inuendo and double meanings in songs

[Aspidistra]

Steely Dan is a (very large) sex toy in the book Naked Lunch by William S Burroughs

[steve56]

has anyone heard of H.P.lovecraft?

[Bronson Lee]

The rock band or the horror writer ?

Ill take it you mean the rock band .... so yes !
Amazing and they had a wicked drummer Mike Tegza ...
Check out the live 1968 cd , Wayfaring Stranger is my fave track ....

[steve56]

thats them.

[Bronson Lee]

The new album "Everything must go" is also really good if you like the Fagen solo stuff .... but production wise they still cant be beat !

[steve56]

ruby baby great song i nevedr knew till the 80s it was a cover of a dion song thought it was a dan orig.

[davewells]

Probably most of Jaggers lyrics could be viewed in a variety of meanings. Let's face it he has been there done everything etc.

[steve56]

2 are i cant get no satisfaction,lets spend the night together as viewed on totps xmas show of 1967,wasnt it changed to lets spend some time together??/

[Bronson Lee]

Dion my arse !

Its was recorded first by the Drifters , and is in fact a Leieber/Stoller song.

The solo on the Fagen track is by Greg Phillinganes and he based it on

the Kinks "You really got me " riff ......


Michael Omartian also played on that solo.