Wow... between the daisy chain rape allusion and Hitler references, y'all some dark mtherfckers, lol.
I always thought it was a description of Fagen, Becker and their musicians passing a marijuana joint amongst each other in deep satisfaction after a massive, 100,000+ turnout live show, and that chain lightning was a visual meditation on what the haze of smoke in the room looked like.
"We're standing just where he stood", to me, was always a reference to someplace Charlie Parker or one of their heroes who influenced them, once stood. Whereas Fagen and Becker, writing the tune, had once been in the audience worshiping and in awe of older jazz and rock gods, now THEY are the rock gods being worshiped and viewed with awe by hundreds of thousands.
Becker, to Fagen: "Man. Awesome, can you believe it? And now it's us!"
Fagen, to Becker: "Right on. (Grin) Pass the dutchie."
Just kind of a smug, leaned-back "ain't life awesome?" realizing that they are now living the dream, enjoying the life of rock gods.
If you're looking for Steely Dan Nazi references, listen no further than "Western World": THAT is where they are.
@heatherfer you’re forgetting that. Fagan and Becker were sick fucks too. Fagan was born to Jewish parents so I doubt there is any glorification. Just using the ills of the real world as song motivation, and even to remind people there we still plenty of those people left. This was only 3 years after the Munich olympics
@heatherfer you’re forgetting that. Fagan and Becker were sick fucks too. Fagan was born to Jewish parents so I doubt there is any glorification. Just using the ills of the real world as song motivation, and even to remind people there we still plenty of those people left. This was only 3 years after the Munich olympics
Wow... between the daisy chain rape allusion and Hitler references, y'all some dark mtherfckers, lol.
I always thought it was a description of Fagen, Becker and their musicians passing a marijuana joint amongst each other in deep satisfaction after a massive, 100,000+ turnout live show, and that chain lightning was a visual meditation on what the haze of smoke in the room looked like.
"We're standing just where he stood", to me, was always a reference to someplace Charlie Parker or one of their heroes who influenced them, once stood. Whereas Fagen and Becker, writing the tune, had once been in the audience worshiping and in awe of older jazz and rock gods, now THEY are the rock gods being worshiped and viewed with awe by hundreds of thousands.
Becker, to Fagen: "Man. Awesome, can you believe it? And now it's us!" Fagen, to Becker: "Right on. (Grin) Pass the dutchie."
Just kind of a smug, leaned-back "ain't life awesome?" realizing that they are now living the dream, enjoying the life of rock gods.
If you're looking for Steely Dan Nazi references, listen no further than "Western World": THAT is where they are.
@heatherfer you’re forgetting that. Fagan and Becker were sick fucks too. Fagan was born to Jewish parents so I doubt there is any glorification. Just using the ills of the real world as song motivation, and even to remind people there we still plenty of those people left. This was only 3 years after the Munich olympics
@heatherfer you’re forgetting that. Fagan and Becker were sick fucks too. Fagan was born to Jewish parents so I doubt there is any glorification. Just using the ills of the real world as song motivation, and even to remind people there we still plenty of those people left. This was only 3 years after the Munich olympics