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   My Rival is one of my favorites - underplayed, I'd say, cool, barely   
   controlled anger. This guy is on the verge, listen to that guitar work,   
   snarling like a hurt animal. And the beautiful chandleresque art deco frame.   
   Walter's solo is like a dream, the protagonist getting a little bit of   
   release from his intense pain, and then it stops short - actually, the only   
   thing wrong with it is it's too short. That quick fade kind of lets me down   
   too fast. 4:31? Let's have a redux - there must be hours of stuff to put   
   back into the mix.   
      
   BTW, listening now to Jon Herington's album Complete Rhyming Dictionary:   
   Cool stuff. Reminiscent of Larry Carlton at his (Larry's) best, I think, but   
   with a twist. This guy is funny! And very, very good.   
      
   Cheers,   
   Egil   
      
   "Corvid"  wrote in message   
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   > My Rival seems unfinished and underdeveloped to me, made under pressure   
   > as the Becker/Fagen partnership was quietly disintegrating.  but that's   
   > just me...   
   >   
   > diane wrote:   
   >> I was telling a guy that I love Steely Dan, that I'm mad for Steely   
   >> Dan, for Don, for Walt, for everything they ever did. He responded by   
   >> saying they were in interesting and innovative bunch of studio   
   >> musicians from the 1970s but not that great.   
   >>   
   >> Actually he said, "Yeah, they're great studio musicians and came out   
   >> with some really innovative stuff... but honestly, how can you say you   
   >> like "everything"?  Even they probably don't like everything they did.   
   >> Do you wanna have their kid or something? (That's a joke. Don't take me   
   >> too seriously.)"   
   >>   
   >> Of course (brace yourself for an old fogie reminiscence), back in the   
   >> day musical bands and groups used to make every cut on an album as good   
   >> as every other cut, with no consideration given to which one might be   
   >> the radio hit, etc. I loved every song on every Beatles album and every   
   >> song on every Bob Dylan album, and I love every song on every album by   
   >> Steely Dan.   
   >>   
   >> That includes "My Rival," which has a peculiar focus and message that   
   >> no other Steely Dan song addresses. It is of the subset of Perverted   
   >> Sex Songs performed by the Dan that I love so well. I love that these   
   >> guys can write this incredibly twisted and dirty stuff and make it   
   >> sound like acceptable conversation.   
   >>   
   >> Got a feeling I've been here before   
   >> Watching as you cross the killing floor   
   >> You know you'll have to pay it all   
   >> You'll pay today or pay tomorrow   
   >> You fasten up your beaded gown   
   >> Then you try to tie me down   
   >> Do you work it out one by one   
   >> Or played in combination   
   >>   
   >> I have seen your iron and your brass   
   >> Can't you see it shine behind the glass   
   >> Your fortune is your roving eye   
   >> Your mouth and legs   
   >> Your gift for the runaround   
   >> Torture is the main attraction   
   >> I don't need that kind of action   
   >> You don't have to dance for me   
   >> I've seen your dance before   
   >>   
   >>    
   >>   
   >> These guys are a coupla freeks, dressing up their perverted obsessions   
   >> in pretty prose and lushly deceptive musical arrangements.   
   >>   
   >> Is it hot in here?   
   >>   
   >> diane   
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