Peter Cetera, the long-time lead vocalist and front man for Chicago had his jaw broken and wired shut for an extremely long duration. He therefore learned to sing through what we see as clinched teeth. This has forever been his singing style which makes it look like he has very little mouth movements at all. He's gone on to have a very successful solo career. Keep up the great work you two.
That sound near the beginning was what a cassette tape sounds like when there's a wrinkle or it's dragging. Now that we're into the digital age we don't worry about ruining the tape in a hot vehicle or what-not.
We did a Chicago medley in 7th grade choir that had colour my world in it and I remember how HARD those melodies were. It is a sweet simple song to listen but when you are singing it the notes are very hard to find...and may have been hard to count as well. I remember choir was the first I had heard of the song so I didn't know what it sounded like. It is a very sophisticated piece of music.
I grew up with this great band from the 70's-80's. They were a rock & roll band with horns & blended elements of classical music, jazz, R&B, & pop music. They had a lot of great songs such as "Make Me Smile", "25 or 6 to 4", "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?", "Beginnings", "Questions 67 & 68", "I'm A Man", "Where Do We Go From Here?", "Free", "Lowdown", "Saturday In The Park", "Make Me Smile", "Colour My World", "Hard To Say I'm Sorry", "You're The Inspiration", "Will You Still Love Me?", "Look Away", "Feelin' Stronger Every Day", "If You Leave Me Now", "Old Days" etc.
Given the amazing sounds that Chicago produces, it stands to reason they would have amazing, eclectic taste in music, and yet, I'm still always a little surprised to see Peter Cetera wearing a Bauhaus 'Bela Lugo's Dead' t-shirt in this video. Love it, and hope to see some Bauhaus on this channel, starting with Sanity Assassin, She's in Parties, Adrenaline, Of Lillies and Remains...
This is not really about the song but you are only the second person that I have seen named Dagmar. I was stationed in Germany in the '80s and had a girlfriend named that. That has been over thirty years ago. To me, it's such a unique name and brings back some awesome times. Take care.
Another great Chicago song…”If You Leave Me Now”. My husband (boyfriend at the time) and I broke up for a short time, he heard it at work and said he realized how much he loved me and called me that night. Tomorrow is our 36th wedding anniversary ♥️
My wife and I played this at our wedding on 12/18/87. 34 years later and she is still my inspiration. I still want to have her near me. Beautiful song that has a special meaning to us and will always be "our song".
Peter Cetera and Kenny Loggins were the ballad KINGS of the 80s. Amazing love songs that could melt butter. My favourite Peter song is Glory of Love from the Karate Kid 2 soundtrack - and Hard Habit to Break. He also does an incredible ballad with Amy Grant called Next Time I Fall. Daddy's Girl from the movie Three Men and a Baby is the cutest song. When Peter left Chicago and they switched singers - they came out with my all time favourite ballad of all time called Will You Still Love Me. Sending you both huge hugs for diving into more Chicago. (Had to edit - Glory of Love is from Karate Kid 2)
I love Chicago's music and Steve Perry is the best of all time but I have to say that the there's really only one choice for the most prolific balladeers of the 80's and that title goes to Air Supply. Kenny Loggins really didn't do a lot of ballads in the 80's but he was the king of movie theme songs.
@@hotbloodedtexn Kenny didn't have a whole lot of ballads - but the one's he DID have were all fantastic. But you're right - Air Supply have some of the BEST ballads of the 80's. My top favourite is Making Love Out of Nothing at All.
@JeannieSchmidt, that is a great song. I hope that you didn't take my post as criticism because I surely didn't mean for it to be. I'd be hard-pressed in picking between that one or Sweet Dreams. I wish that the people that post reaction videos didn't all react to the exact same songs and actually took suggestions from the comments from those of us who remember not just the radio hits but the deeper cuts. So many absolutely great songs weren't even released as radio singles and the younger generations are missing out on them.
@@dianefurlong2911 In 1977 my mother bought me Chicago's Greatest Hits for my 12th birthday. I played Colour My World constantly, i just couldn't get enough, and as a matter of fact I still can't.
If you like this one, you should definitely look up "Glory of Love" by Peter Cetera(this singer). Peter did some amazing songs on his own as well as with Chicago!
Peter Cetera's voice is just awesome! This is from their 14th album, Chicago 17 which is their biggest selling album. Stay the Night, Hard Habit to break, and Along Comes a Woman were the other big hits from this album. From Chicago 16, Hard to Say I'm Sorry/Get Away and Love Me Tomorrow. From Chicago 18, Will You Still Love Me and If She Would've Been Faithful. Some earlier favorites, No Tell Lover, Alive Again, Old Days, (I've Been) Searching So Long, Wishing You Were Here, Call On Me, Just You and Me, Questions 67 & 68, and Saturday In the Park. Peter Cetera left the group between 17 and 18 for a solo career. Has a great duet with Amy Grant, "The Next Time I Fall". Glory of Love was featured on the Karate Kid II soundtrack. Now I need to listen to more, lol.
As an 80s kid, I heard Peter Cetera as a soloist and master of the ballad. It wasn’t until I started listening to Oldies stations and classic rock stations that I was introduced to Chicago, the band.
Terry Kath and Peter Cetera shared the leads in 1970’s. Terry accidentally shot himself to death in 1978. Peter then became the sole lead. They got into power ballads in the 1980’s. Cetera started a solo career later.
I like both Chicago’s the 70s in the 80s. But, if I had to choose one decade for their music I’d say 70s. I grew up in the 70s it was my college years, I associate those years with groups like Chicago. Great years great decade, enjoyed every moment. The music was a big part of our lives.
There's really two different Chicago eras. There's the 70's era Chicago with all the horns and jazziness. Then there's the '80's Chicago which was much more about pop ballads. I much much much much much much prefer 70's Chicago. You SERIOUSLY still need to hit Beginnings and Saturday In The Park. You two will flip over those.
Thank you…I’m also one of those die-hard early Chicago fans of the Terry Kath era. You can literally divide Chicago sound into 2 styles. As nice as Peter Cetera’s voice and the subsequent push of the record company to make their music more “mainstream”, helped to completely change the Chicago sound..they became this pop band that didn’t display any of the great qualities of all the musicians in the band… And Peter Cetera is a great bassist, but I really can only take so much of the pop songs he sings…that was not the real Chicago imo.
So glad you reacted to some 80s Chicago! I love all eras of Chicago, and these David Foster-produced songs were monsters when they came out. Perhaps, the older incarnations sounded more like Chicago with more horns, but you can’t deny the pop-craft in their 80s output.
The older inclinations not only had more horns, but crucially had the amazing guitar of Terry Kath & his soulful voice. I hate to generalize because everyone has their own taste, but in my experience when they transitioned from Kath to Cetera/David Foster they became focused on sweet ballads without the "edge" brought by Kath. The generalization is that the later Chicago was preferred by women, while early Chicago was loved by men. (Raises my hand...lol)
David Foster is one of best song arrangers ever and he could write a song. I couldnt write a song to save my life. I can play them and sing with a guitar but write...no way in living hell boo hoo to me
I love this one, too! More of their great songs - "Hard Habit to Break" "Glory Of Love" (from the movie "The Karate Kid". I think it's Peter Cetera without the band.) "Stay the Night" "Along Comes a Woman" "Next Time I Fall" (duet feat. lead singer Peter Cetera with Amy Grant.) "I Can't Let Go" (originally by Earth, Wind & Fire, so either way you've got horns. I actually like Chicago's version a little better, though I looove EW&F.)
@@jessiem276 Thank you. :) I didn't remember "Color My World" when I read it in the comments, and still don't. I like "Saturday In the Park", pretty well, but I like Chicago better with Peter Cetera as lead singer.
You guys are awesomely honest. So many people even 41 years ago (when I last saw Chicago) were ashamed to admit they loved its smooth, soulful sound. I was 18 back then. I'm 59 now and its as wonderful, as ever. You ever get a chance to see the version he made with AZ Yet as the backup, its excellent.
Hiiii....one of my favorites of all time!!!!!.. danced with my dad at my wedding to this....l have seen the band 18 times.. Now 2024.... You should relisten.... To the new singing.. Neil....it's amazing!!!!!!
They didn't have computers for making songs back then what you heard was when they had to cut the tape and put the tape back together again. Much love 💘Brandi Modrak 💕
I love Chicago... I started listening to them about 1972 ...such a unique sound...Peter Ceteras voice is awesome... When he left Jason Schiff took over lead vocals...Jasons father is Jerry Schiff who was Elvis Presleys bass player... Great group... Awesome reaction, guys...
Y’all are taking me back to high school with all the emotions- crushes, heartbreak, drama. - Chicago was huge in the mid-late 80s. 😍😍😍😍 Peter Cetera has such a unique voice. Definitely check out his work outside of Chicago, please!
Will You Still Love Me and Look Away (Billboard top single of 89) are two more great songs 80s style after Peter Cetera left. Both of these songs are performed by different led singers.
This was THE LOVE SONG of the 80s, everyone requested it or dedicated on radio, slow danced, proms, weddings! And today it’s still up there as a best of love song!
This was from the album Chicago 17 and almost every song on that album was a big hit. This was by far my favorite song of the album and I needed to hear this right now as I saw a video earlier today of a younger guy dissing songs like this and Phil Collins' Tonight, Tonight, Tonight among others. All I can say about him at this point is that the heel has no soul :)
"You're the Inspiration" is a song written by Peter Cetera and David Foster for the group Chicago and recorded for their fourteenth studio album Chicago 17 (1984), with Cetera singing lead vocals. - Wikipedia.
By the time Chicago 17 came out in 1984, the group had largely (but not completely) traded its trademark horn section for a more synthesized sound. Nevertheless, Chicago 17 became their biggest selling album of all time, thanks in part to You're The Inspiration and Hard Habit To Break. These songs completed Chicago's comeback journey that began with Hard To Say I'm Sorry from 1982. That comeback journey continued until What Kind Of Man Would I Be, which would be their last top ten hit in 1989. I'd recommend checking that out.
Chicago has been together, in one form or another, since the 60's. This is just one of the later versions. Me personally, I like the earlier versions of the band. One of their greatest hits of all time was Saturday in the Park. You ought to play that one.
I love color my world too, but also really love Saturday in the Park. That is one of their original jams that has all the musical instruments you guys really like.
My all time favorite ballad right here! I was a Sophomore in High School with a little gal friend. Great, great feelings to a great great song!! It ruined me …lol
This iteration of band had the members in their mid-late 30s for this song/video. Go watch early 70s performance, when they were early 20s, and note Peter Cetera's (the lead singer here, later left to go solo) hair, and of course the late Terry Kath, the original lead guitarist with the deeper soulful voice.
I'm a Chicago freak and bought every album they released up until their 30th Anniversary (they put out an album +, a year on average). I took my daughter to see them for her 1st concert (30th Anniversary Tour). "Look Away" was their biggest hit post Peter Cetera.
I was watching your Jackson Browne "Stay" video and you mentioned prom songs, so I searched your channel for mine... And this is it. 1985 prom in my high school was Chicago's "You’re the Inspiration." 😊
I love this song so much. Peter Cetera was the voice of Chicago until he left for a solo career. I've seen Chicago twice in concert and the last time was with Earth, Wind & Fire.
Starting in 1969, Chicago has amassed 37 official releases. Only 25 of those are studio recordings of original songs, or studio covers (such as their three Christmas albums and their big band album), the rest are compilations or live recordings. Still, 25 albums is a lot of music. The original band had seven members: Robert Lamm - keyboards, lead and backing vocals Terry Kath - guitars, lead and backing vocals Peter Cetera - bass, lead and backing vocals Danny Seraphine - drums James Pankow - trombone, backing vocals Lee Loughnane - trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals Walter Parazaider - reeds, backing vocals Over the years there have been several changes in the lineup. Now, only three of the original members are still with the band; Lamm, Loughnane, and Pankow. Their sound has moved and morphed over the years as well. I'm partial to the first seven album primarily, though I'm also a great fan of 22 (the big band album), 25 (first Christmas album), 32 (a harkening to their early sound and style), with tunes here and there throughout that I am quite fond of (like Feel from 30). Favorite songs from the early era: everything on 1 (except Free Form Guitar), all of 2, all of 3 -- okay, all of it. All time favorite song, though: from the fifth album, Dialogue, parts 1 & 2. Love you guys! Thanks for all the joy!
YOU have to react to "COLOUR MY WORLD" !! It's part of the early days of the 70's...This songs had to be a Junior Prom / Senior Ball theme in almost every high school of that decade!! It's pre "YOU'RE THE INSPIRATION " Chicago and has got to be one of the top 100 love songs of all time...
I'm ALWAYS down for all things CHICAGO!!! I listened to this during my first real heartbreak and I would Highly recommend the entire album Chicago XVII. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Being from the 70's and the 80's...I'm a slow love ballad person....u have to listen to Lyin' Eyes, Peaceful Easy Feeling by the Eagles....love u guys and love your reactions.....❤
Yes please react to Lighthouse a great Canadian band.Sunny Days and One Fine Morning are super songs. This band was known for their horns.Amber will love them.
@@kevinwarkentin600 At least Lighthouse never sold out and became a sad ballad and bubble gum band. In concert even today they still bring it with power and passion. RIP SKIP, but your son is carrying on the legacy fantastically.
Love everything Chicago puts out. YOU SHOULD SEE THE TROMBONE PLAYER! HE ROCKS!! Try Color My World. It’s short, but one of THE BEST slow dancing songs ever!!
Yes, it's a pretty love song but it's complicated. The intro and verse are in different keys! It also has some cool chords on the chorus and it keeps modulating keys on the chorus fade out too!
A lot of people who prefer the earlier Chicago sound and downplay the later Chicago of the late 70s and 80s do not appear to realize or appreciate how musically well-written, well-arranged, and beautifully performed these songs are. I get it...it's popular music and not rock or jazz or progressive, yet as popular music goes, it's much better than most, in my opinion.
This is 80s Chicago! They had so many great hits(love songs) Love Me Tomorrow,Hard For Me To Say I`m Sorry and Hard Habit To Break ,all of these you will LOVE!Keep On Rockin'
Peter Cetera is one the best vocalists of all time. Hard Habit to Break, Hard to Say I'm Sorry and Look Away are some their best. Peter Cetera have some great hits as a solo artist like Glory of Love and Next I Fall in Love with Amy Grant.
Gotta do "Nobody's Fool", by Cinderella, Live from Moscow in 1989... Tom Keifer does an INSANE guitar solo at the beginning... make sure you do the 7 minutes and 34 seconds version
I don't know if a comment got deleted or something but someone in this thread should probably mention that the band you're talking about is Cinderella. In addition to the song you suggested, their song "Long Cold Winter" is right up Jay and Amber's alley. Bluesy guitar, Janis-esque vocals, super full of the feels... I can't imagine them not absolutely loving it.
This song and "Hard Habit to Break" came out when I was in Junior High School. They let us have a dance party at the end of the year and Chicago will always be anchored in my memory with the first slow dances that I ever had with a girl. If you can remember being 13 years old, you will remember what a crazy, amazing, confusing, hormone raging time that it was in your life. I'm glad Chicago was a part of mine
Peter Cetera, the long-time lead vocalist and front man for Chicago had his jaw broken and wired shut for an extremely long duration. He therefore learned to sing through what we see as clinched teeth. This has forever been his singing style which makes it look like he has very little mouth movements at all. He's gone on to have a very successful solo career. Keep up the great work you two.
Wow didn’t know that! So interesting!! He has such an amazing voice.
I didn’t know that either!
You can see him in early vids singing through that. Can you imagine that pain.
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WOW!
That sound near the beginning was what a cassette tape sounds like when there's a wrinkle or it's dragging. Now that we're into the digital age we don't worry about ruining the tape in a hot vehicle or what-not.
Ahhh those were the days my friend weren't they🤗😁😊
My thoughts, exactly.
Thanks yes that was what I was thinking too
@@makkimontoya7849 they were 😊
"Color My World" is one of my favorite Chicago songs. The only problem with it is that it is TOO SHORT. It's that BEAUTIFUL!!!!
It’s to short because it’s only a small section from a larger piece
Listen to all of the album Chicago 2
@@elena8341 Go away!!
@@rmac8008 I've never had the album, I've only heard it on the radio.
We did a Chicago medley in 7th grade choir that had colour my world in it and I remember how HARD those melodies were. It is a sweet simple song to listen but when you are singing it the notes are very hard to find...and may have been hard to count as well. I remember choir was the first I had heard of the song so I didn't know what it sounded like. It is a very sophisticated piece of music.
Nancy, you MUST listen to Chicago II, side 2. It's great.
I grew up with this great band from the 70's-80's. They were a rock & roll band with horns & blended elements of classical music, jazz, R&B, & pop music. They had a lot of great songs such as "Make Me Smile", "25 or 6 to 4", "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?", "Beginnings", "Questions 67 & 68", "I'm A Man", "Where Do We Go From Here?", "Free", "Lowdown", "Saturday In The Park", "Make Me Smile", "Colour My World", "Hard To Say I'm Sorry", "You're The Inspiration", "Will You Still Love Me?", "Look Away", "Feelin' Stronger Every Day", "If You Leave Me Now", "Old Days" etc.
OMG "If You Leave Me Now" is the BEST!
First girl friend. Roller skating. Yep, good memories.
Given the amazing sounds that Chicago produces, it stands to reason they would have amazing, eclectic taste in music, and yet, I'm still always a little surprised to see Peter Cetera wearing a Bauhaus 'Bela Lugo's Dead' t-shirt in this video. Love it, and hope to see some Bauhaus on this channel, starting with Sanity Assassin, She's in Parties, Adrenaline, Of Lillies and Remains...
Just you and me is my favourite
This is not really about the song but you are only the second person that I have seen named Dagmar. I was stationed in Germany in the '80s and had a girlfriend named that. That has been over thirty years ago. To me, it's such a unique name and brings back some awesome times. Take care.
Another great Chicago song…”If You Leave Me Now”. My husband (boyfriend at the time) and I broke up for a short time, he heard it at work and said he realized how much he loved me and called me that night. Tomorrow is our 36th wedding anniversary ♥️
OH SO RIGHT, SAME WITH MINE BOYFRIEND..TWENTY YEARS.... BUT LITTLE DRINKING COULDN'T STAY FAITHFUL. STILL LOVE ALL THOSE FEELINGS.
You guys are great and Chicago is the best band in the world and thats coming from a musician.
Great story!
VERY COOL
Congratulations
My wife and I played this at our wedding on 12/18/87. 34 years later and she is still my inspiration. I still want to have her near me. Beautiful song that has a special meaning to us and will always be "our song".
I love this so much. I love this song and this is the reason why. Thank you for sharing.
Great !
This song is never getting old ,love this 80s song, played it on my wedding too , 31-5-2002, 20 yrs this year!!
Our wedding song too, May 1988
It's My wife and my song too -married 6-18-1988. My inspiration too.
Peter Cetera and Kenny Loggins were the ballad KINGS of the 80s. Amazing love songs that could melt butter. My favourite Peter song is Glory of Love from the Karate Kid 2 soundtrack - and Hard Habit to Break. He also does an incredible ballad with Amy Grant called Next Time I Fall. Daddy's Girl from the movie Three Men and a Baby is the cutest song. When Peter left Chicago and they switched singers - they came out with my all time favourite ballad of all time called Will You Still Love Me. Sending you both huge hugs for diving into more Chicago. (Had to edit - Glory of Love is from Karate Kid 2)
It was Karate Kid 2...
Please Don't Forget The Incredible and Greatest Vocalist Ever- Steve Perry-
I love Chicago's music and Steve Perry is the best of all time but I have to say that the there's really only one choice for the most prolific balladeers of the 80's and that title goes to Air Supply. Kenny Loggins really didn't do a lot of ballads in the 80's but he was the king of movie theme songs.
@@hotbloodedtexn Kenny didn't have a whole lot of ballads - but the one's he DID have were all fantastic. But you're right - Air Supply have some of the BEST ballads of the 80's. My top favourite is Making Love Out of Nothing at All.
@JeannieSchmidt, that is a great song. I hope that you didn't take my post as criticism because I surely didn't mean for it to be. I'd be hard-pressed in picking between that one or Sweet Dreams. I wish that the people that post reaction videos didn't all react to the exact same songs and actually took suggestions from the comments from those of us who remember not just the radio hits but the deeper cuts. So many absolutely great songs weren't even released as radio singles and the younger generations are missing out on them.
If you leave me now . One of my favorites from these guys
Lead singer Peter Cetera's duet of Next Time I Fall with Amy Grant is an absolutely beautiful song!
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NTIF is a song was written by Mr. Bobby Caldwell of "What You Won't Do for Love" fame.
I love Amy Grant❤️
YES ❤
Great song!!
"Hard Habit to Break" from this same album is probably my most favorite song of all time.
Yessss ❤️❤️
My fav Chicago song!
That song is an absolute banger bro!!!
You will be blown away by the harmonies in the Chicago song "Hard Habit To Break" Can't wait for your reaction to this song and video.
"Color My World" by Chicago was used quite often by the Latin culture back in the 70s, for their wedding receptions. very popular.
And every sock hop I went to in the 70's lol!
Terry Kath was such a great singer and guitarist, it's ashame he died so young.
Colour My World is one of my favorites.
@@dianefurlong2911 In 1977 my mother bought me Chicago's Greatest Hits for my 12th birthday. I played Colour My World constantly, i just couldn't get enough, and as a matter of fact I still can't.
Played at my wedding. Along with Paul Stucky? The wedding song.
"Saturday in the Park" by Chicago is one of those songs that takes me back, it just feels really good!
Yes! Such a great song!! I love Chicago - from their earliest days until.
People talking, people walking, a man selling ice cream...
That’s my favorite! Makes me feel like a kid again.
If you like this one, you should definitely look up "Glory of Love" by Peter Cetera(this singer). Peter did some amazing songs on his own as well as with Chicago!
Definitely!!
Yes!!
I always loved Peter Cetera's voice, it's so unique. ❤❤❤
For harmonies, please listen to Chicago's "Wishing You Were Here" -- so gorgeous!
The beach boys were singing on that one!
It’s a must! One of the most perfect songs ever recorded. Be sure to listen to the studio version first!
Chicago Lead singer, Peter Cetera duet with Amy Grant "Next time I fall". ❤️
Love that song!
Second that. Amazing song.
Peter Cetra hands down one of the best vocalist of the 80's
Him ,Steve Perry,and Freddie Mercury were among the best!
Add Phil Collins too
Add Steve Winwood
Huh? Peter Cetera?? Oookay😊
I saw Peter Cetera 3 times in concert. He is Amazing.
Peter Cetera's voice is just awesome! This is from their 14th album, Chicago 17 which is their biggest selling album. Stay the Night, Hard Habit to break, and Along Comes a Woman were the other big hits from this album. From Chicago 16, Hard to Say I'm Sorry/Get Away and Love Me Tomorrow. From Chicago 18, Will You Still Love Me and If She Would've Been Faithful. Some earlier favorites, No Tell Lover, Alive Again, Old Days, (I've Been) Searching So Long, Wishing You Were Here, Call On Me, Just You and Me, Questions 67 & 68, and Saturday In the Park. Peter Cetera left the group between 17 and 18 for a solo career. Has a great duet with Amy Grant, "The Next Time I Fall". Glory of Love was featured on the Karate Kid II soundtrack.
Now I need to listen to more, lol.
This was a great breakdown. Good job. 👍
Terry Kath, Peter Cetera, Jason Scheff et al are all superlative and of course the musicians and/or backing vocalists. Love Chicago.
As an 80s kid, I heard Peter Cetera as a soloist and master of the ballad. It wasn’t until I started listening to Oldies stations and classic rock stations that I was introduced to Chicago, the band.
Wow, Chicago was still putting out albums until the mid 80s with Cetera as the front man.
Terry Kath and Peter Cetera shared the leads in 1970’s. Terry accidentally shot himself to death in 1978. Peter then became the sole lead. They got into power ballads in the 1980’s. Cetera started a solo career later.
Chicago "Will you still love me for the rest of my life" ❤️❤️❤️
I just love Chicago!!! Their music is just beautiful!!!
Next, solo Peter Cetera. His duet with Cher, After All, will forever be my fave. It was in my wedding.
I LOVE this song! Harmony is phenomenal!!
I like both Chicago’s the 70s in the 80s. But, if I had to choose one decade for their music I’d say 70s. I grew up in the 70s it was my college years, I associate those years with groups like Chicago. Great years great decade, enjoyed every moment. The music was a big part of our lives.
I personally LOVE the 80’s version of Chicago. Please check out Hard Habit to Break. Beautiful, haunting song.
Hard Habit To Break is a fantastic song, great mid section. Good call 👍❤️
It's certainly one of my favourites of theirs!
This song always makes me think of my wife, she is my Inspiration!!
Thank you for reacting to this track ❤
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Love song to my wife of 38 years!!🤘🔥
There's really two different Chicago eras. There's the 70's era Chicago with all the horns and jazziness. Then there's the '80's Chicago which was much more about pop ballads. I much much much much much much prefer 70's Chicago. You SERIOUSLY still need to hit Beginnings and Saturday In The Park. You two will flip over those.
I have to agree! 70’s Chicago is far superior to their 80’s pop ballad phase.
Thank you…I’m also one of those die-hard early Chicago fans of the Terry Kath era.
You can literally divide Chicago sound into 2 styles.
As nice as Peter Cetera’s voice and the subsequent push of the record company to make their music more “mainstream”, helped to completely change the Chicago sound..they became this pop band that didn’t display any of the great qualities of all the musicians in the band…
And Peter Cetera is a great bassist, but I really can only take so much of the pop songs he sings…that was not the real Chicago imo.
This was our song for our wedding/first dance. Still married 36 years later! Keep up all the great music! 😊
Beautiful song to get married to- it’s timeless.. Congrats on your successful marriage:)
How deep the hole of music is in the past! Great line
So glad you reacted to some 80s Chicago! I love all eras of Chicago, and these David Foster-produced songs were monsters when they came out. Perhaps, the older incarnations sounded more like Chicago with more horns, but you can’t deny the pop-craft in their 80s output.
@@elena8341, get outta here!!!
The older inclinations not only had more horns, but crucially had the amazing guitar of Terry Kath & his soulful voice. I hate to generalize because everyone has their own taste, but in my experience when they transitioned from Kath to Cetera/David Foster they became focused on sweet ballads without the "edge" brought by Kath. The generalization is that the later Chicago was preferred by women, while early Chicago was loved by men. (Raises my hand...lol)
David Foster is one of best song arrangers ever and he could write a song. I couldnt write a song to save my life. I can play them and sing with a guitar but write...no way in living hell boo hoo to me
I love this one, too!
More of their great songs -
"Hard Habit to Break"
"Glory Of Love" (from the movie "The Karate Kid". I think it's Peter Cetera without the band.)
"Stay the Night"
"Along Comes a Woman"
"Next Time I Fall" (duet feat. lead singer Peter Cetera with Amy Grant.)
"I Can't Let Go" (originally by Earth, Wind & Fire, so either way you've got horns. I actually like Chicago's version a little better, though I looove EW&F.)
You're naming all the good ones! I never care for "Color My World", or "Saturday In The Park" (I think that was the name of it).
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Thank you. :)
I didn't remember "Color My World" when I read it in the comments, and still don't. I like "Saturday In the Park", pretty well, but I like Chicago better with Peter Cetera as lead singer.
I love “I Can’t Let Go.” I was trying to think of the name of the song though, thank you!
Omg it's Karate Kid 2
You guys are awesomely honest. So many people even 41 years ago (when I last saw Chicago) were ashamed to admit they loved its smooth, soulful sound. I was 18 back then. I'm 59 now and its as wonderful, as ever. You ever get a chance to see the version he made with AZ Yet as the backup, its excellent.
The Chicago catalog is full of iconic musicians and historic songs!
Hiiii....one of my favorites of all time!!!!!.. danced with my dad at my wedding to this....l have seen the band 18 times.. Now 2024.... You should relisten.... To the new singing.. Neil....it's amazing!!!!!!
It sounds so different because its 16 years after their debut. This song is from CHICAGO 17. Lot of water under the bridge.
They didn't have computers for making songs back then what you heard was when they had to cut the tape and put the tape back together again. Much love 💘Brandi Modrak 💕
I love Chicago... I started listening to them about 1972 ...such a unique sound...Peter Ceteras voice is awesome... When he left Jason Schiff took over lead vocals...Jasons father is Jerry Schiff who was Elvis Presleys bass player... Great group... Awesome reaction, guys...
Fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. I never seem to tire of Chicago and Peter Cetera is just a blessed voice.
Y’all are taking me back to high school with all the emotions- crushes, heartbreak, drama. - Chicago was huge in the mid-late 80s. 😍😍😍😍
Peter Cetera has such a unique voice. Definitely check out his work outside of Chicago, please!
Loved Chicago ,and all their wonderful songs (personal favourite has to be "if you leave me now").Thanks for the reaction guys!xx
Crimson and Clover by Tommy James and the Shondells, it's a great psychedelic visual 🎵
Peter Cetera (the lead singer) is one of my 3 favorite singers. Love this song!
I love Chicago--their song "Color My World" was played at practically every prom during the 70's! You should check it out!
Old school Chicago - Feeling Stronger Everyday
Will You Still Love Me and Look Away (Billboard top single of 89) are two more great songs 80s style after Peter Cetera left. Both of these songs are performed by different led singers.
This was THE LOVE SONG of the 80s, everyone requested it or dedicated on radio, slow danced, proms, weddings! And today it’s still up there as a best of love song!
2 CHICAGO MUST HEAR CLASSICS,, "DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS" & "COLOUR MY WORLD" (Many Would Choose This One For Their Wedding Song)
"If You Leave Me Now" is a beautiful ballad.
This was from the album Chicago 17 and almost every song on that album was a big hit. This was by far my favorite song of the album and I needed to hear this right now as I saw a video earlier today of a younger guy dissing songs like this and Phil Collins' Tonight, Tonight, Tonight among others. All I can say about him at this point is that the heel has no soul :)
"Baby What A Big Surprise" love that one.
Haven't heard Boz Scaggs in a while. "Lido Shuffle" is an absolute must, with "It's Over" and "Breakdown Dead Ahead" right behind that one.
try playing that with a 3 piece band. guitar bass drums hahahahah like i did
lido shuffle ooops
Absolutely! Love those songs!
"You're the Inspiration" is a song written by Peter Cetera and David Foster for the group Chicago and recorded for their fourteenth studio album Chicago 17 (1984), with Cetera singing lead vocals. - Wikipedia.
Chicago had one of the greatest guitarists who ever lived.
Bassist
That voice of his!!!!
By the time Chicago 17 came out in 1984, the group had largely (but not completely) traded its trademark horn section for a more synthesized sound. Nevertheless, Chicago 17 became their biggest selling album of all time, thanks in part to You're The Inspiration and Hard Habit To Break. These songs completed Chicago's comeback journey that began with Hard To Say I'm Sorry from 1982. That comeback journey continued until What Kind Of Man Would I Be, which would be their last top ten hit in 1989. I'd recommend checking that out.
I'm an old hippie from the 60's and I love you 2 and your channel ! Thank You ! Boaty
Chicago like all great bands, evolved. Peter Cetera has a great voice. With that said, I must say I prefer the Chicago's earlier songs.
Watch the live stage version of Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4". Horns and some fearsome guitar!
The people want these New Artist please 😊: America “Ventura Highway” and James Taylor “Fire and Rain”
Don’t forget A Horse with No Name
Anything by America is good…Sister Golden Hair…
Your next dose of the Chicago medicine Really has to be "If you Leave me now" it stayed at the top of the UK charts for what seemed like forever lol
Really good song, thank you for reaching to it. I recommend Glory of Love by Chicago, you guys will love it!
Isnt Glory Of Love a solo song by Peter Cetera?
55 years and counting........Chicago.........a superstar band, ageless........the horns rock and
never dissapoint.
Chicago has been together, in one form or another, since the 60's. This is just one of the later versions. Me personally, I like the earlier versions of the band. One of their greatest hits of all time was Saturday in the Park. You ought to play that one.
He always looked like he dislocated his jaw to sing. Powerful group. First concert I went to.
I love color my world too, but also really love Saturday in the Park. That is one of their original jams that has all the musical instruments you guys really like.
Thanks guys I really wanted to see you guys vibe out to this one and I'm glad you picked it.
My all time favorite ballad right here! I was a Sophomore in High School with a little gal friend. Great, great feelings to a great great song!! It ruined me …lol
This iteration of band had the members in their mid-late 30s for this song/video. Go watch early 70s performance, when they were early 20s, and note Peter Cetera's (the lead singer here, later left to go solo) hair, and of course the late Terry Kath, the original lead guitarist with the deeper soulful voice.
I'm a Chicago freak and bought every album they released up until their 30th Anniversary (they put out an album +, a year on average). I took my daughter to see them for her 1st concert (30th Anniversary Tour). "Look Away" was their biggest hit post Peter Cetera.
This is the early eighties and these are some old guys now and they still have the rhythm
Chicago is great but you still need to listen to more Blood, Sweat and Tears. Horns, Amber!!
Yes! She needs to hear You Made Me so Very Happy!
Chicago is the first concert I ever went to, on my first date with my first boyfriend. Chicago is near and dear to my heart!!
Great choice!!! I love there music and I’ve seen them in concert!!!
This is my favourite Chicago song. The harmonies get me every time.
If you want a song that will instantly grab your heart, listen to "color my world" It's short but it a must hear. So many great Chicago songs to hear.
I was watching your Jackson Browne "Stay" video and you mentioned prom songs, so I searched your channel for mine... And this is it. 1985 prom in my high school was Chicago's "You’re the Inspiration." 😊
I love this song so much. Peter Cetera was the voice of Chicago until he left for a solo career. I've seen Chicago twice in concert and the last time was with Earth, Wind & Fire.
Starting in 1969, Chicago has amassed 37 official releases. Only 25 of those are studio recordings of original songs, or studio covers (such as their three Christmas albums and their big band album), the rest are compilations or live recordings. Still, 25 albums is a lot of music. The original band had seven members:
Robert Lamm - keyboards, lead and backing vocals
Terry Kath - guitars, lead and backing vocals
Peter Cetera - bass, lead and backing vocals
Danny Seraphine - drums
James Pankow - trombone, backing vocals
Lee Loughnane - trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals
Walter Parazaider - reeds, backing vocals
Over the years there have been several changes in the lineup. Now, only three of the original members are still with the band; Lamm, Loughnane, and Pankow.
Their sound has moved and morphed over the years as well. I'm partial to the first seven album primarily, though I'm also a great fan of 22 (the big band album), 25 (first Christmas album), 32 (a harkening to their early sound and style), with tunes here and there throughout that I am quite fond of (like Feel from 30).
Favorite songs from the early era: everything on 1 (except Free Form Guitar), all of 2, all of 3 -- okay, all of it. All time favorite song, though: from the fifth album, Dialogue, parts 1 & 2.
Love you guys! Thanks for all the joy!
Check out “Glory of Love”. Peter Cetera, the lead singer for Chicago went solo. Huge hit off the Karate Kid II soundtrack. Same awesome voice.
In the '80s this was used as a first dance song at a lot of wedding receptions.
This was me and my wife's "song". It still brings back the emotions of meeting and dating her. Love it!
It’s ours, too
At the time this song was on the charts, it was frequently used as a wedding song.
Chicago is always a moment for me. Peter Cetera could sing me the phone book and I'd fall in love, lol.
YOU have to react to "COLOUR MY WORLD" !! It's part of the early days of the 70's...This songs had to be a Junior Prom / Senior Ball theme in almost every high school of that decade!! It's pre "YOU'RE THE INSPIRATION " Chicago and has got to be one of the top 100 love songs of all time...
I'm ALWAYS down for all things CHICAGO!!! I listened to this during my first real heartbreak and I would Highly recommend the entire album Chicago XVII. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Being from the 70's and the 80's...I'm a slow love ballad person....u have to listen to Lyin' Eyes, Peaceful Easy Feeling by the Eagles....love u guys and love your reactions.....❤
Whenever you react to Chicago, I feel compelled to suggest "Sunny Days" by Lighthouse. I absolutely promise you'll love it.
Yes please react to Lighthouse a great Canadian band.Sunny Days and One Fine Morning are super songs. This band was known for their horns.Amber will love them.
YES! I've suggested Lighthouse before. Dale Hilary on sax is amazing. Sunny Days is a classic!
Don't forget to throw in "One Fine Morning" and "Pretty Lady"--two of their other classics.
@@kevinwarkentin600 At least Lighthouse never sold out and became a sad ballad and bubble gum band. In concert even today they still bring it with power and passion. RIP SKIP, but your son is carrying on the legacy fantastically.
One Fine Morning us a BANGER and Sunny Days is rhe ultimate summer song. Great vocals and horns!
Love everything Chicago puts out. YOU SHOULD SEE THE TROMBONE PLAYER! HE ROCKS!!
Try Color My World. It’s short, but one of THE BEST slow dancing songs ever!!
Yes, it's a pretty love song but it's complicated. The intro and verse are in different keys! It also has some cool chords on the chorus and it keeps modulating keys on the chorus fade out too!
A lot of people who prefer the earlier Chicago sound and downplay the later Chicago of the late 70s and 80s do not appear to realize or appreciate how musically well-written, well-arranged, and beautifully performed these songs are. I get it...it's popular music and not rock or jazz or progressive, yet as popular music goes, it's much better than most, in my opinion.
This is 80s Chicago! They had so many great hits(love songs) Love Me Tomorrow,Hard For Me To Say I`m Sorry and Hard Habit To Break ,all of these you will LOVE!Keep On Rockin'
Peter Cetera is one the best vocalists of all time. Hard Habit to Break, Hard to Say I'm Sorry and Look Away are some their best. Peter Cetera have some great hits as a solo artist like Glory of Love and Next I Fall in Love with Amy Grant.
Chicago live in the 80's and 90's, best concerts and fun!!!!
Gotta do "Nobody's Fool", by Cinderella, Live from Moscow in 1989... Tom Keifer does an INSANE guitar solo at the beginning... make sure you do the 7 minutes and 34 seconds version
My favorite band. Met with them several times and they were always great. Wonderful memories - rest in peace sweet Jeff. So missed 😭
I don't know if a comment got deleted or something but someone in this thread should probably mention that the band you're talking about is Cinderella. In addition to the song you suggested, their song "Long Cold Winter" is right up Jay and Amber's alley. Bluesy guitar, Janis-esque vocals, super full of the feels... I can't imagine them not absolutely loving it.
Chicago's sound changed from the 70s to the 80s. I love all of their sounds. Colour My World is a beautiful song.
You should look up and React to Peter Cetera Songs "Glory of Love" and "Next Time I Fall"
This song and "Hard Habit to Break" came out when I was in Junior High School. They let us have a dance party at the end of the year and Chicago will always be anchored in my memory with the first slow dances that I ever had with a girl. If you can remember being 13 years old, you will remember what a crazy, amazing, confusing, hormone raging time that it was in your life. I'm glad Chicago was a part of mine