Gawd Steely Dan changed the game for pop music....

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Mad_Hater

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With those slick n' smooth jazz sensibilities which eventually the mainstream LA soft rock movement weaponized to make $$$ hand over fist! (Hall and Oates, Kenny Loggins, Doobie Brothers, etc) What made it so magical is the snappiness meeting 70's soulfulness...

Here's an obscure tail end example from 1982 with a band featuring session legend Michael Landau. There's 6 bass changes in the first 13 seconds of the song lmao! You'll probably hate it but I love it lol. There's a really hot girl in the video even if you don't like the song!

 
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Steely Dan ripped my ears open when I was 16, and I never got over it. One of the best experiences of my life was driving an Audi A3 along the PCH from Malibu south, listening to “Gaucho” on the 8 speaker stereo.
 
Bob the builder said:
Dude
You're 35 years old and saying a teen is hot? :mad:
Don't let me catch ya near my grandkids
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Oh, GF urself! That actual girl in the video is at least 18! You're from the 70's and probably more of a…

…… $5 million they have no…chance.
 
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More than being musical giants, F*gen and Becker were amazing lyricists, taking prompts that could yield a short story and making a song from it. Randy Newman and Elvis Costello do this as well, but I especially love Steely Dan’s seemingly endless supply of hip cultural references.
 
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