"FM" by Steely Dan (from the original soundtrack album, FM, 1978)
The Song of the Day returns today after a brief hiatus. I know that this is the second time in a month that Steely Dan has earned a nod, but come on, it's summer, they're on tour, Morph the Cat is still in solid rotation on my CD player, and I will be in their presence tonight.
This tune is less ambitious than other works from the Dan ouevre, but it's infectious in its rhythm-and-blues-tune-like celebratory lyric ("Kick off your high-heeled sneakers / It's party time") and swampy bass groove. Pete Christlieb's tenor sax solo is one for the ages (he is after all the genius who provided the instrumental break on "Deacon Blues" too), and I love singing along unbashedly with the layered vocal part on the chorus.
"No static at all."
Damn straight.
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