Awwwwww yeah!!!! Check this video out! A true classic song that transcends generations and musical tastes! OK! That's it! Here is what I'm gonna do. Invent a time machine, go back to 1981, get in my old Black ‘77 Cutlass Supreme, put in the 8 track of the EWF Album Raise!, crank it up and cruise down shoreline in Corpus Christi Texas baby! Need I say more? Wait, does the lead singer in this video look like Don Cheadle with a beard and a George Jefferson receding hairline? Just saying...
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Sunday, January 2, 2011
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Chicago's 25 or 6 to 4 Live at the Greek!
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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