Lazyshoops - Stephanie Does A Cover Song
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"The song is pronounced "Asia," and was inspired by the continent. Steely Dan have several songs with a Far East influence, since Donald Fagen believes it is a symbol of sensuality. He told Rolling Stone magazine that the title came from a high school friend whose brother was in the army and came back with a Korean wife named Aja, although he wasn't sure how she spelled it.
In America, Aja is a very uncommon name, but in the late '70s, about 1000 baby girls were given that name. In the '80s and '90s, there were about 200 new Ajas every year in America.
One prominent Aja is Aja Pecknold, manager of the band Fleet Foxes, which is fronted by her brother Robin. Her musician father and teacher mother named her after this song."Comment
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Going to take a deeper dive it seems this was all I found so far: "The cover photo by Hideki Fujii features Japanese model and actress Sayoko Yamaguchi and was designed by Patricia Mitsui and Geoff Westen." I'm still guessing just a creative way to express the music of the Album.Comment
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Without Patti Mitsui, the Aja we know and love would not exist.
Over email she agreed to answer questions about the making of Aja’s cover. The following interview is lightly edited for clarity and condensed from two correspondences.
https://expandingdan.substack.com/p/...n-patti-mitsui
Wait for it..... "keep reading with a 7 day free trial."
Archive shows the same results so it must be a different link to continue reading.
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