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57. The rock group Chicago and The Beach Boys

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 04:18 PM

Aug 2012

I'm a musician and I hate to rag on other musicians so it takes a lot of dislike for me to do it. In the case of Chicago I appreciated that they had talent and it wasn't the horns with rock concept (I love Tower Of Power) but just some of their compositions like "25 or 6 to 4" or "Where Do We Go from Here?" or the loathsome "Saturday In The Park" that get on my nerves for no logical reason I can understand. In the case of The Beach Boys, I grew up during their time and could never bring myself to buy one of their records or stomach their sound on the radio. Again I appreciate that they had song-writing talent in their genre but it's their entire concept and genre that I can't take. I realize this is very subjective territory. Air Supply is another group I could mention but I won't.

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