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   In rec.sport.football.college Jon Enslin  wrote:   
   > On Sep 11, 11:40 am,  wrote:   
   >> In rec.sport.football.college Jon Enslin  wrote:   
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   >> > On Sep 11, 10:14 am,  wrote:   
   >> >> In rec.sport.football.college Archie Leach  wrote:   
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   >> >> > "DokterZ"  wrote:   
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   >> >> >>Steely Dan.   
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   >> >> >>In my list of most-overrated bands of the 70's, along with the   
   Eagles,  Sex   
   >> >> >>Pistols (duh) and Allman Brothers.   
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   >> >> >>Kiss were more over-exposed, but everyone knew they sucked.   
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   >> >> > 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".   
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   >> >> 1) Almost absolute refusal to play live due to overly anal perfection   
   >> >> obsession.   
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   >> >> 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.   
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   >> > Why would either of the two above classify them as "overrated?"   
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   >> I think being able to play live, and well, is the true mark of great   
   >> musicians. If you can't do it live, and you're highly rated - you're   
   >> overrated.   
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   >> Live performance is the pinnacle.   
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   > While I would agree that duplicating studio performance live is   
   > important,   
      
   Nope - in fact duplicating studio perfromances live is the worst   
   performance. Rote memorization at its worst. I want different,   
   interesting, and equally as competent as in the studio.   
      
   > it's not as though they havn't toured.  They did so   
   > throughout the mid to late 90s, and are wrapping up a six month tour   
   > at the end of this month.  (Supposedly a very good one too.)   
      
   They tour relatively infrequently - and by all accounts only due to   
   necessity... apparently they don't care for it a whole lot.   
      
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