Roxy Music vs Steely Dan |
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geekfreak
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Posted: April 18 2020 at 11:33 |
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Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake."
Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
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omphaloskepsis
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This^
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dr wu23
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^ Same here.....love the Dan but the last 2 albums, while well played and recorded, don't have the same great songs that the earlier ones did.
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MortSahlFan
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Steely Dan (despite not liking their last two albums at all)
Edited by MortSahlFan - February 11 2019 at 11:42 |
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axeman
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But then again, I own every decade-release of Fagen, and have played those over and over. (Sunken Condos being probably the most lackluster.) And 11 Stacks of Whack (which shows what part of Dan sound that Fagen's releases were missing), and Circus Money. I really don't care if the Dan is "prog" or not. If you can listen to Morph the Cat and not understand how the delicious complexity of the horn arrangement makes a difference from radio pop, then I don't care about how someone would categorize anything. Prog to me is "More to listen to and for". TAN and EMG have that for me. Some bands can actually make me enjoy funk (as well as playing Funk on guitar--which is just FUN!).
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someone_else
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Dan by half a noselength.
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micky
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right on Doc... from a purely musical evaluation I'd rate them equal in terms of what they brought to the table as both had many great albums and were extremely unique and original. Though again the collection of musical talent and how it was used in Dan sets them above pretty much any group one can compare them to. Roxy never really connected with me the way the dark cynicism and corresponding bleak worldview of the Dan did..
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Rednight
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Gaucho killed the 'Dan for me after a string of highly likable albums. I get something new out of Roxy' every time I listen to them although weak portions of their albums can be challenging to the ear. Hard to choose here.
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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dr wu23
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Whew...tough choice for me...two bands that I like quite a lot.
There's a uniqueness to both bands and a very original approach by each. It may be a cop out but I'll say equal on this one.
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Tom Ozric
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Roxy for me !
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Cristi
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Steely Dan I guess
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Stool Man
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Early Roxy is awesome, SD are dull. Voted RM
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rotten hound of the burnie crew
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iluvmarillion
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Fan of both. Too difficult for me to separate them. Just on Avalon, it's pop, not prog, but is it any less a piece of art because it's not prog? Hardly. Just personal taste.
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Nope, not incredible at all. In fact I expect it. That doesn't make me any less likely to state my opinion though just like you stated yours. ;)
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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If there was a racehorse named Roxy it would be taking the lead right about now. ;)
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I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth.
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LAM-SGC
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Not a massive RM fan but more a fan of their music than the fusion and jazz in SD.
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^haha don't we all (too bad Jeff sold The Dude to Stella, though. Guess he needed the money)
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Wonderful film! Cult film!!! I love the Dude!!! In Italian Dude was translated with Drugo!!!! (A new word)
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