Has anyone heard of the Steve Miller band
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Topic: Has anyone heard of the Steve Miller band
Posted By: jj1414
Subject: Has anyone heard of the Steve Miller band
Date Posted: November 04 2005 at 03:52
Are they prog?
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Posted By: jj1414
Date Posted: November 04 2005 at 03:55
Oh come on! 7 of you have viewed this but no1 will answer my question?
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Posted By: con safo
Date Posted: November 04 2005 at 03:57
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Posted By: barbs
Date Posted: November 04 2005 at 03:59
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Fly like an eagle Yep, did some really good laid back stuff. No more prog than Steely Dan though IMO. ------------- Eternity |
Posted By: jj1414
Date Posted: November 04 2005 at 04:03
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So basically you're saying.. no? |
barbs wrote:Posted By: RoyalJelly
Date Posted: November 04 2005 at 04:14
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NO!!!!!! They were responsible for that dreadful American MOR sound that put everyone into an artificial coma in the latter part of the seventies, effectively ending a decade of creative progress in pop music (along with Wings, the Eagles and their "Tequila Sunrise", etc.). There is another Steve Miller, a british keyboardist who's actually the brother of brilliant guitarist Phil Miller (National Health, Hatfield & the North), who collaborated with various Canterbury bands. My favorite (american) Steve Miller story was told by Miles Davis in his autobiography. Unbelievably, Miles was booked by Bill Graham as the WARM-UP act for Miller at the Fillmore. Miles refused to open for a guy he referred to as "that jive-ass no-playin' fool". and showed up late every night so he had to play after him, and just blew 'em away. Bill ran up all pissed off and shouted, "Hey man, you're disrespecting Steve!!!", to which Miles replied, "And we killed 'em, baby, didn't we?". |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 04 2005 at 05:03
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Hi JJ1414, First of all welcome to the Archives! Furthermore your languages suggest a great amount of impatience!!! not the best way to get an answer!
Actually Steve Miller Band started out in 68 as a psych rock group (their base was in San Fran although they were originally from Chicago) , recorded their first four albums in England with Glyns John as a producer (this is why they have a hybrid US-Uk sound)> this sounds like psychich pop-rock with progressive overtones! The group included Boz Scaggs , but he left for a solo career around 70, and SMB almost broke up before re-forming a little while later (around 73 I think)and made the Joker, and all of those 70's AOR (MOR means middle-of-the-road which is used for much mellower acts) albums. There are prog tones in his stuff of that era also but not enough to warrant their inclusion in the site. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
I hope you will enjoy yourself and I encourage you to read the few guidelines that are applicable for using the forums! These guidelines will tell you how to place a thread in the right forum (Steve Miller Band is not in the database, therefore has to be talked about in Non-prog music even if we discuss their progressiveness) , they will tell you to be patient , as just the 7 views of your thread from others members is not enough to warrant an answer , especially if most members do not know SMB!!
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: November 04 2005 at 08:25
| I guess some of their very early psychedelic stuff could be considered to have prog connections, but they quickly moved away from that into West Coast pop rock. They made some good music though, "Fly like and eagle" and "Rock'n'me" are great pop rock. |
Posted By: UncleMeat
Date Posted: November 04 2005 at 15:39
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Who really cares if Steve Miller is Prog or not? There is only Good or
Bad music, and that is very subjective. If it would be objective, there
would be no-one in the world to like Chriss De Burghhh or Celine Dion. Personally, I like a lot of the Steve Miller music. Just sounds good, nice sound. Not the best there is, but on a scale from 1-10 I rate it a 7. ------------- Music Is The Best |
Posted By: barbs
Date Posted: November 05 2005 at 08:12
Yes jj. Welcome. ------------- Eternity |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: November 05 2005 at 08:37
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Steve Miller also made some interesting use of synths in the 80s - Abracadabra was the big hit from that era. His music is definitely not prog, but for what it is (AOR I suppose) it's good stuff and makes for great driving music. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: jj1414
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 00:48
Haha....ok. This is really weird. Why do you guys have such strict pollicies? It's just a message board right? It's a little more then strange that you can't talk about a band on a certain board just because they're not on the database. ell oh ellz, whatever. Ok then. I'll not say anything more about it. |
Posted By: jj1414
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 01:12
Thanks for the wink though, I appreciate it.
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Posted By: jj1414
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 01:14
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Or wait, it was the embarrassed wink. Okie dokie...... |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 10:15
A dodgy comparison. Steely Dan could get through the the back door, as rock musicians using jazz, as could Joni Mitchell. Try Nazareth..........................for instance  BTW what about the other (late) Steve Miller. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 16:06
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well enjoy yourself on the forums and the database of the Archives. You might consider this site a bit addictive as time wears on! ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 16:55
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I love Chris DeBurgh...especially his albums Spanish Train, Far Beyond These Castle Walls and Crusader. But I actually love most of his work, with the exception of the dreadful Lady in Red ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 20:12
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Steve Miller went to the same high school as I went
to in Dallas, Texas(though a few years earlier). Steve was a great innovator in the American AOR sound. In his mid 70's period he flurted with progressive sounds.(Fly Like An Eagle), although he was best at Americana. Paul McCartney was a close friend and a big fan of Stevie's sound. The Joker had a major AOR impact in the states. The Best of Steve Miller(AUS) is a good purchase for any 70's rock lover! 
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Posted By: barbs
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 18:53
Fair enough Dick,(who am I to argue with u about this subject) though I did say IMO and I guess I was referring to the West Coast influence AOR. I prefer Steely Dan over Steve Miller by the way, probably for the very reason you have pointed out, but as a comparison I was probably too quick to place them together 'post-haste'. Regarding Jone Mitchell, I think you would need a pretty thorough understanding of her catalogue to draw that conclusion and I don't think there are to many people who would have that experience to draw on including me. Somehow I don't think of Nazareth and Steve Miller as similar but Jackson Browne maybe. I'm not an expert anyway for which I am rather glad as I have heard some particularly unkind definitions about experts. BTW, what about the other (late) Steve Miller? ------------- Eternity |
Posted By: ChadFromCanada
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 21:31
That's great! I'll have to read it. I don't mind Steve Miller band, they have a few radio friendly songs that can get stuck in your head. The Joker is my favourite. |