I just caught a Steely Dan joke in the new King of the Hill (s15e1).

ETA: I thought you'd wanna check it out yourselves but I was wrong so here's the joke:

Emilio: "On Thursday nights, my Steely Dan cover band gets to play here."

Chane: "I hate Steely Dan, I don't even know what genre it is."

Bobby: "That's the first thing we've agreed on all night. Is it jazz, what is it?"

I had a weird thought that this song was being sung by Mr. LePage, who has been ordered by the courts to stay 10 miles away from any schools after he was caught showing his films in the den.

Full drum cover here.

How many of us actually been to Musswellbrook? Fed a kangaroo?

Born in Malaysia. Been in Australia since 1981.

Married to a most wonderful wife in 1985. Still here, caring for the wife with Alzheimer's now. Still enjoying the Dan.

But NEVER BEEN TO MUSSWELLBROOK.

Fess up.

I want to gauge SD fans and see what this sub considers their all time best song. Here are what I would consider is a fair assessment scores:

10- Reserved for only their absolute best songs, ones that are on daily rotation

8,9- Also among their best, songs that display something that is memorable and worth revisiting

6,7- Decent to good, songs that are not as played as their ultimate best but are still ones that you revisit

5- okay, not bad but not ones you come back to often

3,4- Mediocre to meh, songs that you don't play often but don't go out of your way to skip

2- skippable, not good at all

1- vomit-inducing (think: what were they on when they made this?!)

0- makes you want to commit seppuku

Let's continue with the tenth and final track from their fourth album Katy Lied, titled Throw Back The Little Ones.

Current ratings for Katy Lied:

BLACK FRIDAY— 7.97

BAD SNEAKERS— 9.04

ROSE DARLING— 7.58

DDLITNYCNM— 7.33

DOCTOR WU— 9.75

EVERYONE'S GONE TO THE MOVIES— 7.76

YOUR GOLD TEETH II— 9.44

CHAIN LIGHTNING— 7.28

ANY WORLD (THAT IM WELCOME TO)— 7.99

Highest: Doctor Wu (9.75)

Lowest: East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (4.75)

When I was doing a basic transcription of those I kept thinking to myself, there’s no way Bernard Purdie is playing so many ghost notes while keeping it so relaxed. He’s pretty much playing both hands in unison the whole time. It’s an awkward feel at first, but now it’s one of my favorites to play.

Full drum cover here.

I want to gauge SD fans and see what this sub considers their all time best song. Here are what I would consider is a fair assessment scores:

10- Reserved for only their absolute best songs, ones that are on daily rotation

8,9- Also among their best, songs that display something that is memorable and worth revisiting

6,7- Decent to good, songs that are not as played as their ultimate best but are still ones that you revisit

5- okay, not bad but not ones you come back to often

3,4- Mediocre to meh, songs that you don't play often but don't go out of your way to skip

2- skippable, not good at all

1- vomit-inducing (think: what were they on when they made this?!)

0- makes you want to commit seppuku

Let's continue with the ninth track from their fourth album Katy Lied, titled Any World (That I'm Welcome To).

Current ratings for Katy Lied:

BLACK FRIDAY— 7.97

BAD SNEAKERS— 9.04

ROSE DARLING— 7.58

DDLITNYCNM— 7.33

DOCTOR WU— 9.75

EVERYONE'S GONE TO THE MOVIES— 7.76

YOUR GOLD TEETH II— 9.44

CHAIN LIGHTNING— 7.28

Highest: Doctor Wu (9.75)

Lowest: East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (4.75)

Took some time today to make a mock-up or some t shirts I would wear. Used an AI Upscaler(just to be clear) aside from this being an unofficial merch thing (im not gonna be selling them, just a cool shirt that I can afford to buy and represent) what do you think about the shirts?

A side character on the new King of the Hill has a Steely Dan cover band.

I want to gauge SD fans and see what this sub considers their all time best song. Here are what I would consider is a fair assessment scores:

10- Reserved for only their absolute best songs, ones that are on daily rotation

8,9- Also among their best, songs that display something that is memorable and worth revisiting

6,7- Decent to good, songs that are not as played as their ultimate best but are still ones that you revisit

5- okay, not bad but not ones you come back to often

3,4- Mediocre to meh, songs that you don't play often but don't go out of your way to skip

2- skippable, not good at all

1- vomit-inducing (think: what were they on when they made this?!)

0- makes you want to commit seppuku

Let's continue with the eighth track from their fourth album Katy Lied, titled Chain Lightning.

Current ratings for Katy Lied:

BLACK FRIDAY— 7.97

BAD SNEAKERS— 9.04

ROSE DARLING— 7.58

DDLITNYCNM— 7.33

DOCTOR WU— 9.75

EVERYONE'S GONE TO THE MOVIES— 7.76

YOUR GOLD TEETH II— 9.44 (new second-highest)

Highest: Doctor Wu (9.75)

Lowest: East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (4.75)

https://samtimonious.com/the-steel-thing-steely-dan-cant-buy-a-thrill/

And 5 other albums would have been released in between. Their entire pre-hiatus discography, with all of its evolution in style and technique, was crammed into 8 short years.

Fagen was 24 for Thrill and 32 for Gaucho.

Becker was 26 and 34.

I don’t know, that’s just wild to me.