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China Crisis - King in a Catholic Style


Thought this was telling...Walter brought enough to a song or project as a producer that he would have been within his rights to request a songwriter's credit. I also thought it was telling that for the particular song discussed here, King in a Catholic Style off of the 1985 China Crisis album Flaunt the Imperfection, the thing that Walter⁠—renowned guitar and bass player⁠—brought was a keyboard riff to really tie the song together. Easy for me to forget that Walter was no slouch on keys, and did the majority of his composing, both solo and with SD, on a keyboard/piano.

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Barbara Fearn
Barbara Fearn
Jun 11, 2024

Just 💯🙌

Mose The Fireman


Music by Walter Becker and John Beasley Narration by Michael Keaton

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Matthew Kerns
Matthew Kerns
Apr 05, 2019

Or cassette tape, not to age myself too much.

Rickie Lee Jones - Flying Cowboys Live on Arsenio Hall (WB on bass)



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Tony Favia
Tony Favia
Mar 28, 2019

What a treat to see that again. It occurs to me now that this was probably the only time post-1974 that he played bass in a live setting. Unless someone can set me straight on that!

Madeline Peyroux - I'm All Right



By Walter Becker & Larry Klein


He made me laugh He made me cry He smoked his stoggies in bed But I'm all right I'm all right I've been lonely before

I asked the boy for a few kind words He gave me a novel instead But I'm all right I'm all right I've been lonely before

It's fine, it's OK It was wrong either way I just wanted to say There isn't much fun when you're drinking wine

He got drunk, he fell down He threw a few of my things around But I'm all right I'm all right I've been lonely before


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Aug 06, 2018

The working tape of Walter ad Maddie brainstorming all the things that he does in bed ("He played solitaire in bed") is pretty amusing :-)

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