
According to one reviewer's interpretation, the song "was about a middle-aged man's disappointment with a young lover ("Hey Nineteen, that's 'Retha Franklin / She don't remember the Queen of Soul / It's hard times befallen the sole survivors / She thinks I'm crazy but I'm just growing old")." Other reviews felt that the song struck a nerve with the aging baby boomer generation transition from the freewheeling 60's and 70's to the conservative 1980's. (source)
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Okay--well you know Chris I'm a sucker for all things SD. My daughter knows this song so well I've been jinxed on our ride to school because we got lost singing...
I still haven't explained what "the fine Columbian" means (nor has she asked). I didn't know what Ceurvo Gold meant when I first bought the ALBUM...
Skate a little lower now sounds more and more creepy as I get older. Still, a great song on a great album. Knopfler played on Gaucho didn't he? I'd have to look it up. That's the downside to iTunes--no liner notes...but like an old fool I digress...jemison
jemison-
This has always sounded to me like it could fit in nicely on Nightfly, and album we both really like. I too was naive about "the Cuervo Gold, the fine Columbian" until high school. I always thought maybe it was just a nonsense lyric created for the rhyme!
I think the players on this include at least Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, from the Doobie (fine Columbian) Bros. They (Steely Dan) always had the best session guys playing for them. And a perfunctory Google search confirms, yes, Knopfler played on Gaucho. Cool!
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