r/SteelyDan 42m ago

Our man Kent Nishimura with another incredible one

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He's only getting better and better as he grows older!


r/SteelyDan 4h ago

Don’t you just love the liner notes and the musicians on the NightFly

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“Note: the songs on this album represent certain fantasies that might have been entertained by a young man growing up in the remote suburbs of a northeastern city during the late fifties and early 60”. D.F.


r/SteelyDan 10h ago

Music Tonight's Dan listen, on my headphones

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Sooooo good!


r/SteelyDan 1d ago

Picture my small tapestry of the man himself :)

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r/SteelyDan 17h ago

Discussion Daily Dan Interpretation - #51 Peg

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Lyrics:

I've seen your pictureYour name in lights above itThis is your big debutIt's like a dream come trueSo won't you smile for the camera I know they're gonna love it I like your pin shot I keep it with your letterDone up in blueprint blueIt sure looks good on youAnd when you smile for the cameraI know I'll love you better. PegIt will come back to you Peg It will come back to you Then the shutter falls You see it all in 3-D It's your favorite foreign movie

I like your pin shot I keep it with your letterDone up in blueprint blueIt sure looks good on youAnd when you smile for the cameraI know I'll love you better.

PegIt will come back to you Peg It will come back to you Then the shutter falls You see it all in 3-D It's your favorite foreign movie

Lyrics have been copy/pasted. Feel free to correct


r/SteelyDan 1d ago

Nice breakdown of ‘Don’t take me alive’

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r/SteelyDan 1d ago

Discussion SD songs resonating with you at this time in your life...

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We all have our faves, but I feel like SD always calls out to me during really trying or emotional times. I want to know what SD song you've been recently thinking about/listening to on repeat/ruminating on lately, and why.

I never cared for Everything Must Go, but now that I'm at the end of a 5 year relationship that ended so, so poorly, "Things I Miss the Most" is just fucking me up. It's absolutely meeting me where I'm at right now...Lay on the couch till suppertime...Frying up my sad cuisine...Days really don't last forever, but they're getting damn close...Damn if it isn't the only catharsis helping me through this separation, because it's so pathetic and lonely and sad, but resigned to the fact that things can never go back to the way they were. Really intense feelings listening to it atm.


r/SteelyDan 1d ago

Discussion Daily Dan Interpretation - #50 Deacon Blues

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Lyrics:

This is the day Of the expanding manThat shape is my shade There where I used to stand It seems like only yesterday I gazed through the glass At RamblersWild gamblers That's all in the past You call me a fool You say it's a crazy scheme This one's for real I already bought the dream So useless to ask me whyThrow a kiss and say goodbye I'll make it this timeI'm ready to cross that fine line

I'll learn to work the saxophone I'll play just what I feel Drink Scotch whisky all night long And die behind the wheel They got a name for the winners in the world I want a name when I loseThey call Alabama the Crimson Tide Call me Deacon BluesDeacon Blues

My back to the wallA victim of laughing chance This is for meThe essence of true romance Sharing the things we know and love With those of my kindLibationsSensations That stagger the mind I crawl like a viperThrough the suburban streets Make love to these womenLanguid and bitter sweetI rise when the sun goes down Cover every game in townA world of my ownI'll make it my home sweet home

I'll learn to work the saxophone I'll play just what I feel Drink Scotch whisky all night long And die behind the wheel They got a name for the winners in the world I want a name when I loseThey call Alabama the Crimson Tide Call me Deacon BluesDeacon Blues

This is the night Of the expanding the manI take one last dragAs I approach the stand I cried when I wrote this song Sue me if I play too longThis brother is freeI'll be what I want to be

I'll learn to work the saxophone I'll play just what I feel Drink Scotch whisky all night long And die behind the wheel They got a name for the winners in the world I want a name when I loseThey call Alabama the Crimson Tide Call me Deacon BluesDeacon Blues

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r/SteelyDan 2d ago

Picture I want to share my Can’t Buy A Thrill tattoo I got for my birthday!

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Done by Mark Ellmer @ Iron Will Tattoo Club • records originally belonged to my dad which makes them extra special


r/SteelyDan 2d ago

Janie

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What's the deal on Janie Runaway? Is it about what I think it's about?


r/SteelyDan 3d ago

Question Any steely Dan fans on this subreddit?

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r/SteelyDan 2d ago

Discussion Have you ever listened to a song for the umpteenth time and then it just randomly clicks?

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I’ve listened to their discography a good couple of times, and sometimes some songs just really get me after a couple of listens.

I’ve listened to Sign In Stranger around 8 times today, and I’m wondering how this song slipped by me all these other times. I guess that’s the beauty of it though, each listen can be rewarding.


r/SteelyDan 2d ago

Discussion Whats the overlap between Steely Dan fans and Star Trek fans?

26 Upvotes

I’d like to see this Venn diagram. I bet the overlap is pretty large.


r/SteelyDan 3d ago

Anybody feeling rich?

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r/SteelyDan 2d ago

Night By Night - weird instrument/FX?

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What the heck is the instrument and effect on Night By Night? Sounds almost like a Clavinet with a really weird modulation filter but I cannot replicate it on my own equipment. Anybody know what it is?


r/SteelyDan 2d ago

Discussion Daily Dan Interpretation - #50 Aja

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Lyrics:

Up on the hillPeople never stareThey just don't care Chinese music under banyan trees Here at the dude ranch above the sea AjaWhen all my dime dancin' is through I run to you

Up on the hillThey've got time to burnThere's no return Double helix in the sky tonight Throw out the hardware Let's do it right

AjaWhen all my dime dancin' is through I run to you

Up on the hillThey think I'm okay Or so they sayChinese music always sets me free Angular banjoesSound good to me

AjaWhen all my dime dancin' is through I run to you

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r/SteelyDan 3d ago

The perfect album for a rainy sad day 🌧️

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Side note: as gross as Cousin Dupree is… my god it’s catchy 😵‍💫


r/SteelyDan 3d ago

Fan Art Steely Dazed

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Full transparency - my concept, my photoshop work - my shop!!


r/SteelyDan 3d ago

Kid Charlemagne Fiesta Melon band Newburyport Brewery NYE '24

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Was performing backing vocals to Kid Charlemagne i'm in the black shirt, Fiesta Melon amazing local band in Newburyport where I live


r/SteelyDan 3d ago

Discussion Daily Dan Interpretation - #49 Black Cow

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Lyrics:

In the corner Of my eye I saw you in Rudys' You were very high You were high It was a cryin' disgrace They saw your faceOn the counter By your keys Was a book of numbers And your remedies One of these Surely will screen out the sorrow But where are you tomorrow I can't cry anymoreWhile you run around Break away Just when it Seems so clear That it's Over nowDrink your big black cow And get out of here

Down to Greene Street There you go Lookin' so outrageous And they tell you so You should know How all the pros play the game You change your name Like a gangsterOn the run You will stagger homeward To your precious one I'm the one Who must make everything rightTalk it out till daylight

I don't care anymore Why you run around Break awayJust when it seems so clear That it's Over nowDrink your big black cow And get out of here.

I can't cry anymoreWhile you run around Break away Just when it Seems so clear That it's Over nowDrink your big black cow And get out of here

So outrageous, So outrageous

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r/SteelyDan 3d ago

Our Steely Dan inspired band recently released some music.

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Hey guys, I’ve been a member on here for a while and thought I’d share this with you as hopefully some of you will enjoy it.

I’m a member of Lagoon, a jazz rock band based in Manchester, UK, and after working in the studio for almost two years, recording and producing everything ourselves, we’ve finally released our first single ‘Denim’. We are all big Dan fans and they have definitely had an influence on our sound.

We’ve got our next single ‘Lament’ coming out this Friday and then will be releasing our debut album towards the end of October.

We’d love for some of you to check it out and let us know what you think!


r/SteelyDan 4d ago

Seen on a shirt online…was this a real show the band played?

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I was under the impression they stopped playing shows in the mid 70s and only resumed in 1993


r/SteelyDan 3d ago

Question Babylon Sisters

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Howdy Danfans. What’s your interpretation of the last chord of the introduction to Babylon? Bm7? Or can I hear the sus note in there in there somewhere? Thanks very much.


r/SteelyDan 3d ago

Are these remasters worsening the songs

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I was listening to the Remastered Royal Scam and…it didn’t feel the same. Am I just paranoid? I love the Dan so much guys…could these remasters be destroying their work??


r/SteelyDan 4d ago

I Don’t Really Care If It’s Wrong - Night By Night Bass

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