Chicago - Questions 67 and 68

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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Can this feeling that we have together
Oooh, suddenly exist between
Did this meeting of our minds together
Oooh, happen just today, some way

I'd like to know
Can you tell me; please don't tell me
It really doesn't matter anyhow
It's just that the thought of us so happy
Appears in my mind, as a beautifully mysterious thing

Was your image in my mind so deeply
Oooh, other faces fade away
Blocking memories of unhappy hours
Oooh, leavin' just a burnin' love

I'd like to know
Can you tell me; please don't tell me
It really doesn't matter anyhow
It's just that the thought of us so happy
Appears in my mind, as a beautifully mysterious thing
Yes it does now baby

Can this lovin' we have found within us
Oooh, suddenly exist between
Did we somehow try to make it happen
Oooh, was it just a natural thing

I'd like to know
Can you tell me -- please don't tell me
It really doesn't matter anyhow
It's just that the thought of us so happy
Appears in my mind, as a beautifully mysterious thing
Yes it does now baby
Questions 67 and 68

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[mrsmagloo]

Best brass arrangement in a pop song ever. Period.

[Music702530Mick]

Someone help me! I can't stop listening to this song over and over again!!!!!!!! XD

[TheGuitarSteven]

@mrsmagloo Right on there! I've been rockin out to that kickass brass arrangement since this album first came out.

[atthrower02]

a new car,,,,,, "come on down"

[ThePondDogs]

i love the part at 2:50, it makes me feel like i won a game show haha

[69MC97gc]

@islipirene I hear you!

[philipose66]

@hitcharide1 of course much better drumming yrs later---YES's Bruford and White? But yes, they all played to fit in. A mind's eye moment of all dark and a light on Danny during a song at Carnegie Hall---unreal.

"wherevever you were (in your head), Chicago was there with you."

[philipose66]

@onesmartdevil --:) ya see 2 dumb angel, that is why it was a smart title

[Dannhialation]

@hitcharide1 His name is Danny Seraphine in case you didn't know and wanted to look him up.

[RockinOnTim]

Trivia...does anyone remember the month/year they (CTA) did a show in Milwaukee at a night club called Beneath The Street 35th and Burliegh, so good & I was there....under age but there.

[Flooner75]

@onesmartdevil - Erm..."I'm A Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank, On The Streets of Yokohama With My Honolulu Mama, Doin' Those Beat-O, Beat-O, Flat On My Seat-O, Hirohito Blues" by Hoagy Charmichael might be a little bit dumber...but not much!

[havinsomefunnow]

Horns aren't too bad on Questions 67 & 68 either!