div_id: "cf_async_" + Math.floor((Math.random() * 999999999)) | C D A (tacet) E | You might use it if you feel better when you get home. ‘Send it off in a letter, to yourself…’ Twice in two days. Rikki Ducornet(female) was a NY writer and artist who Donald Fagen met while they were both students at Barth college in NY. C Em Rikki don't lose that number it's the only one you own. "Rikki Don t Lose That Number chords Steely Dan E D A E We hear you're leaving, that's OK D A E I thought our little wild time had just begun D A E I guess you kind of scared yourself, you turn and run F#m A But if you have a change of heart E Rikki don't lose that number G You don't wanna call nobody else A G D Send it off in a letter to yourself C Rikki don't lose that number Em It's the only one you own C D A You might … I doubt it. Fagen won't admit it – he's always been extremely reluctant to explain his songs – but it's easy to imagine that Ducornet was the inspiration for one of his band's most famous tunes, ''Rikki Don't Lose That Number.'' I was heavy metal/pop/grunge/punk. The luxury of his … Personally, when the song debuted, I just figured it was for *anyone* named Riki or Rickie or Ricky or Rikki. You tell yourself you're not my kind But you don't even know your mind And you could have a change of heart Rikki don't lose that number The groove of this song was based off of Horace Silver's "Song for My Father." D xx0232. Rikki Don't Lose That Number Tab by Steely Dan with free online tab player. "You're not my kind" for Rikki? Bowie's "activist" days of 1964 led to Ziggy Stardust. Are they still alive? Rikki Don't Lose That Number live at the NAMM Show 2016 TEC Awards in Anaheim, CA. B x24442. referencing Rikki Don't Lose That Number / Any Major Dude Will Tell You, 7", Single, ABC-11439 From the appearance of the label, this looks like a styrene pressing. We’re gearing up for the 2020 NAMM Show and looking back at some of the cool videos from past shows. Michael Jackson was only 11 years and 5 months old when the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back" became the group's first #1 . Zappa and his gang around this time frequently commented on whatever music was popular at the moment. "I have a friend in town. My name is Ricki, I am a girl, well I was a younger girl, I 1974 and thought it was my song, even though I didn't know Steely Dan, but it was supposed to be about a friend of theirs, a girl from Bard college.. It's unsurprising that "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" ended up becoming Steely Dan's biggest commercial hit (hitting number four in the summer of 1974), as it's one of … Long ago, men i knew were fans of Steely Dan. The beginning of this song features a flapamba, a rare and unusual instrument that is a variant of a marimba. D A E I have a friend in town, he's heard your name. It's a good example of how, This is Steely Dan's highest charting single, reaching #4 on the Hot 100 in 1974. Just a short video that overlays passages from Rikki Don't Lose That Number and Aja. /* TFP - lyricinterpretations */ Odd, he thought. Watch the video for Rikki Don't Lose That Number from Steely Dan's A Decade Of Steely Dan for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Rikki, don't lose that number It's the only one you own You might use it if you feel better When you get home [break] You tell yourself you're not my kind But you don't even know your mind And you could have a change of heart Rikki, don't lose that number You don't wanna call nobody else Send it off in a letter to yourself Rikki, don't lose that number It's the only one you own You might use it if you feel better Baxter, who joined the Doobie Brothers in 1975, later became a consultant in the audio industry and also leant his technical expertise to the defense industry. Get DJ recommendations for harmonic mixing. Gmaj7/D x55432. A monthly update on our latest interviews, stories and added songs, The keyboard riff was taken from "Song For My Father," which was released in 1964 by the jazz composer and pianist Horace Silver. F#m7 242220. Learn how to play Rikki Don’t Lose That Number by Steely Dan on the piano! Amaj7 x02120 [Abm7] C#m7 [464444] x46454. It's just after the bass-player rant and just before Frank makes another crack about Suzi Quatro cassettes. Long ago. ''I remember we had a great conversation and he did suggest I call him, which never happened,'' says Ducornet, now a well-regarded novelist and artist. This would be relevant in the secret society of gays at the time. A x02220. E 022100. Zappa sings a couple of joke lines from "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," with a hilarious deadpan. You don't wanna call nobody else Send it off in a letter to yourself Rikki don't lose that number. When he was asked to write a song for the Singles soundtrack, Mark thought the Seattle grunge scene was already overblown, so that's what he wrote about. Print and download Rikki Don't Lose That Number sheet music by Steely Dan. This song is about a guy that just had his first gay experience and it scared him. Correct spelling of the name is Rikki and it is the female verision of the name so I believe you are mistaken when you make the assumption that it is about a same sex relationship due to the name. [E9/D] Rikki don't lose that number, (Rikki don't lose that number) [E9/D] Rikki don't lose that number // E9 022132. x55777. Listen to the first line and you'll hear a muffed word: "goddess" was sung as "goddness.". They met at a college party(she was married at the time) and Rikki was worried that she was becoming attracted to Donald and decided to leave before things went too far, but not before Donald gave her his phone #.This explains most but not all the lyrics. I read somewhere that this was about Rick Derringer who played on many middle period Dan albums. I heard it was about while in college, he was balling a professor's wife, her name was Rikkie, I am a gay man who was in high school when the song came out in the 70's and I absolutely thought the lyrics were about a gay man coming to terms with himself. So I thought it was about weed too. A top New York studio musician, Ralph played guitar on many '60s hits, including "Lightnin' Strikes," "A Lover's Concerto" and "I Am A Rock.". A E We could stay inside and play games I don't know. Like all the gays did. They met at a college party(she was married at the time) and Rikki was worried that she was becoming attracted to Donald and decided to leave before things went too far, but not before Donald gave her his phone #.This explains most but not all the lyrics. The original "Venus" was a #1 hit for the Dutch band Shocking Blue. ‘Rikki don’t lose the number, you don’t want to call nobody else.’ There it was again. [Verse 1] D A E I have a friend in town, he's heard your name. C D A N.C. E You might use it if you feel better when you get home. I am so glad that someone else had my feelings for this song, having grown up on Long Island in the seventies and not being sure of my own sexuality, this errie melody and mysterious message only made my imagine that they must be talking about some first time experience that involved fear and longing, desire and trepidation, anyway it resonated through me at the time for that and still does. (function() { I remember something about them writing a song and before protecting it with a copywrite, the idea was used by someone else, thus the verse "send it off in a letter to yourself"...dont open it and the postmark date would be a way to prove your case. })(); (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Rikki Ducornet(female) was a NY writer and artist who Donald Fagen met while they were both students at Barth college in NY. Thanks for playing, and er ah *paying*! Now he has to figure out if he's gay and who he can talk to about it. 14 Responses to Rikki Don’t Lose That Number. Please verify. If there was anything greater than platinum classic, I would award it to Steely Dan. You've got four girls and/or guys right there, who think the song was all about them. Rikki, don't lose that number You don't wanna call nobody else Send it off in a letter to yourself Rikki, don't lose that number It's the only one you own You might use it if you feel better He hadn’t really walked the streets much in recent years. RIKKI DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER (1974) by Steely Dan - YouTube 1974. document.write('

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