New Donald Fagen Song

[Pete Academy]

Here's a song from the forthcoming Donald Fagen solo album, Sunken Condos, released next month. Nice groove and tasty playing by Freddie Washington, I presume.

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[steve-bbb]

definitely grows on you

[BottomE]

thanks - i'll check it out later :-)

[AntLockyer]

Could quite easily have been an extra track from the Night fly.

[ezbass]

Thanks for the heads up Pete, now playing as I type, nice.

[xilddx]

Heard it last night. It's ok, same old same old really though.

[jaydentaku]

Eeek. Not my cup of tea.

[Coilte]

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1347978754' post='1807554']
It's ok, same old same old really though.
[/quote]

+1.

I felt the same about "Morph the Cat" despite many plays in the hope that it might have grown on me. I kept on getting that "deja vous" feeling.

[yorks5stringer]

I heard the drumming was laid down by one of the trumpet players...

[risingson]

Not so inspiring sounding anymore. One of the reasons I like Steely Dan's older stuff like Aja or The Royal Scam was because whilst it was modern sounding at the time, there were limitations to the amount that they could take things in the studio and I like the sounds of those limitations. Nowadays it's just way too clinical. The song itself is nothing not heard before, the lyrics don't seem up to Fagan's witty usual standards.

[xilddx]

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1347994573' post='1807893']
Not so inspiring sounding anymore. One of the reasons I like Steely Dan's older stuff like Aja or The Royal Scam was because whilst it was modern sounding at the time, there were limitations to the amount that they could take things in the studio and I like the sounds of those limitations. Nowadays it's just way too clinical. The song itself is nothing not heard before, the lyrics don't seem up to Fagan's witty usual standards.
[/quote]
You put that very well, exactly what I thought too. Very clinical.

[Pete Academy]

Be interesting to hear the rest of the album.

[Doddy]

It's ok. The verse kind of reminds me of 'Deacon Blues',but I think that the chorus is a bit weak. I don't think
it stacks up against anything on 'The Nightfly',but then again I don't think he's done much recently that does.

[Pete Academy]

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1347998481' post='1807993']
It's ok. The verse kind of reminds me of 'Deacon Blues',but I think that the chorus is a bit weak. I don't think
it stacks up against anything on 'The Nightfly',but then again I don't think he's done much recently that does.
[/quote]

I would agree with that, Paul. I think every artist peaks and then can't live up to that album.