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You know what a palindrome is, right? It is a word that is spelled the same backwards and forewords. Some examples are: CivicRadarLevelNoonKayakPop PeepSolosSagas Some phrases can also be spelled either way (and still make some sense): 1. Was it a car or a cat I saw? 2. Too bad I hid a boot 3.
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I don’t know what the weather is like where you live, or who you are for that matter. But I do know that it is cold here. Now I understand why the last four months of the year end in the letters BER. I have spent the day remaking some of those Steely Dan songs,
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Here is the title song from Steely Dan’s Gaucho album. It sounds much better with the drum music added. And the complete bass line. (It’s a long story). Do you know what a Gaucho is? A Gaucho is a “skilled horseman, reputed to be brave and unruly.” And here is Josie, from the Aja album.
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Here is another remake of a Steely Dan song. From the Aja album, it is titled Peg. It can be found with other Steely Dan songs here. Peg is also the chemical name for polyethylene glycol, a fact of which I was unaware before today. And here is another song from the same album, titled
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Here is a song that never gets oldIt warms my heart when it feels coldIf you listen to it you can’t loseAnd the name of the song is Deacon Blues
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Here is Josie, from the album Aja, coming in at number 30 in the Summer of Steely Dan series. As you know by now, all of the other remakes can be found here:
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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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Today is Saturday, November 18th. That prayer for rain has finally been answered. And all we had to do was wait. See if you can name these songs: (For extra fun, see if you can get them both to play at the same time.) And now we send out another prayer for rain. Let’s see
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This is my take on the old Steely Dan Classic Deacon Blues, followed by Aja.
