On Friday, March 11, 2022 at 7:46:53 PM UTC-5, geoff wrote:
On 12/03/2022 1:02 am, Norbert K wrote:
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/song-steely-dan-wrote-mock-john-lennon/
SD wrote and recorded some amazing music, but were always incredible
musical snobs, and had their heads firmly wedged up their own (and each others') arses.
geoff
I don't know about that. Becker & Fagen were both very funny and self-deprecating. Fagen appeared on Paul Shaffer's channel a few years back, running his keyboard through an MXR Phase 90 as always, and came across as surprisingly humble. They demanded
high standards from their players, of course, and the results speak for themselves.
In this particular case ("Only a Fool Would Say That") they were mocking Lennon's utopian vision in "Imagine." I'm cool with the mockery. We all know Lennon himself didn't aspire to any such dream.
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