tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post1707517301151327769..comments2024-03-19T10:41:35.976-05:00Comments on Bronze Age Babies: Versus -- the Illinois BandsDoughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-55761730983403433312010-06-25T14:45:10.974-05:002010-06-25T14:45:10.974-05:00You might not considered them big enough based on ...You might not considered them big enough based on your comments about Head East, but Off Broadway and Shoes and The Elvis Brothers are part and parcel of Chicago music in that time period for me. I'm from Central NE, and we knew all these bands early in their careers too, so I do appreciate the love for the biggies, but the Midwest powerpop scene was strong too.jim kosmickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08085710372093169851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-47287320869884297272010-04-15T04:26:44.378-05:002010-04-15T04:26:44.378-05:00If I'd been shown this list back in the late &...If I'd been shown this list back in the late '70s, I would have picked Styx without even thinking. I'm now embarrassed at how much I loved that band back in my elementary school days.<br />Later, and up to now, my personal favorite from the list is Chicago - from their first period, as you noted, before the Peter Cetera love ballad stuff from the '80s. Most of their output from that period really holds up well, unlike a lot of the stuff from all of the other bands, which often sounds kind of dated now.<br />I think Chicago IX, the greatest hits album, is a collection that perfectly shows what the band was all about: jazzy rock with a full brass section - great, timeless classics.Edo Bosnarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-16499126019399706552010-04-14T21:18:37.715-05:002010-04-14T21:18:37.715-05:00Anonymous --
I didn't leave them off. Yeah, ...Anonymous --<br /><br />I didn't leave them off. Yeah, they're from Illinois, and I gave them a little love several weeks ago here on the blog (http://bronzeagebabies.blogspot.com/search/label/Head%20East)... <br /><br />But you can't honestly say they're in the same class as the four bands I chose. "Never Been Any Reason" is an all-time classic rock standard, but Head East doesn't have the record (no pun intended) of these other four bands.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-76805482088600594892010-04-14T15:01:18.328-05:002010-04-14T15:01:18.328-05:00You left off Head East!You left off Head East!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com