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I know its not Friday but I have been listening to the new Michael Kiwanuka LP which I think along with Steve Mason should at least be nominated for a Mercury prize this year. I ventured off to Al Green for a while and then landed on Steely Dan and i'm reminded of long hot summers as a kid and when Radio 1 actually mattered and getting sunburnt in the garden. I think I might be havin a turn. Peace.
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Steely Dan. How good were they? on 19:07 - Jul 17 with 5147 views
Steely Dan. How good were they? on 19:07 - Jul 17 by Discodroids
the stuff he done with china crisis was mesmeric as well.
magic .
I was well in to China Crisis. Weird them being scousers. I bought that lp from HMV Oxford street. tried to play it but the label had ventured off to the tracks making it unplayable. I even tried steaming it off.
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Steely Dan. How good were they? on 19:13 - Jul 17 with 5125 views
Steely Dan. How good were they? on 19:13 - Jul 17 by markrtid
I was well in to China Crisis. Weird them being scousers. I bought that lp from HMV Oxford street. tried to play it but the label had ventured off to the tracks making it unplayable. I even tried steaming it off.
my favourite...
btw 'flaunt the imperfection' produced by walter becker is one of my all time classics
god bless steely dan.
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The Duke Of New York. A-Number One.
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Steely Dan. How good were they? on 19:37 - Jul 17 with 5082 views
Steely Dan. How good were they? on 19:13 - Jul 17 by ted_hendrix
Steely Dan laid the best guitar solo ever on the Worlds music loving people when they released "Reelin in the Years" It's just fcking brilliant.
This.
When working overseas I was asked by local radio to do my version of Desert Island Discs. This was my first choice and it was fantastic to hear the great riff full blast on a mate's car radio as he drove past my house.
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Steely Dan. How good were they? on 19:41 - Jul 17 with 5066 views
While I was still at school we used to go every week to the Fox and Firkin in Lewisham, I guess they would be regarded as a craft brewer these days. A guy called Frankie Flame played there every Thursday night and one of the songs he played, along with classics such as Lazy Sunday Afternoon and Nellie the Elephant, was "With a Gun". I bought Pretzel Logic on the basis of that. Happy days.
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Steely Dan. How good were they? on 21:12 - Jul 17 with 4964 views
Steely Dan. How good were they? on 20:46 - Jul 17 by Roller
This takes me back.
While I was still at school we used to go every week to the Fox and Firkin in Lewisham, I guess they would be regarded as a craft brewer these days. A guy called Frankie Flame played there every Thursday night and one of the songs he played, along with classics such as Lazy Sunday Afternoon and Nellie the Elephant, was "With a Gun". I bought Pretzel Logic on the basis of that. Happy days.
Its a good thing that Frankie didnt play that feckin 'Hi ho silver lining ' song.
The amount of times i wasted a good 50p entrance to some 'Disco' to have some top notch DJ finsish with Hawkwind or that Jeff Beck song,
Cheeky Petes Richmond. Oh Happy boners.
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Steely Dan. How good were they? on 21:15 - Jul 17 with 4960 views
Steely Dan. How good were they? on 19:07 - Jul 17 by Discodroids
the stuff he done with china crisis was mesmeric as well.
magic .
Love "The Nightfly", it's a brilliant album. One of my favourites and never get tired of listening to it.
Steely Dan's "Aja" is great as well. No less than Ian Dury says of it:
"Well, Aja's got a sound that lifts your heart up.. and it's the most consistent up-full, heart-warming.. even though, it is a classic LA kinda sound. You wouldn't think it was recorded anywhere else in the world. It's got California through its blood, even though they are boys from New York.. It's a record that sends my spirits up, and really when I listen to music, really that's what I want."
Steely Dan. How good were they? on 21:27 - Jul 17 by CamberleyR
Love "The Nightfly", it's a brilliant album. One of my favourites and never get tired of listening to it.
Steely Dan's "Aja" is great as well. No less than Ian Dury says of it:
"Well, Aja's got a sound that lifts your heart up.. and it's the most consistent up-full, heart-warming.. even though, it is a classic LA kinda sound. You wouldn't think it was recorded anywhere else in the world. It's got California through its blood, even though they are boys from New York.. It's a record that sends my spirits up, and really when I listen to music, really that's what I want."
what a beautiful post. Thank you camberley.
i shared every moment of that. 'Aja' tears your heart out and sling shots it around the kuiper belt ..
The Duke Of New York. A-Number One.
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Steely Dan. How good were they? on 21:34 - Jul 17 with 4911 views
Steely Dan. How good were they? on 19:13 - Jul 17 by ted_hendrix
Steely Dan laid the best guitar solo ever on the Worlds music loving people when they released "Reelin in the Years" It's just fcking brilliant.
I love "Reelin in the Years,"but my absolute favourite guitar solo on that album is the one on "Midnight Cruiser". Quite possibly my favourite of all time.
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Steely Dan. How good were they? on 21:45 - Jul 17 with 4885 views
Not really his style, but he did feature on the "collectors classic" album, The Beerdrop Explodes - as did I on the cover outside the aforementioned Fox and Ferkin. I wonder if any of the few on here who know me can spot me over 30 years ago.
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Steely Dan. How good were they? on 22:07 - Jul 17 with 4860 views
Steely Dan. How good were they? on 21:45 - Jul 17 by Roller
Not really his style, but he did feature on the "collectors classic" album, The Beerdrop Explodes - as did I on the cover outside the aforementioned Fox and Ferkin. I wonder if any of the few on here who know me can spot me over 30 years ago.
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You are the one, 5th or 6th from the left at the back going Yay! With either a wristband or a digital watch. I can spot a Ranger anywhere. Whats my prize?
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Steely Dan. How good were they? on 22:22 - Jul 17 with 4840 views
Steely Dan. How good were they? on 22:07 - Jul 17 by markrtid
You are the one, 5th or 6th from the left at the back going Yay! With either a wristband or a digital watch. I can spot a Ranger anywhere. Whats my prize?
F@ck me that's scary. If you are not Markqpr then I'm concerned.
Your prize: I'll buy you a pint at the Defector's Weld before any Saturday 3:00 kick off, if you can find the 30 years on version!
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Steely Dan. How good were they? on 22:36 - Jul 17 with 4818 views
I dug out my vinyl copy of Pretzel Logic to try out on my USB turntable before we packed things away for the move to France. I wasn't impressed. I must have liked it once, but that was 40 years ago.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the Earth all one's lifetime." (Mark Twain)
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