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Fagen feared listeners finding plagiarism in his lyrics, so he altered a lyric in "The Goodbye Look"—"Behind the big casinos by the beach"—as it "reminded him of a line from a well-known poem". He was also concerned the "late line" lyrics in the title song were too close to the late-night news program Nightline. [16]
The Goodbye Look may refer to: The Goodbye Look , a 1969 novel by Ross Macdonald in the Lew Archer series "The Goodbye Look", a 1982 song by Donald Fagen from the album The Nightfly
The lyrics of the song, as well as others on The Lexicon of Love, were inspired by a break-up lead vocalist Martin Fry had experienced. In the second verse, during the phrase "When your girl has left you out on the pavement", the "Goodbye" background vocal is spoken by the actual woman in the relationship who had jilted him. [7]
"Goodbye" is a pop ballad that lyrically consists of the group's farewell to a friend, specifically Halliwell. The lyrics were also seen, by the media and fans alike, as the group's end, although the idea was dismissed by the members. "Goodbye" received positive reviews from music commentators, who said
This transitional period in life was the ideal time to make experimental music. “I was not only saying goodbye to my band, but I was saying goodbye to my drug addiction,” said Navarro, “so ...
The music video for "New Frontier" was produced, for Cucumber Studios, by Annabel Jankel and was directed by Rocky Morton. [10] The music video continues the song's concept of a teenage romantic evening in a bomb shelter. It mixes animation and live-action footage. [11] Fagen appears only in a poster for The Nightfly seen on the wall of the bunker.
She began the song by saying, “You say, ‘I don’t understand’ and I say, ‘I know you don’t’ / We thought a cure would come through in time, now, I fear it won’t / Remember lookin ...
The song "Auld Lang Syne" comes from a Robert Burns poem. Burns was the national poet of Scotland and wrote the poem in 1788, but it wasn't published until 1799—three years after his death.