<<< BACKWARD (“Godwhacker”) ||| ONWARD (“Green Book”) >>> *** STEELY DAN SUNDAY INDEX *** I’m calling Shenanigans on Steely Dan! Shenanigans! You May Also Like: Walter Becker, “Couchriders In the Sky” (circa 2008): Steely Dan Sunday Walter Becker, “Hard Up Case (Live at Slim’s 1995)” (2024): Steely Dan Sunday SteelyRead More

I recently spent a few hours perusing the autobiography of former Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor and came upon a short paragraph on the Power Station’s second album, Living In Fear. You May Also Like: David Bowie: Station to Station Through a Legendary Life On Paul McCartney’s ‘Egypt Station,’ UriahRead More

Dare I say, there are no good songs which directly take on the tragedy of 9-11. Luckily for Steely Dan, “Godwhacker” doesn’t take on 9-11 directly.

<<< BACKWARD (“Things I Miss The Most”) ||| ONWARD (“Godwhacker”) >>> *** STEELY DAN SUNDAY INDEX *** It would be easy to dismiss the song “Blues Beach” as “Hey Nineteen” lite. You May Also Like: Steely Dan – ‘Everything Must Go’ (2003): On Second Thought Steely Dan Sunday: “Paging AudreyRead More

<<< BACKWARD (“The Last Mall”) ||| ONWARD (“Blues Beach”) >>> *** STEELY DAN SUNDAY INDEX *** Metaphors, sarcasm, downright snarkiness are but a few of the characteristics of a Steely Dan song. The song ”Things I Miss The Most” doesn’t have these telltale Steely Dan signs yet still ranks amongRead More

In many ways, ‘Alchemy’ marked the beginning of the end of Dire Straits.

Written by Robert Lamm and America’s Gerry Beckley, “Something’s Coming, I Know” hints of Lamm’s ‘Subtlety and Passion.’

As we’ve covered earlier in the reviews of this album, there are a number of new players and even a new strategy represented by Two Against Nature. You May Also Like: Best Jon Herington Steely Dan-related guitar performances: Steely Dan Sunday

If Two Against Nature was a somewhat unlikely winner Grammy winner for 2001, Album of the Year, the song “Cousin Dupree” was an even more unlikely winner for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. You May Also Like: Steely Dan, “Glamour Profession” from ‘Northeast Corridor’ (2021):Read More

If Two Against Nature came out as a L.P. the song “Jack of Speed” would have made a perfect side two opener. It’s funky, it rocks, it’s sophisticated. You May Also Like: Walter Becker, “Hard Up Case (Live at Slim’s 1995)” (2024): Steely Dan Sunday