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They got their Steely Dan t-shirts
Jul. 28th, 2006 09:56 pmIt's the gray one with red lettering on the right. The picture doesn't show the words around the outside of the circle, though, which is the best part: "Any major dude or show biz kids will tell you this is the official/ STEELY DAN T-SHIRT/ Old school 100% true authorized El Supremo outrageous." Full of song-reference goodness :D
The concert itself was wonderful. Of course, I'm a Steely Dan fangirl with a Steely Dan fanboy for a dad, so it would have to be pretty bad to register as "less than wonderful" on our radar. And there were a few minor annoyances. (ME: *cough cough* *throat feels raw* Was it my imagination, or did the sign out there say 'No smoking beyond this point?' DAD: Well, they think marijuana smoke doesn't count. ME: The sign didn't specify! And anyway, I see people smoking cigarettes too.) Still, I thought it was a fantastic concert even for the less enthusiastic.
The tour was not just Steely Dan, but Steely Dan and Michael McDonald, which was different. Michael McDonald was with the band for several years, though they spent most of those years in the studio. (Steely Dan spent about twenty years exclusively in the studio, in fact, before they started touring again.) Once we realized just how long he had been with the band, we started listening more closely, and in fact you can pick him out in the backup singers in the song "Peg." So this was really a reunion tour, I guess.
( We spent the first half hour or so snarking about Michael McDonald. A bit unfairly, as it turned out. )
( And then we saw Donald Fagen's new look, and Walter Becker proved he still owns that guitar. )
( And then out came BONNIE RAITT. )
( Michael McDonald came back out and did a very good job, and we felt sorry we had been so hard on him earlier. )
( Finally - though this actually happened near the beginning - I started wondering whether the song 'Green Earrings' is actually about a serial killer collecting souvenirs from his victims. My dad thinks I might be right. )
Also, some lady had not a t-shirt, but a Steely Dan purse with the album cover for "Can't Buy A Thrill" on it. How cool is that?
Okay, /squeeage.
The concert itself was wonderful. Of course, I'm a Steely Dan fangirl with a Steely Dan fanboy for a dad, so it would have to be pretty bad to register as "less than wonderful" on our radar. And there were a few minor annoyances. (ME: *cough cough* *throat feels raw* Was it my imagination, or did the sign out there say 'No smoking beyond this point?' DAD: Well, they think marijuana smoke doesn't count. ME: The sign didn't specify! And anyway, I see people smoking cigarettes too.) Still, I thought it was a fantastic concert even for the less enthusiastic.
The tour was not just Steely Dan, but Steely Dan and Michael McDonald, which was different. Michael McDonald was with the band for several years, though they spent most of those years in the studio. (Steely Dan spent about twenty years exclusively in the studio, in fact, before they started touring again.) Once we realized just how long he had been with the band, we started listening more closely, and in fact you can pick him out in the backup singers in the song "Peg." So this was really a reunion tour, I guess.
( We spent the first half hour or so snarking about Michael McDonald. A bit unfairly, as it turned out. )
( And then we saw Donald Fagen's new look, and Walter Becker proved he still owns that guitar. )
( And then out came BONNIE RAITT. )
( Michael McDonald came back out and did a very good job, and we felt sorry we had been so hard on him earlier. )
( Finally - though this actually happened near the beginning - I started wondering whether the song 'Green Earrings' is actually about a serial killer collecting souvenirs from his victims. My dad thinks I might be right. )
Also, some lady had not a t-shirt, but a Steely Dan purse with the album cover for "Can't Buy A Thrill" on it. How cool is that?
Okay, /squeeage.
