Everybody, I just l love this thread! Steely Dan is my all time favourite ‘pop’ band of all time . I’ve seen them 7 times. I hear millennials have adopted SD and that gives me hope their music will be enjoyed for many more years. In response to if SD had a different singer it wouldn’t be the same because only Donald Fagen can deliver lyrics so in sync with the music.
If Steely Dan had a different vocalist
they'd be Monkey House.
I cannot believe I'd not heard of this band until discovering them just today.
If you like Dan (and who doesn't, really!) and haven't heard of MH, check them out.