I am sure this has crossed your mind, if you post anywhere on the internet where I do. So what's with the trusty angel girl line you use? As I have mentioned in conversation before, I love the music of Steely Dan. When I first began reading a place called Under the Banyan Trees (also known as The Yellow), I noticed that posters mostly had "handles" that referred back to lyrics in Steely Dan song. One of my best friends is Luckless Pedestrian, from a line in "Don't Take Me Alive". Well, I began looking at lyrics for something that somehow spoke for "Me". Debated Katy at one time, because one of my favorite songs is on the Katy Lied album, but there was a Me Katy who posted at that time. So I looked further. I then noticed a trend...angels seem to be prominently featured in Steely Dan songs. I have no understanding as to why this occurs but there were at least (at the time) 6 references that I found to an angel. Well, I make my home in Los Angeles and I happen to be Catholic, so I have a connection to angels. I signed onto the yellow with this line from Steely Dan's first album song, "Brooklyn". February of 2001 a new entity appeared saying...
A race of angels...
bound with one another...
There she was, a bit more friendly then she is now. Lots of flaming does tend to bring down ones enthusiasm a bit but she has persevered and grown in this internet world. She signed onto the Max Martini world (a new venture for her) back in November and now she switches between worlds but the same persona exists. This past year makes me feel that she has grown up to have a personality of her own. It's funny sometimes to see. She has walked and fund raised for Cure Autism Now as Angelle Lemarche, she has "starred" as a movie extra as Angelle Lemarche, too. lol
Anyway, I felt like paying tribute to some of those lyrics that helped make her personality. What follows are angel references in Steely Dan songs. I like to think that "angel" references are on the rise in Steely Dan recordings of the 21st century, because of me. I take pride in that...if only in my own mind.
Can't Buy a Thrill 1971
Brooklyn
A race of angels
Bound with one another
A dish of dollars
Laid out for all to see
A tower room at Eden Rock
His golf at noon for free
Brooklyn owes the charmer
Under me
The Royal Scam 1976
Green Earrings
Cold, daring
No flies on me
Sorry, angel
I must take what I see
Green earrings
I remember
The rings of rare design
I remember
The look in your eyes
I don't mind
Greek medallion
Sparkles when you smile
Sorry, angel
I get hungry like a child
Kamakiriad 1993 (Donald Fagen)
Tomorrow's Girls
Our home is just like any other
We're grillin' burgers on the back lawn
Some time goes by
We fall asleep with the TV on
I dream about a laughing angel
Then the laugh becomes a furious whine
Look out fellas
It's shredding time
11 Tracks of Whack 1994 (Walter Becker)
Girlfriend
So come on angel
Tune in on me
You 'll see your faithful servant
Lost in misery
And all of your hard work
Coming down to no good
Better see about me babe
If you only could now
Down at the Bottom
like the feathers and I love the hat
I like that little gypsy tune you're humming
I guess I'm happy now we've had this chat
Oh yeah I'm really glad I saw you coming
There in the corner of the eastern sky
The tortured angel of your rising sign
Darkens the evening with his one good eye
An evil omen of the dopest kind
Medical Science (Bonus track on Japanese version of 11TOW)
And all the jiveasses and the true believers
The bullshit givers and receivers
Here today tomorrow gone
To the triage tent in the great beyond
Wherein the angel tangoes with the infidel
Everything Must Go 2003
Godwacker
We track your almighty ass
Thru seven heaven-worlds
Me, Slinky Redfoot
And our trusty angel-girls
And when the stars bleed out
That be the fever of the chase
You better get gone poppie
GodWhacker's on the case
Blues Beach
Grab Big Dog a blanket
Angel of my heart
Things may get a whole lot worse
Before suddenly falling apart
Give your roommate Yvonne a ring
Cause if she still wants in I gotta pull some strings
Morph the Cat (Donald Fagen) 2006
Security Joan
Well I guess I needed a miracle
If I was gonna make my flight
I had to get to Gate C13
And it was still way out of sight
But something in my carry-on bag
Ticked off the x-ray machine
Cause then an angel straight from heaven
Asked me to step behind the screen
When I felt her wand sweep over me
You know I never felt so clean
Yes, it's a pretty diverse bunch of lyrics and I truly appreciate Donald and Walter for giving me so much to work with over the years.
Thanks guys.
Hi Angel. I was surprised to see word of your blog over in the Rumpus Room. Was going to welcome you to the blogosphere, but it looks like you've been doing this for a while now even though I only just found out about it. Still, it looks good and I've bookmarked it for later perusal in more detail---it's now 1:30 a.m. in NJ and I want to get some sleep!
ReplyDeleteBTW, I have no issues with viewing your blog. I have no idea what's up with the Minidialer when you view mine. If I come up with any theories which may shed some light I'll let you know.
Hey Daddy G!
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't worth putting out there until I had something worthy of reading. I don't know if I can keep up the pace of 1 a day but for now, I had a backlog of stuff to get out.
I feel better now. :-)
Just went through 3 other boards blowing up and I am tired of losing my stuff. Now I control it. Thanks so much for stopping in.
Well, if I waited until I had something worthy of reading, my blog remain much like my mind---blank! But that's just me. :-)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, best of luck to you with this new endeavor. Looks like you're off to a very good start.
I've added your blog's atom feed to my Google custom home (along with Mizar5), so I'll be sure to spot new entries as they come along. I really like Google custom home for that reason---it lets me collect feeds from several frequented websites so I don't have to visit each individually in sequence just to see if there's something new posted.
And I know what you mean about web boards blowing up. The internet is a great way to save stuff, but it's also a great way to lose stuff too. :-)