The Lazy Saturday Morning Steely Dan Tune...

[Itascapark]

Can anyone else relate?


things i miss the most :: :: :: :: :: :: ::

I don't mind the quiet
Or the lonely nights
I don't miss the funky attitudes
And I don't miss the fights
I lie on the couch 'till suppertime
And hunker down and read the Post
And that's when I remember the things I miss the most:

The talk
The sex
Somebody to trust
The Audi TT
The house on the Vineyard
The house on the gulf coast
These are the things I miss the most

I kinda like frying up
My sad cuisine
Gettin' in bed and curling up with a girlie magazine
But sometimes in the corner of my eye
I see that adorable ghost
And then ba-boom I remember the things I miss the most

The talk
The sex
Somebody to trust
The comfy Eames chair
The good copper pans
The '54 Strat
These are the things I miss the most

I had a little birdy friend
By morning she was gone
Birdy good-bye
Birdy bye-bye

I'm learning how to meditate
So far so good
I'm building the Andrea Doria out of balsa wood
The days really don't last forever
But it's getting pretty damn close
And that's when I remember the things I miss the most:

The talk
The sex
Somebody to trust
The Audi TT
The house on the Vineyard
The house on the gulf coast
These are the things I miss the most


Vocals, Rhodes: Donald Fagen
Bass, solo guitar: Walter Becker
Drums: Keith Carlock
Guitar: Jon Herington, Hugh McCracken
Piano: Ted Baker
Percussion: Gordon Gottlieb
Trumpet: Michael Leonhart
Tenor sax: Walt Weiskopf
Background vocal: Carolyn Leonhart

[goodboy]

1. I'm a fool to do your dirty work...

OH YEAH...

[AngryOldDem]

I like that song, but now when I hear it I think of Tony Soprano

singing along to it in his car in an early episode of The Sopranos. Seems so appropo for Tony.

ON EDIT: Replied to wrong post! Sorry....was referring to "Dirty Work"

[babylonsister]

2. Great song! But then again,

I like Steely Dan a lot!

[Itascapark]

3. Hummmm...let me guess

Great name...:bounce:

"So fine, so young...(tell me I'm the only one)

[Lady Effingbroke]

4. another Dan fan here!

Agents of the law
Luckless pedestrian
I know you're out there
With rage in your eyes and your megaphones
Saying all is forgiven
Mad Dog surrender
How can I answer
A man of my mind can do anything

I'm a bookkeeper's son
I don't want to shoot no one
Well I crossed my old man back in Oregon
Don't take me alive
Got a case of dynamite
I could hold out here all night
Yes I crossed my old man back in Oregon
Don't take me alive

Can you hear the evil crowd
The lies and the laughter
I hear my inside
The mechanized hum of another world
Where no sun is shining
No red light flashing
Here in this darkness
I know what I've done
I know all at once who I am


The musicianship and literacy displayed by Fagen and Becker are a rare commodity, indeed, in today's so-called "music".

[Itascapark]

6. I've always loved the line

"Luckless pedestrains"

And you couldn't be more correct about Fagan and Becker's musical literacy...they alway do their homework! Thanks for the post!

[Lady Effingbroke]

7. You have to be very conversant with pop culture in order to begin

to make sense of Steely Dan's lyrics - and even then it can be difficult to understand what the hell they're going on about!

Here are some good sites for Dan fans:

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

http://members.aol.com/danomalley/steelydan

http://www.crickrock.com/cgi-bin/webring/list.pl?ringid=steelydan

[Itascapark]

8. You are a most gracious

and very bright royal indeed
for providing these links...the last I had no idea about. Thank you!:hi:

[Lady Effingbroke]

14. You're most welcome!

Always nice to meet other Dan fans! :hi:

[tilsammans]

5. A Dan lyric for the Thanksgiving weekend . . .

"When Black Friday falls, you know it's got to be.
Don't let it fall on me."

[charlyvi]

9. My Haitian Divorce....

just came through, so Ricky Don't Lose My Number!

[Lady Effingbroke]

11. Only a fool would say that!

:silly:

[charlyvi]

17. heh heh.

Who do you think you are, Kid Charlemagne or somebody????

[Itascapark]

12. Will we be drinking

a Zombie.
"Now we dolly back, now we fade to black..."

[charlyvi]

15. Babs and Clean Willie were in love they said,

So in love the preacher's face turned red.....


love that line!

[Tsiyu]

10. I keep humming

"they call Alabama the Crimson Tide, call me...."

[charlyvi]

13. My Dan favorite--The Royal Scam

THE ROYAL SCAM

And they wandered in
From the city of St. John
Without a dime
Wearing coats that shined
Both red and green
Colors from their sunny island
From their boats of iron
They looked upon the promised land
Where surely life was sweet
On the rising tide
To New York City
Did they ride into the street
See the glory
Of the royal scam

They are hounded down
To the bottom of a bad town
Amid the ruins
Where they learn to fear
An angry race of fallen kings
Their dark companions
While the memory of
Their southern sky was clouded by
A savage winter
Every patron saint
Hung on the wall, shared the room
With twenty sinners

See the glory
Of the royal scam

By the blackened wall
He does it all
He thinks he's died and gone to heaven
Now the tale is told
By the old man back home
He reads the letter
How they are paid in gold
Just to babble in the back room
All night and waste their time
And they wandered in
From the city of St. John without a dime

See the glory
Of the royal scam



Ah, yes. I feel young again!

[Itascapark]

16. Ah, The Royal Scam

Always thought of it as the "Crimes and Misdemeanors" record...they cover everything--from domestic abuse (Everything You Did) to Drug Kingpins (Kid Charlemagne) Love it!

[charlyvi]

18. OH YEAH!!!

I bought their boxed set a couple of years ago. Put it all on my mp3 player and set it to random play. OH YEAH!! Such intricate, sophisticated, clever lyrics. They were one of a kind.

[snoochie]

27. Were? WERE?!

Bite your tongue! The boys are still alive and well and making fantastic music.

Sadly, corporate morans have taken over radio...

[Itascapark]

28. Yup!!

Two Against Nature and Everything Must Go are two extremely fine albums. At their best really. Can't wait to HEAR what they do next.

[snoochie]

29. Hope it's not another three years

but if that's what it takes for a quality product, I won't complain... too much.

[Lady Effingbroke]

19. "The Royal Scam" is a great album, but "Aja" has always been my favorite.

"Black Cow", "Peg", "Deacon Blues", and two of my all-time faves, "Aja" and "Josie".

[Itascapark]

20. Man, what an record...

Hard to pick one "best" song off it, but my money's on "Home at Last"...beautiful song and inspired by "The Odyssey"...how cool is that?

[Lady Effingbroke]

21. There don't seem to be a whole lot of songs inspired by "The Odyssey"

these days. Great song!

[charlyvi]

23. What!!!!

Guadalajara won't do?

[yellowdogintexas]

24. and I am never going back to my old school.....

[charlyvi]

25. heh heh. n/t

[charlyvi]

22. Yep. Good One.

But I still gotta give it to Royal Scam.

[Itascapark]

26. Still have to give it to Katie Lied...

as my favorite...there's a spontaneity, reckless, yet coolness about the album...