Music
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This is the final song from the Steely Dan album Pretzel Logic, titled Monkey in Your Soul. It is quite different from the original version. The rest of the songs can be found here. And here is the opening song from the album The Royal Scam, titled Kid Charlemagne. At the 38 second mark you…
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What could be better than new music on a Monday? I can’t think of anything. Here are two more songs from the Pretzel Logic album. That album was released on February 20th, 1974, and I have been listening to it ever since. The rest of the songs can be found here. That is all.
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Today’s entry is the title song from Steely Dan’s Pretzel Logic, followed by With a Gun from the same album. The other versions can be found here.
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The last time a year was a perfect square was in 1936, which happens to be 44 x 44. Next year we will again be in a year that is a perfect square, because 45 x 45 = 2025. After that, it won’t happen again for another 91 years. Here are song numbers 32 and…
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So furthermore without discussion Here are two songsboth with percussion You may have heard this on the radio once or twice if you are over forty. It is song number 31 of 61 and can be found with the rest of them here. I also updated these three songs for all of you following at…
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A wife comes downstairs before a dinner date with her husband. “Do I look fat in this dress?” the wife asks.“Do I look dumb in this shirt?” the husband replies. Here is my version of “Black Cow” from Steely Dan’s Aja album. This song is a perfect example of the use of a parallel major…
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Tiny! And I admit it, I got that online. Here is Hey Nineteen from Steely Dan’s album titled Gaucho. It is number 28 on the list of 61 Steely Dan remakes.
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Song numbers 26 and 27 of the “Summer of Dan” continues with My Old School from the Countdown to Ecstasy album and Peg from the album Aja. It can be found along with all of the other Steely Dan remakes here. My Old School was written after an incident at Bard College in New York…
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My impression of what the background music might have been like 500 years ago during feasts. Picture this: You are in the woods on a winter evening and the moon is full. Smoke rises from the chimney of a cabin in the distance. As you get closer you hear this music coming from inside. Do…
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Here is another Version of a Steely Dan masterpiece. Why so much Steely Dan? I am not sure. I just really like their music.
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Here is something I call “Variations on a Moonlight Theme.” I took Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata and reversed it, sort of. I put the first measure at the end, and worked my way through until the last measure became the first. The notes in each measure did not change. One of the reasons it sounds strange is this: Some…
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Here is another song. Making these songs is how I get through the day. And here is the original version:
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Today’s song is the 15th Steely Dan song to be posted on this site. It is called Dr. Wu, from the Katy Lied album. All of the other Steely Dan songs can be found here:
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This is a reharmonized Steely Dan song called Midnite Cruiser from the Can’t Buy a Thrill album. The melody is the same as the original, but almost everything else has changed. (If the song doesn’t work, reload your page.) Original Version: The real deal:
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I took the melody from “Dirty Work” by Steely Dan and added my own chords and bass line. This is what it sounded like before: And here is the real deal. Check this one out: Approximately one year ago I posted this song. I remember that day. And finally, here is an artist who is…
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Today’s song is number 13 for Steely Dan. It is the first one I have done from the album Katy Lied. It is called Any World (That I’m Welcome To). It can be found along with the other Steely Dan songs here:
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What are you thankful for today? I’m thankful for those who love meAnd for those who do me wrongThe first ones make me happyAnd the others make me strong Here is song number 12 from Steely Dan, titled “Dirty Work” from the album “Can’t Buy a Thrill.” It’s perfect Thanksgiving music. For more Steely Dan…
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Another song from Steely Dan’s Gaucho album is finished. The funny thing about Steely Dan songs is this: Once someone starts working on one they cannot stop until they are done. It’s a rule. Here is “Time Out of Mind” with a piano, and without one. And now we are out of time.
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See if you can name that tune: Warm and Fuzzy version:
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This is something original. It is called “Lift Off.” It is a perfect song to play along to, for all you musicians out there.
