Gay bands

[creekster]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

LOL. Just yanking your chain, buddy.

I figured. my comment came off sounding harsher than i meant it to and was really supposed to be amusing. Oh well.

[il Padrino Ute]

I thought the Bee Gees were from England. And they all have wives - well, at least the ones that are still alive.

While you're correct that The Village People are "just as gay as can be" they pale in comparison to the flaming and uninhibited flaunting of Erasure. I saw them at Park West in '88 and the dude wore a black one-piece woman's swimsuit and glittering pink tutu.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by jay santos

What would be a non-gay Chicago Peter Cetera song? All I know is the later stuff like Hard Habit to Break, You're the Inspiration, Love Me Tomorrow, etc. And that stuff is gayer than Richard Marx.

I can't talk because all my favorite 80's stuff is as gay as Clinton from What not to Wear: Depeche Mode, Erasure, OMD, Duran Duran, The Cure, Smith's, etc.

Cetera got softer than the stay puffed man by the end. He sang some good stuff early, however, such as 25 or 6 to 4, Feelin' Stronger Everyday and some other stuff for those of you that got deeper onto the albums. But here is the real point: Cetera was not the primary vocalist or songwriter until much later (and even then mostly for the sappy ballads he worte). He was the freaking bass player. And he played the bass very well.

[il Padrino Ute]

I've never had a problem with Chicago.

But of the three bands named after cities or states (the three that I can think of anyway), Chicago is 3rd after Kansas and Boston.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

I've never had a problem with Chicago.

But of the three bands named after cities or states (the three that I can think of anyway), Chicago is 3rd after Kansas and Boston.

Thta is a matter of opinion, and you are as entitled to be wrong about this as Lebowski and friends.

[il Padrino Ute]

Well, I'm usually wrong about most things, so it wouldn't surprise me if I was wrong now.

I'm waiting for the day when a band calls itself Albequerque. Not that I'd like it, as it would probably sing songs about crack, mullets and IROCs.

[Detroitdad]

Okay I admit that the gay Chicago is the eighties Chicago. I have only heard 25 or 6 to 4 of the old Chicago which I think is a great song. So I have to admit that old Chicago is probably not gay, but the old time fans must have been miserable when they heard the horrors visited upon the ear by teh 1980's Peter Cetera ballad orgy and witnessed the wreckage to the legacy of the band.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by Detroitdad

Okay I admit that the gay Chicago is the eighties Chicago. I have only heard 25 or 6 to 4 of the old Chicago which I think is a great song. So I have to admit that old Chicago is probably not gay, but the old time fans must have been miserable when they heard the horrors visited upon the ear by teh 1980's Peter Cetera ballad orgy and witnessed the wreckage to the legacy of the band.

It was pretty tough, I must admit. I would stop by the store and buy the newest album hoping for something like the early stuff and then get 6 different variations of "hard habit to break" or somesuch. Pile of crap indeed. The real turning point was Terry kath's death. He was the edge to the band. AFter that they had nothing to give them the edge and they all got softer and softer being only encouraged as their bank accounts continued to swell. Even so, thier early stuff was excellent and, compared to what else was out there, was very innovative and interesting musically.

I iwll alos say that even through the 90s they put on a pretty good concert. LAtely, however, even that has been lost. I last attended a concert last year that they put on with Huey Lewis and the News and came home having enjoyed Huey much more than Chicago, which was a disturbing turn of events for me on mnay levels.

[Detroitdad]

Originally Posted by creekster

It was pretty tough, I must admit. I would stop by the store and buy the newest album hoping for something like the early stuff and then get 6 different variations of "hard habit to break" or somesuch. Pile of crap indeed. The real turning point was Terry kath's death. He was the edge to the band. AFter that they had nothing to give them the edge and they all got softer and softer being only encouraged as their bank accounts continued to swell. Even so, thier early stuff was excellent and, compared to what else was out there, was very innovative and interesting musically.

I iwll alos say that even through the 90s they put on a pretty good concert. LAtely, however, even that has been lost. I last attended a concert last year that they put on with Huey Lewis and the News and came home having enjoyed Huey much more than Chicago, which was a disturbing turn of events for me on mnay levels.

It is sort of like seeing Joe Namath on the Rams, Michael Jordan on the Wizards, or Karl Malone on the Lakers for the fans of these guys. Greatness is so fragile that it can descend into gayness at anytime.

[RockyBalboa]

Huey Lewis is fun music. I've always enjoyed their stuff.