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“Hey Nineteen” - Steely Dan (1981)
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Posted on 11/14/2016 11:32:26 AM PST by simpson96
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posted on
11/14/2016 11:32:26 AM PST
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simpson96
To: trisham; hoosiermama; Dawgreg; OddLane; Fiji Hill; Chgogal; originalbuckeye; ...
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posted on
11/14/2016 11:32:41 AM PST
by
simpson96
To: simpson96
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posted on
11/14/2016 11:34:38 AM PST
by
BBB333
(Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
To: simpson96
Hey Nineteen
That’s ‘Retha Franklin
She don’t remember
The Queen of Soul
It’s hard times befallen
The Soul Survivors
She thinks I’m crazy
But I’m just growing old
To: simpson96
If you don’t have a kick-ass stereo, you’ve never heard Aja.
To: simpson96
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posted on
11/14/2016 11:42:56 AM PST
by
bobby.223
(Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
To: Stevenc131; simpson96
Steely Dan is matchless - Aja set a standard.
Having said that, the lyrics of this this song always struck me as run-of-the-mill rockstar decadence, typically morally bankrupt dirty old man junk:
The Cuervo Gold
The fine Colombian
Make tonight a wonderful thing
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posted on
11/14/2016 11:46:33 AM PST
by
jobim
To: simpson96
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posted on
11/14/2016 11:58:00 AM PST
by
V K Lee
(DJ TRUMP=My Strongest Advocate MAGA; DJT=The Swamp Drainer)
To: simpson96
Hey 19,That’s Retha Franklin
She don’t remember the Queen of Soul
I doesn’t get much better than that
To: simpson96
To: simpson96
so....like, is the girl 19 years old?
Or is her name “19” like “Agent 99” or something?
I never quite got it.
To: Buckeye McFrog
After listening to it a few thousand times, I’m pretty sure the song is about a 19-year-old female of unusual beauty.
This is because the singer has to explain who Aretha Franklin is, among other clues.
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posted on
11/14/2016 1:07:18 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
([VOTE FRAUD] == [CIVIL WAR])
To: Buckeye McFrog
I never quite got it. You're betraying you age here! She's 19 years old and he was a good deal older.That's why he needed to explain to her who "Retha" Franklin was! ;-)
To: jobim
Almost all their lyrics reveal the empty heart of a man who needs Jesus but doesn’t yet realize it. The music is superb.
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posted on
11/14/2016 1:22:04 PM PST
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
To: simpson96
I remember back in the day when I thought older men were the end of it all........ah youth, here’s to older men!
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posted on
11/14/2016 1:25:44 PM PST
by
leaning conservative
(snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: ViLaLuz
Steely Dan has been a big favorite since I was a kid in the 70s.
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posted on
11/14/2016 2:13:10 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: ViLaLuz
I agree with you wholeheartedly. I guess it was the celebration of the
age differential in a sex romp that I always reacted to with loathing.
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posted on
11/14/2016 2:16:47 PM PST
by
jobim
To: wally_bert
I remember Reelin' in the Years hitting the pop stations. This stuff is amazing.
Gold Teeth II gives me goosebumps.
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posted on
11/14/2016 2:18:58 PM PST
by
Cboldt
To: Steely Tom
The song was about their mixing engineer (Elliott Scheiner) going out out with 19 y/o girl. Fagan and Becker thought his tale was so hilarious they wrote a song about his nightmare.
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posted on
11/14/2016 2:21:33 PM PST
by
newfreep
("If Lyin' Ted was an American citizen, he would be a traitor.")
To: simpson96
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posted on
11/14/2016 2:30:30 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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