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   In rec.sport.football.college OrangeDood  wrote:   
   > A man drink like that and he don't eat, he is going to DIE, Jon   
   > Enslin !   
   >   
   >> On Sep 11, 10:14 am,  wrote:   
   >>> In rec.sport.football.college Archie Leach    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> > "DokterZ"  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> >>Steely Dan.   
   >>>   
   >>> >>In my list of most-overrated bands of the 70's, along with   
   >>> >>the Eagles,  Sex Pistols (duh) and Allman Brothers.   
   >>>   
   >>> >>Kiss were more over-exposed, but everyone knew they sucked.   
   >>>   
   >>> > Please give a good explanation as to why you think Steely Dan   
   >>> > is "overrated", besides "Well I don't like them" or "I don't   
   >>> > understand their lyrics".   
   >>>   
   >>> 1) Almost absolute refusal to play live due to overly anal   
   >>> perfection obsession.   
   >>>   
   >>> 2) Inability to craft an album without using 27 session   
   >>> guitarists, 14 session bassists, 22 session drummers... hell,   
   >>> on one song on Aja (I don't recall which) they used the snare   
   >>> track from one session drummer, and the rest of the playing   
   >>> from another - not because one was wrong, but they liked the   
   >>> snare hits better on the other... and then they didn't even use   
   >>> the entire snare track, but a single snare hit the copied and   
   >>> grafted with overly anal precision onto the track.   
   >>   
   >> Why would either of the two above classify them as "overrated?"   
   >   
   > That's a pretty damn good question, and what's wrong with taking the   
   > time to get your music to sound just exactly the way you want it to?   
      
   The inability to play live due to ultra-perfection neuroses.   
      
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   Aaron   
      
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