After listening to “Peg” by Steely Dan (from the album Aja),write a single paragraph answer to the following question. On thebasis of “Peg”, do you agree with this statement (from RollingStones’ review of the album Aja) or not? Why or why not? Aja willcontinue to fuel the argument by rock purists that Steely Dan'smusic is soulless, and by its calculated nature antithetical towhat rock should be. But this is in many ways irrelevant to a finalevaluation of this band, the only group around with no conceptualantecedent from the Sixties. . . . By returning to swing and earlybe-bop for inspiration — before jazz diverged totally fromestablished conventions of pop-song structure — Fagen and Beckerhave overcome the amorphous quality that has plagued most otherjazz-rock fusion attempts. "Peg". . ." illustrate(s) thisperfectly: tight, modal tunes with good hooks in the choruses,solid beats with intricate counterrhythms and brilliantly conciseguitar solos. . . complex horn charts, synthesizers and lushbackground vocals that flirt with schmaltzy L.A. jazz riffs.

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