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Points: 1009 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2010 at 11:39
Originally posted by JROCHA JROCHA wrote:

They are not a straight up Jazz Rock band, they add r&b and pop rock into their music. I would not put them into the  jazz rock /fusion category.

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Points: 16913 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2010 at 11:48
Originally posted by Trademark Trademark wrote:

Originally posted by JROCHA JROCHA wrote:

They are not a straight up Jazz Rock band, they add r&b and pop rock into their music. I would not put them into the  jazz rock /fusion category.

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Thirded.  They really seem perfectly well-placed if I understand the Crossover definition at all. 

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Points: 32477 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2010 at 11:55
Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Originally posted by Trademark Trademark wrote:

Originally posted by JROCHA JROCHA wrote:

They are not a straight up Jazz Rock band, they add r&b and pop rock into their music. I would not put them into the  jazz rock /fusion category.

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Thirded.  They really seem perfectly well-placed if I understand the Crossover definition at all. 


And fourthed.  A fair share of their work is pop-oriented also.
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Points: 29625 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2010 at 23:18
Now that it's mentioned there I can see the R&B parts.  Oh God, they're responsible for some of Genesis around the Abacab era.  Not to insult anyone, but I find these discussions rather pointless after a while, but hey have fun with it.
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Points: 15783 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2010 at 23:21
I've known the band for 21 years so my opinion trumps yours. They're crossover. 
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Points: 64350 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2010 at 23:26
^ where was that pompous, crude and quite informed opinion back when we were fighting like dingos to get them in Xover?

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Points: 164 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 07 2010 at 00:45
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

I'm not bothered - if the JR/F team wants them they can have them with my blessing.


Steely Dan is one of those bands (like Styx) which no one really wants to claim as their own.

IMO, Steely Dan is Prog related at best. Of course, that could all bebecause I just don't care for their music all that much.LOL
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Points: 958 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 08 2010 at 03:49
Originally posted by UMUR UMUR wrote:

Crossover is the place for them IMO. There are as many pop/ rock elements in their sound as there are jazz elements. They are not what I would describe as a hardcore jazz rock/ fusion act. But I think the JR/F team should decide on this one.
 
THIS ! And the fact is that Steely Dan only started to get really jazzy with their fifth album The Royal Scam to perfect it with Aja and Gaucho. After some 20 years of silence they came back with two funky jazz albums. I think their poppy and jazzy content is about 50-50. Crossover is fine with me.
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