Saturdays lyrical puzzler: Move yourself, you always live your life, never thinking of the future, prove yourself, you are the move you make, take your chances, win or loser… ********* Fridays lyrical puzzler: Im gonna dig myself a hole, gonna lay down in it til I satisfy my soul, gonna let the world pass by me, the Archbishop gonna sanctify me, and if he dont come across, Im gonna let it roll… Answer: Black Friday, Steely Dan Fun fact: This song from Steely Dans outstanding 1975 LP Katy Lied has nothing to do with the currently popular use of that term, i.e., the day after Thanksgiving when the stores are mobbed with Christmas shoppers. No, this has to do with a stock market crash and how some people behave when it happens (well catch the grey men as they dive from the fourteenth floor…). Some interpret it as being about the crash of 1929 (which happened on Black Tuesday, by the way); some think it refers to a market crash sometime in the future. As a single, it barely cracked the Top 40 (#37), and the album peaked at #13, but Steely Dans popularity runs deep. Not only their seven LPs in the 70s but their recorded works since 2000 have gained widespread raves from critics and music buyers alike. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker continue to be among the smartest, most literate songwriting teams ever, with dozens of session musicians handpicked by them to turn their engaging music into polished recordings.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 17:47:02 +0000
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