Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)11:45:47 | 18 comments
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How about that--a good album with two hit singles attached. And as you might expect of New York natives who reside in the City of the Angels, both brim with ambivalence: "Do It Again," a catchy modified mambo with homogenized vocals that divert one's attention from its tragic tale of a loser so compulsive he can't get himself hanged, and "Reelin' in the Years," a hate song to a professed genius. Think of the Dan as the first post-boogie band: the beat swings more than it blasts or blisters, the chord changes defy our primitive subconscious expectations, and the lyrics underline their own difficulty--as well as the difficulty of the reality to which they refer--with arbitrary personal allusions, most of which are ruses. A
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)11:49:24 No.125230756
>>125230727
that cover art is gaudy as hell
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)12:11:33 No.125230978
I just never liked Steely Dan and I tried.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)12:37:15 No.125231239
it's very jewish music and subject matter, but still pretty good
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)12:59:43 No.125231460
>it's two New York Jews reciting shitty beat poetry over polished smooth jazz
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)13:02:29 No.125231484
>>125231239
They sounded way more Jewish later. This album sounds more like classic rock/singer songwriter in comparison to something like Katy Lied.

Only steely Dan albums I really like are the first 2 and Royal Scam. The rest have a bunch of samey sounding filler
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)13:12:14 No.125231557
>>125231484
>They sounded way more Jewish later. This album sounds more like classic rock/singer songwriter in comparison to something like Katy Lied.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sif57VFo50
I don't get it. Something like KISS, yes there's the whole Yiddish theater vibe about it. But this just sounds like boring singer-songwriter shit and I can't detect anything identifiably "Jewish" there.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)13:16:54 No.125231591
>>125231484
They were still in the mode of writing for other voices. That's partially why they got another singer for the first album.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)13:17:50 No.125231600
>>125231557
Also KISS had "Strutter" which these guys...do not.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)16:16:59 No.125233491
>>125230727
cuckgau
>>125230756
it's gay and shit
good album tho
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)18:00:31 No.125234450
>>125230727
Palmer was the best vocalist
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)18:46:32 No.125234799
>>125231460
One of the worst takes I’ve ever read
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)20:33:21 No.125235661
GOAT!
This and Aja are my two got to SD albums.
>But, keep in mind, Steely Dan NEVER put out a bad album....
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)20:35:11 No.125235676
>>125230727
For me its Walter Becker - 11 Tracks of Whack
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)20:54:36 No.125235836
SO RAISE UP YOUR GLASS
TO GOOD KING RICHARD
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)20:59:34 No.125235889
>>125235836
yeah man, Nixon jokes really aged well didn't they?
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)21:14:54 No.125236033
>>125234450
Even fucking Walter Becker was a better vocalist than Donald Fagen
>https://youtu.be/PqNn8iqXHi0
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)21:25:52 No.125236128
IM A FROOOOOGPOSTERS SON, I DONT WANNNT TO JAK NO ONE
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)21:28:52 No.125236164
>board has come full circle and hates Steely Dan again
I'm tired of the internet. I want to go back to enjoying things.