Trivia: "The song, while contrasting winning and losing in life, does so by taking as an image the contrast between the perennial powerhouse, Crimson Tide football team, and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. In the five years before the song was written, the Crimson Tide had lost only 8 games total, while Wake Forest had a losing record every season. Group member Donald Fagen said, "Walter (Becker) and I had been working on that song at a house in Malibu. I played him that line, and he said, 'You mean it's like, they call these cracker assholes this grandiose name like the Crimson Tide, and I'm this loser, so they call me this other grandiose name, Deacon Blues?' And I said, 'Yeah!' He said, 'Cool! Let's finish it!'"- Wiki
Recorded at Steely Dan's performance in San Francisco, California at the Masonic Hall in Nob Hil on October 23, 2009.
A heart=breaking tune. It dont get better. We don't have this since Cole Porter.
pbyardh 4 months ago 3
Seeing them tonight in Boston. Can't wait!!
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