Steely Dan - Time Out Of Mind -- High Quality Audio -- LYRICS
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- Опубліковано 31 жов 2013
- "Time Out Of Mind"
Son you better be ready for love
On this glory day
This is your chance to believe
What I've got to say
Keep your eyes on the sky
Put a dollar in the kitty
Don't the moon look pretty
Tonight when I chase the dragon
The water may change to cherry wine
And the silver will turn to gold
Time out of mind
I am holding the mystical sphere
It's direct from Lhasa
Where people are rolling in the snow
Far from the world we know
Children we have it right here
It's the light in my eyes
It's perfection and grace
It's the smile on my face
Tonight when I chase the dragon
The water may change to cherry wine
And the silver will turn to gold
Time out of mind
Children we have it right here
It's the light in my eyes
It's perfection and grace
It's the smile on my face
Tonight when I chase the dragon
The water may change to cherry wine
And the silver will turn to gold
Time out of mind
just like the lyric says, Perfection and Grace
perfect comment
Puts a smile on my face....
Nathan Barber you're right about that no question about it
yes and yes
Nathan Barber☆☆☆☆ yes and deedy!!!
Mark Knopfler on guitar. He said that working with Becker & Fagen was like jumping into a swimming pool with lead weights on. They would do 75 takes of a track to get it right. Thank goodness! NICE tune.
According to Fagen, they heard "Sultans of Swing" on the radio and immediately knew they had to find a way to work with Knopfler.
I'm 63 years old and this is the one song I never get tired of. Absolutely perfect.
Steely Dan, Michael McDonald, and Mark Knopfler on the one song. I think I've found perfection.
... and grace
Chevy Chase was their drummer in early days.
Thanks for the info... So many stars agreed to play for Steely Dan...not surprised but still this kind of collaboration happens rarely if at all.
The horn flourish at 3:09 is out of this world. It's like Stevie Wonder-level horns or Tower of Power. The whole song is sheer brilliance.
This song always makes your stereo sound much better than it is!
One of the best songs ever that Steely Dan has ever did.
The best
How dare you
Ever done did
Huh? Again in English please.
Maybe the best
If this song can't get you groovin', nothing will.
I love the fact that Mark Knopfler played on this cut. My all-time favorite guitarist.
Who's listening to this perfection in 2023? Pure music!
2024 now amigo
The horn section 🙌🏻 sweet!!!!
the water may change to cherry wine….
Never understood why Gaucho was panned by many critics. Almost no filler on it, but 2 or 3 of their greatest songs.
I’d argue it’s their best album. 👌🏽
@@nestoreferrara1494 Joni Mitchell and Kate Bush would agree. They've both listed it as their favorite Steely Dan album, and one of their favorite albums, period.
Because it’s only about 15 minutes long.
Still have LP since it came out.
In the last year, it's proven the value of AI for reviving masterpieces.
49 years old and declaring SD best band of all time
I heard that
I didn't really appreciate them till I got older. Great great band.
twotetah found them when I was young, introduced might be a better word but with out a doubt steely are most definitely one of the best, every time I listen to them I have that smile on my face!! Absolutely incredible!!!
Maybe 2nd only to the Stones.
nope
Uhhh, Weather Report.
Michael McDonald's background vocals is just perfect......what a great tune.
Perfection & grace?
He was always great for that with SD. Only time it was better was Peg.
ALWAYS...SMILE ON MY FACE
Pretty sure that's Donald Fagen not Michael Mcdonald??!?
Nope, it's Michael McDonald all the way, they always did little collabs like that on their songs together..but didn't really advertise it.
Hello from Sri Lanka! My Dad was introduced to Steely Dan by his boss when he was in his 20's. Then he introduced me to their music a few years ago, when I was around 15 or 16. Hell no wonder I had such mature musical taste which is something I'm pretty proud about.
It does get much better than Steely Dan.
Michael McDonald's part at 2:48-2:53 is amazing, adds that extra element to the vocals, he was perfect for SD on so many songs on these backing vocal parts.
He definitely started backing any song since mid 70's
Never knew that. Thanks for that info. But I definitely him when I played it back again.
Yes. I particularly like the bit where he says 'light in my arse' lol
And the horn section !😁😁😁😁
This was my first Walkman cassette. Man, it blew my head off. It was perfection and grace!
THE BEST recorded snare drum ever. This.
At 58 years of age and listen to them still daily and love em ever since i was 14 .... 1974 chase the dragon memories of a great youth
Yep 55 here
Same here... born in 62 ! Seventies best of times on every level !
Same here... born 62... raised in our teenage years with the best music ever made... wish I could live it all again !
Wow my tribe, 61 here!!!
60 years of age now and this music i have listened to since my childhood, it is perfection and the best ever
Sophisticated chording,funky,elegant,jazzy tune with a laid back feel. Becker/Fagen- dizzying musical genius dynamic duo at work! The best ever!
Also Mark Knopfler ain't too shabby on here. (guest musician)
Good description. I would say like trying to describe a sunrise to a blind man.
And Mark Knopfler doing guitar fills and outro. Awesome
@@jollyrodgers7272 Writing about music is like dancing about architecture
Love Mark Knopfler's guitar work on this too.
Omg I never knew it was him!!! Duh it totally sounds like him!
@@fhowland Apparently Knopfler recorded over ten hours of guitar and Steely Dan only used 15 seconds of it, which can be heard in the intro to this song.
I saw Mark warm up for Dylan in 2012 @Barclay's and he should have headlined
“Babylon sisters …Shake it” It took the vocalists 48 attempts before Mr. Fagen accepted it. He was very anal; sometimes that is a good thing 😉
@@zaoria123 and outro
One of the BEST songs, I have EVER heard.
AGREED !!!!!!!!!!!!
2nd that one there Johnson ! Best heard on viynL
Classic rock isn't a genre.
... and this song isn't rock.
great heroin song
This is Jazz Rock Fusion at its Finest.
I know this jam is supposed to be about drug addiction, and that may be so. But it fills my heart with "perfection and grace" and drugs has nothing to do with it. This is by far my favorite Steely Dan song!
That's what is great about SD - the songs mean different things to different people...perfection and grace resonates with you (and I, as well)....Glamour Profession is another one...check that out...That's one of my fave SD tunes
Allison Schnobrich A song with a gospel beat, talking about grace and Crack! What will they think of next?
That's Steely Dan: totally willing to write about the excitement of freebasing heroin when that was how they felt ("Time Out of Mind") and the tragedy of drug addiction and criminal activity when that was how they felt ("Kid Charlemagne"). They both rock, musically speaking!
ambiguity has its own beauty
You are right, this song is not about drugs. It is a message about the waking up of humanity.
YES,Perfection and Grace...
This entire song is brilliant, but just wanted to point out the absolutely blissful breakdown from 2:00 - 2:50. Just a perfect moment in music. Thankfully you can find these types of moments in so many Steely Dan songs
Weather Report -like, IMO.
PREACH ON MIDNIGHT CRUISER. I AGREE TOTALLY.
I'm so happy to read this comment. Was walking the other day through Amsterdam with this music on. The rhythm appeared particularly suitable for a walk. Then this particular 8-bar fragment from 2:00 hit my ears, and it was as if I hadn't heard it before (I've known this album for 35 years). I listened carefully, tried to keep track of the rhythm & copy it by singing along (which is NOT easy), then got a BIG SMILE on my face when the different rhythms collide into one big bravura finish on the bars 7 and 8 - and this three times over. This is just musical perfection. Hard to get out of my mind ever since. How one minute of fine music can make a guy happy over & over.
Amen. The breakdown is magical!!
You said it, Midnight Cruiser. Dig that four-beat “hammer” at the start of the last line of the breakdown. Also the way the horns rip across the melody outrageously in the same passage.
Perfect combination of sophisticated songwriting, talented lyricists and instrumentalists -not to mention the (quite frankly understated) presence of Mark Knopfler on guitar.
Epic song from the mighty steely Dan...sticks with you forever...😎
I listened to Gaucho on cassette in the 80's & 90's while working overseas - Africa, Middle East, Europe and former USSR. While I loved their other work, the Gaucho album and this song in particular were just intoxicating. Made the whole world feel like home. What a sweet place.
Never really cared what this song might about, just cared that it brought on so many good times and good memories..
this song always makes me smile
OOOOOOOOhhhhh yeah....solar plexus still hurts, but in a good way
Exactly right, those fools singin about "Chasin The Dragon" the water may change to cherry wine and the silver turns to gold! kra kra,
Steely Dan were on a WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL lyrically, musically, and vocally!!!!! In my younger days (pre-teens) I was really digging the tight vocal harmonies of these cats...then the groove kicked in with those sweet hooks, and the lyrical phrasing TOOK ME OUT COMPLETELY!!!! When this particular joint (along with so many others) hit the airwaves, I was like "SAY WHAAAAATT???????" (LOL!!) LONG LIVE STEELY DAN/DONALD FAGEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Still are
I might humbly suggest that Brian Wilson and his band were on a comparable level as far as pop/rock goes.
@@jimsaunders4136 Desert Island: The Steely Dan catalog or the Beach Boys catalog?
Mark Knopfler, Walt and Don. It's perfection and grace.
With a dash of Michael McDonald towards the end....
Terrell Holmes Such a unique, refined sound.
Terrell Holmes
You can't escape Michael McDonald. He's on Peg too :O
+GerbilEssences LOOOOOOOOOOVE Micheal McDonald. I was introduced to his voice back when I was a girl in 1978 or 79 on the Minute by Minute Album - Doobie Brothers
+GerbilEssences Michael McDonald was the background singer of the 80s... did background vocals for virtually everyone it seems.
When I want to cry I listen to this song. I love this song.
This track Always makes my drink go down that much Smoother
Makes my toke on a doob also smoother
What about the Cuervo Gold?
...the fine Colombian?
I needed to hear one of my all time favorite Steely Dan cuts and so that's exactly what I did..."perfect and grace, it's the smile on my face!"
My favorite Steely Dan song. Fine, jazzy and mellow.
Wow, hadn't heard this song in 37 years. They used to play this song on the radio--I'd honestly forgot about it. Takes me back to junior high (no pun intended) :)
THIS is an example of perfect drumming....no fucking drum machines...a real LIVE human being doing ALL the right things!
it is called TIME by musicians, not flash or taking over-------but not understood by a lot of people.......
Not sure if you're joking, but they literally built the Wendel drum machine for this album. Specifically because they wanted the ability to shift drums to the milisecond because they didn't think a live human was good enough and they were sick of doing hundreds of takes.
Best live show on earth.
my favorite band all time hands down and im 40
i'm 63 and seen ALL the megabands and SD are STILL my favourite ever band.
Im 19 and to be honest steely dan the beatles and ELP are the three bands that you primarily only need and wings occasionally
who gives a fuck if youre 40? Whats that have to do with shit? I'm still in my 40s and everybody I know my age knows Steely Dan when they hear it. Why does that fact that youre 40 seem worth mentioning, you don't think many people in their 40s like Steely Dan?
easy Big R guy. He's not talking to you
Some people are just angry and looking for a reason to spew their venom.
Fagan is a lyrical genius.
FAGAN IS CLEARLY AT LEAST 12 OR THIRTEEN LYRICAL, MIRICLE, GENIUSES.
This song is awesome
Steely Dan forever
84' Firebird. Black with gold flak. I was time out of mind to buy that car. She was the best and greatest car made...
I loved her. out mind..
Thanks, kool jazz..
This song sounds like it should have been on the Nighfly album.
Yeah ahahaha
Totally.
Nightfly was Fagen still moving away from Steely Dan so it still had a lot more direct dark cynicism and less of the lust that would appear in the later albums
Production, timber wise it would fit, but lyrically and thematically speaking it would definitely not fit into 'The Nightfy' and its concept of 'worldview of middle class suburban pre-teen/early teen from the late 1950s/early 1960s'.
Definitely sounds like this was done at the end of the sessions and what was left over went with Don F
This song is the FULL MEAL DEAL! Outstanding lyrics, outstanding musicians.....outstanding scotch drinking music!
I am drinking scotch right this minute based on your recommendation. And you're right!
The Dan ! Makes my life worthwile !
This is a CENTURY CLASSIC and that's that!!!!
One of my favorite SD songs. Love that keyboard ...its infectious
This never fails to lift my mood and make me smile and dance. Classic and priceless. And very talented young men‼️💃🏽
You do know that this song is about smoking heroin?
Just the cooolest, funkiest piece Steely Dan ever released - I don't care if it's about opium or not. A little opium oil laced down a joint is just the mellowest high ever - or so I hear.
This is still my favorite song on this album...which was very, very underrated!
Agree. A quite brilliant album and a wonderful track. So much detail here (listen with headphones, there is so much going on). Like lots of SD, apparently simple stuff is full of complexity. It's one of the very best things they did - and they did a lot of good stuff.
What about Third World Man? I like this one too. It's catchy and upbeat, always feels positive.
Red West YES!, really I like the whole album.
molondascat Yep, I really have never found a bad Steely Dan album either. My only problem is, I have never seen them in concert (yet).
Also see title track, as brassy as it gets!
We all know what this song is really about... "Mystical sphere direct from Lhasa" (Holding a ball of black tar H produced in Asia) "Tonight when I chase the dragon, the water may change to cherry wine, the silver will turn to gold" (Water turning red after cleaning out syringe, silver aluminum foil turning gold after freebasing)...This is why I love the Dan, every lyric has multiple meanings, and you dont have to agree with what they are discussing, just appreciate the genius of it!
Best track on the album, hands down. Oh yeah I figured out what it was about alright!
Totally right about the obscure yet direct lyrics.
Chasing the dragon is finding a vein. The dragon in ancient Asian culture lived below ground and was more serpentine than our western, modern image with legs and wings.
The water may turn to cherry wine refers to pulling back on the barrel of the syringe before injecting to verify that you have hit the vein. The clear 'water' of the H turns a pinkish red when the needle is in the vein.
David Mirsch i knew this was about a doping session but not in such fine detail.
I fully agree with what they are discussing. I love heroin!
MrJimaklan The lyric; 'people are rolling in the snow, far from the world we know' refers to all the people doing coke at that time and that the two highs are vastly different---'far from the world we know.' Heroin was a completely different high from coke/snow.
Perfection & grace.feb2020.
Just captured this enchanting album on vinyl. Aja, The Nightfly, Pretzel Logic and Sunken Condos are on the way. I so 💓DF and SD!👍✌💯
their bootlegs are worth tracking down too, they have some content that was cut that's better then anything you'll hear on the radio. The Second arrangement, Kuule Baba, the bear, Gullywater to name a few.
I've got Katy Lied, Aja ($.99 at the thrift store), Gaucho and Pretzel Logic. Next will be Royal Scam.
You’re a lucky man. Steely Dan is musical genius.
I LOVE STEELY DAN BUT I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS ONE....NIIIIICE
Took me about 10 years after this album for me to recognize its greatness... Then after 20 years ... I knew the song 100%
THEN I read MARK KNOPFLER? WHAAAT? MIND =BLOWN
The sax on the 2nd verse is 🔥
The arrangement of this song rivals anything in modern music history. Simply brilliant and beautiful.
I once heard this in a CVS back in 2004 and never knew who sang it - Last night, I was listening to Steely Dan and this song came on - Finally found it!
The best music in the world in those days. I have been listening since I was kid. When I got old enough to buy my own music. I bought a lot of music by Steely Dan and when I played it they said mom you are weird. I don't care I'm African American and I love Steely Dan's music. R.I.P Walter Becker.
Rock out Mom!
makes a smile on my face.
Absolutely fabulous Jeff Porcaro ❤️
When this song came out that's when I was having really good times all the time. And now when I heard this song on UA-cam this song brought me back to my good times. This song even brings me good luck every time!
The Dan ! Far out !
doesn"t get any better than the DAN
The ultimate high. Perfection and grace. Turning water into cherry wine. Yeah baby!! Puff puff pass...
So smooth
I heard this song and fell in love with it...its a great beat to dance to...it is perfection and grace.
Classic Steely Dan......
Live it........
Tonight when I chase the dragon......
Time out of mind......
This track bangs!
I loved this song when Gaucho came out and played it over and over ad nauseam. Michael McDonald's backing vocals were perfection and grace. I was a young adult at the time, but I must have been hanging with the "wrong" crowd because I hadn't a clue what the lyrics were about. I'm 61 and only recently figured it out. I had been listening to this song all this time and never knew that it was drug related. How's that for being totally clueless!
Me neither! I was clueless too...smh
Fantastic song, the brass section reminds me of Earth, Wind & Fire. Sublime.
I have created a Christmas present for Steely Dan fans called "A Steely Dan Bedtime Story." It combines their song titles and lyrics into an amusing tale. It can be found on the first "Do it Again" video on UA-cam in the newest comments. I hope you laugh as much reading it as I did writing it.
ew &f - my 2nd favorite band, the matrix the band & leonid & friends(cover of chicago...
...Mystical.....
Wonderful song with the late Hugh McCracken guitar intro and beautiful horn arrangements plus Michael Macdonald vocals.I never tire of hearing this easy jazz funk composition.Glorious,timeless music!
The guitar work sounds very much like Mark Knopfler. There are some really cool guitar backing chords of the "Chuckleberry" style going on that is Incredible. The album credits list Hugh McCracken, Walter Becker ,and Mark Knopfler. Aside from the Kopfler playing the solo, the interplay between the three of them is ultrasmooth. It is Ear Candy and I only dream of playing that good.
Wait a minute, that's Mark Knopfler playing guitar. I know that style. McCracken is playing some ultrasmooth Chuck Berry (chuckas ) on backing guitar, and I will definitely say, that is some damn good guitar work he is doing. I can only dream of playing that smooth.
Ah the mellow yellow 1970s, so smooth... Columbo on the TV and Steely Dan on the Radio...
Columbo and the Dan - two of my all time faves too ! ......Just one more thing, sir ;)
It was on Gaucho in 1980, that is close enough to the 70s for me.
Seriously my F av SD song of all time. This song makes me feel like dancing. No matter it's hidden meaning, I never got into heavy drugs but I just love this song.
This song as well as AJA and IGY are most favorite songs from Steely Dan
Wow, takes me right back to spring of '81 Illinois State U. Can't believe how long ago it's been. Makes me sad in a way.
It's perfection and grace! it's the 😀 on my face! Awww memories!
Hadn't ever even heard this song until until six months but always loved SD, but ever since that 1st time I heard it, it's now one of my all time favs.....THESE GUYS ARE/WERE (GOD BLESS THE GREAT BUT LATE WALTER BECKER) THE BEST !!!
PURELY MAGICAL!!!!!!!!!!!
"A Steely Dan Bedtime Story"
Once upon a time, there was a king, named Richard, who ruled Mizar. He fell madly in love with his darling, Rose. After a short engagement, they were married by a Deacon in a blue suit. They honeymooned near the caves of Altamira and did it again quite frequently without a fez. Night after night, it was a countdown to ecstasy. Soon, they were home at last, and Rose and King Richard, in the months and years to follow, would have a castle full of show biz kids. Their first kid, a boy, was named Charlemagne. Later, daughters, Josie and Peg, would beautify the castle with their French twists. Rikki, their youngest, was a mathematics prodigy who never lost track of her numbers. The parents were strict with their daughters, but the girls didn't seem to care. The family would vacation by carriage to the sea and when the children got too loud, King Richard would say, "keep it down, just until we get out of town." During their holiday, the family would sit under a banyan tree and watch the sun go down on the crimson tide. They let the children play up on the hill near the black cows. The king, however, had a mistress at this seaside Eldorado resort. When confronted by Rose, Katy lied and said there was nothing to it. Katy was only nineteen at the time. Rose knew the fix was in. Later, Rose told King Richard that she knew of the affair and was planning on a trip to Haiti for a divorce. She said, "I can't cry anymore while you run around." Upon hearing this news, King Richard summoned his therapist, Dr. Wu. After a lengthy discussion about the king's infidelity, Dr. Wu responded, "the things you think are useless I can't understand." Rose, still reelin' from this news demanded, "I want to know everything you did." King Richard confessed to an affair with Katy's sister, Pearl. He defended himself by saying, "it was just a fling with a couple of skinny girls." King Richard hastily had his family return to Castle Bravo, coincidentally, at the changing of the guard. He met with his generals to discuss the expansion of his kingdom to new frontiers. He told them he wanted to be king of the world. Rose, however, took a gift from the king, a pair of green earrings, and threw them in the moat. She realized that she had been royally scammed. King Richard went to Rose's bedroom and told her it would never happen again, but she replied, "after what you've done, only a fool would say that." She gave him the goodbye look before she lit the candle and put a lock upon the door. King Richard, in a rage, threatened harm to their children by drowning them in the moat when he said, "I'll throw back the little ones." At that very moment, there was fire in the hole as the castle came under ambush by battle apples! King Richard became suicidal and thought about taking his life with a gun. His last words were, "Don't Take Me Alive!" The day after the king's demise, Rose had lunch with Gina, her best friend. They drank kirschwasser from a shell. Gina advised Rose to sell her home and move to a place called the Custerdome. The next day, Rose put a sign in front of the castle that read: Everything Must Go.
I used to live in Tahoe City in 1981 and we'd listen to this song every morning on the drive to go skiing at Squaw Valley. We'd roll all the windows down in the truck and turn the volume way up. It always got our energy going. Love this song and memories it brings back.
This is my life long group.to understand were i am at in life.get with steely dan. I hope my soul is always groving with their music.april2019
Saw them in concert at an outdoor San Diego venue several years back. Everyone on their feet, singing, and mesmerized by the music.
mark knopfler on lead guitar... precious.
I have this LP,always loved Steely Dan’s music,can never get tired of listening to this music!
This song was released when I was 11 yrs old, and it still feels like the first time every time I hear it. One of my favorites.
wickedly cold! !!!
Great show in Birmingham last Saturday ...WB was high in The Custerdome 🥰
Could easily be their most overlooked masterwork. Wonderful arrangement, and executed to near perfection.
Music that makes you think...must be Steely Dan. Like no other.
another classic
Perfection and Grace, a feel good song
Bloody hell, this sounds so damned good. And I'm not even on heroin! What a masterwork...
Only Steely Dan can pull off multiple hit songs about heroin use... That's talent.
And the fact that it was played on the radio as if it wasn't about heroin use.
I'm surprised Purdue Pharma didn't make an Oxycontin ad using this.
Paula Cather lol
LOL!
Hahahaha
Purdue ain’t that classy!
CLEARLY, YOU ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE VAST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OXY AND AN UNCUT BALL OF OILY OPIUM.
The joy of listening to Rick Marrota's perfect drumming and knowing they will never invent a drum machine that can do this.
He was a pro. Is this your favorite Steely Dan song?
@@edwardsholar9730 It's in my top five for sure, and maybe if I had was forced a gunpoint to choose just one, this may just be it! It is one of those rare moments when everything, the players, the tune, the words, the sound, the production come together in utter perfection. If you were wondering about the rest of my top five its Bodhisattva, Any Major Due, Caves of Altamira and Hey Nineteen. Third World Man is lovely too, so that's three of Gaucho! An underrated track I really love is Chain Lightning. How about your top five Edward?
Saw the Dan last year and Keith Carlock does a commendable job.
Why is this song still so awesome?
Wow, never expected so many responses. Some of you are right. Smoking Heroin off a heated strip of foil is how I remember it.
+Randy Relyea or opium I believe...could be wrong though.
lol
It's opium. Light a piece, cover it with a glass, and inhale the magic smoke