Well, back in the day,,, Yes, i remember exactly where i was hearing the just released cassette (album) for the first time with no interruptions. That album should of had a "Warning" on the cover,,,.@roniboyd613
@@Drownedjetsfan1974 The guy after Brad sang in the, you might as well call it an offshoot of Boston, band Orion the Hunter. Brad helped write a large portion of the album and sang background vocals as well. Always liked their 80s song "So You Ran"
No one made music like this in 1976. People were floored. No makes music like this in 2024. Reactors are floored. Different eras, same response: Stunned amazement.
Tom Scholz is a musical savant. He wrote this album in his basement, played all the instruments, and actually invented equipment (which is still used today) so he could create the music as he heard it in his head. The band came afterwards and the blending of Tom's genius and Brad Delp's voice created the best debut album of all time and one of the best bands of all time. "Don't Look Back" is another corker! Keep up the great work MollyBoy
not quite all the instruments: he may or may not have played drum parts on his original demos (jury still seems to be out on that) but Sibby Hashian and/or Jim Masdea handled drums on the versions which made it to the debut album.
@@almondroca Yes, you're right! Thanks for the pick up. Apparently he point blank refuses to do interviews these days, which is a tragedy. Would love to see Rick Beato interview him.
@@leahkane5774 heartily agree, Rick B would be a great, knowledgable interviewer. the making of this album, and everything which led up to it, really is a fascinating story. but maybe Scholz feels like he's said everything he has to say about it. a mercurial dude, for sure.
I am 64 years old. Can you believe this music is what I listened to when I was 17 years old in high school? We rocked at every chance we could get. I can tell you exactly who I was with, where, and when I heard this song. The best music of our time.
I remember staying at my grandparents house when I was maybe 5. Going through my aunt's albums (she still lived at home at that time) and came across this album. Boston has some of the coolest album art, in my opinion. I have not found a song on the album yet that I do not like.
Me too! I was 15, I remember exactly where I was and stopped in my tracks and was in awe. Spoiled brat.. ‘mom! we have to go get this album!’ We did. What a time to be alive!
I am 71 years old and I love the way this young man Head Bobs to My generations Rock and Roll!!! Check out Dreams I'll never see, Molly Hatchet!!! Young Man I enjoy Your reaction, and to watch you get off on Classic Rock and Damn Roll!!! Pray For Peace!!! Pray For America!!!
This is the epitome of a song that you blast while cruising down the highway!! "Hitch a Ride" is another great Boston song and has my favorite guitar solo from Tom.
I don't think they ever made it into the Rock Hall of Fame, which is a true injustice. Their vocals, song writing, and instrumentals were the definition of creativity and talent.
Don't try to figure it out...just ride it! An entire generation would listen on a hi-fi stereo in their room with a black light and black light posters on the walls. And the album played over and over again. One of the best debut albums of all time! Also, when we were old enough to drive we played it over and over again! Boston always ROCKS! Music was everything and everywhere back then ❤️
If I only had one album to play for someone who asked “what was rock music like in the 70’s” this is what I would play for them as an introduction. Great,solid rock. Zeppelin, Floyd and others would come after, but for a first inking of what rock was? I can’t imagine a better song……or album
I have never cared much for reaction videos 😡 until I stumbled across your channel Mollyboy, your love and appreciation for the music is obvious, keep the vids coming and welcome to the 70's
Bro , as a 67 yo rocker from way back it's awesome to see you enjoy the rock music of our day . When i see your head bobbin and movin to the beat , it make me smile . Keep exploring our rock & roll dude .
I played this album into the ground when I bought it in ‘76 I was 12 saved up my allowance and grass cutting profits to buy this, 48 yrs later I’m STILL playing it, great album …….. great band.
I was nine years old when this album came out in 1976. Literally every song has hit the radio here in the states throughout the years. This is one of the greatest debut albums ever.
It’s the 80s and I’m a 16 year old cruising Main Street with my friends in a 67 Mustang, doobie in hand. The most epic sound system, listening to this!! It’s a wonder I can still hear today.
@@johnirving5949 Some of it, but most of the drums were also recorded by Tom in his basement and actually used on the finished album. The band thought they were recording an album, but then Tom swapped out most of the non-vocal stuff for what he'd done on his own.
THE best ever debut album......brilliant......best ever gig....London,Hammersmith Odeon........giant church organ.....smoke coming out of it.......Tom Shultz walks through the haze and comes in with that first solo......brilliant.
This is the first record album I ever bought. I vividly recall blasting it at the US bicentennial 4th of July, 1976. Peace of Mind changed my life. Lived it the rest of my life
It isn't the best selling debut anymore. Hootie and the Blowfish and guns and Roses overtook them. Now there are several others but this is the greatest rock albums of all time and they didn't shoot videos which at that time sold lots of albums for bands. They didn't need to!!!!
@@Mark-fk3ei Wow thanks for the "updated" info - it's a shame because they imo, are better than both of the other two that you mentioned. Boston surely was something special when they came on the scene! Glad I got to witness such great music 70s/80's
@luckylisa5496 unfortunately Tom chose not to make music videos which didn't help in the marketing of the band. Another tidbit,before they went out on the greatest hits tour they were supposed to do a photoshoot. Tom canceled 3 times before he actually did it. He doesn't like being recognized in public.
Lol, I could tell you weren't too sure about the acoustic breaks. I was like..... wait for it. The look on your face, as always, was priceless. I always enjoy your genuine reactions bro.
Recorded in Tom Shultz basement in early 70s. Dude worked for IBM or some big tech company but wanted to be a rock star, thank God. RIP Brad Delp, one of the greatest front men of any band.
Those spaceships on the album are guitars face down with the necks pointing away from sight. Basically the butt end or bottom of the guitar is shown facing down. I've seen that art for decades and only last year realized they aren't spaceships.
Same here. I think a damn 20 year old reactor saw it instantly and I was floored. But I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume I was high most of the time while staring at the cover with the record spinning. 🤣🤣 I'll make no assumptions for your excuse. 😎
Thank you, Young Mollyboy. Hopefully one day when you're 66 years young, you'll get to experience a young man rocking out to some of the best music of all time, your favorite music.
This whole album rocked- wore my cassette out when I was a teenager. The radio usually only played “Longtime”, but if we were lucky, they played the “Foreplay” part with it.
My FIRST favorite band of all time!!! Boston, RUSH, Van Halen, Pink Floyd, etc. Formed what would be my ever growing journey of this thing we call ROCK & ROLL!!!
These are the tunes i'm blasting while driving the grandkids to school. Boston & Aerosmith both Boston bands and we love them 8&5 yrs old & getting a quality music education along the way.
Boston was the first band I ever saw in concert. It was the fall of 1978 and three college buddies and I drove 70 miles to see them. Sammy Hagar (known as "The Red Rocker" at the time) warmed up for them. Then there was a brief intermission as they changed out the stage and then Boston opened with "Rock And Roll Band" which is a story about the band's history. It was a great concert. In addition to that song, "Smokin'" is also a must.
"So many different things happening..." Wait until we get you to listen to Yes' "Close to the Edge". Your head will literally explode! But we'll go easy on you and warm you up with "Roundabout" first. Thanks for listening and sharing. Peace from SF
They played the shit out this song on every rock station for more than a decade. It startling for you to hear so many instruments and voices because modern stuff, for the most part, is ALL synth with some vocals. Old music was hard work and expensive to record but absolutely brilliant.
One of the all time great freshman albums. I was a senior in high school when this record dropped. I believe Van Halen's first record came out around the same time. Those were the days! Take my truck to a park, with a keg of beer in the bed, throw open the doors, and turn it up LOUD! 🎸🍺🎶
Every single song on this album is a banger and got radio airplay back in the day. Honestly, you can’t go wrong with any of them. Single best album in rock and roll, IMO.
One of the greatest guitar solos from one of the greatest songs from one of the greatest debut albums and one of the greatest cover rock albums of all times. Tom Scholz is a genius.
Fun reaction. This first album by Boston is considered to be one of the greatest debut albums in Rock music. I know this is the second one you reacted to, but you could still kind of go through what's left on the album in order. But either way, you owe it to yourself to hear every song on this album ultimately. Boston has a very distinct and recognizable sound, but then again they have such variety in their songs, which all just kick ass in their own way. Good ear catching that organ pattern once it transitioned from Foreplay into Long Time. All the layers in this are fantastic, and Fran on the bass is just a monster. Just listen for that sometime. Long Time was on the radio all the time when I was in junior high and I had my first girlfriend. We had the 8-track cassette so we could play it in her car as we were driving around or hanging out at the park or whatever. Great memories. And the FM stations would often play the two of them together. But you definitely heard just this part of it a bunch.😮
I saw Boston in concert with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts in 2018. They have a different singer. The concert was excellent. Such a nostalgia trip for me.
One of the group, Schultz I think, invented a suite of recording technologies after graduating MIT. He mixed this on his own basement to try to sell the gear, but the recording company was more interested in the music he created. Voila! Boston was born.
20 years after this song debuted, I'd hear it every weekend at the club and everyone stopped what they were doing and clapped along. Absolutely a hit song!
Oooo man. Boston is a rabbit-hole you will thoroughly enjoy.....and this was ALL before Van Halen hit the scene. The 70’s were an incredible time for awesome bands and guitar heroes. Only 3 albums by them.....the first in ‘76 and the third in ‘86 (if I remember correctly). The debut album (this one) is solid from the first note played until the last note fades out. The band put that small pause in between the “Foreplay” and the “Long Time” because they didn’t think radio stations would play the intro. The public spoke out, the stations listened and the song was played in full for the rest of eternity.
This was a huge radio hit back when it came out in 75 or 76!! I was a teenager and in high school back then. It was the best time ever!! Brad Dell RIP!!
One of the best debut albums. EVER. Suggest going through the entire album. No bad songs.
Aye 2nd thus statement ☘️
Yeah but not all at once! I don't know if he could handle it😉
It's a perfect album in my book.
Well, back in the day,,, Yes, i remember exactly where i was hearing the just released cassette (album) for the first time with no interruptions. That album should of had a "Warning" on the cover,,,.@roniboyd613
Exactly 💯
The deeper you get onto older rock and metal you can understand why most of us old heads can't get with today's music.
Wish i could like this comment more than once.
This. Music had more heart an soul
Absolutely correct! What hip hop song has this variety of sound, the harmony, the driving bass? (Rhetorical question...haha)
This is when music was music!
Because in our day, music was dominated by ppl that could sing and play instruments. Now it’s computer generated and over produced
One of the best albums ever made-it's brilliant, a masterpiece. RIP Brad Delp, one of the best singers of all time.
The range and clarity of his voice. 💋
🤘🏻
and what a mustache.
The new guy is great also
@@Drownedjetsfan1974
The guy after Brad sang in the, you might as well call it an offshoot of Boston, band Orion the Hunter. Brad helped write a large portion of the album and sang background vocals as well. Always liked their 80s song "So You Ran"
No one made music like this in 1976. People were floored.
No makes music like this in 2024. Reactors are floored.
Different eras, same response: Stunned amazement.
Well put!
Absolutely
Today's music is pure garbage. Keisha, Shakira.. etc. Talentless.
Tom Scholz is a musical savant. He wrote this album in his basement, played all the instruments, and actually invented equipment (which is still used today) so he could create the music as he heard it in his head. The band came afterwards and the blending of Tom's genius and Brad Delp's voice created the best debut album of all time and one of the best bands of all time. "Don't Look Back" is another corker! Keep up the great work MollyBoy
I still have my Hot Watt 🤘🔥🤘
And he graduated from MIT.😁🇺🇲
not quite all the instruments: he may or may not have played drum parts on his original demos (jury still seems to be out on that) but Sibby Hashian and/or Jim Masdea handled drums on the versions which made it to the debut album.
@@almondroca Yes, you're right! Thanks for the pick up. Apparently he point blank refuses to do interviews these days, which is a tragedy. Would love to see Rick Beato interview him.
@@leahkane5774 heartily agree, Rick B would be a great, knowledgable interviewer. the making of this album, and everything which led up to it, really is a fascinating story. but maybe Scholz feels like he's said everything he has to say about it. a mercurial dude, for sure.
I don't often listen to Boston, but when I do listen to Boston my neighbors also listen to Boston.
😂😂
Lol 👍
Lol
Yup😅
Good tune to play while waiting for stop light to go green.
This actually WAS a radio hit. In the 70's you could hear this song being blasted out of car radios and college dorms on a regular basis.
Everywhere!!!
I had an old VW BUG and used to play this with all the windows down… my Dad used to be able to hear me coming home 😁…
Boston, one of the best concerts I ever went to 1979 in San Francisco
Few songs or records have stood the test of time like this one either. It’s insane.
I was blasting it out of my college dorm room in the nineties, too!
“Why are there so many different things?” Because in the 70s people had higher expectations for greatness.
And because we were high 😂
They don’t call that first cut Foreplay for nothing.
I am 64 years old. Can you believe this music is what I listened to when I was 17 years old in high school? We rocked at every chance we could get. I can tell you exactly who I was with, where, and when I heard this song. The best music of our time.
Duh!!😂❤ 70
I remember staying at my grandparents house when I was maybe 5. Going through my aunt's albums (she still lived at home at that time) and came across this album. Boston has some of the coolest album art, in my opinion.
I have not found a song on the album yet that I do not like.
I'm still loving this at 61. We rocked the 70's with the best bands. There is nothing better.
Me too! I was 15, I remember exactly where I was and stopped in my tracks and was in awe. Spoiled brat.. ‘mom! we have to go get this album!’ We did. What a time to be alive!
My first concert was Boston at the Spectrum in Philly 1976. Amazing.
I am 71 years old and I love the way this young man Head Bobs to My generations Rock and Roll!!! Check out Dreams I'll never see, Molly Hatchet!!! Young Man I enjoy Your reaction, and to watch you get off on Classic Rock and Damn Roll!!! Pray For Peace!!! Pray For America!!!
@jamesgamble5071-YES! I’m 56; when Molly reacts to grunge, I feel the same exact way!
I'm 62. Ain't it great to see younger folks get into this awesome music.
Flirting With Disaster . Molly loves the guitars.
Flirting with disaster my favorite ❤❤
Or Fall of the Peacemakers, best 3 guitar attack ever!!
that look on molly's face...THAT'S THE POWER OF MUSIC!!!
This whole album is iconic masterpiece!! Brad Delp’s voice is epic!🤘🔥
RIP 🙏 BRAD
This is the epitome of a song that you blast while cruising down the highway!! "Hitch a Ride" is another great Boston song and has my favorite guitar solo from Tom.
Thanks to my brother for buying both Boston albums in the 1970s and blasting our end of the house.
@allengator1914 the first two. I was in college when #3 came out
Thanks Columbia House...I still might owe you.
This album is pure GENIUS!!!!🎵🎼🎶🎙🥁🎧🎸🎤🎹🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘
Boston - "Smokin" A nice hard rocker for you, my man🤘🤘
Smokin' should have been their first release off this album, IMO.
Yaaaasss!
Such a good song. Asskicker ❤️👍😎
Smokin' is outstanding!
Every single song on Boston's first album is outstanding. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. Please listen to all of them.
This was a HUGE radio hit! And still is, since the first day it was played! 👍😁
True! Boston was ALL OVER radio in the 70s, year after year.
Immortal American anthems.
I don't think they ever made it into the Rock Hall of Fame, which is a true injustice. Their vocals, song writing, and instrumentals were the definition of creativity and talent.
It's obscene
Sound engineering at its finest. Tom Scholz made his case for immortality with this album.
Don't try to figure it out...just ride it! An entire generation would listen on a hi-fi stereo in their room with a black light and black light posters on the walls. And the album played over and over again. One of the best debut albums of all time! Also, when we were old enough to drive we played it over and over again! Boston always ROCKS! Music was everything and everywhere back then ❤️
But you forgot one thing. The fog in the room. It would be cig or weed smoke. 🙂
If I only had one album to play for someone who asked “what was rock music like in the 70’s” this is what I would play for them as an introduction. Great,solid rock. Zeppelin, Floyd and others would come after, but for a first inking of what rock was? I can’t imagine a better song……or album
This album made a huge impression on me and my friends. It was so different.
I have never cared much for reaction videos 😡 until I stumbled across your channel Mollyboy, your love and appreciation for the music is obvious, keep the vids coming and welcome to the 70's
Every song on this album is worthy of a reaction.
The greatness of the 70’s rock will never be duplicated again!
Many like me consider their DEBUT album as the best debut ever.
The Cars first album is really great too.
Bro , as a 67 yo rocker from way back it's awesome to see you enjoy the rock music of our day . When i see your head bobbin and movin to the beat , it make me smile . Keep exploring our rock & roll dude .
I played this album into the ground when I bought it in ‘76 I was 12 saved up my allowance and grass cutting profits to buy this, 48 yrs later I’m STILL playing it, great album …….. great band.
"Hitch a Ride" has one of the greatest, lengthiest guitar solos you'll ever hear, period.
I was nine years old when this album came out in 1976. Literally every song has hit the radio here in the states throughout the years. This is one of the greatest debut albums ever.
Yup. Had the album and listened to it nonstop in my bedroom forever.
Everybody had this album.
I was in Sixth grade & bought this album with my lawnmower money. Every song on the album is so good
It’s the 80s and I’m a 16 year old cruising Main Street with my friends in a 67 Mustang, doobie in hand. The most epic sound system, listening to this!! It’s a wonder I can still hear today.
Brad Delp sings ALL lead, backing, and harmony vocals on all of the studio albums that he sang for Boston. ALL VOCALS!
And Tom Scholz played all the instruments on the album. The wall of music that is the "Boston Sound" is literally two guys.
@@HeavyTopspinSib Hashian on drums!
@@johnirving5949 Some of it, but most of the drums were also recorded by Tom in his basement and actually used on the finished album. The band thought they were recording an album, but then Tom swapped out most of the non-vocal stuff for what he'd done on his own.
Kid, we had some music!❤ Real writers. Real musicians. Real artists. Enjoy your 60s, 70’s 80’s ride. It was an incredible 30 year ride.
THE best ever debut album......brilliant......best ever gig....London,Hammersmith Odeon........giant church organ.....smoke coming out of it.......Tom Shultz walks through the haze and comes in with that first solo......brilliant.
Scholz...
Scholz!
@@mr.knowitall6440 can't make this up -- _mr.knowitall_ 'corrects' the spelling with the wrong spelling lol
Mi speeling as all wees bean sheet.....soo boolacks two yoo
This was a huge hit on the radio. The Rock n Roll HOF has no business excluding Boston. Until they do, they can't call themselves a Hall of Fame.
You can react to this entire album and there will not be a negative comment .. "Something About You" is a personal favorite
This is the first record album I ever bought. I vividly recall blasting it at the US bicentennial 4th of July, 1976.
Peace of Mind changed my life. Lived it the rest of my life
His face!!! I just love watching his facial expressions 😅 This remains the best selling debut album in history! What a distinction!
It isn't the best selling debut anymore. Hootie and the Blowfish and guns and Roses overtook them. Now there are several others but this is the greatest rock albums of all time and they didn't shoot videos which at that time sold lots of albums for bands. They didn't need to!!!!
@@Mark-fk3ei Wow thanks for the "updated" info - it's a shame because they imo, are better than both of the other two that you mentioned. Boston surely was something special when they came on the scene! Glad I got to witness such great music 70s/80's
@luckylisa5496 unfortunately Tom chose not to make music videos which didn't help in the marketing of the band. Another tidbit,before they went out on the greatest hits tour they were supposed to do a photoshoot. Tom canceled 3 times before he actually did it. He doesn't like being recognized in public.
First 2 tracks off their debut. This is literally how they introduced themselves to the world.
Lol, I could tell you weren't too sure about the acoustic breaks. I was like..... wait for it. The look on your face, as always, was priceless. I always enjoy your genuine reactions bro.
Recorded in Tom Shultz basement in early 70s. Dude worked for IBM or some big tech company but wanted to be a rock star, thank God. RIP Brad Delp, one of the greatest front men of any band.
Those spaceships on the album are guitars face down with the necks pointing away from sight. Basically the butt end or bottom of the guitar is shown facing down. I've seen that art for decades and only last year realized they aren't spaceships.
Same here. I think a damn 20 year old reactor saw it instantly and I was floored. But I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume I was high most of the time while staring at the cover with the record spinning. 🤣🤣 I'll make no assumptions for your excuse. 😎
And some ELO covers are spaceships too
They also have domed cities on top. The one in the foreground is Boston. The others are likely Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles.
They're guitars . . . and spaceships.
Omg, I see it! I never knew this, thank you!
More Than A Feeling is more famous, and it's amazing... but THIS is Boston's true masterpiece.
This song plays everyday all day somewhere in the US ever since it came out. Every song on this album is great no lie. 💙💙💙
One of the most underrated guitarist and engineers of guitar effects, looper effects and distortion effects. Way ahead of its time.
Yes it was.missed by many..Love it still 70!!!!!!😂❤
Thank you, Young Mollyboy. Hopefully one day when you're 66 years young, you'll get to experience a young man rocking out to some of the best music of all time, your favorite music.
This whole album rocked- wore my cassette out when I was a teenager. The radio usually only played “Longtime”, but if we were lucky, they played the “Foreplay” part with it.
The best summer road trip album ever!
OH...and in the late 70's I blew out 2 sets of speakers in my car cranking this up to the max.
This whole album is a banger, not one bad song. It was the number one debut album, forever.
My FIRST favorite band of all time!!! Boston, RUSH, Van Halen, Pink Floyd, etc. Formed what would be my ever growing journey of this thing we call ROCK & ROLL!!!
I work construction for a living, and the two main staples that keep me and my crew going each day.. coffee from Dunkin' and music from Boston!!
These are the tunes i'm blasting while driving the grandkids to school. Boston & Aerosmith both Boston bands and we love them 8&5 yrs old & getting a quality music education along the way.
Boston was the first band I ever saw in concert. It was the fall of 1978 and three college buddies and I drove 70 miles to see them. Sammy Hagar (known as "The Red Rocker" at the time) warmed up for them. Then there was a brief intermission as they changed out the stage and then Boston opened with "Rock And Roll Band" which is a story about the band's history. It was a great concert. In addition to that song, "Smokin'" is also a must.
I saw them in Madison Square Garden. It was absolutely fantastic. 1980 I think.
I was in 7th grade. My 1st concert. Me & 2 friends went. It was their 1st tour. Journey(pre-Steve Perry) & Nils Loftgren opened. Good times.
I saw them with Sammy during that tour as well. What a treat to see them back then.
"So many different things happening..." Wait until we get you to listen to Yes' "Close to the Edge". Your head will literally explode! But we'll go easy on you and warm you up with "Roundabout" first. Thanks for listening and sharing.
Peace from SF
If I could only listen to one band for the rest of my life it would be Boston! Keep going down that rabbit hole!!!
You know, if you told me I could only take one album to a desert island, I could probably be happy with this one.
I always felt like this song and the album art went together perfectly, because listening to it is like taking a journey through time and space.
Wore out the cassette of this album in my car. GREAT driving music! Play this on your way to work…..as good as a cup of coffee. 😁🤘
They played the shit out this song on every rock station for more than a decade. It startling for you to hear so many instruments and voices because modern stuff, for the most part, is ALL synth with some vocals. Old music was hard work and expensive to record but absolutely brilliant.
Rock and Roll Band and Let Me Take You Home Tonight are also incredible!
Just think our generation got to see these bands in concert. Whole different atmosphere. ❤️🇺🇸
This is one of those songs a DJ would put on so he could go outside for a "Smoke".
Best selling album debut. Brad Delp could sing anything. Tom is a pure genius.
Do Peace of Mind next. That's my favorite Boston tune.
Every song on this album was a hit. One of the best debut albums ever.🤟🤟🤟🤟👍
I'm jealous. I wish I could hear that song again for the first time. That whole album is awesome.
The music, the talent, the LP covers, the drums, the guitars, the guys, the hair, all way better back then!!
You gotta listen to their song "Smokin'". Just a good bit of rock and roll. I think you might like it. Keep on rockin' Molly Boy!
ABSOLUTELY!
Rock and roll band and Smokin'!!!
Can you imagine listening to Bostons debut album for the First Time, hahaha it was Heaven. ❤
The entire debut album any song is great
One of the all time great freshman albums. I was a senior in high school when this record
dropped. I believe Van Halen's first record came out around the same time. Those were the
days! Take my truck to a park, with a keg of beer in the bed, throw open the doors, and turn
it up LOUD! 🎸🍺🎶
Every single song on this album is a banger and got radio airplay back in the day. Honestly, you can’t go wrong with any of them. Single best album in rock and roll, IMO.
One of the greatest guitar solos from one of the greatest songs from one of the greatest debut albums and one of the greatest cover rock albums of all times. Tom Scholz is a genius.
ALL of Boston’s songs were radio hits❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Love that the younger generation is appreciating the songs I listened to as a teenager- and liking it ❤
My dad had this on 8track and I would listen to it in his shagged out van when I was like 5. I’m 50 now so lol great memories
Boston's debut lp is totally 🔥🔥🔥. I think EVERYBODY in the comment section knows it!!😊
Boston is way more than just that debut lp. They rock!!
Fun reaction. This first album by Boston is considered to be one of the greatest debut albums in Rock music. I know this is the second one you reacted to, but you could still kind of go through what's left on the album in order. But either way, you owe it to yourself to hear every song on this album ultimately. Boston has a very distinct and recognizable sound, but then again they have such variety in their songs, which all just kick ass in their own way.
Good ear catching that organ pattern once it transitioned from Foreplay into Long Time. All the layers in this are fantastic, and Fran on the bass is just a monster. Just listen for that sometime.
Long Time was on the radio all the time when I was in junior high and I had my first girlfriend. We had the 8-track cassette so we could play it in her car as we were driving around or hanging out at the park or whatever. Great memories. And the FM stations would often play the two of them together. But you definitely heard just this part of it a bunch.😮
I saw Boston in concert with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts in 2018. They have a different singer. The concert was excellent. Such a nostalgia trip for me.
One of the best albums EVER!
One of the best albums ever made if not the best!!
One of the group, Schultz I think, invented a suite of recording technologies after graduating MIT. He mixed this on his own basement to try to sell the gear, but the recording company was more interested in the music he created. Voila! Boston was born.
But unbeknownst to the record company, the entire album was done in Tom’s basement. They “pretended” to re-record the album in the studio. 😂
Guitarist Tom Scholz, guy is freaking brilliant
It was a huge radio hit. The entire Album blew everyone away.
Best debut album ever. Not one bad cut. Smokin' is a true rock banger. Give it a listen
20 years after this song debuted, I'd hear it every weekend at the club and everyone stopped what they were doing and clapped along. Absolutely a hit song!
Your facial expression at 6:18 was priceless...and perfect.😂
Oooo man. Boston is a rabbit-hole you will thoroughly enjoy.....and this was ALL before Van Halen hit the scene. The 70’s were an incredible time for awesome bands and guitar heroes.
Only 3 albums by them.....the first in ‘76 and the third in ‘86 (if I remember correctly). The debut album (this one) is solid from the first note played until the last note fades out.
The band put that small pause in between the “Foreplay” and the “Long Time” because they didn’t think radio stations would play the intro. The public spoke out, the stations listened and the song was played in full for the rest of eternity.
They put so much work into their albums compared to today to make them sound like this and listening to this reminds me that they were the best at it
This is one of the best examples of musical layers… and the harmonies! Bloody hell
Gotta check out “Smokin’”!!!!!!
Boston was a top band of the 70s and 80s. Every song is a production like this
MollyBoy love you tackle Boston. Yeeey
I still have this album. 71 and still rockin. Love watching you enjoy the music I enjoyed. And still do.
My personal Boston favorite is Smokin' because it has one of the most epic organ solos you will ever hear!!
This was a huge radio hit back when it came out in 75 or 76!! I was a teenager and in high school back then. It was the best time ever!! Brad Dell RIP!!
Played at every party back in the day 😂Great reaction and Peace out ✌️ ☮️
Yep. Crank it up and get the party going.
Perhaps the greatest debut album of all time. Every song is incredible.
The thing I always picture with the start of the guitar solo is one of the guitar spaceships on the album cover taking off at light speed.