Alan Parsons Project vs Steely Dan

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   Strange, SD and I just don’t click.  I’ve tried, and tried, but it all sounds like ‘bland city’ to me.  
So, APP for sure.

Edited by Tom Ozric - January 18 2019 at 02:49

Poll Question: Which band do you prefer?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Alan Parsons Project	32	[39.02%]
Steely Dan	46	[56.10%]
Both equally	2	[2.44%]
Neither	2	[2.44%]
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Tom Ozric Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15926	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tom Ozric Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 18 2019 at 02:49
	Strange, SD and I just don’t click. I’ve tried, and tried, but it all sounds like ‘bland city’ to me. So, APP for sure. Edited by Tom Ozric - January 18 2019 at 02:49

someone_else Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: May 02 2008 Location: Going Bananas Status: Offline Points: 24642	Post Options Post Reply Quote someone_else Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 18 2019 at 01:43
	Alan Parsons Project.


Sean Trane Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20432	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sean Trane Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 18 2019 at 00:48
	Well, my fave album between these bands is Tales of EAP, by a fair margin, and I'd say that I Robot and Pyramid are within the top 5, but overall, Steely Dan's discography is much better on average, since every 70's album of theirs (except Gaucho, for which I care not) fill the next 6 spots, with Royal Scam and Ecstasy inside the top 5 (did I make sense??) Friendly card woud grab last spot in that combined top 10, so that SD 6 - APP 4

Mascodagama Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 5111	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mascodagama Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 17 2019 at 23:40
	Steely Dan, of course.
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Atavachron Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 65635	Post Options Post Reply Quote Atavachron Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 17 2019 at 23:32
	Uhhh . . . Steely Dan.
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Man With Hat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team Joined: March 12 2005 Location: Neurotica Status: Offline Points: 166183	Post Options Post Reply Quote Man With Hat Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 17 2019 at 23:04
	APP
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AFlowerKingCrimson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 18967	Post Options Post Reply Quote AFlowerKingCrimson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 17 2019 at 22:24
	Please only vote if you are very familiar with both bands and not just a few albums or songs from each.

Snicolette Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 02 2018 Location: OR Status: Offline Points: 6048	Post Options Post Reply Quote Snicolette Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 17 2019 at 21:36
	I was thinking that anaphylaxis is kind of an implosion...Or, at least anaphylactic shock is more interior than exterior. Edited by Snicolette - January 17 2019 at 21:41
	"Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp

AFlowerKingCrimson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 18967	Post Options Post Reply Quote AFlowerKingCrimson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 17 2019 at 21:22
	Anaphylaxis? Did you steal my medical dictionary? :D I looked up that word but it doesn't make sense to me in the context of your sentence. Could you please either explain that better or use a different word? :P

Snicolette Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 02 2018 Location: OR Status: Offline Points: 6048	Post Options Post Reply Quote Snicolette Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 17 2019 at 21:17
	It's an intriguing query...and a sort of anaphylaxis on both of their parts, perhaps. It will be fun to see what others think, as you say.
	"Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp

AFlowerKingCrimson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 18967	Post Options Post Reply Quote AFlowerKingCrimson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 17 2019 at 20:59
	Well, this should be very interesting. :) Steely Dan kind of imploded it seems around 1980 and not reuniting for many years. APP seemed to have just gone downhill after Eye in the Sky and finally imploded themselves but eventually reforming in a different way but without calling themselves APP. I like both but am not familiar with the entire output of both bands so I think I will sit this one out and watch from the sidelines. ;) Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - January 17 2019 at 20:59

Snicolette Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 02 2018 Location: OR Status: Offline Points: 6048	Post Options Post Reply Quote Snicolette Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 17 2019 at 20:41
	I've had close connections to both in a way, with being from Ambrosia's home town and working out of The Village Recorder (where Steely Dan spent a LOT of time), I have to say that Steely Dan wins it for me. Additionally, I had the pleasure of seeing them live in 1973 at the Hollywood Palladium with Focus and Black Oak Arkansas (!). Just consummate musicians.
	"Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp

AFlowerKingCrimson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 18967	Post Options Post Reply Quote AFlowerKingCrimson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 17 2019 at 19:55
	I was thinking about this earlier today because both bands had two constant members and a rotating cast of session musicians filling out the rest. Which do you prefer?