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Aja
Jan 6, 2020 14:44:37 GMT -5
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Post by rickyguitar on Jan 6, 2020 14:44:37 GMT -5
Just listened to the album on YouTube while doing my expense report. Have always really liked this one, truly superior. I watched a documentary on the making if this that was pretty interesting. At one point one of the band said they would spend 3 hours learning and rehearsing, then take lunch. Said he would go to lunch convinced the songs would never make the album, then they would come back and nail it.
Anyway, aja on YouTube today. Quality ain't an issue working in the next room.
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Aja
Jan 6, 2020 15:03:02 GMT -5
Post by Chris Greene on Jan 6, 2020 15:03:02 GMT -5
It's not my favorite Steely Dan album but "Josie" is one of their greatest songs. All my Steely Dan records are in regular rotation.
These guys are too musically sophisticated for many people. I'll never forget a friend of my wife back in college who was over for dinner. I had a Steely Dan album playing when she blurted out, "Don't you have anything good?" I never liked her after that. ;o)
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Aja
Jan 6, 2020 15:32:28 GMT -5
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Post by rickyguitar on Jan 6, 2020 15:32:28 GMT -5
Lol
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Aja
Jan 6, 2020 16:21:36 GMT -5
Post by NoSoapRadio on Jan 6, 2020 16:21:36 GMT -5
Not my favorite either -- if I had to pick it would be "Katy Lied", "Royal Scam", then "Aja" followed by "Can't Buy a Thrill".
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Aja
Jan 6, 2020 16:32:51 GMT -5
Post by Chris Greene on Jan 6, 2020 16:32:51 GMT -5
I like all of them but Royal Scam and Two Against Nature seem to top my list. I only have Two Against Nature on CD. It was sent to me shortly after it was released by a guy on the FDP named Doc540 IIRC. He thought it sucked.
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Aja
Jan 6, 2020 21:30:16 GMT -5
Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jan 6, 2020 21:30:16 GMT -5
I have yet to listen to a SD recording I don't like. You don't hear many bar bands playing their stuff, and there's a reason for that. We've pulled out a few of their tunes at jams, and they are always a real blast to play--especially with a kickin' drummer and bass player.
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mojodelic
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I was so much older then - I'm younger than that now
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Aja
Jan 6, 2020 21:42:23 GMT -5
Post by mojodelic on Jan 6, 2020 21:42:23 GMT -5
Peegoo if I recall we played Josie the last time we played together, I've also played it with Quackerjack & Busta String
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Aja
Jan 7, 2020 7:50:23 GMT -5
Post by HenryJ on Jan 7, 2020 7:50:23 GMT -5
SD records all had high-quality sound. That carried over to the first Donald Fagen solo album, The Nightfly.
I once suggested on the old FDP that punk was a reaction to Steely Dan, but someone else said it was prog-rock they were reacting against. Still, it might be difficult for a punk band to pull off a Steely Dan tune.
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