 Genius Meanings
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Steely Dan – Black Cow
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“Black Cow” opens Aja with, according to Donald Fagen, a man talking about his girlfriend’s “behavior and her habits and then out of that you begin to see her character and their
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Steely Dan – Black Cow Samples
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See all of “Black Cow” by Steely Dan’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Steely Dan – Aja
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The title track on Steely Dan’s most successful LP (both critically and commercially), “Aja” is an 8-minute jazz fusion epic made up of a number of different pieces members Donald
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Steely Dan – Black Cow Samples
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Steely Dan – Peg
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“Peg” is the tale of an aspiring actress with “starlet fever” as told by the boyfriend she ditched to chase that dream:
Imagine that “Peg” takes place at a seedy photo shoot in L.
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Steely Dan – Reelin’ In The Years (Live From Mohegan Sun Arena)
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[Verse 1] / Your everlasting summer and you can see it fading fast / So you grab a piece of something that you think is gonna last / Well, you wouldn't know a diamond if you held
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Steely Dan – Rikki Don’t Lose That Number (Live From Mohegan Sun Arena)
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[Verse 1] / We hear you're leavin', that's okay / I thought our little wild time had just begun / Guess you kind of scared yourself, you turn and run / But if you have a change of
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Steely Dan – Hey Nineteen (Live From The Met Philadelphia)
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[Verse 1] / Way back when, in '67 / I was a dandy of Gamma Chi / Sweet things from Boston / Young and willing / Moved down to Scarsdale / Where the hell am I? / [Chorus] / No, we
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Girl Talk – Minute By Minute
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* 0: 10 Ying Yang Twins ft. Mike Jones and Mr. Collipark - "Badd" / * 0: 28 LL Cool J - "Around the Way Girl" / * 0: 44 Michael McDonald - "I Keep Forgettin" / Warren G ft. Nate
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Steely Dan – Josie
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“Josie” is the third and final single from Aja, a top 30 hit in both the US and Canada.
In a 2007 Stylus Magazine article, “Top Ten Obscure Steely Dan Lyrics”, Patrick McKay
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Steely Dan – Deacon Blues
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“Deacon Blues” is the narration of a rock-bottom suburbanite’s fantasy of becoming a romantic saxophonist. Donald Fagen explained:
Many people have assumed the song is about a guy
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MF DOOM – Gas Drawls
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Just another dope track off MF DOOM’s debut album, it samples “Black Cow” by Steely Dan, a famous jazz-rock band. Also this song seems to be an homage to Zev Love X’s appearance on
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MF DOOM – Calamus Root
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Steely Dan – Home at Last
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Supposedly a homage to The Odyssey by Greek epic poet Homer.
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Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz – Deja Vu (Uptown Baby) Samples
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See all of “Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)” by Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Steely Dan – I Got the News
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[Verse 1] / You, in your Lark / You're a mark / You're a screamer / You know how to hustle / Daddy is a rare millionaire / I don't care / Yeah, you got the muscle / I got the news
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Steely Dan – Do It Again
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This song is all about the three things that motivate men: Violence, Women, and Money. Each verse deals with a different topic, from a different point of view, with the point being
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MoMilli – Young Money: Rap, "Step," and V-Dubs (And the Vampy Weeks Rap References You Missed)
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Last week, Vampire Weekend covered “Blurred Lines” on the BBC. A lot of listeners said they’d never heard Ezra Koenig rap to T.I. before–or rap ever !–which got them asking how
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Steely Dan – You Got The Bear
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[Verse 1: Donald Fagen] / Sir, I parked my juggernaut at your gate / Fifteen-thousand miles and I'm feeling great / I've been on the run, but I done my time / You just can't stand
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Tatyana Ali (Ft. Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz) – Daydreamin'
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“Daydreamin'” was Tatyana Ali’s debut single from her debut album Kiss the Sky, where she can’t help but think of her crush.
The song peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5
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Steely Dan – Gaslighting Abbie
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A man who is cheating while on summer holiday plots with his new flame to ditch his current partner, Abbie. The two make a game of “gaslighting” Abbie: making her think she’s going
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Steely Dan – What a Shame About Me
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“What a Shame About Me” by Donald Fagan and Walter Becker appears on the Steely Dan album, Two Against Nature (2000).
This is a story song about ex-lovers who meet in an odd
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Steely Dan – Cousin Dupree
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“Cousin Dupree” by Donald Fegan and Walter Becker appears on their album, Two Against Nature (2000).
It’s a story song in which the protagonist, an older cousin, ogles
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Steely Dan – Wet Side Story
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Count Mickey gets hungry / Bit wrangler's got to take a break sometime / Got to feed the machine / Steamer heaven is empty / A couple of kids and behind the counter / The lovely
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