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BLC: Pretenders v. Steely Dan

Johnny Dickshot Apr 19 2006 09:51 AM

‘Day After Day’ replaces ‘Stop Your Sobbing’ Show Me Day After Day Mystery Achievement My City Was Gone Middle of the Road Message of Love Kid Don’t Get Me Wrong Brass in Pocket Back on the Chain Gang All clips except… … ‘Mystery Achievement’

Lundy Apr 19 2006 10:08 AM

Three new entries from Don + Walt for this one: Black Friday Bodhisattva Deacon Blues Hey Nineteen Kid Charlemagne Doctor Wu The Fez Haitian Divorce My Old School Aja [url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002ORE/sr=8-9/qid=1145454983/ref=pd_bbs_9/002-7461076-7272866?%5Fencoding=UTF8]Clips available here[/url]

Edgy DC Apr 19 2006 10:48 AM

Pretenders vs. =darkblue]Steely Dan "Show Me" vs. "Black Friday" "Day After Day" vs. "Bodhisattva" "Mystery Achievement" vs. "Deacon Blues" "My City Was Gone" vs. "Hey Nineteen" "Middle of the Road" vs. "Kid Charlemagne" "Message of Love" vs. "Doctor Wu" "Kid" vs. "The Fez" "Don’t Get Me Wrong" vs. "Haitian Divorce" "Brass in Pocket" vs. "My Old School" "Back on the Chain Gang" vs. "Aja"

RealityChuck Apr 19 2006 11:18 AM

"Show Me" vs. "Black Friday" -- Steely Dan "Day After Day" vs. "Bodhisattva" -- Steely Dan "Mystery Achievement" vs. "Deacon Blues" -- Steely Dan "My City Was Gone" vs. "Hey Nineteen" -- Steely Dan "Middle of the Road" vs. "Kid Charlemagne" -- Steely Dan "Message of Love" vs. "Doctor Wu" -- Steely Dan "Kid" vs. "The Fez" -- Steely Dan "Don’t Get Me Wrong" vs. "Haitian Divorce" -- Steely Dan "Brass in Pocket" vs. "My Old School" -- Stelly Dan "Back on the Chain Gang" vs. "Aja" -- Pretenders The Pretenders live up to their name: Steely Dan 9-1

Rockin' Doc Apr 19 2006 01:14 PM

"Show Me" vs. "Black Friday" - Steely Dan "Day After Day" vs. "Bodhisattva" - Pretenders "Mystery Achievement" vs. "Deacon Blues" - Steely Dan "My City Was Gone" vs. "Hey Nineteen" - Pretenders "Middle of the Road" vs. "Kid Charlemagne" - Pretenders "Message of Love" vs. "Doctor Wu" - Steely Dan "Kid" vs. "The Fez" - Pretenders "Don’t Get Me Wrong" vs. "Haitian Divorce" - Steely Dan "Brass in Pocket" vs. "My Old School" - Steely Dan "Back on the Chain Gang" vs. "Aja" - Pretenders Score tied at 5 All. Could have gone either way, it all depended on the matchups.

metirish Apr 19 2006 01:19 PM

Show Me" vs. "Black Friday" - Steely Dan "Day After Day" vs. "Bodhisattva" - Pretenders "Mystery Achievement" vs. "Deacon Blues" - Pretenders "My City Was Gone" vs. "Hey Nineteen" - Pretenders "Middle of the Road" vs. "Kid Charlemagne" - Pretenders "Message of Love" vs. "Doctor Wu" - Pretenders "Kid" vs. "The Fez" - Pretenders "Don’t Get Me Wrong" vs. "Haitian Divorce" - Pretenders "Brass in Pocket" vs. "My Old School" - Pretenders "Back on the Chain Gang" vs. "Aja" - Pretenders Pretenders 9 Dan 1

Frayed Knot Apr 19 2006 03:34 PM

"Show Me" vs. "Black Friday" -- Pretenders "Day After Day" vs. "Bodhisattva" -- Steely Dan "Mystery Achievement" vs. "Deacon Blues" -- Pretenders "My City Was Gone" vs. "Hey Nineteen" -- Steely Dan "Middle of the Road" vs. "Kid Charlemagne" -- Steely Dan "Message of Love" vs. "Doctor Wu" -- Pretenders "Kid" vs. "The Fez" -- Steely Dan "Don’t Get Me Wrong" vs. "Haitian Divorce" -- Steely Dan "Brass in Pocket" vs. "My Old School" -- Steely Dan "Back on the Chain Gang" vs. "Aja" -- Steely Dan Dan = 7, 'tenders = 3

Johnny Dickshot Apr 19 2006 03:50 PM

"Show Me" vs. "Black Friday" --Pretenders "Day After Day" vs. "Bodhisattva" --Two pretty cool guitar-y songs. Tie. "Mystery Achievement" vs. "Deacon Blues" --Where’s my sandy beach? Yeah. ‘Deacon’ may have beaten most other songs, but edge to the ‘tenders here. "My City Was Gone" vs. "Hey Nineteen" --Pretenders. Still think SD is better served Gaucho-less. "Middle of the Road" vs. "Kid Charlemagne" --Pretenders. MotR is one of the least appreciated rock songs ever. Killer drumming and guitar work, furious vocals, topped out by a bitchy blue harmonica solo. It’s why the knobs should go to 11. "Message of Love" vs. "Doctor Wu" --Pretenders. More great rhythm section featured. "Kid" vs. "The Fez" --More SD disco. .. nother Pretenders win. "Don’t Get Me Wrong" vs. "Haitian Divorce" --I’ll grant a tie on this one. "Brass in Pocket" vs. "My Old School" --Pretenders. Too sexy. "Back on the Chain Gang" vs. "Aja" --Steely Dan, narrowly Pretenders 8, Steely Dan 2. Might have been closer with better matchups and without an enormous, advocate-borne bias I’m trying to keep in check.

Edgy DC Apr 19 2006 04:04 PM

I agree ("brrrr-naow") that "MotR" is awesome rock 'n' roll. I think peeps don't trust it, unsure if Hynde is grudgingly embracing the middle of the road or subtle mocking it. The middle of the road Is trying to find me I’m standing in the middle of life With my plans behind me Well I got a smile For everyone I meet As long as you don’t try dragging my bay Or dropping the bomb on my street Now come on baby! Get in the road! Oh come on now! In the middle of the road, yeah In the middle of the road You see the darndest things Like fakirs driving ’round in jeeps through the city Wearing big diamond rings and silk suits Past corrugated tin shacks full up with kids Oh man I don’t mean a hampstead nursery When you own a big chunk of the bloody third world The babies just come with the scenery Oh come on baby! Get in the road! Oh come on now! In the middle of the road, yeah! Brrrr-naow! (Harmonica solo) One... Two... Three... Four... The middle of the road Is no private cul-de-sac I can’t get from the cab to the curb Without some little jerk on my back Don’t harass me, can’t you tell I’m going home, I’m tired as Hell I’m not the cat I used to be I got a kid, I’m thirty-three! Baby! Get in the road! Come on now! In the middle of the road! Yeah

seawolf17 Apr 19 2006 04:12 PM

Two bands that do not even register a blip on my musical radar screen. I'll respectfully abstain.

Vic Sage Apr 19 2006 04:42 PM

My loathing for the dull, meandering, faux-jazzy riffs of Steely Bland is profound. I would vote 10-0, but it wouldn't be based on the matchups, so I'll abstain.

sharpie Apr 19 2006 05:11 PM

"Show Me" vs. "Black Friday" tie "Day After Day" vs. "Bodhisattva" Pretenders "Mystery Achievement" vs. "Deacon Blues" Steely Dan "My City Was Gone" vs. "Hey Nineteen" Steely Dan "Middle of the Road" vs. "Kid Charlemagne" Pretenders "Message of Love" vs. "Doctor Wu" Pretenders "Kid" vs. "The Fez" Pretenders "Don’t Get Me Wrong" vs. "Haitian Divorce" Pretenders "Brass in Pocket" vs. "My Old School" Pretenders "Back on the Chain Gang" vs. "Aja" Pretenders Pretenders 7.5 Steely Dan 2.5

Gwreck Apr 19 2006 09:37 PM

"Show Me" vs. "Black Friday" Pretenders "Day After Day" vs. "Bodhisattva" Pretenders "Mystery Achievement" vs. "Deacon Blues" Steely Dan "My City Was Gone" vs. "Hey Nineteen" Pretenders "Middle of the Road" vs. "Kid Charlemagne" Pretenders "Message of Love" vs. "Doctor Wu" Pretenders "Kid" vs. "The Fez" Pretenders "Don’t Get Me Wrong" vs. "Haitian Divorce" Pretenders "Brass in Pocket" vs. "My Old School" Pretenders "Back on the Chain Gang" vs. "Aja" Pretenders 9-1 Pretenders. I think they're helped by some nice matchups though, especially My City was Gone.

Lundy Apr 20 2006 09:44 AM

"Show Me" vs. "Black Friday" Steely Dan "Day After Day" vs. "Bodhisattva" Steely Dan "Mystery Achievement" vs. "Deacon Blues" Steely Dan "My City Was Gone" vs. "Hey Nineteen" Steely Dan "Middle of the Road" vs. "Kid Charlemagne" Steely Dan "Message of Love" vs. "Doctor Wu" Pretenders "Kid" vs. "The Fez" Steely Dan "Don’t Get Me Wrong" vs. "Haitian Divorce" Pretenders "Brass in Pocket" vs. "My Old School" Steely Dan "Back on the Chain Gang" vs. "Aja" Steely Dan 8-2 Steely Dan Whenever I hear "My City Was Gone" I think about Rush Limbaugh. He uses the song's opening in his radio show. JD--What's wrong with the "Gaucho" songs? Personally, I like a lot of Steely Dan's later albums better than their earlier albums.

Johnny Dickshot Apr 20 2006 10:00 AM

I guess it's perspective. I was just crazy for Aja when it was out and really looked forward to the next record. I earned 'Gaucho' as a reward for selling new subscriptions on my Daily News paper route (I also got TP&H's 'Hard Promises'* that way, btw, both when they were brand-new. I could have chosen almost any record!) -- but I felt it didn't stand up to its predecessor and in that way, probably looks worse to me than it actually is. Generally, I think Gaucho sounds as good as all SD records but a lot of the romance and intrigue that Aja had is missing: It's kind of cold. I was also not blown away by Hey 19, and resented it being a bigger hit than anything on Aja. IMO, it sent the wrong message about SD to everyone. Like Aja it had only had 7 songs, but none as long or involving as 'Aja.' In the end I find it a decent but not great record -- I like Time out of Mind OK, and Babylon OK and Gaucho OK and Hey 19 alright... can take or leave the rest. *-I initially felt Hard Promises was not as good as it's predecessor either, but it was redeemed some by including 'Thing About You' which IMO stands up with the best of 'Torpedos.'

Willets Point Apr 21 2006 10:10 AM

Last call.

sharpie Apr 21 2006 10:16 AM

Final: 44.5 Pretenders 35.5 Steely Dan.

Johnny Dickshot Apr 21 2006 10:17 AM

Score by innings: Pretenders 1 5 9 3 8 7.5 9 2 --44.5 Steely Dan 9 5 1 7 2 2.5 1 8 --35.5

Edgy DC Apr 23 2006 10:42 PM

"Show Me" vs. "Black Friday" Pretenders "Day After Day" vs. "Bodhisattva" Pretenders "Mystery Achievement" vs. "Deacon Blues" Pretenders "My City Was Gone" vs. "Hey Nineteen" Pretenders "Middle of the Road" vs. "Kid Charlemagne" Pretenders "Message of Love" vs. "Doctor Wu" Pretenders "Kid" vs. "The Fez" Pretenders "Don’t Get Me Wrong" vs. "Haitian Divorce" Pretenders "Brass in Pocket" vs. "My Old School" Steely Dan "Back on the Chain Gang" vs. "Aja" Pretenders Pretenders stomp, 9-1.

Willets Point Apr 23 2006 10:48 PM

You love voting late. Are you home again? I thought you weren't back 'til Tuesday (even downtown voices carry).

Edgy DC Apr 23 2006 10:50 PM

My family makes short visits more pleasant than long ones.