{"id":26358,"date":"2011-03-27T22:51:07","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T02:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/26358\/demo-finished-product-which-better\/"},"modified":"2011-03-27T22:51:07","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T02:51:07","slug":"demo-finished-product-which-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/26358\/demo-finished-product-which-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Demo versus Finished Product–Which is better?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been quite a while since I’ve blogged on this site. \u00a0I’ve missed blogging; I keep making promises to myself that I’ll start again but never seem to find the time.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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One of my fave bands from the 70’s was (is) Steely Dan. \u00a0I thought I’d do this complex blog talking about their musical styles, complex use of chords and lyrics, synthesis of jazz and rock, use of studio musicians, detail their Fagan’s stage fright etc., etc., etc. \u00a0And, of course, it would feature the best of their music. \u00a0I must admit to being short on time tonight as well, but I thought I’d through this lil tidbit I found on YouTube for discussion.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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From their 1st album, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Can’t Buy a Thrill<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>, all the way back to 1972, here is one of my very favorites. \u00a0No, it wasn’t a big hit like “Do It Again” or “Reelin’ In the Years”, but it spoke to me then–and still speaks to me now<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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1972 is a decade before MTV and the advent of music videos, so sadly, there’s no ‘official’ version to be had. I hadn’t heard it for years, but it took me right back to my youth. While I was trying to decide on which video to post (there were several and I opted for the one with the most hits and best sound), I stumbled upon the demo for the song. It’s a little bit different from what was released on the album. On the album, David Palmer is singing lead vocals; on the demo it’s Donald Fagan. The song has an extra verse and a much more melancholy feel and sound.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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So what do you think? Which version do you prefer? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been quite a while since I’ve blogged on this site. \u00a0I’ve missed blogging; I keep making promises to myself that I’ll start again but never seem to find the time. One of my fave bands from the 70’s was (is) Steely Dan. \u00a0I thought I’d do this complex blog talking about their musical styles, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[420,2790,108,2791],"class_list":["post-26358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-blogging","tag-kat","tag-music-2","tag-steely-dan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}