Soda, you really should give them a listen--Steely Dan has some really good songs.
Here in Alabama we are partial to one of their songs called "Deacon Blues", which has a chorus that goes:
"They got a name for the winners in the world
And I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues"
I Google'd that song one day and got this explanation:
This Steely Dan song probably refers to The Wake Forest "Demon Deacons," whose football team had losing streaks during the 1977 (1-10) and 1978 seasons (1-10) which paralleled one of several of The University Of Alabama's extended winning streaks, including back-to-back National Championships during the 1978 and 1979 seasons under Coach Paul W. Bryant. Alabama is known as "The Crimson Tide." The University Of Alabama football team had been so successful during that period (1970-1979) that it was probably more newsworthy when they lost.