This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite songs by the rock band Chicago. See if you agree with any of these!
“Introduction” by Chicago, written by guitarist Terry Kath, opens the band’s debut album Chicago Transit Authority, released on 04-28-1969, and serves as a sweeping mission statement for the group’s ambitious fusion of rock, jazz, blues, and horn-driven orchestration; running over six minutes.
This is a series of posts that will talk about some of my favorite songs by Traffic. See if you agree with any of these!
“Dear Mr. Fantasy” is a signature song by Traffic, written by band members Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, and Chris Wood, and released in December 1967 on the group’s debut album Mr. Fantasy in the U.K., retitled Heaven Is in Your Mind in the United States; produced by Jimmy Miller, the track opens the album with a dramatic,
The song’s lyrics draw from historical and cultural references, including the devil’s role in folklore and mythology and the darker aspects of humanity’s history, such as war, violence, and oppression.
“Sympathy for the Devil” is a classic rock song by the legendary British rock band The Rolling Stones. The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and was released as a track on their 1968 album, Beggars Banquet. The working title of the song was “The Devil Is My Name”, having earlier been called “Fallen Angels”.
I hear this song occasionally on the Sirius/XM station Sixties Gold.
As a record collector, I went out and hunted down a lot of my favorites but obviously came nowhere near getting them all. These are some of the favorites that I didn’t own at the time.
