One of the best jokes in rock history comes in the liner notes for Steely Dan's "Can't Buy a Thril," where they provide snide commentary on all the songs (kind of like Frank Zappa on "Freak Out," and, in fact, now that I think about it, it seems Fagen and Becker could have stole it from them. Under the description of "Reelin' in the Years," which I had to think was always targeted as a huge hit, they write "Remember this one from college?" The joke that the album just came out but years later as... read more
