In honor of Black Friday—the kickoff shopping day for the December holidays—let’s have a look and listen to Steely Dan’s Black Friday. The song opens Katy Lied, their fourth studio album, released in 1975. Composed by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, the song centers on a fictional, corrupt speculator who makes a fortune on the original “Black Friday”—Se…
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