Great Chicago song ...25 or 6 to 4 lol so many people ask what's 25 or 6 to 4 ? That's how us old schoolers kept time ..we said the minutes to the next hour ...so hey is almost 25 or 26 minutes to 4am . The horns and especially that guitar solo is just amazing musicianship . One of my all time favorites !!!!!! Total jam 👌 🙌
Thanks! Hey T if you can react to I’m a Man by Chicago. It’s a remake from the Spencer Davis Group. I believe you will like the grove and the instrumental towards the end of the song. Drummer Danny Seraphine tears it up and of course Terry Kath on guitar and Peter on bass and vocals.
Someone gave me this LP when I was in grade school cuz I played the trumpet then some Hendrix when I started on the guitar. All these years later they're still favorites
Can't believe no one has mention Leonid and Friends version of this. If you've never heard it, do it now. I exagerrate not when I say, it is as good as the original. And with modern technology the fidelity is even better.
If you can tear your eyes away from Terry Kath for one second during his awesome solo, check out Jimmy Pankow, the trombone player. He is having a big old time!
Peter sang that with his jaw wired shut. He had gotten into a fight at a ballgame and they broke his jaw. The studio couldn’t wait for him to heal so he sang it anyway and I think that the results were just amazing and I love this song even more knowing this.
What's amazing is that whereas all Chicago members came from the immediate area, the great tribute band called Leonid & Friends, who emulate the Chicago sound perfectly with regard to vocals, as well as instruments that exceed Chicago's Band, had Leonid having to scour all of Russia and Ukraine for consummate artists to produce the sound Chicago produced.
Perhaps the greatest AMERICAN musical talent assembled, but there are/were a half dozen British/European bands from that era whose talent dwarfed the bands most played on US radio. YES, Zeppilin, Floyd, Tull, King Crimson, Who, ELP, Supertramp, Queen, Focus, Moody Blues, Alan Parsons...not to mention the goddamb Beatles! The best (white) US bands OTE were Chicago, Steely Dan, Frank Zappa and the Mothers, Grand Funk Railroad, Jefferson Airplane/Starship and (arguably) Kansas. (and yes, FUCK the goddamb Eagles!!!) Significantly more talented and musically influential were black US artists such as Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Little Richard, Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, Michael Jackson, and Maurice White/EWF,
"MAKE ME SMILE" Just might blow your mind. Also that descending guitar riff is a well used riff in a ton of songs. The descending of the guitar is one of my favorite all time sounds.
I feel sorry for the newer generations, for not experiencing music that changed peoples lives so much and so often versus todays music that rarely has the impact.
Prime example of what we got to grow up listening to. Chicago, Yes, Zeppelin, Boston...and the variety was incredible...America, Bread, Doobies, Skynyrd, singer songwriters like Harry Chapin, James Taylor, Jim Croce, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins...to just scratch the surface! We were definitely spoiled, but we will always have this music to remember it all. Thanks for reacting and, please, check out the entire Tanglewood concert of Chicago from 1970. Terry Kath was not only a beast on the guitar but an incredible vocalist as well. He and Peter Cetera, one of the all-time great Bass palyers, were both great singers as was Robert Lamm. That concert is an amazing capture of the talent on display every time this band performed.
TNT, this song is a favorite of mine too. I am 76 yo who grew up with Chicago Transit Authority, later becoming just Chicago. I would strongly suggest you listen to there first album which was a double album and I would start with the first song on side 1, it's called "Introduction" . This record introduces the listener to a variety of different types of music, as well as each of the band members doing a solo. I know you will love this. BTW, the song 25 or 6 to for was written about writing a song at 25 or 26 minutes to 4:00 AM. Just in case you were wondering. Great reaction, loved it. Peace Bill.
What drew me to this video? Simple: you reacting to one of the best songs from the best era of my favorite band in the history of EVER!! They had it all: great music and lyrics, three incredible lead vocalists, a straight fire horn section, a phenomenal drummer (after whom I patterned all my drumming technique as a young drummer), and possibly the most criminally underrated and underappreciated guitar player of all time. Jimi Hendrix, for whom Chicago opened in their very early years, once told one of their horn players "Your guitar player is better than me." Please, please react to my favorite Chicago song, "Make Me Smile." You'll get more of that amazing horn section, Danny's fantastic drumming, Terry's insane guitar skills, and also his "white Ray Charles" lead vocals. You'll love it!!
It’s challenging to explain to those who didn’t grow up in the 1970’s how critical these songs were to our lives, our childhoods. It does my heart a lot of good to see young folk rediscovering the 1970’s. Keep in mind, young folks. If you see an old fart like myself listening to some 1970’s music with tears in our eyes, just know that were not crazy. Were just reliving some childhood nostalgia. 🍻 EWM
The comparison to Zeppelin is a fair one, because the chord progression is the same and its in the same key (A minor), and yet they are still two very different songs.
I was 13 when the Beatles were on the Sullivan show. The world changed for black & white TV to Technicolor. All that came after the British Invasion was progression on the basics, sex-drugs & rock & roll. Disco nearly killed rock in the 70's but led by ZZ Top and Stevie Ray Vaughan it stayed alive. It died the day MTV switched off music videos and went strictly to rap in 1989.
I'll give a shout to mine that had us play Boston. Learned it on trumpet and trombone and both were very different. Give me a horn, and I could still play it.
The song is about him trying to write a song in a little room above the Whisky A GoGo club on the Sunset Strip in L.A. When he says "25 or 6 to 4", he means that the time was either 25 or 26 minutes before 4AM.
Kinda like saying the Carpenters werent the same after Karen died..Effin tragedy in more ways than one.the change sucks but its understandable .Kinda like Skynyrd not being the same or Zeppelin disbanding. however what is not excusable is wtf was Genesis thnking..
This is from the fantastic Chicago II (2) double album - in my opinion their absolute best. Side 2, with an extended "Make Me Smile" and "Colour My World" is incredible!
Early Chicago was untouchable. Blood, Sweat & Tears was also a great band that fused many genres with amazing musicianship with horns AND amazing vocals. Two other great songs from the era with great vocals and horns were Vehicle by The Ides of March, and One Fine Morning by Lighthouse.
I never realized the sound correlation between Chicago and Led Zeppelin but the moment you played it, the light bulb went off in my head. Good ear, man. And that’s saying a lot because I have seen Led Zeppelin and I have seen Chicago in concert, albeit decades apart. This is why I love watching people react to music. Thank you so much.
Yes, both Summertime and 25 or 6 to 4 use the same chord progression at the start: i-VII-vi-bVI-V. While My Guitar Gently Weeps is similar but has just the first four chords: i-VII-vi-bVI.
I saved my allowance to buy this album. The first album I ever bought. My little 10 year old ears could not believe the awesome guitar riff I heard on the radio!!!
Kath plays orobabky the greatest on stage guitar solo ever in the live at Tanglewood show. Must watch. The only thing missing from it is the fill licks he plays between lines in the second and third verse on this recording. Those are what make this just as awesome as the live version.
The point I hear few mention is how the record solo and the Tanglewood solo are completely different. Usually a musician will reuse licks from the recording, or even completely replicate it, but Kath was capable and confident enough to lay down a brand new solo that would have been just as 🔥 if it had been on the record.
One of those times in my life I’ll never forget! Riding to school in 8th grade, 2 blocks from school going downhill on Main Street , my dad, sister and I heard the radio announce Terry Kath died! We were devastated!
We played 25 or 6 to 4 throughout my high school years (75-79) except we called it 8 to 5 because you take 8 steps in 5 yards when you're on the field marching.
Young people are truly lucky to have UA-cam so they can now be exposed to the 25 years, 1955-1980, of the greatest music ever produced we baby boomers were blessed to grow up with!!
@@timbeatty8411 1955-1980 in my book. Not much of consequence from new bands happened after 1980, a few exceptions being the police, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, and a couple few more. But even those of consequence didn’t do more than maybe 2 good albums.
This is the song that pushed into playing the guitar.. in about 1975 I was listening to my dad play this on the drums he was a rock drummer he was showing the beats but all I could hear was the guitar. He wasn't mad he went and bought me a 6 String Martin that I still have and play daily. Rip dad❤
I remember as a late teen ,hearing this an empty Hockey Stadium on huge speakers on blast. They were testing out the sound system for that night's game. I have never heard anything like it !.......( RIP Jack )
I was in high school when this came out. I was in band...percussion section. We had this young, nerdy, awkward music teacher that for reasons we could make another video about us kids nicknamed him Wally the Walrus. Anyway he bought us an arrangement of this...outta pocket...and we played it at the H.S. band competition. Blew the place away!! Of course we played it once every day for three months before hand. Had a VERY talented (Juilliard scholarship kind of talented) kid who did the guitar solo on a tenor sax. Great memories ❤
Listen to Chicago's first song on their first album. It quite literally introduces us to the several styles they intend to present to fans mving forward, all rolled into one tune. GREAT STUFF! Song: "introduction" Album "Chicago Transit Authority"
I love seeing a person with "new eyes/ears" hear this for the first time and be AMAZED! As a kid in the 70's this was just another ( one of hundreds ) great song on the radio.🤘
Bro you Have to Watch the Live version at Tanglewood! Unfortunately the Great Terry Kath killed himself via a Gun. I've heard versions of the reasons why. Some say suicide but apparently it was an accident. I know from FIRST hand experience people go through things. My Youngest baby Boy murdered himself, leaving behind 3 children and 1 adopted Child for no apparent reason. This song reminds me of my Son every time I hear it. Your a Good Dude T. 😑🤔❤️
This was a Huge Ginormous Hit for Chicago and played on every AM/FM Radio station around this nation in 1970', they were on every TV show playing music with this Hit (Remember only 13 TV channels back then Kids Lol) and it is "Still" played on Classic Rock radio station everyday in this country TNT, tune to your FM Classic Rock station and enjoy all the great Classic bands of the 1960s-70s ! 📻👍🎶🎼✌
I was in the 8th grade when I first heard this on the Radio. When I got to High School, I was in the Marching Band (Trombone) playing it! I Loved Bands that had kick-@$$ Horns!
Why I watch reaction videos: Reactor: “ that song was like music to my ears“. Not being any sort of trained musician, I had not previously been aware that when I listened to a song I was actually listening to music. Thanks for the insight, bro!
Chicago 2 was my introduction to Chicago in 1970, I was only 5. This album is superb from start to finish, no fillers! Make Me Smile is my absolute favorite Chicago song, Terry Kath on lead vocals and crazy guitar work! 25 or 6 to 4 is pretty much what most people gravitate to. It's a great song, but my favorite is In The Country! In 25 or 6 to 4, it's Peter Cetera on Lead Vocals and Bass Guitar. My favorite lead vocalist, though, is Terry Kath (R.I.P.), we lost him way too soon, and his rhythm and lead guitar on this song is phenomenal! Robert Lamm on keyboards and lead vocals. Danny Seraphine on drums. The horns: James Pankow on trombone, Walter Parazaider on woodwinds, and Lee Louchnane on trumpet. Chicago was the first group as a 5 year old in 1970 that I really loved and appreciated! The first 5 albums in my collection: Chicago 2, Spyro Gyra Catching The Sun, Little River Band with Sleeper Catcher, Boston's debut, Kansas with Leftoverture. Soon after that, Styx with The Grand Illusion, Journey with Departure, and ACDC's Back In Black.
@@TheAdventuresofTNT hey sorry for being a fuckin asshole. I was having problems, and still have problems with the VA. Trying to get my disability raised for 3 years, got 40% more but no money. Got to appeal it. They got me on pills that actually work. Car broke, rent just went up $100, SSDI got denied, I can't work. But it doesn't effect me because of my medication. Sorry again for being an asshole. I didn't know how to deal with all the bullshit. Thanks T🤘
@@douglasdegraff8335 And music history shows those things also energize genius. May I remind you that talent does what it can, but genius does what it will?
I was a young teen when this song came out - it was one of the most popular songs played at our rollerskating arena. Brings me right back to that ancient time. 😁
Graduated high school in 1975. There was a lot of great music throughout the '70s. Chicago, Three Dog Night, and Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show were definitely some of my many favorites through high school.
Early 2000's I saw Chicago and the Doobie Brothers. Such an amazing concert. Each band played their set, then both bands came out and played the best songs. So many instruments being played together. It was amazing. Both very talented bands
This song is getting played at my funeral. I have it all planned out: it will be a 10-minute ceremony. For four minutes anyone can come up and try to think of something to say about me--good or bad. For the last six minutes, 25 or 6 to 4 is going to send me off. After the last note has faded, the six or seven people (priest included) who showed up can have a buffet on my me.
I like all kinds of music, so I do like some of the later ballady Chicago stuff (If You Leave Me Now is one of the greatest love songs ever, imnsho), but early Chicago is the best, Terry Kath is a beast, the horns are fantastic (need more horns in rock), and this is the Chicago I knew as a kid.
The 1970 live version at Tanglewood is a must watch. In fact, all of the Tanglewood concert is a must see.
Great recommendation
Absolutely!!!! One can really see and feel the greatness of Terry Kath.
Agreed
Agreed! Also The Who and Santana at Tanglewood that same year! 🎸💥
Good Lord Yes!
Chicago are icons. This song is so awesome! Thanks for reacting to this. Love your reaction!
Great Chicago song ...25 or 6 to 4 lol so many people ask what's 25 or 6 to 4 ? That's how us old schoolers kept time ..we said the minutes to the next hour ...so hey is almost 25 or 26 minutes to 4am . The horns and especially that guitar solo is just amazing musicianship . One of my all time favorites !!!!!! Total jam 👌 🙌
Thanks! Hey T if you can react to I’m a Man by Chicago. It’s a remake from the Spencer Davis Group. I believe you will like the grove and the instrumental towards the end of the song. Drummer Danny Seraphine tears it up and of course Terry Kath on guitar and Peter on bass and vocals.
This is the first album I ever bought. I did not realize that the album would hold up this long, but it does.
Someone gave me this LP when I was in grade school cuz I played the trumpet then some Hendrix when I started on the guitar. All these years later they're still favorites
Can't believe no one has mention Leonid and Friends version of this. If you've never heard it, do it now. I exagerrate not when I say, it is as good as the original. And with modern technology the fidelity is even better.
This is a great song. Beginnings is my absolute favorite by Chicago, though. If you haven’t heard that one yet, I highly recommend you check it out.
Great horns and tight guitar
You should watch the live version at Tanglewood to see how great Terry Kath ( the guitarist is, as is the rest of the band). 2:58
totally agree!
Aye ☘️
Lee Loughane (trumpet) said that Terry was the only person he had seen who could simultaneously play rhythm and lead guitar.
If you can tear your eyes away from Terry Kath for one second during his awesome solo, check out Jimmy Pankow, the trombone player. He is having a big old time!
💯 🔥
Peter Cetera, bass player, on vocals. and the MOST AWESOME solo from Terry Kath!
Yes, just crazy 😮
Peter sang that with his jaw wired shut. He had gotten into a fight at a ballgame and they broke his jaw. The studio couldn’t wait for him to heal so he sang it anyway and I think that the results were just amazing and I love this song even more knowing this.
The original Chicago lineup was some of the greatest musical talent ever assembled.
What's amazing is that whereas all Chicago members came from the immediate area,
the great tribute band called Leonid & Friends, who emulate the Chicago sound perfectly
with regard to vocals, as well as instruments that exceed Chicago's Band, had Leonid
having to scour all of Russia and Ukraine for consummate artists to produce the sound
Chicago produced.
@@ridgemanron Yes, they are quite good, but in my opinion.they do not exceed Chicago.
100% agree!!!
truer words have never been said, i especially like the drummer's work,dude gets busy in all their tracks.
Perhaps the greatest AMERICAN musical talent assembled, but there are/were a half dozen British/European bands from that era whose talent dwarfed the bands most played on US radio.
YES, Zeppilin, Floyd, Tull, King Crimson, Who, ELP, Supertramp, Queen, Focus, Moody Blues, Alan Parsons...not to mention the goddamb Beatles!
The best (white) US bands OTE were Chicago, Steely Dan, Frank Zappa and the Mothers, Grand Funk Railroad, Jefferson Airplane/Starship and (arguably) Kansas.
(and yes, FUCK the goddamb Eagles!!!)
Significantly more talented and musically influential were black US artists such as Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Little Richard, Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, Michael Jackson, and Maurice White/EWF,
"Beginnings" and "I'm the Man" are awesome as well. Nothing like early Chicago.
Love their cover of I'm a Man.
Definitely I'm A Man was a great hit for Chicago.
Beginnings is among the most slept on bangers of all time.
CTA
The live version of this song from Tanglewood is a must see. Terry Kath completely shreds his guitar a new one! 🔥🔥🔥
Nice one T. Tanglewood will make u cross eyed. ☠️☘️🚬
Trying to write a song at 25 (or 6) to 4am.
Wrong, this song is about doing LSD. Listen to the lyrics.
"MAKE ME SMILE" Just might blow your mind. Also that descending guitar riff is a well used riff in a ton of songs. The descending of the guitar is one of my favorite all time sounds.
In Jr. High, all the trombone players were big Chicago fans, because nobody had heard 16th notes on a trombone before.
Totally! I think most folks who played high school brass became huge Chicago fans.
I feel sorry for the newer generations, for not experiencing music that changed peoples lives so much and so often versus todays music that rarely has the impact.
Prime example of what we got to grow up listening to. Chicago, Yes, Zeppelin, Boston...and the variety was incredible...America, Bread, Doobies, Skynyrd, singer songwriters like Harry Chapin, James Taylor, Jim Croce, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins...to just scratch the surface! We were definitely spoiled, but we will always have this music to remember it all. Thanks for reacting and, please, check out the entire Tanglewood concert of Chicago from 1970. Terry Kath was not only a beast on the guitar but an incredible vocalist as well. He and Peter Cetera, one of the all-time great Bass palyers, were both great singers as was Robert Lamm. That concert is an amazing capture of the talent on display every time this band performed.
Early REO Speedwagon was also awesome!!
TNT, this song is a favorite of mine too. I am 76 yo who grew up with Chicago Transit Authority, later becoming just Chicago. I would strongly suggest you listen to there first album which was a double album and I would start with the first song on side 1, it's called "Introduction" . This record introduces the listener to a variety of different types of music, as well as each of the band members doing a solo. I know you will love this. BTW, the song 25 or 6 to for was written about writing a song at 25 or 26 minutes to 4:00 AM. Just in case you were wondering. Great reaction, loved it. Peace Bill.
Have you checked out Leonid & Friends?, Best tribute band of Chicago, Earth Wind & fire, etc. ua-cam.com/video/9_torOTK5qc/v-deo.html
What drew me to this video? Simple: you reacting to one of the best songs from the best era of my favorite band in the history of EVER!! They had it all: great music and lyrics, three incredible lead vocalists, a straight fire horn section, a phenomenal drummer (after whom I patterned all my drumming technique as a young drummer), and possibly the most criminally underrated and underappreciated guitar player of all time. Jimi Hendrix, for whom Chicago opened in their very early years, once told one of their horn players "Your guitar player is better than me."
Please, please react to my favorite Chicago song, "Make Me Smile." You'll get more of that amazing horn section, Danny's fantastic drumming, Terry's insane guitar skills, and also his "white Ray Charles" lead vocals. You'll love it!!
How BOLD is it that the first three releases from Chicago were all double LPs. THAT'S balls.
And they released it all in only 2 years, ‘69 to ‘71. It’s mind blowing! 🏄♂️
The live album set has 4 records
Their live @ Tanglewood s a 4 record set
It’s challenging to explain to those who didn’t grow up in the 1970’s how critical these songs were to our lives, our childhoods.
It does my heart a lot of good to see young folk rediscovering the 1970’s.
Keep in mind, young folks. If you see an old fart like myself listening to some 1970’s music with tears in our eyes, just know that were not crazy. Were just reliving some childhood nostalgia. 🍻
EWM
The comparison to Zeppelin is a fair one, because the chord progression is the same and its in the same key (A minor), and yet they are still two very different songs.
I was 13 when the Beatles were on the Sullivan show. The world changed for black & white TV to Technicolor. All that came after the British Invasion was progression on the basics, sex-drugs & rock & roll. Disco nearly killed rock in the 70's but led by ZZ Top and Stevie Ray Vaughan it stayed alive. It died the day MTV switched off music videos and went strictly to rap in 1989.
R.I.P. Terry Kath. Great song. Grew up in Chicago in the 70s. Love that era of music.
Shout out to my high school band leader who made us learn this song-I will forever have every note committed to memory ❤
I'll give a shout to mine that had us play Boston. Learned it on trumpet and trombone and both were very different. Give me a horn, and I could still play it.
Huh, our band leader had us do this too in the early '70s
Yup, we played this also at a high school football game back in ‘81.🎷🎺🥁
Our HS band played the hell out of this💕
@@ConnieBrown-gu6bb my high school's small pep band, too. Played before rivalry basketball games. We the student body, got pumped up pretty good.
Everyone was smokin' on this one, but Danny Seraphine on drums puts it over the edge into a timeless classic.
Mentioned on "top drummer" lists zero times. A travesty.
Most underrated drummer!!!!
David Foster (self described musical genius) fired him from the band because he couldn't keep up. What an ass.
@@ginnywhat5777 As a former Vancouverite I can confirm, David Foster is a colossal ass.
Chicago were a great rock band with Terry Kath as guitarist. Once he died the band went total pop. I stopped listening to them at that point
I did too.
I wasn’t a fan of the ballad era after 1976 or thereabouts, but absolutely love their earlier music.
@@sammybeck7794 BS
@@sammybeck7794 you haven't listened to EVERY SONG since Terry then. It makes you have no credibility.
@@jaengen They were NOT all ballads after Terry.
This played in my high school cafeteria every day! 😊
My cafeteria had a jukebox too! I wonder how common that was. The cool kids sat by it and decided what songs would be played.
Terry Kath. RIP Terry.
The song is about him trying to write a song in a little room above the Whisky A GoGo club on the Sunset Strip in L.A. When he says "25 or 6 to 4", he means that the time was either 25 or 26 minutes before 4AM.
Chicago lost their edge when Terry Kath, the guitarist died.
I agree. Once Terry Kath died, they were never the same. Terry was the true soul of the band.
Truth.
This.
Leeonid & friends do this song and other Chicago songs. They're incredible. Check them out ua-cam.com/video/XEDatFQ3m98/v-deo.html
Kinda like saying the Carpenters werent the same after Karen died..Effin tragedy in more ways than one.the change sucks but its understandable .Kinda like Skynyrd not being the same or Zeppelin disbanding. however what is not excusable is wtf was Genesis thnking..
Live tanglwood
This is from the fantastic Chicago II (2) double album - in my opinion their absolute best. Side 2, with an extended "Make Me Smile" and "Colour My World" is incredible!
One of Chicago’s best songs!!
Early Chicago was untouchable. Blood, Sweat & Tears was also a great band that fused many genres with amazing musicianship with horns AND amazing vocals. Two other great songs from the era with great vocals and horns were Vehicle by The Ides of March, and One Fine Morning by Lighthouse.
i agree T! And Peter Cetera had one of the greatest singing voices of all time
I never realized the sound correlation between Chicago and Led Zeppelin but the moment you played it, the light bulb went off in my head.
Good ear, man.
And that’s saying a lot because I have seen Led Zeppelin and I have seen Chicago in concert, albeit decades apart.
This is why I love watching people react to music. Thank you so much.
While my guitar gently weeps by the Beatles.....I'm pretty sure that's the same
Yes, both Summertime and 25 or 6 to 4 use the same chord progression at the start: i-VII-vi-bVI-V. While My Guitar Gently Weeps is similar but has just the first four chords: i-VII-vi-bVI.
I saved my allowance to buy this album. The first album I ever bought. My little 10 year old ears could not believe the awesome guitar riff I heard on the radio!!!
I love Chicago!
I saw Chicago in the 1960s. It was the first time I ever heard a big group, what an experience.
I think I was 9 or 10 when this came out and it's still on playlists I have 52 years later.
One of their best.
"I'm A Man" is the Top Cut imo. See the Live from the early days and see what I mean. Terry Tear's up the Guitar. Strings, seriously.
Agreed
Peter's vocals, Terry's guitar. A classic.
"25 or 6 to 4" and "Make Me Smile" are the bangers I grew up with 😄
Terry Kath ❤
Make me smile....Terry at his best!
Kath plays orobabky the greatest on stage guitar solo ever in the live at Tanglewood show. Must watch. The only thing missing from it is the fill licks he plays between lines in the second and third verse on this recording. Those are what make this just as awesome as the live version.
The point I hear few mention is how the record solo and the Tanglewood solo are completely different. Usually a musician will reuse licks from the recording, or even completely replicate it, but Kath was capable and confident enough to lay down a brand new solo that would have been just as 🔥 if it had been on the record.
One of those times in my life I’ll never forget! Riding to school in 8th grade, 2 blocks from school going downhill on Main Street , my dad, sister and I heard the radio announce Terry Kath died! We were devastated!
You might think led Zeppelin but nobody sounded like Terry Kath. At least that's what Jimi Hendrix said....
We played 25 or 6 to 4 throughout my high school years (75-79) except we called it 8 to 5 because you take 8 steps in 5 yards when you're on the field marching.
Young people are truly lucky to have UA-cam so they can now be exposed to the 25 years, 1955-1980, of the greatest music ever produced we baby boomers were blessed to grow up with!!
AND JUST SO THIS GUY KNOWS -- THERE WERE AT LEAST 6 SONGS THAT WERE CHICAGO'S GREATEST EVER -- THEY JUST HAVENT HEARD ANY MUSIC AT ALL HAVE THEY ?
I would argue that there's only significance from 1960 to 1995
Or one might say it's the error you grew up in dummy
@@timbeatty8411 1955-1980 in my book. Not much of consequence from new bands happened after 1980, a few exceptions being the police, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, and a couple few more.
But even those of consequence didn’t do more than maybe 2 good albums.
Horns in music in ‘70s funk, soul, and rock was 🔥
20 seconds, my ass. TWO SECONDS into this song, and you know you're in for a killer ride.
This was during the time when it didn’t matter what genre you spun up on the dial was all great music
hurry, react to the live version in Tanglewood-epic
This is the song that pushed into playing the guitar.. in about 1975 I was listening to my dad play this on the drums he was a rock drummer he was showing the beats but all I could hear was the guitar. He wasn't mad he went and bought me a 6 String Martin that I still have and play daily. Rip dad❤
I remember as a late teen ,hearing this an empty Hockey Stadium on huge speakers on blast. They were testing out the sound system for that night's game. I have never heard anything like it !.......( RIP Jack )
I was in high school when this came out. I was in band...percussion section. We had this young, nerdy, awkward music teacher that for reasons we could make another video about us kids nicknamed him Wally the Walrus. Anyway he bought us an arrangement of this...outta pocket...and we played it at the H.S. band competition. Blew the place away!! Of course we played it once every day for three months before hand. Had a VERY talented (Juilliard scholarship kind of talented) kid who did the guitar solo on a tenor sax. Great memories ❤
Wish y’all had video. That had to be amazing for high schoolers.
You mean film??? Video, while at top echelon, wasn't really available to the masses back then, T😉
I played this in 76 or so on the drums in high school.
Love Chicago
Listen to Chicago's first song on their first album. It quite literally introduces us to the several styles they intend to present to fans mving forward, all rolled into one tune. GREAT STUFF!
Song: "introduction"
Album "Chicago Transit Authority"
First Chicago (when they were "Chicago Transit Authority" or CTA) song I remember hearing was "South California Purples".
Beginnings & Make Me Smile are like this & really awesome
I love seeing a person with "new eyes/ears" hear this for the first time and be AMAZED! As a kid in the 70's this was just another ( one of hundreds ) great song on the radio.🤘
Check out Im a man by Chicago definitely a jam
My favorite of all their tracks. Never get tired of hearing it!!!!
Undoubtedly the best Chicago song🎶🎶🎶
Feeling Stronger Every Day is my favorite.
Peter Cetera sang this with his jaw wired shut after his jaw was broken in a bar fight...WHAT.
That's how he developed his distinctive vocal style. If you want to copy it, you have to keep your mouth almost closed or not wide open. Funny!!
One of the greatest bands of all time!!
Bro you Have to Watch the Live version at Tanglewood! Unfortunately the Great Terry Kath killed himself via a Gun. I've heard versions of the reasons why. Some say suicide but apparently it was an accident. I know from FIRST hand experience people go through things. My Youngest baby Boy murdered himself, leaving behind 3 children and 1 adopted Child for no apparent reason. This song reminds me of my Son every time I hear it. Your a Good Dude T. 😑🤔❤️
This was a Huge Ginormous Hit for Chicago and played on every AM/FM Radio station around this nation in 1970', they were on every TV show playing music with this Hit (Remember only 13 TV channels back then Kids Lol) and it is "Still" played on Classic Rock radio station everyday in this country TNT, tune to your FM Classic Rock station and enjoy all the great Classic bands of the 1960s-70s ! 📻👍🎶🎼✌
Love watching people discover the greatness of Chicago
If you really want to appreciate the song, you have to be on your 4th beer, or second whiskey (since 2 am), and crank it at 3:30 am. Trust me.
its about having writers block. 25 or 26 min to 4am. Stuck with writers block
I was in the 8th grade when I first heard this on the Radio.
When I got to High School, I was in the Marching Band (Trombone) playing it!
I Loved Bands that had kick-@$$ Horns!
The Tanglewood live versuon recommend below is superior. RIP Terry Kath
Always rocking with CHICAGO !!!!!
Reminds me of my high school days !!!!
You have to do this song live from Tanglewood
Well life in the 70’s so many original bands no auto tune no click tracks just real music!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a classic and you've NEVER heard it before. Just imagine how many other great songs are out there just waiting for you to listen to.
Great music is what we had to listen to from the 60's thru to the 80's fabulous time to be a teenager.
Why I watch reaction videos:
Reactor: “ that song was like music to my ears“.
Not being any sort of trained musician, I had not previously been aware that when I listened to a song I was actually listening to music. Thanks for the insight, bro!
This song was an achievement, Thanks for your reaction.
Chicago 2 was my introduction to Chicago in 1970, I was only 5. This album is superb from start to finish, no fillers! Make Me Smile is my absolute favorite Chicago song, Terry Kath on lead vocals and crazy guitar work! 25 or 6 to 4 is pretty much what most people gravitate to. It's a great song, but my favorite is In The Country! In 25 or 6 to 4, it's Peter Cetera on Lead Vocals and Bass Guitar. My favorite lead vocalist, though, is Terry Kath (R.I.P.), we lost him way too soon, and his rhythm and lead guitar on this song is phenomenal! Robert Lamm on keyboards and lead vocals. Danny Seraphine on drums. The horns: James Pankow on trombone, Walter Parazaider on woodwinds, and Lee Louchnane on trumpet. Chicago was the first group as a 5 year old in 1970 that I really loved and appreciated! The first 5 albums in my collection: Chicago 2, Spyro Gyra Catching The Sun, Little River Band with Sleeper Catcher, Boston's debut, Kansas with Leftoverture. Soon after that, Styx with The Grand Illusion, Journey with Departure, and ACDC's Back In Black.
I think it sounds more like Cream "White Room" or "Sunshine of Your Love" a total Clapton vibes solo for sure.🤘🎸
I’m checking them out now
@@TheAdventuresofTNT you did crossroads by cream a year ago🤘🎸
@@TheAdventuresofTNT hey sorry for being a fuckin asshole. I was having problems, and still have problems with the VA. Trying to get my disability raised for 3 years, got 40% more but no money. Got to appeal it. They got me on pills that actually work. Car broke, rent just went up $100, SSDI got denied, I can't work. But it doesn't effect me because of my medication. Sorry again for being an asshole. I didn't know how to deal with all the bullshit. Thanks T🤘
Don't drink, do drugs, or play with guns folks! RIP Terry Kath
Ever consider that drink and drugs might have inspired Kath to levels of genius?
@@PogueMahone1 nope
@@douglasdegraff8335 Then you need to.
@@PogueMahone1 Those things WRECK YOUR MIND
@@douglasdegraff8335 And music history shows those things also energize genius.
May I remind you that talent does what it can, but genius does what it will?
This is the Chicago I remember as a teen. And yes, that Led Zeppelin tune is still one of my favorites.
PLEASE LISTEN TO THE GREATEST TRIBUTE BAND OF CHICAGO!! THEY SOUND IDENTICAL!!!
“Lenoid & Friends” ♥️😭
PLEASE LISTEN TO THEM!!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
The horn section of Chicago along with the Phoenix Horns of Earth, Wind, and Fire are absolute legends.
I don't believe there's any one That can say that they don't love this.
Early Chicago is the best with Terry Kath
I was a young teen when this song came out - it was one of the most popular songs played at our rollerskating arena. Brings me right back to that ancient time. 😁
Graduated high school in 1975. There was a lot of great music throughout the '70s. Chicago, Three Dog Night, and Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show were definitely some of my many favorites through high school.
So glad you liked it!
Early 2000's I saw Chicago and the Doobie Brothers. Such an amazing concert. Each band played their set, then both bands came out and played the best songs. So many instruments being played together. It was amazing. Both very talented bands
Led Zeppelin is great but, Chicago was before them so, Led Zeppelin sounds like Chicago not the other way around.
When Terry Kath,lead singer and guitarist died, Chicago changed completely. I stopped listening to them. Now you see why.
The original Chicago grew up as a teenager listening to this group. Wow!!!!
This song is getting played at my funeral. I have it all planned out: it will be a 10-minute ceremony. For four minutes anyone can come up and try to think of something to say about me--good or bad. For the last six minutes, 25 or 6 to 4 is going to send me off. After the last note has faded, the six or seven people (priest included) who showed up can have a buffet on my me.
I laugh at anyone who says white people don't have rhythm 😅. Not to brag,but it seems like perfected music, whatever genre.
Love Chicago. I think you will also like The Ides Of March singing Vehicle
I like all kinds of music, so I do like some of the later ballady Chicago stuff (If You Leave Me Now is one of the greatest love songs ever, imnsho), but early Chicago is the best, Terry Kath is a beast, the horns are fantastic (need more horns in rock), and this is the Chicago I knew as a kid.
I thought the title was clickbait. Then 25 or 6 to 4 started. Yes Sir.