October 2006
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revisiting gaucho
Really interesting article on Gaucho, the album that effectively broke up Steely Dan for the first time, over on Stylus.com.
Everyone on Gaucho is a loser. Everyone. The protagonist of the first single, “Hey Nineteen,” is a 30-something trying to pick up a 19-year-old. That in itself isn’t pathetic or grotesque: there’s no suggestion that he’s bald, fat, unattractive, or particularly lecherous...