Steely Dan - a ballot poll

Bee OK · **Posted:** Thu Mar 27, 2014 1:04 am

Hello Obner, I will tell you why I'm here. I went out with some high school friends and because of the reminiscing this board has poped into my head. This may or may not be a good idea but why not and because I'm a little drunk (wild week as my boss quit on me yesterday):

Ballot part one (mandatory): Your Top 20 Steely Dan tracks (Top 20 or less). Please order your list with your #1 at the top and #20 at the bottom, no need to number them. Scoring will be as follows: 1:40, 2:36, 3:33, 4:30, 5:28, 6:26, 7:25, 8:24, 9:23, 10:22, 11:21, 12:20, 13:19, 14:18, 15:17, 16:16, 17:15, 18:14, 19:13, 20:12

Ballot part two (optional): Your Top 10 Steely Dan and/or Solo albums (Top 10 or less). If you only want to rank the first seven Steely Dan then that is fine or you can rank The Nightfly above the whole lot.

Send ballots to steelydanpoll AT gmail dot com. Please include your Obner user name (and/or older name if it changed please).

Deadline for voting will be Sunday Midnight Pacific on March 30, 2014. Live rollout will start after work on April 2, with the Top songs roll out starting the 3rd standard business times and should end Friday night.

yes, I created that gmail account and yes this is REAL.

shiv · **Posted:** Thu Mar 27, 2014 4:26 am

I don't even think I could name one Steely Dan song.

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

It's only Bob and I that are fans of the Dan as far as I remember.

I might actually do this for a half hour break from staring into the existentialist void.

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

I'm not sending any fucking e-mails.

TRACKS

1. Babylon Sisters
2. Third World Man
3. Show Biz Kids
4. Kid Charlemagne
5. Do It Again
6. Black Friday
7. Gaslighting Abbie
8. Things I Miss The Most
9. Bodhisattva
10. The Fez
11. Green Earrings
12. Two Against Nature
13. Haitian Divorce
14. Monkey In Your Soul
15. Deacon Blues
16. Almost Gothic
17. Peg
18. Black Cow
19. Jack of Speed
20. My Old School

ALBUMS

1. Gaucho
2. Countdown to Ecstacy
3. Two Against Nature
4. The Royal Scam
5. Katy Lied
6. Aja
7. Everything Must Go
8. Pretzel Logic
9. Can't Buy A Thrill

I'm not rating Fagan/Becker albums cos they are Fagan/Becker albums not Steely Dan albums.

OK, back to mind bending levels of fear, confusion, hopelessness.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:52 am

Don't know them quite well-enough to give you an extensive list. But I can certainly give you my #1 song:
"Peg"

No doubt there.

Sex, Drugs, and Dave · **Posted:** Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:36 am

my vote is for steely dan songs to never be played in my place of business ever again.

hey look · **Posted:** Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:55 am

i love steely dan but i dont think im gonna participate

wilked · **Posted:** Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:21 pm

contradiction Wrote:

i love steely dan but i dont think im gonna participate

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

I'm in. Love the Dan. F4DF got me into them hardcore.

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

My list is unapologetically hit heavy. A lot of tough decisions. A lot of really good songs ended up 21-28. Sent to the gmail.

discostu · **Posted:** Thu Mar 27, 2014 3:04 pm

Only a casual fan, so I wouldn't know where to begin really.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Thu Mar 27, 2014 3:37 pm

contradiction Wrote:

i love steely dan but i dont think im gonna participate

Yeah I could maybe do a Top 10 songs, at best. And I could rank their albums up through Gaucho.

Kinda silly that this exercise presumes superfan obsessiveness. Make it accessible to casual fans, and you might get some participation.

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

I dunno. 20 seemed pretty easy to me. Granted, I'm pretty familiar with their pre-81 catalog, but Steely Dan has at least 10 bona fide top 40 hits, and a bunch of other well known songs that charted.

FT · **Posted:** Thu Mar 27, 2014 5:26 pm

This was SO hastily put together and ill-considered on my part, but here goes...

TRACKS
1. Don't Take Me Alive
2. Time Out of Mind
3. Show Biz Kids
4. Everything You Did
5. Pretzel Logic
6. The Fez
7. Black Cow
8. Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More
9. Dirty Work
10. Home at Last
11. Night by Night
12. Haitian Divorce
13. My Old School
14. Midnite Cruiser
15. Bodhisattva
16. Reelin' in the Years
17. Sign in Stranger
18. Doctor Wu
19. Hey Nineteen
20. Black Friday

ALBUMS
1. The Royal Scam
2. Aja
3. Katy Lied
4. Can't Buy a Thrill
5. Countdown to Ecstasy
6. Gaucho
7. Pretzel Logic
8. Two Against Nature
9. Everything Must Go

(If I included The Nightfly, I'd probably rank it between Gaucho and Pretzel Logic.)

FT · **Posted:** Thu Mar 27, 2014 5:32 pm

oops - just noticed the request was for top 20 tracks, so I'd better go edit my previous post...

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Thu Mar 27, 2014 5:36 pm

I only know what Top 40 Radio has bombarded me with for 38 years

FT · **Posted:** Thu Mar 27, 2014 5:43 pm

Evil Dr. K Wrote:

I'm not sending any fucking e-mails.

TRACKS

1. Babylon Sisters
2. Third World Man
3. Show Biz Kids
4. Kid Charlemagne
5. Do It Again
6. Black Friday
7. Gaslighting Abbie
8. Things I Miss The Most
9. Bodhisattva
10. The Fez
11. Green Earrings
12. Two Against Nature
13. Haitian Divorce
14. Monkey In Your Soul
15. Deacon Blues
16. Almost Gothic
17. Peg
18. Black Cow
19. Jack of Speed
20. My Old School

ALBUMS

1. Gaucho
2. Countdown to Ecstacy
3. Two Against Nature
4. The Royal Scam
5. Katy Lied
6. Aja
7. Everything Must Go
8. Pretzel Logic
9. Can't Buy A Thrill

I'm not rating Fagan/Becker albums cos they are Fagan/Becker albums not Steely Dan albums.

OK, back to mind bending levels of fear, confusion, hopelessness.

The fact that we only have 7 of 20 songs in common (see below), and our albums rankings are almost diametrically opposed speaks to the pure brilliance of The Dan, in my opinion. There really is something for everyone.

Show Biz Kids
The Fez
Black Cow
Haitian Divorce
My Old School
Bodhisattva
Black Friday

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

How could I forget about Doctor Wu

I have no excuse

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

Wait, I do. The drugs and the women

Bee OK · **Posted:** Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:48 pm

can't believe i actually did this last night, well i can't take it back now and was pretty drunk (it has been a crazy week). so i opened the polling for a few days so you can mull over your order.

to paraphrase and no offense to people who don't like this band: if you are under 21 and into Steely Dan then you have no balls. if you are over 30 and don't love Steely Dan then you have no brain. that pretty much sums it up for me. when i was posting on this board, back in the day, i knew of them but didn't know them. i used BMG Music Club to buy all their albums. now days i think they are about the best thing ever. The Cure will always be my all-time favorite band as that is embedded into my fiber. Dan has so many five-star songs that it's sort of ridiculous. anyways, major fan and thus one of the reason why i picked them.

i will send out confirmation emails to people who do send in ballots. will count the lists in this thread but email is preferred, mainly so people are kept in the dark.

Quote:

Drive west on Sunset
To the sea
Turn that jungle music down
Just until we're out of town
This is no one night stand
It's a real occasion
Close your eyes and you'll be there
It's everything they say
The end of a perfect day
Distant lights from across the bay

Bee OK · **Posted:** Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:04 pm

you only have a few hours left to vote, this is how my ballot looks:

Can’t Buy a Trill - 1
Countdown to Ecstasy -4
Pretzel Logic -3
Katy Lied - 2
The Royal Scam -1
Aja -4
Gaucho - 4
Other - 1

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Sun Mar 30, 2014 10:56 pm

I dig the Dan...seen 'em live a bunch of times.

1. My Old School
2. Bad Sneakers
3. Deacon Blues
4. The Fez
5. Bodhisattva
6. Cousin Dupree
7. The Caves of Altamira
8. Showbiz Kids
9. Any Major Dude Will Tell You
10. Hey 19
11. The Boston Rag
12. Black Friday
13. Green Earrings
14. Barrytown
15. Kid Charlemagne
16. Dr. Wu
17. Black Cow
18. Peg
19. Pretzel Logic
20. Haitian Divorce

Albums:
1. The Royal Scam
2. Pretzel Logic
3. Aja
4. The Nightfly
5.Katy Lied
6. Gaucho
7. Two Against Nature
8. Countdown to Ecstasy
9. Can't Buy a Thrill
10. 11 Tracks of Whack

Bee OK · **Posted:** Thu Apr 03, 2014 5:54 pm

I got an astonishing, jaw dropping 77 ballots for this thing. Obner/Facebook/lurker vote is where you came in.

Steely Dan is such an amazing band that I wanted to share this with you. So even if you only care a bit for them or love them I think, as F T said, there is something for everybody. Who knows maybe you will be a fan after this.

I had some other subpolls going on but you can scroll to the end for the live updates.

Polled At Last: STEELY DAN - Artist poll #50

wilked · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2014 2:47 pm

NEW TOUR OMGGGGGG

Quote:

July

2 - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, Ore.
3 - Les Schwab Amphitheatre, Bend, Ore.
5-6 - Marymoor Park, Redmond, Wash.
8-9 - The Mountain Winery, Saratoga, Calif.
10 - Concord Pavilion, Concord, Calif.
12 - The Forum, Los Angeles, Calif.
13 -Humphreys Concerts by the Bay, San Diego, Calif.
15 - Comerica Theatre, Phoenix, Ariz.
16 - Route 66 Casino Legends Theater, Albuquerque, N.M.
18 - Global Event Center at WinStar World Casino and Resort, Thackerville, Okla.
19 - Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, Mo.
21 - Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, Okla.
23 - Brady Theater, Tulsa, Okla.
24 - Walmart AMP, Rogers, Ark.
26 - UNO Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, La.
27 - Birmingham Jefferson Convention Center, Birmingham, Ala.
29 - Township Auditorium, Columbia, S.C.
31 - Biltmore Estate, Asheville, N.C.

August

1-2 - Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tenn.
4 - War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro, N.C.
6 - Musikfest, Bethlehem, Penn.
8 - Seneca Niagara Events Center, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
9 - City Fest, Erie, Penn.
11 - Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, Penn.
12 - Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, Ohio
13 - Palace Theatre, Columbus, Ohio
15 - Illinois State Fair, Springfield, Ill.
16 - Overture Hall, Madison, Wisc.
17 - Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, Ind.
19 - Fox Cities PAC, Appleton, Wisc.
20 - Kresge Auditorium, Interlochen, Mich.
22 - Colosseum at Caesars Windsor, Windsor, Ont.
23-24 - Sony Centre for Performing Arts, Toronto, Ont.
26 - National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ont.
27 - Théâtre St-Denis, Montreal, Que.
29 - Darling's Waterfront Pavilion, Bangor, Me.
30 - Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook, Gilford, N.H.
31 - Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

September

3-4 - Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, N.J.
6 - Blue Hills Bank Pavilion, Boston, Mass.
7 - Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence, R.I.
9-10 - Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown, N.J.
12 - Caesars Atlantic City, Atlantic City, N.J.
13-14 - Paramount Theatre, Huntington, N.Y.
16 - Toyota Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, Conn.
17 - Pier Six Pavilion, Baltimore, Md.

wilked · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2014 2:48 pm

Also...was hoping for a mixtape to come out of this poll (edit to add, pun unintended)... Any chance Bee?

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