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| Re: Steely Dan are musical *actors* |
| 23 Jun 13 04:39:01 |
From: JYOB@aol.com On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 2:40:27 PM UTC-5, icn...@gmail.com wrote: > Why do so many people seem to not pick up on the idea that Steely Dan songs are about Fagen and Becker singing from the perspective of *other* people, fictional characters who they are inhabiting??? Many people seem to think that they are writing from theire own perspective... not all songs are autobiographical... Exactly. ie: "The Royal Scam"... TOG --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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