Steely Dan – Pearl Of The Quarter
Oldies Songs The Story of an Outsider’s Unrequited, Sentimental Love for a Working Girl in the Languid, Decadent Heat of the French Quarter. The year was 1973. Rock music was still reeling…
Steely Dan – Monkey In Your Soul
An Electric Blues Warning About the Dark, Untamed Instincts Lurking Beneath a Charming Façade. The early-to-mid 1970s represented a golden age of sophisticated cynicism in rock music, and no band…
Steely Dan – The Royal Scam
A Grotesque Dirge of The American Dream’s Deception, Where Hopeful Immigrants Fall Prey to the Dark Metropolis. For those of us who came of age amidst the slick cynicism and…
Walter Becker – Slang Of Ages (Live 2003)
Slang of Ages Live 2003 A Rare Walter Becker Moment with Steely Dan The live performance of Slang of Ages by Steely Dan in 2003 holds a unique place in…
Steely Dan – My Rival
The Paranoia and Possessive Longing of a Man on the Edge, Driven to Madness by the Phantom of His Undoing There are some albums that arrive not as music, but…
Steely Dan – Charlie Freak
A Gold Ring, a Frozen Street, and the Cold Absurdity of Human Greed The year 1974 was a crossroads, a moment when the lavish, sometimes overblown ambition of early ’70s…
Steely Dan – Parker’s Band
A Cerebral, Jazzy Tribute to Heroic Failure, a Wistful Homage to the Brilliant, Chaotic Legacy of Jazz Icon Charlie Parker. The year 1974 found Steely Dan, the brainchild of the…
Steely Dan – Sign In Stranger
A Cryptic and Tense Jazz-Rock Fable, a Sinister Invitation into a Shadowy World of Desperate Chances and Imminent Danger. The year 1976 found Steely Dan fully immersed in their cynical,…
Steely Dan – Third World Man
A Chilling, Cinematic Portrait of Moral Paralysis, Chronicling the Painful Disconnect of a Soul Lost in Global Cynicism. The year 1980 was a moment of profound, complex finality for Steely…
Steely Dan – Green Earrings
A Shrewd and Cynical Narrative of Emotional Blackmail and a Bitter, Irrevocable Breakup Wrapped in a Tropical Groove. The year 1976 was a watershed moment for Steely Dan. Having decisively…