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Old 02-06-2011, 09:02 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic View Post
As I understand it they almost never performed live - do you think that`s why "true music enthusiasts" undervalue their material, s_k ?
I read somewhere that one of Steely Dan's latest live performance, a year or so back, they covered their two albums, The Royal Scam and AJA. I don't really see a lot of their music being underrated or as undervalued material by music critics, or as artist that do not perform well live.

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But one could say Steely dan is 'Over produced'.
I would say that their albums are some of the best studio produced albums to date. Their quality of musicianship is also just as equal.

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they got a lot of very useful exposure, but the music was all down to the band, wasn`t it ? Warhol just let them do their thing, I think.
Warhol insisted once while VU was in the studio recording, that they should just do whatever came to them at that moment, using his philosophy of art without any preparation or rehearsal. The studio music producer said he should just turn the recording equipment on and simply leave the studio to Warhol and VU, since none of his advice was taken in the process of the recording, as which he did, and left the studio.
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