OT: Oh no, not Walter Becker...

[forwardmagpie]

I like my music but I've never bothered with Steely Dan. I'll give it a go!

Try Donald Fagen as well although you would need to pay £70 to £100 for Kamakiriad on vinyl but it's worth it.

[Pies4u]

They were a bit "niche", similar style to a lot of early Eagles stuff. I just recall "Do it again" and "Rikki don't lose that number" in the early/mid 70's - the lyrics of both being a bit off the wall. It was all drug induced, crime related stuff - weird really, but listenable. Not sure I'd buy any of it now tbh.

Sad that he's dead but I can only vaguely remember Fagen & that's only because name was bit similar to Joe Egan, (another great band of that era, Stealers Wheel) & Joe Fagin - now there is a songwriter! Breaking Away & Back with the boys again, That's livin' alright (Auf Weidersehn Pet) springs to mind.

[andy6025]

Dirty Work was always my favourite. Other than those two I never got into the rest of their stuff much.

[Bridg4d_Pie_]

I don't do RIP's because there is no other way to do your final resting.
In the confidence that there are one or two Notts fans who share my love of Steely Dan,
it's with sadness that I note Walter's passing at a mere 67 years.
The only positive is that Donald Fagen intends to continue and may even reform Steely,
although Becker was the creative spark behind so much.
'Pretzel Logic' - one of the best debut albums ever.
Steely took me into the realms of jazz/rock fusion. Love playing this stuff on my ipod while
walking the dog. Great lyrics too. Try 'Cousin Dupree' on TWO AGAINST NATURE for a saucy
lyric about an unhealthy family.
Bye, Walter, you will be mist (sic)

Top group of the time Steely Dan just love there music it still sounds fresh today, all great groups of yesteryear manage to emit that feeling too a prime example is one of my early hero's Buddy Holly most of his tracks have stood the test of time and still stand out to day.

I often wonder how many of our current Bands and wanna be's will have the title Legend applied to them fifty years plus, not many I suspect.

Heads up Buddy Holly's Birthday tomorrow he would have been 81 I believe, how time flies it seems like only yesterday, so sad all his life before him, I wonder what music he may have made.

[Bridg4d_Pie_]

I'm old and you're of a younger age Joe. As once said on this board months ago there was only one rock 'n roll and that was in the mid 50's when Elvis was the King along with Jerry Lee, Cochran and many other US bands. When proper R&R finished the Beatles came along but their music was entirely different. A very successful group but utter rubbish at R&R. You won't remember the days of the old Vic ballroom but for us oldsters it was something we'll remember for ever. When Haley came to the Odeon, it was packed out but they relayed the live sound into Slab square where all the kids were jiving to the music.

You are clearly trapped in the Three Chord Wonder Time Warp, nothing wrong with that of course some of the worlds finest Blues Music and Musicians are from the that school.

You need to get out a bit more and smell the Coffee there are clearly bigger and better musicians in the world than Presley always have been always will be, to give you some credit you mentioned two yourself Jerry Lee and Eddie Cochran, a very underrated guitarist was he, in fact when he toured here in 1960 another guitar great played guitar for him on that ill fated tour, do you know his name. Well I will let you into a not so well kept secret it was our own Joe Brown who Eddie rated very highly.

[seriouspie]

You are clearly trapped in the Three Chord Wonder Time Warp, nothing wrong with that of course some of the worlds finest Blues Music and Musicians are from the that school.

You need to get out a bit more and smell the Coffee there are clearly bigger and better musicians in the world than Presley always have been always will be, to give you some credit you mentioned two yourself Jerry Lee and Eddie Cochran, a very underrated guitarist was he, in fact when he toured here in 1960 another guitar great played guitar for him on that ill fated tour, do you know his name. Well I will let you into a not so well kept secret it was our own Joe Brown who Eddie rated very highly.

Agree with what you say Bridg4d - as I believe you played in a band at one time (So Stu Burgan tells me!) but I was talking about sound, not the artist's musical prowess. I suppose you could put Bert Weedon in the same category as Joe Brown (great instrumentalists) but somehow lacking the proper R&R sound. Buddy Holly, Chubby Checker, Fats Domino, The Platters, Little Richard, Carl Perkins to name a few more were my cup of tea.

[seriouspie]

I have almost all the Lp's Elvis made..plus..I have Bill Haleys autograph on one of my pieces of his music

Yes, Bill was the guy who really started it - check jacket, kiss curl and all!

[queenslandpie]

Try Donald Fagen as well although you would need to pay £70 to £100 for Kamakiriad on vinyl but it's worth it.

I've got a few hundred vinyls but I will stick with Spotify for this one duck. Enjoyed some of their stuff last night. SOme of it is a little wandering though.

[sidders]

Good to hear that Suckerman is a fan. His passion for jazz is the one thing that makes him human IMO. I always thought one needed intelligence to love jazz, but maybe not. Avoid, the Royal Scam, Joe, it's an anthem for dossers...