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Rikki Ducornet[edit]

Is this song related in any way to Rikki Ducornet —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.162.10.70 (talk) 15:23, 22 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have added the paragraph that answers this question.Jkolak (talk) 12:42, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I find it hard to connect her with the song's lyrics, as it's about the most openly gay song I have heard.Msml (talk) 10:44, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not really. It's just vague enough that you could read it that way if you wanted to. There is nothing in the lyrics that excludes the possibility of it being from a guy to a girl. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.24.189.152 (talk) 03:51, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I remember reading an interview in the 1970's it was about a note they gave to Rick Derringer they wanted him to play on one of their songs. There is an interview with Rick Derringer that at least explains the titling of this song. Is it true that Steely Dan's song, "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" was inspired by you? Yeah, the title was something that came about when we were at a session together. I think Donald Fagen just said that. He gave me a telephone number or something, and said "Ricky, don't lose that number." They called me "Ricky." And obviously the song has nothing to do with that, but that was where the title came from."Davdevalle (talk) 12:06, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So can you remember where you read that? And why exactly would Becker and Fagen deliberately mis-spell Rick Derringer's name like that? Martinevans123 (talk) 12:26, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm late to the party (as usual). The Rikki Ducornet article does indeed claim that she was the inspiration for the song, but I have no idea how reliable the sources cited are. JezGrove (talk) 22:53, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Our quote says:

Donald Fagen has similarly revealed that the "Rikki" in question was simply a woman he'd had a crush on in college [writer Rikki Ducornet].

Do we have a direct citation for Fagen saying that? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:27, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Plagiarism[edit]

I read somewhere that the tune to "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" was lifted from a song by jazz musician Horace Silver on his "Song for My Father" album. Can someone elaborate on this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.216.38.68 (talk) 05:41, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

@66.216.38.68 i just heard the song by Horace Silver. while the opening bass line riff is identical, the main parts of each song are very different. 69.136.24.121 (talk) 17:13, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a copyright-compliant clip from YouTube: [1]. To me that sounds like an identical repeated piano phrase, But yes, it lasts all of 8 seconds. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:17, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Flopanda[edit]

The term "flopanda" seems to originate with the cited interview. Google does not turn up any independent uses for a musical instrument. I propose that it should be "flapamba", and the interviewer did not record the word correctly. Vic Feldman is credited with playing flapamba on the 1975 album Out of Payne Comes Love. Cstaffa (talk) 17:44, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The opening music sounds much like the opening for Osibisa's song "Adwoa" from Happy Children (album).[2] AMCKen (talk) 19:26, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(13 years later....) We don't have any article to link to anyway? We tend to just give what's printed on the album sleeve? But perhaps a footnote would help. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:41, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cover image[edit]

Could this image be used from here? Martinevans123 (talk) 20:13, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]