We finally listen to Boston - Foreplay/Longtime Live (Reaction!)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- Boston is an amazing band. It was awesome learning about how quickly they took off and I can see why. Thanks for clicking on this video and hanging out with me for my first time reaction to Boston on the channel with Foreplay/Longtime.
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The studio versions capture their voices at their best. You cannot compare even though their live performances are so good.
“Man I’ll never be” is, by far my favorite Boston song. It is beautiful, melodic and shines like a bright light.
on the album, the only voice you'll hear is brad delp's. he sang all of the parts. and his voice wasn't trashed by touring. one of the best rock vocal performances ever.
Agreed, the rhythm guitar sounds also suffer a ton from the live sound; the studio version is a must on this one.
You gotta do the album version. The production is stellar and you will really hear how good of a singer Brad Delp was. He does his own harmony vocals. The album was released in 1976.Please check out the entire debut album.
Second this!
Personally I like the studio version of this better. The sound quality of this live performance doesn't do it justice. Great reaction though. Boston was/is a fantastic band with some very memorable tunes.
I agree.
I’ve seen Boston “Live” a handful of times including in Boston once, and sadly they were never really good “Live”. Just always seemed off key!
I saw them live in 1977 in a small indoor arena and it was fantastic. It sounded so good!
Ticket price was $7.50, including all fees and taxes, lol.
@@stevedahlberg8680 I long for those ticket prices again. Used to get 3 bands for under $10.00. Always General Admission but I was much younger then and didn’t mind waiting in line for hours, racing the rest of the crowd for the front row and then standing for hours watching the show. Back then, it’s what you did and it was worth every minute!
I agree the studio version is better the sound quality is night and day!!!
All Tom Scholz band....1st albums made in his basement studio while he worked as an engineer at Polaroid....Scholz was playing the organ and a little guitar there....plays many of the leads in most songs along with 2nd guitarists Barry Goudreau.....On the 1st album Scholz played everything except drums and vocals.....band was assembled to play live.....Brad Delp was an AMAZING singer...passed away in the early 2000's when he couldn't escape his demons......Boston still tours every other year or so but with all different members except Scholz.....watch the videos of Scholz's story.......
Their debut album is a masterpiece. Every song on it , including these two , were played on the radio. React to the debut album one track at i time , in order. You will be impressed. Its in the top 3 best selling debut albums in history.
That was an amazing cassette that I ended up ordering and could not stop listening
A lot of trivia involving Boston. Saw them in 78 I think. Of course, mind blown. No tracks, autotune. Imperfect live stuff. Miss it. Miss the live freedom. Spontaneous creativity. 😢
As has been mentioned, Tom Schultz was an MIT educated engineer and wrote the lyrics and recorded all of the instrumental parts in his home built sound studio in his basement. He battled with the record label and band members a lot. In my opinion, he really just wanted go back and continue to come up with perfect songs and sounds in his basement but they were overnight sensations.
Man I'll Never Be is such a meaningful song.
Boston was the first band I ever saw in concert. It was the fall of 1978 and three college buddies and I drove 70 miles to Minneapolis to see them. Sammy Hagar, whom I had not heard of at that time, warmed up for them and put on a good show. But when Boston opened up with "Rock And Roll Band", the place went crazy. That song is kind of the story about their rise to fame and would make a great reaction song as well.
Was at the same tour in Toronto, and Hagar went off that night. He did a 11 minute version of "Red", and blew the doors off the place, then followed it with Bad Motor Scooter. He was known up here in Canada. Boston had to work that night, and just didn't bring it that night. I think Hagar threw them off that night. Saw Boston later in the year and they were on then though.
"Man I'll Never Be" and "Cool The Engines" are a MUST!!! 🤘🤘🤘
Boston was so good, they named a city after them!
That’s a good one 😂
I'm glad the live performance was captured for people to listen to and enjoy but it in no way shows how great Brad Delp's voice really was. Listening to the studio album is an absolute must, the production values along with the vocals are tight, polished, simply phenomenal. The album came out when I was in high school and today remains one of my all time favorite recordings.
I grew up listening to Boston! Imagine being a kid in the 80’s, riding in her uncles black TransAm, windows down, Boston blaring… that was my childhood. ❤
T-tops???
T tops were infuriating to put on and take off.
Yes! Brings back so many great memories! I remember when I finally got a car with a cassette player and this was one of the main tapes I listened to. Cruising town and blasting Boston was such a great feeling!
Boston, Journey, Styx, Foreigner, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, and dozens more bands!...
The mid to late 70s was an amazing time to be a teenager...FOR THE MUSIC!!!
Lead singer's voice is very strained in this version. The end of the concert is a hard time for singers.
And all this was a decade after the "hippy" period opened the door to sounds and ideas that gave us the music of the 70s and heading into the rockin 80s!
Ahh, driving with Boston! Me and brother would hit the PA turnpike, which was close to where we lived, listening to the A side of Boston's first album. Then we'd get off turn around listening to the B side. Finally heading to the bar to meet our friends to dring beers and watch hockey.
Now, what we were "doing" each direction on the PA turnpike is....not a topic we could "legally" have spoken about.....back then (nudge and a wink).
In this live performance, Barry played (most of) the guitar - except for the “Tom Morello” 😂 bits. Tom Scholz played the organ except for the space-y section, you can see Brad switch onto the organ at 3:56 and Tom pop out briefly, then they switch back once “Long Time” starts at 5:43.
Tom wrote, performed, and recorded all the guitar/bass parts on the studio track. Barry played Tom’s original parts pretty faithfully here.
Growing up in that Era, a senior in high school, Boston was one of my favorite bands, lol❤. I love the guitar 🎸 ist in this band 😍!!!
Same!
Saw them in 1979 and 2001. Had the 8 track, album, cassette and CD. My fav band ever. I’m 62 and still head bang to them. Smokin’ is my second fav after Peace of Mind. RIP Brad, there are 3 people I want to meet if/when I get to heaven, my son, my dad and Brad Delp.
Angus Young from AC/DC has been headbanging since the early 70's.
I prefer the studio version to this because it is so much cleaner. Nearly every teenager that I knew had Boston's debut album in one form or another. It was the first 8 track I ever bought - then the first album I ever bought - then the first cassette I ever bought. Later to keep up the tradition it was also my first CD and first digital download.
Such a great band ! We all miss you Bradley and Sib.
That was our anthem in 1976! Saw them in B'ham that summer, was amazing.
The guy playing keyboards in this performance is Tom Scholz. He wrote all the songs and played all keyboards, guitars, and bass on the albums. He hired a drummer and singer (Brad Delp) for the album, and a full band for touring. Many live songs you can see him playing guitar, but I guess the keyboards were such a huge part of this song that he stuck to them for this performance.
He didn't play ALL the guitars. Barry is playing on most of the tracks.
he did actually switch from organ to guitar during the performance, which you can clearly see in the video.
An unknown beautiful music, that I'm happy to see this.
Lots of people love the live version of rock bands,but it’s because they have listened to the studio version at least a thousand times and THEY enjoy watching them live because thier ears are already used to the studio versions so they don’t mind the variances of instruments that are done with an alternate way of playing. Always get introduced to a new artist through the studio before watching them live. The ONLY artist that is the exception to that rule is Stevie Ray Vaughan.
I don't think anyone should put a live version song down. Maybe they weren't haven't a good day
SEBS: I am having a blast watching you discover the bands of my youth and that have been with me for 50 years... I think that they are that good that they will be with you too in 50 years time... Keep on Rocking.
They performed at my college in 1979. The tickets were $6 each. It was such a "Longtime" ago.
Their song " Smoking" shows off their hard rocking side. Great road trip song.
Great reaction! My favorite Boston song is peace of mind.
That was Barry Geudreau on the guitar on this one. Great player. Tom was on the organ. He wrote 90% of Boston songs.
😂 Not the Immigrant card!
Well im so glad you FINALLY got to experience BOSTON!!
This song is a MASTERPIECE! Boston ROCKS, such great music.
Great review!
We who grew up in the 70's & 80's, were SO blessed, with these GREAT musicians.
We rocked with the BEST! No autotune, no bs, just pure-great-talent! ☺️
Also here: If you love this, put it in some hotlist with the studio version. Which - by the way - is not only the best Boston song, but one of the overall TOP 10 Songs of all time!! Regardless of any musical style or genre. Really, this contains some of the best moments in musical history ever. And not only is he one of the best singers ever (period), but all of them are just pure dope in what they're doing.
In high school, when I wanted an album, I had to make 2 purchases. The first was the actual vinyl album to get the cover art. The second was the 8-track to play in my car.
Also, check out the studio version when you get the chance. It's better.
I’m with ya. Had the infamous Learjet under dash wired to Jensen speakers. Everything was DIY back then and some were better than others at this. Always loved the 6x9’s just sitting on the back shelf with no cabinet or anything. Quick stops sent them flying into your rear passenger’s heads. It’s no wonder we have dain bramage :)
@@Snakebite351 I remember having to steal a couple of my mom's dishtowels to stuff under the speakers to dampen the rattling. I went high end. My speakers were screwed into the door panels. We had to be careful not to pull the wires out when opening the doors. Those were the days. I won't even go into having another track playing in the background of the main track I was listening to. LOL
Best debut album of all time all songs on this album are worthy of listening too.
One of my top favorite bands, this song is a fantastic blend of voice and sound. Kick ass band with a bunch of feel good songs.
Oh boy, this is going to be such a fantastic journey. I swear this is one of my favorite bands back in the day. I was only lucky enough to see them when they produce their third album after many years of a break after their second, but I saw them three times on that tour and it was fantastic. Those first two albums are just historic. The third album was I thought pretty darn good as well. I didn't realize they actually went on and produced several albums after that, but at least something for me to look forward to
Ninth grade in high school this was a dream rock epic band!
Whole album is arguably THE greatest rock album top to bottom in history…top ten for sure
One of the best live concert bands ever!!
I was blessed to play on Boston's bass Amp. The guitarist in our band is related to Tom Scholtz. I got the news when they were breaking up getting back together, etc.
It was fun seeing them live back in the day, but the studio versions kick butt over this sort of live version. As someone mentioned before, this entire album is like a greatest hits record.
IMO, the studio recording is a little more precise, a bit more full sounding, while this performance is a little on the thin side. But it's great to see the people performing. The main guy on the organ - Tom, who also plays guitar - is basically "Boston," and Brad, the singer, has a special voice. All of the other performers were brought on to do the live shows. Very unusual band construction. To me, Boston and Journey are bands that are kind of like in the breadbasket of rock. Not that they're my favorites, but they're undeniably great, and their sound is just ... in the middle of it all. If you want to know what classic rock is, listen to them.
Check out Edgar Winter, “Free Ride.” He was the first keyboard player to put a strap on a keyboard so he could come out behind the bank of boards.
Boston is the best! Would rather it was the studio version of this song.
VERY deep dive on Boston is a GIFT! Lol. I don't think you will be disappointed. Treasure trove of music!
I've seen this band about 5 times from their first album tour "Boston" in 76 and they have been a favorite of mine since then
I was at that show, 😂Giants stadium, 1979. The bill was Poco, Todd Rundgren, The Outlaws, and Boston. It poured in the middle of the afternoon during Rundgren's set if I recall correctly. My friends and I were in the upper deck and got soaked but it being a hot day (and being young) we didn't mind.
My brothers have been rocking together since pretty much their whole life. They are still putting out music and they are 63 and 64 years old. Our cousin is the drummer in the band. The other two band members are lifelong friends of my brothers. Needless to say when I say they know how to rock, they rock. They also went, like I did, to a lot of live concerts. The studio LP sounds so much better. Boston was not as good live as they were in the studio. I have been to my brothers; concerts and believe me, you hear their songs, they sound like that in person as they do on their cds and other modes of music compositions. They have stuck with the same people because their harmonies are insanely good. Helps three of them are related and the other two were playing with them since 17 and 18. This bums me to say out about Boston, but it really is true. If you go listen to the studio version, you will see a major difference
Oh the wonderful memories of the 70s. Im so happy i was a teen during that decade. ❤
I would do the studio versions of Boston. They were mostly a studio band and most of the music was laid down by only a couple people.
This was one of those songs that you rolled down the car windows, took the t-tops off, got on the highway cranked up the volume and jammed the whole way down the road. Oh to be a teenager again.
I'll see them in Memphis. At 1st August 15th 1978, that was my wife's birthday. They were touring doing their second album and they were awesome
Boston is AMAZING. The whole debut album (studio version) is FIRE. Like FYYYYYYYY-UHHHHHH.
"This band has everything." -- Sebs
Once you do some digging you'll realize this band was Tom Scholtz and Brad Delp at least for the 1st album.
Tom worked for Polaroid as an engineer and wanted to record some music. So in his house with a small basement played all instruments for the 1st album except for one song which I think was 'Coming Home' if I remember correctly. Tom would have to empty the basement to bring down the drumset, empty again to bring down the keyboard, empty again for guitars and base... You get the idea. He musically scripted the entire album so much that Brad Delp RIP, lead singer, didn't realize there were no other band members for like 9 months. It was just Tom doing all of the instruments.
Once it got to the record labels, they wanted to produce the album's songs and Tom wouldn't have anything of it. As a compromise, 'Coming Home' was produce by the record label. Tom did the rest of the album.
Other than some Pink Floyd albums, there aren't many albums with songs from start to that you can listen to unless a die hard fan. This debut album is definitely top 5.
There is a Japanese documentary on Boston with subtitles in English. It is definitely worth the watch.
Every single song on the debut album every single song was a hit!!!
The album is stellar
Tom Scholz was originally an electrical engineer... he probably moved guitar effects and audio processing in general forward more than any other single person. Seeing him switch off the organ to guitar gave me a chill, he was such a boss. The album version would have been a better choice but they did amazing live shows too. You gotta love the "clang" when the bass player dials in his bridge pickup hot.
Live is cool, but to get the best out of the recording, the album version is a must. This recording is pretty brutal.
The sound effects in foreplay were done by Tom Scholz on guitar with a modified effects pedal. Tom is an MIT engineer. Great musician and heck of an engineer.
that entire album is pure fire. I'll never forget the first time I popped the 8-track in and put on my headphones and listened to it for the first time
Yes!!!!❤❤❤ Please do Feelin Satisfied..and all of Boston
Totally unique sound...no one has ever sounded like Boston....
Saw them live in 2016. Took me straight back to my teen years.
I HIGHLY encourage all of you that are unaware of Boston, to do yourself a favor and listen to the entire first album. You’ll be very happy to have spent the time. It’s a top 5 album in the history of rock albums.
Saw them here in St Louis after the release of their first album. Did not dissapoint. The bonus was that this guy I had never heard of was the warm up group - Stevie Ray Vaughn.
A couple of the, many, great things about these artists are the musicianship you mentioned, and they didn’t rely on things like autotune to sound right. They had to be able to actually sing anytime, anywhere. That means even if they're high, which they often were. So was the audience. LOL One thing I like is that songs had verses, a chorus, and a bridge. And songs didn’t need 20 people to write them. It often took only one or two people to write a song.
Definitely need to listen to the live version
Just in case you don't know, their first album went straight to number 1. The album cover alone should tell you it is something special, and this way in the 70's. we set the path to sex, love and rock n' roll. More Than A Feeling is one of my favorites. So glad you enjoyed it.
Just came across your channel. Really enjoy the authenticity you display. Your love of great musicianship is infectious. So appreciate your insight and passion. Super glad to have found your show!
My number one band . They had it all . Lead singer , back up vocals , musicianship , and Tom Scholz ! You need to read up on the formation of the band and learn a little bit about Tom and what he did !!!
Look up Tom Scholz. MIT grad. Built the majority of his equipment himself. His tech ruled the 80s with The Rockman amp. Def Leppard and Joe Satriani both recorded hit albums with Def Leppard did the album Hysteria with it. Their greatest commercial success.
That will show you what a live song should sound like. One of the Stairway to heaven type songs for a band. Most bands don't get their stairway to heaven songs in their career. This song was originally done with their original singer in the late 90s early 2000s
Tom Scholz the band creator and guitarist was a MIT graduate and experimented with all different sounds, great great band.
Tom Sholtz is a genius. He’s an MIT grad and invented a lot of recording technology. He invented an item called the Rockman, a Walkman sized guitar preamp and headphone amp. You should read up on him.
A great review of a great band.
I think that third stage beautifully pictures a relationship through life. You should listen to the whole album.
i had them in an 8 track tape. the greatest debut album of all time.
The Man I'll Never Be is simply heartbreaking knowing that Brad Delp eventually took his own life. Everything Boston does is just amazing. The Third Stage album got me through some really tough times when i was a teenager....
We went to see Boston in a Star theater which was not as big and it was amazing! I still have the ticket stubs 😁👍
I'm surprised you've never done Boston before. They, along with The Eagles, defined my high school years. I do like the studio version better. 🎉✌🏻❤️☀️
Sebs,I am so surprised that you have not listened to Boston, yet on your show….I think you will love them…
💖💖💖 "Amanda", "Don't Look Back" and "A Man I'll Never Be" are great.
Glad you liked the suggestion Seb - Derrick
It cracks me up how little time. It took you to be totally on board with boston into this song
I agree the studio version is so clean, but I have never heard this live one before! Very fun
You really need to listen to the studio version of this - this live version doesn't do it justice, though it's good - - the studio production and vocals are insane. The backstory on this Album is also insane - entirely written - all parts - by one MIT Engineer in his basement - - then he went out and hired a singer and a band to tour with. This songs were *everywhere* back in the day. Never cared for them then but I have a new appreciation after diving into reaction videos. This song was the first song on the first album.
I can listen to their first album straight through 3 times over and still want to listen a 4th time. My personal favorite song out of ALL of their songs is "Hollyann, " from the Third Stage album.
Boston is what I refer to as a "Bridge Band." It took the best of the late 60s and early 70s and introduced hard rocking 80s to the late 70s masses. Truly AMAZING band...
No song named Hollyann on their first album
I think you mean "More than a feeling"
"I see my Mariann walking away"
@@lilpoohbear653 NOPE, my comment is amended to reflect which album "HollyAnn" is on.
Fantastic band. And folks, I understand why he does live versions - even if it's rough, it's real- no auto-tune. Talent shines its own light, naturally. ✌️❤️
Dude really just got up, said 'You hit these keys, I'm gonna play guitar.'
Dude, this is the just the tip of the Boston iceberg!
One of the best albums ever! Not a bad song on it. Maybe listen to it cuz the sound quality is so much better.
Studio version is by far better. It should be the first listen to all songs. Thanks for reviewing.
This is a pretty popular song back in the day with DJs. If they needed to go to the bathroom, they would put this on.
Sorry I missed this show. It took place at Giants stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey about an hour north of me. Unfortunately I was at Camp Lejeune then.
Tom Schultz
MIT graduate who invented the wireless Rockman. Eliminating the need for cords from guitars to amps
Saw these cats about 30 yrs ago and they were amazing !!! One of the best Concerts I've ever seen.
Brad Delp has a killer voice! One of the best!
He really did!
Yes the studio version is the best
That song always brings to mind the Pheonix album from Grand Funk Railroad
what is most incredible about their first album, is that it was recorded in Tom's basement, Tom built a lot of the electronics used for the recording.
Just think how much all of this music is influencing your playing..... :) Long live rock!
Sebs I worked with a woman that lived in the same subdivision as they practiced in. All of the original members were from that same area.
Just started watching this channel. I like how enthusiastic Sebs gets hearing the old 70's bands I grew up with. How do you put in suggestions for other bands to check out?