# 70s Chicago (Terry Kath Era) - Are You a Fan?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [November 7, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-chicago-terry-kath-era-are-you-a-fan/974541 "2022-11-07T23:42:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-chicago-terry-kath-era-are-you-a-fan/974541/41 "2022-12-16T21:00:35Z")

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“It doesn’t even” implies that there are other things wrong with it. It’s a bad lyric overall.

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**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-chicago-terry-kath-era-are-you-a-fan/974541/42 "2022-12-16T22:42:14Z")

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I remember watching Dick Clark that New Year’s Eve specifically to see Chicago. I had to convince the adults to switch the TV away from Guy Lombardo. I had to block out the sound of one oldster complaining about “These kids these days and their music - what do they have to complain about?” They got back to Guy Lombardo when the ball dropped.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-chicago-terry-kath-era-are-you-a-fan/974541/43 "2022-12-17T02:39:12Z")

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“Beginnings” is one of the greatest rock songs ever. Everything came together. (Well, for the first five minutes: I always fade out before the two minutes of conga at the end.) There may be no better blend of horns and guitars. When a group starts with that why listen to their treacle, no matter how many albums it sold?

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**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-chicago-terry-kath-era-are-you-a-fan/974541/44 "2022-12-17T21:47:25Z")

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Haha, yeah, I do the same. I mean, 2 minutes of that shit? C’mon… Or the live beginnings intros on piano.

Anyway, here’s Terry’s last show.

[Terry’s Last Show 12-1-1977](https://youtu.be/k3JOEEWg81c)

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**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-chicago-terry-kath-era-are-you-a-fan/974541/45 "2022-12-23T14:09:16Z")

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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xpbJk5jVI4Q/maxresdefault.jpg "Chicago (Documentary) Terry Kath, Peter Cetera, Robert Lamm - BEHIND THE MUSIC") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpbJk5jVI4Q)

There’s a lot of Cetera and Lamm interviews on that channel, so I won’t post any more videos.

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