Steely Dan or Steeleye Span

Easy. Span.

Maybe Pedro doesn't get out and meet lots of people, but even if one did, the topic might never come up.   I personally know two people who that definitely is not true of, my brother and his wife (she's a bigger fan than he is). After I played Perry Leopold's Christian Lucifer in its entirety on their music system at their house (I have only visited them a few times over the years), they played a Steeleye Span album in its entirety, and we talked about the music and history of both. I also have a friend who had at least one Steeleye Span record which he played at least once in my presence (never owned a Steeleye Span album myself) -- actually, I think the album belonged to his brother. Whether he could have named the lead singer, I don't know, I don't remember it coming up in conversation. Had I spoken to his brother about it... well, I'll probably never know now.

Edited by Logan - February 20 2019 at 15:09

I certainly wouldn't have predicted this being neck-and-neck. Who knew Steeleye Span had such a fanbase here?

Edited by Mascodagama - February 20 2019 at 16:30

Raff wrote: moshkito wrote: Hi, I don't think I have ever EVER met a single person that listened to a STEELEYE SPAN album on its own and in its entirety ... or ... can name the lead singer! Dead wrong. I have, and I can, and so can a lot of people I know. You should stop making generalizations based on heaven knows what. Steeleye Span are my least favourite of the "big three" of English '70s folk rock, though I do enjoy their music, and rate Maddy Prior quite highly as a vocalist. Steely Dan, on the other hand, have become great favourites of mine thanks to my husband (also known as Micky). On the whole, two excellent, though very different bands.

Snicolette wrote: One of the reasons I enjoy this site so much is that there are fans of great music of all kinds abounding.

Indeed!

The results of this poll are actually tempting me to go back and listen to some Span, a thing I haven't done in thirty years or more. I never really got into them, but perhaps the fault was mine.

Edited by Mascodagama - February 21 2019 at 01:42

Dan, however I love Span. This was a tough one.

Steely Dan. Early Steeleye Span was good but they went off the boil very quickly for me. I think Fairport and The Albion Band (in all it's myriad forms) are way better. 

Me too Span all the way for me.  Heck I recently listened to all 36 of their cd's back to back with live ones included but no compilations.  Still ringing in my ears.  Took me ages to get back to listening to something else.  Fairport felt flat after that for a while with me.  Maddy is just too good.

Edited by Spaciousmind - May 10 2021 at 17:39

Snicolette wrote: I'm for Steeleye Span.