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 What the hell kind of music does Steely Dan play? It's not rock. It's not jazz. 
 @2a70c54d But it's really good, isn't it? 
 @2a70c54d yacht rock? 
 @2a70c54d for a previous roommate of mine, it was music to blow lines to 
 @2a70c54d Often classified as "adult contemporary", but my real vote is 'Pop-prog' (which I just made up). If you look at the arrangements, they're very complex, often poly-rhythmic, and layered as you'd see in progressive rock, but with a mass-appeal pop accessibility about it.

It maintains a groove, yet impossible to dance to. 
 @2a70c54d I always thought it was Yacht Rock. 
 @2a70c54d Creepy old guy core?