Donald Fagen Defends Steely Dan To Friends

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NEW YORK—While having drinks with friends at a local bar Monday, Donald Fagen, 60, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and cofounder of the multiplatinum-selling American rock band Steely Dan, was once again forced to defend his appreciation for the multiplatinum-selling American rock band Steely Dan.

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"Look, I understand. It's an acquired taste," Fagen said after putting his group's 1978 hit "Deacon Blues" on the bar's jukebox. "I wasn't that into it at first, either. But when you really listen to the unbelievable production values and the wry, perfectly crafted lyrics—it's just great art, okay? You should definitely give 'the Dan' a shot.

Fagen went on to cite additional evidence in defense of his admiration for the music, including the disparate jazz, R&B;, and blues influences that pervade the band's music, and the ultraclean sound that became the group's hallmark."No one attained that level of perfection in the studio," Fagen said. "Do you know how many guitar players tried and failed to nail the solo on the song 'Peg'? Six. Six professional session guitar players.

"Not to mention almost ruining Michael McDonald's voice just to get the background vocals on that track," Fagen added.Though Fagen remained effusive about Steely Dan throughout the debate, he did eventually concede that the song "True Companion" from thesoundtrack was "really gay." He was quick to point out, however, that the track was not technically a Steely Dan composition, but rather a Donald Fagen solo project.

In an attempt to enlighten his friends and possibly pique their curiosity to the point where they would accept his standing offer to burn them copies of Steely Dan's 1974 album, Fagen went so far as to bring up some of the more esoteric trivia pertaining to the group.

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analog_oddity MImi_TheSound

Defend...perfection?

Donald Fagen is one hip cat. Shame on you

weissbier 😍

charliebsu

In all my travels when the fact unravels I’ve found this to be true

Look at yourself you look homeless

DaveSalter_ This is absolutely ridiculous YorkWhitaker snerlybird LibbyCudmore.

.tonythaxton WWCCS?

Not for the first time, I’m sure.

The Dan rulz

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

As he should

I was honestly listening to Steely Dan when this was tweeted. 👍🙂

Never forget - Steely Dan is a dildo.

When my daughter was deciding what types of colleges to apply to, I told her, 'If you want to understand the value of a liberal arts college, listen to the music of Steely Dan.'

The Cuervo Gold. The fine Columbian. Makes tonight a wonderful thing.

The Cuervo Gold The fine Colombian Make tonight a wonderful thing.

But why a picture of Harvey Fierstein?

Donald Fagen was born in 1948, he ain’t “60”

Donald Fagen is the funkiest white man alive.

“Six!”

steely dan is good trippin music

kps427

Steely Dan is the Hall & Oates of Dire Straitseses.

The Dan has been therapeutic over the last six months.

boiseTJK

CMccafe baddantakes

My god, what’s he drinking there? Somebody buy the guy a real beer.

Humor needs a grain of truth to be funny. 99.9% of people think Steely Dan made brilliant music.

The onion is old and mildewy

To be frank. My like was because I love Steely Dan.

That's Steely M-F'ing Dan to you...

No one should need to defend Steely Dan. Those guys rule.

Should send that beer back! Def. a reject.

I used to hate Steely Dan, because they were the most pretentious group in history Now I think they were geniuses and I love their music, but they were still some pretentious motherfuckers

ClueHeywood , ain't no apologzing in Kevin's backyard tonight

Dan of Steel

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