From: bkmadden@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, August 1, 1996 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Chad Dressler wrote:   
   > OK, so there have been plenty of conversations about their best songs    
   > and best albums, but what about the worst?  They did have a few    
   > clunkers, after all.   
   >    
   > My vote for worst song is "Change of the Guard."  I've always hoped the    
   > lyrics are supposed to be sarcastic, but I have a feeling they aren't.     
   > Even if they are, the music is definitely not up to SD standards.   
      
   I found this 20-year old blog after doing a search for the worst Steely Dan   
   Song.  It is one of the first hits that came up on Google.   
      
   I recently pulled a bunch of old CDs out of the attic as I've been in a rut   
   with my listening habits lately and needed a change. I knew I had "A Decade of   
   Steely Dan" stored away and was excited to find and play it again. Most of the   
   disc is great stuff    
   with the exception of maybe "Hey Nineteen" and "Bad Sneakers" but neither is   
   that bad to make me search "worst Steely Dan song ever!"  They're just not   
   that great.   
      
   20 years later, I have to agree with my friends here that hate East St. Louis   
   Toodle-oo.  OMG is that awful.  I forced myself to listen to the whole thing   
   and know I threw up in my mouth.  I remember hating it many years ago when CDs   
   were the way you    
   listened to music.  It reminds me of the night club music from the first Star   
   Wars movie, sickening stuff.  To me, it's just bad music that doesn't belong   
   on a best of compilation or recorded anywhere else for that matter.  So sorry,   
   Duke Ellington/   
   Bubber Miley fans...   
      
   That said, I'm not surprised someone here actually liked that track.  It's all   
   yours pal, I won't fight you for it.     
      
   I recently saw a pristine AMC Pacer wagon tucked away in someone's garage.    
   You could tell it was well cared for by a proud owner.  It was a reminder that   
   one person's clunker can be another person's treasure.   
      
   Thanks to those who started this group; I hope to see more comments.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)