I'm listening to Steely Dan right now and I'm digging it!!

[LynneSin]

I have no idea why people bust on this group!

[bbernardini]

1. Because they don't like jazz chords? nt

[EstimatedProphet]

2. Like coolsville!

[redqueen]

3. I dunno why either.

I love 'em.

[Ivan Sputnik]

4. I don't either.

Only a fool would say that.

[LynneSin]

5. Well then there are plenty of fools here at DU

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I love them - they have a great soothing jazzy but rocking sound that relaxes me!

[ElboRuum]

6. Ye Gods. n/t

[EstimatedProphet]

7. They're in R&RHOF you know

[JVS]

13. huh?

[EstimatedProphet]

22. Rock&Roll Hall of Fame...?

[SoxFan]

23. So is Eric Carmen

[malta blue]

8. I love Steely Dan. nt

[MissMillie]

9. which one?

I think Deacon Blues would suit me well today... so Aja it is.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

10. Anything with 9ths or 13ths in it pisses 'em off?

God forbid there should be anything but straight-off four, fives, and ones (power chords, all of them, of course) in a song.

:evilgrin:

[B3Nut]

11. Yup, they're too talented.

Truly brilliant musicians are intimidating to those who thrive on the Officially Enshrined Mediocrity. :D

Spinning Aja as we type,

Todd in Cheesecurdistan

[WritingIsMyReligion]

15. Haha I have AJA on as well, on the PC.

"Deacon Blues" for the win.

[Va Lefty]

12. Love Steely Dan!!

Fagan's solo albums are also most excellent

[JVS]

14. The Dan is awesome

[Dr Fate]

16. Steely Dan is the very best of the "slick" FM studio rock...

The scene they helped to spawn wasnt so hot-( coked up middle aged guys that no teen garage band could hope to relate too)---but I agree that The Dan is The Shit.

They are an example of the genre originator being better than anything else in the genre.

[JVS]

18. What's wrong with being something that garage bands don't relate to?

I don't give a shit about garage bands.

[Dr Fate]

19. Well I do give a shit about garage bands. And I also like Steely Dan.

W/o garage bands, "do it yourself" bands and bands who play live, all you have is studio oriented corporate rock that is very expensive to make. Impossible to make if you dont have connections, in fact. That's not to say that some corporate rock is not worthwhile (see Steely Dan)

But You cant reproduce that sound with out TONS of money & time-it's no wonder that Rock & Roll on the radio has been suffering slow death since that era.

As I said, The Dan is great, but generally, the whole FM studio scene killed the Rock & Roll asthetic and shut out the types of bands & people that make it great...namely, young people who are not virtuosos but who can otherwise produce catchy, energetic & inspiring music.

Produced stuff like the Beach Boys, Steely Dan & Phil Spector can be amazing, but there has to be music that can be played live and by teenagers if the Rock & Roll style is to continue...

Eitherway, we both agree that The Dan is The Shit.

[MrScorpio]

17. Steely Dan is excellent

You have great taste

[yellowdogintexas]

20. can't take a road trip without them. Steely Dan is some of the most fun music ever

I love them

[Amerigo Vespucci]

21. "Katy Lied"...damn, what an ALBUM.

Best vocals of Michael McDonald's career, IMHO...which doesn't mean a hell of a lot to people who don't like him.

There's also a tough, world-weary stance in most of the lyrics that has an underlying layer of tenacity and a refusal to give up...real yin / yang stuff.

I also feel that "Boston Rag" (from "Countdown To Ecstasy") is the best song never recorded by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (a really strong Graham Nash vibe to the harmony vocals).

And from that same album, how could anybody NOT love a band that writes lyrics like "Show business kids making movies of themselves, you know they don;t give a fuck about anybody else?"



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