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 Posted: January 29 2019 at 07:58 |
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Gotta be a bit of a rare sighting here. The considerably proggier band doing far worse than the other band in the poll.
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twosteves
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Posted: January 29 2019 at 07:59 |
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Steely Dan for Aja alone--love the album and that song---not crazy about all their stuff. Chicago is less prog for me but certainly has some great songs.
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Progosopher
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Posted: January 29 2019 at 10:39 |
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In their first few years of existence Chicago was a force of nature, releasing double albums regularly, each with a long suite and plenty of experimentation. Not just the hit machine they became. There was a bit of a rough edge that got ironed out eventually, but this is where a lot of their appeal came from - this was not just intricate or melodic music, but also rocked.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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dr wu23
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Posted: January 29 2019 at 13:20 |
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Steely Dan (as Mick said a whole different ballgame...).......but I love the first 3 Chicago lp's.
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: January 29 2019 at 13:22 |
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Chicago (CTA through 17, inclusive) much more exciting to me than SD.
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Icarium
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Posted: January 29 2019 at 14:26 |
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My favourite Chicago albumbis Chicago V
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Frenetic Zetetic
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Posted: January 29 2019 at 16:51 |
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Chicago is good, but I prefer Steely Dan.
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"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
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jamesbaldwin
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Posted: January 29 2019 at 17:05 |
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Overall, I like Steely Dan more than Chicago, but perhaps, the first Chicago albums have reached peaks that SD have not achieved on any of their records. Perhaps... I should listen carefully.
Anyway, I'm going with Chicago.
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dwill123
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Posted: January 29 2019 at 17:09 |
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Chicago, on the strength of their early albums and the incredible talent of guitarist Terry Kath.
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tdfloyd
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Posted: January 29 2019 at 17:31 |
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I like SD but Chicago wins this one easily. Chicago II, V, VII and the great songs scattered around the rest of their albums are too strong even for the mighty Dan. Although I could listen to the Steve Gadd's drumming on Aja all day long.
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zwordser
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Posted: January 29 2019 at 18:00 |
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My dive into Chicago's early albums just seemed to be a lot more of a trip than my similar exploration of Steely Dan. So, gotta go with Chicago.
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Barbu
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Posted: January 29 2019 at 19:10 |
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Chicago
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: January 29 2019 at 19:28 |
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My brother had all the albums of both. I didn't add any SD to my collection until the box set came out. Not that I don't have a lot of respect for the band.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Sorry! I hadn't even voted. I ended up voting Chicago though could have also voted neither. But just the song "Wishing you were here" puts Chicago above Steely for me, and they had a few other good ones
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Posted: January 30 2019 at 09:57 |
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Chicago based solely on the strength of Chicago II.
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Posted: January 30 2019 at 12:16 |
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Donald, my friends, always.
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omphaloskepsis
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Posted: January 30 2019 at 12:27 |
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Chicago with Terry Kath. He gave Chicago a pair. I never listened to Chicago after the Kath castration.
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: January 30 2019 at 12:38 |
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He wasn't castrated. He shot himself in the head. :(
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omphaloskepsis
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Posted: January 30 2019 at 12:58 |
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Duh! The band was castrated when Terry shot himself in the head. Without Terry's ballsy combo of soulful vocals and raw guitar, Chicago went full on wimp.
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Icarium
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Posted: January 30 2019 at 13:07 |
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Walter Parazeider, James Pankow and Robert Lamm is the heart and soul of Chicago, Terry Kath was their nervessystem. I also like Ceteras bass and singingvoice.
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