steely dan vs. hall & oates POLL

Daryl & John, I'm voting for you AGAIN.

sorry steely.

A more difficult poll for me, personally, and I assume for a lot of ilxors, would be H&O vs. CCR.

so what's the ilx poll canon?

hall and oates
steely dan
fleetwood mac
the smiths
brian eno
david bowie
james brown
beatles
wu tang
CCR

New Order/Joy Division

Here's where I cash in my chips. Steely Dan.

would vote for anyone over steely dan tbh

Steely Dan, of course.

Hall and Oates are cool and everything but really,
Steely Dan! not even close.

^^^

christ almighty, I love Hall & Oates, but c'mon. Steely Dan!

I'm listening to 'Royal Scam' as we speak. and my jaw drops like it's the first time

that talkbox on "Haitian Divorce" kills me every time, love these fuckers so much

Citizen Steely Dan was my designated roadtrip music for years.

so what's the ilx poll canon?

http://www.last.fm/group/ilXor/charts

Hall & Oates 7 listeners Steely Dan 5 listeners

so what's the ilx poll canon?

hall and oates
steely dan
fleetwood mac
the smiths
brian eno
david bowie
james brown
beatles
wu tang
CCR

― iatee, Monday, July 5, 2010 12:33 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark

My Bloody Valentine!

NATE DOGG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08X5CVfL0bk

VS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1CaN4thI5w&feature=related

The Fall is like the small dog in the fight who will battle hardest

anyway, these are two bands I still need to hear more of

so what's the ilx poll canon?

prince

Steely Dan all the way. Hall & Oates were great, but Steely Dan were geniuses.

Oh, and, I guess The Doobie Brothers are the missing musical link between these two acts.

?

H&O without a SLIGHTEST MOMENT'S HESITATION!!!!!

so what's the ilx poll canon?

Might I suggest that we have an ILM bracket next March?

H&O without a SLIGHTEST MOMENT'S HESITATION!!!!!

― Alex in NYC, Monday, July 5, 2010

hey, alex, I know you've always disliked the Dan, but what makes H&O more attractive? No snark, just curious.

Might I suggest that we have an ILM bracket next March?

This would be fun.

steely dan
hall and oates
fleetwood mac
the smiths
brian eno
david bowie
james brown
the beatles
wu tang
CCR
my bloody valentine
prince
the fall
velvet underground
joy division/new order
public enemy

that's 16

Al Green should make that list.

parliament/funkadelic too prolly. 14 more.

Neil Young?

and ah, Stevie Wonder

steely dan
hall and oates
fleetwood mac
the smiths
brian eno
david bowie
james brown
the beatles
wu tang
CCR
my bloody valentine
prince
the fall
velvet underground
joy division/new order
public enemy
al green
parliament/funkadelic
neil young
stevie wonder
beach boys

11 more

i am bracing tbe h&o upset over the dan (jinx! jinx!)--i LOVE H&O but please, people

"for the"

relax, you have nothing to worry about

CCR? Really. I've never really noticed, I guess because I don't like them at all.

i have lots to worry about, just not this poll

CCR? Really. I've never really noticed, I guess because I don't like them at all.

― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, July 6, 2010 12:09 AM (59 minutes ago) Bookmark

where are we getting these people

11 more

― iatee, Monday, July 5, 2010 8:01 PM (1 hour ago)

radiohead, pavement, prince

just going by who has the most polls, i guess?

oh u got prince

black sabbath?

so here's 34, what to remove?:

steely dan
hall and oates
fleetwood mac
the smiths
brian eno
david bowie
james brown
the beatles
wu tang clan
CCR
my bloody valentine
prince
the fall
velvet underground
joy division/new order
public enemy
al green
parliament/funkadelic
stevie wonder
beach boys
bob dylan
radiohead
jay-z
aphex twin
kate bush
stooges
rolling stones
the cure
black sabbath
can
ABBA
pavement
madonna
kraftwerk

borderline stuff. 64?

sonic youth
xtc
sly and the family stone
joni mitchell
chic
REM
roxy music
sonic youth
daft punk
pavement
tupac
biggie
metallica
NWA
pet shop boys
pixies
the clash

where are we getting these people

I'm hardly new here, for better or worse.

Roxy Music belongs on the first half of the list.

I mean, Pavement more universally liked on ILM than Roxy Music? I don't think so.

so to do this this I think I'm gonna do 8 at a time w/ a thread like

A vs B, C vs D, E vs F, G vs H

and then the options being

ACEG
BCEG
ADEG
etc.

then adding up the results when the poll comes in

The Minutemen gets quite a bit of love in their threads.

they aren't in the same league as the others mentioned upthread tho.

got 32, just figuring out the rest

Didn't Husker Du win all the polls they were in?

2late

ILM July Madness: Round of 32 - WEST

BTW, Hall & Oates for the singing, duh.

but what makes H&O more attractive? No snark, just curious.

I can handle your snark.

In my opinion, Hall & Oates just had a better feel for hooks. Also, they were a thousand times less pretentious and wanky than Steely Dan. This is not to say that Steely Dan never crafted a decent pop tune, but H&O just bury them in that capacity. Again, in my opinion.

can't believe u of all ppl r using pop hooks to justify this

okay this one really isn't close at all

steely dan btw but i just dont know much hall and oates, i love that nina simone cover of rich girl tho

borderline stuff. 64?

Zeppelin

the Zeppelin vs. Sabbath thread is pretty funny/epic

Yes belongs on any list of canonical ILM acts, seems to me.

I vote for Steely Dan, as expected, though I do remember liking a bunch of Hall & Oates songs when I was 11-13.

Daryl Hall could sing a kick-ass version of "My Old School."

can't believe u of all ppl r using pop hooks to justify this

I don't hate pop music. I just hate bad pop music.

Didn't Husker Du win all the polls they were in?

husker du v. hall & oates.

H&O is very fine and it's nice they are cool now, but Steely Dan is in a different league altogether--and H&O would probably agree

i am bemused at the form that my creation (i.e., this thread) has taken.

The Dan

this poll is an insult to the great dan

truly...a poll should have some balance in the two opposing sides, this is just, PFFT

Guys, not everybody loves Steely Dan. My wife hates them.

in b4 someone says 'divorce her'

hahaha.

voted for the dan with a VENGEANCE.

Did you click the mouse extra hard?

actually tabbed over to the "submit post" button and then slammed my fist down onto my keyboard

lol, "vote" button that is

chicks do NOT dig Steely Dan, that's for sure...

"the Zeppelin vs. Sabbath thread is pretty funny/epic"

I dont even want to think about that thread.

Vote Steely Dan here, I dont get the Hall and Oates thing. What does "Oates" do anyways?

He writes or cowwrites the material, sings lead, harmony, and backgrounds, and has better things to do than post snotty, pseudo-grouchy crap on message boards.

he raises llamas too

was referring to this thread FYI

interesting poll cause the dan & H/o are both groups I loved but grew tired of during their respective/overlapping radio-heydays. and while I will always revere Steely Dan for songwriting & overall sound, recent exposure to Hall & Oates reveals them to be better than I remembered so yeah Daryl and John all the way. comes down to the singing, I guess.

can i ask a really stupid question? (rhetorical, don't answer that). Are you supposed to answer a poll with a) the choice you objectively think is of greater aesthetic merit or b) whomever you fancy/prefer listening to at the moment or c) is this a moot point?

i think it's more a) but of course b) has a pretty great bearing on how you evaluate the former, i'm sure

last night i drove home late and popped in my Steely Dan mix that starts out FM -> Babylon Sisters -> Sign In Stranger -> My Old School and it was a joyous experience, no contest here for me

"and has better things to do than post snotty, pseudo-grouchy crap on message boards."

God, lighten up, chump.

he's right though

nahh, its a stupid post.

i may be totally off-base here, but some reason I want to think Oates is a pretty sick guitar player.

nah that's GE Smith

i may be totally off-base here, but some reason I want to think Oates is a pretty sick guitar player.

Good, sturdy rhythm guitarist. That's his twelve-string hook on "How Does It Feel To Be Back."

Steely Dan. No question. That shit was built to last.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

chicks do NOT dig Steely Dan, that's for sure...

lol my wife hates both these acts.

satisfactory

Totally. I voted for Steely Dan.

But...but...this H&O song is Dan worthy -- the sarcasm, the employment of Motown tropes, the fantastically sick organ.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZUW81HO21Q