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Fri Jul-08-05 01:04 AM
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How do you feel about the band Chicago? |
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Fri Jul-08-05 01:07 AM
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1. I have no strong opinion |
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They were big before my time and the stuff I've heard from them hasn't made me want to explore their discography further.
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Fri Jul-08-05 01:07 AM
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Fri Jul-08-05 01:11 AM
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...but the band should have died when Terry Kath did. They became a top 40 cheese factory without him. And were even worse than that when Cetera left. I think the horn players are the only original members left now.
If you want to know what made Chicago a great band, put on "I'm a Man" from their first album. The horn section is way down in the mix and what you hear is a great three piece rock trio (Kath-guitar/Cetera-bass/Danny Seraphine-drums) that rival Cream or the Jimi Hendrix Experience of the same era. Hendrix himself said that Terry Kath was a better guitarist than him. I don't neccessarily agree, but what an endorsement.
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Fri Jul-08-05 01:13 AM
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9. "I'm a Man" was their best song, and almost forgotten. |
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Fri Jul-08-05 01:19 AM
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15. It gets radio airplay all the time here |
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on the local "classic rock station" KZOK. They pretty much only play stuff from the first couple albums though.
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Fri Jul-08-05 01:24 AM
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16. I don't listen to a lot of music radio any more. |
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I should explore the broadcasts a little.
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Fri Jul-08-05 01:11 AM
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4. They make me feel a little bit like I need to |
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get sloppy drunk, call an ex-boyfriend (who I can't stand when I'm sober), and then when I sober up, they make me feel like kicking my own ass!
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Fri Jul-08-05 01:12 AM
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5. I never understood "25 or 6 to 4"? |
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But I liked a lot of their earlier stuff.
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Fri Jul-08-05 01:16 AM
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11. Definitely a drug song |
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Which the lyrics even refer to ("Should I try to do some more....?")
and since the lack of sleep is mentioned, I'm thinking an extended acid trip. It all makes the fact that they did a remake of the song after it's author (Cetera) left the band that much more pathetic.
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Fri Jul-08-05 01:18 AM
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I must have been really stoned.
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Fri Jul-08-05 02:52 PM
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47. Yeah..."25"=LSD-25, and "six to four" is British rhyming slang for "whore" |
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"More drugs, or a prostitute?" is the question he seems to be asking.
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Fri Jul-08-05 01:12 AM
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Fri Jul-08-05 01:12 AM
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7. Love love love the old stuff. n/t |
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Fri Jul-08-05 01:13 AM
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8. I like them alot, but not as much as |
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Fri Jul-08-05 01:14 AM
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10. In the old days, they started out like Blood, Sweat, and Tears. Then... |
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...turned into REO Speedwagon. So I don't think much about them anymore.
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Fri Jul-08-05 01:18 AM
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13. You just need to roll with the changes |
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and keep riding the storm out.
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Fri Jul-08-05 01:35 AM
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17. Sorry, but I'm gonna let someone else ride that storm out... |
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...it got a little to candy-ass for my taste.
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Fri Jul-08-05 02:11 AM
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19. just two of my favorite things |
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candy and a$$es. Life is sweet as long as you are not as gooshy as Bryan White or some of Tim McGraw's ballads. Without an occasional spoonful of sugar, life is far too bitter.
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Fri Jul-08-05 02:21 AM
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...I was just talking about their candy-ass music. Thats a whole different catagory.
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Fri Jul-08-05 01:19 AM
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14. Hey computer buddy... |
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I like the city a lot better. Hope that's the right answer. If not, hmmm...well, I still like the city a lot better.
Oh, wait a minute, the band Chicago was the original ska band, wasn't it?
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Fri Jul-08-05 01:57 AM
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18. Peter Cetera era: buncha whiners |
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Good in the olden days. Bleh after that...
Whine, whine, whine.
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Fri Jul-08-05 05:47 AM
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21. Hasn't been the same band since Terry Kath's death in 1979. |
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Fri Jul-08-05 07:47 AM
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if I remember correctly it was 1978 |
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and damn, Terry has always been underrated as a guitarist - he was really quite extraordinary
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Fri Jul-08-05 07:10 AM
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22. They are among my favorite groups. |
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Are they still recording? I haven't heard much about them lately.
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Fri Jul-08-05 07:10 AM
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23. I apologize for disliking them intensely. |
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Fri Jul-08-05 07:29 AM
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24. First album very good...wheels came off after that. |
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Questions 67 & 68 is a really good song from that album that never recieved any airplay.
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Fri Jul-08-05 07:34 AM
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25. Loved CTA through Chicago VI |
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Kinda dropped off for me after that. They were the first Band I would go see often, from about age 11 through 15, about a dozen times I think.
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Fri Jul-08-05 07:35 AM
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26. I love their older stuff. |
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Peter Cetera annoyed me when he went out on his own.
How are you today? :hug: debbi
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Fri Jul-08-05 07:39 AM
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27. I am still grappling with a lot. |
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Fri Jul-08-05 07:47 AM
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:hug:
PM me if you need to talk.
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Fri Jul-08-05 08:01 AM
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that had one of the greatest guitar solos ever put to vinyl?
live at carnegie hall is there best album....
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Fri Jul-08-05 08:30 AM
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30. Weird! As soon as I saw this thread, their song came on the radio! |
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Fri Jul-08-05 08:39 AM
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Fri Jul-08-05 08:45 AM
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32. Look Away! The radio station plays 60's, 70's, and 80's music. |
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Some good and some not so good.
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Fri Jul-08-05 08:45 AM
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33. Loved their early music |
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Loved their songwriting and the fact that they had a horn section.Them and Blood,Sweat,and Tears offered an interesting alternative to the guitar heavy rock of the 60s and 70s (which I also liked)The stuff from the 80s and on was sappy.Id be surprised if there are any original members left in the band today.Its more of a brand name now than anything.
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Fri Jul-08-05 09:05 AM
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Hate their old stuff, hate their new stuff, hate everything. Not my cup of tea.
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Fri Jul-08-05 09:06 AM
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35. I enjoyed the musicianship...... |
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...but I really hated the singing. My ears!!!!
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Fri Jul-08-05 09:09 AM
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36. Loved the early stuff |
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Edited on Fri Jul-08-05 09:10 AM by borlis
They started to go downhill after Terry Kath died. Peter Cetera was ok until they started all those sappy love songs. My favorite oldies are Question 67&68 and Wake Up Sunshine.
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Fri Jul-08-05 09:33 PM
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60. Ballet for a Girl from Buchannon! |
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Not bad,either.:woohoo:
"Question" rocks!
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Fri Jul-08-05 09:15 AM
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Funny you brought this up, I dreamed last night I was having a conversation with someone saying I hoped that BRASS would come back big - the way they were with Chicago and Earth Wind & Fire...
(I'm an old trumpet player, can you tell?)
Also, my memories of Chicago's "double album" does NOT refer to the music/records inside - if you catch my drift...... :hippie:
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Fri Jul-08-05 09:28 AM
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39. Do you like ska? Ska kicks ass (nt) |
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Fri Jul-08-05 12:32 PM
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40. I'm not sure......... |
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I heard a group about 8 years ago at the beach....... but I'm not sure if I've ever heard them on the radio.
There's a song out that I really like - but I've NEVER EVER heard the name of it or who does it - (timing is everything) - I only know that it has some kick@ss cymbals - it's sounds garage-band-y and they say na-na-na-na in it. :)
(Can you name that tune in no notes?) :rofl:
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Fri Jul-08-05 02:49 PM
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46. The band Streetlight Manifesto might be it! |
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Edited on Fri Jul-08-05 02:49 PM by stpalm
They say na na na na a lot- The song with the most na na na's and kickass cymbals is "We Are the Few". Check that song out and tell me if I'm right!
Ska is a genre, not a band, if you were confused. It came before reggae- it has horns.
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Fri Jul-08-05 04:44 PM
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49. I can't find an mp3 file |
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Fri Jul-08-05 08:30 PM
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54. what file-sharing service are you using? |
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I'm pretty sure this is the song you are talking about, and Streetlight Manifesto is pretty big for a ska band. They should be there.
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Sun Jul-10-05 12:24 PM
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I have musicmatch Jukebox... found the group you were talking about but no "freebie downloads" available (ok so I should spring for the enhanced version of jukebox.....)
But they weren't the group I was thinking of.... the song I was thinking of was E-Pro by Beck. (The dj was cracking up :rofl: at me trying to sing the na na na na na na na part when I called to try and figure out who it was. ps - DON't tell my boyos I actually called and "sang" on the radio - they'd be moritifed! :blush:
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Fri Jul-08-05 09:18 AM
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38. Never really liked them... |
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They reminded me of Gary Puckett and the Union Gap. When Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix were pushing the envelope, Chicago was sanatized music that your parents wouldn't hate.
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Fri Jul-08-05 12:36 PM
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Chicago was neither my favorite band nor one I just couldn't stand.
I'd rather listen to the Beatles or th Stones, but at the same time they beat Tony Orlando and Dawn.
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Fri Jul-08-05 12:43 PM
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I saw them at the filmore East. They just carbon copied their recordings, solos verbatim. Sure sign of a loser band.
B,S & T, at least in their early Al Kooper, Randy Brecker days was of a much higher order.
--IMM
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Fri Jul-08-05 12:46 PM
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43. They jumped the shark when they became album art bound after |
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about the third album. It became burdensome to come up with a catchy way to present the same old logo.... They'd have done better if the band and the logo had grown some from album to album...
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Fri Jul-08-05 01:03 PM
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44. Jealous memory: Guy in my Jr. High had them at his bar mitzvah |
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I assume he had some sort of pull, because they were at their peak in '73.
The next day in school, all the cool kids were wearing black t-shirts that said "Danny Stein's bar mitzvah" and the date, under the Chicago logo. If you weren't wearing one, it was clear you hadn't been cool enough to be invited.
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Fri Jul-08-05 01:21 PM
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45. I just posted this on anothe thread. |
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Lilyhoney (205 posts) Fri Jul-08-05 04:33 PM Response to Original message 52. Chicago I saw them last summer at the Santa Barbara Bowl. I never would have bought tickets, someone invited us the day before, tickets on them. So my husband and I went and I cried thru the first 3 songs. It was very emotionally overwhelming. It took me back to being a 10 year old girl hanging out with my 3 best friends listening to Chicago on the record player, dreaming of future loves and losses.
So here I am over 20 years later listening to Chicago in person, holding the hand of the love of my life.
But, beyond the sentiment, the band ROCKED!
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Fri Jul-08-05 09:02 PM
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Chicago was one of my favorite bands when i was ten ( many, many moons ago.) My first crush - I should NOT admit this - was on Danny Seraphine, the drummer.
I was taking piano so I loved the keyboards, loved Colour My World, but I also appreciated "I'm a Man" and "25 or 6 to Four."
I was also into Creedence, the Beatles, Mozart, Hank Williams, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly and the Who, so I had a lot of strange intermingling influences.
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Fri Jul-08-05 09:28 PM
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58. Thank goodness for variety. n/t |
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Fri Jul-08-05 03:15 PM
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48. I was never crazy about horn bands |
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And I was in one for a little while, and the horn players could never play that stuff in key (high school days). Bands like that always seemed to be favored by the jocks. I thought 25 or 6 to 4 was referring to how early in the morning the narrator is up, which seems to make sense in the context of the song about staying up late, i.e., it's 25 or 26 minutes of 4 a.m. I read that in some interview.
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Fri Jul-08-05 07:52 PM
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50. You're the Inspiration |
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was the song that I heard that made me realize that I wanted to ask my then girlfriend to marry me. Eleven years and 5 1/2 kids later, she is still my inspiration.
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Fri Jul-08-05 08:10 PM
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51. I liked them a lot a long time ago |
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but I recently heard a CD of theirs and was not impressed at all.
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Fri Jul-08-05 08:12 PM
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52. I liked some of there songs |
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The one's that I was old enough to remember.:)
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Fri Jul-08-05 08:20 PM
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53. Never need to hear them again in my life. |
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Fri Jul-08-05 09:03 PM
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56. I find them to be very annoying. |
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Fri Jul-08-05 09:11 PM
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57. good hot weather music |
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along with Santana and War.
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Fri Jul-08-05 09:31 PM
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59. I attended their concerts in three different decades. |
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:yourock: enjoyed them all:headbang: Immensely.
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Fri Jul-08-05 09:40 PM
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All their really good stuff came out before my time (born in 1980), but I think it's some of the best pop/rock of the 70s. I'm also a sucker for mainstream 80s pop, and Chicago did that well, too (I admit it, I do enjoy some sap in my music). I think my favorite of theirs has to be "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" off of their first album, which of course, is one of the classic albums (a double album, no less) of the late 60s/early 70s. I like their rockin' stuff, and since I like a lot of soft rock stuff, their later stuff appeals to me as well.
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Sun Jul-10-05 12:40 PM
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64. First albums are incredible. |
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Chicago II is one of my ten or so favourite albums. Sure, it's anchored by a few really good tracks, but the remainder of the album is a very strong series of suites which put out a sound that I've never really seen successfully duplicated in rock music. After that, they pretty much declined into a singles band. Great singles through the 1970's, which they reconsituted in the mid-80's (16 and 17) but a singles pop band nevertheless. I own a number of the later albums, but I wouldn't recommend buying them in hopes of getting something you wouldn't by getting a two-volume best-of (see The Very Best Of Chicago: Only the Beginning) in addition to CTA (I) and II, or by getting II as well as that bootleg CTA in Toronto album, which has the 17 minute-long mind-blowing "Liberation" jam.
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Sun Jul-10-05 01:23 PM
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65. I didn't like their concept of jazz-rock |
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They were good musicians and I'm not going to trash them. But I think their particular take on jazz-rock lacked the finesse of jazz or the bite of rock and was the worst of both worlds. It was actually a kind of jazzy pop music but not really either jazz or rock or even a real attempt at fusion of the two, but more of a watering down of the two. Regarding bands with horns of that era, I preferred the funkier or bluesier sounds of such groups as Electric Flag or Tower Of Power.
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66. I like some of their stuff but the band is hopelessly associated with "The |
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Karate Kid" now in my mind...
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