Chicago - Saturday in the Park

According to Billboard chart statistics, Chicago is second only to the Beach Boys as the most successful American rock band of all time, in terms of both albums and singles. Judged by album sales, as certified by the R.I.A.A., the band does not rank quite so high, but it is still among the Top Ten best-selling U.S. groups ever. If such statements of fact surprise, that's because Chicago has been singularly underrated since the beginning of its long career, both because of its musical ambitions (to the musicians, rock is only one of several styles of music to be used and blended, along with classical, jazz, R&B, and pop) and because of its refusal to emphasize celebrity over the music. The result has been that fundamentalist rock critics have consistently failed to appreciate its music and that its media profile has always been low. At the same time, however, Chicago has succeeded in the ways it intended to. From the beginning of its emergence as a national act, it has been able to fill arenas with satisfied fans. And beyond the impressive sales and chart statistics, its music has endured, played constantly on the radio and instantly familiar to tens of millions. When, in 2002, Chicago's biggest hits were assembled together on the two-disc set The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning and the album debuted in the Top 50, giving the band the distinction of having had chart albums in five consecutive decades, the music industry and some music journalists may have been startled. But the fans who had been supporting Chicago for over 30 years were not.
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Saturday in the park
I think it was the Fourth of July
Saturday in the park
I think it was the Fourth of July
People dancing, people laughing
A man selling ice cream
Singing Italian songs
Eicay vare, eise narde
Can you dig it (yes, I can)
And I've been waiting such a long time
For Saturday

Another day in the park
I think it was the Fourth of July
Another day in the park
I think it was the Fourth of July
People talking, really smiling
A man playing guitar
Singing for us all
Will you help him change the world
Can you dig it (yes, I can)
And I've been waiting such a long time
For today

Slow motion riders fly the colors of the day
A bronze man still can tell stories his own way
Listen children all is not lost
All is not lost
Oh no, no

Forty days in the park
Every day's the Fourth of July
Forty days in the park
Every day's the Fourth of July
People reaching, people touching
A real celebration
Waiting for us all
If we want it, really want it
Can you dig it (yes, I can)
And I've been waiting such a long time
For the day

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[mryjn420090]

Thumbs up if ur listening to this in 1972

[smooth73074]

I was 8 years old and remember singing this riding my bicycle up and down the sidewalk in my hometown...AM radio tied to my handlebars...good times...good times!

[TheYoSup123]

@jacksonhardenmusic And WHOS fishing for likes? LOL

[grybo101]

@caseympf It's not EXACTLY the progression, but it has the same structure. Good ear!

[TheJuddly]

@liuhouse1 on saturday : ) and on the fourth of July : ), but actually i agree with wat u said, everyday i could hear it while walking thru the park, i just mentioned the best day to go park-walking while listening to it : )

[HeavyTrafficAhead]

eleven people have no soul and probably eat babies. Thank you for this! I needed it

[liuhouse1]

the greatest park-walking song

[allaroundxmenfour]

i wish i were born in the 50's because then i would be able to live through all these amazing music generations.

[christich99]

@smooth73074 That sounds AWESOME!! If only I was born in the 60s (sigh). I was born in 1999 (sigh).

[froggyman230]

love this song. My dad introduced it to me, if you know what I mean, even if he introduced it to me through limewire.