College Students' FIRST TIME Hearing - More Than a Feeling | Boston Reaction
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It was time for More Than a Feeling! It’s been a long time coming! (Pun intended), comment below the FIRST TIME you heard this song, roughly what year, what were you doing, were you having a good time? Let us know down below! We loved it! Also what other Boston songs are good to check out? 😁🔥🤟🏻
Some good Kansas ones are Fight Fire with Fire, The Devil Game, The Wall, and Play the Game Tonight
Andy & Alex I first heard this song about 1980 round at a friends house... his folks had (looking back now) the greatest record collection ever! Boston, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, The Doors, The Rolling Stones and so many more! It is without doubt a timeless song and one that is a go too for me when I hit a bipolar episode.! Great stuff lads. Hope you’re both well 👍🏻💚
"Don't Look Back"! It's Boston's best song by far, IMO.
Andy & Alex Well boys....now you know why it’s my go-to-feel-good song.😁 Discuss that note! Hardly no one can hit it. Brad Delp had a high roof to his mouth!!!
Double tracked hard panned 12 string intro... double tracked hard panned solos... this song was played literally twice an hour on FM radio... Check out Rick Beato's review of this from an engineering perspective.. th-cam.com/video/ynFNt4tgBJ0/w-d-xo.html
Bradley Delp......simply an amazing voice.... R.I.P. brother👏👏👏👏
Ben Galindo.....Indeed 😔
I don't know who said this was overhyped. This is one of the greatest rock songs of all time. Nuff said
The whole album. One of the greatest debut albums ever.
@@sourisvoleur4854 easily
Yes sir 👏👏👏
*Albums
Straight banger start to finish.
Agree! The whole album is GREAT!!!
No auto tune. Technically complex, even more so in public. Just pure talent!
Delp's voice was pure and real. Overstacked and produced, but no it was real. RIP.
This Scholz guy was a tech-geek and a multi-talented musician. 'Nuff said.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholz_Research_%26_Development,_Inc.
That is so true!!!! Delp's voice is awesome!!! I'm 54 & I was lucky - grew up with Black Sabbath, The Beatles, Joe Cocker and Soul. I got in to RUSH at 12, Metallica, Anthrax, Motorhead and MegaDeath at 13!!! Da La Soul & 2 Live Crew, blew my little mind!!! I kinda hate pop music, some of it is good.... but mostly it's whatever.... I must say that Hozier's track "Too Sweet" is outstanding!!! That song is a classic!!!
I am 71 yrs. old. I was working in my Brother-in-laws Custom Cabinet Mfg. business. Small business, a dozen employees. “More than a feeling” came in the FM radio station we piped in the shop. It hit me …. Like this is the greatest song l have ever heard! I was 24 years old. I am very happy to have grown up in an era of some of the most beautiful music ever recorded and performed ! Some of the mist Brilliant musicians and writers ever lived !
This album is displayed in my lounge right now. If Brad Delp lived in SA we would be buddies.When we harmonize Boston songs it is as if he is there. We cannot forget him or get over him. Truly the greatest voice and the NICEST Guy in Rock n Roll. ❤
I'm 56, and I will tell you, song for song, this is one the greatest albums ever made.
This is on my top 10 list of gotta hear ALBUMS. This debut album is their GREATEST HITS in my opinion.
Still listen to to it after work on Friday if its been a long week. And I mean on a record player!
I'm 56 too. I think this was 1978 when I was in High School. Never gets old!
Exactly
@@maryannanderson1744 Hey Maryann I'm Maryann too😊😁😊
4 Decades later, and still...chills!
EVERY time.
same here, got the chills
Storm Rising back when music still carried you away and made ya feel some kinda way. I miss it. It was a better time and place back in day!
Storm Rising
I still say this about music from Boston. While some bands and songs sound dated and have lost their appeal, Boston songs still sound fresh as the day they were first released. Not sure why they sound so fresh, but guessing that part of it is in the mixing and part is in the outstanding vocal talents.
Want even more chills?
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Took me back to the 70s, youth, friends and fun. A yes, there are chills.
Can't believe I took great music like this for granted when it was current. Now I appreciate it more than ever.
You CAN NOT over hype a Boston song...not possible...,❤️❤️❤️❤️
I'm 60 years old and now i know that the world has a chance if kid's like Boston!!
@foreigner fan do you realize that the whole first album was done by one person! He had to hire people to go on tour. You cannot accept the greatness that is this song?
True, he does brag quite a bit, but you still have to admit that the whole first album was exceptional. Their first 2 albums were good and 3rd stage was good as well, after that, meh!
These guys are quality. They a finding it hard to believe there was an album where every track was sensational.
@@Ldunk : Dead on!!!!! Tom Scholz was a M.I.T. graduate. Another person of his era who was a great music innovator and hardly recognized was Todd Rundgren.
Also 60 here and like Greta Van Fleet th-cam.com/video/U3-hRlnL6jQ/w-d-xo.html
As a 53 year old male, I love that you guys are giving the music I grew up with a listen 👍🏻 I feel that I’m fortunate to have grown up in the best age of music
You're not alone bro.
I'm 56, and couldn't agree more. There is no point in time that had that volume of great music. Before OR after. I used to think I was biased b/c that's when I was young and it's the music I grew up with, but I'm convinced it just WAS the best time for creative bands.
Being 53 too, I wrongly assumed that great music would always be around and continue to evolve. I was so very wrong. Nothing like this is happening today! Great shows as well that you could actually afford to go to. I took that time for granted.
Same!! Our music is the best!!
I'm 54. I hear you!
Brad Delp, sang ALL the vocals! That is why the harmonies, the clarity, the vibrato, the perfect timing is so perfect! This band is my top 3 bands of ALL time, along with the Moody Blues & the Eagles. I am 71 years old. I have enjoyed some of the greatest music ever written! It’s a thrill to view y’all’s reactions… genuine ! Thank, guys!
No way to overhype it. Boston is one of the best gifts to the music lovers ear to ever grace the airwaves. So far beyond their time. Love this reaction.
I'm 61, and I'd like to say welcome to true, pure rock and roll.
AMEN!!! 63 in 2 weeks here!
Plus Boston had a unique sound, you knew it was them when they were on the radio
Today everything sounds the same...auto-tune, auto-temo...songs are written like Henry Ford assembly line
Very little creativity and bad lyrics. It's gone down hill big time
I'm 56 years old, and I was very happy when my 14 year old son, making a selection to listen in the car, included this song among them, commenting that it's one of the best of his selection. I think he and his brothers are on the good way ...
I'm 62 and this brings back such great memories.
I am 58 and saw them when I was 16 Bic lighter in hand screaming for multiple encores 3!!!! Such a complicated song on how it was put together. Check out TH-cam video What makes this song great Ep. 17 This is my go to song when I just want to get lost and play some great air guitar !!!! Loved your comment what the XYZ generations will never get to experience or feel
A note about this song, and the whole album, regarding how "flawless" it sounds. 1) It is flawless. 2) This album was a demo done by Tom Schloz in the basement of his apartment complex. The record company wanted him to re-record it and he refused and went with the demo. Keep in mind, this was in the 70's decades before the digital tools of today. This was all analog tape. A truly classic and perfect song..
Aaaaannnd, he designed, engineered and built the guitar processors for that unique "Boston" sound.
Aannndddd... He very successfully marketed that processor as the Rockman, a very successful product line unto today, eventually sold off to Dunlop. In the beginning sales helped keep their heads above water during the long drawn out court battle with their record label from Sholtz’s slow turn around for a second album due to his annal perfectionism... which also drove Brad and the gang nuts! There’s so much to the Boston story...
@@dobrofool Had one for a while. Wish I hadn't gotten rid of it.
ProperVillain Your comment deserves more likes
@@shoeflystudios5903 I was a sophomore in college when the Boston debut album came out, and I listen to it often still. People don't realize that not only did the group create the music, but Sholz actually invented all the technology to make the sound. Mind-blowing. The Boston sound did not exist before Sholz invented it.
I'm 60 years old. This album was huge when I was younger. It is impeccably produced rock and roll genius.
I remember shopping various record stores; each one sold out!!!
I don't believe they toured, did they?
I was 8 when this came out. Soundtrack of my life and I grew up listening to SOUL music (I'm Black) this song is still one of my favorites.
I heard they recorded it all in the Keyboard players basement recording studio. Unreal.
If Brad Delp's voice doesn't give you goosebumps during this song, you're not a human being.
RIP Brad Delp.
Brad was a genius, and miss him and that voice!!!!
My first rock concert was 1976 Boston,, Louisville,Ky,,,,damn I’m old I was 13
Miss Brad so much. Think about him probably more than I should. But his voice is that important to me. Very sad he's gone.
guess I'm an alien now
You cannot over hype Boston. Such a beautiful band. One of a kind.
The most beautiful band ever.
Welcome to high school in the ‘70s :)
That be me... class of 72! :-)
Tom Scholz is a genius. Man bridged the gap between engineer and musician by playing both roles.
Me too. Class of ‘77.
Welcome to me headbanging in 2020 :) No but seriously, school must have been great back in the day! I graduated In 2017 and everyone listened to rap music and it was pretty lame
thatguy onxbox back then we had certain places to hang out. Someone always had a great stereo system that could be cranked up. And we had 8 tracks. Then cassettes. And of course albums. Great times!
EVERYTHING about this song is awesome! There is no way that you can overhype this song. Brad Delp's voice is absolutely amazing!!
My kids will never know how amazing it was to be young in the 70’s listening to the radio and thinking life is just that good, man
Ditto!!
My father taught me music from the 60s to the 90s when I was a child and since then I couldn't be more grateful. The feelings that listening to the great songs that were in those years brought me freed me from depression, I became a Heavy Metal maniac and started playing the bass. I instantly became obsessed with the voice of my idols such as Rob Halford from Judas Priest or the energetic way of playing of Steve Harris from Iron Maiden!!
I'm only 22 years old and I'll surely carry my good music with me until the day I'm no longer in this world.
Cannot hear Boston without getting emotional. LOVE this band 🤘🏻
I so agree gives me chill bumps and brings tears to my eyes !
@@angela-vi2hh
Totally experiencing that as I read your comments.
I am at the age where this nostalgia for my youth has me an emotional wreck as I keep reliving/remembering all the great times with friends and loved ones who are gone.
Along with Kansas, the two most beautiful and emotional bands ever!
I come from a large family that all grew up in the 70s and 80s and I can tell you without a doubt that we grew up listening to the greatest music of all time...
jjfromthebigland when the first measure starts, we recall so damn much, its kind of scary. Or a waste of memory!
Agreed!!! Yes we did have the best music EVER!!!! We were blessed with great lyrics they actually meant something to people, not the nonsense of today.
Agreed
We grew up and came of age in a golden age of rock.
I loved Boston! My dad loved them too, so I bought this album for him for his birthday and my whole family got to enjoy their music! Great memories...
Now imagine living back then, and hearing ALL THE GREAT BANDS when they were pumping out these songs.
You've just scratched the surface
The memories come flooding back with this one. It’s perfection. Literally just brought tears to my eyes.
And THAT my friends is why the 70’s and 80’s has the best music ever... your welcome 🙏🏻
Well, yes and no.. I guess we are all bigger fans of what we grew up in.. i was born in ‘72
Nuff said Beth!
Why are you saying you’re welcome? Did you play in a band? Lol 😂
70's 80's 4 EVER...
foreigner fan, I was born in 65... 70s are my Favs... I love a lot of 60s.... And the 80s had a ton of great songs.....
If you are old enough, “More than a Feeling” is actually a mental time machine. I transport back to a body so young and strong, to a mind so clear and full of hopes and dreams, and to a heart that is not yet jaded.
I was 16 living in Melbourne Australia when this came out and it got played to death on all the radio stations, to the extent that I almost got sick of it. But hey what a great song, timeless.
Absolutely!
@@AussieBill128 I’ve noticed that songs that got overplayed back in the day, and we all got tired of them, somehow they can come back to us decades later and it somehow just works again. I’ve had a resurgence of Journey lately. I got so tired of Journey, but now, I find I can really appreciate Steve Perry’s voice so much more than I used to.
This might be one of the greatest rock debut albums ever! And Brad has like 4 octave range it's pretty incredible.
Guys, this is the ultimate Boston tune. Not just the production, but the song itself. This tune has gotten me through so many times in my life. This is my all-time favorite tune.
SAME!
It warms my heart (seriously) to see the next generation appreciating bands like Boston. Two thumbs WAY up! No one makes music like this anymore. Thank God it's timeless.
I was 20 when this was released. 40 years later, still moves my soul. Timeless track forever!
a flawless timeless song indeed... I've listened to this song for almost 40 years.. its still fantastic up to now
The vocals are one thing, but Boston is one of the few bands that I will contend you can actually FEEL the guitar notes hitting your brain in its special place. This is the definition of power rock right here, folks.
Agreed! To this day every time I hear it, I feel like I could listen to that final guitar riff for hours and never get tired of it...
I’m a Gen X’r. I would never have thought my parents music to be this cool. We truly lived in the best time of music. Even Ten year olds love our music.
being 74 i get a kick and enjoyment out of all the young reactors on youtube that are hearing songs and bands that i just took for granted because i grew up listening to all of them. i guess i was really blessed, keep up the great music, thanks.💚⚒
We didn't realize how good we had it, I remember the late 60's and 70's well. Allman Brothers, Skynyrd, Boston, CCR, FM, I could go on and on.
You and me both!
We were so demanding of bands to have talent. We didn't realize how good, that they truly were.
Taylor Swift did NOT bring me here...kek
Dude, we were spoiled. The music that came out in that era was great.
We called this “clean metal.” Best debut album ever! ❤️❤️❤️
Best song ever , The arrangements outstanding , voice wow !
40 years later and this song still gives goosebumps.
The best way to hear this song is being 16 years old, driving your first car, packed with your friends, and driving down the highway feeling badass, pretending to be an adult....and thanking God that you're not.
exactly
Coolest comment bro
Ditto... 🤘😎🤘
Also it needs to be the 70s, for that authentic feel. So grab a time machine.
Cruisin Hollywood blvd at 16 with this plaing on 8track, wow, true freedom.
This was Boston's first song out of the gate. It carries the same weight as other debut songs; Hold The Line - Toto, Feels Like The First Time - Foreigner, It Doesn't Really Matter - Platinum Blonde, Lucky Man - ELP. All phenomenal first songs.
Not saying it's the best or greatest, but that is a PERFECT Rock song.
Right? Some songs are simply perfect as they were recorded. Two other examples are Comfortably Numb and Gimme Shelter. There’s nothing that could be done to it to make it better.
@@CatharticusX Stone in Love by Journey and Jane by Jefferson Starship come to mind
Perfectly stated.
@@CatharticusX Hotel California is another one! Just gold!
Silent Lucidity by Quensrhyche
This song can't be overhyped, it's a phenomenal piece of musical art! :)
I won't be around in 40 years, but you will be. And you'll still be listening to this song and singing along no matter who hears you. Because it's Boston. And you don't care. This I guarantee.
unklscrufy and share with their children to keep this great music alive!
i fkn hope not seriously you could ruin a child by making them suffer through hearing this song !!
That made me tear up. F**king hell. I'm not far behind your age and it's starting to hit me in the guts.
@@ExploreNC You seemingly know absolutely nothing about true music, nor can appreciate this on any level. When you can and do, return back to this thread and you'll understand the hype of why others understand this as genius (ala Scholz) and a timeless musical masterpiece.
Humanity will keep going forward, good music and all :)
Man...it does my heart good to know that younger guys like you appreciate Boston, especially More Than A Feeling. This coming from an old lady who was in high school when this album dropped. Yep, this song (the whole album, really) is truly TIMELESS. Your grandchildren will be listening to it and lovin it.
As someone who loves rock with musicality this track is spot on for me. It ebbs and flows, rises and falls, rages and calms like the ocean at a beach. It has great melodic touches and the vocal and backing blend is one of the best examples of that art I know of. There are few rock tracks which "don't let up" that I really like, but this one is THE outstanding example of classy rock - though of course a lot of people emulated the style after this became a hit.
Very well said.
Sorry Kids, Grandpa and Grandma had the BEST music, ever, growing up.
You're damn right we did! Lol!
@@znrgybalance8703 Like Wicked cool man! 👍😁👍
I am not old enough to have grandkids. Oh S#%T, I am old enough to have grandchildren.
Thanks for reminding me.
@@shananagans5 Ahem...might I remind the kindly old gentleman of the wisdom of the age? "Too old to Rock n Roll, too young to care about it!" 😁 Rock steady dude!
Grandparents?? Parents, dude.
Summer 1976 I’m lying in my bed late at night with the radio on and for the first time I heard More Than a Feeling. I was so blown away that when the DJ announced the the band and song title, I got out of bed and wrote it down so I wouldn’t forget! Now in 2019 I play bass in “Don’t Look Back - The Boston Experience” which is a touring tribute act. I literally get goose bumps on stage when performing those songs!
This is a Stop Whatever I'm Doing And Rock Out song for sure. This song was a summer in grade school, on the transistor and car radio, my older cousins, boys and girls, all with long hair, Coppertone and baby oil... This song is transporting. It is perfection. Love your reaction video(s.)
People who didn't live it and the times, don't recall that at the time this came out, disco literally stood on the precipice of world domination. Their album, at least as I recall it, was among the first rallying cries that rock wasn't quite dead just yet.
this is the song that got me into Rock I was 14 in 76...they toured with Sammy Hagger in 77..I saw them at MSG in NYC ..remember it like it was yesterday
Awesome!!
And we will be playing it again same time tomorrow better than any alarm clock
This is one of my hype songs. It just puts me in a good mood EVERYTIME I hear it!
Same...it is timeless and flawless
There's a little "had to be there" aspect to this song and this album. The production had such clarity, tightness, and coherence - it was a quantum leap in quality. I remember clearly hearing it for the first time walking past someone's dorm room. I turned around and poked my head in to ask them who it was. It was a revelation.
Tom Sholz is a genius. He designed and built most of his guitar effects. GENIUS. MIT graduate.
In all my years of hearing this song, if it comes on the radio, I crank it...I will never be tired of it and it will always be cool!!!
I'm not even much of a Boston fan, but this song is easily one of the best in the genre.
Boston is one of the greatest bands EVER. Period.
Heard it today while driving. It's 100 degrees outside and rolled my windows down and turned it up like I was 17.
yes!!!
I still listen to FM, and get a lot Boston songs and Def Leppard too. Basically the same playlist from 1984/5 when I was in HS @ Milwaukee
Tom Scholz was an engineer at Polaroid, I believe and he built a bunch of the effects used here. It's sad that Sib Hashian , the drummer and Brad Delp who had the voice of an angel are no longer with us.
Scholz drove Delp to suicide.
Every song on their debut album is a gem. I listened to the whole thing start to finish when I bought it back in the seventies. The quality of the production is awesome
A group that deserves to be checked out is Bad Company. So many great songs by them.
Bad Co. also one of my favorite bands. Paul Rodgers is a very under rated singer. He has a great voice for rock.
Seagull
Electric Land
Bad Company
Simple Man
Ready for Love
.......many many more great songs
@@cl8onj388 I agree. He actually deserved to tour with Roger and Brian from Queen. He Did Freddie's vocals with justice.
The song Bad Company. By the band Bad Company. From the album Bad Company.
Both Tom Scholz and Barry Goudreau have said Bad Company was a major inspiration to the Boston sound.
It's a classic and one of the best ever recorded. Ever. The singer was like 22 when he recorded that.
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This is coming from someone who was 16 when this came out, and I have to say that it's so cool to see two young guys who are open to music from that era. I know there is a lot of good music out there today, so I'll never be that old guy saying today's music sucks. But, having come of age in the 70's, I can attest to the fact that it was an incredible decade for music. And yes, Brad Delp's voice was not of this earth!
I remember when this album came out. In my mind it blew everything else away at the time. Still at the top of my list.
20 years from now that song will bring tears to your eyes.
You can’t help but to close your eyes and get lost in more than a feeling. Every time It’s plays it takes me back to my youth.
This is definitely a close your eyes and let it take you away song
Just close your eyes and slip away...How cool is it that we've been doing that for a at least 40 years? Maybe more, who's counting? We just hide in our music and keep loving Boston!
Flawless, indeed!
I feel so freaking blessed to grow up listening to these groups! Boston, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Kansas!
Brad Delp's voice. Holy f****n shit! So powerful, and so majestic. RIP, Brad. Thanks for the wonderful songs you left us. What a legacy...
This was my music in high school. Journey, Peter Frampton, Yes...
When I was in high school my marching band covered _Owner of a Lonely Heart_ ... in the 80s...
Same here. I was a Sophomore when this blew up.
Also.. Rush, The Cars, AC/DC, Billy Squire, The Police, Foreigner, REO, and probably a dozen more I don't remember. Great being a kid then.
@@trajanaugustus8783 NONE of it was autotune produced, arranged, recorded, engineered, mixed, published and promoted by the same 5 people.
Errr ummmm, no mention of Queen? While Boston had a unique sound, A Night at the Opera was way out there. And don't forget, Elton John still had some good music left in him at this time, and then along came Don't go breaking my heart and Philadelphia Freedom, sigh.
It makes my heart swell with joy knowing that the next generation is loving songs as much as I do
No matter how old I get, if you put the headphones on me and play this I will instantly be 15 again. All. Time. Favorite!
Me too
Agree
And in some farm field having a bonfire and partying with friend 😎😊🙏🏻❤️
Such a true statement!
makes me proud to be old and grey, having lived in this era. I can say with 100% fact that 80's was THE BEST for music
I grew up in the 70’s and graduated high school in 1981. The best times of my life growing up in that time period. I’m so glad that I grew up back then. I wish I could go back to those times. People that grew up back then know what I’m talking about. There is no way to explain it.
ThePianoman63 me too 1981. We had the best decades of music!!!!
Same here ! Born in 63 graduated 81. We had the best music ever !
Man I really miss those days.
Class of '81 too! You're spot on with your comments.
Im 54 and today all I listen to is classic rock from the 70s with some 80s rock. Today's music is not for me
One of the purest songs of rock and roll ever. Timeless. Perfection in Rock music. Cant believe you've never heard it. After Brad died it wasnt the same, jmo.
I totally agree........
Boston had nowhere to go after their first album but down. This album is a masterpiece.
Greatest debut album bar. Man we were fortunate to have this . In any decade.
The sound is so tight and clean, you've got to love Boston.
I am 57 years old. I owned this album when I was a teenager. My reaction was the same as yours when I first heard it.
So wonderful to watch your smiles!
Awesome
Ditto.
I owned it as well, played it until it was almost worn out, then gave the album to my daughter who also loved it, lol. I bought it again years ago on CD and now have it on digital. I will have this album with me in some form until the day I die.
The guitar duo at the end of carry me away for the last Time is probably the best I’ve ever heard
This may be the finest rock 'n' roll song ever ever ever.... I know music and I'm 84.
If these dudes didn't know this song, there is a TON of music they're missing out on.
How have they not heard these songs..
They're acting like they haven't for the views
Just because they haven't heard what we listened to 40 years ago doesn't mean they are missing out.
That's what this channel is about :)
Watch Rick Beato's analysis of this song to fully appreciate the subtle excellence of it.
Definitely.
It is so worth watching. Makes you realize just how incredible these guys were to put out this kind of music. I just don't think it happens anymore.
I remember my first time to hear this....a feeling I will never forget. It's nice to see you guys being the younger generation appreciate talent and music that is real music !
One if not the absolute greatest voices to ever grace an album...RIP Brad Delp-you are a true legend.
When Brad Delp’s voice, and the guitars begin to soar, THEY GRAB YOUR SOUL on the way, and ALL rocket together, STRAIGHT INTO THE STRATOSPHERE!! Still takes me there decades later. Thanks guys for experiencing this song! RIP Brad❤️
All the more remarkable in that there really was no band. Tom Scholz did this in his spare time while working at Polaroid, played and recorded all the guitar, keyboard and bass tracks himself, and invented a lot of the equipment to produce the unique Boston guitar sounds. He brought in others do do the vocals and drums and then mixed this song, and most of the rest of the album, himself in his basement. None of these songs were ever played live in their entirety by a real band until after this album was made.. The guy is a genius.
That is fascinating I had no idea
Have seen some shorts recently on tic tok of Tom and his days at Polaroid and how he got the album and insisted he produce it at home. Even visited the house/basement at his old place. He was taller than parts of the ceiling😁 His work stories are coll too. Check it out.
I don’t think there were ANY other voices for the original recording…only Brad Delp. He sang lead and backup/harmony.
When this first came out, I heard it on the transistor radio as I walking to my friend's. This changed music. This was the transition between mid 70's and late 70's. It opened the door to so much more.
So refreshing to watch you boys appreciate our music from that time 😊I was born in 1966.
Boston is essential rock. Glad you young people carry on the music.
The 'production' was done by one man - Tom Scholz - in his basement. He played all parts but drums and vocals - which were added after he laid the main tracks with beats. This is a masterpiece of art that can't be compared to other groups at the time because of one man's vision and his genius - he also designed the studio and invented tech to make this sonic sound. Glad to see younger audiences appreciate Boston, just thought I would add some additional perspective to your analysis.
Hey Jim you've got that 100% wrong. The debut album was not the result of one man's vision and genius. It was the sum of three . Tom and i wrote that music together in my basement in Jamaica plain starting in 1969. As the tunes began to come together I would bring my drums to Toms home in Watertown.Tom had built a 4 track recording set up where we would track the drum beds for each of the songs.No one but Tom and I were ever in the studio. I would play the track by myself. Tom would play along with me only as a unrecorded scratch track to help me know where I was in the song arrangement. Over the years I became very good at ignoring his performance because he would always screw up but i could still use it as a road map for where I was in the song.My contribution to this masterpiece is the percussive foundation that supports the melodic structure above. Over many years Tom relied on my percussive foundation to inspire him as he searched for the chord changes on the debut songs.When we started to work in my basement Tom's Instrument was keyboard. This is why the first Boston music ever recorded was Foreplay in my Basement in JP. He had just bought a guitar when we first started working in my basement and over the next few years taught him self to play as we wrote the tunes together.The first demo we ever did was at Natural Sound in Maynard ma. in the spring of 1970. The demo was turned down by all the labels but they all wanted to buy one song San Francisco day which later became Hitch a Ride. We displayed the talent we possessed at this early date but it would take over six years of hard work before we achieved success. Brad is the third contributor to this masterpiece. He did not join the band until spring of 1972. After he joined he re-sang all the vocals on the demos that had been done by other singers. A year later after getting married Brad quit the band at his wife's request. Tom and I continued with another singer until spring of 1974 when i told Tom i could not play in mothers milk any more because i was going broke. We only did about three gigs a month because we could not take regular club gigs because Tom worked a full time job at Polaroid. A friend of mine had called and ask me to play in his band because his drummer had just quit two weeks before they would start six months of booked club gigs on Cape Cod.I told Tom I would still work on the demo recordings just not the few cover gigs we had been doing. Over the next year Tom and I did all the drum beds then Tom would perform the rest of the instruments for the final demo. After the music was complete Brad would come to the studio and track all the vocals. There were no drum machines to make beats.if there were the first album would sound just like the last album. The sum of one person can never compare to the the sum of three.
@@jamesmasdea947 Well I certainly stand corrected! The information about the band on TH-cam often suggests this idea, so maybe someone should make a documentary that represents the facts as you present them here. Boston was so unique, and many of the tunes are anthems of our youth, so I'm sure we would love to hear more.
@@jamesmasdea947 So interesting to hear all of that. You really need to reach out to someone to get this all recorded for posterity. Thank you for letting us know some history behind this amazing album!✌️
@@jamesmasdea947 This story (and much more) would be nice to hear from you in a video...!
This song was huge if you were a 70s or 80s kid. Heavy rotation on the radio back in the day. AWAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!
When Boston first came out we weren’t that psyched about it. Coming from Zep, Hendrix, Beatles, Doors etc era. Looking back I love it. Especially learning about the genius of Tom Scholz. My God. What a talent.
Tom Scholz made the ENTIRE 1st Boston album in the basement of his home in Watertown, Massachusetts. He worked on it during his spare time while taking leaves from his day job at Polaroid as an engineer.
That's a truism. He did it ALL except drums and vocals. Sib Hashian and Brad Delp covered drums and vocals respectively.
What's really weird about it is that the same thing was done by Dave Grohl with the Foo Fighters. He did the entirety of the first Foo Fighters album by himself. Only, Dave's a drummer so he handled the drums too.
The producers wanted him to record somewhere else and he said nope, it my basement or no deal.
Tom Scholz is also an MIT grad!
It was such a unique sound. I remember waiting forever for a second album.
F-ing chills...EVERY freaking time I hear this! Boaton was my high school sound track. Chills man!
@Reality Bytes excellent album for sure. Boston just sounded so huge and epic. Like they were playing for the word to hear. And they were.
I saw them in the concert - they're one of those bands that sound as good live as they do on their album 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I’m 56 too! 😅 loved Boston! Rock Concert era!
I'm thoroughly enjoying watching the dude in the flamingo shirt rock out to this bad-ass song.
I LOVE how these two young guys immediately started grooving to it and feeling it! Yeah, this is music. Iconic...incredible. I could not love this video any more. The look on their faces had me reliving my first time hearing this masterpiece. For a few moments in time, I was 15 again. Life was good, the music was pure and real. Thank you for this gift. I need to watch it again..and again!
Ditto
being from boston and listening to boston full circle of goodness
Dudes, 1978 -16 years old higher than a kite, chiller than a MOFO. Drinking Beers, crusing the drag with my buds, smoking cigs, jamming out to tunes. It was the 70's baby. This will be one of my favs till the day I die. The whole album is a 10. Rock on Boston! This was my peps world back in the day. That was time when everything you needed to know about life you learned from good tunes. Back in the day, (70's & 80's) songs were about life. The 70's was the most amazing decade for music, there were SOOO many Bands & amazing artists. You should kept checking it out dudes, water your soul on down.
This song takes me back to being a 16 year old skipping school, smokin, drinking, flirtin, great memories
And Banging girls in the Girls locker room LOL. Then to the Dean's office ugh 😱😵
ME TOO!
Me too, babe. Me too. The great thing about being in the high school band was I could legitimately get out of class to go "practice" in the band room. Instead some of us would go into the sound proof practice booths, turn up the stereo to 10 and nearly blow the door off!!!
Rosemary Paul I know! You’re so right! My cousin was in a band in the 80s and still in the same band to this day.
I used to feel so privileged to be there with them. All their instruments and hair, mustaches like this dude on the right used to make me giddy 😛
I know I was 11 year even my mom love the this group
Every time I hear this song...I have an immediate flashback to my freshman year in high school. Every kid in school had this album. Songs like this blasted from cars going down the Boulevard. It was a cool time to be young!
This song is classic Boston, Boston is one of the greatest bands ever. Music of the 70 will never be repeated with the crazy wild number of fantastic bans all making wonderful music all at the same time and place. I was so fortunate to be a part of history living and listening to the great music of all time. So happy that I alive to witness and to be a part of this era .
I was a Sophomore in high school when the album came out. It was incredible in 1976, and it's still incredible today.
1976 was a watershed year. Hotel California by the Eagles and Agents of Fortune by Blue Oyster Cult came out that year as well.
You had to live it, high school in the 70s...it was more than a feeling. Do they know Scholtz is an MIT grade and designed his own line of amps, plays multiple instruments.
At the end of the 80’s we were still listening to these great 70’s songs. Like, all the time.
He also designed and owns the patent for the portable CD to Cassette adapter that allowed you to play CD’s through your cassette player. A great invention for a time.
Ogden High School Utah, 1977-1980 Foreigner, Styx, Boston, Kansas, etc
When you hear us younger boomers complaining about how music today is crap, this is why. We were so fortunate to experience the music between 1967-1989
Which is exactly what people 40 years from now will say about today's music. What you fail to understand is that this is a neverending, repeating cycle.
@@ghsf1234 That used to be true, but there has been a fundamental change in the music industry. th-cam.com/video/27NbNks2eg0/w-d-xo.html
90s were dope brah
I'm born 2007 and even I complain about music nowadays, don't worry most kids nowadays also complain about how bad the music is
@@ghsf1234 Not necessarily. There are golden ages that begin and end -- some long like the Italian Renaissance, some short like the French New Wave for cinema. It may be that the 20th century was a similar time period for popular music: rock, R&B, jazz, country, pop, avant-garde, etc -- at least for the English-speaking world. I hope not but who knows?
"Feelin' Satisfied" from Don't Look Back is one I like to listen to at full volume. Really fun tune.