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Gaucho Lyrics
Just when I say
'Boy we can't miss You are golden' Then you do this You say this guy is so cool Snapping his fingers like a fool One more expensive kiss-off Who do you think I am Lord I know you're a special friend But you don't seem to understand We got heavy rollers I think you should know Try again tomorrow Can't you see they're laughing at me Get rid off him I don't care what you do at home Would you care to explain Who is the gaucho amigo, Why is he standing In your spangled leather poncho And your elevator shoes Bodacious cowboys Such as your friend Will never be welcome here High in the Custerdome What I tell you Back down the line I'll scratch your back, You can scratch mine No he can't sleep on the floor, What do you think I'm yelling for? I'll drop him near the freeway Doesn't he have a home Lord I know you're a special friend But you refuse to undrestand You're a nasty schoolboy With no place to go Try again tomorrow Don't tell me he'll wait in the car, Look at you, Holding hands with the man from the Rio Would you care to explain? Who is the Gaucho amigo, Why is he standing In your spangled leather poncho With the studs that match your eyes Bodacious cowboys Such as your friend Will never be welcome here High in the Custerdome |
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08-24-2006
I never thought of it that way until he said that to me. I can see it now, though.
I never liked this tune until I heard Bob Tedde from The Steely Damned (San Diego) sing it. He claims it's one of his favorites. And he sang it with such reverence and love, you couldn't help but adore the song. It was like a lullaby.
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08-31-2006
As I understand it, a "Gaucho" is a South American (Argentine) cowboy. The narrator seems to be in an odd position: he finds himself dealing with this "gaucho", an intruder in his (male) relationship to his lover. The song is about the narrator's frustration not only with the intruder but also with the newly formed love trianlge that he finds himself trapped in.
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12-11-2006
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03-21-2007
GREAT song though, regardless of your sexuality. Gaucho is probably THE most underrated Dan album, possibly with the exception of the first.
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10-07-2007
05-12-2009
For me, the critical line is, "with the studs that match your eyes", sung kind of wistfully. That's always been my favorite line. I love how it's added as an unexpected addendum to the regular line right at the end.
The way I hear this, it's an older male lover who, the entire song, is pretending as though his objections to the gaucho intruder are all essentially unemotional, how the gaucho is ridiculous, embarassing, pathetic, but, at the very end, he reveals his superior, authoritative objections are all a sham, a facade, and really he's jealous, heartbroken, crushed.
Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but that's the way I hear it, and though I'm not gay, read that way it feels to me like terrific writing, creating great complexity of character obliquely. I can hear all the emotions in his voice of wounded pride trying to make a desperate show of pretend strength. Love it.
05-12-2009
For me, the critical line is, "with the studs that match your eyes", sung kind of wistfully. That's always been my favorite line. I love how it's added as an unexpected addendum to the regular line right at the end.
The way I hear this, it's an older male lover who, the entire song, is pretending as though his objections to the gaucho intruder are all essentially unemotional, how the gaucho is ridiculous, embarassing, pathetic, but, at the very end, he reveals his superior, authoritative objections are all a sham, a facade, and really he's jealous, heartbroken, crushed.
Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but that's the way I hear it, and though I'm not gay, read that way it feels to me like terrific writing, creating great complexity of character obliquely. I can hear all the emotions in his voice of wounded pride trying to make a desperate show of pretend strength. Love it.
05-12-2009
For me, the critical line is, "with the studs that match your eyes", sung kind of wistfully. That's always been my favorite line. I love how it's added as an unexpected addendum to the regular line right at the end.
The way I hear this, it's an older male lover who, the entire song, is pretending as though his objections to the gaucho intruder are all essentially unemotional, how the gaucho is ridiculous, embarassing, pathetic, but, at the very end, he reveals his superior, authoritative objections are all a sham, a facade, and really he's jealous, heartbroken, crushed.
Maybe I'm reading waaay too much into it, but that's the way I hear it, and though I'm not gay, read that way it feels to me like terrific writing, creating great complexity of character obliquely. I can hear all the emotions in his voice of wounded pride trying to make a desperate show of pretend strength. Love it.
05-12-2009
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03-01-2008
This is one of SD's best songs musically. Gaucho is for me the best album they recorded... althought they are all great.
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05-20-2009
With no place to go...", if he were star material he'll just find another manager. It's just some skanky loverboy he found on the street and made a deal with, "I'll scratch your back, you can scratch mine", (hint hint). It's The Dan's masterpiece, as far as I'm concerned, but, though they deny it and claim coincidence, it does sound an awful lot like "Long As You Know You're Getting Yours", from Beginnings by master jazz pianist, Keith Jarrett. Jarrett's management sued the stealing Dan, as the courts agreed and now Keith Jarrett is listed as co-writer on this track along with Becker & Fagen. Check out the new CD's in case you haven't seen it.
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07-12-2009
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10-15-2009
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