[Music] Sky Arts tonight 7pm - Steely Dan the making of Aja

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monty uk

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For all the old fogeys.

 

Super Steve Earle

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monty uk said:

For all the old fogeys.

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Already recording it. The one about The Band was fascinating - much more to them than I ever realised despite seeing them support CSNY at Wembley in '74, especially Garth Hudson. Incidentally, really like Skytrails by Crosby, mixed reviews but touches of Steely Dan apparent.

 

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monty uk said:

For all the old fogeys.

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Evening squire. Got very excited reading your thread title till I saw it didn't say Pretzel Logic, or Can't Buy a Thrill, or Countdown to Ecstasy, or Katy Lied, or even The Royal Scam.....Aja was when it all went a bit easy listening, wasn't it? Anyway, I may takle a peek....

All the best from sunny Faversham

 

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monty uk said:

For all the old fogeys.

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don't have to be old fogeys to enjoy the Dan !

 

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I have just paused it while I fry a steak.

Bloody great, this. I need to give Aja a proper listen. At the time (77) I was a roaring punk rocker and had no time for Old Wave

Cheers for the heads up [MENTION=37530]monty uk[/MENTION]

 

Stato

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Thanks for the tip. I've recorded it.. Aja was my route into Steely Dan, picking up a cheap Woolworth's cassette copy because of De La Soul's sampling of 'Peg'. These days De La Soul are for fogeys, Steely Dan are for connoisseurs.

 

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:

Evening squire. Got very excited reading your thread title till I saw it didn't say Pretzel Logic, or Can't Buy a Thrill, or Countdown to Ecstasy, or Katy Lied, or even The Royal Scam.....Aja was when it all went a bit easy listening, wasn't it? Anyway, I may takle a peek....

All the best from sunny Faversham

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Aja was almost just TOO smooth, with you on all those other albums ! personal preference I'd go Can't buy a Thrill then Katie Lied, Countdown to Ecstacy, Royal Scam and then Pretzel Logic..... Donald Fagan's two solo album's were damn good too, still love listening to New Frontier .

 

LamieRobertson

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Doh this old fogey missed that ..boo

 

vegster

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LamieRobertson said:

Doh this old fogey missed that ..boo

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The series repeats itself periodically, it will be shown again.

 

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vegster said:

Aja was almost just TOO smooth, with you on all those other albums ! personal preference I'd go Can't buy a Thrill then Katie Lied, Countdown to Ecstacy, Royal Scam and then Pretzel Logic..... Donald Fagan's two solo album's were damn good too, still love listening to New Frontier .

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I love the fact that each of their albums had a different feel but withe the same quality; even the 2 later ones stand up well. I love the Fagen solo albums as well, I think there were 3, but Nightfly stands out for me. Dan are probably the only act that I have listened to without a break since I bough Katy Lied in Worthing in 1975. Whether I was into prog, punk etc. they always sounded good.

 

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Super Steve Earle said:

Already recording it. The one about The Band was fascinating - much more to them than I ever realised despite seeing them support CSNY at Wembley in '74, especially Garth Hudson. Incidentally, really like Skytrails by Crosby, mixed reviews but touches of Steely Dan apparent.

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The Band were wonderful. The film The Last Waltz - of their farewell concert - is superb.