...just clearing that up before I receive any nasty visits.
In my younger years, any mention of a band/ artist that was not currently "cool" would be met with gales of laughter, reverberating thigh slaps, and general humiliation. After all "young" people take music seriously in their quest for identity, and especially so if you are an awkward high school student with the unholy trinity--glasses, braces, and acne..but no beard..
..which brings me to these two gentlemen on the right, known professionally as "Steely Dan". I don't know the ins and outs of their careers, nor do I own all of their recordings. However, I have listened to and enjoyed them for years. Normally, their brand of "jazz/ soul/ rock" would not appeal to me, but I believe they have/ had the most inventive take on the easy listening genre. Their records sound good--nice mixes with lots of extra percussion, and creative arrangements. I like the main singer's voice also. Quite odd when you think one of his contemporaries is Michael McDonald of the dubious Doobie Brothers! Additionally, I like all of the hits "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", "Hey Nineteen", etc. Usually, I look for the more esoteric releases of a band, but with The Steely Dan, the greatest hits are good enough. I say "The", due to the fact I have won over many a music snob with my knowledge of where the band got the name--look it up (actually, they should call themselves Steely Dan Mark II, as Mark I was destroyed by a bull dyke in the Upper Efendi..)..but, I digress...
..Nostalgia plays an important part in why I have chosen Becken and Fagen's "combo" As a child of the seventies, Steely Dan's smooth FM sounds kept me company on long car rides, and at night during vacations up North, where the air is clear, and reception is brilliant. Perhaps it's some sort of connection to an earlier, more innocent time in my life when everything was new and..erm......
I won't get THAT laid back. Now, slightly more mature, and less giving a cobblers about what people think of me, I proudly state the merits of Steely Dan--who knows, they may even become "hip", but I strongly doubt it...
...stay tuned for more skeletons ( as in, music I used to keep hidden if friends came around)...
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