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- “Reelin’ in the Years” (from 1972’s Can’t Buy a Thrill) The most straightforward rock’n’roll song Steely Dan ever made is one of their most recognizable hits, a relentlessly happy-sounding shuffle with a tango of doubled guitar solos that could’ve come from Thin Lizzy.
- “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number” (Pretzel Logic, 1974) Here’s where Fagen plays it cool and still ostensibly makes a jerk of himself: Rikki was a professor’s wife he gave his number to, pending her having “a change of heart,” over an astonishing number of chord changes for a No. 4 Hot 100 hit.
- “Peg” (Aja, 1977) This is supposed to be it, right? The moment a bunch of sleazy inside-joke studio virtuosos put the wisecracking aside for an upbeat, resolutely straightforward pop tune paying tribute to a glamorous girl — and actually makes an evenhanded pass at infatuation if not love.
- “Cousin Dupree” (Two Against Nature, 2000) No matter how smooth and nostalgic Steely Dan’s amazing comeback Two Against Nature may have looked on the surface, it was one of their most insidious albums ever, particularly with this easy-rolling boogie as its first single, where the narrator creepily croons to his own cousin about how she’s “grown,” and promises to teach her everything he knows.
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- “Reelin’ in the Years” (1972) Leave it to Steely Dan to sound nonplussed about the song they’re maybe best known for. “It’s dumb but effective,” Donald Fagen told Rolling Stone in 2009 of the Can’t Buy a Thrill Single.
- “My Old School” (1973) Becker and Fagen settled an old score with this rollicking rock-meets-R&B tune, inspired by a pot bust from their Bard College days that still left a bad taste with the two budding stars.
- “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number” (1974) In classic Steely Dan fashion, the duo lifted a vamp from a classic Blue Note side – Horace Silver’s “Song for My Father” – to kick off this snide account of a college romance that never was.
- “Black Friday” (1975) Drawing inspiration from the gold crash of 1869, Becker and Fagen portrayed a financial meltdown as an excuse for end-of-the-world revelry on this driving, devil-may-care Katy Lied opener.
Enjoy the classic rock tunes of Steely Dan in this playlist, featuring their greatest hits and some extra songs you might love.
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- Deacon Blues-Steely Dan370.4K Views
Jun 10, 2023 · 7. “Deacon Blues” (1977) “Deacon Blues” is Fagen’s ode to loserdom. “Learn to work the saxophone / I play just what I feel / Drink scotch whiskey all night long / And die behind the ...
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Steely Dan originates from Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. The band’s name is in reference to the steam-powered dildo, “Steely Dan III from Yokohama,” in William S. Burroughs' 1959
39.9K. Time Out of Mind. 39.6K. Glamour Profession. 37.1K. Doctor Wu. 34.5K. Steely Dan has 175 songs with the most popular being Do It Again, Hey Nineteen and Deacon Blues.
