man, i loved Steely Dan when i was a kid and still do. my dad had all their records and they got played a lot. "The Caves Of Altamira" still has a special grip on me.
whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:Well fuck, awful news. Big fan of Steely Dan. RIP
Absolutely this.
One of my earliest musical obsessions. Just spun Countdown.
RIP
Re: RIP Walter Becker (Steely Dan)
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 12:58 am
by Flea
Re: RIP Walter Becker (Steely Dan)
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:36 am
by chuckrh
Dave Hlubeck of Molly Hatchet passed away yesterday, also. RIP
Re: RIP Walter Becker (Steely Dan)
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 4:05 pm
by Markalanbishop
RIP Walter. What a sad day. Loved Steely Dan since day one. Like Becker said in that story, they played rock and roll but they swung. Like we've discussed, DBT does that too.
Re: RIP Walter Becker (Steely Dan)
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:06 pm
by schlanky
I somehow made it through yesterday without hearing about this.
"I'm not interested in a rock/jazz fusion," Becker told Rolling Stone in 1974. "That kind of marriage has so far only come up with ponderous results. We play rock & roll, but we swing when we play. We want that ongoing flow, that lightness, that forward rush of jazz."
He added, "I learned music from a book on piano theory. I was only interested in knowing about chords. From that, and from the Harvard Dictionary of Music, I learned everything I wanted to know."
I heard “Old School” in the car today and it’s stuck in my head. My sister-in-law went to William and Mary which is mentioned in the lyrics.
Worked this one up on guitar recently - such a good song.
A few nuggets:
Daddy Gee refers to G. Gordon Liddy
A "35 sweet goodbye" is a blow job. 35 is half of 69! (rounded of course)
My old school is Bard (in Annandale, NY), which was often referred to the "william and mary of the north"
I heard “Old School” in the car today and it’s stuck in my head. My sister-in-law went to William and Mary which is mentioned in the lyrics.
Worked this one up on guitar recently - such a good song.
A few nuggets:
Daddy Gee refers to G. Gordon Liddy
A "35 sweet goodbye" is a blow job. 35 is half of 69! (rounded of course)
My old school is Bard (in Annandale, NY), which was often referred to the "william and mary of the north"
I met Walter Becker at a gas station in Malibu. This was when he was messed up from getting hit by a car. He was having trouble putting gas in his Porsche & I gave him a hand.
I heard “Old School” in the car today and it’s stuck in my head. My sister-in-law went to William and Mary which is mentioned in the lyrics.
Worked this one up on guitar recently - such a good song.
A few nuggets:
Daddy Gee refers to G. Gordon Liddy
A "35 sweet goodbye" is a blow job. 35 is half of 69! (rounded of course)
My old school is Bard (in Annandale, NY), which was often referred to the "william and mary of the north"
I heard “Old School” in the car today and it’s stuck in my head. My sister-in-law went to William and Mary which is mentioned in the lyrics.
Worked this one up on guitar recently - such a good song.
A few nuggets:
Daddy Gee refers to G. Gordon Liddy
A "35 sweet goodbye" is a blow job. 35 is half of 69! (rounded of course)
My old school is Bard (in Annandale, NY), which was often referred to the "william and mary of the north"
Love "35 sweet goodbye" which is classic obscure steely dan and new to me.
I've never heard the Bard - W&M comparison and based on what I know of both schools (not all that much but some) it doesn't make much sense to me, but that in itself may be good evidence that it made sense to Becker & Fagen.
Re: RIP Walter Becker (Steely Dan)
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 5:12 pm
by pearlbeer
I love this interview with Donald Fagen. I might have found someone more curmudgeonly than Zip. No offense, Zip...you old curmudgeon.
