Why does everyone hate Steely Dan?

[kdarr]

I can't think about Steely Dan without thinking of this Achewood comic:

http://achewood.com/index.php?date=06112004

I think the playing and the changes are hip, but I never could get into dude's voice, personally.

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[percussion boy]

i got turned onto SD by a pot-smoking preacher who like to boff his parishoners. I think he probably qualified as a yuppie, while most of them were baby-boomers. Not sure what this says about the typical Dan fan, though

It says your life is like a Steely Dan song.

[Knight79]

I'm not trying to push any buttons here, but do you think Steely Dan has any black fans? It just seems to me in an effort to be soulful at times the band even comes off as more "white" and to me sometimes it just sounds cheesy.

[chris harris]

i am pretty sure that baby boomers and yuppies were about 15-20 years apart in history, so i don't really associate anything with "baby boomer yuppies".

incorrect.

Baby Boomers were born between 1946 and 1964. That would put them between 21 and 39 years old in 1985. Most people who could be correctly identified as "Yuppies" in the 80s (when yuppies actually existed) were also baby boomers.

[Electricide]

I'm not trying to push any buttons here, but do you think Steely Dan has any black fans? It just seems to me in an effort to be soulful at times the band even comes off as more "white" and to me sometimes it just sounds cheesy.

at least one. their drummer is black, right?

[RefD]

I'm not trying to push any buttons here, but do you think Steely Dan has any black fans? It just seems to me in an effort to be soulful at times the band even comes off as more "white" and to me sometimes it just sounds cheesy.

at least one. their drummer is black, right?

the bassist on the album 'Aja' was Chuck Rainey.

[Knight79]

welp, screw me.....

[RefD]

welp, screw me.....

i think my wife would be very upset with me if i did.

[johnny7]

I didn't have much of an opinion of them. I've never intentionally put on their music.

But, now I absolutely HATE them because you guys keep referring to them as "The Dan". Holy shit is that annoying. It's like when the hippy next door kicks his hackey sac over my fence and when he comes to get it he asks me if I'm "going to see Dave".

Plus, they just look like pussies. Steely Dan actually makes the Eagles look tough.

I would like to nominate this as the post of the month. Frikkin HI-larious!

J7

[Paulyg]

Seriously. It seems that I keep running into threads where someone says, "you know, it sounded bad. I mean, it wasn't Steely Dan or anything, but it was close" or (and this is a direct quote from a thread) "...it'd start to sound like a Steely Dan record (no offense)...."

What am I missing? Is it that it's sterile sounding to people? I'm really curious to know what people's issues are with this band's recordings. I'm not trying to defend them. I just want to understand.

And I don't want this to be a big deal or anything. I'm not a Steely Dan fan, per se, I don't own any of their records and I don't really care about them, but I grew up hearing them around alot and I always really liked the way those records sounded. They seem very smooth to me in a pleasant way.

You know, the one drug I've never done is cocaine. Could this be part of why I just "don't get it"???

I dunno. I'd love to hear your thoughts. Thanks.

I think "reelin in the years" is a classic.

[caffiend2049]

i wasn't sure if it would play right, even though there were no scratches. tomorrow it will be 1/2 off, so should i pick it up anyways? it was two against nature.

hey, for a buck you can't lose. It's a great album. Hell...it even has Vinnie Colaiuta on it.
Of course I may be biased - the summer that record was out I spent a lot of time smokin' pot lazing the days away - free from a roommate for the first time in my life and dating a string of increasingly insane beautiful girls.

yep....Steely Dan was pretty good.

Even drove a convertible....don't recall wearing a scarf much, though.

[mikeyc]

Plus, they just look like pussies. Steely Dan actually makes the Eagles look tough.

http://www.channel101.com/shows/view.php?media_id=1766

[griff505]

I'm not trying to push any buttons here, but do you think Steely Dan has any black fans? It just seems to me in an effort to be soulful at times the band even comes off as more "white" and to me sometimes it just sounds cheesy.

Sampled by:

"Peg" (I know I love you better):

De la Soul: Eye Know


"FM":

De la Soul: Eye Know


"Green Earrings":

Ice Cube: Don't Trust 'Em


"Black Cow":

MF Doom: Gas Drawlz

Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz: Deja Vu

Tatyana Ali: Daydreamin'

Tone-Loc: Cutting Rhythms

[RefD]

Plus, they just look like pussies. Steely Dan actually makes the Eagles look tough.

http://www.channel101.com/shows/view.php?media_id=1766

always a good time.

[Knight79]

I'm not trying to push any buttons here, but do you think Steely Dan has any black fans? It just seems to me in an effort to be soulful at times the band even comes off as more "white" and to me sometimes it just sounds cheesy.

Sampled by:

"Peg" (I know I love you better):

De la Soul: Eye Know


"FM":

De la Soul: Eye Know


"Green Earrings":

Ice Cube: Don't Trust 'Em


"Black Cow":

MF Doom: Gas Drawlz

Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz: Deja Vu

Tatyana Ali: Daydreamin'

Tone-Loc: Cutting Rhythms

still sound like dorky white dudes to me, I don't care who samples them