When it comes to Steely Dan songs that people know, this comes pretty close to the top of the list. It has a refrain that sounds like an advertising jingle. I imagine it probably has been one.
Like a surprising amount of Steely Dan songs it's about sexual desire. Becker and Fagen were a lot hornier than I ever realised before I started this.
This one was about an unrequited Fagen crush on Rikki Ducornet, wife of his Bard College Professor. The lyrics are poignant if you listen to them closely which I haven't ever really done before this morning. Pop songs are like that. The tune is one to die for.
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