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Tue Feb-08-05 06:46 PM
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"Babs and Clean Willie were in love they said..." |
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HAITIAN DIVORCE
Babs and Clean Willie were in love they said So in love the preacher's face turned red Soon everybody knew the thing was dead He shouts, she bites, they wrangle through the night She go crazy Got to make a getaway Papa say CHORUS: Oh - no hesitation No tears and no hearts breakin' No remorse Oh - congratulations This is your Haitian Divorce
She takes the taxi to the good hotel Bon marché as far as she can tell She drinks the zombie from the cocoa shell She feels alright, she get it on tonight Mister driver Take me where the music play Papa say
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At the Grotto In the greasy chair Sits the Charlie with the lotion and the kinky hair When she smiled, she said it all The band was hot so They danced the famous Merengue Now we dolly back Now we fade to black
Tearful reunion in the USA Day by day those memories fade away Some babies grow in a peculiar way It changed, it grew, and everybody knew Semi-mojo Who's this kinky so-and-so? Papa go
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Tue Feb-08-05 06:47 PM
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1. Now there's an earworm I welcome |
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god I love Steely Dan
Semi-mojo Who's this kinky so-and-so?
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Tue Feb-08-05 07:00 PM
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6. "Now we dolly back, now we fade to black..." |
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Tue Feb-08-05 07:00 PM
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7. yeah but my fav Steely Dan line ever is |
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"no he can't sleep on the floor what do you think I'm yelling for?"
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Tue Feb-08-05 07:02 PM
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8. An Underrated album... |
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I love third world man...so perfect for these times
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Tue Feb-08-05 08:08 PM
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Tue Feb-08-05 06:47 PM
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The ROYAL Scam...their best, IMHO, since Aja wasn't possible without the groundwork of that disc
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Tue Feb-08-05 06:50 PM
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where ya been, baby?:bounce:
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Tue Feb-08-05 06:56 PM
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5. I been around...good to see you |
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:hi: now I gotta put some Dan on :-)
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Tue Feb-08-05 06:53 PM
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They pushed through the rough stuff brilliantly to get Aja up and running...The Royal Scam is their best!!!
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Tue Feb-08-05 07:22 PM
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9. "Turn slowly and comb your hair" |
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Edited on Tue Feb-08-05 07:26 PM by A HERETIC I AM
Don't trouble the midnight air. Best rock - jazz group EVER. I had the honor of seeing them play their first concert in 19 years back in 1993 (I think it was?) at the Palace of Auburn Hills north of Detroit. (where the Pistons play) and it was too cool listening to 17 thousand forty-somethings singing "My Old School". At the time it was the 2nd fastest Ticketmaster sellout in history.
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Tue Feb-08-05 07:24 PM
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10. And "Chain Lightening" is one of the coolest |
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EVER...too bad they had to go throught Ticket Master...those bastards!
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Wed Feb-09-05 12:29 AM
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and they were Marvelous! Better than I had expected and sounding just like their recordings.
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Tue Feb-08-05 08:18 PM
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12. Hi to all in the DU Dan Clan! |
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DON'T TAKE ME ALIVE
Agents of the law Luckless pedestrian I know you're out there With rage in your eyes and your megaphones Saying all is forgiven Mad Dog surrender How can I answer A man of my mind can do anything
CHORUS: I'm a bookkeeper's son I don't want to shoot no one Well I crossed my old man back in Oregon Don't take me alive Got a case of dynamite I could hold out here all night Yes I crossed my old man back in Oregon Don't take me alive
Can you hear the evil crowd The lies and the laughter I hear my inside The mechanized hum of another world Where no sun is shining No red light flashing Here in this darkness I know what I've done I know all at once who I am
CHORUS
I'm a bookkeeper's son I don't want to shoot no one Well I crossed my old man back in Oregon Don't take me alive Got a case of dynamite I could hold out here all night Yes I crossed my old man back in Oregon Don't take me alive
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Tue Feb-08-05 08:22 PM
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14. You are too coooooooollllllll!!!!!!!! |
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Thanks!
The Royal Scam is their best!
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Tue Feb-08-05 08:25 PM
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The Royal Scam, followed closely by Aja (which, as you said, would not be nearly as brilliant without the groundwork laid by TRS).
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Tue Feb-08-05 08:51 PM
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23. It's nice to see others in love with Royal Scam |
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and for the record, Don't Take me Alive is without question my favorite Steely Dan tune.
Well done, mr Carlton!
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Tue Feb-08-05 08:21 PM
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13. Can I admit that my first intros to Steely Dan were... Peg and FM |
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I blame it on being a youngster stuck in the midwest with only top forty access... but somehow some of my peers found early Costello, so that really can't be the thing to blame :shrug:
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Tue Feb-08-05 08:25 PM
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No shame in top forty...they classed it up.
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Tue Feb-08-05 08:27 PM
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17. Indeed... and paved the way |
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for Aja to become a staple even in a top forty enclave of teens in the midwest. :D
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Tue Feb-08-05 08:31 PM
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One of the best guitar solos in rock. Jay Graydon rips it up!
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Tue Feb-08-05 08:33 PM
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And I'll mention Steve Gadd for his drum solo on the title track just 'cause...smokin'
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Tue Feb-08-05 08:39 PM
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Tue Feb-08-05 08:37 PM
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20. Got a feeling I've been here before........ |
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Watching as you cross the killing floor You know you'll have to pay it all You'll pay today or pay tomorrow You fasten up your beaded gown Then you try to tie me down Do you work it out one by one Or played in combination You throw out your gold teeth Do you see how they roll
I have seen your iron and your brass Can't you see it shine behind the glass Your fortune is your roving eye Your mouth and legs Your gift for the runaround Torture is the main attraction I don't need that kind of action You don't have to dance for me I've seen your dance before Do you throw out your gold teeth Do you see how they roll
Tobacco they grow in Peking In the Year of the Locust You'll see a sad thing Even Cathy Berberian knows There's one roulade she can't sing Dumb luck my friend Won't suck me in this time
Got a feeling I've been here before Won't you let me help you find the door All you got to do is use Your silver shoes A gift for the runaround Use your knack darlin' Take one step back darlin' There ain't nothing in Chicago For a monkey woman to do Do you throw out your gold teeth Do you see how they roll
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Tue Feb-08-05 08:45 PM
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22. When Black Friday comes |
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I'll stand down by the door And catch the grey men when they Dive from the fourteenth floor When Black Friday comes I'll collect everything I'm owed And before my friends find out I'll be on the road When Black Friday falls you know it's got to be Don't let it fall on me
When Black Friday comes I'll fly down to Muswellbrook Gonna strike all the big red words From my little black book Gonna do just what I please Gonna wear no socks and shoes With nothing to do but feed All the kangaroos When Black Friday comes I'll be on that hill You know I will
When Black Friday comes I'm gonna dig myself a hole Gonna lay down in it 'til I satisfy my soul Gonna let the world pass by me The Archbishop's gonna sanctify me And if he don't come across I'm gonna let it roll When Black Friday comes I'm gonna stake my claim I'll guess I'll change my name ---------- Some of the very best music of modern times. Credit to the Porcaro Bros., who played on so many of their songs.
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Wed Feb-09-05 12:00 AM
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24. From Countdown to Ecstasy: |
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MY OLD SCHOOL
I remember the thirty-five sweet goodbyes When you put me on the Wolverine Up to Annandale It was still September When your daddy was quite surprised To find you with the working girls In the county jail I was smoking with the boys upstairs When I heard about the whole affair I said oh no William and Mary won't do
CHORUS: Well I did not think the girl Could be so cruel And I'm never going back To my old school
Oleanders growing outside her door Soon they're gonna be in bloom Up in Annandale I can't stand her Doing what she did before Living like a gypsy queen In a fairy tale Well I hear the whistle but I can't go I'm gonna take her down to Mexico She said oh no Guadalajara won't do
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California tumbles into the sea That'll be the day I go Back to Annandale Tried to warn you About Chino and Daddy Gee But I can't seem to get to you Through the U.S. Mail Well I hear the whistle but I can't go I'm gonna take her down to Mexico She said oh no Guadalajara won't do
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Wed Feb-09-05 12:19 AM
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25. On the water down in New Orleans |
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My baby's the pearl of the quarter She's a charmer like you never seen Singing voulez vous Where the sailor spend his hard-earned pay Red beans and rice for a quarter You can see her almost any day singing voulez vous CHORUS: And if you hear from my Louise Won't you tell her I love her so Please make it clear When her day is done She got a place to go
I walked alone down the miracle mile I met my baby by the shine of the martyr She stole my heart with her Cajun smile Singing voulez vous She loved the million dollar words I say She loved the candy and the flowers that I bought her She said she loved me and was on her way Singing voulez vous
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Now THAT is song-craft And the one that follows on that album has a somewhat eerie tone for this day and age considering Bush and his minions and their ambitions KING OF THE WORLD
Hello one and all Was it you I used to know Can't you hear me call On this old ham radio All I got to say I'm alive and feeling fine If you come my way You can share my poison wine CHORUS: No marigolds in the promised land There's a hole in the ground Where they used to grow Any man left on the Rio Grande Is the king of the world As far as I know
I don't want your bread I don't need your helping hand I can't be no savage I can't be no highwayman Show me where you are You and I will spend this day Driving in my car Through the ruins of Santa Fe
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I'm reading last year's papers Although I don't know why Assassins cons and rapers Might as well die
If you come around No more pain and no regrets Watch the sun go brown Smoking cobalt cigarettes There's no need to hide Taking things the easy way If I stay inside I might live til Saturday
CHORUS
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Wed Feb-09-05 12:32 AM
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27. and don't forget, Brooklyn ... |
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owes the charmer under me...... A Tower Room at Eden Roc ...his golf at noon for freeeeee!
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