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The Best Show on WFMU => Show Discussion => Topic started by: sleepytako on July 29, 2006, 11:20:37 AM
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On this (last weeks) re-run podcast there was the worst band ever and Steely Dan was mentioned a few times, well I just came across this glory and wanted to share it with all of you.
http://www.wwtdd.com/index.php?type=one&i=1181
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I think the funniest part of this story is that Steely Dan calls Owen Wilson out and says that he has "gangster friends". I'm sorry, but Owen Wilson is not the first person I'd associate with the mob.
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That article might've been better if it had been written by someone who has actually heard Steely Dan's music, but then again that might not be "what Tyler Durdern would do" (and lord knows there are some cases where I'd take a "filthy hippie" over a Fight Club fan, and that's saying something).
I think it's obvious the letter was kind of an irreverant goof, and Becker and Fagen (and Fagen's interpreter, if Yacht Rock lore is to be believed) aren't sitting around outraged at Owen Wilson. Luke, on the other hand, is far more deserving of ire.
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That article might've been better if it had been written by someone who has actually heard Steely Dan's music, but then again that might not be "what Tyler Durdern would do" (and lord knows there are some cases where I'd take a "filthy hippie" over a Fight Club fan, and that's saying something).
I think it's obvious the letter was kind of an irreverant goof, and Becker and Fagen (and Fagen's interpreter, if Yacht Rock lore is to be believed) aren't sitting around outraged at Owen Wilson. Luke, on the other hand, is far more deserving of ire.
Yeah, Owen's response to this definitely made it seem like everyone was already in on the joke. To me, at least.
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If I had any influence over Owen Wilson, I'd tell him that he's a funny guy who deserves a better legacy. But at least he's not writing a celebrity gossip blog for steakhouse fratboys, which is what the protag from Fight Club would do, apparently.
WFMU's listenership consists exclusively of "lonely hippies," or so I've heard.
~EmD
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Some of whom are also onanistic shut-ins. And proud of it. Dem it. (That last is an hommage to a Dutch speaker on another board I frequent--a little spillover there. Appropriate given the mention of onanism, no?)
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That article might've been better if it had been written by someone who has actually heard Steely Dan's music, but then again that might not be "what Tyler Durdern would do" (and lord knows there are some cases where I'd take a "filthy hippie" over a Fight Club fan, and that's saying something).
Hehe, true enough, trust me its not the best (for lack of a better word) blog out there... its more to me like Tourgasm is to Tom.
(I'd be a dirty hippy too but I gotta shave my beard now, it scares the little kids here, I guess)
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Steely Dan is far from the worst band ever.
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Wow, this thread is about to celebrate it's second birthday!
It's reelin' in the years.
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Wow, this thread is about to celebrate it's second birthday!
It's reelin' in the years.
That was only sort of funny, Steve
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LA-area FOT can catch Steely Dan on August 4th at the El Rey, if they so desire.
But why would they?
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LA-area FOT can catch Steely Dan on August 4th at the El Rey, if they so desire.
But why would they?
They do a really great Canned Heat medley if you catch them on the right night.
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LA-area FOT can catch Steely Dan on August 4th at the El Rey, if they so desire.
But why would they?
They do a really great Canned Heat medley if you catch them on the right night.
What a 30 minute Goin' Up The Country
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LA-area FOT can catch Steely Dan on August 4th at the El Rey, if they so desire.
But why would they?
They do a really great Canned Heat medley if you catch them on the right night.
What a 30 minute Goin' Up The Country
Future Blues in 16/8 time, why?
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LA-area FOT can catch Steely Dan on August 4th at the El Rey, if they so desire.
But why would they?
They do a really great Canned Heat medley if you catch them on the right night.
What a 30 minute Goin' Up The Country
Future Blues in 16/8 time, why?
Actually, on this tour they're spotlighting Becker's little-known solo album 11 Tracks of Whack. I heard they do a mean "Cringemaker".
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They don't even have Michael McDonald this year for backup vocals!
I won't hide the fact that I like some Steely Dan (but not for the fact that they are these jazz-pop geniuses who play in weird time signatures) but I do think they've got some hits. I love my yacht rock.
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Boddhisattva alone redeems any Steely Dan excesses, and they've still got the entire side 1 of Katy Lied in the favor.
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I have nothing to add to this debate.
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Ok, so which of you lucky Steely Dan fans is going to take me to the show?
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Only if they play The Caves of Altamira.
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I would take you, but pretend that I was just enjoying the show ironically, making sure to only mouth the words when you were looking away.
I think Steely Dan is one of those bands with an almost entirely male fan base. They did some kind of PBS concert once, and they were interviewing all the bearded bald guys in line before the show and one guy had his girlfriend with him, and was sort of proudly showing off that he had his girlfriend with him and she liked Steely Dan. And then the cameraperson asked her what her favorite Steely Dan song was, and she says "I really like Year of the Cat!" and the guy's face falls and he has to get past his complete emotional destruction to say "That's...that's Al Stewart" and you can see him die inside.
This was awesome.
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Wes! :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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If we're being honest, my favorite Steely Dan song is Baker Street.
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If we're being honest, my favorite Steely Dan song is Baker Street.
You used to think that it was so easy.
Well, you're crying now.
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If we're being honest, my favorite Steely Dan song is Baker Street.
Yeah, my favorite Steely Dan song is definitely "Sweet Child O' Mine." Followed closely by "Anarchy in the UK."
But in all seriousness, the only Steely Dan song I can leave on when I hear it on the radio is "Ricky, Don't Lose That Number," and that's mostly because of it's use in Say Anything.
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Saw the Dan in Berkeley last Saturday. It was half awesome, half retarded.
My companion (male, single, 39) was very excited about the cougars in the audience (attractive older ladies).
-Ajax
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I bet he would have been pretty excited if they'd been real, too.
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If we're being honest, my favorite Steely Dan song is Baker Street.
Yeah, my favorite Steely Dan song is definitely "Sweet Child O' Mine." Followed closely by "Anarchy in the UK."
But in all seriousness, the only Steely Dan song I can leave on when I hear it on the radio is "Ricky, Don't Lose That Number," and that's mostly because of it's use in Say Anything.
It's Rikki, you Danadummy.
Steely Dan is named after a sex toy in a Wm. S. Burroughs novel. I think it would be cooler if they were named after a sex toy in an Edgar Rice Burroughs novel.
That is all.
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Jane?
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If we're being honest, my favorite Steely Dan song is Baker Street.
Yeah, my favorite Steely Dan song is definitely "Sweet Child O' Mine." Followed closely by "Anarchy in the UK."
But in all seriousness, the only Steely Dan song I can leave on when I hear it on the radio is "Ricky, Don't Lose That Number," and that's mostly because of it's use in Say Anything.
Yeah, I can't hear that song without thinking of John Mahoney singing along to it while driving.
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I bet he would have been pretty excited if they'd been real, too.
Your male, single, 39-year old friend just got zung, son.
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I am reading the Virgin Encyclopedia of 70's Music (and 7 other volumes to follow that one) and I just happened upon a piece of Steely Dan trivia that I had never heard. It's under the entry for Rick Derringer.
"After several albums under the band name Derringer, Rick reverted to solo billing and appeared as guest guitarist on albums by Steely Dan (he was the subject of Rikki Don't Lose That Number), Bette Midler, Todd Rundgren, Donald Fagen, Kiss, Cyndi Lauper, Meat Loaf, Barbra Striesand, and Weird Al Yankovic."
Rick Derringer? Really? Who is Aja about, George Takei?
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If we're being honest, my favorite Steely Dan song is Baker Street.
Yeah, my favorite Steely Dan song is definitely "Sweet Child O' Mine." Followed closely by "Anarchy in the UK."
But in all seriousness, the only Steely Dan song I can leave on when I hear it on the radio is "Ricky, Don't Lose That Number," and that's mostly because of it's use in Say Anything.
It's Rikki, you Danadummy.
Steely Dan is named after a sex toy in a Wm. S. Burroughs novel. I think it would be cooler if they were named after a sex toy in an Edgar Rice Burroughs novel.
That is all.
You're right, buffcoat ... I am a Danadummy ... Or a Steelydummy. Wait, that doesn't work. That sounds kind of dangerous, and therefore somewhat cool. Danadummy it is.
What about just a Rikki, don't lose that Numbadummy?
Also, I'd like to officially wish this thread a hearty Happy Birthday. Only seventeen more years and we can start making "Hey 19" jokes ...
shoot me.
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If we're being honest, my favorite Steely Dan song is Baker Street.
Yeah, my favorite Steely Dan song is definitely "Sweet Child O' Mine." Followed closely by "Anarchy in the UK."
But in all seriousness, the only Steely Dan song I can leave on when I hear it on the radio is "Ricky, Don't Lose That Number," and that's mostly because of it's use in Say Anything.
It is one of the greatest drunk Karaoke songs. And if you go up and try to do it all lounge-singer style, a la Will Farrell as Robert Goulet, it truly gives all of the regular karaoke freaks the gas face.
Or Lou Rawls "You'll Never Find".
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If we're being honest, my favorite Steely Dan song is Baker Street.
Yeah, my favorite Steely Dan song is definitely "Sweet Child O' Mine." Followed closely by "Anarchy in the UK."
But in all seriousness, the only Steely Dan song I can leave on when I hear it on the radio is "Ricky, Don't Lose That Number," and that's mostly because of it's use in Say Anything.
It is one of the greatest drunk Karaoke songs. And if you go up and try to do it all lounge-singer style, a la Will Farrell as Robert Goulet, it truly gives all of the regular karaoke freaks the gas face.
Or Lou Rawls "You'll Never Find".
If I ever witness this, your next drink's on me!
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Since "Dirty Work" is the only Steely Dan song that I like, it wasn't sung by Fagan, and was featured in the Sopranos does that make it okay?
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"After several albums under the band name Derringer, Rick reverted to solo billing and appeared as guest guitarist on albums by Steely Dan (he was the subject of Rikki Don't Lose That Number), Bette Midler, Todd Rundgren, Donald Fagen, Kiss, Cyndi Lauper, Meat Loaf, Barbra Striesand, and Weird Al Yankovic."
Rick Derringer? Really? Who is Aja about, George Takei?
I'd always heard it was about Eric Clapton. The # in question is that of his heroin dealer. He better not lose it! Them shakes can gets so bad!
The Cuervo Gold. The fine Columbian. Make tonight a wonderful thing....
Ike in Kalamazoo
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Turner or Eisenhower?
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Turner or Eisenhower?
Turner. My actual, given name is Isaac Turner. Ike is short for Isaac, and whammo! A lifelong joke about spousal abuse and cocaine.
Again, the fine Columbian...
Ike in Kalamazoo