| Steely Dan – Kid Charlemagne Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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from wiki..... Although the lyrics are, at first glance, typically oblique and allusive, writers Walter Becker and Donald Fagen have stated that it was loosely inspired by the exploits of the infamous 1960s San Francisco-based LSD chemist Owsley Stanley[1] — although it conflates the core story with numerous other images of the Sixties. This is evident in the following lines: On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene But yours was kitchen clean Everyone stopped to stare at your Technicolor motor home The first two lines draw on the fact that Owsley's acid was famed for its purity, although the last line is clearly a reference to the famous psychedelic bus named Furthur, which was used by the Merry Pranksters. The final verse foreshadows the main reason for Owsley's eventual bust: Clean this mess up else we'll all end up in jail Those test tubes and the scale Just get them all out of here Is there gas in the car? Yes, there's gas in the car I think the people down the hall know who you are Owsley and another person were arrested after their car ran out of gas. The song features a famous guitar solo by guitarist Larry Carlton. Owsley Stanley (b. Augustus Owsley Stanley III, January 19, 1935, also known as Owsley or Bear) was an "underground" LSD chemist, the first to produce large quantities of pure LSD. His total production is estimated at around half a kilogram of LSD, or roughly 5 million 100-microgram "trips" of normal potency, although accounts vary widely. The widespread and low-cost (often given away free) availability of high-quality Owsley LSD in the San Franciso area in the mid-1960s may well have been indispensable for the emergence of the "hippie" movement in the Haight-Ashbury area, which the historian of that movement Charles Perry has described as "one big LSD party" and which has had continuing repercussions to this day in American society in terms of increasing tolerance for alternative perspectives and lifestyles. He was also an accomplished sound engineer, and the longtime soundman for seminal psychedelic rock band The Grateful Dead; the band's well-known "dancing bear" icon derives from his nickname, as he frequently printed the image on blotter sheets of LSD distributed at Grateful Dead concerts.[citation needed] He designed the massive "Wall of Sound" electrical amplification system used by the Grateful Dead in their live shows, at the time a highly innovative feat of engineering[1], and was involved with the creation of high-end musical instrument maker |
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| Steely Dan – My Old School Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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from wiki.... In its March 24, 2006 edition, Entertainment Weekly details a return trip to Bard College by Donald Fagen, in which he describes a raid by sheriff's deputies.[1] Fagen, his girlfriend, Steely Dan bandmate Walter Becker, and some 50 other students were arrested. Charges were dropped, but the harassment was the origin of the grudge alluded to in "My Old School". Fagen was reportedly so upset with the school being complicit with the arrests that he refused to attend graduation. The same article speculates that a Bard professor's wife, Rikki Ducornet, was the inspiration for "Rikki Don't Lose That Number". Because of the reference to (the College of) William & Mary in the lyrics, although the song is about Bard College, "My Old School" has long been a favorite of W&M students and alumni. |
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| Steely Dan – Dr Wu Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Any correlation to this movie??? Dr. Wu (played by Peter Brocco) is a fictional mad scientist in the movie Our Man Flint. He, along with cohorts Dr. Schneider and Dr. Krupov, is the head of Galaxy a large criminal organization bent on world domination through mind and weather control. Despite having a Russian/Caucasian appearance, his actions and demeanor are decidedly Chinese. Doctor Wu is the subject of a Steely Dan song from their 1975 album Katy Lied. |
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| Steely Dan – Deacon Blues Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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from Wiki........ The song "Deacon Blues" is often played as a fight song by the marching band at University of Alabama football games. The song contains the lines: They've got a name for the winners in the world I want a name when I lose They call Alabama the Crimson Tide Call me Deacon Blues[1] However, those lines were written more in contempt than praise. According to urban legend, the song was written about the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons, but in a Rolling Stone interview, Donald Fagen said "Walter and I had been working on that song at a house in Malibu. I played him that line, and he said, "You mean it's like, 'They call these cracker assholes this grandiose name like the Crimson Tide, and I'm this loser, so they call me this other grandiose name, Deacon Blues?' " And I said, "Yeah!" He said, "Cool! Let's finish it!" |
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