Top 10 bài hát steely dan năm 2022

It's a beggars life, said the Queen of Spain
But don't tell it to a poor man
'Cause he's got to kill for every thrill
The best he can
Everywhere around me
I see jealousy and mayhem
Because no men have all their peace of mind
To carry them
Well I don't really care
If it's wrong or if it's right
But until my ship comes in
I'll live night by night

When the joker tried to tell me
I could cut it in this rube town
When he tried to hang that sign on me
I said Take it down
When the dawn patrol got to tell you twice
They're gonna do it with a shotgun
Yes, I'm cashing in this ten-cent life
For another one

Well I ain't got the heart
To lose another fight
So until my ship comes in
I'll live night by night

Well I don't really care
If it's wrong or if it's right
But until my ship comes in
I'll live night by night

Out on the fringe
Where the shallows meet the scratchlands
Out where hope and the highway ends
You can park or cruise
Both ways you lose
This is flytown now my friend

You take a walk on bleak street
Tonight could be the night you crash
Then you turn and stop
Start to fingerpop
You think you hear a wailin' combo
You climb a flight of twisted stairs
Some cat says buddy

Chorus:
If you've got eyes
To rhythmatize
Bring your flat hat and your ax
'cause tonight at ten
We'll be workin' again
At the teahouse on the tracks

The siegel bros. were slammin' out a baion
So slick it should have been a crime
Irene and flocko and little amy khan
Lead off the big front line
The crowd was bouncin' in sync with the pulse
You get a case of party feet
(then the room turns bright
And fills up with light)
And then from somewhere deep inside you
Some frozen stuff begins to crack
Better hurry

Chorus:
Take the t-line to bleak and divine
Just above the good time flats
It's your last chance
To learn how to dance
At the teahouse on the tracks

On sunday morning
You're back at the wheel
You're feelng calm and crisp and strong

Chorus:
If it feels right
Just drive for the light
That's the groovessential facts
Someday we'll all meet at the end of the street
At the teahouse on the tracks

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It took me a while to warm up to the sophisticated LA grooves of Steely Dan. Growing up, classic hits radio played precisely five Steely Dan songs; ‘Do It Again’, ‘Reelin’ In The Years’, ‘Rikki, Don’t Lose That Number’, ‘Hey Nineteen’, and ‘Babylon Sisters’. They’re all solid, but none of them capture the verve and jazzy sophistication of prime-era Dan. At their best, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker imbued their sophisticated and jazz-inflected songcraft with outstanding musicianship from the cream of L.A.’s studio musicians.

Steely Dan released seven albums in their initial tenure between 1972 and 1980, and two reunion albums in the early 21st century. I could easily make a superlative top ten out of the leftovers – let’s say ‘Do It Again’, ‘Bodhisattva’, ‘Pretzel Logic’, ‘The Caves of Altamira’, ‘Don’t Take Me Alive’, ‘Aja’, ‘Peg’, ‘FM’, ‘Babylon Sisters’, and ‘Jack of Speed’.

#10 – Josie

from Aja, 1977
This slinky and concise pop-rocker comes from a time where Steely Dan’s material was becoming more esoteric. It’s great, even though the line “She prays like a Roman/With her eyes on fire” is an unusual central hook for a pop song. Future Eagle bassist Timothy B. Schmitt sweetens up the song with his warm harmonies, while Chuck Rainey’s bass is warm and fluid.

#9 – Gaucho

from Gaucho, 1980
Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett is credited as a co-writer on the title track from the band’s 1980 album. Fagen later admitted that he lifted ideas from Jarrett’s 1974 piece ”Long As You Know You’re Living Yours’. ‘Gaucho’ is cryptic, seemingly addressing a destructive drug habit that caused the creative partnership between Becker and Fagen to go on hiatus after this record.

#8 – Show Biz Kids

from Countdown to Ecstasy, 1973
Steely Dan’s early albums are very good, but I prefer them when they became jazzier and more idiosyncratic. Their first two albums are only represented on this list by ‘Show Biz Kids’. Fagen pounds out a jazzy vamp on piano while the backing singers repeat “You go to Lost Wages, Lost Wages.” Rick Derringer plays slide guitar, while Welsh band Super Furry Animals sampled the song’s most memorable line for their single ‘The Man Don’t Give a F***’.

#7 – Dr. Wu

from Katy Lied, 1975
Steely Dan’s fourth album Katy Lied marks their first with Becker and Fagen as the only official members, augmented by session musicians. Donald Fagen described ‘Dr. Wu’ as “kind of a love-dope triangle… in ‘Dr. Wu’ that someone else is a dope habit personified as Doctor Wu.” ‘Dr. Wu’ was later covered by The Minutemen, on their 1984 magnum opus Double Nickels on the Dime.

#6 – The Fez

from The Royal Scam, 1976
A fez is a type of Middle Eastern hat, but here it’s seemingly used as a metaphor for safe sex. “Don’t make me do it without the fez on”. ‘The Fez’ was sampled by girl group All Saints for their debut single and #4 UK hit ‘I Know Where It’s At’. Walter Becker handles the guitar solo.

#5 – Deacon Blues

from Aja, 1977
‘Deacon Blues’ was inspired by Fagen’s epiphany that “if a college football team like the University of Alabama could have a grandiose name like the ‘Crimson Tide’ the nerds and losers should be entitled to a grandiose name as well.” It’s a midlife crisis song -despite their success as masters of cynical pop/rock, Becker and Fagen had unfulfilled dreams as jazz musos.

#4 – Black Friday

from Katy Lied, 1975
We’re now used to Black Friday defining days of shopping madness. The term actually originated on 24 September 1869 when gold prices plummeted; the US government intervened to drop the price after speculators cornered the market. Walter Becker played the song’s solo on Denny Dias’ guitar.

#3 – Any Major Dude Will Tell You

from Pretzel Logic, 1974
An uncharacteristically warm song from the Dan, ‘Any Major Dude Will Tell You’ offers words of comfort. The word “dude” was the group’s effort to assimilate in California. The lyrics reference the mythical creature the squonk, mystifying the band’s other members. The acoustic guitars and warm electric pianos anchor the track – David Paich and Fagen are both credited on keys, while Jim Gordon is on drums.

#2 – Night By Night

from Pretzel Logic, 1974
There’s not a lot of lyrical bite to ‘Night by Night’ by Steely Dan’s standards, but it’s typically accomplished musically. A crisp drumming performance by a teenaged Jeff Porcaro anchors the track, which is punctuated by horns, clavinet, and rhythm guitar. Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter plays the free-ranging guitar solo.

#1 – Kid Charlemagne

from The Royal Scam, 1976
Steely Dan used a vast array of session musicians, but my favourites are featured on ‘Kid Charlemagne’ – Bernard Purdie on drums, Chuck Rainey on bass, and Larry Carlton playing the dazzling guitar solo. Michael McDonald is among the ensemble of backing vocalists, while Paul Griffin plays the electric clavinet. The lyrics are inspired by the exploits of LSD chemist Owsley Stanley – the line “Is there gas in the car?/Yes, there’s gas in the car” foreshadows Stanley’s arrest when his car ran out of petrol. Becker told Rolling Stone in 2009 that it was the band’s most requested song, while Kanye West sampled it for his song ‘Champion’.

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