this steely dan Archives have proven to be very productive.lost gaucho The session song “Second Arrangement” was officially released recently, and it’s another, albeit very different, track.This dates back to 1972, when they were recording their seminal album can’t buy excitementwhich is a jingle for Schlitz beer.
This is another rarity among engineer Roger Nichols’ cassettes.according to Extended Danthey agreed to write the marketing melody on the condition that Schlitz use the jingle as it is.
“While we were doing this, someone came over from Schlitz’s ad agency—you know, a guy with a powder blue sweater around his neck and a stopwatch in his hand,” Steely Dan producer Gary Katz told us. Extended Dan. “He walked into the control room thinking he was going to take over, but it wasn’t going to happen. He started asking questions about the song. Donald said to me out loud, ‘Is your hand near the red button? ’ And he said to the ad guy, ‘If you say one more word about this song, we’ll take it down. ’ So the guy went away.”
The song was dubbed in both English and Spanish, but was ultimately rejected by Schlitz due to the Spanish dub.Nichols’ daughter said, “‘grab’ in Spanish can also mean [insert four letter word for sex here]’. Still, there’s no denying the dandyness of this catchy track. Listen below.
Steely Dan will be touring with the Eagles this fall.
