Drummer reacts to "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" / "Someday" by Chicago

[@paulehney4581]

25 or 6 to four, lol.

[@L33Reacts]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🫡

[@shirleybhs9zd6li5i]

LMFAO.

[@thomastimlin1724]

@@shirleybhs9zd6li5i "And don't call me Shirley..."

[@mstewart109]

Great answer. This album was my favorite album....

[@mstewart109]

​​@@L33Reacts- you would have been such a happy camper musically in the 60s 70s- especially with Chicago. I sure was❤😂!! Those Horns!!!😂😂😂

[@gregbacon9808]

Still need to play “ Beginnings” from this Album❤️

[@wpollock1]

The trombone solo is worth the price of admission!

[@jconradguest]

There is no admission cost. Are you saying the trombone solo is worthless? 😅😊​@@wpollock1

[@akadros310]

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? is one of my favorites. Someday is really good too. Of course there isn't a bad song off the first couple of Chicago albums

[@L33Reacts]

This whole first album is probably one of the strongest debuts ever. It’s up there with the doors self titled album

[@trespatines8698]

@@L33ReactsAnd Boston’s debut.

[@TerryKrysinski]

@@L33Reacts Very true...just discard the feedback exercise that is Freeform Guitar (5 minutes of noise). The rest is gold! Keep going with the first few albums,bro--great stuff! T

[@akadros310]

@@TerryKrysinski Yeah Freeform Guitar is skippable for me too. I always forget about it

[@michaelgrillo4333]

I have sung this song in my head so many times over the past 50 years. One of the all time greats.

[@nancy9891]

A good substitute for “Jive Talking”! 😂

[@trainman5323]

The Band: ‘Hey Columbia Records. We have all this material for our first LP so we’d like to release a DOUBLE album with all the trimmings. Lyrics, custom art, etc. and it will be very expensive to manufacture and ship and we have no idea how well it will sell.’ Columbia Records: ‘OK, sounds good.’ It was a different time for music.

[@L33Reacts]

Gambled paid off. Immensely

[@craigw1911]

Producer James William Guercio had to BEG Columbia Records for that double-LP. The suits at Columbia were like, "WTF, no!" and Guercio had to plead with them and make some concessions to get it done. The studio limited Guercio and the band to five days of basic tracks and five days of overdubbing, recording in 8 tracks. According to a Wikipedia article on the first album, the first song they recorded in the studio was "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" and they tried recording it all at once live as a full band. It didn't work so they recorded drums, bass, keyboard, and guitars first and THEN recorded the horns and vocals.

[@craigw1911]

It was definitely ballsy that the band debuts with double-LPs as their first THREE albums, then put out a FOUR-LP box set recorded live at Carnegie Hall for their fourth release. Plus bonus posters and booklets. Vinyl beats CD in that regard. We Chicago fans got goodies in a few albums. Chicago at Carnegie Hall included a 4 foot by 6 foot poster, and Chicago VIII included an iron-on transfer of the album jacket design.

[@acb9231]

Great song, great band! Next, ya gotta check out “Make Me Smile,” released in 70. ✌️

[@jpirard]

Has to be the whole suite

[@acb9231]

@@jpirardI wouldn’t mind, but I’m also cool without it. ✌️

[@alrivers2297]

That piano intro was never played on the radio, and probably rightly so

[@thomastimlin1724]

They cut it out for time for the single. Jazz chords aren't for everyone I guess.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

That first one was on the radio all the time and I still love it to this day. I could never get tired of hearing it. And there's always something new I discover every single time.❤

[@midnightrambler7716]

“The whole world’s watching” was actual recordings of chants at the ‘68 Democratic Convention in Chicago and the riots that ensued.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

I had forgotten what a killer song Someday is! ❤

[@trespatines8698]

Three amazing singers, superb instrumentation, outstanding writing, a loooooong catalog, what more can we ask for?

[@hopeklemann1]

🌸 that's really trippy I've never heard that piano intro before

[@craigw1911]

The radio cut/single release omits the piano intro just for time.

[@shirleybhs9zd6li5i]

When I saw Chicago at college in 1970, Robert said the piano was to give the feeling of the hustle bustle of a big city. His nod to the anti establishment times.

[@douglasg.9271]

One of the greatest feel good songs of all time. ❤

[@markh.7650]

I've been listening to Chicago since the 70s, this is the first time I've heard that piano intro. It's got so many dissonant chords... Funny story: When I was in HS, I was hanging out during a free period and a girl asked me if I knew what time it was. I looked at my watch and replied "yes". She almost hit me...

[@Coquinagirl]

Robert Lamm, such a great songwriter ✌🏼 Thank you, Shirley and Lee.

[@shirleybhs9zd6li5i]

I think I'm Chicago 'd out, lol.

[@Coquinagirl]

@@shirleybhs9zd6li5i Shirley, it’s been great. 🙂

[@martinrenzhofer8241]

Robert Lamm was a monster writer early on for Chicago. No. 5 (the wood carving album) is nearly all Lamm compositions and all excellent.

[@thruppence-ys9zp]

Kind of legendarily, the band called themselves The Chicago Transit Authority until bully Mayor Daley demanded the band change its name

[@glenndespres5317]

Yeah, the same mayor who after the Chicago riots at the 68 DNC, famously said, “The police are not here to create disorder, they are here to preserve disorder.”

[@bobbiewallace4008]

I didn't know thats why they changed their name to Chicago and I'm from Chicago

[@annewoodard6803]

Obviously the instrumental intro wasn’t included on the radio version. They started the song when the horns came in, made more sense. That said, I LOVE THIS SONG. 😁💖

[@mucksmith3569]

I say this a lot about bands: I love their early stuff the best. This is true with Chicago (Transit Authority). There are exceptions like the Beatles but It’s the lifers who give you a lifetime of music where this is mostly true. Stones 60’s and 70’s. Springsteen - first six albums. Chicago also 60’s and 70’s. Love this first album. It’s like it’s been memorialized by the bands original name before they were forced to change it. You’re the best. I sound old. Keep it up.

[@L33Reacts]

@@mucksmith3569 thanks I appreciate that lol I’m far from the best but I try. The early stuff is usually the good stuff. There a couple exceptions like you mentioned but it’s few lol this first album is pure gold.

[@shiannesmith6877]

Wow 😮 that first one was so good! ❤

[@CrustyRetiredMarine]

Soooooo glad you’re showcasing one of the greatest debut albums of all time. Great job.

[@stlmopoet]

I'd only heard the part of Does Anybody Know What Time It Is that has lyrics. Have never heard the second song. Guess I need to listen to the whole album. Great review! I like your personality/heart. The Vietnam War was broadcast on the evening news. Ever since then, the military has kept the press pool away from actual battles as much as possible.

[@hopeklemann1]

🌸 one of my favorite Chicago songs

[@L33Reacts]

I see why! That was awesome 😎

[@thomastimlin1724]

Love that trumpet solo and his tone so pure.

[@oldmanghost219]

CTA !!!! one of the best ever albums...Love these songs..."Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" / "Someday" by Chicago... I really like the intro to Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is in this version.

[@johnnyfrederick01]

I refuse to wear a watch thanks to this song…...

[@fineasfogg1461]

Also I really love all your knowledge about the bands and the individual musicians. ❤

[@fineasfogg1461]

I love watching your happy face, jamming to the music. I think this is the first song I remember by Chicago🎉🎉🎉

[@edcedera]

The whole world is watching.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Pure joy.

[@badlloyd]

The world was watching, then turned around and walked away.

[@mikerichards67]

Does anybody really know what the best band is? YES Chicago!!!!!

[@L33Reacts]

Haha yes!! They fuckin rock man

[@tomtortolani8082]

"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?", "25 or 6 to 4", "Saturday in the Park", all great tunes.

[@mikecaetano]

Nice! "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is" is one of the first songs I remember hearing when I was a really little kid back when the song was new. That trumpet solo intro is catchy. Dig how once the song gets going the rhythm resembles a jaunty walk down the street just as described in the lyrics. Pop stations never played the piano intro, but many FM rock stations would later in the seventies as a way to demonstrate their credibility.

[@L33Reacts]

That piano intro is killer. How could you take that out? That’s criminal lol

[@stephenpresley5772]

Great song and reaction

[@mattreynolds612]

🤷‍♀️⏰❓Probably my second favorite Chicago tune, next to "Beginnings" 🎶🕺🎶💯🎶💃🎶🇺🇸✌️☮️🕊️

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

History 🔁 does anyone know it anymore😳

[@jpirard]

Rhythm guitar was actually a thing Terry loved doing.

[@craigw1911]

Just wait until you get to the closing track, "Liberation". It follows "Someday" on Disc 2 Side 2.

[@fatovamingus]

Great pic the song reminds me of being in the backseat with my parents in the front seat screaming at each other. Really good memory haha

[@karensaldanha4760]

The politics of war is so entrenched in our Geo politics we don't know how to stop it. They have several political songs. What a great reaction. Our only hope to become less violent is that there are more of us than the profiteers who want more.

[@jamesgabbert9375]

Throw in Liberation for 10 minutes of Kath excellence

[@craigw1911]

Both Kath and Seraphine absolutely are mind boggling on Liberation, as they were on Poem 58. Drummers will recognize Buddy Rich as one of the all-time masters of the craft. Buddy Rich was impressed by Danny Seraphine, just as Jimi Hendrix was by Terry Kath. High praise indeed.

[@ericbertsch7336]

the horns are fantastic

[@SpiderMcGee]

Questions 67 and 68 is all horns and drums.

[@billhawkins1236]

Some of the piano bits remind me of Charlie Brown 😅

[@pollynicklas5220]

Used to hear a live version of Does Anybody Know on the radio. When the intro was done and the song really kicked in the crowd let out a huge roar - must have been taped at a stadium!

[@jamespaivapaiva4460]

The time is now!🙏4❤.Or Someday we will cease to be.☠️

[@famousaimless2]

Them horns ❤

[@StoneShards]

Sure, two choices: the right way, and the other way! And each of us KNOWS the right way, no matter how much we like the other way.

[@rk41gator]

In my top 5 bands of all time.

[@davidwolf4677]

Timeless! 😉

[@MsUrbangirl]

Aside from your music reactions, I just love hearing your thoughts about the unrelated subjects you expound on. You're a deep thinker and very interesting to listen to. Tbh, if I'm done hearing other reaction videos(2), I'm done after the reaction. But not you Lee, you always have such interesting takes on things I stay till you're done. Great job!

[@hopeklemann1]

🌸 dude , I'm impressed !! finger guns with snaps !

[@jdog560]

This and Chicago 2 are the best albums of all time imo

[@JeffreyAube-cb5tr]

Interesting pairing. “Time” was the first Chicago tune I heard on the radio and turned me not only into a Chicago fan but reignited me as a music fan (young teens). Of course, this was one of the first albums I bought and I love most of it (sorry, “FFG”!), including “Someday”. Lots of guitar on that song. A great guitarist, like Terry, does what the song needs and that one needed killer rhythm playing and some cool atmospheric stuff during the intro. Great reaction.

[@williamlovett619]

Great song

[@damonhines8187]

DARKWTII is long-time fave; loved the 2nd one too, on possibly first hearing...or not. 😊❤

[@stpnwlf9]

So, today was a Robert Lamm showcase and we got some great piano work along with his vocals (Plus Peter Cetera on the chorus of Someday). These two songs do rely more on rhythm and brass than on guitar work. Someday is all about piano, bass, and drums to drive the tune and the brass comes in to accent the vocal. These two songs really show off some of the versatility of Chicago back in those early years.

[@L33Reacts]

Great variety on this album… and it’s their debut! It’s wild lol. Yeah today was a Robert showcase basically. It was dope!

[@jamesvomsaal]

It’s funny how much of this great music we took for granted back in the 60s and 70s there was always more to follow till we got to the 80s and then it splintered into multi genres

[@L33Reacts]

Yes music became so specialized that it has fragmented and compartmented into what we have today where it’s just pure genre hybrids now.!

[@RalphOnofrio]

LOVE this....I was in a band ''TENSION'' from here in Connecticut,and we recorded this on a 45 ( with Robert Lamm's permission )in 1969...We had a mild hit with it.A year later CTA out it out on a 45,and we lost our momentum, but recorded originals after that..We opened our shows doing the entire side one of this great album..Thanx for keeping this alive...Check out our version on youtube.

[@mattreynolds612]

Someday, is a pretty deep dive. 💦↘️🎺

[@LibrarianDaveLM227]

Give over the Rhine a listen every man’s daughter

[@barneymiller6204]

There was guitar in Someday! Terry's distortion appears at least twice. 06:43 and 08:43.

[@shemanic1]

25 or 6 to 4 Studio version is their greatest tune

[@Linda-y9h]

33K 🎉😂😮❤

[@corawheeler9355]

I don't remember the piano intro, but know the first song well.

[@lathedauphinot6820]

The five biggest arms exporters are the U.S., France, Russia, China, and Germany. India’s the biggest importer. We have something like 42% of the market. We supply both sides of a conflict many times.

[@teej-h7w]

the rule for eyebrows . . . they begin directly above your tear-ducts.

[@andrewp02]

So now you really need to watch the Leonid & Friends cover of this song kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHOQn4uHmJt_g7c And after you watch that -- you'll want to watch these guys cover all of the other Chicago songs that you've listened to. These are top-notch covers - some sound better than Chicago themselves.

[@dannynewman2]

"Dialogue" -- "Questions 67 & 68"

[@mimig3904]

Dialog Parts 1 & 2 studio version should be your next Chicago if you haven't done it yet.

[@KristianHurasky]

Did y'all know there's a cover version of the first song ("Does anybody ...") with Deep Purple's and Whitesnake's David Coverdale on vocals? He did this with his band "The Government" in 1971, many years before his rise to stardom, and I find it pretty mindblowing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5_Von-fe8tgjsUsi=zb9ginjdkRLQg3b5

[@dandundon9503]

You should check out Dialogue pt 1 & 2 on the Chicago V album.

[@jpirard]

On 'Time' Kath and Cetera do the backing vocals

[@glenndespres5317]

You can’t beat original CTA my man.

[@rbking9296]

You know it reminds me what Einstein once said and that is time is irrelevant And in the grand scheme of things that is so true

[@L33Reacts]

Time is a man made concept so yes at the end of the logic trail it is irrelevant. We use to mark the seasons and such (even though nature does it naturally) another example of unnecessary human meddling

[@thomastimlin1724]

Chicago did all styles. Their best years were 1968 to 1978

[@chrisjamieson3452]

Boring songs by Chicago, like Does Anybody... are a shame. I had all the 1st 8 Chicago albums, and that one is far down on my list.

[@marthagavey9321]

❤ 💕 love this album! Chicago and TDN my two favorites, '60's girl for sure!! Both, 3 lead singers with incredibly different voices and terrific harmonies! But, TDN singers didn't play instruments, who cares, they were amazing also!! Always wished I'd gotten to Tanglewood! 🙄🎉 Terry RIP the Monster!!!!

[@ukesrule58]

TDN and the Chicago Horns hounde up on one or several cuts on a TDN album....check me on this

[@marthagavey9321]

@@ukesrule58 Yes they did! I believe it was "Feelin Alright" on the Suitable for Framing album. Also, I think Elton John on another track!! 😀