What is the song "Pretzel Logic" by steely dan about?!
Question: From an interview with Donald Fagen in New Music Express, May 25, 1974:
[Interviewer] I thought Pretzel Logic - the song, not the actual album - was a totally surreal lyric with no real meaning. But according to Fagen it's about time travel:
"When it says, 'I stepped up on the platform / The man gave me the news', we conceived the platform as a teleportation device. And there are other key lines like 'I've never met Napoleon but I plan to find the time' ,
"What we're actually saying is I plan to find the time in that he lived in."
Complete interview at the URL below.
--Mike B
Answers: From an interview with Donald Fagen in New Music Express, May 25, 1974:
[Interviewer] I thought Pretzel Logic - the song, not the actual album - was a totally surreal lyric with no real meaning. But according to Fagen it's about time travel:
"When it says, 'I stepped up on the platform / The man gave me the news', we conceived the platform as a teleportation device. And there are other key lines like 'I've never met Napoleon but I plan to find the time' ,
"What we're actually saying is I plan to find the time in that he lived in."
Complete interview at the URL below.
--Mike B
www.songmeanings.net