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re: Steely Dan
Posted on 10/10/12 at 4:06 pm to Dandy Lion
Posted on 10/10/12 at 4:06 pm to Dandy Lion
Deacon Blues is a favorite (the Aja album is a masterpiece).
Does anyone know the meaning behind the lyrics for the chorus, especially pertaining to the lyrics in bold:
I'll learn to work the saxophone
I'll play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
And die behind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues
What's with the Bama reference? I've been singing along to that song most of my life and have no idea.....(I suck at interpreting lyrics).
Does anyone know the meaning behind the lyrics for the chorus, especially pertaining to the lyrics in bold:
I'll learn to work the saxophone
I'll play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
And die behind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues
What's with the Bama reference? I've been singing along to that song most of my life and have no idea.....(I suck at interpreting lyrics).
This post was edited on 10/10/12 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 10/10/12 at 4:12 pm to Boondock Saint
The song, while contrasting winning and losing in life, does so by taking as an image the contrast between the perennial powerhouse, Crimson Tide football team, and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. In the five years before the song was written, the Crimson Tide had lost only 8 games total, while Wake Forest had a losing record every season. Group member Donald Fagen said, "Walter (Becker) and I had been working on that song at a house in Malibu. I played him that line, and he said, 'You mean it's like, they call these cracker assholes this grandiose name like the Crimson Tide, and I'm this loser, so they call me this other grandiose name, Deacon Blues?' And I said, 'Yeah!' He said, 'Cool! Let's finish it!'"
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