Chicago – "Fancy Colours" (1970)

We do things

So very fine

In the dew

I have a bit of problem with the lyrics to “Fancy Colours,” which opens the third of Chicago’s eponymous non-debut album – if you ask me, they don’t make a lot of sense.

But I have a bigger problem with the British spelling of the song’s title.  Why “Fancy Colours” instead of “Fancy Colors”?

After all, Robert Lamm – who wrote the song – grew up in Brooklyn.  And the album’s producer, James William Guercio, grew up in Chicago.  So why the British spelling?

By the way, that spelling was no accident because there’s another track on the album titled “Colour My World.”

Wazzup with that?

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That’s pretty much all I’ve got for you today.  Except for these photos from a recent bike ride.  (Truth be told, my phone deserves more credit for them than I do.)

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