Chicago make me smile reaction(I never knew they ever sounded like this,i am dazed)
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chicago make me smile reaction.The musical video react to their 1970 hit,when they had a different direction and sound
Terry Kath played guitar like Jimi and sang like Ray Charles. He was one if the best if not the best and very under appreciated. RIP Terry.
What you're listening to is the REAL Chicago. Formed in 1967-68 and with Terry Kath on guitar until his accidental death in 1978, they fused together jazz, rock, blues, R&B into what you here in this song. Three principal vocalists were Terry Kath on this track, Peter Cetera (bass player) on "25 or 6 To 4" and Robert Lamm (keyboard player) on songs like "Beginnings" and "Saturday In The Park". After Kath's death, Peter Cetera and David Foster took the band into the soft ballad direction.
Terry Kath's voice was described by Lamm as "The white Ray Charles". You'll hear Kath singing on "Introduction", "Colour My World", and "Byblos" (my favorite on Chicago VII) among other tracks.
Real Chicago? Yes. Agreed 100%.
Absolutely.
In 1976 I saw Chicago at an outdoor festival in Nuremberg, Germany. There were over 100,000 people there. They were so good that the crowd brought them back for five encores. On the last encore they said they didn't have any more Chicago songs to do so they did "Got to Get You Into My Life" by the Beatles. I almost died it was so good. Fast forward to 2018. I had a VIP Meet and Greet pass to Chicago in Austin, Texas. I showed them pictures that I took at the Nuremberg concert. I made Chicago smile.
excellent ear mate. You nailed it! Terry Kath was the white Ray Charles and his guitar work is unbelievable! The first few albums are nothing like the bland saccharine 80's garbage! You have a good ear man!
Glad you enjoyed it
I love this older version of Chicago!! BUT and I mean but, I LOVE Peter Cetera's voice and their newer music when things sadly changed for some. It's beautiful!!!! AND poignant!!! Chicago is so versatile!!! NO! None of theirs is "garage.' Garbage, rather
This is the guitarist Terry Kath on vocals here. He accidentally shot himself in the late 70’s. And yes their early albums rocked. Check out 25 or 6 to 4 next.✌️♥️🎶
Gosh that is terribly sad
Terry was the Soul of early Chicago. I love the live version of 25 or 6 to 4 from Tanglewood. I think it is one of the best guitar solos of all time. Love your comment. 😉😎🔥👍
Chicago had 3 great vocalists. This is a very early song by them.
Check out this version Live From Tanglewood 1970 to see the band. They had three members who sang. The god awful slow stuff was post Terry Kath.
That performance is so unconscious it's ridiculous. My God, the man was so, so good.
I rewatch Tanglewood regularly. It's my one "what if" time travel concert.
They were originally named ‘Chicago Transit Authority’. That lp was great
Terry Kath was the soul of Chicago. Peter Cetera was a fantastic voice. Terry was a fantastic guitarist. Jimi Hendrix admired him and said more than once that Terry was as good as him or better. Sadly he died of a gun accident. Chicago changed without Terry. Went from Rockin' bluesy to Soft rock vocal band. Terry did sing like Ray Charles. I liked the old Chicago better. Still liked them but it was a different band. Thanks Harri.
They did not change their vocalist, they had 3 main singers. It wasn’t until the late 70’s and 80’s that Peter Cetera became the de facto lead singer due to his popularity. This is Terry Kath, he died tragically at 32 years old. You can hear Peter and Robert Lamm in the background.
Chicago had 3 main vocalists from the original 7. Terry Kath is the voice that you're hearing. Terry was the lead guitarist - and Jimi Hendrix spoke highly of the man. Sadly, in 1978 Terry Kath put a revolver to his head, thinking it was empty, but when he clicked it... he was only 31 years old. I hope you would do a reaction to 'Leonid and Friends' - their version of this song is INCREDIBLE! This was 1970. They are still active today. They've replaced individuals over the time. They actually have 37 albums as of this writing (11/07/2023).
If only we had more of Terry to listen to.
A lot of people say Chicago has never been the same since Terry Kath died.
lol. So glad you have upgraded your equipment, Harri! This video takes me back to the days when I listened to this song on a transistor radio. Still love it, though!
Welcome to my not really childhood but you are looking forward to decades of just an excellent groove man they got their own sound and they do it so well I really think you're going to take these guys
True that to your reaction, and that was Terry Kath on lead vocal and guitar.
You're listening to old Chicago, the good stuff!
Love this band so much !!!
If you don't already know, there's a Russian cover band, Leonid and Friends, here on YT that is so good members of the band Chicago follow them.
Chicago IS a rock band.
Rock music used to be a very broad music genre those days.
Days when this kind of music was playing on the radio.
I remember them as The Chicago Transit Authority in the early days.
They were on fire in the early to mid seventies . Never the same after
Terry died. Make Me Smile and Beginnings are my 2 favorites from the band.
I was really shocked to hear them sound like this..i didnt know
Questions 67 and 68 also very good . Never really thought about it
but in this particular song he does sound a little like Ray Charles ish.
Both awesome artists , no doubt. Have a good day.
If you check out 25 or 6 to 4 you have to watch the Live from Tanglewood version. The guitar solo is a thing of myths and legends. It is only on that version.
After the tragic loss of Terry Kath Chicago's music style changed drastically...I saw them in 1982...the first time they had toured after the loss. It was still fabulous!
Since Peter left they returned to this sound. Absolutely superb live.
Nobody has down “Lowdown”, by Chicago. One of my faves.
Lowdown is my all time favorite Chicago song. It never got the air play it deserved. 🔥👍😉🙃
I never thought of Bonanza's theme before but I hear it now. Cool!
Harri, I enjoyed this, and your reaction, but, I agree with the other commenters below named P T P that you should re-do this video where you have the song fed directly and not via your mic picking it up from another source - then your listeners will really appreciate it more. Also: you cut it off before the song fully ended - that's one of the best parts of the song!! It builds to a crescendo and that's where you get all the chills down your spine! :) But we forgive you.
However, back to your reaction - I so appreciate what you said and was thrilled to witness your surprise & delight at how good & funky the band was back from 1970 vs. the sound you're used to with them in the '80s. Harri, yes, you are absolutely right: they became a completely different band in the '80s - I mean night & day.
Their original three singers were Terry Kath, who does the vocal here, Robert Lamm, who has a similar baritone voice although a tad more smooth, and Peter Cetera, who handles all the tenor singing, all the high stuff. Late in the '70s, the producer David Foster, who, I will admit, is an extremely talented guy and wrote for Whitney Houston, Celine Dion and Earth, Wind & Fire, among many, many others, saw an opening for Chicago in using Cetera as lead vocalist exclusively and combining it with his, that is, Foster's, style of songwriting which is - and you'll have to forgive me and some people reading this are gonna hate on me - sappy ballads, at least in terms of his Chicago tunes. So it always just amazes me when young people as yourself simply aren't familiar with the earlier stuff and then get blown away when they hear all this great funky, soulful (blue-eyed soul?) tracks like "Make Me Smile."
Unfortunately, Terry died in 1978, Cetera went on to have his own solo career, drummer Danny Seraphine was fired by the band in the '90s over disagreements, and saxophonist Walt Parazaider, still officially with the band, but no longer tours due to illness. So the three remaining members, Robert Lamm, their keyboardist, one of their main songwriters and, as I mentioned earlier, one of their original three vocalists, is still out on the road with two of their original horn players, trombonist James Pankow and trumpet player Lee Loughnane. Those original three members, with several new replacement musicians (actually, some of whom have been with them for a couple of decades now), happen to be touring the US right now, Summer 2021! The reason I'm telling you all this is because their concerts now concentrate mainly on their earlier career from 1969-1978 (roughly). They had 8 huge hits in the '80s of those ballads you're so familiar with BUT, at least on this tour from what I've read, they only do half of them. So the emphasis is not on that period, it's on their earlier career. I have no doubt that a few folks coming to the shows are a little disappointed because they wanted all 8 to be sung - but many fans of their earlier career, like me, absolutely LOVE it!
Anyway, I think you should re-do this video with the full sound and let it play through - there will be plenty to re-react to! lol ALSO, fyi, "Make Me Smile" was actually extrapolated from a much larger work, 12+ minutes in length, that was written by the aforementioned James Pankow - yes, their trombonist, who is also a very accomplished songwriter and wrote many of their hits - called "Ballet For The Girl In Buchannon," and it also happens to contain yet ANOTHER hit that was extrapolated from it, called "Colour My World," a much slower song, which is also sung by Terry Kath and is equally amazing. The record company felt they couldn't release the entire 12 minutes as a single but saw the potential for two of the songs within it to become singles and they were right as they were massive hits. I wouldn't do "Ballet" as a reaction video but you need, in your own time, to listen to it - you will be BLOWN AWAY!!! Actually, that is part of their set on their current concert tour.
ALSO: I saw that you did a video of one of their other songs, "25 Or 6 To 4," but no other Chicago tunes. Harri, you MUST do a few more Chicago tunes! Robert Lamm wrote "25 Or 6 To 4" and I would recommend you do two of his other real big hits, "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is" and "Beginnings," both which also feature Robert doing the lead vocal, and I think you're gonna love his voice. ("25 Or 6 To 4," indeed, he gave that vocal to Cetera.) I would also recommend the softer but gorgeous "Wishing You Were Here," which both Terry and Cetera do lead vocals on and features backing vocals by, believe it or not, The Beach Boys, and "Alive Again," a big feel-good tune, which was their first hit after Terry died, with Cetera doing, imho, his best vocal since "25 Or 6 To 4."
Anyway, thanks for doing this video, Harri - I appreciate it very much and, again, your reaction is priceless!
Awesome comments. Spot on. I'll have to see if Chicago is coming to my area. I'd love to see more of the early, more complex tunes played live. I recently went to see Leonid and Friends, a group of Russian musicians who do note-perfect renditions of classic Chicago tunes, on their current US tour. Check out their videos. Pretty amazing.
@@kenratliff7822 Thanks, Ken,. appreciate that! Re-reading my comments now, I may have gone on just a wee bit longer than I should have in a comment section on UA-cam - but that's my passion for Chicago.
And, oh, yes, Leonid & Friends - VERY familiar with them, incredible!, and saw them in San Francisco a couple of years ago AND seeing them again end November when they return to our city. My only disappointment is that Sergey Kashirin left the band and he was my favorite, and the fellow who is his replacement covers those Lamm vocals as if he were performing in a musical or opera. Lacking soul, spontaneity, relaxed open phrasing. But glad you said the show was good!
Harri: there are 2 Chicagos. One before the death of their lead guitarist, vocalist, arranger and heart & soul of the band TERRY KATH. Before his death, Chicago played a hard driving energetic blend of rock with heavy jazz influences, and an enormously big sound. Then post Kath the band never even tried to replace him, then set off in a completely different direction (soft rock ballads) where they still had success, but lost a large part of their constituency, when they lost all their power and "edge". Search out all Chicago recordings in which Kath was a member, versus recordings after his demise. The difference is startling (from my perspective, startlingly boring) fortunately for you, there's a pretty good catalogue of songs of which Kath is a major part.
Terry Kath, guitarist and lead singer. He was called “the white Ray Charles” for good reason.
Sadly, Terry passed away in 1977 when he accidentally shot himself in the head.
Chicago post Kath was a totally different band.
Terry Kath Was the guitar player & singer on Make Me Smile & was often called the "White" Ray Charles. Sadly when Terry Kath died from a gun accident in the mid 70's Chicago lost their mojo !! That's when started the "soft" stuff your talking about. Their first album in 69' they went by "Chicago Transit Authority" which also is a fantastic album. Starting with their 2nd album release they shortened it to "Chicago." When you check out their first release you have to check out track #1 on the Chicago Transit Authority LP called "Introduction" That one track will take you thru EVERYTHING Chicago was back in the beginning .. Rock, Funk, R&B, Jazz !! ALL in one incredible track Also on that LP is another great track .. I'm A Man" !! ENJOY !! After the loss of Terry Kath it was a completely different band. So much to hear from early Chicago .. 25 or 6 to 4, I Just Want To Be Free, Color My World, Beginnings, & so much more !!
Terry Kath was described by Chicago as the white Jimi Hendrix (guitar) and Ray Charles (voice).
Hendrix wanted CTA to open for him at one point. Kath was a beast.
The great Danny Seraphine on drums!
Yes! SO underappreciated!
The first band built around its horn section rather than adding them afterwards to enhance.
Chicago Transit Authority their 1st album. You must listen to it.
Try Leonid & Freiends, the Chicago cover band. Simply great. Followed Chicago from the beginning but only play Leonid now.
They do have a live video, Back in the beginning of the band late 60's and early 70'S.. Love this particular song. CHICAGO "MAKE ME SMILE". THEY HAD 3 LEAD SINGERS.... BEFORE THE GUITARIST DEATH IN THE MID 70'S, IT'S WHY THE STYLE CHANGED... LIVE AT TANGLEWOOD IS THE CONCERT FOOTAGE YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR... TERRY KATH IS THE SOULFUL VOICE...
Live video is at Tanglewood 1970 the guitarist is Terry Kath who tragically died in a gun accident in 1978. The band almost broke up at that time but instead went through many Transitions and one of them was the 1980s rock ballads you referring to one of the best things about Chicago is that through all the evolutions since much variety and something to enjoy for all
Chicago had three primary vocalists. Check out 25 or 6 to 4 live at Tanglewood.
I use to listen to that song as a teenager.
This was their sound for their first 12+ albums.
Astounding ensemble .
Brilliance defined .
Ultra funk in their first 7 albums particularly .
In 'Sing A Mean Tune' - on their 3rd album - along with 'Lowdown' , you'll be further amazed .
Ooh my terrific song it was part of a movement with three or four movements to it this group was incredibly talented, Terry Kath was wonderful guitar player him and Jimi Hendrix were as one ( just think about it ) We wished
To actually see the original line-up perform check out Chicago live at Tanglewood
Terry Kath on lead guitar and vocals. Band was never the same after he shot himself. Funk, blues, rock and jazz, the band had 3 lead vocalists and was very creative and diverse during the Kath years. The end of this song is a direct challenge to a contemporary band, BST. Should try:
Dialogue pts 1&2
25 or 6 to 4
Feeling Stronger Every Day
Beginnings
Harri, it has been 10 months since you've reacted to Chicago, and this is the only Chicago reaction I'm seeing in your catalog. It's time to do another! Please do another one from their early years. In fact, this one is a banger! ua-cam.com/video/7uAUoz7jimg/v-deo.html . It's a live performance of the song called "25 or 6 to 4." You will be able to see the guitarist, Terry Kath, who sings lead on that song as well as this one.
Bass player Peter Cetera sang lead on 25 Or 6 To 4 at Tanglewood too. Both guitar player Terry Kath and keyboard player Robert Lamm sang backup vocals on it. Kath was a man possessed on his solo, that Strat had no chance in his hands. INCREDIBLE solo!
1. Sing A Mean Tune
2. What's This World Coming To ?
3. It Better End Soon
4. While The City Sleeps
5. Lowdown
Three band members sang: Terry Kath, Peter Cetera and Robert Lamm. Its' Terry Kath singing here and he was the band's guitarist. Oh, He is white.
Ballet for a Girl From Buchan. Early Chicago was the best. Terry Kath sings here and is on guitar. The other lead singers were Robert Lamm and the high tenor was Peter Cetera who went solo. Kath died at an early age. Shi-ca-go.
Chicago devolved into a quasi- top forty hit machine after terry kath died., it was easy for them to make commercial music because they were so talented
Good ear on that bonanza sound - alike - check
Out 1st song on first album - introduction- actually band was called Chicago transit authority for first LP
Have you done Saturday in the Park? Feeling Stronger Everyday?
On Chicago 2 , take your pick of mind boggling classics .
The 3 part 'Better End Soon' stands out as a Terry Kath (guitarist) feature .
They were known for their love ballads. But more than capable of some good rock, with a mix of jazz and blues with the horns and sax.
The ending of the song was used by Monday Night Football as their intro during the 70's.
At different times, Chicago has many rockin' hits, such as Saturday in the Park, 24 or six to four, among others. No, they certainly don't only do soft rock or love song.
The singer and style you were thinking of is probably Peter Cetera and he did a lot ❤ ballads.70's/80's
I've come ack for another listen and see that you asked about "changing singers" but I didn't give a full answer before. They didn't have a single singer, they had multiple ones ... that is, as I mentioned before in my other comment, after Terry Kath (the lead singer in this song) died (January 1978). Then they sort of went all on with Peter Cetera (the bass player) as the (pretty much) sole lead singer. I never really like them much after that.
IN 1970? This Other CHICAGO Was In The 1980S The Singer Guitarist Was TERRY KATH.He Died Of A Gunshot Wound In 1978.
Early Chicago had 3 vocalists! You should do a follow up video with a live version!
Great Reaction, Suprised I'm just now seeing this reaction. Not going to say anything that hasn't already been said about Terry Kath and Early Chicago BUT, if you like this sound, may I suggest you check out "Beginnings ", and "I'm a Man " (remake of a Spencer Davis group song)!!!!! Can't go wrong
Do this with actual sound quality.
Chicago Was Not A Soft Rock Band In When They Started In The Late 60s!! This Is Terry Kath He Died Of A Accidental Gunshot Wound In 1978. Terry Was Very Soulful!! You Are Thinking Of Chicago in The 80s !!
That Terry Kath, man. Yeah that guy wasn't regular on the guitar. I'd say better than Hendrix even, albeit slightly, with the added plus of a really soulful vocal ability. Sad he's not around.
Chicago was SO GOOD when Terry Kath was alive. They changed lead vocalists a lot. You probably know mostly Peter Cetera - the bassist - as he did most of the later vocals. Also a great voice, but very melodic rather than this.
Chicago went soft in the 80s-the BEST Chicago is the early stuff!! This is the way most people back in the day know Chicago when they started out-mainly a jazz rock horn band-then they wimped out in the 80s it was shocking as they dropped the horns-thankfully they've reverted back.Check out Beginnings-theirs a live video at Tanglewood I believe.
Terry Kath Make me Smile, Terry Kath 1946 - 1978.
"Whenever,hearing this 'Chicago', songlyric,I wondered,if the lead vocal'fellow,might have been either Mr.Joe Cocker or Mr.Ray Charles. . .4--25--2022'
There is a lyric version to Bonanza, sung by Lorne Greene (Ben Cartwright)
Lol I bought the 45 when it came out.
Check out Live at Tanglewood, 1970.
Check out Leonid and friends... The most amazing Chicago cover band you will ever hear. Mostly Russians... !
I watched a documentary about David Foster (music producer) a few months ago and he produced Chicago after Terry Kath passed and he said I am known as the man who destroyed Chicago.
Anytime listening to Chicago look for Tanglewood concert
hahahahaha..poor guy
@@HarriBestReactions decades of music he produced and then whoops! he messed with Chicago. 😊
@@sandyshoenberger2697 So do you like any of the stuff he did for them at all? Sorry i loved them 😂🤣😀🤣That was the Chicago i knew..dont hate me.pls 😭😭
@@HarriBestReactions yes I do.
I just really like the older stuff better.
To me the music was like a bunch of band geeks from college got together and said Hey! let's try this.
Terry Kath was the leader of the band geeks
When I hear In The Stone by EW&F I think the the same thing.
@@HarriBestReactions No hate in music!
Saw them twice before Peter left. Magical 💜
The talent of Terry Kath far exceeded those of any of his peers, Jimi Hendrix included.
no jimi luved him he was not better
@@mjsmcd that is your opinion. Kath was much more talented
Kath, Jimi and SRV..... no other for me!
The Trio
Actually what you listening to is three different songs that run for about 9 minutes you really should listen to it all together because at the end I'll call Little Rock Symphony they come back to Mac make me smile
Thought that was Nile Rogers in the thumbnail 😂
70's Chicago is much better than 80's Chicago, in my opinion.
If you want to see good quality footage, with excellent sound , look up their Tanglewood concert from 72, it's all on UA-cam.
Thanks for the tips!
The great Terry Kath on vocals and that guitar.In the 1960s Chicago was one of my favorite bands then, and now.Check out 25 or 6 to 4.
"Colour my world."They originally had that Big Band Fused with Rock,even soulful. In the 80s with Peter Cetera as lead vocalist it was more soft rock.
They had three different singers at the same time in the early days
Bit of a shame you didn't get to hear the whole of this side of the Chicago ll album. Make Me Smile is the first of a continuous suite of seven tracks under the umbrella title of Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon. The version you heard is the first track, which melts into the second - but the side ends with a short reprise of Make Me Smile, and for the track you heard, the two parts have been edited together into a single song. But try to get to hear the whole suite of songs (which really need to include somewhere the first track on side three, Fancy Colours, before the reprise, in my mind). I'm sure the suite was edited/rearranged for timing purposes. Ballet... is an unexpected masterpiece, which compares very favourably with the side two medley on The Beatles' Abbey Road.
They called themselves a rock and roll band with horns. I saw them live a few times in the 70s. They weren't the same after the death of Terry Kath, the lead guitarist who sings lead on this one. Still good, but not as much heart. Check out their cover of I'm a Man (Spencer Davis Group), and Colour My World for more Terry as lead singer. Since you were wondering, he was white.
Thanx..they sound so funky
@@HarriBestReactions That's mostly Terry.
@@HarriBestReactions They were, until David Foster came in and started removing horns and making it more keyboard based music. I liked 80s Chicago, but it doesn't compare to late 60's/70s Chicago.
Carrie cast the guitarist with self-taught he couldn't read music
Check out I’m a Man by Chicago. It rocks.
There earlier music is more the 70's funk and soul style, where as the 80s was more of a pop rock sound.
Check out their "I'm A Man"...and then do the same song by Spencer Davis. Both jammers!
Terry Kath was called the white Ray Charles.
You want funk try South California Purples.Live at Carnegie Hall..
They were so much better with Terry Kath. Like a different band completely.
There is a live version
Please react to the song No Tell Lover by Chicago. It's lit!
Terry Kath had been called the white Ray Charles
The volume is way low. Thank you for fantastic reactions to classics
they actually have three guys who could be lead singers, and they do switch up...
Try their cover of "I'm a Man" and "Dialogue Parts 1 and 2"
You can be heard just fine, but the music is turned down too low
Listen to their version of a song called I'm a man Robert Lamm sings Terry Kath and Peter Cetera again watch the live videos then we just as good live as a recording studio concert recording equipment wasn't as good but they were exactly like their records actually better
For years I thought Terry Kath was black
Terry Kath with white Soul has no color
This is the real Chicago, not the Cetera era.
The audio is off on the music
The western part never made sense to me, I bet some producer added that part.