Any Chicago (the band, not the city) fans here? If so, have you ever heard a copy of their 22nd album, The Stone of Sisyphus?
I’m just curious about what you think. I first enjoyed Chicago when I was in elementary school and their Chicago 17 album came out. Later I became a fan of their older music with the likes of Terry Kath and a style that was a bit less “pop”.
The Stone of Sisyphus was never officially released (two versions were leaked to the public), but some of the fans out here in Internet Land seem to think that this record had Chicago poised to become big again. I like the album (or, most of it), but I disagree with that notion because, at that time in the U.S., the music industry was going through a “grunge” phase. I’m not sure the fan base would have been enough to push the album towards “big.”
You mean I have to respond to my thread just so it doesn’t read “0” under Replies until the end of time? (Or until the next “Winter of Missed Content”?)
Not one other fan of Chicago who’s heard the The Stone of Sisyphus?
I’ll post. I haven’t heard this. Is there a song related to Sisyphus actually on it? If so, that would be so cool. Are you on any Chicago email lists or bootleg lists? Maybe they would do better at discussing it. You might check yahoo groups for a good discussion list.
This thread title caught my eye because one of my favorite movies, Party Girl, starring the fabulous Parker Posey, has the story of Sisyphus mentioned in it several times.
I also checked and am replying because I posted a thread with 0 replies once before…!
All I heard were the snippets of a couple of songs on their “Behind The Music.” The title track sounded right up their alley, but the other one sounded like strained funk.
Two responses! Thanks! You saved the me the time and effort of continuing this thread with nothing but posts to myself (which, thank you very much, I was planning on doing because, hey, anything is funny when you’re throwing a pity party for yourself).
Bwk, they do have a song with the title Stone of Sisyphus, but it’s not about the myth, so to speak; it just makes a reference to the man and his rock for illustrative purposes. Also, I accidentally found out about the album by seeing an ambiguous reference to it on a fan site; so I’ve visted news groups and fan sites, but they’re nowhere near as fun as the SDMB for opinions and off-the-wall commentary. (By the way, Parker was hilarious in Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show!)
Snooooopy, yep. They did have some good songs on there, but also some songs that tried a genre they shouldn’t (in my opinion) have gone near…ever. They rap in one diddy and, of course, like you mentioned, they attempted to summon the soul of George Clinton in his funkier days.
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