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09-03-2017, 01:32 PM
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steeley dan
Steely Dan co-founder, guitarist, Walter Becker dies at 67
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09-03-2017, 02:05 PM
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Love that band. Sad to hear.
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09-03-2017, 02:30 PM
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One of their strengths were writing these bouncy catchy dittys with some rather dark lyrics.
Here's one, a cocktail lounge jazz sounding song about a guy who shows porn movies to kids and seems to be a child molester.
 to Walter Becker.Although as lead singer Donald Fagen got most of the attention, Becker was a fine guitarist and songwriter.
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09-05-2017, 11:24 PM
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Walter Becker, RIP
Truth be told the band never really sold out many buildings for their concerts nor sold tons of records.
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09-05-2017, 11:36 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by reckless
Walter Becker, RIP
Truth be told the band never really sold out many buildings for their concerts nor sold tons of records.
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maybe not, but they have 3 albums in the top 500 -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollin...ms_of_All_Time
their albums were made mostly with studio musicians and they never really toured much, but they had plenty of air time
they are talking about Deacon Blues here
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09-06-2017, 08:19 PM
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I go to see a cover band every last Thursday of the month. They have a huge following, they don't start the first set until 10:30 and the place is always packed. The crowd is 40 + and mostly male. Some college kids show up and it is clear they are familiar with the music. Great duo, they created alot of classics.
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09-06-2017, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by davew
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dave... I could have been a bit hasty, if not outright wrong. I just wasn't a big fan, honestly, and I do know they had a hard time selling out concerts on a fairly regular basis in their era. Some groups have become more popular later on, which is cool.
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09-06-2017, 11:29 PM
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They were too classy musically IMO. Being a great band doesn't every single time translate into record sales and sold out stadiums.
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09-06-2017, 11:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CincyHorseplayer
They were too classy musically IMO. Being a great band doesn't every single time translate into record sales and sold out stadiums.
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This has been true forever.
And the musical taste of the average human has actually deteriorated below levels I didn't think possible.
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09-07-2017, 12:53 AM
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Swing style horns with prominent sax (Deacon Blues/FM)...percussions that could fit most rock...jazz strings and keyboards (Home At Last)...and avante-garde lyrics...
One of a kind.
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09-07-2017, 09:51 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CincyHorseplayer
They were too classy musically IMO. Being a great band doesn't every single time translate into record sales and sold out stadiums.
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They have a number of songs that live on. That's more than can be said of a lot who probably sell tons and have good tour numbers, particularly this fluff pop and rap that's almost all that's out there today. Thank God for Ed Sheeran and Adele.
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09-11-2017, 03:11 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AltonKelsey
This has been true forever.
And the musical taste of the average human has actually deteriorated below levels I didn't think possible.
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Absolutely brother. Hope you will like this leap of faith!
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12-30-2017, 08:34 PM
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