Best album ever. Aja or Gaucho?
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andy_s said:
GetCarter said:
...you should be listening to decent music then 
O/T Just sold all my Linn gear. Actually, gave it all away.
O/T Just sold all my Linn gear. Actually, gave it all away.
What did you replace it with out of curiosity?
I should add, I'm in a slightly different situation as I have a recording studio, so need reference monitors (rather than living room speakers). For 'background music' elsewhere in the house I have a Brennan B2 (lossless) and Monitor Audio speakers.
Edited by GetCarter on Saturday 10th August 12:23
GetCarter said:
andy_s said:
GetCarter said:
...you should be listening to decent music then
O/T Just sold all my Linn gear. Actually, gave it all away.
O/T Just sold all my Linn gear. Actually, gave it all away.
What did you replace it with out of curiosity?
I should add, I'm in a slightly different situation as I have a recording studio, so need reference monitors (rather than living room speakers). For 'background music' elsewhere in the house I have a Brennan B2 (lossless) and Monitor Audio speakers.
Critical opinion always seemed to be Aja, but Gaucho has always been my favourite ‘Dan album so I’m going to put forward a solid case for it!
With the exception of Third World Man every track on it is basically perfect, musically and lyrically.
Babylon Sisters has the legendary ‘Purdie shuffle’, Time out of Mind has the best ‘Dan lyrics of all time (‘tonight when I chase the dragon’) and Hey Nineteen is a song about an older man trying to seduce a teenager using drugs and alcohol set to a track that is so smooth and innocuous it’s played in supermarkets!
I’ve always felt it’s their darkest, most cynical and sarcastic album, and as a result, their finest.
With the exception of Third World Man every track on it is basically perfect, musically and lyrically.
Babylon Sisters has the legendary ‘Purdie shuffle’, Time out of Mind has the best ‘Dan lyrics of all time (‘tonight when I chase the dragon’) and Hey Nineteen is a song about an older man trying to seduce a teenager using drugs and alcohol set to a track that is so smooth and innocuous it’s played in supermarkets!
I’ve always felt it’s their darkest, most cynical and sarcastic album, and as a result, their finest.
TT1138 said:
Hey Nineteen is a song about an older man trying to seduce a teenager using drugs and alcohol set to a track that is so smooth and innocuous it’s played in supermarkets!
That section towards the end with the backing vocals where it goes:'The Cuervo Gold
The fine Colombian
Make tonight a wonderful thing'
Is just the best bit of pop music ever!
About 5 or 6 years ago Dylan Jones (editor of GQ) was writing a column in the Mail On Sunday magazine, this one time he was telling everybody how fantastic David Bowie is (which is normal for him) and at the same time he was slating Dire Straits. In a comment I reminded him of Tin Machine and the loads of mediocre/crap albums Bowie made, ending with 'Don't The Moon Look Pretty'.
The man should stick to telling people what shirts to wear.
The man should stick to telling people what shirts to wear.
paulguitar said:
I had a tenant who used to say Steely Dan was 'supermarket music'.
He's not my tenant anymore.
Good man!He's not my tenant anymore.
Supermarket music indeed
Fagen and Becker's songcraft was astonishing, and I very much rate Becker as a guitarist. I can just about (if I'm concentrating) play along to "Peg", but as to what is going on in terms of musical theory I'm lost.
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