Jan 30 2009
Steely Dan - Peg
Steely Dan are considered a guilty pleasure by many. People either really love them, or totally hate them, finding them cheesy and overproduced. Count me into that first camp, with no guilt in my pleasure. I’m an unapologetic fan. Their musicianship is top notch. The songs are catchy as hell. The lyrics are interesting. And sure, there’s a great deal that goes into the production and ridiculous amounts of studio musicians playing on it, but the producers are also the main songwriters so it’s exactly how they want it to sound. Don’t hate them for being perfectionists!
Peg is a fun song, most notable for having Michael McDonald’s amazing backup vocal harmonies. But the bass line is pretty sick and super fast with a bit of slapping and popping. Here’s the tab . Below is a YouTube without any distracting video so you can play along. Here’s video of somebody playing along on bass and here’s a clip about the making of this song which is great stuff for all the real hardcore music geek types.
