"Lost myself in a familiar song, I close my eyes and I slipped away." This is how I feel every time I hear this song. This band was / is my childhood. 🥰
I’m 71, so when this hit the radio, EVERYONE went nuts over it. What you said about songs taking you back…is 💯! I got such a kick watching your reaction! Feeling good watching you feeling good! Nice Job Brother-man!!!! 👍👍👍
This is their debut album and literally every song is a hit. The guy Tom Schultz worked for Polaroid camera company and built the studio in his basement and played most of the instruments along with Brad Delph who was the vocalist. No one had ever heard anything like it before back in those days so get ready to jump down the rabbit hole of this record. You will be blown away just like we were.
Always amazes me that Tom Scholz sent a Brad and a band to California to record at the record label's studio, then secretly submitted the recordings he produced, himself, in his own basement for the LP. I really feel that was neccessary, though, as record labels back then were so bent on producing music they knew would sell and not try anything different. Yeah, some of the songs on their 1976 debut album just can't be done live, but who cares, we listen to most of our music at home, or in the car, etc. First time listening to the LP my sister bought in 1976 when I was only nine, I knew then, a new era in music started. Not even knowing then, that Scholz tricked the record label to get this album out.
Seeing them live, smell of pot in the air, volume heard from space, rocking hard... glorious. They were one of a kind and the whole album was fantastic.
Lol.. I LOVE when the younger generations react to what we grew up with! No effects just Genius Composition by Tom Sholz and Brad Delp's Legendary Voice! Go listen to some Isolation Vocal Tracks of him and be FLOORED... He is my all time Favorite BOSTON LIVES! RIP Brad..
this song in the 70's was huge, blasting on all the car stereos in high school parking lots, on the main drag, everywhere, it defines the 70's rock scene imo
Yes, this song takes me back to my senior class, small Midwestern town, everyone meeting at a party in the field, bonfire, Boones Farm, grass, best friends, right after the Friday night basket ball game at the high school. There were no cliques, colors or bullying. We loved each other like family. I will cherish those days forever.
Boston is a great American rock band who had their biggest success in the 70's-80's. They had a lot of great songs such as "Foreplay/Long Time", "Peace Of Mind", "Rock & Roll Band", "Don't Look Back", "A Man I'll Never Be", "Feelin' Satisfied", Smokin'", "We're Ready", "Amanda", "Hitch A Ride", "Hollyann", "Cool The Engines" etc.
I was in love with Brad Delp and his singing. I only got to see them once, but OMG, they were brilliant. We lost a unique talent when Brad took his own life. If you don't get goosebumps when you hear that voice, you must not have a soul.
I remember when this song came out. Fell in love instantly. Nearly fifty years later, the lyrics now apply to the song itself - "More Than a Feeling" is the song that makes me dream of the past.
Boston will always stir up different emotions in me! I went through a LOT during that time, so yea, it is nostalgic! It stirs up memories along with the emotions! Sometimes it actually hurts my heart, while enjoying the music! Weird combo I know, but the only way to describe it for me! tbh! Thanks, ❤
SPOT ON reaction, bro! You are so right... Brad Delp's voice was SPECIAL, and this song right here was a song we all got lost in back in the day when it first came out... and it now brings back such fond memories. It DOES make you feel good, as only incredible music can. LOVE your reactions... keep up the great work! This album is, in my estimation, the greatest debut album in rock history. EVERY song is a masterpiece, and it's CRIMINAL that Boston isn't in the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame. Your next choice MUST be "Foreplay/Long Time" then "Smokin'", and then I'd switch things up and go with the best song on their sophomore album "Don't Look Back" with "Feelin' Satisfied". You CAN'T go wrong with Boston.
Can't wait to see you react to Boston's, Fore Play/Long Time, song. You're in for a treat. Good to see younger generations enjoying this era of music and not letting it die out.
My go to song when driving or having a sh!t day, turn up the volume and boom life is good. Keep on smiling and stay positive, your energy is infectious my friend.
First album I ever owned. Got it the summer before I went into 7th grade. Wore it out. 47 years later I still turn it up when it comes on and for a few moments, I'm 13 years old again....
Shon. You really spoke truth - it is very much nostalgia and the joy of watching someone’s real reaction for the first time. Keep up the positive vibrations yeah
So true music has the uncanny ability to trigger and transport us back to a specific memory of time, person or place. Boston has so many more great songs for you to discover. Great reaction and insights!
No Studio my man, this was done in a basement at the guitarists home. He’s an M.I.T. Electrical engineer grad. Tom Sholz. He mixed and arranged the entire album except one song. Which he got help on. He brought in his friend Brad Delp for the vocals, thank god! Brought it toa record exec. And told him to go to a studio and have it professionally done. He didn’t, he waited a year and re-presented it and then was told to tour. He then had to hire a band.
Dude..I was born in 1970...my life has the best soundtrack known...starting with Elvis when I was a kid.from my parents..black sabbath judas priest from the younger uncles...the doors..Joplin from my outcast hippie aunt...and my own choices when I learned how to work the radio dial..teenager in the 80s.(truly feel bad for everyone who missed out on that)..in my 20s in the 90s...the best of everything...I'm so lucky 💙💙💙
If you want to hear some great 70s music with 3 band members harmonizing oh so well check out the 1975 live version of 'Eli's Coming' by the band Three Dog Night. They were a super popular band back in the day with a lot of hits. I am 61 and grew up with this band as well as the greats you've reacted to like Boston and Chicago and Kansas. I do get so nostalgic because these bands and songs were such a huge part of my life as I entered my teen years and beyond. But check out Three Dog Night, they are late 60s and on through early to mid 70s, their sound takes me back in my mind and spirit to that time!
ONE OF THE GREATEST BANDS EVER!!!!!! SOME OF THEIR OTHER HITS: AMANDA, FOREPLAY/LONG TIME, FEELING SATISFIED, PEACE OF MIND, AND MANY OTHERS, ENJOY!!!!!
Shon, be careful man, Foreplay/Longtime and Peace of Mind are awesome just like this and might get you a speeding ticket 🛣️🚔......tell the officer that you just discovered Boston and was jammin' out!!!! 👍🤔🤨😎
Dude......ANYTHING from Boston is a "must listen". The song that sets off my memories of being young and in high school is "Stone In Love" by Journey. Your analysis of music bringing back fond memories is spot ON!
Love it. Love your reaction. And yes this was great in concert. At my age of 60 I can remember the live concerts. I am so happy you can appreciate what we experienced
Saw them 1976 at Ohio State my sophomore year, and saw them 7 times . This debut album is IMO the greatest debut album for an American band ever. They just blew the roof out of the buildings, and my ears rang for 3 days afterwords. 👍👍👍
Brad Delp could hit it like no other - criminally underrated singer. 70’s music was so diverse so much talent- Rock R & B Disco Ballads Southern Rock- we had it all. Blessed to have grown up in that decade🙏❤️
A lot of the songs you react to were made before I was born but they were on the radio or parents played them or in tv shows and movies. I didn't care for them back then but nowadays I love them. I was 13 listening to Biggie, Pac and Nas when they first came out. I never thought I would be listening to these songs when I got older. Keep it going. Thanks
Boston was my first concert, Sammy Hagar was the opening band, he put on a great show, I was sixteen and had never smoked weed, there was so much smoke in the stadium you couldn't see the other side. The first song was "Smokin'", Brad Delp came out with the biggest bong I've ever seen, he hit the bong and smoke barreled out, the crowd went crazy. It got me hooked on going to concerts, I saw almost everyone I ever wanted to. The 70's were the best times to grow up in, we had a lot of love and acceptance for each other. I feel sorry for young people today. I think "higher education " has ruined a few generations.
Came out when I was in high school..... WE ALL LOST OUR MINDS....Consider... It was WAY before... Computers and Autotune....Blew our minds The Entire album was Fabulous!!!
Hi shon....love your reactions...love your interpretation attempts, they are spot on or good as you can with your lyrical analysis....I enjoy you giving and appreciating the old stuff...my team age years were the 70s. I've since moved on with each year of new songs n artists n have left these sounds behind, but it is a cool thing to see a young fella like yourself anchored in a time of music where it was meaningful n real....I'm listening from the 2000s to current of rock n metal that is from our European brothers n sisters n when your ready for some rabbit while music I'd be happy to send you awesome n surprisingly awesome music...I know you would simply love it ...but as I continue through your video historical reactions, keep up the nice work let your amazing personality continue shining....love ya man.
I play this song all the time. It's on my chore playlist. We were so spoiled with excellent music in the 70's and 80's. I can't dance anymore but I can still move the hips a bit to songs like this.
Shon, you are absolutely right. I will be 50 this year. Thanks to my Aunt Sue, I grew up on music. Everything from the fifties up. Aunt Sue had a deal with the local juke box guy. They just threw out the 45's when they changed them out, as they were considered overplayed. So she talked to him, and he told her she could have them, as long as she took them all, therefore saving him a trip to the dump at the end of his day. So she had hundreds of 45's. We would hang out in her room, stack them up randomly, and just listen and sing along all day. (I was a young kid then, by the way, my elementary school yrs) I really enjoy watching younger people such as yourself hear all this great music for the first time. It makes me very happy that you are open to hearing it, and that these great songs will go on for yet another generation.
"Lost myself in a familiar song, I close my eyes and I slipped away." This is how I feel every time I hear this song. This band was / is my childhood. 🥰
All of us older subscribers love you getting it...Thanks for keeping great music alive!
Yessssss!
I love Boston and ELO
The oldies but goodies. Great reaction!
And keep in mind, back then there was no auto tune. That’s his voice.
I have a lot of great memories with this song....good times we had.
I’m 71, so when this hit the radio, EVERYONE went nuts over it. What you said about songs taking you back…is 💯! I got such a kick watching your reaction! Feeling good watching you feeling good! Nice Job Brother-man!!!! 👍👍👍
One of the first rock bands that caught my attention. ❤❤❤
This is their debut album and literally every song is a hit. The guy Tom Schultz worked for Polaroid camera company and built the studio in his basement and played most of the instruments along with Brad Delph who was the vocalist. No one had ever heard anything like it before back in those days so get ready to jump down the rabbit hole of this record. You will be blown away just like we were.
Magic is the only descripti0n for this album presentation, both music ally, lyrics & band presentation 7:18
I love seeing the new generations discovering our music! I’m jealous that they get to experience that “first time hearing” them! LOL
Always amazes me that Tom Scholz sent a Brad and a band to California to record at the record label's studio, then secretly submitted the recordings he produced, himself, in his own basement for the LP. I really feel that was neccessary, though, as record labels back then were so bent on producing music they knew would sell and not try anything different. Yeah, some of the songs on their 1976 debut album just can't be done live, but who cares, we listen to most of our music at home, or in the car, etc. First time listening to the LP my sister bought in 1976 when I was only nine, I knew then, a new era in music started. Not even knowing then, that Scholz tricked the record label to get this album out.
Favorite song, favorite singer Brad Delp RIP. So many great songs from their band.
Yes absolutely
60 70 and 80 was the best music ever made. Pure talent
Almost EVERYONE in the WORLD knows this song.
It's still very popular, even since 1976.
Great reaction my Man.
47 years later and it NEVER GETS OLD
Everyone looked like that in the 70s..no auto tune back then, only pure talent..one of my all time fav songs
Hi, couldn't agree more...everything today is computer generated.......
In those days..it was your TALENT that mattered....
Seeing them live, smell of pot in the air, volume heard from space, rocking hard... glorious. They were one of a kind and the whole album was fantastic.
Always hits home.
I closed my eyes and she slipped away.
Lol.. I LOVE when the younger generations react to what we grew up with! No effects just Genius Composition by Tom Sholz and Brad Delp's Legendary Voice! Go listen to some Isolation Vocal Tracks of him and be FLOORED... He is my all time Favorite BOSTON LIVES! RIP Brad..
this song in the 70's was huge, blasting on all the car stereos in high school parking lots, on the main drag, everywhere, it defines the 70's rock scene imo
Love Boston ❤️ I grew up with these bands!!
I remember listening to this album on 8 track in my dad's 1978 Ford 150 custom. RIP DAD, and Brad Delp. 🙏😇
Yes, this song takes me back to my senior class, small Midwestern town, everyone meeting at a party in the field, bonfire, Boones Farm, grass, best friends, right after the Friday night basket ball game at the high school. There were no cliques, colors or bullying. We loved each other like family. I will cherish those days forever.
They are the bomb!!!!
Incredible band and music🎸
One of the cleanest crispest most sonically pleasing album of its time. Crazy production and sound
We all have our own favourite Bost song and this will ALWAYS be mine!!
Fantastic music. So happy I grew up with this on the radio.
One of my top 10 fav songs.
The entire first album is epic!
Yep! I’m back in my party days! Love going back in time!
I grew up in the 70s and till this day my favorite sing, your right about memories.
Almost every sing I know, for me, gives me a memory❤️
You're so right. There's a lot of nostalgia in the songs you react to. This one is a perfect example. Brings me back to the 80's
Boston is a great American rock band who had their biggest success in the 70's-80's. They had a lot of great songs such as "Foreplay/Long Time", "Peace Of Mind", "Rock & Roll Band", "Don't Look Back", "A Man I'll Never Be", "Feelin' Satisfied", Smokin'", "We're Ready", "Amanda", "Hitch A Ride", "Hollyann", "Cool The Engines" etc.
"Amanda", "Hollyann", and "A Man I'll Never Be" - some of the most underrated songs of the 20th centuary. You know your tunes mate.
Heard them live in concert Years back , They sound the same as studio Great Band. Thanks for playing
IMHO Boston is one vastly under rated group. And Brad Delp (RIP) voice was one of the best of the era.
I feel so lucky to have been in college with songs like these. And yes, talk about bringing back memories
saw them in the mid 70's. they sounded exactly like their album. Brad Delp had an incredible voice.
I was in love with Brad Delp and his singing. I only got to see them once, but OMG, they were brilliant. We lost a unique talent when Brad took his own life. If you don't get goosebumps when you hear that voice, you must not have a soul.
Me too. Also got to see them once - Toronto 1977 and was mesmerized by Brad's voice........and of course hotness!
Same. I wasn’t over his death when my very favorite (Chris Cornell) passed too. I don’t think those two deaths will ever make sense…..
I remember when this song came out. Fell in love instantly. Nearly fifty years later, the lyrics now apply to the song itself - "More Than a Feeling" is the song that makes me dream of the past.
Boston will always stir up different emotions in me! I went through a LOT during that time, so yea, it is nostalgic! It stirs up memories along with the emotions! Sometimes it actually hurts my heart, while enjoying the music! Weird combo I know, but the only way to describe it for me! tbh! Thanks, ❤
SPOT ON reaction, bro! You are so right... Brad Delp's voice was SPECIAL, and this song right here was a song we all got lost in back in the day when it first came out... and it now brings back such fond memories. It DOES make you feel good, as only incredible music can. LOVE your reactions... keep up the great work!
This album is, in my estimation, the greatest debut album in rock history. EVERY song is a masterpiece, and it's CRIMINAL that Boston isn't in the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame. Your next choice MUST be "Foreplay/Long Time" then "Smokin'", and then I'd switch things up and go with the best song on their sophomore album "Don't Look Back" with "Feelin' Satisfied". You CAN'T go wrong with Boston.
Boston is 🔥
Can't wait to see you react to Boston's, Fore Play/Long Time, song. You're in for a treat. Good to see younger generations enjoying this era of music and not letting it die out.
My go to song when driving or having a sh!t day, turn up the volume and boom life is good. Keep on smiling and stay positive, your energy is infectious my friend.
This song gives me ALL the nostalgia.
Saw them in concert, 1979 Alfred, NY. AWESOME!!!! They're straight edge.
First album I ever owned. Got it the summer before I went into 7th grade. Wore it out. 47 years later I still turn it up when it comes on and for a few moments, I'm 13 years old again....
Shon. You really spoke truth - it is very much nostalgia and the joy of watching someone’s real reaction for the first time. Keep up the positive vibrations yeah
This is one of those that the whole album is really good!
This nostalgic for a lot of us. You are so right! I love you loving this music❤️❤️
So true music has the uncanny ability to trigger and transport us back to a specific memory of time, person or place. Boston has so many more great songs for you to discover. Great reaction and insights!
You grabbed the meaning of the song so quickly! Good job, man. So many layers to the music and vocals in this one. That’s why it’s a rock classic👍
One of the best debut albums ever. Every song is a hit.
When you can sing like that it’s called having “the pipes”! His voice is an instrument unto itself.
No Studio my man, this was done in a basement at the guitarists home. He’s an M.I.T. Electrical engineer grad. Tom Sholz. He mixed and arranged the entire album except one song. Which he got help on. He brought in his friend Brad Delp for the vocals, thank god! Brought it toa record exec. And told him to go to a studio and have it professionally done. He didn’t, he waited a year and re-presented it and then was told to tour. He then had to hire a band.
My entire 1976 summer walking up and down ocean blvd in Myrtle Beach SC with every car driving by blasting this 😊❤
70's Stache! That's how a lot of men rocked it in the 70's. My dad did too and my dad was in his late 30's during the 1970's, turning 40 in 1976.
Yes sir, you hit the nail on the head, Nostalgia, I remember wearing this tape out, on the old cassette player, whole thing is epic.
Dude..I was born in 1970...my life has the best soundtrack known...starting with Elvis when I was a kid.from my parents..black sabbath judas priest from the younger uncles...the doors..Joplin from my outcast hippie aunt...and my own choices when I learned how to work the radio dial..teenager in the 80s.(truly feel bad for everyone who missed out on that)..in my 20s in the 90s...the best of everything...I'm so lucky 💙💙💙
If you want to hear some great 70s music with 3 band members harmonizing oh so well check out the 1975 live version of 'Eli's Coming' by the band Three Dog Night. They were a super popular band back in the day with a lot of hits. I am 61 and grew up with this band as well as the greats you've reacted to like Boston and Chicago and Kansas. I do get so nostalgic because these bands and songs were such a huge part of my life as I entered my teen years and beyond. But check out Three Dog Night, they are late 60s and on through early to mid 70s, their sound takes me back in my mind and spirit to that time!
❤your reactions
This song always makes me think of summer.
BOSTON, "MORE THAN A FEELING". Not only this song was a Hit. The whole album was just that. So continue with each song. 🎶✌🎵
The whole album is like this!👍👍👍👍👍
Epic. Brings me back to my high school days
RIP Brad Delp, the nicest guy in rock. Ya gave us so much more than a feeling.
ONE OF THE GREATEST BANDS EVER!!!!!! SOME OF THEIR OTHER HITS: AMANDA, FOREPLAY/LONG TIME, FEELING SATISFIED, PEACE OF MIND, AND MANY OTHERS, ENJOY!!!!!
Shon, be careful man, Foreplay/Longtime and Peace of Mind are awesome just like this and might get you a speeding ticket 🛣️🚔......tell the officer that you just discovered Boston and was jammin' out!!!! 👍🤔🤨😎
Yes these old songs are the best !
There debut album is incredible one of the best EVER 💯🛸🎸
Dude......ANYTHING from Boston is a "must listen".
The song that sets off my memories of being young and in high school is "Stone In Love" by Journey. Your analysis of music bringing back fond memories is spot ON!
Brad Delp had a true 4 octave voice, crazy talented. RIP.
You can't beat their harmonizing vocals and guitars... and Brad's voice was one of those most memorable powerhouse voices of the classic rock era.
Love it. Love your reaction. And yes this was great in concert. At my age of 60 I can remember the live concerts. I am so happy you can appreciate what we experienced
Yes I related to this song when I was younger, but not until later when in life when I actually appreciated it 😊
You're so right in what you said here. You make it fun when you share your sincere reaction. God bless you!
Welcome to Boston nation, Bro! The worm has definitely turned for you! Rock on ... 🤘 ^v^
Just discovered your channel today. Love the insightful comments on your reactions. Master of Puppets brought me here!
Saw them 1976 at Ohio State my sophomore year, and saw them 7 times . This debut album is IMO the greatest debut album for an American band ever. They just blew the roof out of the buildings, and my ears rang for 3 days afterwords. 👍👍👍
Hey...your commentary is off the charts - and yes very nostalgic and brings back a ton of memories - one day you'll see what it means to us !!!
Back in the day when I was about 20, everyone had this in their cassette collection. I'm now 66. Back then you had to really sing on your own.
Brad Delp could hit it like no other - criminally underrated singer. 70’s music was so diverse so much talent- Rock R & B Disco Ballads Southern Rock- we had it all. Blessed to have grown up in that decade🙏❤️
A lot of the songs you react to were made before I was born but they were on the radio or parents played them or in tv shows and movies. I didn't care for them back then but nowadays I love them. I was 13 listening to Biggie, Pac and Nas when they first came out. I never thought I would be listening to these songs when I got older. Keep it going. Thanks
Every song on the Boston album is 💣 enjoy the rabbit hole!!
First ever recorded Cave man on the drums. Fred Flintstones cousin I heard....
RIP, Brad Delp, he always gets forgotten for the great vocalist. He was, his death was a damn tragedy
you're hitting a LOT of great old school jams...this is fun!
When the album came out we'd never heard anything like this before. It was a huge hit.
And now this song is more than a feeling.
Boston was my first concert, Sammy Hagar was the opening band, he put on a great show, I was sixteen and had never smoked weed, there was so much smoke in the stadium you couldn't see the other side. The first song was "Smokin'", Brad Delp came out with the biggest bong I've ever seen, he hit the bong and smoke barreled out, the crowd went crazy. It got me hooked on going to concerts, I saw almost everyone I ever wanted to. The 70's were the best times to grow up in, we had a lot of love and acceptance for each other. I feel sorry for young people today. I think "higher education " has ruined a few generations.
Came out when I was in high school.....
WE ALL LOST OUR MINDS....Consider...
It was WAY before...
Computers and Autotune....Blew our minds
The Entire album was Fabulous!!!
I first heard this at 9. I am 55 now. I love your energy
Hi shon....love your reactions...love your interpretation attempts, they are spot on or good as you can with your lyrical analysis....I enjoy you giving and appreciating the old stuff...my team age years were the 70s. I've since moved on with each year of new songs n artists n have left these sounds behind, but it is a cool thing to see a young fella like yourself anchored in a time of music where it was meaningful n real....I'm listening from the 2000s to current of rock n metal that is from our European brothers n sisters n when your ready for some rabbit while music I'd be happy to send you awesome n surprisingly awesome music...I know you would simply love it ...but as I continue through your video historical reactions, keep up the nice work let your amazing personality continue shining....love ya man.
I play this song all the time. It's on my chore playlist. We were so spoiled with excellent music in the 70's and 80's.
I can't dance anymore but I can still move the hips a bit to songs like this.
Yeah I’m one of those old school Boston fans and you seem cool as hell, bro. Liked and subscribed.
I saw Boston live a few times in the 80s. Yes, Brad Delp really could hit and sustain those high notes for real. RIP
Yeah I saw them too after just the first album .. my second concert ever
I hit "thumb up" before I even listened. 'Helluva mustache'. Got that right, Shon. Thank you for this reaction.
Shon, you are absolutely right. I will be 50 this year. Thanks to my Aunt Sue, I grew up on music. Everything from the fifties up. Aunt Sue had a deal with the local juke box guy. They just threw out the 45's when they changed them out, as they were considered overplayed. So she talked to him, and he told her she could have them, as long as she took them all, therefore saving him a trip to the dump at the end of his day. So she had hundreds of 45's. We would hang out in her room, stack them up randomly, and just listen and sing along all day. (I was a young kid then, by the way, my elementary school yrs) I really enjoy watching younger people such as yourself hear all this great music for the first time. It makes me very happy that you are open to hearing it, and that these great songs will go on for yet another generation.
That’s one hell of a hook-up! Cool Aunt Sue rocks!
Most all Boston songs make you feel good3 albums to come 20 years