY Rock and Soul Review with Libby, we hooked up again, revived the Steely Dan concept and developed another terrific band.
I intend to keep the music we created together alive as long as I can, both with the Steely Dan band. We’ll miss him forever.
Donald Fagen
September 3 2017
Steverino
black sheep
I'm a late SD fan. Never dug into their catalog beyond just hearing them on the radio, until a couple of years ago. Like Tiger, I'd just been listening to The Royal Scam the past few weeks. I've worn out Can't Buy a Thrill of course, and Pretzel Logic. What, in y'all's opinion(s), is your top 3?
VoidTerraFirma
Live to wine
Steverino
black sheep
Thanks. I've heard most of Aja, can't really say that for CtE, so maybe I'll download that one next. Or both
GDSmithTX
Corporate cog
Thanks. I've heard most of Aja, can't really say that for CtE, so maybe I'll download that one next. Or both
Countdown to Ecstasy is a very strong album. The only weakish song is Pearl of the Quarter, in my opinion.
Bodhisattva
Razor Boy
Boston Rag
Your Gold Teeth
Show Biz Kids
My Old School
Pearl of the Quarter
King of the World
My own top 3 would be Aja, Royal Scam and Katy Lied.
I'd also recommend some of founding member/lead singer/keyboardist Donald Fagen's solo stuff, particularly The Nightfly and Sunken Condos.
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