Sunday, 3 September 2017

Walter Becker, Steely Dan Guitarist, Dies at 67

quote [ Walter Becker, guitarist, bassist and co-writer for the sophisticated, dark-humored band Steely Dan, has died. He was 67. ]

They stab it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast
[SFW] [obituaries] [+5 Sad]
[by ScoobySnacks]
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midden said @ 5:12pm GMT on 3rd September
I think Aja was the second album I ever bought, right after Pete Townshend's Empty Glass. Must have been 1979 or 80. I'm pretty sure I own the entire Steely Dan and solo Donald Fagen CD discography. It weirds me out when I hear the played in grocery stores or shopping malls.

midden said @ 5:13pm GMT on 3rd September
I think Aja was the second album I ever bought, right after Pete Townshend's Empty Glass. Must have been 1979 or 80. I'm pretty sure I own the entire Steely Dan and solo Donald Fagen CD discography. It weirds me out when I hear them played in grocery stores or shopping malls.

midden said @ 5:34pm GMT on 3rd September
I think Aja was the second album I ever bought, right after Pete Townshend's Empty Glass. Must have been 1979 or 80. I'm pretty sure I own the entire Steely Dan and solo Donald Fagen CD discography. It weirds me out when I hear them played in grocery stores or shopping malls.

edit: I'm surprised Countdown to Ecstasy was a flop. Bodhisattva was one of my favorite songs in high school, plus Showbiz Kids and My Old School seemed like hits to my early teens, 1980s sensibilities. Of course, that was a decade after the album's release, so I suppose the other five albums that had come out after it had some retroactive influence.

Steely Dan Bodhisattva 1973
YouTube: Steely Dan Bodhisattva 1973


Steely Dan Showbiz Kids 1973
YouTube: Steely Dan Showbiz Kids 1973


(Note that the album cover shown at the beginning of this is incorrect.)
My Old School- Steely Dan- 1973
YouTube: My Old School- Steely Dan- 1973





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midden said @ 5:12pm GMT on 3rd September
I think Aja was the second album I ever bought, right after Pete Townshend's Empty Glass. Must have been 1979 or 80. I'm pretty sure I own the entire Steely Dan and solo Donald Fagen CD discography. It weirds me out when I hear them played in grocery stores or shopping malls.

edit: I'm surprised Countdown to Ecstasy was a flop. Bodhisattva was one of my favorite songs in high school, plus Showbiz Kids and My Old School seemed like hits to my early teens, 1980s sensibilities. Of course, that was a decade after the album's release, so I suppose the other five albums that had come out after it had some retroactive influence.

Steely Dan Bodhisattva 1973
YouTube: Steely Dan Bodhisattva 1973


Steely Dan Showbiz Kids 1973
YouTube: Steely Dan Showbiz Kids 1973


(Note that the album cover shown at the beginning of this is incorrect.)
My Old School- Steely Dan- 1973
YouTube: My Old School- Steely Dan- 1973






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