"Steely Dan"
I have really been in a funk... so much going on... So much happening... I guess I am having difficulty just processing everything...
I am tired... I am drained... emotionally... physically... in every which way....
When i feel like this, I feel drawn back to music... it's easy for me to get lost in it... I just love it so... I wish I were a better musician... I know just enough about it to get myself in trouble when i can't follow chord changes...
So, I'm down... depressed?? I'm not sure... Dejected?? I don't know why...
Anyhoo... back to music... One of my favorite bands of all time is Steely Dan... even though technically, they aren't a band... it's an ever changing group of musicians that are corralled by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker... Two of their songs always seem to uplift my mood... my spirits...
Did you know that the source of the name of the band was from "The Naked Lunch," by William Bourroughs?? Did you know that it was the name of a metal dildo that belonged to one of the characters in the book??
Anyhoo, one of my favorite all time Steely Dan songs is 'Show Biz Kids'... Their songs are SO complex... so mysterious...
So enjoyable... These do sound MUCH better LOUD!!! So, do turn em UP!!!
My other all-time favorite Steely Dan song is 'Pretzel Logic'... and I found this COOL live recording... it's right down there...
I love the way that Michael McDonald jumps in and sings that part... Did you know that he has been one of the many who have performed in Steely Dan?
I stepped up on the platform...
The man gave me the news...
He said, 'you must be jokin', son...
Where did you get those shoes?'
Anyway... I hope I re-discover my Muse...
~shoes~
