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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: juni77 on October 25, 2005, 10:39:00 am

Title: Who knows Chicago?
Post by: juni77 on October 25, 2005, 10:39:00 am

Talk to me about the Riviera Theatre, please...

Title: Re: Who knows Chicago?
Post by: Bags on October 25, 2005, 10:45:00 am

I don't know if Chicago's ever played the Riviera Theater, but at this point they're largely a 'shed' band.  Mostly nostalgic, though there can be some decent moments in a Chicago show.  Just stay away from their album "Chicago Love Songs" -- wow, it's a killer.
 
 Featuring more than 75 minutes of remastered music, LOVE SONGS includes two very special, previously unreleased live recordings, a version of "You Leave Me Now" featuring Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind & Fire on lead vocal and a take on EWF"s "After The Love Has Gone" sung by Chicago's Bill Champlin, who co-wrote the Grammy-winning track. Both songs were recorded during the pop giants' 2004 summer tour, during which both acts performed together at each show's end.

Title: Re: Who knows Chicago?
Post by: bearman🐻 on October 25, 2005, 10:46:00 am

What do you want to know? It's roughly 2,500 capacity, an old theater converted into a concert hall. Reminds me of a bigger version of the Trocadero in Philly...OK sound, there are some "tiered" levels instead of a slope. Parking can be tough in that neighborhood.

Title: Re: Who knows Chicago?
Post by: juni77 on October 25, 2005, 11:07:00 am

Thanks, bearman.

Title: Re: Who knows Chicago?
Post by: Venerable Bede on October 25, 2005, 11:30:00 am

man, i love 25 Or 6 To 4.

Title: Re: Who knows Chicago?
Post by: on October 25, 2005, 11:33:00 am

Who knows Chicago?
 
 Why, Peter Cetera, of course.

Title: Re: Who knows Chicago?
Post by: K8teebug on October 25, 2005, 01:01:00 pm

That's my favorite city....go to the Greek Islands for dinner!

Title: Re: Who knows Chicago?
Post by: juni77 on October 25, 2005, 01:47:00 pm

Thanks, k8teebug. I will.

Title: Re: Who knows Chicago?
Post by: mr. pretentious on October 26, 2005, 12:53:00 am

Saw Wilco there once.  The AC gave out and my friend and I left the venue drenched in sweat from the 110 degree heat.  It was gross.
 
 Good sound, from what I could remember.  And yeah, the tiered floor is nice.

Title: Re: Who knows Chicago?
Post by: on October 27, 2005, 02:58:00 pm

<img src="http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/a/images/White.Sox.Manager.Ossie.jpg" alt=" - " />
 Left his heart in San Francisco (http://www.shooshtime.com/clips/video.php?id=6419)