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....

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!

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.

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.

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". . ..

Terry Kath is a monster on guitar!! You have to check out Live at Tanglewood 1970. It's ridiculously good

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.

Great band. You can't go wrong with any of their first four maybe five albums. Terry Kath was a guitar god.

Definitely go back and watch the live at Tanglewood video of this song, Terry Kath was a great guitarist.

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.

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.

GO SEE THE LIVE VERSION FROM 1970!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its mind blowing!!!!!!!!!

70s kids had the best music!!! Good times!!!❤❤❤❤❤

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.

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!!

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.

Terry is one of the best guitarist to ever live Hendricks looked up to terrys praying saying he is the best .

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.

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).

1970. I was 10 at the time. My sister had this album. Trumpet and sometimes trombone in their music.

Yes, check out the Tanglewood live version!

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 ✌🏻

Def their best song! ♥

When Jimi Hendrix was asked what it felt like to be the worlds greatest guitar player he responded "Ask Terry Kath". It's true.

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.

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.

2 beautiful Chicago songs, Just you and me If you leave me now

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....

Musicality to the max 💥❤️‍🔥

The horns are trumpet, saxophone, trombone.

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".

this is why i love TOTO all great musicians

My favorite Chicago song is "If you leave me now" Completely different beat

A over looked guitar solo by listers yet this band is a musicians band. Such an incredible band played with perfection.

Please do MAKE ME SMILE by Chicago next ! more Terry Kath !!

check out "I'm a Man" by them

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.

Monster band. Hit machine in the 70s.

I believe chicago's brass section is paid up horns , trombones and saxophones.

Terry kath aka the best guitarist to ever live

I belie Ve it Chicago's peak.They have three league guitarists play an at the same time.

Only guitarist is Terry Kath. He's using a wah wah pedal to get the...wah wah sound. 😶

25 or 6 to 4 is huge, on a video Live at The Greek Theatre 1993! God Bless!

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!

the brass man .

gotta do the live version from tanglewood.

Chicago is great saw them 3 times back in the day! Now you need to do some Boston and Journey music.

Treat yourself to the cover of this song by Leonid & Friends .....gives you a great appreciation for the instrumentals....

There is a trumpet, saxophone, and a trombone in the horn section.

you should watch Flash Gordon with Queen fun watch

There’s early Chicago, then….

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".

Hi, Guy! "Try Hard Habit To Break" also by Chicago! God Bless!

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.

The title is the time

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.

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.

all I have to say is FUCKING TERRY KATH!!