"The song is 43 years old....and I'm sitting here grooving to it like it came out yesterday" The single undeniable fact about music. Great music...TRULY great music...knows no age.
Picture this... An 11 yr old black girl with an afro and a make shift broom guitar and a hair brush mic singing "TAKING MY TIME". Running through the house jammin' to Boston. And her parents are looking at her like "yep, this is our child" HAHAHA! This album was fire in our house!!!!
1976...No internet, no FB, no UA-cam, no cell phones, no MP3, no-DVD, No VHS/Betamax, no cable TV; Boston laid this sonic gem via vinyl album, cassette and FM radio. It stands the test of time.
@@youmustbethistall5861 I have Don't Look Back on vinyl from back then and the 8-track and an unopened Walk On vinyl from when it first came out. Third Stage on cassette and CD. Have you ever heard Orion the Hunter? It was a Barry Goudreau project when Boston was in the fight with the record company. Fran Cosmo sang on it, he was the vocalist that replaced Delp on the Walk On album.
Tom Scholtz got signed from a demo tape he created in his basement on equipment he invented and played. He didn't even have a band or a singer when he was signed. What a genius.
Scholz is an MIT-trained engineer who designed a recording studio in an apartment building basement. The first Boston album was mostly recorded in his basement studio, often using devices he designed and invented. After the success of Boston, he founded Scholz Research & Development, Inc. to develop and market his inventions, many under the Rockman brand. He was described by AllMusic as an “un-rock n' roll” figure who did not enjoy the limelight of being a performer, preferring to concentrate on music, production, and inventing new electronic equipment. In more recent years, he has dedicated much of his money and time to charitable work.
The entire album was recorded in their basement but the label said, "We aren't releasing an album that was recorded in someone's basement." So the band went into a studio to record one or two songs for the sake of the production company's demands.
I get so much joy watching someone who truly appreciates music listening to these classic tracks for the first time. Brings a smile to my face the whole way through!
I completely agree with you!! Watching him hear these for the first time and really getting into them almost makes me feel like I'm hearing them again for the first time, too!! 😊🤘🏻
Sunshine 67 most definitely... when searching sections are approaching I get chills when he or other newbies are reacting. Not using Newbie as a derogatory terms btw. It just makes me appreciate each reacted song that much more especially because they are touching a whole new generation.
That's why I watch! It's so cool to see people listening to a great song for the first time. It also reminds me of how I felt the first time I heard it. I have a lot of fun turning my friends onto new music. Music is so much better when it's shared!
This was me and my wife's favorite album. We were dating at the time in late 76 when this came out. Still great as ever, like our marriage of 43 years. Great times in the seventies.🎸🎸🎸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Will never forget the day my friend ran to my house saying: “you gotta hear this!” His brother had a kick ass stereo system. We rocked and listened in awe to this instant classic. Not even knowing what Foreplay was 😀
MIT graduate, working for Polaroid developing cameras, created his own amplifiers and much more. 1976 debut, no computers, raw talent. I love seeing you hear something I've heard 1,000's of times for the very first time. Jamel, you are feeling the groove the same as I have so many times. Keep going brother, keep going....
Released in 1976, took up to 3 years to record. The album is basically the demo Tom Scholz sent the record company with a few overdubs. Boston Smokin next
1976. Summer of. Whenever I hear one of Boston’s songs it instantly takes me back to tube socks, cut offs tank top, Chucks and my skateboard. There was nothing like this band on the radio back in the day. Btw, the guitars are meant to be all of the major cities from earth put on guitar rocket ships in search for a new place to live. You can see they’re fleeing an exploding earth.
@glyngasson8450 The documentation is very clear that recording of this record started in 1975 and was completed in the summer of 1976 so about a hear and a half is all it took. Also not one track from the demo that Tom sent to Epic and producer John Boylan made it on this record. This is abundantly clear if you have ever listened to some of the demos. In addition, when interviewed by people who would know and call him out for not telling the truth, Tom admitted that NOT ONE track from the demo made it to the record.
That's my or too bright did you ever listen to a band called Blackfoot they had a Blackfoot strikes out of a Blackfoot tom-cattin oh oh my God that song Foxchase of Tomcat Blackfoot that is crazy I mean that southern ass rock and roll of Grey song Shut up and down it's just kick ass
Tom Scholz, who was a working engineer for Polaroid at the time, wrote this entire album and played and recorded it in his basement studio some of which was homemade equipment. Look up the history of this album. It’s fascinating.
It was his processing that was a breakthrough. Especially on the guitars. I wouldn't say 'home made' I would say 'developed by him' in your sentence. Just for accuracy in context and history. He later came out with a consumer device called the Rockman.
@Dave Maggiora is correct. Tom developed such advanced recording equipment in the basement of his home that I don't think the industry has caught up to this day. Boston's entire first album, save for one song, was recorded there. I remember reading that after the album was released, Tom still went to work every day. It might have been a few weeks later, I don't recall, but one of his coworkers had a radio on his desk in the adjoining room and More Than a Feeling came on. Everybody looked over at him. "Isn't this your song man?" He gave his notice shortly thereafter. Some of my details may be fuzzy, because I read this a long time ago, but J.H. is right. The story of this band, and their first album, is fascinating.
I was actually able to get a second hand Tom Scholtz Rock man. In case you dont know what that is. It was like the old Sony walk man cassette play except this was a mini guitar amp. Clip it on your side, plug in your guitar and head phones and rock it out.
He also created his own amplifier circuit to get that distinctive tone, the Rockman series (he created a few variations if I remember correctly). The dude is a legit genius when it comes to engineering and creating, mixing and producing music.
When the label picked them up they wanted to re-engineer everything that Tom had already done in his basement apartment. But it was already perfect. So in the end the producer was a producer in name only as what you hear on the album are essentially recordings of Tom's original recordings. There is a fantastic documentary that was done on Japanese television that is worth checking out and mandatory viewing for any Boston fan - ua-cam.com/video/mrEzoa9-I8g/v-deo.html
and also was an MIT graduate and invented the effects that he is using. No one heard guitars sound like this before this album. His effects were called Rockman efffects and he had quite a successful business selling them.
Yeah and he mailed demo tapes all over the world and everyone rejected them until one day a new exec was cleaning out all the demo cassettes in the desk and decided, just for the hell of it, to stick one in the machine and give it a listen. His reaction was about like Jamal's - - "holy **** what is this?" And all of a sudden, fifteen years after Scholtz had given up hope, he gets a phone call. That is pretty much how the whole thing happened.
BonsaiGuy The band were geniuses. I hear many people say that their songs all sound very similar, which they do, but that’s the genius behind it. They have a signature sound that sold records.
@@grimrekker2242 I agree, and their albums had those guitar spaceships, how cool is that? That is something that is lost today, I always enjoyed buying a record and jst looking at the album cover and sometimes they opened up and there was even more to look at. The art,work the credits to each song. Many times it would even say who played the first guitar solo, and who played the second.
@ P Palm. I couldn't agree more that Brad Delp's vocal greatness is only tragically offset by the absolute heartbreaking story of his taking his own life. I still struggle with it every time I hear Boston and Delp's amazing talent and his iconic voice. Such a loss.
One Artist for you to React to: TOMMY BOLIN. (Tommy, sadly passed away in 1976, at the Very Early Age of 25. Just as he was on the verge of becoming Big. Stupidly, He OD'ed!! :( :( I was 17, he was My 1st Guitar Hero, and My Entire World was Rocked Hard for A Long While. Check Out: My Favorite: "Wild Dogs" and "Dreamer" both off of his 1st solo CD "Teaser". Also, "Post Toastee" from his 2nd/last solo album: "Private Eyes". IF you are Into/Like Great Dynamics, then "Dreamer" is a song for you. From sparse, mellow and pretty to Rocking Out in a beat. Then-Boom- Right back to sweet and mellow. On "Post Toastee" Everyone in the band gets to Show Off A Little! :) I would suggest the studio versions/audio of all 3. Anyone of ALL of you out there AGREE with me? IF so, Please tell Jamel_AKA_Jamal
I, and all of us, will miss Brad Delp. I did get to hear Boston in Houston, TX - at the Cynthia Woods Pavillion - in the Summer of 2003. Brad was magnificent, as was the entire band. It was an approximatley 3 hour concert - just Boston. Badass.
Summer of "76, few albums had the impact that Boston did when this came out. Nobody had ever heard a debut album that was this strong. Not a bad track on the album, Smoking is another great tume to react too, oh hell all the tunes are great.
This album, Boston’s first, is definitely in the top 5 of all time best Rock albums, the whole album rocks. It’s definitely worth a whole album listen to by you, you will not be disappointed. If you want another awesome song off this album to check out, listen to Peace Of Mind. Also, the song Smokin’ is absolutely phenomenal, it will have you rockin’ out to it. \m/ Stay Metal \m/
Probably with it in the top albums ever are Dark Side of the Moon, Beatles White Album, Eagles Greatest Hits Vol 1, Back In Black and this one!! He should react to Amanda!!
Agree with you on the legendary status of their debut album. Every...single....song. Something I've always thought about every Bealtes album. Very few "filler" songs.
Their dominance is even more evident if you do a Top 5 DEBUT album dive! No denying "Top 5 All-Time Best," but put up debut albums against this, and see what happens!
Boston was released in 1976, and this song - THIS combo-song - is - in my opinion - the best thing ever recorded. I say that because it's simply impossible to reproduce! Nobody "covers" this piece. Glad you got to enjoy it!
Just seen the story of Sisters of the Drummer reaching out to U brother J... Had to come back an watch this again.. Much Respect to U an Them on this one 🤠🤘🏼🤠🤘🏼🤠🤘🏼🎧🎤🥁🎧🎤🥁🎧🎤🥁
Wow vid brought me here too!!! Jamal is by far the best reaction video man on UA-cam! I listened to all the RGTM albums in a row after Jamal discovered their greatness!!!
This is one of the albums I know exactly where I was and who I was with when I listened to it the first time. That was in the fall of 1976 and the album is still fantastic.
I enjoy seeing people's reaction the first time they hear Boston. The love of music they display, and the joy they experience is probably the same way I felt in 1976.
"...and I'm over here grooving to it like it came out yesterday?!?" Yet more evidence of both your good taste and how music can move anyone who truly listens...
Damn, how i loved this song jammin on a sunny summer day....... back in my teens, in the eighties, drivin the ole 67' camaro.......oooh, warms the heart.......................lol
@@karensuwaizdis9956 nice....yeah, i drove that car through college, until a woman "got blinded by the sun", then crossed the street, ran over 2 mailboxes, and jumped a railroad tie wall into my parked car, "safe" in my parents driveway.........ahhh, well, sh*t happens.......lol
Me to my friends sister had the album on top of a turntable and I asked him if I can play this record that I’ve never seen before and of blew me away and stiil does
I'm 54 now but I still feel the same hearing this song as I did when I was 12. That's what's so great about music . It's still there like an old friend that never changes.
I live in FL and take my grandkids to the beach alot. As soon as we hit the highway Boston is ON! One day we were in a grocery store and Boston came on and my six year old granddaughter says, " memaw!!! Beach music!"
That's the thing about classics. They may have come out decades ago but the first time you hear it is the day it came out for you. P.S. Listen to Blackfoot - Train Train or Wishing Well and/or Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs. You won't regret it.
"Foreplay" can best be appreciated when being played loudly in a 1971 Mustang, while driving late at night down a dark country road, in a Missouri thunderstorm.... with the headlights off. Been there, done that, lived to tell the tale. 😏😏😏👍👍👍
I love one single note at about 3:46-3:47, where something is definitely going to change, happen or "arrive suddenly". It's the note I always listen for. The intro becomes "pointed" at that second, and there is no turning back. It's here, it's upon you. HANG ON.
My friends and I were 17 when this came out and it just floored us. So basically the perfect age for this perfect song. And yeah at 60 it still just f*kin rocks.
I was 13 when this came out, just going into 8th grade. My girlfriends and I played this over and over and over and over, smoking a little something, playing our air drums and air guitars. I don't think I've played this album since high school (although I still have it, all beat up). Love seeing your reactions. Thanks for helping me hear it for the "first time" again!
Saw it already but back again for it after seeing "Wow". I liked it so much I finally wrote Ellen De Generes' show to pitch him as a guest (I let him know I would a few weeks ago and it's now done). J aka J Family: please do the same and let's get him to a million followers a little faster (because we know it's going to happen, Right?!). /d
WTF? I wore out this album when it first came out, seen the cover a million times, and never noticed they were guitars... Mind blown! Finally, something good in 2020! Thanks man!
Gunnery Sgt Hartman thanks, Gunny! John Deacon *does* rock 🤘🏽. I need to go through all my Deaky pics and change it up once in a while. The sweater-vest is always a fine choice. Lol.
Since you've already heard "More Than A Feeling" and have now experienced "Foreplay/Long Time" all you need to do now is listen to "Peace of Mind" and you can say you have heard side one of Boston's debut album. You'll probably want to then move on to side two. Just an inkling. Classic album we all owned way back when.
Jamel thats how i was introduced to Boston. A brand new 8 track Pioneer tape player in my brothers Ford Mustang going 80 mph. on Rt.66. Long live Boston.
Oh stop w/the disco bashing. Disco served a purpose of getting off your ass and dancing. Some of it was bad but like the Bee Gees were a blast if you HAVE ANY RHYTHM.....disco was about MOVING...AND HAVING FUN on a dance floor...not analzying from a purist, instruments only view. AMERICA could use more moving on a dance floor today with everyone so damn morbidly obese.
@@sueprator9314 Bullshit. Most disco music sucked. And ALL disco dancing was crap. I'm not saying that it required no skill, or any such thing. But it was the worst example (tied with country line dancing, to be fair) of dancing that's mechanical and soulless. My idea of dancing is something much less choreographed, free form kinda stuff, whether it's a laid back groove, or an amped up aerobic workout. It should be personal, and joyful... or maybe sexy, when the mood strikes. It should not be an intimidating audition for approval, consisting of counting steps, making sure your posture is on point, and doing your best to look just like John Travolta did. Never seemed like much fun... to DO, or WATCH. And the music was the perfect vehicle for such a low-brow take on the concept of song and dance. Ever wonder how a great bass player felt in those days, when he could damn near thump his way to Heaven, playin' some if the funkiest R&B or jazz grooves on the planet, or some kick ass rocker... and find that if you want work, you now have to play the same dreadful bass lines, over and over, and over, for at least a couple 40 minute sets... and knowing the whole time, that a stupid machine could play the same thing, with no help from them ? And I doubt there were many Budding Buddy Riches, or John Bonhams out there, who were itching to contribute their skills on the skins, for such nonsense, either. I can't say I've led a full, rich life, accomplishing every personal goal, I ever dreamed of. But I can proudly say that I've made it 64 years, without ever having worn a cheap double knit leisure suit, with a fedora and a f***ing referee's whistle around my neck, being the most annoying idiot in the club. Do you have any idea, how many guys only went to those places, because their women made them... and secretly wanted to beat the crap out of the jerk with the whistle ? Ha, ha. I don't know nothin' about no disco fever. But I know disco was a disease.
Nah, you know "More Than A Feeling." The fun for us is you discovering tunes we've loved for years. Therefore, please react to "Hitch A Ride." The "duelling guitars" section at the end is the most gorgeous guitar moment I've ever heard. And yes, this is the best debut album in history, come at me.
This is one of the best debut albums of all time. Every single thing about it. The songs are sensational, the production is stellar, the length is that sweet spot where it never overstays but leaves you wanting more. And oh! Brad's voice! RIP lonely soul, you were a voice apart. I very very rarely listen to a single track from this album, it's nearly always the whole album. But yeah, in an album of unstinting greatness, Hitch A Ride is my favourite, one of the best guitar solo/duets of all time, anywhere
So true, if you weren't in High School in the mid and late 70's, man you got so ripped off, those were the best days of music and Jamel is find out how true that is.
This came out when I was 10 years old and I played it on a cassette player that I got for my birthday. I thought virtuosity in musicianship was normal. I had no idea how spoiled I was and am. God bless you for opening your ears to heaven.
Foreplay came out in 1976, still one of the best songs that is so underrated by Boston. More than a feeling is a great song but, I'm with you on it's overplayed and everyone knows it.
This song just reminds me of Rock Band drums now. Boston's debut album was wall to wall hits back in the day ('76) Thanks for the reaction! "Smokin'" off this same album is one you should react to if you havent heard it.
Boston was actually Tom Scholz recording in his basement. He brought in a drummer and a singer to help, but he did the guitars, bass and keyboards. When he signed a record deal, he had to form a band so they could do live shows.
Welcome to 1976, baby!! This album and Peter Frampton's "Comes Alive" also come out. That was a big year for commercial Rock! Rush also did 2112 in '76.
Vickie Ray, I was 13 and I will never forget that year! Ballroom Blitz by Sweet was huge that year!! I’ll never for get the parties I went to because it was my first chance to “act like a teenager”, haha!
I love you... you're reaction is amazing. btw I am a 57 year old white grandma who "lived" the 70's and by that I mean this classic rock music, partying, cool cars, 18 was the legal drinking age. OMG my youth was soooo fun. Thank you for reminding me what it was like when you heard a really kick ass song. I am a new sub and will be for a long time to come I do believe.
Guitarist, bassist, keyboardist, and drummer that is...and was working at Polaroid at the time he recorded and engineered this in his basement studio in the 70s.
I love the album there isn’t one song on the album that is a bad song. Two songs that in my opinion don’t get talked about enough are Something About You and Let Me Take you Home Tonight. I love those two songs. I love the band and rest in peace Brad and Sib.
I was still a teen in the 70's when most of these bands were hot- saw a lot of em in concert! Boston- Kansas-Doobies- Bob Seger.. But watching you react & listening with you is like hearing/ feeling them for the 1st time. Bringing all the feels!!
Tom Sholz, the brains behind the band, mastered this album in his own home studio. It was such a hit, he had to put a band together so they could tour. I'm pretty sure the year was '76.
@blue-sc1se It is well known and stated clearly on the record liner notes themselves that this record was mastered at Capital Studios by Wally Traugott. There is no way on earth that Toms basic home studio could do the mixing and the mastering of this record. The record was mixed at Westlake Studios in CA.
I understand Tom played the demo for the record label, they gave him a check to rent a studio and record the album. He pocketed the money and came back and turned in the demo tapes he had already recorded. And it is one of the greatest studio albums ever.
I was 13 years old when this came out....talk about rocking a 13 year old mind,blown away.Have this on vinyl,cassette and cd.Still playing it today on my home stereo i bought new in 1988.
The harmonies are quite special, the synchronization between voices and instruments are spectacular. If they could have only duplicated it on many albums.
"The song is 43 years old....and I'm sitting here grooving to it like it came out yesterday"
The single undeniable fact about music. Great music...TRULY great music...knows no age.
I was breast fed this shit, I hear you 😊
It also "survives" the ages - and stays relevant ....
I graduated high school 43 years ago at 17. This tune was big then and still is.
@@vaughnmichael5114 ...Me too..."Higher than Heaven in 77"
I remember when the album came out. I was 34.
Picture this...
An 11 yr old black girl with an afro and a make shift broom guitar and a hair brush mic singing "TAKING MY TIME".
Running through the house jammin' to Boston. And her parents are looking at her like "yep, this is our child"
HAHAHA!
This album was fire in our house!!!!
Sharon Lofton I was a 13 year old white kid from southern Louisiana doing the same thing! Great music speaks to everyone!
I was a 9 year old Jewish boy, in Boston at the time, doing the exact same thing!
My 11 years old daughter, same thing. Her favorite LP (mine too). I'm writing from 🇮🇹 Italy
Hi Sharon, are you by any chance related to the great James Lofton of Green Bay Packers fame?
@@worldofameiso5491 actually I know who he is, I've watched him play, but I've never known whether we were related. It's quite possible though
1976...No internet, no FB, no UA-cam, no cell phones, no MP3, no-DVD, No VHS/Betamax, no cable TV; Boston laid this sonic gem via vinyl album, cassette and FM radio. It stands the test of time.
I still have the 8-track, the first version I got. Then vinyl and later CD.
@@bluedogok Nice - I have the original pressed vinyl...#Boomer. LOL
@@youmustbethistall5861 I have Don't Look Back on vinyl from back then and the 8-track and an unopened Walk On vinyl from when it first came out. Third Stage on cassette and CD. Have you ever heard Orion the Hunter? It was a Barry Goudreau project when Boston was in the fight with the record company. Fran Cosmo sang on it, he was the vocalist that replaced Delp on the Walk On album.
Indeed! I didn’t hear it until the tail end of the 70’s early 80’s…such good music!
@@randalwoodburn8247 yes!!!
Tom Scholtz got signed from a demo tape he created in his basement on equipment he invented and played. He didn't even have a band or a singer when he was signed. What a genius.
Scholz is an MIT-trained engineer who designed a recording studio in an apartment building basement. The first Boston album was mostly recorded in his basement studio, often using devices he designed and invented. After the success of Boston, he founded Scholz Research & Development, Inc. to develop and market his inventions, many under the Rockman brand. He was described by AllMusic as an “un-rock n' roll” figure who did not enjoy the limelight of being a performer, preferring to concentrate on music, production, and inventing new electronic equipment. In more recent years, he has dedicated much of his money and time to charitable work.
You can buy his Hyperspace Whammy pedals still!
He was a genius getting Brad Delp
He also invented something called (I think) The Rock Man. It attached to acoustic guitars to make them sound electric.
The entire album was recorded in their basement but the label said, "We aren't releasing an album that was recorded in someone's basement." So the band went into a studio to record one or two songs for the sake of the production company's demands.
Release date: August 25, 1976. Doesn't matter. This whole album will still be fresh 100 years from now.
My birthday day.
AutomatikSystematik it's timeless
funky fresh yo
I turned 7 a day before the release date...WOW!
One of the first songs that really got to me
Brad Delp should be mentioned with some of the greatest vocalist of all time.
Don't get me going .I would but afraid Tom will sue me too.
Up there with the king for sure
I certainly agree with you on this 😉💯
No shit??🤘🤘🤘🤘
Hell of a vocal range.
I get so much joy watching someone who truly appreciates music listening to these classic tracks for the first time. Brings a smile to my face the whole way through!
I completely agree with you!! Watching him hear these for the first time and really getting into them almost makes me feel like I'm hearing them again for the first time, too!! 😊🤘🏻
I agree , love you’re open mind!
Sunshine 67 most definitely... when searching sections are approaching I get chills when he or other newbies are reacting. Not using Newbie as a derogatory terms btw. It just makes me appreciate each reacted song that much more especially because they are touching a whole new generation.
His reactions are priceless! It makes me even more appreciative of these classics!
That's why I watch! It's so cool to see people listening to a great song for the first time. It also reminds me of how I felt the first time I heard it. I have a lot of fun turning my friends onto new music. Music is so much better when it's shared!
I'm happy to say my generation rock'd on!!! The best tunes.
Their debut album was one of the handful of greatest rock albums of all-time
The engineering and production values were amazing. It was often used to set up, and test stereo equipment.
Best debut album in history IMHO.
@@sarahzentexas Not is...WAS the best selling debut album ever.
@@Savatage1964 Didn't say best selling, just best debut album in history.
Savatage1964 She offered an opinion as to it was the best debut album ever, in her opinion......
This was me and my wife's favorite album. We were dating at the time in late 76 when this came out. Still great as ever, like our marriage of 43 years. Great times in the seventies.🎸🎸🎸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
That's awesome sir, great story!
I was born in October of that year. Great album and cheers to you sir!
I Remember i was 16
I was 14 when this came out..good times, great band.
Congrats 2 u & the missus!
You're the man, bro. Doesnt even matter the song. Your character and spirit show through on these vids.
Yes sir. Agree 100%.
Steven Garthune ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼Totally agree.
True!
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He’s pretty cool, I don’t comment much , but I agree , he’s the man
Boston just shows us that good music is ageless and timeless.
Music like this is the reason old groups are still touring.
Thank God...as I am not a fan of most of the modern music that plays on the radio in the US.
I got take my teenage daughter to see them a couple years ago. They ROCK live!!!!
@@terrib-g8783 Yes they do. Saw them in Toronto a few years back.
Will never forget the day my friend ran to my house saying: “you gotta hear this!” His brother had a kick ass stereo system. We rocked and listened in awe to this instant classic. Not even knowing what Foreplay was 😀
Boston: hitch a ride... smoking... rock and roll band. one of the greatest debut albums ever.
paul stewart love “Smokin”
Agreed, every song on their first 2 albums was great..one of my favorite bands, they had a clean sound.
@@partlycloudy9443 definitely, but the debut album is better IMHO.
MIT graduate, working for Polaroid developing cameras, created his own amplifiers and much more. 1976 debut, no computers, raw talent. I love seeing you hear something I've heard 1,000's of times for the very first time. Jamel, you are feeling the groove the same as I have so many times. Keep going brother, keep going....
Released in 1976, took up to 3 years to record. The album is basically the demo Tom Scholz sent the record company with a few overdubs. Boston Smokin next
1976. Summer of. Whenever I hear one of Boston’s songs it instantly takes me back to tube socks, cut offs tank top, Chucks and my skateboard. There was nothing like this band on the radio back in the day. Btw, the guitars are meant to be all of the major cities from earth put on guitar rocket ships in search for a new place to live. You can see they’re fleeing an exploding earth.
"Smokin'" ABSOLUTELY lives up to the name. 🔥
@glyngasson8450 The documentation is very clear that recording of this record started in 1975 and was completed in the summer of 1976 so about a hear and a half is all it took. Also not one track from the demo that Tom sent to Epic and producer John Boylan made it on this record. This is abundantly clear if you have ever listened to some of the demos. In addition, when interviewed by people who would know and call him out for not telling the truth, Tom admitted that NOT ONE track from the demo made it to the record.
Boston by Boston, every single song on the whole album is a hit!
1976... “Boston” and “Frampton Comes Alive” were both obligatory album purchases that year if you were a teenager.
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Yessir! and I got 'em both. Fly Like an Eagle by Steve Miller also!!!!
you forgot 2...double live gonzo and wings over america...
That's my or too bright did you ever listen to a band called Blackfoot they had a Blackfoot strikes out of a Blackfoot tom-cattin oh oh my God that song Foxchase of Tomcat Blackfoot that is crazy I mean that southern ass rock and roll of Grey song Shut up and down it's just kick ass
@@allendixon1466 TRAIN, TRAIN; been listening to it since about 1980...Blackfoot...f--king rocks...
FACT!!!!!!!!
All of us that grew up in the 60's and 70's had the best music and we definitely know how to rock.
You be “Groovin’ to it like it came out yesterday” because it’s nothing but a TIMELESS HIT! 👏 ROUND of APPLAUSE 👏 to Boston
“43 years old and I’m just grooving on it like it came out yesterday.” Great quote!
Your THE BEST!
Tom Scholz, who was a working engineer for Polaroid at the time, wrote this entire album and played and recorded it in his basement studio some of which was homemade equipment. Look up the history of this album. It’s fascinating.
It was his processing that was a breakthrough. Especially on the guitars. I wouldn't say 'home made' I would say 'developed by him' in your sentence. Just for accuracy in context and history. He later came out with a consumer device called the Rockman.
I never really cared for Boston till I learned that. changed my whole perspective.
Tom Scholz owns a company that makes a lot of audio equipment. I think he has 50+ patents to his name. He's invented a lot of stuff. MIT grad..
@Dave Maggiora is correct. Tom developed such advanced recording equipment in the basement of his home that I don't think the industry has caught up to this day. Boston's entire first album, save for one song, was recorded there. I remember reading that after the album was released, Tom still went to work every day. It might have been a few weeks later, I don't recall, but one of his coworkers had a radio on his desk in the adjoining room and More Than a Feeling came on. Everybody looked over at him. "Isn't this your song man?" He gave his notice shortly thereafter. Some of my details may be fuzzy, because I read this a long time ago, but J.H. is right. The story of this band, and their first album, is fascinating.
I was actually able to get a second hand Tom Scholtz Rock man. In case you dont know what that is. It was like the old Sony walk man cassette play except this was a mini guitar amp. Clip it on your side, plug in your guitar and head phones and rock it out.
These artists owe you a debt of gratitude for introducing their music to a whole new generation of fans
This album was released in 1976! Still sounds amazing at the end of 2020 because it’s timeless.
Year I graduated high school, so much great music, 200th year of our nation
Yes. Music like this doesn't really exist anymore sadly. This was really ahead of it's time. 44 years In August.
1976 junior in high school. Memories
Still Rockin.
@@fladiverdown Me too (Class of 77), still remember when I first heard it on the radio.
Jeff Meyers no one can do this shit today. Their too busy relying on high tech bullshit!
Yep, sadly Rock is dead. It’s all technology, pop garbage and no talent rappers.
But it never ages!!!!
Most of this was recorded in Tom Scholz basement with him playing almost everything. He had to put a band together when the album was a hit
Exactly Glyn with the exception of Brad Delp doing vocals?
He also created his own amplifier circuit to get that distinctive tone, the Rockman series (he created a few variations if I remember correctly). The dude is a legit genius when it comes to engineering and creating, mixing and producing music.
@@jimbettridge3123 And he had to find a drummer. So, a drummer, and Brad singing, and the REST was Tom.
That's right...good ole' Ohio boy, and his Marianne walking away was a reference to a cousin of his.
When the label picked them up they wanted to re-engineer everything that Tom had already done in his basement apartment. But it was already perfect. So in the end the producer was a producer in name only as what you hear on the album are essentially recordings of Tom's original recordings. There is a fantastic documentary that was done on Japanese television that is worth checking out and mandatory viewing for any Boston fan - ua-cam.com/video/mrEzoa9-I8g/v-deo.html
1976!! I was a Sr in High School! Great time to be alive! I still listen to Boston like it just came out as well. 50 yrs and it NEVER gets old!!!
Boston was Tom Scholtz in his basement. He recorded there, and mixed it there.
All he didn't do, was drum and sing
and also was an MIT graduate and invented the effects that he is using. No one heard guitars sound like this before this album. His effects were called Rockman efffects and he had quite a successful business selling them.
Yeah and he mailed demo tapes all over the world and everyone rejected them until one day a new exec was cleaning out all the demo cassettes in the desk and decided, just for the hell of it, to stick one in the machine and give it a listen. His reaction was about like Jamal's - - "holy **** what is this?"
And all of a sudden, fifteen years after Scholtz had given up hope, he gets a phone call.
That is pretty much how the whole thing happened.
BonsaiGuy The band were geniuses. I hear many people say that their songs all sound very similar, which they do, but that’s the genius behind it. They have a signature sound that sold records.
@@grimrekker2242 I agree, and their albums had those guitar spaceships, how cool is that? That is something that is lost today, I always enjoyed buying a record and jst looking at the album cover and sometimes they opened up and there was even more to look at. The art,work the credits to each song. Many times it would even say who played the first guitar solo, and who played the second.
You have to remember that this was well before autotune and digital recording. Delp was incredible.
Amen brother
and when they took pride in engineering the song also with stereo, not same sound out of every speaker. Now they just lazy
I almost forgot how great this song truly is not was.Adding it to playlist. Thanks Jamel
"and i'm here groovin' like it came out yesterday"
THAT'S says it all about great music...it's timeless
Brad Delp, the vocalist was incredible. Unfortunately took his own life a number of years ago. Sad story. So much talent. Left a legacy behind
@ P Palm. I couldn't agree more that Brad Delp's vocal greatness is only tragically offset by the absolute heartbreaking story of his taking his own life. I still struggle with it every time I hear Boston and Delp's amazing talent and his iconic voice. Such a loss.
God bless you Brad and RIP
Aw man I didn't hear about him taking his own life, shit. Thanks for letting us know.
Sib hasian passed too
@@petermaguire1939 yes he did
But unlike Brad Delp, Sib died while performing
*The world needs more JAMEL AKA JAMALS.*
We would be in a better place right now if that was to be true.
for sure. I want a Humble Thyself item. He is so enjoyable and a good role model for me
That's what I'm talk'n about!!
I like "Sugar Boohah"!!!
One Artist for you to React to: TOMMY BOLIN. (Tommy, sadly passed away
in 1976, at the Very Early Age of 25. Just as he was on the verge of
becoming Big. Stupidly, He OD'ed!! :( :( I was 17, he was My 1st Guitar
Hero, and My Entire World was Rocked Hard for A Long While. Check Out:
My Favorite: "Wild Dogs" and "Dreamer" both off of his 1st solo CD
"Teaser". Also, "Post Toastee" from his 2nd/last solo album: "Private
Eyes". IF you are Into/Like Great Dynamics, then "Dreamer" is a song for
you. From sparse, mellow and pretty to Rocking Out in a beat.
Then-Boom- Right back to sweet and mellow. On "Post Toastee" Everyone in
the band gets to Show Off A Little! :) I would suggest the studio
versions/audio of all 3. Anyone of ALL of you out there AGREE with me? IF so, Please tell Jamel_AKA_Jamal
The greatest debut album of ALL TIME! Every song is incredible.
I, and all of us, will miss Brad Delp. I did get to hear Boston in Houston, TX - at the Cynthia Woods Pavillion - in the Summer of 2003. Brad was magnificent, as was the entire band. It was an approximatley 3 hour concert - just Boston. Badass.
This got heavy HEAVY airplay back in the 70's and early 80's, as it should have.
And air guitar play too.
Summer of "76, few albums had the impact that Boston did when this came out. Nobody had ever heard a debut album that was this strong. Not a bad track on the album, Smoking is another great tume to react too, oh hell all the tunes are great.
Agreed and I would include Hotel California on that list.
This album, Boston’s first, is definitely in the top 5 of all time best Rock albums, the whole album rocks. It’s definitely worth a whole album listen to by you, you will not be disappointed. If you want another awesome song off this album to check out, listen to Peace Of Mind. Also, the song Smokin’ is absolutely phenomenal, it will have you rockin’ out to it.
\m/ Stay Metal \m/
Probably with it in the top albums ever are Dark Side of the Moon, Beatles White Album, Eagles Greatest Hits Vol 1, Back In Black and this one!! He should react to Amanda!!
Agree with you on the legendary status of their debut album. Every...single....song. Something I've always thought about every Bealtes album. Very few "filler" songs.
@@David_Theisen Don't forget Christopher Cross
Their dominance is even more evident if you do a Top 5 DEBUT album dive! No denying "Top 5 All-Time Best," but put up debut albums against this, and see what happens!
AGREED. This ENTIRE ALBUM is a masterpiece. I just. Ah god. So good.
Boston was released in 1976, and this song - THIS combo-song - is - in my opinion - the best thing ever recorded. I say that because it's simply impossible to reproduce! Nobody "covers" this piece. Glad you got to enjoy it!
Just seen the story of Sisters of the Drummer reaching out to U brother J... Had to come back an watch this again.. Much Respect to U an Them on this one 🤠🤘🏼🤠🤘🏼🤠🤘🏼🎧🎤🥁🎧🎤🥁🎧🎤🥁
Sorry, I meant the Daughters LMAO 🤣
Wow vid brought me here too!!! Jamal is by far the best reaction video man on UA-cam! I listened to all the RGTM albums in a row after Jamal discovered their greatness!!!
I did the same thing! So Good!
Same here. Seen the reaction before but had to watch again ❤💗❤✌
ditto all that! Grape minds stink alike...
This album took the world by storm! Every track is a masterpiece. The engineering is truly amazing!
And all engineered by Tom Scholz....
You got that right!!!
Certainly did... They were one of the first to use digital recording and back then it was cutting edge technology.
This is one of the albums I know exactly where I was and who I was with when I listened to it the first time. That was in the fall of 1976 and the album is still fantastic.
I enjoy seeing people's reaction the first time they hear Boston. The love of music they display, and the joy they experience is probably the same way I felt in 1976.
"...and I'm over here grooving to it like it came out yesterday?!?" Yet more evidence of both your good taste and how music can move anyone who truly listens...
This song has so many 'payoffs' musically. It is almost a cliche'... musically. But it makes it easy to love it from the first listen.
"So was that Foreplay in the beginning?"
Brother, it sure felt like it.
And about 3:10 is the orgasm. 😏
When music was amazing and not worried about if it would get Radio Play or be a good music video!
I always feel like a cigarette after the intro
One of the best comments I have read since 2017
Damn, how i loved this song jammin on a sunny summer day....... back in my teens, in the eighties, drivin the ole 67' camaro.......oooh, warms the heart.......................lol
'69 camaro convertible here, doing the same thing, same time...miss the 8 track!
@@karensuwaizdis9956 nice....yeah, i drove that car through college, until a woman "got blinded by the sun", then crossed the street, ran over 2 mailboxes, and jumped a railroad tie wall into my parked car, "safe" in my parents driveway.........ahhh, well, sh*t happens.......lol
67 mustang here
@@stevenjohann5435 😂😂
You do the best reactions to some of the best music ever put out! Thank you man! Truly enjoy listening to good tunes with you.
WOW!!!! You realized the spaceships are guitars about 10-15 years before most people get that 😂👍🏼
I still remember setting the needle down on this album for the first time. It still feels like yesterday, not 40+ years ago.... phenomenal!!!
Me to my friends sister had the album on top of a turntable and I asked him if I can play this record that I’ve never seen before and of blew me away and stiil does
This song seems to energize me when I listen to it. Brad Delp's voice is colossal, great vocal range!
Yes, it does seem to energize you. I'm not sure what it is about these songs, but they DO energize you! I know that they get my hear racing!
One the greatest songs ever. That intro is what heaven will be like.
I'm 54 now but I still feel the same hearing this song as I did when I was 12. That's what's so great about music . It's still there like an old friend that never changes.
Same bud, couldn't get enough Boston back then, still can't❤
Diggerdog2nd I’m 54 too, and for a minute I was in my car in my high school parking lot burning one before 1st period. Wow
@@bobnelson3531 agreed ,totally agree those were the times bud❤
IKR!, I'm going on 56 now...still feel the same way!
I live in FL and take my grandkids to the beach alot. As soon as we hit the highway Boston is ON! One day we were in a grocery store and Boston came on and my six year old granddaughter says, " memaw!!! Beach music!"
OMG the song takes me back to my bell bottoms
and platform shoes!
Aaah, the memories (and clothes, imo) of those days were so great!
TRUTH!❤️
Yep! and I think I was about 13 at the time...
My niece asked me if I still had my bell bottoms 😆😆
I love that you went exploring this amazing album. The entire album is pure 70s rock goodness.
That's the thing about classics. They may have come out decades ago but the first time you hear it is the day it came out for you.
P.S. Listen to Blackfoot - Train Train or Wishing Well and/or Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs. You won't regret it.
Yes! Bridge of Sighs for sure!
❤️
Blackfoot Left Turn on A Red Light
Ruloe...that's what I said...great taste in music, man.
Blackfoot Highway song
"Foreplay" can best be appreciated when being played loudly in a 1971 Mustang, while driving late at night down a dark country road, in a Missouri thunderstorm.... with the headlights off. Been there, done that, lived to tell the tale. 😏😏😏👍👍👍
For me, the passenger seat of my uncle's 1979 Trans Am, with the tops out.
My moms shitty pacer.
@@ixxgxx LOL 🤣🤣🤣
Those brutal MO storms can sneak up on ya!
My Chevy Vega...lol
1977 remember it well my brother John crusing down the road in his 67 Buick skylark blasting away on his 8-track. RIP John miss you man ✌💖
zeb Johnson did your Buick have positraction?
@@Jared.rock138 yes sir ran like a scalded dog 😎
Tom Scholz (guitarist) is an MIT Grad and designed and developed his own effects, the most famous of which was the Rockman...
Best comment... "So that was Foreplay in the beginning?"
I love one single note at about 3:46-3:47, where something is definitely going to change, happen or "arrive suddenly". It's the note I always listen for.
The intro becomes "pointed" at that second, and there is no turning back. It's here, it's upon you. HANG ON.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
LMAO
Foreplay is always in the beginning till it gets real.
"Thats what she said"
My friends and I were 17 when this came out and it just floored us. So basically the perfect age for this perfect song. And yeah at 60 it still just f*kin rocks.
I just turned 60, panties drop and the doobies come out to this masterpiece.
When this album hit, it just blew everyone away. Foreplay/Long Time was the opening of the album. There wasn't any sound even remotely like it before.
I was 13 when this came out, just going into 8th grade. My girlfriends and I played this over and over and over and over, smoking a little something, playing our air drums and air guitars. I don't think I've played this album since high school (although I still have it, all beat up). Love seeing your reactions. Thanks for helping me hear it for the "first time" again!
Maura? Is that you??
One of the best songs ever, one of the best bands ever, one if the best albums EVER!
Who's here after watching Jamel's video "Wow"?! Great story. Great reaction.
Saw it already but back again for it after seeing "Wow". I liked it so much I finally wrote Ellen De Generes' show to pitch him as a guest (I let him know I would a few weeks ago and it's now done). J aka J Family: please do the same and let's get him to a million followers a little faster (because we know it's going to happen, Right?!). /d
Oh yeah.
Yep
Me
I am!
WTF? I wore out this album when it first came out, seen the cover a million times, and never noticed they were guitars... Mind blown! Finally, something good in 2020! Thanks man!
Gallorum Rex you’re right, I even have the picture disc and didn’t notice. Freaky!
As I child of this generation of music. Everybody had this album in their collection regardless of the musical genre they preferred.
Oh to be young again in the late 60 through early 80s when rock tore loose.
I was 10 years old when this album came out... and I STILL get chills all these years later !
I was just thinking the same thing, hearing the Guitar intro after foreplay.....so damn good....
Like your screen name. John Deacon rocks. Maybe should've used a pic of him in that sweater vest. Lol
Gunnery Sgt Hartman thanks, Gunny! John Deacon *does* rock 🤘🏽. I need to go through all my Deaky pics and change it up once in a while. The sweater-vest is always a fine choice. Lol.
I’m Weak For Deaky, I was 9, myself, and I feel the same.
Awesome handle.The canadian Queen nut loves you. Cheers!
Since you've already heard "More Than A Feeling" and have now experienced "Foreplay/Long Time" all you need to do now is listen to "Peace of Mind" and you can say you have heard side one of Boston's debut album.
You'll probably want to then move on to side two. Just an inkling.
Classic album we all owned way back when.
Jamel thats how i was introduced to Boston. A brand new 8 track Pioneer tape player in my brothers Ford Mustang going 80 mph. on Rt.66. Long live Boston.
Two bands saved us from Disco, and this was one of them.
The other was Van Halen.
Oh stop w/the disco bashing. Disco served a purpose of getting off your ass and dancing. Some of it was bad but like the Bee Gees were a blast if you HAVE ANY RHYTHM.....disco was about MOVING...AND HAVING FUN on a dance floor...not analzying from a purist, instruments only view. AMERICA could use more moving on a dance floor today with everyone so damn morbidly obese.
@@sueprator9314 Bullshit. Most disco music sucked. And ALL disco dancing was crap. I'm not saying that it required no skill, or any such thing. But it was the worst example (tied with country line dancing, to be fair) of dancing that's mechanical and soulless. My idea of dancing is something much less choreographed, free form kinda stuff, whether it's a laid back groove, or an amped up aerobic workout. It should be personal, and joyful... or maybe sexy, when the mood strikes. It should not be an intimidating audition for approval, consisting of counting steps, making sure your posture is on point, and doing your best to look just like John Travolta did. Never seemed like much fun... to DO, or WATCH. And the music was the perfect vehicle for such a low-brow take on the concept of song and dance. Ever wonder how a great bass player felt in those days, when he could damn near thump his way to Heaven, playin' some if the funkiest R&B or jazz grooves on the planet, or some kick ass rocker... and find that if you want work, you now have to play the same dreadful bass lines, over and over, and over, for at least a couple 40 minute sets... and knowing the whole time, that a stupid machine could play the same thing, with no help from them ? And I doubt there were many Budding Buddy Riches, or John Bonhams out there, who were itching to contribute their skills on the skins, for such nonsense, either. I can't say I've led a full, rich life, accomplishing every personal goal, I ever dreamed of. But I can proudly say that I've made it 64 years, without ever having worn a cheap double knit leisure suit, with a fedora and a f***ing referee's whistle around my neck, being the most annoying idiot in the club. Do you have any idea, how many guys only went to those places, because their women made them... and secretly wanted to beat the crap out of the jerk with the whistle ? Ha, ha. I don't know nothin' about no disco fever. But I know disco was a disease.
Thank Goodness Disco is dead
AC/DC certainly didn't hurt the cause.
@@sueprator9314 I loved it all! I'd rock out, then disco down to the sound lol
Boston's "Hitch a Ride" has a guitar solo that brings tears to your eyes.
Sean Sullivan that’s one of the best guitar solos (and beautiful songs in general) ever written. So much emotion!
Here's that guitar solo:
ua-cam.com/video/B4n8QW6roDw/v-deo.html
That guitar solo emotes so much feeling. It gets to me every single time I hear it.
That is hands down my favorite Boston song! 😍
and now so much meaning .... i couldn’t agree - i can never make it through without a tear !
Nah, you know "More Than A Feeling." The fun for us is you discovering tunes we've loved for years. Therefore, please react to "Hitch A Ride." The "duelling guitars" section at the end is the most gorgeous guitar moment I've ever heard.
And yes, this is the best debut album in history, come at me.
Hitch a Ride is a wonderful "Ride". CAN NOT go wrong with that one! You will love it, guaranteed, Jamel.
Brad Delp had the greatest voice ever. Wish he was still here today.
This is one of the best debut albums of all time. Every single thing about it. The songs are sensational, the production is stellar, the length is that sweet spot where it never overstays but leaves you wanting more. And oh! Brad's voice! RIP lonely soul, you were a voice apart. I very very rarely listen to a single track from this album, it's nearly always the whole album.
But yeah, in an album of unstinting greatness, Hitch A Ride is my favourite, one of the best guitar solo/duets of all time, anywhere
Jamel you should have been kicking it with us back in the seventies
"So this came out 43 years ago? I was ... not born."
Would have been fun if he did!!
So true, if you weren't in High School in the mid and late 70's, man you got so ripped off, those were the best days of music and Jamel is find out how true that is.
Nah, then he'd be old like us! Give the kid a break.
No decade like the seventies for rock n roll!!
This came out when I was 10 years old and I played it on a cassette player that I got for my birthday. I thought virtuosity in musicianship was normal. I had no idea how spoiled I was and am. God bless you for opening your ears to heaven.
Foreplay came out in 1976, still one of the best songs that is so underrated by Boston. More than a feeling is a great song but, I'm with you on it's overplayed and everyone knows it.
This song just reminds me of Rock Band drums now. Boston's debut album was wall to wall hits back in the day ('76)
Thanks for the reaction! "Smokin'" off this same album is one you should react to if you havent heard it.
Best Rock debut album! Yes...pretty much every song was being played on the radio!
So sad the lead singer committed suicide!
I think I wore out 2" 8 track versions of this album.
Smokin’ or Peace of Mind. You don’t need to do More than a Feeling. Anthem of its day, but 4th best song on the album for me
Boston was actually Tom Scholz recording in his basement. He brought in a drummer and a singer to help, but he did the guitars, bass and keyboards. When he signed a record deal, he had to form a band so they could do live shows.
He also invented a portable amplifier called the Rockman. The word genius is thrown around a lot, but it really fits for Scholz.
I'm writing this info down in my scrapbook of music facts. Thank You
Ever listen to any of their solo recordings?
Return to Zero (RTZ)
Barry Goudreau (self titled)
Barry Goudreau (Orion the Hunter)
@@Geerladenlad never heard of any of these recordings, but I bet they sound soooooo good.
@Ryan Racine "true dat" you must be a brother because this is a stone cold Hood expression.
Welcome to 1976, baby!! This album and Peter Frampton's "Comes Alive" also come out. That was a big year for commercial Rock! Rush also did 2112 in '76.
1976 was a year of BANGERS. Too many awesome songs to list came out that year.
Michael Briefs 1976 was a great year! I was 16 and the music was amazing 💙🎸🎤💙
Vickie Ray, I was 13 and I will never forget that year! Ballroom Blitz by Sweet was huge that year!! I’ll never for get the parties I went to because it was my first chance to “act like a teenager”, haha!
Michael Briefs those were the best times of my life ♥️💙♥️
I love you... you're reaction is amazing. btw I am a 57 year old white grandma who "lived" the 70's and by that I mean this classic rock music, partying, cool cars, 18 was the legal drinking age. OMG my youth was soooo fun. Thank you for reminding me what it was like when you heard a really kick ass song. I am a new sub and will be for a long time to come I do believe.
The guitarist has a Master's in Engineering from MIT. Gotta love that.
Guitarist, bassist, keyboardist, and drummer that is...and was working at Polaroid at the time he recorded and engineered this in his basement studio in the 70s.
also invented Polaroid Instamatic Film for the SX70 Camera when he worked for them ;)
And Jeff “Skunk” Baxter is a self taught rocket scientist. He guitared for Steely Dan and for the Doobies.
And Brian May is a rocket scientist! :)
Jamal, you are best, dude! I love when you get blown away by great Rock songs! So much fun!
Not a single "dud" on the entire album, every cut is killer!
Completely agree. I played this album constantly!
Near, or at, the top of every "best first/premier album" list for a reason.
True. Every song got airplay on the radio. As far as I'm concerned, this is their greatest hits album.
I know I have this album in my garage treasures because it was my teen years staple! I enjoy your reactions. Thank you:)
Although they did reach great heights I still believe they were one of the most underrated bands from the 70’s & 80s. RIP BRAD DELP
I love the album there isn’t one song on the album that is a bad song. Two songs that in my opinion don’t get talked about enough are Something About You and Let Me Take you Home Tonight. I love those two songs. I love the band and rest in peace Brad and Sib.
"So that was Foreplay in the beginning?" The punchlines just write themselves.
That they do. I said it in another comment, "that's what she said 😛
Im going to put this out here... Head East "Never been any reason"
Awesome song. Still love and listen to it. Never seen anyone react to it either.
Another one of my personal faves!
Awesome pick!!
Yea! Another Head East fan. Truly worth your time brother. "Never been any reason." Also Winger did some good stuff.
@@wickedmirage Only guy that did was Soul Train Bro when his YT site was still active.
Jamal, you would have had a great time with us back in the day! We had a lot of fun! The best music for sure!
Yes! We would have had so much fun! OMG!!! The music we could have grooved to...
You guys were spoiled with good music
@@pg1171 GREEN DAY WHO LOL THE 70s kicked the 80s ASS
I was still a teen in the 70's when most of these bands were hot- saw a lot of em in concert! Boston- Kansas-Doobies- Bob Seger.. But watching you react & listening with you is like hearing/ feeling them for the 1st time. Bringing all the feels!!
I've seen this album cover a million times and never realized the UFO's are guitars 🤦♂️
All of their album covers are guitar spaceships. Check em out
I had no idea they were guitars either!
You either smoked too much weed or too little weed.
Each spaceship is a city leaving the Earth is it explodes.
@@KevinSmith-dx6xq rotflmao
If you want another song from that album that isn't "More than a Feeling", check out "Peace of Mind". Also great.
Oh hell yes, Peace of Mind is a great companion piece to Long Time, this and the ZZ Top reaction made me a subscriber.
@@jokarpinski22 Peace of Mind would be a great one absolutely!
Oh heck yeah
Honestly, the whole album is legendary. Crazy that Boston started out writing with just the organist, drummer, and singer.
Yeah!
Tom Sholz, the brains behind the band, mastered this album in his own home studio. It was such a hit, he had to put a band together so they could tour. I'm pretty sure the year was '76.
Tom also has a masters degree from M.I.T. and left a successful career with Polaroid (who was huge at the time) to pursue music.
@blue-sc1se It is well known and stated clearly on the record liner notes themselves that this record was mastered at Capital Studios by Wally Traugott. There is no way on earth that Toms basic home studio could do the mixing and the mastering of this record. The record was mixed at Westlake Studios in CA.
Wow! I can remember cruising with friends listening to this! Such fantastic lyrics & band! Luv this guys selections & comments!
This is one of the best
STUDIO RECORDED ALBUMS OF ALL TIME.
They just got it right.
AWSOME. 😎
The engineering of this album is superb. Crisp, clear, and precise.
Tom Scholz played all the instruments and recorded it on equipment OF HIS OWN DESIGN. In his basement. Absolutely incredible.
@@d.brooks2035 Tom Scholz is an MIT Grad....
John O'Neill I know
I understand Tom played the demo for the record label, they gave him a check to rent a studio and record the album. He pocketed the money and came back and turned in the demo tapes he had already recorded. And it is one of the greatest studio albums ever.
I was 13 years old when this came out....talk about rocking a 13 year old mind,blown away.Have this on vinyl,cassette and cd.Still playing it today on my home stereo i bought new in 1988.
Our ears weren't prepared for such a sonic masterpiece.
The harmonies are quite special, the synchronization between voices and instruments are spectacular. If they could have only duplicated it on many albums.
the absolute joy of music, ALL music, is more evident in your reactions than in any other you tube site. FANTASTIC !
AMEN 💯