freefallrob
pfm Member
I like Steely Dan, there I’ve said it .
lol, that’s about how I feel.I like the notes they play, I’m still trying to like the order they play them in
I think you have put your finger on the problem.Regardless of what you think of their music, the musicians are quite a bit above ‘very good’. It’s pretty much a badge of honour to make an appearance on a Dan record.
That's very unspecific considering how many suspended turntable models Thorens made (and many tonearm models too).I once tried owned a THORENS suspended turntable
I like Steely Dan, there I’ve said it .
Obviously off-topic, but I’m quite surprised that there is so much criticism of Steely Dan music on this thread.
I genuinely believed that Steely Dan was one of the few bands that most audio buffs could agree are at least pretty good.
I don’t adore all of their output, but feel that when they are good, they are very good indeed.
“FM” Is one of my favourite songs, period. YMMV.
"That's very unspecific considering how many suspended turntable models Thorens made (and many tonearm models too)..."
Could someone start a (what are they called?) Steely-something thread over in the Music room? I literally have no idea what you're all talking about!
I have no idea what you mean, sorry.I think you have put your finger on the problem.
Ever heard of Google?Could someone start a (what are they called?) Steely-something thread over in the Music room? I literally have no idea what you're all talking about!
I don’t think they have much in common with The Eagles or Doobies apart from the obvious. I’m not an Eagles fan as such but they could sing & harmonise really well, quite often elevated other people’s records by being on them. Thinking Jackson Browne & Joni Mitchell.My route in was Donald Fagen’s Nightfly back in the early ‘80s when it came out. Largely due to the bass playing/rhythm section, groove etc. It just swings like hell and has such an amazing bass sound. From there I worked backwards through the Steely Dan catalogue. They are an outlier in my collection, I’ve no time for Eagles, Doobie Brothers etc, and I detested ‘80s AOR (I was into new-wave, synth-pop, industrial, indie, hardcore etc). I just loved the groove of Nightfly, and Gaucho, Aja and earlier bring more of the same. Now I’m older and have much wider taste I get the jazz references etc too, but initially it was that bass on Nightfly. In its own way that was as influential to me as Joy Division, PIL etc.