Thursday, June 29, 2006

New Frontier

New Frontier - Donald Fagen



Although I am not a huge fan of music videos. This is one of my favorite videos. I remember when it came out in the 1980's. This was when music videos were in their infancy and we were all glued to "MuchMusic" here in Toronto. I remember watching the channel religiously so I could watch all the latest videos to the popular 80's songs and everyone was sucked in to watching the latest merging of Television and Music.

I always felt this video was a bit more artistic and relevant to the song as opposed to some of the other videos that came out at the same time. I love the 1950's references and old style animation. After seeing Donald Fagen live, here in Toronto at Massey Hall a few months ago. I was reminded of the video when Donald Fagen did a great live version of this song. I kept mentioning to JB that he should try and find/view this video if possible as it is mildly amusing and plus you get to hear a great song. Well, JB found it for me on "Youtube" and sent me the link this morning. It is a video that I could watch over and over again. Perhaps because I love the song so much it naturally makes the video more enjoyable for me.

I love Donald Fagen whether his solo career/albums or his work with partner Walter Becker as the group Steely Dan. "New Frontier" is definitely one of my favorite Fagen songs. It is from his "Nightfly" Album which has quite a few good tunes on it.




Enjoy the tune...

Quote of the day:

"We cannot expect the Americans to jump from Capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving Americans small doses of Socialism, until they suddenly awake to find they have Communism."
- Nikita Kruschev, Premiere of the former Soviet Union, 3-1/2 months before his first visit to the United States.

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