Kid Charlemagne!

shotgunlew · 10-14-2008, 12:53 AM

Has anyone got this solo down? IM about 25-30 seconds into the solo.

specflec · 10-17-2008, 06:55 PM

What a great solo. Please let us know when you have it down and post up a vid so we can see and hear! Best of luck and have a great time with it.

st.bede · 10-18-2008, 11:55 PM

great solo...you should be able to pick up some good ideas from that one (if you know your theory)

Led Zep Fan · 10-19-2008, 12:24 AM

Yes! I know the whole thing! It took about two intense weeks of practice but I did it. My band used to play this song regularly when we had a keyboard player!

lowe · 10-19-2008, 02:28 PM

Is kid charlemagne a person in a movie too? I know I've heard the song, but I've heard Kid Charlemagne in a movie also

bgyj · 10-24-2008, 09:52 AM

Kid Charlemagne" is a song by the rock group Steely Dan, which was released as a single from their 1976 album The Royal Scam. It is notable as a fusion of a funk rhythm and jazz harmonies with rock and roll instrumentals and lyrical style.
Although the lyrics are, at first glance, typically oblique and allusive, writers Walter Becker and Donald Fagen have stated that it was loosely inspired by the exploits of the infamous 1960s San Francisco-based LSD chemist Owsley Stanley[1] — although it conflates the core story with numerous other images of the Sixties. This is evident in the following lines:

On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene
But yours was kitchen clean
Everyone stopped to stare at your Technicolor motor home

The first two lines draw on the fact that Owsley's acid was famed for its purity, although the last line may be a reference to the famous psychedelic bus named Furthur, which was used by the Merry Pranksters, who were supplied their LSD by Owsley himself.
The lyric "You'd go to LA on a dare and you'd go it alone" alludes to a story in The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test about a trip taken by chief Prankster Ken Kesey.
The final verse foreshadows Owsley's eventual bust:

Clean this mess up else we'll all end up in jail
Those test tubes and the scale
Just get it all out of here
Is there gas in the car?
Yes, there's gas in the car
I think the people down the hall know who you are

Owsley and another person were arrested after their car ran out of gas. According to an infamous legend, Walter Becker once informed a taxi cab driver in New York City that he was with the band Steely Dan. The cab driver stated that he thought he knew what the worst lyrics were in the Steely Dan catalogue. When Becker asked the driver what they were, the driver responded, "Is there gas in the car? Yes, there's gas in the car."[citation needed]

10-14-2008, 12:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
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specflec Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Iowa - soon to be New York State Posts: 870 Thanks: 76 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Kid Charlemagne! What a great solo. Please let us know when you have it down and post up a vid so we can see and hear! Best of luck and have a great time with it.

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st.bede V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Fresno Ca Posts: 1,664 Thanks: 19 Thanked 8 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Kid Charlemagne! great solo...you should be able to pick up some good ideas from that one (if you know your theory) __________________ Peace: is not the lack of dischord but an active process that transforms the present dischord into harmony through reverence "to criticize without vision is to be complicitious with dominance" Carolyn Casey "Go easy and, if you can't go easy, go as easy as you can" Jennifer Stone.... (from KPFA Cover to Cover) for me ORANGE IS THE CHANGE thank you 5F6-A

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10-24-2008, 09:52 AM	#6 (permalink)
bgyj Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Athen's Ga Posts: 312 Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Kid Charlemagne! Kid Charlemagne" is a song by the rock group Steely Dan, which was released as a single from their 1976 album The Royal Scam. It is notable as a fusion of a funk rhythm and jazz harmonies with rock and roll instrumentals and lyrical style. Although the lyrics are, at first glance, typically oblique and allusive, writers Walter Becker and Donald Fagen have stated that it was loosely inspired by the exploits of the infamous 1960s San Francisco-based LSD chemist Owsley Stanley[1] — although it conflates the core story with numerous other images of the Sixties. This is evident in the following lines: On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene But yours was kitchen clean Everyone stopped to stare at your Technicolor motor home The first two lines draw on the fact that Owsley's acid was famed for its purity, although the last line may be a reference to the famous psychedelic bus named Furthur, which was used by the Merry Pranksters, who were supplied their LSD by Owsley himself. The lyric "You'd go to LA on a dare and you'd go it alone" alludes to a story in The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test about a trip taken by chief Prankster Ken Kesey. The final verse foreshadows Owsley's eventual bust: Clean this mess up else we'll all end up in jail Those test tubes and the scale Just get it all out of here Is there gas in the car? Yes, there's gas in the car I think the people down the hall know who you are Owsley and another person were arrested after their car ran out of gas. According to an infamous legend, Walter Becker once informed a taxi cab driver in New York City that he was with the band Steely Dan. The cab driver stated that he thought he knew what the worst lyrics were in the Steely Dan catalogue. When Becker asked the driver what they were, the driver responded, "Is there gas in the car? Yes, there's gas in the car."[citation needed]

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