As all say the 1970s Tanglewood LIVE is a time-capsule, the hair, clothes, no frills concert showing sheer talent in a live performances that totally matches the studio one. Problem is Copyrights for their LIVE ones. Some get it thru...for a bit still some risk de-monitization, but still reactors should see that video to know that bands in their prime of a long gone era....
@jbs25611 ай бұрын
Yes! I’ve seen it many times now and it’s fun to see reactors react. Demonetization is a thing but a strike is worse. It exists so they aren’t being struck and that’s good. That’s why Patreon and merch exist to make some money.
@jbs25611 ай бұрын
Hi Ace, love your reaction but and it’s a big but, you must must must see the Tanglewood concert video of this song. It is a stand alone song and it is MAGNIFICENT. Chicago is a rabbit hole, enjoy the dive!
@42Mrgreenman11 ай бұрын
Absolutely, butt I think it's actually better for the reactor to hear the original first so they can appreciate all the nuances of the live version, though it's hard to overlook Terry's solo at Tanglewood either way, though IMHO Peter Cetera's vocals are a bit washed out in the live version...so I like to recommend diving into every version, as the "Rabbit hole" or "Iceberg" theory dictates...lol...(Was that but joke a Yahtzee reference?)
@jbs25611 ай бұрын
@@42Mrgreenman true. It’s just that live show is off the hook.
@wpollock111 ай бұрын
There is a sax, a trumpet and a trombone in there....and a great guitarist. That is a "Wah Wah" petal used in the first solo.
@deniseriley662211 ай бұрын
He's writing a song. It's late so he's saying 25 or 26 minutes til 4. Chicago is definitely a rabbit hole. " Make Me Smile " should be next. In" 25 or 6 to 4 " The lead singer is Peter Cetera and on the guitar is the late great Terry Kath. Terry sings lead on " Make Me Smile" as well as others.
@byronmitchell378411 ай бұрын
Chicago, "25 or 6 to 4" ... Without question one of my favorite bands in my late 60's to the mid 70's, up until Terry Kath truly untimely death. These great songs were covered at the 1970 concert, live at Tanglewood. Some more Chicago... "Make me smile", "Beginning", "Saturday in the Park", "Does anybody really know what time it is?", "Question 67 and 68", "Dialogue parts 1 and 2". . ..
@RunawayOcelot11 ай бұрын
Terry Kath is a monster on guitar!! You have to check out Live at Tanglewood 1970. It's ridiculously good
@davidw711 ай бұрын
SONG MEANING: Best way to describe it is - Chicago’s “25 Or 6 To 4” is as it being based on the narrator/writer suffering from writer’s block. Written by keyboardist/singer Robert Lamm, and its the time of day, being 25 or 26 minutes till 4:00AM, so 3:35AM and 3:34AM. Lamm explained that he wrote the song when he was living in a house full of hippies on the Sunset Strip in the Hollywood Hills. It's self-reflexive as he was attempting to describe his writing process through song and waiting for the break of day... Many believed that the time in the song was a nickname for a hard drug like LSD, believing that it was referring to the time it would take for the drug to wear off - approximately 10 hours, from 6PM to 4AM. Billboard has the song from "Chicago Transit Authority" (Shortened to Chicago) from their first album and peaked at #4 on the U.S. chart in 1970, staying on the charts for 20 weeks. Chicago has sold over 100,000,000 records, including 21 Top 10 singles, 11 #1 singles, 5 consecutive #1 albums, and 5 Gold singles. 25 of their 34 albums are certified platinum and the band has a combined 47 gold and platinum awards. Add Peter Cetera's solo career thru the 80s and hits he had too whose voice still defined the group Chicago though others did solo too. The song 25 Or 6 To 4 is usually the last song that Chicago will play in a concert.
@craigw191111 ай бұрын
This song is from Chicago's eponymous SECOND album, NOT from the debut album as The Chicago Transit Authority. On their second album, released in 1970, it is the second track on Side 1 of Disc 2, following "Fancy Colours". "The Chicago Transit Authority", " Chicago", and" Chicago III" were all Double LP releases, unheard of for a new band to release their first three albums as doubles. Their fourth album was an amazing FOUR LP live set, culled from eight performances at Carnegie Hall.
@thomasdowling943411 ай бұрын
Great band. You can't go wrong with any of their first four maybe five albums. Terry Kath was a guitar god.
@markroberts886411 ай бұрын
Definitely go back and watch the live at Tanglewood video of this song, Terry Kath was a great guitarist.
@bella-xp7qd11 ай бұрын
Liver version at Tanglewood, please 🙏 1 trumpet 🎺, 1 saxophone 🎷, and 1 trombone is the brass section.❤❤Growing out of several bands from the Chicago area in the late 1960s, the line-up consisted of Peter Cetera on bass, Terry Kath on guitar, Robert Lamm on keyboards, Lee Loughnane on trumpet, James Pankow on trombone, Walter Parazaider on woodwinds, and Danny Seraphine on drums. Cetera, Kath, and Lamm shared lead vocal duties.
@nickey6611 ай бұрын
To me, in the beginning, Chicago was like a jazz band that did rock tunes. I had a fruend who was obsessed with them. Theyve been around since the 1960's and probably had 25 songs that hit the Top 40. They were huge. You have to listen to Hard to Say I'm Sorry which hit #1 in 1982.
@GratefulNole111 ай бұрын
GO SEE THE LIVE VERSION FROM 1970!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its mind blowing!!!!!!!!!
@womanonthinice127610 ай бұрын
70s kids had the best music!!! Good times!!!❤❤❤❤❤
@OriginalLictre11 ай бұрын
Their brass section included trumpet, trombone, and saxophone. If you watch the video recorded at Tanglewood, at one minute, eighteen seconds into the video, (I'm currently paused at that time, checking the video for the instruments) you'll be able to see the brass players and their instruments quite clearly.
@craigw191111 ай бұрын
It should be noted that sax player Walt Parazaider also played woodwinds, he's responsible for the incredible flute performances on "Colour My World", "Fancy Colours", "It Better End Soon", "Prelude To Aire", and other tracks.
@corinecabrera943511 ай бұрын
I was so blessed to be a teenager when this song came out. I get to appreciate it more now that iam old. It's so awesome!!
@cr1621910 ай бұрын
You're right to have an imaginative thought evoke form this song, Ace. When I was in high school in the early 70's, our school pep band played this song in the stands during warmups of rivalry basketball games. Needless to say, the student body would get pumped.
@marktizzard4711 ай бұрын
Terry is one of the best guitarist to ever live Hendricks looked up to terrys praying saying he is the best .
@darrinlindsey11 ай бұрын
This is Rock with a little Jazz influence. Chicago could almost be put in a genre alone. There weren't any other bands with this sound, in the 70s & 80s.
@gotrhythm19 ай бұрын
Jimmy Hendrix was asked how it feels to be the best guitarist in the world. His reply: "You'd have to ask Terry Kath" (RIP to both of them).
@StatsJedi11 ай бұрын
1970. I was 10 at the time. My sister had this album. Trumpet and sometimes trombone in their music.
@markdecker619011 ай бұрын
Yes, check out the Tanglewood live version!
@axelpenn21319 ай бұрын
The difference between musicians today and 50yrs ago, live performances were even better than the audio versions 50yrs for the simple reason bands had to be top notch 5 decades ago. The live version of this song a must reaction. Live at the Tanglewood 1972, another must Black Sabbath’s War Pigs live in Paris 1970 ✌🏻
@Bekka_Noyb11 ай бұрын
Def their best song! ♥
@bradgordon376010 ай бұрын
When Jimi Hendrix was asked what it felt like to be the worlds greatest guitar player he responded "Ask Terry Kath". It's true.
@craigw191111 ай бұрын
Go dig up their debut album when they were known as The Chicago Transit Authority and play these two tracks: "Introduction" and "Poem 58". Guitar player Terry Kath wrote "Introduction" and sang lead vocals. He was called "The White Ray Charles" by his bandmates. Soulful baritone voice! "Poem 58" is nine minutes of PURE FUNK led by Terry Kath on guitar, Danny Seraphine on drums, and Peter Cetera on bass. Kath's guitar will have you needing an ice pack for your jaw after you pick it up from the floor! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oJ6Rfcx9use7d30.html When they were "The Chicago Transit Authority", they were the house band at the Whisky a Go Go in LA. One night between sets, Jimi Hendrix, who was in the audience, went to their dressing room after catching their first set. He walked up to their sax player Walt Parazaider and said, "You guys have a horn section that sounds like one set of lungs and a guitar player that's better than me! You wanna go on the road?" They said "YEAH!". And that's how they became Hendrix's opening act on a national arena tour.
@bethphillips969311 ай бұрын
More music of my youth! Saw them live in Columbus many years ago. Smoking weed, sitting on the floor at someone's house, jamming. Those were good days.
@eviekelpie111 ай бұрын
2 beautiful Chicago songs, Just you and me If you leave me now
@davidw711 ай бұрын
Recommendation is - The Eagles - "Hotel California 1977 also LIVE .... of course another very difficult one to get thru over copyrights. Perhaps watching it live and we only hear it and see the album cover or photo....
@chuck4tnvols68111 ай бұрын
Great recommendation! Live of course!
@moanahughes359311 ай бұрын
Musicality to the max 💥❤️🔥
@markschroer594011 ай бұрын
The horns are trumpet, saxophone, trombone.
@karensaldanha476011 ай бұрын
They had 3 different lead vocalists and for you to get a different flavor but still very Chicago I suggest "Make Me Smile/More Than Ever".
@Rogers_Ranger8 ай бұрын
this is why i love TOTO all great musicians
@paulblotkamp329411 ай бұрын
My favorite Chicago song is "If you leave me now" Completely different beat
@jhas72711 ай бұрын
A over looked guitar solo by listers yet this band is a musicians band. Such an incredible band played with perfection.
@stanleynykaza904211 ай бұрын
Please do MAKE ME SMILE by Chicago next ! more Terry Kath !!
@markmeisels173711 ай бұрын
check out "I'm a Man" by them
@anthonyblakely39911 ай бұрын
Good Reaction!!! If you like this sound of this band Chicago......then i request you react to: "You Made Me So Very Happy" by Blood Sweat & Tears. Almost same sound with the horns and soulful singing. It is a banger.
@anahatatutu11 ай бұрын
Monster band. Hit machine in the 70s.
@charlesstraight5499Ай бұрын
I believe chicago's brass section is paid up horns , trombones and saxophones.
@jdog56011 ай бұрын
Terry kath aka the best guitarist to ever live
@charlesstraight5499Ай бұрын
I belie Ve it Chicago's peak.They have three league guitarists play an at the same time.
@robertcussins280711 ай бұрын
Only guitarist is Terry Kath. He's using a wah wah pedal to get the...wah wah sound. 😶
@worldwidebirthdaycelebrations11 ай бұрын
25 or 6 to 4 is huge, on a video Live at The Greek Theatre 1993! God Bless!
@thomasklosterman987011 ай бұрын
25 or 6 to 4 means, 25 or 26 minutes before 4 o’clock. This is what I think. Love your reactions, keep up the good work!
@Rogers_Ranger8 ай бұрын
the brass man .
@vidge12311 ай бұрын
gotta do the live version from tanglewood.
@acripe987511 ай бұрын
Chicago is great saw them 3 times back in the day! Now you need to do some Boston and Journey music.
@MeatyHead196811 ай бұрын
Treat yourself to the cover of this song by Leonid & Friends .....gives you a great appreciation for the instrumentals....
@mikefetterman678211 ай бұрын
There is a trumpet, saxophone, and a trombone in the horn section.
@mikefetterman678211 ай бұрын
You can hear the "slide" of the trombone, slipping from one note to the next.
@mikefetterman678211 ай бұрын
That is Terry Cath on guitar, and he does use his wah wah peddle, and other guitar tricks to change the voicings of the solo so it is fresher. And, he is so fast, Jimi Hendrix called him the best guitar player in the world. Jimi also claimed that Billy Gibbons of ZZTop was "the future of rock and roll".
@Rogers_Ranger8 ай бұрын
you should watch Flash Gordon with Queen fun watch
@joelslack21389 ай бұрын
There’s early Chicago, then….
@ZaimoZaragazzo11 ай бұрын
Exceptional music GROUP from those CREATIVE music transforming years of beginning 1970, BST did also came out with these fusion music arts of style WITHOUT auto-tune. Pure TALENT! What I surely know and noticed is a difference of Chicago between the style and sound during the time Terry Cat (RIP) was the leadsinger and Peter Cetera came in as the new front vocal singer. I highly appreciate BOTH. Jazz as a basis combined with Rock and bits of R&B and gives the ears the taste of wanting more. Bozz Scaggs did his AMAZING "Lowdown", Terry Cat did his "Lowdown" earlier too. Cetera reached nr. 1 with "If you leave me now".
@zgfit3 ай бұрын
Sorry but “Lowdown”was written & sung by Peter Cetera not Terry. Btw it’s spelled Kath! Peter was the original singer along with Terry Kath & Robert Lamm ( 3 lead singers)
@worldwidebirthdaycelebrations11 ай бұрын
Hi, Guy! "Try Hard Habit To Break" also by Chicago! God Bless!
@user-dl7kh4ke8h11 ай бұрын
They are coming to a city near me in 2024. When I saw the ticket prices, I decided I didn't need to see them live. We had great music back in the day.
@GilbertoGil197810 ай бұрын
If you like Chicago and want to see their music live, but don't want to pay the high prices skip their shows and watch for Leonid & Friends who are a Russian cover band that often tours in the US. They are phenomenal and really capture the energy and joy of early period Chicago. I've seen Chicago in the 1970s and the oldies version in the last 5 years and Leonid & Friends matches Chicago from their prime.
@ivansavoie319011 ай бұрын
The title is the time
@stanpiers247Ай бұрын
Ace......if you get a chance check out 'Out through the in door' by Vanilla Fudge cd 12 songs. It is a tribute to Led Zeppelin.
@mikefetterman67822 ай бұрын
Rock and Roll encompasses a large swath of music. It is an attitude not a genre. Southern rock, classic rock, Elvis, Johnny Cash, the Beatles, Led Zep, ACDC....sure that is all rock. So is all modern country, rap, and some classical. Rock is a songwriting formula, and attitude in that formula that is not only assigned to guitars and funky Rhodes pianos. Listen to Herb Alpert and Chuck Mangione, you can hear the rock in trumpets and flugelhorns. Rock is in saxophones and synthesizers. There is not much rock found in electronic dance music, that is mostly math and perfect timing. Rock has to have that human edge. Autotune is not rock. Anything restricting raw sound emotive quality is just elevator music. That is not rock. But almost every scrap of music you can find from Ray Charles in the late 40s to at least 1996 is rock.