I never really got this song as a piece of music (as opposed to the lyrics) until I heard this version. It's all about the tension and release, I guess. Which mean it's one of those slow songs that you really need to listen to kind of loud.
The tempo is slow, but with a certain amount of tension, befitting the lyrics, which seem to be about a middle-aged man's anxieties about his relationship with a much younger girlfriend (I think--this is Steely Dan, after all). Then on the "Shake it" lines you finally get the release. At least, that's how I see it now. Maybe next week it'll be different.
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