Boston The Tragic History Of the Band, Death of Brad Delp & Tom Scholz Perfectionism
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- Опубліковано 2 тра 2024
- Whatever happened to the band Boston? They were behind hits such as 'More Than a Feeling'
0:00 - Introduction of Boston
0:35 - Tom Scholz Early Beginnings With Boston
2:08 - Boston Gets A Record Deal
3:25 - Boston Tricks It's Record Label
4:45 - Boston's Second Album & Lawsuits
8:17 - Tom Scholz Creates A Company, Brad Delp Leaves
10:00 - Brad Delp Returns, Corporate America
11:25 - Brad Delp Passes Away
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Tom Scholz was the mastermind behind Boston. An MIT alumni and following graduation he would end up getting a job with Polaroid working as a product design engineer. Apart from tinkering with electronics, he also was into music, having played in a series of bands in the city of Boston with names like Middle Earth, Freehold and Mother’s Milk. While he spent a lot of time on the live music circuit, he quickly realized he wasnt going to get a record deal that way. It was then he turned his attention to recording demos in some local studios which never caught the interest of record labels. He soon built a twelve track recording studio in his basement and again record labels showed no interest in what he was creating.
It wasn’t until he enlisted the help of several musicians he had played on the local boston circuit that he finally got the attention of the labels. Guitarist Barry Goudreau, who Scholz played with in boston on the live music circuit would introduce him to singer Brad Delp. They worked on and created the songs that formed the first Boston album, albeit some of them with different names. San Francisco Day which was later to named Hitch A Ride, It Isn’t Easy which was re-titled Something About You, Foreplay, originally composed in 1969, Peace Of Mind, Rock ’N’ Roll Band, and the final track they recorded was called, Ninety Days which was later renamed More Than A Feeling. The hand claps on the song were even from Scholz first wife.
And you would think these songs would’ve created a bidding war with the record labels, but it didn’t. In fact most record labels passed on the demos. But in 1975, Tom, Scholz was contacted a representative from ABC Records named Charlie McKenzie. It had turned out by some strange twist of fate McKenzie had heard the demo while he was visiting a friend who worked at RCA records. That friends name was Paul Ahern. McKenzie and Ahern convinced Scholz to let them shop around the demo claiming they could get him a record deal. They would end up taking the demo to CBS owned Epic Records who showed interest, but prior to signing a deal they wanted to see the band perform live for executives.
Epic staff producer Tom Werman recalled to Classic Rock Magazine hearing the demos for the first time revealing "After More Than A Feeling, which sounded quite like the final product, and halfway through the second song, I stopped the tape. I couldn’t believe that this music was actually available to us, and told Ahern that if Lennie and I could see the band reproduce this live, we'd guarantee to sign them. "
As Scholz turned to his live showcase for the record executives he knew he didn’t really have a band. Scholz would work with Delp as well as a bunch of local musicians they already knew from the Boston music scene for the live showcase, which took place at a warehouse space, which ended up belonging to Aerosmith. The band passed with flying colours and ended up signing an astounding 10 album deal that would last 6 years. While it may seem crazy, that was the standard contract that was given to bands back then.
However, things started to turn sour for Scholz when Epic Records told him that they wanted to re-record the demos in a studio setting with an experienced producer. The label suggested John Boylan who met with Scholz where the pair hatched a pretty impressive scheme. Instead of going to LA to re-record the demos, which Scholz thought was pointless, He would stay home in Boston and work in his basement sprucing up the demos to give the record label something that seemed more polished. Meanwhile, the rest of the band would go to Los Angeles to work on new material that would turn into the song Let Me Take You Home Tonight, Scholz stayed home, fastidiously gussying up the demos to give Epic something that sounded like a more p
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My fav Brad Delp moment- "I closed my eyes and she slipped away", with the word away sang in 4 octaves. What a voice he had.
There was no better than Brad
For me it's the final delivery of that line. 😊 Absolutely love Boston. Particularly their first 2 albums.
@@dante777666777 I dunno. I'd put Kansas's Steve Walsh right up there with Brad.
Sholtz had invented the first dubbing doubling voice machine that made brads voice magical and the ranges unheard of but we never knew about such a voice machine now we do. It made a great voice even better in a cheat
@@happytails3549 First I've heard of it but it's not surprising given Sholtz' abilities. Rick Beato breaks down Bostons guitars sound and needless to say it is heavily engineered.
Brad Delp had, without a doubt one of the most beautiful and recognizable voices in rock and roll. Hell everything Boston recorded was absolutely amazing. Delps vocals and Schol's guitar were the "Boston Sound".
The first Boston album was sonically light years ahead of its time. The shimmering guitars and the epic vocals are unmatched in today's world of pro tools and auto tune. A true timeless classic.
I don’t think it was far ahead of it’s time, I think that it is the best representation of late 70s rock.
My thoughts exactly….its STILL ahead of its time. #timelessclassic ✌🏼
In terms of production it was, but Tom grew a big head dove full tilt into OCD (Third Stage and Walk On did not live up to their lengthy delays) limbo and kind of ruined the momentum of the band
💯 %!!!!!
You said it bro few if any were equal
Boston’s first album blew me away. Best by far of anything I had heard. So unique. It is still my favorite album. Rock on guys. I am 63 years old and still listening to those 70’s Rock songs.
I agree, listen to it a few days ago
Yes sir, 1959.
Knowing that More Than a Feeling was really a solo record is pretty much one the most innovative and influential records in history
@@courtneygreenhill8935 I agree
I’m 66 Randy, been listening to there music since 1976 , it never gets old.
I attended the Nashville show for 3rd Stage in 1987. I had "BOSTON" on my car's license plate, and took it to the show. I was on the 5th row, center stage, so the band could clearly see it. I was invited backstage and met everyone, except Tom, who never came out, although he did sign the license plate. Brad Delp saw me with the plate and immediately approached me. He was interrupted by a music executive, who said, "I want you to meet..." Brad stopped her, saying, "Excuse me, I'm speaking with someone, when I'm finished, we can talk." He was kind, down to earth, and seemed like the sweetest guy - no ego whatsoever. He wrote, "Thanks for making my night, Brad Delp '87"
sounds like him. wish he'd forgiven himself.
That is so fucking cool. I've watched 2 interviews with him and I could tell that he was a genuine, humble, nice guy. He is so missed in this world.
Awesome story 🤘🏻
That’s an awesome story!
I knew a guy who met Bradley when he played a show in Maryland with his band 'RTZ' i think in the early 90's...said after the show him and Brad smoked a joint an talked for a while. My friend just had a newborn son at the time back home and Brad told him "Here take whats left of this joint and when your son is old enough smoke the rest of this with him" Brad put it in a bag and signed a message on it for my the newborn son. Just a kool gesture by a man who shared some time with a big fan. RIP BRAD.
Brad Delp grew up across the street from my Grandparents in Danvers Ma. He was a great guy!! When my grandfather died he came to the funeral and made sure he came up to myself and every member of my very large family to give his respects. To us he was just Brad...a awesome guy. RIP
That Guy brought sunshine to everyone who lived in the seventies and eighties
Brad D. was my favorite singer he had a great voice I was very sad when he died to me his voice will live on. I am glad u got to know him it must of been a great guy u r lucky I was a dj for 25 yrs. I enjoyed playing their music.
I wish Brad could have saved a little of that compassion for himself.
He was awesome. After don’t look back and before 3rd stage he and wife moved next door to my family. I babysat his kids. Mowed his lawn. He was so soft spoken I thought there was no way he was a rock star. Until we saw him on stage at the Worchester centrum for their 3rd stage tour.
Brad was definitely one of a kind. I miss him so much.
When people describe the 'best voices' in rock, they never mention Brad. He is easily No.1 or 2. RIP Brad.
Agreed, he's actually almost as good as Roy Orbison (smile)
I met him weeks before his death at a bar where he was playing Beatle tunes with his band ,Beatle juice. We spoke like no one else was there in a crowed room. Down to Earth and respectful also a really nice guy. Thanks for the memory Brad.
Good, Lord, Boston’s first record was a masterpiece.
Tom’s guitar taking flight and Brad’s voice taking us to the stratosphere.
Unbelievable.
Yeah they only had one great album but they nailed it. Made life ritch at the time.
It was on a whole other level when it was released in 76. The level of sound, polish and harmony was incredible for hard rock music at that time. It still sounds incredible.
@@altonlyter2024 I read somewhere that Sholtz did all the guitars (including bass) AND the keyboards on the first album.
Yeah Boston marathon that album before c.d. auto reverse my new 75 ground breaking sound system Boston . Ears bleed nobody had HEARD sound that loud in a car . Oh everybody built better car went down .....in my sixties now youth and boston... the girls all we all old or dead.
Brad looking like Mick Foley
Boston’s debut album is hands down one of the best rock albums of all time!
Bad Religion 'No Control' and Nomeansno 'Wrong' are both better.
@@markpreston6930 Throw the familiar but all to often not used anymore "In my opinion" and that would be cool
@@markpreston6930
Bad Religion's sales of 72,000 copies of "No Control" hardly qualifies as "best rock album of all time."
As far as Nomeansno - who??? Never heard of them. I had to google their name, having never heard of them. Again, hardly "one of the best rock albums of all time."
@@mikejones8866 You never heard of Nomeansno. That explains your taste.
I agree 🎸🎸🎸
There never was and there never will never be another Bradley Delp. He was a absolute harmonic genius when it came to his vocals. Not only did he have range, but no matter what note he was singing his voice was always smooth as golden butter and clear as crystal. A person's opinion in regards to the quality of music is of course subjective. However, Delp was one of those rare one of a kind singers who's talent, tone, range, pitch and just overall ability is not open for debate. He's objectively outstanding. He's in the same box as Freddie Mercury and Steve Perry. Both of whom's talent can literally blow your mind.
Excellently stated
Couldn't have said it better myself. I miss Brad so much.
Brad Delp is above Freddy Mercury and Steve Perry far as being a monster vocalist. It's because of Brad's voice the songs 🎵 came alive and the 1st album was an out of the gate success. (1) Freddy Mercury didn't stir the interest Delp did far as vocal ability. (2) Steve Perry was NOT Journeys original vocalist . He was their 4th vocalist but the band caught on with the mainstream public once Perry joined in 1977. The year most rock bands became hot despite disco. I give the complete edge and trophy to Brad Delp (RIP).
Steve Walsh of Kansas in his day surpassed all. But yes Brad was phenomenal.
Was waiting for Steve Perry to be mentioned. He, Delp and Walsh are at the top of my list. Honorable mention to Burton Cummings.
I got to see Boston in 2003 during the corporate america tour in hershey pa. they played every song they've ever written, they brought the pipe organ, the spaceship, the 25ft guitar, i was 6 rows from the stage an it rained the entire time, brad kep thanking the people for being there and nobody left. the concert was 3 hours and was the best concert i ever attended
Brad Delp, one of GREATEST vocalist of all time. Without a doubt.
Incredible 👍👍💕💕💕💐
Listen to brad Delp vocals on UA-cam without the music , it’s truly the most amazing vocals iv ever heard , for more than a feeling
Delp and Mercury; there may be others, but I can't think of them right now.
Also Jon Anderson from Yes.
🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
@@jessicaguerrero3189 Anderson had his nutz cut off tho...
I was 10 when Boston came out, and you had to have lived during that time to fully understand just how huge this record was. It's ingrained into my DNA.
Same here, the ol Magnavox console would be rattling the walls..yep it was THE party album for the late 70's.
Exactly. I was born in 1966. My first vehicle was a 70s Chevy Luv with an 8-track stereo. The only tape with it was Boston
Me as well, my mother, of all people, gave me this album; poor piece of vinyl never knew what hit it. When I heard it and Don't look back on cd.... man, THAT was magic through my Kenwood radio.
I was 11, you ain't kidding. That lp was an absolute monster and the killer cover art sold so many posters, tshirts, etc!
Same. I was 14 and played it on repeat countless times. I was a bit of a neighborhood celebrity because I could detect when the count began from Foreplay into Long Time and air-drum the snare drum flams correctly.
A friend rushed into a party apartment i hung out in. Epic stereo system. Pulls out this album, "Wait till you hear this shit" we were stunned. I still am.
Brad Delp had one of the best voices of all time. What a sad ending to his life
find the YT videos of Brad singing with Beatlejuice, look for the Salem NH shows from 94....
And what a sad way to go. Locked himself in is bathroom, set up an ordinary charcoal BBQ grill in his bathtub, lit it, sat on his toilet, and awaited the carbon monoxide poisoning, involving severe headache, blinding eye irritation, there's easier ways to go about it. Was he making a statement, or just that stupid?
@@markcollins2666 - Damn, didn't know that was his way of offing - he was in some seriously mental pain to do that!
@@pookiepookie8669, yeah, well... If I was in that much mental anguish, what I would do, is obtain a tank of nitrous oxide, attach it with hose to an oxygen mask, put it on, crack the valve, and let the good times roll! You would be unconsious in a minute, dead in 15, and the official cause of death would be oxygen deprivation. But what a way to go! Of course, I would never do that, I subscribe to the Inuit belief, "You don't go, where you're not invited".
@@markcollins2666 isn’t it one of the most peaceful ways to go? I though you get knocked out sooner or later and die painless
How is Boston not in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame?? Every Classic Rock station still plays their singles daily.
Flash In the pan band. No longevity
@@GeorgeZimmermen 🤣🤣🤣 your a Muppet
@@beerbeforebreakfast *you’re
@MelbuFrahma
Congratulations on the dumbest comment I've ever seen on UA-cam - and that's saying something. They had 3 multi-platinum albums spanning a decade and numerous hits. You are truly stupid.
@@GeorgeZimmermenyeah, making music into the 2000s from the mid-70s. No longevity.
Just because they didn’t chart highly doesn’t mean they didn’t make good music.
The ONLY album I can think of where literally EVERY track was a radio staple. All 8 tracks were hits and still played in regular rotation to this day. Simply AMAZING!!
I was and still am a huge fan. I listened to Boston often. I would crank them up on my Koss headphones before racing motocross back in the 70s. I had heard they was a cocaine issue within the Band that caused delays in production. I heard it was a huge issue.
it was a really good album but it was pop rock.
@@VinylWarrior24 Yeah, usually things that are really good become popular. Your point is?
way MORE than radio play worthy...
Still in heavy rotation on my Spotify favs too. lol
RIP Brad Delp, an amazing voice, gone much too soon. You are greatly missed 💕
It was like listening to a symphony. In MORE THAN A FEELING, Brad Delp is sensational, the band tremendous.
Delp is one of the greatest rock singers of all time.
Yeah, definitely. That power high D to high E on “More Than a Feeling” is insane!
@Ambivalent Totally, you caught me! I've learned a lot from him. I've been a fan of Boston for years, and loved that high note on that song since I first heard it 20 years ago. It's the highest note I've ever heard a male vocalist hit on a rock/pop song I can think of. I sing, but I could not have told you the key until I watched Rick Beato's video! :D
Brad Delp! Nuff said!
The narrator said Boston followed up after the debut album , 4 years later with another album is not true at all, " DONT LOOK BACK" their second album was released in 1978, two years after their first album , and "THIRD STAGE" which featured "Amanda" came out in 1986 , Boston never did any albums in a four year radius, the era of more "FAKE NEWS".
@Ambivalent For sure! One commenter on his video said something like, "I feel like I just met one of the world's most interesting people at a bar and had a conversation with him". The things he's learned and the people he's seen...just...wow.
Boston was the sound track of my high school years graduating in 1979.
79 grad as well had to show owneership of first album to get diloma
Me too.
79...we were all serious Skynyrd and Allman Bros fans! Just a bunch of yo-yos from Upstate NY stoned off our asses and talking with Southern accents! Haha. Good times man, good times!
Camelback High, 1979
1980 right behind you.
Delp was a great singer. It is a shame depression took him away.
There's more to it than that. He got caught secretly videoing his girlfriend's sister or something weird like that.
Graduated in 78. This Album was ALWAYS spinning at every party!
Class of ‘79. We would cruise Main St every Fri/Sat night and Boston cassettes were always jamming from cars!
"Dont look back" The guitar playing in that... gives me goose bumps everytime
closest thing to a rocketship blasting off ive ever heard
Best song ever love the chorus ❤
Thank you for mentioning this. How's the 1973 born kid. I got in the booth albums at the same time in early Elementary School and preschool!. "Don't Look Back" is not exactly a sophomore slump! That whole album rocks from A to Z
I recall a critic saying that Don't Look Back sounds like "More Than a Long Time" critics can be such douchebags. I love Boston. Fran Sheehan lived not too far from us.
That lower key verse section in the middle after the quieter intro verse part, is just majestic af. I always imagine these songs with full on orchestra arrangment.
I was a Pro Bull Rider for almost 6 years, I would pump myself up for the ride by listening to Rock and Roll Band, I was a Boston Fanatic . But when the Greatest Voice in Rock and Roll died, I thought wait, there is no Boston without Brad Delp, he was and is, the voice of Boston, RIP Brad, Gone but Never Forgotten.
Exactly, I'd use Boston to get psyched up, run, get going in the morning. His and Tom's music is such an intricate part of my life.
When hearing of his passing, . . . can't put to words the loss I felt.
Brad Delp was one of the nicest people that I have ever met and he was incredibly humble even though he was a phenomenal talent.
Still one of my all time favorite bands. Boston had a sound that was so unique and every musician in this band gave it their 110%. RIP Brad Delp!
This band has an unmistakable sound. That alone should put them in the Rock and Roll hall of Fame.
agreed
agree!
Their not? Fuck em then! Industry bullcrap but they will put non rock gospel singers and other non rock in the hall of fame so screw the whole money grubbing industry
As long as we know they should be in the halls, that’s enough
They're too good for the RRHOF.
❤
Boston's first album is arguably the greatest debut album of any rock band ever. The production is flawless the playing on every song impeccable and it all rocks! And then add on top the extremely gifted songwriting of Tom Scholz alongside one of the greatest singers on the planet Brad Delp and you have a true masterpiece . . . . . RIP Brad
i agree on both counts. The Doors debut is also one hell of an album.
It is great!
Let's not forget APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION" by GUNS N' ROSES.
So true
Boston and Van Halen will always hold that spot for best rock debut.
Brad's voice will ring out forever...and will always be the voice of Boston's debut classic.
One of the greatest bands EVER.
My dad was a huge Boston fan. He's the one who got me into them the first album, And the title track from "Don't Look Back" are some of the best emotional music ever! When my Dad passed I played "hitch a ride" And When the solo hit at the end.. I cried. Rest In Peace pops "I see beyond the road I'm driving".🎸🎹😔🙏✋✌
I am sorry for your loss
I want that at my funeral too.
I’m sorry to hear about your loss. 😥
Max Matson really sorry for your loss. The outro of Hitch a Ride is one of the greatest melodies ever written, and the way the double tracked guitar harmonies are arranged, it takes that melody even higher, it conveys so many emotions. Brilliant songwriting. Your dad’s lucky to have had a son like you to send him off in style.
Don't look back is a good album
Brad Delp lived about 5 miles from me and I had seen him around town. So sad how he passed away. I wish he was still alive making music. RIP Brad you are truly missed.
I honestly wished he was still alive my reason is because he's my distant relative but I wasn't born around his time so but still I wish I could have met him.
You don't have to go on the internet and tell stories that aren't true to make friends man.
Brad locked himself in a washroom. He had an outdoor grill in the washroom.
He lit a fire in the grill, then laid down, using the pillow he brought with him.
Brad put notes on the front door warning everyone that it could be unsafe to enter. He was thinking of others!!!!
However, he committed suicide because his fiancé’s sister, who was renting a room in Brad’s house, found the camera in her bedroom that Brad had planted.
Brad lived near me in NH
I would see him at a local bar. A very nice man
I saw him the night he committed suicide. A great loss , fabulous voice. rest easy Brad
@@sludge8506
Thought he had more than one grill going. Sad, the circumstances, everything.
I met Brad backstage at a show at the Houston Coliseum in 1976 and again at the Summit in Houston, for the Don't Look Back Tour. One of the greatest Human beings ever!
The Sam Houston Coliseum, I remember it well and The Music Hall where I saw The Doobie Brothers. The Summit now renamed Lakewood Church- how times have changed.
Brad Delp had the golden voice that no one’s ever been able to mimic. Every time I hear more then a feeling it’s like gearing it for the first time.
Brad was a beautiful soul. He was my dad's best friend growing up. I still remember when he used to take me over to Brad's parents house for holidays.
@Anders Eriksson yes very sad story. He left notes posted all over his doors to his house telling his family who wasn't there at the time to stay out. He put his animal's in a totally different room too. I guess he poisoned himself with carbon monoxide. At least that's what I heard from my grandma. The last time I talked to him he was doing some small shows with his Beatles cover band Beatlejuice. His voice to this day is still one of the most purist sounds to listen too 🙏
@Anders Eriksson your right. But I'm sure you have a sickness too like everyone else in this world that you wouldnt want to get out 💁♂️ An if you say you dont , your lying to yourself. Even the holiest of people are sick so you cant really put that past anyone. We're all human and imperfect.
@@Duct_Tape_Boyz Well said.
@@gator2813 🙏
@Anders Eriksson It's weird because now when I search about him I find what you said, but a few years ago I would find that he discovered emails that confirmed his fiancee was cheating on him.
I remember when I found out about Brad Delp ending his life. It is so sad to think that someone who touched millions feeling that level of despair. I hope he is at peace.
"Feeling that level of despair?"
.....It was MORE than a feeling."
He was reportedly using video cameras to watch his girlfriends sister in her most vulnerable moments. He got caught and chose to kill himself. Although I enjoy his vocals and the band itself I can’t excuse that type of behavior.
@@jumboslice1514 This is the story I heard as well.
He lived somewhere in the same small New Hampshire town that I live in now, though I have no idea where his house was.
@@oldschoolgnrfan6035 I think its 55 Academy Avenue
@@jumboslice1514 Wasn't she underage as well?
I'm 70 now. When Boston comes on the radio in the morning, I know it's going to be a good day. 🎶🎶🎶
Nothing wrong with that you Salty Old Dog you 😊🤗
I loved Boston, they had an incredible sound.
Stories like this are why, despite loving music, I am completely comfortable with the collapse of the record labels.
Damn just said the same thing. Exactly.
The record labels haven’t collapsed..they just changed their game plan..now it’s all 360 deals where the artist gets fucked even more..nothing has changed..it’s actually gotten worse for the artists..Before the label kept all the bands masters but the band got all the touring money and merchandise but now with streaming and the death of purchasing actual records the artist has to give a chunk of all 3 money makers..merchandise,touring and music..hence the name..360 deals.
Billie Eilish has demonstrated that a label isn't the only way to break. A teenage girl and her brother were able to show that while some luck is always handy, real talent can take you all the way to the Grammys and beyond. Along the way she left a blueprint others would be silly to ignore.
Labels are STILL out there scamming artists into signing 360 deals which is literally the MOST lowlife move they have EVER employed... and THATS saying a lot!!!
@@gw593 lol yeah I should have read a little further. I basically just made the same statement. 360 deals are the lowest move EVER!!
I fell in love with a girl when I was 14 while visiting relatives who lived in another city 9 hours away. I played 'Don't look back' on the table jukebox while waiting in the restaurant inside of the Greyhound bus depot before my mother and I traveled back home. For 9+ hours on that bus ride (and to this day, 42 years later) I tried not looking back but, the truth is that I have never forgotten her and still love her. That song will always remind me of having to suffer leaving the love of my life 💔
14 y/o heart break is the worst! So dramatic, and unforgetable!
Dayum that hits me right in the feels
great story...that happened to me while visiting Mexico City when I was 14 in 1979
Happened to me,as well. 40 years ago. I never got over it. Never married. No kids. I almost had it all. My life ended before it began . He never came back to me after boot camp. I suffer still. And now im old.
Same 35yr ago and I can still remember her phone number..moved on,travelling the world,and happy..but sh*t you make some bad decisions when your young.
I was given Boston's 1st album to me for my 6th Birthday party. I played the hell out of it and now at 52 years old I still have that same album and it's still in great condition. Boston is and always be one of my favorite groups of all time. Party Party Party YEAH!
I still have mine I bought it in 1976 from The Record Bar in Athens Ga. Still have my killer Sansui stereo. Sansui and Boston were made for each other.
Still got mine too. I was 22 then and took care of it.
wow! really puts it into perspective!
You got that album at 6 yrs old? Wow..I didn’t get into Rick until my teens. Boston a great band.
@@TLovetoDance012 My Mom was a Christian woman but she always suppress me even down to the type of music I like. See a year after I was born my mother got divorced and we moved up from Florida to Delaware and live with my grandparents and in the neighborhood at the time there was only one kid my oil and me and she was my best friend and only friend cuz neighborhood was basically for high dollar people so all my friends were college kids or high school kids from the other neighborhood so they kind of adopted me I remember walking down the street and I was four that's my first rock album humble pie smoking was the album's title. If you think that's pretty crazy my mother used to work with Valerie Bertinelli's aunt and was very close friends with her and I got some really cool pictures that I took when Valerie and Eddie and Wolfie was 3 months 2 weeks years old up in Delaware visiting with her aunt and they tricked me and it was the best 6 hours of my life having dinner with Valerie and Eddie they totally tricked me and I have pictures and they are such down-to-earth people and act like a big rock star TV star attitude they just sat around the table had we had dinner and we talked just like if we were good friends or family but it wasn't just a surprise I was going through a lot of crap and I almost did something stupid to myself and Eddie had a long talk with me along with that so I've posted the pictures before but I only share them on another page so that's one reason why I love and miss my mother so much is she let me listen to whatever I want to I never had sesame Street sing along albums well my grandmother bought them for me but they just got thrown on the shelf my first concert was 1977 Philadelphia Spectrum kiss love Gun tour I was 8 years old but I grew up listening to Uriah Heep I had Tommy who's rocking Opera album when I was seven Boston sticks Kansas Blue oyster cult yellow and of course my metal music so I actually have my mother to thank
Random Boston story:
As a kid, I was home alone, doing homework and listening to a Boston CD. I said out “I wish there was a remote to turn the volume up” As I said that, the stereo raised to max.
I ran outta the house, and straight to my grandparents. This stereo didn’t have a remote, or even the option for one. No one was home. Zero explanation for what happened.
Anytime I hear Boston, I insanely think of that day!
That’s insane! Pretty neat story👌🏻👌🏻
Wow. Love that
Brad Delp and Freddie Mercury were two of the greatest vocalists ever in my opinion.
I agree but I'd also include Bruce Dickinson.
for me its Brad Delp and lou grahm
add Dennis Deyoung in there too
Brad Delp like any musician was hit and miss. From one performance to the next he wasn’t always on point with his vocals
Kansas' Steve Walsh was my go to vocalist of the 70s as well as Bad Company's lead vocalist.
best thing about the 1st album was, you didn't damage it by lifting the needle to move it to the favorite song. you could just start at the beginning and let it play.
Damn u listen to records wrong chief
@@FabDino do you give record listening lessons? what does your comment even mean? or was it just so you could see your name on youtube?
@@FabDino I drop the stylus at the center of the record and spin it backward.
@@cbarch44 no
Same with every zep album:)
Brad your vocals will live on forever RIP
More Than a Feeling is a supreme song ...spanning any generation in which one so happens to be born in. Mr. Delp I hear so many feelings in the songs you sang.
Delp was a secretly troubled guy with a great voice. A genius with lyrics. Very sad to see him gone so young. I really liked this band.
Yep and his trouble was Sholz. Sholz was brutal to Delp about his voice. There was no way Delp 20 plus years later was going to hit those high notes the same way. Sholz basically bullied Delp about it. The fans were fine with Delp’s voice, Sholz was not. Sholz is a scumbag.
@@chrisconley8583 Seriously I did not know this..
I think to life in the fast lane will make you lose your mind. 🎶Eagles quote
Apparently Delp had a history of psychiatric treatment. However, his fiance excoriated Sholz, and others have commented on his negative influence in the band.
what was he troubled by?
16 years old late 70s oh ya we were living large the best days of our lives best music was being made we were making life happen.
I'm pretty much the same age as you and totally LOVED the first album. As difficult as it is to create a second album that could compete with the first album, I believe they wrote a fantastic second album!!great songs... the title album...the man I'll never be...the list goes on and on!!
sorry...meant title song...
Journey "Infinity" and "Evolution" also were in constant rotation on my turntable
I think of Bostons first record like hysteria for def leppard. fans knew every song on it and sung it religiously. each song was in itself a hit. they did what def leppard did 17 years earlier.
the cover is so well known that we hear that music when that spaceship appears.
Boston harmonies were out of this world 🌎
I miss them.😥always the highlights of my youth.
Hysteria literally used Tom Scholz's Rockman amps for that sound too. Previous records before that was the traditional "Marshall stack" setups most bands typically used. That's why Hysteria has that unique sound to it.
@@klaytonmayeaux8966 only a true music lover and possibly musician would hear that distinction 🤣
I'm good with sound but don't know shit about tectonics 😱
@@flynntaylor5459 I am indeed a musician. You'd be surprised where Scholz's inventions were used. Another iconic record using his stuff was Megadeth's "Peace Sells But Who's Buying" album too. ZZ Top's "Eliminator" I believed used it too.
It was actually pyromania
I am 57 and still workout to Boston cranked up loud! it reminds me of the good times I had as a teen-ager running around Dallas with my buddies keeping an eye peeled for pretty girls to talk to. Every song brings back memories from the past that were a whole lot of fun! I saw them at one of the Texas Jam concerts at the Cotton Bowl where they would have 10 or 12 bands scheduled an hour and a half apart for all day and into the night rock and roll! They weren't very good that day but that is beside the point. At the very end of the one hour show they sounded like Boston and it was really cool. It's the memories that Boston involks that have made me a fan for life.
Wow! I am also from Dallas and also 57. I was also at Texxas Jam 2 with Boston, Heart, Van Halen, BOC, Nazareth, and Sammy. I was 14. Also the first time I saw Eddie Van Halen…I was blown away. What an incredible time for music that was. I probably went to 50 or 60 shows through the 80’s at Reunion Arena, Dallas Convention Center, and of course the Cotton Bowl. My memories from that time period are priceless to me. I still have about 40 of my ticket stubs. Dallas was a much different place in those days. Such a great place to grow up. Boston’s first and second album always takes me back to those great days.
Brad s voice was one of a kind ♡ so pure
He is missed :(
Pure magic on Cantcha Say You Believe/Still In Love song.
There's only a few people who you know who they are, Brad Delp, Lou Gramm, Elvis, Jim Morrison
I am lucky enough to have seen Brad and Lou live more than once, and I wished that my 35 year old son could have seen them live too 😥
Boston’s first album didn’t leave my 8 track for over a year after it came out. I could sing all the harmony parts and air play every instrument part in every song. Truly the best album of my life.
When the Third Stage album was FINALLY released, 99 Rock WPLR in New Haven played both complete sides, two times in a row, non-stop! I was working construction that day and we had the radio blasting! A memorable, pleasurable, moment in my life that I'll never forget!
I first heard Boston when I was nine years old and they’ve been my favorite ever since. My first ever concert was them on their tour in ‘97.
I remember hearing More Than A Feeling, I was 15 and thinking that I had never heard music like this before. Went out and bought the album. Like many bands, that first album was pure magic. Like Foreigner, Bad Company, Montrose and others managed to produce on their first albums. Never saw them live, but still listen to them.
Same.I was 16 when i heard More than a feeling.i went to K-Mart and bought the album.It was 1976.i think I paid less than $7 iliked every song on it.
Saw Boston live in '95, outdoor theater, Tinley Park, IL. You could tell Tom had worked hard on getting the sound right no matter what seat you had. Just Boston, no opening act. Then Tom had the World's largest touring organ, believe it was in Guiness.
I first listened to Boston, when I was in grade school, and loved their music. Only 5 or 6 hours ago, my best friend & I were talking about the best voices in rock, and I said that I thought Brad Delp's voice was one of the most underrated in rock.
Has to be the best voice ever! Pity he was a suicidal pervert!
Amazing voice. . But, it was the way that they all blended together, that made that band sound as phenomenal as they did.
@@chrispetritsch4959 pervert? What did I miss?
i first heard them when rock band released their whole first album with the exception of one song back in 2008
@@rbilleaud It had eventually come out that Brad Delp admitted to having a hidden camera in his female roommate's bedroom. It wasn't long after he admitted it that he had taken his own life.
The first Boston album was the first album I ever bought. I was fourteen. I still love that album!
Tom Scholz's lawyers made more money than any other member of Boston. Scholz should have just toured with them. The band could have been called "Boston Legal."
😂😂😂..👍
Boston legal, hmmm with that name , they probably could've had even more hits.
Great comment.
lol
It seemed like every 10 yrs. They put out a new album ...lol. ...corporate america was bullshit ...
Brad Delp had a reputation in his local area of being a really nice and helpful guy. I heard more than one story about how he'd check out local bands at their practice and lend a friendly ear. Never heard anything bad about him, he is missed.
Delp seemed to be a really solid, good guy. Schultz, while talented, seems to be an ego maniac who chased good people away. Definitely his way or the highway.
Bill Courtney hahahahahahaha! That is a helluva guy ! And he shit golden turds !
@Bill Courtney All of those stories of greatness are accurate except for the chicken. Sib Hashian was the one who fixin' chickens.
@Bill Courtney Great 😅
Brad was a great guy except for being a voyeur and using hidden cameras to watch his girlfriends sister in her most intimate moments. He was a freak I guess. Killed himself shortly after being found out. Several online sources revealed this as fact.
A sound that will never be duplicated and will forever be timeless!!!!!!!!
I remember Boston's first album. Everyone I know got that record in late '76 and Foreplay/Long Time was the best rock song/instrumental of the year. It was huge
Brad Delp deserves a reward for the notes he hit in More than a feeling
Plus the power he put in the bridge of Amanda.
For his efforts he was rewarded with fame and fortune - he wanted neither. Such a complex and sensitive person could not survive the hypocrisy of the music business machine. It chewed him up and spit him out. Such a sad fate for somebody gifted with the voice of an angel
Jesus.
Hadnt seen a picture of Brad in years...
He looks just like his brother.
My Dad grew up with him in Danvers, Mass.
I went to school with his nephew.
Their music had a feel that I'd never heard before, and haven't since.
Amazing how the sound blended.
Like an orchestra.
The sound of Angels singing.
I know Danvers, Mass. My father worked up there in the '70's for a few months.
@Lebo leigh Leigh That really depends on how you look at it.
I'm involved in many different music scenes, and every one of them are full of people with differing, and strong opinions.
I've had my own.
But, having gotten to know more artists than I can count, I have only met 2 who were of that mindset.
If record companies couldn't see this music as good, what in the hell else did we miss out on!?
Probably the most CLEANEST sounding band I ever heard.
Steely Dan
I met Brad Delp and shook his hand in January 1998 when he was with Beatlejuice. He was supremely talented and they literally played the Beatles perfectly with him singing and the band using a click track.
I saw them in Somerville, Mass as Beatlejuice. AMAZING! They did Beatles songs live that the Beatles only did in the studio. PERFECT renditions.
Saw Barry’s band In 1980 in Springfield MA as an opener for the Cars... they were great. Barry is and was an underrated guitarist. Definitely worth a listen
Barry Goudreau is one of the most underrated guitarists ever, just like the Edge and Lindsey Buckingham. And to be more accurate, Barry, Fran Sheehan, and Sib Hashian were actually fired from Boston. They didn’t voluntarily quit. Even though the Third Stage and Walk On albums were good, the band was reduced to regional status by the ‘90s because once the people who beat each other up for tickets for the Third Stage (1986-‘88) found out that Tom & Brad were the only original members, they faded and were not paid attention to nationally.
@@CatholicTraditional This was the start of the feud between Scholz and Goudreau that became one of the factors in Delp's death. Delp was caught in the middle between playing for Scholz and Goudreau who was his brother in law and best friend. The feud started when Scholz told the band that Boston wasn't going to do anything for at least a year and they were free to do other projects, Goudreau released his album and Scholz thought it sounded too much like Boston so he fired them.
Catholic, yes unfortunately you were right. When Thurd stage was released there was no internet,or cell phones..Fans mostly had no idea Boston had only 2 original members in the band. I still think Third stage was an excellent album.
Amazing that Boston only put out three albums and are as influential as they are.
No other band that I know of did guitar harmonies like Boston. Like others said, Tom was a genius!
Uriah Heep
Was?He's still alive.
I met Brad Delp not too long before he died and told him I was a big fan. He said thanks but asked me if I knew him for Boston or for Beatlejuice, the Beatles tribute band he played and sang in. I was really surprised because I was almost 50 and told him I knew exactly where I was when I first heard "More Than A Feeling." But then I said, "come to think of it, I DO hear your voice in a few Beatles songs now..." He laughed and we parted ways but I was amazed he had not felt his legacy with Boston was all that strong...
When I was 14 I bought the "Don't Look Back" album simply because I thought the art was cool. Somehow, I had never heard of Boston. When I played the album I was blown away and have been a fan ever since.
Same here. I played that album until I wore out the grooves
I saw them in '78 and loved it .Tom Scholz may or may not be difficult to get along with as a band mate but there is no way he is responsible for Brad Delp's demise, that's on Brad .
These guys are legends. The loss of Delp was sad, and clearly not Scholz's fault.
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Boston’s debut is one of the greatest debut albums IMO. Up there with VH’s debut and GnR’s Appetite for Destruction.
When I was a kid I heard Rock and Roll Band on the radio and wanted the album, but didn't know who sang it. They made me sing the song, then sold me the album.
Appetite for Destruction wasn't G -n-R's first album, Live Like a Suicide was their freshman album.
Scott Davidson
That was a four song EP. An Ep is not an album. Appetite was their debut album.
Yes it is. To me the top five debut albums are:
1. Van Halen
2. Appetite
3. Boston
4. Led Zeppelin
5. Hendrix
As a note Led Zeppelin 1 is the band’s 6th best album of 8. What a catalog.
@@edwardcoit9748 great list.fine selections.
The first album was a masterpiece, and it came after disco had been dominating the charts for nearly two years. I was in my second year of college when it came out, and it was a breath of fresh air that carried we rockers forward until the New Wave saved us for good in 1979 with The Police and The Pretenders, among others.
This missed a lot of important facts. Tom was an MIT student when he started Boston and created his own distortion peddle to give the unique sounds Boston had. Great band, wonderful music!
So much talent from this band it was off the charts. Easily the album I listen to from beginning to end without stopping or skipping a track. It's a masterpiece.
I'm glad I was fortunate enough to see them in 1995. Brad Delp and Fran Cosmo traded vocal duties, great show! R.I.P. Brad Delp & drummer Sib Hashian
Ahhhh, the 1st Boston album. I gave it to my 16 yr old boyfriend for Christmas in 1976. ❤
Thank you so much. I enjoyed hearing the history behind one of my top 10 albums of all time, maybe my top 5. That first Boston album got me through some tough young teenage years! I still love it to this day. I hate to hear about Death, especially someone you loved and admired for so long, but this is am amazing story. I am now a definite subscriber. Keep bringing the stories of our classic rock bands. It just doesn’t get any better than that.
Tom S. is a very under rated guitarist, a truly brilliant genius in many ways.
Agreed
Many ways.
Most think of doing things, Tom does it.
@@happydays8171 indeed
Brad was a genius with troubles. I'm glad I saw them as much as I did back in the day. Best song: A Man I'll Never Be!
When that album came out I didn’t care for the song. Now that I’m older and wiser that song means a lot more and I love it. Sometimes a song is beyond you in years and I listen to them now and go “wow” and it means a lot more.
One of their best songs!
That 1st album is easily in the top 5 of all albums ever produced. Boston is a great rock name and a great city.
In the summer of 1976 , I was getting ready to start high school in my hometown, I was hanging out with some friends listening to the radio. The DJ came on and said, this is a new band called Boston, the song is More than a feeling....we were blown away, we spent the next week trying to find a copy of that album, when we finally found it ...we wore it out, there was not a bad song song the LP..all killer, no filler.....that album defined that time in my life.
"all killer, no filler", like that
I love AMANDA. One of the best songs ever recorded.
Right? And the song at the end of Third Stage, HOLLY ANN! "...UR long hair blowing in the wind as we sat on the sand, Holly Ann....🎶🎵
That entire album tells a story from start to finish! To me, it is a H.S. dude loosing his 1st true love, becoming a man, then finding his soul mate in Holly Ann.
Obv music means different things to different people, but, it is still a great album!
If u have the time (or a long commute,) try to listen to the songs in order as they were on the album 3rd stage, and see if u agree that it CAN BE considered a story, start to finish.
Amazing song. That album took 6 years as well which is crazy.
@@dylancrichton2227 yea, guess it was a fight the entire time. Sad as heck. Great Guitar playing, Brad's effortless high notes. Old story, band can't get along.
Check out Boston's National Anthem, it's incredible.
I do as well. I played it for my daughter Amanda about 34-35 years ago and she loved it, still does!
I grew up to Boston. It was my dad's favorite. He named me Amanda because of them
Brad DelpRIP.One of rocks best vocalist in my opinion.Great vocal range.Their debut album is timeless.I love that song Hitchiin a Ride.
Wow.. what a fantastic video. Boston's music was massive during my teens. I'd known there were behind the scenes issues, but never so much, and so much down side. Back then, there was no internet nor social media. This sort of inner workings and behind the scenes info, just wasn't out there for most, I'd say. Thanks for the time you took to post.
I can still remember we’re I was when that was released, even today it’s still some of the best music ever made.
Boston first 2 albums were outstanding.
*first 3
You're right, their first 3 albums were outstanding.
Got to meet Fran a few yrs ago, his son is my exes eye doctor. They are still phenomenal
@@bobthebear1246 lol sure!
3rd also
I think you should tell the story around the band Badfinger. It's an incredible story and so was the band!
I was 20 when Boston debuted their 1st album. What a total masterpiece! Stunning. Perfect! I wonder how many people know the incredible amount of artists that have labels that bully them? I have an immediate family member that owns a major record label (that you have heard of), with 2 Grammy's to his credit from his artists (artists that the entire world knows), and who has written, engineered, and produced songs that every one here knows and (hopefully) loves. His FIRST priority is his artists happiness. Never once forcing a song on any of them, nor a timeline to make music. If it takes one 10 years to create 1 song...he will wait. They want to redo it in his studio 100 times? He works with them. They don't feel comfortable with the product? He helps (he's also a great musician), he re-does, gives input, or lets them go home and think it over for as long as it takes. Most studios are music meat markets. As far back as Melanie as we all remember.
"I looked out this morning & the Sun was gone//turned on some music to start my day"
@B luv Sims indeed
when people ask me what my very favorite song is I always say More Than A Feeling.
I saw Brad Delp with Beatlejuice about 2005 at Johnny D's in Davis Square which is now defunct. He played low-slung Beatle tunes. He had a quiet but strong voice. Perfect. I also saw him with Boston a year or so before at Great woods MA.
Lost myself in THIS familiar song...close my eyes and......
@@scottiemon9036 ...I slipped awwwaaaaaay
Imagine the legal hell of signing a 10 album deal with a record label.
Bill Manspeaker signed one for 11 music videos, with no idea how he was gonna do it, lol..
If you don't know who that is, he started Green Jello.
@@Mr.Schitzengigglez "Little pig, little pig, let me in..."
A typical deal back in the day was a 5 album deal. It was assumed that you would do three studio albums, and a double live album. If your band was a hit... you could then negotiate for a better more lucrative deal after that.
10 in 6 would be hell. I would never sign that kind of deal.
@@KaptainCanuck Tom was desperate. He hated his job, had been working on songs in his basement for years back in the 60s and early 70s and probably didn't read the boiler plate after seeing the zeros on the check they presented him.
This song is on my top ten. The vocals are UNBELIEVABLE. I didn't know Brad Delp died by suicide til this video....I cried so much, so sad, he was so under appreciated . He lives on thru his art. I've passed it along to my kids. They've promised to pass it down next generations.
Imagine your favorite singer dying by suicide during your honeymoon in 2007. So you married the babe of your dreams and halfway through the week you find out your favorite singer is dead by suicide....how do you come back from that....😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Ya. And the way he assembled & rigged everything to complete his final act was insane
I spoke with Tom Scholtz on a radio show titled, "Rockline". He was personable and it reinforced why I love the band, "Boston".
"When Your Love Comes Back Around" By RTZ with Delp on vocals is fantastic. Although I grew up on the first 2 albums, being in High School for "Third Stage" was indeed a magical time. Almost got kicked out of marching band when half the brass & drum section skipped practice to so see the tour at the Omni in Atlanta. Unforgettable.
My favorite song off the first album will always and forever be Something About You.