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Poll Question: Best Steely Dan disc
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Points: 5111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 17 2007 at 19:31
Originally posted by E-Dub E-Dub wrote:

Awesome band! Your favorite? Torn between Aja and The Royal Scam.

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I feel like this too...both are as near to perfect in their different ways as any record can be.  Aja is probably their definitive musical statement, but in the end I had to go for Royal Scam as it's the one I love the most.  Both those records remain streets ahead of the game in terms of musical and lyrical sophistaction - not bad thirty years later.
 
Not to come on all fanboyish but they are my favourite band in the whole world ever...
 
By the way, I just found out that all seven of the pre-hiatus albums are being released in Japanese limited edition cardboard-sleeve format on 14th March.  Tempted to spring for the whole set...making this the third time I'll have bought the catalogue (originally purchased on cassette tape in the eighties).  I suppose this really does make an elderly fanboy Embarrassed


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trust me Muswell Hillbillies is a different can of worms and ALL rock fans should have a copy, you will freak, it is GREAT! Stealers Wheel's best of will make you wonder why they werent ALL WORLD, ala Stevie Nicks' Fleetwood Mac. THESE ARE MUSTS, trust me MICK, have I ever misled you?
 
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Points: 46833 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 17 2007 at 19:44
Originally posted by DallasBryan DallasBryan wrote:

trust me Muswell Hillbillies is a different can of worms and ALL rock fans should have a copy, you will freak, it is GREAT! Stealers Wheel's best of will make you wonder why they werent ALL WORLD, ala Stevie Nicks' Fleetwood Mac. THESE ARE MUSTS, trust me MICK, have I ever misled you?
 
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going back years now ... you never have Wink ... I'll check them out.
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Points: 3323 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 17 2007 at 19:53
David Bowie's albums Aladdin Sane and Diamond Dogs are great, good photo collage, Mickster!
 
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Points: 46833 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 17 2007 at 19:58
Originally posted by DallasBryan DallasBryan wrote:

David Bowie's albums Aladdin Sane and Diamond Dogs are great, good photo collage, Mickster!
 
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thanks... damn great albums they certainly are

keep on Gimpin' hahhaha
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Points: 7910 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 17 2007 at 20:12
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Originally posted by DallasBryan DallasBryan wrote:

 

Fagen and Becker named the band for a steam-powered dildo in the William Burroughs novel [COLOR="#800080">Naked Lunch[/COLOR">.<sup id="_ref-0" ="reference">[COLOR="#800080">[1">[/COLOR">


now that... my friends.. is prog  


Little known fact: Comedian Chevy Chase was in a very early form of Steely Dan when they were all college chums.

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William S. Burroughs is the best.
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Chevy was the drummer in a band they formed while in college in New York. A friend of mine used to attend Chevy's bashes in California in the 70's. She was part of Joe Camp's flim crew that filmed Chevy in early films such as Benji, about a dog.
 
Chevy's living room always had a candydish full of coke with various lenghts of silver straws laying close by and his business card had the dramatic jesters face of a smiling and frowning mask in black background and white masks. I spent a few days here and there in his presence, nuff said.Wink


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Points: 366 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2007 at 02:02
Originally posted by bhikkhu bhikkhu wrote:

    In my opinion, there are no bad Steely Dan albums. "Aja" is what I consider to be a perfect album. However, "Countdown" is my favorite. It has a lot of sentimental value.
 
i agree.
 
any Steely Dan album from that list is awesome, and special. all that albums are mastepieces.
 
for example, when i choose that Royal Scam as my fav, istantly Aja comes in mind, as Pretzel Logic or Live in America (not on the list), or - Everything Must Go...........Steely Dan is magick, great timeless Art!
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Points: 5109 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2007 at 10:18
Originally posted by DallasBryan DallasBryan wrote:

trust me Muswell Hillbillies is a different can of worms and ALL rock fans should have a copy, you will freak, it is GREAT! Stealers Wheel's best of will make you wonder why they werent ALL WORLD, ala Stevie Nicks' Fleetwood Mac. THESE ARE MUSTS, trust me MICK, have I ever misled you?
 

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Ah, at last another "Muswell" fan. That album is absolutely wonderful.


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