I mean, it’s alright. There’s a lot of layers and vocal reverb but you can still tell he doesn’t have the greatest vocal control or tone. He’s singing in his throat. lol
@@jimmorrison4ever529😂 it’s alright.. i mean he is human so it won’t be perfect but reverb and layering the vocals is how you make a song sound full and big on just about every song recorded since the 70’s. i’m assuming you know that since it half seems you know what your talking about.. for a rock singer, dude was good. perfect? no. but indeed good enough 🤘🏻
@@e.k.izzle32 Reverb and layering vocals is often used as a cover up for singers like him that sing in their throat to, "jamming," music (unless you were Freddie Mercury). Granted, he kind of sounded like a goat using vibrato. Not something often used with Aretha, Whitney, Celine, Mariah, etc. They can/could actually sing. This guy sounds like my drunk dad, "jammin' out," to some music in the garage. I mean come on, even with the 80's style of reverb vocals Journey's Steve Perry could sing. Michael Bolton could sing. You're revealing to me less about your point, and more about your lack of music talent. Do you sound like this guy when you sing? Is that why you like his sound? lol...
and strangely never reproduced in a live performance. Fun fact: there were pitch-altering technoligies before autotune. Autotune just made it much easier. Here's the same song live. Kind of embarrassing, really. ruclips.net/video/4N7qdcBJzJs/видео.html
@@argentum3919 Oh come on. This performance is full of flat and dodged notes. When he gets a high note it sounds rough. The long notes have no finesse. The struggle is audible throughout. If you can't hear any of this, you must really really love this band. I'll admit that given how bad some lead singers from that era sounded live, 'embarrassing' may be an overstatement. But the lavish 'no autotune' praise being heaped on studio vocals that are obviously doctored merits counter-hyperbole. Just generally, the whole 'no autotune' thing is very silly. Pitch correction goes back fifty years. Autotune just made it very easy and ubiquitous.
@@MikeM-uy6qp Well, I have to defer to your greater knowledge of music, but I agree that embarrassment was too harsh. His backing crew when singing did look a bit bored!
Wonderful, but that’s what the bands back then were, try doing that with Queen, listen to Freddie Mercury without music, he’s pure magical, perfection…and everything else lol
@@binxbolling Tom Scholz - electric guitar Brad Delp - lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar Fran Sheehan - bass guitar Sib Hashian - drums While Brad was the main singer, both Tom and Fran sang as well. You can even see them singing in the short.
My dear friend Paul Grupp engineered that song and several others on that album. At age 20, he was the youngest engineer Capitol Records ever hired. They flew him to Boston to record that album in Tom Scholz’ basement recording studio. He engineered a couple of songs, but another engineer recorded more of them and Paul’s acknowledgment got buried in the credits and he was barely credited for his contribution. Paul was a great guy and a musical genius. He passed away on March 16, 2022. I miss him very much. Thank you for featuring a track my friend set up and reorded on reel-to-reel tape in 1976.❤
@@garybrown1902 every professionally recorded song had a sound engineer in the 70s. Each voice and instrument was miked individually and recorded onto one track of a 24 track, 2 inch reel-to-reel tape. Then the recording engineer would mix all of those tracks, balancing the volume, adding reverberation, etc. whatever was needed for each track. They did this on a huge mixing board with channels that corresponded to each track on the tape. Nothing was digital. What was recorded onto that tape was real. Yes, the engineers mixed, and “blended,” all of the tracks so that the end result, which was then recorded onto 1 inch tape had a good, balanced result.
Boston was a big band when the industry was flooded with great talent and they really stood out . Not only was the vocals amazing but everyone in the band was amazing
I used to ride my bike as a 10 year old kid with my Walkman on in 1982 blaring that song cruising the streets of California in the summer.. Greatest times of my life
same here. I was also 10 in 1982 and loved this song. My dad played it and I just fell in love with it.. I am also in California too.. ha ha. Bay Area to be exact
@@speedracer8996 I grew up on this music too but i was born in '80. Mountain View, California. I'm sure my dad was listening to Live 105 and I think my mom was more of a KFRC listener. Good times.
@jennyhagemann5159 I'm going on 60 and still listen to all my old music over today's MOSTLY GARBAGE. I have a Country and Old Rock/Pop and others going back to the BEST DAYS of MUSIC
@@HAZARDOUS88 😂 You’re mad HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Killed himself because he got busted placing cameras in his fiancée’s little sisters bedroom. Why would you defend such behavior? Is there something you want to tell us? Seems like maybe you think that’s ok?
This is one of the best signers ever. He was incredible. Although this was not auto tuned, it is definitely double tracked to provide an echo harmony. Still absolutely beautiful
His voice was so over produced and manipulated by Tom Schultz that it led to being one factor in his depression and anxiety. Because, he could never quite reproduce the sound that Tom got from his "engineering" of Brad's voice.
What a flashback to the day !! A hot summer day driving down the road windows down your hair is blowing everywere friends in the back seat while jammin to this song on the 8 track !!! God we were soooo lucky to have such great music by ppl who could really sing !!!
Back in 93 i was living in Colorado Springs. I went to a bar one night to see a local cover band everyone was talking about. They covered iron maiden, queensrych, rush and Boston. Their singer was something else. Two hours of belting out these killer songs and never missed a note. I asked him after the show, why he wasn't famous. He said im trying man.
Singing covers will get you noticed but not necessarily signed to a contract. There's some astounding talent out there that will never see national recognition.
Unfortunately it’s not enough to duplicate it,you have to be able to write the tunes. Same with guitarists or any instrument.There’s millions of great technical players but if you can’t write a hit No one will know your name. It’s a tough business
@@johnnyhotrodmore than that, it's a case of what you're doing being what the current big thing is, or being able to pivot to it at the same time as a talent scout happens to hear your music. So much hard work needed, but also SO much sheer luck.
@@peterclarke7006 I never believed in chasing the flavor of the month.The industry is awful. You gotta play what’s in your soul and if you make it,awesome.If not you will still love playing what you love. Not many people get to make music their career.
Brad is probably the most underrated singer/ songwriter of the last 50 years. The great thing about social media is that these hidden legends are exposed to a new audience....
@@davecoop9579 anybody (#me) that tried to do this song at karaoke & got to that part & then realized, "I picked the wrong song...how tf did he hit that". He does it so effortlessly you don't even have a clue how hard it is until you actually try it at karaoke...where you need to do it all yourself...w/out him to harmonize with while just singing to the record.
@@Joe121572so THIS is fake? Cause he used quite a lot of analog vocal effects here. This isn’t his raw voice, it’s put through an analog modulator. It’s not autotune, cause its not automated, but it is manual tune😂
Wow, he has a more beautiful voice than I ever realized. Sometimes in rock we don't hear the purity of their voices with all the other sounds, thank you for posting this!
BOSTON RULES!!!!! If you don't own this Boston album, you are lacking in your life. In fact. . . I'm about to listen to this album now, thanks to this video. YES. . . "AGAIN"!
The 70's. There will never be another decade that can compare. Real singers, real musicians. So glad that's when I came of age. Lord have mercy! I feel I must qualify my statement because so many people are having such strong visceral reactions. I never said we don't have true artists today. I'm not totally obtuse. And yes, I know we had garbage in the "old" days. Just saying those were my teen/college years and I love the music from that era. Just saying they didn't have auto tune and most of the big names played their own instruments and many wrote their own songs.
So, Adele? Korn? METALLICA?! Aren't real musicians? Remember, midi is pretty much just composing in digital form. If you really only like the 70s you can go ahead and listen to Black Sabbath, in 24p with an audio bitrate of 36kb IF YOU'RE RICH.
We have real singers and real musicians now. Better, many of them, because the internet and access to home recording inspires them to learn. And I was a sound engineer in the 70s. Trust me, for every brilliant artist like this, there was a whole bucket full of rubbish.
Bro never grew out of the 80s. Seriously, there are good artists, they're just not very popular because no one as unpopular as them can afford vocal classes. If your problem is pitch correction, listen to Deftones and then tell me it's not important. This singer lived back in a time when skill was the best thing you could have, and that's why you think musicians are worse when really back then not everyone had a chance. If your problem is rap, RACIST If your problem is pop, it's always been bad. Boston ain't pop. Rock peaked a long time ago for good reason. Metal and pop were far too distinct compared to rock and all of it's 00--03-057 and "boots cats and" beats was just on a decline due to cliches. I'd even say that this type of singing is a cliche. Tl;Dr: ʟ opɪɴɪoɴ
@PIZZAdayisback If you don't like rap you're a racist? FUUUCK you. There is still some good music to be found today but rap ain't it. Rap isn't even really "black" music cause it isn't music at all. You want black music you start off with Mississippi Delta Blues, that became the Chicago Blues by artists like Howlin Wolf and Muddy Watters. THAT is black music and it is real, vibrant music. It inspired the British Invasion music scene as well as the Detroit MoTown sound. Rap? Rap is something else entirely and while there is rap/music fusion, rap in its pure form isn't music.
Such an absolute STRONG timeless GIFT to HUMANITY’S ear!!! He was a fucking workhorse of a vocalist that just gives you his soul…perfection!!! The Producing was ahead of its time too!!! THANKS for sharing this, giving where credit is DUE!!!🤯🤯🤯🤘❤️
I was thinking that same thing. Born in 67' I really escaped a lot of truth and information about the world we live in. I more than appreciate it now, but if I knew then what i know now, it would have crushed my spirit and my carefree outlook. Ignorance is bliss for a little while, but then you just have to grow up and face it. I'm thankful that I had a childhood, adolescence, high school, and College experience. I had fun without knowing what awaited me in adulthood. 😊
From wikipedia: "The band has sold more than 75 million records worldwide, including 31 million units sold in the United States, of which 17 million were the band's debut album and seven million copies of the band's second studio album, Don't Look Back (1978), placing the group amongst the world's best-selling music artists" I am almost scared to ask what is a properly-rated band in your universe.
@@mike73ng Ah, They were up there with boys to men, I liked Macartney and wings, George Harrison with the Traveling Wilburrys, but they were way to flaky. Especially Lennon.
I was 10 when this song was released and I loved it instantly upon my first time hearing it. It’s one of my all time favorite rock songs. Thank you, Brad Delp and may you RIP.
I wish my generation (I’m 23) got down with Boston and similar era music more often. It holds up so well after all this time. Tom Scholz is incredibly musically talented and combined with Brad Delp (god rest his soul) and the rest of the band they made some great music. Still waiting for the seventh album 🤞😂
Living in that era is something that can’t be explained, but you can get a sense from the music. I feel very lucky to have experienced it. Not gonna lie, it was magical being kid then.
Absolutely incredible voice. There's a reason people are still listening to artists from the 60's and 70's close to 50 years later. They were just that good.
Track layering, that is, audio engineering, make the vocals in this song. That technology existed long before this song ever came out. You're out your mind if you think that modern singers can't reach similar high notes
Yep, I remember the first times I heard it in the 70's. I was just a blip on the number of good songs showing up on the radio every friggin day. Amazing time for rock music. Delp could wail!! Noting uncommon back then. The crap especially rap that passes for music these days is pitiful.
Bought this album the first week it was released! 2 weeks later, it was playing at our wedding! Still married to the Love of my Life! Thanks, Boston!❤❤❤❤❤❤
Yeah it's funny because I guarantee you that if there isn't already, there'll soon be a copy of this dude's voice that you can use to create whatever song you want with.
The Beautiful music that came out in the 70s will never be reproduced again!!!! The Simplicity of what they had an instruments and recording equipment really made these artists perform far better than what you see today. My favorite genre of music for so many reasons
It was the best musical talent ever got without heavy effects on the vocals and music in the 80s music was given auto tune and other talent waiting stuff so 70s was the pinnacle of raw unedited talent in music
There are still bands who do the right 60's - 70's sound, which proves that it's not hard at all, it's just not profitable. A few weaks ago I discovered Dream Machine, they compose and record psychodelic/hard rock which indistinguishable from the records made in the psychjodelic era.
All done in a basement by Scholz as well, he literally picked up a dummy band to "record it" because the record company didn't believe his "basement" album was good for release. But that's what was released, and it's so good.
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...and that is why Boston was a pure gift to music lovers everywhere!!!
Now we have glorilla and Gaga
@@matthewcurtis4083in all fairness, gaga really can sing. Shame how she used her talent, but at least she has it.
Absolutely
@pstew5309 agreed
There was no Boston. There was Tom Sholz and Brad Delp.
Those vocals always gave me chills. He hits his notes so perfectly.
Both of him do!
I mean, it’s alright. There’s a lot of layers and vocal reverb but you can still tell he doesn’t have the greatest vocal control or tone. He’s singing in his throat. lol
@@jimmorrison4ever529😂 it’s alright.. i mean he is human so it won’t be perfect but reverb and layering the vocals is how you make a song sound full and big on just about every song recorded since the 70’s. i’m assuming you know that since it half seems you know what your talking about.. for a rock singer, dude was good. perfect? no. but indeed good enough 🤘🏻
@@e.k.izzle32 Reverb and layering vocals is often used as a cover up for singers like him that sing in their throat to, "jamming," music (unless you were Freddie Mercury). Granted, he kind of sounded like a goat using vibrato. Not something often used with Aretha, Whitney, Celine, Mariah, etc. They can/could actually sing. This guy sounds like my drunk dad, "jammin' out," to some music in the garage. I mean come on, even with the 80's style of reverb vocals Journey's Steve Perry could sing. Michael Bolton could sing. You're revealing to me less about your point, and more about your lack of music talent. Do you sound like this guy when you sing? Is that why you like his sound? lol...
I think the harmony is the point here.
The 70's was the decade of awesome music! And this proves they had mad skills!
I think it was the best decade of music.
Boston's a great band, dude had a fantastic voice.😊
Aw, man. He left the best part out. He hits another high note that's crazy. Y'all know what I'm talking about. Awesome voice.
The high note is absolutely incredible before the bridge... unreal
and strangely never reproduced in a live performance. Fun fact: there were pitch-altering technoligies before autotune. Autotune just made it much easier.
Here's the same song live. Kind of embarrassing, really.
ruclips.net/video/4N7qdcBJzJs/видео.html
Epic🎉
@@MikeM-uy6qp
I just listened to it on the link you gave. What's embarrassing about it? The guy held his cords in the high pitches also.
@@argentum3919 Oh come on. This performance is full of flat and dodged notes. When he gets a high note it sounds rough. The long notes have no finesse. The struggle is audible throughout. If you can't hear any of this, you must really really love this band.
I'll admit that given how bad some lead singers from that era sounded live, 'embarrassing' may be an overstatement. But the lavish 'no autotune' praise being heaped on studio vocals that are obviously doctored merits counter-hyperbole. Just generally, the whole 'no autotune' thing is very silly. Pitch correction goes back fifty years. Autotune just made it very easy and ubiquitous.
@@MikeM-uy6qp
Well, I have to defer to your greater knowledge of music, but I agree that embarrassment was too harsh. His backing crew when singing did look a bit bored!
That's called talent with the proper effort to back it up and make the most of it.
Brad Delp...can never be replaced. Forever missed
I wore that album out four times as a kid.
Brad Delp is an amazing vocalist but his voice is multi tracked in the song
@@MrJeffcoley1 Yeah, but it's still all him. Even the super stupid extra high note.
And an MIT Wonderboy! (Before it too fell from grace).
@@JoanLundbergthat was Tom Scholtz
No auto-tune, no computers, just pure talent......
This is the best album to listen to with headphones. You really feel it.
I grew up listening to this. All these years later I still love this song. Sung to perfection - so amazing.
That first album was a MONSTER! It still plays well almost fifty years later.
It’s sonically incredible
Every single track.
First album I ever owned. About 10 years old. Wore that vinyl down to nothing over the years on my small turntable!
I think it’s great. But when it released I was not around yet. My dad said it blew everyone’s mind. It was so well done and sounded good.
perfect album and great as a workout 'tape'
Didn't think I could appreciate BOSTON more than I already did.
Boston is notorious for obsessing over every detail in their tracks. Impressive
Did you know that Tom Scholz actually made his own amplifier because no existing ones would produce the sound of guitar he had visioned in his head
It has paid off immensely
Wonderful, but that’s what the bands back then were, try doing that with Queen, listen to Freddie Mercury without music, he’s pure magical, perfection…and everything else lol
Do Dennis de Young! One of the most amazingly pitch perfect voices ever. Best of Times, Rocking the Paradise...
exactly why 60s 70s and 80s rock will always be the best genre
He's voice was phenomenal 😍
This song is on my Playlist daily at work.
So blessed to be 15yrs old in 1976! The music was magic! So unlike today.
15 in 78. I remember the magic too.
The harmony between all the voices is beautiful. I got goosebumps!
Probably all the voices are his.
@@binxbolling Nope. Including him, there are at least 3 people singing.
@@Hawner Only 3 people made the recording. They had to hire the rest of the band to go on tour.
@@binxbolling
Tom Scholz - electric guitar
Brad Delp - lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Fran Sheehan - bass guitar
Sib Hashian - drums
While Brad was the main singer, both Tom and Fran sang as well. You can even see them singing in the short.
Hmm you used to need talent? Surprised?
OMG! This song is even better with just vocals!
Incredible!
I actually like just the vocals. The original song, not so much.
Been saying for years Brad is the most under appreciated voice in rock. His tone, control, pitch…perfection
Been saying this for years to my brothers and dad haha. They just won't understand it but that's okay. He was a special talent.
Absolutely agreed
One of my favorite classic songs, vocals , instrumentals are awesome.. all around great song
those harmonies are pure class
Brad was a master at dubbing.
It's all his voice, and I dearly miss him.
Yup. A lot of people can sing. But some are gifted with unique voices that are simply beautiful.
I'm not saying it's in this case, but there was the equivalent to auto tune that was used back then.
Yes like Freddie Mercury, what's in a generation talents😊
Back when people had talent and not just popularity😊
Brad delp waz the best singer of all time..
@@DOCSAFETUBE
Absolutely 💯 no
The note he hits as hebgets higher in "awaaaaaaaaay" until it matches the incoming guitar solo note always gives me chills. Beautiful song.
He was so absolutely amazing! Absolutely no one could ever be as phenomenal! Total fan for nearly 6 decades!
I got this album in 1976 and literally played it nonstop for a month. Still a timeless album that brings back great memories.
Played the 8-track till it FAQed up the tape!
Was on another level to anything else at the time.
I did the same!!
My dear friend Paul Grupp engineered that song and several others on that album. At age 20, he was the youngest engineer Capitol Records ever hired. They flew him to Boston to record that album in Tom Scholz’ basement recording studio. He engineered a couple of songs, but another engineer recorded more of them and Paul’s acknowledgment got buried in the credits and he was barely credited for his contribution. Paul was a great guy and a musical genius. He passed away on March 16, 2022. I miss him very much. Thank you for featuring a track my friend set up and reorded on reel-to-reel tape in 1976.❤
Yes, that voice was engineered. He could not sing that note live.
@@garybrown1902 varispeed.
@@garybrown1902 every professionally recorded song had a sound engineer in the 70s. Each voice and instrument was miked individually and recorded onto one track of a 24 track, 2 inch reel-to-reel tape. Then the recording engineer would mix all of those tracks, balancing the volume, adding reverberation, etc. whatever was needed for each track. They did this on a huge mixing board with channels that corresponded to each track on the tape. Nothing was digital. What was recorded onto that tape was real. Yes, the engineers mixed, and “blended,” all of the tracks so that the end result, which was then recorded onto 1 inch tape had a good, balanced result.
Boston was on Epic records a subsidiary of Columbia
Vaxx got him?
Too young to go.
Boston was a big band when the industry was flooded with great talent and they really stood out . Not only was the vocals amazing but everyone in the band was amazing
TALENT used to be a REQUIREMENT!
It actually wasn't a band at all. Great story. Too long to tell here
Yeah it was one guy who hired a singer. And did all the vocals himself. Go read the Boston story it’s a surprise
Big band? You mean a one man band...Tom Scholz
The music is just as powerful as the vocals.
I used to ride my bike as a 10 year old kid with my Walkman on in 1982 blaring that song cruising the streets of California in the summer.. Greatest times of my life
same here. I was also 10 in 1982 and loved this song. My dad played it and I just fell in love with it.. I am also in California too.. ha ha. Bay Area to be exact
Are you still alive?
The year u was born! remnants of this purculated through us early millennials down in OC so cal as well!
@@speedracer8996 I grew up on this music too but i was born in '80. Mountain View, California. I'm sure my dad was listening to Live 105 and I think my mom was more of a KFRC listener. Good times.
@@darklordojeda I was born in Fremont, CA. ha. small world.
One of the best songs of all time on one of the best albums of all time. Then, now, and forever.
I use Foreplay: Been a Long Time to test ever stereo I hook up.
@@BruceWest-gn1qm Excellent choice.
I'm 43 and you ain't lyin.
There is some modulation to the voice but your point is made. Delp was one of a kind!
Just listening to that song is like a time machine!
Boston the perfect example of clasical music brought back to life in a style of rock music
One of my favorite all time vocals. So pure, clean, powerful and flooded with emotion.
That moment when they all harmonize really gets you in the feels....
THANK YOU! 🎶🥲💕
That moment when Brad harmonizes with … Brad.
@@Jaco3688Exactly
there is no "they" It's all Brad and only Brad done with overdubs
My all time favourite song because of the vocals. The music and vocals work perfectly together.
Can’t believe that was 1976, a timeless classic
People mistaken it for an early 80s song.
70s were the best
It set the stage for the 80's "wall of sound" in rock abums like Def Leppard's "Hysteria"
So grateful I got to grow up with this music!!!! Thank God for the 70s
@jennyhagemann5159 I'm going on 60 and still listen to all my old music over today's MOSTLY GARBAGE. I have a Country and Old Rock/Pop and others going back to the BEST DAYS of MUSIC
Of course we knew this record. It was on the radio every 30 minutes. 😂
Hear hear!
Best music of all time❤
Man, we had the best music back then. There was so much good music. Quite a special time to be young.
One of the greatest albums. Hands down
Boston never failed. RIP.
I like the parts where the guitar comes in blended perfectly with the tone of his voice. Composition masterclass
When that first album came out it was unlike anything I had ever heard. A new and distinct sound. People were blown away.
So true. I was in HS 77-80. Boston was next level with ZERO gimmicks, just high quality, clean, creative rock.
I played this album hundreds of times on 8 track in my car!
@@scooterliberty4217as did we all! Cheers!
The first Boston album is one of those rare albums where I listen every song on it, skipping none
Brad Delp! An iconic voice from an iconic unmatched band!...Love Boston
An iconic creep
@@guaporeturns9472 No one asked
@@HAZARDOUS88 😂 You’re mad HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Killed himself because he got busted placing cameras in his fiancée’s little sisters bedroom. Why would you defend such behavior? Is there something you want to tell us? Seems like maybe you think that’s ok?
This is one of the best signers ever. He was incredible. Although this was not auto tuned, it is definitely double tracked to provide an echo harmony. Still absolutely beautiful
he and Steve Perry
What did he sign 😅😅😅
@@Ian-mj4pt singer. stop being an asshole.
His voice was so over produced and manipulated by Tom Schultz that it led to being one factor in his depression and anxiety. Because, he could never quite reproduce the sound that Tom got from his "engineering" of Brad's voice.
@@wordragon stop lying
What a flashback to the day !! A hot summer day driving down the road windows down your hair is blowing everywere friends in the back seat while jammin to this song on the 8 track !!! God we were soooo lucky to have such great music by ppl who could really sing !!!
I'm 24 and this is my all time favorite.
It's the pure emotion in the voice makes me shiver everytime
Still amazing.... Boston will never get old.
One of the greatest rock vocalist of all time. This song and this album are incredible.
@@pmbbmp haters gonna hate. #shrug
It was hands down the best time for music we'll probably ever know for a very long time.
My favorite song when it came out 48 (whew!) years ago. It still is. To one of the greatest vocalists that ever lived... rest easy Brad Delp.
48???
@@tacodegroot6442 1976! I remember the first time I heard it!!!
Sometimes I think about just that... I hear a song and think "wait, I was 14 when that came out... *48 years ago*"
Amazing, I miss this kind of music.
That voice brings tears to my eyes, it's so good.
RIP..............BRAD DELP...WE MISS YOU!!!
Also Sib Hashian, He was The Rocks father in law.
Back in 93 i was living in Colorado Springs. I went to a bar one night to see a local cover band everyone was talking about. They covered iron maiden, queensrych, rush and Boston. Their singer was something else. Two hours of belting out these killer songs and never missed a note. I asked him after the show, why he wasn't famous. He said im trying man.
I feel bad for those guys. I remember seeing a Journey cover band in 1989 and the singer was doing Steve Perry vocals note for note. Blew me away.
Singing covers will get you noticed but not necessarily signed to a contract. There's some astounding talent out there that will never see national recognition.
Unfortunately it’s not enough to duplicate it,you have to be able to write the tunes.
Same with guitarists or any instrument.There’s millions of great technical players but if you can’t write a hit No one will know your name.
It’s a tough business
@@johnnyhotrodmore than that, it's a case of what you're doing being what the current big thing is, or being able to pivot to it at the same time as a talent scout happens to hear your music.
So much hard work needed, but also SO much sheer luck.
@@peterclarke7006 I never believed in chasing the flavor of the month.The industry is awful.
You gotta play what’s in your soul and if you make it,awesome.If not you will still love playing what you love.
Not many people get to make music their career.
Gives me chills
Brad is probably the most underrated singer/ songwriter of the last 50 years. The great thing about social media is that these hidden legends are exposed to a new audience....
Most underrated singer? Are you serious? Who has underrated him as a singer?
@@davecoop9579 anybody (#me) that tried to do this song at karaoke & got to that part & then realized, "I picked the wrong song...how tf did he hit that".
He does it so effortlessly you don't even have a clue how hard it is until you actually try it at karaoke...where you need to do it all yourself...w/out him to harmonize with while just singing to the record.
I saw Bad Company open for Joe Walsh a few years back and Paul Rodgers really suprised me. I can see how he got that Queen gig before.
Music will never be this good again!
Give me some choir dudes that can play guitar and I’ll beg to differ.
@@lopezmonzea12 and unfortunately we will never hear them.
That’s what we call “real music”…Boston was one of the all time best rock bands ever.
ok so any band that uses vocal effects is fake music
@@zetho.270it’s not impressive, it’s called being lazy
@@zetho.270yes
@@Joe121572so THIS is fake? Cause he used quite a lot of analog vocal effects here. This isn’t his raw voice, it’s put through an analog modulator. It’s not autotune, cause its not automated, but it is manual tune😂
They really weren't a "band" when this song was recorded, check out the story of how Tom Scholz and this album came to be, it pretty incredible.
Wow, he has a more beautiful voice than I ever realized. Sometimes in rock we don't hear the purity of their voices with all the other sounds, thank you for posting this!
Always loved how his voice merges with the guitar as the notes rise.
Amazing voices like this are rare.... That's why rock n roll ain't what it used to be
Timeless band. The sound, the music, the musicians. Great musicians who craeted great music. Boston, thanks for the endless memories👏👏👏👏
You mean … “the musician”. Singular. Since Tom Scholz wrote and played EVERYTHING (except drums).
My favorite classic band for a reason! Incredible musicians. R.I.P. Brad
Layered harmonies are beautiful
BOSTON RULES!!!!! If you don't own this Boston album, you are lacking in your life.
In fact. . . I'm about to listen to this album now, thanks to this video. YES. . . "AGAIN"!
The 70's. There will never be another decade that can compare. Real singers, real musicians. So glad that's when I came of age.
Lord have mercy! I feel I must qualify my statement because so many people are having such strong visceral reactions. I never said we don't have true artists today. I'm not totally obtuse. And yes, I know we had garbage in the "old" days. Just saying those were my teen/college years and I love the music from that era. Just saying they didn't have auto tune and most of the big names played their own instruments and many wrote their own songs.
So, Adele? Korn? METALLICA?! Aren't real musicians?
Remember, midi is pretty much just composing in digital form.
If you really only like the 70s you can go ahead and listen to Black Sabbath, in 24p with an audio bitrate of 36kb IF YOU'RE RICH.
Me too brother!57 year old Jack from Iowa USA
@@PIZZAdayisbackyou're throwing korn in the mix with metallica and adele. interesting.
limp bizkit, foo fighters, potato, pototo
@@bosco1603 just musicians and bands I like
We have real singers and real musicians now. Better, many of them, because the internet and access to home recording inspires them to learn. And I was a sound engineer in the 70s. Trust me, for every brilliant artist like this, there was a whole bucket full of rubbish.
I am black and the soul and felling hits me in my heart every time I hear this track. 54yrs old and brings a tear to face. GOD BLESS this band!
Right with you Bro! Definitely some emotions stirring when it comes on!
Can never understand that saying.
@@cathmar7394 what saying ?
I'm white and I agree
Who cares what race
Now there's talent. The songs, musicianship and the singing. Yep, the best are sadly behind us now. Nothing new compares.
Bro never grew out of the 80s. Seriously, there are good artists, they're just not very popular because no one as unpopular as them can afford vocal classes.
If your problem is pitch correction, listen to Deftones and then tell me it's not important.
This singer lived back in a time when skill was the best thing you could have, and that's why you think musicians are worse when really back then not everyone had a chance.
If your problem is rap, RACIST
If your problem is pop, it's always been bad. Boston ain't pop.
Rock peaked a long time ago for good reason. Metal and pop were far too distinct compared to rock and all of it's 00--03-057 and "boots cats and" beats was just on a decline due to cliches.
I'd even say that this type of singing is a cliche.
Tl;Dr: ʟ opɪɴɪoɴ
Kamala is that you? Seriously, I hate being overly critical but that's the worst word salad I've seen in a while. What exactly was your point again?
@PIZZAdayisback If you don't like rap you're a racist? FUUUCK you. There is still some good music to be found today but rap ain't it. Rap isn't even really "black" music cause it isn't music at all. You want black music you start off with Mississippi Delta Blues, that became the Chicago Blues by artists like Howlin Wolf and Muddy Watters. THAT is black music and it is real, vibrant music. It inspired the British Invasion music scene as well as the Detroit MoTown sound. Rap? Rap is something else entirely and while there is rap/music fusion, rap in its pure form isn't music.
He actually had over tracks of his singing, gave it that sound. Definately one of the most talented guys.
Such an absolute STRONG timeless GIFT to HUMANITY’S ear!!! He was a fucking workhorse of a vocalist that just gives you his soul…perfection!!! The Producing was ahead of its time too!!! THANKS for sharing this, giving where credit is DUE!!!🤯🤯🤯🤘❤️
I graduated high school in 72. I’m so happy I got to see all the great bands and live in the best years. Pure talent. Rock on 🤘🏼
When I hear this at the age of ten I knew it was going to be great. My friend didn't understand what I saw in just another song.....boy was he wrong!
I was thinking that same thing. Born in 67' I really escaped a lot of truth and information about the world we live in. I more than appreciate it now, but if I knew then what i know now, it would have crushed my spirit and my carefree outlook. Ignorance is bliss for a little while, but then you just have to grow up and face it. I'm thankful that I had a childhood, adolescence, high school, and College experience. I had fun without knowing what awaited me in adulthood. 😊
One of my favorite bands ever. I love these vocals so much! It’s great to hear them isolated. ❤❤❤
Excellent lyrics, great power chords & an iconic song that will never get old.
The production value of Boston's songs are next level.
And it was done by one guy in his basement
My dad introduced me to Boston with this song and they immediately became one of my favorite bands.
same here
I love these videos that isolate the vocals. Not only is this one spectacular, the harmonies are great.
the harmonies were all overdubs of Brad Delp. He is the ONLY one who sang on the album.
Just brought back a memory. 1st concert I went to. My Generation had the best Rock music.
When musical artists were actually skilled artists. This band is incredibly underrated.
Bro just look a little harder dude; there are actually good modern musicians (like jonmosslol, my favorite rapper)
@@PIZZAdayisback lmfao 🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 what a fkn joke if you think that’s talent
@@PIZZAdayisbackthats an artist unless he plays an instrument or sings
From wikipedia: "The band has sold more than 75 million records worldwide, including 31 million units sold in the United States, of which 17 million were the band's debut album and seven million copies of the band's second studio album, Don't Look Back (1978), placing the group amongst the world's best-selling music artists"
I am almost scared to ask what is a properly-rated band in your universe.
He made the album himself then got a record deal and had to find band members that could play and go out play live.
Boston was my absolute favorite growing up. Brad was amazing, the whole band had a great sound . 😁❤️👍
This knocked me out at age 11 in 1976. I had no idea what harmony was.
And then you heard The Beatles.
@@mike73ng Screw the beatles, pop bubble gum trash. Yardbirds much better.
@@thomasodetinape4180 their harmonies were pretty good though. In the beginning especially.
@@mike73ng Ah,
They were up there with boys to men, I liked Macartney and wings, George Harrison with the Traveling Wilburrys, but they were way to flaky.
Especially Lennon.
That's why many old musics will never end.
No fking way. Absolutely unbelievable how good and talented they were. Crazy and love them. It makes me want to listen to them more
I loved this band. Nobody had this sound like them, that is some of my best memories of my life.
So iconic. Love it still. Always will. Rock on forever, Delp. In heaven. ❤️
Delp killed himself because he god busted putting a hidden camera in his fiancée’s little sisters bedroom . He was a creep , definitely not in heaven
I was 10 when this song was released and I loved it instantly upon my first time hearing it. It’s one of my all time favorite rock songs. Thank you, Brad Delp and may you RIP.
I wish my generation (I’m 23) got down with Boston and similar era music more often. It holds up so well after all this time. Tom Scholz is incredibly musically talented and combined with Brad Delp (god rest his soul) and the rest of the band they made some great music. Still waiting for the seventh album 🤞😂
Living in that era is something that can’t be explained, but you can get a sense from the music. I feel very lucky to have experienced it. Not gonna lie, it was magical being kid then.
Absolutely incredible voice. There's a reason people are still listening to artists from the 60's and 70's close to 50 years later. They were just that good.
Track layering, that is, audio engineering, make the vocals in this song. That technology existed long before this song ever came out.
You're out your mind if you think that modern singers can't reach similar high notes
Yep, I remember the first times I heard it in the 70's. I was just a blip on the number of good songs showing up on the radio every friggin day. Amazing time for rock music. Delp could wail!! Noting uncommon back then. The crap especially rap that passes for music these days is pitiful.
Bought this album the first week it was released! 2 weeks later, it was playing at our wedding! Still married to the Love of my Life!
Thanks, Boston!❤❤❤❤❤❤
RIP Brad you will always be remembered by millions of us fans.
I just now shed tears. His voice, their voices warm my heart. More than a feeling…
That voice can NEVER be duplicated
Such awesome memories
Lucky to have been apart of that era of music ❤and can enjoy till the end of time
Definitely. 😅
This is funny because it probably was duplicated in this recording 😂😂😂
But not taking away from it. He was one of the greatest. Pure natural talent.
@@jonathandonohoe7332I was going to write that
Yeah it's funny because I guarantee you that if there isn't already, there'll soon be a copy of this dude's voice that you can use to create whatever song you want with.
There's literally 50 artists I could list now, starting with Freddy Mercury, prince, Bruce Dickinson..
My favorite bands and such a heartbreak to loose Brad. His voice was so beautiful.
He had an absolutely powerful & melodic voice. This song had me hooked at 6 yrs old & I've loved Boston & rock ever since.
Love That Song ... Great Memories come to mind. And their voices Man ... yeah ...
This gave me head to toe chills!!
Man, I miss those days. Great music.
The Beautiful music that came out in the 70s will never be reproduced again!!!! The Simplicity of what they had an instruments and recording equipment really made these artists perform far better than what you see today.
My favorite genre of music for so many reasons
And I think they used up all the good melodies
It was the best musical talent ever got without heavy effects on the vocals and music in the 80s music was given auto tune and other talent waiting stuff so 70s was the pinnacle of raw unedited talent in music
There are still bands who do the right 60's - 70's sound, which proves that it's not hard at all, it's just not profitable. A few weaks ago I discovered Dream Machine, they compose and record psychodelic/hard rock which indistinguishable from the records made in the psychjodelic era.
...in case you weren't aware, those background vocals are Brad Delp, too.
He's literally the only singer on that whole album.
All done in a basement by Scholz as well, he literally picked up a dummy band to "record it" because the record company didn't believe his "basement" album was good for release. But that's what was released, and it's so good.
Looked like Sid and Barry were also singing harmonies
@@familiardave6540
Brad did all the vocals for the album. They just did it for the video visual.
@@familiardave6540 But they didn’t. Brad sang every note and every word on Boston 1 .
This was once the only 8 track I had in my car , for an entire summer it got played at every opportunity. Still love their Music to this day !
I love Boston. We grew up listening to such great music from that era it was a gift .