Man, you are unpleasant. You also don't know how to properly use commas.

They should just make a movie called Measures, in which people take steps to do something, but don't really go overboard or anything, they just kind of get it done at their own pace and they follow procedure. They don't work around the clock.

Starring the inimitable Christopher Showerman.

Also, the calls are coming from inside the house.

I guess my point was would he have used those specific words were he not speaking to someone with a British accent? I think no.

Glazed, plummy, torpid
Boy, way to impress the Brit with your fancy thesaurusin' there.

It's all about the High School High money.

Love me once today and once cause I've got AIDS

Countdown to Ecstasy is tits. That and Katy Lied are probably tied for my favorite. Another point that doesn't seem to have been mentioned is the Dan's lyrics, which are consistently snarky and hilarious, and add a nicely subversive edge to the musical slickness.

You are absolutely right about We Have the Facts…

And don't forget honesty! He's very honest.

Seconded. Shit's badass.

2112 - laugh at the lyrics, rock out to the prog.

@ Miko - you need to listen closer. Check out something like "Dr. Wu" from Katy Lied. Session musicians, yes, slickness, yes, but there's real emotion coming from those instrumental parts. Studio hacks can play with soul, too.

I've definitely met a great deal of people who are at the very least highly skeptical of Steely Dan, having been taught that rock = rawness and authenticity, and that slickness and artifice are always bad. I've also met a few outright haters for whom the band was like nails on a chalkboard. On the whole, it seems like…

I do a pretty good Mike McD as well, if I do say so myself. You should look up the VH1's classic albums episode on Aja and find the part where they isolate Michael McDonald's vocal tracks, all sixteen of them.

I'm kinda pissed people associate it with Family Guy now, because you are absolutely right. It's energy inspires freakouts. If it's associated with anything, it should be Full Metal Jacket.

"Bully" really worked for me. All the tragedy in that movie felt inevitable in a really hypnotic and compelling way.

It's really good. "Violet" is, in grunge terms, pretty much perfect as a album opener and mission statement.

I may disagree with what you say, but I will…um….jeez. I can't finish that sentence.