Talk:Chicago (band)

Chicago

Photos

any photos of existing band?

i've put one in.

Mee Maw? Doesn't exist...

...well, Jgv did something for us Chicago fans...correct the Mee Maw/Cetera reference. Whoever put Mee Maw in place of Peter Cetera must have watched too many episodes of "Hee Haw".

Anyway, never undermine the talents of a great musician like Peter Cetera. Hiphats 00:09, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Singles chart positions

Good work to add these, but I suggest they be done the same way as the albums: list US position, then list UK position only if it charted. As it stands now, it's hard to read with all the empty UK positions shown first. Wasted Time R 21:01, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

I agree. Both the album and singles lists might also lend themselves better to a table format. If someone else doesn't get to it first, I'll put this on my things-to-do list. Engineer Bob 21:50, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Cryptic?

I'm not sure what's cryptic about 25 or 6 to 4. It's a song about trying to write a song early in the morning- 25 or 6 (26) to 4 (o'clock).

Maybe so, but many people had/have no idea what it is about. A Google or Google Groups search on the song title and "meaning" or "cryptic" will show you a lot of examples of the puzzlement. Wasted Time R 16:42, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Taking in mind Wikipedia's policy on personal attacks and my own beliefs on violence, I WILL KILL THE NEXT PERSON WHO LEAVES AN UNSOURCED SONG EXPLANATION ON WIKIPEDIA. I apologise for that. In short, everyone I have ever met who makes a connection involvoing lyrics is absolutely sure that they alone are correct in finding the author's hidden meaning. Personally, I think somewhere between 76.7 and 99.7% of all songs are meaningless, and this is one of them. Back on track...

I'm not sure if the poster who started this section also added the meaning. Either way, to the editor in question: Feel free to find a credible source, then re-add your information. Again, I'm sorry about this entire post. Deltabeignet 23:22, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Cryptic!

"25 or 6 to 4" may be only slightly cryptic. If you want a nicely sourced comment on the song's meaning, look to the song. "25 or 6 to 4" could be taken literally as it is written in the song title, as a reference to the time of night (consistent with the lyrics "waiting for the break of day" & for these 2 reasons preferrable to the homophone "25 or 624," putative reference to types of LSD, or Thorazine pills, or cocaine, etc.). Who would be "searching for something to say" at this time of night but a college student pulling an all-nighter to write a difficult paper under severe deadline pressure, and exhausted by lack of sleep?

-Ludd Zeppelin

I agree with you, he says,"wondering how much I can take!", and "I will try to take some more--------, 25 or 6 to 4. <-wrong lyrics: in actuality "Should I try to do some more (work on songwriting)... twenty five or six to four" El benderson 20:22, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Chris Pinnick

I wanted to ask before I just added him, but shouldn't Chris Pinnick be added as a past member? I believe he was listed as a member in Chicago 17, while being omitted from XIV and 16. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 204.222.250.14 (talk • contribs) 11 September 2006.

Pinnick was listed as an "additional musician" on the liner notes for XIV and 16, and is mentioned as a "sideman" on the band's website. However, even I was surprised when I checked the liner notes on Chicago 17 -- Chris was promoted (albeit briefly) to band member. I'll update the infobox and the article on 17 tonight; I'd recommend NOT altering the Chicagoband template until someone writes an article on Pinnick. - Engineer Bob 06:42, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Pointless information?

"The band released a live album in 1999, Chicago XXVI, which did not include any of Cetera's solo compositions" seems to be a pointless line. Uh, no kidding... why would it contain any of his solo work? Why not add that it doesn't contain any Champlin, Lamm, Scheff, Howland or Imboden solo compositions if it goes so far as to make a note of it lacking Cetera solo work...?

Corrected Jimmy's Quote on VH1: BTM

Changed quote to what he actually said on BTM as opposed to the close approximation given in quotations previously.