Well ... here I am ... your middle-of-the-road Dan fan. Sure, they play their instruments well. Sure, they're good song writters. hmmmmm are they? Can't say I can sing any Steely Dan song all the way through. I can sing AC/DC songs all the way through. Zepp? Sure. Scorpions? Yup. Toto? You betcha. Black Sabbath? Uh-huh ... But the Dan ... I can get close on "Do it Again". Some say "close" only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades.
I can't stand them.
You know how people complain today's music is over quantized and over auto-tuned to the point there is no feeling left?
That's how I feel about them, only they did it without computers.
The whole "we'll record each song with different studio musicians and pick and choose with performance we like best" just shines through in the total LACK of emotion in Steely Dan songs. Everything is so perfect that it leaves the songs cold.
Yeah, they have a lot of good drum tracks performed by the greats, but there is no vibe about the songs because it's been perfected to death.
Per Wiki, they used 42 different studio musicians and 11 engineers to make Gaucho. Come on, you have to be kidding me. Almost every album lists dozens of different studio musicians, which just kills any sense of band vibe.
Even in the vocals, their is a total lack of emotion in the delivery.
I don't care if Ricky loses that number of not!
It's all just so contrived.
Not love but really like. But I've never known anyone who hated them.
I also think everyone probably knows a friend who behaves a lot like Deacon Blues.
There was a time in my life when I was Deacon Blues, minus the sax and the dying behind the wheel of course.
Maybe, but your meatloaf is bombass. I can attest. Also I think you're a pretty damned good drummer.
The sangweeches were incredible the next day. Totally amazing, especially with a few drops of hot sauce. Take my compliments/opinions about drumming for what they're worth. I consider myself an average drummer. But I'm a very good cook. And your meatloaf is bombass.You made my meatloaf?! I'm damned honored, Average!
And thank you very much for the compliment.
About the meatloaf, I mean.
I can't stand them.
You know how people complain today's music is over quantized and over auto-tuned to the point there is no feeling left?
That's how I feel about them, only they did it without computers.
The whole "we'll record each song with different studio musicians and pick and choose with performance we like best" just shines through in the total LACK of emotion in Steely Dan songs. Everything is so perfect that it leaves the songs cold.
Yeah, they have a lot of good drum tracks performed by the greats, but there is no vibe about the songs because it's been perfected to death.
Per Wiki, they used 42 different studio musicians and 11 engineers to make Gaucho. Come on, you have to be kidding me. Almost every album lists dozens of different studio musicians, which just kills any sense of band vibe.
Even in the vocals, their is a total lack of emotion in the delivery.
I don't care if Ricky loses that number of not!
It's all just so contrived.
Other than Rikki and his (or probably her??) need to retain phone numbers, I know nothing about this band. I've paid more attention to Jay's meatloaf than I ever have to SD.
Since joining DW, I see them mentioned time and time again. This thread is the prompting I need to check 'em out. Any recco's for a good starting point?