"Quantum Criminals" New Steely Dan Book

[Joe]

 

[felser]

Thank you!  I never listened much to the  'Gaucho' album, don't care for it.  Jarrett had a point.

[sgcim]

Hey Felser, thanks to your posting of the Nazz playing "Hello, It's Me", I decided to check out Todd Rundgren's "The Individualist". I'm only halfway through it, but it's a fascinating look at the 60s and 70s scene through TR's eyes and ears. I never knew he was such an accomplished producer.

Thanks!

Sure, Fagen ripped off the intro and feel of Jarrett's tune, but listen to the great song he composed on top of it. It was stupid on his part to not give KJ credit. He paid for it. KJ is now listed as co-composer on the record. When Keith complained about it at first, DF used to post "your check's in the mail!"

[felser]

3 hours ago, sgcim said:

Hey Felser, thanks to your posting of the Nazz playing "Hello, It's Me"

Credit where credit's due: @TTK actually posted that cut, I posted their Nuggets classic "Open My Eyes" right behind it.  Rundgren's a Philly (Upper Darby) guy, I have two good friends who went to high school with him.  He was recognized as a great talent even then.

Edited November 17, 2023 by felser

[GA Russell]

Thank you Joe!  

[Teasing the Korean]

Mildly off-topic, but is there a free or inexpensive plug-in that will allow me to remove Michael McDonald's voice from Steely Dan records?  I don't like Steely Dan enough to pay a lot of money to do this. 

[rostasi]

Use this:

https://x-minus.pro/ai

I use it on Zappa and Grateful Dead a.o. ...

[Teasing the Korean]

13 minutes ago, rostasi said:

Use this:

https://x-minus.pro/ai

I use it on Zappa and Grateful Dead a.o. ...

Thanks.  Maybe I'll finally be able to tolerate these guys.

[sgcim]

6 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Mildly off-topic, but is there a free or inexpensive plug-in that will allow me to remove Michael McDonald's voice from Steely Dan records?  I don't like Steely Dan enough to pay a lot of money to do this. 

Fagen used to love listening to Les baxter scores. There's a funny story in the book where Mike McDonald was doing some weed late at night, and the SCTV skit came on with Rick Moranis playing MM running back and forth from record date to record date to add background vocals to Chrisopher Cross, Steely Dan etc...songs, and he thought he was having a psychotic breakdown watching himself on TV!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JLbhEUE_5U

[jazzbo]

That must have been much better weed than I've ever had.

[Teasing the Korean]

10 hours ago, sgcim said:

...and the SCTV skit came on with Rick Moranis playing MM...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JLbhEUE_5U

That is one of my favorite SCTV skits!  I end up watching it a few times every year!

[medjuck]

On 11/16/2023 at 8:33 AM, mjzee said:

Upon reflection, this is a very cold anecdote and doesn't reflect well on Steely Dan.  They're fabulously wealthy, yet can't empathize with Tariq and Gunz's bad fortune.  At some point, SD should have nullified the contract and kicked back some money to T & G.  Especially considering that, unless SD wrote every note that Sample played, Sample probably had some compositional input too.

People who make a lot of money almost never think they have enough. 

[sgcim]

23 hours ago, medjuck said:

People who make a lot of money almost never think they have enough. 

There's no money in the record business anymore. That's why he's still touring at his age.

[JSngry]

So he didn't invest well? 

[T.D.]

On 11/17/2023 at 7:30 AM, Joe said:

 

Damn. Thanks for posting that. I've owned that Jarrett album forever. Used to like Steely Dan a lot, had tired of them by "Gaucho" (lyrics got too arch and music too polished), but still heard that tune an awful lot. Kicking myself that I never noticed.

[sgcim]

20 hours ago, JSngry said:

So he didn't invest well? 

Probably not. He's into Kerouak. Neo-Beats are known for poor investment choices...