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"Do It Again" features an electric sitar solo by Denny Dias. The "plastic organ" solo by Donald Fagen was performed on a Yamaha YC-30 with a sliding pitch-bending control. [6] The song is written in the key of G minor and has a tempo of 125 beats per minute. It follows a chord progression of Cm-Dm-E♭-Dm7-Gm-Cm-Dm-E♭-Dm.
The mu major chord differs from a suspended second (sus2) chord, as suspended chords do not contain the major (or minor) third. [ 80 ] [ 81 ] [ 82 ] In a 1989 interview, Walter Becker explained that the use of the chord developed from trying to enrich the sound of a major chord without making it into a "jazz chord". [ 83 ]
The Very Best of Steely Dan: Do It Again (1987) Citizen Steely Dan (1993) The Very Best of Steely Dan: Do It Again is a compilation album by Steely Dan, released in 1987.
Steely Dan's last tour performance was on July 5, 1974, a concert at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in California. [4] Steely Dan disbanded in June 1981. [5] Becker moved to Maui, where he became an "avocado rancher and self-styled critic of the contemporary scene." [6] He stopped using drugs, which he had used for most of his career.
The Best of Steely Dan: Then and Now is a compilation album by Steely Dan, released in 1993. ... "Do It Again" (from Can't Buy a Thrill, 1972) – 5:56
Dias recorded as a permanent member of the band on 1972's Can't Buy a Thrill (with an electric sitar solo on the song "Do It Again"), on 1973's Countdown to Ecstasy, and on 1974's Pretzel Logic. Following a tour promoting Pretzel Logic , Becker and Fagen decided to break the band up and use session musicians on future albums.
Steely Dan often incorporated jazz into their music during the 1970s. [10] For example, on this album, "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" appropriates the bass pattern from Horace Silver 's 1965 song " Song for My Father ", [ 10 ] and "Parker's Band" features riffs influenced by Charlie Parker and a lyric that invites listeners to "take a piece of ...
Can't Buy a Thrill is the debut studio album by American rock band Steely Dan, released in November 1972, by ABC Records.It was written by band members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, and recorded in August 1972 at the Village Recorder in Los Angeles with producer Gary Katz.