Song of the Day 4/14: Chicago, “An Hour in the Shower”

You probably didn’t notice this last week, what with the destruction of the world economy and all, but Donald Trump renewed his war on water efficiency standards. He took time out of his busy schedule of making shit up as he goes along to issue an executive order on the important issue of “Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads.”

He’s been on about this for years, and as he made clear last week, it’s personal. “In my case, I like to take a nice shower, take care of my beautiful hair,” he said as he signed. “I have to stand under the shower for 15 minutes until it gets wet. It comes out drip, drip, drip. It’s ridiculous.” That probably has less to do with water pressure than whatever shellac cements his elaborate combover in place, but as usual the absurdity disguises more sinister moves against all kinds of regulations.

Unlike Trump, most people enjoy taking a leisurely shower, though Chicago’s Terry Kath might have taken it to an extreme with this suite from their third album, creatively titled “Chicago III.” Released in early 1971, the album was the group’s third double LP in 21 months, and you could tell they were running out of things to write about.