First Time Hearing Chicago - "25 or 6 to 4" (Tanglewood) | Rapper Reacts 

Early Chicago was untouchable. The late, great Terry Kath is so criminally underrated by the general public. What a great band in their prime.

This is precisely why Terry Kath is regarded as one of the very best Guitarists of all time. In fact, the whole Band is full of Superstars! I know this was Terry`s song but props must also go to Peter Cetera with his Bass for keeping up with Terry...

Jimi Hendrix saw Terry Kath and Chicago playing in a club and was so impressed by them he asked them to open up for him on tour. And when asked by a reporter how did it feel to be the greatest guitarist in the world, he replied, you would have to ask the guitarist in Chicago. Terry Kath was one the best ever.

Terry Kath is one of the new guitarists that even Jimi Hendrix considered better. Legend.

Guys- you just witnessed one of the greatest guitarists, ever, just doin' his thing. Legendary.

The late Terry Kath shredding the guitar. He’s been gone for so long people forget how great he really was

Top 5 greatest guitar solos ever recorded

One of the greatest performances in one of the greatest years of rock.

Terry Kath is insane. This whole "live at Tanglewood " is insane.

Terry Kath, ladies and gentlemen. Fucking legend. RIP.

One of the great live performances ever!

One of the greatest guitargasm ever recorded...

Hey guys, let me give you some background on how that first thing with the drums happened. The roadies thought it was the last set and came out on stage and started to break the kit down when Terry Kath (the guitar player) came out and stopped them because they only exited to wait for the call for encore. They ran the roadies off and started to get the drums back into action. My oldest brother was at Tanglewood MA for that concert and told me about what they were doing. And yeah, I am on old, old rocker having just turned 70. I've attended north of 80 concerts in my life and saw Chicago four times, the first two with Terry as the guitar lead and twice after his death. I am here to tell you that you just watched one of the top 3 guitar solos in all of rock history. This was Chicago at their peak. Great reaction guys. I am glad you were able to feel that energy.

Your next Chicago song should be from the same concert, "I'm a Man".

Shout out to Robert Lamm, who wote this song and many of their early hit songs. His contributions to the band are often under-rated and forgotten by even fans of CTA/Chicago.

Ladys and gentlemen, Mr. Terry Kath . . . . . Jimi Hendrix's favorite guitarist . . .

Terry Kath, one of the founding members of Chicago. One of the best solos. Almost criminal that the cameraman stayed paned out. After Terry died, Chicago turned to soft rock and ballad rock.

The guitar solo is so epic it almost overshadows the rest of the song, which is damn good on its own. The studio version has a shorter solo but more guitar on the verses which is really bad ass too. You should hear that version, but you'll probably prefer this one.

Terry was a beast on guitar. One of the best ever. The original Chicago lineup was some of the greatest musical talent ever assembled. They were never the same after Terry's untimely passing in 1978. He was the heart and soul of the band.

My absolute favorite Chicago song. The driving beat,the horns,the lyrics. Just fantastic and takes me back to my youth.

Our band Pace did this in 1970-71, our lead man was a killer on everything we did. RIP Slick and Terry. Jim

Rest In Peace Terry. Thank you for your gift of music

A very talented band and very underrated. The lead guitarist Terry Kath was a monster guitarist and songwriter yet almost no one out of musician circles here in the US know who he is and that's almost criminal. He was amazing. BTW, Peter Cetera the bass player and singer in this song went on to have huge solo success.

Terry Kath's right hand was a marvel. Unreal picking. This footage is of a band, all in their very early 20's. And this is how they start their gig? Crazy talent.

Music back then was just soooo different!!!!! So good

The longer Terry Kath played the faster the drummer played the backing beat. Both incredible.

Next song will showcase Terry Kath's vocals, try Colour My World/Make Me Smile from the same concert

BANGER, indeed!!! 😂 Deep dive on Chicago is a gift! Lol. Thank you both for this one.

Props to the horn section (Loughnane, Pankow, & Parazaider) with the call and response to Cetera's vocals. Also Seraphine on drums. I feel like they don't always get the credit they deserve. Their sound is as much Chicago as the others.

Chicago was unreal! Still unreal! The best brass in the business! Seen them live too many times to count!

The guitar solo on the record is cool, but this...this is truly amazing! Been loving this song 40 years or better maybe as I'm 50

The late great Terry Kath, along with the equally excellent Danny Seraphine on drums.

I grew up on Chicago and you are spot on this was revolutionary at the time they played Chicago 24-7 on the radio it was awesome.

Live! No auto-tune! One of the greatest guitar solos by one of the greatest guitarists ever. Rolling Stone's recent "The Greatest 250 Guitarists..." list did not have Terry on it, As the gentleman below said - "criminally underrated."

Half a century ago....and totally 🔥 Great reaction!

It was fun watching watching your reaction to this Chicago vid. Thank you for not stopping periodically for commentary. You let the whole song and then gave you reaction. Superior production of this type of RU-vid vid

I really appreciate how you let the whole song play through without pausing or commenting. All I need to see is your faces as you react to it.

Don't forget this is over 50 years old. Thanks for not interrupting like some folks reacting.

Terry Kath was a BEAST!! RIP to Terry and Walter

Saw them in 1978 on tour and it is STILL one of the best concerts I ever saw. 3rd row at the New Haven Coliseum with a bucn of friends from high school. We slept out for 2 days for tickets (it was a thing back in the day). Just an incredible band...

you are listening to Chicago for the first time, you've been given a gift. this is the their best song with a remarkable overall performance and an unbelievable alternative version of the guitar solo on the album! congrats!

"I'm a Man" from same concert is a rocker too. All 3 vocalists get to contribute on it.

One of the greatest groups of the 70s. Listen to does anybody know what time it is.

This was the era of music that was so diverse and engaging! There were so many "jam" bands back in those years. They would jam night after night! Such talent!!

That guitar solo is insane... Sounds great for being live... The studio album recording is precise and spot on ... One of my favorites!

I played trombone in my grade school band, it was a lot to carry to school every day. I wasn't very enthused about the idea. Then came bands like Chicago with James Pankow on trombone. It energized me and I kept playing. I love early Chicago!

Thank you twos. That's the way these videos should be done. You ran the whole thing and enjoyed it instead of stopping, asking goofy questions like you've never heard music before.

My folks brough their debut album home when I was 13. We were all blown away. This song and "Im a Man" were killers.

RIP Terry Kath.

Terry Kath was Hendrix favorite guitarist. If you liked this try Im a man from the same concert. The drum solo will blow your mind

One of the greatest guitar players I’ve ever seen

Saw them do this in person in 1969. It was an outdoor concert in a small stadium. The lead act was Poco and they were a nice little folk/rock band. Then Chicago came on with the energy and the brass and blew the place away. They were known then as "Chicago Transit Authoriy" then. Try "Beginnings" or "I'm a Man" off the first album named after the band.

I saw Chicago live in 1971. I was 13, my older brother took me to the concert. They were great, however, I still prefer the studio version of this great song.

Love this...besides one of my favorite Chicago tunes, the first minute of this video is fill waiting for the drummer to repair his cymbal stand...and then rolling right into 25 OR 6 TO 4. Great Stuff

Two of the most Underrated guitarists Terry Kath , Chicago . The other is Michael Schenker, UFO . Their live version of Rock Bottom on the Strangers in the Night LP is amazing !

this was the first song I learned on the trumpet. they were called the Chicago transit authority at the time

My favorite guitar solo from any era. I only stopped in because I saw 25 or 5 to 4 in your title. I will say that you seem like a really chill dude and seem like a fun guy to share a beer with. You won't ever go wrong with Chicago.

RIP Terry! Great video guys welcome to the worlds of actual artist!

Saw these guys a couple of months ago; the 56th anniversary of the band. And they can still rock the house down! Robert Lamm (keyboards), Lee Loughnane (trumpet), and James Pankow (trombone) are the original members still with the group. I first saw them when I was in high school (1973 or 1974).

Rest in Peace Terry Kath

The studio version is 🔥

Next 2 Chicago tracks in this order, both studio versions, please. “Make Me Smile”. Then the first song from their debut album, name of the song, “Introduction “. Also “Dialogue Parts 1&2” and “ Im a Man”. Keep Rockin’!👍

Too good! Saw so many good concerts at Tanglewood back in the 80's as well. I worked there for 8 years so got the free view :)

You just heard the best guitar solo, ever.

This video never gets old

Terry Kath could knock your socks off with his guitar and he did it without 15 different effects pedals. Just one box on the floor that was probably distortion and gain. The man could play with anyone.

I freakin' WORE OUT ALL my Chicago Albums in high school! I LOVED their brass section! But look up the COVER version of 25 or 6 to 4 as performed by "Leonid and Friends" Their reproduction of this song is MASTERFUL! And the LEAD GUITARIST just KILLS IT!!!! I could watch that song ALL day! And they have SO MANY MORE! Its SO COOL they have done these songs as a "TRIBUTE" to "Chicago's original works! 😎

It was 1970 'Goose Lake pop fest. in Michigan. (about 350,000 people) I'm on 3 hits of 'brotherhood sunshine' LSD, out walks Chicago and opened with this. I stumbled upon this channel, thought I had a 'flashback'. Lol. your fun, so I'll subscribe. Man, I loved the 60's. Magic moment in time.

one of the greatest guitar solos in history

In HS, I was in the symphony and played the trumpet. We played this song. I loved the trumpet part.

I saw Chicago in concert 3 times. Fanominal every time! I'm 67 now.

Always loved Chicago !

Thanks for watching: Jimi loved Terry. ❤

I grew up playing this song in the 70s. Now I'm 68. It's this kind of music, from that period, that doesn't let me feel old.

One of the most important live concert performances in Rock history. The guitarist had a magnificent singing voice too.

This song was so good that the rapper Pete Pablo had a remixed beat of this in his album in the late 90s. ...Pure classic

They slayed it

Classy to play some early chicago...wow...Tanglewood is one of my favorite RU-vid vids...props to you guys...

Real musicians, playing the hell out of their instruments, live on stage. No autotune, no quantiizing, no prerecorded vocals, no lip-synching. Sounds like a strange concept these days, but that is how music should be.

RIP Terry Kath. He was an incredible guitarist.

Damn! That solo made me cry this time. "Terry, Terry, Terry! Put down the gun!" You can't imagine how many times I've snatched it out of his hands in my mind. How can I still be in mourning for a man I never knew who died in nearly a half of a century ago?

Off their first album, one of the truly great debut albums. Musicianship from the top shelf. The term " monstering the guitar" surely comes from watching Terry Kath.

Bands with a horn section always completely get it! Am I right?

This concert was in 1970. I was 20 years old. I am now 73 and I still listen to Chicago.

Subscribed. I remember hearing stuff for the first time, pretty great seeing others feel the same.

REALLY Enjoyed your Reactions!!! So much fun to watch first timers listen to Songs that were on AM radio when I was in High School! We were as jazzed as you two were over 50 years ago! 😮😂❤

Great band. Their entire collection is top drawer

A lot to explore here. 3 different lead singers in the band. The keyboardist, The bassist on this one, and guitarist Terry Kath has an amazing voice as well. Oh, and Jimi Hendrix said that Terry Kath is a better guitarist than himself. As kid I used to sing this guitar solo in my head. It is that melodic and brilliantly constructed.

Thanks for the presentation. RIP Terry.

I saw Chicago in 1970 in Neshaminy high school gym. Langhorne PA outside Philly. I was on the second row in front of Terry Kath. Blew my mind 🙏♥️😎👍

Seems I read somewhen that Cetera had recently recovered from a broken jaw just before Tanglewood... 🤔♥️♥️

This is an awesome performance...very tight. You should react to The Chambers Brothers "Time has come today" it's primal and raw! Takes you to the edge!

Thanks so much for not pausing the song, like lots of reactors do. I few points that others may or may not have covered........(Tanglewood) was the place they were playing. Several live albums by several groups were recorded there. The title refers to the time of the morning that the song was written. It was either 25, or 26 until 4. Hendrix called guitar player Terry Kath the BEST guitar player out there. I believe that Terry died tragically in an accidental suicide episode while playing Russian Roulette. Their 1st two albums are completely killer!

Great job reacting to this it has already made my night!

Welcome to my misspent youth! C born & raised...Sooo lucky Sweet react, keep em coming. Cheers rl 🤘👹🤘

The Tanglewood gig was in 1970. No computers. No drum machines. No Autotune. Seven dudes just blowing hard, playing their asses off, grooving extremely tight. Early 70s Chicago was amazing and Kath a Top 10 player, criminally underrated and unknown.

Song was written on the second floor of The Whiskey-a-Gogo in LA. You can still see the window of the room it was written in.

The Legend of the the late Terry Kath on guitar. Awesome 👌 👏

I used to skate as a kid to this song when it first came out 😁

Loved this reaction !!!