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Steely Dan 22:33 - Jun 17 with 5719 viewsMelford

Underrated band. From Can't Buy A Thrill in 72 to Gaucho in 80, 7 sh!t hot albums in 8 years.
Complex as ***k musically, using all the best musicians they could get, with production so tight their albums are used to test Hi-Fi equipment. But's not just virtuoso fretw@nk, they have the tunes and the lyrics are intelligent, tell a story and are blackly humorous in places.





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Steely Dan on 22:47 - Jun 17 with 5687 viewsSouthBucksBlue

Underrated? By whom?
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Steely Dan on 23:01 - Jun 17 with 5670 viewsMelford

Steely Dan on 22:47 - Jun 17 by SouthBucksBlue

Underrated? By whom?


For me they're up there with Pink Floyd, Bowie and Zeppelin as one of the great bands of the 70s. I can't remember the last time I heard a song of theirs on the radio and I listen to mostly oldie stations in the day. Maybe not underrated, more underappreciated by a wider audience

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Steely Dan on 23:11 - Jun 17 with 5665 viewsMenton

Kid Charlemagne is a work of art.

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Steely Dan on 23:22 - Jun 17 with 5662 viewsblueblueburleymcgrew

Great band.
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Steely Dan on 23:29 - Jun 17 with 5659 viewswitchdoctor

can’t buy a thrill..:.my fave album of all time...👌
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I have never met Napoleon on 23:36 - Jun 17 with 5654 viewsWeWereZombies

But I plan to find the time

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Steely Dan on 00:05 - Jun 18 with 5642 viewsMelford

Steely Dan on 23:11 - Jun 17 by Menton

Kid Charlemagne is a work of art.


Musically and lyrically. Is there gas in the car?

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Steely Dan on 00:12 - Jun 18 with 5642 viewsfactual_blue

The fact that former guitarist Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter became a defence consultant for the White House makes them even more interesting.

And if the b'stard who stole my copies of Can't Buy A Thrill and Pretzel Logic from a party in 1975 would care to return them...

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Steely Dan on 08:16 - Jun 18 with 5559 viewsGuthrum

Not sure they're particularly underrated, at least by people who know music. Even if their style is not always to one's taste, impossible to deny the top quality.

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Steely Dan on 10:24 - Jun 18 with 5519 viewsGlasgowBlue

Doctor Woo, Deacon Blues etc

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Steely Dan on 10:56 - Jun 18 with 5505 viewsericclacton













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Steely Dan on 11:03 - Jun 18 with 5499 viewsMeadowlark

Steely Dan on 00:12 - Jun 18 by factual_blue

The fact that former guitarist Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter became a defence consultant for the White House makes them even more interesting.

And if the b'stard who stole my copies of Can't Buy A Thrill and Pretzel Logic from a party in 1975 would care to return them...


Been fortunate enough to see them twice!

Also booked http://www.steemydan.co.uk/ for a party a couple of years ago. Very good Steely"tribute" band. Go check them out!
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Steely Dan on 11:21 - Jun 18 with 5486 viewsbluewein

Peg has to be the most perfectly produced song ever.

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Steely Dan on 11:32 - Jun 18 with 5482 viewsjaykay

i expect some people think of these

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Steely Dan on 14:42 - Jun 18 with 5356 viewsFreddies_Ears

Steely Dan on 23:22 - Jun 17 by blueblueburleymcgrew

Great band.


Thanks to this thread I have spent the last three hours revising their work. Absolutely lovely.
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Steely Dan on 14:45 - Jun 18 with 5353 viewsBenters2

One of my fav bands innit
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Totes on 14:47 - Jun 18 with 5354 viewsDyland

Though underappreciated is probably more accurate than underrated.

A lot of people seem to only like music that whilst some of which is nicely produced and has a catchy tune, can only be described as easily accessible homogeneous and bland. I.e. they aren't really particularly into music.

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Steely Dan on 14:49 - Jun 18 with 5353 viewsDyland

Steely Dan on 23:01 - Jun 17 by Melford

For me they're up there with Pink Floyd, Bowie and Zeppelin as one of the great bands of the 70s. I can't remember the last time I heard a song of theirs on the radio and I listen to mostly oldie stations in the day. Maybe not underrated, more underappreciated by a wider audience


Ah, you'd beaten me to it :)

I wouldn't put Bowie in the same league as Floyd, Zeppelin or Steely Dan...

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