Steely Dan : Pretzel Logic

 

Genre: Postmodern Pop

Dates: 1972

If, to you, the sound of Steely Dan seems the ultimate representation of hippie-cum-yuppie '70s easy-listening pabulum, perhaps you should attend to the lyrics, which are often about, as critic Greil Marcus has written, "people for whom control is just a memory." In other words, though the songs are exquisitely designed and played ear candy, they're also flies in the counterculture's groovy ointment. It that seems like pretzel logic itself, maybe you should check this out and listen—and think—for yourself.

 

Playlist:

1. Rikki Don't Lose That Number
2. Night By Night
3. Any Major Dude Will Tell You
4. Barrytown
5. East St. Louis Toodle-oo
6. Parker's Band
7. Through With Buzz
8. Pretzel Logic
9. With A Gun
10. Charlie Freak
11. Monkey In Your Soul






















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