If Steely Dan had a different vocalist

Very few songs have struck as much at first listen as The Royal Scam. This is a song I cannot ever get enough of, especially cranked up! I have been listening to Steely Dan for over 40 years, but only a few years ago actually heard The Royal Scam for the first time...Something about the drums and that beat man, very different and WILDLY addictive!

It's funny to hear Steely Dan and avant-garde in the same sentence.

Well, how about that!  Like the others, never heard about them.  Add a wee bit of old Chicago into it also.

Everybody, I just l love this thread! Steely Dan is my all time favourite ‘pop’ band of all time . I’ve seen them 7 times. I hear millennials have adopted SD and that gives me hope their music will be enjoyed for many more years. In response to if SD had a different singer it wouldn’t be the same because only Donald Fagen can deliver lyrics so in sync with the music. 

Thanks for the suggestion; I saw a news story on MH and didn’t think much but now I will check them out.

But when I think of Steely Dan, I don’t think greatest hits (even though they had many) and don’t think live performance. I see them as progressing in studio and evolving their sound from album to album.

One thing that stands out about SD is the shear amount of change in each album. Different studio musicians and core members other than Fagan / Becker, always pushing new boundaries. Can’t Buy a Thrill is not even close to where they eventually went with Aja and Gaucho. Like a new band every time.

Not sure is MH has the same type of evolution approach but I will give them a listen.