stuff to do, week of October 11, 2008
Todd Morman
tmorman at nc.rr.com
Sun Oct 12 07:47:53 EDT 2008
> I might be able to deal w/their 'deep,' and likely unknown to me, album
> cuts
Well, yeah, that's the way to go with bands whose hits have been driven into
the ground by FM radio. You really don't know Steely Dan at all if you
haven't heard the gems hidden on Pretzel Logic
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:w9frxqu5ldte or The Royal
Scam http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:d9ftxqu5ldte (which had
no big hits at all). And their first two records are still some of my faves
from the 70s - "Show Biz Kids" from Countdown To Ecstasy is just perfect.
Even the first, poppier album holds up well.
Seriously, they have this pretentious art-rock reputation among some folks
that I just don't understand. The stuff is clever, sure, but it's always
sharp, usually fun, and has more than enough heart to make up for the
braininess.
todd if that is braininess in rock is something you feel has to be made up
for morman
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