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Steely Dan - Reelin' in the years

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyaYXwoXpeM (video "fan made")

Your everlastin' summer, you can see it fadin' fast
So you grab a piece of somethin' that you think is gonna last
Well, you wouldn't even know a diamond if you held it in your hand
The things you think are precious I can't understand

Are you reelin' in the years, stowin' away the time
Are you gatherin' up the tears, have you had enough of mine
Are you reelin' in the years, stowin' away the time
Are you gatherin' up the tears, have you had enough of mine

You've been tellin' me you're a genius since you were seventeen
In all the time I've known you, I still don't know what you mean
The weekend at the college didn't turn out like you planned
The things that pass for knowledge, I can't understand

Are you reelin' in the years, stowin' away the time
Are you gatherin' up the tears, have you had enough of mine
Are you reelin' in the years, stowin' away the time
Are you gatherin' up the tears, have you had enough of mine

I spent a lot of money and I spent a lot of time
The trip we made to Hollywood is still etched upon my mind
After all the things we've done and seen you find another man
The things you think are useless I can't understand

Are you reelin' in the years, stowin' away the time
Are you gatherin' up the tears, have you had enough of mine
Are you reelin' in the years, stowin' away the time
Are you gatherin' up the tears, have you had enough of mine
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Cancion tipicamente seventies de ese grupo poco conocido en España, pero genial, que es Steely Dan. La cancion aparecio en 1972 y trata sobre el paso del tiempo, un tema que generalmente suele dar buenos temas melancolicos. Sin embargo aqui los steely le dan un toque humoristico alternando el estribillo (¿estas enrrollando los años, guardando el tiempo?) con una serie de estrofas en las que cuentan distintas etapas de la vida de una mujer que deja un poco que desear (genial la segunda, tras el primer estribillo XD). El solo de guitarra es muy memorable y suele colar la cancion en las listas de los mejores temas guitarreros. De hecho, nada mas y nada menos que Jimmy page considera el solo de guitarra de Elliot Randall en esta cancion como su preferido de todos los tiempos.

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