Textual Analysis Chicago Music Lyrics

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The way that the group sounded to me was that it felt like the sound was mostly harsh and piercing. At first it did sound smooth but around thirty seconds later the guitar went faster so it made the sound harsh. When all of the instruments are put together it all really sounded harsh with only like one spot where it was mellow. When it got in the middle and the end of the song, I really had to cover my ears because it got so loud to the point my speakers made the piercing sound. Sad part is that my speakers were on low since YouTube on my computer is always loud if the volume is over 40.
I was kind of hoping that it would be at least low pitched but Chicago is mainly high pitched. There was maybe like one or two times during the song that I heard where they slowly went low pitch. Other than that most of the time, Chicago was mainly harsh throughout the whole video. The instruments that are featured in this performance look like there was a piano, guitars, and drums. So there was a wah-wah electric guitar and an unamplified electric guitar.
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I feel that it also gives the lyrics a break so it can build up more of a dramatic feeling to them. Since the lyrics were far apart, when it’s time for the lyrics to come up, the instruments already gave the lyrics enough boost to shine so the audience could possibly relate or like them. The other instruments that I noticed during the performance look like there was a clarinet, saxophone, and a trumpet. The video I was watching was somewhat blurry so I had to pause the video a few times to double make sure that there were the correct instruments that was in the

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