You can play this entire album start to finish, and not skip past a single note or track. The whole thing is straight fire! To this day, it's still in the top 5 of the greatest debut album sales of all time!! They hit a grandslam out the gate! 🤘😃
I suppose you have to have a significant & popular body of work, and as much as I've loved this album since it's release, I don't know that they've achieved that.
Two things against Boston being in the R&R HOF is they didn't play the record label rules, and they didn't tour that much. Yes, it is criminal that they have been snubbed. Hopefully, soon, that will change.
Tom Scholz basically created this whole album in his basement studio by himself, playing all instruments, over several years!!! A genius for sure!!! With lead singer Brad Delp incredible vocals.
@martinl8574 There is so much Boston/Tom Scholz urban legend out there. First off, all of Brads vocals were recorded by producer John Boylan at Capital Studios Studio C on their Quad Eigth Console with a Neuman U87 solid state mic. The high end mic pres and compressors used on Brads voice are part of the reason why his voice was recorded and produced to the level that it is on this record. The entire song, Let Me Take You Home which was written by Brad was recorded in its entirety at The Record Plant LA by producer John Boylan. The debut Boston record was mixed at Westlake Studio by producer John Boylan, engineer Warren Dewey and Tom. The tracks that we hear on this record were recorded in the winter of 1975 through the spring of 1976. Tom did NOT play ALL of the instrument tracks on this record. Barry plays electric rhythm guitar on Foreplay, Long Time and Let Me Take You Home. Barry also plays lead guitar on Long Time and lead/slide guitar on Let Me Take You Home. Fran plays bass on Foreplay and Let Me Take You Home. Brad plays 12 string acoustic guitar on Let Me Take You Home. Tom does not play a single drum track on this record and the record is much much better for that fact. Tom did not play drums on the demo that got "Boston" signed with Epic either. Sib plays drums on every song but one and Jim Masdea plays that song which happens to be Rock and Roll Band. Tom could not play the drum parts on this record after the third cold day in hell. He simply does not have the technique, timing or groove to pull these parts off.
One of THE greatest debut albums of all time. Tom Scholz, the mastermind behind Boston wrote/recorded most of this album in his basement! Unheard of In the mid 70s!!!
I love watching young people discovering & appreciating music I've been listening to for 40+ years! No synths were used on this (or on any of the songs) on their debut album. What you thought was a synth was a Hammond ("B3" model?) organ, and also custom guitar pedals that Tom Scholz invented. "Smokin'" and "Hitch a Ride" will also blow your mind.
I love watching “first timers” to this song/band. They were the band when I was in high school. I got to see them once in concert and it was amazing. The whole album this song came from does NOT have one bad song. Listen to them all. You won’t regret it. ❤
This became the best selling debut album of all time upon its release. I saw them live at Madison Square garden in 77. I rank that concert up there with others I seen including Queen, E L O, Yes, Heart, the Who, AC/DC and many more!!!
I saw them in concert too when this album came out. They’re right, not a bad song on it. They were perfect in concert just like on the songs. I don’t know if anyone has told you, but look at the album cover if you turn it upside down, the spaceship is a guitar. One of the most talented groups ever!
ONE OF THE BEST BANDS EVER!!!! LOVED SEEING THEM IN CONCERT, YOU GOT YOUR MONEY'S WORTH!!!!! THEY WERE GREAT!!!! Bradley (BRAD), Edward Delp (June 12, 1951 - March 9, 2007) was an American musician who was the original lead vocalist of the rock band Boston...RIP...
I was lucky enough to see Boston in 1979 on their second album Dont Look Back with Sammy Hagar opening in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Absolute killer concert.
As far as the instruments, we've heard organ, the drummer doing a really fast triplet hi hat pattern but it's straight and not swung, we have a walking bass, and then we have the piano along with the bass walking hard, we get Barre chords on the distorted electric guitars, and then a fantastic intense drum pattern going on that is frenetic as can be ...
@stevedahlberg8680 there is no piano either electric or acoustic on this record. For these two songs, Tom is playing a Hammond M3 organ and a clavinet in terms of keyboards.
Love your reaction, and you are right, we had great music back then in '76, I was 28yo. When I first heard this album, (and you MUST listen to the entire album), I knew it would be in the R&R HOF !! This album was entirely the idea and work of one man. Tom Scholz, an MIT grad in Electrical Engineering, who quit his job at Polaroid, (I think), built his own brand of guitar electronics ("Rockman", I still have a vast array of Rockman units on my Rig to this day, cause you can't sound like BOSTON without, a Rockman "Sustainer") and single-handed played all instruments (and recorded this in his basement -... not a studio. (his BASEMENT) BTW Tom played a Gibson Les Paul guitar with single-coil pickups, on this album. He did get Brad Delp's help on the vocals (another genius idea) - but all the rest was Scholz. He didn't pull a band together until after the album came out and he realized he needed to start touring. He is a freaking genius !! His interview is on The Tube, right now. He makes his guitar sound like a rocket taking off !!
@brucecronin6396 Scholz has a BS and a Masters from MIT in mechanical engineering. You can confirm this by researching the MIT alumi lists. Tom did not play a single drum track on this record. Jim Masdea played drums on the demo that was sent to Epic and producer John Boylan. Sib plays drums on every song on the record except Rock and Roll Band and Jim Masdea played drums on that song. Barry who plays a Gibson SG plays electric rhythym on Foreplay, Long Time and Let Me Take You Home. Barry plays lead guitar on Long Time (that amazing solo is Barry) and lead and slide guitar on Let Met Take You Home. Fran plays bass on Foreplay and Let Me Take You Home. Brad plays accoustic 12 string on Let Me Take You Home. The band as pictured on the back of the record recorded Let Me Take You Home before this record was completed and released. Let Me Take You Home was written by Brad who also co-wrote Smokin', and Let Me Take You Home was recorded in its entirety at The Record Plant LA in the spring of 1976. All of Brads vocals were recorded by producer John Boylan at Capital Studios Studio C on their Quad Eight console using a Nueman U 87 solid state mic. The vocal production on this record would not be what it is were in not for the high end mic pres, high end compressors, and the plate reverbs that were used by Boylan at Capital Studio C Barry met Tom when Tom auditioned to plaly keyboards in Barry's band around 1969/1970. Barry then introduced Brad to Tom shortly thereafter. Barry, Brad and Tom played Tom's songs live for years before they were refined and recorded in 1975-1976, Barry played on some of Toms demos and Brad sang on some of Toms demos. Brad sang on the demo that was sent to Epic and producer John Boylan and that demo led to both Tom and Brad being signed by Epic. Brads voice is just as much a key component of Boston as Scholz guitar sound was.
My 1976 record album liner notes show that the band was already pulled together at the time of making the album, Tom (multi guitars & related effects, bass, organ, clavinet & percussion), Brad (vocals), Barry (lease & rhythm guitars), Fran (Bass) & Sib (drums & percussion).
EVERY song on this album is a banger! It brings back SO many memories of being a teen hanging out at the drive in theater or just a big kegger in an empty field! With 300 teenagers just hanging out and jamming to this music from the 70s and 80s! Some late 60s stuff too.
So glad to see how much you enjoyed this song! Boston has so many hits. Check out one of their live performances, More than a Feeling is a great choice! We’ll done!
For my money, this is Boston's best banger. You should check out Roll With The Changes by REO Speedwagon. It doesn't sound the same as Long Time, but it does have a similar epic irresistible rock and roll roller coaster ride feel to it.
I was fortunate to have grown up in the 70's and 80's in the Boston area. So much good music came out of Boston area during that time. Aerosmith, J. Geils, Boston, The Cars, the list could go on.
It's arena rock, it definitely should be listening to loud, laugh. I saw them in junior high with my girlfriend in 1977, not long after this debut album came out. It's considered to be one of the greatest debut albums in rock music history and you can't go wrong with it. I have actually seen reaction channels work through it from the first song on the album to the last song and it has a pretty good sequence. You can't go wrong with anything off of this album. If you want a really atmospheric one that still rocks, check out their hit from this same debut album, Gonna Hitch a Ride. The opening to it is beyond beautiful.
Since nobody mentioned it yet, the album covers of these bands always told a story and were always unique... this album looks like the mothership however they are upsidedown guitars \m/
It also shows the destruction of Earth with the Boston "escape" ship front and center, which implies that all the other ships are also cities of Earth.
This is one of the best reactions I have seen for this song. Can't do anything else but give it a thumbs up. Hearing this when it was first released I never could have imagined watching someone react to this many years later.
Great reaction I don’t save reaction videos. Your emotion into this song is priceless. I just watched 2 videos by you. I noticed you the Legend from the NBA. Now you have picked band from Boston. Well done.😊
Boston is one of those bands that have their own sound. Even if it's a new song you have never heard, you know it's Boston as soon as it starts playing.
@neillenet291 Well actually Barry is playing all of the electric rhythm guitars on these two songs, as well as the huge power chords and all lead solos on these two songs and what you are hearing on these two songs it a Gibson SG
Once again you take me back to the best summer of my life - 1976! Watching you experience what I did almost 50 years ago is awesome! And for a few minutes at least, I'm a kid again... Thanks!
There's a video of a band that does a cover of this song, at first I thought it was a reunion of Boston but it was a group of guys that liked this song and got together to cover and they were awesome 👌 👏 👍
Boston was fire in the 70's, this song sent them into the stratosphere. There's an acoustic and electric guitar in this song. The clapping was done by the girlfriends of several band members.
This was 1976, synthesizers were just starting. Tom Scholz took pride in the fact he didn't use any synths on the whole album. He designed and built all the effects equipment himself
My 1976 record album liber notes show that Tom played an organ and a clavinet which, whilst not synths, are still keyboards and therefore earlier predecessors to synths.
This is 1976 guy, and here in 2024 still a banger!! The 70s Rock music is History, will live on..! but this album is legend. But as I said, 70s music is legend.. Great reaction as always..
Welcome to my childhood. Most songs were very listenable from start to finish. The 60's,70's and 80' will go down in history as the greatest time of modern music.
Just about every song on this album was a radio hit. I think that may still be a standing record. You can easily react to every song on this album and it should be playlist.
Boston is amazing, you could easily go a dozen songs deep and not get bored. They made some fantastic songs and though they have a similar feel, there is definitely individuality in each one.
My father spent the years 1993-1995 in a bottle of Dewers and listening to Foreplay, just Foreplay, over and over and over. He was trying to create a Drum Corps field show to this song. I wish I was kidding.
In the fall of 1976, you could hear this album blasting from somewhere in my college dorm 24/7. One of the more unusual sounds you may be hearing and wondering about is only listed in the credits as "top secret space effects pedal". So it is either a custom guitar effects pedal, or an output modifier attached to a synthesizer/keyboard. Either way, it is unique and awesome.
This was playing in every car at every high school party in the late 70s! Bonfires, cars in pastures, Mary Jane....lol....and Boston! Kansas! Foreigner!
You have a great way of appreciating the lyrics and the intricate moments in the segments of the completed song….best reviewer on RUclips…thank you for your depth of understanding
The guitar is a modified 1968 Gibson Les Paul. Tom Scholz created many of his own effects including his Hyperspace Pedal, which is featured throughout all of Boston's music. Les Paul was the dude who invented the solid body electric guitar, multi track recording, and many other things. Without Les Paul, none of this music would be possible. You should react to some of his videos. He was a genius.
Hard to appreciate how big an impact this song made. This was very early in the FM radio era that gave us clear, no static stereophonic sound. Suddenly you HAD to have a good component stereo system and great headphones to get the most out of this masterpiece. We take it for granted now, but we just hadn't heard anything like Boston before. Tom Scholz was a trailblazer for the modern era of music.
The instrument is a Hammond B3 Organ played through a Leslie amplifier. The vibrating sound is because of the unique feature of the Leslie amp is that it spins. The internal treble speaker spins.
I wore out two 8-track cartridges of Boston's first album, just got my drivers license when it came out. Cruised and rocked.! Hey Shon, really got a kick of Your reaction, it's cool seeing someone that's never heard something that many of Your viewers have heard probably 100's of times. That shows just how strong and solid this album is. It is in MY top 5 for sure. Thanks Bro for taking the time to do the video, I'm guessin this one made it to YOUR playlist ?
Boston "MORE THAN A FEELING" (original studio version) 🔥🔥🔥
You can play this entire album start to finish, and not skip past a single note or track. The whole thing is straight fire! To this day, it's still in the top 5 of the greatest debut album sales of all time!! They hit a grandslam out the gate! 🤘😃
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Straight up fire, Shon! 🔥
They surely did..
FACTS!!!!!!!!!
FUCK OUTTA HERE!!!! BOSTON LAYED IT DOWN FOR ANY RACE OF PEOPLE!!!! WHO DON'T LIKE ANY ONE SONG FROM THEM!!!
The fact that Boston isn’t in the rock n roll hall of fame is borderline criminal…one of the best rock bands ever !!
I suppose you have to have a significant & popular body of work, and as much as I've loved this album since it's release, I don't know that they've achieved that.
I knew you would love this. It’s just so spectacular.
Two things against Boston being in the R&R HOF is they didn't play the record label rules, and they didn't tour that much. Yes, it is criminal that they have been snubbed. Hopefully, soon, that will change.
It was one guy in his basement that created the music.
Later he found the singer and drums. Great story, look it up.
Anybody else here consistently impressed with Shon's lyrical and musical insight?
Stay with it, bro! you a natural at this!
Love his reactions! So real too! 😉
One of the best rock albums ever.
Tom Scholz basically created this whole album in his basement studio by himself, playing all instruments, over several years!!!
A genius for sure!!!
With lead singer Brad Delp incredible vocals.
With Jim Masdea drumming for demo.
@martinl8574 There is so much Boston/Tom Scholz urban legend out there. First off, all of Brads vocals were recorded by producer John Boylan at Capital Studios Studio C on their Quad Eigth Console with a Neuman U87 solid state mic. The high end mic pres and compressors used on Brads voice are part of the reason why his voice was recorded and produced to the level that it is on this record.
The entire song, Let Me Take You Home which was written by Brad was recorded in its entirety at The Record Plant LA by producer John Boylan. The debut Boston record was mixed at Westlake Studio by producer John Boylan, engineer Warren Dewey and Tom. The tracks that we hear on this record were recorded in the winter of 1975 through the spring of 1976.
Tom did NOT play ALL of the instrument tracks on this record. Barry plays electric rhythm guitar on Foreplay, Long Time and Let Me Take You Home. Barry also plays lead guitar on Long Time and lead/slide guitar on Let Me Take You Home. Fran plays bass on Foreplay and Let Me Take You Home. Brad plays 12 string acoustic guitar on Let Me Take You Home. Tom does not play a single drum track on this record and the record is much much better for that fact. Tom did not play drums on the demo that got "Boston" signed with Epic either. Sib plays drums on every song but one and Jim Masdea plays that song which happens to be Rock and Roll Band. Tom could not play the drum parts on this record after the third cold day in hell. He simply does not have the technique, timing or groove to pull these parts off.
When you realize that all the vocal parts are done by Brad Delp, you're even more in awe.
One of THE greatest debut albums of all time. Tom Scholz, the mastermind behind Boston wrote/recorded most of this album in his basement! Unheard of In the mid 70s!!!
YES! I say that ALL THE TIME!!!!! They could have retired after this master piece!!!!!
One of the greatest rock songs of all time. Good choice!!
I love watching young people discovering & appreciating music I've been listening to for 40+ years! No synths were used on this (or on any of the songs) on their debut album. What you thought was a synth was a Hammond ("B3" model?) organ, and also custom guitar pedals that Tom Scholz invented. "Smokin'" and "Hitch a Ride" will also blow your mind.
I love watching “first timers” to this song/band. They were the band when I was in high school. I got to see them once in concert and it was amazing. The whole album this song came from does NOT have one bad song. Listen to them all. You won’t regret it. ❤
This became the best selling debut album of all time upon its release. I saw them live at Madison Square garden in 77. I rank that concert up there with others I seen including Queen, E L O, Yes, Heart, the Who, AC/DC and many more!!!
I saw them in Wichita, Kansas on that tour and I still remember that experience fondly.
I saw them in their one and only Indianapolis appearance at Market Square area. Sammy Hagar opened...he was fresh out of Montrose.
I saw them in concert too when this album came out. They’re right, not a bad song on it. They were perfect in concert just like on the songs. I don’t know if anyone has told you, but look at the album cover if you turn it upside down, the spaceship is a guitar. One of the most talented groups ever!
There's a reason they called it "Foreplay." That's exactly what it is, musical foreplay.
And it will love you long time.
ONE OF THE BEST BANDS EVER!!!! LOVED SEEING THEM IN CONCERT, YOU GOT YOUR MONEY'S WORTH!!!!! THEY WERE GREAT!!!! Bradley (BRAD), Edward Delp (June 12, 1951 - March 9, 2007) was an American musician who was the original lead vocalist of the rock band Boston...RIP...
Brad Delp R.I.P sir. Greatest voice in rock and roll.
I was lucky enough to see Boston in 1979 on their second album Dont Look Back with Sammy Hagar opening in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Absolute killer concert.
1976, baby! And those claps sound exactly like it used to sound with thousands of people at a seventies rock concert.
As far as the instruments, we've heard organ, the drummer doing a really fast triplet hi hat pattern but it's straight and not swung, we have a walking bass, and then we have the piano along with the bass walking hard, we get Barre chords on the distorted electric guitars, and then a fantastic intense drum pattern going on that is frenetic as can be ...
@stevedahlberg8680 there is no piano either electric or acoustic on this record. For these two songs, Tom is playing a Hammond M3 organ and a clavinet in terms of keyboards.
I have always thought the intro was like the birth of the universe...calm...sweet chaos..the road trip chillin thru space. 💙
YES!!!! This 💯 ♥️
You're going to have a lot of Boston on your playlist 😉 Amazing band!
Boston in the house. Heck yeah!!!!!!! Lets goooooo. You have the best reactions. Thank you for your work and time.
Buckle up Shon,you are going on a super cool ride! Boston NEVER disappoints my friend!🥁🎹🎸🎛🎙🎶😜👊🏿🤘😎🤩
First Album I ever bought and wore it out!!!
Boston! Smokin! Gotta listen. Turn the volume up to 11! 🔥🤘🔥🤘🔥🤘
I love you young pups listening and appreciating the best decade of music ❤
Love your reaction, and you are right, we had great music back then in '76, I was 28yo.
When I first heard this album, (and you MUST listen to the entire album), I knew it would be in the R&R HOF !! This album was entirely the idea and work of one man. Tom Scholz, an MIT grad in Electrical Engineering, who quit his job at Polaroid, (I think), built his own brand of guitar electronics ("Rockman", I still have a vast array of Rockman units on my Rig to this day, cause you can't sound like BOSTON without, a Rockman "Sustainer") and single-handed played all instruments (and recorded this in his basement -... not a studio. (his BASEMENT) BTW Tom played a Gibson Les Paul guitar with single-coil pickups, on this album.
He did get Brad Delp's help on the vocals (another genius idea) - but all the rest was Scholz.
He didn't pull a band together until after the album came out and he realized he needed to start touring. He is a freaking genius !! His interview is on The Tube, right now. He makes his guitar sound like a rocket taking off !!
Cool story...Thanks❤
@brucecronin6396 Scholz has a BS and a Masters from MIT in mechanical engineering. You can confirm this by researching the MIT alumi lists.
Tom did not play a single drum track on this record. Jim Masdea played drums on the demo that was sent to Epic and producer John Boylan. Sib plays drums on every song on the record except Rock and Roll Band and Jim Masdea played drums on that song. Barry who plays a Gibson SG plays electric rhythym on Foreplay, Long Time and Let Me Take You Home. Barry plays lead guitar on Long Time (that amazing solo is Barry) and lead and slide guitar on Let Met Take You Home. Fran plays bass on Foreplay and Let Me Take You Home. Brad plays accoustic 12 string on Let Me Take You Home. The band as pictured on the back of the record recorded Let Me Take You Home before this record was completed and released.
Let Me Take You Home was written by Brad who also co-wrote Smokin', and Let Me Take You Home was recorded in its entirety at The Record Plant LA in the spring of 1976. All of Brads vocals were recorded by producer John Boylan at Capital Studios Studio C on their Quad Eight console using a Nueman U 87 solid state mic. The vocal production on this record would not be what it is were in not for the high end mic pres, high end compressors, and the plate reverbs that were used by Boylan at Capital Studio C
Barry met Tom when Tom auditioned to plaly keyboards in Barry's band around 1969/1970. Barry then introduced Brad to Tom shortly thereafter. Barry, Brad and Tom played Tom's songs live for years before they were refined and recorded in 1975-1976, Barry played on some of Toms demos and Brad sang on some of Toms demos. Brad sang on the demo that was sent to Epic and producer John Boylan and that demo led to both Tom and Brad being signed by Epic. Brads voice is just as much a key component of Boston as Scholz guitar sound was.
My 1976 record album liner notes show that the band was already pulled together at the time of making the album, Tom (multi guitars & related effects, bass, organ, clavinet & percussion), Brad (vocals), Barry (lease & rhythm guitars), Fran (Bass) & Sib (drums & percussion).
45 years...I've been enjoying this song. Pregame music, traveling music, morning coffee music, beer drinking music! Great music never dies!
EVERY song on this album is a banger! It brings back SO many memories of being a teen hanging out at the drive in theater or just a big kegger in an empty field! With 300 teenagers just hanging out and jamming to this music from the 70s and 80s! Some late 60s stuff too.
Masterpiece album.
So glad to see how much you enjoyed this song! Boston has so many hits. Check out one of their live performances, More than a Feeling is a great choice! We’ll done!
I'm already have a list to on my playlist in my new truck too
Those of us who lived through this never realized we were living through some of the greatest music that ever was and ever will be made.
For my money, this is Boston's best banger. You should check out Roll With The Changes by REO Speedwagon. It doesn't sound the same as Long Time, but it does have a similar epic irresistible rock and roll roller coaster ride feel to it.
Roll with the changes is an absolute banger!
"It's hard too get thru a song this long if you don't love it!"...So True!
I was fortunate to have grown up in the 70's and 80's in the Boston area. So much good music came out of Boston area during that time. Aerosmith, J. Geils, Boston, The Cars, the list could go on.
The entire album is a playlist!!!🎶🎼🎵🎸🥁🎹🎤🔥🤘🤘🤘
It's arena rock, it definitely should be listening to loud, laugh. I saw them in junior high with my girlfriend in 1977, not long after this debut album came out. It's considered to be one of the greatest debut albums in rock music history and you can't go wrong with it. I have actually seen reaction channels work through it from the first song on the album to the last song and it has a pretty good sequence.
You can't go wrong with anything off of this album. If you want a really atmospheric one that still rocks, check out their hit from this same debut album, Gonna Hitch a Ride. The opening to it is beyond beautiful.
Since nobody mentioned it yet, the album covers of these bands always told a story and were always unique... this album looks like the mothership however they are upsidedown guitars \m/
It also shows the destruction of Earth with the Boston "escape" ship front and center, which implies that all the other ships are also cities of Earth.
This is one of the best reactions I have seen for this song. Can't do anything else but give it a thumbs up. Hearing this when it was first released I never could have imagined watching someone react to this many years later.
Ahhhh….how nice for you to hear Boston for the first time. Great reaction!
Great reaction I don’t save reaction videos. Your emotion into this song is priceless. I just watched 2 videos by you. I noticed you the Legend from the NBA. Now you have picked band from Boston. Well done.😊
Great reaction! ❤️❤️❤️✌️
Boston is one of those bands that have their own sound. Even if it's a new song you have never heard, you know it's Boston as soon as it starts playing.
I clicked on this reaction immediately...I love this album! ❤❤❤
I can listen to this nonstop
My favorite rock song of all time. Incredible!
You are the best reactor for this song. This band got me through some tough times. Boston forever!❤️
One of my top 10 rock albums of all time. The whole album is 🔥 🔥 🔥
Gibson Les Paul. Best sounding guitar ever.
@neillenet291 Well actually Barry is playing all of the electric rhythm guitars on these two songs, as well as the huge power chords and all lead solos on these two songs and what you are hearing on these two songs it a Gibson SG
@@neechee5150 well....actually the Gibson SG WAS called the Les Paul Standard. 😀
Once again you take me back to the best summer of my life - 1976! Watching you experience what I did almost 50 years ago is awesome! And for a few minutes at least, I'm a kid again... Thanks!
1976-1979. Fire!
I was 6 years old when this was released and it was the first album that I could identify the band and find in the record store.
With shirtless Shon, you can't go wrong!!!!
Lol
Nice to look at while listening to good music!! 🤭
There's a video of a band that does a cover of this song, at first I thought it was a reunion of Boston but it was a group of guys that liked this song and got together to cover and they were awesome 👌 👏 👍
This entire album is a banger! Stone cold classic and it’s almost 50 years old.
Shon every song from this album was played on the radio. Not a bad song on it. Check out more from Boston you'll enjoy all of it.
This might be the best original album ever. I loved this album then and I love it now. Love and respect, brother, hog fam Canada 🇨🇦 ❤
Boston was fire in the 70's, this song sent them into the stratosphere. There's an acoustic and electric guitar in this song. The clapping was done by the girlfriends of several band members.
I remember going to the disco and dancing to this song. High clapping at the appropriate times. I feel sorry for anyone who wasn't a teen in the 70s.
I love that you love this music. Remember this is your grandmas music. Maybe even your great grandmas music. 😅
This was 1976, synthesizers were just starting. Tom Scholz took pride in the fact he didn't use any synths on the whole album. He designed and built all the effects equipment himself
My 1976 record album liber notes show that Tom played an organ and a clavinet which, whilst not synths, are still keyboards and therefore earlier predecessors to synths.
More than a feeling and A man ill never be. Two great guitar solo songs!!
I love it when a new listener reminds me of a JAM! Thank you. Boston is EPIC
Ahhhhh, Boston. Love this entire album. Great reaction!
This is 1976 guy, and here in 2024 still a banger!! The 70s Rock music is History, will live on..! but this album is legend. But as I said, 70s music is legend.. Great reaction as always..
One of the all time best concerts I have been to. This whole album tells a story. Start to finish.
There are a lot of great debut albums out there; this is the GOAT!
Welcome to my childhood. Most songs were very listenable from start to finish. The 60's,70's and 80' will go down in history as the greatest time of modern music.
This to me is Boston’s masterpiece and my favorite of theirs along with “a man I’ll never be”
Smokin , Rock N Roll Band, Hitch a Ride are just a few of the bangers you will love !! keep those Boston Reactions coming !!!
RE-FRESHING! Thank you for loving this 67 year old's music. Love your positive vibe!
Just about every song on this album was a radio hit. I think that may still be a standing record. You can easily react to every song on this album and it should be playlist.
Today's music ain't got nothing on oldies/old rock! Folks don't know what they are missing. Great reaction!
Great reaction shon. Another great spacey song is "Space Oddity" by David Bowie released in 1969. I think you'll enjoy that.
Boston is amazing, you could easily go a dozen songs deep and not get bored. They made some fantastic songs and though they have a similar feel, there is definitely individuality in each one.
This is roll down your window during the summer, cranking it up, music.
Loving your reactions.
They played this whole long jam on the radio so many billions of times you wouldn’t believe it, young man
My father spent the years 1993-1995 in a bottle of Dewers and listening to Foreplay, just Foreplay, over and over and over.
He was trying to create a Drum Corps field show to this song.
I wish I was kidding.
Yesss!!! Your smile always says it all. 👏👏👏
In the fall of 1976, you could hear this album blasting from somewhere in my college dorm 24/7. One of the more unusual sounds you may be hearing and wondering about is only listed in the credits as "top secret space effects pedal". So it is either a custom guitar effects pedal, or an output modifier attached to a synthesizer/keyboard. Either way, it is unique and awesome.
This was playing in every car at every high school party in the late 70s! Bonfires, cars in pastures, Mary Jane....lol....and Boston! Kansas! Foreigner!
Boston is one of my favs❤
You have a great way of appreciating the lyrics and the intricate moments in the segments of the completed song….best reviewer on RUclips…thank you for your depth of understanding
The album is a "Start to Finish" - keep the needle down. 1976, freshman year in college, ringing through the dorms on a Friday afternoon.
The guitar is a modified 1968 Gibson Les Paul. Tom Scholz created many of his own effects including his Hyperspace Pedal, which is featured throughout all of Boston's music. Les Paul was the dude who invented the solid body electric guitar, multi track recording, and many other things. Without Les Paul, none of this music would be possible. You should react to some of his videos. He was a genius.
Hard to appreciate how big an impact this song made. This was very early in the FM radio era that gave us clear, no static stereophonic sound. Suddenly you HAD to have a good component stereo system and great headphones to get the most out of this masterpiece. We take it for granted now, but we just hadn't heard anything like Boston before. Tom Scholz was a trailblazer for the modern era of music.
When this album came out, we were awe struck...so good and so different. Thanks for the great reaction!
Love them! Flaming Guitars!
Amazing how much great music escaped you/your generation... 😉 👍. 😊
Saw Boston live in Worcester Mass. In the 80's. Top notch band and performance. 🎸
Now try to imagine how many songs are in this generations Playlist. I gotta play list for every vibe.
The instrument is a Hammond B3 Organ played through a Leslie amplifier. The vibrating sound is because of the unique feature of the Leslie amp is that it spins. The internal treble speaker spins.
Tom is actually using a Hammond M3 on the first two records and the leslie is a rotating speaker system not an amplifier
I wore out two 8-track cartridges of Boston's first album, just got my drivers
license when it came out. Cruised and rocked.! Hey Shon, really got a kick
of Your reaction, it's cool seeing someone that's never heard something
that many of Your viewers have heard probably 100's of times. That shows
just how strong and solid this album is. It is in MY top 5 for sure.
Thanks Bro for taking the time to do the video, I'm guessin this one made it
to YOUR playlist ?
This is the best song to be introduced to for sure!
Deep dive on Boston is a gift!!! Lol. Thank you.
Listen, I’m 54 years old I grub listening to Boston. This is one music was good. Let me rephrase that this is one was great.
THIS ENTIRE ALBUM, WILL MAKE YOUR PLAYLIST !!! 😉 !!!
My forte are keys, and, man, I love this for that Hammand B3 Organ. Incredible!
Tom is actually using a Hammond M3 on this record
Simply put, Boston is one of the BEST bands ever!!!! And the notes that Brad Delp could hit when he sang were other worldly!!!
Brad Delp did All the vocals in this song. Even the Harmonizing
Greetings, First Time here🤗👋🏽👻🎃….Seen BOSTON, with other Rockin Bands…. Fantastic Bands♥️🤗🎶
At one point it to me sounds like semi truck running through. ❤️❤️❤️✌️