In a Rolling Stone interview from around the time Aja came out, the writer Cameron Crowe—who went on to write and direct Jerry Maguire and Almost Famous, amongst a handful of other movies—marveled at how aloof the members of Steely Dan could be when it came to their own success. They were no longer touring, and they weren’t doing a lot of press. And their approach to recordin...(展开全部) In a Rolling Stone interview from around the time Aja came out, the writer Cameron Crowe—who went on to write and direct Jerry Maguire and Almost Famous, amongst a handful of other movies—marveled at how aloof the members of Steely Dan could be when it came to their own success. They were no longer touring, and they weren’t doing a lot of press. And their approach to recording had evolved from a fixed group of people playing a set of songs from start to finish to a piecemeal process in which co-founders Donald Fagen and Walter Becker tried out multiple players for the same part, until they found a satisfactory combination—all before breaking it down and starting all over again on the next song. (Decades later, guitarist Dean Parks diplomatically reflected that “we would work then past the perfection point until it became natural.”) Asked if he felt like he was even in a band, Becker replied, “No. But we can get a real good one together in a hurry.” As sophisticated as the process was, Steely Dan never sounded more direct as it does on Aja. There’s the R&B of “Josie.” The bounce of “Black Cow” (and its destiny-fulfilling sample, 20 years later, on Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz’s “Déjà Vu (Uptown Baby)”). And the fact that “Peg” felt like actual dance music, rather than a dissertation on it. In the coastal fog of 1970s California pop, Fagen and Becker had always appeared like bookish New York hipsters raised on R&B and jazz. But Aja was the first time that identity had come through so clearly in the music. And while there are plenty of close seconds, no character better captured Steely Dan’s tragic romanticism like the suburban guy on “Deacon Blues,” who fantasizes about becoming a saxophone player—only to get drunk and die in a car wreck. Yeah, he’s a loser. But least he believed in something.
4 有用 九命猫@victor-eyes 2012-08-05 22:24:22
尼玛真不喜欢听这种软绵绵的爵士。
2 有用 Enjoy🌈Rachel 2012-01-06 23:39:11
对爵士真心无感
0 有用 幸福超市总经理 2013-04-23 17:01:47
兴趣不大
5 有用 𝕄𝕆𝕆ℕ𝕊ℍ𝔸𝕂𝔼. 2022-01-29 00:22:41
杰作 基本上各种细节都做到极致了,无论是songwriting(大金曲,但丝毫不让人觉得有classic rock的油腻),各种器乐编排(他们集结来的这群session players简直无敌了),还是同时期顶尖的录音混音质量。
0 有用 CRAIGJOJO 2014-06-07 21:25:26
优雅
0 有用 孙同學 2026-08-14 17:30:28 湖南
短小精悍😋👍 #爵士摇滚#放克摇滚#游艇摇滚
0 有用 呆听不怠 2026-08-11 11:09:17 辽宁
fusion的入门专
0 有用 Pinky Piggy🐷 2026-07-28 20:13:19 上海
【95】超乎想象的悦耳,攫取了摇滚与爵士中最舒适的那一部分并将他们组合地如此完美,彻底消解摇滚的粗粝与爵士的晦涩门槛,以至于二者仿佛本出自于同一体,配合松弛慵懒的男声人声及婉转抓耳的旋律,大概这就是爵士摇滚美学
0 有用 悟饭 2026-04-23 19:08:50 北京
无感
0 有用 jamesgao 2026-08-13 17:47:10 四川
爵士摇滚鼻祖