Talk:Everything Must Go (Steely Dan album)

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The interpretation of "Godwhacker" seems absurd to me. While Steely Dan has intentionally produced absurd things in the past, it seems to me that making such claims in Wikipedia should require proper sourcing, which isn't here. The interpretations I've seen for this song are much more literal: Killing God. (Muhammed a prohet, not god, and certainly wasn't around "in the beginning.") I think it should be removed if it can't be sourced. 131.107.0.73 (talk) 22:52, 12 June 2008 (UTC)Bill Bolosky, USA

"The song "Slang of Ages" is notable for being Steely Dan's first released studio recording in which Walter Becker performs lead vocals (co-leader Donald Fagen being the group's usual lead vocalist). "

Becker sung the lead vocals on "Show Biz Kids" on their Countdown to Ecstasy album 87.198.18.56 (talk) 12:05, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm revamping the article as much as possible for two reasons. One is that I think it's poorly written, organized, and formatted. The other is that all the above comments are in agreement that the interpretations made by the original author are speculative and unsourced, not to mention just being plain silly. If anyone thinks that I'm in no position to make these changes, then by all means, just revert the article. --Supergra

I finished a bunch of changes. I'm still definitely not happy with the article, but I hope it is better. I'm too tired at the moment to make further changes. Substantial changes:
 * I removed the claim that "Everything Must Go" went platinum. A search of the RIAA Gold and Platinum Database shows that it didn't even go gold.
 * I reworded all the goofy September 11 stuff and made it less assertive. However, I removed only the most spurious of the claims, and left the theory largely still there (organized under a different subsection title). I think the whole thing should be removed, but I won't make that call.

Things that should still be looked at:
 * Is the assertion that Everything Must Go was "considered an inferior followup" to Two Against Nature justifiable or proper?
 * Does the part about Walter Becker singing belong in the intro?
 * Should the "Song References" section even be there? If it should, it needs better formatting. I'm not familiar with the customary way of handling series of lyrics quotations.

68.198.114.127 (talk) 02:55, 29 September 2010 (UTC) I don't find anything wrong with the article. Why? IT'S ONLY ONE PARAGRAPH! I don't understand why you're so dissatisfied with such a short article about an album nobody know about unless they're a Steely Dan fan.

--Supergra

Serious issues
I have tagged the article for a lack of references and added three 'citation needed' tags. For a short article barely more than a 'stub', this article has some serious issues. For one thing, since it appears this album did not manage to go gold, comparing it to Two Against Nature as far as sales appears to be blatantly wrong.Jusdafax  07:46, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * UPDATE: I have reverted all the way back to December 27, 2009. Clearly there were a number of dubious edits to this article. It still has no refs, so I have left the article tag and a relevant 'citation needed.' It does appear that the album failed to go gold; this version correctly notes that at least. Jusdafax   15:49, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

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