Comments on: The Greatness Of Becker & Fagen (Steely Dan) https://tonyconniff.com/the-greatness-of-becker-fagen-steely-dan/ Songwriter, Producer, and Coach, based in New York City. Tue, 28 Jan 2020 12:09:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kurt https://tonyconniff.com/the-greatness-of-becker-fagen-steely-dan/#comment-7302 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 12:09:17 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=3449#comment-7302 Hoops McCann is the basketball player in the song. Not the drug dealer. I think the song is told through the eyes of his agent. Nonetheless, great article. Thanks for posting.

]]> By: Hutch https://tonyconniff.com/the-greatness-of-becker-fagen-steely-dan/#comment-7301 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 00:30:24 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=3449#comment-7301 Gaucho is a movie soundtrack looking for a script….

]]> By: Tony Conniff https://tonyconniff.com/the-greatness-of-becker-fagen-steely-dan/#comment-7300 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 18:58:47 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=3449#comment-7300 In reply to Sophia.

Sophia,
Thank you! Very happy to enhance your appreciation of some of the best music of the second half of the 20th Century.
Best wishes,
Tony

]]> By: Sophia https://tonyconniff.com/the-greatness-of-becker-fagen-steely-dan/#comment-7299 Sat, 09 Sep 2017 00:16:57 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=3449#comment-7299 I’ve always liked Steely Dan but didn’t pay attention to why. Reading this was an aha moment. First, the cynical element & second the conversational element (over storytelling). Overall effect of witty late night conversations in some smoky joint, sometimes overheard… set to music. The smoothness laced with too much darkness to go down as easy listening. More like smoothness of a knife.
Thanks again for another thought provoking read.

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