03-24-2022, 12:43 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-24-2022, 12:45 AM by FlyingClayDisk.)
IMO, Kid Charlemagne is one of Steely Dan's best songs, I love that song!! It never gets old! Despite the subject matter, a culture I wasn't really into, the song itself is just awesome. I always loved the way Steely Dan arranged things. I was really big into music back in the late 70's, and through the 80's.
A bit of music trivia: Did you know that Steely Dan (to the best of my knowledge, unless it's been lately) has never put on a major concert show? They've played many small venues, but anything over a couple thousand people is about the biggest they've ever done. Fagen was very self conscious of his looks and body language, and this is a large part of the reason.
I can't even begin to imagine what the draw would have been if they would have shown up at venues such as the US Festival back in their heighdays! (I was there, BTW).
Fantastic band! And most of their songs are very, how could I say it..."intelligent" (for lack of a better term). They frequently used very complex arrangements, often played in weird time signatures changing up regularly, and Fagen was notorious for being a perfectionist (almost to fault) in the recording studio. Very interesting history.
A bit of music trivia: Did you know that Steely Dan (to the best of my knowledge, unless it's been lately) has never put on a major concert show? They've played many small venues, but anything over a couple thousand people is about the biggest they've ever done. Fagen was very self conscious of his looks and body language, and this is a large part of the reason.
I can't even begin to imagine what the draw would have been if they would have shown up at venues such as the US Festival back in their heighdays! (I was there, BTW).
Fantastic band! And most of their songs are very, how could I say it..."intelligent" (for lack of a better term). They frequently used very complex arrangements, often played in weird time signatures changing up regularly, and Fagen was notorious for being a perfectionist (almost to fault) in the recording studio. Very interesting history.