Who has the more diverse, detailed music? Steely Dan vs. Led Zepplin, Beatles, etc

Zep would be the better musicians

Beatles would have the better lyrics and vocals

The doors kinda suck


I think Steely Dan are better studio musicians than any of them. Gaucho was perfection

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Of course, I dropped Steely Dan. He was surprised,

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Most who fail to see the genius of the Dan know little zero about music. When I say "music" I mean the performing/writing part of music.

A lot of that stuff is very difficult to pull off live.

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Most who fail to see the genius of the Dan know little zero about music. When I say "music" I mean the performing/writing part of music.

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I'll accept that criticism but the reason I'm not a big Steely Dan fan has nothing to do with talent or proficiency. I'm just not into the music.

People that don't "get" Steely Dan are Philistines

Plain and simple

Beatles

the doors do not belong on that list
you could argue neither does Led Zeppelin but others will disagree

the rest is personal preference although if your criteria is variety of excellence then the Beatles is your answer

I would throw in Fleetwood Mac.

The Beatles were so much more important than people nowadays realize. Every single was an event. They were frontline for almost a decade.

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he Beatles were so much more important than people nowadays realize. Every single was an event. They were frontline for almost a decade.

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Why would people not realize it when it gets mentioned ad nauseum on music boards all over the interwebz.

I think that people who want to argue for the Beatles realize -- though they won't admit it -- that their catalog doesn't stand up. Their music has not aged nearly as well as several of their contemporaries. And so they try to make up for this deficiency by seeing how many times they can use the words "influential", "important", or the like. It makes me queasy.

Bottom line: if their songs aren't ever -- and have never been -- included in my regular rotations, then in my book they just aren't that good. I don't care if they focking invented the focking b flat. If the music doesn't hold up, the analysis is over.

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Led Zepplin
The Beatles
The Doors
Pink Floyd

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I have no idea what "detailed music" means, but of those four bands, LZ both the best and most musically diverse catalogue, and I honestly don't believe it's a particularly close call.