Boston, Foreplay/Longtime - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
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A compelling, dynamic and very energetically positive piece of music. Even though this song was much more strongly Rock than I am used to listening to, I enjoyed the experience and think that it has a lot to offer.
Here’s the link to the original song by Boston:
• Boston - Foreplay / Lo...
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RIP Brad Delp - one of the greatest male vocalists of all time!
I was a little girl living in the Boston area when this album was released. Everyone was crazy about the songs and the radio was blasted when it came on. I can still remember the absolute joy I felt, the same joy I feel every time I play it 45 years later. It's my go-to song when life gets overwhelming. Instant healing.
when they played live they sounded exactly like this. Brad had a voice of an angel. Boston was always so upbeat and positive. I was a kid of the 80s and a teen in the 90's. I wont the decade lotto for sure. We had such amazing music back then and none of us had any idea just how special it really was. Thanks for the video, as always really good stuff
Boston: More than a feeling. A man I'll never be. These will blow you away!!
Boston's first album..."Man, this is my favorite tune...no...wait...this is my favorite tune...wait..." The entire album is genius and basically...perfect.
I think the whole album is one of the best expressions of the joy of the human experience.
What makes this song/album so great, Amy, is that the 'sound' that the band created, was completely original. No band sounded like Boston before Boston. Especially the guitar.
That was a fantastic album.
Amy, Amy. Seeing you reviewing this is more satisfying than all before this combined. Thank you.
Boston's first album is one of the best rock albums of all time.
The Boston sound is a journey through rock-n-roll perfection!! We that are lovers of great music can hear how unique and profound the Boston sound is, and takes us on an adventure!! These are my feelings, how about you!!
This came out when I was a very young teenager. The album was my first of over 200 to collect. This song I love so much that I have requested my wife and only living daughter to have it played at my funeral. Thanks for reacting, enjoyed it.🙏🏼🌹
Boston. A true classic rock band but even better. Top five. I play three instruments and have for many years. I like getting your perspective because I appreciate what you hear. First..,this is not just noise with Boston. The musicianship capability, wonderful lead singer with true capabilities in several ranges with two members being quality singers alone. The lead guitarist is amazing and he wrote, composed and produced many of the bands songs. Clear, precise quality. Not just loud noise.
8:40 she likes the touch of the organ. I have a crush.
"I have no idea how they make these sounds."
Nobody does. That is the magic of Boston.
I read he invented some pedals[?] For his guitar to get sounds he was looking for -dam! Whew!
I've watched about three dozen of your videos now, and this is one if your most interesting discussions of the rock style. Your depth in the genre has really been well-informed, and your perspective from a formal education and training in classical music has helped me to understand how rock music is composed and executed. This video is the epitome of what makes your channel so special . Thank you for your wonderful work!
Suspension is the tension, resolution of the chord is the satisfying release of that tension
Tom Scholz is an M.I.T. trained engineer who worked at Polaroid in the 70's and did music in his spare time. Amazing story of how that first album came together. And that he found Brad Delp for vocals, who's range and ability to belt a tune were unmatched. Incredible album. Tom invented the sound of his guitar and even sold the machine as the Rockman. He engineered all the amazing sounds on this album and made it sound like music from another world. Thanks for listening to this song! Great tune.
Yeah! Quintessential rock baby. Rock on!
I believe that this lady's reaction to this Boston issue was SINCERE, RECENT AND HONEST. I think it was not "prepared at all" like the majority of RUclipsrs who have already heard it and "act" as if they were doing it for the first time. THAT'S WHY I SUBSCRIBE in the hope that future reactions from the lady WILL BE HONEST. Great reaction, lady!
Not just one of their classics, this is one of THE classics from this rock timeframe. This is what we come here for.
We all know what a genius tom sholtz is, but it is a miracle that he found the voice of brad delp to compliment his musical compositions.
Its Awesome! Was then! Still is! Will always be! Incredible Music.
I like seeing your emotion listening to this one. It's the first time I can see a real emotion being glistened from the actual music. The way you felt listening to this song, is the way we feel listening to it every time.
Best debut rock album ever! We called this “clean metal.” ❤️❤️❤️
🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘! Tom Scholz is exceptional. Great band.
One of the best produced albums of all time and the best produced if its day
What you hear is the album,Greatest rock and roll album of all time, time.
More than a Feeling is another great Boston Song👍👍👍👍
I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR YOU REACT TO *ROUNDABOUT* BY *YES.* Your discerning ears pay special attention to the compositional elements of a song & that means you'll be blown away when you start sampling some of YES' Masterpieces. YES was a very experimental ("Progressive") rock band in the early 1970's but they emphasized melody & beautiful vocal harmonies even while featuring a "harder edge" due to their extraordinary bass player, Chris Squire. The reason you'll love YES is because they were Masters of Complexity, who packed an amazing amount of musicianship into their Masterpieces but did such a superb job at blending the mix at the sound board, you can hear _everything_ in its time. You can tell that they were heavily influenced by classical music. And yes, the word "profound" will pop into your head more than once listening to YES' masterpieces. Can't wait...you'll be amazed...
See if she can figure out that the first chord that comes in on that song is a piano played backwards.
Boston is America's most optimistic rock band!
Boston's music is absolutely more sophisticated than your average rock artists, which isn't an insult but rather comes down to taste, style, preference. They are great.
I'm so pleased to see you starting to address what I would term 'complexity' in the music you are meeting. As a child of the '70s, I grew up with this music, but also a mother who discovered classical music in college (after a childhood steeped in country music) and always encouraged me to be critical of unthinking simplicity in popular music. I would love you and Rick Beato (who you should watch if you haven't) to sit down and talk about tonality, lyricism, form, and texture in some of these songs, and discuss missed opportunities for music to be more than what it is.
So much fun. Most of us remember being blown away the first time we heard this epic track. Very enjoyable to see someone else have the experience.
There isn't a bad song on this album in my opinion... I was 13 years old when I heard this album for the very first time I was absolutely blown away by it & it's still one of the greatest rock albums ever released...
I remember when I first bought that album being surprised to realize that I already knew every single song on the album because I heard all of them played on rock radio.
Me too! I was the same age ✌️
Same here except I was probably closer to 10 or 12.
I just remember hearing the album for the first time ( cassette tape) and it struck me so strongly. I just had to have a copy for myself..
Never felt as passionate about music before that album.
I was 10. Bought this, Foreigner, and Leftoverture with hay baling money. Spent half of 1976 in leatherstockings and a tricorner hat. Lost the elementary school spelling bee to Becky George.
The word was "niece".
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An iconic American song. Still can't help but wanna dance around when I hear it.
👍👍😎✌️🤟⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Boston, yes, what ride. The entire album is a joy!
This album is one of the greatest debut rock albums ever, every song is a classic, every song is excellent.
Boston: one of the GREATEST BANDS EVER, great music coming out of them, kind of tragic band but in their peak they were VERY original, path makers, great musicians, looking forward to 2nd review, the band has sooooo many hits and all of them super great.
To explain it more easily would be to say that the beginning of the tune was orchestrated up to a crescendo that just exploded. I have loved classical music all my life and classic rock, think this piece is brilliant in its " Orchestration".
One of the greatest acts of all time, playing one of the best songs of all time on one of the best albums of all time. Can't go wrong here. Loved watching your reaction on the first listening.
It really got me when she said towards the end the song has a bit of a gospel feel to it....I agree! Boston is like being sent to a sonic/melodic church! Praise Boston!
Everything in this song is done with purpose. The layering and tonal flavoring is done with a very precise hand. The production of this whole album is truly a masterpiece. Nothing too complex, but everything is expertly used.
I truly appreciate your willingness to be open minded and appreciate other genres of music. 👍😊
Thank you for expressing all the nuanced details of why Boston music is so intanse
Wait til you discover Electric Light Orchestra, and Dimash Qudaibergen, the king of popera.
I was 17 when this came out. No one had ever heard music quite like this before. Brad Delp's vocals were out of this world. This became a backdrop for many new experiences for many, many people. I hear it and I am transported back to those times in my life.
Thank you for the very thoughtful (and very different) analysis of a song that was one of my (many) anthems during the seventies. I have watched many of the (visceral) reactions to this song (and that is okay too; it IS rock and roll after all!). Your review brings a wealth of appreciation from a different realm. (Btw, there are two types of wholesomeness, the first being the stand-offish type that people generally make fun off, and then there is the invigorating and refreshing type that is like a breath of fresh air. Yours is definitely the second type!).
I love the fact that you think before you speak. I can see your brain gears working when trying to describe your analysis on a piece of music you never heard before, let alone a genre that you are somewhat new to.
Many people have already pointed out the obvious things: Tom Scholz is an absolute genius and this is one of the greatest *album* experiences ever.
For me, from first note to last, this album is the epitome of pure rock 'n' roll. Period. I love all of Tom's music, but he really nailed it with this debut. Which unfortunately made it impossible to ever live up to the sky-high expectations from most fans and critics. My thoughts are too jumbled right now, so I hope that makes some sense.
For my money Boston's singer Bradley Delp is easily in the top three or five rock voices ever. He left us in a very sad way, RIP Brad. In this great song you barely get a taste of what he can do. Please do more Boston You've certainly heard more than a feeling from the same album, my favorite track however is hitch a ride.
Hitch a Ride is so damn good. That bass line just slays.
Now I'm curious as to whom you (or anyone) would also put in their top three or five rock voices: Freddie, Janis, Elvis...? Those are the first three who came to my mind, anyway.
@@footofjuniper8212 For me, Freddie is always #1. 2 would have to be Plant. I might go Delp at 3. 4 for me would be a tie between Chris Cornell and Layne Staley.
@@wingracer1614 I'd put Delp over Plant. Delp was a singer. Plant is a vocalist, if you know what I'm saying. Don't forget Paul Rodgers also.
I was a little boy when I got the chance to own and listen to the album. That happened in Germany, far away from the USA. it has had a profound impact on me in a positive sense. Thanks Tom, thanks Brad. I never forget that.
Boston is cotton Candy. It melts away and every interior mouth cell explodes.
Great music? It's a celebration of splashy.
dim light wooden, the sun is shining. rays of light.
Brad Delp was such a huge part of this band his voice was just incredible he is so sadly missed ....
“I’m not sure how they make those sounds”
That’s the magic of Audio Engineering. Those sounds are made with electric guitars and modulated echoes.
I've heard this easily 200+times, and it STILL gives me chills, pause.
It's one of those ubiquitous songs from the 70s that is dramatic but really genius in its sound structure and lyrics. It really is perfect.
This is real music, plain and simple...
Brad Delp (RIP) has one of the greatest and under appreciated voices in rock music, IMO.
Hard to comprehend near perfection in music. Just enjoy.
One of the most underrated albums ever. Pure genius
Tom Scholz designed and played most of the sounds on the album. He was an engineer trained at MIT. His sound was famous enough that he started his own electronics company designing and selling sound equipment for pro players. A lot of 80's bands used his equipment to get sounds to use on their biggest albums. One of the most difficult things to do it to get that saturated amplifier sound. To do that you have to turn the volume up until everyone;s ears bleed. Tom designed a device called a power soak that let you get a saturated sound without having to have the amp dangerously loud. Before he became famous with Boston, his father always told him to drop the music dream and get busy doing what he does best, engineering. After the great album and touring successes his father kept telling him, why are you working so hard on your electronics company. When are you going to get your next album out? At that time he was making cutting edge equipment that is still used today.
I think the word Amy is searching for is “optimistic”. This whole album has such an optimistic vibe, like there was nothing that could bring the listener down. There is such a gruesomely sad irony to that now, but I’ll always cherish these songs and remember them in the context of when I first heard them. I think that’s the best way to celebrate Brad’s glorious contribution to the legacy of rock music. R.I.P. to one of the greatest vocalists ever.
it has a 'Wild Restlessness to it' excellent superb comment! love it!.
So glad you never heard all the great songs we have all, literally all, heard before.
It's very satisfying to see someone with your obvious musical knowledge appreciate or at least try and understand what people like me enjoy about rock music. I'm 70 and grew up on rock music of all types. If it wasn't for progressive rock music, I wouldn't be familiar with Aaron Copeland, Mussorgski, Puccini, Beetoven and the list goes on.
This was Boston's best composition and no surprise they ended their debut album with it. Sonically as good as anything ever recorded. A true rock and roll Masterpiece.
At around, 05:54, I believe I noticed you spontaneously started the classic, human response of starting to "roll" the shoulders, neck, lower cranium area to the beat of the music....I'm so thrilled that music is contagious...
You are very fun to watch and learn from...
Thanks and "rock will set you free"
I’ve been a Boston fan all my life, and I love your honest and truthful analysis. It really adds to the meaning of the song….Bless you!
Phenomenal song, love Brad's voice and harmonies! Wish he was still with us.
It's rock and roll church music! "Amen" conversion over and over. The way he's making all those elaborate sounds at the beginning is with elongated delays and Reverb on guitars. Tom is an absolute genius and recorded all this in his own basement on his own equipment that he built by hand. He's a genius that went to MIT. Lol.
I think your reaction summed everything up for me.. at first I thought it was an eclectic mix of genres and instruments but i found myself going back many times to hear these sounds. enchanting!
Rock and Roll was a huge part of growing up in the 80s.Back then it was normal to be blown away -This so classsic.
Tom Scholz is indeed a genius, but the first thing I think of when I think of Boston is Brad Delp's amazing voice. He was so talented with such a distinctive tone. RIP, Brad.
At last, Boston. Song for song, possibly the greatest debut album of all time. If you want the most well known of their hits, “More Than a Feeling” should be on your list. There’s more amazing organ work on other tracks on the album as well, probably most notably “Smokin,’” but there’s not a bad song on the record.
I have been very patient and I am still waiting for Yes. Boston is a great choice as are some of the others but don’t let it go too long before Amy listens to Yes.
There will never be another Boston.
I would describe this song as very liberated-and liberating. There’s abandon and exuberance in it, as well as a kind of hedonistic fervour. The first cassette I ever purchased was Boston’s ‘Don’t Look Back’, as I was in love with the title track. I had a dream as a lad of hitch-hiking away from my hometown, where I’d hit puberty at 9, and was years ahead of my peers in every way, and nothing satisfied me. Boston is great for songs about escape.
The sound quality of this album is incredible! Shout out to the producer!
That's Progressive rock. You never know what's coming next, and can't wait to hear it.
Their music was more sophisticated than many other rock bands, while still remaining accessible in a popular sense. I think the profundity lies in the emotion of the music.
I pray you understand and never take for granted Your knowledge of music, I love your reacts! Blessings to you and Yours! Take nothing for granted
Boston great debut album. Talent and great musicians.
I enjoy the fact that I, a 61 year old American, can share my world with you.... a different generation and culture. I appreciate your use of sheet music. I love everything from Vivaldi, to Yani, to John Denver, to Led Zeppelin... and please give me some cannon in D minor.... and love the fact that younger people can be open minded enough to bridge the same gaps that I have.
My entire town listens to this album at full volume. Because my stereo is insanely loud and superbly clear in my car. They all love me for it. I can tell.
Bradley Delp's vocal and all his vocal harmonies are both soulful and sophisticated.
This song never gets old.
I'm 28 and yeah every time I hear this it gives me goosebumps. Especially when it's been years and it just happens to come on, I have to stop what I'm doing and sing/air guitar my heart out
@@albreezy26 I’m 56 and still listen to it on 11
EVER...ETC.
@kevindumais9610 I'm 56 too and was fortunate enough to see Boston live
@@kevindumais9610it's one of the first songs I can remember hearing on the radio as a kid
Power of rock and roll music.
Brad Delp, the greatest rock vocalist of all time in my opinion. RIP
This song(s) is from Boston's 1976 self-titled debut album, which is one of the biggest selling debut albums of all time. The album was written, produced and recorded (in his basement) by Tom Scholz (except for the last song, which was written by the vocalist, Brad Delp, and recorded in CA), who was an engineer for Polaroid prior to the success of Boston (he has a masters degree in mechanical engineering from MIT). He also played all the guitar, bass and keyboard parts and many of the guitar sounds were the result of custom electronics that Tom designed and built. All the lead and harmony vocals were performed by Brad Delp (RIP), who was one of the greatest male vocalists in the history of rock and Tom Scholz had said in an interview that Brad could record the harmony part or a doubling of the lead vocals perfectly in one take. I grew up in the same town as Brad Delp and my oldest brother graduated high school with him. He was a huge Beatles fan and his yearbook quote was "Have you heard the new Beatles album"? (he also had a side band called Beatlejuice who did meticulous covers of Beatles songs, including using some instruments that were similar to what the Beatles used)
I'm glad you enjoyed it enough to do an in depth discussion of it. It has brought me decades of enjoyment personally. It never seems to get old.
Simply one of my favorite songs to learn on the Guitar and even more fun to perform in front of people
This...! What a magnificent piece of music! A real pinnacle of energy rock! 👏
I was raised on Genesis, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, van Der Graaf Generator, Yes! This is awesome, epic,
This is one of those foot tapping, air guitar and air drumming songs that gets you pumped up and enjoying life. The two guitar hooks (electric and acoustic) gets your head bobbing. This is a great summer time type song.
Glad you like it. Tom said he wrote every thing on this debut album. Bradley Delp, vocals. Tom invented this electronic effects box. He stated, only two were made. "I have one". This elecronic box allowed sustain, distortion and reverb on guitar, lol. This box can be played through any input. Bass, drums, organ or what ever... The voice you all here is real, no effects.
@TheTheratfarmer Brad wrote Let Me Take You Home and he co-wrote Smokin'. The electronic effects box that Tom is referring to is his so called "hyperspace pedal" which is based upon an Echoplex tape echo machine that he modified. The hyperspace pedal does not deal with sustain, distortion or reverb. The hyperspace pedal is used for special effects. The device that deals with distortion reverb and sustain is the Rockman and the Rock Modules. The Rockman did not exist at this time and there are no sounds coming from a Rockman prototype or an actual Rockman on this record. The basis of the guitar sound on this record is a Marshall amp, boosted mids on the eq curve and the type of saturation, clipping and compression that comes from power tubes not pre amp tubes when they are pushed hard.
There most certainly is a plate reverb on Brads vocals on this record
The best harmonic rock band ever!
This is my first visit to your RUclips.channel so you might’ve answered the questions you had here in another video. I enjoyed your take on these two songs.
The Boston band was the creation of Tom Scholz, in 1976, a recent engineering grad of MIT. He spent, I believe 6-years, perfecting all but one song on this album. He had a basement studio in his home where he recorded much of it, most of which was on the album. Only a small percentage was done in a record company studio because he knew what he wanted. So he engineered it mostly by himself. Including those sounds that came from an instrument you did not recognize. A simple answer is many were done through a electronics box that he invented, that was hitched up, I think, to a pedal on the floor in front of him. He would hit it with his foot when he wanted his guitar to make those unusual sounds. He also played the organ.
At home he played all the instruments, except the drums. The singer and the drummer were the only other ones he needed in his “basement”. When it came time to make the album, only then did he look for other members to put together a band. He needed them to get a record company contract. Companies would not sign him up if they couldn’t do live performances.
Brad Delp was the singer. When you said you thought an instrument sounded like a voice at one point, I think that was a thing they did often. His voice would blend into an instrument sound, and vice versa.
By the way, Tom Scholz was raised on Classical music. That is what was played in his childhood home. He didn’t get into the rock music of the day until he was a teenager, in the mid-1960s. It is why there might be Classical sounding elements here. He put them there on purpose. It is what he was raised on. Although, I do not believe he had professional Classical training before this time.
His first love is engineering, and it really showed on this first album.
The Boston guitar sound is just amazing....Tom Scholz created the effects to make his guitar sound like that....jet sounds, a rocket taking off, the incredible sustain...he was way ahead of the curve, and this proceeded what Eddie Van Halen did by 2 years.
In depth, yeah! Find the complexity...you should get together with Rick Beato (another RUclipsr/Music Dissector) and discuss the finer elements of the entire Album. The notes Brad Delp chose, hit and sustained are so wonderful in the context of the music. Can't wait until you succumb to the magic of 1976. Boston. Thanks for doing this one.
"Profundity" is a relative thing, this was *very* profound to us when it came out as there was really nothing like it. This song was arguably the anthem of the generation... As well as the music of *Styx,* which you should also give a listen.
It brought us out of the remnants of the 60s, psychedelic sounds and gave us drive and motivation. Anytime we were in a "funk," feeling down or depressed, needed something to really get the party started, etc., we would throw this song/album on and after the first two minutes, the entire mood and energy changed and we were "off to the races." 😊
Not only were they musicians, they were engineers and this was truly wild, new, innovative stuff because they ended up inventing a number of the electronics used to create these and many future, standard sounds in Rock and Roll. Bless the brain of Mr Schultz. 😊
Your groove is infectious, you can see the music move you