The Sam & Dave classic "Soul Man" was re-recorded by Sam Moore and Lou Reed for the 1986 movie Soul Man, about a white guy who pretends to be black so he can get a scholarship to Harvard. I never considered the gay angle, though that makes sense. A: Like many songwriters, Steely Dan’s Walter Becker and Donald Fagen offered little information on the meaning of their song lyrics, including “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number.” What guys are named Rikki? Fagan seems like the type of guy who would totally bullshit an interviewer. ― master of retardment (ENBB), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 01:51 (ten years ago) link, ― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 01:55 (ten years ago) link, ― master of retardment (ENBB), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 01:56 (ten years ago) link. ― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 24 November 2003 20:46 (seventeen years ago) link. "- Don, Gladwin, MI, ― Mormons come out of the sky and they stand there (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 14 September 2010 23:56 (ten years ago) link. A look at some very similar covers. rikki ducornet, mentioned above, has talked about this in an interview somewhere. You might use it if you feel better, When you get home. I saw it as a simple song from a man to a woman, too. If you can recall the days when MTV played videos, you know that there are lots of stories to tell. I always thought it was a rather erotic, decadent sort of thing. 10, 1981). John Mahoney sings part of this song in the movie, Steely Dan used elements of jazz in pop songs, More songs with girls' names in the title, More songs with marimbas or other mallet instruments. The key dynamic being: A-symmetrical relationships with sexual undertones. About Rikki Don't Lose That Number "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" is a single released in 1974 by rock/jazz rock group Steely Dan and the opening track of their third album Pretzel Logic. I was going to make a sarcastic comment about Donald Fagen writing a song specifically to get jiggy with a mongoose, but then I realized that I COULD IMAGINE THAT. ', ― Debito (Debito), Monday, 24 November 2003 06:59 (seventeen years ago) link, ― billstevejim, Monday, 24 November 2003 07:16 (seventeen years ago) link, ― Speedy Gonzalas (Speedy Gonzalas), Monday, 24 November 2003 08:58 (seventeen years ago) link, ― amateur!st (amateurist), Monday, 24 November 2003 10:15 (seventeen years ago) link, ― Rockist Scientist, Monday, 24 November 2003 12:17 (seventeen years ago) link, ― amateur!st (amateurist), Monday, 24 November 2003 12:51 (seventeen years ago) link, ― Al (sitcom), Monday, 24 November 2003 13:44 (seventeen years ago) link. I believe he spelled 'Rikki' that way. Exactly what is it that those girls chant incessantly? Among 10 total top 40 hits on the chart, the act returned to the top 10 with 1974's "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" (its highest-peaking song) and "Hey Nineteen" (No. Steely Dan's Rikki don't lose that number-Steely Dan + Lyrics music video in high definition. However, though a great and valid idea, in truth its an urban myth. does every SD song have to have some juicy inner demon? Two things I don't like about the song (the original version): The piano intro is ripped, I mean is an homage, from "Song For My Father", Horace Silver. I read a Fagen interview years ago where he said that Rikki was Eric Clapton and the "number" was Clapton's and Becker's dealer. I was gonna point out that Rikki could totally be a girl's name but too late. because if they did thier useless copyright lawyers would be out of a great deal of money. Send it off in a letter to yourself. No I mean before the piano kicks in there's this dull, faint marimba thing. Rikki don't lose that number! In the 1999 Destiny's Child song "Bug A Boo," they complain about a guy who bugs them on MCI, AOL, and their pagers. Sting wrote "Fields of Gold" after buying a house near a barley field and enjoying the majestic sunsets. Rikki don't lose that number; You don't wanna call nobody else. ‘You might feel better when you come home’ Come home to your signature vibration. ― Rockist Scientist, Monday, 24 November 2003 03:55 (seventeen years ago) link, ― gaz (gaz), Monday, 24 November 2003 03:59 (seventeen years ago) link. I feel vindicated. Like, it's a kind of joke in the United States to call Las Vegas 'Lost Wages' 'cause it's a gambling centre. The theory being if anyone ever challenged your intellectual claim to that song you would have the evidence. ― Drastic times require what? His keyboard work helped define the Muscle Shoals sound and make him an integral part of many Neil Young recordings. It didn't used to be that way though. When a waitress wouldn't take him home, Jack wrote what would become one of the Eagles most enduring hits. ― clemenza, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 02:30 (ten years ago) link. I remember Tom Robinson doing a cover version, that was probably why. I always assumed it was a drug dealer's number (perhaps 'cause my dealer's name was Ricky. Rikki don't lose that number It's the only one you own You might use it if you feel better When you get home I have a friend in town, he's heard your name We can go out driving on Slow Hand Row We could stay inside and play games, I don't know And you could have a change of heart Rikki don't lose that number You don't want to call nobody else You don't wanna call nobody else. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi! Lots of life lessons in these Eagles lyrics - can you match them to the correct song? No court has ever recognized one. From an article about/interview with Fagen in. I thought our little wild time had just begun. Rikki Don't Lose That Number" appropriates the bass pattern from Horace Silver's 1965 song "Song for My Father", while "Parker's Band" features Charlie Parker–influenced riffs and a lyric that invites listeners to "take a piece of Mr. Parker's band." Bob Seger's "Beautiful Loser" was inspired by a book written by Leonard Cohen called Beautiful Losers. I love this song but will forever associate it with John Mahoney singing it while driving during a scene in "Say Anything". Danbunny, thanks for that! The band’s best-known songs included ‘Do It Again,’ ‘Reelin’ in the Years,’ and ‘Rikki Don’t Lose That Number… Anyone have the skinny? ! Baxter, who joined the Doobie Brothers in 1975, later became a consultant in the audio industry and also leant his technical expertise to the defense industry. Thier services would become academic. its not that lyrics are irrelevant but that the perfect comprehension of them is irrelevant or not so relevant. ― "pack a bisquit" (carry a gun) (lpz), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 00:44 (ten years ago) link. (sorry, it's just a pet peeve of mine that folks like Fagan or, say, Elvis Costello, seem to get caught in this trap where their praised more for the content of their lyrics more than their skillz, to the point that if it's not vengeful spiteful bile, it's either not their best work, or it's subversively insincere), ("their praised" = "they're praised", obv, and "it's either" was meant as "it is perceived as either not..." etc.). why? Fagen & Becker are missing the gravy train by not putting out live albums from that era. Favorite Answer The notion that the "number" Rikki shouldn't lose is a joint is also suggested by the next line, "Mail it in a letter to yourself", which was, supposedly (I wouldn't know) a way … because if they did thier useless copyright lawyers would be out of a great deal of money. You will recieve a federal, dated postmarked song in a sealed envelope. Music, Film, TV and Political News Coverage. It never, ever occurred to me that a man would spell his name "Rikki". I always assumed Rikki was a woman. ― master of retardment (ENBB), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 20:57 (ten years ago) link. I thought our little wild time had just begun. It never, ever occurred to me that a man would spell his name "Rikki" at the time this song came out. The opening of both songs is nearly identical. It’s the only one you got!!! I think the line is actually "you don't even know you're mind", which is a bit less stalkerish. ― Olde Executioner 8hundo (Eazy), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 21:03 (ten years ago) link, ― incarcerated moonfaces (how's life), Thursday, 23 August 2018 12:51 (two years ago) link, ― droit au butt (Euler), Thursday, 23 August 2018 12:56 (two years ago) link, ― mark s, Thursday, 23 August 2018 13:26 (two years ago) link, ― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 23 August 2018 13:38 (two years ago) link. Wasn't Riki Tiki Tavi a male .. weasel? Drastic measures! It was the most successful single of the group's career, peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in … Well, Tom Robinson spells out the 'gay subtext' nicely by interpolating the following lines (from 'Any Major Dude Will Tell You') into his cover version: I can tell you all I know, the where to go, the what to doYou can try to run but you can't hide from what's inside of you'. I'm starting to really love Skunk Baxter's guitar playing. And you could have a change of heart. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody.This page contains all the misheard lyrics for Rikki Don't Lose That Number that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started … I think pretty much any interpretation goes well with John Mahoney singing along with it in "Say Anything". Especially the intro and the delivery of the "stay inside and play games" line. Rikki Don't Lose That Number Lyrics. Steely Dan, American rock band that drew from the gamut of American musical styles to create some of the most intelligent and complex pop music of the 1970s. It's a good example of how, This is Steely Dan's highest charting single, reaching #4 on the Hot 100 in 1974. I digress the song was ridiculing another band. You don't wanna call nobody else Send it off in a letter to yourself Rikki don't lose that number. You tell yourself you're not my kind But you don't even know your mind I really don't care very much about lyrics. Rikki don't lose that number You don't wanna call nobody else Send it off in a letter to yourself Rikki don't lose that number It's the only one you own You might use it if you feel better When you get home. I may like those lines a lot, and they may have meaning to me. ― Mark F (mflaum), Monday, 24 November 2003 21:47 (seventeen years ago) link. Money talks BS walks in America baby, if you ever in front of a judge better put up or shut up. I heard this song on the radio last night and liked it. I didn't say that "Rikki" is in the least "fluffy", just that it's not about drugs or anything grimier than a slightly creepy ex, and that it doesn't have to be to claim its place as a top shelf SD lyric. And do you mean that's not a smack song? I don't know - I kind of like the idea of mailing a letter to yourself for some reason. Rikki, don't lose that number You don't wanna call nobody else Send it off in a letter to yourself Rikki, don't lose that number It's the only one you own You might use it if you feel better When you get home [break] You tell yourself you're not my kind But you don't even know your mind And you could have a change of heart Rikki, don't lose that number You don't wanna call nobody else Now, how a father fits into the lyric is for better SD interpreters than I. Who said that? Instead of being down/ jaded/limited. See if you can spot the real ones. mongoose? My theory, which I've proposed elsewhere: there's a connection, maybe subconscious, to Nixon. I don't think the "poor man's copyright" method holds up in court. . again its quite possible the the multiplicity of interpretations suggested here is precisely the effect desired by the songwriters. However, I generally don't really know 'what a song is about. Write a song, seal it in a letter, and send it to yourself. Steely Dan: 10 Essential Songs In honor of the late Walter Becker, we look back at some of the sly jazz-rockers’ best Rikki don't lose that number You don't wanna call nobody else Send it off in a letter to yourself Rikki don't lose that number It's the only one you own You might use it if you feel better When you get home I have a friend in town, he's heard your name We can go out driving on Slow Hand Row We could stay inside and play games, I don't know Rikki Don’t Lose That Number “It wasn’t written for Rickie Lee Jones. the house that Rikki lived in is still there on Annandale Road. ― Mormons come out of the sky and they stand there (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 00:49 (ten years ago) link. I don't know And you could have a change of heart Rikki don't lose that number. I guess its probably about that real person they went to college with, whutever.. its just the way the lyrics are written, and without any specific genders ever mentioned or implied I always interpreted it as a gay/coming out/drug scene stuff song. "I guess you kind of scared yourself. Go to your CD collection and get out, Speaking on the subject of playing their hit songs in concert, Donald Fagen told. For what it's worth, I assumed it was a guy being sung to, but the words are more from a female perspective. http://www.bigozine7.com/MP3/SDlondon/SDlondon106.mp3, http://www.insidesocal.com/outinhollywood/ricki-lake2.jpg, http://www.bombsite.com/images85/ducornet2.jpg, http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3204, Mormons come out of the sky and they stand there (Abbbottt), kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Fruitless and Pansy Free (Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt), Zeppelin to Howlin Wolf: "Suck It" (Bill Magill), Ride decided to give birth to a giant poop log & disguise it as a CD (jamescobo), Drastic times require what? We hear you're leaving, that's OK. ." RIKKI DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER - Steely Dan [RUN] e|-----| B|-----3-----| G|-----1-2---1-2---| D|---1-----2-| A|-2-----| E|-----| [Verse 1] E D A ), Yeah, I always assumed was about a guy who was only just beginning to come out of the closet in his mind...though now I'm sort of amazed that I just. Not that that is a bad thing. I was going to say as much, too, Dan, but then I remember Mr. Rachtman. Now it would have to be "send it off in an e-mail to yourself." But if you have a change of heart. I think the theme of some sort of gay encounter with someone unsure of his sexuality makes more sense. ― gaz (gaz), Monday, 24 November 2003 04:01 (seventeen years ago) link, ― gaz (gaz), Monday, 24 November 2003 04:05 (seventeen years ago) link, ― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 24 November 2003 04:10 (seventeen years ago) link, ― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 24 November 2003 04:24 (seventeen years ago) link, ― hstencil, Monday, 24 November 2003 04:26 (seventeen years ago) link, ― Al (sitcom), Monday, 24 November 2003 04:35 (seventeen years ago) link. ― o. nate (onate), Monday, 24 November 2003 21:48 (seventeen years ago) link, ― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 24 November 2003 21:53 (seventeen years ago) link, ― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 24 November 2003 21:54 (seventeen years ago) link, ― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 November 2003 21:56 (seventeen years ago) link, ― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 24 November 2003 21:57 (seventeen years ago) link, ― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 24 November 2003 22:01 (seventeen years ago) link, ― hstencil, Monday, 24 November 2003 22:02 (seventeen years ago) link, ― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 24 November 2003 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link, ― Mark G, Thursday, 10 May 2007 13:40 (thirteen years ago) link, ― baaderonixx, Thursday, 10 May 2007 13:47 (thirteen years ago) link, ― danbunny, Thursday, 10 May 2007 13:58 (thirteen years ago) link, ― danbunny, Thursday, 10 May 2007 13:59 (thirteen years ago) link, ― Hurting 2, Thursday, 10 May 2007 14:16 (thirteen years ago) link, ― ellaguru, Thursday, 10 May 2007 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link, ― Hurting 2, Thursday, 10 May 2007 14:48 (thirteen years ago) link, ― ellaguru, Thursday, 10 May 2007 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link, ― Hurting 2, Thursday, 10 May 2007 14:55 (thirteen years ago) link, ― Sparkle Motion, Thursday, 10 May 2007 15:01 (thirteen years ago) link, ― o. nate, Thursday, 10 May 2007 15:02 (thirteen years ago) link, ― danbunny, Thursday, 10 May 2007 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link, ― Hurting 2, Thursday, 10 May 2007 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link, ― Tinky-Winky, Thursday, 10 May 2007 17:58 (thirteen years ago) link, ― mike a, Thursday, 10 May 2007 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link, ― billstevejim, Thursday, 10 May 2007 18:02 (thirteen years ago) link, ― The Deacon, Thursday, 10 May 2007 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link, ― o. nate, Thursday, 10 May 2007 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link, ― hstencil, Thursday, 10 May 2007 19:13 (thirteen years ago) link, ― Sparkle Motion, Thursday, 10 May 2007 19:20 (thirteen years ago) link, ― Brad C., Thursday, 10 May 2007 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link, ― PappaWheelie V, Thursday, 10 May 2007 23:10 (thirteen years ago) link, ― chaki, Friday, 11 May 2007 01:26 (thirteen years ago) link, ― baaderonixx, Friday, 11 May 2007 07:45 (thirteen years ago) link, ― Whiney G. 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