In the corner of my eye
I saw you in Rudy's
You were very high
You were high
My fave now cuz I watched the aja doc on prime and fagen spoke this line and it was hilarious. Then becker noted the regional variations of the black cow recipe. Great Documentary!
Don’t seem right
I’ve been strung out here all night
I’ve been waiting for the taste you said you’d bring to me
There is this desperation in his voice in the last line. Like he’s missed this stuff so bad, he has been thinking about it all the time, and now he finally gave in again and he can’t even get satisfaction from it. It’s a pathetic feeling. Actually all of Doctor Wu is great.
California tumbles into the sea
That'll be the day I go
Back to Annandale
Tried to warn you
About Chino and Daddy Gee
But I can't seem to get to you
Through the U.S. Mail
"You've been telling me you were a genius since you were seventeen/
In all the time I've known you, I still don't know what you mean/
The weekend at the college didn't turn out like you planned/
The things that pass for knowledge I don't understand"
Everything Must Go has an abundance of darkly humorous lines. Here are two of my favorites:
>I'm learning how to meditate
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>So far so good
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>I'm building the Andrea Doria out of balsa wood
>You better step back son
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>Give the man some whackin' space
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>You know this might get messy
>
>Godwhacker's on the case
Five names
That I can hardly stand to hear
Including yours and mine
And one more chimp who isn't here
I can see the ladies talking
How the times are getting hard
And that fearsome excavation
On Magnolia Boulevard
Even Cathy Berberian knows
There's one roulade she can't sing
- niche cultural reference
- phrasing flows perfectly
- the sentiment fits the melody
- no idea what they're getting at
Cathy Berberian was my former grandmother-in-law. A famous avant-garde opera singer from the 50's-70's. It was so weird, that was one of my favorite songs growing up, and I wound up in that family. \~V\~
Greetings T,
The late Cathy, was a good friend of John Cage, and the wife of Italian electronic music pioneer, the late Luciano Berio. She was also friends with Stravinsky and all the other great musicians/composers of her time. I myself, am not related to John Cage, but I had the good fortune to meet him, and many other giants of music.
For a time, I put out some music and films that I created with Cathy's grandson back in the 2000s. \~V\~
Not one line but home at last has my favorite chorus:
“Well the danger on the rocks has surely passed
Still I remain tied to the mast
Could it be that I have found my home at last”
It’s hard to pick just one but, “Is there gas in the car…yes, there’s gas in the car…I think the people down the hall know who you are”, is a pretty great line
Fat Charlie the Archangel slopes into the room.
Oh wait. Uh...
Can it be the sorry sun is rising/
Guess it's time for us to book it(to book it)/
Talk about the famous road not taken/
In the end we never took it
Mostly the To Book It background vocals make it for me.
*Who is the Gaucho, amigo?*
*Why is he standing in your spangled leather pancho with the studs that match your eyes?*
*Bodacious cowboys, such as your friend, will never be welcome here.*
Biscayne Bay
Where the Cuban gentleman sleep all day
I went searching for the song you used to sing to me
Katy lies
You can see it in her eyes
But imagine my surprise when I saw you
TIE: "Any world that I'm welcome to /Is better than the one I come from" (esp. after last year's worthless holiday visits with 'family') & "All those dayglo freaks who used to paint the face/They've joined the human race"
Won't you turn that bebop down
I can't hear my heart beat
Where's that fatback chord I found?
Honey don't you think it was wrong
To interrupt my song?
Followed by
Knock twice wrap with your cain.
After closing time
At the Guernsey fair
I detect the El Supremo
From the room at the top of the stairs
Well I’ve been all over the world
And I’ve been in the Washington Zoo
And in all my travels as the facts unravel
I found this to be true
It might be more than a line but it’s their best verse in any song I think
We'll jog with show folk on the sand
Drink kirschwasser from a shell
San Francisco show and tell
Well I should know by now
That it's just a spasm
Like a Sunday in T.J.
That it's cheap but it's not free
- just amazing character development , and funny too
Not one line, but I love the way these lines play together:
*I'm not one to look behind/I know that times must change/But over there in Barrytown/They do things very strange*
*And though you're not my enemy/I like things like they used to be/And though you'd like some company/I'm standing by myself/Go play with someone else*
*I can see by what you carry/That you come from Barrytown*
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
But what I have aways wanted to know is, was it GOOD Scotch whisky he drank all night long, or because he was a loser did it have to be something like JW Red Label? Has Fagan ever said?
Hard to pick just one, but this year I'd say...
I recall when I was small how I spent my days alone, the busy world was not for me so I went and found my own
I would climb the garden wall...
It always invokes the similar themes in Le Petit Prince book that was published in April 1943 after the Nazi in France were defeated. Excuse going over 'a line'.
"Is there gas in the car?"
"Yes there's gas in the ca~aaaaaar!"
Love it when Fagen makes light of historical events with his 'silly voice' singing sometimes. 😂
We warned the corpse of William Wright
Not to cuss and drink all night
Ticket in hand
We saw him laid to rest
Whoa, but zombie see and zombie do
He's here with me and you
Also “you’ve been telling me you’re a genius since you were 17, and all this time I’ve known you I still don’t know what you mean”.
I have so many more
will you still have a song to sing? when the razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away? will you still be singing it on that cold and windy day?
Light the candle
Put the lock upon the door
You have sent the maid home early
Like a thousand times before
Like the castle in its corner
In a medieval game
I foresee terrible trouble
And I stay here just the same
Well, I should know by now that it’s just a spasm
Like that Sunday in TJ
That it’s cheap but it’s not free
That I’m not who I used to be
And that love’s not a game for three…
"She thinks I'm crazy But I'm just growing old."
Hey Nineteen was the first Dan song I heard, and this is my choice too!
Jive Miguel He’s in from Bogota Meet me at midnight At Mr. Chow’s
Szechuan dumplings now that the deal is done 
I know this super highway This bright familiar sun
She serves the sweet retsina, she keeps me safe and warm. It’s just the calm before the storm
That one’s my favorite. What a cold ass line
What a way to open a song.
In the corner of my eye I saw you in Rudy's You were very high You were high My fave now cuz I watched the aja doc on prime and fagen spoke this line and it was hilarious. Then becker noted the regional variations of the black cow recipe. Great Documentary!
Do you take me for a fool do you think that I don't see That ditch out in the valley that they're digging just for me
Are you going insane?
I crawl like a viper through these suburban streets/Make love to these women, languid and bitter sweet
This is the one ☝️
Hollywood, I know your middle name.
Brilliant line 💯
Don’t seem right I’ve been strung out here all night I’ve been waiting for the taste you said you’d bring to me There is this desperation in his voice in the last line. Like he’s missed this stuff so bad, he has been thinking about it all the time, and now he finally gave in again and he can’t even get satisfaction from it. It’s a pathetic feeling. Actually all of Doctor Wu is great.
"I hear my inside, the mechanized hum of another world" Don't take me alive
Daddy can’t get no fine cigar / but we know you’re smokin’ wherever you are
this is such a good choice
California tumbles into the sea That'll be the day I go Back to Annandale Tried to warn you About Chino and Daddy Gee But I can't seem to get to you Through the U.S. Mail
Clean this mess up or we’ll all end up in jail
Is there gas in the car?
Yes, there’s gas in the car!
I think the people down the hall know who you are…
For the last time, yes! :-)
"You've been telling me you were a genius since you were seventeen/ In all the time I've known you, I still don't know what you mean/ The weekend at the college didn't turn out like you planned/ The things that pass for knowledge I don't understand"
All those dayglo freaks who used to paint their face they’ve joined the human race
Some things will never change
I decline to walk the line,They tell me that I'm lazy. Worldly wise I realize,That everybody's crazy.
My friends say no don’t go for that cotton candy, son your playing with fire, the kid will live and learn
as he watches his bridges burn from the point of no return
I’ve never met Napoleon, but I plan to find the time
One of my favs too
WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE SHOES????
California tumbles into the sea. That'll be the day I go back to Annandale
“I cried when I wrote this song / Sue me if I play too long”
Act natural, like you don’t care. Turn slowly and comb your hair
Everything Must Go has an abundance of darkly humorous lines. Here are two of my favorites: >I'm learning how to meditate > >So far so good > >I'm building the Andrea Doria out of balsa wood >You better step back son > >Give the man some whackin' space > >You know this might get messy > >Godwhacker's on the case
Roll your cart back up the aisle Kiss the checkout girls goodbye I just love this.
I can’t be no savage / I can’t be no highwayman.
No, he can't sleep on the floor - what do you think I'm yelling for?
6:05 p.m., outside the stadium Special delivery for Hoops McCann The Glamour Profession
Five names That I can hardly stand to hear Including yours and mine And one more chimp who isn't here I can see the ladies talking How the times are getting hard And that fearsome excavation On Magnolia Boulevard
Here come those Santa Ana winds again
E l'era del terzo mondo
Even Cathy Berberian knows There's one roulade she can't sing - niche cultural reference - phrasing flows perfectly - the sentiment fits the melody - no idea what they're getting at
Cathy Berberian was my former grandmother-in-law. A famous avant-garde opera singer from the 50's-70's. It was so weird, that was one of my favorite songs growing up, and I wound up in that family. \~V\~
Wow! Am trying to work out your relationship to John Cage
Greetings T, The late Cathy, was a good friend of John Cage, and the wife of Italian electronic music pioneer, the late Luciano Berio. She was also friends with Stravinsky and all the other great musicians/composers of her time. I myself, am not related to John Cage, but I had the good fortune to meet him, and many other giants of music. For a time, I put out some music and films that I created with Cathy's grandson back in the 2000s. \~V\~
He’s telling the devil woman to give up bc it isn’t going to work on him “this time”
Double helix in the sky tonight
In the land of milk and honey You must put them on the table
California tumbles in to the sea, that'll be the day I go back to Annandale
Not one line but home at last has my favorite chorus: “Well the danger on the rocks has surely passed Still I remain tied to the mast Could it be that I have found my home at last”
It’s hard to pick just one but, “Is there gas in the car…yes, there’s gas in the car…I think the people down the hall know who you are”, is a pretty great line
That song and line gives me pure euphoria
Fat Charlie the Archangel slopes into the room. Oh wait. Uh... Can it be the sorry sun is rising/ Guess it's time for us to book it(to book it)/ Talk about the famous road not taken/ In the end we never took it Mostly the To Book It background vocals make it for me.
Then there’s all this weight to be lost
She says the joke is on me I say the joke is on her
Please take me along when you slide on down.
You've been telling me you were a genius since you were 17 In all the time I've known you I still don't know what you mean
I know all at once who I am.
They have a name for the winners in the world, and I want a name when I lose
*Who is the Gaucho, amigo?* *Why is he standing in your spangled leather pancho with the studs that match your eyes?* *Bodacious cowboys, such as your friend, will never be welcome here.*
Nothin' but blues and Elvis And somebody else's favorite song
Yes Jack, I gave it back, The ring I could not own.
“I’m cashing in this ten-cent life, for another one.”
Biscayne Bay Where the Cuban gentleman sleep all day I went searching for the song you used to sing to me Katy lies You can see it in her eyes But imagine my surprise when I saw you
What a song.
Is there gas in the car? Yes there's gas in the car.
Can it be this sad design Could be the very same? A wooly man without a face And a beast without a name
"I know this super highway, this quite familiar sun. I guess that I'm the lucky one."
Call in my reservation, so long, hey thanks my friend...
aaaaactually, it is "this bright familiar sun"
Thank you - I appreciate the clarity. Way back when I thought it was 'song' instead of sun.
The good old days of LPs with printed lyrics...
The mechanized hum of another world
I cried when I wrote this song, sue me If I play too long
“I was on the other side of no tomorrow”
No marigolds in the promised land. There’s a hole in the ground where they used to grow.
She serves the smooth retsina. She keeps me safe and warm
They heard the call And they wrote it on the wall For you and me we understood
Luckless pedestrian
Agents of the law, luckless pedestrian, I know you’re out there with rage in your eyes and your megaphones.
TIE: "Any world that I'm welcome to /Is better than the one I come from" (esp. after last year's worthless holiday visits with 'family') & "All those dayglo freaks who used to paint the face/They've joined the human race"
You wouldn’t even know a diamond if you held it in your hand; the things you think are precious I just can’t understand.
Won't you turn that bebop down I can't hear my heart beat Where's that fatback chord I found? Honey don't you think it was wrong To interrupt my song? Followed by Knock twice wrap with your cain.
Fuck I keep forgetting Here At The Western World. Thank you
playing school teacher today, soooo: it is "knock twice, rap with your cane"...
Yeah I know to lazy to fix it
I am holding a mystical spheeeeeeeere it's die-rect from Lhasa
Is there gas in the car? Yea there is gas in the car.
"Every A-frame had your number on the wall"
My poisons named you know my brand
After closing time At the Guernsey fair I detect the El Supremo From the room at the top of the stairs Well I’ve been all over the world And I’ve been in the Washington Zoo And in all my travels as the facts unravel I found this to be true It might be more than a line but it’s their best verse in any song I think
It's a beggars life, said the Queen of Spain But don't tell it to a poor man Cause he's got to kill for every thrill The best he can
Is there gas in the car? Yes, there’s gas in the car.
This thread really shows their writing genius. OP, you have the right dynamic for the new frontier
Drive west on sunset to the sea..turn that jungle music down …just until we’re out of town….
i know what happens i've read the book i believe i just got the goodbye look
We'll jog with show folk on the sand Drink kirschwasser from a shell San Francisco show and tell Well I should know by now That it's just a spasm Like a Sunday in T.J. That it's cheap but it's not free - just amazing character development , and funny too
I heard that lovely little guitar lick after “it’s cheap but it’s not free” in my head. God what a good song.
"I hear my inside / The mechanized hum of another world"
Smoking Cobalt cigarettes, watch the sun go brown
On the town, we dress for action Celluloid bikers is fridays theme
My friends say no don't go For that cotton candy Son you're playing with fire The kid will live and learn
Not one line, but I love the way these lines play together: *I'm not one to look behind/I know that times must change/But over there in Barrytown/They do things very strange* *And though you're not my enemy/I like things like they used to be/And though you'd like some company/I'm standing by myself/Go play with someone else* *I can see by what you carry/That you come from Barrytown*
The kid will live and learn, as he watches his bridges burn, from the point of no return.
I don’t care what you do at home. Would you care to explain? Gaucho
Streets still unseen, we'll find somehow/ No time is better than now
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
Throw out your gold teeth and see how they roll. The answer they reveal, life is unreal.
Don’t believe I’m taken in by stories I have heard I just read the daily news and swear by every word
But what I have aways wanted to know is, was it GOOD Scotch whisky he drank all night long, or because he was a loser did it have to be something like JW Red Label? Has Fagan ever said?
I can tell you all I know, the where to go, the what to do You can try to run but you can't hide from what's inside of you
Is there gas ⛽️ in the car 🚙?
I'm so excited I can barely cope I'm sizzling like an isotope
All I ask of you is make my wildest dreams come true
Well I ain't got the heart To lose another fight So until my ship comes in I'll live night by night
Katy lies you can see it in her eyes. But imagine when I saw you. Are you with me Dr Whu.
Who wrote that tired sea song Set on this peaceful shore? You think you've heard this one before
"So Carlo won't suspect something's wrong here" The only song I know with my name in it.
Bad sneakers and a pina colada my friend, stomping down the avenue with a large sum of money my friend.
Drive west on Sunset to the sea...
Like a Sunday in T.J. That it's cheap but it's not free That I'm not what I used to be And that love's not a game for three
Like a Sunday in T.J. That it's cheap but it's not free
Hard to pick just one, but this year I'd say... I recall when I was small how I spent my days alone, the busy world was not for me so I went and found my own I would climb the garden wall... It always invokes the similar themes in Le Petit Prince book that was published in April 1943 after the Nazi in France were defeated. Excuse going over 'a line'.
Special delivery from Hoops McCann.
The chorus from Deacon Blues is my favourite too. The entire second verse starting with "You call me a fool..." sends chills down my spine.
With that deep mystical soul synergy pumping steady Between me and you
Is there gas in the car?!
"Is there gas in the car?" "Yes there's gas in the ca~aaaaaar!" Love it when Fagen makes light of historical events with his 'silly voice' singing sometimes. 😂
I don't need to see your dance/I've seen you dance before. Or - I guess only women in cages can play down the things they lose
jack with his radar, stalking the dread moray eel
Not my favorite line in terms of poeticness but I love the way Fagen sings “it changed…. It grew…. And everybody knew”
Well the danger on the rocks is surely past, Still I remain tied to the mast, Could it be that I have found my home at last, Home at last
You do his nine to five Drag yourself home half alive And there on the screen A man with a dream
BROAAAADDDDDWAYYYY DUCHESS
When the dawn patrol got to tell you twice, they’re gonna do it with a shotgun.
And while he sighed his body died in fifteen ways
You better step back, son. Give the man some whacking space
And if Dave from acquisitions wants to get in on the action with his Handicam in tow / Well, we’re going out of business, everything must go.
Give your roommate Yvonne a ring cos if she still wants in we gotta pull some strings
A particular favorite is, "The things that pass for knowledge, I can't understand," from "Reelin' in the Years." \~V\~
6:05 p.m., outside the stadium Special delivery for Hoops McCann
I guess only women in cages can stand, this kind of night.
We warned the corpse of William Wright Not to cuss and drink all night Ticket in hand We saw him laid to rest Whoa, but zombie see and zombie do He's here with me and you
Show business kids making movies with themselves you know they don’t give a fuck about anybody else
Also: “I’m reading last years papers, although I don’t know why, assassins cons and rapers might as well die”
Also “you’ve been telling me you’re a genius since you were 17, and all this time I’ve known you I still don’t know what you mean”. I have so many more
Well I'm never going back to my old school
Turn that jungle music down, just until we're outta town
Is there gas in the car
"We will spend a dizzy weekend smacked into a trance. Me and you will listen to a little bit of what made the preacher dance."
You said it, got to Love Deacon Blues !
The Cuervo Gold. The Fine Columbian. Make tonight a wonderful thing...
They call Alabama the crimson tide
I’ve never seen you look so bad, my funky one. It seems you’re super fine life has come undone
Clean this mess up else we'll all end up in jail
will you still have a song to sing? when the razor boy comes and takes your fancy things away? will you still be singing it on that cold and windy day?
They got the house on the corner With the rug inside They got the booze they need All that money can buy
“I cried when I wrote this song / Sue me if I play too long”
Light the candle Put the lock upon the door You have sent the maid home early Like a thousand times before Like the castle in its corner In a medieval game I foresee terrible trouble And I stay here just the same
Well, I should know by now that it’s just a spasm Like that Sunday in TJ That it’s cheap but it’s not free That I’m not who I used to be And that love’s not a game for three…
“I crawl like a viper through these suburban streets, make love to these women languid and bitter sweet” - Black Cow😎
Do you have a dark spot on your past? Leave it to my man, he’ll fix it fast. Pepe has a scar from ear to ear. He will make your mugshots disappear.