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Top 5 Steely Dan Tracks.

sillav nitram
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As I've been listening to nothing but Steely Dan since Walter died (talk about obsessive or wot) and in particular a Double CD compilation, Greatest Hits.
My current favourite top 5 and in no particular order;
Showbiz Kids
Don't Take Me Alive
Sign in Stranger
Two Against Nature
Peg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ptl_Pbtwgc
My current favourite top 5 and in no particular order;
Showbiz Kids
Don't Take Me Alive
Sign in Stranger
Two Against Nature
Peg

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Brooklyn (owes the charmer under me)
Any major dude
Ricky don't lose that number
Black cow
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Ricky Don't Lose That Number
My Old School
Reelin in the Years
Dirty Work
Kid Charlemagne0 -
Although I'd like to find space for Any Major Dude0
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Haitian Divorce is my favourite0
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Deacon Blue
Home at Last
Kid Charlemagne
Haitian Divorce
Do it Again1 -
Babylon sisters
Glamour profession
Deacon Blue
Don't take me alive
Aja1 -
Peg
Midnight cruiser
Brooklyn owes the charmer
Reeling in the years
Haitian divorce0 -
Reeling in the years
Dirty work
Kid Charlemagne
Do it again
Fire in the hole0 -
It came as a surprise to me that they'd published that many.0
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so many superb tracks .. my 5 (reluctantly chosen)
Kid Charlemagne
Babylon Sisters
Hey Nineteen
Aja
My Old School
a wide variety of genres there and I'm picking my best five from a heap of beautiful diamonds0 - Sponsored links:
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In no particular order and today’s choice:
Do it again
Home at last
( all of Katy Lied but here’s one) -Everyone’s gone to the movies
Rikki don’t lose that number
Deacon Blue
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I know, it’s so cruel to reduce a superb catalogue down to 5.Lincsaddick said:so many superb tracks .. my 5 (reluctantly chosen)
Kid Charlemagne
Babylon Sisters
Hey Nineteen
Aja
My Old School
a wide variety of genres there and I'm picking my best five from a heap of beautiful diamonds
On another day and another mood, I could have very easily chosen an alternative 51 -
Fagen and Becker such brilliant songwriters, their volume of work is excellent. love em.
For me, in no particular order:-
FM
Hey 19 (the opening note on the Strat, is just quality)
Peg (they roped in Michael MacDonald on BVs and its a joy to listen to)
Haitian Divorce
Ricky Don't Lose That Number.1 -
In no order, primarily the Aja album, but....
Black Cow
Aja
Peg
Deacon Blue
Haitian Divorce1 -
Just discovered this live concert .. it's long .. and superb ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvlAyZces6s
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Whah hey.....fantastic stuff!1
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Don't Take Me Alive
Do it again
Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Reelin in the Years
Haitian Divorce1 -
Deacon Blue
Kid Charlemagne
Aja
Black Cow
Rikki Don't Lose That Number2 -
Bodhisattva .. a brilliant number I had nearly forgotten about .. just perfect as a large venue concert opener .. the musicians in that film .. absolutely superb ..SoundAsa£ said:Whah hey.....fantastic stuff!
I just cannot see any contemporary band having this longevity, creativity and excellence ..
pleased you enjoyed it @SoundAsa£2 -
Steely Dan were due to play at O2 this coming weekend - I assume its been cancelled?1
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Still going ahead.0
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Wow0
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As a kid I remember 'All Around my Hat' and I loved it.1
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And sold out, wonder if it was before Becker’s sad passing:(johnny73 said:Still going ahead.
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It sold out before Becker died.1
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Yep, can confirm this, as I tried to get tickets before he died.johnny73 said:It sold out before Becker died.
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you'll find that was Steeleye Span ((:>) .. I bought that album for my then girlfriend .. and had 'Good Lovin' (remember the 'Lovin Spoonful') for weeks afterwards ..bazjonster said:As a kid I remember 'All Around my Hat' and I loved it.
EDIT .. NO .. the Young Rascals, later just The Rascals had the hit with Good Lovin' .. my memory gets worse and worse0 -
What a great band they were/are. Saw them many years ago and I don't think any one of them played a single wrong note the whole evening.
Ask me any day or any hour of any day and my list would be different, but today, at this hour it's:
Do it Again
Reelin' in the Years
Ricki Don't Loose That Number
My Old School
Any Major Dude
I remember as a teenager trying to play their stuff on my Woolworths guitar - no chance. Sadly, that is still the case (although now I can't play their stuff on much more expensive guitars!).
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Watched 'Show biz kids' of the live concert link posted here, with Michael McDonald as guest vocalist. It was tight as...
Same as 2007 and 2011 the two times I saw them in Perth.
Also, 'Time out of mind', 'Gaucho', 'Josie', 'FM'1 -
I could perm any 5 from those already posted, but 'Pearl of the Quarter' also deserves a mention.0