| Steely Dan – Throw Back The Little Ones Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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I always interpreted this song as the Dan using a bit of code to describe the awkwardness of the 'pop music' success they were in the midst of, & had achieved with the previous few albums... "& act like I belong here" (in the whole pop star world) the 2nd verse for me gives the biggest clue, "hot licks & rhetoric don't count much for nothing be glad if you can use what you borrow". Like a comment on the music industry's way of saying to them, 'you don't have to go above & beyond musically & lyrically like you guys are starting to do with this more jazz rock poetry stuff, just be glad if you can ride on the success of previous rock n' rollers.' Then 'I pawned my crown for a ride uptown, & buy it back tomorrow' would be their response to that of saying, "yeah I wrote a couple of big hits that went against my ideals. But with that big success, i'm gonna use it for more artistic freedom" (which they obviously did with the next couple albums, taking longer to produce them, even more experimental music etc.) |
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