i just wanted 2 show my appreciation 4 one of the greatest bands of all time in chicago....

make me smile (man just listen 2 that horn/percussion intro....i put that on par with ohio players i wanna be free)

beginnings (love their harmony and the acoustic guitars melody)

another rainy day in nyc (a suprise reggae groove complete with a steel drum solo)

diamondpearl1 said:

This group has definitely written some good songs. However, I miss Peter Cetera from thier lineup.

see me and TA was talkin bout these cats one day and i posed the question... which horn section was tighter TOP's or Chicago's and dammit wouldnt u know.. chicago was a close 2nd.

my favorite tracks

im a man
Make me smile
Colour my world
Saturday in the park
questions 67 & 68
does anybody know what time it is

the greatest city of all time.... but i could take or leave the band.

i was just thinking about them and how i wish i had my cd that someone had stolen.

the greatest hits version. i only listened to one disc tho(of the course the one thats missing) and that was the one before peter cetera

finess just listed my favorites.

heybaby said:

if memory serves me Cetera always played Bass in Chicago

TheRealFiness said:

well i dunno about all of that, the songs with him singing lead are the ones i don't like, the recent ones

heybaby said:

well street player from 1978 wasnt bad

TheRealFiness said:

i'm talkin' about that 80s syrupy stuff. anything before that is gravy.
you do know your not talking to theaudience. i am not good with titles only the years of stuff.

heybaby said:

Lmao. stick around

TheRealFiness said:

My 2 favorites!

You're the meaning in my life...you're the inspiration...

Chicago was basically two different groups; the Terry Kath led, funky horn group (from 1969 to his accidental shooting death in 1978), and the Peter Cetera led adult contemporary group (from 1979 to 1989, though Cetera left the group in 1985). The early group was funky and played some of the best rock in the 1970's. While there were some hints of the soft rock group they would eventually become (Colour My World, Wishing You Were Here, If You Leave Me Now), they relied mostly on their uptempo jazz-funk-rock fusion as their signature sound.

However, after Terry Kath's death, the group floundered for a brief time. They nearly broke up in 1980, but then they brought in David Foster to help write and produce their tracks, and that's when they became more of an adult contemporary group. While they had huge hits in the 1980's with their lite FM songs, most critics thought they had sold out.

Peter Cetera, love his voice

Introduction
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
Beginnings
Questions 67 And 68
Listen
Poem 58
Free Form Guitar
South California Purples
I'm A Man
Prologue, August 29, 1968
Someday (August 29, 1968)
Liberation



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theAudience said:

audience i like most of their old stuff but "beginnings" is my absolute favorite. many of times that was in heavy rotation on my cd player while riding the "L"

before i transfored outta Depaul i used to go to Demon dogs under the "L", it might be gone now. but Demon dogs would play chicago all day nonstop

When I'm with you, it doesn't matter where we are,
Or what we're doing. I'm with you, that's all that matters.
Time passes much too quickly when we're together laughing.
I wish I could sing it to you, oh no,
I wish I could sing it to you.
Mostly I'm silent.
Never think about words to say.


When I kiss you, I feel a thousand different feelings.
I'm covered with chills all over my body.
And while I feel them, I quickly try to decide which one
I should try to put into words, oh no,
Try to put into words.
Mostly I'm silent.


Only the beginning of what I want to feel forever.
Only the beginning. Only just the start.
I've got to get you into my life.
Got to get you next to me.
Only the beginning. Only just the start.

I'll be seeing them in concert with Earth Wind & Fire on September 3 and 4.I'm currently in the process of buying all their CDs.So far,I have all the albums up to 1976.

Chicago? Man they corny right? I'd proberly like 'em them but iam surprised some of u do.....

Peter co-wrote "voices that care" with David Foster. I love David's shit. Like the stuff he did with color me badd and lets not forget Jacko's "earth song" amongst others. I forget who ripped off who? Did David rip off Narada Michael Waldens production style or vice versa? David did some nice work on obscure soundtrack "If looks could kill". The instrumental is nice.

David Foster is in Chicago right?

thesexofit said:

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David Foster produced Chicago 16, 17 & 18.

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Oh he produced. I guess none of chicago's david produced stuff has that twinkly synclavia sound he used so much on power ballads etc in the 80's/early 90's?

Hey he prodcued and co wrote "st elmo's fire" by John Parr. That song rocks....."i'll be ur man in motion". I love that line.

theAudience said:

Damn TA, its a tragedy when you gotta to bring out the robot.

Hotlegs said:

Well the robot was getting a little rusty and needed some work.

It's all in good fun, thesexofit is cool with me.


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theAudience said:

This and 2,3 and 5 are great...by the late 80s tho, they sucked pretty bad.

728huey said:

Everybody who mistakes the real Chicago for some FM lite crap that they came up with during the 80s, read, and re-read that. The REAL Chicago was musically deeper than that Cetera-led group of the 80s with all those sappy ballads. The Terry Kath version of Chicago is where it's always been at. If you don't know that band, you don't know Chicago.

They even did a song with Al Green.