Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 (HD)
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- HD audio for "25 Or 6 To 4" by Chicago, from the album Chicago II.
Chicago 25 or 6 to 4 Lyrics:
Waiting for the break of day
Searching for something to say
Flashing lights against the sky
Giving up I close my eyes
Sitting cross-legged on the floor
25 or 6 to 4
Staring blindly into space
Getting up to splash my face
Wanting just to stay awake
Wondering how much I can take
Should I try to do some more
25 or 6 to 4
Feeling like I ought to sleep
Spinning room is sinking deep
Searching for something to say
Waiting for the break of day
25 or 6 to 4
25 or 6 to 4
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This band was so good they named a city after them
Boston!
@@Cinemaphile7783Kansas!
America!
The United Kingdom
Alabama
Ohio Players (yes, I realize that's two words!)
Brought to you by high school bands across America.
Was one of our high school band favorites back in 1977
Middle* I hear all the time with middle schools
I’m in middle school (6th grade) and we’re playing this for our concert
Including greenday , with brainstew
@@delilahh1372 lucky
man, their horn section was so tight
ieattapes that's what she said
You mean horn section is STILL tight. They're still performing.
Yes,
Awesome!!
Totally man
They and EWF had the best horn sections in the 70s.
The horns, the drums, the guitars, the lead voice and harmonies - this song has everything to perfection. Chicago's music still gives me chills.
Yess, that great!!Svingin,jazzy and great rocknorolll!!!!!
Chicago were/are brilliant musicians.
(That guitar solo)
Hey,Linda Dee , You are Absolutely Right on!! This particular song sends me back at age 17!!😁And I’m now 66! Soon to be 67!!!😁😁GOD BLESS TERRY KATH 💔💔💔✝️✝️✝️
Crazy how it's about getting completely trashed 😊
heard it when I was kid and 15 years later I heard it in a dream. I could not remember the song. I described it to my dad and here we are.
😳
Same happened to me, but it's Carly B
That’s funny! Our brains are weird.
Ethan is not here bruh that
sweet
I nominate this for the opening to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3
MasteroChieftan AGREE
Perfect choice
This shit is a masterpiece.
Ehh no... budy sorry but just let it be.
This doesn’t sound like an opener. We need an upbeat tune along the lines of the first two movies. This would be a great transition song in the middle of the movie.
No wonder my band teacher picked this song...
Person same
Yes
Same
Big P-Nus I like your username 😂😂
A complete musicians composition
Listened to this in the early '70's and here I am in 2024 listening to it again!
In between then and now I’ve been married 3 times, had 3 amazing sons and spent the last two years fighting Prostate Cancer on my own because my amazing soulmate passed away in 2018!
If someone decrees that my time is done then I’m happy to have witnessed some truly life-changing music!
LOVE to you all!
Hope you are well!❤
@@phillysher7 Thank you for asking!
I know we’re strangers on different continents, connected by a liking for an amazing piece of music, but I appreciate the sentiment! xx
I definitely feel for you buddy. I lost the love of my life 2 and a half years ago. She was my third wife but I saved the best for last. She was and still is the love of my life. Rest in Peace my beloved Cristi.
Every album of theirs just rocks to the core
that's so perfect. You've lived in the era of great music. Keep enjoying it God bless.
Good luck mate, you'll see her soon
Imagine the year 2379, a 17 year old discovers this song. What a blast. We are too close to understand just how amazing much of the 1960's music was. 500 years from now people will be astonished by this music.
@John Deere You realize rap can not only be good, but has also been around since (probably before) the eighties?
@David Fairbanks I think you mean the 1980’s
And that 17 year old will still call them underrated...haha
Very true. I was sent back to this era for that very reason!
Assuming we don't annihilate ourselves before then
My father loved this group. He passed on 10/15/20. At his funeral I played the entire album that included this song. The response was all good. A friend of his told me that I made a good selection, that the mood was not all too sad. Also said he can imagine seeing him rocking this in heavan. Rest In Paradise Dad. - Your Son Raul.
That is really sweet. I'm sorry about your dad.
@@glorycloudwatch Thank You.
@Avingay Anfordstay Thank You.
I hope my kids are as thoughtful as you!
@@wakatak2130 Thank you. His memory is a blessing.
I am 60 years old, and this still just shakes my very soul❤
Got ya by 12 and it still is great
Is this a bot account? It has only 1 comment and it has that weird string of numbers and letters at the end of his name, also no subscriptions. Now the only question is why?
i'm almost 84 and still like and remember them well; great guitar
It’s explosively good
Ditto... I'm 72 and I'm there with you!
I’ve listened to a lot of music over the last half century. There’s some songs that just leave you in awe. This is definitely one.
According to the composer, this song is about trying to write a song at twenty-five or twenty-six minutes before 4am. It made a lot more sense after I got that off wiki.
On cocaine
IT WAS ABOUT LSD 25....OR TAKING rohr 624 to comedown... of course they couldn't admit that....
With or without drugs, this song will make history....In this time period. Good effort on Band to add pizzazz to the words.
@@whiterabbit48462 the interview I watched said they were up doing cocaine all night and someone asked what time it was and the response was twenty five or six...... to four as in 3:35 or 3:34 . Good song lyrics can bs interpreted in all different ways
@@ficknoti If you are a programmer: 25 ! 624 = 625.
almost 50 years later and this song is still going strong
@BasicBeauty7 you mean hack?
I'm listening to it because we are playing it in jazz band
LXSER 666 2019!
And it will continue stronger
seeing someone here with your profile pic bothers me
The horns. Peter's vocals. One of the best guitar solos in all of music. The energy and musicianship is off the charts. For me, it's one of the most perfect songs. I could listen to this on a loop.
Right on point brother!!
really
It's an alright song, but the chord progression is very average
Jimi Hendrix saidtt Terry Kath is a great guitar player.
Bam! Love it.
Listening in 2024?
Going to see them In Milwaukee
Yep :-) classic
Hi from Memphis!
At 2:57 why does the guitar sound like that
A tv commercial brought me back to this. Love the ending.
I remember this great song through the years past, and listening to it again in year 2020, it’s better now than ever...
Valinor Mons same
Same
One of my favorites since the early 70’s.
School bands would cover this and it was great!
@@joemesgleski3608 A wonderful song about insomnia and writers block!
OH YEAH!
Terry laid down some of the best guitar ever recorded, he was a brilliantly talented player. You could here his soul in his bending the strings..rip Terry Kath
Jimmi Hendricks heard him play live and said " I'm good this guy is great"
www.classicrockhistory.com/why-jimmy-hendrix-called-chicagos-terry-kath-the-best-guitarist-in-the-universe/
@@ISEESLOWPEOPLE Don't believe Hendrix' comment about himself since he simply wasn't that good. If you really want to hear a great guitarist, check out Corby Yates.
Jeffrey Schnoldt y get yyhhg
@@bill8908 Hendrix was great. He didn't just play the guitar, he played the feedback and the sound waves as well.
Mom: you have 5 minutes til bed
Me:
DAWGS Airsoft lol
Now that's a good use of time!
Bro I’m Fr listing to this before bed lmao
Peter's ex-fiancée: You have five minutes to sail a ship through Quahog
Peter Griffin: **Sails ship through the streets of Quahog to the tune of **_25, or 6 to 4_** **
Stays up all night.
I’m 70 years old and love this song till this day. What a great band.
Cap
@@Drew-qx3dr shut the hell up
I'm 74. If I remember it, I have this song in my head for weeks. Love it 😁
@@Drew-qx3dr ???
@@marco-ro6cl yes
The guitar player was fantastic!
Even Jimmy Hendrix said that terry was a better guitarist than he,WOW!!
Sad that his life ended so early...due to a gun. We were stunned when it happened.
Donna Swan It wasn’t due to a gun, it was due to improper knowledge about guns, he pulled the clip out and jokingly put it to his head and pulled the trigger, not knowing that there was one in the chamber. If he had educated himself about guns he’d probably be alive today.
@@boataxe4605 It was still due to a gun. Not a statement against guns, just letting those who didn't know, just how he had died. Apparently, according to family & friends, he often brought out his gun collection to show people. He was urged to not be playing around with them, but as so often happens with anything, we can tend to get 'careless' if we get too used to handling them. Still very sad. He was educated about guns and he should have known better but just got careless...unfortunately.
"By 1978, Kath was regularly carrying guns around and enjoyed shooting them. Around 5 p.m. on Monday, January 23, after a party at the home of roadie and band technician Don Johnson, in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, Kath began to play with his guns. He spun his .38 revolver on his finger, put it to his temple, and pulled the trigger. The gun was not loaded. Johnson warned Kath several times to be careful. Kath then picked up a semi-automatic 9-mm pistol and, leaning back in a chair, said to Johnson, "Don't worry about it ... Look, the clip is not even in it." To assuage Johnson's concerns, Kath showed Johnson the empty magazine. Kath then replaced the magazine in the gun, put the gun to his temple and pulled the trigger. Apparently unbeknownst to Kath, the semi-automatic had a round in the chamber. He died instantly from the gunshot, eight days shy of his 32nd birthday."
One of the top 5 guitar solos of all time. Anyone agree?
I'll give top 15 of all time!!! I am a guitar play of approximately 39 years and would have to say that it's so subjective. But we are in agreement that it's one of the best ever!!! 👌
I play it loud every day.
Terry kath was a beast !!
This is the incarnation f Chicago I prefer. The love songs were great but the edgy Chicago blew your hair back
Yes, definitely. The best guitar lesson for all guitarists.
It's amazing that Terry Kath is either never mentioned or at the bottom of the list of most "experts" best guitarists.
According to wikipedia it is 47 years ago they began recording this album. (August 1969) God damn what a sick song!
Yup ... best year ever!!!
By sick, i'm sure you mean/meant beautiful, right?
The album was recorded in 1969 and released in January,1970.
It was recorded but was released only in 1970.
Yes, I’m listening again.
Personally, I was a mid age teenager when this burst into a vibe gossip, got to listen to thing.
My understanding was this was considered as The Track epitomising ‘the Sumner of Love’., and tho’ that period was short, it conjures fantastic memories of much good music, concerts, etc., to get involved with at weekends, or even after work.
Thanks for this, RUclips good piece of music (love the brass section’s contribution), great memories rekindled.
JaneR
One of the most underrated guitar solos ever. Absolutely amazing! Even Jimi Hendrix was blown away by this guy's guitar skills!
it's not underrated in my book, that wah-wah takes me away every time :)
It’s wild that Chicago had such a good guitar player! Sad he died so young.
@arturbello4213I’m not saying I disagree or saying this sarcastically, but please comment some songs as examples.
It's because hendrix is only decent on guitar, there are thousands of better players
Thanks @DefLep The typical idiotic "most underrated" RUclips post. Tired of this shit. Everyone knows Terry kicked ass except you.
To me one of greatest guitar solos ever! Great song!😁
When I first heard it I was blown away! Was a little girl and had a plastic guitar, I played the bass part in it though lol...
Ann Walsh Cute!
The best guitarist no one's ever heard of. So good that even Jimi Hendrix agreed.
This and Gilmore's solo on dogs, from Pink Floyd's Animals
Slash said this is why he picked up a guitar
Terry Kath 😇 RIP. Your guitar riffs will be with us till the end of time. This solo is one of the best in the 70's by anyone!!!! I'm 60 years old now and I'll be listening to this until I'm 95 or older!!!!! 😇🎸🌝
I'm 70 and this music is still the best.
59, México City, they know what they did. Extraordenary. Spark for us. Ups, downs .
As a "birther" I'm ashamed that I wasn't aware of Kath's incredible talent until a few years ago. He's in a category with Hendrix and the like. I'm only saying that because Hendrix thought Terry Kath was the best guitarist he'd ever seen.
we sure hope so.....
The thing is the solo is insane but his fills throughout the whole song are amazing too. He just kills this entire song.
I heard this song on a commercial and wanted to hear the rest on utube glad I did 48 years old and didn't even know who sang this classic masterpiece at first I thought the opening rif was the Beatles but that wasn't Paul or John singing
I thought the beginning sounded like a Beatles song too. Cant remember which Beatle song though. Great song on its own anyway. The guitar solo is great!!!!
Here after keatons Batman. Scene reminded me of a song I hadn't heard in years.
Same!
Same! Ordering the vinyl now.😅
We're all high as fuck, kudos to bat man!
Best scene in the movie
Cringe
I was very fortunate to have lived through each new CHICAGO album starting in 1969.
This is REAL MUSIC
👍👍👍👍🎶🎶🎵🎵
Agreed. A lot of work went into this sound.
Who else looked for this song after that Amazon commercial?
I had to verify my memory of the song.. was like 99% sure this was it but just had to make sure I was right lol
The commercial brought me here.
Bruh thats exactly why I'm here lmao
Me 😂😂
And king of the hill s16e2
This song has been kicking ass for over 50 years!!
Nothing made today will have longevity like this era
Hear hear!
Better than 98% of the music released in the previous 40 years.
We lived in a Golden Age and didn't realize it.
You are sure right.
Correct
No matter what year, Chicago as a band stands the test of time.
Hello Hannah, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the COVID-19 virus??
Which CHICAGO , ARE YOU talking about ..they have many new members so they may last for ever but with whoom ?😅
@@jaimemaese8329 I appreciate the original band members and also the new ones.
The 80's stuff was commercial sold and was cheesey in my crappy humble opinion.
So, too, the city.
Terry Kath must be one, if not the most underrated guitarist of the history, along with Krieger, Lifeson, Prince, Moore, Trucks and Neal Schon. Hope he is rocking in heaven.
I kinda agree. Then again Jimi Hendrix did say that Terry Kath was better then him. If you ask me he is as great as Hendrix shame they died young.
I agree 100% thanks.you know your stuff👍👍👍👍
I agree 100%
+Sento Schon has a great guitar he designed on the market under his name. That's pretty cool.
+IronheadOfScroteus *had
I'm 44, thanks to my dad I know these classics, r.i.p dad, miss you.
My dad was a real nasty POS who I've cut off, but at least I got exposed to some good music he played while he was getting drunk. I wish I had the kind of father memories you have.
🙏🙏🙏🙏
Same me too buddy I'm 45 11-23-1980 and I lost my dad at 55 in 2009 man I miss him.
same , Missing my Dad this was one of his fave bands Rip to both our Dads We love u and miss u
They all be miss.
In my honest opinion when I heard 25 or 6 to 4 I immediately thought committing a crime to gain a substantial amount of money in turn of getting a possible 25 to life sentence vs working a 6 to 4 which is what a good majority of people do in order to make ends meet while having your own thoughts and processes suppressed. I know the explanation was already explained but that’s just my two cents.
Living in a world where to be honest we have to endure being suppressed and cooperate with handing over large sums of money to people who keep it for themselves and squander the rest to make it appear as if they are not corrupt.
@@shovelheadseven I like you
@@shovelheadseven . . .you're certainly alright with me!!
My man. Using your head and thinking about other options everyday is a choice we humans have to make everyday. I'm glad you chose the right one this time. Kudos again man. I'm also broke in a bad spot, but would rather grind than do my time. Been there done that it sucks.
thats 18 and life by skid row.
My first time eating at a Jack In The Box was in 2015, and they had this song on repeat the entire time I was there.
Well, how was it?
jack in the b was more fun when you had to order from the big plastic clown.
@@q0ma842 haha I'd imagine it was great !!! Good coverup for bad food.
It was probably some young punk that put in one single “You’re the Inspiration” before going back to this.
@@AndyBronson is this a Mulaney reference?
Hendrix wasn’t joking when he said kath was the best guitarist in America at the time
The Best Of Minecraft Hendrix also thought the worlds best guitarist was Rory Gallagher
Yes he was!
@@adriannasanchez468 He also said that Billy Gibbons was his favorite guitar player.
@@TheShape2534 yeah he said his favorites were billy gibbons and terry kath
Hendrix got it wrong.....HENDRIX was the best....at that time....and now....or will ever probably be.
3:40 I heard this in a commercial & had to TRY to sing/hum it for Google😂😂 But I got it!!
Early Chicago plain and simply kicked some serious ass no two ways about it.
Ricl Urbina
NO two ways about it!!!!
EARLY Chicago was and is a MUST for anyone who appreciates GREAT music.
With both feet knee deep! 😎
The lead guitarist in this song is absolutely phenomenal...he’s so in touch with the song that’s it’s more like he’s a second set of vocals than an instrument.
Terry Kath. Died in 1978
@@monkeydui7241 what a waste:-(
@@hikenmikes8262 Not even a waste, he didn't die of drugs. Died of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound
Yep, it's almost the the 1st "shredding" type rock solo, fast, fluid, fluent & really pretty long. Probably many players at the time couldn't have carried it off.
@@BoredOuttaMySkullBoi An accidental self-inflicted gunshot is worse. Guns are so stupid. American scourge. Wake up America!
Batman has a good taste in music 🦇
HOLY SHIT! I JUST WATCHED FLASH TOO!!
BAAAAA, Batman UNITES!!
0:42 hmm, maybe that line made the writer or producer think of the bat signal.
@@richstrobelAmazing. I'm loving how many of us Batheads with great taste in music are going to end up in this feed!
And he makes good spaghetti
@@jameslowman1355 B rabbits' mom would be proud!
Chicago the great music of this band really takes me back I remember I took my then girlfriend now my wife of over 51 years to see them at the old Convention Center in downtown San Antonio right by the Tower of The Americas GREAT TIME!!!!!!!!!!!! Love you Velia.
I was cleaning my garage and I found an old Pennsylvania license plate from my uncle. The plate said, “25OR6-4”. I immediately went to this song and I’m like, “This is nice music.” That’s why I’m here.
...and you only need one plate in PA
@@tommurphy4307 😂
Montgomery County huh, I grew up in Warminster and Southampton listening to this. Great memories.
@M Mac Yes indeedy. I went to William Tennant High School.
Small world… i grew up in warminster pa, I remember my pops used to jam this album, just started playing in my head today for no reason and here I am reading comments while jamming… great song
easily the greatest song chicago ever contributed to the history of music!
I think the whole LP did that ;)
You know you're good when you're admired by Jimi Hendrix! RIP Terry Kath!
Great, great song! I´m 71 years old. Great sound .
Chicago's golden hits album was what my parents played to put me to sleep as a toddler.
If home was a song, this would be mine.
This song and my mom reading the Lord of the rings as a bedtime story is why I am who I am today
🤗
Yeah man. Recorded on cassette
This statement brought a tear to my eye!
That's a beautiful story
I got this stuck in my head ever since watching Bruce Wayne beat up Ezra Miller. Gold!
I'm bouncing around all happy now.😊
cringe
I wrote 25 or 6 to 4 as the answer to my math test... the teacher was rather pleased, lmao.
Awesomeness!!!
😂😂😂
Hilarious!
This song should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
Yingchi, do you remember what the math question was? I'm hoping it was something like "Complete this series: 68, 67, 58, ?".
That "growl' at the end of the first solo gets me every time. Love it 😋
My son got so excited to tell me the song he's learning in band. When I started humming along.... his mind was blown 🤣🤣
I wonder if your sons band plays it at the same pace as it is done here? It’s very fast!
@@nanlev613 I’m in band and we do it slightly slower than the song. Just a few number below the tempo of this song.
I’m not surprised, the tempo is really fast.
My child is playing this in their jazz band too!
Absolutely worth having a Son and raising him...just to see that reaction.
Playing trombone at school with this piece is amazing. Tough, but fun as all hell.
While attending Spring Hill Junior High School in Charleston, WV in the 1970’s,
I remember our band playing this song. Good memories.
We played this in my jazz band. It wasn't too hard for me on alto sax
We played many of their songs at Permian High in the early 70's. Our half time shows rocked the crowds! They loved Chicago...
Yep! I played trombone from 1979-1986 in school band. Definitely played some Chicago!!
This song is amazing to play! I play it in high school on bass guitar and it’s so freaking awesome!
So many great elements in this song . Peter Cetera's powerful vocals, the wonderful harmonies, the ridiculously great horns, the classic rhythm guitar hook and of course Terry Kath's ethereal guitar. One of the best songs ever made.
I still listen to it all the way through when I hear just a bit of it!
And not to forget Danny’s drumming, legendary in its powerhouse complexity and jazzy undertones. Every drummer in the world wished they played like this. He was the leader of the pack at this point in time!
I love singing this at karaoke!! So much fuuunnn
🙏🎶💙
not to mention whoever the octopus on drums is
Who's here from the Amazon Prime Commercial, 😅 this a classic hit!
Lmaooo me, I Heard it and was like I haven’t listened to this song in a while time to give it a listen 😂
I literally just saw the commercial lmao😂😂
I grew up listening to this band, still relevant today!
Hard not to sing along to hah!
meee
2:06 That guitar solo is quite literally godlike.
One of the best solos ever
The late, great Terry Kath. A version of this he did live in Houston in about 1977, he looked like he was about to snap the neck of his guitar during this solo.
amazing solo
nah.... god can't play a guitar..organ is possibly more his shtick.
Go listen to the live 1970 vid from Tanglewood (Official version)...the solo was even more incredible!
When the "experts" are talking about the greatest guitar players in rock history, why is T. Kath so overlooked? Terry is criminally underrated.
Agreed! I was going to point out that Hendrix liked T. Kath, but someone already did.
BTW, my wife and I are going to see Chicago tonight (5/5/23) at Soaring Eagle Resort in Mt. Pleasant, MI. Never seen them live; can't wait. I think there are only three original members still with the band (Robert Lamm, Lee Loughnane, and James Pankow. I'm pumped!
@@A47919 I seen them last week. They were really good. Crazy they’re still touring after 56 years
Jimi Hendrix thought he was great,what more can a person say
Because there's better guitarists
His career was only a fraction of what it should have been. Never was there a more meaningless, pointless death....he should be here.
Im here because king of the hill.
I thought I was the last person with culture
Which episode is it in?
@@zachariahhiles4386 Luanne gets Lucky i think
@@zachariahhiles4386 🤷♂️ O just know that lucky goes stumping.
@@zachariahhiles4386 It is Luanne gets Lucky, season 11 episode 4.
This is just perfection. I belonged to a band in the 70s and as much as we loved this selection it was way out of our reach to reproduce try as we might.
How ironic is it that the band that did "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" also did a song that it literally about what time it is?
Does anybody really care?
639!!!
Not so ironic - they weren't sure if it was 25 or 6 to 4 :-)
I'm just gonna keep believing this song is about acid.
That song is from my marching show😂
[Verse 1]
Waiting for the break of day
Searching for something to say
Flashing lights against the sky
Giving up I close my eyes
Sitting cross-legged on the floor
Twenty five or six to four
[Verse 2]
Staring blindly into space
Getting up to splash my face
Wanting just to stay awake
Wondering how much I can take
Should I try to do some more?
Twenty five or six to four
{Instrumental}
[Verse 3]
Feeling like I ought to sleep
Spinning room is sinking deep
Searching for something to say
Waiting for the break of day
Twenty five or six to four
Twenty five or six to four
Ppl who post lyrics in the comments of songs are holding up this society
@@whistlepunkz away and behave yourself
Thanks Jobin
Always appreciate when someone lists the lyrics for us. Thanks. Calling the part between verse 2 and verse 3 instrumental is the understatement of the year. Perfect song in every way.
@@robertsmith9061
Yes I appreciate it to.
This is one of my favorite awesome songs from Chicago. ❤️👍 Who else is listening in 2024 🙌
Oh heck yeah !! 👍 I will be listening to this until the day I die!
I am!
Snippet of this gem is being sampled in a t.v. commercial.
Yep! 2024 here!!
@@gwendolynlucas-davis3301that’s what brought me here. This is a great jam!
A highly talented group of 7 musicians that created their own sound really set a new path for Rock and Roll and Jazz Rock music worldwide. They are my only favorite band.
This song was a hit in the summer of 1970 and really didn't sound like anything else at that time. To this day I don't really think of this as a song, but rather a journey. This was also the summer of CCR who had string of top 10 hits, but really nothing as solid and driving like this track. Coming off the heels of the Beatle's last gasps, it was just what the world of music needed at that summer. As the intro builds from one guitar, to the bass and drums --we have an extremely unusual brass chart that all of a sudden hits this quick dut-dut-dut-dut-dut right in its middle. Okay, now we're listening..
The verse continues on with the same descending bass chord progression, with still some more brass blasts, then goes into a rather simple three-chord chorus with some amazing lead guitar licks interwoven with the lyrics.
After another verse and chorus we get that timeless rousing and amazing guitar solo from Kath that is still considered a coup for any life-long student of the instrument if he is ever able to nail it.
. When the vocals return there's even more amazing Kath licks in the verse and chorus as the brass drives on and then we have one of the most amazing song endings in the history of rock music. It takes us all by surprise as the brass suddenly blasts a previously unplayed minor chord. As it creeps down to another minor chord, it sublimely tells us all “now THIS is different” we now realise what we have been listening to was something like a charging freight train slamming its brakes, as its journey is about to end. As it slows down even more, the chords just blast out long and hard and become even more discordant. As it all finally comes to a screeching halt, you can almost see the sparks flying from the wheels right on that still extremely harmonically unstable and unresolved chord finishing up the journey the song has taken us on..
Wow! A great analysis on technics and aesthetics. Thanks!
Casparus, what's your take on the guitar solo from Jethro Tull's Aqualung?
I'll have to listen to it again.
Let me know what you think.
Michael Young
The picker certainly ain't no slouch!
One of my all time favorite songs, and it's all about .......writer's block! I'm an illustrator, and I know these feelings all too well....
I LIVED IN CHICAGO DURING THE TIME THIS MUSIC CAME OUT, IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY WE CALLED THEM BLUE EYED SOUL, WE ALL HAD THEIR ALBUMS, I BELIEVED THEY ALL WORKED FOR THE CTA CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY 🎉 THAT'S HOW THEY MET I BELIEVE, THE 70S WAS THE BEST MUSIC, THE CHICAGO CITY ALWAYS HAD GREAT TALENT. LOVED ALL THEIR SONGS, THE COMMERCIAL GOT ME HERE.
I'm not sure what to say about the title. Was I too high to know what they were talking about or what? If you know please explain.
@@charlescurry5549 SOUNDS LIKE THEY WERE RECOVERING FROM A BAD HANGOVER ON DRUGS MAYBE, AND SAYING THE TIME BACKWARDS, I DON'T KNOW LIKE 6:25 OR 4:25 BUT SO OUT OF IT SAYING 25 : 6 OR 4 O'CLOCK, WHO KNOWS BUT THE SONG IS JAMMIN, BLUED EYED SOUL AT IT'S BEST, THAT'S WHAT WE CALLED THEM IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
How did this commercial bring you here ? You were there right?
@@michaelperry6968 AT MY AGE YOU FORGET SOME OF THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC AND BANDS THAT WERE OUT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE MUSIC AGAIN, BRING BACK GREAT MEMORIES. HAVEN'T HEARD THE MUSIC IN DECADES.
THE COMMERCIAL IS ON TV PLAYING THIS SONG .IN THE BACKGROUND.
that double bass kick is just frickin epic. learning it right now on my v drums as its cranked up to 11 in my headphones. legal crack.
It wasn't just the horn section....they whole crew.....they were one.
It was definitely a musical powerhouse. I think Peter Cetera is still active even in his 70's
Straight up ;)
I called my local fm radio station and requested 25 or 6 to 4 they said they didn't have any Chicago. I couldn't believe it. They need to get a life.
I emailed KPIG, a blues radio station in Los Angeles that streams on the net, and requested Stevie Ray Vaughn. The reply I got was "Who's that?". I replied back with "You don't know who Stevie Ray Vaughn is and you call yourself a "blues radio station?". I never heard back from that person.
maybe they have some katie perry...
Commercial radio sucks. I haven't listened to it in nearly a decade. The beauty of streaming and digital music is, I don't have to.
Radio stations suck
Must've been an iHeart station lol
I remember my mom telling me before they were Chicago they were CTA she used to listen to them play live on the hill in the suburbs. How I wish I was young in those times.
I used to say the same thing lol& iam 71 baby
They played everywhere all across Chicago. Repeatedly saw them and Styx (who played a lot of high schools)
Too cool guys! Love hearing about that kind of stuff, and different people's experiences. Thanks for sharing! 💕
Amazing big time jam!!! 💥 That’s what I’m talking about! Big Money! 💥
Waiting for the break of day
Searching for something to say
Flashing lights against the sky
Giving up, I close my eyes
Sitting cross-legged on the floor
Twenty five or six to four
Staring blindly into space
Getting up to splash my face
Wanting just to stay awake
Wondering how much I can take
Should I try to do some more?
Twenty five or six to four
Oh yeah
Feeling like I ought to sleep
Spinning room is sinking deep
Searching for something to say
Waiting for the break of day
Twenty five or six to four
Twenty five or six to four
1.2k people who dislike know nothing of music. The solo is intense!
Hell yea!!! Solo was on point.
Those losers would probably like to see a whore like Cardi B sing...shame what has happened to music since the 70s
1.8k now....number of idiots mounting.
As a player of 57 years, I feel qualified to say that it is a rock masterpiece.
Man, I CAN'T BELIEVE anyone would NOT like this classic.
Those folks must not know their numbers... SMH
15 years ago I remember playing this song in band and never really appreciated it until I got older. I used to play the trumpet, but I quit when I hit high school. Music has come back into my life as such a therapeutic and healing experience. I randomly thought of this song that I hadn't heard in many years and as soon as I clicked this video I felt like a kid again for a second, sitting there playing trumpet. Music is truly magic :)
Was literally telling my wife about playing this song when I was in band in high school. Never realized how absolutely cool my music teacher was/is until much too late.
I was just now justifying playing this to the neighbors at 11:02 PM EST assuming that they would appreciate this, being their son played in a high school band. Do you all feel that this was a correct assumption?
RUclips is like a time machine for some of us, see you around fellow traveller 🤗
Next to love, music is what makes the world go round.
@tmarsh6 that's the reason I looked this up. Our basketball Pep Band used to play this and The Spinners' Rubberband Man every game because we BEGGED to play them. We even snuck them into our Marching Band music to play in the bleachers.
I grew up on classic rock I never was a Chicago fan but this song it the definition of classic rock
This entire band is severely underrated.
Great vocals. Awesome bass, guitar solo and a full on brass section that doesn’t disappoint. 🤘
They were in no way underrated , in your mind maybe. This is said under every video on RUclips. So every video on RUclips is underrated huh? Just stop it, you look ignorant saying this.
They were played constantly on both AM and FM radio rock stations. They were not underrated, nor was Terry Kath. Their first three (5?) albums were masterpieces! They veered off into pop and that dissapointed many, including me. Terry was amazing! But he kinda got pushed to the background as Peter started getting love for his awesome voice- and that's even oversimplifying it. Members had different personal musical likes and they (as a whole) and the general public gravitated to Peter's voice and ballads blah blah blah. In my opinion, they just kind of petered out over time as their effort to sell more records gradually replaced their desire to ROCK.
Chicago has never been underrated! They are one of the most successful bands Billboard and RIAA history, second only to The Beach Boys. One probably needed to live thru the 70s to know how popular they were!
@@chrisk973 Agree with most of what you wrote -- and was "petered out" intentional (Cetera)? At their best...pretty much those first 5 albums, they might be my favorite band of all-time after The Beatles...just great, another music stirred my soul. It was great, and about something -- freedom, creativity, love of one another, etc. While Cetera is great here - and was a fine vocalist and bass, I probably preferred both Kath's and Lamm's vocals just a little.
This song came out just before my 11th birthday, one of the 1st songs that touched my Soul.#1 is Carole Kings I feel the earth move under my feet.
One of the best guitar solos ever! RIP Terry 🙏
It’s terry kath
Even Jimi Hendrix thought he was a great guitarist.
Hendrix said Terry was better than he was and I agree
Did this group ever have a bad song? This song, just like them, simply magnificent!
Yeah they had quite a few. I like Chicago, but they had their share of bad material
Oh, yeah! This band had many, many bad songs. Oh, so very, very bad.
They had more bad songs than most and needed to reinvent themselves more than once.
Yes, unfortunately they did. See: the '80s.
Haven't heard this since i was a young guy now at #69 had to revisit . The guitar licks sticks.
Masterpiece. When I listen to this song so do all my neighbors
Exactly!😄
That's original.
This was made to be played LOUD. THE FUCKING HORNS!!! BEAUTIFUL.
Hell yeah, yo. From that wonderfully groovy bassline, to the horn section (a favorite), the distorted guitar, and those vocals (and their backups!), if I'm going to listen to this crazy-awesome song then everyone else within a 300 feet range had better be prepared to do the same.
Great song
yes and on my vintage Sansui system. ❤
For years I thought Chicago only did soppy ballads, then I heard this. What an amazing song 🤘👍😬
Chicago’s pre-1980 work can’t be considered “soppy” (with the possible exception of “If You Leave Me Now”)
@@TimmyTickle
I'll have to check their earlier stuff out.
Thank you
Same here.
You ain't listening to enough Chicago. They're peak stoner rock.
@@youforget1000thingsaday
I guess you are right 👍👍
Love Chicago!! The brass is awesome as well as the guitar solo.
The drums.... Dear God that is incredible 😮
I just discovered this song a couple hours ago while watching The Flash in Dolby Cinema. It was fucking amazing to say the least.
Same lol.
Lol same! In 35 years old and I was looking up the music, and remembered this was in one of the scenes. First time hearing this.
It was perfect for that scene with Michael Keaton 🤙🤙
That’s why I’m here too
You don't know how much I've searched for this because of fash , I've heard it before but playing on bats record with the sound loud in the theater made me do the search😂
Who else came here because this song is a timeless classic that invokes emotion?
This is what good music is!
thats a very beautiful face got lol
Robert Lamm said the song is about trying to write a song in the middle of the night. The song's title is the time at which the song is set: 25 or 26 minutes before 4 a.m. (twenty-five or [twenty-]six [minutes] to four [o’clock]), i.e. 03:34 or 03:35. I always thought it had some special meaning. lol
Picture this. You set your alarm clock...fall asleep. This great song wakes you up....my god what a awesome way to start the day!
+DBKetch Only if you set your alarm for 25 or 6 to 4 oclock
+Wesslyn vbg!!
You got that right @DBKetch!!!! :)
Especially if your alarm is set to go off at "25 to 4".
Michael Beres good one lol
How TF are there 2,300 people who dislike this song?! F*ck is wrong with them?! If you don’t immediately start bobbing your head or tapping your feet within the first 15 seconds, you’re wrong...
This song is flawless.
Probably one of the best incorporations of wind instruments in rock music.
we are playing this in band and I am a flute player😊
Joe Nichols love your profile
Noel Dehring thanks!
Joe Nichols ,I think that they would be considered more on the jazz side, especially with the wind instruments.....PEACE
Love the picture, one of the best albums in existence.
I saw them in concert 2 times and they were great. Had many good songs. Make me smile, 25 or 6 to 4 were my favorites. But the others were very good also.
My dad played this in the car last year and I FINALLY FOUND IT!!!
The instrumental was the opening theme music on WTOP Channel 9's Washington Senators broadcasts their last season in DC in 1971
Found out what's it's about, the time and guy sitting on the floor writing a song about whatever...
@@rockvilleraven Really? That’s a bit weird, considering most of the band’s lineup at the time were Cubs fans
Terry Kath is the most under rated guitarist of all time. The man had a brilliant musical mind, could absolutely rip on the guitar and his voice was soulful and well, just awesome especially on the track “Make me smile”.
FYI: He smoked cigarettes on stage while he played. When he played his solo in this song, he ended up surrounding himself in a cloud of smoke and absolutely blew the house down...What a performance!
@@bill8908 He got the idea from Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water”. He always said that it totally Thumped!!
I was listening to Led Zeppelin's Babe I'm Going To Leave You and realized the bass line was the same as 25 or 6 to 4
So You Heard it TOO!
Very similar indeed. 😉😉
Here's something freaky, now listen to them and 'while my guitar gently weeps' by the beatles and then 'house of the rising sun' by Bob Dylan (the original), they are all the same bass line!!!!!
And then listen to hendrix classic 'all along the watchtower', also originally a Bob Dylan song!
...and then listen to 'In a broken dream' by Python Lee Jackson...
Guitar is totally insane. Especially back in 1970 - nobody was playing runs like that.
I love that my son got to play this in band!!! It's 2019 and he loves Chicago because of this song.
What a good choice, a classic!!!😎
You we playing this in band. It's a lot of fun. I'm on trombone and have the melody part (I'm the only trombone)
Check out "Leonid and friends" on here....they do an amazing cover of quite a few Chicago songs
I'm a Sophmore in Highschool and last year we played Make me smile in jazz band and this song in pep band and now when me and my dad go to places in the car we both jam out to Chicago.
I just don't understand how they could have kids young kids in middle school or High School play a fantastic song but it's about an illicit drug. They could have picked something different like Van Halen Hot for Teacher something
Came back here after 'The Flash'...loved it❤
Same Here.
Me too😂
I’m really digging this song, it grew on me since I watched the flash movie
Gay
Nerd
Being born in The Chi I got to listen and this is some of their best❤️🙏🏽❤️✊🏽👍🏽
Saw them last night in concert and went wild when they played this song. Amazing how I use to dance to this song almost 50 years ago, and now here I am dancing to it again but the music is live and its them playing it.
So happy for you :) must have been great
be glad you are still able to groove,child
Curt Ray never thought I'd make it to this age but I can still rock at 70! lol
that is great sue.
But then again so can the Rolling Stones and they are even older then me.... LOL
This is the music God listens to
I think you are right.
heh heh heh heh heh
My dad is in Heaven and this was one of his favs so you’re absolutely right.
*God
You know this is a cocaine song definitely not what god listens too lol