This version of "25 or 6 to 4" (written by Chicago’s Keyboardist/Singer Robert Lamm) is one of the best live versions I have ever heard! It features Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire playing live at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles in 2004
Chicago fans have long argued about the meaning of this song. Lamm himself says that the title is just a reference to the time of day, and that the song is about writing a song. The time of day in reference is 3:35 AM (or 3:34 AM), which would then be 25 (or 26) minutes to 4 AM.
Lamm explained that he was living with a group of guys up above Sunset Strip in the Hollywood Hills where he could look out over the city late at night. He wanted to describe the process of writing the song he was writing. So, “Waiting for the break of day, searching for something to say, flashing lights against the sky”, (there was a neon sign across the street). That song came from the fact that it was 25 or 6 to 4am in the morning when he looked at his watch. He was looking for a line to finish the chorus. The rest as they say, is history!
Lamm explained that he was living with a group of guys up above Sunset Strip in the Hollywood Hills where he could look out over the city late at night. He wanted to describe the process of writing the song he was writing. So, “Waiting for the break of day, searching for something to say, flashing lights against the sky”, (there was a neon sign across the street). That song came from the fact that it was 25 or 6 to 4am in the morning when he looked at his watch. He was looking for a line to finish the chorus. The rest as they say, is history!
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