ROCKIN!| FIRST TIME HEARING Boston - Foreplay/Long Time REACTION

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  • @chetstevensq
    @chetstevensq Рік тому +958

    I had no audio the first 57 seconds, no sound until the album started to play. Love Boston, truly one of the greatest albums ever released in the decade of awesome music. Notice the album cover is guitars disguised as spaceships.

  • @jackiegerspachhas4237
    @jackiegerspachhas4237 Рік тому +32

    You can’t beat 70’s music!!!!!!

  • @jeffreyflint6286
    @jeffreyflint6286 Рік тому +370

    When this album came out in 1976, you drove around in your car with this on 8 track playing it just as loud as you could!'man do I miss being 17. 🤟🤟
    Rock and Roll Forever man!!!!!🤟🤟

  • @pathfollower
    @pathfollower Рік тому +74

    75 million records sold and not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!?!?

    • @michaeltrana474
      @michaeltrana474 7 місяців тому +17

      Which is beyond
      absurd, and ridiculous.

    • @marcdewey1242
      @marcdewey1242 7 місяців тому +10

      Katy Perry will probably get in before they do,since whomever is in charge of dominating artists for the hof don't know thier butt from a hole in the ground when it comes to rock.

    • @backslash68
      @backslash68 5 місяців тому +1

      The reason is: Boston is not really a band, it's a studio creation of mastermind Tom Scholz plus other musicians (although Brad Delp is an amazing vocalist)

    • @allenwhitmer8192
      @allenwhitmer8192 5 місяців тому +2

      ​@@backslash68wrong, just wrong. Sholz made a bunch of demo tapes in what you're describing. But he formed the band shortly there after, starting with Delp. Over the years, there have been almost 30 members in the group. Should be in the Hall

    • @danielwright3929
      @danielwright3929 4 місяці тому +1

      But, yet Eminem is.

  • @stephenhuber1219
    @stephenhuber1219 Рік тому +447

    Brad Delp is often overlooked as one of the greatest rock vocalists.

    • @mikeking3507
      @mikeking3507 Рік тому +11

      it's a shame because not only could he sing, he was one of the nicest guys you could ever wanna meet

    • @brianmcmaster5112
      @brianmcmaster5112 Рік тому +12

      Isn't that a damned shame and I hated that he took his own life. That sucked

    • @tonygreene3941
      @tonygreene3941 Рік тому +13

      You can youtube an isolated vocal track of More Than a Feeling, You will never settle for American Idol again, phenom.

    • @caryriggs5719
      @caryriggs5719 Рік тому +10

      Not by me. He is in my top 5

    • @isaackovitz4791
      @isaackovitz4791 Рік тому +6

      I don't think he is overlooked - everyone mentions his name when you are talking about the greatest of all time.

  • @Michael-cf9cj
    @Michael-cf9cj Рік тому +179

    That transition from Foreplay to Long Time is, in my opinion, the greatest transition in all of Rock music. It is absolutely mind-blowing whether you're hearing it for the first time or the 100th time.

    • @toddstevens13
      @toddstevens13 Рік тому +1

      Pink Floyd on Line 2 for you, lol.

    • @Michael-cf9cj
      @Michael-cf9cj Рік тому

      @@toddstevens13 got a particular Pink Floyd song in mind?

    • @toddstevens13
      @toddstevens13 Рік тому

      @@Michael-cf9cj For a couple, the entirety of The Wall, and Dark Side of The Moon, for another Have a Cigar/Wish You Were Here. That is just for starters.

    • @toddstevens13
      @toddstevens13 Рік тому

      @@Michael-cf9cj Or Journey's Feeling That Way/Anytime... Hey yours is a great twosome as well, no doubt. There are hundreds of really good transitional old and young , like The Guess Who's "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature, etc.

    • @jasonremy1627
      @jasonremy1627 Рік тому +1

      It's certainly in the running.

  • @aks4204
    @aks4204 Рік тому +229

    This whole album is amazing!

    • @greg2976
      @greg2976 Рік тому +14

      One Of the BEST First album debuts of all time!!!!!

    • @davideberhart9523
      @davideberhart9523 Рік тому +9

      Every song was a smash. I wore my needle on my player out, I played it so much.

    • @TheLinuxYes
      @TheLinuxYes Рік тому +10

      Scholz did most of it in his basement. he was a Polaroid engineer at the time.

    • @stewartbrew9635
      @stewartbrew9635 Рік тому +4

      Yep

    • @seantreme8772
      @seantreme8772 Рік тому +2

      Absolutely love this album but I think Third Stage is my fav!!!

  • @caryriggs5719
    @caryriggs5719 Рік тому +163

    Widely considered the best debut album ever. You can take the debut part out and it's just one of the finest albums ever recorded from start to finish. Absolutely zero filler. Every track stands on it's own.

    • @dturasky19
      @dturasky19 Рік тому +4

      Its one on the list, others for consideration: Led Zeppelin 1 , GNR Appetite, The Doors, Van Halen 1, The Cars , Pearl Jam 10, Lynyrd Skynyrd Pronounced Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jimi Are you experienced, Steeley Dan Cant Buy a Thrill

    • @caryriggs5719
      @caryriggs5719 Рік тому +2

      @@dturasky19 Excellent choices.

    • @shavingdave1
      @shavingdave1 Рік тому +1

      Agree!

    • @jeffwestcott6902
      @jeffwestcott6902 Рік тому +4

      Absolutely. I've heard it referred to as "Boston's Greatest Hits" part 1. lol

    • @shawnbartz9818
      @shawnbartz9818 Рік тому +2

      100%. There isn’t a single track from this entire album that doesn’t get airplay. I can’t think of any other album that has that distinction.

  • @manmythlegend078
    @manmythlegend078 Рік тому +207

    When Boston first came out nobody sounded like them.
    Tom scholz is a musical genius... He arranged all of the different instruments music pretty sure he played all of them on the record too except for drums. The lead singer Brad Delp is definitely underrated.
    Definitely one of the best albums of all time.

    • @Dr_Bombay
      @Dr_Bombay Рік тому +8

      AND he invented the Rockman to get the sound he wanted out of his guitars. It's why NOBODY sounded like them when they came out.

    • @johnboehmer6683
      @johnboehmer6683 Рік тому +14

      I daresay to this day no one has ever sounded like them. Always a GREAT thing when a group can make truly quality songs, and carve out their own unique sound.

    • @triggerwarning5762
      @triggerwarning5762 Рік тому +7

      ​@@Dr_Bombay He said after all the album sales and concert tours, he felt he was truly a success when he got a Rockman warranty card sent in by Ronnie Wood of the Stones.
      (Tom did invent all the effects on the record, but that's not the Rockman. The Rockman is a little headphone amp you clip onto your belt. You can walk waround your backyard and practice.)

    • @PongGod
      @PongGod Рік тому +6

      @@johnboehmer6683 I was about to say exactly the same thing. Unique sound then and nobody has done anything quite like it since.

    • @elgonwilliams7624
      @elgonwilliams7624 Рік тому +11

      Tom studied engineering at MIT. That doesn't get mentioned that much anymore when talking about the origins of Boston. Also, he did most of this album in his basement studio and after the fact recruited members of a band to play it live.

  • @kentmains7763
    @kentmains7763 Рік тому +122

    For a whole summer you heard this album blasting out of open car windows all over the city. Every song got steady radio play, a perfect album.

    • @johnirving5949
      @johnirving5949 Рік тому +3

      I was in high school ten years after this album came out and we were blasting the album out of our car windows! Ten years after that any time I heard it play in a bar everybody stopped what they were doing and clapped along. One of the greatest rock songs ever!

    • @old300texan5
      @old300texan5 Рік тому +4

      One of those cars was my '65 Mustang, lol.

    • @Skinnerposse
      @Skinnerposse Рік тому +6

      Whole summer my ass. I still blast it to this day and forever. Only one of very few albums for me that I can say I never have skipped a song on.

    • @kellypullen9722
      @kellypullen9722 Рік тому

      I know I did, running around DM, IA in the 90's....🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

    • @Michael-os2xd
      @Michael-os2xd Рік тому +1

      ​@@old300texan5.mine too . 65 muscle car

  • @salbro5985
    @salbro5985 Рік тому +106

    The only album I can think of where *every* single song on it still gets radio play. Such a great album.

    • @haynesworld1
      @haynesworld1 Рік тому +4

      Back in Black

    • @salbro5985
      @salbro5985 Рік тому +1

      @@haynesworld1 Yep, I stand corrected!

    • @Kaddywompous
      @Kaddywompous Рік тому +1

      Thriller is the only other I can think of.

    • @katehaynes5735
      @katehaynes5735 10 місяців тому +1

      I agree with first comment, EVERY song!

  • @7of9RebelHarborth
    @7of9RebelHarborth Рік тому +95

    This entire album is pure gold! Think about this, no auto-tune, no computer enhanced music, no piped in players. Sheer raw powerful talent!

  • @michaelcoffey1991
    @michaelcoffey1991 Рік тому +101

    Boston is severely unknown by the younger generations some great albums and great songs.

    • @heatherqualy9143
      @heatherqualy9143 Рік тому +2

      I actually don’t know many kids under the age of 15 that don’t know More Than A Feeling. Besides all the other constant ads and movies that use it, they all know it from the Disney movie Inside Out. Every. Lyric.

    • @crusaderxavier
      @crusaderxavier Рік тому

      @@heatherqualy9143I’m 14 💀. I love boston

  • @rmasters78
    @rmasters78 Рік тому +7

    I saw them in concert late 70s. No music like the kind of music I grew up with. Glad you enjoyed them!

  • @basilclemmings6525
    @basilclemmings6525 Рік тому +242

    I'm so glad that you both enjoyed it. This is my favorite song off that album. Even 42 years later it still evoke the same emotions in me.

    • @greglegakis4177
      @greglegakis4177 Рік тому +7

      Thanks for trying to make me feel younger but it's been 47 years. Amen to your sentiment though

    • @sheilaferren9134
      @sheilaferren9134 Рік тому +4

      @@greglegakis4177 😆

    • @davidmhewett44
      @davidmhewett44 Рік тому +8

      Smokin has to be my favorite. The organ is mind boggling.

    • @richardsteiner8992
      @richardsteiner8992 Рік тому +6

      I love all of the songs on their debut album, but this song is my fave as well. I jam to it every few weeks. LOUDLY! 🙂
      1976 was a VERY good year for music!

    • @gpxo11
      @gpxo11 Рік тому +1

      @@richardsteiner8992 well for AOR-hot 100 billboard chart hits not so much

  • @PlayIt4Wordgames
    @PlayIt4Wordgames Рік тому +18

    Such a sad story: lead singer Bradley Delp committed suicide some years ago. Best rock voice of the 70s if not ever!

  • @sheilaferren9134
    @sheilaferren9134 Рік тому +83

    As a teenager of the 70's it thrills me to see my music transend to the younger generations!!!!! And how much you love the guitar licks and the fact that the drummers of this era were no longer there only to keep the beat. Now you know why concerts then were so much fun. ENJOY!!!!

  • @tom30601
    @tom30601 Рік тому +13

    Make sure your foot is not over the accelerator pedal during the transition from Foreplay to Long Time, or you will see blue lights in your rear view mirror and you will be wondering how your car was suddenly going so fast!!!

  • @FUBAR1986
    @FUBAR1986 Рік тому +82

    This was their introductory album and not a bad song on it❤❤❤❤❤✌🏽☮️🤲🙏🙏🙏

    • @johnboehmer6683
      @johnboehmer6683 Рік тому +3

      Not an ok song either... just excellence from start to finish.

  • @firaonoyus2112
    @firaonoyus2112 Рік тому +8

    "Don't forget me when I'm been gone". RIP Brad Delp, we'll never forget you.

  • @surlechapeau
    @surlechapeau Рік тому +156

    Jay & Amber, from one of the greatest debut albums of all-time!!!
    The genius of Tom Scholz on guitar and majority of the songwriting!!
    Brad Delp is the only vocalist. Overdubbing and other production magic allows him to harmonize with himself. Great rock vocalist!!

    • @davidgreene6607
      @davidgreene6607 Рік тому +7

      Correct me if I'm wrong, didn't Tom play all the instruments on this album and he recorded it in his basement studio.

    • @triggerwarning5762
      @triggerwarning5762 Рік тому +4

      ​@@davidgreene6607 He also created all the phasers, flangers, chorus, and space reverb effects used on the album.

    • @theaspiephotographer
      @theaspiephotographer Рік тому +4

      @@davidgreene6607 Besides Scholz, who played most of the instruments on nearly all of the tracks, and Delp, other musicians appear on the album such as drummers Jim Masdea and Sib Hashian, guitarist Barry Goudreau and bassist Fran Sheehan. All except Masdea became full-time band members.

    • @garycp70
      @garycp70 Рік тому +2

      RIP Brad Delp❤

    • @keithosmond5730
      @keithosmond5730 Рік тому

      @@Spo-Dee-O-Dee You knew someone woould ask, so... what was No. 1?

  • @louisdellavalle2159
    @louisdellavalle2159 Рік тому +4

    1976. I was a senior in high school, this album was everywhere

  • @rifki9055
    @rifki9055 Рік тому +106

    Big RIP 🙏 TO BRAD DELP! Killer vocals 👏👏👏

    • @brianmcmaster5112
      @brianmcmaster5112 Рік тому +4

      I hated how he died

    • @Gman72400
      @Gman72400 Рік тому +1

      ❤😢

    • @leemiracle6840
      @leemiracle6840 Рік тому +2

      Also Sib the drummer.

    • @paulramer5003
      @paulramer5003 Рік тому +3

      True story: my uncle lived in the same town years later as Brad. They met as their daughters were both talking horse riding lessons at the same place. My other cousin , Rick, found out (he was away at college) and asked my uncle to get Brad to autograph the Boston poster Rick had in his room. My uncle said no, he wouldn’t bother Brad with something like that. Rick was bummed.
      He came home at Spring break and saw the poster. My uncle had it autographed, but to himself! Rick still has it.

    • @magneto7930
      @magneto7930 Рік тому

      ​@@brianmcmaster5112 For such a likable human being, it was horrible news!

  • @chopperdeath
    @chopperdeath Рік тому +14

    I know for a fact, that being born in 1969 exposed me to the best music of all time at the right age. I'm a lucky guy.

    • @ruffnerr
      @ruffnerr 8 місяців тому +2

      1967 here, so I get you

    • @davidfreligh680
      @davidfreligh680 8 місяців тому +1

      Uh you missed out on a lot…1961….

  • @pkster322
    @pkster322 Рік тому +67

    Boston music still holds up today. It's something that transcends time itself.

  • @iluvitall2743
    @iluvitall2743 26 днів тому +2

    Scholz is an MIT-trained engineer who designed and built his own recording studio in an apartment basement in the early 1970s. Scholz’s role within the global rock music scene of the 1970s and 1980s, however, was one of much more magnitude than merely being Boston’s guitarist. Thanks to his engineering prowess and the perfectionism he showed while producing and recording, Scholz was a catalyst for sonic and technological improvements in rock music, leaving us with musical inventions and songs that have stood the test of time. Scholz Research & Development (SR&D) While continuing to write music for and perform with Boston, Scholz established the DTS Charitable Foundation, with missions to protect animals, help the homeless, and contribute to the conclusion of world hunger.

  • @toddmichelfelder3417
    @toddmichelfelder3417 Рік тому +75

    Literally one of the greatest debut albums of all time!!!

    • @johnboehmer6683
      @johnboehmer6683 Рік тому +2

      I think it was the #1 album in sales ever until Thriller overtook it around '87 or '88. Last time I looked it was still around #18. But in my opinion, one of the top 5 non-greatest hits albums ever made, #1 debut album for sure.

    • @johnboehmer6683
      @johnboehmer6683 Рік тому

      @@Spo-Dee-O-Dee
      You're right, but I'm sure for a time in the 80s that Boston album pulled ahead of all for a while...

    • @johnboehmer6683
      @johnboehmer6683 Рік тому

      @@Spo-Dee-O-Dee
      Ok, well either your source was wrong or mine was...

  • @jackiebinns6205
    @jackiebinns6205 Рік тому +31

    We were simply spoiled by the music ! We had it so good kids 😍👭

  • @davidhumiston6500
    @davidhumiston6500 Рік тому +77

    You can never get tired of Boston every one of their albums is awesome

    • @johnboehmer6683
      @johnboehmer6683 Рік тому +3

      Them and Chicago both had SO MANY excellent, feel-good, summer time - type jams. And like you said, that type of vibe simply does not grow old. Chicago had the rare clunker, but I don't know if Boston had any (though of course they didn't do a ton of songs).

    • @thehonestwoodcutterbradywe8011
      @thehonestwoodcutterbradywe8011 Рік тому +1

      What an epic band

  • @Marsha8of9
    @Marsha8of9 Рік тому +51

    In 1978 at 13 yrs old, I saw Boston in concert and this was their only album. They played every song, came back for two encores and replayed every song from the album. Such an awesome experience and debut album. Every song is a classic. I know I may have bought this album a couple of times-cuz I wore out the others with so many listens. So happy you love this excellent music from Boston.

    • @joshhencik1849
      @joshhencik1849 Рік тому +2

      There are not many bands that could come out and do the entire concert twice, but Boston is one... probably the only one.

    • @hawnyfox3411
      @hawnyfox3411 Рік тому

      Good post Marsha - I saw Boston 'Live' at the Rainbow Theatre in London in Oct' 1979
      That means I got to see my American hero, Mr Tom Scholz play live & exhibit his immense talent
      First time I ever heard "finged tapping" live, before I'd heard Eddie V.H doing it regularly....
      Tom sounded like Mozart on the guitar (& played keyboards lightning fast. live too)
      Just like you Marsha, I was also a Teenager & I bought multiple copies of each of their albums
      Have a listen to "Cool The Engines" from their 3rd album and it's superb preceding track "We're Ready"
      Boston & Tom Scholz at their finest

    • @melisagingrich6543
      @melisagingrich6543 9 місяців тому

      Actually I have their second album which isn't near as good but still excellent!

  • @randallyoung8360
    @randallyoung8360 Рік тому +87

    Boston is one of my all times favorite bands. Never get tired of hearing the music.

    • @veadairavani5692
      @veadairavani5692 Рік тому +3

      1976, and I bought Boston's album, and was freakin' blown away!! I actually can't believe you haven't reacted to this earlier. But definitely, the best track on the album!!

  • @shannonmanning6166
    @shannonmanning6166 Рік тому +11

    When the acoustic guitar and the claps come on, and you smile like that, you are definitely my people. Love you guys.

  • @johnsteve2377
    @johnsteve2377 Рік тому +52

    Can't really describe how big this album was when it came out...everyone I knew bought it.

  • @baird5776mullet
    @baird5776mullet Рік тому +29

    This was a really cool time in the mid 70's, i turned 19 in 1976 the North had Boston and the South had Lynyed Skynyrd and both were damn good, there will never be another time like it, sad but true.

    • @nowiamfree.4882
      @nowiamfree.4882 Рік тому +2

      Those were the days! This song takes me back there instantly. We ALL loved it. I didn't know anyone that didn't like this or the entire album. I'm from the south and I always preferred Boston to LS.

    • @TheRagratus
      @TheRagratus Рік тому +3

      The Midwest has Kansas and the West Coast had the Eagles. The 70's had the best music PERIOD.

  • @sandys1445
    @sandys1445 Рік тому +29

    Saw them in concert years ago- the moment the guys walk onto the stage EVERYONE stood up and no one sat back down. They sounded just like the album!

    • @briandeeley1599
      @briandeeley1599 Рік тому

      The lead singer died years ago, don't see how it could sound just like the album.

    • @markvanderstelt8999
      @markvanderstelt8999 Рік тому +1

      i remember seeing you there .

    • @sandys1445
      @sandys1445 Рік тому +2

      @@briandeeley1599 I didn't say how many years ago...I saw them in 1994. Brad died in 2007,

    • @briandeeley1599
      @briandeeley1599 Рік тому +1

      @@sandys1445 Sorry I need new glasses 😕🤓

  • @MichaelLee-f1u
    @MichaelLee-f1u Рік тому +9

    Foreplay is how I would describe the Northern Lights to a blind person.

    • @jasonbailey2000
      @jasonbailey2000 4 місяці тому

      LOL. That is hilarious and perfectly accurate.

  • @jaybo6881
    @jaybo6881 5 місяців тому +11

    There was a LOT of 6x9 car speakers blown back in the day listening to this!1

  • @metalmark1214
    @metalmark1214 Рік тому +23

    One of the best debut albums of all time. It sold 17million copies in the U.S. and 20 million worldwide.

  • @pacebrison1453
    @pacebrison1453 Рік тому +28

    This, Thunderstruck, and Bohemian Rhapsody are the songs I’ve seen the most reactions to. I’m shocked, SHOCKED, to find my favorite reaction channel is just now getting to this song. One million points to Gryffindor! Not sure how much Boston you’ve done, but the album this song comes from is a virtual treasure trove of hot jams. It’s from their self titled debut album, Boston, released in either 1975 or 1976. You will not be disappointed.

    • @brianmcmaster5112
      @brianmcmaster5112 Рік тому +1

      They need to react to Thunderstruck, Stat

    • @lmdashley6725
      @lmdashley6725 Рік тому +3

      @Brian McMaster I believe J's very first reaction was to Thunderstruck, but it was on a friend's channel. J was the only one he could get to react to it. J hated it at first but then started bobbing his head and started getting into it. He ended up loving it, and that's probably what started him doing this channel.
      I don't remember the guy's name to find that video again, but it was awesome!

    • @valogden
      @valogden Рік тому +2

      It's Rome Life reactions. I remember seeing J watching it that first time.

    • @lmdashley6725
      @lmdashley6725 Рік тому

      @@valogden Yes, that sounds familiar! Thank you!
      Will see if I can find it again.. 😁

  • @alesiabradley5399
    @alesiabradley5399 7 місяців тому +10

    One of the best intros of rock ever the anticipation and finally the song a masterpiece!.

  • @kevinehle6637
    @kevinehle6637 Рік тому +26

    Awesome!! Many rock purists put this in the top 10 greatest Rock songs. Best instrumentation ever... IMO.

  • @paperbagfilms
    @paperbagfilms Рік тому +9

    Still one of the best cruising tunes. I’m a rocker from the ‘70s and ‘80s. Every rocker had Boston, on vinyl…

  • @7391jammer
    @7391jammer Рік тому +8

    Boston was one of my dad's favorite bands and this song was the last song that I heard with him too. R.I.P. Dad

  • @73cgreene
    @73cgreene Рік тому +46

    Tom Scholtz composed all the songs and played all the instruments on that album. And he did all the mixing and sound engineering. Brad Delp did ALL the vocals. All that amazing harmony? One guy. I can only imagine what must have been an interesting discussion when they decided to tour. Given the body of work, how would they find a band good enough to hold up to the sheer genius behind sound they produced? Amazin talent. Amazing album. One of the best songs of all time. Thank you for doing the reaction!!

    • @ptournas
      @ptournas Рік тому +1

      Tom didn't play all the instruments on the album. The rest of the band played on about a third of the album except Sibby played all the drums with the exception of one drum track which Tom snuck in from Jim Masdea's track on the demo. Tom did the mixing with John Boylan, the producer from Epic Records. Boylan gave Tom most of the control but jumped in when needed. He flew out a sound engineer from Epic to show Tom how to properly record the acoustic. He did the same thing when they recorded Sibby's drums in an LA studio. And he made him turn down the guitars when they did the final mix in LA, because Tom kept pushing them to levels that were drowning out the vocals.
      He only had to find a bass player and drummer for the band. Brad Delp and Barry Goodreau had been helping with the demos and arrangements for about 4 years, along with Jim Masdea. They had already played early versions of many of the songs on the albums in clubs around the Bodton area.

    • @neechee5150
      @neechee5150 Рік тому +2

      @73cgreene so much Boston urban legend out there now days. Tom did NOT write all of the songs on this record. Brad wrote Let Me Take You Home and he co-wrote Smokin'. If you want to talk about engineering, Tom's demo tape drum tracks were to quote producer John Boylan, "amateurish". They were so bad that Boylan hired LA engineer Paul Grupp to go to Toms studio to tutor Tom on how to record acoustic instruments properly and proper mic technique. Boylan then had all acoustic instrument tracks redone
      This record was mixed at Westlake Studios LA on their new and then top of the line API console. Boylan, engineer Warren Dewey and Tom mixed this record. All of Brads vocals were recorded by Boylan at Capital Studios Studio C in LA. The band as pictured on the back of the record played all of the parts on Let Me Take You Home. Let Me Take You Home was recorded in its entirety at The Record Plant LA. Then there is the fact that Epic refused to sign "Boston" until they heard these songs played live. Once they passed that test, Epic signed Brad and Tom to a record deal. A band was put together to play these songs before the record was even completed. Barry, Brad and Fran all played on these tracks. In addition, Tom did not play a single drum track on this record and the record is much better for it.
      Barry introduced Tom to Brad back in 69/70 about the time that Tom auditioned to play keyboards in Barry and Brads band. Barry, Brad, Jim Masdea and a bass player played the early versions of these songs for years in clubs for years before this record was even made. Barry did not have to take any time to learn these songs because he had been playing them for years before the record was released.
      Tom has not always been upfront and forthright about how this record really came to be and who contributed to the project to make this record what is was the and still is today.

    • @73cgreene
      @73cgreene Рік тому +1

      Dang, I stand corrected. Thanks for the info. Lesson learned - check facts before citing hearsay. Still a great album. I'll go read more.

    • @madmex123
      @madmex123 10 місяців тому

      Actually, Barry Goodreau plays all guitars on this track and this is literally the only track where his guitar work wasn’t discarded. Tom plays all keyboards on this one. The band was forced to re-record several tracks per an agreement they had with the record company, but in the end they ended up using most of the original recordings, as these were of superior quality than the new recordings, except for this track.

  • @RIXRADvidz
    @RIXRADvidz Рік тому +23

    Way back in the 1970's when this album came out, there was a burgeoning light show called, ''Laserium'' this was one of the songs in the premiere shows, the music the dancing lights on a planetarium's ceiling melted your mind without intoxicants or contaminants. Boston was a favorite of my younger sister, she brought in a lot of good music.

    • @briandeeley1599
      @briandeeley1599 Рік тому +3

      PinkFloyd Laser show!

    • @Paladin70
      @Paladin70 Рік тому +3

      Saw Laserium at Hayden Planetarium, Dark Side Of The Moon, back around 1976 or ‘77. Little hazy on the date, among other things, from that era.

  • @markherring3513
    @markherring3513 Рік тому +2

    Played 2 local shows to empty rooms when the album came out..by the 3rd local show (two weeks later) you couldnt get a ticket,by 4th show they were headlining a tour across America. The record shot up THAT quick.

  • @paulstewart6203
    @paulstewart6203 Рік тому +6

    Every song on this debut album was played regularly on the FM rock stations.

  • @terryv2006
    @terryv2006 Рік тому +2

    I saw Boston back in the 70s. The opened the show with this and there was a ginormous pipe organ that rose up from the back of the stage.

  • @lisarainbow9703
    @lisarainbow9703 Рік тому +9

    One of the greatest keyboard intros EVER!
    Such a feel-good song!

  • @loristone9242
    @loristone9242 Рік тому +8

    This song is phenomenal. I love that y'all reacted to it. Still sounds fresh, even today, decades later. After hearing it thousands and thousands of times. Boston were so far ahead of their time. Excellent choice.

  • @krusher70
    @krusher70 Рік тому +33

    Brad Delp's vocals are soo damn good! 🔥 🔥RIP 🙏

  • @Pete391
    @Pete391 Рік тому +1

    One of my favorite all time songs...I have probably listened to this song many thousands of times over my lifetime and Im 62......................

  • @TheNewRevolution
    @TheNewRevolution Рік тому +36

    You can literally listen to Boston's first 2 albums without ever skipping a song. They're all good. I still say Boston's first album is the best debut album of all time. If it's not... I'd like to know which one you think is. I'll take it over any debut album.

    • @dturasky19
      @dturasky19 Рік тому +6

      Its one on the list, others for consideration: Led Zeppelin 1 , GNR Appetite, The Doors, Van Halen 1, The Cars , Pearl Jam 10, Lynyrd Skynyrd Pronounced Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jimi Are you experienced, Steeley Dan Cant Buy a Thrill

    • @artvandelay4545
      @artvandelay4545 Рік тому +3

      Van Halens first. After that i got nothing.

    • @ArmandoMPR
      @ArmandoMPR Рік тому +2

      Marquee Moon by Television is better.

    • @TheNewRevolution
      @TheNewRevolution Рік тому +1

      @Doug Turasky some nice choices no doubt. I've considered all of them. I guess it's a choice of personal preference. Out of all those albums, Boston is still the only 1 where I never skip a song. I definitely listen to many of those albums without skipping a song. All great albums. The choices listed in some of the other comments are some of my favorite albums as well.

    • @dturasky19
      @dturasky19 Рік тому

      @@TheNewRevolution I cant pick just one! :)

  • @matthewteague623
    @matthewteague623 Рік тому +25

    I am a diehard Rush fan. But if I was forced to choose one single piece of music as the Greatest Song Ever.... well, honestly, I probably couldn't choose. But this would absolutely be HIGH in the running. It is pure perfection on so many levels, musically complex and easy to rock to. Lyrically a universal human vibe, so easily relateable. The song just puts an ear-to-ear grin on my face every single time.

    • @Augfordpdoggie
      @Augfordpdoggie Рік тому

      natural science

    • @jayballauer8353
      @jayballauer8353 Рік тому

      Attaboy. Rush is number 1 for me. Boston is number 2.

    • @peckpeckahson3005
      @peckpeckahson3005 11 місяців тому

      I agree this song just makes you wanna smile..what other upbeat songs are on your list?

  • @michaellockhart554
    @michaellockhart554 Рік тому +10

    They really do call it Foreplay for a reason, most awesome intro to a song ever

  • @inthegarage342
    @inthegarage342 Рік тому +1

    The way the bass and kick are locked tight like few others. Got turned on to Boston in the 90s as a teenager and never looked back.

  • @stevenveganightowl12
    @stevenveganightowl12 Рік тому +7

    "And time doesn't wait for me, it keeps rollin'", man, I love this line! Great reaction Jay & Amber..

  • @MsCatmando
    @MsCatmando Рік тому +1

    Always like listening to Boston. The music today can't compare to the music back then the music back then was awesome

  • @NeutronDance
    @NeutronDance Рік тому +6

    This was basically one guy in his basement with an 8 track

  • @markford4253
    @markford4253 Рік тому +3

    We were jamming in the 70’s man!

  • @CuttinEJ
    @CuttinEJ Рік тому +23

    On this album pretty much everything except drums and lead vocals is Tom Sholz. This is what he did in his spare time in his basement. Can you imagine?!?! One of my all time favorite songs and one of my favorite translations from Foreplay to Long Time when he fades in that growling power chord on his Les Paul and breaks straight into a blistering solo. Never gets old! Much love ❤️

    • @magneto7930
      @magneto7930 Рік тому +3

      Barry Goudreau plays all the guitar solos on Long Time.

    • @CuttinEJ
      @CuttinEJ Рік тому +2

      @@magneto7930, in the live performances, yes. But almost everything on this album was written, performed, recorded, engineered and produced by Tom Scholz. Music is/was his avocation. His side gig. I’ve read and watched quite a few interviews with him and I’m always amazed.

    • @magneto7930
      @magneto7930 Рік тому +1

      @Ed Johnson Almost, is very true. Tom Schultz is a genius , absolutely! However, Barry plays rhythm guitar on Foreplay, all the lead guitar solos on Long Time, and he plays guitar on Let Me Take You Home Tonight. That is just a well known, documented fact, and there is an interview with Barry where he says this as well.

    • @neechee5150
      @neechee5150 Рік тому

      What you are hearing is actually Barry Goudreau playing his SG custom. Barry also has a better vibrato and can play much faster and more legato phrasing than Tom as well.
      "So after laying down Sib and Jim's drum tracks, I settled in for the lengthy ordeal of reproducing a band's worth of bass, guitar and organ performances on the new, nearly identical, recording. Barry joined me to play the awesome lead guitar on "Long Time," and Fran to play the bass track for "Foreplay." In L.A., Brad's "Let Me Take You Home Tonight" was recorded in its entirety, and its the only song to embody performances of all five musicians that eventually ended up on stage for the first ever "Boston" concert in 1976.
      What you hear on this CD is the final result of that saga, meticulously remastered thirty years later. No synthesizers used"
      Tom Scholz 2006 Boston Remaster Liner Notes

  • @faithnyou1732
    @faithnyou1732 Рік тому +7

    I was 19 when this album was released in 1976. This song was my favorite, and at that age, everyone loved the high energy that came from bands like Boston, this was definitely one that you just had to crank up the volume! Loved this reaction! Thank you! ✌💙✌

  • @gregwasserman2635
    @gregwasserman2635 Рік тому +11

    This is my favorite song from "Boston". I loved it the first time I heard it. The "Foreplay" part sets the hook and reels you in. This is one of the most well engineered albums ever recorded. Brad Delp's vocals are so smooth; he sure didn't need autotune! This tune embodies classic rock of the 70s.

  • @Fernando-vg4ym
    @Fernando-vg4ym Рік тому +7

    For me it is impossible to listen to this song without turning up the volume. Way up!! This is THE song I think about when I hear the name "Boston". However, it is impossible to narrow to one song all of the hits they had. Boston was a phenomenon that will never be duplicated. I've been waiting for you to react to this song and... as usual, you didn't disappoint. Thank you. Well done, as usual.

  • @brianmcmaster5112
    @brianmcmaster5112 Рік тому +5

    One of the peak classic rock songs of ALL TIME. Just amazing.

  • @stevehamilton8824
    @stevehamilton8824 Рік тому +1

    The harmonies of the band Boston are amazing, but they produce incredible sounds in their style of music. Such a great tune! This is what classic 70's rock was all about. Bands took advantage of their ability to produce music that was unique and took liberties with not only the style of the music, but the length of time. Of course corporate music industry stepped in and controlled much of it later on. But this was an era of music with talented musicians and actual singers. No one needed American Idol or the Voice to make it. They paid their dues playing bars & clubs to fine tune their sounds and many were brilliant in doing so. Brings back so many memories of being a kid of about 7 or 8 riding my bike in the summer sun or jumping off docks in ponds we lived around.

  • @stevesilsby5288
    @stevesilsby5288 Рік тому +14

    There are no weak songs on their debut album. Choose any of them for a reaction and we'll be happy! Work through them until you've done all of them!

  • @robertserrato3596
    @robertserrato3596 Рік тому +1

    "peace of mind"is my favorite Boston song.

  • @dudeusmaximus6793
    @dudeusmaximus6793 Рік тому +8

    This album is literally high school for me. This was me and my buddy's jam. Cruisin' time, pop in some Boston, good to go.

  • @martymar1964
    @martymar1964 Рік тому +1

    My second live concert ever. I saw them in Spokane Coliseum in 1979. That was such an exciting great show. My ears rang for three days.

  • @LarrySalings
    @LarrySalings 5 місяців тому +3

    To prove how truly talented the musicians were of that day all the recordings were made from one track. Today there are dubs over dubs and Brad Delf wasn’t using voice Enhanchers. This was his pure voice. Amazing.

    • @neechee5150
      @neechee5150 2 місяці тому

      @LarrySalings said ,"all the recordings were made from one track. Today there are dubs over dubs"
      This is false. Do you even know how this record was made? Tom used a 12 track Scully one inch tape machine and there are MANY OVER DUBS on these tracks.

  • @josephmilitello647
    @josephmilitello647 Рік тому +1

    My first rock concert. Boston in 1978. Wild stage show, with orange, green, purple smoke filling the arena during Foreplay.

  • @jcavazosj
    @jcavazosj Рік тому +7

    I am so glad you guys finally listened to my favorite Boston song. This is what music is all about, testing the extremes of what you can do with a score. Good reaction too!!

  • @stephensmith3111
    @stephensmith3111 Рік тому +1

    Back in 2017, I had the pleasure to hear/see Boston at the Heartland Events Center at the Nebraska State Fair Grounds in Grand Island. This is a relatively modest facility and there were probably only about 500 people in attendance. This is one of those shows where they could have just phoned it in. But they did not, they kicked a..., ehr, tail (keep it family friendly)! One of my top 10 concerts that I have attended and I heard/seen a lot of the greats.

  • @raybernal6829
    @raybernal6829 Рік тому +3

    Without a doubt Top 5 debut albums all time ... My sister who was into pop music and r&b fell in love with Boston because of the different sound they had. Great reaction as slways

  • @stevenbouler5783
    @stevenbouler5783 Рік тому +1

    Three albums from my first year in college..,Fleetwood Mac Rumours, Boston, and Frampton Comes Alive…oh, and Hotel California…1976-1977…

  • @Sweetish_Jeff_
    @Sweetish_Jeff_ Рік тому +6

    One of the best albums of the 1070s. One of the best intros. One of the best bands. And now it’s being played on one of the best channels. 👍👍

  • @ChuckHackney
    @ChuckHackney Рік тому +1

    Love the pure joy on Amber's face and her body movements to the song. That's what rock does to your very being, and it can be so magical.

  • @CaptainTedStryker
    @CaptainTedStryker Рік тому +3

    How have you not done this one? Such a classic song, I bet a lot of guitars were purchased because of it!

  • @coyotej4895
    @coyotej4895 Рік тому +2

    This is a Staple for any one with old-school feel-good Work Rock music. This and Boys are back in town are on every work tape I ever made.

  • @magneto7930
    @magneto7930 Рік тому +3

    This is one of those albums in which every single song is awesome!

  • @shannonotoole3526
    @shannonotoole3526 Рік тому +2

    When you lean back and mouth the words "Oh My God" my heart smiled... As A Boomer I am so happy you reacted to this...

  • @tdgross2010
    @tdgross2010 Рік тому +13

    Probably the greatest instrumental intro of all time ❤️❤️

    • @bethshadid2087
      @bethshadid2087 Рік тому +5

      This. And second would probably be Funeral for a friend

    • @davidsantor1760
      @davidsantor1760 Рік тому

      Or a gold medal tie with Funeral for a Friend ?

    • @chrismorgan9153
      @chrismorgan9153 Рік тому

      I guess my favorites are a bit more, umm, pedestrian...lol. This would be #1, #2 is Rod Stewart's "Maggie May," and #3 is Tesla's "Little Suzi."

  • @jonathansmith3742
    @jonathansmith3742 Рік тому +1

    Man this was super cool back in 76. Blew minds. Still does.

  • @jeffmcdonald5901
    @jeffmcdonald5901 Рік тому +6

    So glad you liked the song. This is one of my all-time favorite songs to do karaoke to. Singing Brad Delp is sort of like a high-pitched primal scream sometimes and it actually relieves stress!

  • @heentlasaa9974
    @heentlasaa9974 Рік тому +1

    Yes, Boston! Brad Delp on Vocals, Tom Scholz on Guitar, Vocals & Sound Engineering, Multi-Track Recording & Mixing on Analog Tape. Tom graduated from MIT and patented the Power Soak, it was hooked up between the Tube Amp & Speakers and enabled Guitarists to Crank up the Amp all the way to get the Power Tubes into Overdrive for Distortion & Sustain, Volume could be set at choice Levels. Tom also Patented The Rockman Guitar Headphone Amp with "Distortion, Chorus & Delay, it could be clipped onto your Belt and even used between the Guitar & Amp at Gigs. I have this 1976 Release on 8 Track & Cassette Tape. I have the Song Book and learned "Foreplay / long Time," Our Music Teacher was impressed, Since I played Trumpet for Pep Band and the Orchestra, he wanted me to concentrate on Brass more than Guitar. My Guitarists in our Band "Stillwater" Joe, Walter & I liked "Long Time, Peace of Mind, Smoking, Rock & Roll Band, and More than a Feeling," Their 2nd Release in 1978 was "Don't look back." Reaching #1 in The U.S and Canada selling 1 Million Copys 10 days after its release. Tom Scholz is heads above alot of Blues Clones, This Band kicked Butt. Boston produced some of the Hottest Recordings on Analog Tape. This is a Classic. Thanks. Peace.

    • @neechee5150
      @neechee5150 Рік тому

      @heentlasaa9974 What a load of Boston/Scholz urban legend BS. First off, Tom does not sing a single note on this record. The vcals that you hear are 100% Brad, and Tom did not record Brad's vocals producer John Boylan did, and Brads vocals were recorded at Capital Stuidios Studio C on their Quad Eight Console. Second, Tom had some major help in engineering this record. When Boylan heard Toms demos he knew that Toms drum tracks could not be used on the record, so Boylan hired LA Engineer Paul Grupp to go to Toms studio and teach Tom how to properly record acoustic instruments as well as proper mic technique. Boylan then gave a directive--all drum and acoustic instrument tracks had to be re-recorded. Tom has never admitted this fact on the record and given Boylan credit for this.
      Barry plays electric rhythm guitar on both Foreplay and Long Time, and Barry also plays the lead guitar solo on Long Time. Fran plays bass on Foreplay as well. The entire song Let Me Take You Home was recorded by producer John Boylan at The Record Plant LA by the band as pictured on the back of the record before the record was finished and released. The band we would come to know as Boston did in fact exist before this record was finished and released. In addition, this record was mixed at Westlake Studios by producer John Boylan, engineer Warren Dewey and Tom,

  • @jimmysmith-xb7vm
    @jimmysmith-xb7vm Рік тому +7

    They are so fluid in transitioning, masterful and keep in mind they didn’t have the studio engineering like today!!

    • @Tony-uk6ul
      @Tony-uk6ul Рік тому

      Well, they had Tom scholz which probably rushed in studio engineering of today.

  • @kschneyer
    @kschneyer Рік тому

    My best friend Donald introduced me to Boston back in 1976. He died tragically at age 20, and whenever I hear this song, I think of him and smile.

  • @RichardinNC1
    @RichardinNC1 Рік тому +4

    It's about time you got to this masterpiece, from their incredible debut album. Still incredible today and I still jam to it driving along on big trips. My second favorite from the album is Hitch A Ride, with its awesome solo.

  • @chaz5229
    @chaz5229 Рік тому +1

    this is one band that knows no failure....all their music rocks!!!!

  • @tommcclary8689
    @tommcclary8689 Рік тому +7

    Once you guys are done doing every song you should listen to it beginning to end to really appreciate what an absolute Masterpiece this album is.

  • @67Pepper
    @67Pepper Рік тому +2

    FYI>"Boston was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. The group was formed in 1976 by Tom Scholz and has gone on to sell over 31 million albums in the United States. Boston's debut album, Boston, was released in August 1976 and reached number three on the Billboard 200." I still have my original LP I bought way back in 1976, brilliant LP.

    • @neechee5150
      @neechee5150 Рік тому

      Not quite. Boston was NOT inducted in to the ROR HOF in 2018. Boston has never been inducted period

  • @gypsyroadhog
    @gypsyroadhog Рік тому +5

    Love Boston

  • @jasonlouis697
    @jasonlouis697 Рік тому +3

    So glad y'all love one of my favorite bands. It's so much fun to watch y'all - the absolute joy on your faces - as you get to these special moments in these songs. Thank you for all you do. If I may make a suggestion, there are a pair of songs that go together from Boston's Third Stage album. The Launch followed by Cool the Engines. The one directly builds into the other and just tell a really cool story when put together.

  • @Vinylrebel72
    @Vinylrebel72 Рік тому +1

    I still have my vinyl …still plays great..I saw them way back in the day live. It was incredible.

  • @steviemccormick3762
    @steviemccormick3762 Рік тому +4

    This is the only Album I own that EVERY single song front to back is great !!!!!

  • @elrico1962
    @elrico1962 Рік тому +1

    First concert that I ever saw. Still one of the best I've ever seen.

  • @rusty9129
    @rusty9129 Рік тому +4

    I saw them do this live in 1976!! It was absolutely perfect!! note for note

  • @js6729
    @js6729 Рік тому +1

    When I saw Boston in concert Tom Scholz came out and played the keyboard part of the intro to this song dressed like the phantom of the oprah and he played the intro on a pipe organ, it was soooo cool

  • @mikemiller3069
    @mikemiller3069 Рік тому +3

    Boston was the first band I ever saw in concert back in the fall of 1978. Sammy Hagar was the warm-up. The whole concert was fire. 🔥