And I'm never going back to my old school
I've been on a Steely Dan kick lately. Sometimes you need the hipster white boy funky jazz of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen to get you through the day. Now I do appreciate the work of Steely Dan, but this lost soul of rock and roll is a greatest hits kind of fan, so I'm not going to write some Pitchfork blah-blah-blah piece where I come across as a Steely Dan expert. I'm just a fan of good music, kids.
My 20th high school reunion is going to be held this year during Labor Day weekend and there is no way in hell I'm going. I did my four years, and when I was released, I vowed never to go back. Besides, I keep in touch with the people I was friends with in high school, so there is no need to pretend to care about the lives of people I couldn't stand in high school. Dear Lord, how did this simple Steely Dan post gain a Holden Caufield vibe so quickly? Time to shift gears and talk about 'My Old School'.
'My Old School' is a track from the 1973 Steely Dan album Countdown to Ecstasy and reached #67 on the Billboard charts. The College of William & Mary is mentioned in the lyrics, but the song is about Donald Fagen and Walter Becker's experience at Bard College in Annadale-on-Hudson, New York. Entertainment Weekly published a story six years ago about Fagen's return to Bard where Fagen recalled a raid by the local sheriff's department against the long-haired hippies on campus that inspired 'My Old School'. This has been my Steely Dan jam lately and that may change over the next few days, but this is a great song.
I've embedded the song below and enjoy. I did not create the video and I have no idea why the album Can't Buy A Thrill is used as the main image.
My 20th high school reunion is going to be held this year during Labor Day weekend and there is no way in hell I'm going. I did my four years, and when I was released, I vowed never to go back. Besides, I keep in touch with the people I was friends with in high school, so there is no need to pretend to care about the lives of people I couldn't stand in high school. Dear Lord, how did this simple Steely Dan post gain a Holden Caufield vibe so quickly? Time to shift gears and talk about 'My Old School'.
'My Old School' is a track from the 1973 Steely Dan album Countdown to Ecstasy and reached #67 on the Billboard charts. The College of William & Mary is mentioned in the lyrics, but the song is about Donald Fagen and Walter Becker's experience at Bard College in Annadale-on-Hudson, New York. Entertainment Weekly published a story six years ago about Fagen's return to Bard where Fagen recalled a raid by the local sheriff's department against the long-haired hippies on campus that inspired 'My Old School'. This has been my Steely Dan jam lately and that may change over the next few days, but this is a great song.
I've embedded the song below and enjoy. I did not create the video and I have no idea why the album Can't Buy A Thrill is used as the main image.
I have always liked this song. Again a song from my youth. (Hell I'm still young when it comes to music)
ReplyDeleteAs far as reunions, 20 is a good time to start going, many of your teachers are still around, @-holes & D-bags have had life happen to them. So some have gotten better, some worse but at the ripe old age of 51 I am already seeing too many in the obits.
Uncle Gus