i've only really listened to aja, and only because in the last 10 years no matter who i live with there's always like 5 copies of it floating around. maybe because, along with herb alpert and his tijuana brass band, there are several vinyl copies of aja in every budget bin in every used record and thrift store across the nation.
it's fun as background music i guess, but personally i've heard black cow like 100x too many and have never intentionally listened to steely dan unless at a friend's request. the whole dan vibe reminds me of listening to crappy radio in my dad's conversion van, car sick, while traveling across country to yellowstone and hitting up every historical marker possible.
"learn to work the sax-o-phone!" yeah, i'll pass.
Band: Steely Dan
192Found this on the wiki entry for "Hipsters" a while back. It has since been removed.
Similar to other social groups, hipsters have been accused of exercising peer pressure to persuade other members of the group to adopt certain attitudes and ideas (e.g., that the music of Steely Dan lacks soul).
Band: Steely Dan
193kenoki wrote:i've only really listened to aja
"learn to work the sax-o-phone!" yeah, i'll pass.
you may never like the dan, but if there's an album to start with, it's not aja.
the royal scam is the best one.
alternately, you could get an early one like "can't buy a thrill" or "countdown to ecstacy". you may prefer the early stuff if you want something less slick.
jimmy spako wrote:jeff porcaro may be gone but his ghostnotes continue to haunt me.
Band: Steely Dan
195don't pan the dan.
jimmy spako wrote:jeff porcaro may be gone but his ghostnotes continue to haunt me.
Band: Steely Dan
197This reminded me to listen to the Live Steely Dan stuff from The Record Plant. So great is the Steely Dan.
I almost feel bad for the unwashed masses who do not understand just how excellent Steely Dan is. Almost. Mostly I just laugh.
I almost feel bad for the unwashed masses who do not understand just how excellent Steely Dan is. Almost. Mostly I just laugh.
Band: Steely Dan
198Thin-Lizzy for fags.
Marsupialized wrote:The last time I saw her, she had some Jewish bullshit going on
ubercat wrote:You're fucking cock-tease aren't you, you little minx.
Band: Steely Dan
199AC/DC is totally hermaphrorock.
"Pro Tools is too California Hollywood bullshit.”
Band: Steely Dan
200m.koren wrote:Thin-Lizzy for fags.
mackro wrote:AC/DC is totally hermaphrorock.
um...
thin lizzy is gayer than steely dan. steely dan is just nerdy.
c'mon, "boys are back in town?" i'm not saying they're crap or anything, but some definite homovertones.
and the ac/dc remark?
not with bon scott. even dressed as a woman he was 10x the man of anyone here.
steely dan is just nerd music. and for nerd music, there's a lot worse you could do, than steely dan.