>>122905571perhaps not but they wrote them
>good parts
>>122905571WOAHH BLACK BETTY BAMBALAM
>imagine thinking it's bad to have the best possible musicians around to play on your albums
>>122905571And?
>>122906075Noooo! It's cheating!!!
>>122905951not really
is their music supposed to be so reverb heavy? vocals on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOuFO8KPnjw sounds like they were recorded in a cave
>>122906068spbp
>>122905951No they just had countless studio musicians keep showing up until someone played something good then took credit for it
>>122905571The only people that deserve writing credits on a song are whoever wrote lyrics, melodies, and the chord progressions.
>>122906068You neither look like this, nor do you say it.
>>122908003Just makes them even more based.Also Walter did the solos on Josie and Home At Last and they're some of my favourites.
>>122905571Sterile elevator music
>>122905571walter becker played the solo on pretzel logic
I thought Fagen played the piano/keyboards and sang and Becker played the guitar and bass. Is this not the case?
>>122910080They did but they also later became a band that extensively used the very best session musicians at the time. Maybe the point of OP is that they should be credited more for their contributions to SD records.Not my problem, SD made great music
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>>122910077Interesting, any idea as to what point in their career they switched to hiring other musicians?
For me, it's Peg
>>122910467When they moved to LA. I think that was Royal Scam era.
>>122910558No wait I mean Cant Buy a thrill, Not Royal Scam
>>122910558reelin in the years the solo was done by a studio musician, no?
>>122910558>>122910588From the beginning huh. I wonder if any other bands have done that, I think it's a smart way guarantee you're putting out quality shit.
>>122905571>None of the good parts were played by themOnly a fool would say that.
>>122911110It's true, though.Any major dude will tell you...
>>122910553PEEEEEEEEEEGBACKTOYOUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghp88V3Qm8w
>>122910467>first two albums (CBAT and Countdown)Mostly the original band + occasional studio pros>Pretzel LogicCouple more studio pros like Jeff Pocaro and Victor Feldman>Katy Lied and thereafterThey stopped touring, disintegrated the original band and used lots of studio pros (but still used Denny Dias and Mike McDonald)
