Steely Dan VS. Fleetwood Mac - Page 3

ChiefFripp · 10-21-2004, 10:38 PM

Another poll about old bands but unlike The Beatles or Stones, these cats still regroup every decade or so to milk their fans. Both have some excellent material in my opinion. Who do you like more?

KCWolfman · 10-22-2004, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Hmmmm....I guess i need to make a new Poll then,

Journey Vs. REO Speedwagon??

Before or after Kevin Cronin had his testicles removed?

**gblowfish** · 10-23-2004, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by beer me

I'm pretty certain the guys in Steely Dan do not have penises. At least Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie never pretended to.

Why would guys with "no penises" name their band after a steam driven dildo???

These bands are hard to compare side by side. It's apples and oranges.

Steely Dan was by design a studio band. Becker and bundle of sticksan used a lot of jazz influence, heavy on sax and horn arrangements, funky fusion bass lines, complex song writing, a thinking man's band.

Fleetwood Mac was a blend of British Influence and American West Coast Rock, and because of the nature of their music are a better live band, classic "Arena Rockers." That's why you can't go more than about 15 minutes without hearing one of their songs on a formula "classic rock" station. Their early stuff was great, but didn't get the massive airplay like the Stevie Nicks era music.

Stevie Nicks has no septum left. Just a big Hoover vacuum sized slot under her eyeballs. She's a mess.

Tombstone RJ · 10-23-2004, 08:43 AM

I'll go with Steely Dan over and over and over, and twice on Sundays. There is no contest here. Steely Dan has written some of the best music ever to be recorded in a studio, and they are the ONLY Rock n' Roll band to seemlessly fuse jazz and rock and have it sound damn good.

Plus, I'v seen Steely Dan in concert, and they were fantastic.

As for Fleetwood Mac, I like them too, but they are much more of pop-rock genre. That is, they sound good and sold alot of albums.

Both are great bands, but IMO, Steely Dan rules. I still listen to my Steely Dan CDs all the time, whereas I just listen to the radio if I want to here some Mac...

Ebolapox · 10-23-2004, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by phisherman

"Steely Dan" was a name for a steam-powered dildo in the fine William Burroughs novel, Naked Lunch. Weird dude, weird book.

On the poll question, Fleetwood Mac, when Peter Green was in the band, was known as one of the THE finest English blues bands around...I've got an old bootleg where it's just shred city, I think they had 3 guitarists at the time...

but, I've gotta give my nod to the Dan...these guys are still writing great songs today...they're a little weird for some people and my wife still thinks some of their lyrics are creepy, but you can't argue w/ the consistent level of their output

my $.02

bp

wow, someone who enjoys steely dan goes by the username alluding to the phish--wow, do you smoke weed and not bathe??

-EB-...shamelessly TIC

Dr. Johnny Fever · 10-23-2004, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by KCWolfman

Evidently, you have never met Stevie.

OK you got m me there.

View Poll Results: Choose
Fleetwood Mac (post Peter Green era)	26	45.61%
Steely Dan	31	54.39%
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Tombstone RJ Broncos' Fan Extraordinaire! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denver Casino cash: $10012184	I'll go with Steely Dan over and over and over, and twice on Sundays. There is no contest here. Steely Dan has written some of the best music ever to be recorded in a studio, and they are the ONLY Rock n' Roll band to seemlessly fuse jazz and rock and have it sound damn good. Plus, I'v seen Steely Dan in concert, and they were fantastic. As for Fleetwood Mac, I like them too, but they are much more of pop-rock genre. That is, they sound good and sold alot of albums. Both are great bands, but IMO, Steely Dan rules. I still listen to my Steely Dan CDs all the time, whereas I just listen to the radio if I want to here some Mac... __________________ ORANGE COLORED GLASSES ARE ALWAYS ON!
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