Steely Dan Evolution And Music Style

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In the 70′s there were many rock bands and it was hard to become different from the others in order to have a style of your own and to come to success and to have a lot of fans, but it seems that Steely Dan managed to be one of the best American rock bands. Their first album, Can’t Buy a Thrill, from 1972 had important places in the American Billboard, but this was only the beginning as there followed other albums, too.

Steely Dan music is a mixture from jazz, funk, rock, pop and R&B. The band’s lyrics are cerebral, eccentric, but these weer some of the elements that made Steely Dan special and different from the several rock bands from that time. Steely Dan albums were many in the late 70′s and from 1975 the band was only a studio act, without tours and concerts. Steely Dan albums were so appreciated and the band had so many fans as they sold in more than 30 million albums in the whole world.

In March 2001, Steely Dan was inducted in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, so they will remain in the American rock music history. Steely Dan disbanded in 1981 and for a long time since then, the members of the rock band did not appear in the music world. In the 90′s the band reunited and they released new albums, but some of them did not have the same success as in the past, but their reunion was a great surprise for the public and for the fans. The band also went for many tours in several cities in the world and they collaborated with other musicians. People wanted to see them and every Steely Dan tour was a success. More, they co-produced the albums of each other, an activity that both of them found it as a very interesting experience, maybe the most interesting from their musical career. It is interesting to know the attention that the members gave to the sound of every instrument when they were recording and they wanted that all the instruments would be heard. In 2001, a Steely Dan tour was announced for The United States. The lyrics were also an important part that made the style of the rock band Steely Dan, one of the most important from history.

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Steely Dan The Inspiration For Others Bands

Filed under: Steely Dan - 30 Aug 2011  | Spread the word !

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Steely Dan is an American rock band that is formed from by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. Steely Dan had amazing success during the 70′s and combines jazz, pop, funk, R&B and rock. Steely Dan lyrics are eccentric, cerebral and they had a great success with their music although there were also other bands that played the same music genre, so the competition was strong.

Steely Dan was on tour from 1972 to 1974 and their debut album was called Can’t Buy A Thrill from 1972. The songs from this album were “Reelin’ In The Years” and “Do It Again” and they had success, being very appreciated by the fans of this genre. Because was reluctant of singing live, the best thing that he could do is to write the lyrics and to establish the attitude of the songs. The band LP, Pretzel Logic from 1974 brought to the band an important success.

In 1981, the band split and Becker moved with his family and he also stopped being dependent on narcotics. Fagen releases a solo album called Nightfly which was awarded with platinum. In the 80′s the two tried to write other songs, but there were no positive results. As a conclusion, both members of the band did production work for other bands. Many bands or artist were influenced by the Steely Dan style. Later, after their reunion from 1986, they did the same service to each other, this meaning that they co-produced the solo albums of each other. After, they said that this was the most interesting experience of this kind from all their lives. In 2000, their first studio album Two Against Nature was an important success that won four Grammies. Three years after they released another album, Everything Must Go and began a tour in America. One of the best tours they had was in 2007, with the album called Heavy Rollers Tour. In 2011 they also announced another tour. The Steely Dan lyrics cover a wide variety of subjects and it is very interesting to hear the message they send.

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