10 Favorite Chicago Songs?
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Topic: 10 Favorite Chicago Songs?
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Subject: 10 Favorite Chicago Songs?
Date Posted: March 14 2025 at 18:08
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My
Top 10 in order.. Too many fans I know "in real life" only know a
couple of hits from their first 10 years... My next-door neighbor got
his Roman Numerals confused and skipped many 25 or 6 to 4 [I've Bee] Searching So Long Little One Wishing You Were Here Take Me Back To Chicago Something In This City Changes People Oh, Thank You Great Spirit Beginnings Never Been In Love Before Women Don't Want To Love Me ------------- https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List |
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: March 15 2025 at 00:21
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Hi, I have the first 8 or 9 albums, and in all honesty I have to listen to them all again ... but there were/are a lot of very neat things, and far out things in all of those albums ... absolutely a great band, and some neat artistry in it all ... and check the Rick Beato discussion of Chicago in a couple of his shows ... beautifully done and the appreciation for the music, was excellent. It was one of the first times I had really heard someone appreciate CHICAGO for their music ... and I go way back to their very first album ... as they were the "brothers" in those days that we all got together and ... sometimes we had to put up with cops hitting our heads ... but in the end, the music is the greatest symbol of what life really means ... it was a scary time, but when you knew you had someone else with you ... things got better quickly. I was in Madison, WI just 3 hours up the road. (DD did both of Chicago's first 2 albums, but he did not exactly appreciate the work and musicianship involved and how the band worked. I was really bummed with his view on it ... and all he could do was mention a chord or two to make it look like he was into it ... I don't think he could appreciate the time and place that the band lived in, to create the works they did. They are a veritable snapshot for at least 10 years!) Got to enjoy some things in Chicago ... Yehudi Menuhin and Ravi Shankar, Man of La Mancha with the original Richard Kiley, the Chicago Art Institute, and then the other place with all the technological stuff ... can't even remember its name.
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Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: March 15 2025 at 08:14
Thanks for sharing. I always prefer listening chronologically. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List |
moshkito wrote:Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: March 15 2025 at 09:18
I'm not a big fan of Chicago, but one of my favourite songs of all time is 'If You Leave Me Now'. 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 15 2025 at 22:01
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25 or 6 to 4 is like cat nip for me. For a 1970 release that is stunning and could well have been a major influence on Tull's Aqualung (the song not the album) coming out a year later in terms of a bluesy riff with an interesting chord progression. My favourite album by Chicago is easily VII and that features the wonderful song Wishing You Were Here. Those floaty backing vocals by The Beach Boys are heaven. I also like If You Leave Me Now. Hated it back in the day as it was played to death on radio but feel different now. I would struggle to name anything else song wise. I don't listen to them enough that's for sure.
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Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: March 16 2025 at 00:40
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In no particular order, except maybe the first three... Wishing You Were Here Saturday in the Park 25 or 6 to 4 I'm a Man Colour My World Beginnings Make Me Smile Dialogue Feelin' Stronger every Day Questions 67 & 68 ------------- Is it any wonder that the monkey's confused? |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 16 2025 at 05:36
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Favourite Chicago song.... Frank Sinatra - Chicago (My Kind of Town) |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: March 16 2025 at 07:58
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I love those mid-70s soft rock hits much more than their early more substantive jamming stuff. Nothing wrong with that stuff and Terry Kath was amazing, but the band for me is all about the ear candy that I heard on my transistor radio as a kid....Old Days, Baby What a Big Surprise, If you leave me now, Wishing you were here, Just you and me, Feelin' Stronger, I've been Searchin' so long, Beginnings. Great stuff. ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: March 16 2025 at 18:12
Ever hear this one? Surprised it wasn't more popular. Great ballad. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: March 16 2025 at 19:19
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^ I had not heard it, but it is great. Thank you. Stumbled on "Little One" too which was great. Kath's voice was something else. ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |