Kansas, Boston or Chicago?

[ulysses]

[ohiosmith]

1. Other:

[ulysses]

2. ROFL!

:D

[Zomby Woof]

3. Some kind of unwritten rule in music

Bands named after geographical entities suck.

[ulysses]

5. Bay City Rollers, anyone?

I actually like old Kansas, but I'm weird like that.

[buddhamama]

7. you like Boston too,

come on, admit it. I know your secrets. }(

[ulysses]

8. only "more than a feeling"

:D

[Zomby Woof]

9. Well, then carry on

My wayward son. :D

[ulysses]

12. how long?

To the point of know return?

[Zomby Woof]

14. You're always saying

What's on my mind! :o

[buddhamama]

17. "the pilgramage" will answer

all your questions.

"Awesome in their patient majesty"

[ulysses]

18. without my wings you know

I'd surely die...

[Blue-Jay]

4. Chicago. The city AND the band.

Granted, I'm not a fan of the band but given the alternatives, I'll vote for the band with a kickass horn section every time.

[ulysses]

6. excellent point.

Loves me some Tower of Power, too.

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Chicago made six really good albums

Then they were sucked into the vacuum of late-'70s music that evolved into '80s music, otherwise known as Over-Produced Crap from the Ninth Circle of Hell.

[Zomby Woof]

11. There's that

And a game of Russian Roulette gone awry.

[ulysses]

15. the really old stuff actually kicks a lot of ass, yes.

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. Yup

I could listen to stuff like "Free," "I'm a Man" and "25 or 6 to 4" all day. :headbang:

Even "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon," if you skip through one or two movements.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

28. I blame disco.

:puke:

:D

[Reverend_Smitty]

13. Peter Cetera IS the antichrist

whenever I hear his voice I get violent and want to smash things. The actual city of Chicago is nice enough but I'd prefer to visit Boston

[ulysses]

19. I've actually never been to Boston

but Chicago is a hell of a neat place, yeah. I grew up next door to Kansas. It's flat.

[greatauntoftriplets]

32. Well, *I* live in Chicago...so it must be a neat place...

Okay, actually in a near western suburb. But I did live in the city until 6 months ago next Sunday.

There are parts of Western Oklahoma that have actual elevations. I watched Globe Trekker last Sunday and they had something about hiking western Oklahoma...and it had actual inclines.

:hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

20. That always tripped me out

A bass player with a voice only dogs can hear. :shrug:

[Reverend_Smitty]

23. lol...I never thought of it that way, but you're right it's trippy

[ulysses]

16. ok, who voted for "tainted love"?

And is Will Pitt in the house? :D

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. That song is the epitome of '80s music to me

Horrible. Just horrible. :puke:



Sometiiiiiiiiimes I feeeeeel I've got to... take more Thoraziiiiineee..."

[Broken_Hero]

24. Chicago....:) nt

[bigwillq]

25. Chicago!

:bounce:

[NJ Democrats]

26. Boston

I love Boston (except for the Red Sox!) but I like Chicago too.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

27. Early blues-based Chicago makes Boston look pathetic.

(Plus, the horns for a lot of Chicago's work are as good as it gets in classic rock hornage.)

I like "Dust in the Wind," but most of the rest of Kansas's work makes me cringe.

So, in order of preference:

Chicago
Boston
Kansas

[ChoralScholar]

29. You could have added Alabama... :)

[Bluzmann57]

30. If I never hear another Boston tune

It'll mean that I'm in Heaven. The most overplayed band ever. Out of the three in the poll, Give me Kansas any day. Progressive Rock, then and now. I have absolutely no clue what their politics are, just that they were one helluva band.

[njdemocrat106]

31. Chicago, on the basis of their first album

I have favorites by Boston and Kansas as well, but I think Chicago put out one of the best debut albums in rock history (Chicago Transit Authority). I'd call Boston's first album great if weren't so played into the ground on classic rock stations. And "Leftoverture" and "Point of Know Return" by Kansas are 2 good mid-70s rock albums.

[ashling]

33. Austin

oh, you said ....