By the time most of us could afford to go see Steely Dan in concert, they had done disbanded.
Nu'Trelle finally got to see them 30 years later. It was circa 2005 up at Ruth Eckerd. The ticket set him back a C note, but it was worth ever penny as soon as they opened up with "Peg".
Like SK mentioned, Walter Becker played little, if any, in the way of lead guitar, but during the second half of the show Donald Fagan introduced Becker and the crowd gave him a standing "O".
Becker lifted a hand above his brow, scanned the crowd carefully and declared, "We've been all over the world and seen thousands of drop-dead georgeous women, but I don't thnk I've ever seen a finer looking group of women than you guys brought here tonight!!!"
The women went nuts. They loved him.
Then Becker continued, "What I want to hear from each and every guy in this auditorium is this. Is the beautiful girl standing at your side just another acquaintance? Or she the one? A true soulmate? The woman with whom you hope to spend the rest of your life?"
Couples stood with eyes locked on one another. There was embraces. Lovers throughout the room kissed passionately as Becker let his guitar hang by the strap and raised both hands over his head in triumph.
Obviously, he had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hand. Also obvious were the fack that he probably had half the guys in the building lying their asses off ... but the wimmens was eatin things up wiff a spoon.
Then after allowing ample time for the cheering and applause to die down, Becker shared that he had finally met that special woman who was meant for him ... his soulmate.
That began what Becker became famous for after his days of playing lead were over - a full 5-6 minute, completely straight-faced, mid-concert Walter Becker tongue-in-cheek rant.
5 minutes later: "... And so guys, if you ever TRULY believe that some woman is your soulmate, don't be surprised if the unpredictable bitch ransacks your apartment, sets fire to all your possessions, then goes out and totals your brand new car ... just like mine did."
As Becker wrapped up the bit with a very solid blues riff, two wimmens standing next to Nu'Trelle said, "You don't really believe that story is true, do you?"
Continuing right where Becker left off, Nu'Trelle shook his head wearin his best poker face and said, "I don't know. Same damn shit just happened to me last Friday. One day you're drivin a new Corvette, next day you're standin in line at Avis."
Nu'Trelle finally got to see them 30 years later. It was circa 2005 up at Ruth Eckerd. The ticket set him back a C note, but it was worth ever penny as soon as they opened up with "Peg".
Like SK mentioned, Walter Becker played little, if any, in the way of lead guitar, but during the second half of the show Donald Fagan introduced Becker and the crowd gave him a standing "O".
Becker lifted a hand above his brow, scanned the crowd carefully and declared, "We've been all over the world and seen thousands of drop-dead georgeous women, but I don't thnk I've ever seen a finer looking group of women than you guys brought here tonight!!!"
The women went nuts. They loved him.
Then Becker continued, "What I want to hear from each and every guy in this auditorium is this. Is the beautiful girl standing at your side just another acquaintance? Or she the one? A true soulmate? The woman with whom you hope to spend the rest of your life?"
Couples stood with eyes locked on one another. There was embraces. Lovers throughout the room kissed passionately as Becker let his guitar hang by the strap and raised both hands over his head in triumph.
Obviously, he had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hand. Also obvious were the fack that he probably had half the guys in the building lying their asses off ... but the wimmens was eatin things up wiff a spoon.
Then after allowing ample time for the cheering and applause to die down, Becker shared that he had finally met that special woman who was meant for him ... his soulmate.
That began what Becker became famous for after his days of playing lead were over - a full 5-6 minute, completely straight-faced, mid-concert Walter Becker tongue-in-cheek rant.
5 minutes later: "... And so guys, if you ever TRULY believe that some woman is your soulmate, don't be surprised if the unpredictable bitch ransacks your apartment, sets fire to all your possessions, then goes out and totals your brand new car ... just like mine did."
As Becker wrapped up the bit with a very solid blues riff, two wimmens standing next to Nu'Trelle said, "You don't really believe that story is true, do you?"
Continuing right where Becker left off, Nu'Trelle shook his head wearin his best poker face and said, "I don't know. Same damn shit just happened to me last Friday. One day you're drivin a new Corvette, next day you're standin in line at Avis."
