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yesfan88 
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Posted: September 30 2006 at 14:12 |
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I love Steely Dan and was just wondering if anyone else liked them.
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Bastille Dude
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Posted: September 30 2006 at 15:50 |
I love Steely Dan also.  I missed a chance to see them back in April,  There were playing at a Casino that is only about 30 minutes from my house. Actually it was in June. 
Edited by Bastille Dude - October 01 2006 at 00:41
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DEATH TO FALSE PROG!
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Posted: September 30 2006 at 15:52 |
I know someone who likes Steely Dan. 
What is he like?
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Posted: September 30 2006 at 15:56 |
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"Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression."
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Posted: September 30 2006 at 19:16 |
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Fantastic. One of my all time favorites. There is not one bad song in their entire catalogue (but some are better than others).
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Bj-1
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Posted: September 30 2006 at 19:23 |
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I have their Gaucho album and love it! Excellent band!
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Posted: September 30 2006 at 19:29 |
A huge Steely Dan fan... got my first Lp.. Aja by accident from
Columbia House in the late 70's. Loved the album.. and been a fan ever
since. Katy Lied is foremost amoung a career of favorite albums
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goochnhell
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Posted: September 30 2006 at 20:44 |
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Been a fan since the very first. Listened to them with my mother one year on an old Transistor radio playing gin rummy when we had an ice storm that knocked out power for days. This was back with Can't buy a thrill. 1972!
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tardis
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Posted: September 30 2006 at 20:58 |
I only have one album, Aja, but I really like it. 
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Posted: October 01 2006 at 00:31 |
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Posted: October 01 2006 at 12:13 |
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All i have is Aja....that though is in my Top 50 albums of all time....been meanng to check out more stuff of theirs and i will in due course!!
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Posted: October 02 2006 at 02:28 |
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Have been a fan of Steely Dan since "Can't Buy A Thrill" arrived on the scene back in 72. I have that album, "Count Down To Ecstasy", "Aja" and "Gaucho" on Vinyl. It is hard to pick a best album but I think "Aja" would have to be one of my top albums of all time - a masterpiece of rock and jazz fusion.
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Chicapah
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Posted: October 02 2006 at 10:12 |
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You can currently get most of their albums on Amazon for about $8
apiece and I recommend that everyone take advantage. "Aja" "The
Royal Scam" and "Countdown to Extasy" are essential recordings to have
in your collection. I got to see them two months ago in concert
and they were magnificent. They might be a little too jazzy to be
considered true prog but very inventive and unlike anyone else.
The guitar leads are reason enough to listen.
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Philéas
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Posted: October 02 2006 at 13:36 |
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I have the album Pretzel Logic by them, but I haven't listened through it sufficiently yet.
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Peter
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Posted: October 02 2006 at 15:51 |
No -- no one else likes them. 
You are their only fan, but Becker & Fagin told me that they really appreciate your fandom.
(They want you to keep buying millions of their albums.)
They're OK -- I have their "Best of."
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DallasBryan
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Posted: October 03 2006 at 07:22 |
 Peter Rideout wrote:
They're OK -- I have their "Best of." |
someone that missed the good stuff 
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Jim Garten
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Posted: October 03 2006 at 07:31 |
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They're a good band, but I have to admit, I find them a bit "samey" after a while.
Still - I'll forgive a band anything, when they write classics like 'Haitian Divorce' & 'Reelin' In The Years' (which has one of the most catchy guitar hooks of all time)
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Dalezilla
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Posted: October 03 2006 at 10:11 |
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I only have Gaucho and The Royal Scam, but I love those albums.
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Peter
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Posted: October 03 2006 at 16:58 |
DallasBryan wrote:
Peter Rideout wrote:
They're OK -- I have their "Best of." |
someone that missed the good stuff |
Not necessarily.
I've certainly heard more than the compilation I own, but the band never excited me overmuch.
They are very good at what they do, but that particular style of music has just never been one that really "grabs" me, like good rock & roll does.
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Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
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