You're a tad older than me. I like where I came in as a white kid Motown fan because I played sports right when Florida finally desegregated. But I also know 5 years prior bands like Steely Dan, Trapeze and so many legit bands also formed KISS repellent LoL! Motown gave me my KISS repellent, but I was an unusual handful of white kids who didn't fall into that boy band of Pedo Gene Simmons nonsense. Steely Dan such accomplished musicians were antithetical to boy band KISS, I can understand that now. I merged from Motown to The Kinks to ZZ Top to Black Sabbath and Rush then Pink Floyd. With Boston debut album probably flipping the switch. But many of my generation fell into Gene Simmons' smarmy pedo hole and insisted KISS was "way better than Rush!" until one by one I cut them out of my life. Because such denials meant all other facts that shouldn't have disputes were in play. I guarantee KISS fans high concentration in TrumpTardia Land.

"that Napoleon song" 😹 What a nice memory! ♡

It's always a treat when you introduce someone to Steely Dan.

Donald was always telling him to play more

Couldn’t agree more ! Our boys from AirPlay never miss!

If they keep it up they will have more musical taste than us!

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One of the best lines ever.

100%! And Donald Fagen's "Teahouse On The Tracks" is an absolute jaw-dropper.

@@michaelrouten Yes!

Ya, Jackie . Those lyrics always never fail to resonate. The days of out youth are numbered , as Kansas sang in People of the Southwind. We are all dying to make it last eh ? Exercise in futility

"Bad Sneakers"

"those shoes "my favorite verse in music, Gene Wilder ,he could have delivered that line

You must be 𝐣𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, son. 👞

Yea. Every album and a number of times, to share, gift and reconnect…. They have been in my blood since 1972. Reeling ever since…

And knowing that the OG core was disbanding definitely hurt. Probably more than the Beatles breaking up. But the legacy continues.

You are correct - a rare Becker lead and superbly done.

An excellent term that it would behoove the MAGA mob to become familiar with.....

Altered blues.

Where were you from 74>79????

This is the best video for Chain Lightning. Very crisp drumming by Jeff Porcaro: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eeCZh8aEzd7OlJs.html

Nope. It's about an insane asylum.

@@scottblakey1603 It's a breath mint! It's a candy mint! It's a floor polish AND a mouthwash!

Its an analysis of Schlump's teensy mind.....

Hmm, as much as I love the songs Pretzel, Rikki and Major Dude, the rest of the album is a bit spotty to me. I'd take Countdown, Katy and Aja over PL any time.

@@kbrewski1 Parker's Band....Night By Night??

@mikeloomis687 Night by Night is a great tune also, should have mentioned that. I'd say half the album is stellar and the other half is good but not great. One of their albums has to be last in a ranking and I'd rank the ones I mentioned for sure over PL.

It's considered one of their classics. When it was played live, it was used as an encore song frequently.

Me too. It's the Steelyest Dan of all their songs for me.

@@Mulavi 🤣

"Pretzel Logic" reminds you of your marriage? Whatever works my major dude.....

As much of what you say is 100% correct, Taylor Swift like Steely Dan is a Never Trumper. So I can think of a lot of other fluff bands and 'artists' besides Taylor Swift to single out. Trumptards all foul humans at this stage. Steely Dan would be the first to point out this fact.

I think we’ve done most of Pretzel Logic.

@@AirplayBeats great! spent the last couple of nights watching you guys. Love what you do!

@@andyketchum1819 , these guys are the best!! Have you subscribed to their channel yet?✌️🎵

I must have missed the Any Major Dude reaction. For me, despite the great high points of Pretzel, Rikki, and Major Dude, if forced to pick a "least favorite Dan album" (although they are all great), it would have to be PL for me. Its a bit spotty after those great high points. I think its because it was the last album with the original band, but at the same time F&B were bringing in session musicians. So its a very transitional album. What follows is much better imo, w Katy, Scam, Aja.

I've always seen it as a comment on the relativity of morality and norms. What was right "a log time ago" may not be now, but that also means that what you think is right or normal now almost certainly won't be at some point. We all engage in our own Pretzel Logic on a daily basis to rationalize the beliefs we have.

Steely Dan has quite a long narrative warning about British imperialism and propaganda. They are still at it. Rupert Murdoch will push WW3 buttons to save England's Royal Monarchy. Same royals Our Founding Fathers fought Our Revolution to get their obsolete scripture out of our government and schools. Remember: Church of England was the tax collector. Nothing in return for taxes, just more jewels for Trumptards of the era, the untouchable Prince Andrew's of the era. The same creeps who took over China but couldn't protect China from Japanese Imperial Army, the same crime syndicate that killed almost a million unarmed Chinese villagers and farmers at Nanjing that just a year later bombed Pearl Harbor. Brits stealing Chinese silver, dealing drugs, taking over China's banks... Steely Dan songs warning for decades that if we choose The Brits (and Russia) over China, we are siding with imperial TYRANNY. Rupert Murdoch's brainwashing complete among evangelicals addicted to NRA gun panty equipment. Proof: Who actually imagines Jesus Christ would be an NRA member? Yet Rupert Murdoch's Falun Gong Q Anon Epoch Times crime syndicates have created an embedded 10% of insane fake Americans pretending actual Americans would be shooting at each other?!! We take our disagreement to the BALLOT BOXES. When your candidate loses, you accept the results and convey your opposition in the next campaign for the next election. Black Panthers armed up to GET PROTECTION TO VOTE, got smacked down. Guns were the mistake but showed how fragile minds want to arm us whites and disarm people of color. Fact is no guns should be involved IN A DEMOCRACY. Oppression in any form - intimidation or disinformation - is what liars and criminals resort to. Unfortunately for Black Panthers, they got lumped in erroneously as 'a terrorist organization'. They did exactly what Proud Boys and Oath Creepers did. Yet look at how long it's taking to get NRA criminals in jail. Bring guns to a DEMOCRATIC PROTEST? You're guilty. Black, white or striped. Make your case on facts. Not threatening fellow Americans.

Pretzel Logic = twisted logic to explain away and rationalize events. "You'd have to use some real outlandish disturbing😮 pretzel logic to believe Schlump wasn't a treasonous traitor to Democracy and the Constitution of the US re Jan 6."

One of their trademarks is tasty guitar.

And its Becker's first SD lead guitar solo on an album.

It's about imperial history. British imperialism.

@@Greg-io1ip that's an interesting take. He talks about traveling minstrel shows...then further back in time to meet Napoleon...then lastly steps up on the platform....

​@@Greg-io1ip Please elucidate (giggling slyly).