RIP, Walter Becker from Steely Dan. You were something different.

[VegasMichael]

Sad about Walter Becker. Steely Dan is one of my faves. They had such an original sound. The stuff they came out with in the 70s and early 80s is jaw dropping.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/walter-becker-steely-dan-co-founder-dead-at-67-w500956

 

[Skitzerman]

I always enjoyed their unique sound. They are part of my vinyl collection. RIP Mr. Becker.

 

[CobraBob]

One of my favorite groups. Yeah, they definitely did have a unique sound. Sad news.

Memories....and my favorite Steely Dan tune.

 

[98 svt]

This is terrible news.
A big loss to the music community. I was spinning Steely Dan albums all day yesterday.
R.I.P. Walter

 

[04MysticCobra]

One of my favorite groups. Yeah, they definitely did have a unique sound. Sad news.

Memories....and my favorite Steely Dan tune.

Agreed Bob. Since I am old as dirt and was listening to rock before Steely Dan appeared I followed their music for a long time. They had some great songs along the way but my favorite album has always been Aja. Sad news about Becker.

 

[VegasMichael]

Never knew until this happened that the band named itself after a dildo.

 

[CobraBob]

Agreed Bob. Since I am old as dirt and was listening to rock before Steely Dan appeared I followed their music for a long time. They had some great songs along the way but my favorite album has always been Aja. Sad news about Becker.

That was a great, mellow tune. Similar to Deacon Blues. My 2nd favorite is Rikki Don't Lose That Number.

 

[03cobra#694]

Never knew until this happened that the band named itself after a dildo.

Really? Care to elude?

 

[Skitzerman]

Never knew until this happened that the band named itself after a dildo.

lol, never heard of that but I guess a few of them could have been big pricks.

 

[VegasMichael]

^"Steely Dan" is a reference to William S. Burroughs' 1959 novel Naked Lunch. In Naked Lunch, "Steely Dan III from Yokohama" is a steam-powered dildo. Donald Fagen recalled to Mojo magazine: "We had to come up with a name in a hurry and Walter and I were both Burroughs fans, though he was not known at the time. It was an in-joke- who's going to know what Steely Dan was? And we figured that, like most of our bands in the past, it would fall apart after three months, so we didn't think much about it."

 

[FoxFour]

Looks like if this North Korea thing goes hot, his methods will be put to the test. This from 9 years ago.

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[Robert Francis]

One of the best! RIP!

 

[ssssnake]

I always enjoyed them. I do agree that Aja was my favorite. I'll have to take them off my bucket list. RIP