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OK, I'll be the first here to admit, I like "If You Leave Me Now". Lovely melody, fine arrangement, and Peter Cetera's warbling is good on it (the high notes especially).
Of course, Chicago was pretty good when they were Blood, Sweat & Tears lite. They had some excellent songs before Cetera's coup d'etat. "Saturday In The Park" ought to be regarded as a classic, and "25 Or 6 To 4" rocks like a motherfucker.
Post-coup Chicago mainly sucked. With his corporate soft-rock, Cetera anticipated the '80s, and his visage is emblemic of that horrible decade. There's one post-coup song that I like, called "Take Me Back To Chicago", which incorporates a bit of a fusion vibe, but I've yet to meet anyone who shares my enthusiasm for it.
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The only pre-slush Chicago tracks I'm familiar with are "25 or 6 to 4" (by the way, what the fuck is that supposed to mean anyway?), and "Streetplayer" (which was sampled by Kenny 'Dope' & The Bucketheads on "Da Bomb"). "Streetplayer" is wicked.
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Well, another tiny piece of trivia to squeeze into my brain somewhere. Until today I didn't know that Peter 'Glory Of Love' Etcetera was the main man in Chicago.
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