I am a big fan of Steely Dan. I love their music. It doesn't seem like there's a bad song in their catalog. Do you agree? But, I had a strange thought the other day while listening to them.
First of all by comparison to the Beatles: It seems like all Beatle songs were good regardless of whether you liked them or not. You knew they were still good even if you didn't like some of them. Also, most of their songs were self-written.
Comparison to Steely Dan: It seems the above holds for true for Steely Dan. I don't know off the top of my head if they did any covers or not. I should know this considering all the listening I've done of their music.
Now here's the weird part and why I decided to post. The Beatles songs all seem different. Steely Dan songs seem like they're very much the same across the board. I can't prove this out because it's so subjective of a perception. It's as if all their songs are universally similar. Yet, you don't perceive this ordinarily. I'm not sure I can articulate this more clearly.
It's as if I'm listening to the same song all the time but it's not perceived as such. Is this possible? And how can it be? As always I really appreciate the feedback I get on this Forum. Thank you muchly!