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In Reply to: Steely Dan has been a top reference in quality rock recordings for years posted by Demetrio on June 12, 2005 at 12:20:04:
Steely Dan are rock lite, at best. When you can convert a band's tunes over to Muzak simply by removing the vocals, you know these tunes do not rock. No doubt your prog bands rock harder than any of the SD tunes. Most rock recordings are not audiophile material, in large part due to the amount of compression used during the recording process. The best sounding rock recording I own is the DCC version of the first Van Halen record. I'll admit that I don't listen to it much as VH aren't really my bag, but its hands down the most "audiophile" rock CD I own.
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Which includes Steely Dan, Abba, the Carpenters and the Partridge Family, Frank Zappa, Motorhead, The Cars, DEVO, the B52s, Boston, and the Sex Pistols...There is hard rock, punk rock, light rock, pop rock, acid house jazz, prog rock, art rock....
But it's all rock.
If you want to talk about Classic Rock, or Heavy Metal, or hard rock, then no, - Steely Dan doesn't fit in there....
pdl, "Reelin' In the Years", "Bodhisattva", "Show Biz Kids", "My Auld Skool", "King of the World", "Monkey In Your Soul", "Black Friday", "Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More", "Chain Lightning", "Kid Charlemagne", & "Don't Take Me Alive" are fairly decent rockers from the Becker-Fagen stable! Guess via yer criteria, John Lennon wasn't much of a rocker, either, as some of his tunes have been Muzaked as well! Same same with Jimi!!!
You may like them, but rock they do not.
As Rachael Makela-n-Bekka Lou would say, "whatever, dude"!
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