Why does everyone hate Steely Dan?

JohnDavisNYC · Post by **JohnDavisNYC** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:20 pm

what's really fun is to listen to steely dan and realize that it sounds nothing like what you *THINK* it sounds like... tons of verb.

john

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:15 pm

Oh, hi, old thread? How ya been?

This thread really is like a turd that won't flush.

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:14 pm

are ya reelin' in the poooop?
*Larry Carlton wank*
go get the kitty litter scooop!
*Larry Carlton wank again*

capnreverb · Post by **capnreverb** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:07 pm

Seems like a lot of these same arguements could be made about Rush.

JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:08 pm

And likely have been.

lyle76 · Post by **lyle76** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:15 pm

dream theater anyone?

lotusstudio · Post by **lotusstudio** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:52 pm

I fucking love Steely Dan. Steely Dan were totally subversive, and I love Fagan's sneer.

Sadly, they lost me after Gaucho, their songs about the plight of immigrants and drugs and their grit and balls - Fagan's seething, jeering, sneering voice- replaced by an image of old wilting lecherous urban smooth jazz pussies - so sad to me.

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:03 pm

*enjoys listening to old wilting lecherous urban smooth jazz pussies*

for one album only, tho.

percussion boy · Post by **percussion boy** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:22 pm

RefD wrote:are ya reelin' in the poooop?
*Larry Carlton wank*
go get the kitty litter scooop!
*Larry Carlton wank again*

Elliott Randall, I believe.

I trust you've made a superior contribution to the world of music . . . ? Since you're sneering and all.

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:25 pm

percussion boy wrote:
RefD wrote:are ya reelin' in the poooop?
*Larry Carlton wank*
go get the kitty litter scooop!
*Larry Carlton wank again*
Elliiott Randall, actually.

I trust you've made your own equal contribution to the musical universe . . . ?

ubiquitous and awful as that particular track?

not yet.

for the record, i do like some Steely Dan...just no that song.

Elliott Randall?

i sit corrected.

*Elliott Randall wank*

JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:52 pm

percussion boy wrote:I trust you've made a superior contribution to the world of music . . . ? Since you're sneering and all.

Could you also go say that to the dude on the 15 songs thread who doesn't like "Surrender" by Cheap Trick?

JFTR I like "Reelin' In The Years." Though I like "Hey Nineteen" more.

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:31 pm

i like "Hey Nineteen" quite bit!

percussion boy · Post by **percussion boy** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:34 am

dwlb wrote:
percussion boy wrote:I trust you've made a superior contribution to the world of music . . . ? Since you're sneering and all.
Could you also go say that to the dude on the 15 songs thread who doesn't like "Surrender" by Cheap Trick?

If you want me to, sure . . .

fwiw, not liking is cool. However, I get cranky when the not liking has a condescending vibe to it, like someone else's work is shit. In my experience, most musicians who have an audience -- Cheap Trick, Steely Dan, or whoever -- have some kind of musical gift, and I respect that even when I hate what the band in question does with their abilities. As it happens, I hate Cheap Trick's stuff, but that doesn't mean I could do what they do. So I don't call them "awful" -- just annoying to my tender sensibilities.

lotusstudio · Post by **lotusstudio** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:48 am

most musicians who have an audience -- Cheap Trick, Steely Dan, or whoever -- have some kind of musical gift, and I respect that even when I hate what the band in question does with their abilities.

Without fail, every musician that I love and admire tends to have a side to them that just makes my stomach crawl up the wall.

Like the Peter Gabriel and Keith Richards duet of "Puff the Magic Dragon" (not really true - just a fake example)

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:41 am

percussion boy wrote:So I don't call them "awful" -- just annoying to my tender sensibilities.

i didn't call either of them awful, i just think "Reelin' In The Years" is wanky shite.

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