Pretzel Logic

Pretzel Logic is a single released by Steely Dan from their album Pretzel Logic, originally released in 1974 by ABC Records. In the lyrics, the speaker describes wanting to visit the Southern United States with a group of minstrels, wanting to meet Napoleon Bonaparte because Napoleon is lonely, and being the victim of fashion by being questioned about his shoes, to which he answers that he saw them in motion pictures and television and that "the ... more

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Walter Becker

Walter Carl Becker (born February 20, 1950 in Queens, New York) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the co-founder,...

Donald Fagen

Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948) is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, lead singer, and the principal songwriter of the...
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