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Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

The history of legendary rock band Chicago is chronicled from their inception in 1967 all the way to the present.

Director

Peter Curtis Pardini

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Genre

documentary, biography, history

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Production

Chicago Records II

Awards

4 wins total

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The inception of the band
was an assembly - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

The inception of the band was an assembly

I've always
thought of Chicago in terms of
a family, rather than eras. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

I've always thought of Chicago in terms of a family, ...

Our first
pictures were in a foundation
of a building. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

Our first pictures were in a foundation of a building.

Robert has
always been a songwriter,
ever since I met him. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

Robert has always been a songwriter, ever since I met him.

I remember meeting him at
DePaul and he had a notebook
this thick full of lyrics. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

I remember meeting him at DePaul and he had a notebook this ...

And I just remember he said,
"Well, I've got a
few songs here." - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

And I just remember he said, "Well, I've got a few...

While we were playing
in the clubs, we were doing
what other, other bands do. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

While we were playing in the clubs, we were doing what other...

♪ You know,
If you break my heart I'll go ♪ - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

♪ You know, If you break my heart I'll go ♪

We started playing
one song called Clouds,
and we got fired. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

We started playing one song called Clouds, and we got fired.

Because we
did an original song and
he wanted to hear a top 40. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

Because we did an original song and he wanted to hear a top ...

Because, really, we had gotten
a chance to really hear
what the band sounded like. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

Because, really, we had gotten a chance to really hear what ...

♪ I love you so ♪ - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

♪ I love you so ♪

"Good evening
ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to Club Gigi, - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

"Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Club Gig...

And then eventually
we began to arrange
those songs - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

And then eventually we began to arrange those songs

That's when we got into
some dispute. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

That's when we got into some dispute.

We'd get
a call on a Saturday night
at, like, 9:00 saying, - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

We'd get a call on a Saturday night at, like, 9:00 sayi...

♪ You, if you break my heart
I'll go ♪ - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

♪ You, if you break my heart I'll go ♪

Give them a little Temptations
if they want it, or whatever. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

Give them a little Temptations if they want it, or whatever.

But we're thinking, "Eh,
you know, they gotta go
their own way." - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

But we're thinking, "Eh, you know, they gotta go t...

Then we started doing
original material, - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

Then we started doing original material,

Kind of the legend
around Illinois was the
Chicago Transit Authority - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

Kind of the legend around Illinois was the Chicago Transit A...

You know,
as we watched them play,
we were all like, - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

You know, as we watched them play, we were all like,

Playing in a band
with horns, with you guys,
was extraordinary, - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

Playing in a band with horns, with you guys, was extraordina...

Terry and I hung out
a lot together. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

Terry and I hung out a lot together.

Danny, he had a feel,
an R&B back thing, - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

Danny, he had a feel, an R&B back thing,

Terry, Walt, and
myself were a band of brothers. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

Terry, Walt, and myself were a band of brothers.

♪ Did this meeting
of our minds together ♪ - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

♪ Did this meeting of our minds together ♪

The only people in
the audience were my parents. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

The only people in the audience were my parents.

And, uh...
"Uh, I don't... Fireman?" - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

And, uh... "Uh, I don't... Fireman?"

I first became involved
with the fellas in Chicago
in, uh, in college. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

I first became involved with the fellas in Chicago in, uh, i...

The stars were aligned. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

The stars were aligned.

Whoever had to take
the last shower
got the cold shower. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

Whoever had to take the last shower got the cold shower.

We went from
clubs to we moved to LA,
and more and more people, - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

We went from clubs to we moved to LA, and more and more peop...

My dad always told me, - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

My dad always told me,

I remember we were,
I think, opening for B.B. King,
or something like that, - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

I remember we were, I think, opening for B.B. King, or somet...

Or Albert King.
Walter turned around
to walk out... - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

Or Albert King. Walter turned around to walk out...

I was putting one of my
saxophones away.
It was Jimi Hendrix. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

I was putting one of my saxophones away. It was Jimi Hendrix...

He called me by name
and he said, - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

He called me by name and he said,

"Your guitar player's
better than me." - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

"Your guitar player's better than me."

First you have to realize
we were already listening
intensely to his music. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

First you have to realize we were already listening intensel...

Terry was already playing
stuff that Hendrix
had on his records. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

Terry was already playing stuff that Hendrix had on his reco...

Terry could play
a rhythm guitar part, - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

Terry could play a rhythm guitar part,

- And I gotta tell ya,
- I think in a couple weeks - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

- And I gotta tell ya, - I think in a couple weeks

And, you know, they have
that pressure of having to do
something new all the time. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

And, you know, they have that pressure of having to do somet...

We were
on a plane and I said, - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

We were on a plane and I said,

You're gonna be
real successful, - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

You're gonna be real successful,

And he said,
"Well, you will have them." - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

And he said, "Well, you will have them."

Yeah, Pete! - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

We went to
New York to make a deal - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

We went to New York to make a deal

♪ I'm a man - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

It was a
four-sided album, - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

It was a four-sided album,

The material that they
themselves created and wrote, - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

The material that they themselves created and wrote,

My instinct is to
always be different. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

My instinct is to always be different.

Does Anybody
Really Know What Time It Is? - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

♪ As I was walking down
the street one day ♪ - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

♪ As I was walking down the street one day ♪

This is gonna be forever. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

This is gonna be forever.

♪ Does anybody really
know
what time it is? ♪ - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

♪ Does anybody really know what time it is? ♪

They were really, they made
decisions on the spot. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

They were really, they made decisions on the spot.

♪ Whoa ♪ - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

We were all
still very young.
Were all still very - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

We were all still very young. Were all still very

Jimmy always said,
"I always believed that
we would do what we would do." - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

Jimmy always said, "I always believed that we would do ...

It was really the start,
inception of horn bands. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

It was really the start, inception of horn bands.

You'll have 200 of 'em!" - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

You'll have 200 of 'em!"

We were in Indianapolis with
Hendrix and 20,000 people
there, and they're yelling, - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

We were in Indianapolis with Hendrix and 20,000 people there...

♪ Listen ♪ - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

FM radio was commercial-free
in those days, and played
whole albums. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

FM radio was commercial-free in those days, and played whole...

And they wouldn't play it
'cause they said
we hadn't had a hit. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

And they wouldn't play it 'cause they said we hadn...

There was a certain
amount of frustration - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

There was a certain amount of frustration

Besides the fact of we were
doing a fair amount of drugs - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

Besides the fact of we were doing a fair amount of drugs

The zeitgeist
of that era was that - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

The zeitgeist of that era was that

♪ Can't stand it no more - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

♪ Can't stand it no more

So it gave our music
a political flavor - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

So it gave our music a political flavor

"Man, these guys are
spreading the word, you know? - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

"Man, these guys are spreading the word, you know?

♪ That this is all
we want to be ♪ - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

♪ That this is all we want to be ♪

We would come home for a day
and leave for three months. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

We would come home for a day and leave for three months.

We were working
so intensely, we were
traveling so intensely. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

We were working so intensely, we were traveling so intensely...

When the second
album came out, - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

When the second album came out,

And I'm in the car
and I hear this... - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

And I'm in the car and I hear this...

"Hey, that's the Ballet!"
And I was going... - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

"Hey, that's the Ballet!" And I was going...

♪ Children play in the park - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

♪ Children play in the park

I think if you had
a cut longer than
three and a half minutes - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

I think if you had a cut longer than three and a half minute...

Fortunately, the issue
was resolved because the album - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

Fortunately, the issue was resolved because the album

I would be reconstructing
actual history - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

I would be reconstructing actual history

Other than
experiencing
the joy of playing music, - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

Other than experiencing the joy of playing music,

♪ So hard to be - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

♪ So hard to be

But also, he had real,
he had a real identity
problem in those days. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

But also, he had real, he had a real identity problem in tho...

I was just afraid of people. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

I was just afraid of people.

I wasn't writing
a pop song. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

I wasn't writing a pop song.

Simple. - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

Quizzically he looked at me
out of the corner of his eye
and he went... - Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

Quizzically he looked at me out of the corner of his eye and...

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The history of legendary rock band Chicago is chronicled from their inception in 1967 all the way to the present.

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Director: Peter Curtis Pardini

Writer: N/A

Production: Chicago Records II

Genre: documentary, biography, history

Year: 2016

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 21 Sep 2019

Awards: 4 wins total

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