Its a bass and a guitar (though a bass is a guitar also)... its got 6 tuning pegs but only 4 strings... alien technology at its finest 😂 Eta... actually the center one could only have 4 tuning pegs now that I look closely, 3 on one side and one on the other 😅 still... its alien tech, so no telling what they are capable of
@@deannacrownover3 Personally speaking I'd move the dial back to "1964 to 1985" But each will think of music during those years that they will draw their lines from. IMHO.
This song is 48 years old. STILL being listened to by millions of people TO THIS DAY. Name ONE song from today that in year 2072 that millions will still be listening to. YOU CAN'T. 70'S Rock. Can't be beat.
@@neillenet291 But those are also 40'ish+ years old too. The question was what songs made in 2024, even back 10 years, will people still hear played over the airwaves 43 years from today? I'm with ya on those you listed. I could quickly add a dozen more. But they would all be pre-1990 songs. And I do enjoy "SO" of the new stuff. But there will never be another period where first album releases from groups like Boston, Journey, Styx, and Foreigner happens. And could enjoyed first song to last song like those four. Definitely add Pink Floyd, AC/DC, KISS, Meatloaf, Guns n Roses, Led Zeppelin for complete album Ear Candy...and still others. Those 70s and 80s classic rock bands....just impossible to forget. And damned near impossible to beat.
@sedatedape315 I contend that the 60's through the 80's produced the best music. I had a discussion the other day that in 50 or 100 years People will still know about and listen to the bands I mentioned, But no one will remember the vapid Pop being produced now. Good music is just good music.
My first car was the familys old 1972 Dodge Polara 4 door....I bondoed the rust spots on it, sanded it down, had Earl Scheibs paint it from ugly assed Brown to Light Blue ($79.99) and put Craiger rims on it.....THEN I picked up the car, drove it home and my parents were waiting for me with my early Christmas present, a Clarion cassette player under dash and 4 Kraco speakers.....OMG!!! Dad and I installed within 2 hours and THIS IS THE FIRST SONG THAT I PLAYED!!!!! Thank you for the memories BP!
Niiice. My friend installed a Clarion cassette deck in his dad's brand new 1980 Dodge pick up. We'd cruise back country roads with the volume cranked as loud as we could handle. Excellent sound.
Must listen to the entire album in one reaction sitting. Your followers will love it as much as you will. Don’t worry that it will be a long video. Its groundbreaking.
Imagine being a teenager in the 70's and having these artists influencing your life daily... Boston, Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Bad Company, Rush, Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, CCR, Chicago, Doobie Brothers, Alan Parsons, Pink Floyd, BTO, Steely Dan, Eagles, T. Rex, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Steppenwolf, Cheap Trick, Heart, Queen, Judist Priest, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Blue Oyster Cult, Rainbow, Deep Purple, Peter Frampton, Fleetwood Mac, Guns-N-Roses, Outlaws, Supertramp, ELO, Kansas, Styx, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, ZZ Top, Van Halen, Foreigner, Yes, Scorpions, Journey, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rush, Allman Brothers, Molly Hatchet, Foghat, Canned Heat. And I know I'm leaving off a ton of others. Then right on rock's heels came disco, punk, new wave, rap. It was THE time to be alive in music. Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends...
We certainly were, but can you imagine being born now and having it all laid out before you available for enjoyment instead of having to wait on it to come out? We only had half of it at the time
You nailed it ! We had it all ,but I don't believe we knew back then what we truly had and I mean in all genres of music through out the 70's everyone had a pep in their step , humming, singing, whistling......a great time to be alive PEACE !!
BIG TIME 70s Brats, Bp PLEASE check out the Rock band DEEP PURPLE Their song SMOKE ON THE WATER LIVE 1972 Its 🔥 And Enjoy some more 70s Greatness You may like it even more than any 70s song you have heard so far .Take care BP,
Waiting did allow a certain element of appreciation, not to mention anticipation of what was next...we learned to wait for what we wanted...watching this makes me appreciate even more...
AND YET, you still haven't listened to your FAVORITE Boston song. When you hear "Peace of Mind" for the first time, you will know what I mean. Pure perfection!!!
Tom Scholz is a musical genius, when you listen to a Boston album you feel the complexity of his evolving composition, its a complete experience. The louder the better.
The next album had a few decent songs but the rest was straight cheese, and I love all kinds of cheese…just not that kind. The first album is timeless.
Without question! The only band when I hear one of their songs I’ll stop what I’m doing and listen. So unique… can hear 2 seconds of a song and know who it is 🔥. We wanted more albums back in the day but instead got perfection on every one.
Yeah, my oldest friend was supposed to be at one of their next shows & they (of course) cancelled. He'd been a semi-roadie for years, hoppin' cities to watch 'em in multiple locations whenever they were in the tri-state area. He'd go backstage & hang with the band & everything. Has a great story about he & his daughter at one of the shows on her birthday. Who, by the way is named after one of their song (I'm sure you can guess which)
MY POPS PASSED AWAY DURING COVID, THIS WAS HIS FAVORITE BAND, I HAVENT HEARD THIS BANGER FOR A LONG TIME, I'M a hip hop head, always have been since(grade8) I'm 43 now, but when you the car with your parents as a kid, you don't have a choice but to listen, and THESE GUYS ARE SUPER DOPE, THIS WHOLE ALBUM IS DOPE. THANKS FOR THIS, I HAD A GOOD TEAR UP AND SING ALONG THINKIN BOUT MY POPS. 💯💪🫡👋🕊
BP have you checked out any KISS songs from the 70s yet like, I was made for loving you.. or I WANNA ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHT ? Enjoy more of them 1970s You will DIG 70s KISS the best
Same lost my father to unknown cause, he was super fan of all the 70-80s music, and specifically Boston and Meatloaf, my dad past way within hours of meatloaf passing.
@alexanderdooley5833 sorry to hear that famz, my condolences to you and yours, it's tough not having him around 😢 but We get through it, and I talk to him anytime I'm feeling low or in my own head, it helps, might sound weird, but he was an essential part of my life, as I'm sure your pops was. Head up, slap in some Boston and vibe out with pops, cause you know when ever his fav song come on he would be singing word for word! Have a bless day famz 🙏🏻🫡✌️
Growing up in the 70's it was hard to keep up with so much talent. With no internet I depended on a network of friends, FM radio or a trip to the music store to ask them what was new. Almost expected to be blown away with each group, singer or band that I didn't realize at the time how truly great a time it was.
It's 1976. More Than a Feeling is all over the radio. You go buy the album. You put it on and this is what you get. Foreplay is a short sonic (very classical) experience. Then Long Time comes on. About 1 minute into that they become your favorite band. This probably happened to millions of people.
I had the fortunate opportunity to sing backup vocals with them at the 87 Texas jam. Brad Delp died the same day my 99 year old grandmother did. I grieved for both. Also, understand that Brad Delp is the only vocalist on the studio recorded albums. When asked why he was the only vocalist, he said, "Who better to harmonize with than yourself?" A Class Act to the end. And a fun fact that you probably noticed by now..... those spaceships are actually Ovation guitars
Boston was fire in the 70's, they had a unique sound and pumped out hit after hit. Their debut album made the record books, every song is fire. This song blew everyone away and was their most popular!
I was 15 years old visiting family in Indiana when this album was released. Back in those days, it took time for music from the east coast to make it to the west coast, and vice versa. I burned a lousy cassette copy from my uncle’s vinyl and took it back to Colorado with me, where no one had yet heard of Boston. The older guys I hung around at the Bankshot pool hall on 8th St. In the Springs all were amazed by this music. Within a couple of years Boston was a super band selling millions of albums and filling stadiums.
Those space ships are guitars upside down and Foreplay/Longtime is my song I have asked to be played at my funeral. This was my first album of over 200 that I bought when I was young. Thanks for reacting!🙏🏼
Yes we thought it would just get better and somehow better. I don't know how it could have gotten even greater but it was kind of just thought of as what was happening would continue. Plus there were SO MANY Incredible groups all at the same general time. Sweet, Pink Floyd, YES, The WHO, The GUESS WHO, Chicago on and on they just kept on coming too! Until the industry was sold into a place of banality.
1977 I was 19yo, living on my own, ft job, pt student at a Jr College. Every time I left a job I listened to this song. When I retire, I listed to it too.
63 here... remember back then, before everything had to be tiny, we all had BIG stereo systems... mine was Harmon Kardon with BIG Altec Lansings on the side. (My Parents were sorry they said I could get it. lol). Also ubiquitous, in our cars and trucks, were Craig Powerplays, with Jensons on the side. When cassette tapes came out, a lot of us had to build brackets so we could keep our 8-tracks AND mount the new cassette players too, along with switching so we could feed the speakers from either source. lol.
Yet ANOTHER reason why you hear Gen X'ers say that our music was the best...Boston,Eagles,Poison,Van Halen,Twisted Sister,AC/DC,Journey,Guns-N-Roses,Skynyrd,Queen, Seger,the list could go on and on...and as you've heard numerous times,our generations music was raw,pure,from the heart,no extra equipment used to make the sound better...it was just talented musicians that loved what they did...as you've discovered throughout your journey of listening/reacting to music from this era...I know I've said it a couple of times,but THANK YOU! You listen to the music we grew up listening to,fell in love with,and sometimes perhaps got through many rough days listening to...and EVERY SINGLE TIME you listen to it,you are blown away by the vocals,the instrumentals,lyrics,you embody the whole experience and give us old timers a jog back to our youth,but you also show SO MUCH appreciation for what our music was,what it meant to us,you understand the beauty behind each and every song,be it pop,rock,ballads,south rock,country...and for that,I feel like I MIGHT could speak for all/some of your listeners when I say yet again...THANK YOU for bringing back memories,while also bringing our music to life for other generations to experience...
You lost me at Poison brotha. Too many bands you could add to your list before you hit put them on there imo. Probably dozens, which shows how great our era was for music.
I was 17 when this song came out, I can still remember where I was and what I was doing when I first heard this. To this day this song goes on every playlist I've ever made.
I saw them once in Norfolk, VA. Had a head on collision on the way there. Walked the rest of the way. Went to the hospital afterwards for stitches. 🤘🏼💨
True, except it's not so rare. They sold so many of the debut album that it was the best selling debut album in history at the time, and I think it's still the 2nd best selling debut album to this day. It has sold at least 17 million copies in the United States alone and at least 20 million worldwide. I still have mine 🙂.
@@grand73am How far did you get on my comment before you decided to leave a reply?, I didn't think it was THAT long. I didn't mean the album itself was rare, I meant that it's rare for a DEBUT album to have every song on it a hit, you know, like this one? If you'd read my comment correctly, you'd seen that. Oh, By the way, I also have a copy of the album and a couple of others by them. Thanks for the bonus info I didn't ask for.
So great to see you enjoying the fantastic music of the 70’s. Boston is simply phenomenal! Brad Delp’s soaring voice combined with Tom Scholz’s genius guitar playing and producing are simply rock magic!
Album was released the summer of 1976, right after I graduated high school. Heard this coming out of every dorm room at college that fall. Great Stuff!!!!
And just like that, I'm 18 again. Anticipating Long Time during Foreplay. Running onto the crowded disco dance floor. High clapping at certain points. Having great fun with my friends. I'm going to avoid mirrors for the rest of the day, that way I can keep this feeling.
Musical genius, thats what Boston was and will always be. The music, the lyrics, the imagination. The fact that Brad Delp died the way he did will haunt me forever. So sad that he never felt as big as he was. Tragic. RIP Brad.
One thing you mentioned is under appreciated today. Album covers and the art work that adorned them. When playing music many would play with the cover, read any inserts and check out the art.
I’m loving watching you discover and appreciate music that I refer to as “the soundtrack of my youth “. It was a great time for music and the best part is there was no auto tune, no pitch correction, just raw talent.
This is one of those albums that u can throw on and just listen from start to finish! Honestly, banger after banger!! This is one of those songs that literally takes u on a rollercoaster ride! "Musical foreplay" is 💯 correct!!
in 1976 there was a very real yet subconscious fear that "Rock music" was in its last days. Disco was everywhere and all of the well known rock bands were... lets face it, not kids any more. You have to realize, gray haired rockers didnt exist yet and there was a real feeling that maybe after being a great run the fun was over... Now I'm not hear to say Boston fixed all that, but when this album hit the shelves it sold some ridiculous number of records (17M+?) for a band no one had ever heard of, and a style of Rock no one had ever heard. It jolted the rock world and gave it the oxygen it desperately needed. Rockers everywhere owe a debt of gratitude to this album. And if you read the story behind it and the band it makes the story even more miraculous. 48 years on and it still gives me chills, one of those songs that when it comes on the radio to this day, my lady and I both reach for the volume knob to CRANK IT UP 🤪
In the 70's we totally took it for granted because there was so much great music. Channels like yours allow us to hear these songs through new ears and really listen and appreciate the sound track of our high school years.
1976 was the year i started high school. My first time hearing this song was in my friend Eddie's tricked out chevy van. It was played on an eight track stereo cranked up full blast. That van was rocking!!
One of the best. Love the transitions and how different instruments take turns in driving the song. Keys, bass, acoustic, drums...all come to the fore at different points whilst stitching it all together into a cohesive whole. Boston have a lot of good songs, but this is the one that shows off what how they can write and play music.
Up until this point, we had NEVER heard anything like this song, and their entire debut album! It was a mind blowing, eye opening experience to music and what was to come!
When you were describing the Artwork...I was waiting. Will He See It? Nope! LoL!! So the "Ships" that the "Cities" are sitting atop are Guitars!! Look just to the left of that "R" and you can see the neck and headstock, is it a 4 string Bass with a 3-1 head or a 6 string headstock?? So many things about that Album cover were just so Amazing!! Boston was my favorite group from when I first heard them in 1978 until 2013!! They will always be one of the Best Bands I Know!! Oh, Babymetal is my current #1...Sorry Boston, but I still Love you guys!! As to the impact Boston had on Rock Music back in the day...This Album became the #1 most sold Debut Album (9yrs) until the G&R debut and is still #8 of all time. But through the 80's and 90's, and even into the 2000's, there was not a single Rock Radio Station in the US that did not have Boston in Rotation...especially during their Drive Time/Rush Hour lineups!! They were the 'Go To' sound of a generation! Thanks for the Reaction!!
It amazes me how many people completely miss the guitar spaceships. This was the very first album I bought with my own money in 76 when I was 11...the guitar spaceships were the first thing I noticed.
I’m embarrassed to say that although I was there when this came out in 1976 and saw the album in everyone’s house, I never ever realized they were guitars until i read a comment on another reaction video. I was stunned, then laughed so hard at how I could have missed that! Then asks a couple of my old friends from those days “did you realize they were guitars???” I wasn’t the only one. 😂
I was a teen when this came out...I'm almost 70 today but when listening to this song, I always thought the climax comes at 10:55 into the song and the ensuing guitar is the feeling afterwards. Best debut album ever! Thanks for your reaction. Take care and be well. Peace.
“Time doesn’t wait for me, it keeps on rolling…I’ve got to keep on chasing that dream, though I may never find it. I’m always just behind it.” The spaceships are guitars
I was 13 when this album was released. My older brother was awesome and let me ride along with him and his buddies as they cruised the streets doing what teens do. This album/song was a mainstay of that year to jam to on... wait for it.... 8 track.
You were born in the wrong era, Pegasus. I bought my first Boston cassette at the Convenda in the small German town the US Air Force built military housing. Great reaction!!😀🙏
Every time I listen to Boston it takes me back to the time of freedom in my life, the years before work and stress! My younger years, high school was absolutely an amazing time and experience. Takes my back to running around in my little hometown with my best friend, I started out driving my Daddy’s ton Dodge work truck till I got my 1984 Jeep CJ 7 Renegade, loved going to the Friday night football games and Saturday basketball games! I truly supported my Knox Central High School Panthers! Blue and gold forever! Boston takes me back, stirs a feeling deep down in me. Sometimes I wish I could go back to the late 80’s!
I think this is one my favorite Boston tunes EVER! I am so glad you got to it, and I think you captured the essence of it... it IS a musical foreplay followed by a great song. I really love the featured drums and bass here and, as you pointed out, I love the way they changes it up like they did. One of the reasons I really enjoy your reactions is the way you appreciate the whole performance. Keep on doing it! You are one of the best reactors out there!
The ships are actually upside down guitars, though with only 4 strings they would be bass guitars. Album art was one of the greatest things about records that got lost when ported to CDs because they are so small. I'm 70+ years old & spent so much time listening to albums while checking out the artwork, recreational drugs may have been involved, beer, wine & spirits certainly were.
It is incredible that Boston's debut album was such a force and still considered one of the greatest debut albums ever released. The album is incredible from start to finish. The band is as talented as they come. Music was so incredible back then. Whole albums were great, not just one-off songs that were throw away like they are today. Bands had to be talented, had to play well live and had to perform live all of the time in support of their music. Concert tickets were cheap and albums were like gold. We looked at the covers for hours sitting on the floor, reading the liner notes and lyrics listening to the entire album, maybe even smoking a joint while we were at (wink). You got it, Foreplay is basically the build up introduction at the beginning before the song. The spaceships are actually guitars.
I'm 60 years old. This song is my absolute favorite ever. This song changed my perspective on music and introduced me to progressive rock. I absolutely love it!
For a period of time they were the best there was --- for about six years, BOSTON was the best Rock & Roll band in the world. The first two albums were #1 for quality and the third was close ---- and I lived it, thankfully.
This is one of my all time favs. I saw them at the Texas Jam in the early 90s. They lifted large organ on to the stage with a huge crane to play this song.. It was EPIC...
Oh Bravo! This has been on my forever playlist for years. This song would start the evening at a disco called Gatsby's in Cincinnati when it came out. The foreplay buildup to the dancing was awesome 👌!
The space ship is shaped like an upside down guitar. It’s classic 😊
It's a bass.
@@MsRmaclaren Then why does it have 3 tuning keys on each side?
Its a bass and a guitar (though a bass is a guitar also)... its got 6 tuning pegs but only 4 strings... alien technology at its finest 😂
Eta... actually the center one could only have 4 tuning pegs now that I look closely, 3 on one side and one on the other 😅 still... its alien tech, so no telling what they are capable of
Great iconic album cover from 1970s they are great album covers in the 70s
There's actually four tuning keys on one side..can't see the other side of the neck..
I will forever argue that 70's rock is one of the greatest decades of the genre.
I have to fudge the decades lol.
I told someone that the best decade of Rock was 1968-1979 with outliers.
@@deannacrownover3 Personally speaking I'd move the dial back to "1964 to 1985" But each will think of music during those years that they will draw their lines from. IMHO.
@@friguy4444 Yeah, that's why I mentioned outliers, lol.
I was born in 73 and I agree, for me 70's and 90's is great rock decades.
This song is 48 years old. STILL being listened to by millions of people TO THIS DAY. Name ONE song from today that in year 2072 that millions will still be listening to. YOU CAN'T. 70'S Rock. Can't be beat.
Not Going 2 happen
Time: Pink Floyd
Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin
Free Bird: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Bohemian Rhapsody: Queen
Tons of songs will still be listened to.
@@neillenet291 But those are also 40'ish+ years old too.
The question was what songs made in 2024, even back 10 years, will people still hear played over the airwaves 43 years from today?
I'm with ya on those you listed. I could quickly add a dozen more. But they would all be pre-1990 songs.
And I do enjoy "SO" of the new stuff. But there will never be another period where first album releases from groups like Boston, Journey, Styx, and Foreigner happens. And could enjoyed first song to last song like those four.
Definitely add Pink Floyd, AC/DC, KISS, Meatloaf, Guns n Roses, Led Zeppelin for complete album Ear Candy...and still others.
Those 70s and 80s classic rock bands....just impossible to forget. And damned near impossible to beat.
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@sedatedape315 I contend that the 60's through the 80's produced the best music. I had a discussion the other day that in 50 or 100 years People will still know about and listen to the bands I mentioned, But no one will remember the vapid Pop being produced now. Good music is just good music.
My first car was the familys old 1972 Dodge Polara 4 door....I bondoed the rust spots on it, sanded it down, had Earl Scheibs paint it from ugly assed Brown to Light Blue ($79.99) and put Craiger rims on it.....THEN I picked up the car, drove it home and my parents were waiting for me with my early Christmas present, a Clarion cassette player under dash and 4 Kraco speakers.....OMG!!! Dad and I installed within 2 hours and THIS IS THE FIRST SONG THAT I PLAYED!!!!! Thank you for the memories BP!
Fantastic memories…I have similar too
Good times☮️💜✨
Niiice. My friend installed a Clarion cassette deck in his dad's brand new 1980 Dodge pick up. We'd cruise back country roads with the volume cranked as loud as we could handle. Excellent sound.
Great story. Love it!
Earl Scheibs in Chicago? The LOOP radio station?
This ENTIRE album is 🔥! Every last song.
Must listen to the entire album in one reaction sitting. Your followers will love it as much as you will. Don’t worry that it will be a long video. Its groundbreaking.
I’m a sucker for don’t look back. Great album as well.
YES
Best album EVER❤
Correct. At first, I thought it was a greatest hits album. It is just a great album.
Imagine being a teenager in the 70's and having these artists influencing your life daily... Boston, Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Bad Company, Rush, Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, CCR, Chicago, Doobie Brothers, Alan Parsons, Pink Floyd, BTO, Steely Dan, Eagles, T. Rex, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Steppenwolf, Cheap Trick, Heart, Queen, Judist Priest, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Blue Oyster Cult, Rainbow, Deep Purple, Peter Frampton, Fleetwood Mac, Guns-N-Roses, Outlaws, Supertramp, ELO, Kansas, Styx, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, ZZ Top, Van Halen, Foreigner, Yes, Scorpions, Journey, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rush, Allman Brothers, Molly Hatchet, Foghat, Canned Heat. And I know I'm leaving off a ton of others. Then right on rock's heels came disco, punk, new wave, rap. It was THE time to be alive in music. Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends...
So lucky to come up through these years....
We’re so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside
BINGO!!! We were soooooooooooooooo fortunate!!
@@gd5848 I don't imagine it, I lived it, best years of my life, and the music was awesome 👍😎
We were so "musically spoiled" back then.
We certainly were, but can you imagine being born now and having it all laid out before you available for enjoyment instead of having to wait on it to come out? We only had half of it at the time
You nailed it ! We had it all ,but I don't believe we knew back then what we truly had and I mean in all genres of music through out the 70's everyone had a pep in their step , humming, singing, whistling......a great time to be alive PEACE !!
BIG TIME 70s Brats, Bp PLEASE check out the Rock band DEEP PURPLE Their song SMOKE ON THE WATER LIVE 1972 Its 🔥 And Enjoy some more 70s Greatness You may like it even more than any 70s song you have heard so far .Take care BP,
Waiting did allow a certain element of appreciation, not to mention anticipation of what was next...we learned to wait for what we wanted...watching this makes me appreciate even more...
70s/80s AND 90s. It was an incredible time to be alive Musically.
AND YET, you still haven't listened to your FAVORITE Boston song. When you hear "Peace of Mind" for the first time, you will know what I mean. Pure perfection!!!
My favorite too !
More than a feeling for me.
Peace of mind is a close second, though!
It's just that more than a feeling is my go-to morning music.
We loved our music in the 70s, and Boston was one of the reasons why.
..... and into the 80's.
HUUUUUUUGE 70s brat lol here , there is a vidio of CarTon Peanuts jamming to this its a Amazing check it out on youtube ,
I miss it so much.. Great times!!!
There was soooo much talent in the 50s,60s,70s,80s, that will never be matched today.
Tom Scholz is a musical genius, when you listen to a Boston album you feel the complexity of his evolving composition, its a complete experience. The louder the better.
A musical and electronic genius. The guy is amazing. o
He was also an electronics engineer who developed the rigs that gave Boston their special sound. That one guitar effect/pedal is still on sale today.
Headphones, max volume, high as a kite, and let the sound reverberate your skull
@@JohnWarner-lu8rq The sounds of one thousand guitars. I remember reading it somewhere
And this album was recorded in his mother's basement
Summer of 76. This album and Fleetwood Mac's Rumours. Damn.
The ENTIRE ALBUM is gold
The next album had a few decent songs but the rest was straight cheese, and I love all kinds of cheese…just not that kind. The first album is timeless.
This album is not gold its Platinum!
Actually multiplatinum.
Boston and ELO…two of my absolute FAVORITES from my high school years! Incredible talent!
You might as well put the whole debut album on your play list , every song has its place . Perfect
Truth!
I love how everybody, absolutely everybody loves Boston on their first listen!
Boston was one of the best rock groups EVER! Case closed!
Without question! The only band when I hear one of their songs I’ll stop what I’m doing and listen. So unique… can hear 2 seconds of a song and know who it is 🔥. We wanted more albums back in the day but instead got perfection on every one.
@@johnperrigo6474 I said ONE of not the best. Read! It’s always gonna be a debate.
You realize those spaceships you’re talking about are actually guitars upside down
@@jamesdwyer7379 Bass guitars. 4 saddles.
@@kevinmorrell4155Come on, why about Zeppelin??!!!!!!
Love Boston! I still have my original album!❤
RIP 🙏 Brad Delp 🙏 June 12, 1951 - March 9, 2007.
Yeah, my oldest friend was supposed to be at one of their next shows & they (of course) cancelled. He'd been a semi-roadie for years, hoppin' cities to watch 'em in multiple locations whenever they were in the tri-state area.
He'd go backstage & hang with the band & everything. Has a great story about he & his daughter at one of the shows on her birthday. Who, by the way is named after one of their song (I'm sure you can guess which)
One of the rare albums where every song is really good.
True, I would also include Supertramp Breakfast in America
@@gregharmon3797also Nazareth- Hair of the Dog
And their second album is just as great!
MY POPS PASSED AWAY DURING COVID, THIS WAS HIS FAVORITE BAND, I HAVENT HEARD THIS BANGER FOR A LONG TIME, I'M a hip hop head, always have been since(grade8) I'm 43 now, but when you the car with your parents as a kid, you don't have a choice but to listen, and THESE GUYS ARE SUPER DOPE, THIS WHOLE ALBUM IS DOPE. THANKS FOR THIS, I HAD A GOOD TEAR UP AND SING ALONG THINKIN BOUT MY POPS. 💯💪🫡👋🕊
BP have you checked out any KISS songs from the 70s yet like, I was made for loving you.. or I WANNA ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHT ? Enjoy more of them 1970s You will DIG 70s KISS the best
What a nice memory. 🌼💛
Same lost my father to unknown cause, he was super fan of all the 70-80s music, and specifically Boston and Meatloaf, my dad past way within hours of meatloaf passing.
@alexanderdooley5833 sorry to hear that famz, my condolences to you and yours, it's tough not having him around 😢 but We get through it, and I talk to him anytime I'm feeling low or in my own head, it helps, might sound weird, but he was an essential part of my life, as I'm sure your pops was. Head up, slap in some Boston and vibe out with pops, cause you know when ever his fav song come on he would be singing word for word! Have a bless day famz 🙏🏻🫡✌️
@@alexanderdooley5833 Meatloaf's daughter is married to the lead guitarist from Anthrax: Scott Ian. Just a bit of trivia. :)
Growing up in the 70's it was hard to keep up with so much talent. With no internet I depended on a network of friends, FM radio or a trip to the music store to ask them what was new. Almost expected to be blown away with each group, singer or band that I didn't realize at the time how truly great a time it was.
I took it for granted that good music would always come out. How wrong I was. It was a special time to grow up.
The Boston rabbit hole is just beginning to open.
Foreplay is to get the Rock and Roll juices flowing.
mission accomplished.
Man, we were so spoiled in the 70's.
It's 1976. More Than a Feeling is all over the radio. You go buy the album. You put it on and this is what you get. Foreplay is a short sonic (very classical) experience. Then Long Time comes on. About 1 minute into that they become your favorite band. This probably happened to millions of people.
I still remember dropping the needle on this record with my headphones on in 1976. Still enjoy it exactly the same, today.
Great description! I did the same!
@@pamelawertz498 It did for me!😉
I had the fortunate opportunity to sing backup vocals with them at the 87 Texas jam. Brad Delp died the same day my 99 year old grandmother did. I grieved for both. Also, understand that Brad Delp is the only vocalist on the studio recorded albums. When asked why he was the only vocalist, he said, "Who better to harmonize with than yourself?" A Class Act to the end. And a fun fact that you probably noticed by now..... those spaceships are actually Ovation guitars
@@bonscotty67 Wow! What a great experience you had singing backup for Boston. That's absolutely priceless.
Boston IS the Truth! Their 1st 2 albums are absolutely must listens! Every song.
Boston was fire in the 70's, they had a unique sound and pumped out hit after hit. Their debut album made the record books, every song is fire. This song blew everyone away and was their most popular!
I was 15 years old visiting family in Indiana when this album was released. Back in those days, it took time for music from the east coast to make it to the west coast, and vice versa. I burned a lousy cassette copy from my uncle’s vinyl and took it back to Colorado with me, where no one had yet heard of Boston. The older guys I hung around at the Bankshot pool hall on 8th St. In the Springs all were amazed by this music. Within a couple of years Boston was a super band selling millions of albums and filling stadiums.
This album has to be one of the top three debut albums of all time.
It was the #3 debut album of 1976 - Ramones and Modern Lovers (another Boston band) had debuts more highly regarded and impactful 40+ years later.
IT'S IN MY TOP THREE FOR SURE !
#1 with me!
Those space ships are guitars upside down and Foreplay/Longtime is my song I have asked to be played at my funeral. This was my first album of over 200 that I bought when I was young. Thanks for reacting!🙏🏼
im 64, we never thought the music would end
I knooooooow. Glad we are still jamming to it.
I’m 68 and feel the same
Yes we thought it would just get better and somehow better. I don't know how it could have gotten even greater but it was kind of just thought of as what was happening would continue. Plus there were SO MANY Incredible groups all at the same general time. Sweet, Pink Floyd, YES, The WHO, The GUESS WHO, Chicago on and on they just kept on coming too! Until the industry was sold into a place of banality.
1977 I was 19yo, living on my own, ft job, pt student at a Jr College. Every time I left a job I listened to this song. When I retire, I listed to it too.
I was the same age as you, still 🔥 after all these years.
63 here... remember back then, before everything had to be tiny, we all had BIG stereo systems... mine was Harmon Kardon with BIG Altec Lansings on the side.
(My Parents were sorry they said I could get it. lol).
Also ubiquitous, in our cars and trucks, were Craig Powerplays, with Jensons on the side. When cassette tapes came out, a lot of us had to build brackets so we could keep our 8-tracks AND mount the new cassette players too, along with switching so we could feed the speakers from either source. lol.
Love that
In the fall 0f 1977, in my college dorm, you could hear this album playing somewhere in the halls 24/7. It was HUGE!!!
Every time I hear them, I fricken love Boston!!!!! Reminds me of some of the best times in my life. Their sound never gets old to me 🎉
Yet ANOTHER reason why you hear Gen X'ers say that our music was the best...Boston,Eagles,Poison,Van Halen,Twisted Sister,AC/DC,Journey,Guns-N-Roses,Skynyrd,Queen, Seger,the list could go on and on...and as you've heard numerous times,our generations music was raw,pure,from the heart,no extra equipment used to make the sound better...it was just talented musicians that loved what they did...as you've discovered throughout your journey of listening/reacting to music from this era...I know I've said it a couple of times,but THANK YOU! You listen to the music we grew up listening to,fell in love with,and sometimes perhaps got through many rough days listening to...and EVERY SINGLE TIME you listen to it,you are blown away by the vocals,the instrumentals,lyrics,you embody the whole experience and give us old timers a jog back to our youth,but you also show SO MUCH appreciation for what our music was,what it meant to us,you understand the beauty behind each and every song,be it pop,rock,ballads,south rock,country...and for that,I feel like I MIGHT could speak for all/some of your listeners when I say yet again...THANK YOU for bringing back memories,while also bringing our music to life for other generations to experience...
🧡Boomers loved this too! My parents (born in ‘33 and ‘39) rocked with me!🧡
You lost me at Poison brotha. Too many bands you could add to your list before you hit put them on there imo. Probably dozens, which shows how great our era was for music.
I was 17 when this song came out, I can still remember where I was and what I was doing when
I first heard this. To this day this song goes on every playlist I've ever made.
Boston's musical "Foreplay" is a preparation for something LEGENDARY!
Love Boston. This is a great song. Foreplay is simply the name given to this instrumental piece just like Eddie Van Halens Eruption
Boston was one of a kind, incredible band
Oh my goodness one of my favorites I was lucky enough to have seen them in concert twice.
I'm so jealous I'll regret it on my death bed
I saw them once in Norfolk, VA. Had a head on collision on the way there. Walked the rest of the way. Went to the hospital afterwards for stitches. 🤘🏼💨
This song is from Boston's debut, a rare album, where every song on it is an actual hit, not one dud.
True, except it's not so rare. They sold so many of the debut album that it was the best selling debut album in history at the time, and I think it's still the 2nd best selling debut album to this day. It has sold at least 17 million copies in the United States alone and at least 20 million worldwide. I still have mine 🙂.
@@grand73am How far did you get on my comment before you decided to leave a reply?, I didn't think it was THAT long. I didn't mean the album itself was rare, I meant that it's rare for a DEBUT album to have every song on it a hit, you know, like this one? If you'd read my comment correctly, you'd seen that. Oh, By the way, I also have a copy of the album and a couple of others by them. Thanks for the bonus info I didn't ask for.
Look at the bottom of the ships .. there guitars... The talent in Tom's writing was insane on this album ❤
So great to see you enjoying the fantastic music of the 70’s. Boston is simply phenomenal! Brad Delp’s soaring voice combined with Tom Scholz’s genius guitar playing and producing are simply rock magic!
Album was released the summer of 1976, right after I graduated high school. Heard this coming out of every dorm room at college that fall. Great Stuff!!!!
And just like that, I'm 18 again. Anticipating Long Time during Foreplay. Running onto the crowded disco dance floor. High clapping at certain points. Having great fun with my friends. I'm going to avoid mirrors for the rest of the day, that way I can keep this feeling.
Foreigner- Juke Box Hero!! A banger you won't forget. About a person's dream to become a musician.
Musical genius, thats what Boston was and will always be. The music, the lyrics, the imagination. The fact that Brad Delp died the way he did will haunt me forever. So sad that he never felt as big as he was. Tragic. RIP Brad.
One thing you mentioned is under appreciated today. Album covers and the art work that adorned them. When playing music many would play with the cover, read any inserts and check out the art.
I miss all the artwork. It was fantastic part of the joy of buying an album. You could also pull an album out of a stack just by looking at the cover
I’m loving watching you discover and appreciate music that I refer to as “the soundtrack of my youth “. It was a great time for music and the best part is there was no auto tune, no pitch correction, just raw talent.
Pitch correction goes back to the late '50s.
This is one of those albums that u can throw on and just listen from start to finish! Honestly, banger after banger!! This is one of those songs that literally takes u on a rollercoaster ride! "Musical foreplay" is 💯 correct!!
Boston was ahead of its time they were huge!
Banger after banger in this album. What a debut it was. Saw them in 78 and 01. Rip Brad.
Always an awesome experience.
Definitely a road trip play list song.
"Seducing through the art of frequencies".............one of your best summations ever! LOVE your channel.....
The spaceships are actually upside down guitars. If you look down the ship, you'll see the neck of the guitar. GREAT SONG!
This is one of them songs that you crank up full blast in your car, and rock out 😮 I do it Everytime I hear it. Can never get tired of it, never.🤘✌️😊
Masterpiece ❤
Boston is EVERYTHING!
in 1976 there was a very real yet subconscious fear that "Rock music" was in its last days. Disco was everywhere and all of the well known rock bands were... lets face it, not kids any more. You have to realize, gray haired rockers didnt exist yet and there was a real feeling that maybe after being a great run the fun was over... Now I'm not hear to say Boston fixed all that, but when this album hit the shelves it sold some ridiculous number of records (17M+?) for a band no one had ever heard of, and a style of Rock no one had ever heard. It jolted the rock world and gave it the oxygen it desperately needed. Rockers everywhere owe a debt of gratitude to this album. And if you read the story behind it and the band it makes the story even more miraculous. 48 years on and it still gives me chills, one of those songs that when it comes on the radio to this day, my lady and I both reach for the volume knob to CRANK IT UP 🤪
Boston the best ❤❤❤
In the 70's we totally took it for granted because there was so much great music. Channels like yours allow us to hear these songs through new ears and really listen and appreciate the sound track of our high school years.
An absolute favorite. Will listen to this forever. Never gets old
This was in my dad's cd player 90% of the time. Thank you for doing more Boston.
Great days Awesome times
Love that you cover so many great songs love the content! Love this song!
1976 was the year i started high school. My first time hearing this song was in my friend Eddie's tricked out chevy van. It was played on an eight track stereo cranked up full blast. That van was rocking!!
Boston - The best 1st Album - of any band ever. All songs on it are 10.
Love the Warriors reference 😂
Absolutely epic song!!! Thanks for reacting to Boston and this masterpiece.
We were so lucky to have great music and bands from the late 50s. 60s and 70s. It made life fun.
this entire album is great
One of the best. Love the transitions and how different instruments take turns in driving the song. Keys, bass, acoustic, drums...all come to the fore at different points whilst stitching it all together into a cohesive whole. Boston have a lot of good songs, but this is the one that shows off what how they can write and play music.
Up until this point, we had NEVER heard anything like this song, and their entire debut album! It was a mind blowing, eye opening experience to music and what was to come!
Yay!! You reacted to this awesome song and album still on my Playlist and will remain forever!!
BTW your face expressions says it all 😅 awesome music!!
When you were describing the Artwork...I was waiting. Will He See It? Nope! LoL!!
So the "Ships" that the "Cities" are sitting atop are Guitars!! Look just to the left of that "R" and you can see the neck and headstock, is it a 4 string Bass with a 3-1 head or a 6 string headstock?? So many things about that Album cover were just so Amazing!!
Boston was my favorite group from when I first heard them in 1978 until 2013!! They will always be one of the Best Bands I Know!!
Oh, Babymetal is my current #1...Sorry Boston, but I still Love you guys!!
As to the impact Boston had on Rock Music back in the day...This Album became the #1 most sold Debut Album (9yrs) until the G&R debut and is still #8 of all time. But through the 80's and 90's, and even into the 2000's, there was not a single Rock Radio Station in the US that did not have Boston in Rotation...especially during their Drive Time/Rush Hour lineups!! They were the 'Go To' sound of a generation!
Thanks for the Reaction!!
It amazes me how many people completely miss the guitar spaceships. This was the very first album I bought with my own money in 76 when I was 11...the guitar spaceships were the first thing I noticed.
I’m embarrassed to say that although I was there when this came out in 1976 and saw the album in everyone’s house, I never ever realized they were guitars until i read a comment on another reaction video. I was stunned, then laughed so hard at how I could have missed that! Then asks a couple of my old friends from those days “did you realize they were guitars???” I wasn’t the only one. 😂
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I was a teen when this came out...I'm almost 70 today but when listening to this song, I always thought the climax comes at 10:55 into the song and the ensuing guitar is the feeling afterwards. Best debut album ever! Thanks for your reaction. Take care and be well. Peace.
Your reaction is priceless 😂
“Time doesn’t wait for me, it keeps on rolling…I’ve got to keep on chasing that dream, though I may never find it. I’m always just behind it.”
The spaceships are guitars
I was 13 when this album was released. My older brother was awesome and let me ride along with him and his buddies as they cruised the streets doing what teens do. This album/song was a mainstay of that year to jam to on... wait for it.... 8 track.
You were born in the wrong era, Pegasus. I bought my first Boston cassette at the Convenda in the small German town the US Air Force built military housing. Great reaction!!😀🙏
I see the spaceships shaped like guitars. Didn't notice the "R" before. Thanks!
The inside cover sleeves of the albums were blueprints for the ships. Album art is a lost... Art.
Every time I listen to Boston it takes me back to the time of freedom in my life, the years before work and stress! My younger years, high school was absolutely an amazing time and experience. Takes my back to running around in my little hometown with my best friend, I started out driving my Daddy’s ton Dodge work truck till I got my 1984 Jeep CJ 7 Renegade, loved going to the Friday night football games and Saturday basketball games! I truly supported my Knox Central High School Panthers! Blue and gold forever! Boston takes me back, stirs a feeling deep down in me. Sometimes I wish I could go back to the late 80’s!
This was the opening track on their debut album and you can’t take the needle off until the end of side 2
I think this is one my favorite Boston tunes EVER! I am so glad you got to it, and I think you captured the essence of it... it IS a musical foreplay followed by a great song. I really love the featured drums and bass here and, as you pointed out, I love the way they changes it up like they did. One of the reasons I really enjoy your reactions is the way you appreciate the whole performance. Keep on doing it! You are one of the best reactors out there!
The ships are actually upside down guitars, though with only 4 strings they would be bass guitars. Album art was one of the greatest things about records that got lost when ported to CDs because they are so small. I'm 70+ years old & spent so much time listening to albums while checking out the artwork, recreational drugs may have been involved, beer, wine & spirits certainly were.
I’m so fortunate to have heard masterpieces like this one when they were first recorded. The 70s had the best music.
It is incredible that Boston's debut album was such a force and still considered one of the greatest debut albums ever released. The album is incredible from start to finish. The band is as talented as they come. Music was so incredible back then. Whole albums were great, not just one-off songs that were throw away like they are today. Bands had to be talented, had to play well live and had to perform live all of the time in support of their music. Concert tickets were cheap and albums were like gold. We looked at the covers for hours sitting on the floor, reading the liner notes and lyrics listening to the entire album, maybe even smoking a joint while we were at (wink).
You got it, Foreplay is basically the build up introduction at the beginning before the song. The spaceships are actually guitars.
Brad Delp had THE most incredible voice!!
I'm 60 years old. This song is my absolute favorite ever. This song changed my perspective on music and introduced me to progressive rock. I absolutely love it!
This whole album is incredible!!
For a period of time they were the best there was --- for about six years, BOSTON was the best Rock & Roll band in the world. The first two albums were #1 for quality and the third was close ---- and I lived it, thankfully.
Not even the best Boston band in those days - behind first Aerosmith and later The Cars.
Boston and Foreigner 💜
I’m back in high school again!!! One of my FAVORITE bands…thank you for the trip back down memory lane
This is one of my all time favs. I saw them at the Texas Jam in the early 90s. They lifted large organ on to the stage with a huge crane to play this song.. It was EPIC...
Dude, I have watched tons of your reactions. This has got to be one of the best. I love watching you listen to songs for the first time.
🔥 BOSTON 🔥
Oh Bravo! This has been on my forever playlist for years. This song would start the evening at a disco called Gatsby's in Cincinnati when it came out. The foreplay buildup to the dancing was awesome 👌!