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As bad a wrap as the jazz-influenced smooth rockers get from the hipster generation, as witnessed by the portrayal of Donald Fagen as a mush-mouthed buffoon on the popular Yacht Rock shorts. Under the high-gloss sheen of studio innovator Roger "The Immortal" Nichols, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker assembled intricate progressions interlaced with brilliant lyrical moments of dark witticism, in the process achieving a level of perfectionism that may never again be matched.
That being said, the task of covering one of their tunes is in itself one of the most daunting undertakings a band can attempt, and the reworking of an entire album a la the Bird and the Bee's nod to Hall and Oates is akin to an indie band death wish. Nonetheless, last week Toronto's The Darcy's released their free reinterpretation of Steely Dan's seminal effort Aja, which features one of top 3 Dan tunes "Peg".
As well-executed as these tracks are, especially in their effort to re-imagine the tunes as sinister prog numbers, it's hard to listen to such well-known tunes objectively with fresh ears. So are the pitfalls of most covers, I suppose. But it's a fresh take that I can see myself really liking had I never heard of Steely Dan before, which should serve some black-hearted hipsters rather well me thinks.
MP3: The Darcy's - Peg
Full Aja Downlad: here
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That being said, the task of covering one of their tunes is in itself one of the most daunting undertakings a band can attempt, and the reworking of an entire album a la the Bird and the Bee's nod to Hall and Oates is akin to an indie band death wish. Nonetheless, last week Toronto's The Darcy's released their free reinterpretation of Steely Dan's seminal effort Aja, which features one of top 3 Dan tunes "Peg".
As well-executed as these tracks are, especially in their effort to re-imagine the tunes as sinister prog numbers, it's hard to listen to such well-known tunes objectively with fresh ears. So are the pitfalls of most covers, I suppose. But it's a fresh take that I can see myself really liking had I never heard of Steely Dan before, which should serve some black-hearted hipsters rather well me thinks.
MP3: The Darcy's - Peg
Full Aja Downlad: here
=w=
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