If those of you who are signed up to get notifications or an e-digest of new posts here on WBM are finding the "new posts" are gone when you visit them -- in classic film noir ".. but there is no Room 247!" style -- it's because the bots and spammers from Italy and Pakistan and Hell and Wherever Else have finally found us -- as they were sure to do sooner or later -- and Matt or I have already nuked these link feints for theses-writing services or dick implants or whatever else they're hawking from Hell these days. We also immediately terminate -- er, I mean, disinvite -- said posters from login privileges. But it ain't gonna stop now (they seem to gravitate toward threads with the most recent activity ... which of course lately are threads that were just spammed by somebody else rotflmao) so... your understanding is appreciated. BTW, there was a dead body in Room 247, there was -- I swear!!
What's interesting to me––assuming that these are all from the Gaucho era––is that many of these tunes date back to the very early days of Steely Dan and even the Becker/Fagen partnership.
"Mobile Home" was a staple of the 1974 tour. That's a sound, band, and approach that, to my ear, had long been abandoned by the Gaucho era. "Roaring of the Lamb," that old Brill Building chestnut, was on the list for a Gaucho treatment? I can't wrap my head around that one. But I don't doubt that it could be done; it's just hard to imagine how.
After all, "Megashine City," a recently surfaced outtake from the Can't Buy a Thrill era (and a rare SD turkey), was reworked to "Talkin' 'Bout My Home," which not only sounded like it belonged from the Gaucho era, but had been reworked into a good song.
One thing here that's not clear is why "Home at Last" is on the list. The titles listed all point strongly to the Gaucho period. Perhaps Aja wasn't yet released and the track list hadn't been finalized?
In any case, this smallest SD artifact is a fascinating look behind the curtain, even if, given its provenance, my conscience doesn't feel entirely clean for taking a peek.
If those of you who are signed up to get notifications or an e-digest of new posts here on WBM are finding the "new posts" are gone when you visit them -- in classic film noir ".. but there is no Room 247!" style -- it's because the bots and spammers from Italy and Pakistan and Hell and Wherever Else have finally found us -- as they were sure to do sooner or later -- and Matt or I have already nuked these link feints for theses-writing services or dick implants or whatever else they're hawking from Hell these days. We also immediately terminate -- er, I mean, disinvite -- said posters from login privileges. But it ain't gonna stop now (they seem to gravitate toward threads with the most recent activity ... which of course lately are threads that were just spammed by somebody else rotflmao) so... your understanding is appreciated. BTW, there was a dead body in Room 247, there was -- I swear!!
What's interesting to me––assuming that these are all from the Gaucho era––is that many of these tunes date back to the very early days of Steely Dan and even the Becker/Fagen partnership.
"Mobile Home" was a staple of the 1974 tour. That's a sound, band, and approach that, to my ear, had long been abandoned by the Gaucho era. "Roaring of the Lamb," that old Brill Building chestnut, was on the list for a Gaucho treatment? I can't wrap my head around that one. But I don't doubt that it could be done; it's just hard to imagine how.
After all, "Megashine City," a recently surfaced outtake from the Can't Buy a Thrill era (and a rare SD turkey), was reworked to "Talkin' 'Bout My Home," which not only sounded like it belonged from the Gaucho era, but had been reworked into a good song.
One thing here that's not clear is why "Home at Last" is on the list. The titles listed all point strongly to the Gaucho period. Perhaps Aja wasn't yet released and the track list hadn't been finalized?
In any case, this smallest SD artifact is a fascinating look behind the curtain, even if, given its provenance, my conscience doesn't feel entirely clean for taking a peek.