You need to hear Show Biz Kids. They name-check themselves. Very catchy! Also Don't Take Me Alive, Peg, My Old School, Josie, Ricky Don't Lose that Number, Kid Charlemagne, Deacon Blues, Aja, and a lot more lol!
Wow, I had totally forgotten about Midnight Cruiser! I remember we used to sing out loud to the chorus of this when it came on. And nice intonation on the singing along there, Silas.
Such a great journey! Thanks so much for sharing!. I subscribed with ringing bell... Like that you put the effort into making playlists. Please keep that up. All the best!
Check out Bodhisattva off Countdown to Ecstasy. Featuring not one, but 2 great guitar solos by 2 different guys. First up Denny Dias and then Jeff “Skunk” Baxter. Also Kid Charlemagne (about 60’s LSD producer and supplier Owsley Stanley who had the Grateful Dead among his clients) which features yet another great guitar solo by Larry Carlton. These are 2 of my fav SD songs which show the range of studio excellence they had to call upon to make these legendary recordings.
Great stuff - I like both tracks. Looking forward to hear/watching you progress onto some of their later songs/albums and as you’d expect their future music becomes more sophisticated, classy, but still very listenable ……. Songs like ‘KID CHARLEMAGNE’.
Wait till you get to the album Aja. Every single song is a banger that was produced at the time spending more than a million dollars which was unheard of. But at the time top audio file stores selling high-end equipment would use it to demonstrate their best stuff because this was such crisp quality music. I can't wait till you get there
Love your channel. The song "Only a Fool Would Say That" is more than just another Steely Dan song. It's their come back to one of the most famous songs of the 1970's: John Lennon's "Imagine". If you've heard Imagine you can play Fagan and Becker's OaFWST and hear the witty comebacks. "The man in the streets, draggin' his feet don't wanna hear the bad news... IMAGINE your face, there in his place standing inside his brown shoes... I heard it was you talkin about a world where all is free, it just couldn't be...and" The song is one of the best come backs to a ridiculous song that is is stupidly praised as being some kind of dated hippie anthem. Keep up the great work on the channel!
“Only a Fool Would Say That” is Steely Dan’s sardonic shot at John Lennon’s song “Imagine” which they viewed as sort of a hypocritical champagne socialist manifesto.
That's what the writers of the song thought, specifically? Do you have a source for that? I would love to read it. It's a shot at the idealism of the song Imagine, definitely, but I never heard the members of Steely Dan saying that they thought is was a 'hypocritical champagne socialist. manifesto'. That sound very specific. lol
@@lauraallen55I didn’t quote that. Ergo it is my interpretation of what they thought from what I see and hear in the lyrics of the song. From Far Out Magazine …. “Despite the concept of unity that Lennon touched on with David Sheff, the song was also inspired by the communist movement. Lennon later confirmed that the similarities between his ideals set out in the song and Communism were indeed deliberate: “‘Imagine’, which says: ‘Imagine that there was no more religion, no more country, no more politics,’ is virtually the Communist Manifesto, even though I’m not particularly a Communist and I do not belong to any movement.” So the song was about much more than “idealism”. It’s been well documented Becker and Fagen were fans of the Beatles, however it’s also been well documented that they decided to take a poke at Lennon over this particular song. I simply connected the dots. You are free to do the same for yourself. Oh and yes, IMO Lennon was, although brilliant with the Beatles, incredibly hypocritical with this song. I wonder if he wrote it in one of his Bentleys.
@@midnightrambler7716 Oh, well, you said that *they* thought that. Ergo I figured you had a source for them having said that (or words to that effect). It sounds a lot more like you are the one who thinks it's a 'hypocritical champagne socialist manifesto'. I can make my own interpretation - that's a given - but I would make clear it is mine, and not attribute it to someone else. Oh, and yes, I already had a pretty good idea what you think of John Lennon. Have you decided if it's socialist or communist?
@@lauraallen55 I DO have a source of their views. It’s in the lyrics of the song! This isn’t a trial ffs. They wrote the lyrics and that’s what I got out of them. Perhaps you didn’t. Interpret what you will. You like quotes. I sent you a quote from the horses mouth. Lennon himself said it was leaning towards communism “virtually the communist manifesto”. Socialism is just the last exit ramp before communism. And Lennon was the epitome of a champagne socialist. Carry on. Oh and since it seems to be a requirement by you to be pedantic on this thread, you have no idea “what I think of Lennon”. I simply said he was “being hypocritical with this song”. Which he was. “Imagine no possessions…” 🙄
@@lauraallen55Also from Far Out Magazine “The song Steely Dan wrote to mock John Lennon”, which I am quoting since RUclips doesn’’t like links. And this will be the end of any research I do for you, but it does confirm “my view” as being similar to theirs…which seems to irk you… One of the most intoxicating tracks from Steely Dan’s 1972 album Can’t Buy A Thrill, ‘Only A Fool Would Say’, opens with an upbeat bossa nova groove crafted from layers of conga, snare, strummed acoustic guitar, and undulating bass. Floating above mellow electric guitar lines, Donal Fagen paints a picture of Lennon as an ignorant aristo whose talk of world peace is completely at odds with the life of the poor and impoverished. “Our world become on/ Of salads and sun / Only a fool would say that,” he begins “A boy with a plan / A natural man /Wearing a white stetson hat”. Fagen’s image of Lennon as the highfalutin elitist is quickly contrasted with another artfully rendered portrait: this time of the “man in the street” who doesn’t have the luxury of believing in some hippie’s utopian ideal. Fagen tells Lennon to have a little more empathy, to understand that asking somebody with nothing to abandon their worldly possessions and pursue a life of immaterialism is, at best, laughable, and at worst, dangerously insensitive. “You do his nine to five / Drag yourself home half alive / And there on the screen / A man with a dream,” Fagen sings.
This song has really grown on me over the years .RIP Jim Hodder the drummer and singer of this great song.
They started with an absolute gem with this album and just kept adding some of the greatest songs ever recorded. Genuinely timeless material. ❤
Count me as a fool! I tend to be idealistic. I want to work for peace even if we can never fully obtain it. It feels my soul to try. I like this song!
Tip of the iceberg brother
You need to hear Show Biz Kids. They name-check themselves. Very catchy! Also Don't Take Me Alive, Peg, My Old School, Josie, Ricky Don't Lose that Number, Kid Charlemagne, Deacon Blues, Aja, and a lot more lol!
Love ❤️ love this music since I was a teenager
Keep going Silas because they get better and better and better.
Wow, I had totally forgotten about Midnight Cruiser! I remember we used to sing out loud to the chorus of this when it came on. And nice intonation on the singing along there, Silas.
You would like Astrud and Joao Gilberto doing 'The Girl from Ipanema', along with Stan Getz on sax. They really put the Bossa Nova style on the map!
The moment that you realize that your grandparents were 100 times cooler than you ever suspected
It's a reply to John Lennon's song Imagine (reportedly)
Love watching your reactions!❤
Love this series so far!
Love this. A great variety of styles on this album.
Cool that you're doing 2 songs Silas 👍
Such a great journey! Thanks so much for sharing!.
I subscribed with ringing bell... Like that you put the effort into making playlists. Please keep that up. All the best!
"Only A Fool Would Say That" purportedly was aimed at John Lennon and his famous utopian anthem "Imagine".
You beat me to it, part of the issue was that John was so wealthy and detached he was too far removed from the working class.
Purportedly, yes. But it's not. Neither Donald Fagen nor the late Walter Becker ever said it was about Lennon, and they're the only ones who matter.
Check out Bodhisattva off Countdown to Ecstasy. Featuring not one, but 2 great guitar solos by 2 different guys. First up Denny Dias and then Jeff “Skunk” Baxter. Also Kid Charlemagne (about 60’s LSD producer and supplier Owsley Stanley who had the Grateful Dead among his clients) which features yet another great guitar solo by Larry Carlton. These are 2 of my fav SD songs which show the range of studio excellence they had to call upon to make these legendary recordings.
Great stuff - I like both tracks. Looking forward to hear/watching you progress onto some of their later songs/albums and as you’d expect their future music becomes more sophisticated, classy, but still very listenable ……. Songs like ‘KID CHARLEMAGNE’.
👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Check out Ivy's version of " only a fool would say that"
Wait till you get to the album Aja. Every single song is a banger that was produced at the time spending more than a million dollars which was unheard of. But at the time top audio file stores selling high-end equipment would use it to demonstrate their best stuff because this was such crisp quality music. I can't wait till you get there
Love your reactions. Your the GOAT
Your grammar sucks lol
He said:"Only a fool would say that" in Spanish.
That's right! The guitarist, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter is speaking the spanish.
Love your channel. The song "Only a Fool Would Say That" is more than just another Steely Dan song. It's their come back to one of the most famous songs of the 1970's: John Lennon's "Imagine". If you've heard Imagine you can play Fagan and Becker's OaFWST and hear the witty comebacks. "The man in the streets, draggin' his feet don't wanna hear the bad news... IMAGINE your face, there in his place standing inside his brown shoes... I heard it was you talkin about a world where all is free, it just couldn't be...and" The song is one of the best come backs to a ridiculous song that is is stupidly praised as being some kind of dated hippie anthem. Keep up the great work on the channel!
Not every song on an album is a hit.
Only a fool is about John Lennon.
❤How about METAL MONDAY?🥁☮☘
“Only a Fool Would Say That” is Steely Dan’s sardonic shot at John Lennon’s song “Imagine” which they viewed as sort of a hypocritical champagne socialist manifesto.
That's what the writers of the song thought, specifically? Do you have a source for that? I would love to read it. It's a shot at the idealism of the song Imagine, definitely, but I never heard the members of Steely Dan saying that they thought is was a 'hypocritical champagne socialist. manifesto'. That sound very specific. lol
@@lauraallen55I didn’t quote that. Ergo it is my interpretation of what they thought from what I see and hear in the lyrics of the song. From Far Out Magazine …. “Despite the concept of unity that Lennon touched on with David Sheff, the song was also inspired by the communist movement. Lennon later confirmed that the similarities between his ideals set out in the song and Communism were indeed deliberate: “‘Imagine’, which says: ‘Imagine that there was no more religion, no more country, no more politics,’ is virtually the Communist Manifesto, even though I’m not particularly a Communist and I do not belong to any movement.”
So the song was about much more than “idealism”. It’s been well documented Becker and Fagen were fans of the Beatles, however it’s also been well documented that they decided to take a poke at Lennon over this particular song. I simply connected the dots. You are free to do the same for yourself.
Oh and yes, IMO Lennon was, although brilliant with the Beatles, incredibly hypocritical with this song. I wonder if he wrote it in one of his Bentleys.
@@midnightrambler7716 Oh, well, you said that *they* thought that. Ergo I figured you had a source for them having said that (or words to that effect).
It sounds a lot more like you are the one who thinks it's a 'hypocritical champagne socialist manifesto'.
I can make my own interpretation - that's a given - but I would make clear it is mine, and not attribute it to someone else.
Oh, and yes, I already had a pretty good idea what you think of John Lennon.
Have you decided if it's socialist or communist?
@@lauraallen55 I DO have a source of their views. It’s in the lyrics of the song! This isn’t a trial ffs. They wrote the lyrics and that’s what I got out of them. Perhaps you didn’t. Interpret what you will. You like quotes. I sent you a quote from the horses mouth. Lennon himself said it was leaning towards communism “virtually the communist manifesto”. Socialism is just the last exit ramp before communism. And Lennon was the epitome of a champagne socialist. Carry on.
Oh and since it seems to be a requirement by you to be pedantic on this thread, you have no idea “what I think of Lennon”. I simply said he was “being hypocritical with this song”. Which he was. “Imagine no possessions…” 🙄
@@lauraallen55Also from Far Out Magazine “The song Steely Dan wrote to mock John Lennon”, which I am quoting since RUclips doesn’’t like links. And this will be the end of any research I do for you, but it does confirm “my view” as being similar to theirs…which seems to irk you…
One of the most intoxicating tracks from Steely Dan’s 1972 album Can’t Buy A Thrill, ‘Only A Fool Would Say’, opens with an upbeat bossa nova groove crafted from layers of conga, snare, strummed acoustic guitar, and undulating bass. Floating above mellow electric guitar lines, Donal Fagen paints a picture of Lennon as an ignorant aristo whose talk of world peace is completely at odds with the life of the poor and impoverished. “Our world become on/ Of salads and sun / Only a fool would say that,” he begins “A boy with a plan / A natural man /Wearing a white stetson hat”.
Fagen’s image of Lennon as the highfalutin elitist is quickly contrasted with another artfully rendered portrait: this time of the “man in the street” who doesn’t have the luxury of believing in some hippie’s utopian ideal. Fagen tells Lennon to have a little more empathy, to understand that asking somebody with nothing to abandon their worldly possessions and pursue a life of immaterialism is, at best, laughable, and at worst, dangerously insensitive. “You do his nine to five / Drag yourself home half alive / And there on the screen / A man with a dream,” Fagen sings.
Midnight Cruiser is a boring song
Nothing boring about it. Your taste sucks!
Song sucks lol
What sucks about it?
@@MichaelTrogdon1990 I'm guessing they just don't like it lol!