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In Reply to: Best U.S. rock band of all time? posted by Redwing on December 9, 2006 at 08:09:53:
Although none of these bands (with the exception of R.E.M.) achieved mainstream "superstar" status, and the only band among this group that exhibited truly virtuoso musicianship was The Mothers (and the Stooges were actually pretty lackluster in terms of actual musical talent, probably due to the substance abuse, but damn! they sure knew how to play rude, loud, pure R&R at its most primal), all were hugely influential, making groundbreaking, original music sounding nothing like their contemporaries. Listen to some of the new music that passes for "Alt-Rock" or "Punk" and you will quickly realize the extent to which these bands (particularly the latter three) have exerted their influence (and in many cases been blatently ripped-off). While I agree the first two Chicago albums are stunning, monumental achievements (and most of their 70's material after these albums is pretty good as well; they were even able to make schmaltzy pop songs interesting listening during this period), during the 80's they slipped so far into performing/recording nothing but "Adult Contemporary" dreck that its difficult for me to consider them in the same light as some of the other bands mentioned in this thread. (I know that Terry Kath's death certainly was a big contributor to this decline, but exactly why did Pete Cetera forget how to play bass?) OTOH most 80's music written/performed by great bands/musicians who got their start in the 60's-70's really sucked (such as Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Phil Collins/Genesis, Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young, CSN, Pete Townshend/The Who, David Bowie, Judas Priest, Starship, Yes, Rush, Rod Stewart, J. Geils Band, Police, and I could go on and on ad nauseaum but I think you get the point), I think because everyone went ga-ga over keyboards, synth-guitar, synth-drums, synth-everything else, and digital recording, so probably nothing unusual for Chicago to go this route as well.
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