For the Love of Vinyl: An Appreciation
Music is the sound of feelings whose names haven’t yet been invented. Similarly, the experience of vinyl isn’t something words do justice to.
Music is the sound of feelings whose names haven’t yet been invented. Similarly, the experience of vinyl isn’t something words do justice to.
The obscure bonus track “String of Pearls” was yet another line item on a long list of missed opportunities for Chicago.
In some ways, “Fearful Heart” feels transitional. But that makes it an embodiment of this Toto collection’s name – and purpose.
Thank you, Jim Steinman, for showing the world what feelings sound like when we let ourselves experience them at their loudest.
Chicago reimagines a classic with a completely different tone and color, rather than merely rehashing a dime-a-dozen cover from the swing era.
Rather than try to cover “Dream a Little Dream of Me” the way others had in the past, Chicago took a classic and made it their own.
There isn’t a bad song on 2015’s ‘Toto XIV,’ or songs that fall prey to the “skip” button. “Fortune” is no exception.
By the time “The Show Must Go On” finally saw official release, everything had changed – for the song, and for Chicago.
“Get On This” was ballsy, adventurous and risky — things Chicago had arguably not been in a long time. So, why’d they leave it on the cutting-room floor?
“Cry For the Lost” leaves listeners wondering why Chicago didn’t lean more heavily on Bill Champlin’s bonafide songwriting chops.