First Listen - "Dont Look Back" by Boston (Hip Hop Fan Reacts)

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  • Опубліковано 27 гру 2024

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  • @petercocolla2759
    @petercocolla2759 Рік тому +25

    Boston Has The Best Debut Album of all time period. Not a bad song on it.

  • @davidburkett4005
    @davidburkett4005 Рік тому +13

    Great review. You get it. I saw them live back in 77. Listen to the whole first album. Best selling first album ever 20 million copies. And remember you had to go to the store and buy it for 5 or 7 dollars vs 99 cents for a single. 5 dollars was a lot of money for anyone under 18.

  • @dylan42207
    @dylan42207 Рік тому +22

    Up until the late nineties, each new generation would buy this album and play it in its entirety over and over. It was also the ultimate driving album. When youth stopped knowing Boston I knew music was in trouble. I hope the generations to come pick up the ritual again because music like this won’t be duplicated ever again. Brad Delp’s voice is unsurpassable and Tom Sholts, a mechanically engineer, INVENTED the unique guitar sound of Boston in his basement!!

    • @davidstevenson1933
      @davidstevenson1933 Рік тому +1

      Can confirm. Friends and I would drive around after school in 1998-1999 with this album in the cd player.

    • @nickspurlock6949
      @nickspurlock6949 Рік тому +1

      Born 97' and I can say there are a few of us still loving the classics because of our Dad's. Rock on.

    • @lseuss
      @lseuss Рік тому

      And went to MIT too.

  • @lizmarch4000
    @lizmarch4000 Рік тому +20

    I'm always so glad you look at the lyrics while you're listening. They're such an important piece of a song and I feel other reactors miss a lot by not doing this.

    • @TheRealGigatess
      @TheRealGigatess Рік тому +4

      @liz march Absolutely!

    • @CuriousGeorge1111
      @CuriousGeorge1111 Рік тому +3

      Good call. I often think the same thing. If I were a reactor (ha) I would read through the lyrics first, so I know what the song is about, and know the context.

  • @stevedahlberg8680
    @stevedahlberg8680 Рік тому +15

    Man you really should check out their debut album, which is considered one of the greatest debut albums in Rock and Roll history. And the sequencing on it is really good.

  • @umpdaddy1
    @umpdaddy1 Рік тому +19

    "Foreplay/Long Time" is brilliant and would be the song I'd recommend as a first listen to this great band. Which, by the way, wasn't a band as the first album was recorded. Well worth a bit of research into the genesis of this band. Tom Sholz is a genius.

  • @danroth3514
    @danroth3514 Рік тому +12

    This is such a fantastic song, so glad to see you react to it. ❤

  • @mattshaw6180
    @mattshaw6180 Рік тому +7

    I'm thrilled you've found Boston's music, Syed; they were amazing on stage and they owned rock radio in the late 70s. Their huge hits, such as the two you've heard, are the tip of the iceberg and I hope you look at some of their brilliant deeper tracks like "Hitch a Ride" or the power ballad "A Man I'll Never Be."

    • @CuriousGeorge1111
      @CuriousGeorge1111 Рік тому

      I vote for Smokin', and the one that's like "Story of a rock and roll band"

  • @gordonuyehara3562
    @gordonuyehara3562 Рік тому +10

    I remember how good this album sounded on the car stereo.

    • @keithdf2001
      @keithdf2001 Рік тому +3

      I always thought Tom Scholz made Boston albums for car play.

  • @LadyIarConnacht
    @LadyIarConnacht Рік тому +5

    This song literally got me out of bed every day during my last year of high school when it just didn't seem worth going anymore. I was devastated to learn, years later, that the most cheerful singer in the world had killed himself.

  • @suzanneprock7286
    @suzanneprock7286 Рік тому +4

    Boston has always just been impecable, there was nothing like them when they came on the scene in the 70's, a new awesome and different sound that caught on like wildfire.

  • @JLwalkabout
    @JLwalkabout Рік тому +1

    This whole album was my road trip starting music. Every time I left my folks place in the 80s to go back to college, an 8 hour drive, it mirrored my excitement to get on the road again.

  • @cynthiamartinez9669
    @cynthiamartinez9669 Рік тому +4

    Loved this reaction. Boston was a turning point band that ushered in a new sound. :)

  • @leslie8743
    @leslie8743 Рік тому +1

    My 1st concert in 1978. Was amazing. Didnt sleep that night at WSU. Everyone was hyped and deaf afterwards. ❤

  • @LordEagle
    @LordEagle Рік тому +10

    Great band. Wait until you hear Foreplay/Longtime,,,,,it'll blow you away,, ,💥💥💥👍😎

  • @therocknrollmillennial535
    @therocknrollmillennial535 Рік тому +2

    Hey, Syed! Glad you came back to Boston. This track, along with “More Than a Feeling,” and “Foreplay (Long Time),” were staples of my childhood, as my dad and aunt were big fans of this band. You and I are of similar ages, so it’s great to see “this generation” getting into music that I have known since birth, basically. I’d like to ask you: I’m new to the hip hop scene and am trying to branch out and broaden my musical horizons. Where would you suggest I start? (I figure that’s only fair since you found one of my youth’s theme songs. Hope you’re well, friend!)

  • @Hartlor_Tayley
    @Hartlor_Tayley Рік тому +3

    Classic Melodic guitar rock.

    • @michele-33
      @michele-33 Рік тому +2

      Yes. Boston was always on constant rotation on classic rock radio.
      They 're great musicians but weren't unusual or original enough to excite me.

    • @Hartlor_Tayley
      @Hartlor_Tayley Рік тому

      @@michele-33 poppy radio rock but their sound was innovative. And like you said they were really really good.

  • @m.a.sperry3424
    @m.a.sperry3424 Рік тому +3

    What a fantastic track! I can't believe I've never heard it before( my era). Boston was ahead of their time. I think you'd really like "Foreplay/Long Time. Enjoy your analysis of the music you listen to.

    • @yactabay
      @yactabay Рік тому

      This album is not just good, it’s almost as good as the first album: not a bad song on it. No, ALL THE SONGS ARE GOID OR GREAT!

  • @EchoesDaBear
    @EchoesDaBear Рік тому +1

    Great reaction to an amazing track!! Brilliant observations my man. Spot on with the critique on today's music (much of). To me, what's missing is 'dynamics' - the louds & quiets, hard & soft - different moods in one song - makes such a difference. Much of what's released on the radio (or pick your source) now is like a sonic barrage for 3 1/2 minutes! The train of thought is I HAVE to get your attention, and keep it, for the duration or I won't be noticed! What they don't seem to understand is that the barrage is exhausting - it's audio overload, so my brain checks out - it actually has the reverse effect!
    Correct in that they kinds of set the mold for song structure for what was to come.
    Cheers to a great analysis.

  • @amitychief3061
    @amitychief3061 Рік тому

    I always make this comment when people react to Boston. In the 70s we got Star Wars and it was like nothing we had ever seen before and then Boston was like nothing we had ever heard before. The first Boston album was a masterpiece. Every track on the album is great. It sounds like the 70s now looking back, but this was incredibly innovative at the time, and yes, a lot of later artists took cues from this because it was so good.

  • @JoeWilger
    @JoeWilger Рік тому

    @4:57 until 9:23. I'm curious why the next video banner was covering Syed's face and half the lyrics.
    Is this a YT thing?

  • @Antman-cy8ch
    @Antman-cy8ch Рік тому +4

    The vocals are all done by Brad Delp.

  • @yenlard6683
    @yenlard6683 Рік тому +6

    Hitch a Ride is an amazing song with an epic guitar solo. Definitely check it out! 🔥

  • @markk.4941
    @markk.4941 Рік тому +1

    You must listen to "Foreplay/Long Time" from their first album. It's up there as one of the best songs like "More than a Feeling". "Hitch a Ride" has an awesome multi guitar outro solo.

  • @jeffcather8185
    @jeffcather8185 Рік тому

    On to the second album, the song that struck close to home and haunts me is a man i'll never be.

  • @erniejohnson4364
    @erniejohnson4364 Рік тому

    I appreciate your technical approach compared to some of the other reaction videos. I'm a musician, so that's interesting to me, thanks.

  • @michaelj.pavlinch3975
    @michaelj.pavlinch3975 Рік тому +1

    I once heard that one of the band members was an MIT, electrical engineer graduate don’t know if that’s true or not but it sounds good.

    • @markk.4941
      @markk.4941 Рік тому +1

      Yes, lead guitarist Tom Scholtz is an MIT grad. He started the band by himself. Not being able to get the sound he wanted from other recording studios, he built his own recording studio in his basement. He designed his own sound effect pedals which became the "Rockman" series of effect pedals sold in the 80s. He recorded the first album by himself except for the drums and vocals, then had to find other musicians to make up the band for touring.

  • @Tracy-rf7ri
    @Tracy-rf7ri 5 місяців тому

    This song changed some people's lives.

  • @fredrickm4436
    @fredrickm4436 Рік тому

    All of this, every note, song verse, everything was created boy the lead guitarist, Tom Schultz. He created it in his basement over 6 years and got a record deal before he put together a band.

  • @marcbenjamin9436
    @marcbenjamin9436 Рік тому +1

    Go through each track on the first album with “More than a feeling,” which is widely regarded as the best first album by any band.

  • @dylanpahman
    @dylanpahman Рік тому +2

    I love Boston. My favorite by far is "Something About You." Highly recommend you check it out sometime.

  • @tonydagostino6158
    @tonydagostino6158 Рік тому +6

    I have to agree with all the other comments. That banner advert for your Beatle video was far too large and onscreen for far too long. Not good

  • @Widdermaker
    @Widdermaker Рік тому

    Great reaction! But, man, you’ve just scratched the surface with this band. They were like a meteor in the late 70’s, coming out of nowhere with 2 of the best selling rock albums of all time. Then, BAM!, they disappeared for 7 long years till 1985 when “Third Stage” finally came out. That first album of theirs is like a rock-n-roll holy shrine, even the cover art. Brad Delp’s vocals are among the best that ANY music genre has ever produced (RIP). You have a lot to look forward to.

  • @russallert
    @russallert Рік тому +1

    A lot of bands definitely took their cues from Boston, with varying results. Even an old warhorse like Jefferson Starship remade themselves into a Boston/Journey type band. The second Boston album was not quite on the same level as the first album, but that's the problem when you re-invent the wheel on your first try. Tom Scholz and Brad Delp (with a bit of help from others) took eight years to make the first album on their own. It took two years for the Boston band as a whole (with Scholz at the helm) to make the second album, and it shows. Still, any self-respecting band would be proud to have made that 2nd album - it's not great, but it is good.

  • @famat161
    @famat161 Рік тому +2

    My vote is "Hitch a Ride". The guitar solo is....hmmm. I can not describe it.

  • @cherylwoodward
    @cherylwoodward Рік тому

    Hitch a Ride from the debut is stunning. But you need to do Foreplay/Long Time probably first. It’s the introductory song we all heard from Boston. Imagine that!

  • @toddalderson7050
    @toddalderson7050 Рік тому +1

    If you like Boston you must listen to Foreplay/Longtime. Will not disappoint.

  • @pamelawertz498
    @pamelawertz498 Рік тому

    Peace of Mind. Foreplay/Long Time. Also Rock n Roll Band. Those are all great.

  • @andmicbro1
    @andmicbro1 Рік тому

    Foreplay/Long Time is another great one. But Peace of Mind might be my favorite Boston song. That ending night be my favorite rock song ending ever.

  • @LivingWatersUtube
    @LivingWatersUtube Рік тому

    Brad Delp is singing it all on the first albums. THAT tells you something about him!

  • @cazgerald9471
    @cazgerald9471 Рік тому

    Their first album is one of the greatest debut albums in rock history. "Don't Look Back" is their 2nd album.

  • @olibertosoto5470
    @olibertosoto5470 Рік тому +3

    There's no choice but to go forward 👍🏼 Unfortunately music had already become so commercialised back in my day that freedom of creativity was suffering. Just hope we're not willing to give our music away to AI in the future!

  • @ziggymarlowe5654
    @ziggymarlowe5654 Рік тому +3

    Just wait until you hear Foreplay/Longplay, it's fire 🔥🔥🔥

  • @ericalhalaby7671
    @ericalhalaby7671 Рік тому

    What you experienced from the two Boston tracks you reviewed is, what has sadly gone missing since the start of the 21st century, a
    great sense of melody, this pure hot caramel to the ears and soul. I would suggest you go back to their first album to experience, what
    I feel, are their next best two melodic gems: "Peace of mind" and "Foreplay/Long Time". Have fun!

  • @KipArmadillo
    @KipArmadillo Рік тому

    Naughty By Nature might be a good hip hop comp. Shorter run at the upper echelon but with big early hits that everybody knows. Boston's first 3 albums are outstanding. Brad was one of the best classic rock vocalists and Scholz was a maestro.

  • @robertjohnson5796
    @robertjohnson5796 Рік тому

    I am raising my hand for "Hitch a Ride".

  • @basementproductionz
    @basementproductionz Рік тому +1

    The whole album is good

  • @alansmith7626
    @alansmith7626 Рік тому

    they or he just layered this so well...is like a lasagna, just layers and layers of Good! 😊

  • @jamessweet5341
    @jamessweet5341 Рік тому

    IIRC Boston was in a dispute with their record company and it kept them from releasing anything for a couple years after their smash debut album. Many worried they'd never come back.....but this blew it all away. A stunning return in great form. BTW ditch the banner.

  • @johncarpenter3751
    @johncarpenter3751 Рік тому

    I love TOOL and I love Boston

  • @fullmoonprepping4024
    @fullmoonprepping4024 Рік тому +1

    You gotta keep listening! Tom Scholz played everything but the drums and innvented tech to get the sound right. No computers or synthesizers. Many bands of the 80s used his gear, but noone souonds like his music. He takes a very long time creating the music. Don't Look Back being the exception with 2 years and that's because the Label pushed him then took the tracks he had laid down but weren't finished to his liking. Third Stage came out nearly 8 years later, mostly because of litigation around contract demands. Scholz's lawsuit changed the industry for the better for other artists. Just keep listening, the entire first album is singular. Try Foreplay/Longtime.

  • @sailinbob11
    @sailinbob11 Рік тому

    I don't know for sure but saw Boston late 70s (?) and I read/heard they all have Master Degrees in music so we shouldn't be surprised. I know I enjoy it.

  • @roberormonde
    @roberormonde 7 місяців тому

    If you look back you'll turn this Stone

  • @gregoryhartung5646
    @gregoryhartung5646 Рік тому

    Who else saw a giant banner covering his face starting 4:58?

  • @seanroy6866
    @seanroy6866 Рік тому

    Syed, digging the channel bruh. Please listen again carefully. The lyrics are some of the greatest lyrics ever written. Have you ever faced a struggle or had to overcome? The song is about overcoming your situation, rebirth, renewal, and recommitment to being the best version of you. It finally builds into a crescendo that sounds like victory!!! Listen again, and tell me if you agree. Then listen to foreplay Long Time.

  • @Lexwell_Lavers
    @Lexwell_Lavers Рік тому

    I always thought Boston sounded like a pop version of the Eagles. Very similar sounding in many ways imo. Guns N Roses is actually similar to The Rolling Stones during the period of Beggar's Banquet through It's Only Rock N Roll albums.

  • @neilandfi
    @neilandfi Рік тому

    Good tune, and as per, a good ,intelligent reaction.
    Personally though, this would not have been my 2nd choice from Boston.
    That would be Foreplay/Long Time (really they're one track).
    I think you'd like it.

  • @philf4086
    @philf4086 15 днів тому

    What is with the weird banner across the screen for the majority of the video?

  • @robmaeder330
    @robmaeder330 Рік тому

    I'm sure others said it, but this is by far the best track on album 2. But all of album 1 is top notch. Perhaps the best initial Rick album of all time.

  • @raeann63
    @raeann63 Рік тому +11

    why is there a HUGE banner smack dab in the middle of your video advertising another video of yours? kinda ruined this boston reaction for me.

    • @lauraschwartz1077
      @lauraschwartz1077 Рік тому +2

      Agree, was gonna post the same thing. Otherwise great reaction!

    • @realitybytez
      @realitybytez Рік тому +1

      can't even see his face. kind of defeats the point of a "reaction" video.

  • @benhinds2971
    @benhinds2971 Рік тому

    Nobody thinks the other one was one of the best. Something you may not have considered: When this album came out it was huge. There is no debate on it being one the biggest selling debut albums in history. It had a huge impact on that generation who are now nostalgic for the simpler 70s.
    In my high school days the biggest debuts were GnRoses and a little later Nirvana (that album wasnt their debut, but nobody remembers Bleach. I loved it.)

  • @tonys2899
    @tonys2899 Рік тому

    Foreplay/Longtime next

  • @mikepeterman8441
    @mikepeterman8441 Рік тому +1

    Enjoyed watching your forehead.

  • @montemurdoch5032
    @montemurdoch5032 Рік тому

    Try Theocracy then if you want more to bite on. And Kansas songs!

  • @roberormonde
    @roberormonde Рік тому

    Dont look back you will turn to stone

  • @roccaclassico9028
    @roccaclassico9028 Рік тому

    The two "Boston" songs you've heard are great, but neither features the exquisite keyboards (Hammond organ) played by Tom Scholz. You need to react to "Foreplay / Long Time", "Smokin'", and "Hitch a Ride" to fully appreciate this band.

  • @ronparsons8786
    @ronparsons8786 Рік тому +1

    Do Hitch a Ride...

  • @TheCornishCockney
    @TheCornishCockney Рік тому +19

    Overdone it with the massive banner this time mate.

    • @tomcurtis8431
      @tomcurtis8431 Рік тому +1

      I had to stop watching because the banner blocked everything but his forehead.

    • @jackr2323
      @jackr2323 11 місяців тому

      Can’t give you a “thumbs up” for a “reaction” when you can’t even SEE your reaction for that STUPID banner.

  • @howardgott4946
    @howardgott4946 Рік тому +2

    If you could only buy ONE ‘70s rock album ..what would you buy?

    • @Lexwell_Lavers
      @Lexwell_Lavers Рік тому

      Zuma from Neil Young

    • @howardgott4946
      @howardgott4946 Рік тому +1

      Good choice..I’ve no idea what I’d buy, such a wide range to choose from, 70s was definitely the best era

  • @chriseasterling5506
    @chriseasterling5506 Рік тому

    This is definitely “second tier” Boston. Great song from their l second album, but a step below their debut album which was a masterpiece. That entire debut album definitely deserves your deep analysis. The song Foreplay/Longtime is a magical ride!

  • @ThePittsburghToddy
    @ThePittsburghToddy Рік тому

    Boston kinda like OutKast? Maybe…🖖🏼

  • @roberormonde
    @roberormonde 10 місяців тому

    No Boston differnt there positive

  • @sjcamcam8189
    @sjcamcam8189 10 місяців тому

    Great review but i think it has nothing to do with the style of Guns & Roses,good video though.

  • @jackr2323
    @jackr2323 11 місяців тому

    WHAT IS THIS FUCKED UP BANNER across the screen half way through the damn video???!!

  • @420catson
    @420catson Рік тому

    syed, youve been doing this for so long and havent listen to the grateful dead yet! if you love uplifting songs, theyre where you need to look. grateful dead is known as a jam band, their lead guitarist jerry garcia is one of the best improvisers to ever do it!

  • @matthewglidden4860
    @matthewglidden4860 Рік тому

    I hesitate to say they pioneered the 'pick slide' sound, but they certainly made use of it in almost every song and I believe that any band after them got the idea from Boston.

  • @ajentgen7943
    @ajentgen7943 Рік тому

    Dude...what's up with the plug for up coming videos blocking everything

  • @alansmith7626
    @alansmith7626 Рік тому

    why "modern music" is one note, one vibe....easier to appeal to the indoctrinated...think, Another brick in the wall....just sayin...

  • @jeffreyraines2572
    @jeffreyraines2572 Рік тому

    Brad is also the back singers. they looped his vocals over it.

  • @jenniferandrews1917
    @jenniferandrews1917 Рік тому

    I couldn’t even see your face because of your Beatles ad. I’m not a fan of that. I read your face for the reaction.

  • @lipby
    @lipby Рік тому

    I've always hated Boston. Overproduced corporate rock. As a lyric guy, I'd think you'd want to concentrate more on pure songwriters like Joni Mitchell, early Randy Newman, Leonard Cohen (especially his stuff from the 90s), Warren Zevon, Neil Young, etc.

  • @izzonj
    @izzonj Рік тому +1

    Boston was so overplayed on the radio when they came out I really grew to hate them. Then the dreary days of disco came and maybe 8 years later I heard some Boston and actually felt nostalgic for them. Now, when I listen, I don't like them. All their songs are pretty similar - loud walls of guitars, screeching vocals, weird spacey tricks - but with no space in the music. Nothing very interesting to me. I know I'm probably in the minority of R&R fans.

    • @Lexwell_Lavers
      @Lexwell_Lavers Рік тому

      This jocks in the parking lot drinking beer music. I was the pot smoking at a friend's house or ranch property type of music. Cowboys and stoners were of the same ilk were I went to highschool in the 70s.

  • @sueharviel6510
    @sueharviel6510 Рік тому

    The large banner that covered your face for much of the video was super annoying. Just an FYI

  • @grelch
    @grelch Рік тому

    Don't Look Back is a decent song, but.. slow down now. You skipped a whole bunch of much, much better songs from the debut album. All the top tier Boston songs are on the first album.

  • @UpChuckn
    @UpChuckn Рік тому

    Was really enjoying this until BAM! Why is there a big old ad in the middle of the screen. It doesn't go away after a few seconds. That is AWFUL. Almost makes it unwatchable. Stop doing that please

  • @IZZY_EDIBLE
    @IZZY_EDIBLE Рік тому

    That centerscreen banner sucks! You covered up your own face AND the lyrics, thus removing the entire purpose for a reaction video at all.
    Just to advertise your other reaction videos. The irony is brutal!

  • @michele-33
    @michele-33 Рік тому

    I was never a huge Boston fan. I like the same things about them that you do.
    They're great musicians but not original enough.
    They certainly received alot of airplay on classic rock radio.
    Myself..I prefer Guns -n- Roses.

  • @ghfantexas6848
    @ghfantexas6848 Рік тому

    What is the point of having lyrics up if you’re going to put up advertisements across the screen about the Beatles and John Lennon? So freakin disappointed dude. Why did you do that? I am trying to watch something right now and you’re screwing it up. Stop it!

  • @roberormonde
    @roberormonde 7 місяців тому

    So you mean this modern music?They have no talent you're right

  • @rudedogmat
    @rudedogmat Рік тому

    Love you're reactions but I won't be able to to watch anymore with that gigantic banner covering most of your screen.
    Bye.