Steely Dan – Mock Turtle Song
Oldies Songs A Whimsy of the Submerged and the Unrehearsed In the curious folds of Walter Becker’s creative archive lies Mock Turtle Song, credited to Becker (with his long-time partner Donald Fagen)…
Steely Dan – Don’t Let Me In
The Ghost of a Door Never Opened — Steely Dan’s “Don’t Let Me In” and the Sound of Genius in Formation Buried deep in the archives of early Steely Dan…
Steely Dan – Two Against Nature
A Late-Career, Jazz-Rock Examination of Two Lovers Who Find Dangerous Solace in Their Shared, Reckless Deviation from the Norm. The return of Steely Dan in the year 2000 was nothing…
Steely Dan – Gaslighting Abbie
The Sophisticated, Late-Era Steely Dan Thriller: An Icy Jazz-Funk Study of Manipulation and Marital Deceit in the Digital Age. The year is 2000. After two decades of silence, save for…
Steely Dan – Things I Miss The Most
The Elegantly Cynical Divorce: A Wealthy Man’s Bittersweet Inventory of Material Loss, Proving That Even Heartbreak is Subject to a Sophisticated Cost-Benefit Analysis. For the devoted connoisseur of American music,…
Steely Dan – Cousin Dupree
The Comedy of Creepiness: An Unsettling, Yet Smooth Jazz-Rock Fable About a Deadbeat Who Wants to Woo His Own Relatives. For those of us who came of age with the…
Steely Dan – Daddy Don’t Live In That New York City No More
The Lament for a Down-and-Out Patriarch: A Shimmering, Jazz-Flecked Dirge for the Grimy, Irrecoverable Soul of Old New York. The music of Steely Dan has always been a shimmering, sophisticated…
Steely Dan – Your Gold Teeth II
A Hypnotic, Cynical Jazz-Rock Parable, Chronicling the Disillusioned Return to an Old Flame and the Discovery of Her Deeply Corrupt Nature. The year 1975 found Steely Dan, the perpetually cerebral…
Steely Dan – Any World (That I’m Welcome To)
The Ballad of the Outcast: A Tender, Jazz-Infused Cry for a Sanctuary from the World’s Relentless Disappointment. There are certain songs that, even after decades, feel less like pop music…
Steely Dan – Midnight Cruiser
The Ballad of the Gentleman Loser: A Nostalgic, Somber Reflection on Lost Ideals and the Inevitable Compromise of the Early 70s. Ah, Steely Dan. Just the name conjures the cool,…