Template:Did you know nominations/Aja (song)


 * The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as |this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by PanydThe muffin is not subtle 12:42, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Aja (song)

 * ... that, at "about eight minutes," "Aja" is the longest Steely Dan song?
 * ALT1:... that Steve Gadd's drum solo on Steely Dan's "Aja" was the first in the band's history?
 * ALT2:... that Steve Gadd's drum solo on Steely Dan's "Aja" was so exciting to watch that other musicians got distracted and had to rerecord some of their parts later?
 * ALT3:... that the rhythm parts for Steely Dan's "Aja" were so long and complex that each player needed three music stands to hold the charts?
 * Reviewed: Fullbright (company)
 * Comment: Still working on this, but all the hooks are supported by what's already been done. I'm nominating now to get ahead of the holiday weekend here in the U.S., during which I may not be as able to work on it.

Created by Daniel Case (talk). Self nominated at 18:21, 16 January 2015 (UTC).
 * Alright, I'm finally done now, and here are four more:
 * ALT4:... that Denny Dias's performance on Steely Dan's "Aja" was the last appearance of any of the band's founding members besides Walter Becker and Donald Fagen?
 * ALT5:... that, to avoiding promoting their FM competition, AM radio stations dubbed the "A" from the chorus of Steely Dan's "Aja" over the "F" in "FM (No Static At All)"?
 * ALT6:... that jazz historian Ben Sidran has described the recording of Steely Dan's "Aja" as "when pop music suddenly took a left turn"?
 * ALT7:... that despite its harmonic and structural complexity Steely Dan's "Aja" was mostly recorded in one day because the musicians were excellent sight readers?

Alright ... review away. Daniel Case (talk) 19:16, 23 January 2015 (UTC)


 * This is a 5X newly-expanded article. It's long enough, has many citations and is a neutral article about the song.  I'm not seeing any text copyvios or close paraphrasing.  All of the proposed hooks have references, but think ALT3 might catch a reader's eye the easiest and quickest.  There are no images to consider and the author has already done QPQ. This would be a good candidate for GA, if the author's interested. Symbol confirmed.svg GTG! :) We hope (talk) 22:07, 25 January 2015 (UTC)