The guitarwork on this song is far better than the lyrics, I think.
As for the lyrics themselves...I read an interview where Becker said that he wrote the verses about a friend of his from his youth. Fagen apparently wrote the chorus. The only other thing I can remember is that Becker made some cryptic comment to the effect of "The nice thing about The Boston Rag is that it's set in New York City." So take that for what it's worth.
The guitarwork on this song is far better than the lyrics, I think.
As for the lyrics themselves...I read an interview where Becker said that he wrote the verses about a friend of his from his youth. Fagen apparently wrote the chorus. The only other thing I can remember is that Becker made some cryptic comment to the effect of "The nice thing about The Boston Rag is that it's set in New York City." So take that for what it's worth.
Yeah, it's definitely not set in Boston -- there's no 7th Ave, and Bayside is in Queens. Funny, that.
Yeah, it's definitely not set in Boston -- there's no 7th Ave, and Bayside is in Queens. Funny, that.