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aor at its most unimaginative...
-- Orbit (Orbit), Thursday, February 12, 2004 8:17 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Link
look, they were studio dudes. there is a *reason* they were studio dudes. they lacked the imagination and spark to do anything truly great. they are an energyless study in basic competence.
-- Orbit (Orbit), Thursday, February 12, 2004 8:32 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Link
what is the difference between a musician and brilliant musician? a musician is "competent". a brilliant musician has a command of songwriting and a creative spark that goes beyond competence. LISTEN to Steely Dan for God's sake, how can you argue this?
-- Orbit (Orbit), Thursday, February 12, 2004 8:43 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Link
uh, great tunes, witty lyrics?
-- mullygrubber (gaz), Thursday, February 12, 2004 8:44 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Link
where?
-- Orbit (Orbit), Thursday, February 12, 2004 8:44 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Link
Steely Dan fans are inexplicable to me. This is a mediocre band at best.
-- Orbit (Orbit), Thursday, February 12, 2004 8:48 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Link
In context, Steely Dan represented everything that punk stood against: major lable dinosaur limo-rock made by people who were technicians above feeling musicians. Jimi Hendrix has more in common with the Sex Pistols or the Clash than any of those do to Steely Dan. The music is STERILE, 70s coke-fueled self-indulgence and I have yet to find a single meaningful lyric in it.
-- Orbit (Orbit), Thursday, February 12, 2004 9:30 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Link
i am genuinely baffled.
-- Orbit (Orbit), Friday, February 13, 2004 2:41 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark Link
BUT YOU KNOW WHATS GREAT?! HEROIN!
― chaki, Thursday, 15 November 2007 17:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Heard some more Steely Dan today -- in a fuckin' diner, no less (the track playing was "Hey Nineteen"). One indignity the Circle Jerks will invariably never face is being reduced to background music at a diner, I guarantee ya that.
All things considered, "Hey Nineteen" isn't nearly as offensive as "Deacon Blue."
― Alex in NYC, Sunday, 18 November 2007 00:22 (sixteen years ago) link