As great and underappreciated of a guitar player that Kath was..........his vocals are just as impressive......what a soulful unique sounding voice...... Man is he missed by us musicians.......
Two fabulous, soulful vocalists (actually three, with Bobby), an awesome rhythm section and a fantastic horn section, playing incredibly innovative and exciting music-a band the likes of which we will never see again! Mind-blowing…
INTERESTING FACT: The reason they end the song with we can make it "hap," is because when they recorded it, the tape ran out at "hap." So, that's how they sang it in concert!
I'm a 56 year old man who used to listen to this when he was 16. I have been married for 35 years and have four children, and this song damn near made me cry today...
They could never replace the vocal greatness of Terry Kath and Peter Cetera together. And. I don't even need to mention how phenomenal Kath and Cetera were as players. Simply a truly great band.
I used to hate Peter Cetera because of where his music went after Terry Kath died. But when they were together, they were incredible. I'm now an admirer of Cetera now that I have watched 25 or 6 to 4 and this video as well as a few others like Make Me Smile. Without Terry, they just weren't the same. And who can blame Cetera for cashing in on his voice. People gotta eat.
I am 60 years old, I grew up with Chicago from their (and my) infancy. I can assure you, the group was never the same after Kath's passing, and even less so after Cetera left the group in '85. That was 36 years ago, everyone! I still can't believe it, but I have to hand it to the remainder of the group, you are still making a good job of things.
One of The Greatest Bands Ever Period. Might not have the popularity as many, but every bit as good. Musicianship=A+, 3 Lead Singers until Terry’s ( R.I.P. ) tragic death. Great Harmony, Background and Soul Singing. Jazz Fusion meets Classic Rock meets R&B meets Brass, etc. Danny criminally underrated on Drums as was Terry( Jimi said so himself ) on Guitar and Robert’s crucial early songwriting and keyboard work. Peter a very underrated Bass player and melodic as well. Of course Walter, James and Lee as well. What a Group.
CHECK out leonid and friends Russian band does all Chicago songs they REALLY dont speak English im 65 following music my WHOLE life THEY are as good as Chicago in my opinion if not BETTER
Hi I'm 67 and have loved Chicago since their inception. My 1st Chicago concert was the summer of '75 with the Beach Boys at Chicago Stadium. Fast forward 48 years. Chicago is still touring but they're only a fraction of what the original band sounds like. Lenoid and friends are more reminiscent than the supposed real group. I miss Terry, Peter, Robert, Danny, Jimmy, Walt and Lee they ARE and always will be Chicago!
3 great vocalists, 7 top-notch musicians, at least 4 strong songwriters and music that matched the times. (early) Chicago is one of my two or there favorite bands ever.
Dialogue is my favorite CHICAGO song. Terry Kath & Peter Cetera's vocals were awesome. The original band deserve to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Miss the original band. My 1st concert was in 1975 CHICAGO/Beach Boys in Largo, Md 6/1975. Incredible! Terry Kath was incredible. Peter Cetera also incredible!
That tour was my first concert also. I saw them at the Chicago stadium (now a parking lot for the United Center). I still have the t-shirt from the concert! Terry & Peter were the best!!!
I'm 16. And I love the classics ! Chicago, Beatles, Stones, Laura Nyro. The music is so pure, and the lyrics of Dialogue are still very relevant today.
Oh Josie, from your profile picture, so young....if I could mind meld with you, let you see what I saw, all live, the Beatles, Stones, Jimi, CTA (Chicago) Stevie Wonder, Dylan; saw Jefferson Airplane, The Birds, Canned Heat at the Winter Trips Festival for $2.75....if I could do that, you’d glow like an electric banana. ( yeah, saw Donovan, too)
Seems all the younger people watching/doing reactions say the same exact thing almost over and over. Watch reactions to Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers from 1965 [only one brother singing this one]. the video in color, good looking guy with the pink suit on. See what you think.
"Dialogue" is my favorite Chicago song of all time. Terry really rips it in his ride. He died when I was 17 but I never got to see him play in concert, and I regret it to this day.
Terry was a good friend of mine and I miss him dearly. He was then and still is today, in my opinion, the greatest guitar player that ever lived. He and I would get together and jam for the day every now and then and some things that he could make a guitar do were astonishing. Miss you TAK..
The genius of the Chicago from the 60's and 70's will never fully be realized excapt by those who appreciate a group as ultimately talented in so many ways. This son which is about the bad economy of the 70's and the war in vietnam (which i lived through). between Terry and Walter and Robert ,,,, they even today have more music and rock in their bodies than all of todays groups combined. This is what we all miss in REAL rock and music., We can change the world now! Rock on!!!
Sorry I didn't see your post earlier. I agree 100%. The cool thing about his playing,for people that listen, is that he rarely played exactly on the beat. He was a true jazz bass player. Extremely talented man. And when the song called for being on beat, such as "25 or 6 to 4", he was right there.
i couldn't agree any more. his melodic bass lines brought a special groove to chicago, and he didn't get the credit he deserved. DEFINITELY goes for terry as well
You don't need a PLACE to call the R&R hall of fame. Rock'n Roll grabs you in the gut and sticks in your heart. Terry and a lot of others that our generation were lucky enough to grow up to live up to this fame every day!!
A great rock band hitting on all cylinders. Danny Seraphine also a beast on drums - note that his drum kit is placed front and center on stage. Rock Hall of Fame are nuts, no logic to snubbing Chicago.
James Burk if they're THAT Good then they better have a hell of a guitar player cause very few people on earth could hold a candle to Terry Kath. Just saw a Chicago tribute band out here on the west coast that were pretty good. But guess what their weak link was!
Is it just me, or does this song STILL play today in 2015... 43 years later? "ARE YOU optimistic? Don't it make you worry...? When it's time to function as a feeling human being...? Will you try to change things with the power that you have? Don't you feel repression...? Don't it make you angry the way the war is dragging on ? (I hope the president know what he's doing...) Don't you see starvation in the city where you live? All the needless hunger, all the needless pain...?" We can make it happen... we can... can't we?
I agree George!!! A very prophetic analogy!!! I think you are right...I feel as if we are living the same chronology as back in that day...sad as it is...
I’d forgotten about this song. Radio played it a bit then it kind of dropped out of sight. There was so much great music in the 70s and it was getting cranked out so fast. Really miss those times.
Peter an Terry always blow the doors when they sing together! Man we need songs now like this to help us all rally an heal our country great Trac thank you!
@JohnEstep-xc2bc sad part is he wasnt fucked up. The poor guy was clean but hadnt slept for days. Had he just cleared the chamber first or better yet, not been playing with a gun. I don't see the Foster era happening as it did, or he would have had a great solo album. May he rest in peace
An extraordinary band with three fantastic singers (Robert Lamm had a beautiful voice, too!), a wind section of three, great guitarists, great piano man, wonderful drummer and percussion ... Incredible music.
Try 4-24-21 Seen them in 1972 Harrisburg Pa. And I'm a black man 6'1" 265 lbs 65. And my dad took us (kids). So much weed being smoke 💨 damn what a show !
Everyone in the band shined on this one. By far the best version of this song. The real treat was Terry with his rich baritone voice showing how he could also hit a high note effortlessly - smooth as silk. They don't make 'em like this no more.
"...will your bachelor of arts help you get by... "...also hope to keep a steady high..." "the campus here is very very green..." some of the best lines in a song ever DJ Bryan Bee
The upcoming Terry Kath of 68-69 was one of Jimi Hendrix's favourites. I gather Hendrix, because of exposure to Sly Stone, Miles Davis, Blood Sweat And Tears, and Chicago, wanted to move to a broader horn-keys-orchestra (?) sound before he died.
This is the BEST live version of this song. Almost note for note to the studio version off of Chicago V. Fantastic. Rock music today will never, ever match the music, feeling, and culture of the 60's and 70's. NEVER. Today's musicians are not worthy enough to even watch or listen to the great music of Chicago.
When Terry went, so did Chi to a degree.....saw them several times in the early 70's in the South Bend.....we did change the world....and we did make it happen!
absolutely beautiful masterpiece, magnificent performance, these guys are the very best, 100% pure premium talent, top of the line great music & memories of life
Congratulations Chicago! Named for HOF Induction TODAY! Loved watching this song to celebrate. Amazing war footage of Terry Kath. HIs spirit should and will be honored next April in Cleveland. The ending acapella of Dialogue II is beautiful, soaring, loving and incredible!
Danny gave me drum lessons back in 1967. They are truly the best formally trained musicians, that ever hit the big time. I still see them almost every year
And these guys aren't in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Are you kiddin me? Show me where it gets better than this. Getting back into early Chicago. It's easy to forget just how great they were. As long as you can catch this, Terry Kath will never die! Play on my brother.
+MiamiPaul I didn't realize they weren't in?!? (and I'm from Chicago) You hit it right on. I was fortunate enough to see them in '73... I guess I never really cared for their later music, but they should've been a shoe-in based on their first 3 albums alone!
+MiamiPaul Saw them many times back in the day, nobody better. One show I was in the fourth row, Terry Kath is amazing, fastest fingers I've ever seen!
Terry Kath and Peter Cetera voices really complimented each others perfectly. That whole dynamic was lost never to be duplicated, despite so many attempts to replace Terry Kath. He was just unreplaceable. I miss him.
+Puertecitos68 Who knows if he was or not; but just listen to TK's guitar playing on the live version of South California Purples(the unreleased rarities version from Carnegie Hall) and see if he's not at least on the very same level as Hendrix.
Always my favorite ❤. The main reason: Kath and Cetera communicate on the same emotional and spiritual level. It really is a "dialogue." The music by each person is unbelievable and fantastic too!
It is great to see on u tube young people discovering Chicago for the first time the look of awe on their faces reminds me of the look I had on my face the first time I heard them
Saw them in a small college Oneonta in upstate NY early 70s they had 1 album released and were working on the 2nd one . Got snowed in so they played most of first album then came out for encore and kept playing because they couldn't leave either and played a lot of the soon to be released second album. Best band live ever ! Kath was amazing. They were phenomenal!
A few years ago I posted that this song is about social conscious. I got ribbed to extreme. It's about a guy who wants to do nothing and a guy who wants to make things better.
yes indeed Robert Lamm wrote it looking at it from to people's views on the same exact subject..but he didn't sing it. as was the case with some of his stuff I've noticed more and more he does sing but there's certain song he wrote that he didn't want to sing..I believe out in the country is another one from Chicago to Bobby wrote it but Terry sang it. because it took Terry and Peter to do the point counterpoint..
There is no magic like this today in any band...its just a fleeting thing I guess. We can be grateful we witnessed... RIP Terry Kath... Peter please pick up the bass again...
I wasnt there but I recall this concert because it was broadcast over Chicago radio stations around the time the concert occured. A fire burned down old McCormick Place, which was then rebuilt and reopened in '71. Back to the concert this was when the band was at its best performing and creating new music. They can never recreated that sound from back then.
this was a good example of protest songs during the vietnam war and its a great contrast between current songs. songs today rarely point out there is hope for solving the problems of the world and how we can do it. they just gripe and whine and moan about how their world is not the way TV and movies say its supposed to be and "poor poor pitiful me".
YES. Most of today's songs are escapist fare...I feel like our culture has gone south since the 60"s and 70s. Sure, plenty wrong in those eras too..but people were thinking, and wanting to change things. Now it's apathy, and hooking up, and selfies..and, well you get the idea.
The first time I saw Chicago was in November of 1977 in Seattle, they opened with the masterpiece. Sadly, it was one the last live performances we would enjoy seeing Terry. I loved his playing, wearing of hockey jerseys during concerts. The soul of Chicago.
Love this song. I had the joyous experience of seeing these guys many times in the 70's..loved them. Not the same without Kath and Cetera. Good, yes, but when you've seen the original....I'm waxing nostalgic.
I envy people that saw this group with Kath. I was too young. I did get to see them with cetera during his last year with Chicago. Kath years will never be repeated but so glad there is RUclips to watch the past.
loveclassics1969 Glad you love these guys. I did too. I live in Rockford Il and they played many a gig in Rockford at the Stardust in the 60's before they were famous. I got to meet and talk with them all except Terry Kath. He never left the stage when they were on breaks. He was constantly trying new licks and tweeking his amp. They were known as The Big Thing and/or The Big Sound back then. I still think they were the greatest band ever until Terry died. Their first two albums were amazing works of art. I was in a band, too, back then so we had a lot in common. One more side note. Me and a friend were at this concert at the Arie Crown Theater in 1972. It was on a Sunday and we had just seen the Chicago Bears play the Detroit Lions. We walked over to the Arie Crown and asked if they had any tickets to the concert and they had two. What a great day.
reinakj OK. Most of the band were students at DePaul university and they would drive out to Rockford after school to play. I remember that they were tired most of the time. I think Danny Seraphine and Terry Kath had a special bond and Danny probably wouldn't have left with Terry still there. My computer is going to reset. I'll write more later.
Terry Kath was a big football player with a guitar in hand. He has so much driving force in this song. You can see how much he influence Peter to let his gritty side out. Terry and Danny made that band rock. Without Terry as a driving force Danny wasn't allowed to rock on his own.
You can't have a Mount Rushmore of American music without this group
Their faces have all been carved into my mind & soul!
As great and underappreciated of a guitar player that Kath was..........his vocals are just as impressive......what a soulful unique sounding voice......
Man is he missed by us musicians.......
wow what a GREAT comment!
14 years ago and still relevant in 2022
Listen to his solo stuff.., he sounds like Ray Charles..!
He had it all.
Right On Bro.
His voice was amazing! Let alone his guitar playing!
Two fabulous, soulful vocalists (actually three, with Bobby), an awesome rhythm section and a fantastic horn section, playing incredibly innovative and exciting music-a band the likes of which we will never see again! Mind-blowing…
INTERESTING FACT: The reason they end the song with we can make it "hap," is because when they recorded it, the tape ran out at "hap." So, that's how they sang it in concert!
Thanks! I've always wondered. Makes sense.
Don't forget Danny...one of the great all time drummers yessssssss
YES!!!
Feb 28,2023. Just as awesome now as when I was a kid. 61 years now. Listening to the vocals still gives me goosebumps. Where has the time gone?
An all time fave! Sadly we didn't make it happen!
I'm a 56 year old man who used to listen to this when he was 16. I have been married for 35 years and have four children, and this song damn near made me cry today...
It just did make me cry.
“The power of a million new ideas.”
RIP Terry Kath.
Wonderful, I know what you mean...those times!
Beards are UGLY, agree?
@@stevecareskey6542 THOSE beards!
That is a powerful song done by a Super Talented group. Terry and Peter were AWESOME singing this song. Such POWERFUL vocals. Made me cry too....
They could never replace the vocal greatness of Terry Kath and Peter Cetera together. And. I don't even need to mention how phenomenal Kath and Cetera were as players. Simply a truly great band.
You are right on brother!
Agree!
I've always felt this song was the real gem on Chicago V.
I used to hate Peter Cetera because of where his music went after Terry Kath died. But when they were together, they were incredible. I'm now an admirer of Cetera now that I have watched 25 or 6 to 4 and this video as well as a few others like Make Me Smile. Without Terry, they just weren't the same. And who can blame Cetera for cashing in on his voice. People gotta eat.
I am 60 years old, I grew up with Chicago from their (and my) infancy. I can assure you, the group was never the same after Kath's passing, and even less so after Cetera left the group in '85. That was 36 years ago, everyone! I still can't believe it, but I have to hand it to the remainder of the group, you are still making a good job of things.
One of The Greatest Bands Ever Period. Might not have the popularity as many, but every bit as good. Musicianship=A+, 3 Lead Singers until Terry’s ( R.I.P. ) tragic death. Great Harmony, Background and Soul Singing. Jazz Fusion meets Classic Rock meets R&B meets Brass, etc. Danny criminally underrated on Drums as was Terry( Jimi said so himself ) on Guitar and Robert’s crucial early songwriting and keyboard work. Peter a very underrated Bass player and melodic as well. Of course Walter, James and Lee as well. What a Group.
CHECK out leonid and friends Russian band does all Chicago songs they REALLY dont speak English im 65 following music my WHOLE life THEY are as good as Chicago in my opinion if not BETTER
Hi I'm 67 and have loved Chicago since their inception. My 1st Chicago concert was the summer of '75 with the Beach Boys at Chicago Stadium. Fast forward 48 years. Chicago is still touring but they're only a fraction of what the original band sounds like. Lenoid and friends are more reminiscent than the supposed real group. I miss Terry, Peter, Robert, Danny, Jimmy, Walt and Lee they ARE and always will be Chicago!
3 great vocalists, 7 top-notch musicians, at least 4 strong songwriters and music that matched the times. (early) Chicago is one of my two or there favorite bands ever.
I so loved Chicago back then when Terry was alive.
Saw them in 1977 when I was 15. The Beach Boys opened for them and they were great. It was such a fun night!!
June 2020 and this song means more now than ever.
Totally agree!!!!
an anthem for the times Trump 2020
Drumf is a lowlife scumbag POS
Swear Terry Kath could sing the phone book and it would still be awesome and bring tears to my eyes!!
They have made it happen and changed the world.
Terry and Peter - what an awesome duo! Both are so underrated as musicians!
I believe Hendrix stated that Kath was better than him.
I had cancer of elbow & knee. Was in hospice to die. Heard this song. Next day was cancer free. Make a difference give to American Cancer Society.
Nothing beats old Chicago. Great stuff. Rock On!
Dialogue is my favorite CHICAGO song. Terry Kath & Peter Cetera's vocals were awesome. The original band deserve to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Miss the original band. My 1st concert was in 1975 CHICAGO/Beach Boys in Largo, Md 6/1975. Incredible! Terry Kath was incredible. Peter Cetera also incredible!
I agree with H. Anthony Carnucci 100% My 1st concert was Chicago and the Beach Boys Summer of 75,I was 19. Fantastic time to grow up in Chicago!
That tour was my first concert also. I saw them at the Chicago stadium (now a parking lot for the United Center). I still have the t-shirt from the concert! Terry & Peter were the best!!!
This blows me away. Real music, real musicians, not the crap you hear on Top 40 radio.
I'm 16. And I love the classics ! Chicago, Beatles, Stones, Laura Nyro. The music is so pure, and the lyrics of Dialogue are still very relevant today.
Oh Josie, from your profile picture, so young....if I could mind meld with you, let you see what I saw, all live, the Beatles, Stones, Jimi, CTA (Chicago) Stevie Wonder, Dylan; saw Jefferson Airplane, The Birds, Canned Heat at the Winter Trips Festival for $2.75....if I could do that, you’d glow like an electric banana. ( yeah, saw Donovan, too)
True, very real.
Seems all the younger people watching/doing reactions say the same exact thing almost over and over. Watch reactions to Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers from 1965 [only one brother singing this one]. the video in color, good looking guy with the pink suit on. See what you think.
Terry's guitar and soulful bass voice will never be duplicated...One bad ass white boy
Terry tips the guitar.peter cetera slaps the bass.both great singers
Back when they were a “rock band with horns” and not a “syrupy band with ballads”!
The song had such intricate tempo changes, brilliant lyrics and is sung with unrestrained passion. Man the 70's rocked. Where has all the soul gone???
The soul is lost; the pain remains
"Dialogue" is my favorite Chicago song of all time. Terry really rips it in his ride. He died when I was 17 but I never got to see him play in concert, and I regret it to this day.
Chicago V. Side 1. Blew me away when I bought the album back in '74. Still does.
Terry was a good friend of mine and I miss him dearly. He was then and still is today, in my opinion, the greatest guitar player that ever lived. He and I would get together and jam for the day every now and then and some things that he could make a guitar do were astonishing. Miss you TAK..
Love this song.....they are such amazing musicians. In my opinion i put Kath up there with guys like Hendrix, Clapton and Page.
I was 15 when he died but I saw him live once.
@@anthonymenneke884 Lots of people do.
Terry sings like Ray Charles.., check out his solo stuff.., Hendrix LOVED Terry’s guitar playing.., the best of BOTH worlds !
Terry Kath.. one of the most UNDERATED guitarists of all time... R.I.P. brother....
Saw them live in '73. Unforgettable, Terry was an absolutely monstrous player. The band itself at the time was the best thing around.
Saw them live about 7 times
Peter Cetera has one of greatest singing voices of all time
Peter is also an incredible bass player
Great vocalist and bass player. Same with Terry Kath, who sang, played BOTH lead & rhythm guitar (and bass). Amazing.
This is an amazing live performance! They sound just as good live as they do in their studio recordings. Very rare!
Terry Kath, guitar bad-ass he put the rock into this jazz rock band! R.I.P you brought it every night! Hendrix loved you!
seen the documentary even more than ever
and they said that Jimi Hendrix said that Terry Kath is a better guitarist than him
I feel so foolish...didn't realize until now this is Chicago👀 More impressed than ever with MY Chicago band since 1970, 👏🏻 in middle school 🧡💛💜💚
The genius of the Chicago from the 60's and 70's will never fully be realized excapt by those who appreciate a group as ultimately talented in so many ways. This son which is about the bad economy of the 70's and the war in vietnam (which i lived through). between Terry and Walter and Robert ,,,, they even today have more music and rock in their bodies than all of todays groups combined. This is what we all miss in REAL rock and music., We can change the world now! Rock on!!!
I'm almost positive, I was at this concert. I NEVER missed Chicago when they came to the Arie Crown. This song is timeless.
This song was one of my favorites as a young teenager, still brings tears to my eyes. The one and only, Terry Kath!
What a timely work, both then and now!
I enjoyed hearing Cetera's bass lines in this song. A lot of the times, the horns drown them out. Cetera was a very underrated bassist, in my opinion.
Sorry I didn't see your post earlier. I agree 100%. The cool thing about his playing,for people that listen, is that he rarely played exactly on the beat. He was a true jazz bass player. Extremely talented man. And when the song called for being on beat, such as "25 or 6 to 4", he was right there.
i couldn't agree any more. his melodic bass lines brought a special groove to chicago, and he didn't get the credit he deserved. DEFINITELY goes for terry as well
Cetera is playing a Gibson Mahogany EB-3, which he apparently didn't care for as much as his Fender Maple Precision.
Robert G. He can still sing, though.
And Hendrix said that Kath was better than him the first time he heard him.
Probably one of the best songs ever. I've been a musician over 40 years and this has to be one of my all-time favorites!
You don't need a PLACE to call the R&R hall of fame. Rock'n Roll grabs you in the gut and sticks in your heart. Terry and a lot of others that our generation were lucky enough to grow up to live up to this fame every day!!
I'm proud to and most appreciative I was in front 3 times in Vancouver. B.C. Pacific Coliseum, These vids take ya back
That was so good...
August 2, 2020 💜💜
A great rock band hitting on all cylinders. Danny Seraphine also a beast on drums - note that his drum kit is placed front and center on stage. Rock Hall of Fame are nuts, no logic to snubbing Chicago.
+Robert Erdman Danny was hilarious last night at Rock Hall OMG what a show!
DANNY SERAPHINE
THEY MADE IT THERE, BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
Danny sits in with my brother's Chicago tribute band - PATCHWORK - when he's anywhere near Philly. Yeah, they are that good!
James Burk if they're THAT Good then they better have a hell of a guitar player cause very few people on earth could hold a candle to Terry Kath. Just saw a Chicago tribute band out here on the west coast that were pretty good. But guess what their weak link was!
Jimmy, the horn section, Terry and Peter...the heart and soul of Chicago. Good songwriting by Robert.
No band in history made more incredible music than the great Chicago!
Is it just me, or does this song STILL play today in 2015... 43 years later?
"ARE YOU optimistic?
Don't it make you worry...?
When it's time to function as a feeling human being...?
Will you try to change things with the power that you have?
Don't you feel repression...?
Don't it make you angry the way the war is dragging on ? (I hope the president know what he's doing...)
Don't you see starvation in the city where you live? All the needless hunger, all the needless pain...?"
We can make it happen... we can... can't we?
I agree George!!! A very prophetic analogy!!! I think you are right...I feel as if we are living the same chronology as back in that day...sad as it is...
+George Smith My neighbors don't seem hungry, cuz, they haven't got the time. Haven't got the time.
George Smith Was
George Smith Yep, still just as relevant today.
Hey @George Smith we cannot let the Establishment turn us all into shadeless automatons. Don't let them tell you how to think.
A rock band with a brass section....unheard of....I love theses guys !!!!
I’d forgotten about this song. Radio played it a bit then it kind of dropped out of sight. There was so much great music in the 70s and it was getting cranked out so fast. Really miss those times.
A great and relevant song no matter what year.
Thank you so much. I forgot how great Terry Kath was. He was so soulful.
I can not possibly love this song more.
Peter an Terry always blow the doors when they sing together! Man we need songs now like this to help us all rally an heal our country great Trac thank you!
Classic song of the seventies, brings me back to those times growing up in the neighborhood of G.C.S. the best of times.
Song gives me chills every time I hear it......Amazing song, amazing musicians!! Amazing Kath solos!!
NOW this is CHICAGO, not band that's impersonating them the past 30 years
AMEN!
Right on Mark Raum!!!
right shame on terry kath for not coming back to life. You guys sound old and bitter.
Had Terry Kath had not been fucked up playing with a gun, who knows what could've been
@JohnEstep-xc2bc sad part is he wasnt fucked up. The poor guy was clean but hadnt slept for days. Had he just cleared the chamber first or better yet, not been playing with a gun. I don't see the Foster era happening as it did, or he would have had a great solo album. May he rest in peace
An extraordinary band with three fantastic singers (Robert Lamm had a beautiful voice, too!), a wind section of three, great guitarists, great piano man, wonderful drummer and percussion ... Incredible music.
Who is listening to Terry and Peter in 2020 🎤🎸❤💔💋🎵💘
Try 4-24-21 Seen them in 1972 Harrisburg Pa. And I'm a black man 6'1" 265 lbs 65. And my dad took us (kids). So much weed being smoke 💨 damn what a show !
Everyone in the band shined on this one. By far the best version of this song. The real treat was Terry with his rich baritone voice showing how he could also hit a high note effortlessly - smooth as silk. They don't make 'em like this no more.
I have never gotten over Terry's death. He was amazing and so unique. He felt like a musical brother to me.
@@markpowell1171 I was overseas in the Navy when it happened, didn't figure it out for years.
@@markpowell1171 Terry couldn't be replaced by a whole team of musicians, an extraordinary talent.
Live Rules.
Terry's just punishing that guitar. 70s classic rock is simply the greatest.
and the tele loves it!
He beat that guitar like it talk about his mama
One of the best songs ever written (by one of the greatest songwriters EVER...) & Terry and Peter tearin it up!
Nothin sweeter.
"...will your bachelor of arts help you get by...
"...also hope to keep a steady high..."
"the campus here is very very green..."
some of the best lines in a song ever
DJ Bryan Bee
The upcoming Terry Kath of 68-69 was one of Jimi Hendrix's favourites. I gather Hendrix, because of exposure to Sly Stone, Miles Davis, Blood Sweat And Tears, and Chicago, wanted to move to a broader horn-keys-orchestra (?) sound before he died.
This is the Chicago I loved best! Great vocals but---I still say...dat bass!
This is the BEST live version of this song. Almost note for note to the studio version off of Chicago V. Fantastic. Rock music today will never, ever match the music, feeling, and culture of the 60's and 70's. NEVER. Today's musicians are not worthy enough to even watch or listen to the great music of Chicago.
The problem is they’re not musicians!
They came out of the 60's and just took it to an entirely different level. Timeless lyrics, and a solid solid groove.
When Terry went, so did Chi to a degree.....saw them several times in the early 70's in the South Bend.....we did change the world....and we did make it happen!
absolutely beautiful masterpiece, magnificent performance, these guys are the very best, 100% pure premium talent, top of the line great music & memories of life
This song always captured me from the time I purchased the album at around the age of 14 or 15. The song is perfectly titled. I love it.
These guys were purely PHENOMENAL. So tight... So talented.. Its really quite amazing...
…and 50 years on, nothing has changed.😞
When music was music.
Now that is what I'm talking about!!! Lyrics say it all, even for all of us today!!! ✌️
Oh the unbelievable talent of Terry Kath!! We were blessed the years we had you!! ♥️
Congratulations Chicago! Named for HOF Induction TODAY! Loved watching this song to celebrate. Amazing war footage of Terry Kath. HIs spirit should and will be honored next April in Cleveland. The ending acapella of Dialogue II is beautiful, soaring, loving and incredible!
+don riley WE MADE IT HAPPEN!!
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The audience doesn't seem to grasp what greatness they're hearing.
Danny gave me drum lessons back in 1967. They are truly the best formally trained musicians, that ever hit the big time. I still see them almost every year
As a young drummer in the early '70's Danny was one of my biggest influences!
The greatest guitar player ever and such and such a soulful voice
Terry Kath
This dialogue is fantastic! Love how terry gets soulful at the end
And these guys aren't in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Are you kiddin me? Show me where it gets better than this. Getting back into early Chicago. It's easy to forget just how great they were. As long as you can catch this, Terry Kath will never die! Play on my brother.
+MiamiPaul I didn't realize they weren't in?!? (and I'm from Chicago) You hit it right on. I was fortunate enough to see them in '73... I guess I never really cared for their later music, but they should've been a shoe-in based on their first 3 albums alone!
+MiamiPaul I know, right MiamiPaul !?!? it's kinda un-effin-believable....
+MiamiPaul they're in now! and probably reuniting with Peter Cetera for it!
+MiamiPaul Saw them many times back in the day, nobody better. One show I was in the fourth row, Terry Kath is amazing, fastest fingers I've ever seen!
+MiamiPaul The are now!
Terry Kath and Peter Cetera voices really complimented each others perfectly. That whole dynamic was lost never to be duplicated, despite so many attempts to replace Terry Kath. He was just unreplaceable. I miss him.
A+ Magnificent Masterpiece, outstanding piece of music
Attended their concert in '72 (or '73) at the St. Paul Civic Center. A spiritual experience!
Terry Kath was a fucking giant! Now I know why Hendrix saw him as a better guitar player than himself...
+Anki Hansen Hendrix was joking. love terry though.
Puertecitos68 Hendrix was being humble
Anki Hansen that too.
+Puertecitos68 lol
+Puertecitos68 Who knows if he was or not; but just listen to TK's guitar playing on the live version of South California Purples(the unreleased rarities version from Carnegie Hall) and see if he's not at least on the very same level as Hendrix.
The perfect song. Lyics, energy, compostion...
I had so much hope for humanity back then
Soundtrack of my childhood in Chicago
What's sad is that the message of the song is still so very true, if not even more so.
solid gold standard of excellence for 50 years, great music & memories of life, one of the best bands of all time, phenomenal sound
Always my favorite ❤. The main reason: Kath and Cetera communicate on the same emotional and spiritual level. It really is a "dialogue." The music by each person is unbelievable and fantastic too!
Kath & Cetera !
Kath's soulful voice at it's best!
Anthem of a Generation.....miss him.
It is great to see on u tube young people discovering Chicago for the first time the look of awe on their faces reminds me of the look I had on my face the first time I heard them
Saw them in a small college Oneonta in upstate NY early 70s they had 1 album released and were working on the 2nd one . Got snowed in so they played most of first album then came out for encore and kept playing because they couldn't leave either and played a lot of the soon to be released second album. Best band live ever ! Kath was amazing. They were phenomenal!
A few years ago I posted that this song is about social conscious. I got ribbed to extreme. It's about a guy who wants to do nothing and a guy who wants to make things better.
I agree!!
yes indeed Robert Lamm wrote it looking at it from to people's views on the same exact subject..but he didn't sing it.
as was the case with some of his stuff I've noticed more and more he does sing but there's certain song he wrote that he didn't want to sing..I believe out in the country is another one from Chicago to Bobby wrote it but Terry sang it. because it took Terry and Peter to do the point counterpoint..
You are absolutely right. Well put.
Remember when this came out. Still amazing today
Timeless...
Trucker Kev The Paid Tourist Terry wrote “In the Country.”
There is no magic like this today in any band...its just a fleeting thing I guess. We can be grateful we witnessed...
RIP Terry Kath... Peter please pick up the bass again...
What a great song! God, how I miss Terry!!!!
I wasnt there but I recall this concert because it was broadcast over Chicago radio stations around the time the concert occured. A fire burned down old McCormick Place, which was then rebuilt and reopened in '71. Back to the concert this was when the band was at its best performing and creating new music. They can never recreated that sound from back then.
this was a good example of protest songs during the vietnam war and its a great contrast between current songs. songs today rarely point out there is hope for solving the problems of the world and how we can do it. they just gripe and whine and moan about how their world is not the way TV and movies say its supposed to be and "poor poor pitiful me".
YES. Most of today's songs are escapist fare...I feel like our culture has gone south since the 60"s and 70s. Sure, plenty wrong in those eras too..but people were thinking, and wanting to change things. Now it's apathy, and hooking up, and selfies..and, well you get the idea.
Damn dude,finally someone understands, and it almost plays true in this messed up time these days!!
God Bless, Terry Kath!
The first time I saw Chicago was in November of 1977 in Seattle, they opened with the masterpiece. Sadly, it was one the last live performances we would enjoy seeing Terry. I loved his playing, wearing of hockey jerseys during concerts. The soul of Chicago.
Love this song. I had the joyous experience of seeing these guys many times in the 70's..loved them. Not the same without Kath and Cetera. Good, yes, but when you've seen the original....I'm waxing nostalgic.
I envy people that saw this group with Kath. I was too young. I did get to see them with cetera during his last year with Chicago. Kath years will never be repeated but so glad there is RUclips to watch the past.
loveclassics1969 Glad you love these guys. I did too. I live in Rockford Il and they played many a gig in Rockford at the Stardust in the 60's before they were famous. I got to meet and talk with them all except Terry Kath. He never left the stage when they were on breaks. He was constantly trying new licks and tweeking his amp. They were known as The Big Thing and/or The Big Sound back then. I still think they were the greatest band ever until Terry died. Their first two albums were amazing works of art. I was in a band, too, back then so we had a lot in common. One more side note. Me and a friend were at this concert at the Arie Crown Theater in 1972. It was on a Sunday and we had just seen the Chicago Bears play the Detroit Lions. We walked over to the Arie Crown and asked if they had any tickets to the concert and they had two. What a great day.
bucaroo1 tell me more!!!! i love chicago.........I enjoy read this anecdotes!!!!!!!!!!!!!
reinakj OK. Most of the band were students at DePaul university and they would drive out to Rockford after school to play. I remember that they were tired most of the time. I think Danny Seraphine and Terry Kath had a special bond and Danny probably wouldn't have left with Terry still there. My computer is going to reset. I'll write more later.
bucaroo1 So I feel that danny and terry had something magical between them ....
I feel sorry for the 42 Millenials that gave this a thumbs down
Terry Kath was a big football player with a guitar in hand. He has so much driving force in this song. You can see how much he influence Peter to let his gritty side out. Terry and Danny made that band rock. Without Terry as a driving force Danny wasn't allowed to rock on his own.
Best call and response song ever. Peter''s "Well I hope the President knows what he's into, I don't know, resounds loudly today.
Terry Kath 🎸👑 Peter Cetera. Danny Seraphine. Robert Lamm. Walther Parazaider. Lee Loughnane. James Pankow. The original Chicago.
Amen not like the present day imitators!