+1M, Everything must go is indeed lacking in many areas but behind aja, Two Against Nature is neck in neck with Gaucho as my second favorite
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Steely Dan
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+1M, Everything must go is indeed lacking in many areas but behind aja, Two Against Nature is neck in neck with Gaucho as my second favorite
I bet 75% of the audience at a Steely Dan show are musicians, which says alot about their talent.
And it brewed coffee!
+1. See username.
And yeah. Any pop musician today should see the whole "Classic Albums" series, especially the making of Aja - such an incredible experience.
Also, fans, don't forget to check out Walter Becker (bassist/guitarist)'s new album... it's awesome!
I bought it the day it came out...on a whole, I'm very disappointed.
Maybe it's me-
Just about every tune has the same feel/vibe/tempo.
Might be kings of smooth, but luckily their music is really far from smooth jazz, even though it's both smooth and jazzy... 
Nothing about Steely Dan is edgy, they're the kings of smoooth.
Well I think you could only say that if you hadn't understood any of their lyrics ....
I agree, this is the peak for me. I could loop Gaucho and find something new in it every time.
Well I think you could only say that if you hadn't understood any of their lyrics ....
I agree with that. Some of the best lyrics I know are their handwriting..
Well I think you could only say that if you hadn't understood any of their lyrics ....
Cousin Dupree comes to mind...
Well I think you could only say that if you hadn't understood any of their lyrics ....
Psh, everyone knows that Steely Dan's whole mission was to be smooth as hell, with no static at all...
But I will admit that I don't nearly listen to enough Steely Dan to be trying to defend myself.
Bussed down to NYC from Toronto over the weekend just to watch them at the Beacon. It was sing-along/karaoke night as almost everyone up in the rafters was singing together with the Dan on their oldies as well as the newer stuff. Boy were they great (as always)! Fagen was his usual self - reminded me so much of Jack Nicholson.
I still have to come across a Dan album and a Dan song that I never liked. Since I've partly brain-washed my rap-loving nephews into loving rock-jazz by bombarding them with SD everytime they visit, I think I've made my small contribution to mankind.
I still have to come across a Dan album and a Dan song that I never liked. Since I've partly brain-washed my rap-loving nephews into loving rock-jazz by bombarding them with SD everytime they visit, I think I've made my small contribution to mankind.
Well, I saw the Dan here on the 1st. Great show! Sound was ok. It was hard to hear any bass or bass drum though. The toms took over most of the low end. It was the Jazz Fest, so bad to mediocre sound is to be expected...:scowl:
Steely Dan are one of my favorite artists...my fave albums are"Royal Scam", "Aja" and "Gaucho"...
Saw Steely Dan in L.A. Wednesday night. They played 2 hours non-stop. Freddie Washington was amazing. He and the drummer (whose name I forget) - just wow. The horn section should have been bowing to them at end (I'm biased, I supposed).
The band did Royal Scam (I think) and the Fez without Walter and Donald (at the beginning, didn't sound so great, actually, I guess that was the point).
They did FM, Aja, Peg, Josie, Third World Man, Kid Charlemagne, Gaucho, and a whole bunch of others, They did not do Dr. Wu, My Old School or Ricky.
I saw them a year ago at a smaller venue and they did play My Old School and Ricky (much less horn dependant, I think). Seemed like they were really trying to get the horn section to coalesce.
It was lots and lots of musicians in the audience, all ages. It was great to see a multi-ethnic, multi-age audience. Going to see Dylan was like visiting an old folk's home and going to see Robert Plant wasn't much better.
Steely Dan brought out the youth!
Because they are soooo cool.
The band did Royal Scam (I think) and the Fez without Walter and Donald (at the beginning, didn't sound so great, actually, I guess that was the point).
They did FM, Aja, Peg, Josie, Third World Man, Kid Charlemagne, Gaucho, and a whole bunch of others, They did not do Dr. Wu, My Old School or Ricky.
I saw them a year ago at a smaller venue and they did play My Old School and Ricky (much less horn dependant, I think). Seemed like they were really trying to get the horn section to coalesce.
It was lots and lots of musicians in the audience, all ages. It was great to see a multi-ethnic, multi-age audience. Going to see Dylan was like visiting an old folk's home and going to see Robert Plant wasn't much better.
Steely Dan brought out the youth!
Because they are soooo cool.
