Submissions are invited for a special issue of RockMusic Studies on Steely Dan at 50. The year 2022 will mark the fiftieth anniversary of Steely Dan, based on the release date of their debut record, Can’t Buy a Thrill. If one observes the 1971 film soundtrack You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It (Or You’ll Lose That Beat), a record composed and performed by the Dan’s chief architects Donald Fagen andWalter Becker, as a proto-debut, then the group’s jubilee is upon us even sooner. In those intervening decades, Steely Dan has repeatedly ebbed and flowed in the popular imagination. In the 1970s, they were beloved among audiophiles and “jazz snobs” for their assiduous attention to production and for their sophisticated incorporation of postbebop harmonies. Disbanding after the 1980 release Gaucho, Steely Dan as a collective went effectively quiet for about a decade, returning in the early 1990s in various forms: on rereleased compact discs, in solo projects on which Fagen and Becker mutually collaborated, and then finally as a band again in live tours and new recorded material. By 2001, when the group’s Two Against Nature won a surprise Grammy for Album of the Year, the Dan renaissance had reached its apex. In the twenty-first century, Steely Dan has retained interest across audiences in a number of ways: as a consistent live act (often with other “classic rock” artists) on the summer concert circuit, as an unlikely headliner at 2015’s Coachella Festival, as representatives of the refined pop of the 1970s and ‘80s that younger audiences now kitschily call “yacht rock.” So how do we talk about Steely Dan at 50? This special issue will observe the group’s history, legacy, and continued existence to reflect on Steely Dan’s truly unique place in American popular music. Among the possible topics the essays in this issue will consider are:

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摇滚音乐研究特刊 50 岁的 Steely Dan

50 岁的 RockMusic Studies on Steely Dan 特刊受邀提交。根据他们的首张唱片《无法购买的刺激》的发行日期，2022 年将是 Steely Dan 五十周年。如果有人观察 1971 年的电影原声带你得像你说的那样走（否则你会失去那个节拍），这是一张由丹的首席建筑师唐纳德·费根和沃尔特·贝克尔创作和演奏的唱片，作为原型首次亮相，那么该乐队的周年纪念日甚至更快地降临到我们身上。在这几十年间，Steely Dan 一再在大众的想象中起起落落。在 1970 年代，他们因对制作的孜孜不倦的关注以及对 postbebop 和声的巧妙结合而深受发烧友和“爵士势利小人”的喜爱。1980 年发行 Gaucho 后解散，Steely Dan 作为一个集体实际上安静了大约十年，在 1990 年代初期以各种形式回归：重新发行的光盘，Fagen 和 Becker 相互合作的个人项目，最后作为乐队再次在现场巡演和新记录的材料。到 2001 年，当乐队的两个反对自然获得格莱美年度最佳专辑奖时，丹的复兴达到了顶峰。在 21 世纪，Steely Dan 以多种方式保持了观众的兴趣：作为夏季音乐会巡回演出的一致现场表演（通常与其他“经典摇滚”艺术家一起），作为 2015 年科切拉音乐节上不太可能的头条新闻，作为 1970 年代和 80 年代精致流行音乐的代表，现在年轻观众俗气地称之为“游艇摇滚”。“那么我们如何谈论 50 岁的斯蒂利丹？本期特刊将观察该乐队的历史、遗产和持续存在，以反映 Steely Dan 在美国流行音乐中真正独特的地位。本期文章将考虑的可能主题包括：