has never existed in the history of American rock groups like Steely Dan Rather, a group more than a feeling, a project, a breath of music. And even a mystery. Steely Dan have in fact been a great success from the '70s to today just because they are denied.
While all the rock bands of the period beyond playing shows with Pharaonic, they are rarely offered in concert. Preferred to be closed for months and months in the recording studio captured by a desire for perfectionism, coining a stylish and relaxed, living room, which blends pop, jazz, soul and blues, all adorned with erudite lyrics, and guitar dissonance changes of time (also on the producer Gary Katz, who was responsible for the characteristic sound "clean" of their records). Rereading the story of today Walter Becker and Donald Fagen see it that way: two great musicians, two shy people the enormous passion for music but also by the weak psychological consistency. It 'is well known that Fagen was afraid to sing in public and had already happened that he remained speechless in front of an audience while Becker was known to be dependent on drugs. Shy and elusive as they have accumulated successes almost unnoticed, without necessarily bring out the crowds. Fun fact: The band's name comes from the novel Naked Lunch by William Seward Burroughs where "Steely Dan" was a steam-powered vibrator.
0 comments:
Post a Comment