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| Steely Dan – Bodhisattva Lyrics
| 1 year ago
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Maybe I'm missing something here. But I have never picked up cynicism or sarcasm in S.D.'s work. For example, in this song the marrying of a "California Beach / Boogie Woogie" style with an Eastern philosophical concept is straightforward satire to me. Sort of like the tongue in cheek humor of THE FAR SIDE or THE CHURCH OF THE SUBGENIUS... |
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| Steely Dan – My Rival Lyrics
| 1 year ago
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You've got a point. It's okay to analyze lyrics, but as Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane / Jefferson Starship wrote (and he probably borrowed it from somewhere else): "Eat the doughnut and forget about the hole!" |
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| Steely Dan – Hey Nineteen Lyrics
| 1 year ago
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No, your life isn't pathetic. It's the people who reach midlife - and don't realize it - who are pathetic! |
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