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3 episodes with pretzel logic
2 episodes with pretzel logic
3 episodes with pretzel logic
2 episodes with pretzel logic
2 episodes with pretzel logic
2 episodes with pretzel logic
2 episodes with pretzel logic
2 episodes with pretzel logic
A conversation with songwriter and vocalist for Lighthouse, Pretzel Logic, Chicago Transit and his solo projects - Dan Clancy - https://danclancy.com
When you think of rock music anchored by piano, there are only a few standouts. But outside of Elton John, perhaps the best known rock pianist is New York's Billy Joel. Born in the Bronx and growing up in Long Island, Joel got his start early (at age 4) with piano lessons and dropped out of high school to pursue music full time. After joining a couple of short-lived bands, Joel started his solo career and released his debut album, "Cold Spring Harbor" in 1971.It was his second album which would be remembered as his true nationwide debut. Piano Man was his first release from Columbia Records, and came out while Joel was still dealing with legal issues from his former label. Many of the tracks exhibit a story telling approach common in the early 70's. Although Joel was in his mid-20's when the album was released, it had a maturity about it that made it do well both on the pop and adult contemporary charts. Despite this being his breakthrough album, Joel would struggle to find success in his follow-up albums. He was in danger of being dropped by the record label when he hit it big once again in 1977 with "The Stranger." From that time on, Billy Joel would be an A-list performer, capping off a long career with a decade-long residency at Madison Square Garden.Wayne takes us through this breakthrough album for this week's podcast. Piano ManThe title track was written while Billy Joel was working at The Executive Room piano bar in Los Angeles, and is loosely based on the patrons that came through the bar told from the perspective of the piano player. It would become both his signature song and synonymous with Joel. "Son, can you play me a memory...I'm not really sure how it goes, but it's sad, and it's sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man's clothes."You're My HomeThis song was the B-side of the "Piano Man" single, so it did get some air play. The song has a country feel, and was written for Joel's first wife. He could not afford to buy her anything while in California between record deals, and he wrote it as a Valentine's present. The Ballad of Billy the KidIf the last song was country, this next song is the Western. This is an epic that pays tribute to a fictionalized Billy the Kid, telling a story of an outlaw in the Wild West. The last verse switches to modern times, with Billy Joel taking the place of Billy the Kid, looking forward to new exploits. Captain JackAn early live radio performance of this song is what got the attention of Columbia Records in the first place. Joel wrote the song when living in Oyster Bay, Long Island, in an apartment from which he could see drug deals going down. "Captain Jack" is the local drug dealer, and the song reflects the sadness that comes from a life in the grip of heroin. ENTERTAINMENT TRACK:Gypsy Woman by Bill Dean (from the motion picture "The Lords of Flatbush")This movie starred Henry Winkler and Sylvester Stallone before they became famous for playing The Fonz and Rocky respectively. STAFF PICKS:For the Love of Money by the O'JaysBruce starts the staff picks with a well known funk tune that went to number 9 on the Billboard Singles chart. This song takes its title from I Timothy 6:10, "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in thier greediness, and pierced themselves through." It also was Donald Trump's WWE entrance music.Benny and the Jets by Elton JohnLynch brings us another piano artist, singing about a fictional glam-rock band. "Oh, but they're weird and they're wonderful. Oh, Bennie, she's really keen. She's got electric boots, a mohair suit, you know I read it in a magazine." The lyrics are told from the perspective of a fan at a concert.Rikki Don't Lose that Number by Steely DanRob's staff pick is the lead track to Steely Dan's third album, "Pretzel Logic." It is also their most commercially successful single, peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The inspiration for this jazz-infused rock song was a New York writer and artist named Rikki Ducornet. Future Eagles alum Timothy B. Schmit provides backing vocals.Bad Company by Bad CompanyWayne features a song that is from the self-titled album AND the self-titled group. The inspiration for this song was a Clint Eastwood western, and it is both a lament and a celebration. "Rebel souls, deserters we are called. Chose a gun, and threw away the sun...". INSTRUMENTAL TRACK:Tubular Bells by Mike OldfieldWe close out to a song that was both a hit at the time, and would be immortalized in the horror film "The Exorcist." Thanks for listening to “What the Riff?!?” NOTE: To adjust the loudness of the music or voices, you may adjust the balance on your device. VOICES are stronger in the LEFT channel, and MUSIC is stronger on the RIGHT channel.Please follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/whattheriffpodcast/, and message or email us with what you'd like to hear, what you think of the show, and any rock-worthy memes we can share.Of course we'd love for you to rate the show in your podcast platform!**NOTE: What the Riff?!? does not own the rights to any of these songs and we neither sell, nor profit from them. We share them so you can learn about them and purchase them for your own collections.
Milestones: Deep Dive Analyses of Landmark Albums with Angélika Beener
In the world of music, few names resonate quite like that of Steely Dan. Their third album, Pretzel Logic, released in the winter of 1974, is often cited by critics as one of their finest works, marking a significant evolution in their musical journey. On this episode of Milestones, in celebration of its 50th anniversary, we delve into this landmark album with star guitarist Isaiah Sharkey, one of the most gifted modern guitarists of our time, whose admiration for Steely Dan runs deep.
Seriah is joined by Tillie Treadwell. Topics include Tillie's contributions to a new anthology “Weird Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Space and Time”, a personal set of experiences with disappearing/reappearing objects, a cat emerging from pavement, alternate timelines, the Mandella Effect, Jane Roberts's Seth material, dual (different) memories, “The Invisible Gorilla” book, a study revealing inaccurate memories of 9/11, the dangers of tribalism, non-human people, objectivity vs bias, conflict generated for profit, life on Earth as a learning experience, Nikola Tesla and his ideas, Scott Westerfeld and his “Uglies” book series, planned obsolescence, the power of wealth, the story of a virtuous restaurant owner, “Stranger in a Strange Land” by Robert Heinlein and a portion explaining human nature, the TV series “Counterpart”, “The Pretzel Logic of Time” by Tillie, the Men in Black movie franchise, the ”Andromeda” TV series, probabilities and alternate timelines, the questions of free will, various concepts of time, the relativity of the perception of time, a youthful senior citizen, attitude and aging, the “suspiciousobservers” youtube channel, the butterfly effect, the importance of minor events, quantum entanglement, a video game analogy for reincarnations, the danger of viewing people as NPCs, “The Weird Walk Home” youtube videos by Tillie, sentience of animals (including bees and fish), plant consciousness, Reddit, a vision of a car crash that prevented it from happening, Seriah's changes in driving and a seemingly fateful incident, the process of moving between possible realities, “maqic”, and much more! Tillie is a rapid-fire, fascinating guest!
A conversation with Canadian guitarist, singer and songwriter - John Findlay (solo artist, Pretzel Logic, Dixie Chicken) - soundcloud.com/johnfraserfindlay
Seriah is joined by Tillie Treadwell. Topics include Tillie's contributions to a new anthology “Weird Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Space and Time”, a personal set of experiences with disappearing/reappearing objects, a cat emerging from pavement, alternate timelines, the Mandella Effect, Jane Roberts's Seth material, dual (different) memories, “The Invisible Gorilla” book, a study revealing inaccurate memories of 9/11, the dangers of tribalism, non-human people, objectivity vs bias, conflict generated for profit, life on Earth as a learning experience, Nikola Tesla and his ideas, Scott Westerfeld and his “Uglies” book series, planned obsolescence, the power of wealth, the story of a virtuous restaurant owner, “Stranger in a Strange Land” by Robert Heinlein and a portion explaining human nature, the TV series “Counterpart”, “The Pretzel Logic of Time” by Tillie, the Men in Black movie franchise, the ”Andromeda” TV series, probabilities and alternate timelines, the questions of free will, various concepts of time, the relativity of the perception of time, a youthful senior citizen, attitude and aging, the “suspiciousobservers” youtube channel, the butterfly effect, the importance of minor events, quantum entanglement, a video game analogy for reincarnations, the danger of viewing people as NPCs, “The Weird Walk Home” youtube videos by Tillie, sentience of animals (including bees and fish), plant consciousness, Reddit, a vision of a car crash that prevented it from happening, Seriah's changes in driving and a seemingly fateful incident, the process of moving between possible realities, “maqic”, and much more! Tillie is a rapid-fire, fascinating guest! - Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part PodcastOutro Music is Ghazm with Big Star Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Tyler takes a look at Steely Dan's Pretzel Logic album.
Comedian Michelle Buteau stars in the new comedy Babes, which follows best friends as they take different paths toward motherhood. It was a role Buteau had to be talked into doing by her real life friend and co-star Ilana Glazer because, at the time, she was already in the thick of living out her character's life as the mother of twin babies. Also, we'll talk with New Yorker staff writer Emily Nussbaum about working conditions for cast members on the popular reality TV show Love is Blind. And Ken Tucker Rock critic Ken Tucker revisits Steely Dan's 1974 album Pretzel Logic, on its 50th anniversary.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Comedian Michelle Buteau stars in the new comedy Babes, which follows best friends as they take different paths toward motherhood. It was a role Buteau had to be talked into doing by her real life friend and co-star Ilana Glazer because, at the time, she was already in the thick of living out her character's life as the mother of twin babies. Also, we'll talk with New Yorker staff writer Emily Nussbaum about working conditions for cast members on the popular reality TV show Love is Blind. And Ken Tucker Rock critic Ken Tucker revisits Steely Dan's 1974 album Pretzel Logic, on its 50th anniversary.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Its a good day for MSNBC's Joy Reid, who agrees with Justice Sotomayor's dissenting opinion and concludes that yesterday's SCOTUS decision was sooo bad, that it doesn't matter anymore that Joe Biden's a dementia patient!
New York Times political correspondent Shane Goldmacher has been following the flood of campaign finance money for both presidential candidates. Trump is now ahead of President Biden, backed by wealthy independent donors, many of whom gave millions after he was convicted of felony charges. Also, we discuss how Trump and Biden have prepared for their first debate Thursday night, and how this debate will be different. Also, Ken Tucker revisits Steely Dan's 1974 album Pretzel Logic, on its 50th anniversary.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
New York Times political correspondent Shane Goldmacher has been following the flood of campaign finance money for both presidential candidates. Trump is now ahead of President Biden, backed by wealthy independent donors, many of whom gave millions after he was convicted of felony charges. Also, we discuss how Trump and Biden have prepared for their first debate Thursday night, and how this debate will be different. Also, Ken Tucker revisits Steely Dan's 1974 album Pretzel Logic, on its 50th anniversary.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
A conversation with drummer, educator and author - Paul DeLong (One Word, Lighthouse, Pretzel Logic, Kim Mitchell) - pauldelong.com.
A special episode in honor of Jeff Porcaro's 70th birthday! I'm joined by Robyn Flans, author of "Moments In Time: Jeff Porcaro Stories" available through Hudson Music, and legendary Steely Dan producer, Gary Katz! Gary shared some wonderful stories about Jeff, including the first time he met Jeff and David Paich when they were brought in to record "Night By Night" for Steely Dan's "Pretzel Logic" album. We also played a few of Jeff's many incredible recordings, and much more! So come along for the ride and please subscribe! To order "Moments In Time": https://hudsonmusic.com/product/moments-in-time-jeff-porcaro-stories/?wcacra=5620323Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of conversations with legendary drummers and Music Industry icons, hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, drawing from his five decades in the Music Industry. Created in 2020, and ranked BEST Drum Podcast, "Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher" gives the audience an insider's view that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed during any shows! Please subscribe!https://linktr.ee/live_from_my_drum_roomwww.youtube.com/c/JohnDeChristopherLiveFromMyDrumRoom
Für Napoleon war Waterloo eine herbe Niederlage. Beim Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson war der Song "Waterloo" von ABBA ein absoluter Erfolg. Wir sprechen in unserem SWR1 Meilensteine Podcast über das gleichnamige Album der schwedischen Popsensation ABBA. 1974 war ein sensationelles Jahr für Pop- und Rockfans: Joni Mitchell hat ihr legendäres "Court And Spark" Album rausgebracht, Supertramp schenkten uns ihr "Crime of the Century", Steely Dan waren kulinarisch verdreht unterwegs mit "Pretzel Logic" und im März veröffentlichten ABBA das Album, das ihnen den internationalen Durchbruch verschaffen sollte: "Waterloo". Für die vier Schweden und Schwedinnen sollte das Album der Beginn ihrer internationalen Karriere werden, nicht nur wegen des Hits "Waterloo", mit dem sie 1974 den Eurovision Song Contest gewannen. Etwas Reggae, Glamrock und noch ganz viel mehr – für SWR1-Musikredakteur Niels Berkefeld ist "Waterloo" ein Abbild der kompletten musikalischen Bandbreite der 1970er-Jahre und es ist natürlich auch ein historischer Moment in der Geschichte des Eurovision Song Contest. "Da sehen wir einen ungeschliffenen Rohdiamant, den Beginn einer Weltkarriere und das Suchen und Finden des zukünftigen Sounds dieser Gruppe", sagt SWR1-Musikredakteur Niels Berkefeld. Benny und Björn von ABBA haben auf diesem Album musikalisch ganz viel ausprobiert, um den perfekten Sound für die Gruppe zu finden. Das merkt man eben auch an dem genre-technischen Gemischtwarenladen auf dem Album. Bevor Benny, Björn, Agnetha und Anni-Frid sich 1972 als ABBA zusammenschlossen, hatten alle vier eigene Musikkarrieren. Benny und Björn taten sich als erste zusammen und hatten in Japan schon einen Hit mit "She's My Kind of Girl". Der Song war allerdings als Titelsong eines schwedischen Erotikfilms bekannt und die Band damit leicht in die Schmuddelecke gedrängt worden. Als die finale Bandbesetzung abgeschlossen war, versuchte die Band das unliebsame Image durch die Teilnahme am ESC loszuwerden. Das klappte allerdings nicht auf Anhieb. Mit ihrem Song "Ring Ring" sind ABBA dann 1973 im schwedischen Vorentscheid nur auf Platz drei gelandet. Ein Jahr später, 1974 klappte es dann im zweiten Anlauf. ABBA gewannen nicht nur den schwedischen Vorentscheid, sondern auch den ESC in Brighton mit "Waterloo". Neben den tollen Kompositionen von Benny Andersson und Björn Ulvaeus, die in einigen Songs an den frühen deutschen Schlager erinnern, ist das Besondere an der Musik von ABBA auch das Zusammenspiel der beiden Stimmen von Agnetha und Anni-Frid. ABBA sind auch heute noch eine riesige Marketingmaschine, die auch durch das sehr saubere Image der vier Künstler sehr gut funktioniert hat – wobei vor allem Anni-Frid und Agnetha natürlich trotzdem als sexy inszeniert worden sind. Harmonie war das große Aushängeschild der Band. Es gab keine Skandale rund um Alkohol, Sex oder Drogen. Und während andere Musiker sich – damals wie heute – noch als Singles präsentierten, um bei den Fans die Träume einer Liebesbeziehung zum angehimmelten Star zumindest theoretisch am Leben erhalten wurden, wurde bei ABBA die heile Beziehungswelt propagiert. Probleme gab es in der ABBA-Welt nicht. Neben der Musik und den Erfolgen, die ABBA der Welt hinterlassen haben, gibt es noch ein Erbe, dass SWR1-Musikredakteur Dave Jörg im Podcast zu "Waterloo" hervorheben möchte: "Egal, wo die ABBA Songs laufen: [...] Das zaubert den Leuten ein Lächeln und Freude ins Gesicht und ins Herz. Und das hat 50 Jahre nach "Waterloo" niemals aufgehört." __________ Über diese Songs vom Album “Waterloo” wird im Podcast gesprochen (08:52) – "Waterloo" (23:40) – "Hasta Manana" (46:41) – "Honey, Honey" (51:56) – "Watch Out" (53:58) – "Sitting in the Palmtree" (54:34) – "King Kong Song" (55:52) – "Gonna Sing You My Lovesong" (59:08) – "Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)" __________ Über diese Songs wird außerdem im Podcast gesprochen (09:50) – "People Need Love" von ABBA (10:49) – "She's My Kind of Girl" von ABBA (13:04) – "Ring Ring" von ABBA (28:51) – "Maid of Orleans" von OMD (30:55) – "We'll Meet Again" von Vera Lynn (34:55) – "Hasta Manana" von Lena Andersson __________ Shownotes Liste der Meilensteine Folgen von 1 - 250: https://www.swr.de/swr1/rp/meilensteine/meilensteine-liste-top-250-100.pdf Artikel und Bildergalerie zum ESC 1974 in Brighton: https://www.eurovision.de/geschichte/1974-Eurovision-Song-Contest-in-Brighton,brighton107.html Bandbio von ABBA: https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/Abba-Biografie-der-ESC-Sieger-von-1974,abba121.html ABBA beim "Eurovision Song Contest": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe40P8qzQh4 Ausschnitt aus dem Musikladen Interview 1976: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWwsnyFqPts ABBA-Auftritt beim Musikladen Extra 1976: https://www.youtube.com/@Musikladen1972/search?query=ABBA SWR1 "80er Podcast" zu ABBA: https://www.swr.de/swr1/rp/programm/die-80er-der-musikpodcast-abba-in-den-80ern-100.html Die Metronome Studios in Stockholm – heute und historisch: https://atlantisstudios.se/ SWR1 Meilensteine Folge zu "Court and Spark": https://ardaudiothek.de/episode/swr1-meilensteine/joni-mitchell-court-and-spark/swr1/13068215/ SWR1 Meilensteine Folge zu "Pretzel Logic": https://www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/swr1-meilensteine/steely-dan-pretzel-logic/swr1/13163881/ SWR1 Meilensteine Folge zu "The Wall": https://www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/swr1-meilensteine/pink-floyd-the-wall/swr1/10457315/ Podcast-Tipp: "Lisas Paarschitt" in der ARD-Audiothek: Podcast-Tipp: https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/lisas-paarschitt-der-beziehungs-podcast-mit-lisa-ortgies/94669398/ __________ Ihr wollt mehr Podcasts wie diesen? 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Diese Podcast-Folge ist etwas ganz Besonderes: Es ist nämlich die 250. Folge unserer SWR1 Meilensteine. Dafür haben wir uns natürlich ein spezielles Album herausgesucht. Es geht um Steely Dan's Album "Pretzel Logic". Das kulinarisch klingende Album "Pretzel Logic" – übersetzt: "verdrehte Logik" – ist das dritte Album von Steely Dan. Gleichzeitig ist es auch die Platte mit dem größten Hit der Gruppe: "Rikki Don't Lose That Number". Auf ihrem Album "Pretzel Logic" machen Steely Dan genau da weiter, wo sie bei ihrem Vorgänger-Album aufgehört haben. Sie machen sehr komplexe Musik, jazzige Musik, die sich aber trotzdem sehr gut durchhören lässt. "Steely Dan ist im besten Sinne "Fahrstuhlmusik". Du kannst es ausblenden [...], dann ist es einfach nur etwas, was bei dir auf dem Ohr ist und so gesehen nicht stört. Sobald du weiter reinzoomst [...], siehst du all die Elemente. Und das ist das Interessante daran, was sie ausmacht", sagt SWR1 Musikredakteur Benjamin Brendebach im Meilensteine Podcast zum Album "Pretzel Logic". Nichtsdestotrotz hat sich für Steely Dan mit diesem Album ganz viel verändert. Während für viele Rockmusiker das Tourleben der wichtigste Teil des Rock 'n' Roll-Lifestyle ist, war es Walter Becker und Donald Fagen immer zu viel. Sie fanden es "langweilig" und "albern", wie SWR1 Musikredakteur Stephan Fahrig im Meilensteine-Podcast erklärt. Fagen und Becker sahen sich selbst eher als Songwriter und Produzenten und die beiden waren sich einig, dass für ihr drittes Album "Pretzel Logic" ein neues Bandkonzept hermusste. Und so haben die beiden Masterminds hinter der Band nach einem Tourabend im Hotelzimmer kurzerhand ihre Band gefeuert. Künftig wollten Becker und Fagen dann auf professionelle Studiomusiker zurückgreifen. So hart die Entscheidung auch für die Musiker in der Band war, die Musik von Steely Dan konnte so auf die nächste Stufe steigen. "Grundsätzlich ist es ein Meilenstein-Album, einfach weil es ein ganz neues, ganz eigenes Genre definiert. Man nennt es jetzt vielleicht Rock-Pop-Jazz-Blues. Wie auch immer man es nennen mag, es ist eigentlich "Steely-Dan-Pop", erzählt Benjamin Brendebach. Für ihre Alben ab "Pretzel Logic" haben sich Steely Dan nur die Stars unter den Studiomusikern dazu geholt. Das beste Beispiel dafür sind die Drums. Da hatten sich Fagen und Becker nicht nur einen Drummer geholt, sondern gleich mehrere. Richtige Schwergewichte der Schlagzeuger-Szene. Neben Totos Jeff Procaro, haben Steely Dan auch Jim Gordon engagiert, der als einer der größten Studiodrummer überhaupt zählt. Er hat mit den größten Stars der Pop- und Rockgeschichte zusammengespielt: mit den Beach Boys, Frank Zappa, John Lennon, George Harrison, Eric Clapton und vielen vielen mehr. Im Podcast sprechen wir auch darüber, welche tragische Wendung das Leben von Schlagzeuger Jim Gordon noch genommen hat. Für Folge Nummer 250 unserer SWR1 Meilensteine haben wir uns auch noch eine kleine Besonderheit überlegt: ein kleines Meilensteine-Quiz. Geneigte Meilensteine-Fans können dabei ihr angehäuftes Wissen auf die Probe stellen, und mit etwas Glück sogar den offiziellen Titel "SWR1 Meilensteine Profi" ergattern. Der erste Schritt in Richtung Titelgewinn ist: diese Podcast-Folge hören. Und für alle weiteren gibt es auf unseren Seiten ein paar Tipps, um auf die Lösung zu kommen. Die Lösung für die drei Quizfragen schickt ihr bitte per Mail an meilensteine@swr.de oder noch besser per Whatsapp-Sprachnachricht an die (06131) 92 93 94 95. __________ Über diese Songs vom Album "Pretzel Logic" wird im Podcast gesprochen (09:59) – "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" (35:40) – "Night By Night" (43:20) – "Any Major Dude will Tell You" (52:18) – "Parker's Band" (59:18) – "Pretzel Logic" __________ Über diese Songs wird außerdem im Podcast gesprochen (21:16) – "Song for My Father" von Horace Silver (25:50) – "Aja" von Steely Dan (54:59) – "The Bird" von Charlie Parker __________ Shownotes Steely Dan Liste von Jenell Kesler auf rateyourmusic.com: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/streetmouse/steely-dan-all-the-facts-and-hidden-meanings-from-a-band-who-changed-how-i-listened-to-music-by-jenell-kesler/ Steely Dan Wörterbuch: http://steelydandictionary.com/ SWR1 Meilensteine Folge zu "Aja" von Steely Dan: https://www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/swr1-meilensteine/steely-dan-aja/swr1/10788109/ Die Steely-Dan-Bibel: "Steely Dan: Reelin' in the Years" von Brian Sweet: https://omnibuspress.com/products/steely-dan-reelin-in-the-years?_pos=1&_sid=58ab350ae&_ss=r https://www.google.de/books/edition/Steely_Dan_Reelin_in_the_Years/5BRhDwAAQBAJ?hl=de&gbpv=1&dq=Reelin%27+The+Years&printsec=frontcover Meilensteine Liste Folgen 1 bis 250: https://www.swr.de/swr1/rp/meilensteine/meilensteine-liste-top-250-100.pdf __________ Ihr wollt mehr Podcasts wie diesen? Abonniert die SWR1 Meilensteine! Fragen, Kritik, Anregungen? Meldet euch gerne per WhatsApp-Sprachnachricht an die (06131) 92 93 94 95 oder schreibt uns an meilensteine@swr.de
Avec David Bowie, Steely Dan, Carl Douglas et Steve Miller. 1974 est l'année du retour de David Bowie avec l'album "Diamond Dogs". Désormais, Bowie incarne un nouveau personnage, celui d'Halloween Jack qui va le mener à s'intéresser à la musique soul et funk. Le groupe américain Steely Dan articulé autour du duo Donald Fagen/Walter Becker dévoile "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" sur le 3e album "Pretzel Logic". Le chanteur d'origine britannique et jamaïcaine Carl Douglas triomphe avec "Kung-Fu Fighting" mélange reggae/disco. Le guitariste Steve Miller et le Steve Miller Band, avec "The Joker" ont un énorme succès aux Etats-Unis. --- Du lundi au vendredi, Fanny Gillard et Laurent Rieppi vous dévoilent l'univers rock, au travers de thèmes comme ceux de l'éducation, des rockers en prison, les objets de la culture rock, les groupes familiaux et leurs déboires, et bien d'autres, chaque matin dans Coffee on the Rocks à 6h30 et rediffusion à 13h30 dans Lunch Around The Clock. Merci pour votre écoute Pour écouter Classic 21 à tout moment : www.rtbf.be/classic21 Retrouvez tous les contenus de la RTBF sur notre plateforme Auvio.be Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.
Leaping across puddles, walking between the raindrops, its collar turned to the cold and damp, our weekly podcast builds a defence against the rigours of the rock and roll weather and offers shelter from the storm. Remain warm and dry with the following … … the 11 musicians who turned down a Knighthood, MBE etc. … why Dylan & the Band's 1974 tour set the template for all tours to follow. … Rod Stewart minus the hair: unimaginable. … the old duffers' perfect New Year's Eve. … happy 50th to Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark, Van Morrison's It's Too Late To Stop Now, Steely Dan's Pretzel Logic, Gram Parsons' Grievous Angel, Big Star's Radio City, Todd Rundgren's Todd and Frank Zappa's Apostrophe. … Mr Bates v the Post Office and why sad films and books get harder to process as you get older. … the wit and wisdom of our old pal Rod Sopp, the Smash Hits ad man - “a roll of cash big enough to choke a donkey”; “he's so thin he has to run around in the shower to get wet”. … Sting, Debbie Harry, Elvis Presley: spot the natural blond. … how Woody Allen uses music to “make films look better”. … the story of Everybody's Talkin' in Midnight Cowboy. … why movie dance sequences are often filmed in silence. … and birthday guest Andrew Slattery: All Along the Watchtower in Withnail, Sanctus in If, Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby in O Brother Where Art Thou? and other great movie soundtrack moments.Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Leaping across puddles, walking between the raindrops, its collar turned to the cold and damp, our weekly podcast builds a defence against the rigours of the rock and roll weather and offers shelter from the storm. Remain warm and dry with the following … … the 11 musicians who turned down a Knighthood, MBE etc. … why Dylan & the Band's 1974 tour set the template for all tours to follow. … Rod Stewart minus the hair: unimaginable. … the old duffers' perfect New Year's Eve. … happy 50th to Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark, Van Morrison's It's Too Late To Stop Now, Steely Dan's Pretzel Logic, Gram Parsons' Grievous Angel, Big Star's Radio City, Todd Rundgren's Todd and Frank Zappa's Apostrophe. … Mr Bates v the Post Office and why sad films and books get harder to process as you get older. … the wit and wisdom of our old pal Rod Sopp, the Smash Hits ad man - “a roll of cash big enough to choke a donkey”; “he's so thin he has to run around in the shower to get wet”. … Sting, Debbie Harry, Elvis Presley: spot the natural blond. … how Woody Allen uses music to “make films look better”. … the story of Everybody's Talkin' in Midnight Cowboy. … why movie dance sequences are often filmed in silence. … and birthday guest Andrew Slattery: All Along the Watchtower in Withnail, Sanctus in If, Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby in O Brother Where Art Thou? and other great movie soundtrack moments.Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Leaping across puddles, walking between the raindrops, its collar turned to the cold and damp, our weekly podcast builds a defence against the rigours of the rock and roll weather and offers shelter from the storm. Remain warm and dry with the following … … the 11 musicians who turned down a Knighthood, MBE etc. … why Dylan & the Band's 1974 tour set the template for all tours to follow. … Rod Stewart minus the hair: unimaginable. … the old duffers' perfect New Year's Eve. … happy 50th to Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark, Van Morrison's It's Too Late To Stop Now, Steely Dan's Pretzel Logic, Gram Parsons' Grievous Angel, Big Star's Radio City, Todd Rundgren's Todd and Frank Zappa's Apostrophe. … Mr Bates v the Post Office and why sad films and books get harder to process as you get older. … the wit and wisdom of our old pal Rod Sopp, the Smash Hits ad man - “a roll of cash big enough to choke a donkey”; “he's so thin he has to run around in the shower to get wet”. … Sting, Debbie Harry, Elvis Presley: spot the natural blond. … how Woody Allen uses music to “make films look better”. … the story of Everybody's Talkin' in Midnight Cowboy. … why movie dance sequences are often filmed in silence. … and birthday guest Andrew Slattery: All Along the Watchtower in Withnail, Sanctus in If, Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby in O Brother Where Art Thou? and other great movie soundtrack moments.Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The former Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers Guitarist talks about the amazing people he worked with and one guitarist habit that drives himn crazy.If you would like to donate to "Rock History Music" https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=VB2DNTLWAK8RNJoin our Patreon to get early access to our videos https://www.patreon.com/RockHistoryChannelsHELP SUPPORT ROCK HISTORY MUSIC..CHECK OUT OUR STORE FOR T-SHIRTS, MUGS ETC https://rock-history-music-store.creator-spring.comOur Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/rockhistorymusic/?hl=enCHECK OUT OUR TIKTOK CHANNEL https://www.tiktok.com/@johnbeaudin80Check out the ‘Rock History Book' PodcastSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0LYdVTfmXN5khxXor8TzPg?si=9OY8tLroRJ6iVgGeUwe6yAiHeart “Rock History Music” Podcast https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-rock-history-book-80154771/Tune-In “Rock History Music” Podcast https://tunein.com/podcasts/p1419168/Our Apple Podcast Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/rock-history-book/id1560259111We have 3 active channelsRock History Music - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChUv5CZuAuh08DfHA8klNSARock History Book - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDKUUfqq_iuwk63pZEUOTIQRock History Canada - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFpz17zDi5ShOVQBiNZV8xASupport the show
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Jonathan was at the Badger game on Saturday but had a hard time keeping his mind on the game.
Wanna know how Steely Dan's Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter became a missile defence expert? Take a listen to this week's episode. Best-known for his work with Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers, JEFF "SKUNK" BAXTER's versatility and technique as a soloist made him a hugely in-demand session guitarist from the '70s on. Jeff (who still refuses to disclose the origins of his nickname) landed his first recording gig in 1969 with the psychedelic pop group Ultimate Spinach. In 1972, he began his association with Steely Dan, playing on their debut album, Can't Buy a Thrill. Following 1974's Pretzel Logic, Jeff moved on to the Doobie Brothers, debuting later that year on What Once Were Vices Are Now Habits and continuing on for several more albums through 1978. During the mid-'70s, he also began to expand his session work, going on to work with the likes of Dolly Parton, Barbra Streisand, Rod Stewart, Bryan Adams, Ringo Starr, Carly Simon, Donna Summer, Joni Mitchell, Rick Nelson among many others. Jeff's general interest in technology led him into production, most notably helming several albums for hard rockers Nazareth. He also developed an interest in military hardware and weapons systems and was hired in 2001 by the Bush administration as a defence analyst, also serving as a consultant to several U.S. congressmen (whilst continuing his music career). I hope you'll join me as I sit down and chat with the world-renowned guitarist to explore his incredible journey in music. From early beginnings at the age of five, to the legendary bands he's played with, and his journey to launching his first solo album, "Speed of Heat", this episode of A Breath of Fresh Air is riveting. Jeff shares about the intimacy of the guitar, his first band that was "way too nuts and way too much fun," and the secrets to his enduring success. We go behind the scenes of the iconic songwriting duo of Donald Fagan and Walter Becker, and learn how they made their mark in the music industry. Jeff walks us through his life and times. It's an incredible story about one helluva talented man. For more information about Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter check out his website https://www.jeffskunkbaxter.com/ If you'd like to request a guest get in touch with me through my website here I hope you enjoy this week's show.
Delicatessen, voces soul, puro groove que mueve el alma como caderas. Sí, hay un poquito de Estilo Dan, de estilo Bill Withers, de Estilo Wonder, de Estilo Marvin Gaye… Cositas recientes como Emm Gryner, Angels Of Libra o Erobique. El disco de Gov’t Mule supera cualquier expectativa favorable. Una delicia con la colaboración de Billy Gibbons (ZZTOP), Billy. Bob Thornton, Ruthie Foster e Ivan Neville. A Ron Sexsmith hay que echarle de comer aparte. DISCO 1 ALEXIS EVANS Do Something (5) DISCO 2 STEELY DAN Pretzel Logic (8) DISCO 3 EMM GRYNER Loose Wig (1) DISCO 4 THE ZOMBIES Breath Out, Breath In (1) DISCO 5 ANGELS OF LIBRA & Jean Cortis In & Out (7) DISCO 6 SADE Nothing Left Between Us (10) DISCO 7 EROBIQUE & Sophia Kennedy Synaesthesie (5) DISCO 8 GOV’T MULE & Ivan Neville & Ruthie Foster Dreaming Out Loud (6) DISCO 9 RON SEXSMITH Whatever You Takes (3) DISCO 10 BILL WITHERS Ruby Lee (5) DISCO 11 JOSS STONE You Had Me (3) DISCO 12 DAVE BARNES Nothing Else (11) DISCO 13 STEVIE WONDER That Girl (Cara 3 Corte 5 Último) DISCO 14 KANDACE SPRINGS & Terence Blanchard Soul Eyes (2) Escuchar audio
Legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist of the Doobie Bros & founding member of the band Steely Dan In 1972 he became a founding member of the band Steely Dan, along with guitarist Denny Dias, bassist Walter Becker, keyboardist-vocalist Donald Fagen, drummer/vocalist Jim Hodder and vocalist David Palmer. Baxter appeared with Steely Dan on their first three albums, Can't Buy a Thrill in 1972, Countdown to Ecstasy in 1973, and Pretzel Logic in 1974. He contributed the guitar fills and signature solo heard on the group's highest charting hit " Rikki Don't Lose That Number." in 1974 to join The Doobie Brothers, who at the time were touring in support of their fourth album What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits. As a session man, he had contributed pedal steel guitar on Vices as well as "South City Midnight Lady" on its predecessor, The Captain and Me. Baxter's first album as a full member of the group was 1975's Stampede. He contributed an acoustic interlude ("Precis") and significant turns on slide and pedal steel guitar.
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Esta semana, en Islas de Robinson, un paseo por 1974. Suenan: LOVE - "WHO ARE YOU" ("REEL TO REAL", 1974) / THIN LIZZY - "PHILOMENA" ("NIGHT LIFE", 1974) / TEN YEARS AFTER - "IT'S GETTING HARDER" ("POSITIVE VIBRATIONS", 1974) / TRAFFIC - "MEMORIES OF A ROCK'N'ROLLA" ("WHEN THE EAGLE FLIES", 1974) / JACK BRUCE - "TIMESLIP" ("OUT OF THE STORM", 1974) / MOUNTAIN - "SWAMP BOY" ("AVALANCHE", 1974) / NEIL YOUNG - "REVOLUTION BLUES" ("ON THE BEACH", 1974) / GRAHAM NASH - "GRAVE CONCERN" ("WILD TALES", 1974) / JACKSON BROWNE - "FOR A DANCER" ("LATE FOR THE SKY", 1974) / GENE CLARK - "NO OTHER" ("NO OTHER", 1974) / THOMAS JEFFERSON KAYE - "EASY KIND OF FEELING" ("FIRST GRADE", 1974) / STEELY DAN - "ANY MAJOR DUDE WILL TELL YOU" ("PRETZEL LOGIC", 1974) / DOUG SAHM - "DEVIL'S HEART" ("GROOVER'S PARADISE", 1974) /Escuchar audio
Guitarist Jeff “Skunk” Baxter was an original Steely Dan member who played on the band's indelible first three albums: Can't Buy a Thrill, Countdown to Ecstasy and Pretzel Logic. Those are his memorable solos on “My Old School” and “Rikki Don't Lose That Number.” When Steely Dan quit touring, he found more success with the Doobie Brothers and eventually brought in singer Michael McDonald, who pushed that band in a more soulful, keyboards-heavy direction. Skunk left to do more studio and touring work and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the Doobies. After all these years, he finally released his first-ever solo album, Speed of Heat. Oh, and in his "day job," he games out war scenarios for the U.S. government. He has a lot to reel in in this ear-opening Caropop conversation.
CONTENT WARNING: We discuss a song on Katy Lied that is impossible to talk about without delving into general creepiness and discussion of a pedophile. This was uncomfortable for us to cover and is likely uncomfortable for some to listen to. The segment happens from 01:26:58 - 01:31:16. Please exercise caution when listening. Nicky Flowers and Echo Vessel are two best friends with a lifelong love of music. They also happen to have an infrequent podcast about it. Picking Up Something Good is a limited event prestige podcast from Noise Space and neo-detritus where Nicky and Meys run through all of Steely Dan's output, all Dancember long. This week, Zac Emerson of Doom Trip Records joins us to talk about some Major Dude Music - 1974's Pretzel Logic. After the break - a return to Skunk Corner and a trip through 1975's Katy Lied. Sorry for hating.
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NEW FOR DECEMBER 1, 2022 As strange as the next . . . Strange Days - The Best Radio You Have Never Heard Vol. 448 1. Comfortably Numb (2022) - Roger Waters 2. High Hopes - Ray Wilson 3. Dirty City - Steve Winwood w/ Eric Clapton 4. Pretzel Logic (live) - Steely Dan w/ Steve Winwood 5. Dirty Water - Steely Dan 6. Surrender / Alive (live) - Pearl Jam 7. From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea (early) - The Cure 8. Penelope Halfpenny / So You Want To Be A Rock and Roll Star - Elvis Costello 9. Eight Miles High (live) - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers w/ Roger McGuinn 10. Friend Of The Devil / Gloria - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers 11. Victim Of Circumstance - Mudcrutch 12. Changes (alt) - David Bowie 13. Soda Pop - Vini Vicious 14. The World (Is In Trouble Now) - Neil Young and Crazy Horse 15. Wooden Ships (live) - David Crosby 16. Rocky Mountain Way / Jet Set (live) - Stephen Stills 17. Mistrial Wind (live) - Heart 18. Someday, We'll Be Together - Bruce Springsteen The Best Radio You Have Never Heard. Days, nights and in between. Accept No Substitute. Click to join the conversation on the Facebook page.
Any major dude will tell you how great Kellogg's cards were in the 1970's. Lesser known is the sets that featured some of the greatest players of the 20th century, in full color: The 1972 Kellogg's All-Time Great set. Smarter people than I will tell you it was a direct copy of the 1970 Rold Gold Pretzels set of 1970. Imagine my surprise when I bought the wrong set for cheaper than I was supposed to. Music by Mango SafariThatSeventiesCardShow@gmail.comThat Seventies Card Show on YouTubeTwitter @SeventiesCard
Aaron is joined by returning guest co-pilot and fellow podcaster Tom Kwei from the Alphabetallica Podcast, the Tom Waits Podcast, the Battle Rap Resume Podcast, the Punnit Gameshow Podcast, and The Royle Ramble Podcast as they review Steely Dan's 1974 album Pretzel Logic! Rock on!Website: https://ridiculousrockrecordreviews.buzzsprout.comBecome a Patron and help support the show!Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/R4podcast?fan_landing=trueContact us! e-mail: ridiculousrockrecords@gmail.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/R4podcastTwitter: @R4podcastAaronInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/r4podcaster/Check out Tom's podcasts! Alphabetallica: https://metallicapodcast.podbean.com Tom Waits Podcast: https://tomwaits.podbean.com Battle Rap Resume: https://battlerapresume.podbean.com Punnit Gameshow Podcast: https://podbay.fm/p/punnit-the-pun-gameshow-podcastThe Royle Ramble Podcast: https://theroyleramble.podbean.com
The first time I listened to Steely Dan's album Pretzel Logic in my buddy Darrel Heald's Buick on the way to an AZA meeting at the JCC was a religious experience. The year, 1974. I, a fourteen-year—old bundle of swagger, insecurity, angst, zits, big hair and bell bottoms, limitless curiosity about reward with almost zero regard for risk. I was both certain and confused about the world and my place in it. Then, I heard that melody and those words. Listen to the song here
Artist Song Time Album Year Number10 Steely Dan Show Biz Kids 5:09 Countdown to Ecstasy 1973 Number9 Steely Dan Kid Charlemagne 4:28 The Royal Scam 1976 Number8 Steely Dan Pretzel Logic 4:33 Pretzel Logic 1974 Number7 Steely Dan Do It Again 5:57 Can't Buy A Thrill 1972 Number6 Steely Dan My Old School 5:33 Countdown […]
The boys make a heartfelt apology and open up about Andrew's charity work. Also, pretzels. "Everything that has got better is being slowly reversed by these pony fuckers and I just want them all to die all at once." Further listening… Joy Wright – Pretzel Logic (and the cover of her album) The Catman Doodz – Pretzel Logic The Incomparable Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band – Pretzel Logic The Jackson 5 – I Want You Back The Jackson 5 – ABC 'Hallelujah Chorus' from Handel's Messiah Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – Wooden Ships Fagen's thoughts on Whiplash Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin'
While scouting for Decepticon scavengers near an old European monastery, Grimlock meets up with its seemingly sole resident, a monk with a lot of time on his hands and some valuable lessons about patience. But when the piratical Thermidor and his Mini-Con partner Tricerashot show up looking for a Cybertronian artifact, can those lessons help Grimlock stop them? Who's the unexpected writer on this episode? Which very exciting voice actors make their returns as new characters? And seriously, is Brother Gunter a ghost or what? Join us this week for "Pretzel Logic"!
Primera sesión "náufrago-veraniega". Anclada entre 1971 y 1974. Suenan: AARON NEVILLE - "HERCULES" (1973) / BOBBY BLAND - "THE END OF THE ROAD" ("DREAMER", 1974) / STEELY DAN - "ANY MAJOR DUDE WILL TELL YOU" ("PRETZEL LOGIC", 1974) / CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - "MY HEAD IS MY ONLY HOUSE UNLESS IT RAINS" ("CLEAR SPOT", 1972) / KEVIN AYERS - "SHOUTING IN A BUCKET BLUES" ("BANANAMOUR", 1973) / DOUG SAHM & THE TEXAS TORNADOES - "GIVE BACK THE KEY TO MY HEART" ("TEXAS ROCK FOR COUNTRY ROLLERS", 1976) / DAN PENN - "TEARJOINT" ("NOBODY'S FOOL", 1973) / SHUGGIE OTIS - "AHT UH MI HED" ("INSPIRATION INFORMATION", 1974) / LEO NOCENTELLI - "I WANT TO CRY" ("ANOTHER SIDE", 1972/2021) / BILL WITHERS - "AIN'T NO SUNSHINE" ("JUST AS I AM", 1971) / GENE CLARK - "ONE IN A HUNDRED" ("GENE CLARK", 1971) / TONY JOE WHITE - "THE FAMILY" ("THE TRAIN I'M ON", 1972) / CURTIS MAYFIELD - "KEEP ON KEEPING ON" ("ROOTS", 1972) / BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E. STREET BAND - "NEW YORK SERENADE" ("THE WILD, THE INNOCENT & THE E. STREET SHUFFLE", 1973) / Escuchar audio
La portada de este número 22 del año 2022 de La Ruleta Rusa la ocupó el gran Frank Zappa del que recientemente se ha publicado una estupendísima caja de 8 CDs para celebrar el 50 aniversario del clásico Frank Zappa and The Mothers, publicado originalmente en 1971. Descubrimos la música de los finlandeses Minutian, de los que escuchamos Magical Thinking, publicado en 2021 para Inverse Records. Trajimos de vuelta a los veteranos canadienses Voivod, escuchando The Wake, publicado en 2018. Nuestra siguiente mirada al rock clásico fue esa maravilla titulada Pretzel Logic, de los enormes Steely Dan, álbum publicado en 1974. Después también escuchamos a The Black Crowes con la caja de 3 CDs que se publicó el año pasado con motivo del 30 aniversario de su álbum debut, Shake Your Money Maker, publicado originalmente en 1991. También disfrutamos de nuevo con la música de Soundgarden de los que trajimos su último trabajo de estudio, King Animal. Más rock clásico, en este caso Blues, de la mano de Chicken Shack de los que escuchamos su cuarto trabajo de estudio, Accept, publicado en 1970. Y cerraremos con el psicodélico contemporáneo de los australianos King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, con L.W. publicado en 2021. A disfrutarlo!
This week we're discussing every album by the one and only Steely Dan. Led by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, Steely Dan is known for pioneering yacht rock, as well as being one of the most recognizable dad rock bands on the planet. People love these guys. People also really hate them, too. Let's just say we have a healthy mix of both on this episode. Closing track: “Peg” from Aja (1977)Spotify playlist on Steely Danhttps://open.spotify.com/user/motherpuncherincPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/everyalbumeverMerchhttps://pandermonkey.creator-spring.com/Instagram:Mike @pandermonkeyAlex @motherpuncherRobert @hoodpass.wicMike's Picks:Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) — Best Album, Personal FavoriteKaty Lied (1975) — Worst Album, Least FavoriteAlex's Picks:Aja (1977) — Best AlbumThe Royal Scam (1976) — Personal FavoriteTwo Against Nature (2000) — Worst Album, Least FavoriteRobert's Picks:Aja (1977) — Best AlbumGaucho (1980) — Personal FavoriteEverything Must Go (2003) — Worst Album, Least FavoriteAlbums we discussed this episode…Can't Buy a Thrill (1972)Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)Pretzel Logic (1974)Katy Lied (1975)The Royal Scam (1976)Aja (1977)Gaucho (1980)Two Against Nature (2000)Everything Must Go (2003)
It's been a wild start to the new year with all of the storms. And there's a battle brewing with people blaming public health policies for empty store shelves across Nova Scotia. But to me, it's a bit of a stretch to blame everything on one thing.
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NEW FOR JANUARY 1, 2022 Saying so long to a long one . . . 21 Skidoo - The Best Radio You Have Never Heard Vol. 426 1. Auld Lang Syne (live) - Phish 2. I've Got A Feeling (early) - The Beatles 3. Bluebird (live) - Paul McCartney and Wings 4. Pretzel Logic (live) - Steely Dan w/ Steve Winwood 5. Rainy Day, Dream Away - Robben Ford and Taj Mahal 6. Still Raining, Still Dreaming - Jimi Hendrix 7. 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be) (live) - The Allman Brothers Band 8. Wild Horses (live) - The Rolling Stones w/ Florence Welch 9. All Good People / She Talks To Angels (live) - Ann Wilson 10. Bluebird (live) - Bonnie Raitt 11. For What It's Worth (live) - Crosby, Stills and Nash 12. Great Fire / Dear God / Big Day (live unplugged) - XTC 13. Don't Give Up (live) - Peter Gabriel and Sinead O'Connor 14. The Lamia / Silent Sorrows In Empty Boats (live) - Genesis 15. In Flight - David M. Stowell 16. (Excerpts from) The Snow Goose (live) - Camel 17. New Years Day (alt) - U2 The Best Radio You Have Never Heard. Your 2022 starter kit. Accept No Substitute. Click to join the conversation on the Facebook page.
Vicki opens the show talking about the Doubek case, currently before the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which deals with retrospective revocation of concealed carry licenses. Then Sen. Ron Johnson joins us to talk about COIVD, the COVID gods and about his recent townhall on staying healthy during a COVID surge - and how he was attacked for it. Next, Brett Healy, president of the MacIver Institute, tries to answer the question, "Why is Evers asking the government for money and manpower to staff Wisconsin hospitals?" Marc Morano, founder of Climate Depot, explains why the nation's stockpiles of coal are at an all time low. The Blue Line Lawyer, Lance LoRusso, talks about the Kim Potter trial and denial of the national crime spike by some DAs. Plus, Matt Kittle, executive director of Wisconsin Spotlight and Empower Wisconsin, talks about the challenges by Legislative Audit Bureau to the Wisconsin Election Commission and WEC's reaction.
We're back after an unexplained hiatus, talking in-depth about a pivotal album in Steely Dan history, the 1974 classic "Pretzel Logic". As Becker & Fagen's vision for the band mutates into a largely studio-based operation, their conceptualization of songs and the way the music is recorded starts to change. This album introduces more sophisticated song structures, clearer recording approaches, and an increase in session players and guest musicians. Steely Dan starts to leave behind the "quirky songs by a quirky band" classification and replaces it with something deeper and more intriguing.
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Scotty joins The Gag and they discuss all the great reason to love The Tribute Bands (cover bands). They tell a few stories about recently seeing Flashback Heart Attack (80's New Wave Tribute band) and the amount of joy the band delivered to their fans. Discussion points include the type of Tribute bands, the history and origins, why you should see Tribute Bands, the void these bands are now filling for the live music scene since there are very few touring acts currently on the road. They finish off the episode by talking about some of the great names of many of the Southern California Tribute bands inclduing Iron Maidens, Noise Polution, ACDShe, Use Your Illusion, Memory Lane, The Curse, Hollywood U2, Petty Breakers, Pretzel Logic, BoStyx, Sweet and Tender Hooligans, Strangelove, Which One's Pink, Atomic Punks and more. 30 minutes you will never get back!. Below is a link to a Spotify covers playlist curated by Scotty https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1GTEowVHAR7yK4vbK1jfkA?si=efcd1eedc513454e
The Danboiz are joined by caricaturist and Pretzel Logic aficionado Ben "Pen" Jones to discuss Change of the Guard. They're ready to sandwich, but is there any meat in this filler? Also discussed: David Palmer, salmon farmer. "Donald Fagen is my fursona." Further listening… Passport - Change of the Guard Stanley Dee - Change of the Guard
In celebration of the first day of summer, and in advance of this week's upcoming Junk Filter episode Danpilled III: Danpilled Summer, I have unlocked this bonus Patreon content on the public Junk Filter feed, the sequel to Episode 24, courtesy of Matthew Perpetua's Fluxpod. This time Matthew and I go EVEN DEEPER down the Steely Dan rabbit hole by focusing entirely on songs, with discussions of 17 classics we both love including "Show Biz Kids," "Deacon Blues," "Chain Lightning," "Josie," "FM," "Pretzel Logic," "Reelin' in the Years," "Only A Fool Would Say That," "Black Cow" and "Don't Take Me Alive." Just like the COVID vaccine, it's the second dose that really gets you. Consider becoming a patron of Junk Filter to support this show directly and receive access to Premium episodes! https://www.patreon.com/junkfilter
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This episode is a sequel to my appearance on Jesse Hawken's show Junk Filter in which we went deep on Steely Dan. This time Jesse and I go EVEN DEEPER by focusing entirely on songs, with discussions of 17 classics including "Show Biz Kids," "Deacon Blues," "Chain Lightning," "Josie," "FM," "Pretzel Logic," "Reelin' in the Years," "Black Cow," and "Don't Take Me Alive."
Steely Dan went into the studio in 1973 as a quintet and by 1974 were two piece. The subsequent album produced their highest charting single and received unanimous praise from critics. Let's talk Steely Dan, Pretzel Logic!
Artist Song Time Album Year Hatfield and the North Going Up To People And Tinkling 2:26 Hatfield And The North 1974 Steely Dan East St. Louis Toodle-oo 2:43 Pretzel Logic 1974 Jethro Tull Bungle In The Jungle 3:32 WarChild 1974 Queen Ogre Battle 3:56 Queen II 1974 Manfred Mann’s Earth Band Earth Hymn 6:11 Good […]
Jeff Cohen, star of the classic film Goonies turned entertainment lawyer, proclaims himself the world's #1 fan of jazz-rock fusion masters Steely Dan, cherishing every moment of their 1974 album Pretzel Logic.This episode is sponsored by Super Speciosa. Get 20% off your first order of Kratom here:http://getsuperleaf.com/500 Join The 500 Club on Patreon to get merch and watch videos every Wednesday:https://www.patreon.com/500podcastWatch videos on YouTube every Thursday:https://www.youtube.com/c/JoshAdamMeyers500podcastRead Jeff's book The Dealmakers' Ten Commandments:https://www.dealmakerscommandments.com/Follow Jeff on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeff_b_cohenFollow Jeff on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JeffBCohenEsq/ Follow Josh on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshadammeyers/ Follow Josh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshAdamMeyers Follow Josh on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/joshameyers Follow The 500 on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/the500podcast/ Follow The 500 on Twitter:https://twitter.com/the500podcast Follow The 500 on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/The500PodcastWithJAM/ Email the show: 500podcast@gmail.com Check the show website: http://the500podcast.com
If you had to come up with a word to define Michael Omartian, it would have to be that he's a "Renaissance Man" (okay... that's two words, but you get the idea). He's a man with many talents and areas of knowledge In this episode, we chat with Michael about how he came to work on such projects as Steely Dan's "Aja", "Katy Lied", and Pretzel Logic", and wound up being the Grammy Award-winning producer on Christopher Cross' debut album. We also talk about his time with Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina, how he walked away from a lucrative road gig, to more lucrative studio sessions, what it was like to work with Donald Fagen, along with arranging for the song "We Are The World". Michael Omartian has contributed his talents to over 350,000,000 albums and CDs sold worldwide as a producer, composer, arranger, artist, or musician. He is the first record producer to chart #1 hits in three consecutive decades. With seventeen Grammy nominations including Producer of the Year, Album of the Year, and Gospel Album of the Year, Omartian is a multiple Grammy Award winner. Additionally, Michael has been recognized by The Recording Academy (NARAS) as Keyboard Musician of the Year and is a Yamaha sponsored artist. Michael has worked as a producer and A and R staff member for both ABC/Dunhill Records and Warner Brothers Records. He has served on the Board of Governors of the Recording Academy, is presently on the Board of Directors for the Nashville Composers Association, and was proud to help shape the curriculum for the first Master's Degree program in the field of Music Business at Belmont University. His discography includes such notables as: Loggins and Messina, Billy Joel, Rod Stewart, Steely Dan, Christopher Cross, Jerry Garcia, The Four Tops, John Lennon, Johnny River, Diana Ross, Michael McDonald, and dozens of others. The Business Side of Music ™ © 2020 Beyond the Music Co-Produced and Hosted (by the guy who has a face for podcasting): Bob Bender Co-Producer, Creator and Technical Advisor (the man behind the curtain): Tom Sabella Director of Video and Continuity (the brains of the entire operation): Deborah Halle Studio Engineer: Jim Tennabo (it was good to be back in the studio, even if it was just for one more session) Editor (the “ums' and “aahs' removal guy who makes us sound good): Mark Sabella Marketing and Social Media: Kaitlin Fritts Executive Assistant to Bob and Tom, and editor for the Blog: Meagan Droke All Around Problem Solver: Connie Ribas Recorded at: The Bunker in Franklin, TN (except during the Covid 19 pandemic, then it's pretty much done VIA Skype or over the phone, with the exception for those fearless enough to come to Bob Bender's living room… and there are a few). Mixed and Mastered at Music Dog Studios in Nashville, TN Production Sound Design: Keith Stark Voice Over and Promo: Lisa Fuson Website: businesssideofmusic.com Stream or Download (free) businesssideofmusic.com To submit to be interviewed: musicpodcast@mail.com Sponsorship information businesssideofmusic.com/sponsor-affiliate/ Join our mailing list for show announcements, career advice, industry discounts, free gifts, and more. Like Free Special Thanks to Tom Sabella and Traci Snow for producing and hosting over 100 episodes of the original “Business Side of Music” podcast, and trusting us to carry on their legacy. For our disclaimer and all its details, please click on the applicable link on our website. The music provided for this episode is from: Artist: Jason Ahlbrandt Single: Carol of the Bells Album: Christmas Classics (2013) Composer: Mykola Leontovych (1914) Website: www.jasonplaysguitars.com
Dr. Srikanth Sundararajan is an innovator, technologist, entrepreneur, professor, and investor. He has 30+ years of global experience in the software product and services space. He has worked at Hewlett Packard, Informix, his own startup(s) - Pretzel Logic software, and International Decision Systems in the USA. Prior to joining Ventureast, he was a venture partner at Helion Advisors. He has also served as the CTO of Cognizant & HCL. Join Roshan as he talks to Srikanth about enterprise technologies and how SaaS has evolved in India. --------------- Connect with Srikanth: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/srikanth-99/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sundarsrik or drop us an email at thestartupoperator@gmail.com --------------- If you liked this episode, don't forget to subscribe to our podcast and leave us a review. Follow us on - Twitter - https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup LinkedIn - https://in.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message
In 1974, Don & Walt ensconced to The Village Recorder in West Los Angeles to produce a series of taut ‘n’ tight vignettes in their, now trademarked, style. The original quintet remain, just. Their time as ‘Steely Dan as a band’ is coming to an end. A raft of hot session players including Jeff Pocaro, Chuck Rainey and Jim Gordon flesh out incredibly accelerating, sophisticated songwriting. Come and find out what a Squonk is! Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Check out the full archives on the website.
We continue moving back in time here in the Steely Dan saga, reviewing Pretzel Logic. Luke and Snowy discover the true meaning of squonk, discuss Steely Dan Politics, and play Rikki Don't Lose That Number. Recorded April 11, 2020
VP Spence says since he gets tested & those around him are tested, he doesn't need to wear a mask to a covid-19 clinic. Also more s.s.d.d., as well as complete utter nonsense from anti-lockdown protestors & 2 ideas of Camus in his conclusion to his The Rebel (Man in Revolt). God help us all.
The economy is humming along nicely. Unemployment is down and the stock market is up. All indicators see no end in sight to this 11-year joy ride. So, of course, Trump and his supporters constantly tout his economic accomplishments, while belittling the tremendous strides President Obama made to right the sinking ship he inherited from George W. Bush during the Great Recession.Listen for more...Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-lean-to-the-left-podcast--4719048/support.
The economy is humming along nicely. Unemployment is down and the stock market is up. All indicators see no end in sight to this 11-year joy ride. So, of course, Trump and his supporters constantly tout his economic accomplishments, while belittling the tremendous strides President Obama made to right the sinking ship he inherited from George W. Bush during the Great Recession.Listen for more...
This week we're digging up an old episode that we recorded over 2 years ago that we never ended up posting. We tackle our favorite Steely Dan album Pretzel Logic, from 1974. This was the band's final release as a proper five-piece before Walter Becker and Donald Fagen posted up shop in the studio, recording all future albums with a constantly revolving cast of studio musicians. Pretzel Logic varies widely in style from track to track, and showcases what each of the five members brought to the table, and what made Steely Dan such a powerhouse in their genre-bending jazz rock stylings. To this day, the song "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" from Pretzel is the band's most successful single, over 40 years later.Track Listing: Night By Night Through With Buzz With A Gun Charlie Freak Marvin Gaye - One More Heartache
This week we're digging up an old episode that we recorded over 2 years ago that we never ended up posting. We tackle our favorite Steely Dan album Pretzel Logic, from 1974. This was the band's final release as a proper five-piece before Walter Becker and Donald Fagen posted up shop in the studio, recording all future albums with a constantly revolving cast of studio musicians. Pretzel Logic varies widely in style from track to track, and showcases what each of the five members brought to the table, and what made Steely Dan such a powerhouse in their genre-bending jazz rock stylings. To this day, the song "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" from Pretzel is the band's most successful single, over 40 years later.Track Listing: Night By Night Through With Buzz With A Gun Charlie Freak Marvin Gaye - One More Heartache Check out more great music podcasts on Pantheon:www.pantheonpodcasts.com
This week we're digging up an old episode that we recorded over 2 years ago that we never ended up posting. We tackle our favorite Steely Dan album Pretzel Logic, from 1974. This was the band's final release as a proper five-piece before Walter Becker and Donald Fagen posted up shop in the studio, recording all future albums with a constantly revolving cast of studio musicians. Pretzel Logic varies widely in style from track to track, and showcases what each of the five members brought to the table, and what made Steely Dan such a powerhouse in their genre-bending jazz rock stylings. To this day, the song "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" from Pretzel is the band's most successful single, over 40 years later. Track Listing: Night By Night Through With Buzz With A Gun Charlie Freak Marvin Gaye - One More Heartache
Garry Messick comes in wth a killer classic by the divisive, polarizing duo of the late Walter Becker and the curmudgeonly Donald Fagen – AKA Steely Dan. Love them or hate them, you Can't Buy A Thrill better than listening to us rubes chew the fatback over this slab of alternately snarky and touching vignettes. Thanks again to our sponsor http://isthistomorrow.com, and please support our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/TRGMH?
Sometimes people are so desperate to be right about something that even in the face of undeniable data they will distort the facts in order to create an alternate reality that supports their viewpoint and then adopt that distortion as truth. One extreme example of this is the hundreds and perhaps thousands of people who persist in claiming the earth is a flat disk not a sphere despite the overwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary. The pretzel logic required to support this is just absurd. And this is the kind of thing the closing section of John 7 describes. In verses 47-53, having just been confronted by members of their own police force with the power of Jesus' words, the religious leaders doubled down on their position that he was a fraud, a threat, and worthy of death. They ridiculed the police officers. Then, they expressed their contempt for the faith of the common people. And next, they belittled one of their own members for suggesting they should follow legal procedures before condemning a man to death without a trial. Then, they just went off the rails. Determined to hold their position at all costs, they made a statement that was both false and illogical. They said that no prophet had ever come from Galilee. Of course, they were ignoring the fact that the prophets Jonah and Nahum were both from Galilee. And according to many scholars, Malachi was as well. But even if all this had somehow just slipped their minds, their implication that no prophet could come from Galilee because none had, was just preposterous. This kind of delusional thinking is symptomatic of people who have become thoroughly invested in maintaining a false claim. What does this have to do with you and me? It's easy to point fingers at Pharisees and flat-earthers, but I think we need to confront our own tendency to dig our heels in to protect a position or belief we want to be true. There's always a temptation to put words in God's mouth to authorize our desires and then barricade ourselves behind phrases like, “God told me” or “God said” so we can ignore the conviction of the Holy Spirit or the loving correction of friends. And this was true of a dark period in my own life. I read 2 Corinthians 5:7 which says, “...We walk by faith, not by sight,” and decided this verse gave me the permission to ignore the negative balance I saw in my checkbook register. I also misappropriated Philippians 4:19 which says, “...God shall supply all your need,” and used it to justify continuing to write bad checks all over town. I bet you can imagine how that turned out. Sadly, it wasn't until I experienced much unnecessary hardship and heartache that I finally stopped attempting to defend the indefensible and admitted to myself and before God my sinful presumption. I so desperately wanted to believe God would support my lazy and irresponsible behavior that I twisted his words to suit my desire. Oh man! I wish I had that part of my life to relive. But my point is we all need to be careful of the spiritual blindness that can overtake us when we choose to fight for what we want instead of stand on what's true. And if that last statement illuminates something going on in your own life, bring it to Jesus in repentance and let him straighten out the pretzel…right now!
Fjallað er um það hvernig Donald Fagen og Walter Becker hófu samstarf sitt sem leiddi til þess að hljómsveitin Steely Dan varð til. Jafnframt eru leikin lög af fyrstu tveimur plötunum. Lögin sem hljóma í þættinum eru There Goes My Baby með Jay and the Americans, You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It, I Mean To Shine með Barbra Streisand, Dallas, Do It Again, Reelin' In The Years, Dirty Work, My Old School, Rikki Don't Loose That Number og Pretzel Logic.
Fjallað er um það hvernig Donald Fagen og Walter Becker hófu samstarf sitt sem leiddi til þess að hljómsveitin Steely Dan varð til. Jafnframt eru leikin lög af fyrstu tveimur plötunum. Lögin sem hljóma í þættinum eru There Goes My Baby með Jay and the Americans, You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It, I Mean To Shine með Barbra Streisand, Dallas, Do It Again, Reelin' In The Years, Dirty Work, My Old School, Rikki Don't Loose That Number og Pretzel Logic.
Fjallað er um það hvernig Donald Fagen og Walter Becker hófu samstarf sitt sem leiddi til þess að hljómsveitin Steely Dan varð til. Jafnframt eru leikin lög af fyrstu tveimur plötunum. Lögin sem hljóma í þættinum eru There Goes My Baby með Jay and the Americans, You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It, I Mean To Shine með Barbra Streisand, Dallas, Do It Again, Reelin' In The Years, Dirty Work, My Old School, Rikki Don't Loose That Number og Pretzel Logic.
MSHSL prep guru John Millea tells the story of a 300-mile commute and his inter-State trip to a...gymnastics barn?
Feo, feo título, un crimen de sentido más, producto de la traducción al español que supo estar impuesta por las discográficas. Richard Coleman cuenta que, en pleno desarrollo de su eclecticismo melomaníaco, se topó en bateas con un disco supuestamente llamado La lógica del bizcocho, aunque en realidad se trataba de Pretzel Logic (1974), de Steely Dan, cuyo cofundador Walter Becker murió hace unos días. Steely Dan III from Yokohama es un particular consolador a vapor mencionado por William Burroughs en su novela El almuerzo desnudo. El grupo neoyorquino le rinde tributo, entonces Coleman se pregunta cómo puede ser que una banda de música tan complaciente haga referencia a un libro del escritor venerado por el heavy metal y el punk rock, dueño de conceptos controversiales sobre la droga y la homosexualidad. Steely Dan (la banda) tuvo influencia, según remarca, sobre artistas del rock nacional en los 70, dentro de esa línea destaca el álbum Clics modernos y detalla su experiencia con los arreglos para guitarra del tema No soy un extraño con vistas a la gira 1986 de Charly García. También comparte anécdota de cuando recibió como regalo para su cumpleaños número 16, dentro de un diseño de arte personalizado, el vinilo Aja, el mismo que hoy, escuchado cuatro décadas después, mantiene un estándar de calidad difícil de alcanzar. Playlist del programa: Rikki Don't Lose That Number, Any Major Dude Will Tell You, Aja, Steely Dan; Plateado sobre plateado, Charly García.
After the 3rd album, Pretzel Logic, Steely Dan stopped doing live shows. Fagan and Becker were always impressed with the Beatles work, so they took another cue from them and became a studio band. The record company was furious… Until they saw the sales figures. The audience didn’t care. They just were hooked on the Steely Dan Sound.
Transformers: Robots in Disguise Reviews and After Show - AfterBuzz TV
AFTERBUZZ TV — Robots In Disguise edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of Transformers: Robots In Disguise. In this episode hosts Megan Salinas and Katie Cullen break discuss episode 2. ABOUT TRANSFORMERS: Transformers: Robots in Disguise is an American animated television series for children produced by Hasbro Studios and Darby Pop Productions in the United States, and animated by Polygon Pictures in Japan. It is a sequel to Transformers: Prime, though it features a different animation style. Five years after the events of Predacons Rising, Cybertron's genesis brings forth a new age of prosperity to a new generation of Transformers. Earth no longer remembers the Decepticon-Autobot conflict as Cybertronians stopped visiting the planet. Bumblebee has since become a seasoned Cybertronian police officer and despite his fame, he chooses to be a humble peacekeeper. Things change when he is summoned by the vision of Optimus Prime. Thought to be long
Do It Again 5:56 Steely Dan Can't Buy A Thrill 1972 Only A Fool Would Say That 2:58 Steely Dan Can't Buy A Thrill 1972 Turn That Heartbeat Over Again 5:00 Steely Dan Can't Buy A Thrill 1972 Brooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me) 4:21 Steely Dan Can't Buy A Thrill 1972 The Boston Rag 5:41 Steely Dan Countdown To Ecstasy 1973 Razor Boy 3:11 Steely Dan Countdown To Ecstasy 1973 Pearl Of The Quarter 3:51 Steely Dan Countdown To Ecstasy 1973 Your Gold Teeth 7:03 Steely Dan Countdown To Ecstasy 1973 Through With Buzz 1:33 Steely Dan Pretzel Logic 1974 Rikki Don't Lose That Number 4:34 Steely Dan Pretzel Logic 1974 Any Major Dude Will Tell You 3:08 Steely Dan Pretzel Logic 1974 Pretzel Logic 4:32 Steely Dan Pretzel Logic 1974 Steely Dan has always been my favorite band . They are, for me, the All Time Greatest Artists ( with the Beatles and Bob... ). It is impossible to describe the Steely Dan's Style... It sounds very californian but with a New Yorker touch'.... These 3 albums sounds very 70' with very good quality of recording. Welcome in the 70's wild side music... The Pre-Dan Era Donald Fagen is born in Passaic, New Jersey on January 10, 1948. Walter Becker is born in New York City on February 20, 1950. They both grew up as disaffected suburban youths, going to school in the daytime and listening to the music of their idols Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington and John Coltrane at night. They both feel an affinity with the "Jazz Life." Donald Fagen meets Walter Becker at Bard College in Annandale-On Hudson, New York in 1967. Fagen, a piano player, hears someone playing blues guitar in a student lounge and decides he must introduce himself. He discovers Becker playing a red Epiphone guitar and finds that they share the same interests in music and ironic senses of humor. A partnership is born. They form several college bands including "The Leather Canary" (which fellow Bard student Chevy Chase sat in with a couple of times) and "The Don Fagen Trio." Fagen and Becker also start to write songs together. Fagen graduates Bard in 1969 with an English degree. Becker also leaves Annandale. The two of them move to Brooklyn, New York and decide to peddle their songs at the famous Brill Building in Manhattan. They don't meet with much success, but they make an important early connection with Kenny Vance of Jay and the Americans. Vance helps them record some demos of their early material and gets them some odd jobs including doing the soundtrack for the low-budget Richard Pryor film "You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It." Vance also gets Becker and Fagen gigs as back-up musicians on Jay and the Americans' 1970-71 tour. Jay Black disaffectionately labels Donald and Walter as "Starkweather and Manson." Fagen and Becker also meet another aspiring producer, Gary Katz, in New York. Shortly afterwards, Katz gets a job as staff producer at ABC Records in Los Angeles and also secures two staff songwriter positions for Fagen and Becker. With the hopes of making it big as songwriters, Donald and Walter move to L.A. in November 1971. The Early Steely Dan Era After realizing that the songs they were writing were too sophisticated for the other artists on the ABC roster (Three Dog Night, Dusty Springfield), Donald and Walter secretly begin to put together their own band with Gary Katz as their producer. They enlist Denny Dias as a guitarist, whom Becker and Fagen had met earlier in New York through an advertisement Dias placed in "The Village Voice" newspaper, reading "Looking for keyboardist and bassist. Must have jazz chops!" Dias flies out to the west coast to help the boys put together the band. "Can't Buy A Thrill" With Fagen on keyboards and vocals and Becker on bass, they decide to sign up guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter and drummer Jim Hodder. With the core band recruited, Donald and Walter need a name for their group. Since both of them were avid readers of 1950's "Beat" literature, they decided to name the band "Steely Dan" after a dildo in William Burroughs' "Naked Lunch." The band begins rehearsing after work in a cramped, abandoned office in the ABC building and begins recording with Roger (The Immortal) Nichols, a former nuclear engineer, as their recording engineer, a relationship that continues to this day. Since Fagen was uncomfortable as the lead singer, they also decided to sign up vocalist David Palmer as the front man. Since Palmer's vocal style didn't convey the attitude that Becker and Fagen wanted for most of the songs, and they also needed to finish the album, Donald reluctantly sang lead vocals on all but three songs on their debut album, which they named "Can't Buy A Thrill." An interesting portent of things to come, however, is the credited use of outside studio musicians such as Elliot Randall and Jerome Richardson on several solos. The album is released in October 1972 without much fanfare, but surprises everyone by spawning a runaway hit "Do It Again" which reaches #6 on the charts. ABC pressures the band to do a quick tour and Becker and Fagen reluctantly acquiesce. A second hit "Reelin' In The Years" emerges and reaches #11 on the charts. "Can't Buy A Thrill" becomes a gold record and peaks at #17 on the charts. As the band begins to record their next album, Fagen takes over on all lead vocals and David Palmer leaves the group. "Countdown to Ecstasy" Following the surprising commercial success of "Can't Buy a Thrill", Steely Dan come under tremendous pressure from ABC Records to continue touring to promote the album, while at the same time recording a new one. Consequently, the songs for their second album are hurriedly recorded in between tour stops during 1973. Fagen and Becker later said this gave the recorded songs a live kind of feel, since they were in the studio with basically their touring band. The songs that become the "Countdown to Ecstasy" album, released in July 1973, thus are more stretched-out, as they are in the live settings of the time. "Showbiz Kids" is the first single to be released, and despite Rick Derringer's amazing slide guitar work, it only reaches #61 on the charts. It was speculated later that the expletive used in the song did not popularize it with radio program directors. "My Old School", an homage to their days at Bard, also does not fare well as a single and peaks at #63. Despite the lack of a hit single, "Countdown" receives excellent reviews and spawns such radio favorites as "Bodhisattva" and "My Old School", with the latter becoming a classic encore sing-along for their live shows in the 90's. "Pretzel Logic" Under ABC's pressure to produce more hit singles, Fagen and Becker write some shorter songs for their next album "Pretzel Logic." This album is released in March, 1974 and spawns their biggest hit, "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" which reaches #3 in March 1974. Becker and Fagen are expanding on their practice of bringing in other studio musicians as they increasingly find the core band unable to achieve the sound they want on all of their songs. One of the session men is Jeff Porcaro and a long and fruitful relationship with Fagen and Becker begins. A second tour is arranged including Porcaro as second drummer, a new Katz discovery Michael McDonald on back-up vocals and keyboards, and another vocalist Royce Jones (Ambrosia). While this band was musically superior to the one on the first tour, the rigors of tour travel and opening for heavy metal bands is not to Fagen and Becker's liking. After a July 4, 1974 show at the Santa Monica Civic Center in California, they swear off touring for the immediate future and decide to focus on writing and recording. This prompts Baxter, who loves the road life, to leave and join the Doobie Brothers. Jim Hodder also quits as "Pretzel Logic" goes gold and reaches #8 on the charts. > From Wikipedia
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