Yes, but do they applaud for Gentle Giant? Fanny? How about Misty in Roots?
Gaucho was just a great Steely Dan album. I played it constantly for a long long time.
Kid needs culturing.
Not diverse enough.
(I know, Chuck Rainey, Wayne Shorter, Michael White...)
I remember listening to Steely Dan back in the day. I wore an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time...
Steely Dan was and is legendary. So many good bands, so much great music. I don’t know how much is in the future, but looking back, I think the best has already been made.
He’s like Norm MacDonald with the Steely Dan bits. He hammers them despite the audience not getting the references, but won’t let up. Therein lies the humor, but mostly for those observing, not attending.
The baby might like Screaming Lord Sutch.
So, a stand-up comic bombed on Fallon’s show? Doesn’t literally everything?
Anyone who thinks Hey Nineteen could ever grab a kid that young is a tad delusional.
I played Bubble Gum, stuff that is essentially nursery rhyme music for my kid and he didn’t react to it. What eventually grabbed him? The Greatest Hits of Frankie Valle and the Four Seasons.
Those audiences are just trained seals. How they responded or didn’t respond was part of the planned bit.
Maybe they stared because his jokes weren’t funny steely dan or not.
In 1982, how many 20 something’s could name a single hit of some mid level popular band from the 1940s? Not many.
I like Steely Dan, but even having it in the conversation tells you all you need to know about the quality of the current music scene.
I was watching a show on Netflix last night. Every “edgy” song in the episode was from ‘85-‘90, or a remake. The closing song was “Hazy Shade of Winter”, which was originally a 1960’s song.