Favorite Steely Dan tunes?

[JimK]

Originally Posted by SactoBass

P bass with an Ampeg SVT. A classic combination!

...it's not quite a "P"; IIRC, it has some "J" pickups added in there, too.

[eriky4003]

Do it Again, Dirty Work, Reeling in the Years, Brooklyn
Rikki Don't Lose that Number
Green Earrings
Here at the Western World
The whole Aja album
FM
Time out of Mind, Gaucho
Gaslighting Abbey, What a Shame About Me, Two Against Nature
Blues Beach
Of Don's stuff - Kamikiriad, The Nightfly, Morph the Cat in that order. Haven't heard Condos yet

[millsbass5]

Shoot.... Where do I start? Uh, the tunes with impeccable musicianship? In other words, just about almost kinda sorta all of 'em.

[ShowLow]

Any!

I was a top 40 radio DJ from early '70s to mid '80s (at which point I grew up and got a real job...). Even playing SD's hit songs in heavy rotation was tolerable, due to the virtuosity of the studio musicians, the inventiveness of Becker and Fagen as songwriters and lyricists, and the spine-tinglingly awesome vocals.

Of course I am partial to "FM"--no static at all. "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" contains the world's greatest quickie guitar solo IMHO. The bass line in "Reelin' in the Years" is just rockin'.

[The Mouse]

I couldn't pick a favourite tune/ album. I tend to listen to the guitar-heavy albums (Can't Buy a Thrill/ Countdown to Ecstacy/ The Royal Scam) less often than the others. Although now that I think of it, thats a lie. Two Against Nature doesn't get enough love. Great album!

Ah yesss, Steely Dan!

[gdecamp]

Originally Posted by tonybassman

Unanswerable question is unanswerable!

While you ponder: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_Yva...feature=b-vrec

Ahh awesome song indeed! I was lucky enough to be in the front for the VHI Storytellers show for that tour. My girlfriend, now wife, and I had a fantastic evening and have the CD of the show. The drummer that eve gave her his drumsticks.

...also like Glamour Profession and a slew of others.

http://vimeo.com/47570113

Ps: My wife is the brunette to the lower left of Becker at 2:50 in this video;

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=r...&v=ylr2D4Pwn58

[mccartneyman]

Home at Last
Babylon Sisters
Kid Charlemagne
Haitian Divorce
King of the World
Turn That Heartbeat Over Again...


and all the rest

[EriktheRed]

Rikki Dont Lose that Number
Do it Again
The Boston Rag
Midnight Cruiser
Black Friday

[timbass]

Many of the greats mentioned. Kid Charlemagne probably the quintessential funk bass line. No mention of Kings though? (off Can't Buy a Thrill). great groove. Killer Elliott Randall solo (plug here: I liked that solo so much, I contacted Elliott and asked him to track a solo on my original CD)