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seamoss · Post by **seamoss** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:28 pm

I know that I am super late here but....

I just got turned onto the "aja" record and man...WOW....what a nice album.

some really great musicianship on that record....not to mention the production is superb.

Rangtangtang · Post by **Rangtangtang** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:32 pm

Isn't there 2 version of it?, the second version they did themselves?

Derek up North · Post by **Derek up North** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:56 pm

The earlier stuff is well worth checking out too. I still get butterflys in my stomach when I listen to Pretzel Logic (takes me right back to a very emotional time).

Regards,

Derek.

kilroy · Post by **kilroy** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 2:03 pm

And if you have a good vinyl playback rig then...

MickGael · Post by **MickGael** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 2:13 pm

My favorites records have always been their first 3 (when they were still a bit more like a "real" band)

THey are is good as it gets, IMHO

seamoss · Post by **seamoss** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:05 pm

yeah, I can't wait to check out their other stuff.

IMO you just don't hear musicians like that it todays pop/rock music.

also makes you want to toss all your limiters in the recycle bin....hehe

long live dynamics!

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:29 pm

Be sure to check out Donald Fagen’s solo albums, too. “The Nightfly” is brilliant and “Kamakiriad” is pretty good, too. Walter Becker also made a solo album called “11 Tracks of Whack”. I think both of them were involved in all three projects so I tend to see them all as Steely Dan albums (though it takes a while to get used to Becker singing instead of Fagen).

/Yoss

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:37 pm

Never have liked Steely Dan -- the whole collegiate in-joke thing leaves me cold, and they don't have enough variety of sound to satisfy me. But for some reason I find "Dr. Wu" interesting to listen to. Once in a rare while only. Go figure.

james0tucson · Post by **james0tucson** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 4:01 pm

I never liked their albums much, nor their radio hits for the most part -- but they are great performers. They put on some good concerts. Not much spectacle, but terriffic musicianship. Worth seeing, on the order of say, seeing Santana or Crosby Stills & Nash, not a *must see* on the order of the Rolling Stones or the Grateful Dead.

Too late for most of that anyway, but I am really glad I saw them in concert a few times. For me, a musical group is defined by their live experience.

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 4:05 pm

Aha -- radio hits. I 'spect you've hit on the big reason I don't care for them. Must give their less-heard stuff a try some day. Anything you'd recommend to give an impression of their concert playing?

experimental.crow · Post by **experimental.crow** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 4:12 pm

any major dude could tell ya ...
the dan just rocks ...

nuffink · Post by **nuffink** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 4:31 pm

I'd like to hear a bit of Steely Donk.

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 4:36 pm

What a concept. *head spins*

Branst · Post by **Branst** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:02 pm

Great band. I've been listening a lot to the outtakes from Gaucho and they are just as good as the songs that made it on the album!

soulata · Post by **soulata** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:10 pm

uff...

I really like Two Against Nature, too. Everything Must Go is boring though. Sophisticated but really boring.

Pretzel, Gaucho, Aja - lonely island CDs.

Steely Dan.....