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I didn't really become aware of Steely Dan until their biggest hit, 'Rikki Don't Lose That Number', reached #4 on the Billboard charts in 1974. '74 was totally bitchin' and that song will always Waybac Machine me to the Summer of '74 within a matter of seconds. (Thank you, Mister Peabody, you brainy dog!)
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The music of Steely Dan was always slick, sophisticated and somewhat strange -- yes, a wee bit bizarre. But strange / bizarre in a goot way. To me, Donald Fagen & Walter Becker are like the Rocky & Bullwinkle of Rock music.
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Over the decades I owned a fair number of Steely Dan albums. I know that 'Aja' was their biggest non-compilation seller; however, my favorite was always 'Katy Lied' (1975). The cover was as weird as the songs, and that LP spent a LOT of time on my turntable. It was one of 2 or maybe 3 albums I would put on when I didn't really know what I was in the mood to hear. Somehow 'Katy Lied' always hit the spot and those tracks took me to some very different kind of place!
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"The Dan" mentions booze, hooch, evidence in a goot number of their songs (all of which I like). But, for this installment of Battle Of The Bands' Battle Of The Booze, I decided to run with two relatively obscure Dan tunes from the 'Katy Lied' album. Please vote for your favorite between them, and then please also visit the other BOTBers and drop your two cents in their comment sections.
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I plan to return here on November 8th with my own vote and the final tally.
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Bad sneakers and a Piña Colada, my friend
Stompin' on the avenue by Radio City with a transistor and a large sum of money to spend
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BAD SNEAKERS
by Steely Dan
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Daddy don't drive in that El Dorado no more
He don't travel on down to the neighborhood liquor store
Lucy still loves her Coke and Rum
But she sits alone 'cause her Daddy can't come
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DADDY DON'T LIVE IN THAT NEW YORK CITY NO MORE
by Steely Dan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjf9QQKjRzc
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Be well & stay safe, all y'all!
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~ Stephen T McKatydid McCarthy
