Barbra Streisand - I Mean To Shine video free download

Tim Wotherspoon

You can hear them. They're grimacing through it, but they're there - SD are spinning through the motor of this piece.

Wizard 1

This tune has their number "Dallas" written all over it..check it out, a nice little hook in the chorus, great slide guitar.

Greg C

Just for the record, there's an interview in Mojo where Walter Becker said, "The royalties from that song were actually signed over to our previous manager, to escape from his clutches." Donald Fagen said, "Not a good song, but at least she recorded it."

DowntownCanon

She meant to shine, to the end of the line.

Paula Tillen

There are a few chord changes in this song that fairly scream early Steely Dan. You could segue as one from this tune to "Dirty Work", don't you think?

diamonddog13

It sounds a bit like "Sail the Waterway". Becker & Fagen have called that one "stinko", so they probably feel the same about this one.

habyss

Fagen has sad that the producer seriously tinkered with their original composition.

79steelymatt

Yah I don't think they are to happy to have their name on it but that is how they are,they never seem happy with any of their old work.At least David Palmer isn't involved in this debacle-he was the only thing I dislike about early Steely Dan man he was horrible

calleaeste

The Streisand LP went gold (500,000 copies sold).The standard royalty rate in the early 1970's was 2 cents per song split 50/50 with the publishing company( 8 cents now) So arithmetic states that 500,000 x .02 x .50= $5,000. Becker and Fagen received at minimum 2500 dollars each.Adjusted for inflation, today that's $13,500. My point is that they "disowned" this version but I'm sure the money came in handy, especially since they were making 100 a week backing up Jay & the Americans on tour.

79steelymatt

They probably made 20 bucks for this terd of a song and I would bet their version wasn't anything like this version-this song is terrible

calleaeste

Bet they had no problem cashing the royalty checks!

79steelymatt

1 dislike =Which one do you think it was-Walter or Donald?

Neil Wellen

I'd love to hear how Fagen and Becker intended to have this tune sound.

Margaret Merriman

Don't know the original, but I love this version. She's like butta

Benjamin Bierce

@barahona44 If by strange you mean written by two musical geniuses, then I guess so.

Benjamin Bierce

@eldiran2 I think they just wanted the pay check.

Khultan

@docweasel2006 Wow, I didn't know that at all. Now, with armed with that knowledge, I can see that. : )

operbathosa

BS was showing strong political aspirations during this stage of her life and her perception of who she was in relationship to the world had changed. I believe that BS would have wanted the lyrics of this song to reflect her and her perception of her world, hence her full name proper and original on either side of the cover tops. It was to reflect who she was an artist, but more importantly her spiritual sense of self. In order to project(song title), you have to do it the right way.

Exilemainstreet

A distant cousin to Brooklyn Owes the Charmer Under Me.

countdown2xstacy

Becker and Fagen should have kept it for themselves...they would have done it much better than Babs.

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