This album gets a bad rap in my opinion & alot of fans don't really pay any mind to this album & it's a shame really because there is some really good music to be heard on Chicago VIII...
hideaway para mi es una de la mejores canciones chicago 8 esta cancion fue subestimada i una de las mejores es una lastima que nunca se canto en concierto
@ carina, I agree they were the soundtrack of my generation. I remember in high school that I liked a lot of their top 40 songs, but when I got the album and listened to the whole thing, I could not completely relate to it. They really were an adult band with a wide diversity of musical explorations. This song has a definite New Orleans jazz sound. They really seemed to love to just "jam" and make music, and often it seems spontaneous.
Chicago VIII has become one of my favorite Chicago albums. From the reviews I've read of the album, it was considered their weakest effort during their heyday with Terry Kath eventhough it was a #1 album. I think it's a great album. Does anybody know if a full, live version of O' Thank You Great Spirit exists out there? That song blew me away the first time I heard it. It's on my IPod and I play it several times daily. I'd love to see the great Terry Kath at work on a live version of that one.
@scoutee39 Probably my fave Chicago album. VIII just rocks and the horn section is in top form. Plus you can always hear Roberts piano through all that.
@scoutee39 VIII is my fave Chicago by a long shot. (followed by V). Its got the brass and rhythm section on top form, Terrys best studio performance since CTA and even as the songs rock out one can still clearly hear Bobby's piano. And not a ballad in sight!!
Such a contrast to VII only to show what a diverse bunch of musicians they were.
I wonder what "Chicago Live in 75" from the VIII tour is like. Its got some different reviews but its pricy.
These guys could sing/play anything; Blues, jazz, rock, ballads. dog food commercials and I was (and would have been for the dog food commercials) front and center. Eight amazing individual talents created the synergistic powerhouse called CHICAGO! They will forever be the soundtrack to my youth and I will always love them for it.....
There is NO way to know how Chicago would have turned out with Terry Kath alive !
The "ballad-heavy later stuff" had not happened yet, and may have never happened.
I love Terry dearly, but people have to realize that this group of men all chose to be in a band together. Each is responsible for their own personal involvement.
...& each chooses to stay or leave the family.
Terry alone responsible for his death by accident.
Great tune. Terry's lead guitar work was top-notch, as it always was.
Camila Kath had said in an interview, regarding Terry & his view on the newest direction Chicago was heading, it was more than evident, that he would have left the band, first, sometime in 1978. He was working on a solo LP, as mentioned.
What I find very sad, is the fact that most kids today, have no idea how great a musician Terry really was. Terry could play ANY STYLE of music, with ease. Hands down. Guitar or Bass.
This is great! Chicago VIII is one of my favorite Chicago albums, and it's so rare to see footage of them playing anything but the hits from Chicago VIII. Thanks again!
I agree...great footage, but I always felt embarrassed with the way Pankow danced like a show-boater and tried to steal the visual attention...otherwise a great band.
Much as Danny Seraphine got 'drummed out' of Chicago, I'll bet they would've sacked Terry Kath, too...because Terry wouldn't have fit in with Chicago's ballad-heavy later stuff, which I can't STAND. I really think Terry was the Heart and Soul of Chicago.
That's why I think Terry and Chicago might have parted ways...it was pretty sleazy what they did to Danny Seraphine. Terry might have disagreed with Chicago's more ballady direction, but I don't know how much control over it he would've had.
There was a general idea that Terry would have been the first member to depart the band anyway. But if he opted to stay, there's not telling what direction the band would have gone in. The Seraphine thing sure seems like a dick move, but as in all stories of fame, there's bound to be a few parts missing from the public eye.
70s, Terry was discouraged because he hadn't been able to come up with new ideas for the Band to try out. I do believe Seraphine was unjustly canned. They said he had trouble playing the BALLADS, of all things. If they dislike ya enough, they'll find a way to get rid of ya...I have suspicions that the newer members of Chicago may have been behind it.
The first song I ever saw Chicago perform live. One of Cetera's good songs -- and you gotta love Lamm's chord-pounding piano playing. One of their many great rarely heard tunes.
supposedly the drummer danny seraphine was out manuvered out of the group because he was making crazy business desicions for the group I dont know what they were a motor boat to mars perhaps now the guitar player from his group cta plays with keith emerson
This is the first song I ever heard Chicago play live (at my first Chicago concert). It was in 1975 and I remember it like it was yesterday. I was totally blown away.
nailed it. <=Chicago 11 is what you're overall opinion of chicago should be. dont get me wrong they pumped out enough listenable ballads in the 80's which are bomb songs, but not what chicagos really about. guess we'll never really know. gotta give em credit for still doing it live all the time
Yeah, they were cranking out the records in those days. "Any Way You Want" is from Chicago VIII. Then Chicago X in 1976, then Chicago XI in 1977. Chicago IV the greatest hits in there as well, but of course it didn't require any extra studio work.
Great memories, again! They opened their first set at the Met Center (now Mall of America) with this song in Oct. '75 They opened the 2nd set with "Long Time No See".
Terry did Oh Thank You Great Spirit, then Free Form Guitar then Hit By Varese (wow, a power medley!)
@brasscollection I soooo envy you getting to see them live back then especially with Terry. I would've loved to have seen him do Oh Thank You Great Spirit live. It's become one of my all time favorties by Chicago. Unfortunately, I was only 4 when they released Chicago VIII.
The Chicago Horns are on fire on this song. *Bows down to Kath* The blues sound he's got going in this track reminds me so much of Stevie Ray Vaughn. Can't get enough of Peter's 'high' notes and his thumping bass. Love it. Love it. Lamms keys make me wanna dance!
i guess i never realized that was peter in the verses on the album. i always assumed it was robert in the verses and peter doing falsetto in the chorus.
I always thought it was Terry. I'm not used to hearing Peter sing in his low register. It sounded like he was straining a little on the high notes on the studio version, and also sounded a bit gravely. I was shocked to realize some 30 years plus that I had it wrong. The straining sound on the high notes is what threw me off, because Peter's voice is so high he doesn't usually strain at all on high notes. Now that I know the truth, I can hear that it's Peter, but I still forget sometimes.
Yes, Devzin98, I couldn't agree more...a very underrated song and definitely one of my favorites, too....it showcases all the individual "skills" of the band members very well.
Peter Cetera's vocals are realy hot.....sounds like Robert Plant on those high notes........Jason Sceff - watch, listen & learn! Great performance all round. I saw them on the same tour at the Hammersmith Odeon in London......bloody fantastic.
jaja!! Gracias, Dad! Raro ver que alguien postee en español. Casi siempre lo hacen enviándome mensajes a mi buzón. Como que les da pena hacerlo en directo. Saludos. Carlos.
This album gets a bad rap in my opinion & alot of fans don't really pay any mind to this album & it's a shame really because there is some really good music to be heard on Chicago VIII...
ogrebattle22763 1 month ago
We miss u cousin RIP Terry
cutewittykath 1 month ago
their song called "Hideaway" from the same album, sounds like Black Sabbath
fanofprotopic 4 months ago
hideaway para mi es una de la mejores canciones chicago 8 esta cancion fue subestimada i una de las mejores es una lastima que nunca se canto en concierto
paezjean 3 months ago
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paezjean 3 months ago
@ carina, I agree they were the soundtrack of my generation. I remember in high school that I liked a lot of their top 40 songs, but when I got the album and listened to the whole thing, I could not completely relate to it. They really were an adult band with a wide diversity of musical explorations. This song has a definite New Orleans jazz sound. They really seemed to love to just "jam" and make music, and often it seems spontaneous.
beigecamouflage 10 months ago
This vid nicely shows that not every Cetera song was a strings filled sappy cream puff song.
at90percent 1 year ago
Amazing how artists borrow from each other. "Don't Stop" by Fleetwood Mac is the same song, musically:
It was released in 1977, two years after this one.
brucear 1 year ago
Chicago VIII has become one of my favorite Chicago albums. From the reviews I've read of the album, it was considered their weakest effort during their heyday with Terry Kath eventhough it was a #1 album. I think it's a great album. Does anybody know if a full, live version of O' Thank You Great Spirit exists out there? That song blew me away the first time I heard it. It's on my IPod and I play it several times daily. I'd love to see the great Terry Kath at work on a live version of that one.
scoutee39 1 year ago
@scoutee39 Probably my fave Chicago album. VIII just rocks and the horn section is in top form. Plus you can always hear Roberts piano through all that.
seantomkins 1 year ago
@scoutee39 VIII is my fave Chicago by a long shot. (followed by V). Its got the brass and rhythm section on top form, Terrys best studio performance since CTA and even as the songs rock out one can still clearly hear Bobby's piano. And not a ballad in sight!!
Such a contrast to VII only to show what a diverse bunch of musicians they were.
I wonder what "Chicago Live in 75" from the VIII tour is like. Its got some different reviews but its pricy.
seantomkins 2 months ago
terry sounds like stevie ray vaugh here kinda, i like terry's playing a lot better.
dredayak18 1 year ago 2
Still remember the day I first put VIII on the turntable in 1975 and this was the opener, so damn good.
Great album with Terry on fire and hardly a ballad in sight.
seantomkins 1 year ago 3
This song was recorded by Canadian singer Charity Brown and was a top 40 hit in Canada.
RonRaddio 2 years ago
These guys could sing/play anything; Blues, jazz, rock, ballads. dog food commercials and I was (and would have been for the dog food commercials) front and center. Eight amazing individual talents created the synergistic powerhouse called CHICAGO! They will forever be the soundtrack to my youth and I will always love them for it.....
carina2244 2 years ago 7
first concert I ever saw back in 1975. First song they played!!! Will never forget it!!
waltonfan32 2 years ago 2
My first concert/tour too. Can't remember the first song, though.
ATelefunkenU47 2 years ago
@cdadave83814
You are putting the cart before the horse Dave !
There is NO way to know how Chicago would have turned out with Terry Kath alive !
The "ballad-heavy later stuff" had not happened yet, and may have never happened.
I love Terry dearly, but people have to realize that this group of men all chose to be in a band together. Each is responsible for their own personal involvement.
...& each chooses to stay or leave the family.
Terry alone responsible for his death by accident.
woodsprout 2 years ago
Great tune. Terry's lead guitar work was top-notch, as it always was.
Camila Kath had said in an interview, regarding Terry & his view on the newest direction Chicago was heading, it was more than evident, that he would have left the band, first, sometime in 1978. He was working on a solo LP, as mentioned.
What I find very sad, is the fact that most kids today, have no idea how great a musician Terry really was. Terry could play ANY STYLE of music, with ease. Hands down. Guitar or Bass.
tudorman64 2 years ago 8
@tudorman64 im one of those kids that do!. Great musician. its sad to see so many good guitar players leave so early in life.
matthewdk2 1 year ago
This is great! Chicago VIII is one of my favorite Chicago albums, and it's so rare to see footage of them playing anything but the hits from Chicago VIII. Thanks again!
slicktiger28 2 years ago 2
I agree...great footage, but I always felt embarrassed with the way Pankow danced like a show-boater and tried to steal the visual attention...otherwise a great band.
blueznjazz123 2 years ago
he's just getting into the groove. besides anyone at that show wouldn't have been able to take their eyes off peter!
kimberkley 2 years ago
the first concert I ever saw was Chicago in Charleston, IL in 1975 and this was the opening song. Iwill never forget it
einrebbabee 2 years ago
Much as Danny Seraphine got 'drummed out' of Chicago, I'll bet they would've sacked Terry Kath, too...because Terry wouldn't have fit in with Chicago's ballad-heavy later stuff, which I can't STAND. I really think Terry was the Heart and Soul of Chicago.
cdadave83814 2 years ago 2
Terry wouldn't have let the ballad stuff happen the way it did. If Terry remained in the band, Chicago would be the same now as it was in 1977.
CobaltBlue76 2 years ago 4
That's why I think Terry and Chicago might have parted ways...it was pretty sleazy what they did to Danny Seraphine. Terry might have disagreed with Chicago's more ballady direction, but I don't know how much control over it he would've had.
cdadave83814 2 years ago 2
There was a general idea that Terry would have been the first member to depart the band anyway. But if he opted to stay, there's not telling what direction the band would have gone in. The Seraphine thing sure seems like a dick move, but as in all stories of fame, there's bound to be a few parts missing from the public eye.
CobaltBlue76 2 years ago
I actually read that in the late
70s, Terry was discouraged because he hadn't been able to come up with new ideas for the Band to try out. I do believe Seraphine was unjustly canned. They said he had trouble playing the BALLADS, of all things. If they dislike ya enough, they'll find a way to get rid of ya...I have suspicions that the newer members of Chicago may have been behind it.
cdadave83814 2 years ago
The first song I ever saw Chicago perform live. One of Cetera's good songs -- and you gotta love Lamm's chord-pounding piano playing. One of their many great rarely heard tunes.
stampedonback 2 years ago 3
Chicago at their best. Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cielodrive 2 years ago
Just LOVE... Lamms (honkey tonk)piano... and Kath... omg soooo good!!!! Thanks for the post.
ChicagoJT 2 years ago 3
supposedly the drummer danny seraphine was out manuvered out of the group because he was making crazy business desicions for the group I dont know what they were a motor boat to mars perhaps now the guitar player from his group cta plays with keith emerson
spacepatrolman 3 years ago
Here's some trivia: a Canadian female singer named Charity Brown covered this tune in 1976. It reached #11 on the CHUM Chart in Toronto.
torontobear73 3 years ago 2
This is the first song I ever heard Chicago play live (at my first Chicago concert). It was in 1975 and I remember it like it was yesterday. I was totally blown away.
damonsdad 3 years ago
This song was one of the few times Cetera used falsetto when he sang. A good rockin tune from the guys
misuleaky 3 years ago
is it wrong that i like chicago after 1983?
mignonhenne 3 years ago
"is it wrong that i like chicago after 1983?"
doesn't get much wronger.
rightxhere 3 years ago
i'm only 37,i'm australian i got some stuff after 1985.lol.
mignonhenne 3 years ago
nailed it. <=Chicago 11 is what you're overall opinion of chicago should be. dont get me wrong they pumped out enough listenable ballads in the 80's which are bomb songs, but not what chicagos really about. guess we'll never really know. gotta give em credit for still doing it live all the time
geraci89 3 years ago 2
I thought this was from 1976?
Buffstang76 4 years ago
"Any Way You Want" was released in march, 1975. This video is from february, 1977.
juantoletemex 4 years ago
I have the video of this and it was listed as Germany, 1976?
Buffstang76 4 years ago
This concert is from february 12, 1977. It was performed at Grugahalle in Essen, Germany. You can do a web search in Rockpalast archives and verify.
juantoletemex 4 years ago
Where did you get the video?
angrykeyboarder 3 years ago
@juantoletemex that's so true! I was there in Germany! They also performed in Amsterdam, same year!
marmont48 1 month ago
Yeah, they were cranking out the records in those days. "Any Way You Want" is from Chicago VIII. Then Chicago X in 1976, then Chicago XI in 1977. Chicago IV the greatest hits in there as well, but of course it didn't require any extra studio work.
at90percent 3 years ago
Great memories, again! They opened their first set at the Met Center (now Mall of America) with this song in Oct. '75 They opened the 2nd set with "Long Time No See".
Terry did Oh Thank You Great Spirit, then Free Form Guitar then Hit By Varese (wow, a power medley!)
brasscollection 4 years ago 2
Priceless...
juantoletemex 4 years ago
@brasscollection I soooo envy you getting to see them live back then especially with Terry. I would've loved to have seen him do Oh Thank You Great Spirit live. It's become one of my all time favorties by Chicago. Unfortunately, I was only 4 when they released Chicago VIII.
scoutee39 6 months ago
loved this one Cetera can sing anything, and I'd listen to it a million times
mongoosedriver1 4 years ago 3
I can watch him here a million times
1217chic 4 years ago 4
The Chicago Horns are on fire on this song. *Bows down to Kath* The blues sound he's got going in this track reminds me so much of Stevie Ray Vaughn. Can't get enough of Peter's 'high' notes and his thumping bass. Love it. Love it. Lamms keys make me wanna dance!
Proud Fan of Chicago 1969 thru 1984.
The 'Cetera' Era.
TheCeteraEra 4 years ago 2
i guess i never realized that was peter in the verses on the album. i always assumed it was robert in the verses and peter doing falsetto in the chorus.
mrosenmeier 4 years ago
I always thought it was Terry. I'm not used to hearing Peter sing in his low register. It sounded like he was straining a little on the high notes on the studio version, and also sounded a bit gravely. I was shocked to realize some 30 years plus that I had it wrong. The straining sound on the high notes is what threw me off, because Peter's voice is so high he doesn't usually strain at all on high notes. Now that I know the truth, I can hear that it's Peter, but I still forget sometimes.
at90percent 4 years ago
I would guess that the album version has Lamm on vocals.
joshuaerice 4 years ago
No it's Peter for sure. I have it in my CD player this week on auto repeat. Definately Peter on the album.
at90percent 4 years ago 3
Yes, Devzin98, I couldn't agree more...a very underrated song and definitely one of my favorites, too....it showcases all the individual "skills" of the band members very well.
ChicagoNative 4 years ago 2
one of my all time favorite songs! never seen it live before, so this is quite the treat. thank you so much!!!!
mrosenmeier 4 years ago
YES!!! One of my favorite Chicago songs...and one of the most underrated. THANKS!
devzin98 4 years ago 3
Peter Cetera's vocals are realy hot.....sounds like Robert Plant on those high notes........Jason Sceff - watch, listen & learn! Great performance all round. I saw them on the same tour at the Hammersmith Odeon in London......bloody fantastic.
kathman1969 4 years ago 3
Bien Chevere Juanito. :)
mister2drums 4 years ago
jaja!! Gracias, Dad! Raro ver que alguien postee en español. Casi siempre lo hacen enviándome mensajes a mi buzón. Como que les da pena hacerlo en directo. Saludos. Carlos.
juantoletemex 4 years ago
Es mi placer. Gracias por postear estos videos. Vic
mister2drums 4 years ago
Definite blues sound. Great outside the box song when they released the album
BuckeyeBrothers 4 years ago 2
Nice to see this rare gem! Do you have NEVER BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE or HIDEAWAY??
razzle007 4 years ago
Not yet. Those are very rare. Saludos!
juantoletemex 4 years ago
another great pc vocal performance...nice one...thanks!!!!!
sopranoppc 4 years ago
Great song - thanks for adding!
willard2729 4 years ago