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| | Subject: Re: Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:28 pm | |
| The brass arrangements are simply super.
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| | Subject: Re: Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:29 pm | |
| Fancy but not especially entertaining guitar solo. _________________ a "couldn't care less, come on life ... amuse me, merchant" |
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| | Subject: Re: Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:30 pm | |
| I could imagine Barry Manilow doing this one.
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| | Subject: Re: Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:30 pm | |
| Apparently he did go back to Annandale.
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| | Subject: Re: Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:31 pm | |
| "Guadalajara" is a very nice word to type.
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| | Subject: Re: Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:32 pm | |
| 7: Pearl Of The Quarter _________________ a "couldn't care less, come on life ... amuse me, merchant" |
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| | Subject: Re: Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:32 pm | |
| It's like "Antananarivo".
Or "Addis Ababa".
Or "Ouagadougou".
Or "Albuquerque".
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| | Subject: Re: Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:32 pm | |
| Track 7 - Pearl of the Quarter. _________________  |
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| | Subject: Re: Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:33 pm | |
| Actual normal song with no subtext shocker! 
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| | Subject: Re: Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:33 pm | |
| Clearly influenced by The Band. _________________ |
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| | Subject: Re: Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:35 pm | |
| It's lovely this song.
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| | Subject: Re: Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:36 pm | |
| 8: King Of The World _________________ a "couldn't care less, come on life ... amuse me, merchant" |
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| | Subject: Re: Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:36 pm | |
| It's strange to hear them do a simple, pathos-laden melancholy song.
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| | Subject: Re: Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:36 pm | |
| Last track - King of the World. _________________ |
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| | Subject: Re: Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:36 pm | |
| King of teh World
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| | Subject: Re: Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:37 pm | |
| Apparently this has some kind of Todd Carty Cormac McCarthy 'end of days' vibe about it. 
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