WOW!| FIRST TIME HEARING Chicago - Hard Habit To Break REACTION

[@bsilvers1037]

Amber hit the nail on the head, young people don’t know music could sound so good. We were lucky because our parents made us listen to their music, even as babies and toddlers, so good music was instantly introduced to us. Then we found our own grove, but never forgot the past and how great it was. Kids now go from Nick Jr. to the bland flavor of the month.

[@flodee8561]

You told nothing but the truth my friend! I totally agree. I listened to my parents' music from the 50's and 60's. Then my 80's. Young people today really missed the full rainbow of musical flavors we were so fortunate to enjoy.

[@bunnyheywood]

Exactly!! 💯! 🎶❤🎶

[@tinahairston6383]

In our family, it wasn't just the music of my parents gen but ALL genres, too, so we got everything from country, to rock, to pop, to R&B and everything in between and beyond...Disco, New Wave, Funk, etc. You grow up with an appreciation of everything so you never limit your experiences. As a result, I barely listen to today's music because I know what's really good. Give me anything before the 2000s and I'm a happy woman, especially if it's the 80s, lol.

[@lela7252]

I agree, my mom loved Chicago and Motown, so of course I do as well.

[@sunnystormy4973]

-definetly !-

[@louisekrynski2878]

“If You Leave Me Now” another great recording by Chicago!

[@BillGraper]

Yes, that's my absolute favorite!!!

[@MemoBar100]

The best one!!! My favorite memories, riding around with my father in our car listening that song. How I miss those days with my old!!!

[@BlackHatCinephile]

8 months ago.

[@tinahairston6383]

They've reacted to this one. It's my all-time favorite.

[@disconnexionsdotcom]

One of the BEST!!!

[@keithmcknight954]

“You’re the Inspiration” is my favorite. But they have so many really good ones you can’t go wrong with any.

[@BlackHatCinephile]

2 years ago.

[@davidhuggan6315]

Our wedding song

[@juniorvega42]

This Era of Chicago was probably their best selling Era. With Peter Cetera on vocals, they became the quintessential romantic power ballad band! Some of the mist iconic ballads of the 80s were sung by Cetera. There is just a something so special with his tone. No one else, not then and not ever after, has ever sounded even close to him. His voice is just unmistakable! And it's just sublime! If you just react to all the ballads Chicago did during the mid 80s, you will realize how special they were and how Peter Cetera became an intricate part of every teenager's life during those days!!!

[@pjg58x]

Could be their best selling era and they produced a lot of nice songs but IMO not their best work. Chicago was originally made up of 7 world class musicians and this era rarely showcased their amazing musicianship. David Foster even brought in outside writers and musicians and turned them into a power ballad band. So basically they were no longer unique and were doing what so many other groups were doing at the time.

[@davidhuggan6315]

Exactly. Jay and Amber don't realise that this was their most successful era

[@juniorvega42]

@@pjg58x I know it's not their best work if by best work you mean great musicianship and just mind blowing orchestration. While their earlier work just showcased how talented they were as musicians and how great their "big band" sound was, they really became a household name during this run. Some may call it selling out, but for everyone who was a teenager during that time, Chicago became almost a part of our lives. Everyone during that time dedicated at least one of their songs to whatever girl they were in love with at the time! Peter Cetera's voice is embedded in all of our brains forever!

[@claystevenson1821]

No argument from me.

[@Christine-Golden66]

Peter did duets with Cher & Amy Grant that were incredible ❤

[@thecasper911]

Next time I fall with Amy Grant is awesome!

[@karenduncan2478]

Duet with Cher "Chances are" is beautiful! Sorry I got it wrong it's After All is name of song.

[@richardwoo7987]

And of course Crystal Bernard

[@heidichristensen7919]

And Agnetha from ABBA! Don’t remember ever hearing it back in the day - found out about it from KZbin a couple months ago

[@ronaldlee7566]

​@@heidichristensen7919I Wasn't The One (Who Said Goodbye)😊

[@JoeyScott-wr6sk]

I would recommend reacting to “Will You Still Love Me” & “Hard To Say I’m Sorry” if you haven’t already! Straight bangers 🔥

[@debbiewilliams1364]

Their hit, “Colour My World” quickly became “our song” when we began dating over 46 years ago. And it still is!

[@fantasycamp4000]

My sister and brother in -law's wedding song!

[@christianmattison6096]

"Colour My World" was our Sr Prom theme song! One of their absolute best!!

[@cosmiccowboy7764]

As time goes on,I realize just what you mean to me ……… Colour my World with hopes of loving you 🤠😍🥰

[@joesailor61]

My parents song when it came out, they are 71 now

[@joy88867]

That was my wedding song 🎶

[@ronfoskey2417]

Peter Cetera with Cher. Those two iconic voices together on "After All" were stunning.

[@EricZ1982]

Yes Yes and "The Next Time I Fall": with Amy Grant

[@capitolspy]

If you want to hear Cetera the bass player, check out Beginnings - an all time great Chicago song

[@myownchannel247]

There’s so much great Chicago to discover. Beginnings, Call On Me, Wishing You Were Here, Colour My World. ✨

[@magneto7930]

That was their best period, in my opinion.

[@thecasper911]

Wishing you were here is underrated with the Beach Boys providing background vocals!

[@myownchannel247]

@@magneto7930I agree, the original lineup with Terry Kath will always be the best even though this song got lots of airplay

[@magneto7930]

@@myownchannel247 The Kath years are my favorite. I wish they had seen the live version of 25 or 6 to 4 from Tanglewood!

[@core76man1]

I shouldn't say because they had so many great songs, but for me I think Beginnings is the best Chicago song ever.

[@danielmankowski922]

I can't wait for them to hear Questions 67 and 68! To me it's Chicago at their finest!😊

[@caryriggs5719]

And dialogue

[@caryriggs5719]

And Dialogue

[@brentheil3928]

" your the inspiration" is another song that features Peter Ceteras voice.

[@slimboy00000]

"Stay the night" , "Along comes a woman" and "Explained to my heart" are great song by them too.

[@lovinlorne]

I love Stay The Night. ❤️

[@ealanmontgomery2304]

Stay the Night was great!!

[@rjsmith44-op8fy]

Yes “Explain It To My Heart” was a powerful song sung by Jason & Bill

[@VincentManiscalco]

11 number one singles I believe there was 10 number one albums ! I actually seen them live in a free concert in Coney Island ! Behind me, was the Atlantic ocean in front of me was a sea of people !! And I got there at eight hours before the concert started !! what an incredible performance by these guys they are unbelievable

[@jp3813]

Jay keeps closing his eyes on Bill Champlin's parts so he thinks Peter Cetera is the only one singing. lol

[@jcarce1]

That's what I exactly thought, there are two singers right there!

[@TheRawkVox]

💯👍

[@joelefebvre740]

I noticed that too

[@davidcollins897]

"Along Comes A Woman" and "Stay The Night" - both off that epic Chicago 17 album, both overflowing with that distinctly Chicago sound as only Chicago can make. Well worth the time and effort to check them out.

[@shannonbaker5267]

I had the pleasure of seeing Peter with David Foster and Friends in Kuala Lumpur, still outstanding!

[@Gilbert-n5h]

Great harmonies between Cetera and Bill Champlain, I believe this was on Chicago 17, Cetera’s last album with Chicago sadly.

[@Kuesel68]

17 was the first album I have known by them when I was a teen and it got several songs in the Swiss charts like this one, Stay the Night, and the great You're the Inspiration (you should do that one next). If you know their old jazzy work this is too poppy but they were typical 80s soft rock here, a bit like Toto.

[@chickenjo23]

A lost song off of that album 17 is Remember The Feeling. Such an underrated song.

[@kerrybray1475]

This was the last album Peter Cetera was on. I saw them live in 1984 when this album was out. Chicago’s sound totally changed after Terry Kath died. The 80’s were the David Foster years where he wrote and produced for them. The sound was totally different than the past.

[@tomterrific555]

Next you should hit some early Chicago, some of their best stuff was on their first album, when they were Chicago Transit Authority. Start from the beginning with "Beginnings"

[@JeffPhillips-dn2fg]

Along Comes A Woman - Chicago. Another great upbeat song from the mid 80s. Love to see you react to it!

[@JaneWalters-ni7se]

I cut my teeth on my brother's Chicago records. Lifelong fan😊

[@jlilley73]

I wish you could have listened to the album version of this song. It keeps going after the end of the video, but the vocals and guitar slowly fade out until it just becomes that wonderful string section playing its own melody over and over. Maybe not quite as cool as horns, but I think you would have liked the song more with that extra emphasis on the instrumentation.

[@jayhoyer3395]

Stay the Night is a cool upbeat music video. You will love it!

[@williamj.sheehan2001]

Bill Champlin's vocals are the perfect compliment to Peter's here!

[@claystevenson1821]

Yes

[@MisterFastbucks]

Some people hate the David Foster albums. But he was just what the band needed at that time. Chicago 16 was huge!

[@davidhuggan6315]

David Foster turned these type of songs into Whitney Houston's hits

[@johnniebravo5985]

Stay the Night, Along Comes A Woman, and Look Away are also bangers!!!

[@sunnybearbuds]

Chicago...Peter...huge and well-deserved. Try Along Comes a Woman and Stay the Night.

[@tornadodreams]

I was so lucky to be a teen in the 80s and growing up on such amazing music. So much variety but great songwriting and singing without autotune. Just pure talent and style. And bands with actual instruments...lol

[@davidhuggan6315]

I loved being a teen from 1987 to 1992

[@MrSteveLoucks]

Jay & Amber, I love Chicago! Horns. Without horns. They’re amazing. I’d love for you to take in their early 1974 hit I’ve Been Searching So Long. It’s spectacular.

[@deborabielik6017]

Can’t forget Bill Champlain who sings with him on this song. Bill was the singer of the old tv series In the Heat of the Night. Super voice then.

[@lyndam.richardson4151]

Peter Cetera's voice is liquid gold. ❤

[@brinsonopinion]

One of the most passionate songs of the 80s, I love this song. And you're not wrong, there WERE 2 Chicagoes...their sound DID evolve from the 70s to the 80s!

[@princessoffire1107]

Love this because BOTH of the best lead singers of Chicago are on it.

[@maxr4448]

Simply Red " Holding back the Years" That will get in the heart.

[@vaughnnewman8903]

Doesn't get much better than this. Chicago was special.

[@ReginaldScottRoss]

Peter and Amy Grant…. “Next time I Fall in Love”

[@themominator4745]

80s heartbreak; Peter Cetera sang it so well!✌️❤️

[@theodoreritola7641]

Man i Miss the 70s

[@tammijackson6694]

I love watching you two enjoy the music from my high school years!!!

[@mitchridder4071]

There ARE TWO Chicagos: The original lineup known as a "rock and roll band with horns" (The group you love most) from 1967-1978. The "other" Chicago you listened to today. They, the 1980s Chicago, was produced by David Foster. These songs were mostly ballads co-written by Foster & Peter Cetera where they intentionally left the horn section out. If you want to get back to the BIG BAND SOUND you love, you need to go back before 1976. Try "Just You 'N Me, " "Call on Me," "Beginnings," "Questions 67 and 68," "Movin' in," "What's This World Coming to," and "Dialogue (Part 1 & 2)."

[@reneestes6254]

Yes!

[@pica6888]

This is probably my least favorite era of Chicago

[@chickenjo23]

Still plenty of horn arrangements off this album. Along Comes A Woman has a whole section of the song with nothing but horns playing.

[@TonyUnderhill-h1u]

Their album Night and Day brings the horns back in full force. It’s an album of big band standards but Chicagofied. It’s a great album!

[@MNDrummer]

I always loved this song. Great contrast between their voices.

[@vanessa4u4evr]

My favorite Chicago song.

[@jameskearney4100]

I am 62 years old. I listened to them when I was a small child.

[@tacticorememes]

Ah! You only have me by 7 years. We lived during the greatest of musical eras. Don't know what this crap is today!

[@mschof1999]

Same age and ditto 👍

[@michaelmiller3980]

Chicago 17. Great album. Every song was great. Only you. Spend the night. I’m so glad I grew up in the seventies and eighties

[@nedrini1055]

Stay the night

[@chuckwhite3176]

Gotta love this group and their orchestration - timeless music!

[@amym1885]

I've cried a lot on this song . That happens when you're in love and they don't feel the same.

[@redchick5278]

Chicago was one of my Dad’s favorite bands! Hard Habit is one of my favorite songs by them!!!

[@jamesmorrison7692]

This is my favorite Chicago song. I was a kid during the MTV years, and this song came out in 1984 and was on huge rotation on MTV. The lyrics are brilliant, as it's a breakup song that really hits hard. The lyrics "After all of these years, I'm still tryin' to shake it, Doin' much better (they say that it just takes time), But deep in the night, it's an endless flight, I can't get you out of my mind" hit so hard, its speaks volumes. Having Peter and Bill sing together on this song was brilliant. I can't say enough about this song. Thank you all for the reaction to this classic

[@susanliltz3875]

CHICAGO = “Just You And Me” horns , beautiful love song!!! Peter singing lead !!

[@johnnyd5285]

Chicago started in the seventies with the big horn sound, but as they hit the eighties, they drifted more toward the ballads and less horns. It was almost like two different bands.

[@neilborden772]

Favorite songs from this album were: Along Comes a Woman & Stay the Night

[@BobStorcks]

If you want to get back to the old stuff, try "Questions 67 & 68" from their first album, Chicago Transit Authority. Big instrument sound + Peter Cetera on lead vocals. Amazing tune

[@enriquetheprofessor]

In the 80s, Chicago were regarded as the kings of the POWER BALLAD.

[@decacards5250]

Actually, Chicago did not want to be known as a power ballad band, but as a rock band. Peter was the ballad singer, which pressured him to leave.

[@dsusan17]

One of their greatest songs

[@mollycampbell8631]

I had this cassette tape when I was a kid and about wore it out I listened to it so much. Great, great album. You should check out "Stay the Night" from the same album. I think you'd like it.

[@JeffPhillips-dn2fg]

I Don’t Want To Live Without Your Love- Chicago. J/A another great top 10 charting smash hit from 1989. Off the same album as Look Away. Love to see you react to it!

[@MetFan37]

Another of their useless, generic hits that the public oddly went for. This was when I knew they were done.

[@DebraJohnson-k3z]

Peter Cetera and Amy Grant, Next Time I Fall in Love

[@tinahairston6383]

The music of my teen years right here!! I was 14 when this album (Chicago 17) came out. Stay the Night, Along Came A Woman and You're the Inspiration (which you've already reacted to) are on this album as well.

[@surlechapeau]

Jay/Amber, you'll LOVE their "Beginnings" and "Just You n' Me"!!!! edit - Bill Champlin - co-lead and backing vocals, keyboards on todays song.

[@stevebrien1041]

Just You and Me is the BEST Chicago song

[@terrilgeorge7255]

​@@stevebrien1041 Yes! My favourite. I hope they hit it, no one seems to react to it.

[@geneWebb-uh5fg]

To me there is three different eras of Chicago earlier songs featured lead vocalist Terry Kath and when he passed away Peter took over lead vocals which change the sound of the earlier songs. After Peter left they brought in a much younger guy to sing lead.. I finally got to see them live at the great New York State Fair in Syracuse they were really great and I had just broken up with somebody 😢so I was crying half the time the songs like this and You're the inspiration but check out some of the songs other people have suggested for you they are outstanding!😊

[@aarongoldstein7614]

Terry Kath shared lead vocals with Peter Cetera and Robert Lamm.

[@timconway7962]

If you're speaking in terms of radio play, Kath had only three lead vocals on Chicago's hit, ie. Make Me Smile and Colour My World (both from the same larger suite of music called Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon) and Wishing You Were Here. WYWH was actually a Cetera-penned song that the band recorded in a lower key so Cetera was not able to sing the main verses and could only sing on the bridge. Robert Lamm and Peter were really the two main lead singers of Chicago in terms of radio hits. And Robert's lead vocal peak on radio ended pretty early in Chicago's run. He had no major lead vocal hits after Saturday in the Park in 1972. By the release of Chicago VI in 1973, most radio stations and pop music's audience in general leaned towards songs with Cetera on lead vocals, no matter who wrote the songs. But that's why it was so cool to listen to Chicago's albums in full. You heard all three voices consistently. Once the likes of Pankow and Loughnane started being allowed to have lead vocals, the inmates started to run the asylum.

[@mrnobody3161]

I'm old. After Terry Kath passed, whenever I heard new Chicago songs, I kept finding myself listening for his voice and distinctive guitar playing, and they're not there. RIP. 🎶✌️👉🇨🇦

[@JohnPratt-db6tn]

i totally agree, a part of Chicago died with Terry. He truly is the heart of soul of this iconic band.

[@thebronzetoo]

You guys REALLY need to do "Stay the night" & "Along comes a woman"! STN is my favorite Chicago song.

[@BonniePicc]

This song was on the radio all day no matter what time of day! It was very popular and Chicago had many hits during this period. I actually love it, particularly the build at the end. Losing Terry Kath was terribly tragic -and then it was the end of an era when Peter Cetera left. He did well on his own, and the band changed their sound and had many top hits without him. Chicago was one of my favorites growing up. Since you like their earlier and big band sound, here are several for the list: I’ve Been Searching So Long - you can close your eyes for most of it Just You and Me - will make you smile Wishing You Were Here - beautiful vocals with The Beach Boys Call on Me - jazzy / big band Old Days - will make you smile Beginnings - you can close your eyes Colour My World - short, beautiful and piano highlighted Street Player - will make you dance Questions 67 and 68 - beautiful / big band song Dialogue - Peter Cetera and Terry Kath share the lead Feeling Stronger Everyday - a good mix of soft and soulful

[@Keedeeg]

This entire album (Chicago 17) was Awesome! I love this song so VERY much!!!

[@andyrunton]

So great to hear this one! It’s from 17 with David Foster and their big break into the mainstream. The more gravelly voice in this one is Bill Champlin. He came in and really stepped up once Peter went solo. He was a huge asset, a great songwriter, and was with the band for a long time. He sang some of their biggest hits and their only number one. They did him dirty in the end and he left. Another band like Styx and Journey who let their egos and need for control take over, and totally destroyed what made them so good in the first place!

[@raybernal6829]

Bill C had a big ego as well. It's a band .... Bill was a great musician and vocalist I agree but IMHO thought he was bigger than the band. He wanted to do solo projects so they let him.

[@JamesBond-ib9tq]

To clarify, Peter Cetera sang on the first #1 Chicago song "If You Leave Me Now" in 1976 and Bill Champlin sang on the other two "Hard Habit To Break" and " Look Away" in the 80's.

[@chriswalker7983]

The horns were prominent in Along Comes A Woman...

[@stevehamilton8824]

This is off of the album CHICAGO 17, which was probably their most successful album due to now having MTV showcase them and with Peter at the helm of most of the bands lead singing responsibilities. This album contained this song, "Stay the Night", "Your the Inspiration" as big hits for them but sadly this album would also be their last with the silk voice of Peter Cetera, who would go on to a huge solo career. But a new generation found Chicago with this album and MTV, as did many artists that utilized the platform to sell music. Good stuff!

[@evangeline3152]

I just love the blend between Peter and Bill’s voices. Peter has such a clear tone and then Bill brings in a little grit to make it even better. I think you guys would really love Old Days. It’s such a good song.

[@byerenny]

The duet you guys did was with Amy Grant. Speaking of, check out a tune from her pop album (She's mostly gospel) called "Good For Me"

[@michaeleck2819]

I know you have done a lot of Chicago songs, but here is one of my favs: Introduction. This song is like 3 songs in one with tempo and melodic changes. It is literally an introduction to the band.

[@chrisinfiesto835]

“Dialogue (part 1 & 2)” is an old school Chicago hit that is definitely worth reacting to....... 💯🔥🤙🏽😎

[@Salty_Devil]

So thankful to be born in the 70s and a teen in the 80s. Absolutely perfect time for music!!

[@TheKelinrose]

Honestly Chicago doesn't do anything wrong. Everything they put out will always be amazing. Does anyone know what time it is?, Stay the night, Color my world, You're the inspiration, I don't want to live without you, 24 or 6 to 4, and a lot more, as a teenager of the 80s, all of these songs take me back.

[@monicar503]

This is my favorite Chicago song!!!❤❤❤ Great reaction 😊❤

[@allendixon7700]

I like a hard have Aha R they haven't. That's what I like. It's wonderful how hard I have a message here, but it's a while you pay. Yes, indeed. It uh, I'll tell you what was hard for Maida. 3 sisters forester FOR R AST A. R voiced your sister's that used to sing me a song. Why can't me up in the morning? Tell me I fell in love again. Or ask me last night and there song Tom. It was waffle, though cause I did everything just dropped. Forester sisters, I fell in love again.Lie snub by the forester sisters

[@kitcatsaunders]

What a great voice and great singer ,Peter is so versatile,Chicago is legendary .Great reaction as always.Love ,light ,and smiles.🙏❤️❤️🙏🤗😊

[@michaelnerychel6727]

Hit #3 in the summer of 84

[@davidhuggan6315]

Indeed. No. 8 in the UK.

[@donnagonatas3155]

I saw Chicago in the early 90's. They opened for Crosby, Stills and Nash. What a show!!!!

[@BethReed62]

70’s Chicago was the best era, for me.

[@valerielynn7256]

Y’all hit the jackpot with this one this my favorite Chicago song of all time I love hove Peter and bill play off each other This song is a masterpiece

[@tjrivers]

Composition geniuses, beautiful harmonies! Yikes how beautiful!?!

[@josephadiaz8343]

Chicagos one of those bands you could listen to all day and not get tired of 👍, i have all their music ♥️🙏✝️✌️😎

[@bunnyheywood]

Anything Chicago are great songs in all the many different band members throughout the decades. Peter Cetera is still my favorite lead vocalist. And the duet with Amy Grant was one of my all time favorite songs since i'm a huge fan of them both. Thanks for playing more Chicago!! Much love to you both!! 🎶❤️🎶

[@jasonlassiter9229]

This song 🎶 and “Wishing You Were Here” are two favorite Chicago songs. Thanks 🙏🏻 GOD Bless you both.

[@phillipspradley2823]

I am voting for Dialogue 1&2 as your next Chicago song. It has everything you guys like. ( sorry for voting twice 😊. )

[@brendarobinson1656]

The many revolutions of Chicago and they are ALL great!

[@jamesevans3492]

This Beautiful Song Is On Their 1984 Chicago 17 Album, Wherein I Still Have Their Laser Disc Version Of This Album, Which Has All Of Their Videos For Their Hit Songs . . . I Saw Them At The Berkley California Greek Theatre Back In 1984, And They Really Rocked, And Sounded Great That Night, Which Was Right Before Peter Cetera Left Chicago For His Amazing Solo Career, And Chicago Brought In Bass Player, And Singer Jason Scheff . . .

[@heidivert830]

Also Robert lamm as a backing vocal all three did great❤

[@fabian4ever69]

Great song!!!! I like the 70s Chicago but I love the 80s Chicago...this was my time. Liaten to their song LOOK AWAY with Bill Champlin as the lead vocalist. It was the first number one song after Peter left the band. It is feom 1988/89.

[@theodoreritola7641]

Naugh the 70s ALL THE WAY

[@VincentManiscalco]

When I think of the greatest male vocalist ever immediately Freddie Mercury, Elvis Presley, and Steve Perry come to mind ! Followed closely by Roy Orbison and Peter Cetera ! Absolutely incredible voice

[@shawnsutton6067]

Here is one of the most underrated guitarist of all time. If you like the song above, You'll love this one! search the song to listen to as follows: Frank Marino - Live at the Agora Theatre - It's Begun to Rain

[@jeannieschmidt2217]

You guys freaked me out again. I just heard this yesterday on my 80's Sirus station - and was HOPING that you would discover it one day. It's absolutely one of their best.

[@puppetsnob]

We used to slow dance to this in 6th grade. I wish today's generation would get new songs as good as the ones we had.

[@ronnix23]

Another Chicago song I think you'll really enjoy is Old Days. It's kind of a blend between the two Chicagos that Amber mentioned. You've got Peter's lead vocals, but you still have the big sound of the horns.

[@Thomas-p7f]

I love You Both!, Your The Greatest!. Thanks So Much!

[@williamstephens-ym5qd]

No tell Lover is a must listen also.

[@duaneford8875]

You guys have barely scratched the surface of country music.

[@lovinlorne]

Finally! I love this song! One of my favorite Chicago songs ever. ❤

[@tammijackson6694]

I love it that you care enough to even know the names

[@jellyrollnorton]

"No Tell Lover" is another great Peter Cetera sung Chicago hit.