Re: Steely Dan

Mark Robohm (belizbeh@together.net)
Thu, 30 Nov 1995 12:41:30 -0500 (EST)

Don't forget about the often forgotten drummers. Steve Gadd is a
drumming genius and that should be enough to save the Steely Dan name.
I'm not a huge Steely Dan fan but their music is p[layed, written,
arranged, and composed better than many. If nothing else listen to the
drums.

Mark

On Thu, 30 Nov 1995, Timothy G Wagner wrote:

> Question:
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> Why is Steely Dan being thrown around as some sort of insult on the list?
> Steely Dan are geniuses (well, maybe just Donald Fagen). Brillant
> Songwriters with good production. I can't even conceive of anyone
> putting Steely Dan and Corduroy in the same sentence.
> Maybe if you called Corduroy Raw Stylus-esque (all frosting, no cake), it
> would be a proper insult, if not an accurate description. I don't know.
>
> Later-
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> Tim From Buffalo
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