Chicago Was Untouchable Until This Song Destroyed Them

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• DA

  @DanL-d7v · 3 months ago

  I've been a fan of Chicago since I first heard "Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is".   Still have that 45. Still listen to it to this day.

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• MP

  @MP-kk7uq · 3 months ago

  RIP Walt Parazaider March 14, 1945-June 17, 2026.

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• SA

  @savedone9636 · 3 months ago

  25 or 6 to 4 is quintessential Chicago.  That brass and Kath's guitar!

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• MA

  @markpratt871 · 3 months ago

  Beginnings, my favorite song of all time.  I'm 68 and first heard it sitting on a pier when I was 12.

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• JS

  @jstoney7222 · 3 months ago

  Chicago were never the same after Terry Kath died

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• BR

  @bretbailey8375 · 3 months ago

  When Terry Kath died so did Chicago. They were never the same.

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• YO

  @YoucancallmeAl-m6v · 3 months ago

  25 or 6 to 4, Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?, Colour My World, Just You 'N' Me, Saturday in the Park, Feelin' Stronger Every Day, Make Me Smile, Wishing You Were Here, (I've Been) Searchin' So Long, Beginnings, these songs are Chicago.  Still listening to them.

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• TH

  @ThinkingYouShouldTry · 3 months ago

  When Terry Kath died, Chicago as we knew it died with him.  It's ironic that the last hit song that Chicago ever had that resembled old Chicago was "Alive again" from the first album following Kath's death, and while the song wasn't specifically about Kath, James Pankow said that he thought about Terry Kath when he wrote it.  The horns and guitar were both prominently featured in the song, which is something that Kath likely would have approved of.  Early Chicago is still some of the best music I've ever heard.  What Chicago ultimately became is sadly pretty bad.  It just shows how ultimately stupid the execujerks in the music industry have ALWAYS been.  IF they were actually smart, there's a Peter Cetera ballad on each record from 1976 onward, but otherwise the band's sound and identity would have remained intact because they were stacking hits BEFORE "If you leave me now" was recorded and released.  Greed makes people do some pretty dumb things.

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• LO

  @loadmasterjim · 3 months ago

  When Chicago lost their horns, they quit being Chicago

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• BR

  @brucekriskovich4975 · 3 months ago

  If You Leave Me Now was not the demise of Chicago.  It is a great song.  The death of Kath is what killed the band.

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• LE

  @learnmusic488 · 3 months ago

  A Big Rest in Peace to Walter<br>Damn, we’re starting to lose them.

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• MJ

  @mjr8671 · 2 months ago

  The brass and the harmonies &nbsp;were everything along with some amazing lyrics.

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