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SNEAK PEEK: Chicago & Friends: Live at 55
Special | 12m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Watch a sneak peek of Chicago & Friends: Live at 55!
Watch a sneak peek of Chicago & Friends: Live at 55!
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SNEAK PEEK: Chicago & Friends: Live at 55
Special | 12m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Watch a sneak peek of Chicago & Friends: Live at 55!
How to Watch Chicago & Friends: Live at 55
Chicago & Friends: Live at 55 is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- [Announcer] Coming up, your special PBS sneak peek of the legendary band Chicago, with "Chicago & Friends: Live at 55."
All made possible by your support for your local PBS station.
(crowd cheering and applauding) (wistful flute solo) - [Neil Donell] ♪ I guess I thought ♪ ♪ you'd be here forever ♪ ♪ Another illusion I chose to create ♪ ♪ But you don't know what you've got ♪ ♪ Until it's gone ♪ ♪ And I found out a little too late ♪ - [Chris Daughtry] ♪ I was acting as if ♪ ♪ You were lucky to have me ♪ ♪ Doing you a favor ♪ - [Donell] ♪ I hardly knew you were there ♪ - [Daughtry] ♪ But then you were gone ♪ - [Vocalists] (in unison) ♪ And it all was wrong ♪ - [Daughtry] ♪ Had no idea how much I cared ♪ - [Donell] ♪ Now, being without you ♪ ♪ Takes a lot of getting used to ♪ ♪ Should learn to live with it ♪ - [Vocalists] ♪ But I don't want to ♪ (percussion intensifying) - [Donell] ♪ Being without you ♪ ♪ Is all a big mistake ♪ ♪ Instead of getting easier ♪ - [Donell & Daughtry] ♪ It's the hardest thing to take ♪ - [Daughtry] ♪ I'm addicted to you, baby ♪ ♪ You're a hard habit to break ♪ (electric guitar reverberating) - [Donell] ♪ You found someone else ♪ ♪ You had every reason ♪ ♪ Know I don't blame you ♪ ♪ For running to him ♪ ♪ Two people together ♪ - [Vocalists] ♪ But living alone ♪ - [Donell] ♪ I was spreading my love too thin ♪ - [Daughtry] ♪ After all of these years ♪ ♪ I'm still trying to shake ♪ ♪ Doing much better ♪ - [Donell] ♪ They say that it just takes time ♪ - [Daughtry] ♪ But deep in the night ♪ - [Vocalists] ♪ It's an endless fight ♪ - [Daughtry] ♪ I can't get you out of my mind ♪ (drum beating) - [Donell] ♪ Now being without you ♪ ♪ Takes a lot of getting used to ♪ ♪ Should learn to live with it ♪ - [Vocalists] ♪ But I don't want to ♪ - [Donell] ♪ Being without you ♪ ♪ Was all a big mistake ♪ - [Vocalists] ♪ Instead of getting easier ♪ ♪ It's the hardest thing to take ♪ - [Daughtry] ♪ I'm addicted to you, baby ♪ ♪ You're a hard habit to break ♪ (emphatic electric guitar, brass and woodwind riff) - [Vocalists] (stacatto rounds) ♪ I can't go on/Just can't♪ ♪ Just can't go on/ On...♪ ♪ I... can't/Just can't go on ♪ ♪ Oh...!
♪ (powerful percussion, keyboard and brass riff) - [Donell] ♪ Being without you ♪ ♪ Takes a lot of getting used to ♪ ♪ Should learn to live with it ♪ - [Vocalists] (in unison) ♪ But I don't want to ♪ - [Donell] ♪ Being without you ♪ ♪ Was all a big mistake ♪ ♪ Instead of getting easier ♪ ♪ It's the hardest thing to take ♪ - [Daughtry] ♪ I'm addicted to you ♪ ♪ You're a hard- - [Donell] ♪ You're a- - [Daughtry] -habit to break ♪ - [Donell] ♪ -hard habit to break ♪ - [Daughtry] ♪ Such a hard- - [Backing Vocalists] Such a- ♪ - [Daughtry] ♪ -habit to break -[Vocalists] -hard- ♪ ♪ -habit to break ♪ - [Daughtry] ♪ I'm addicted to you ♪ - [Donell] ♪ Hard- hard habit- - [Daughtry] -habit to break ♪ - [Donell] ♪ Hard habit to break ♪ - [Daughtry] ♪ Such a hard- - [Vocalists] Such a hard- ♪ - [Daughtry] ♪ -habit to break - [Donell] -habit to break ♪ - [Daughtry] ♪ I'm addicted to you, baby ♪ (triumphant extended brass and woodwind measure) - [Daughtry] ♪ I'm addicted to you, babaaaaaaay ♪ (percussion crescendoing and concluding) (crowd cheering and applauding) - [Announcer] Has Chicago got you dancing in your living room, reminiscing about the summer of 1984, when "Hard Habit to Break" was first released?
Maybe you want to take another trip down memory lane?
Well, you're in luck-- there's more to come.
Your special sneak peek of "Chicago & Friends: Live At 55" will continue in just a moment with their breakthrough single from 1970, "Make Me Smile."
(upbeat percussion, woodwind and brass refrain) - [Eric Baines] ♪ Oh, my darling ♪ - [Robert Lamm] ♪ Ohhhh, my darling ♪ - [Baines] ♪ Got to have you ♪ - [Lamm] ♪ Awwww yeah ♪ - [Baines] ♪ Feel the magic ♪ ♪ When I hold you-- alright ♪ ♪ Cry sweet tears... ♪ (music fading) - [Announcer] Take a moment right now and scan the QR code, or go to the website on your screen and you can enjoy the entire "Chicago & Friends: Live at 55" concert.
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(crowd cheering and applauding) (upbeat percussion and brass) (energetic guitar and drums) (cymbal, brass and woodwind crescendo) (enthusiastic drums) - [Lamm]♪ Children play in the park, they don't know ♪ ♪ I'm alone in the dark, even though ♪ ♪ Time and time again, I see your face smiling inside ♪ - [Vocalists] ♪ I'm so happy ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ That you love me ♪ - [Vocalists] ♪ Life is lovely - [Lamm]Life is lovely, baby ♪ - [Vocalists] ♪ When you're near me ♪ ♪ Tell me you will stay ♪ ♪ Make me smiiiiile ♪ - [Lamm]♪ Living life ♪ ♪ is just a game, so they say ♪ ♪ All the games ♪ ♪ We used to play ♪ ♪ Fade away ♪ ♪ We may now enjoy ♪ ♪ Those dreams ♪ ♪ We shared so long ago, yeah ♪ - [Vocalists] ♪ Oh, my darling ♪ - [Lamm]♪ Oh, my darling ♪ - [Vocalists] ♪ Got to have you - [Lamm]♪ Awww yeah ♪ - [Vocalists] ♪ Feel the magic ♪ ♪ When I hold you Oh, yeah♪ ♪ Cry sweet tears of joy ♪ ♪ Touch the skyyyy ♪ (extended upbeat brass instrumental riff) (impassioned guitar solo) (music fading) (crowd cheering and applauding) - [Announcer] We hope you've loved this sneak peek of "Chicago & Friends: Live at 55" as much as Chicago loved performing for you and all of their fans.
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(crowd cheering)