Monday, May 28, 2012

Peg/Steely Dan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz8AJh7_mKc

I've often asked myself if there is any one song that I could call my favorite. While the answer has varied over the years, "Peg" has been the winner on more than one occasion. A funky bassline (Chuck Rainey), a superslick, supergroovy drum track (Rick Marotta) and a truly exquisite and hard-to-pull-off layered backing vocal track (Michael McDonald). Walter Becker's fantastic rhythm guitar subtly diffuses through the entire song in a style so typical of Steely Dan that the duo should think about patenting it.

In short, this song has everything.

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