Electric Light Orchestra vs Steely Dan

In the same tradition as previous duals, don't remembef if this have beenn done before.

Some interesting similarities and contrasts, one is jazz, one is symphonic, very sophisticatef bands. So whos your choise

Uffa. First time that I vote for Steely Dan.

Loved ELO when I was twelve (New World Record) but never liked anything after that, and was heartily sick of them by about 1978. Steely Dan were different story. I first heard 'Pretzel Logic' and loved it when I was about fourteen or fifteen, but never quite managed to find the same affection for anything else they did - including re-buying Katy Lied and Aja decades later.  So, on the basis that I nowadays still like Pretzel Logic, I'd have to vote SD.  I wonder how many people discovered them because Walter white namechecked them.

Today in this forum I have read about fleshlights and steely dans, what kind of sordid place is Prog Archives turning into?

In William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch, a Steely Dan, the "Steely Dan III from Yokohama", is steam-powered, but I'm tempted to go with the Electric Steely Dan (i.e. both) for the purposes of this poll. That said, I'm more into ELO, so ELO will get my vote.

No, not yet but SD will probably clean the floor with ELO. 

Other than ELO's first 2 albums, Steely Dan wins hands down.  They win anyway because they had many more great albums than ELO, who only had occasional interesting tracks after their first 2 albums.

Honestly, as a big fan of both bands, I'll go for both here. It's too difficult for me to choose.

Steely Dan. What is it with all these matchups with Steely Dan? Methinks someone has a fixation on the Dan.

Still the Dan, but I do still love ELO.