Round #1 (early 1970s) - #7 Skynyrd vs #10 Steely Dan III From Yokohama

YellowSnow

Dennis_DeYoung

#10 Steely Dan III From Yohohama

Easily the hardest vote yet. I love both these bands, but Peg is one of my all time favorites.

My Kent cred is going to go down, tho.

Alexis

#7 Skynyrd

Not sure that album cover effect was the best one for Skynyrd to go with. At least they didn't have a crashed plane in the background

Swaye

#7 Skynyrd

FREEBIRD MOTHERFUCKERS

YellowSnow

#10 Steely Dan III From Yohohama

Dennis_DeYoung said:

Easily the hardest vote yet. I love both these bands, but Peg is one of my all time favorites.

My Kent cred is going to go down, tho.

10 years ago I would have gone hard for Skynyrd. Still a band that I rank very highly, but Steely Dan really grew on me in the past 10 years. Aja - i.e., "Peg" - is one of the best sounding recordings of all time. The solo on Peg is top 10 of all time. "Deacon Blues" is GOAT rock song relating to college football.

YellowSnow

#10 Steely Dan III From Yohohama

Alexis said:

Not sure that album cover effect was the best one for Skynyrd to go with. At least they didn't have a crashed plane in the background

The took away the flames after the crash.

Peterman

#7 Skynyrd

Both are great but....
SKYYYYYNYYYYYRD!!!

dnc

#7 Skynyrd

backthepack

#7 Skynyrd

ROLL FUCKING TIDE!!!1!!

chuck

#10 Steely Dan III From Yohohama

Skynyrd is red neck, cry in your Busch Lite, sentimental schlock. Steely Dan by a mile, even if Do it Again, Black Friday, Dirty Work, and Don't Take Me Alive were the only songs they ever made.

Tequilla

#10 Steely Dan III From Yohohama

Living in Texas gave me an irrational hate of Skynyrd

Joey

#7 Skynyrd

I hope someday Steve Gaines will get the credit he's due for being a fucking rockstar that had a rocket strapped to his back. RIP.

IPukeOregonGrellow

#10 Steely Dan III From Yohohama

Southerndawg

#7 Skynyrd

Dennis_DeYoung said:

Easily the hardest vote yet. I love both these bands, but Peg is one of my all time favorites.

My Kent cred is going to go down, tho.

I agree, this one was tough. I voted for Lynryrd Skynyrd. They had a huge influence on rock, one that continues to this day, and like it or not, FreeBird is one of greatest rock songs of all time. Simple Man, Gimme Three Steps, That Smell, You got that Right, Sweet Home Alabama .... etc, they cranked out a lot of really good music.

That said, unless it pops up on the radio, I don't listen to much Skynyrd these days, but when I'm just chillin, I do still listen to a lot of early Steely Dan. As time goes by my appreciation for their music and lyrics grows. As an aside, since @YellowSnow mentioned the origins of the band's name, there's a pretty crazy rendition of William Burroughs during his drug fueled phase played by Ben Foster in "Kill your Darlings", an interesting look at the beginnings of the post war Beat Generation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ9Xk-VoGqo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrE_cDvcgJg