You want to hear a song by Chicago from 1968 that applies TODAY? Listen and react to "Someday". Here are the lyrics: "VERVIEWLYRICSLISTENRELATED SONGS   4:11 Someday (August 29, 1968) (2002 Remaster) 86K views · Jan 6, 2015 RUclipsChicago - Topic LYRICS Would you look around you now And tell me what you see Faces full of hate and fear Faces full of me Do you feel the rumblings As your head comes crumbling down Do you know what I mean Run, you better, run you know The End is getting near Feel the wind of something hard Come whistling past your ear As they try to get you Where it will upset you Down Now you know what I mean Someday you will see how long We've waited for the time To show you how we've died To get together with you all Twist and turn your head around 'Till everything's unclear Twist and turn your arm around Until it is not there And they'd love to burn you Or at least to turn you around Now you know what I mean Can you look around you now And tell us what's to be Can you look inside yourself And tell us what you see As you feel the rumblings As your head comes crumbling down And you know what I mean Someday you will see how long We've been waiting for the time To show you how we've died To get together with you all"
How about their song "Someday" from 1968? Would fit right in today! "VERVIEWLYRICSLISTENRELATED SONGS   4:11 Someday (August 29, 1968) (2002 Remaster) 86K views · Jan 6, 2015 RUclipsChicago - Topic LYRICS Would you look around you now And tell me what you see Faces full of hate and fear Faces full of me Do you feel the rumblings As your head comes crumbling down Do you know what I mean Run, you better, run you know The End is getting near Feel the wind of something hard Come whistling past your ear As they try to get you Where it will upset you Down Now you know what I mean Someday you will see how long We've waited for the time To show you how we've died To get together with you all Twist and turn your head around 'Till everything's unclear Twist and turn your arm around Until it is not there And they'd love to burn you Or at least to turn you around Now you know what I mean Can you look around you now And tell us what's to be Can you look inside yourself And tell us what you see As you feel the rumblings As your head comes crumbling down And you know what I mean Someday you will see how long We've been waiting for the time To show you how we've died To get together with you all"
The groove is so terrific you can miss what an angry song it is: "thank you for this talkin' friend, you've really eased my mind..." Talk about bitter irony.
Have you ever heard of Leonid & Friends? They're a Russian cover band formed by Leonid Vorobyev who cover a lot of Chicago's / CTA's earlier work. Danny Seraphine - Chicago's original drummer - has even played with them. Their version are very close to the original recordings, even live Here's their version of Dialogue part I & II: ruclips.net/video/PHUf2VRNA7M/видео.html
It’s literally a dialogue between Terry Kath, taking the part of the young liberal student wanting to change the world, and Peter Cetera, taking the part of the oblivious student just trying to get through life and “keep a steady high”. One of their best. Kath was the soul of the band.
@@shawnk7832 I meant Terry’s vocals, which are very Ray Charles-esque, and his playing, which was always rooted in the blues. Cetera was an excellent singer, but soulful? Not so much.
@@mbt1955 Like Michael Shrieve of Santana, he could kick a** with basically a starter kit. Didn't need a gazillion drums & cymbals. A good example is the video of Chicago Live at Tanglewood.
One of Chicago's masterpieces. Danny's drumming off the charts. Pete great bass. Terry K not only great lead but mind-blowing rhythym guitar. The voices and then we get the 3 horns which are like another voice! Jamel's reaction is a joy to watch, and Chicago would be proud that he got so much out of this, 48 years after they laid it down. We can make it happen. Thanks, love it.
how true, now just a short while after this video was posted, it's currently August 2021, President Biden has done another "Vietnam" and now we're flying Americans out of Kabul...how little we learn...
One of the best Chicago songs with a brilliant message. Love the build in this song and the soulful singing of Terry Kath and Peter Cetera. Thanks for turning a new generation on to this song.
Heart also lost their rock edge when Roger Fisher left, after I think the 3rd album. Though the tribute cover of "Stairway to Heaven" for Led Zeppelin at the Kennedy Center was awesome!
Robert Lamm needs to get some serious love. He wrote this and many other of the great classic songs by Chicago, like 25 or 6 to 4, Saturday in the Park, Make Me Smile, Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is, Beginnings, Questions 67 & 68 ( the latter three you need to react to if you haven't) One of the great songwriters of all time.
@@joe34012 Oops, just sounded like something Lamm would write! Pankow also wrote another of the great classics, Colour My World. Just a mega talented band all the way around.
In the 60s and early 70s the music was the bond. It brought us together. I was at a pop Festival and was blown away by BB King, Sly Stone, Grand Funk Railroad, Sam and Dave and on and on. We had it for a while but it slipped away. "Come on people now. Smile on your brother. Everybody get together. Try to love one another."
Jamel_AKA_Jamal - You NAILED this! I'm 71. This song moved me in SO many ways when I first heard it when I was 21, 50 years ago, and it Is just as relavant today as way way back then. NEVER GIVE UP. Those who care will prevail. PEACE.
Jamel, you hit the mark on what’s important. And Terry Kath and the Chicago of his time was a fantastic, incredible, heavy-hitting, brilliant band. His soul was beautiful. His loss was tragic.
All Peter's bass playing was extraordinary, just sublime. Pick any track up to about Hot Streets. I listen to the old stuff and yell COME BACK TO US, PETER!
Oh my goodness Jamel!! I’ve been loving this song for almost 50 years!! I started requesting it a long time ago. I knew you would love it and I’ve been so busy today that I just now saw this and it made me cry watching you enjoy it ♥️💖♥️ To me the song is about indifference and I see so much of that going on today 😌 The song is from 1972 and has been a favorite of mine ever since then 🎸🎤🔥 Thank you so much for doing this today ☮️ God Bless you & everyone please pray for our nation each & everyday 🙏🏼☮️ Jamel, you made my day 💖💖 Let’s keep on feeling the music 🤘🏼☮️
Jamel_AKA_Jamal I’m so glad you enjoyed the song from Chicago ♥️ Bulldogs won today!! 🏈 I’m watching your unboxing #5 right now! You are so appreciated ☮️🤘🏼
That's the real ending. Sudden. Slap in the face. Man, I'm crying here, seeing you get this so immediately and deeply. This is the kind of music that shaped me in my youth. Thanks so much for taking this in and passing it on. You are a beautiful human being!
In some ways, the fact there was so much classically trained talent in one band kept any one of them from being more well known because no one person became the focus. Like if it had been the Terry Kath Experience more people would know who he is, but he was too humble and would never step on his other band mates’ toes.
Glad you found this man. The two voices, one caring so much he can’t see peace, the other content with his own life seeing no conflict, seeing each other’s point of view, and then the song stops hard... it ain’t done yet. Genius song and, yes... timely. ✌️
I will argue that Chicago is the best Rock band (not rock group) America has ever seen. The combination of singers and musicians/instruments are better than anything I've seen in my 64 years in this Earth.
This song came out just as the college protest movement of the late 60s/early 70s was dying out. The band was always very socially active in those early days - they wrote numerous songs that protested the war in Vietnam though those were not their hits. Dialogue was kind of a last attempt to stir social consciousness but after that album (Chicago V) they really began to produce more commercial content and lost the socially active mindset.
My dad used to play bass in horn-rock and disco bands when I was a little kid, our living room was cleared out for their band practices and filled with this glorious sound. you're taking me back. Requesting a react to Blood Sweat and Tears, "God Bless The Child." I guarantee you're gonna love it.
@@Martha_thl Amen, I went back and listened to it just now....one of the finest arrangements ever. Love that guy's voice, saw them perform about 20 yrs ago. Fantastic.
Can't believe how many people don't know this song exists. Always makes me happy to hear it and the message is as pertinent today as it was back in 1972. At least I remember bringing that album home!
I've always loved bands with horns...such a rich sound. while this is video is 2 years old, thanks for appreciating these old songs.. and their sound....
YESSSSSS!!! My all time #1! I remember listening in my bedroom as a teen...just turned 65! THE GREAT VOICE of Terry Kath & Peter Cetera is the "student" or airhead. We Boomers failed when $$$ entered our lives. SO NEED THIS NOW!
@@snikkerr1949 Agree to a point. SOME of us made a concerted effort to raise our kids not to see race, do not hate. Others, raised there kids much differently. Since we're in the US it's up to us. TO BE CLEAR...few boomers in Congress because the Old Ones won't step down. So...as an individual, you do right by your own kids. THEY can make it happen. 20 yrs as a Social Worker. I know U dud my part.
I am Chicago’s #1 fan. My first concert was way back in the 70’s as a child - I had a string quartet play You’re the Inspiration as I walked down the aisle some 36 years ago. This is one of my favorites and loved your reaction. I recently purchased Chicago Transit Authority on vinyl for a mere $8 and you have inspired me to crack it open and listen to it. Reeling in the good old days.
I saw them live in 1981 five rows from the stage, I couldn’t hear for a week! Definitely in my top five of concerts!🙌🏼 I’m with you Jamal, compassion, empathy, and love for our fellow humans are the only way forward! ✌🏼💙
I've seen them several times over the years, but the one that sticks out most in my mind is when they came to Tampa, FL. in '85 (I think, or maybe '86). The venue was one of those domed stadiums, with the stage set up at one end of the oval arena floor. The seats at that end of the stadium, behind where the stage was, were not *supposed* to have been sold -- but the concert sold out so quickly that the promoter decided to open up those seats anyway, so those seats were full of fans who were basically paying good money to stare at the back of the band's heads for two hours... :-( ...and then, halfway through their set, pretty much the entire band (except for the percussionists; you can't exactly rotate an entire drum kit 180 degrees on a whim :-) ) turned around on stage to face the seats behind them, and played the next three or four songs in their set just for them. I thought that was a very classy move on their part; they didn't *have* to do that, but they made sure even the fans in the "bad" seats got something for their money.
Post Terry..... Not really Chicago.. Terry was the heart a would for CTA through VII. You could tell on CVIII he was ready for something different. Sadly he accidentally shot himself. I'm so glad his daughter found the pig-nose telly
My favorite song from Chicago, when they were true innovators and still rocked - Terry Kath's guitar and vocals never fail to reach in and touch my soul. Great reaction, Jamal - you're speaking truth!
In many ways, the height of Chicago's jazz-influenced rock-pop time which they had explored through the firsst three albums before this, concluding with Chicago V. Due mostly to Robert Lamm's songwriting prowess, having written all but one of the albums tunes. Lamm would retreat further into the background going forward.
It seems you have a soft spot for Chicago and I'm definitely with you bro. For a song that will leave you speechless listen (and react) to their first song on their first album called INTRODUCTION. It introduced the band to the world and as they say, the rest is history. Genius arrangement. Try it on. God bless you.
Chicago Transit Authority - the pre 80's version of this band. Amazing. Three vocalists blended so well...Terry Kath the gruff voice on the low, Peter Cetera on the high end, and Robert Lamm was always kind of a blend of the two.
Man do I appreciate you getting on this song that still rings true to this day. it's 50 years old brother. And your right that things ain't changed. You are the man and if you find an old copy of this album. It came with pages of let's all get together and enjoy!! God I hope we can all just get along Bro!!!!!
First time hearing this one not played live. As everyone pretty much concurs, there were two Chicagos. This is the one that rocks! And, we all know why that is. P.S. Your point is well stated, Jamel. We CAN make it happen for all the reason that you stated. I, too, can't believe that we still have to go through all of this nonsense after so many centuries of human existence. It simply defies logic.
I grew up with much older brothers. I was introduced to this band at a very young age and I LOVED this tune. I'm glad you can still feel it so many years later.
Terry.... to me... WAS Chicago. While this was penned by Robert Lamm, the keyboardist, where Terry and Peter take this song is just absolutely incredible. Terry's guitar, and the horn section, are the key's to this tune. R.I.P. Terry
There SO much to love about this song. The instrumentation is powerful. What a rhythm section. And horn section. Beautiful interplay between Kath and Cetera.
Thank you for bringing me back to my roots. Born and raised in Chicago, and I met my wife going to see Chicago and The Beach Boys live at the old Chicago Stadium. This band was my favorite since Chicago Transit Authority, and I would crank their music from my bedroom, and practice my drums for hours. Just wanted to say Thanks for doing Steely Dan's Green Earrings. It's amazing how relevant this song is today.
@@maryalice578 His reaction videos got me through 2020, especially when my husband and I caught COVID. I grew up on 60s, 70s, and 80s music (I turn 40 this year) and it is so satisfying watching this man react to all this music. I'm glad his reviews have touched so many people!
This song is an absolute jam, one of my all time favorites by Chicago. All the love for Terry of course but we’ve got to give some respect to Pete in this song, the bass in this one is killer! I still remember my first time hearing this song. I started building my vinyl collection as a teenager, mid 2000s. I was already a big Chicago fan when I found this record and when I listened to it play through for the first time, I had a similar reaction. Such a powerful track.. I had the same feeling that it could have been written yesterday it’s still so relevant.
When I saw you were doing this reaction, I grab my headphones. One of my Chicago faves. Terry Kath was Chicago. Happy I was able to see them when he was still alive. Thanks Jamel for the great reaction✌🏽❤️
Our high school band used to play this cover in 1974 and no one seemed to listen to the words, but loved the tune. It seems we still hear but don’t listen.
"Love God and love your neighbor as yourself". How can something so simple remain beyond the grasp of so many? Keep the faith, brother! Big love to you from Pastor Jim in Cali.
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So glad you did this one, one of their very best!!
I sent this song to you too. I guess a Vickie sent it to you also.
@that one again Chicago V is my favorite.
have you heard Chicago Questions 67 and 68?
You want to hear a song by Chicago from 1968 that applies TODAY? Listen and react to "Someday". Here are the lyrics:
"VERVIEWLYRICSLISTENRELATED SONGS


4:11
Someday (August 29, 1968) (2002 Remaster)
86K views · Jan 6, 2015
RUclipsChicago - Topic
LYRICS
Would you look around you now
And tell me what you see
Faces full of hate and fear
Faces full of me
Do you feel the rumblings
As your head comes crumbling down
Do you know what I mean
Run, you better, run you know
The End is getting near
Feel the wind of something hard
Come whistling past your ear
As they try to get you
Where it will upset you
Down
Now you know what I mean
Someday you will see how long
We've waited for the time
To show you how we've died
To get together with you all
Twist and turn your head around
'Till everything's unclear
Twist and turn your arm around
Until it is not there
And they'd love to burn you
Or at least to turn you around
Now you know what I mean
Can you look around you now
And tell us what's to be
Can you look inside yourself
And tell us what you see
As you feel the rumblings
As your head comes crumbling down
And you know what I mean
Someday you will see how long
We've been waiting for the time
To show you how we've died
To get together with you all"
RIP Terry Kath. He was brilliant - definitely the soul of Chicago.
I do agree that Chicago died when Kath died. One of the great guitarists of all time as well as an amazing vocalist.
@Shirley Bailey I do, but it's great info to share!
Agreed 100%!!
He was a big loveable good, away from the music
When he went it was like trying to be the Beatles without John.
The original Chicago lineup was some of the greatest musicians ever assembled.
Tell me man...!!!
CTA originally was called The Big Thing!
Amen!
A super group before they had a term for it. Blind Faith was another.
Terry Kath is one of the biggest losses music ever knew🎸
"We still ain't learned a darn thing." AMEN Jamel. True words.
How about their song "Someday" from 1968? Would fit right in today! "VERVIEWLYRICSLISTENRELATED SONGS


4:11
Someday (August 29, 1968) (2002 Remaster)
86K views · Jan 6, 2015
RUclipsChicago - Topic
LYRICS
Would you look around you now
And tell me what you see
Faces full of hate and fear
Faces full of me
Do you feel the rumblings
As your head comes crumbling down
Do you know what I mean
Run, you better, run you know
The End is getting near
Feel the wind of something hard
Come whistling past your ear
As they try to get you
Where it will upset you
Down
Now you know what I mean
Someday you will see how long
We've waited for the time
To show you how we've died
To get together with you all
Twist and turn your head around
'Till everything's unclear
Twist and turn your arm around
Until it is not there
And they'd love to burn you
Or at least to turn you around
Now you know what I mean
Can you look around you now
And tell us what's to be
Can you look inside yourself
And tell us what you see
As you feel the rumblings
As your head comes crumbling down
And you know what I mean
Someday you will see how long
We've been waiting for the time
To show you how we've died
To get together with you all"
Sad but so true
Some of us are awake.
The groove is so terrific you can miss what an angry song it is: "thank you for this talkin' friend, you've really eased my mind..." Talk about bitter irony.
Fifty year old song, things are no better and in many ways worse.
Chicago was one of my favorite bands in high school. So great to hear this incredible song again. It brings tears to my eyes again. Especially today.
Early Chicago was fire. One of my favorite bands.
No doubt Joe!
Have you ever heard of Leonid & Friends? They're a Russian cover band formed by Leonid Vorobyev who cover a lot of Chicago's / CTA's earlier work. Danny Seraphine - Chicago's original drummer - has even played with them. Their version are very close to the original recordings, even live
Here's their version of Dialogue part I & II:
ruclips.net/video/PHUf2VRNA7M/видео.html
Yep Early Chicago is my favorite of all 🤩🤩🤩 Got to see Terry, too 😎
This song always grabbed me by the heart. When TK PASSED so did Chicago.
CTA...😁
It’s literally a dialogue between Terry Kath, taking the part of the young liberal student wanting to change the world, and Peter Cetera, taking the part of the oblivious student just trying to get through life and “keep a steady high”. One of their best. Kath was the soul of the band.
Ironic that it's the way it turned out musically for both of them.
Yes....
I kind of pictured Kath's part being an older working class guy, but yeah it's great.
Peter Cetera was the soul that kept it goin! Bass!!!!
@@shawnk7832 I meant Terry’s vocals, which are very Ray Charles-esque, and his playing, which was always rooted in the blues. Cetera was an excellent singer, but soulful? Not so much.
Danny Seraphine is one of the most under-rated drummers.
You're right, he's the first drummer I ever knew of to do a one- handed drum roll.
@@mbt1955 Like Michael Shrieve of Santana, he could kick a** with basically a starter kit. Didn't need a gazillion drums & cymbals. A good example is the video of Chicago Live at Tanglewood.
I love watching the livee videos of him playing. He is phenomenal!
You can add Brian Downey of Thin Lizzy to that list of underrated drummers
Totally agree and he never gets the credit for being the early driving force with Kath....
Jamel knows music and soul. This is the only Reaction to music channel worth investigating. Thanks for this timeless brilliant tune !
One of Chicago's masterpieces. Danny's drumming off the charts. Pete great bass. Terry K not only great lead but mind-blowing rhythym guitar. The voices and then we get the 3 horns which are like another voice! Jamel's reaction is a joy to watch, and Chicago would be proud that he got so much out of this, 48 years after they laid it down. We can make it happen. Thanks, love it.
Possibly the most underrated Chicago song of them all. Don't hear it played a lot on the oldies stations much.
Some good videos of it on UTube. One is gritty, but one is very clear - sang it on New Years Rocking Eve. Kath has short hair & clean shaven!
My favorite Chicago song.
"Lowdown" is the one that is all but ignored now
56 years young never heard this song
I've neve heard this before and really like it!
That's the only bad thing about listening to 70's music 50 years later nothing has changed
Everything has changed... we've just come back around one more time.
how true, now just a short while after this video was posted, it's currently August 2021, President Biden has done another "Vietnam" and now we're flying Americans out of Kabul...how little we learn...
Now that you've heard their Dialog, you should hear Question 67 and 68.
Yes yes yes!!!
Absolutely 🔥🎸🎤
Link to remastered version: ruclips.net/video/0TKaFqhmmg4/видео.html
"We've got to come together before it's too late!" - Jamel Griffin
Amen, brother.
One of the best Chicago songs with a brilliant message. Love the build in this song and the soulful singing of Terry Kath and Peter Cetera. Thanks for turning a new generation on to this song.
In the 80's UK all we got was the later (neutered) Chicago. Then I heard the early albums and I learnt to think of them as two different bands.
They were, With Kath and without, they lost the edge when they lost him.
Aye, as with Fleetwood Mac.
Heart also lost their rock edge when Roger Fisher left, after I think the 3rd album. Though the tribute cover of "Stairway to Heaven" for Led Zeppelin at the Kennedy Center was awesome!
Well spoken 😉 Terry was their “secret weapon” and when he died they lost their edge for sure 🎸🔥
@@bobmessier5215 You need to listen to their albums since the 90s.
Robert Lamm needs to get some serious love. He wrote this and many other of the great classic songs by Chicago, like 25 or 6 to 4, Saturday in the Park, Make Me Smile, Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is, Beginnings, Questions 67 & 68 ( the latter three you need to react to if you haven't) One of the great songwriters of all time.
@@joe34012 Oops, just sounded like something Lamm would write! Pankow also wrote another of the great classics, Colour My World. Just a mega talented band all the way around.
@@joe34012 and Walt Parazaider came up with the flute solo... just a classic song!!
yep
You are correct. I think that it is just that they worked as a band without anyone taking the limelight, especially early on
samsbro1952 Pankow wrote the whole “Ballet...” which both songs are part of
Seven guys got together with one goal-write and perform their own music and include a brass section. I think it worked.
Too bad they didn't have a longer career 🙄
In the 60s and early 70s the music was the bond. It brought us together. I was at a pop Festival and was blown away by BB King, Sly Stone, Grand Funk Railroad, Sam and Dave and on and on. We had it for a while but it slipped away. "Come on people now. Smile on your brother. Everybody get together. Try to love one another."
Jamel_AKA_Jamal - You NAILED this! I'm 71. This song moved me in SO many ways when I first heard it when I was 21, 50 years ago, and it Is just as relavant today as way way back then. NEVER GIVE UP. Those who care will prevail. PEACE.
Jamel, you hit the mark on what’s important. And Terry Kath and the Chicago of his time was a fantastic, incredible, heavy-hitting, brilliant band. His soul was beautiful. His loss was tragic.
Peter Cetera’s finest bass guitar work on this one!!!
All Peter's bass playing was extraordinary, just sublime. Pick any track up to about Hot Streets. I listen to the old stuff and yell COME BACK TO US, PETER!
I was privileged to see Chicago in concert when they played at my university in the late 1960’s. Have loved their music since then.
Oh my goodness Jamel!! I’ve been loving this song for almost 50 years!! I started requesting it a long time ago. I knew you would love it and I’ve been so busy today that I just now saw this and it made me cry watching you enjoy it ♥️💖♥️ To me the song is about indifference and I see so much of that going on today 😌 The song is from 1972 and has been a favorite of mine ever since then 🎸🎤🔥 Thank you so much for doing this today ☮️ God Bless you & everyone please pray for our nation each & everyday 🙏🏼☮️ Jamel, you made my day 💖💖 Let’s keep on feeling the music 🤘🏼☮️
There she is Thank You Vickie✌🏾🧔🏾✌🏾
Jamel_AKA_Jamal I’m so glad you enjoyed the song from Chicago ♥️ Bulldogs won today!! 🏈 I’m watching your unboxing #5 right now! You are so appreciated ☮️🤘🏼
aka great timing I LIVED THRU ALL OF THIS AS A TEEN GREAT TIMES BETTER MUSIC GREAT JOB YOUR DOING JS FROM PHILA. AREA
Vickie.... Thanks for turning this young man on to this wonderful music!
That's the real ending. Sudden. Slap in the face. Man, I'm crying here, seeing you get this so immediately and deeply. This is the kind of music that shaped me in my youth. Thanks so much for taking this in and passing it on. You are a beautiful human being!
Terry Kath...Jimi Hendrix said he was the best guitarist out there..
Actually Jimi said Kath was better than he was. Chicago at that time was the opening act for Hendrix.
He was amazing
In some ways, the fact there was so much classically trained talent in one band kept any one of them from being more well known because no one person became the focus. Like if it had been the Terry Kath Experience more people would know who he is, but he was too humble and would never step on his other band mates’ toes.
I haven't heard that song in a long time. But it is a very powerful song. Great lyrics and musicianship all around. Chicago is a top notch band!!!!!
Glad you found this man. The two voices, one caring so much he can’t see peace, the other content with his own life seeing no conflict, seeing each other’s point of view, and then the song stops hard... it ain’t done yet. Genius song and, yes... timely. ✌️
Now do "What's this world coming to" for three voices.
I will argue that Chicago is the best Rock band (not rock group) America has ever seen.
The combination of singers and musicians/instruments are better than anything I've seen in my 64 years in this Earth.
This song came out just as the college protest movement of the late 60s/early 70s was dying out. The band was always very socially active in those early days - they wrote numerous songs that protested the war in Vietnam though those were not their hits. Dialogue was kind of a last attempt to stir social consciousness but after that album (Chicago V) they really began to produce more commercial content and lost the socially active mindset.
After 50 years of listening to Chicago, this ranks as my favorite Chicago song. I'm watching and singing along to it right now.
I was obsessed Had
Bed room walls covered in Chicago posters that came with albums. Such great musicians.
Same here!
I'm so glad I grew up in the Chicago 'burbs in the 70's when this was on our local radio all the time. such awesome music.
Danny Seraphine absolutely kills it on this cut - brilliantly inventive and propulsive drumming
Chicago was equal parts pop band, rock band, jazz band, and soul band. Very unique. Proud that they are from my hometown of Chicago👍
Also check 'Beginnings' from the first (double) album when they were called Chicago Transit Authority.
Guaranteed you'll dig it.
Beginnings - Great song, great arrangement! ruclips.net/video/TBDtqz6cgko/видео.html
Beginning, probably my favorite. Early 70's Chicago is hard to beat.
The whole CTA album is one of the best ever. I think I’ve listened to it once a week for the last 50 years!!
Beginnings was on CTA which was late 60's not early 70's
Completely forgot about this one. An unreal track showcasing the power and drive of all the players in the band. Unstoppable! Great!
This was just awesome- glad you had such a positive reaction to one of the best Chicago songs ever!
ANYTHING that showcases Kath’s voice is extraordinary!
Always loved the line "Will a bachelor of arts help you get by" 📜
BTDT. A pair of strong arms and back, two willing hands, and a whole lot of want to help.
You just can’t get better than the early Chicago. They are have exceptional talent. The amazing Robert Lamm wrote this.
I was in a jazz choir in high school, loved when we did this song. We always got a great response, so happy he hear this song
Then you belonged to the coolest school band ever!
@@timsullivan67 it was so fun, one of my best life memories
When I was in HS band in the 70s, Chicago was like a staple of most bands. 25 or 6 to 4 and Saturday in the Park were probably the most popular.
One of my favorite reactions of yours....had to watch it again 💓
My dad used to play bass in horn-rock and disco bands when I was a little kid, our living room was cleared out for their band practices and filled with this glorious sound. you're taking me back. Requesting a react to Blood Sweat and Tears, "God Bless The Child." I guarantee you're gonna love it.
I'm with you on the request, a little David Clayton Thomas, and B.S.& T.
God Bless the Child...excellent choice!
@@Martha_thl Amen, I went back and listened to it just now....one of the finest arrangements ever. Love that guy's voice, saw them perform about 20 yrs ago. Fantastic.
Wasn't Alice Cooper part of Blood, Sweat, and Tears?
@@jjenard11 no, I've never heard that one and I can't find anything about it in Cooper's bio material.
See this band in concert. 50 years and counting. Best. Band. EVER!
I always liked this song...here it is Many years later and this song is still relevant...
One of the best songs from one of the greatest bands. Period.
This song is 50 years old, but haunting know relevant those lyrics are....
R.I.P Terry Kath
My favorite song by my favorite band. Terry Kath was my spirit animal.
My favorite Chicago song! I wish I could “like” this multiple times!!
Can't believe how many people don't know this song exists. Always makes me happy to hear it and the message is as pertinent today as it was back in 1972. At least I remember bringing that album home!
It's old and it will always fit the times you hear it, no matter how many times you are blessed with such perfection.
Have been listening to Chicago this morning. Great to see more Chicago on your channel.
Thank you Jamal for your wise words. Chicago with Terry Kath was my favorite rock group ever.
Jamel, I'm giving a big shout out to your mother because she succeeded in raising an insightful, caring and smart man!
What I love about this era of Chicago is every note has a purpose.
This song was written in 1972 & it means more now than ever.
I've always loved bands with horns...such a rich sound. while this is video is 2 years old, thanks for appreciating these old songs.. and their sound....
YESSSSSS!!! My all time #1! I remember listening in my bedroom as a teen...just turned 65! THE GREAT VOICE of Terry Kath & Peter Cetera is the "student" or airhead. We Boomers failed when $$$ entered our lives. SO NEED THIS NOW!
You make the mistake of lumping everyone into one category.
MrsP Colorado As a Boomer, I too feel we didn’t live up to our expectations. We need to keep trying.
@@snikkerr1949 Agree to a point. SOME of us made a concerted effort to raise our kids not to see race, do not hate. Others, raised there kids much differently. Since we're in the US it's up to us. TO BE CLEAR...few boomers in Congress because the Old Ones won't step down. So...as an individual, you do right by your own kids. THEY can make it happen. 20 yrs as a Social Worker. I know U dud my part.
@@carolh1954 As long as we're breathing 💙💙💙💙💙
Hahaha..glad I have a BS, served me well! More fun saying u have a BS, too!
Jamel, your the man, thank you for everything . We can make it better.
Lyrics, in case you are interested:
Are you optimistic
'Bout the way things are going?
No, I never ever think of it at all
Don't you ever worry
When you see what's going down?
Well, I try to mind my business,
That is, no business at all
When it's time to function
As a feeling human being, will your
Bachelor of Arts help you get by?
I hope to study further,
A few more years or so. I also hope
To keep a steady high
Will you try to change
Things, use the power that you have,
The power of a million new ideas?
What is this power you
Speak of and this need for things to
Change? I always thought
That everything was fine, everything
Is fine
Don't you feel repression just
Closing in around?
No, the campus here is very, very free
Don't it make you angry
The way war is dragging on?
Peter
Well, I hope the President
Knows what he's into, I don't know.
Oh, I just don't know
Terry
Don't you ever see the starvation
In the city where you live, all the
Needless hunger all the
Needless pain?
Peter
I haven't been there lately,
The country is so fine, but my
Neighbors don't seem hungry 'cause
They haven't got the time, haven't got
The time
Terry
Thank you for the talk,
You know you really eased my mind.
I was troubled by the shapes
Of things to come.
Peter
Well, if you had my
Outlook your feelings would be
Numb, you'd always think
That everything was fine,
Everything was fine.
Dialogue (Part II)
Group
We can make it better
We can make it better
We can make it better
Yeah, yeah, yeah
We can change the world now
We can change the world now
We can change the world now
We can save the children
We can save the children
We can save the children
Yeah yeah yeah
We can make it happen
We can make it happen
We can make it happen
We can save the children
We can save the children
We can save the children
Yeah, yeah, yeah
We can make it happen
We can make it happen
We can make it happen
We can make it happen, yeah
We can make it happen
We can make it happen, yeah
We can make it happen
We can make it happen, yeah
We can make it happen
We can make it happen, yeah
We can make it hap
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Robert Lamm / Robert William Lamm
Dialogue Parts 1 & 2 lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc
David Robinson awesome
I always thought they were clear as a bell
Well done. Maybe this should be played at the first Debates. Might wake some people up who aren't "functioning as a feeling human being".
The hippies were right....
Thanks for putting that up
I am Chicago’s #1 fan. My first concert was way back in the 70’s as a child - I had a string quartet play You’re the Inspiration as I walked down the aisle some 36 years ago. This is one of my favorites and loved your reaction. I recently purchased Chicago Transit Authority on vinyl for a mere $8 and you have inspired me to crack it open and listen to it. Reeling in the good old days.
The evolution of these guys from CTA to Chicago V is just as stunning.
I saw them live in 1981 five rows from the stage, I couldn’t hear for a week! Definitely in my top five of concerts!🙌🏼 I’m with you Jamal, compassion, empathy, and love for our fellow humans are the only way forward! ✌🏼💙
I've seen them several times over the years, but the one that sticks out most in my mind is when they came to Tampa, FL. in '85 (I think, or maybe '86). The venue was one of those domed stadiums, with the stage set up at one end of the oval arena floor. The seats at that end of the stadium, behind where the stage was, were not *supposed* to have been sold -- but the concert sold out so quickly that the promoter decided to open up those seats anyway, so those seats were full of fans who were basically paying good money to stare at the back of the band's heads for two hours... :-(
...and then, halfway through their set, pretty much the entire band (except for the percussionists; you can't exactly rotate an entire drum kit 180 degrees on a whim :-) ) turned around on stage to face the seats behind them, and played the next three or four songs in their set just for them. I thought that was a very classy move on their part; they didn't *have* to do that, but they made sure even the fans in the "bad" seats got something for their money.
Had the pleasure of seeing them live a few times prior to Terry Kath passing. They were AMAZING!
Post Terry.....
Not really Chicago..
Terry was the heart a would for CTA through VII.
You could tell on CVIII he was ready for something different.
Sadly he accidentally shot himself.
I'm so glad his daughter found the pig-nose telly
Never get tired of hearing Terry Kath play guitar. You're right! Humanity is the shit and we CAN make it happen! ❤❤❤❤👍👍👍
your optimism is contagious, maybe check out the "Youngbloods" get together
You are the man. Love you brother. Keep up the good work. It helps.
My favorite song from Chicago, when they were true innovators and still rocked - Terry Kath's guitar and vocals never fail to reach in and touch my soul. Great reaction, Jamal - you're speaking truth!
In many ways, the height of Chicago's jazz-influenced rock-pop time which they had explored through the firsst three albums before this, concluding with Chicago V. Due mostly to Robert Lamm's songwriting prowess, having written all but one of the albums tunes. Lamm would retreat further into the background going forward.
Fro your next Chicago reaction, I suggest either "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is", "Beginnings", or "Questions 67 & 68".
It seems you have a soft spot for Chicago and I'm definitely with you bro. For a song that will leave you speechless listen (and react) to their first song on their first album called INTRODUCTION. It introduced the band to the world and as they say, the rest is history. Genius arrangement. Try it on. God bless you.
Makes me sad. We haven't learned a goddam thing since this song was written.
"Don't it make you angry, the way the war keeps dragging on..." 🤦♀️
Or perhaps we just did.
I love the way this song builds....beautiful arrangement.
Chicago Transit Authority - the pre 80's version of this band. Amazing.
Three vocalists blended so well...Terry Kath the gruff voice on the low, Peter Cetera on the high end, and Robert Lamm was always kind of a blend of the two.
Bobby seems like the Balance between the Two.
Actually off Chicago V.
This was the best song in the album but Saturday In The Park had a more upbeat message and sold a ton of records
Terry Kath is off the charts. One of the best guitarists of all time. One of my all time favorite Chicago songs. Love Jamel!! What a good soul!
Man do I appreciate you getting on this song that still rings true to this day. it's 50 years old brother. And your right that things ain't changed. You are the man and if you find an old copy of this album. It came with pages of let's all get together and enjoy!! God I hope we can all just get along Bro!!!!!
one of the greatest bands. Such output and musicianship!
There is a great live version of this from Dick Clark's New Years Rockin' Eve. The interplay between Kath & Cetera is astounding.
Kath shredding on the solo is worth the listen by itself.
@@davidschmidbauer3930 to be fair, just about any of Terry's solos are worth a listen. He died too soon.
I had forgotten about this brilliant Chicago song. Sadly, it's still as relevant as it was when I was in high school in 1971.
Sounded like Kath played an 8 minute solo and they just turned his volume down so we could hear the lyrics. Excellent! and great message
1st time hearing this too! Love the analogy of both singers. Your analysis is on point!
First time hearing this one not played live. As everyone pretty much concurs, there were two Chicagos. This is the one that rocks! And, we all know why that is.
P.S. Your point is well stated, Jamel. We CAN make it happen for all the reason that you stated. I, too, can't believe that we still have to go through all of this nonsense after so many centuries of human existence. It simply defies logic.
This Classic Song , sends chills down your spine .
Jamal, it didn't cut off, that's actually how the song ends. You didn't make a mistake. It always takes first listeners by surprise.
If I remember correctly they said they ran out of tape while recording!!
@@vickieray No. they did it this way on purpose.
actormanic ah I see now! I just read the abrupt ending was symbolic of censorship 👍🏼 That’s brilliant 🤘🏼
True
My theory is the song was cut off to symbolize how their idealism and naivety was cut off by reality.
I grew up with much older brothers. I was introduced to this band at a very young age and I LOVED this tune. I'm glad you can still feel it so many years later.
Terry.... to me... WAS Chicago. While this was penned by Robert Lamm, the keyboardist, where Terry and Peter take this song is just absolutely incredible. Terry's guitar, and the horn section, are the key's to this tune. R.I.P. Terry
There SO much to love about this song. The instrumentation is powerful. What a rhythm section. And horn section. Beautiful interplay between Kath and Cetera.
Thank you for bringing me back to my roots. Born and raised in Chicago, and I met my wife going to see Chicago and The Beach Boys live at the old Chicago Stadium. This band was my favorite since Chicago Transit Authority, and I would crank their music from my bedroom, and practice my drums for hours. Just wanted to say Thanks for doing Steely Dan's Green Earrings. It's amazing how relevant this song is today.
I'd love to change the world, by Ten Years After
So many good songs by them. Another nugget is Think About the Times off of their Watt Album. Great message.
Yes!
Another underrated band. A great song choice. I would add Going Home the Woodstock performance.
Donald Forgot about that performance, yes, of course
sibkiss2009 Alvin Lee was on fire that night.
I had a tough day… And I watch this… I started crying because of the song the beauty of the horns ,the vocals .the Wa Wa pedal and your Statements
I always go to J aka J at the end of a bad day. Lifts me up and gives me peace.
@@maryalice578 His reaction videos got me through 2020, especially when my husband and I caught COVID. I grew up on 60s, 70s, and 80s music (I turn 40 this year) and it is so satisfying watching this man react to all this music. I'm glad his reviews have touched so many people!
This song is an absolute jam, one of my all time favorites by Chicago. All the love for Terry of course but we’ve got to give some respect to Pete in this song, the bass in this one is killer!
I still remember my first time hearing this song. I started building my vinyl collection as a teenager, mid 2000s. I was already a big Chicago fan when I found this record and when I listened to it play through for the first time, I had a similar reaction. Such a powerful track.. I had the same feeling that it could have been written yesterday it’s still so relevant.
Great art is timeless. Chicago fits that category.
So glad you covered this one. It's my favorite Chicago song and still blows me away 50 years later ♡♡♡♡♡
When I saw you were doing this reaction, I grab my headphones. One of my Chicago faves. Terry Kath was Chicago. Happy I was able to see them when he was still alive. Thanks Jamel for the great reaction✌🏽❤️
Our high school band used to play this cover in 1974 and no one seemed to listen to the words, but loved the tune. It seems we still hear but don’t listen.
Jamel, it is truly a blessing to have you in our lives! Keep up the amazing work! ❤️😎✌️
Gotta love Peter Cetera on vocals and bass too. 👍🎶
Cetera was a very, very underrated bass player. His live status is outstanding.
What about The Temptation's "Ball of Confusion"? If you haven't heard this yet, it's a must.
Still relevant today
Been a fan of Chicago for longer than I care to admit. And this song is their best to my ear and mind. For then and today.
You’re right. We haven’t learned a damn thing. We thought we would by now.
We have learned one thing. That we haven't learned a damn thing.
"Love God and love your neighbor as yourself". How can something so simple remain beyond the grasp of so many? Keep the faith, brother! Big love to you from Pastor Jim in Cali.
LZ and Chicago - u got it right!!