Chicago 2001 Tour Set LIst
Phil Spears
Jim Jammers
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>Where can I find a set list for the 2001 tour?
>
Has it changed much in 10 years?
Michael Mee
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Greg
> Where can I find a set list for the 2001 tour?
1.Dialogue, 1 and 2
2.Baby, What a Big Surprise
3.Ques. 67 and 68
4. Old Days
5. Hard Habit To Break
6. ( I've Been) searchin'
7. Mongonucleosis
8. You're Not Alone (nice guitar ending)
9.30 sec. horn solo
10. I'm Falling in Love With You (Lee Loughnane solo)? title
11.Will You Still Love Me?
12.Take Me Back To Chicago (strong R. Lamm vocal)
13.Look Away, Hit by Varese
14. Sat. in the Park
15. Feelin' Stonger Every Day
16. 1 min. Keith solo
17.Just You "n" Me
18.Beginnings
19.6 min. drum solo
20.Does Anybody Really Know..
21.I'm a Man
22. Free
23. The Ballet
24.Encore: Hard To Say I'm Sorry and 25 or 6 to 4
MJoann
Greg wrote:
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> "Phil Spears" <psp...@nc.rr.com> wrote in message news:<uOAT6.6258$ru2.2...@typhoon.southeast.rr.com>...
> > Where can I find a set list for the 2001 tour?
> 10. I'm Falling in Love With You (Lee Loughnane solo)? title
This would be "Happy Man" a song written by Peter Cetera that appears on
Chicago VII.
Me
> Walt has developed at least a little improvisational
> skill to complement his fine technique.
As much as I dislike posting negative things, I can't help but wonder if
it's just me, or does anyone else feel that Walt Parazaider is one of
the *worst* soloist that has been able to sustain his career for 30+
years??
Don't get me wrong, as a section player, I feel that he is great -
excellent even. He is a great technical player and I'm sure he can read
fly shit off of the wall, but when it comes to taking a solo, he is just
plain terrible.
I've gone back and listened to several live versions of "Just You & Me"
from over the years, and EVERY ONE of his 'solos' is horrible. Each one
makes me cringe.
I'd think that after playing professionally for so many years, he'd be
able to come up with something creative and listen-able. But all we get
is a lot of choppy runs and ZERO melodic content. I've got to believe
that Pankow had to write out the solo for "Colour My World" note for
note...
Am I alone in this thinking?
Rich Diakun
call it). The solo he did on "Movin' In" on side one of Chicago II made me
think my cat had gotten stuck in the vacuum cleaner ===;o And "Now That
You've Gone" from Chicago V could be even better if it weren't for Walt's
so-so solo. However, I enjoy the mood he worked up on "Just You N Me", and
I think what he did with the flute on "It Better End Soon" was pretty damned
hip. I even read where one of the rockingest flute soloists of all time,
Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, had said he dug what Walt did on both the II
and Carnegia Hall versions of that song/marathon. Hey, some people can jam
and some can't. I guess I can forgive some ad lib letdowns if for nothing
else than because he gave us that awesome multi-tracked clarinet line in
"Harry Truman".
- Rich
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Rich Diakun
gave us. It wasn't just the pop hits by a long shot. I was glad they played
some stuff that never got any air time on the radio. Most people have no
idea how diverse and talented Chicago was/is. || From the program notes:
". . . on their next record, the group is stretching out on more adventurous
material like they used to in the 60's . . . and . . . they will release
the mother of all Chicago best of compilations . . . ." Way cool!! Come on,
guys, you still got it. Put it out there! And while I'll probably buy it, do
we really need another Chicago compilation? >>
I agree with you on the compilation. The mother of all compilations would
be easy to come up with... just get "Group Portrait" and supplement it with
the 2 or 3 of the compilations they've given us of the post-Columbia days.
We probably all have it already.
As for how much "music" the band has given us, and for the program notes....
YAY! Maybe they've been peeking in this newsgroup every so often and have
been reading about what their fans think and want. These guys have got the
chops, both playing and songwriting, to do anything they can imagine. It's
great that they're at least saying that they're imaging some cutting-edge
stuff again. ".. and all you got to do is listen..."
- Rich
Theresa Blackwell
is probably one of the CLEANEST clarinet lines I've ever heard.
But then-he got his start on Clarinet; *shrug*. Full-range rips in the
middle of any rock tune are unheard of-except that one-especially on
clarinet. ;-) HOWEVER...he could and should attempt to break out of
this written-out (what I feel must be written out) cadenza-stuff in most of
the tunes he does solo on. Ensemble player? Oh man-he's good at the
ensemble sound-and the hornline wouldn't BE the hornline without his
playing; but he's just not the best soloist in the group.... Loughnane, on
the other hand, can wail.
T. Blackwell
Ulli Stemmeler
With this instrument his brings up some Rahsaan Roland Kirk things (most people think that this comes from Ian Anderson
who learned his things from R.R. Kirk as well).
On sax-solos to me he always sounds like a beginner.
To me the best soloist Chicago ever had was (who else?) Terry, the best on horns J. Pankow on trombone.
Ulli Stemmeler
Theresa Blackwell schrieb:
Jeff Blanks
>...does anyone else feel that Walt Parazaider is one of
>the *worst* soloists that has been able to sustain his career for 30+
>years??
Maybe he's a free-jazz devotee and he's not telling us... :-P
--
The old is dying and the new cannot be born. In the interregnum, a
variety of strange and morbid symptoms appears. --Antonio Gramsci
Rich Diakun
>>
Oh yeah... that's it. And to think, I was mistaking it for some sort of
avant-garde 19-tone microtonal scale sort of thing like John Negri is doing.
- Rich
GeraldEBrennan
I think this isn't SO far off the mark. Some of his solos from Chi V - VII (I
stopped listening after that) make me think he's trying to imitate Wayne
Shorter in some of the Miles bands.
Problem is, Walt ain't Wayne.
jb
Jerry Brennan
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herself a serious musician is going to want to push the boundaries back so
they don't get bored. Sometimes the result is truly wonderful, sometimes ...
it takes a little getting used to. I'll guess he is trying to make music
that puts some demands on the listener.
It's been a while since I've listened to a lot of Chicago --all of my
collection is still on vinyl -- but I suspect if I gave some of the pieces
in question repeated listenings (as well as some of Kath's stuff I never
quite "got" back then) I might find new & interesting things with each new
listen.
After all, It took me ten years of repeated listenings to really appreciate
some of my favorite classical pieces that I hated at first, like the last
movement of Mahler's 3rd.
(And if you see this, Walt, keep doing whatcha do...)
GeraldEBrennan
improvising musician? H only wanted to join an orchestra but ended up tumbling
into a top ten rock band.