Steely Dan At The Fabulous Forum 7/12/14

As usual, it takes me forever to write up my concert experience. Sorry about the almost 2 week delay.

It was my anniversary and IMHO there was nothing better than a night out to see Steely Dan.

We got the cheapest tickets they had, which meant that we ended up all the way at the top of the Fabulous Forum. It was dark up there (which was an issue with my Husband trying to get to his seat). As you can see, they did add some cool lighting up at the top of the venue. Maybe that was why they kept the lights off. About five minutes before the opening act began, they finally turned on some house lights and our evening began in earnest.

The opening band was The Bobby Broom Organi-Sation. They opened with a wonderful extended version of Stevie Wonder's "Superstition", which I enjoyed. I did not know the other 2 songs, but the band did a good job and didn't overstay their welcome.

A 15 minute reset and the band (minus Donald and Walter and the Danettes) came out and broke into a wonderful song that they used back in 2003, "Cubano Chant". I had enjoyed it the last time and was super excited to hear it once more.

The remainder of the band came out and away we went.

SetList at The Fabulous Forum - July 12, 2014

Cubano Chant (Band Only)
Black Cow
Aja
Hey Nineteen
Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Black Friday
Show Biz Kids
Time Out of Mind
Things I Miss the Most
Green Earrings
Dirty Work
Bodhisattva
Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More
Babylon Sisters
I Want To (Do Everything for You) (Joe Tex cover)
Josie
Peg
My Old School
Reelin' in the Years
Encore: Kid Charlemagne
Untouchables Theme (Nelson Riddle cover)(Band Only)

The personal highlight of my evening, was when they played a song from their final album, Everything Must Go. The song is "Things I Miss The Most", which is about a divorced man lamenting the loss of things in his life, after his partner leaves. I had not heard them play this song since the Everything Must Go tour in 2003, so it was so good to bring that back to the set list.

You can listen to my horrible version of "Things I Miss The Most", HERE. There are now much better versions, out of You Tube, if you feel like exploring.

All in all, minus Things, and "Green Earrings", the setlist was basically the same as last year. I was sorry I did not get to hear "Deacon Blues", this time around...and of course, "Don't Take Me Alive".

You get what you get, with a Steely Dan Concert, but in spite of my disappointments it was a wonderful evening of wonderful songs.

Thanks once again, guys and see you next time.