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   Message 38,123 of 39,879   
   The old geezer to Piper   
   Re: FZ vs. Chicag/James Pankow.....   
   15 Jun 15 04:26:12   
   
   From: JYOB@aol.com   
      
   On Sunday, June 14, 2015 at 11:52:48 PM UTC-4, Piper wrote:   
      
      
   > If memory serves, there was a lot of "revolution" rhetoric in the liner    
   > notes to at least one of their early albums.   
   >    
   > Jefferson Airplane-like posturing.   
      
   On the inside fold of Chicago II it states: "With this album we dedicate   
   ourselves, our futures & our energies to the people of the Revol   
   tion.........and the revolution in all of its forms.   
      
   Yeah, sure they did.  Until the royalty checks from "Make Me Smile", "Colour   
   My World" & "25 or 6 to 4" came rolling in!   
      
   A side story.  I grew in in a quiet neighborhood where most of the houses had   
   screened in back porches.  It was during the Summer of 1971 where a young punk   
   a few doors down must have gotten an electric guitar for his birthday or   
   something.  Well, the    
   ONLY thing he knew how to play were the opening chords to "25 or 6 to 4".    
   Over & over.  All Summer long!  Became very tiresome after a while.  Once when   
   a friend of mine & I (under the influence) were walking by his house one   
   Summer's eve & he was    
   practicing we shouted out "Learn another song".  Which made him stop playing   
   temporarily that evening.  Don't know if he ever did learn another.   
      
   The OLD Geezer   
      
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