Chicago - 25 Or 6 to 4 (REACTION!)
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One of the greatest guitar solos in rock history. Hands down. RIP Terry Kath.
So sad the way Terry died *way* b4 his time and for no good reason
100%. When friends of mine want to hear a great guitar solo, I play this. Terry Kath was as underrated as can be. We lost him way too early.
Jimi Hendrix said Terry was better than him.
Naw..Terry Kath IS the greatest you ever lived. So says Jimi Hendrix
Keep in mind. That drummer is hitting straight eighth notes on the kick. He literally never stops hitting that kick pedal the whole song. As a drummer trying to cover this song, its an absolute workout.
Try "Motorboat to Mars" for size. It blew my mind hearing it
I just listened to an interview with the drummer Danny Seraphine, he said there are two drum tracks on this studio version. One straight track, and one with the fills and treats. He said if you listen closely you'll hear them both.
Danny Seraphine is a drum god, brother.
Oh damn I never paid attention to that .......relentless
Never noticed that thank you
Terry Kath on guitar. The man was an absolute beast. He was Chicago. They were never even remotely the same band without him. R.I.P. TK
They were musician’s musicians. Period.
Spot on.
Absolutely
ARE MUSICIANS!
Terry Kath is an absolute legend on the guitar. Seeing him go nuts with 25 or 6 to 4 during their show in Tanglewood is worth the watch
Listen to the guitar scales RUNNING through the verses totally INSANE!!
Trumpet? It's a complete horn section yo Trombone THE WORKS. A fugging trombone. Study it and freak out: This is the most technical guitar lead of ALL TIME.
Hendrix said he used to go watch Terry Kath play!!
Saw that... Kath is a LEGEND
Blessings upon whoever arranged recording of that Tanglewood show. It's a great record of Terry Kath.
Y’all talk to much
Terry Kath is a guitar god.
I'm sure others will talk about it too, but Terry died in early 1978 and Chicago's sound changed afterward, going toward the smoother soft-rock sound of "If You Leave Me Now" led by band member Peter Cetera. Many Chicago fans (myself included) view the two eras a two separate bands.
The craziest thing (to me) about 70s Chicago is that their first 3 albums are all double albums released within 3 years. That's an insane amount of output.
You really can't go wrong with any selection from them in this time period. "I'm a Man" is a must-listen, and I've always been a big fan of "Beginnings."
Of course, no guitar rock delve into the early 70s is complete without listening to "One of These Days" by Pink Floyd!!
Reporter asked Jimi Hendrix how it felt to be the best guitar player in the world, Jimi said "Ask the guy from Chicago..."
@@2869may Every time I hear that story, Hendrix mentions a different guitarist. He must have been really humble.
@@2869may That is an apocryphal story that has used dozens of guitarists in either role for decades. I'd bet that Hendrix never said those words.
So agree with you. The early Chicago known as CTA with Terry Kath is the Chicago I love ❤️
If You Leave Me Now came out in 76 when Kath was still alive, but they definitely went to a softer sound in the 80's
DUDES ! One of the best guitar solo's in rock history and you kept cutting into it, The Rock Gods are not happy with you.
When these responders cut in, I don't return. Splitting up a masterpiece is not cool. Show some respect and let them finish.
@@stevendreith4343 Yeah, I get it...I hate to hear that **Record scratch** and then some dude starts talking...but these are reaction videos...and IF they are genuine, they haven't seen the content yet, so we should give them a break...and the YT algorithm is messed up, so let's let them do their thing as they will because they know better what will get them demonetized for copyright...as someone who has been in the tech/network support industry since Windows ME...sometimes you just don't know how the "Owners" craft the software and algorithms, so you do the best you can with the data you have...which is VERY difficult to equate to ideas of "Ownership" when it comes to culture, art, music, and other non-quantifiable aspects of human nature...I'm not saying, don't look out for scammers (Those who just reupload others' stuff), just give people the benefit of the doubt, if they pause, it's either required by TOS or they have something to say, so I at least try to hear them out...after all, us fans have heard these solos many times, a few people pausing in the middle doesn't diminish their greatness...so I TRY not to hold it against them...
@@42Mrgreenman There are some responders on UA-cam who listen to the whole song before commenting, and these are the people that I gravitate towards. Most of the music is from my era, so I enjoy when the younger generation is grateful for the chance to go back in time and listen to what I was brought up with. It just pains me when they butcher up a song that I respect. Thanks for your feedback.
Play the live version labeled Tanglewood.. You'll see how talented this band really was.
Absolutely
yes do it you will love what you see and hear
I told them the same!!! You HAVE to!!!
Seeing Terry play is so much a part of appreciating his greatness and his love of playing. I saw a comment once that really summed him up "Terry didn't play music, he lived it heart and soul".
Absolutely soul fulfilling. Terry, in particular. Fucker made me cry.
"The horn section sounds like one set of lungs and the guitar player is better than me." - Jimi Hendrix
My dad f***ing loved this tune man, he'd be drunk as hell, in his pants with a whiskey in one hand and a cigar in the other dancing til the early hours!!!! 🤟🤟 RIP Daddio
Rip to your dad! He has great taste!!!!!!
RIP to your pops.
Your dad sounded like a badass.
My Dad too. This is what they played while wamring up for junior high basketball games, and it still gets him hyped
I'm 58 now. I am your your Dad in spirit.
Remember this was recorded in 1970! No tricks... no Pro-Tools, no electronics covering bad vocals etc. This is honest musicianship. Something totally missing today!
Hard to imagine this is nearly 50 year old music. It is timeless.
Thanks, forgot how old I was until your comment 🤣🤦🏼♂️
We are getting old!
"This is probably some of the best musicianship I've ever heard on the planet."
That view pretty much sums up the way Chicago is viewed in the music industry.
You should watch Leonid & Friends on YT. It's a Russian cover band which plays TCA's / Chicago's music in the studio version to sheer perfection, with today's sound quality. Even Danny Seraphine - Chicago's original drummer - has befriended them and on occasion played with them.
This video is a nice introduction to them:
ua-cam.com/video/bVXUlV86bAM/v-deo.html
Or maybe go straight to their videos:
ua-cam.com/users/LeonidVorobyevandfriendsvideos
@@roykliffen9674 absolutely!!!!
The drums are leaving space.
Well, he's leaving it open to musicians he has heard on other planets.
In the mid- to late seventies, Chicago used to tour a lot with Earth Wind and Fire. Talk about stadium-filling.
They still tour together
Saw them!!!
And earth, wind and fire with other Chicago hit makers from 70s, the Emotions.
Chicago never really did tour with Earth Wind and Fire until the early to mid 1990s. And how can you say that you're from Chicago and not hear about the group? Robert Lamm, who wrote the song, said that the title was in reference to looking at a clock and trying to figure what time it was. Jimi Hendrix's exact quote was, "You guys are great. The horns are like another set of lungs. And your guitar player is better than me." After Hendrix saw them at The Whiskey A Go Go, where the conversation with Robert Lamm that the quote was from, he had them as an opening act on tour with him. Walter Parazaider was actually first chair in the Chicago symphony. And James Pankow has been doing their horn arrangements ever since the first album, The Chicago Transit Authority. They had to shorten their name to Chicago because Mayor Richard Daley threatened to sue the band for using a service name.
Wrong
I'm 47. I've probably seen Chicago 15x.
My earliest memory as a toddler (in the 70's) is lying on a blanket in an amphitheater in Kansas, eating grapes from bags out of a cooler my grandma packed. My dad "dragged" me to Chicago shows every time they came to town. We still go, but now I take him. Their opening bands never disappoint either.
My Dad took me to a Chicago / Beach Boys joint concert back in the early ‘80s. Incredible memory.
I’ve also seen them at least 15 times (I’m 42). Started with my mom taking me every year she could, then turned to me taking my mom every year I could. Been three years now!
I’m in Kansas
Megan Younger and Sarah Adjemian, I really love that you're taking your parents to the concerts now. It's very sweet that they took you, and now you are returning the favor. Enjoy your time with them.
As a “rock and metal guy” I’ll say Terry Kath’s solo is one of the sickest solos ever recorded.
Feelin' Stronger Every Day is an absolute banger and the drummer puts in work on that song. Highly recommended!
That is my favorite Chicago song
@@seanwright1749 me too!!
The title is referring to the time. 3:35 or 3:34. 25 or 26 minutes to 4 am.
Honestly never knew that.
And he's writing a song at that time.
@@2869may
....yeah😉
So simple, but so cool. Thanks for the info!
He’s trying to write a song, but can’t think of anything. So he writes a song about how frustrating it is to write a song at 3:30ish in the morning when you have writers block
In response to the lack of punch. I just want to say that this is why there were $5000 stereo systems in homes in a day when bread cost 39 cents. You could tell who was a serious audiophile based on one thing and one thing alone in their home stereo. Did they have an EQ. EQ that song out and take another listen. I would love to hear from you after that.
Lol had friends like that - 1 sofa in the living room surrounded by speakers and kickass stereo system. Oh and a cheap tv to watch MTV. Those were the days.
Jason, i want to visit
Big stacks is your new name
I had a bombass stereo system like that. One day, I will have another. Such great music to go through again on vinyl. Nothing compares.
I think if their catalog was remastered ithe right way it would sound amazing.
The horns are something to see during the live performance of this. When they're not playing, they're so tore up from the floor up listening to the rest of the band, yelling out, dancing...enjoying every single bit of it. Feels good!! Watch a live recording...you'll get your punch.
Preach!!! Almost the original hype-men. I agree wholeheartedly
Chicago died, as others have noted, when Terry Kath died...
I believe also
Definitely
they died when peter cetera left in myopinion
Died = lost them being any semblance to a rock band... Peter Cetera was great WITH Kath and Lamm, but by himself or without Terry's influence the saccharine was too much.
@@stevenjacobson3049 sorry but i stand by what i said.they were never the same when he left
True story: in 1978 the guitarist Terry Kath was playing around with guns pretending to shoot himself. His band mate told him to stop. Kath picked up a semi auto 9mm, ejected the clip, showed the empty clip to his band mate, and said “Look... the clip’s not even in it””. He then put the gun to his temple, and pulled the trigger. Turns out there was a shell in the chamber. He died instantly.
Sad but true.
His widow married Donald Sutherland .
@@pinehawk9600 Actually, she married Kiefer Sutherland ... Donald's son
I'm so glad they decided to do 25 or 6 to 4! The instrumentals are always on point, but this song is next level. My kids, in their single digits, enjoy this one because of the instrumentals. My oldest is 12yo now and he was inspired to play trombone because of Chicago.
When you’re talking horns in bands, Blood Sweat and Tears has to be in the conversation.
... And Ides of March...
Erika Pinzon ...and Tower of Power. They played horns for several different artists(including Elton John, Aerosmith, Huey Lewis & the News, among others) as well as their own stuff.
CL8ON J Yes, we love us some Tower of Power! “We Came To Play”.
Blood Sweat and Tears was a band formed by a producer who was inspired by what Chicago was doing.
Tower of Power...Bill Chase, Cold Blood.
Their song “Dialogue Part I & II” is required listening for all Chicago fans. Terry Kath was a beast 🎸🎤 Also need to hear their song “I’m a Man”. Pure talent 🎸🎶
Good list
Jimi Hendrix favorite guitarist was Terry Kath
I love "Dialogue Part I & II" The dialogue in the song between Kath and Cetera is an excellent dialogue that can be used in any generation. Just a great song. Kath never, ever got the props for his talents..but one of the best guitar gods ever!
“Make Me Smile” from this same band the guitarist sings this song. So you get Ray Charles on the vocals and Jimmy Hendrix on the guitar with the same Terry Kath
Oh man-that is beautifully put.....Terry just drips with musicality and SOUL! Ray and Jimi indeed!
Fantastic description of Kath.
Jimi Hendrix told Peter cetera that Terry kath was the best
Yup. Best song by Chicago. Period.
You nailed it. Best comment
Kath’s solo in this song is my favorite guitar solo of all time. So good...
I hecking LOVE "If You Leave Me Now", once George started playing it I didn't want it to end.
One of the greatest songs ever created
Before his death, Terry Kath was considered by many, including Jimi Hendrix, the best rock and roll guitarist at the time.
I am a massive metalhead, and grew up with '90s rap/hip hop, grunge, punk, hardcore and more fringe stuff. That being said 25 or 6 to 4 is and always has been one of my absolute favorite songs, ever. I always joke that this song is one never ending solo with the greatest backing track ever. Thanks for checking this song out!
I never get tired of hearing this song
College and High school bands loved playing Chicago's music.
It's not only 25 or 6 to 4; watch Chicago Tanglewood!!! The best concert ever, period! It is every song.
Translation: It’s either 25, or 26 minutes until 4 o’clock A.M.
Duh! You think they could figure that out?
I don’t blame them. A lot of people struggle with that one. It’s one of those most misunderstood lyrics.
KATH IS CHICAGO. Listen to the guitar scales RUNNING through the verses totally INSANE!! ON TOUR Hendrix said "YOU BETTER THAN ME BRO....." Trumpet? It's a complete horn section yo Trombone THE WORKS inclu fugging trombone. Study it and freak out: This is the most technical guitar lead of ALL TIME. Cetero a TENOR puts out one of the greatest vocal performances in the annals of rock.
It says 25 oh! 6 to 4 {am} Someone ask what time is it and he started to say 25 to 4, turned, saw the clock and said OH!! 6 to 4. Thats the story I read long ago.
@@djjonnytravieso4681 It took me a long time to figure that out. And I grew up with Chicago.
The song is about trying to write a song in the middle of the night. The title is a reference to the time the song was written. 25 or (2)6 minutes to 4 am.
I've read the song is about tripping on acid.
That's not what it's about at all. In the 70s artists had to disguise references to drugs they couldn't outright say it like today's artists. 25 or 6 to 4 means how much weed they bought at the time. $25 which gave them enough grams for 6 or 4 joints.
40 year old attorney who has loved classic rock since he was 2. 25 or 6 to 4 solo is the best solo of all time. Jimi called Terry Kath "a monster."
Terry Kath is a badass. Get over the production issues my man. I actually hate modern production it lacks an organic feeling. You can fake everything in the studio these days, including being a proper musician.
The live version from Tanglewood 1970 is a crusher.
The Terry Kath experience.
One of the premier players of the era.
Highly missed. R.i.P.
"Only The Beggining" is a completely different vibe with even greater musicianship.
The song title is just BEGINNINGS
@@donlloyd9978 , purist. ;)
Terry was amazing he could sit back and blend with his rhythms but then break out with awesome solos meanwhile he had an awesome voice
Guys, 3 greatest horn sections EVER, Earth Wind & Fire horns, Tower of power horns and Chicago horns. There is a blue ray concert video where Earth and Chicago both played at the Greek in LA and then at the end of the show, they came out together and played. Awesome
Saw them in Houston a few years back. They each played their sets and then played together. Unbelievable sound and experience.
The song has a bit of irony to it as the lyrics describe him trying to write this song, which in turn... becomes the song. Searching for something to say, getting up to splash my face, sitting crosslegged on the floor... all these lines describe either what he was doing or seeing at the time. The title is the time on the clock.
That's interesting, didn't think about it that way haha
Yes. He couldn't tell if it was 25 or 26 till 4 in the morning
Exactly. This is another great example of a great song born out of lyrics about nothing really. I would easily believe that the music was written first and they just had to throw some lyrics in there for the pop factor.
I like this analysis. It reminds me of the Federico Fellini film, 8 1/2, which is a movie about Fellini not knowing what to make a movie about, so he made a movie about a director who didn't know what to make a movie about. And the result was a masterpiece.
Jimi LOVED this guitar player. Had nothing but praise for his ability.
Jimi told them "Your horns are like lungs and your guitar player is better than me", they then went on tour together.
Terry kath could shred
Someone asked Jimi what it was like to be the best guitar player he said i dont know ask Terry kath.
My second cousin is the bassist. Keith Howland. He absolutely KILLS the solo during the concerts. My favorite part about going to see them every year growing up.
They're largely known for their horn section and Peter Cetera's vocals! Like Steely Dan, you can never mistake them for anyone else!
First time I heard this song was in '92 at my HS talent show. The band nerds (who were known to be into jazz) stepped up and they announced the song. I groaned because I expected some trippy experimental BS. Once they started playing, my jaw dropped to the floor. They absolutely killed the song and got a standing O. I love this song and it always brings me back to that. I think I realized something about the power of music in that moment.
“Saturday in the park” by Chicago is great
I think it was the 4th of July
Chicago has always known how to 'play off' each other and it makes it so much better. Well written song.
Chicago is so versatile going from this song which is so upbeat, to "Does anybody really know what time it is?" as a slow and pensive tone, to "Beginnings" as an overall happy and endearing song that covers the type of love everyone tries to find. If you cover more of Chicago, I recommend these two. Even as a millennial, Chicago is still able to reach my generation. When I was 20 I got a turntable for Christmas and this was the first record I had, and now I'm 100 albums deep.
Oddly, I really enjoy the extended ending of "Beginnings".
I was a teenager when Chicago guitarist Terry Kath accidentally killed himself playing Russian Roulette. At the time he was heavy into cocaine and struggling with depression. We lost a guitar legend that horrible day. Hendrix once said Kath was better than him.
he was not playing "russian roulette". jeez. it was an accident.
ACCIDENT ... was not playing Russian roulette, there were other members present .
Reporter asked Jimi Hendrix how it felt to be the best guitar player in the world, Jimi said "Ask the guy from Chicago..."
Funny, he said the same thing about Rory Gallagher from Taste.
@phosphorescent wave yup
@phosphorescent wave How do you know it's a joke...?
@@riggermorpus Never heard that.
It's well known, Jimi told Walt Parazaider (Chicago sax player) at the Whiskey "your guitar player is better than me" Weather it was true or not is really beside the point of the complement...
Man, y'all hit me with "If You Leave Me Now" 8n the beginning of another Chicago reaction!
Thank you, because I love Chicago more then I can say.
Terry Kath’s soulful voice is presented in “Make Me Smile” and “Beginnings”. Great Chicago songs!!!!!!
check out "Make Me Smile" Terry Kath kills it.
Was going to say the same thing!
Love that song.
Word
That's what real instruments sound like. No computers, no complaints here.
If you want to see some more horns in rock music, check out Cake, a Sacramento band, from the late 90s-early 2000's. Maybe a cut off Fashion Nuggett/
Blood, Sweat and Tear, my friend
Love me some Cake!
Yeah, they would enjoy a good cake song.
Never There. I'd love to see that reaction. Handlebars by Flobots would be a riot, too.
Or Blood Sweat and Tears. Or Tower of Power.
This was written by keyboardist Robert Lamm and was a song about writer's block trying to write a song. 25 or 6 to 4 meant 25 or six minutes before 4 in the morning. It's like, "I can't think of what to write, so I'll write about the experience of not being able to figure out what to write." Brilliant concept.
I haven't heard "If You Leave Me Now" in a long time. Beautiful song. If you want another beautiful ballad by Chicago, try "Colo(u)r my World" which is a beautiful little ballad sung by late guitarist Terry Kath.
Check out the band 'Cake' if you like horns mixed with rock. The Distance, Never There, Frank Sinatra, Short Skirt/Long Jacket are a few of their songs.
Frank Sinatra!
Love their version of 'War Pigs' too
Symphony in C!
The first time many of us heard this WAS on a transistor radio. Seems like you have the idea that the recording is the song. If you can't overlook the lower technical abilities of the time, you'll miss out. Songs are like movies: if films in black and white irk you, you'll miss out on some fantastic entertainment.
This is 50 year old stuff,men.They had talent everywhere.Watch an old video of them in concert...this song was wild and had about a 5 minute solo by T.K.
Some interesting facts about this band include the fact that that guitarist Terry Kath was considered the best guitarist around by none other than Jimi Hendrix. He also founded the band. And that solo right there in that song is the longest Solo in a commercial hit record ever.
Sadly, Terry Kath died accidentally when he shot himself in the head at a party showing his friends his gun collection. They continued on after his death to much success, but we can only wonder where they would have gone if Terry Kath would have lived. 👍😎🍺
Love the early Chicago stuff! Recommend "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is".
Oh man, it's been so long since I heard that song!
it's either 25 or 26 minutes to 4:00
@@lestranged 🤣
The Big Boss Sound of Chicago! YESSIR!!! ''Saturday in the park'' and ''Does anybody really know what time it is?'' are more cruizy to but they've got to be in a trilogy too.
R.I.P. Terry Kat. Remember kids, the gun is ALWAYS loaded.
Somewhere down the line a reaction to Robin Trower would be dandy. ''Alathea'' is a tasty fave of mine.
peace.
Their horns have always been oustanding and integral to their sound. Thay were awesome in concert! 💜
Epic guitar solo. Doesn't just shred, it wails.
George in full "dirty socks face" over Terry's guitar solo. Yep, that good.
Timeless classic. This is my favorite song from Chicago and they have a lot!
Bring back horns musicians! They make an incredible impact
Chicago had 1 of the smoothest horn sections ever done. They blended old school jazz with R and B and incorporated rock into that. Many people of the time thought this song was about doing drugs and they got it so wrong! LOL
Do yourself a favor and watch Terry Kath live version of this song: "Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 - 7/21/1970 - Tanglewood (Official)"
I highly recommend "Beginnings", "I'm a Man", and the timeless "Dialogue I & II"
Robert Kelly I'm A Man is a m a z i n g
Also "Does anybody really know what time it is"
Make me Smile is probably the #1 for me
Huge agreement with Dialogue. *Both* parts.
Habichiwoowoo Ive been trying to get anyone to react to this for months!! It’s amazing 🔥🔥🔥
These guys just blew me away way back then!! Danny did two drum tracks on this I think... and Terry Kath was just it!!! 3 Horns, a trumpet, a tenor sax, and a trombone...awesome group!
One of two bands where everyone knew the names of the horn players because they defined the band and wrote many of the songs. The other was Tower of Power.
Chicago- Saturday in the Park, Colour My World, Make me Smile 70's musicianship at its best.
Next song for you then is "I'm a Man", that will rock you hard.
Absolutely!! Especially the version from Live At The Tanglewood. Terry Kath was KILLER!!
@@AnthemBassMan yes! Live is best. Incredible guitar player
I am a Man , studio version, then you can try the live version at Tanglewood.
have to say I love the fact you guys give every member of the band credit. alot of channels only focus on the guitar or the vocals.
In a 2013 interview, Robert Lamm said he composed "25 or 6 to 4" on a twelve-string guitar with only ten strings - it was missing the two low E strings - and that he wrote the lyrics in one day. The band first rehearsed the song at the Whisky a Go Go.[2]
Lamm said the song is about trying to write a song in the middle of the night. The song's title is the time at which the song is set: 25 or 26 minutes before 4 AM.[3][4] Because of the unique phrasing of the song's title, "25 or 6 to 4" has been interpreted to mean everything from a quantity of illicit drugs to the name of a famous person in code.[5]
The song's opening guitar riff has been compared to chord progressions and riffs in other songs. In the opinion of writer Melissa Locker:
...the opening guitar riff from Green Day’s 'Brain Stew' bears a striking similarity to the opening stanza of Chicago’s '25 or 6 to 4.
I hope you can get to "I'm a Man" cover they did of the Stevie Winwood song by the the Spencer Davis group. If you can't feel that song...well....
studio version is best !
"Hey man, what time is it" ?..."i think its 25 ...or 6 to Four"...thats the story i heard for the title..
There's actually 2 drummers in this song, on the right kick there's one playing a whole different way, listen to it with earphones and you will hear it its insane 💥🎧
Ryan- "they played well", #SMH- that band had musicians that will never be seen by the likes of people ever again. If it even makes sense, they're like above world class.
AMEN!!!!
Mona Lisa...B+
Take a listen to these guys. Pretty good for a bunch of Russians ua-cam.com/video/9_torOTK5qc/v-deo.html
My older brother loved Chicago and turned me on to them. This was his favorite it reminds me of him. We lost him to Covid in April. You guys should try "Make me smile" Terry Kath at his best.
Louis Mazzella, I am so sorry for the loss of your brother.
Daaamn, I've been sleeping on Chicago! Love that brass section!
I agree, this song rocked to me and I always kind of dismissed Chicago. Good stuff
Seems like Ryan would say “Beethoven lacked punch...” LOL
They're telling me that it's "Fate knocking at the door," but I'm wondering why not just use the doorbell?
Ana's Margarita Salt 😀
He did. Now Wagner... he brought it.
Maybe headphones would help. If you can't dig Chicago, sumpm ain't right.
Sheila Swegler sure..., but ‘remastering’ everything from the past a)doesn’t always turn out as you’d hope, and b)takes away from the genius of the times the original was recorded in... Appreciation of the organic aspects of the original recordings is what makes many classics, special.
Just my opinion.
The two first Chicago albums are some of the most valuable pieces of music ever recorded. Two songs, Poem 58 and It Better End Soon (Parts I-IV), are some hidden treats that I personally love and which made me go insane all over Terry Kath's guitar tone. Warm regards from Lima, Peru, my dear friends, stay safe.
HAVING BEEN BORN IN 1957 I THANK GOD EVERY DAY FOR THE MUSIC I GREW UP ON!!!!!!! EAT YOUR HEARTS OUT YOUNG'UNS. PERIOD!!!!!!!!
What you find lacking in this recording is exactly why my generation finds modern 'music' (which can destroy an automobile when amplified) distasteful. A lot of folks don't like classical symphonic tunes but that doesn't mean Bach was a shitty composer. This was (is) a great song, as verified by its commercial success.
Yeah, I think YT is just taking down the good quality vids and putting up really 😝😝 aweful sounding ones. I hv come across it alot and I know the diff but a newbie would not know that... and have a low opinion therefore but would actually be losing out to what truly was great. 🙄
Unfortunately sound reproduction quality seems to be moving backwards.
"Introduction" opens their debut, Chicago Transit Authority, and is a perfect showcase of what the band was capable of, with interesting and varied sections.
If you think the guitar solo was self-indulgent, you should see him when he played live. Holy cow, he went wild, it was nuts.
I grew up with Chicago, I had two brothers loved Chicago. There were always consider a "Orchestra Band", because they incorporated the full spectrum of instruments into most of their music.
Peter Cetera sang lead on this track - despite his jaw being wired shut. A few months before the recording session, the band went to a baseball game at Dodger Stadium, where their hometown team, the Chicago Cubs, beat the Dodgers, leaving four marines angry and ready to take their aggression out on someone. That someone was Cetera, who was singled out by his long hair as much as his team loyalty. The ensuing brawl sent him to intensive care with a jaw broken in three places. When it came time to record the song, his jaw was still wired shut.
"Beginnings" for a different vocalist and absolutely incredible drum work.
Saturday in Park is such a masterpiece.
The real deal. Chicago was one of the early fusion bands, blending jazz, rock and pop and some classical elements too. The heart of the band is the brass section, who were all music majors at De Paul University. Walter (the sax player) was actually the founder of the band, pulling in friends from numerous bar bands playing the college scene in Chicago. The story about Hendrix is true - they were both playing at Whiskey-A-Go-Go in L.A. and he made the comment to Walter during a practice session. Check out virtually any song from their first 12 albums - Dialogue (Part I & II) from Chicago V would be my first recommendation.
It has been a while since I have seen you guys. This reminded me why I appreciate your show a lot. Thanks for reintroducing me to Chicago--my favorite band way back in the 5th grade. "25 or 6 to 4" is an awesome song. Give "I'm a Man" a listen too.
If you like "If You Leave Me Now", try their song "Wishin' You Were Here".
You will not be disappointed.
Wishing You Were Here is a masterpiece
With chorus by the Beach Boys, I think. Another great band.
Great reaction. Terry Kath was one of Hendrix's favorite guitarists so you know he's truly special. This band had several era's, their early albums were so vital, and brimming with creative energy..
I love how you guys incorporate this like a radio show. Putting your own feel and expression, drawing upon other songs :D
Saw them in concert live 2 years ago and they still rock as if they're in their prime. Awesome band!! Had the pleasure of also playing a few of their songs when I was in marching band in college, that was always a fun show, and the crowd always got into it. Really cool to see you guys react to this, thanks for this one!
Danny Seraphine is one of the most grossly under rated drummers in rock!
Danny Seraphine and Michael Shrieve from the early Santana are two forgotten heroes of drumming history
Jimmy Page And Jimi Hendricks admired how good Terry Kath was on the lead guitar. They said he was the best of that era!
Chicago was never #1 on my list, but I thought I should go see them live anyway. One of the best concert experiences I've ever had. Anyone would be doing themselves a favor experiencing them live.
Saw these guys in concert and it was like an orchestra. Fantastic band.