Showing posts with label Donald Fagan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Donald Fagan. Show all posts

Sunday, 4 March 2012

We hear you're leaving, that's OK I thought our little wild time had just begun I guess you kind of scared yourself, you turn and run


Songs Everybody Should Know

“Rikki Don’t Lose That Number” by Steely Dan (1974)

Welcome to the funky bohemia that is Steely Dan. Building a complex musical web around lyrics that run the gamut about anything from love to bandits, to greed, lust, and glory and back again.  The jazz-infused mosaic of life is almost parody-like. A thinking man’s funk, Steely Dan delivers a diverse, rich sound while taking you to some of the weirdest places you could ever go – and yet they seem familiar in some strange way…