Every Terry Kath era album was amazing!

25 or 6 to 4 live at Tanglewood is an absolute must. Terry Kath kills it on guitar.

@JaemanEdwards

Жыл бұрын

Kent Nishimura you tube channel. Kent is a young fingerstyle Guitarist out of Japan who does an amazing rendition of this song, staying true to the original. Check it out if you haven't already. You will not be disappointed.

Still a radio staple hit to this day. It’s one of the few Chicago songs where Terry just plays rhythm guitar.

Robert Lamm told the story about the origin of that song. When he was a young man walking around the streets of Chicago there was a guy outside of a theater and Robert asked him do you know what time it is and the guy said "hey man does anybody really know what time it is"💡 bingo!

I love how this song perfectly captures the feeling of a city afternoon with the steady pulse and drive...

Wow, I haven't heard this song for 50 years! I didn't recognise the title but as soon as the piano ended, I knew it. Very nice indeed!

@NicknLex

Жыл бұрын

Wow basically you heard it again for the first time! Amazing! Glad you enjoyed 🙏

Fifty plus years later this song still smacks me in jaw. The arrangement is flawless. Many Thanks.

Another great track introduced to our great friends! Absolutely loved being part of this with Nick and Alexia. We have to get this whole album covered so our dear Alexia can expand her playlist even more! This song has always been a favorite of mine, thanks to my dearly departed mother for bringing such great music into my childhood. And a special thanks to all who have expressed kind words to me! I love our dear friends NicknLex, and being part of this great community of wonderful people!❤😊❤

@michaelplotino7046

Жыл бұрын

Hi GB, How ever were you able to get together with these two great people? It was a real treat to see you in the flesh my friend! - Brooklyn Mike

@greybeard2280

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelplotino7046I'm just a lucky old man who made a beautiful friendship with 2 amazing souls.

@michaelplotino7046

Жыл бұрын

@@greybeard2280 Lucky: yes and deservedly so; old: not even close! You're a good person, and that's all that matters.

@greybeard2280

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelplotino7046 thanks Brooklyn! Means a lot coming from you my friend!

@scottanderson8420

Жыл бұрын

Hey Greybeard it was great to see you live in the reactions what a fun experience. Nick and Lex are two happy and well matched people. Probably my favorite Chicago song and in my top 20 all time favorites. It was high time they added it to their playlist. 👍

Robert Lamm, the pianist/keyboards, was studying to do concert piano until he joined the band -one of the founding members of Chicago.

Does anybody really know how good Nick and Lex's channel is? With selections like this. it just gets better and better. Please guys, more Chicago. Written and sung by keyboardist Robert Lamm, who is now 78, and is one of three original Chicago members still with the band. The others are James Pankow (trombone) and Lee Loughnane (trumpet). My older brother got me hooked on Chicago, and because of that, "I feel stronger everyday".😁

This band is so talented. They have so many good songs and they are really entertaining live. Great reaction and it is good to see Greybeard again. You can tell just by looking at him how much fun it would be to hang with Greybeard. Have a great evening everyone!

Robert Lamm at his vocal best!Always loved this song from the instant I heard it from my brother’s album back in 1970!

Early Chicago just takes me right back to when I was a kid and I love it. 🥰

CHICAGO. Whew! This is a fantastic album. More Chicago.

The piano at 3:44 reminds me of Schroeder from Peanuts

When I was a kid in 70's, my parents were forever telling me to turn down my blaring stereo, except when I was playing Chicago when they would say, hey turn that up!

A great Robert Lamm composition. Great reaction. Thanks!

Every song on the album, with the exception of Free Form Guitar, is play list worthy. When you get to the next album, do Ballet For a Girl in Buchanan as the suite that it is.

I saw this band when they toured this album in the 1969 in Hamilton Ontario

An excellent album still fresh 54 years later

One of my all time favs from Chicago! I played drums in a community band for several years & played a Chicago medley tune that included Make Me Smile, Does Anybody..., Sat. in the park & 25 or 6. Was always a blast to play! Love you guys! Keep 'em coming! :)

Another great reaction! Love you guys! PLEASE stick with this band! So much more classic music. Try “Make Me Smile”. It’ll become your favorite Chicago tune. Cheers! 😊🎶❤

@debrabrabenec

Жыл бұрын

Yes, but the whole "Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon", please!

One of the first concerts I ever went to was a double-header with Chicago and the Beach Boys. Lots of fun there.

Nice to have an in-house guide who is also a subscriber. Pretty cool. Because of the easy listening crap this band peddled in the 80’s, it is easy to overlook how great a band they were from their inception through the mid 70’s. Keyboardist Robert Lamm was their best songwriter back then, with Peter and Terry providing the backup vocals. I’m sure Greybeard will agree that there is something fascinating about watching someone listen to a song for the first time that you’ve known your whole life, which is why reaction channels are so successful. I only hope this music reaches more younger viewers.

Still sounds great after 54 years! Every song your react to reminds me why Chicago was my favorite band in high school, and why I am so lucky to have seen them 6 times between 1970 and 1974! This song was a favorite from the get-go, although it did get A LOT of airplay over the years! I'm excited about how much more great Chicago music you get to discover, and the fun it will be to watch you!! Nice to see ol' Greybeard again! 🎵❤️🎵 Debbie

Greybeard is really freaking me out, man!

Besides our awesome musical tastes, Greybeard and I have one other thing in common...if I grow my beard, it be the same color as his!! Great to see him join in on the this musical journey you guys are on!! I hope someday to join you!! A big howdy y'all from south Texas!!!

I KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS "NICK AND LEX TIME" AND GREYBEARD IS AWESOME AS WELL,,MUCH LOVE,KENT.

Great choice Greybeard.

Oh, you don't have to ask me nicely! THIS is my second favourite Chicago track.

@thetid8852

11 ай бұрын

I'm so glad you used the album version - there are so many KZread versions that don't have the long piano intro aaarrrrggh

CTA was one of my favorite bands, and the CTA album was the first one I ever purchased. Awesome album. When I was in High School, I played Trombone and I had a Chicago cover band. People would come and listen on the sidewalk in front of my house when we were practicing. My parents weren't impressed but put up with it. I just knew I loved their music and never expected to go anywhere with it. We were just having fun.

This cut never gets old...I do...but the music still sounds so innovative to me.

That really is a classic album. What I always loved about it was how some songs are smooth and orchestrated sounding and others are raw psychedelic blues rock.

I love the snappy Slingerland snare drum, at the start, so perfect ❤.

NicknLex, This band holds many special memories for me and it is so cool to see you experience these great songs for the first time!

Just another great song from a great album ... maybe their best ... and surely one of the greatest debut albums

Played this on trumpet in high school jazz band. Blast to perform!

We all envy Greybeard for his special access! This song was huge, and still is. Totally forgot that crazy piano intro, though!

Great idea to have Eric “graybeard” in the reaction! Perfect song! And perfect friends to share this reaction with

As there is no off-switch on my brain, owing to the very strong Yemeni Mocha Mattari (coffee) ever flowing through my veins, a notion came to me to suggest that you create a song called "3:34 or 5", which is another way of saying "25 or 6 to 4". Anyway. Thanks for this. I had never heard the full song. They were bigger than the radio portrayed.

@dhfenske

Жыл бұрын

That's a fun thought. It could also be "3:35 or :34".

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is - I stick to the original studio version because I like the opening piano as opposed to other versions. However other songs I go to the 1970 Tanglewood concert. -- (Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" live (Tanglewood 1970) - be sure you get all 14 minutes because it has been cut up.

Cetera is/was a world class bass player. His chops are so melodic. His bass playing is a cross between McCartney and James Jamerson.

This is a great song. Big radio hit back in the day. Saw them many times, wonderful live band. Buffalo (Rich Stadium) was THE place for summer concerts. In 1975 Chicago and the Doobie Brothers played same day. Doobies were great. Rocked the place. Then Chicago, they were great too came on and some very loud Doobie fans were heckling Chicago( get off the stage, you suck, bring back Doobies). Pissed me off bc both were superstar bands and I loved both. I don't know why I'm telling you this lol. Memories..

This song and " Lake Shore Drive " by Aliotta, Haynes & Jeremiah are perfect staples to have in your car when driving. Can't wait for more early Chicago. Also, is Graybeard visiting or paying rent?🤣🤣🤠

My favourite Chicago tune.

@murrayspiffy2815

Жыл бұрын

Musically it's an A - Lyrically it's a C. If it just had better lyrics like 25 or 6 to 4 (am)

Robert Lamm was so inspired by Gershwin Rhapsody in blue when he did his Free Piano improvisation.

I didn't realize we get a free guest spot in studio for just subscribing. That's awesome. Is airfare provided? Not a deal breaker. :)

Well I’m back to the drawing board I am working on a marathon it was going to be titled does anybody know what time it is and deal with songs in different time signatures using this song as the opener. It’s a great song one of my all-time favorites ❤️ and glad to hear it being reacted to I’ll just have to find a different song. Great job beat me to it. 😭 My watch says That Peter Cetera is a drastically under recognized bass player early Chicago songs.

@JKonstage

Жыл бұрын

That’s a great idea, Scott! May I suggest a replacement or two, if you don’t think I’m interfering? Solsbury Hill maybe? Or if you’re open to instrumentals, Take Five? I know whatever you choose will be awesome!

@canonfodder2068

Жыл бұрын

Can't wait to hear your picks!

@scottanderson8420

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the vote of confidence 😎 I will endeavor to persevere.

Greybeard!!!

Peter Cetera was a great bassist and I will continue to shout it!!!! His style of playing is similar to McCartney, James Jamerson and Duck Dunn!

Time is an abstract concept just like you described the piano into.

Song: NIGHT & DAY….from the Chicago Big Band CD.

Awesome memories 💫

As a junior high trumpet/horn player I loved Chicago. The group was formed by the guys in the horn section. The horns often played the riffs that made the tune.

Graybeard, doesn't it feel great for you. (me too, on the other side of the camera), to see "young folks" lovin' the snot out of "our" music? Great vid N&L!

Wow... this brings back a bunch of memories. I bought this on vinyl in a small record store near the base I was stationed on in Germany. I had purchased some audio equipment from the base PX so I had a turntable, speakers and an amp. I lived off base so I able to CRANK IT UP. This is one of my favs off this album. Thanks for reacting to it. Take care.

Greatest trombone outro ever!

Peter Cetera, regardless of anything else I might say about the man and his influence on the band, was a legit monster on the bass. Much respect.

I bet y’all would like “Love Or Let Me Be Lonely” 1970 studio recording by Friends Of Distinction. Great arrangement, horns, vocals it feels like 1970.

@debrabrabenec

Жыл бұрын

LOVE that song!!

The Single edited out the piano intro. Back in the day everybody in High School Jazz Band, Marching Band College Marching Band was playing this...a swing beat...this stuff was all called "Jazz Rock" back in the day.

brilliant

This is the album cut....so good. The radio version takes out the piano, obviously.

I believe this album was one of the very first released in 4 channel surround sound way back in the day. Guess surround sound didn't catch on then either!

63K!!!

I remember the first time hearing this…in 1969…I’m still moving! Chicago = brilliant, groundbreaking, absolutely incredible!

Sing it bro.

Great song and a great band! And a fun video, guys. 😊

Robert Lamm's singing has a great jazz vibe. His phrasing is up there with the singers of the prior generation who popularized the "standards."

@lindaloe

10 ай бұрын

Totally, Agree!! ROBERT Is A Great Singer!! One Of The Best!!❤

As with most things Chicago, context is everything. In the late 60's early 70's AM radio ruled popular music. If you wanted a hit, it had to get mainstream AM airplay. Which also meant your song had to be between 3 minutes and 3 1/2 minutes. Chicago didn't have a "hit" until "Make Me Smile" off Chicago II. When it became a hit, their producer, James William Guercio, went back into the studio and edited this song, "Beginnings" and "questions 67 or 68" down to fit. The edits were brutal (I'm sure you can guess which part of "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? got edited out) but effective, and suddenly Chicago had multiple songs in the Top 40. They had always been the darlings of college FM radio stations, and combined with their newfound popular exposure, they were off to the races.

Would love to see you react to The Beatles song Nowhere Man.......thanks

Written and sung by Robert Lamm.

Enjoy the 1st half of Chicago VII! Saxophonist Walt Parazaider never wanted to write songs - he wanted to be a musician. His only songwriting contributions to the band are on the first half of Chicago VII!

Nick, you've already heard/reacted to "Poem 58" from this album which for me is my favorite Chicago tune. You commented on having to show it to Alexia as you know she would like it. We're waiting for that showing.

Try "Call on Me," the muscial equivalent of walking through Grant Park or along the lake on a summer day.

Musically there is another play on the title in that the piano intro has essentially no meter and then when the band kicks in goes through various meters including 5/8 and 6/8 (i.e. "does anybody know what "time signature" this song is in?) before settling into 4/4.

Excellent song .. suggest Beginnings Met a old piano player playing at a large party who could have auditioned for this group but thought at the time if a rock band w horns would be successful ..

Great piano intro these guys were sooooo talented , unique musically

If you listen closely, you can hear Terry Kath's singing in the backgroung vocals.....

Aca estamos medio calengo pero estamos 💪🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

After the release of their first album the actual Chicago Transit Authority hit them with a cease-and-desist, thus Chicago ✌️

You have to understand the context in which this album was released. This was the period when popular rock was not just abandoning the old music styles, it was renouncing them. Acid rock was becoming the rage. The here came Chicago Transit Authority and released an album that was as much pretty "old school" jazz as it was modern rock--and, to many people's surprise--it took off. Most all of the CTA band was well musically schooled in multiple genres. While most rock bands of the era--if they used instruments other than guitars, bass, keyboards, and drums at all--used LA "session musicians" (many of them jazz musicians) for the instrumental backing. CTA did their own--and did it well. Sadly, it didn't last. In subsequent albums, Chicago became more and more "commercial" and less jazz-oriented. This first album was their best, and--musically--they never hit that peak again, despite having a lot of popularity. As far as musical talent, CTA on this first album was likely one of the most talented of the era. And few other rock bands had the musical "chops" to successfully emulate their style

This was the bands debut double album and their name at that time was The Chicago Transit Authority, not 'Chicago'. They were threatened with legal action by the real CTA so they truncated the name to 'Chicago' on follow-up recordings. The album was recorded in January 1969 and released with a street date of April 28, 1969, so this isn't 1970s music.

Hi Everyone, I was inn a Horn Group🎷🎺🎼🎵🎶 in High School If you want to see a Real Cool Video react to Chicago 1973 Saturday in the Park plus Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is, there at a BBQ with friends, Family & Al Green at the end

I hope this is the album version. This song was heavily edited to play on AM radio

That guy looks like Danny Seraphine. Live at Carnegie Hall is one of the greatest albums ever recorded! TK blows the doors out of The Hall.

Awesome review. Think 3:53 is one of the most awesome introductions to a song.

If you like Chicago…give a listen to….LEONID & FRIENDS…..Russian cover band (Chicago…BS&T…EW&F…)

Their Live at Tanglewood concert video from 1970 would be a good and fun full album reaction! It starts with Introduction and runs through highlights from their first two albums, including a live version of 25 or 6 to 4 that is simply amazing. I would be happy to subsidize it but your Buy Me Coffees are always sold out, 😢 ☕️ I did manage to get in one time and request Poem 58. 🎸🎸🎸🔥🔥

The first four albums were amazing they changed the name because the train system made them change it it was a copyright issue. My favorite band of all time especially when Terry Kath play the guitar ❤🎉 💕

@morganmcintosh7859

Жыл бұрын

@@kbrewski1 yes you are so right an iconic logo as well as an iconic sound. Really the first jazz rock band that hit the charts. 💕 I will forever miss Terry Kath 😭❣️💕

@craigw1911

Жыл бұрын

​@@kbrewski1 The logo came from two designers, John Berg and Nick Fasciano. They designed so many iconic covers and motifs for Chicago. I don't know if reissued vinyl matches the original releases on Columbia Records, but Chicago VI was printed intaglio style by The American Bank Note Company, and you can feel the raised lines. Chicago VII was embossed like leather, Chicago VIII had the look of an embroidered patch and came with a matching iron on transfer inside. The other covers like the metal of the eponymous second album were iconic in their own rights.

@craigw1911

Жыл бұрын

@@kbrewski1 Even though I didn't need IX the Greatest Hits album, it had a cool cover artwork! Didn't like that there were radio shortened versions rather than original album cuts on a couple tracks.

Gotta check out Chicago - Questions 67 & 68 (as well as the fantastic Leonid & Friends cover on YT)!

"Does anybody really know what time it is?" Maybe 25 or 6 to 4? 🤣(sorry) Thanks guys

@dhfenske

Жыл бұрын

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Go to Leonid & Friends and listen to them do this-It will blow your mind !!!

Chicago Transit Authority was told by the city of Chicago they had to change their name.

Hey Graybeard; tell these kids about the Sons of Chaplin

Looking forward to seeing your take on Chicago VII. It's a double LP, the last double with Terry Kath, who died not long after the release of Chicago XI. Chicago VII is a heavily jazz influenced album, the entire side 1 and most of side 2 has no vocals. My favorite vocal track is Terry Kath's "Byblos". My GOD he was so smooth on that! No spoilers, but you hopefully enjoy that one!

@debrabrabenec

Жыл бұрын

I LOVE "Byblos"! Still on current playlists!

@craigw1911

Жыл бұрын

@@debrabrabenec Byblos reminds me of a girl I loved in high school back in the late 70s. We were good friends but both were too shy to make a move. She's down in Florida with her husband and family, I'm in New York with my wife, but all these years later are still good friends. I think of her fondly when I hear Byblos, happy with my own life now and glad the friendship is there even though we lost touch for 20+ years when she found a husband and moved away after college.

@debrabrabenec

Жыл бұрын

@@craigw1911 What a sweet story! I have several songs that also trigger wonderful memories of the past.

"Questions 67 & 68"

Please checkout Beginnings from this album.

25 or 6 to 4..

First time reaction? As they sing along to the song.

Check out "If You Leave Me Now"!!!!!!!!