My funky one
You tell me that your superfine mind
Has come undone
Any major dude with half a heart
Surely will tell you my friend
Any minor world that breaks apart
Falls together again
When the demon is at your door
In the morning it won't be there no more
Any major dude will tell you
Any major dude will tell you
Have you ever seen a squonk's tears?
Well, look at mine
The people on the street
Have all seen better times
Any major dude with half a heart
Surely will tell you my friend
Any minor world that breaks apart
Falls together again
When the demon is at your door
In the morning it won't be there no more
Any major dude will tell you
Any major dude will tell you
I can tell you all I know
The where to go, the what to do
You can try to run
But you can't hide
From what's inside of you
Any major dude with half a heart
Surely will tell you my friend
Any minor world that breaks apart
Falls together again
When the demon is at your door
In the morning it won't be there no more
Any major dude will tell you
Any major dude will tell you
Any major dude will tell you
Steely Dan is an American rock band founded in 1971 in New York by Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Originally having a full band lineup, by the end of 1974 Becker and Fagen chose to stop playing live and continue Steely Dan as a studio-only duo, utilising a revolving cast of session musicians. Rolling Stone has called them "the perfect musical antiheroes for the seventies".
Becker and Fagen played together in a variety of bands from their time together studying at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. They later moved to Los Angeles, gathered a band of musicians and began recording albums. Their first, Can't Buy a Thrill (1972), established a template for their career, blending elements of rock, jazz, Latin music, R&B, blues and sophisticated studio production with cryptic and ironic lyrics. The band enjoyed critical and commercial success with seven studio albums, peaking with their top-selling album Aja, released in 1977.
After Steely Dan disbanded in 1981, Becker and Fagen worked sporadically on solo projects through the 1980s, although a cult following remained devoted to the group's work. Since reuniting in 1993, Steely Dan has toured steadily and released two albums of new material, the first of which, Two Against Nature, earned a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Their final album of new studio material was 2003's Everything Must Go and the band has continued to release compilations, box sets and live albums on a regular basis. After Becker's death in 2017, Fagen reluctantly continued the group with himself as the sole official member.
They have sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2001. VH1 ranked Steely Dan at No. 82 on their list of the 100 Greatest Musical Artists of All Time. Rolling Stone ranked them No. 15 on its list of the 20 greatest duos of all time.
A couple of major dudes to be sure.
Couldn't agree more. One of my favorite bands of all time. Still listening.
Same here.
For years Steely Dan were the epitome of pretentiousness to me. Then suddenly, not sure how, my perspective inverted like when you stare at an optical illusion. Now I can't unsee their greatness, but I can still see the old pretentiousness if i squint real hard.
I don't think it's pretentiousness, so much as a realisation that what they were doing was really, really special. I'm a musician and composer and if I ever managed to compose something half as good as their worst song I'd have an ego the size of Donald Trump's.
A couple of major dudes to be sure.
Amen to that brother!🙂👍
You will be missed.
All my square friends like Steely Dan. I'm a bit square, but Steely Dan's tune sounds like Chinese torture.
Then hit the "skip buttton"!! Problem solved! I think it is a GREAT TUNE!
bam23 wrote:
My problem is that it has never been possible for me to really understand the world they are describing or pretending to inhabit. It's as if a group of Eastern prep school students on their way to Ivy League universities are describing their tribulations. There is very little for me to identify with. The music that works best is that which does not require membership in a social group for appreciation. Of course, I may have read these folks wrong. If anyone out there can enlighten, please do so.
You two perfectly capture my former dislike of SD. The music was too slick, arranged and breezy. The lyrics were cleverclever and dealt with people who seemed too sophisticated for the likes of me.
And then things clicked and I realized how well constructed the music was and the lyrics were filled with restraint, sarcasm and deflection. Now I love these guys.
A couple of major dudes to be sure.
Here, here!
helgigermany wrote:
You two perfectly capture my former dislike of SD. The music was too slick, arranged and breezy. The lyrics were cleverclever and dealt with people who seemed too sophisticated for the likes of me.
And then things clicked and I realized how well constructed the music was and the lyrics were filled with restraint, sarcasm and deflection. Now I love these guys.
Same here.
For years Steely Dan were the epitome of pretentiousness to me. Then suddenly, not sure how, my perspective inverted like when you stare at an optical illusion. Now I can't unsee their greatness, but I can still see the old pretentiousness if i squint real hard.
One of my favorites.
A rare Steely Dan song in that it is devoid of SD's typical cynicism and sarcasm. Instead we hear genuine empathy.