Terry Kath is an American Treasure.

@daviddragavon7555

Жыл бұрын

You got that absolutely right! He deserves to be in Hall of Fame on his own. Believe the band is already there. If not...yikes!

@tomcollens4621

Жыл бұрын

Damn straight. So sad.

@tomcollens4621

Жыл бұрын

This was part of the 17 minute Ballet to Buchannon (sp?). The studiobroke it up. Listen toit in toto.

@hawkeyegeorge

Жыл бұрын

Early Chicago is the best Chicago.

@daviddragavon7555

Жыл бұрын

@hawkeyegeorge agreed. First 5 albums. And live at Carnegie Hall. After it became Peter Cetera with Chicago, love songs for the masses. I kind of lost interest.

This has the "Terry groove". So much going on between him, the horns, drums and procussion, just amazing.

This song gives me chills every damn time. Terry's voice was amazing- along with the entire band. Absolutely insane talent!

@daveburns3886

Жыл бұрын

So many to choose from but the best Chicago song- shows everything

The core band doesn't have 2 guitar players, Terry does it all.

"Saturday In The Park", "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is", "Feelin' Stronger Every Day", "If You Leave Me Now", "Questions 67 & 68", "Color My World" and "Wishing You Were Here". Just sayin'.

No one else could sing this song with the impact that Terry gave it ✨

Thank you for the memory :)

@donnabruhn6907

Жыл бұрын

We have similar souls I feel this with you deep down ❤️❤️❤️

Terry Kath was an underrated vocalist... this song is so soulful and raw.

Chicago was never the same after Terry Kath died. Basically Chicago died too, in spirit anyway. They became an insipid ballad band. "25 or 6 to 4" is my fave. If you love Terry Kath's beautiful, soulful voice check out "Color My World"

@zimjun7

Жыл бұрын

They were 2-faceted. Peter Cetera's voice was beautiful in the second career of their band.

@Andrea.S.Alvey12

8 ай бұрын

Color My World is one of my favourite songs. 💙💙💙💙

A joyful, feel-good song that makes you feel like its message. Smiling and happy.

@michaelasay8587

Жыл бұрын

Remembering the good times way back then...the world is terrible now.

I adored Terry Kath, that voice and his guitar is impeccable.

Excellent reaction! I would suggest, no, I would strongly suggest listening to this whole piece of music. Make Me Smile is one of several parts to a Suite called Ballet for a Girl in Buchannan.

@gregbacon9808

Жыл бұрын

Yes especially Color my World is in the middle of that. Classic slow dance song from my high school days!❤️👏🏻

Terry is the only guitarist in the band. Along with his amazing lead playing and outstanding voice, he's an amazingly strong rhythm player as well. He was solid in everything he did. It makes his death even more tragic when you think of everything the band lost with that one passing.... Terry was a monster live and in the studio.

This has been one of my two favorite Chicago songs since the 70s; the sheer joy Kath expresses in his vocals is brilliantly bumped by the bass & drums in full bloom. I'd love to watch you react to "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" next!

My guys always ... Always get emotional hearing Terry sing. As they say "cry sweet tears of joy" ... Jimmy P is such a great songwriter.... His mastership of putting notes on paper is beyond comparison. Your next Chicago should be Introduction .... Great reaction as always 😊

@reddoxx4754

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree on "Introduction". Pretty much anything off the first album "Chicago Transit Authority" is worth a listen. I'd also suggest "Poem 58" and "South California Purples".

James Pankow (the trombone player) composed many of their hits. He has been inducted into the Song Writers Hall of Fame as have Robert Lamm and Peter Cetera. Chicago is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Grammy Hall of Fame. I saw them live last month. Three of the original members are still touring with the band .... Pankow, Lamm and Lee Loughnane. They are all in their 70s now but still put on a great show. The band has been touring for 56 years in a row now.

@michaelasay8587

Жыл бұрын

I can't believe you saw them...saw them 😲 n 2003.

It was a sad day for music when Terry died. One of the most talented musicians to ever to perform!

Chicago IS special. Saturday in the Park is my favorite song.

Please check out one of my favorite mysterious ballads ever "Wishing You Were Here" and the Uber fun "Saturday in the Park" do many amazing Chicago songs

The awesome Terry Kath on lead guitar and his wonderful Jazz voice as lead singer. RIP Terry. We really miss you.

"Make me smile" was extracted om the larger suite and released as a single without the band's knowledge. It was their first hit.

Can't beat Chicago with Terry Kath on vocals and guitar. What a great loss to his family, the band and the music world. Gonna see them in concert in a week. Can't wait!

Make Me Smile has got to be my favorite Chicago song, by far, as you said this song keeps giving! The horn section is on full display here ❤

Much more Chicago to discover: Saturday in the Park, Feelin' Stronger Every Day, Call on Me, Just You 'N' Me, Old Days...the list goes on!

My true joy is seeing you get emotionally affected by amazing music moments. And watching people enjoy a song for the first time makes it brand new for me too

@michaelasay8587

Жыл бұрын

I wish he would do...much Karen Carpenter!

Let us stand, raise a glass, turn to face the East, and drink a toast to Terry Kath . RIP Terry.

Ever since I was about 13 years old, from the beginning of this band, I really love Chicago. Awesome music! 🎶🎶🎶🎶❤️

A staple of almost every high school prom in the 70's was Chicago's Terry Kath doing "Color my World"... by the way, the version you reacted to was an extremely edited version. You might go to the original album and listen to the entire piece with Make Me Smile and actually runs about 11 - 15 minutes and includes Color My World. I think you'll enjoy the long version much more and the tempo changes you heard here in this version will make much more sense when you hear the full track.

To me, "Make Me Smile" has always been synonymous with the complete suite, "Ballad for a Girl in Buchannan." (You have to listen to it when you get a chance). As a "detached" single song I only got to know "Make Me Smile" much later.

@jasonremy1627

Жыл бұрын

It's Ballet... Not Ballad.

Thank you for another great reaction. This is yet another song I haven't heard in a long time!

Oh Yes !!! There can be a difference !!! Technically they never recorded a song called Make Me Smile or Colour My World. the band was surprised when the record company cut them out of - "Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon" - The live Tanglewood version is FIRE. 14 minutes. We were confused at the time because AM radio had one shortened version and FM radio had a slightly longer shortened version so we got the album and couldn't find it. That is until we found 'Ballet"

Terry's voice is so soulful. And he's an outstanding guitarist among outstanding guitarists.

It's best to experience the whole "Ballet for a Girl from Buchannon" suite, from "Make Me Smile" to "Colour My World" to all the instrumental work to the closing reprise of "Now More Than Ever", but even just the opening bit does indeed Make Me Smile, so that's good.

SalvoG, I think you’re feeling what a lot of us feel when we listen to Chicago. They had a groove back then, in those early days, that was all their own. Terry killed it every time. Yes please, do an album!

Yes Terry Kath was an amazing guitar player and singer. There live version of 25 or 6 to 4 has an amazing Kath solo. One of the best I have ever seen.

Thank you❤ Chicago fan all my life. I don't know if anyone mentioned this: Walt on sax was in line to join the Chicago Symphony as a clarinet player!! He stayed to help build this band. Chicago forever😊

Early Chicago was fantastic. Your reaction was great, too. 80s Chicago, eh.

SalvoG, so glad you discovered Chicago. Brings back fond memories. Their "Old Days" was our High School Senior Class song in 1976. BTW, I said it once and I'll say it again... there needs to be a SalvoG bobblehead.

Last night my husband hooked up Bluetooth to our outdoor speakers so we could play off our phones. Husband suggested we do a Chicago marathon. I decided to play uptempo songs (about 30 songs). Although I prefer the 70's albums, because of musical masterpieces, I played from all their studio albums. We both came to realize that they had so many songs that could have been singles if they had been with any other band from literally all their albums. They have created so many great songs that in their later years got pigeonholed as a adult contemporary band due to the record company's insistence on creating more of their very successful ballads. Don’t believe older fans that do not realize they never stopped laying down some rocking gems. Their catalog is so emense, it would take years for a KZreadr to due reactions to all their best stuff if done once a week.

Hearing Terry sing makes me happy every time ♥️🎤🎸 Terry was a beautiful soul & an extremely talented musician 🎸🎤🎶 Gone way too soon 😔 You should do their song “Dialogue Parts I & II 🎶 It’s a conversation between Terry & Peter ♥️ Check it out!!

Terry was brilliant. Lucky me, I got to see the band in it's original line up back in the day. I was 30 feet from Terry and was mesmerized by his playing. Stunning musician in a band full of stunning musicians.

@jgibs6251

9 ай бұрын

I too saw them when they were still CTA and sat about that distance. Terry was amazing.

In the summer of 1975 after graduating I saw Chicago live in nacogdoches Texas two nights before I went to Navy boot camp. 👍🏻

Have loved Chicago since I first heard them when I was in high school (my class will be having the 50th reunion next year). I like the early stuff much more than the later material, but the later stuff has its place. My wife and I have tickets to see the band on September 19th. Looking forward to the evening!

It's the perfect song. ....PERIOD. ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS EVER

This is truly a phenomenal band. Especially now since everything is nostalgic for me since I remember it from the 70's, so it's magical. Happy. They are still touring, right?

With all the great songs Chicago put out, Make Me Smile is peak Chicago!

@KennyFisher-io4dm

2 ай бұрын

My favorite too! Got to see Chicago, all members in 1976! What a show!

Salvog, you have a great reaction channel! Thanks for the music. 😊

I saw Chicago at an outdoor festival in Nuremberg, Germany back in 1976, There were over 100,000 people there. They were so good that the crowd brought them back for five encores. On the last one they said that they didn't have any more Chicago songs so they did "Got To Get You Into My Life" by the Beatles. I almost passed out it was so good. Fast forward to 2018, I had backstage meet and greet pass to Chicago at Circuit of the Americas here in Austin, Texas. I showed them pictures that I took of them in 1976. I made Chicago smile..

Great choice. Chicago is one of the very best and most unique bands to come out of the '60s and '70s. So incredibly musical.

you have well trained ears for great music and knowing great music when you hear it .great judgement on the music

As stated below, you definitely need to hear Introduction next. It is the first cut from their first album, a true introduction to the band. Everyone gets a turn on the song, and Terry Kath has lead vocals. It's a must hear!

I grew up in Chicago in the 50's and 60's. Chicago hit in 1969. I saw them live so many times. There was no one like Terry Kath..

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 Make Me Smile. 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. They are awesome.

One of the best bands ever, hands down. I was blessed to have grown up with this extraordinary music 🎶 💃

When I was a little boy back in the early 1970’s, my aunts and uncles were listening to all of the music of the day. And one of them was Chicago, and I loved it! My mother got me an eight track tape of Chicago’s greatest hits from Columbia records club. I played that thing nonstop. And I still have that tape, but nothing to play it on. You really should go back to where it started, and listen to the first song on the first Chicago album, Introduction.

As has been mentioned in other comments, this is part of a suite called "Ballad for a Girl in Buchannan". Interestingly, Chicago did not record this version as a single, that was done by the record company with selective edits and the members of Chicago found out about the shorter version when it came on the radio. As to the album, it's amazing, definitely worth giving it a listen. Great reaction.

@jasonremy1627

Жыл бұрын

Ballet... Not Ballad.

@aeonise

23 күн бұрын

Might be the one time a record company did something good. I can only imagine how many people heard the single and checked out Chicago's other stuff.

Terry Kath was a great guitarist and vocalist. Rest in Peace ❤

This track sums up why I love this band so much

Chicago is the Gift that keeps on Giving! Always enjoyed "Saturday in the Park" ❤😊

On their debut album as The Chicago Transit Authority, you should play "POEM 58". Nine minutes of PURE FUNK led by Terry Kath on guitar, Danny Seraphine on drums, and Peter Cetera on bass. Jimi Hendrix saw them playing when they were known as "The Chicago Transit Authority" at the legendary Whisky a Go Go in LA. He went to their dressing room between sets and told them, "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 became Jimi's opening act on a national tour of stadiums and arenas.

I love Chicago and all of their songs. My favorite is "I've Been Searching So Long", you should check that one out. Great reaction, you can't go wrong with Chicago.

Two other great songs from Chicago in the 70's is "Wishing you were here" that the Beach Boys sing backing vocals on and Terry sings lead while Peter sings the bridge and their number one song "If you leave me now".

Chicago always had me emotional...unlike any other band and they were all masters at their craft. I loved their songs and the intensity of feeling they put into every one of them. They make you feel good every time!! Glad to see you felt it!

My favorite Chicago song. Terry Kath was an unbelievable musician!

You should listen to the whole Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon. It includes Make Me Smile. Incredible Takes up most of side 2.

“Feelin’ Stonger Every Day” 🎤🥁🎸🎺🎹🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@lindaloe

10 ай бұрын

Yes, This Is Spectacular. Everyone In CHICAGO, Is Spectacular!!

Being a child of the 60's and 70's. Chicago, as well as Blood Sweat and Tears were a big part of my growing up - My father loved music and would crank the speakers in the early morning while he was making breakfast - My waking alarm was usually Chicago. Always good to wake up dancing. Love that you are pulling some gems from the past. Thank you.

Strongly recommend you start right from the beginning with the first song on the first album aptly named Introduction. Terry Kath had the brilliant idea of writing a song that literally introduced not only the band but each member of the band musically. Amazing piece.

This song is just a burst of pure joy and energy -- my favorite Chicago song!!

My wedding song and one of my favorite songs ever! RIP Terry Kath. 💔

Salvo-- the first few albums... Chicago Transit Authority, II, III and V (IV was a triple live album,the first three are doubles) are all worth listening to in full. One caviat.. the track 'Free Form Guitar' on the debut is just Terry K. on guitar,and is an excersize in feedback for 4-5 minutes. Everything else from these albums is worthy of your time and reactions. Dive in,bro! T

Terry Kath - "Colour My World." A beautiful, beautiful love song.

Love the song led by terry’s vocals and the whole Chicago 2 album!!

The happiest drumming ever! Kath was great. He could play lead or rhythm. I'll join in to suggest listening to Ballet for a Girl in Buchanan, the suite of songs that this one opens and closes. The whole album is great, as is the debut album Chicago Transit Authority (although Free Form Guitar is hard to take).

Terry’s voice on this is *chef’s kiss*. Gets me in my ovaries. 😂

I loved Chicago in the "old days." I'll just throw in here that Danny Seraphine was a very underappreciated drummer. So damn talented, as were they all.

So glad i got to see them in the early 2000s!!

I love Chicago for all the reasons you mentioned. Their music just hits right. They were the first band I saw in concert back in 1975. I know you'll get a ton of recommendations, but check out "Fancy Colors". It's just a kick ass romp.

teri kath had an incredible, underrated voice... and what an amazing guitarist...

This was the first Chicago song I remember as a little rocker kid many moons ago Terry singing this is so damn good and the drummer is in the pocket and his fills are so tasty Chicago was the first concert I ever went to at the Oakland Stadium 9th grade and a bunch of us were driven by a friends older brother who did his very very best to keep us in check He was so pissed at us for totally abandoning his during the concert. We were young and dumb. Ha !

Gotta listen to the whole ballet. This song is just a splice of the beginning and end of the entire movement

This song, "Make Me Smile" is part of a 13-min medley written by one of the band members to the girl he was madly in love. Knowing this might inspire you to listen to the whole medley, called 'Ballet for a Girl in Buchanon" found on the album called Chicago (or Chicago II). Note: 2 hits were on this medley!

Chicago must listen to's : HARD FOR ME TO SAY I'M SORRY; SATURDAY IN THE PARK; IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW

I remember when this came out, living in Chicago growing up was an Awsome time back then, Chicago was definitely one of my favorite bands, this song came out so strong it was unbelievable. Such a shame Terry left us so early, Color my world I think is one of his most loved vocals. Glad you’re getting more into them.

I love your style of reactions. Your low-key approach is so welcome. You listen and comment very well. Not a day goes by that I don't tear up from being so touched and inspired by amazing creativity. Thank you Salvo from Tucson, Arizona. I'll be listening.

James Pankow is the trombonist with Chicago. On the album, Chicago II, from the song "Make Me Smile" to the end of the is actually called "Ballad for a girl from Buchanon" or the "Male me Smile Medley" was all written by him. In my husband's mind, Chicago is the greatest American rock group, as they are all true musicians. They write their own lyrics and musical arrangements - only a small handful of bands can say that. Terry Kath's soulful vocals, the guitar solo in the middle, backup/harmonizing vocals and the drums make this song wonderful. Yes, LISTEN to the whole album.

Chicago - they write their own songs/lyrics/melodies. The album titled "Chicago" is actually "Chicago II" - their 2nd album. Their first album was titled "Chicago Transit Authority" but had to change their name due to name infringement (Chicago's mass transit system is called Chicago Transit Authority), so they just called themselves "Chicago" and the city was more than ok with it. James Pankow is the trombonist and wrote the complete melody is called "Ballad for a girl in Buchannon" and takes one complete side except for the first song. A rock band with horns. They are all true musicians. A mix of classical with rock, jazz and R&B influences. So much GOOD about this band. Yes, listen to the whole album.

Terry's ad-libs on the courses are just breathtaking.

I loved Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears. Both were awesome, game change bands.

25 or 6 to 4 Studio... You will not be disappointed. And then after that Chicago's cover of 'I'm a Man'. (And of course, don't forget studio Lazy.) 🎹🎹🎹 🎸🎸

When Chicago played in the street in Chicago the whole city danced, seriously

This song is just part of Ballet for a Girl from Buchanan. You really need to do the whole thing.

It just keeps giving! 👍 In my opinion, 70's Chicago = Amazing 80's Chicago with no Terry Kath, RIP = bleh. All cheesy ballad duets and Peter Cetera doing duets is not anything like Chicago was meant to be. This is my favorite Chicago song! Its amazing how that voice came from such a young, albeit talented guy! Its a sin how his life was cut so short!

I didn't get to see Chicago with Terry Kath but did see them in 1982. Great band!

Chicago's first two albums are near perfect. I highly recommend listening to both all the way through. One Chicago song I don't see getting talked about enough is "In the Country" which is also on the second album. There first two albums alone make them one of the greatest rock band of all time

Next must listen with Kath on vocals-Colour My World which I believe he also wrote

Great song, great group, seen them in concert twice, listen to Question 67 and 68, it’s one song, Chicago early albums are their best

Terry Kath sings like Ray Charles while playing guitar like no one else (not necessarily better than other guitar gods, but his style is unique). Classic Chicago died when he did.

It was so much fun growing up with songs like this. We had some great 🎶👍

Danny Seraphin's drumming is so effortless!