Re: HH: Re: New Album from Steely Dan (NNC)

From: RG959@aol.com
Subject: Re: HH: Re: New Album from Steely Dan (NNC)
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 17:51:00 EST

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In a message dated 1/19/2000 12:23:10 PM Central Standard Time, 
jimecoja@hotmail.com writes:

<< Wesman wrote:

 >11 Tracks of Whack is basically interesting to me, but unfortunately it 
 >doesn't stand up to either of Donald's solo works (Nightfly, which is 
 >brilliant, and Kamakiriad)...

 Really?  I thought "The Nightfly" was SD lite and I've never been able to 
 get completely behind "Kamakiriad" except for a couple of the tunes.

 "11 Tracks of Whack" on the other hand was, to me, the true solo successor 
 to SD.  I kind of fell into the Mick & Keith trap with SD, assuming that the 
 front guy was the life force behind the band when really (again, in my 
 opinion) it was Becker all along.  "11 Tracks" has it all:  twisted, 
 sardonic, non-user-friendly lyrics and plot lines; astounding guitar work; 
 thoughtful but quirky arrangements; angular banjos...; and Donald Fagan!  So 
 maybe it's closer to a SD album as was "Kamakiriad," but I still like "11 
 Tracks" better.

 "My English is more better now, but my hat is still too flat."

 Jim >>

Totally agree with you James. You could not have said it better. SD lite. In 
fact as SD's later albums went more and more this way, I liked them less and 
less.

RG

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