![]() ![]() The Nightfly is his attempt to answer all those questions. Of course, like the tides there were powerful attractions both to the push towards the future and the alluring pull of the past.Īnd, standing on the shore gazing at the inherently mysterious immensity of those seas it was natural for him to reflect with amazement, affection and no little rueful wonder at the times he had lived through and the evolution of the naive young man he had been into the puzzled, grizzled veteran who was kept awake by the questions we all have to face – sooner or later. He was then in his early 30s and aware that the tides of time were inescapably moving him into a new phase of life. ![]() With Walter Becker hors de combat Donald Fagen set to work on a solo record. Lauded with critical garlands each of their 70s albums also featured solid commercial hits.īut, as the 1980s dawned the golden days were dimming fast for Steely Dan. They had pop smarts, jazzbo chops and rock clout all in one sleek package. His partnership with Walter Becker in the peerless Steely Dan had illuminated the 1970s music scene with astonishing lightning bolts of twisted, subversive, hyper intelligence, lyrical misdirection, mystery and musical sophistication. In the 1970s, as co-leader of Steely Dan, Donald Fagen was a veritable tenured Professor of Cool. Yet most of us will recognise and admire (grudgingly or otherwise) those who are authentically hip, hep and cool.Ĭultural insiders who are ahead of the curve and opening up new territory before the masses come to settle on the old. Walk between the raindrops back to your door’ (Donald Fagen) Embed from Getty Images ![]() ‘You’ll walk between the raindrops, between the raindrops, So I’m glad I made The Nightfly before a lot of the kid-ness was beat the hell out of me, as happens to us all’ (Donald Fagen) I wouldn’t complete another CD until 1993. ‘During the final mix down of the album, I started to feel kind of funny and that feeling turned into an even weirder feeling that had to do with work and love and the past and morality and so forth. ![]()
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