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Middle Aged Dummies - Artist - Round 5 - #12's have been posted. Link in OP. (56 Viewers)
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I was but a child in those days
-OZ-
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'Cause when you're fifteen
And somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
And when you're fifteen
And your first kiss makes your head spin around
15s are a prime example of why I need to listen to the list multiple times to decide what songs I like. I listened the first time while driving north, liked the list but only a few stood out. On the second and third listens almost all the songs hit.
Highlighted newly added to likes:
Fluke
Should I let you in
Mike and Chris
Back on my
Slash your
We
alone
away
When ye go away
Favorite - while New Year’s Day is one of my first and favorite U2 tunes, perfect is perfection - on any given day will be my favorite
among a few others.
And somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
And when you're fifteen
And your first kiss makes your head spin around
15s are a prime example of why I need to listen to the list multiple times to decide what songs I like. I listened the first time while driving north, liked the list but only a few stood out. On the second and third listens almost all the songs hit.
Highlighted newly added to likes:
Fluke
Should I let you in
Mike and Chris
Back on my
Slash your
We
alone awayWhen ye go away
Favorite - while New Year’s Day is one of my first and favorite U2 tunes, perfect is perfection - on any given day will be my favorite
among a few others.
zamboni
Footballguy
Interesting - I never associated this with Down by the River - I had a bit of Blood, Sweat and Tears or Super Session (Al Kooper/Mike Bloomfield/Stephen Stills) in mind when I first heard it. But now that you mention it, I do hear a bit of DBTR.
This sounds like Down by the River. Like, a lot.
ETA: Kind of like what would happen if you blended Neil's original and Buddy Miles' cover.
I gained a lot of newfound respect for Frampton when I did my Humble Pie rabbit hole chase. Much of the music masses just think of him as the pretty boy with the huge live album, but he's an extraordinarily talented guy.
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
12. Change (Ignition, 1982)
After rehabbing his knee, John returned to the studio and began his solo career. His debut album, Ignition, was produced by Pat Benatar's main squeeze, Neil Giraldo, recorded in New York City, and featured several prominent 'local' artists Patty Smyth and Frankie LaRocka of Scandal, as well as Pat Benatar's bassist Don Nossov. The album debuted in the middle of July, 1982, with Change as its first single. With the help of its video , Change reached #16 on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. The song gained new popularity in 1985 when it was included on the soundtrack for the movie Vision Quest.
Fun fact #1: The song was written by singer/songwriter/musician Holly Knight and recorded by her band, Spider, the previous year.
Fun fact #2: The damsel in distress in the video, Tina Gullickson, also sings and has spent the last 30 years as part of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band.
After rehabbing his knee, John returned to the studio and began his solo career. His debut album, Ignition, was produced by Pat Benatar's main squeeze, Neil Giraldo, recorded in New York City, and featured several prominent 'local' artists Patty Smyth and Frankie LaRocka of Scandal, as well as Pat Benatar's bassist Don Nossov. The album debuted in the middle of July, 1982, with Change as its first single. With the help of its video , Change reached #16 on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. The song gained new popularity in 1985 when it was included on the soundtrack for the movie Vision Quest.
Fun fact #1: The song was written by singer/songwriter/musician Holly Knight and recorded by her band, Spider, the previous year.
Fun fact #2: The damsel in distress in the video, Tina Gullickson, also sings and has spent the last 30 years as part of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band.
zamboni
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I alluded to this tune way at the beginning and had a brief offline chat with Charlie. This was the first video I ever saw on MTV and changed my world regarding the power of the medium. Really good tune and cheesy video, but very memorable. A bit creepy that John was made up to look like Ron Jeremy as the sleazy record producer.
Good trivia about the damsel in the video - had a huge crush on her back then. Didn't know she was with Jimmy Buffett's band all these years.
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This video was the first I’d heard of John Waite. I had heard a few Babys songs on the radio but didn’t know he was their singer.
Tau837
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Eric Clapton #12
Eric Clapton - Knockin' on Heaven's Door
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, written for the soundtrack of the 1973 film "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid." Released as a single two months after the film's premiere, it became a worldwide hit, reaching the Top 10 in several countries.
In January 1975, Clapton played on Arthur Louis's recording of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," which was arranged in a cross-over reggae style. After the recording sessions with Louis, Clapton recorded his own version of the song, which was released as a single in August 1975, two weeks after Louis's version. Clapton's version made it to #38 on the UK charts, but the single was less successful in the US, where it failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.
While Dylan's original has a simple, almost conversational tone, Clapton’s interpretation amplifies the sorrow and gravity behind the words. The lyrics describe a feeling of inevitable passing, the final moments of life approaching, with the metaphor of "knocking on heaven’s door" representing the inevitability of death.
Clapton stays true to the song’s core essence, but version infuses it with his own style, combining his love for rock and blues music. Clapton’s guitar tone is bluesy and soulful and feels more like a rock performance than Dylan’s original, which had a more folk-inspired vibe. Clapton adds two distinct solos during the bridge and outro sections. His solo work is expressive and melodic, showcasing his knack for minimalistic phrasing while maintaining the emotional impact.
Clapton’s vocal delivery is one of the standout features of his version of the song. He brings an emotional weight to the lyrics, with a sense of sad resignation. His voice is raw and gravelly, perfectly suited for the song’s themes of life, death, and reflection.
Clapton’s ability to bring his blues roots into a well-known anthem shows how he can reinterpret songs without losing the essence of the original.
Eric Clapton - Knockin' on Heaven's Door
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, written for the soundtrack of the 1973 film "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid." Released as a single two months after the film's premiere, it became a worldwide hit, reaching the Top 10 in several countries.
In January 1975, Clapton played on Arthur Louis's recording of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," which was arranged in a cross-over reggae style. After the recording sessions with Louis, Clapton recorded his own version of the song, which was released as a single in August 1975, two weeks after Louis's version. Clapton's version made it to #38 on the UK charts, but the single was less successful in the US, where it failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.
While Dylan's original has a simple, almost conversational tone, Clapton’s interpretation amplifies the sorrow and gravity behind the words. The lyrics describe a feeling of inevitable passing, the final moments of life approaching, with the metaphor of "knocking on heaven’s door" representing the inevitability of death.
Clapton stays true to the song’s core essence, but version infuses it with his own style, combining his love for rock and blues music. Clapton’s guitar tone is bluesy and soulful and feels more like a rock performance than Dylan’s original, which had a more folk-inspired vibe. Clapton adds two distinct solos during the bridge and outro sections. His solo work is expressive and melodic, showcasing his knack for minimalistic phrasing while maintaining the emotional impact.
Clapton’s vocal delivery is one of the standout features of his version of the song. He brings an emotional weight to the lyrics, with a sense of sad resignation. His voice is raw and gravelly, perfectly suited for the song’s themes of life, death, and reflection.
Clapton’s ability to bring his blues roots into a well-known anthem shows how he can reinterpret songs without losing the essence of the original.
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12. Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale
Album: Forever Changes (1967)
Mrs. Rannous mentioned that side 2 of Neil Diamond's Tap Root Manuscript is an early example of "world music." "Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale," which opens side 2 of Love's Forever Changes, is another example.
Don Quixote could do a better job of picking out the Latin music elements in this track, but I hear samba, rumba, bossa nova, and even jazz -- Arthur Lee scat-singing along with the trumpet solo sounds like something Tony Bennett would do.
However you want to label it, "Maybe the People..." is breezy and infectious and sticks into your head and doesn't let go. It's also memorable for Lee's wordplay -- at the end of each verse, he leaves off the last word, and then starts the next verse with that word.
The title and lyrics are a bit inscrutable, but many fans believe it is about how rock musicians wanted to tell everyone their takes on the Vietnam War and other issues of the day, but the fans don't care, they just want to boogie. The "Maybe the People Would be the Times" part of the title may refer to the false hope that the fans might become as socially conscious as the bands they like, and "Between Clark and Hilldale" is probably a reference to Love's frequent performance space The Whisky Au Go Go, which is on Sunset Boulevard in LA between the parallel streets of Clark and Hilldale.
What is happening and how have you been
Gotta go but I'll see you again
And oh, the music is so loud
And then I fade into the...
Crowds of people standing everywhere
'Cross the street I'm at this laugh affair
And here they always play my songs
And me, I wonder if it's...
Wrong or right they come here just the same
Telling everyone about their games
And if you think it obsolete
Then you go back across the street
Yeah, street, hey hey
When I leave now don't you weep for me
I'll be back, just save a seat for me
But if you just can't make the room
Look up and see me on the...
Moon's a common scene around my town
Here where everyone is painted brown
And if we feel that's not the way
Let's go paint everybody gray
Yeah, gray, yeah
There were no documented live performances of "Maybe the People..." until 1993, but it has been played regularly since 2002, including at the show I saw that year, and continues to be performed by The Love Band with John Echols today. Judging from stage setlists that have been posted to the internet, and from how Lee introduced it, it seems like the band refers to it as just "Between Clark and Hilldale" -- a lot less typing that way.
Alternate Mix: https://open.spotify.com/track/6KGbZPd4hPNOFV4DBdydvZ?si=b0e9692ab9784074
Live version from the Roskilde Festival in Denmark in 2002 (appears on Coming Through to You: The Live Recordings (1970-2004)): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfilUnp4rw0
Live version from London in 2003 (appears on The Forever Changes Concert): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa32txV5nDk
Live version from the Glastonbury Festival in 2003: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICHMHRXKecU
Live version from 2003 on Later With Jools Holland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbmGpvLaf1U
Live version from 2006 at one of the Arthur Lee benefit concerts, with Baby Lemonade, who served as "Love" from the '90s on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMjUIWsxFGc
The Love Band live in Costa Mesa, CA in 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYgy5GQPoG8
Eephus: Michael Head covered this, with trumpets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGs6U4IuMaE and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Cf2BfA6YM
The weirdest thing I am going to post in this countdown is Teenage Fanclub's cover on We're All Normal and We Want Our Freedom: A Tribute to Arthur Lee and Love, which sounds like it was recorded underwater (Lee hated it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF9a2-STN38
At #11, after three straight from Forever Changes, we return to Da Capo and exchange trumpets for flutes.
Album: Forever Changes (1967)
Mrs. Rannous mentioned that side 2 of Neil Diamond's Tap Root Manuscript is an early example of "world music." "Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale," which opens side 2 of Love's Forever Changes, is another example.
Don Quixote could do a better job of picking out the Latin music elements in this track, but I hear samba, rumba, bossa nova, and even jazz -- Arthur Lee scat-singing along with the trumpet solo sounds like something Tony Bennett would do.
However you want to label it, "Maybe the People..." is breezy and infectious and sticks into your head and doesn't let go. It's also memorable for Lee's wordplay -- at the end of each verse, he leaves off the last word, and then starts the next verse with that word.
The title and lyrics are a bit inscrutable, but many fans believe it is about how rock musicians wanted to tell everyone their takes on the Vietnam War and other issues of the day, but the fans don't care, they just want to boogie. The "Maybe the People Would be the Times" part of the title may refer to the false hope that the fans might become as socially conscious as the bands they like, and "Between Clark and Hilldale" is probably a reference to Love's frequent performance space The Whisky Au Go Go, which is on Sunset Boulevard in LA between the parallel streets of Clark and Hilldale.
What is happening and how have you been
Gotta go but I'll see you again
And oh, the music is so loud
And then I fade into the...
Crowds of people standing everywhere
'Cross the street I'm at this laugh affair
And here they always play my songs
And me, I wonder if it's...
Wrong or right they come here just the same
Telling everyone about their games
And if you think it obsolete
Then you go back across the street
Yeah, street, hey hey
When I leave now don't you weep for me
I'll be back, just save a seat for me
But if you just can't make the room
Look up and see me on the...
Moon's a common scene around my town
Here where everyone is painted brown
And if we feel that's not the way
Let's go paint everybody gray
Yeah, gray, yeah
There were no documented live performances of "Maybe the People..." until 1993, but it has been played regularly since 2002, including at the show I saw that year, and continues to be performed by The Love Band with John Echols today. Judging from stage setlists that have been posted to the internet, and from how Lee introduced it, it seems like the band refers to it as just "Between Clark and Hilldale" -- a lot less typing that way.
Alternate Mix: https://open.spotify.com/track/6KGbZPd4hPNOFV4DBdydvZ?si=b0e9692ab9784074
Live version from the Roskilde Festival in Denmark in 2002 (appears on Coming Through to You: The Live Recordings (1970-2004)): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfilUnp4rw0
Live version from London in 2003 (appears on The Forever Changes Concert): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa32txV5nDk
Live version from the Glastonbury Festival in 2003: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICHMHRXKecU
Live version from 2003 on Later With Jools Holland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbmGpvLaf1U
Live version from 2006 at one of the Arthur Lee benefit concerts, with Baby Lemonade, who served as "Love" from the '90s on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMjUIWsxFGc
The Love Band live in Costa Mesa, CA in 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYgy5GQPoG8
Eephus: Michael Head covered this, with trumpets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGs6U4IuMaE and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Cf2BfA6YM
The weirdest thing I am going to post in this countdown is Teenage Fanclub's cover on We're All Normal and We Want Our Freedom: A Tribute to Arthur Lee and Love, which sounds like it was recorded underwater (Lee hated it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF9a2-STN38
At #11, after three straight from Forever Changes, we return to Da Capo and exchange trumpets for flutes.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Let's talk about the Doobie Brothers because it gives me more chances to blast what Jann Wenner and his henchmen at Rolling Stone did to warp music history.
Prog/Art Rock fans for decades decried that Rolling Stone only mentioned those artists in left-handed compliments or outright derision.
You know what's worse? Not getting mentioned at all. Rolling Stone was writing their (at the time, only) version of what rock history was and it's like the Doobies didn't exist. Even freaking Grand Funk - a far lesser band - got more mention in RS's various histories.
The Doobie Brothers were a good band, man. They had distinct singers and songwriters within, and could cross-genre as well as most of the best artists of their time. Their record were well-written, well-performed, and still sound great today.
Prog/Art Rock fans for decades decried that Rolling Stone only mentioned those artists in left-handed compliments or outright derision.
You know what's worse? Not getting mentioned at all. Rolling Stone was writing their (at the time, only) version of what rock history was and it's like the Doobies didn't exist. Even freaking Grand Funk - a far lesser band - got more mention in RS's various histories.
The Doobie Brothers were a good band, man. They had distinct singers and songwriters within, and could cross-genre as well as most of the best artists of their time. Their record were well-written, well-performed, and still sound great today.
zamboni
Footballguy
Beyond how great the whole album is, many of song titles are just as great.
-OZ-
Footballguy
Fwiw, my deep dive this week is the streets. Reminds me a bit of the violent femmes in that their best songs are among my favorite but the drop off from there is huge. Still, a fairly fun listen. For those unfamiliar, one of their absolute bangers: Fit but you know it
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And most of the song titles don't appear in the lyrics. They summarize the theme. Only "Andmoreagain" and the two Bryan MacLean-penned songs have the title (or most of it) in the lyrics.
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And yes, Forever Changes will be on my ballot in Doc Oc's countdown.
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Speaking of the Love tribute album with the janky Teenage Fanclub performance, I've never heard of most of the bands on it.
Lee and Love weren't in fashion in 1994, so there's not much in the way of A-listers.
I have heard of: Urge Overkill, Love Battery, Das Damen (who backed Lee at my 1994 show -- that they covered "Stand Out" here may explain the request for it at that show), Teenage Fanclub and Television Personalities. Which means there are 16 acts I haven't heard of. If one was put together today, I wonder what kind of names would participate.
Lee and Love weren't in fashion in 1994, so there's not much in the way of A-listers.
I have heard of: Urge Overkill, Love Battery, Das Damen (who backed Lee at my 1994 show -- that they covered "Stand Out" here may explain the request for it at that show), Teenage Fanclub and Television Personalities. Which means there are 16 acts I haven't heard of. If one was put together today, I wonder what kind of names would participate.
zamboni
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I think my favorite tune is the one mentioning an ice cream truck franchise - not sure if that has appeared.
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It was in my Last 10 Out.
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[/td] [td]People Under the Stairs[/td][td]KarmaPolice[/td][td]Selfish Destruction
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This intro is straight from the playbook of weird-a$$ Funkadelic intros.
Selfish Destruction
People Under The Stairs · Highlighter · Song · 2012 open.spotify.comThis intro is straight from the playbook of weird-a$$ Funkadelic intros.
Eephus
Footballguy
Speaking of the Love tribute album with the janky Teenage Fanclub performance, I've never heard of most of the bands on it.
Lee and Love weren't in fashion in 1994, so there's not much in the way of A-listers.
I have heard of: Urge Overkill, Love Battery, Das Damen (who backed Lee at my 1994 show -- that they covered "Stand Out" here may explain the request for it at that show), Teenage Fanclub and Television Personalities. Which means there are 16 acts I haven't heard of. If one was put together today, I wonder what kind of names would participate.
A couple of the acts are related to the Dunedin Sound of 80s New Zealand Indie. David Kilgour was with The Clean and Martin Phillipps (RIP) was with the Chills. The Mad Scene was another Clean spinoff formed with Kilgour's brother Hamish in the early 90s.
The other bands are more obscure
Eephus
Footballguy
Two trumpets on the second.
Both versions date from the beginning of Head's second solo career in the early 2010s.
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I figured you or OH might know some of them.Speaking of the Love tribute album with the janky Teenage Fanclub performance, I've never heard of most of the bands on it.
Lee and Love weren't in fashion in 1994, so there's not much in the way of A-listers.
I have heard of: Urge Overkill, Love Battery, Das Damen (who backed Lee at my 1994 show -- that they covered "Stand Out" here may explain the request for it at that show), Teenage Fanclub and Television Personalities. Which means there are 16 acts I haven't heard of. If one was put together today, I wonder what kind of names would participate.
A couple of the acts are related to the Dunedin Sound of 80s New Zealand Indie. David Kilgour was with The Clean and Martin Phillipps (RIP) was with the Chills. The Mad Scene was another Clean spinoff formed with Kilgour's brother Hamish in the early 90s.
The other bands are more obscure
KarmaPolice
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Info on these guys has been a little hard to find, such as lyrics and samples they used. I assumed it was a P-Funk sample since that was Double's favorite group, but also forgot to ask @Uruk-Hai
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If I ever follow through on my threat to do a countdown with the theme of "songs that sound like Steely Dan but aren't," this will be on it.Zanzibar
Billy wrote this song for his 1978 album 52nd Street. It's a jazzy number that has a special guest appearance by the late great Freddie Hubbard on flugelhorn and trumpet.
I am having eye surgery on Tuesday, and will miss a little time during the countdown. I'm sending some short write-ups for some upcoming songs to Uruk, aka Billy Hai, and he is going to post them for me. More than likely he will think he died and went to hell, but I think it will be a good opportunity for him to grow closer to BJ and his music.I'll be back soon
Though I don't think the Dan would have put in baseball references. I don't get the sense Becker and Fagen were into sports.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
I spent the past few minutes trying to figure out what the melody of Cornershop’s Turned on Truth reminded me of, and then realized, oh, Brimful of Asha.
Eephus
Footballguy
Michael Head #12 - Michael Head & The Strands - "Something Like You" (1998)
The Strands was a one-off solo effort put together while Shack was on hiatus in 1993. Mick's mum was ill at the time so he worked out the songs on acoustic guitars in her kitchen along with his brother and sister. A small French Indie label gave Head some money to go into the studio to record the tunes with enough left over for Mick to become addicted to heroin for the first time. The drugs did nothing for Mick's natural predilection to never finish anything and he drifted away from the project in 1995 leaving 100 minutes of mostly unmixed material. It took another three years for the chemically named Stephane Bismuth (who owned the Paris club where Arthur Lee first played with Shack) to put the album out. Distribution was so limited that Head didn't own a copy of it until its digital release seventeen years later.
The Magical World of the Strands is an apt album title because it may be the most beautiful record of Head's career. "Something Like You" is one of the album's highlights; a gorgeous piece of baroque pop aided by a string arrangement by Helen Caddick that floats gracefully around the melody. It's another love song that concludes with a simple and direct (by Head's usually obtuse standards) statement "I believe in you forever". There's no trumpet today but there's a clarinet that wanders in from Gershwin Street.
The Strands was a one-off solo effort put together while Shack was on hiatus in 1993. Mick's mum was ill at the time so he worked out the songs on acoustic guitars in her kitchen along with his brother and sister. A small French Indie label gave Head some money to go into the studio to record the tunes with enough left over for Mick to become addicted to heroin for the first time. The drugs did nothing for Mick's natural predilection to never finish anything and he drifted away from the project in 1995 leaving 100 minutes of mostly unmixed material. It took another three years for the chemically named Stephane Bismuth (who owned the Paris club where Arthur Lee first played with Shack) to put the album out. Distribution was so limited that Head didn't own a copy of it until its digital release seventeen years later.
The Magical World of the Strands is an apt album title because it may be the most beautiful record of Head's career. "Something Like You" is one of the album's highlights; a gorgeous piece of baroque pop aided by a string arrangement by Helen Caddick that floats gracefully around the melody. It's another love song that concludes with a simple and direct (by Head's usually obtuse standards) statement "I believe in you forever". There's no trumpet today but there's a clarinet that wanders in from Gershwin Street.
Eephus
Footballguy
If I ever follow through on my threat to do a countdown with the theme of "songs that sound like Steely Dan but aren't," this will be on it.Zanzibar
Billy wrote this song for his 1978 album 52nd Street. It's a jazzy number that has a special guest appearance by the late great Freddie Hubbard on flugelhorn and trumpet.
I am having eye surgery on Tuesday, and will miss a little time during the countdown. I'm sending some short write-ups for some upcoming songs to Uruk, aka Billy Hai, and he is going to post them for me. More than likely he will think he died and went to hell, but I think it will be a good opportunity for him to grow closer to BJ and his music.
Though I don't think the Dan would have put in baseball references. I don't get the sense Becker and Fagen were into sports.
You can almost hear Fagan's voice enunciating the word Zanzibar
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I think me and KP may want to stay out of the Iran thread if we wanna keep posting lol
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Three known-to-me favorites from #13:
Muzzle (The Smashing Pumpkins) -- Mellon Collie has a ton of tracks. This might be my favorite of them.
What a Fool Believes (The Doobie Brothers) -- The yacht rock gold standard. Literally. Go to the yacht or nacht? site. They measure yachttiness by comparing a song to this one, which scores 100 on their scale.
Zanzibar (Billy Joel) -- As I said, it reminds me of Steely Dan. And I have a soft spot for 52nd Street tracks.
Three new-to-me favorites from #13:
changemyways (Headstones/Hugh Dillon) -- This melodic rocker from 2013 gives off early '00s vibes in the best possible way.
Meant to Be (Shack/Michael Head) -- Another one from him that's all over the place in a thrilling way.
Hit It (The English Beat) -- The best elements of ska and new wave in one tune.
Muzzle (The Smashing Pumpkins) -- Mellon Collie has a ton of tracks. This might be my favorite of them.
What a Fool Believes (The Doobie Brothers) -- The yacht rock gold standard. Literally. Go to the yacht or nacht? site. They measure yachttiness by comparing a song to this one, which scores 100 on their scale.
Zanzibar (Billy Joel) -- As I said, it reminds me of Steely Dan. And I have a soft spot for 52nd Street tracks.
Three new-to-me favorites from #13:
changemyways (Headstones/Hugh Dillon) -- This melodic rocker from 2013 gives off early '00s vibes in the best possible way.
Meant to Be (Shack/Michael Head) -- Another one from him that's all over the place in a thrilling way.
Hit It (The English Beat) -- The best elements of ska and new wave in one tune.
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I would not be surprised if Billy purposely modeled his vocal on Fagen for this track.If I ever follow through on my threat to do a countdown with the theme of "songs that sound like Steely Dan but aren't," this will be on it.Zanzibar
Billy wrote this song for his 1978 album 52nd Street. It's a jazzy number that has a special guest appearance by the late great Freddie Hubbard on flugelhorn and trumpet.
I am having eye surgery on Tuesday, and will miss a little time during the countdown. I'm sending some short write-ups for some upcoming songs to Uruk, aka Billy Hai, and he is going to post them for me. More than likely he will think he died and went to hell, but I think it will be a good opportunity for him to grow closer to BJ and his music.
Though I don't think the Dan would have put in baseball references. I don't get the sense Becker and Fagen were into sports.
You can almost hear Fagan's voice enunciating the word Zanzibar
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Yeah, please don't Tim yourselves.
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