W1P Wrote:Steely Dan has a song off Countdown to Ecstasy called "Your Gold Teeth" that includes the following lyrics:

Tobacco they grow in Peking
In the Year of the Locust
You'll see a sad thing
Even Cathy Berberian knows
There's one roulade she can't sing
Dumb luck my friend
Won't suck me in this time

In Nick Mason's new book "Inside Out" Nick, he talks about the making of The Dark Side of the Moon, saying:

"'Great Gig' was a piece of Rick's, with the vocal section soaring over the top. There were a number of suggestions about who to use: mine was the avant-garde mezzo-soprano Cathy Berberian (who I was listening to lot at the time) but she might have been a bit radical even for us."

A few pages later is a photograph of Venetta Fields and Carlena Williams with a caption mentioning Venetta's work with Steely Dan.

Of course, one of my daughters is named Aja!

danfan Wrote:

W1P Wrote:Steely Dan has a song off Countdown to Ecstasy called "Your Gold Teeth" that includes the following lyrics:

Tobacco they grow in Peking
In the Year of the Locust
You'll see a sad thing
Even Cathy Berberian knows
There's one roulade she can't sing
Dumb luck my friend
Won't suck me in this time

In Nick Mason's new book "Inside Out" Nick, he talks about the making of The Dark Side of the Moon, saying:

"'Great Gig' was a piece of Rick's, with the vocal section soaring over the top. There were a number of suggestions about who to use: mine was the avant-garde mezzo-soprano Cathy Berberian (who I was listening to lot at the time) but she might have been a bit radical even for us."

A few pages later is a photograph of Venetta Fields and Carlena Williams with a caption mentioning Venetta's work with Steely Dan.

Of course, one of my daughters is named Aja!

I am a huge danfan and have been a floydian for years but I never knew that thread thanks for sharing that is so cool. Cheers :blues: