FIRST TIME HEARING CHICAGO!! 🎵 "25 or 6 to 4" Reaction

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FIRST TIME HEARING CHICAGO!! 🎵 "25 or 6 to 4" Reaction

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Thanks for checking out our Chicago reaction. 25 or 6 to 4 is a very interesting song that we probably didn't crack to code of lol.
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@someoldatheist6712 2 жыл бұрын

It's just rock and roll with a great horn section.

@corkydukeII5898 2 жыл бұрын

He's so close now! 'Beginnings' by Chicago just may be THE greatest song on the planet!

@supertrexandroidx 2 жыл бұрын

THat's pretty much how they used to describe themselves: a rock and roll band with horns

@deborahstrickland9845 2 жыл бұрын

I hope they'll do ""25 or 6 to 4" live at Tanglewood. It's incredible.

@icecream9576 2 жыл бұрын

@@corkydukeII5898 COLOR MY WORLD is real good

@wpollock1 2 жыл бұрын

"Big Band" doesn't have that killer electric guitar.....

@dan2007kohn 2 жыл бұрын

Back when this song came out there wasn’t a need to place songs into genres. It was just rock and roll!!

@Gekokujo76 2 жыл бұрын

Genres are usually nonsense...back then, if you plugged in a guitar, you were Rock N Roll. From Bill Haley and the Comets to Slayer....it was Rock.

@StatisticsJason 2 жыл бұрын

Casual music listeners never have been interested in putting songs in genres, even to this day. More serious music fans always have put music in genres. I can remember music critics doing it in the 70s in the rock magazines I read. Chicago (early Chicago in particular) was lumped in with bands like Blood Sweat and Tears, Chase, Lighthouse and others that use horns. They were called jazz rock. Chicago ended up having so many huge hits that people thought of them as just a straight ahead pop-rock band but their origins were in jazz rock.

@avanoosterhout8397 2 жыл бұрын

@@StatisticsJason You need music genres in order to break down the boundaries 😉

@StatisticsJason 2 жыл бұрын

@@avanoosterhout8397 I have some OCD when it comes to music. I always think of what genre it fits into and the exact year. Within a few seconds of listening to any song I can identify the year it came out. I can't fully enjoy a song unless I reflect on what it's place is in the musical universe.

@normantompkins1252 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed the whole effort that goes into a musician into a genre is a waste of time and effort

@juliansuarez8809 2 жыл бұрын

Back in the late 60’s Jimi Hendrix during an interview was asked, “ How does it feel to be called the greatest electric guitar player ever?”. Jimi responded, “ I don’t know, you should ask Terry Kath from the band Chicago that question.”

@TheNoncritical1 2 жыл бұрын

The response from Hendrix changed every time he was asked that question.

@juliansuarez8809 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheNoncritical1 Oh I didn't know about that. Thanks for your reply, greetings from Chicago, Il.

@kobayashiMaroo 2 жыл бұрын

@@juliansuarez8809 One of the guys in Chicago likes to talk about the time he and Jimi were talking and Jimi told him, "your guys' guitar player is better than I am."

@bernie4366 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheNoncritical1 AFAIK Terry Kath is the only guitarist he said that about. He did say that Billy Gibbons is the next big thing after himself though.

@HWCars 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheNoncritical1 Yes. I heard him say that about Billy Gibbons.

@JohnNewkirk1 2 жыл бұрын

Brad, YES! The song is about a songwriter that has "writer's block". It is 25 or 26 before 4am and he can't come up with anything. He's debating whether to continue trying or give up and go to sleep.

@sjs928 26 күн бұрын

Actually, you missed the real meaning … it’s WAY early in the morning and they’re all BUZZED UP , “ trying just to stay awake, wondering how much I can take … “ …. Go figure

@waynefurrow845 2 жыл бұрын

You gotta see the "Live at Tanglewood" video of this song. Terry Kath kills that guitar solo during this song!

@ZacCostilla 2 жыл бұрын

TANGLEWOOD VERSION OF THIS SONG IS THE BEST EVER!!!

@xtrmfc 2 жыл бұрын

Tanglewood performance YES .. 💯

@craigw1911 2 жыл бұрын

Terry Kath's Strat 9 months after that show gave birth to a litter of baby Strats. That guitar needed a cigarette after that song!

@jamesshort8660 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a man also. Kick ass!

@joehynes5452 2 жыл бұрын

SLAYS it!! Love that performance!!!!

@jfree336 2 жыл бұрын

Make Me Smile is a great Chicago song with Terry Kath, guitarist, singing lead

@deangoings 2 жыл бұрын

lol what? that's a simple solo

@RobertLindabury 2 жыл бұрын

On this it wasn't Terry. It was Peter Cetera - lead vocals, bass.

@jfree336 2 жыл бұрын

Not about a solo, it's about the song.

@giftedplanksify 2 жыл бұрын

Beginnings is a long but great 👍

@giftedplanksify 2 жыл бұрын

It was written by Robert Lamm at the Whisky ago go

@brentchapman1958 2 жыл бұрын

There was a time when horn sections in a band was nothing unusual. Chicago, Blood Sweat and Tears, Earth Wind & Fire, Kool & The Gang, Tower of Power, AWB, War, Sly and The Family Stone and more. Music was remarkably ambitious in the late 60's and early 70's. Plenty of bands used horn section but in type of bands they featured their very own horn sections. Great stuff.

@FaeWontCare 2 жыл бұрын

#1 answer!!

@johnclaeys9514 Жыл бұрын

A one hit wonder band called Chase had a hit with a song called Get It On...unfortunately they were killed in a plane crash. A Chicago regional band called Ides of March had a national hit with a song called Vehicle. they both prominently featured horn sections and were great songs.

@oldenslo4141 Жыл бұрын

My favorite of all times, but not Rock, was B.B.King. His horn section was so on it.

@LTJfan Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Steely Dan

@philiponcale1820 Жыл бұрын

Brass Construction.

@bradsullivan2495 2 жыл бұрын

Another Chicago classic: "Feelin' Stronger Every Day"

@kathleenvaughn3630 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite.

@michaelasay8587 2 жыл бұрын

Oh many more

@robertsaul234 2 жыл бұрын

Terry Kath, the guitarist, was one of the all time greats. He died from an accidental gun death.

@t.r.1708 2 жыл бұрын

Hendrix said Kath was the greatest!

@catherder78 2 жыл бұрын

@@utubnagain Russian Roulette.

@BockwinkleB 2 жыл бұрын

@@t.r.1708 He also said Billy Gibons or Phil Keagy were the best depending on what made up BS you want to beleive.

@brad_wilson 2 жыл бұрын

@@catherder78 It wasn’t Russian Roulette. It was a semi automatic, not a revolver.

@mitchellhartman6205 2 жыл бұрын

@@catherder78 no he forgot there was one in the chamber

@frankrizzo4460 2 жыл бұрын

You guys definitely need to check out more old Chicago songs. Rip Terry Kath thanks for your unbelievable talent you left us way too soon 🙏🎸

@johnduval6377 2 жыл бұрын

yes Poem 58

@raymo6795 2 жыл бұрын

He was extraordinary

@robert-ef8qv 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely 👍R.I.P. TERRY(Jimmy Hendrix said he was the greatest guitarist. Great voice also , what a loss .❤️😢🙏

@cynthiafox2541 2 жыл бұрын

I love Terry Kaths voice as lead!

@wenceslaogomez3965 2 жыл бұрын

Best solo guitar EVER!!!

@randallshuck2976 2 жыл бұрын

They are the "Chicago" genre. Try their early stuff like "Saturday in the Park" or "Does anyone really know what time it is?" They were the best, but they really don't have any "bad" songs.

@jjStinger72 2 жыл бұрын

make me smile, hell the entire Ballet for a girl in Buchannon if you're not into that whole brevity thing. I'm a man. Beginnings. Questions 67 and 68.... really anything Terry Kath. These guys are soo good.

@CoffeeAndPaul 2 жыл бұрын

People slam on Chicago going Disco but "Street Player" is FIRE. The album version with the horns is... AMAZEBALLS

@davidkillawee6 2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps not bad, but after David Foster got his mitts on them they sure went sappy, the very thing Terry Kath wanted to avoid was them becoming a ballad band, had Kath not accidently killed himself I think it doubtful that they would have hired Foster, and if they still did he certainly would not have had the same level of influence. In the documentary I saw Foster complained about part of his " beautiful " closing song for the movie " Summer Lovers " being drowned out by an increasingly louder motorcycle, oh well, Foster should suck it up, the movie isn't about his song.

@scottgreen7885 2 жыл бұрын

Chicago is one of the BEST live bands ever. Terry Kath's inspired guitar work, the horns, & vox always provide a great concert.

@alfredristan3445 2 жыл бұрын

25 minutes or 26 minutes to 4 am. The writer was supposedly up all night trying to write a song. It got the be 25 or 26 minutes to 4 am and he was looking forward to go to sleep.

@jonnygonehawking380 2 жыл бұрын

lsd-25 lasts 6pm to 4am its a drug song

@jonnygonehawking380 2 жыл бұрын

L-25 was a pure form of LSD back then

@gerhardbraatz6305 2 жыл бұрын

You got it right on the money.

@SevenHunnid 2 жыл бұрын

I do reaction videos while high asf on my KZfaq channel 😅💨

@jacklewis5452 2 жыл бұрын

Its a Chicago native thing...........you drop the second twenty...........twenty five of six to four.

@craigbillingsley9466 2 жыл бұрын

The song title is a time reference. 25 or 26 minutes before 4 o'clock AM. The keyboardist (Robert Lamm) had been up all night trying to write a song. He was getting frustrated in the early hours of the morning, just before 4 and it inspired this song. Great great classic rock n' roll with an amazing horn section. These guys had real talent, real musicians!!!!!

@sjs928 26 күн бұрын

COCAINE … or … they’re all jacked up

@ugadawgs1990 2 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest American bands of all time.

@northmaineguy5896 6 ай бұрын

So glad to see people still discovering Chicago. I saw Chicago perform live in 1970 when I was 15 at Tanglewood in Lenox Ma.

@yacava 2 жыл бұрын

We used to call it “jazz rock”. Chicago took Rock and added Jazz elements. Another band of that time, Blood, Sweat and Tears, was more of a jazz band that added rock elements.

@PlateOshrimp499 2 жыл бұрын

That's pretty accurate I think: Chicago, Blood Sweat and Tears, and The Electric Flag all hewed pretty close to Jazz harmonies for their early albums. Steely Dan had leanings in that direction but were another animal altogether ultimately.

@deanroddey2881 2 жыл бұрын

@@PlateOshrimp499 As someone said, most bands were one, blending in some of the other, while Steely Dan was much closer to a 50% mixture. You had Miles Davis and Weather Report and such mixing rock into Jazz, but mostly jazz. And bands like Chicago mixing jazz elements into rock. On the whole, I prefer rock with jazz and classical mixed in, but it's all good. Something I would point to do day is maybe Snarky Puppy, which has big jazz influences but brings it with the aggression of rock. Their live performance of Lingus is mind boggling.

@elgonwilliams7624 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta listen to Beginnings. It showcases the kind of musical talent in the band.

@lathedauphinot6820 2 жыл бұрын

And “Introduction”

@lancevaughn432 2 жыл бұрын

The song is about him trying to write a song, he’s having trouble and it’s 25 or 26 minutes to 4 AM. He’s searching for something to say getting up to splash my face. So he writes a song about the experience of being frustrated trying to write a song. Sometimes you two try to think too much. Keep it simple

@old300texan5 10 ай бұрын

You nailed it. I heard that same back story back in 1985 and it stuck with me. There are many hits that were done last minute as fillers. Another one is Night Moves by Bob Seger.

@dougbarton4668 2 жыл бұрын

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. 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

@maya_coqsalonga 2 жыл бұрын

This is it exactly 💯

@Basai7 Жыл бұрын

Cool trivia!

@davidutnik Жыл бұрын

If that's what you want to believe. LOL.

@freebirdtony 2 жыл бұрын

You can't go wrong with Chicago from their early years. So many great songs. "Saturday In The Park" "Feelin' Stronger Everyday" "Wishing You Were Here" "Searchin' So Long" & "Make Me Smile" Just to name a few. Peace Out 😊✌

@prism8289 2 жыл бұрын

Check out Leonid and Friends and their Chicago covers now. Unreal. They do Earth, Wind, and Fire as well.

@jasonjason7823 2 жыл бұрын

“Lowdown” is one of my favorites 👍

@Woody615 2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget "Beginnings".

@knightngail1 2 жыл бұрын

I have a story about this. I rarely saw my father. One day he picked me up and handed me this 45 (not a 🔫 lol) and said you like this band? I was like yeah, thanks. I wouldn't have cared it I hated it just the fact that he thought about me long enough to get and give it to me was good enough for me. I was about 12 and we had a very up and down relationship mostly down. About 5 years later when I was 17 we started to really work on things, like forgiveness. But, he died that same year. Here's to good old Dad. 🍻

@djm4457 2 жыл бұрын

Your story brought tears to my eyes. I'm glad you have that memory of your Dad.

@knightngail1 2 жыл бұрын

@@djm4457 Thanks it's bittersweet

@jasonjason7823 2 жыл бұрын

All the members are, were incredibly talented…especially Terry Kath. RIP .. one of my favorite guitarists ever, absolute monster on that ax. 🎸

@johnat136 2 жыл бұрын

as a 12 year old, this song began my rock journey and 50 years later it's so cool to hear and see you experience it too

@michaelmacdermott6340 2 жыл бұрын

The author was staying up late "burning the midnight oil" so to speak, trying to write yet some more songs. He was getting tired and was having a hard time coming up with something. So he glances at the clock briefly as he gets up to splash water on his face to wake himself up. He's back in his room sitting back on the floor pushing through thinking he can't really remember what time it was when he got back to it because he's so tired. He can't remember if it was 25 minutes till 4 o'clock or 6 minutes to 4 o'clock, he's just that tired. The song is about the late night process of staying up to write more songs for the album and record producer. 25 or was it 6 minutes to 4, he can't remember. He's so tired.

@erickyoung8331 2 жыл бұрын

I always read it as 25 or (twenty) six to four, with him just being slang and not repeating the twenty part like we do when we are speaking casually. The rest of what you said is dead on to my interpretation as well.

@bryannotbrian 2 жыл бұрын

@@erickyoung8331 Correct, the writer, keyboardist Robert Lamm said so himself. Trying to write a song at twenty-five or twenty-six minutes to four in the morning because there wasn't enough time or had the creativity later in the day.

@michaelmacdermott6340 2 жыл бұрын

@@erickyoung8331 ok 🤷🏼‍♂️

@John_Locke_108 2 жыл бұрын

It's such an awesome meta song. RIP Terry.

@andreaschmall5560 2 жыл бұрын

25 minutes or 26 minutes to four is the time frame as I understand it. Makes more sense.

@jangle4246 2 жыл бұрын

The clue is at the very beginning of the lyrics: “Waiting for the break of day,,” i.e. waiting well before the break of day, at “25 or 6 to 4.” In other words, it's around 3:35 a.m. (25 to 4) or 3:34 a.m. (26 to 4).

@smir421 2 жыл бұрын

Where does the sun rise at 3:34?

@supertrexandroidx 2 жыл бұрын

@@smir421 You can be waiting for something that's a still a couple hours away... ;)

@timelesstravelclub6240 2 жыл бұрын

That’s exactly it. Your so tired exact time doesn’t really matter. It’s 25 or 26 till 4 AM.

@jangle4246 2 жыл бұрын

@@smir421 No doubt I wasn't clear, at first. The writer of a song is WAITING for the break of dawn, which will be quite a bit later than the present time he sees on the clock, which is only 25 or 26 minutes before 4 a.m. In other words it is 3:34 or so, and he still has time to wait for the sun rise. I didn't mean to imply that the sun would rise at 3:34. It's the WAITING that is at 3:34, not the sunrise.

@DanielFrost21 2 жыл бұрын

The line is "waiting for the break of day"

@abelardovillanueva4980 2 жыл бұрын

50 years later? Pep bands in high school and college STILL jam this!! 50 years later? The group STILL kicking ass today!! The music from the 70s were the best all kinds of genre'...and here a legendary group!!

@davidreed3021 2 жыл бұрын

Its interesting that although many have not heard of this band, in recent years they have moved to the front in a number of metrics that would fairly allow them to be characterized as the most successful music group in history.

@lewellyncrunkmeyer1512 2 жыл бұрын

Terry Kath was Jimi Hendrix's favorite guitarist.

@joehynes5452 2 жыл бұрын

and Billy Gibbons

@robdaniel3211 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a reference to time. Laying on the floor effed up, you look and it’s 25 or 6 to 4(o clock).

@michaeldowson6988 2 жыл бұрын

He's not stoned, he's struggling to write the song.

@gregwil694 2 жыл бұрын

25 or 26 to 4am

@clintonsmith5163 2 жыл бұрын

@@michaeldowson6988 But if you go enough hours without sleeping it's kind of like being stoned.

@jonstiner3424 2 жыл бұрын

My daughter plays in the Notre Dame Marching Band. The group Chicago is a huge supporter and sponsor of the band. Two years ago, Chicago came to the campus and played this song (and a couple others), with the band during their half time show. The band still plays it during football games.

@robinreiley1828 2 жыл бұрын

Chicago was Big Band Rock,. 25 or 26 minutes to 4am is just the time the song takes place. They were liked by kids for the hard rock guitar of Terry Kath, and the parents liked the Big Band Sound. They held the attendance record at Saratoga Performing Arts Center for over a decade until the Grateful Dead played there.

@cased19 2 жыл бұрын

Robert Lamm was up early in the morning trying to write a song and looked at the clock it was 25 or 26 to 4AM shortened to 25 or 6 to 4 to make the song lyric work.

@conteur5297 2 жыл бұрын

This is classic rock with a horn section. There were several bands that incorporated horn sections. Check out some Blood, Sweat and Tears.

@donaldmoon 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, try out "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know"!

@davidhapka5410 2 жыл бұрын

The 1970 performance at Tanglewood is epic and Terry Kath shreds his Stratocaster 😎🎸

@jeffrobertson527 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@raross6119 Жыл бұрын

Worked at Alice's restaurant across the street best outdoor concerts

@scr00bins3 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy watching you guys groove to songs. Seeing Lex get into a guitar solo is it, that's exactly it, the feeling and joy! Thank you!

@erickyoung8331 2 жыл бұрын

It's basically saying it's early in the morning. They are just using the shortened (and catchier) way to say 25 or 26 minutes to 4 o'clock -- "25 or (2)6 to 4(am)."

@johndrake3472 2 жыл бұрын

What he ☝️ said

@surlechapeau 2 жыл бұрын

B&L, you'll love their "Make Me Smile", "Saturday In The Park", "Just You And Me" and many more!! "25 or 6 To 4" is my favorite song by them

@courtneyarthur3552 6 ай бұрын

No one ever knows what hit ‘em when this guitar solo starts - it’s the best!

@capstan50g 2 жыл бұрын

You got it in one, Brad. It's 25 or 26 minutes to 4 o'clock. Early Chicago defied classification. Great horns. Thanks for playing this!

@scottmatzeder9162 2 жыл бұрын

This song is a real look (sound) of why many consider Terry Kath as one of the Greatest Guitarists ever.

@efakter1 2 жыл бұрын

The drummer and guitar player just got off. And then the horns in the background and that big band sound is just amazing. Yeah you can’t go wrong with Chicago. They’re pretty damn amazing. Soft rock genre

@chrisjamieson3452 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for acknowledging the great Danny Seraphine. The chemistry between him & Terry were the best thing about the band. Give credit to Pete Cetera for keeping up with them live, also.

@eddiecollison 2 жыл бұрын

They became soft rock later in the '70s, but this is regular rock lol

@joehynes5452 2 жыл бұрын

70's Chicago certainly was NOT soft, that was later into the 80's... but maaaaan was Terry Kath awesome!!

@TheBigley 2 жыл бұрын

There is a Chicago cover band called Leonid and friends. Chicago fans it's a must.

@williamsaloka9043 2 жыл бұрын

I saw them live in late 70's at an outdoor Festival in my home-town. They were fantastic.

@butchhaight Жыл бұрын

I saw them in the early ‘70’s. I, still to this day, remember the whole concert.

@kima.4268 2 жыл бұрын

This was the first album I ever bought with my own money. It was 1974. I heard that guitar lick on the radio and I was done! So much great music on that album!

@Woody615 2 жыл бұрын

You just explained why there are so many "Reaction" videos on You Tube right now. We (our generation, I was born in 1959) listened to the music ON THE RADIO. We heard all of the bands, one song at a time. We were exposed to all sorts of bands, sounds, and songs. Kids today create a personalized play list then only listen to those songs, over and over again. We listened to Chicago, Linda Ronstadt, Earth, Wind, and Fire, The Who, The Doors, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Beatles, Queen, Gerry Rafferty, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Simon & Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Bee Gees, Olivia Newton John, The Carpenters, etc. The list goes on and on. We may not have liked every song, but we were exposed to it. Now days they just listen to their play list and aren't exposed to the wide variety of NON-AUTO TUNED songs. There was one Reaction to Hotel California and the 'kid' didn't even know who the Eagles were. Nor did he know that there is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. smh

@BockwinkleB 2 жыл бұрын

I'd call this song pretty progressive. Chicago started as a blues rock band and eventually became pop.

@allensaunders449 2 жыл бұрын

In-between those two they were so good

@BockwinkleB 2 жыл бұрын

@@allensaunders449 Yeah, the in between is where the goodness lies. From The Beatles to Hendrix , Zep, Jane's Addiction, GNR.... I love the balance of chops and songwriting.

@radar0412 2 жыл бұрын

Judges rule that Classic Rock is an acceptable answer to describe 25 or 6 to 4.

@junglebyte 2 жыл бұрын

@GDFB100 Жыл бұрын

The brass, Guitar, drums all on point. What a epic triumph over trouble over not coming up with a song

@davidrollings1467 2 жыл бұрын

After the 70's you will be hard-pressed to find horn sections in bands. originally horns were the electric guitars of the day because they could produce so much sound volume-wise but then amps and the electric guitar took over.

@deborahstrickland9845 2 жыл бұрын

I liked that the flute was used a lot with bands in the 70s. Not a big sound, but beautiful.

@rhwinner 2 жыл бұрын

Has to rank as one of the great guitar solos....

@elfcounsul 2 жыл бұрын

It would be a tough race between him and Larry Carlton’s solo in Kid Charlemagne.

@ositofreitas 2 жыл бұрын

It is called jazz rock or jazz fusion. Very popular in early 70's following the jazz fusion of artists like Miles Davis, John McLaughlin and Chick Corea. You should check out Blood, Sweat and Tears "Spinning Wheel"

@ridemfast7625 2 жыл бұрын

Some bands are so incredible and create their own genre. This genre is Chicago!

@lathedauphinot6820 2 жыл бұрын

“Introduction” is the first song on the first ‘Chicago Transit Authority’ album. Start there, then “Beginnings”, “Make Me Smile”, “I’m a Man”, “Color My World”,…..

@joannevincent2035 2 жыл бұрын

that's the lineup that works for me too

@tomnunamaker9801 2 жыл бұрын

I always thought it was about spending a night on a drug binge which Chicago did a lot. Years later, Robert Lamm who wrote the song said he was up late trying to write songs in a hotel room near or on the Hollywood strip and was having a hard time with it. Basically, it's a song about having trouble writing a song. 25 or 6 to 4 is a reference to the time. 25 or 26 minutes until 4am.

@lathedauphinot6820 2 жыл бұрын

Or it’s about both: staying up all night and doing drugs while trying to finish a song

@tomnunamaker9801 2 жыл бұрын

@@lathedauphinot6820 Terry Kath's wife said that on a documentary I saw made by Kath's daughter who was 1 or 2 when he died. It's a decent film focused on Kath's life and who he was as a person. She interviews all of his band mates except Cetera, who refused to interview, and most of the people close to the band except their first manager who also refused to be interviewed. Band fired him when they found out how bad he was ripping them off.

@CactusCatt Жыл бұрын

I'm one of the biggest Chicago fans ever. Love them so much, have been to many concerts and I own every album they've ever put out. That being said, you folks need to do a search for Leonid & Friends and listen to their 25 or 6 to 4. They are the ultimate tribute band and if you know Chicago like I do, you'll see that they play the song note for note. Since all of the original Chicago guys (inlcuding me) are old dudes now, Leonid & Friends are a re-birth of Chicago. Catch one of their concerts. You won't be disappointed.

@josephmorse4318 2 жыл бұрын

25 or 6 to 4 is actually referring to what time it was in the morning when the lyric was penned. The sing is about struggling what to write about in the song and doing it in the wee hours of the morning. The song is about the struggle of writing a song.

@Mr05Chuck 2 жыл бұрын

I remember playing this in marching band at football games and I graduated High School in 1972. It has been a stable of halftime shows since.

@jamestroost2784 2 жыл бұрын

Me too◇◇◇◇◇ Also China Grove ☆♡☆ Class of 83 HHS Eagles Horns( cornet )

@lewconstantine4888 2 жыл бұрын

This song is a champ. Heavier than folks want to admit. Looking for a 70's singalong with a story? Brandy by The Looking Glass. ... of the Edmund Fitzgerald as well.

@XDarkSyntaXOriginal 2 жыл бұрын

What a great band!! It's Genere is actually called Progressive Jazz Rock

@RSpracticalshooting 2 жыл бұрын

Jimi Hendrix called Terry Kath the greatest guitarist in the world, so that should tell you something. Also, the song title means 25 or 6 (25 or 26) minutes until 4 o' clock. The lyrics themselves are about having writers block and staying up all night trying to get a song written. "Waiting for the break of day, searching for something to say" "should I try to do some more, 25 or 6 to 4."

@alonzocoyethea6148 2 жыл бұрын

Lexi, you're right of your genre pick...when this song was released, FM rock radio ate it up, and it made stars of Chicago.

@betsyduane3461 2 жыл бұрын

They self-described as "rock and roll band with horns" This is 100% blues based

@davenatale850 2 жыл бұрын

I get what you're saying but, I always thought of them as a jazzy rock band with horns. Great players all around. Cetera's voice is special and when people ask me what my favorite guitar solo is, this one is near the top. I once had a cop come by the house to check on a noise complaint from a neighbor. It turned out that I was going a little overboard with the volume on the solo. He understood and said just turn it down a bit, but play it again before I leave! Those days are gone.

@keithespinoza2064 2 жыл бұрын

Certain bands around 1969-70 incorporated horns into their rock n roll. Groups like “Chicago,” “Blood, Sweat and Tears,” and “Ides of March,” were the main ones.

@danastearns7939 2 жыл бұрын

Cetera (bass player) and Robert Lamm (keyboard) pulled an all nighter trying to get a song written with lyrics and composition to highlight Terry Kath's guitar talents and the drummer's talents (Danny Seraphine) and to make it more in the rock/blues/jazz modes that were their inspirations for their music. With red and tired eyes it was difficult reading what time it was. They were considered a rock band by most, with influences for their music from rock/blues/jazz, but they were the first to totally integrate horns . A couple of bands before Chicago used horns as secondary or background. Therefore, there were those "supreme all-knowing" music critics that refused to recognize their "rock and roll" calling. Some of these music air heads (Rolling Stone Magazine among them) said the band wouldn't last because "too much horns, and horns aren't really rock and roll". this is primary reason why it took so long to get accepted in Rock Hall of Fame, even though: No band had more Top 40 hits during the 70's; and they were the first rock band to play at The Met in NYC (that is their Chicago IV live album).

@annaoswald5943 2 жыл бұрын

More Chicago please. Early Chicago will give you that big band sound combined with very soulful rock & roll. Long list of popular songs. A band I think you both will enjoy.

@ewrekzz7360 2 жыл бұрын

This is from the era that predates any of the "sub genre" distractions. Distractions, by the way, that were manufactured by the record companies to get album sales for more than just the top 100 hits. If everybody is in the same pool, only the top performers get sales. If you want to sell the smaller bands, you highly manage them and create sub genres.

@thehdogs4125 2 жыл бұрын

My dad was a band director in the 70’s and I remember his marching bands playing this!

@markoconnor995 2 жыл бұрын

Perkins below, nailed the meaning. It's a studio recording session that's going into overtime. 25 or 26 minutes to 4, is a cliche comment likely spoken. The band, Chicago, was originally known as CTA or Chicago Transit Authority. They primarily played jazz rock, a popular genre of the early 70's. Cetera and Terry Kath did most of the lead vocals. Kath usually also played lead guitar and wrote or cowrote most of the songs back then. A British talk show host once asked Jimmy Hendrix if there were any contemporary guitarists he looked up to, Hendrix replied, "Terry Kath, from Chicago." What does one do when the king crowns you king? When you're on the top and there's no where to except down? Kath would die from a self inflicted gunshot wound, but his music lives on. Check out "Make Me Smile," and "Dialogue Parts 1 & 2" The band was never the same after Kath's death. RIP Terry. Too many great artists have died young. SRV, Hendrix, Kath, Joplin, Tupac, O'Riordan, Valens, etc.

@kevinstarr516 2 жыл бұрын

This is pretty much Jazz Rock. Speaking of marching bands playing this in Mardi gras parades, this is one of two songs by Chicago that my high school band, Brother Martin, here in New Orleans would play at our football games and when we marched in Mardi Gras parades. So you are pretty much spot on with that!!

@chadwhitfield6946 2 жыл бұрын

You've done 2 Chicago songs now and no I'm a Man yet. You have to do it. A great version.

@anita3018 2 жыл бұрын

The Year Was 1970

@ronwalker403 2 жыл бұрын

I’m a Man is a Spencer Davis Band song. That said, Chicago does a good version of the Spencer Davis classic.

@chadwhitfield6946 2 жыл бұрын

@@ronwalker403 Yep. I also wouldn't mind seeing them go down a Steve Winwood rabbit hole.

@randyjohnson1439 2 жыл бұрын

We played this in Junior High band in the 70s. Also played it in pep band in the late 80s. Catchy tune. Chicago made great music!

@PilloryClinton 2 жыл бұрын

Classic rock , as Lex said. Chicago has a unique sound like so many groups but they're pure rock. Even all of their beautiful ballads, which are more pop, is coming from a classic rock group. Terry Kath shredded the guitar in that song and the drummer was going nuts.

@myshkin08 2 жыл бұрын

If you like Big Band stuff, you should try The Brian Setzer Orchestra. Truly great rockin' stuff.

@ZacCostilla 2 жыл бұрын

Their version of Stray Cat Strut is better than Seltzer’s original rockabilly version with the Stray Cats.

@myshkin08 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZacCostilla yep. All kinds of brilliant stuff for sure

@nbell817 2 жыл бұрын

Love Chicago! Great rock bank with a fantastic horn section. According to the band in an interview they did, its about being up all night trying to write a song and looking at the clock and seeing it's 25 or 26 to 4am.

@JimmyRJump 2 жыл бұрын

Love you guys. Brad searching for meaning in the lyrics, Lex finding meaning through the music. Perfect opposites and thus a perfect match. Brad's the perfect lab-analist; peering through microscopes to find a hint that leads to an answer, while Lex has all the answers inside of her, waiting to be touched by this or that song. Beautiful to watch both searching for, or coming to, answers. Brad's like a butcher who needs to chop-up an animal in order to see the different pieces, while Lex dissects that animal at the first look and sees the picture in her vivid mind...

@RussellCardwell 2 жыл бұрын

The lyrics are about trying to finish writing a song in the wee hours of the morning. Sitting in the front room of a house in Laurel Canyon, overlooking West Hollywood and the airport, with the planes’ flashing lights against the sky, he was exhausted and empty from their tour, and the current nightly performance on Sunset Strip, preceded by all day rehearsals and recording sessions for their second album. Finally giving up on trying to write some lyrics and jotting down temporary throw-away lines, he penned a masterpiece. This was their opening song , the first time I saw them live, in 1971 or 72.

@darrylgarvin3002 2 жыл бұрын

If you do "Poem 58" you will get an idea of the musicianship of this band. When they jam, few bands can keep up. They have vastly underrated stars in every position. However, "Make Me Smile," will make you smile.

@craigw1911 2 жыл бұрын

Poem 58 is a deep track MUST. If the Devil thought he got beat by a Georgia kid with a fiddle, he'd listen to Kath and say, "I'm not even gonna try". Hendrix said Kath was better than Jimi himself.

@robertwalker1803 2 жыл бұрын

Early live version of this song has a guitar solo bordering on Gilmour’s solo at Pulse on “Comfortably Numb”….. Terry Kath was called the best guitarist ever by the one and only Jimi Hendrix.And this song is over 50 years old….

@andrea.mojarro 2 жыл бұрын

My grandparents owned this record and it reminds me of Sunday mornings reading the LA Times.. love you guys

@williamj.sheehan2001 2 жыл бұрын

I think I was a junior in high school (1969) when I heard a really cool song called "Make Me Smile" on my car radio, featuring a lead singer with a really husky, almost Ray Charles-like voice. A week or so later I heard another really cool song called "25 or 6 to 4", featuring a lead singer with a super high-range voice. And then, several days later I heard yet another excellent song called "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?", featuring a lead singer with a super smooth, easy-to-listen-to middle range voice. When I found out that all 3 of those great new songs were by the same band (then known as Chicago Transit Authority), I was stunned. One band with 3 excellent lead vocalists? Wow!

@jamesgabor4047 2 жыл бұрын

You need to check out the live version from 1970 , Terrys solo is AMAZING. Jimi Hendrix once called him the greatest guitarist in the universe…🎉

@greeneyesinfl9954 2 жыл бұрын

Chicago has been performing for over 50 years, they had a bunch of huge hits in the '70s and then in the mid '80s they had a massive comeback as well kind of like Heart. The guitarist Terry Kath was accidentally shot when he was playing with his gun and it discharged. Jimi Hendrix said he played better than him.

@johncastle5071 2 жыл бұрын

She UNDERSTANDS the guitar solo and the fills. She gets it.

@nostrilnick 2 жыл бұрын

Real horn sections! Bring them back!

@JC-tq8gm 2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure everyone below has said this, but it means 25 or 26 minutes to 4am. He's exhausted and sitting on the floor trying to finish writing a song. The words won't come. Not a song writer, but if you know the meaning it's clear about the frustration. Great tune and Chicago made a bunch of them. Great job as always!

@joesmith8725 2 жыл бұрын

Everyone loves Chicago! lol

@joesmith8725 2 жыл бұрын

They were bluesy and jazz influenced.

@DJ-bj8ku 2 жыл бұрын

That Terry Kath guitar solo was all blues. An explosion of sounds. Fabulous.

@johnvogel6579 2 жыл бұрын

Jazz fusion combines jazz and rock

@stevenruvolo499 2 жыл бұрын

them performing this live at tanglewood is a must to react to, terry the guitar player goes off even longer then this version

@ebenclukey7293 2 жыл бұрын

"Big Band" is not really what Chicago is. Tommy Dorsey or Glenn Miller and were mostly jazz and swing. Chicago is big numbers wise and wrote songs where the horns were out front, but definitely have there own style. If you go down the rabbit hole you'll discover the roots of this band are indeed Blues. Guitarist Terry Kath, who Jimi Hendrix stated was better than him, is a blues master and his phrasing was based in Blues. His rock chops were top notch as well. Definitely not Dio, though. Ronnie was a hundred percent heavy metal. I place Chicago in that weird folder along with Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers etc. They were and still are musically sophisticated classic blues rock. Twenty Five or twenty six minutes before four a.m.

@bcafed 2 жыл бұрын

They’re referring to a marching band.

@3y3ofDaStorm 2 жыл бұрын

this song will live forever. Excellent choices lately Brad & Lex!

@nathans3241 2 жыл бұрын

The group Chicago has been designated by band members as a rock band with a brass section (Trumpet, Trombone).

@ericpoitras1258 2 жыл бұрын

I've always considered this jazz rock, along with bands like Steely Dan. With most rock music, it's always a little more nuanced than that.

@GrimrDirge 2 жыл бұрын

Y'all worry about labels and categories way too much.

@mikemaggio6429 2 жыл бұрын

I have seen Chicago at least a dozen times over the last 40 years and they never disappointed! My only regret was never getting to see the great Terry Kath!

@billychalmers212 2 жыл бұрын

Lex is so upbeat, OMG she is amazing to watch and her reactions. What an amazing person.

@NielsiePielsie2.0 2 жыл бұрын

There’s a live version on this song I KZfaq that has my personal preference. It starts with the drummer kind of rearranging his kit while the guitar player sets in the theme of the song. Then when everyone is ready, he gives the guitar a good swing and they come in with the hook. Also the solo live is insane.. it is like there is no distinction between the player and the guitar. Also maximum big band vibes. Give it a listen

@steveijams8475 2 жыл бұрын

Jazz Fusion. There is a great concert from 1970. Chicago playing at a small 5500. This was just before they became famous. There is a sick version of 25 or 6 to 4, with an amazing guitar solo. The encore, featured the song "I'm a Man". The brass section put down the brass, and joined the rhythm section. The whole show is on youtube.. They were having a Blast playing together

@davidanderson8168 3 күн бұрын

Chicago was & is ICONIC!!

@johnmrog 2 жыл бұрын

Its actually jazz/rock fusion. Many of the musicians in Chicago were classically trained jazz musicians that got together with their friends and started a rock band.