Chicago - Mongonucleosis (Live, 1974)

Song starts @ 2:50 where Terry waves to camera :D

[@60s70sChicagoRock2]

RIP Laudir de Oliveira ☹

[@floatsting20]

Back when our country wasn't so effed up. For all you youngsters - we used to have a good time

[@OldBuddha.Buddha]

Terry Kath was the man. Jamming it up with Olivia Newton John. .Pure joy watching them.

[@LisaGemini]

@@floatsting20 Yeah, even though the economy sucked and gas was scarce, our music ROCKED. We partied hard.

[@smittykins]

Terry looks so happy and healthy here(not to mention damn good in that tux!).

[@carollipton4584]

He was smokin'

[@bibchr]

The amazing Terry Kath, looking his very best. Every time I see footage of him, it gives such a sad yank at my heart. It's like one of those tragic movies that, every time you watch it, you irrationally hope the tragic turn YOU KNOW is coming doesn't happen.

[@60s70sChicagoRock2]

So true... :(

[@pathurley3581]

Ditto. The great ones always seem to go far too soon. Kath was exceptional. So tragic.

[@ChristineES44]

Yeah, really sad.

[@LisaGemini]

He was a monster on guitar, as I believe the great Jimi Hendrix said. Such a loss to the world, there are no words!

[@offroad77]

It was great to hear Terry's comedy routine at the end. We all miss you Terry!

[@laurietauchus8006]

I laugh out loud at Terry's comedy routine each time I see it. We certainly miss him! 😪

[@sherrit1964]

Terry Kath was so handsome in that tux 😍 RIP Terry, wish you were still here!

[@bobsarfatty4673]

Always knew Chicago, was a great band. But recently I have rediscovered them. I have to say in my opinun they are the greatest American rock group. They had a great guitarist, drummer, horns, keyboards, 3 great singers.

[@j.c.ortega1313]

Absolutely!

[@JCNippert1]

Also had maybe the best guitarist to ever strum and pick

[@bobsarfatty4673]

@@JCNippert1yes agree

[@michellerosebrown]

Man I wish was at that party.

[@sharonlaforest6134]

Now this is a great New Year's Eve show. Great musicians and great music. Doesn't get any better than this. The 1970's were the very best. Today's music is trash.

[@floatsting20]

I have to agree Sharon. Oh that's right - that was my music as well. I got to see these guys and mean these guys 3 x. Always a great show

[@donslocombjr.822]

Perfect way to bring in the New Year!

[@smittykins]

I love the look on Terry's face when the video stops!

[@mxxjss]

If you like percussion, you came to the right place!

[@LisaGemini]

This song is so salsa-ey! Cute thing at the end with Terry and Olivia.

[@jenniferspring8741]

The band did such a good job playing along with this sappy dialogue that was written for them! Great guys.

[@Hammer1126]

Danny was a great Drummer, and yes RIP Laudir

[@rickpaul2531]

Danny is still a great drummer, even though he hasn't played with Chicago in years

[@int53185]

Prime Chicago.

[@lamarravery4094]

It was cool that Chicago got to headline one of these Dick Clark Rockin New Year's eve shows. A lovely pretty young Olivia Newton John too!

[@brandenj.3813]

Wow wish I could been to a New Years party like that, unfortunately I was born in the 90s

[@ignorecorporatenews]

my condolences

[@lamarravery4094]

Yeah, music is not as good anymore, actually it sucks, too manufactured.

[@johnferrara392]

One of the greatest bands ever!

[@at90percent]

This is the only other time I've seen Terry talk on film other than that other very short interview in 1970. Never seen him on a talk show or any other interview.

[@RCGoetzke]

Pianoman 70s style There's a quick snippet of Kath, Cetera, and Seraphine on a British TV show that was filmed just before "If You Leave Me Now" hit No. 1 on the charts in 09/1976 where Kath points to Cetera and states "Well, you better ask him because he wrote it".

[@cm2238]

These people are really enjoying themselves through dance and song!

[@mckessa17]

They are all hammered.

[@WordsandSoundsMusic]

Forty years ago tonight ... where has the time gone. Those were the days.

[@don4476]

I watched it live.

[@willard2729]

So did I. Big console color TV

[@SuperCarver2011]

Ah those "70s New Years bashes. The Afros..and the Chicago band members dressed in tuxes?..what a change! Terry Kath without the beard and those long locks trimmed for the occasion playing an MC host? Everyone seems to be enjoying themselves. Olivia was quite the babe in those days.

[@juliehargous2531]

I gave up a date to watch Chicago on New Years Rocking Eve that year, they were fantastic!!! Did anyone here know that they were on that show again years later? To me it was very sad because Terry and Peter weren't there!!

[@RCGoetzke]

+Julie Hargous I remember that. It was with Dewayne Baily as guitarist in the 1990s.

[@lamarravery4094]

I didn't know Chicago came back and did another New Year's rockin eve show, I missed it. I was always checking to see if they were going to be in one of these in the 1980s, never saw them.

[@earlvernon4147]

After the countdown, I was waiting for everything to turn upside down like in The Poseidon Adventure.

[@RCGoetzke]

Three years later, Chicago did when Terry Kath accidentally killed himself.

[@RCGoetzke]

It's actually still 11/1974, when this special was prerecorded before being televised on 12/31/1974-01/01/1975.

[@60s70sChicagoRock2]

Robert G. Yes... it was taped 11/1/74 :)

[@ИванБровкин-х6з]

onlythebginning Full video where to find ?

[@60s70sChicagoRock2]

Иван Бровкин It is very rare... bootleg only, and the full program isn't available (just some performances). This is the only place I find it now: 70s-tv.com/chicagos-new-years-rockin-eve-1975/ Good luck!

[@ИванБровкин-х6з]

onlythebginning This year I went to his teacher of music (guitar class). He spril us - who do you like of the performers? Well, we were there who remembered Alla Pugacheva .... Pesnyary ... NetNetNet said the teacher. Studies have to on this one - and put the record Mahavishnuorkestr and Chicago ... It was 7 album ... Happy Man ... And When I Die from BS&T then Madura band with Alan DeCarlo &Wolinsky (Howk).... Nice Days.

[@HonkIfYouLoveHonking]

Whaaaa?

[@Txdcblues]

This is technically a 1975 performance but Chicago is timeless

[@60s70sChicagoRock2]

@grayishvalley - The program was titled 'New Year's Rockin' Eve 1975,' but actually it IS 1974. The show was taped in November and aired 12-31-74.

[@Txdcblues]

@@60s70sChicagoRock2 oh damn that’s so weird

[@60s70sChicagoRock2]

@@Txdcblues There are a couple versions of this show on YT. Sadly, there is no one 'complete' version, as what master tape once existed had performances edited out for the bootleg dvd. (Also, some of the performances contained prerecorded backtracks.) If you do a search of the title, you can find a few of these single performances. Here are links to two different versions of that NYRE 1975 show with different performances. Glad that the younger generation keeps Chicago's music alive! kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppiupImPqNWdiJo and kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4KoaoyXr9egjrM

[@teegeemedia]

@@60s70sChicagoRock2 After 50 years, we'll take what we can get of these epic performances!

[@bethmcavoy8062]

Did Olivia get a kiss from Terry at 1:44? Lucky girl.........

[@jbondelli]

Looks like it to me! Lucky!

[@johnr1294]

Lucky guy!

[@nickf9392]

Is that Betty Ford at 2:14? If so God bless her she was partying with the best! Hell yeh probably the best New Years eve party in our life time.

[@60s70sChicagoRock2]

@Nick Farside Does kinda look like her, but: 1) I've seen pics of the 57 yr old Betty Ford in 1975 and she looked much older. 2) She wasn't a blonde back then, and 3) She wouldn't have had her arms wrapped around another man, lol. President Ford didn't attend this event... strictly Hollywood!

[@BluegrassIsCool]

Pretty sure it's the advice columnist Ann Landers.

[@60s70sChicagoRock2]

@@BluegrassIsCool Ann Landers was never a blonde. She was brunette until going gray later in the 80's.

[@DodgerFanAD_23]

Chicago May be my favorite American jazz rock band

[@robertdillon9989]

Would have been a great match Terry and Olivia !!! Attractive and talented kids !

[@ericebjonesii1378]

Terry looked like Don Meredith there a bit!😂😂😂

[@LisaGemini]

How many of the partiers were stoned out of their minds? That was the '70s, y'all!

[@Gregoryt700]

I remember when the album came out, all is Chi fans were trying to figure out the words.... Get that jazz up? Get that chest out? Didn't occur until later that it was Spanish :)

[@RCGoetzke]

+Gregoryt700 I thought it was "Get that checkup!" as a take off on Mononucleosis.

[@marioluiscaceres9775]

¡Excelente grupo!

[@MaeMee5]

Anybody figure out what Terry tells the camera @ 2:50? A secret shout-out to his wife and/or mom?

[@johnmichaels8488]

He's saying "Happy new year."

[@michellew7105]

LOVE THIS!!! :)

[@anthonysaponaro6318]

James Pankow playing the Timbales @ 3:22 ? Ha ha ha ha that is awesome !!

[@daisyjane1070]

What about Olivia Newton-John shakin' a maraca! Dreams are made of this.

[@ericjurado8474]

Anthony Saponaro .. He wrote this song

[@feellucky271]

Terry Kath and Olivia Neutron-Bomb

[@oldwest517]

She was so smokin hot in those days. And pretty much stayed that way...

[@decacards5250]

@@oldwest517 I'm hoping she can beat her cancer.

[@4evernate28]

Whoa. Herbie Hancock just standing next to Peter Cetera like, "Hey, what's up?"

[@1genesisshapesfan]

Walt appreciation comment.

[@WordsandSoundsMusic]

Actually, I just noticed that Danny hit the cymbals one second early LOL ...

[@teegeemedia]

Isn't this the best! But didn't Danny hit the cymbals one second early? :)

[@CapAnson12345]

This was apparently filmed a month before the New Year? Making the countdown rather awkward..

[@don4476]

That's show binness.

[@АркадийКапит]

Прекрасное время Терри Кэз еще жив мир его праху и Монго супер и я еще молод и слушаю мои первые виниловые пластинки из посылки со Штатов

[@candy144]

So funny, seeing the hippie band in tuxes doing Dick Clark's Rocking Eve show. So, the blonde is Olivia Newton-John? I didn't even recognize her.

[@oscarhernandezpena2646]

Está el concierto completo ? cuantos grupos tocan ahí ...! ?

[@60s70sChicagoRock2]

www.modcinema.com/search-product/754-chicago-s-new-year-s-rockin-eve-1975-tv-dvd?s=Leonard+Horn New Years Rockin Eve 1975. There are other video clips on youtube.

[@moonbeamskies3346]

Great rock

[@13towerofpower]

MONGONUCLEOSIS skladba skupiny CHICAGO zo Silvestra 1974.....nový rok 1975 autorom tejto úžasnej skladby z albumu CHICAGO VII z roku 1974... tretieho a posledného dvojalbumu skupiny bol James Pankow.....Terry Kath zomrel 23. januara 1978....odpočíva v pokoji na cintorine v Glendale.

[@MrBuho2010]

40 year now

[@keithhampton7395]

More cow bell!!!

[@fredkruse9444]

Looks like the Beachboys Mike Love? 2:11

[@60s70sChicagoRock2]

Fred Kruse - Yes... This show also featured Olivia Newton John, Beach Boys, Doobie Brothers, and Herbie Hancock.

[@steamedhams7396]

Yes. And he made it out safely. Unfortunately. Actually, saw them at the Capital Center when Chicago and the Beach Boys did a tour during that time, Beach-a-gogo I think it was called, 74 and 75.... I just went to see Kath.

[@60s70sChicagoRock2]

@Steamed Hams I saw them, too... at the Chicago Stadium in 1975... it was called the Beachago Tour.

[@oscarhernandezpena2646]

Ahí cantan los coros The beach boys en wishing you where here

[@scatteredfrog]

Yup. Also saw touring drummer Ricky Fataar as well, and Billy Hinsche.

[@natalechkalevkovich3987]

Весело, молодцы! СПб.

[@GenesisFan01]

Wouldn't this be technically 1975 instead of 1974?

[@60s70sChicagoRock2]

@ABACAB72 Yes, you're correct. 1) I was avoiding posting the actual show title which was "New Year's Rockin' Eve 1975" to avoid YT's copyright police. 2) Some performances were pre-recorded at LA's MGM studios in November, so technically it was still 1974. Lol!

[@michaelmccowin298]

Quite possibly the coolest thing Olivia Newton-John ever did. But Terry, come on, she's from Australia not Engand...

[@bml2112]

Actually, she was born in England. Terry is correct.

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

Michael McCowin Just like Bee Gees they are from the ISLE OF MANN

[@kai326]

@@truckerkevthepaidtourist NOT THE ISLE OF BOY

[@at90percent]

I'm always disappointed with the live versions of this song. My favorite part of the studio version is the trombone harmony at the end, but for some reason Pankow always chooses to play bongos on the live versions leaving there to be no trombone harmony.

[@dfgall]

timbales, not bongos. and you can't do overdubs in concert. I always thought the live version was far superior. - lots of energy especially when it rolled into 25 or 6 to 4

[@at90percent]

dfgall Yeah, but they don't need him to play timbales. That's what Laudir is there for. The trombone part is far more important than banging some extraneous drums.

[@dfgall]

fyi - it's Laudir. I assume you never saw them live in the 70's - I did. Putting horns aside, Chicago has always been very percussion driven. Laudir is very heavily involved in the long version. look up the essen/rockpalast show. I know it's a matter of personal taste, but they chose to do a trumpet solo. call the live version an ode to tito puente

[@at90percent]

dfgall Wow, you are just mister minor correction aren't you? I knew it wasn't spelled correctly and I should have googled it to not have to have you freak out about the mistake, but hindsight is 20/20. Anyway, I don't have to look up anything. It's my personal preference to like a band to play the song live the way they played it in the studio. Otherwise, just play play a different song why don't you? You probably never noticed the amazing harmony that Jimmy provided on the trombone, so yeah, the drums probably sound better to you.

[@bkkersey93]

And I saw Herbie Hancock!!

[@joefunk9432]

It's not Get That Check up. It's a spanish phrase meaning "Lets party".

[@at90percent]

Interesting. I always thought they were saying, "Take that chance now",

[@chicagofan1960]

I thought it was something like "que pe chesa".

[@Luridel]

chicagofan1960 It is "Que belleza". Is in Spanish, and means "What beauty" or something like that.

[@moreneta]

No logro entender bien a Terry, pero creo que dice "te amo, chula" (I love you, my beautiful girl). Me gusta pensar que eso lo dijo a su pequeña Michelle ^_^

[@moreneta]

Y la canción dice, en efecto "qué pecheza", jajaja... "Pecheza" no existe en español.

[@jasonprocai1020]

Who is the white guy with the huge afro, wasn't he on a television sitcom?

[@60s70sChicagoRock2]

@Jason Procal Backup musician... don't know his name, but he was on keyboards for the Beach Boys on this same show. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHPdeYh4mK6djtE

[@MrJohnnyb42]

Do you think there might be some YaYo There??

[@jorgehuerta9593]

No. It's all gone....Call the dope man....

[@jorgehuerta9593]

We need some more Yayyy....

[@gms97]

Who were the guys in the ties and the hats the white ties that is

[@60s70sChicagoRock2]

Dan Furlan - They were early members of the Doobie Brothers, who performed on that show. Also, there may have been a couple members of Herbie Hancock's band (Headhunters) who were also on that night. Don't think the entire show exists anywhere, but you can find various clips around YT, if you hunt for them! (New Year's Rockin Eve 1975)

[@jorgehuerta9593]

My god this is so gorgeous this is why i stopped listening to rap!!!!

[@Drchainsaw77]

My question to you is why you ever started!

[@jorgehuerta9593]

@@Drchainsaw77 I don't fuckin know!!!!!

[@small_ed]

"Que pe chesa"? What is that supposed to mean? Sounds more like, "Get that chest out!"

[@Zer0strange]

I believe it means "what's up?" In portuguese

Or maybe in Spanish “Qué belleza”.

[@nickf9392]

En te sesa.......means in your mind.

[@donnieshoaf]

Someone is throwing up at 5:36 😂

[@earlvernon4147]

The only thing that would make this video more 1970's was if one of the Doobie Brothers would've pooped out a pet rock.

[@bachrocktheamericahatersan5799]

Earl Vernon don't mess with TDB, you fuck'n pooped pet fock🖕🏿

[@lizcenterfield1963]

Where the hell was Jimmy??

[@AS-sg5hb]

On congas, no?

[@60s70sChicagoRock2]

@Liz Centerfield There are many clips of this show on YT. Here's one with Jimmy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZ_Zn2djeLidn5I

[@christophercrommett]

Jimmy is on timbales, standing next to Laudir.

[@mikeosmolak1864]

If you can't see Jimmy Pankow you must be on something. That guy's always showboating!

[@markj6506]

Is that Sly Stone on the keys?

[@60s70sChicagoRock2]

It's Herbie Hancock. He was a guest performer on that show, along with Olivia Newton-John, Chicago, the Beach Boys, and the Doobie Brothers.

[@markj6506]

ahhh,i was only a year old! lol.

[@luismarceloinostrozabidart922]

In the life not all is music....There's time for fun too...

[@SlowRide723]

Yeah but too much fun and you'll end up like Terry did... And Jimi, Janis, Morrison... The list goes on.

[@mamomd113]

Peter & That RING . . .. . :D What's up with that ring he Always wears ?!? :P

[@MaeMee5]

I have always thought the same thing. He wore it for years.

[@andrewbetrosian2784]

Was 12

[@jdpeckinsurance]

Same here.

[@runawayushould]

8...Lol And sleeping during this show.

[@robertdillon9989]

Was 14

[@mariefc8504]

Me too

[@USMC-Veteran73-77]

I was a 20 year old United States Marine ...partying at that time.

[@lamarravery4094]

This looks like a party for the young Republicans, lol. And Terry got to hang with Olivia Newton John, lucky dog.

[@LoveThoseTunes11]

Bobbie Bittman on bongos! :) How are yaaa????

[@LoveThoseTunes11]

Thanks...I was making a joke. Bobbie Bittman was a comedic character created by Eugene Levy on SCTV in Canada. Lair looks exactly like him. :)

[@60s70sChicagoRock2]

Close. The name is *Laudier* de Oliveira.

[@LoveThoseTunes11]

And looks like Bobby Bittman :)

[@davel4467]

In all seriousness, he doesn't look that much like Bobby Bittman.

[@mckessa17]

@@davel4467 Yes he does, Second City was great.

[@lizcenterfield1963]

Mongo indeed... happy new year!

[@lunarmist428]

roll the sativa

[@k-chan80]

なんやねん。これσ(￣∇￣;)こんなの年末に流行っていたんでしょうか？アメリカで。もしもなら凄いですね口曲がっているぞ。オッサン

[@60s70sChicagoRock2]

New Year's Eve special program 12-31-74