Top Ten 1973 Songs: Feelin’ Stronger Every Day (#2)

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Gee, I guess I’d better get the 1983 songs sorted. The new month, and new countdown, is two days away! That means we’re at the top two favorites of mine from 1973. Fifty years old, but it still sounds great! And here it is. #2: Feelin’ Stronger Every Day - Chicago You know, it’s painful when relationships end. But dang, we got some great music out of it! My favorite John Prine album is Bruised Orange, which is primarily about his divorce. Earlier this month I used “Angie,” which was, in part, about Mick Jagger’s breakup with Marianne Faithful. And here we have Peter Cetera’s marriage on the fritz, and a resulting terrific song. (Side note: Cetera is the one who didn’t want to go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies for Chicago because they wouldn’t play a song in the key he wanted to play it in. Gee, no clue why he’d have relationship troubles. ) Okay, enough Peter Cetera trashing. Chicago was a fabulous band in the 60s and 70s. Some longtime fans say the “meat” of the band died with Terry Kath (an accidental shooting victim) in 1978. They changed directions after that, and not for the better. I mean, they actually NAMED AN ALBUM ([1979’s Hot Streets). What’s with that, did the government start imposing tariffs on Roman numerals? Back in 1974, my junior high marching band played this song at football games. We marched in the shape of barbells. I love the song despite that very ugly personal association with it. Feelin’ Stronger Every Day Written by Peter Cetera and James Pankow Recorded by Chicago From Chicago VI, 1973 Now the time has come: