Amber hit the nail on the head, young people don’t know music could sound so good. We were lucky because our parents made us listen to their music, even as babies and toddlers, so good music was instantly introduced to us. Then we found our own grove, but never forgot the past and how great it was. Kids now go from Nick Jr. to the bland flavor of the month.
You told nothing but the truth my friend! I totally agree. I listened to my parents' music from the 50's and 60's. Then my 80's. Young people today really missed the full rainbow of musical flavors we were so fortunate to enjoy.
In our family, it wasn't just the music of my parents gen but ALL genres, too, so we got everything from country, to rock, to pop, to R&B and everything in between and beyond...Disco, New Wave, Funk, etc. You grow up with an appreciation of everything so you never limit your experiences. As a result, I barely listen to today's music because I know what's really good. Give me anything before the 2000s and I'm a happy woman, especially if it's the 80s, lol.
This Era of Chicago was probably their best selling Era. With Peter Cetera on vocals, they became the quintessential romantic power ballad band! Some of the mist iconic ballads of the 80s were sung by Cetera. There is just a something so special with his tone. No one else, not then and not ever after, has ever sounded even close to him. His voice is just unmistakable! And it's just sublime! If you just react to all the ballads Chicago did during the mid 80s, you will realize how special they were and how Peter Cetera became an intricate part of every teenager's life during those days!!!
Could be their best selling era and they produced a lot of nice songs but IMO not their best work. Chicago was originally made up of 7 world class musicians and this era rarely showcased their amazing musicianship. David Foster even brought in outside writers and musicians and turned them into a power ballad band. So basically they were no longer unique and were doing what so many other groups were doing at the time.
@@pjg58x I know it's not their best work if by best work you mean great musicianship and just mind blowing orchestration. While their earlier work just showcased how talented they were as musicians and how great their "big band" sound was, they really became a household name during this run. Some may call it selling out, but for everyone who was a teenager during that time, Chicago became almost a part of our lives. Everyone during that time dedicated at least one of their songs to whatever girl they were in love with at the time! Peter Cetera's voice is embedded in all of our brains forever!
This was the last album Peter Cetera was on. I saw them live in 1984 when this album was out. Chicago’s sound totally changed after Terry Kath died. The 80’s were the David Foster years where he wrote and produced for them. The sound was totally different than the past.
"Along Comes A Woman" and "Stay The Night" - both off that epic Chicago 17 album, both overflowing with that distinctly Chicago sound as only Chicago can make. Well worth the time and effort to check them out.
Jay & Amber, I love Chicago! Horns. Without horns. They’re amazing. I’d love for you to take in their early 1974 hit I’ve Been Searching So Long. It’s spectacular.
I was so lucky to be a teen in the 80s and growing up on such amazing music. So much variety but great songwriting and singing without autotune. Just pure talent and style. And bands with actual instruments...lol
One of the most passionate songs of the 80s, I love this song. And you're not wrong, there WERE 2 Chicagoes...their sound DID evolve from the 70s to the 80s!
This is my favorite Chicago song. I was a kid during the MTV years, and this song came out in 1984 and was on huge rotation on MTV. The lyrics are brilliant, as it's a breakup song that really hits hard. The lyrics "After all of these years, I'm still tryin' to shake it, Doin' much better (they say that it just takes time), But deep in the night, it's an endless flight, I can't get you out of my mind" hit so hard, its speaks volumes. Having Peter and Bill sing together on this song was brilliant. I can't say enough about this song. Thank you all for the reaction to this classic
To me there is three different eras of Chicago earlier songs featured lead vocalist Terry Kath and when he passed away Peter took over lead vocals which change the sound of the earlier songs. After Peter left they brought in a much younger guy to sing lead.. I finally got to see them live at the great New York State Fair in Syracuse they were really great and I had just broken up with somebody 😢so I was crying half the time the songs like this and You're the inspiration but check out some of the songs other people have suggested for you they are outstanding!😊
If you're speaking in terms of radio play, Kath had only three lead vocals on Chicago's hit, ie. Make Me Smile and Colour My World (both from the same larger suite of music called Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon) and Wishing You Were Here. WYWH was actually a Cetera-penned song that the band recorded in a lower key so Cetera was not able to sing the main verses and could only sing on the bridge. Robert Lamm and Peter were really the two main lead singers of Chicago in terms of radio hits. And Robert's lead vocal peak on radio ended pretty early in Chicago's run. He had no major lead vocal hits after Saturday in the Park in 1972. By the release of Chicago VI in 1973, most radio stations and pop music's audience in general leaned towards songs with Cetera on lead vocals, no matter who wrote the songs. But that's why it was so cool to listen to Chicago's albums in full. You heard all three voices consistently. Once the likes of Pankow and Loughnane started being allowed to have lead vocals, the inmates started to run the asylum.
So great to hear this one! It’s from 17 with David Foster and their big break into the mainstream. The more gravelly voice in this one is Bill Champlin. He came in and really stepped up once Peter went solo. He was a huge asset, a great songwriter, and was with the band for a long time. He sang some of their biggest hits and their only number one. They did him dirty in the end and he left. Another band like Styx and Journey who let their egos and need for control take over, and totally destroyed what made them so good in the first place!
Bill C had a big ego as well. It's a band .... Bill was a great musician and vocalist I agree but IMHO thought he was bigger than the band. He wanted to do solo projects so they let him.
To clarify, Peter Cetera sang on the first #1 Chicago song "If You Leave Me Now" in 1976 and Bill Champlin sang on the other two "Hard Habit To Break" and " Look Away" in the 80's.
This song was on the radio all day no matter what time of day! It was very popular and Chicago had many hits during this period. I actually love it, particularly the build at the end. Losing Terry Kath was terribly tragic -and then it was the end of an era when Peter Cetera left. He did well on his own, and the band changed their sound and had many top hits without him. Chicago was one of my favorites growing up. Since you like their earlier and big band sound, here are several for the list: I’ve Been Searching So Long - you can close your eyes for most of it Just You and Me - will make you smile Wishing You Were Here - beautiful vocals with The Beach Boys Call on Me - jazzy / big band Old Days - will make you smile Beginnings - you can close your eyes Colour My World - short, beautiful and piano highlighted Street Player - will make you dance Questions 67 and 68 - beautiful / big band song Dialogue - Peter Cetera and Terry Kath share the lead Feeling Stronger Everyday - a good mix of soft and soulful
I'm old. After Terry Kath passed, whenever I heard new Chicago songs, I kept finding myself listening for his voice and distinctive guitar playing, and they're not there. RIP. 🎶✌️👉🇨🇦
11 number one singles I believe there was 10 number one albums ! I actually seen them live in a free concert in Coney Island ! Behind me, was the Atlantic ocean in front of me was a sea of people !! And I got there at eight hours before the concert started !! what an incredible performance by these guys they are unbelievable
There ARE TWO Chicagos: The original lineup known as a "rock and roll band with horns" (The group you love most) from 1967-1978. The "other" Chicago you listened to today. They, the 1980s Chicago, was produced by David Foster. These songs were mostly ballads co-written by Foster & Peter Cetera where they intentionally left the horn section out. If you want to get back to the BIG BAND SOUND you love, you need to go back before 1976. Try "Just You 'N Me, " "Call on Me," "Beginnings," "Questions 67 and 68," "Movin' in," "What's This World Coming to," and "Dialogue (Part 1 & 2)."
The music of my teen years right here!! I was 14 when this album (Chicago 17) came out. Stay the Night, Along Came A Woman and You're the Inspiration (which you've already reacted to) are on this album as well.
Anything Chicago are great songs in all the many different band members throughout the decades. Peter Cetera is still my favorite lead vocalist. And the duet with Amy Grant was one of my all time favorite songs since i'm a huge fan of them both. Thanks for playing more Chicago!! Much love to you both!! 🎶❤️🎶
You guys freaked me out again. I just heard this yesterday on my 80's Sirus station - and was HOPING that you would discover it one day. It's absolutely one of their best.
17 was the first album I have known by them when I was a teen and it got several songs in the Swiss charts like this one, Stay the Night, and the great You're the Inspiration (you should do that one next). If you know their old jazzy work this is too poppy but they were typical 80s soft rock here, a bit like Toto.
This is off of the album CHICAGO 17, which was probably their most successful album due to now having MTV showcase them and with Peter at the helm of most of the bands lead singing responsibilities. This album contained this song, "Stay the Night", "Your the Inspiration" as big hits for them but sadly this album would also be their last with the silk voice of Peter Cetera, who would go on to a huge solo career. But a new generation found Chicago with this album and MTV, as did many artists that utilized the platform to sell music. Good stuff!
One of my favorite bands I saw them when they use to have concerts on the Boston Common and Amber listening to Saturday in the Park on a blanket amongst the trees is a great memory
I know you have done a lot of Chicago songs, but here is one of my favs: Introduction. This song is like 3 songs in one with tempo and melodic changes. It is literally an introduction to the band.
I just love the blend between Peter and Bill’s voices. Peter has such a clear tone and then Bill brings in a little grit to make it even better. I think you guys would really love Old Days. It’s such a good song.
This was huge when I was in High School. I first learned of Chicago through their love songs, like this one, and later learned to love the rambunctious horn heavy songs. They're all great.
I Don’t Want To Live Without Your Love- Chicago. J/A another great top 10 charting smash hit from 1989. Off the same album as Look Away. Love to see you react to it!
Next you should hit some early Chicago, some of their best stuff was on their first album, when they were Chicago Transit Authority. Start from the beginning with "Beginnings"
This was one of my most favorite bands back in the 80’s. Absolutely loved Peter Cetera! You’re the Inspiration and Hard Habit to Break were the first songs I ever heard from Chicago and I played them to death. When he left Chicago, it was sad, and they weren’t the same. I did continue listening to them though and I bought at least their next 2 albums. As to Peter Cetera, I bought his albums and continued listening to everything he put out. He definitely had some great songs (which you’ve already covered and/or mentioned at this point). Oh the nostalgia! The 80’s has the best music!
Chicago started in the seventies with the big horn sound, but as they hit the eighties, they drifted more toward the ballads and less horns. It was almost like two different bands.
My wife and I got to see Peter Cetera in concert at the Nashville Symphony in 2019. He said he was 71 then, and he still sounded EXACTLY the same. He's always been one of my favorites, such an amazing vocalist!
I wish you could have listened to the album version of this song. It keeps going after the end of the video, but the vocals and guitar slowly fade out until it just becomes that wonderful string section playing its own melody over and over. Maybe not quite as cool as horns, but I think you would have liked the song more with that extra emphasis on the instrumentation.
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From the beginning of the '84-'85 school year. This was the second single from Cetera's last Chicago album (Chicago XVII). Great tune! Wonderful vocals from Bill Champlin to accompany Peter.Thanks!!
Y’all hit the jackpot with this one this my favorite Chicago song of all time I love hove Peter and bill play off each other This song is a masterpiece
This Beautiful Song Is On Their 1984 Chicago 17 Album, Wherein I Still Have Their Laser Disc Version Of This Album, Which Has All Of Their Videos For Their Hit Songs . . . I Saw Them At The Berkley California Greek Theatre Back In 1984, And They Really Rocked, And Sounded Great That Night, Which Was Right Before Peter Cetera Left Chicago For His Amazing Solo Career, And Chicago Brought In Bass Player, And Singer Jason Scheff . . .
I had this cassette tape when I was a kid and about wore it out I listened to it so much. Great, great album. You should check out "Stay the Night" from the same album. I think you'd like it.
Every time I hear a song by Chicago it just Every time I hear a song by Chicago it just solidifies to me that they are my favorite group of all time... Peter Cetera's vocals, The Chicago horns, It's all just so good... So many layers to this group nd their music... Great reaction guys...Keep Being Awesome !!!...
If you want to get back to the old stuff, try "Questions 67 & 68" from their first album, Chicago Transit Authority. Big instrument sound + Peter Cetera on lead vocals. Amazing tune
I am so happy you highlighted this beautiful song. It's my favorite record from Chicago, hands down. With Cetera's and Bill Champlin's shared vocals, combined with David Foster's masterful arrangement and production, HHTB is the best ballad Chicago had in the 80s. A little pocket symphony that is so musical, with Jeremy Lubbock's string arrangements. This song was released right around the time my Dad passed away from cancer and it hit me really hard. You two make mention of there being two Chicago's and overall I agree. The band started out as a very progressive, organic sounding horn-based rock band. And Robert Lamm's songwriting carried the band for the first few years. Everyone noticed Cetera's unique vocals right from the start, but it took awhile for his songwriting to catch hold. But by the time Chicago VI came out in 1973, his songs started becoming the more requested tunes from radio and the mass audience. So by the time the 1980s came around, when other band members were still heavily involved in drugs or in detox treatment, Cetera and new producer David Foster took the reigns to write some beautiful music. No one else in the band at that time was up to writing massive hits like years past. When band members (not including Cetera) submitted songs for the band to record for Chicago 16 in 1982, Foster turned them all down, saying all those songs sucked. Foster brought Cetera's voice and melodic songwriting to the forefront and gave it pristine production values to make his songs famous! It's really what led to Cetera leaving Chicago in 1985. Cool story on Hard Habit to Break: It's one of the few big Chicago hits during the time Cetera was with the band that wasn't written by an band member. It was written and submitted to the band to record by outside writers. Right before Chicago planned to go into the studio with it, the band realized the song still needed one more verse after "Two people together, but living alone. I was spreading my love too thin." So Foster called up one of the songwriters while he was in Vermont during winter to ask if he could come up with one more verse. The guy had to drive through a blizzard to get to the nearest payphone (a 7-Eleven) so that he could transcribe the verse back to Foster over the phone. The ONLY negative thing I will say about the song is that it is so well produced (some say overproduced) that it's not a song that the band ever performed well live, especially vocally. Live versions are not even worth looking up. It really is the perfect studio record.
The "boisterous ones with the horns" is early Chicago, "Questions "67 and "68, "Dialogue", "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is" and "Beginnings" for examples. Later Chicago has many fine hits like this one for you to choose from. It's hard to pick a few to suggest because they are all so good.
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Amber hit the nail on the head, young people don’t know music could sound so good. We were lucky because our parents made us listen to their music, even as babies and toddlers, so good music was instantly introduced to us. Then we found our own grove, but never forgot the past and how great it was. Kids now go from Nick Jr. to the bland flavor of the month.
You told nothing but the truth my friend! I totally agree. I listened to my parents' music from the 50's and 60's. Then my 80's. Young people today really missed the full rainbow of musical flavors we were so fortunate to enjoy.
Exactly!! 💯! 🎶❤🎶
In our family, it wasn't just the music of my parents gen but ALL genres, too, so we got everything from country, to rock, to pop, to R&B and everything in between and beyond...Disco, New Wave, Funk, etc. You grow up with an appreciation of everything so you never limit your experiences. As a result, I barely listen to today's music because I know what's really good. Give me anything before the 2000s and I'm a happy woman, especially if it's the 80s, lol.
I agree, my mom loved Chicago and Motown, so of course I do as well.
-definetly !-
“If You Leave Me Now” another great recording by Chicago!
Yes, that's my absolute favorite!!!
The best one!!!
My favorite memories, riding around with my father in our car listening that song. How I miss those days with my old!!!
8 months ago.
They've reacted to this one. It's my all-time favorite.
One of the BEST!!!
“You’re the Inspiration” is my favorite. But they have so many really good ones you can’t go wrong with any.
2 years ago.
Our wedding song
This Era of Chicago was probably their best selling Era. With Peter Cetera on vocals, they became the quintessential romantic power ballad band! Some of the mist iconic ballads of the 80s were sung by Cetera. There is just a something so special with his tone. No one else, not then and not ever after, has ever sounded even close to him. His voice is just unmistakable! And it's just sublime! If you just react to all the ballads Chicago did during the mid 80s, you will realize how special they were and how Peter Cetera became an intricate part of every teenager's life during those days!!!
Could be their best selling era and they produced a lot of nice songs but IMO not their best work. Chicago was originally made up of 7 world class musicians and this era rarely showcased their amazing musicianship. David Foster even brought in outside writers and musicians and turned them into a power ballad band. So basically they were no longer unique and were doing what so many other groups were doing at the time.
Exactly. Jay and Amber don't realise that this was their most successful era
@@pjg58x I know it's not their best work if by best work you mean great musicianship and just mind blowing orchestration. While their earlier work just showcased how talented they were as musicians and how great their "big band" sound was, they really became a household name during this run. Some may call it selling out, but for everyone who was a teenager during that time, Chicago became almost a part of our lives. Everyone during that time dedicated at least one of their songs to whatever girl they were in love with at the time! Peter Cetera's voice is embedded in all of our brains forever!
No argument from me.
Peter did duets with Cher & Amy Grant that were incredible ❤
Next time I fall with Amy Grant is awesome!
Duet with Cher "Chances are" is beautiful! Sorry I got it wrong it's After All is name of song.
And of course Crystal Bernard
And Agnetha from ABBA! Don’t remember ever hearing it back in the day - found out about it from UA-cam a couple months ago
@@heidichristensen7919I Wasn't The One (Who Said Goodbye)😊
Peter Cetera with Cher. Those two iconic voices together on "After All" were stunning.
Yes Yes and "The Next Time I Fall": with Amy Grant
I can't wait for them to hear Questions 67 and 68! To me it's Chicago at their finest!😊
And dialogue
And Dialogue
There’s so much great Chicago to discover. Beginnings, Call On Me, Wishing You Were Here, Colour My World. ✨
That was their best period, in my opinion.
Wishing you were here is underrated with the Beach Boys providing background vocals!
@@magneto7930I agree, the original lineup with Terry Kath will always be the best even though this song got lots of airplay
@@myownchannel247 The Kath years are my favorite. I wish they had seen the live version of 25 or 6 to 4 from Tanglewood!
I shouldn't say because they had so many great songs, but for me I think Beginnings is the best Chicago song ever.
This was the last album Peter Cetera was on. I saw them live in 1984 when this album was out. Chicago’s sound totally changed after Terry Kath died. The 80’s were the David Foster years where he wrote and produced for them. The sound was totally different than the past.
"Stay the night" , "Along comes a woman" and "Explained to my heart" are great song by them too.
I love Stay The Night. ❤️
Stay the Night was great!!
Yes “Explain It To My Heart” was a powerful song sung by Jason & Bill
Their hit, “Colour My World” quickly became “our song” when we began dating over 46 years ago. And it still is!
My sister and brother in -law's wedding song!
"Colour My World" was our Sr Prom theme song! One of their absolute best!!
As time goes on,I realize just what you mean to me ……… Colour my World with hopes of loving you 🤠😍🥰
My parents song when it came out, they are 71 now
That was my wedding song 🎶
Along Comes A Woman - Chicago. Another great upbeat song from the mid 80s. Love to see you react to it!
"Along Comes A Woman" and "Stay The Night" - both off that epic Chicago 17 album, both overflowing with that distinctly Chicago sound as only Chicago can make. Well worth the time and effort to check them out.
Great harmonies between Cetera and Bill Champlain, I believe this was on Chicago 17, Cetera’s last album with Chicago sadly.
Jay & Amber, I love Chicago! Horns. Without horns. They’re amazing. I’d love for you to take in their early 1974 hit I’ve Been Searching So Long. It’s spectacular.
I was so lucky to be a teen in the 80s and growing up on such amazing music. So much variety but great songwriting and singing without autotune. Just pure talent and style. And bands with actual instruments...lol
I loved being a teen from 1987 to 1992
Jay keeps closing his eyes on Bill Champlin's parts so he thinks Peter Cetera is the only one singing. lol
That's what I exactly thought, there are two singers right there!
💯👍
I noticed that too
80s heartbreak; Peter Cetera sang it so well!✌️❤️
Man i Miss the 70s
One of the most passionate songs of the 80s, I love this song. And you're not wrong, there WERE 2 Chicagoes...their sound DID evolve from the 70s to the 80s!
I love watching you two enjoy the music from my high school years!!!
Some people hate the David Foster albums. But he was just what the band needed at that time. Chicago 16 was huge!
David Foster turned these type of songs into Whitney Houston's hits
I would recommend reacting to “Will You Still Love Me” & “Hard To Say I’m Sorry” if you haven’t already! Straight bangers 🔥
Chicago...Peter...huge and well-deserved. Try Along Comes a Woman and Stay the Night.
Love this because BOTH of the best lead singers of Chicago are on it.
My favorite Chicago song.
One of their greatest songs
This is my favorite Chicago song. I was a kid during the MTV years, and this song came out in 1984 and was on huge rotation on MTV. The lyrics are brilliant, as it's a breakup song that really hits hard. The lyrics "After all of these years, I'm still tryin' to shake it, Doin' much better (they say that it just takes time), But deep in the night, it's an endless flight, I can't get you out of my mind" hit so hard, its speaks volumes. Having Peter and Bill sing together on this song was brilliant. I can't say enough about this song. Thank you all for the reaction to this classic
Bill Champlin's vocals are the perfect compliment to Peter's here!
Yes
To me there is three different eras of Chicago earlier songs featured lead vocalist Terry Kath and when he passed away Peter took over lead vocals which change the sound of the earlier songs. After Peter left they brought in a much younger guy to sing lead.. I finally got to see them live at the great New York State Fair in Syracuse they were really great and I had just broken up with somebody 😢so I was crying half the time the songs like this and You're the inspiration but check out some of the songs other people have suggested for you they are outstanding!😊
Terry Kath shared lead vocals with Peter Cetera and Robert Lamm.
If you're speaking in terms of radio play, Kath had only three lead vocals on Chicago's hit, ie. Make Me Smile and Colour My World (both from the same larger suite of music called Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon) and Wishing You Were Here. WYWH was actually a Cetera-penned song that the band recorded in a lower key so Cetera was not able to sing the main verses and could only sing on the bridge. Robert Lamm and Peter were really the two main lead singers of Chicago in terms of radio hits. And Robert's lead vocal peak on radio ended pretty early in Chicago's run. He had no major lead vocal hits after Saturday in the Park in 1972. By the release of Chicago VI in 1973, most radio stations and pop music's audience in general leaned towards songs with Cetera on lead vocals, no matter who wrote the songs. But that's why it was so cool to listen to Chicago's albums in full. You heard all three voices consistently. Once the likes of Pankow and Loughnane started being allowed to have lead vocals, the inmates started to run the asylum.
Peter Cetera's voice is liquid gold. ❤
I am 62 years old. I listened to them when I was a small child.
Ah! You only have me by 7 years. We lived during the greatest of musical eras. Don't know what this crap is today!
Same age and ditto 👍
I've cried a lot on this song . That happens when you're in love and they don't feel the same.
I had the pleasure of seeing Peter with David Foster and Friends in Kuala Lumpur, still outstanding!
What a great voice and great singer ,Peter is so versatile,Chicago is legendary .Great reaction as always.Love ,light ,and smiles.🙏❤️❤️🙏🤗😊
I always loved this song. Great contrast between their voices.
A lost song off of that album 17 is Remember The Feeling. Such an underrated song.
Chicago 17. Great album. Every song was great. Only you. Spend the night. I’m so glad I grew up in the seventies and eighties
Stay the night
So great to hear this one! It’s from 17 with David Foster and their big break into the mainstream. The more gravelly voice in this one is Bill Champlin. He came in and really stepped up once Peter went solo. He was a huge asset, a great songwriter, and was with the band for a long time. He sang some of their biggest hits and their only number one. They did him dirty in the end and he left. Another band like Styx and Journey who let their egos and need for control take over, and totally destroyed what made them so good in the first place!
Bill C had a big ego as well. It's a band .... Bill was a great musician and vocalist I agree but IMHO thought he was bigger than the band. He wanted to do solo projects so they let him.
To clarify, Peter Cetera sang on the first #1 Chicago song "If You Leave Me Now" in 1976 and Bill Champlin sang on the other two "Hard Habit To Break" and " Look Away" in the 80's.
The horns were prominent in Along Comes A Woman...
This song was on the radio all day no matter what time of day! It was very popular and Chicago had many hits during this period. I actually love it, particularly the build at the end.
Losing Terry Kath was terribly tragic -and then it was the end of an era when Peter Cetera left. He did well on his own, and the band changed their sound and had many top hits without him.
Chicago was one of my favorites growing up. Since you like their earlier and big band sound, here are several for the list:
I’ve Been Searching So Long - you can close your eyes for most of it
Just You and Me - will make you smile
Wishing You Were Here - beautiful vocals with The Beach Boys
Call on Me - jazzy / big band
Old Days - will make you smile
Beginnings - you can close your eyes
Colour My World - short, beautiful and piano highlighted
Street Player - will make you dance
Questions 67 and 68 - beautiful / big band song
Dialogue - Peter Cetera and Terry Kath share the lead
Feeling Stronger Everyday - a good mix of soft and soulful
Composition geniuses, beautiful harmonies! Yikes how beautiful!?!
Stay the Night, Along Comes A Woman, and Look Away are also bangers!!!
CHICAGO =
“Just You And Me”
horns , beautiful love song!!!
Peter singing lead !!
I'm old. After Terry Kath passed, whenever I heard new Chicago songs, I kept finding myself listening for his voice and distinctive guitar playing, and they're not there. RIP. 🎶✌️👉🇨🇦
i totally agree, a part of Chicago died with Terry. He truly is the heart of soul of this iconic band.
Can’t forget Bill Champlain who sings with him on this song. Bill was the singer of the old tv series In the Heat of the Night. Super voice then.
11 number one singles I believe there was 10 number one albums ! I actually seen them live in a free concert in Coney Island ! Behind me, was the Atlantic ocean in front of me was a sea of people !! And I got there at eight hours before the concert started !! what an incredible performance by these guys they are unbelievable
Gotta love this group and their orchestration - timeless music!
Chicago was one of my Dad’s favorite bands! Hard Habit is one of my favorite songs by them!!!
If you want to hear Cetera the bass player, check out Beginnings - an all time great Chicago song
Doesn't get much better than this. Chicago was special.
Peter Cetera and Amy Grant, Next Time I Fall in Love
There ARE TWO Chicagos: The original lineup known as a "rock and roll band with horns" (The group you love most) from 1967-1978. The "other" Chicago you listened to today. They, the 1980s Chicago, was produced by David Foster. These songs were mostly ballads co-written by Foster & Peter Cetera where they intentionally left the horn section out.
If you want to get back to the BIG BAND SOUND you love, you need to go back before 1976. Try "Just You 'N Me, " "Call on Me," "Beginnings," "Questions 67 and 68," "Movin' in," "What's This World Coming to," and "Dialogue (Part 1 & 2)."
Yes!
This is probably my least favorite era of Chicago
Still plenty of horn arrangements off this album. Along Comes A Woman has a whole section of the song with nothing but horns playing.
Their album Night and Day brings the horns back in full force. It’s an album of big band standards but Chicagofied. It’s a great album!
Simply Red " Holding back the Years" That will get in the heart.
" your the inspiration" is another song that features Peter Ceteras voice.
The music of my teen years right here!! I was 14 when this album (Chicago 17) came out. Stay the Night, Along Came A Woman and You're the Inspiration (which you've already reacted to) are on this album as well.
In the 80s, Chicago were regarded as the kings of the POWER BALLAD.
Actually, Chicago did not want to be known as a power ballad band, but as a rock band. Peter was the ballad singer, which pressured him to leave.
Stay the Night is a cool upbeat music video. You will love it!
Anything Chicago are great songs in all the many different band members throughout the decades.
Peter Cetera is still my favorite lead vocalist. And the duet with Amy Grant was one of my all time favorite songs since i'm a huge fan of them both. Thanks for playing more Chicago!!
Much love to you both!! 🎶❤️🎶
So thankful to be born in the 70s and a teen in the 80s. Absolutely perfect time for music!!
Hit #3 in the summer of 84
Indeed. No. 8 in the UK.
You guys freaked me out again. I just heard this yesterday on my 80's Sirus station - and was HOPING that you would discover it one day. It's absolutely one of their best.
Jay/Amber, you'll LOVE their "Beginnings" and "Just You n' Me"!!!!
edit - Bill Champlin - co-lead and backing vocals, keyboards on todays song.
Just You and Me is the BEST Chicago song
@@stevebrien1041 Yes! My favourite. I hope they hit it, no one seems to react to it.
17 was the first album I have known by them when I was a teen and it got several songs in the Swiss charts like this one, Stay the Night, and the great You're the Inspiration (you should do that one next). If you know their old jazzy work this is too poppy but they were typical 80s soft rock here, a bit like Toto.
This is off of the album CHICAGO 17, which was probably their most successful album due to now having MTV showcase them and with Peter at the helm of most of the bands lead singing responsibilities. This album contained this song, "Stay the Night", "Your the Inspiration" as big hits for them but sadly this album would also be their last with the silk voice of Peter Cetera, who would go on to a huge solo career. But a new generation found Chicago with this album and MTV, as did many artists that utilized the platform to sell music. Good stuff!
Chicagos one of those bands you could listen to all day and not get tired of 👍, i have all their music ♥️🙏✝️✌️😎
One of my favorite bands I saw them when they use to have concerts on the Boston Common and Amber listening to Saturday in the Park on a blanket amongst the trees is a great memory
I cut my teeth on my brother's Chicago records. Lifelong fan😊
Finally! I love this song! One of my favorite Chicago songs ever. ❤
“Dialogue (part 1 & 2)” is an old school Chicago hit that is definitely worth reacting to....... 💯🔥🤙🏽😎
I know you have done a lot of Chicago songs, but here is one of my favs: Introduction. This song is like 3 songs in one with tempo and melodic changes. It is literally an introduction to the band.
I just love the blend between Peter and Bill’s voices. Peter has such a clear tone and then Bill brings in a little grit to make it even better. I think you guys would really love Old Days. It’s such a good song.
This was huge when I was in High School. I first learned of Chicago through their love songs, like this one, and later learned to love the rambunctious horn heavy songs. They're all great.
I Don’t Want To Live Without Your Love- Chicago. J/A another great top 10 charting smash hit from 1989. Off the same album as Look Away. Love to see you react to it!
Another of their useless, generic hits that the public oddly went for. This was when I knew they were done.
This entire album (Chicago 17) was Awesome! I love this song so VERY much!!!
No tell Lover is a must listen also.
Next you should hit some early Chicago, some of their best stuff was on their first album, when they were Chicago Transit Authority. Start from the beginning with "Beginnings"
The many revolutions of Chicago and they are ALL great!
This was one of my most favorite bands back in the 80’s. Absolutely loved Peter Cetera! You’re the Inspiration and Hard Habit to Break were the first songs I ever heard from Chicago and I played them to death. When he left Chicago, it was sad, and they weren’t the same. I did continue listening to them though and I bought at least their next 2 albums. As to Peter Cetera, I bought his albums and continued listening to everything he put out. He definitely had some great songs (which you’ve already covered and/or mentioned at this point). Oh the nostalgia! The 80’s has the best music!
I saw Chicago in the early 90's. They opened for Crosby, Stills and Nash. What a show!!!!
Favorite songs from this album were:
Along Comes a Woman &
Stay the Night
Chicago started in the seventies with the big horn sound, but as they hit the eighties, they drifted more toward the ballads and less horns. It was almost like two different bands.
My wife and I got to see Peter Cetera in concert at the Nashville Symphony in 2019. He said he was 71 then, and he still sounded EXACTLY the same. He's always been one of my favorites, such an amazing vocalist!
I wish you could have listened to the album version of this song. It keeps going after the end of the video, but the vocals and guitar slowly fade out until it just becomes that wonderful string section playing its own melody over and over. Maybe not quite as cool as horns, but I think you would have liked the song more with that extra emphasis on the instrumentation.
Peter and Amy Grant…. “Next time I Fall in Love”
This is my favorite Chicago song!!!❤❤❤ Great reaction 😊❤
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From the beginning of the '84-'85 school year. This was the second single from Cetera's last Chicago album (Chicago XVII). Great tune! Wonderful vocals from Bill Champlin to accompany Peter.Thanks!!
This song and “If You Leave Me Now” are my two favorite Chicago songs.
Y’all hit the jackpot with this one this my favorite Chicago song of all time I love hove Peter and bill play off each other This song is a masterpiece
Thank you for spotlighting this song. It’s my all-time favorite Chicago song.
This Beautiful Song Is On Their 1984 Chicago 17 Album, Wherein I Still Have Their Laser Disc Version Of This Album, Which Has All Of Their Videos For Their Hit Songs . . .
I Saw Them At The Berkley California Greek Theatre Back In 1984, And They Really Rocked, And Sounded Great That Night, Which Was Right Before Peter Cetera Left Chicago For His Amazing Solo Career, And Chicago Brought In Bass Player, And Singer Jason Scheff . . .
I had this cassette tape when I was a kid and about wore it out I listened to it so much. Great, great album. You should check out "Stay the Night" from the same album. I think you'd like it.
Every time I hear a song by Chicago it just Every time I hear a song by Chicago it just solidifies to me that they are my favorite group of all time... Peter Cetera's vocals, The Chicago horns, It's all just so good... So many layers to this group nd their music... Great reaction guys...Keep Being Awesome !!!...
Chicago had so many songs like this one! Takes me back to junior high school dances......
If you want to get back to the old stuff, try "Questions 67 & 68" from their first album, Chicago Transit Authority. Big instrument sound + Peter Cetera on lead vocals. Amazing tune
Tons of great songs from this legendary band. Stay the Night & Along Comes a Woman are personal favorites from the 80’s.
LOVE Chicago! Especially Jimmy Pankow on the slide trombone!!! Woohoo! 🎉
You guys have barely scratched the surface of country music.
I am so happy you highlighted this beautiful song. It's my favorite record from Chicago, hands down. With Cetera's and Bill Champlin's shared vocals, combined with David Foster's masterful arrangement and production, HHTB is the best ballad Chicago had in the 80s. A little pocket symphony that is so musical, with Jeremy Lubbock's string arrangements. This song was released right around the time my Dad passed away from cancer and it hit me really hard.
You two make mention of there being two Chicago's and overall I agree. The band started out as a very progressive, organic sounding horn-based rock band. And Robert Lamm's songwriting carried the band for the first few years. Everyone noticed Cetera's unique vocals right from the start, but it took awhile for his songwriting to catch hold. But by the time Chicago VI came out in 1973, his songs started becoming the more requested tunes from radio and the mass audience. So by the time the 1980s came around, when other band members were still heavily involved in drugs or in detox treatment, Cetera and new producer David Foster took the reigns to write some beautiful music. No one else in the band at that time was up to writing massive hits like years past. When band members (not including Cetera) submitted songs for the band to record for Chicago 16 in 1982, Foster turned them all down, saying all those songs sucked. Foster brought Cetera's voice and melodic songwriting to the forefront and gave it pristine production values to make his songs famous! It's really what led to Cetera leaving Chicago in 1985.
Cool story on Hard Habit to Break: It's one of the few big Chicago hits during the time Cetera was with the band that wasn't written by an band member. It was written and submitted to the band to record by outside writers. Right before Chicago planned to go into the studio with it, the band realized the song still needed one more verse after "Two people together, but living alone. I was spreading my love too thin." So Foster called up one of the songwriters while he was in Vermont during winter to ask if he could come up with one more verse. The guy had to drive through a blizzard to get to the nearest payphone (a 7-Eleven) so that he could transcribe the verse back to Foster over the phone.
The ONLY negative thing I will say about the song is that it is so well produced (some say overproduced) that it's not a song that the band ever performed well live, especially vocally. Live versions are not even worth looking up. It really is the perfect studio record.
The "boisterous ones with the horns" is early Chicago, "Questions "67 and "68, "Dialogue", "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is" and "Beginnings" for examples. Later Chicago has many fine hits like this one for you to choose from. It's hard to pick a few to suggest because they are all so good.
I love Chicago! All over the radio when I was growing up. This song gives me chills with the incredible vocals & whole arrangement, so talented.
I can't tell you how many times I have seen them in concert! Fantastic band