CHICAGO - "POEM FOR THE PEOPLE" (reaction)

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[@MillerGenuineDraft1980]

Could be my favourite Horn Arrangement of any Chicago song.

[@stevenjohnson9484]

Chicago II is by far their best album. Not a bad song on it. Just love it!!

[@steverodgers8425]

Its mind blowing that such sophisticated music could be produced not by seasoned artists but by young men in their mid twenties. Even my parents dug these guys.

[@freegracetruthembrace7188]

That bass line is like a golden thread sewing the Compositional quilt . Brilliance yet again .

[@jonh901271]

The horns are played to perfection. Every staccato/legato note is held the same length by all three.

[@donbartenstein]

AH.... Remembering when Chicago could take you on an adventure....

[@louspinnazola2264]

This song never, ever gets old!

[@ronaldbrown8792]

Agreed. I forgot this song until it started playing, then it all came back to me.

[@stpnwlf9]

A great Robert Lamm composition and vocal, to say nothing of the piano intro. But the brass arrangements on this are first rate. And 'In the Country' which is the next tune, is even better, in my opinion. It is a Terry Kath showcase.

[@jackgillenwater1606]

Featuring Terry Kath on guitar - the greatest of all time!

[@fretbuzz59]

Please. Enough already about Terry Kath. Yes, he was an excellent rock guitar player. But this idea that he was the greatest to ever play the guitar is an absurdity.

[@lindaloe]

No Comment BUT Don't Say Things Like That About TERRY KATH!!

[@samuelmregister]

chicago II just kills- hands down their most accomplished album.

[@shyshift]

Terry Kath with his Gibson Les Paul Recording guitar with the low impedence pick ups gives that beautiful clean jazz tone.

[@SightAfterDark]

Sounds amazing!

[@shyshift]

I saw Chicago new year’s eve 1971 it was my first major concert. I was 19 and in the Air Force stationed at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas. They were phenomenal.

[@quixoticindiscipline9524]

The horn arrangements on this song are superb (obviously, it's Chicago ), that one lick between in the verse, man!

[@Keedeeg]

The guitar felt like a feather on my skin and the bass got a lot of my attention. Every time I listen to Chicago, I zone in on something else. Magic!!!

[@SightAfterDark]

Yeah!!

[@manco828]

This just might be the best song Robert Lamm ever wrote. Although I don't think most people can appreciate music this good.

[@willard2729]

Robert has 20 album cuts tied for the best song he ever wrote

[@markwideman339]

One of my top 3 songs of all time off my favorite album of all time you guys have to really know how great this band was especially during this time these guys are gonna be remembered for this music like Beethoven and they're not the only great man from that era that's gonna be remembered like that but they are 1 of the greatest man's 1 of the most creative 1 of the greatest group of musicians that

[@weksheddweller]

6:22 fun fact, 25 or 6 to 4 is actually in this album!

[@flomalheur7467]

It's one of my favorite Chicago songs. If you come to "Make Me Smile" ... please, please listen to the whole cycle of "Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon" in one go. These are the songs "Make Me Smile", "So Much To Say, So Much To Give", "Anxiety's Moment", "West Virginia Fantasies", "Color My World", "To Be Free" and "Now More Than Ever." That looks like a lot now, but individually they are all very short songs that together form the "Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon".

[@Chicago_Podcast_Authority]

Don't worry. They're reacting to all the suites as a whole including Ballet, Memories of Love and It Better End Soon :)

[@shyshift]

Awesome saved me the trouble.

[@plantfeeder6677]

@@Chicago_Podcast_Authority seems you answer that question with every Chicago song. Taking bets if it's asked again😂

[@Chicago_Podcast_Authority]

@@plantfeeder6677 place yo bets

[@plantfeeder6677]

@@Chicago_Podcast_Authority I did...won on the very next song😅

[@brucep9729]

One of my top 5 Chicago songs ever! Truly a Robert Lamm masterpiece, as you said this song has it all and will leave you totally satisfied!

[@LoyalOpposition]

One of their best. Robert wrote so many songs, including the horn arrangements (for the first 10 years, anyway), but was always generous giving his songs for others to sing. Pankow, too.

[@rickyadoyle9685]

And there will never be another original group like this one.

[@willard2729]

I’ve never loved a band like I love Chicago and I’ve loved many bands

[@lindaloe]

I've Always Loved Thiis BAND More Than Any Other Band Bar None!!

[@lindaloe]

As Talented As These Guys Are And as Advanced As They Were AT THAT EARLY Stage.They Were All Just Out Of Collage!!

[@Chicago_Podcast_Authority]

Always loved Robert's minor key moods

[@davidgale7384]

Unfortunately Chicago was pretty much the last group to have their own brass section as members of the band, rather than hire some studio guys for a specific cut.

[@inckyprog6924]

This is such a beautiful song by Chicago. I always wonder why it is not much better known, especially since its nature should please both the fans of the earlier songs and those of the later, somewhat shallower songs.

[@gregorycrnkovic1660]

My brother was it 7 or 9 consecutive #1 albums on the billboard album hot 200! All in a row! Clive Davis was the CEO at Columbia and put his rep on the line to get these guys on vinyl. He got paid, they got paid, we all got paid with 50 years of great music! Had some older friends drafted into the Viet Nam war that completely wore out and stretched out an 8-track of Chicago Transit Authority! Straight up real life Americana!!!

[@craigw1911]

I have been enjoying all of your reviews of the classic Chicago songs and I can't wait for the next track "In The Country". It is one of my favorites from this album, and was written by the legendary Terry Kath. A fantastic closing of side 1 of disc 1 of their second double-LP in a row. I won't spoil it for you, but I believe you will both enjoy it a LOT!

[@SightAfterDark]

We did :) video will be out Thursday!

[@damonhines8187]

Yep. What else CAN you say? It's all so damn good! Nice one, guys, thanks. Gotta dig into Lighthouse and maybe make a couple recos. ✌😘🎶🎤🎹🎸🎷🎺🔥💥💞

[@davidgale7384]

One Fine Morning... 1949....Hats Off To The Stranger.... Skip and the boys were our answer to Chicago.

[@damonhines8187]

@@davidgale7384 yep. Sunny Days, Broken Guitar Blues,

[@howardtennenhouse7849]

As a Winnipeger I always loved Lighthouse.Great horns and vocals by McBride.They were a bit lighter than Chicago and BST ,but One fine morning stands the test of time.I recently got a hold of a hard to get live album at Carnegie Hall.I strongly recommend it.

[@MB-mw1xr]

GREAT reaction to a deep cut on arguably Chicago’s best album. Well done!!

[@SightAfterDark]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@willard2729]

Whoever is feeding reccs to you KNOWS Chicago. This is a deep album cut that I heard many times while my sister listened to WNEW-FM, New York

[@Faultyist]

love this song...reminds me of being 17 again.

[@karensaldanha4760]

Long time no hear.

[@josephosheavideos3992]

Side One of this double-vinyl album usually does not receive much attention. In Chicago's salad days, Robert Lamm was the group's most political songwriter, and "Poem For the People" is one of his under appreciated protest songs.

[@markwideman339]

If you love this song, also try "It Better End Soon"....

[@lindaloe]

100 PERCENT!!

[@peteralba5674]

Love it

[@dondean9899]

I dont know if you can understand what it was like to hear this music when it first came out it was so different to most of what was going round mixing rock/jazz/soul/even funk there where a few bands Blood Sweat and Tears an English band called If an of course Zappa doing his thing but the first three albums (all dbl albums) where just a force to this day i still am influenced in my own music making by those first three albums after Terry died and by the time they got to number 4 and though it has some great tracks Dialogue fantastic but after Terry died for me i lost interest in them Peter seemed to dominate the vocals and they for me got to pop there is a fantastic live show on google at Tanglewood (think its spelt that way) has a brilliant performance of 25 or 6 to 4 that shows just how brilliant a guitarist Terry was There is supposed to be an interview with Hendrix (havnt seen it myself so please no thought police hammering me) where Hendrix was asked what it was like to be the best guitarist an he said dont know ask Terry Kath anyhow i know Hendrix really rated him

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for the info Don!

[@gubbenpersson]

Nu skall vi lyssna till en djävla skit låt

[@markwideman339]

One of my top 3 songs of all time off my favorite album of all time you guys have to really know how great this band was especially during this time these guys are gonna be remembered for this music like Beethoven and they're not the only great man from that era that's gonna be remembered like that but they are 1 of the greatest man's 1 of the most creative 1 of the greatest group of musicians that

[@steverodgers8425]

Its mind blowing that such sophisticated music could be produced not by seasoned artists but by young men in their mid twenties. Even my parents dug these guys.

[@manco828]

Middle 20s