Dantex - I think you're closest, but I think others have some points.
Overall, the song could have many references, pointing to many different things, but still be about one, overall concept. The song doesn't necessarily have to be about just one idea, but still, overall, I think is about one overal MAIN idea, with other references sprinkled in.
Nightvoice - people read a lot into the lyrics cause there usually is much to Steely Dan lyrics than the obvious. The group rarely was straightforward in its lyrics. To the naive, I'm not trying to be critical. Steely Dan had TONS of disguised drug lyrics and references in their songs.
Definitely about pot and LSD - the hill definitely San Francisco's Hippy Hill just like Dantex says, and I think AJA is an acronym for LSD, just don't know what the letters, in their minds, stand for. (Notice the clever reference to actual ASIAN culture, which makes sense in San Francisco, to hide the true meaning)
Damn right, up on the hill, they're gonna do some LSD. dime-dancin - a reference to a dime bag of pot and possibly to other drugs, as Dantex says. No more messing around with the little stuff or other stuff, no more messing around with the hardware needed for heroin - no more messing around with pot - still need hardware - bong, pipe, papers, etc.
Tonight we do it right - LSD.
Double Helix = Northern Lights, a very high strain of marijuana. also, like Dantex said, could be a double refernce to the trip their gonna take with LSD, but I definitely think a reference to marijuana, too. In fact, they could be saying, "right now we're doing some high quality marijuana - Northern Lights - okay, throw this out, let's do some LSD now.."
Love how Steely Dan rights a nice, slow, haunting piece that sounds like a song written for a woman, when it's actually about LSD.
Finally, again, I'm not saying this is the end-all, be-all. I'm sure lots of references that others have made may be in the song, but to me, anyway, LSD is the ultimate meaning. And, reading others' posts helped me to form this opinion, so thanks to all who added some insight for me. Anyway, just my take...
@shanef what I find most confusing, is if LSD is the drug he keeps running back to….why is the song Aja (Asia) with all the Chinese references….if LSD was produced in the US and heroine came from Asia?
@shanef what I find most confusing, is if LSD is the drug he keeps running back to….why is the song Aja (Asia) with all the Chinese references….if LSD was produced in the US and heroine came from Asia?
Dantex - I think you're closest, but I think others have some points.
Overall, the song could have many references, pointing to many different things, but still be about one, overall concept. The song doesn't necessarily have to be about just one idea, but still, overall, I think is about one overal MAIN idea, with other references sprinkled in.
Nightvoice - people read a lot into the lyrics cause there usually is much to Steely Dan lyrics than the obvious. The group rarely was straightforward in its lyrics. To the naive, I'm not trying to be critical. Steely Dan had TONS of disguised drug lyrics and references in their songs.
Definitely about pot and LSD - the hill definitely San Francisco's Hippy Hill just like Dantex says, and I think AJA is an acronym for LSD, just don't know what the letters, in their minds, stand for. (Notice the clever reference to actual ASIAN culture, which makes sense in San Francisco, to hide the true meaning)
Damn right, up on the hill, they're gonna do some LSD. dime-dancin - a reference to a dime bag of pot and possibly to other drugs, as Dantex says. No more messing around with the little stuff or other stuff, no more messing around with the hardware needed for heroin - no more messing around with pot - still need hardware - bong, pipe, papers, etc.
Tonight we do it right - LSD.
Double Helix = Northern Lights, a very high strain of marijuana. also, like Dantex said, could be a double refernce to the trip their gonna take with LSD, but I definitely think a reference to marijuana, too. In fact, they could be saying, "right now we're doing some high quality marijuana - Northern Lights - okay, throw this out, let's do some LSD now.."
Love how Steely Dan rights a nice, slow, haunting piece that sounds like a song written for a woman, when it's actually about LSD.
Finally, again, I'm not saying this is the end-all, be-all. I'm sure lots of references that others have made may be in the song, but to me, anyway, LSD is the ultimate meaning. And, reading others' posts helped me to form this opinion, so thanks to all who added some insight for me. Anyway, just my take...
@shanef what I find most confusing, is if LSD is the drug he keeps running back to….why is the song Aja (Asia) with all the Chinese references….if LSD was produced in the US and heroine came from Asia?
@shanef what I find most confusing, is if LSD is the drug he keeps running back to….why is the song Aja (Asia) with all the Chinese references….if LSD was produced in the US and heroine came from Asia?
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