Steely Dan (lyrics, members)

SATCHMO · 09-04-2005, 12:48 AM

I'd forgotten how much I love these guys till I found a crate with a bunch of their records at my mom's this weekend. What possessed me to leave them there? Oh well, who else likes em' ?

**boo boo** · 09-06-2005, 04:36 AM

I do...Aja kicks serious ass.

boris jawaka · 09-06-2005, 05:47 PM

i love steely dan
you know they got there name from a brand of condom?

SATCHMO · 09-06-2005, 06:14 PM

Actually there name comes from the name of a vibrator in William Burroughs' book Naked Lunch.

boris jawaka · 09-06-2005, 09:20 PM

ahh! i stand corrected

New-England-Clam-Chodah · 09-06-2005, 09:23 PM

ooo I love William Burrough, and steely dan. I especialy love the fez. If for nothing more than it's such a bizzare fetish.

pinkbunnies · 09-06-2005, 10:37 PM

I read Naked Lunch after I read somewhere that Steely Dan got their name from a "device" in that novel, not knowing what the device was. I couldn't get through the book because of the stream of consciousness/drugged up writing style, but it was interesting to learn what a Steely Dan is.

Anyone checked out http://steelydan.com/siteguide.html?

This "Steely Dan" dictionary to their lyrics is great!
http://members.aol.com/danomalley/steelydan/

**boo boo** · 09-06-2005, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SATCHMO

Actually there name comes from the name of a vibrator in William Burroughs' book Naked Lunch.

Really?, i sware that the bands origin came from a steel ***** that one of their groupies would bring backstage.

EDIT:Haha i can't say dil'do.

ProggyMan · 05-28-2008, 06:43 PM

Come on folks! I'm getting Coming Up Roses into them though. Rankings after I went through my CD collection last night:
Katy Lied
Countdown To Ecstasy
Pretzel Logic
Can't Buy A Thrill
Aja
Gaucho
The Royal Scam

ProggyMan · 05-28-2008, 08:11 PM

TBH I haven't listened to anything after Alive In America (Which is a decent live album).

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09-04-2005, 12:48 AM
SATCHMO Dirt McGirt 08' Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Through the looking glass Posts: 1,695	Steely Dan I'd forgotten how much I love these guys till I found a crate with a bunch of their records at my mom's this weekend. What possessed me to leave them there? Oh well, who else likes em' ? __________________ We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine.....and the machine is bleeding to death

09-06-2005, 04:36 AM
boo boo Dr. Prunk Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Where the buffalo roam. Posts: 7,504	I do...Aja kicks serious ass.

09-06-2005, 05:47 PM
boris jawaka Chrome Plated Megaphone Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 163	i love steely dan you know they got there name from a brand of condom? __________________ "Artists are artists, because they have an extra sensitivity - a skin less perhaps than other people; and the great ones have an uncomfortable habit of being right about many things, long before their time" - Benjamin Britten, 1951

09-06-2005, 06:14 PM
SATCHMO Dirt McGirt 08' Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Through the looking glass Posts: 1,695	Actually there name comes from the name of a vibrator in William Burroughs' book Naked Lunch. __________________ We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine.....and the machine is bleeding to death

09-06-2005, 09:20 PM
boris jawaka Chrome Plated Megaphone Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 163	ahh! i stand corrected __________________ "Artists are artists, because they have an extra sensitivity - a skin less perhaps than other people; and the great ones have an uncomfortable habit of being right about many things, long before their time" - Benjamin Britten, 1951

09-06-2005, 09:23 PM
New-England-Clam-Chodah Is a Lover Not a Fighter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Istanbul,not constantanople Posts: 19	ooo I love William Burrough, and steely dan. I especialy love the fez. If for nothing more than it's such a bizzare fetish. __________________ -Jeff Hilt If I can't Have Control Over You, Then I Will Destrtoy You. .......................... "well you tried it just for once found it all right for kicks. but now you found out that it's a habit that sticks...." ...................................... "Baby's on fire better throw her in the water look at her laughing like a hefer to the slaughter"(I'd put the rest of the lyrics in my sig but I don't think people would like that)

09-06-2005, 10:37 PM
pinkbunnies Groupie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 5	I read Naked Lunch after I read somewhere that Steely Dan got their name from a "device" in that novel, not knowing what the device was. I couldn't get through the book because of the stream of consciousness/drugged up writing style, but it was interesting to learn what a Steely Dan is. Anyone checked out http://steelydan.com/siteguide.html? This "Steely Dan" dictionary to their lyrics is great! http://members.aol.com/danomalley/steelydan/

05-28-2008, 06:43 PM
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,151	Come on folks! I'm getting Coming Up Roses into them though. Rankings after I went through my CD collection last night: Katy Lied Countdown To Ecstasy Pretzel Logic Can't Buy A Thrill Aja Gaucho The Royal Scam __________________ I only spit through a truth And I spit it for the listeners So I'm spittin' to you You say it's hell I say it's bull** we getting through Blu Let me fall out the window With confetti in my hair Deal out jacks or better On a blanket by the stairs I'll tell you all my secrets But I lie about my past So send me off to bed forever more. Tom Waits**

05-28-2008, 08:11 PM
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,151	TBH I haven't listened to anything after Alive In America (Which is a decent live album). __________________ I only spit through a truth And I spit it for the listeners So I'm spittin' to you You say it's hell I say it's bull** we getting through Blu Let me fall out the window With confetti in my hair Deal out jacks or better On a blanket by the stairs I'll tell you all my secrets But I lie about my past So send me off to bed forever more. Tom Waits**