芝加哥合唱团Chicago一直被誉为是流行乐坛的爱情使者,乐风巧妙揉合了摇滚与爵士,并采撷了节奏蓝调、灵魂乐的元素,为充满爱意的词句创造了一个兼具流畅旋律、即兴韵味与优美合声的情感空间。Chicago荣获葛莱美奖加冕的芝加哥合唱团在1972-75这段黄金年间,曾接续以5张专辑连霸冠军龙头,出道至今拥有18张金唱片与13张白金唱片,历年专辑的全球销量也已超过1亿2200万张,同时,芝加哥合唱团Chicago更是美国摇滚史上唯一在60、70、80、90年代与21世纪都拥有TOP 40专辑的乐团,经典地位已然确认,不容动摇。
Chicago的组织特征除了摇滚乐团的吉它、鼓、贝司和主唱外,另有管乐编制,所配用乐器包括了小号、长号、圆号、萨克斯等铜管乐器,它将(Big Band) 大型爵士乐队音乐风格引入摇滚的创作中,形成一种爵士摇滚的雏型。Chicago至今已推出20余张专辑,单曲《25 or 6 to 4》,《If You Leave Me Now》,《Hard to say I'm Sorry》,《Stay the Night》,《Hard Habit to Break》,《You're the Inspiration》,《Will You Still Love Me》,《I Don't Want to Live Without Your Love》,《Look Away》,《You're Not Alone》都是大众耳熟能详的歌曲。
歌词:
If you leave me now
you'll take away the biggest part of me
Woo no baby please don't go
And if you leave me now
you'll take away the very heart of me
Woo no baby please don't go
Woo guy I just want you to stay
A love like ours is love that's hard to find
How could we let it slip away
We've come too far to leave it all behind
How could we end it all this way
When tomorrow comes we'll both regret
The things we said today
A love like ours is love that's hard to find
How could we let it slip away
We've come too far to leave it all behind
How could we end it all this way
When tomorrow comes we'll both regret
The things we said today
If you leave me now
you'll take away the biggest part of me
Woo no baby please don't go
Woo girl, just got to have you by my side
Woo no baby please don't go
Woo mama I just got to have your loving, yeah

