I had no audio the first 57 seconds, no sound until the album started to play. Love Boston, truly one of the greatest albums ever released in the decade of awesome music. Notice the album cover is guitars disguised as spaceships.
When this album came out in 1976, you drove around in your car with this on 8 track playing it just as loud as you could!'man do I miss being 17. 🤟🤟 Rock and Roll Forever man!!!!!🤟🤟
That transition from Foreplay to Long Time is, in my opinion, the greatest transition in all of Rock music. It is absolutely mind-blowing whether you're hearing it for the first time or the 100th time.
@@Michael-cf9cj For a couple, the entirety of The Wall, and Dark Side of The Moon, for another Have a Cigar/Wish You Were Here. That is just for starters.
@@Michael-cf9cj Or Journey's Feeling That Way/Anytime... Hey yours is a great twosome as well, no doubt. There are hundreds of really good transitional old and young , like The Guess Who's "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature, etc.
Widely considered the best debut album ever. You can take the debut part out and it's just one of the finest albums ever recorded from start to finish. Absolutely zero filler. Every track stands on it's own.
Its one on the list, others for consideration: Led Zeppelin 1 , GNR Appetite, The Doors, Van Halen 1, The Cars , Pearl Jam 10, Lynyrd Skynyrd Pronounced Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jimi Are you experienced, Steeley Dan Cant Buy a Thrill
I was in high school ten years after this album came out and we were blasting the album out of our car windows! Ten years after that any time I heard it play in a bar everybody stopped what they were doing and clapped along. One of the greatest rock songs ever!
When Boston first came out nobody sounded like them. Tom scholz is a musical genius... He arranged all of the different instruments music pretty sure he played all of them on the record too except for drums. The lead singer Brad Delp is definitely underrated. Definitely one of the best albums of all time.
I daresay to this day no one has ever sounded like them. Always a GREAT thing when a group can make truly quality songs, and carve out their own unique sound.
@@Dr_Bombay He said after all the album sales and concert tours, he felt he was truly a success when he got a Rockman warranty card sent in by Ronnie Wood of the Stones. (Tom did invent all the effects on the record, but that's not the Rockman. The Rockman is a little headphone amp you clip onto your belt. You can walk waround your backyard and practice.)
Tom studied engineering at MIT. That doesn't get mentioned that much anymore when talking about the origins of Boston. Also, he did most of this album in his basement studio and after the fact recruited members of a band to play it live.
I actually don’t know many kids under the age of 15 that don’t know More Than A Feeling. Besides all the other constant ads and movies that use it, they all know it from the Disney movie Inside Out. Every. Lyric.
In 1978 at 13 yrs old, I saw Boston in concert and this was their only album. They played every song, came back for two encores and replayed every song from the album. Such an awesome experience and debut album. Every song is a classic. I know I may have bought this album a couple of times-cuz I wore out the others with so many listens. So happy you love this excellent music from Boston.
Good post Marsha - I saw Boston 'Live' at the Rainbow Theatre in London in Oct' 1979 That means I got to see my American hero, Mr Tom Scholz play live & exhibit his immense talent First time I ever heard "finged tapping" live, before I'd heard Eddie V.H doing it regularly.... Tom sounded like Mozart on the guitar (& played keyboards lightning fast. live too) Just like you Marsha, I was also a Teenager & I bought multiple copies of each of their albums Have a listen to "Cool The Engines" from their 3rd album and it's superb preceding track "We're Ready" Boston & Tom Scholz at their finest
I think it was the #1 album in sales ever until Thriller overtook it around '87 or '88. Last time I looked it was still around #18. But in my opinion, one of the top 5 non-greatest hits albums ever made, #1 debut album for sure.
Katy Perry will probably get in before they do,since whomever is in charge of dominating artists for the hof don't know thier butt from a hole in the ground when it comes to rock.
The reason is: Boston is not really a band, it's a studio creation of mastermind Tom Scholz plus other musicians (although Brad Delp is an amazing vocalist)
@@backslash68wrong, just wrong. Sholz made a bunch of demo tapes in what you're describing. But he formed the band shortly there after, starting with Delp. Over the years, there have been almost 30 members in the group. Should be in the Hall
As a teenager of the 70's it thrills me to see my music transend to the younger generations!!!!! And how much you love the guitar licks and the fact that the drummers of this era were no longer there only to keep the beat. Now you know why concerts then were so much fun. ENJOY!!!!
I love all of the songs on their debut album, but this song is my fave as well. I jam to it every few weeks. LOUDLY! 🙂 1976 was a VERY good year for music!
True story: my uncle lived in the same town years later as Brad. They met as their daughters were both talking horse riding lessons at the same place. My other cousin , Rick, found out (he was away at college) and asked my uncle to get Brad to autograph the Boston poster Rick had in his room. My uncle said no, he wouldn’t bother Brad with something like that. Rick was bummed. He came home at Spring break and saw the poster. My uncle had it autographed, but to himself! Rick still has it.
Make sure your foot is not over the accelerator pedal during the transition from Foreplay to Long Time, or you will see blue lights in your rear view mirror and you will be wondering how your car was suddenly going so fast!!!
1976, and I bought Boston's album, and was freakin' blown away!! I actually can't believe you haven't reacted to this earlier. But definitely, the best track on the album!!
Jay & Amber, from one of the greatest debut albums of all-time!!! The genius of Tom Scholz on guitar and majority of the songwriting!! Brad Delp is the only vocalist. Overdubbing and other production magic allows him to harmonize with himself. Great rock vocalist!!
@@davidgreene6607 Besides Scholz, who played most of the instruments on nearly all of the tracks, and Delp, other musicians appear on the album such as drummers Jim Masdea and Sib Hashian, guitarist Barry Goudreau and bassist Fran Sheehan. All except Masdea became full-time band members.
Them and Chicago both had SO MANY excellent, feel-good, summer time - type jams. And like you said, that type of vibe simply does not grow old. Chicago had the rare clunker, but I don't know if Boston had any (though of course they didn't do a ton of songs).
This was a really cool time in the mid 70's, i turned 19 in 1976 the North had Boston and the South had Lynyed Skynyrd and both were damn good, there will never be another time like it, sad but true.
Those were the days! This song takes me back there instantly. We ALL loved it. I didn't know anyone that didn't like this or the entire album. I'm from the south and I always preferred Boston to LS.
This, Thunderstruck, and Bohemian Rhapsody are the songs I’ve seen the most reactions to. I’m shocked, SHOCKED, to find my favorite reaction channel is just now getting to this song. One million points to Gryffindor! Not sure how much Boston you’ve done, but the album this song comes from is a virtual treasure trove of hot jams. It’s from their self titled debut album, Boston, released in either 1975 or 1976. You will not be disappointed.
@Brian McMaster I believe J's very first reaction was to Thunderstruck, but it was on a friend's channel. J was the only one he could get to react to it. J hated it at first but then started bobbing his head and started getting into it. He ended up loving it, and that's probably what started him doing this channel. I don't remember the guy's name to find that video again, but it was awesome!
Tom Scholtz composed all the songs and played all the instruments on that album. And he did all the mixing and sound engineering. Brad Delp did ALL the vocals. All that amazing harmony? One guy. I can only imagine what must have been an interesting discussion when they decided to tour. Given the body of work, how would they find a band good enough to hold up to the sheer genius behind sound they produced? Amazin talent. Amazing album. One of the best songs of all time. Thank you for doing the reaction!!
Tom didn't play all the instruments on the album. The rest of the band played on about a third of the album except Sibby played all the drums with the exception of one drum track which Tom snuck in from Jim Masdea's track on the demo. Tom did the mixing with John Boylan, the producer from Epic Records. Boylan gave Tom most of the control but jumped in when needed. He flew out a sound engineer from Epic to show Tom how to properly record the acoustic. He did the same thing when they recorded Sibby's drums in an LA studio. And he made him turn down the guitars when they did the final mix in LA, because Tom kept pushing them to levels that were drowning out the vocals. He only had to find a bass player and drummer for the band. Brad Delp and Barry Goodreau had been helping with the demos and arrangements for about 4 years, along with Jim Masdea. They had already played early versions of many of the songs on the albums in clubs around the Bodton area.
@73cgreene so much Boston urban legend out there now days. Tom did NOT write all of the songs on this record. Brad wrote Let Me Take You Home and he co-wrote Smokin'. If you want to talk about engineering, Tom's demo tape drum tracks were to quote producer John Boylan, "amateurish". They were so bad that Boylan hired LA engineer Paul Grupp to go to Toms studio to tutor Tom on how to record acoustic instruments properly and proper mic technique. Boylan then had all acoustic instrument tracks redone This record was mixed at Westlake Studios LA on their new and then top of the line API console. Boylan, engineer Warren Dewey and Tom mixed this record. All of Brads vocals were recorded by Boylan at Capital Studios Studio C in LA. The band as pictured on the back of the record played all of the parts on Let Me Take You Home. Let Me Take You Home was recorded in its entirety at The Record Plant LA. Then there is the fact that Epic refused to sign "Boston" until they heard these songs played live. Once they passed that test, Epic signed Brad and Tom to a record deal. A band was put together to play these songs before the record was even completed. Barry, Brad and Fran all played on these tracks. In addition, Tom did not play a single drum track on this record and the record is much better for it. Barry introduced Tom to Brad back in 69/70 about the time that Tom auditioned to play keyboards in Barry and Brads band. Barry, Brad, Jim Masdea and a bass player played the early versions of these songs for years in clubs for years before this record was even made. Barry did not have to take any time to learn these songs because he had been playing them for years before the record was released. Tom has not always been upfront and forthright about how this record really came to be and who contributed to the project to make this record what is was the and still is today.
Actually, Barry Goodreau plays all guitars on this track and this is literally the only track where his guitar work wasn’t discarded. Tom plays all keyboards on this one. The band was forced to re-record several tracks per an agreement they had with the record company, but in the end they ended up using most of the original recordings, as these were of superior quality than the new recordings, except for this track.
This song is phenomenal. I love that y'all reacted to it. Still sounds fresh, even today, decades later. After hearing it thousands and thousands of times. Boston were so far ahead of their time. Excellent choice.
Played 2 local shows to empty rooms when the album came out..by the 3rd local show (two weeks later) you couldnt get a ticket,by 4th show they were headlining a tour across America. The record shot up THAT quick.
Way back in the 1970's when this album came out, there was a burgeoning light show called, ''Laserium'' this was one of the songs in the premiere shows, the music the dancing lights on a planetarium's ceiling melted your mind without intoxicants or contaminants. Boston was a favorite of my younger sister, she brought in a lot of good music.
I am a diehard Rush fan. But if I was forced to choose one single piece of music as the Greatest Song Ever.... well, honestly, I probably couldn't choose. But this would absolutely be HIGH in the running. It is pure perfection on so many levels, musically complex and easy to rock to. Lyrically a universal human vibe, so easily relateable. The song just puts an ear-to-ear grin on my face every single time.
On this album pretty much everything except drums and lead vocals is Tom Sholz. This is what he did in his spare time in his basement. Can you imagine?!?! One of my all time favorite songs and one of my favorite translations from Foreplay to Long Time when he fades in that growling power chord on his Les Paul and breaks straight into a blistering solo. Never gets old! Much love ❤️
@@magneto7930, in the live performances, yes. But almost everything on this album was written, performed, recorded, engineered and produced by Tom Scholz. Music is/was his avocation. His side gig. I’ve read and watched quite a few interviews with him and I’m always amazed.
@Ed Johnson Almost, is very true. Tom Schultz is a genius , absolutely! However, Barry plays rhythm guitar on Foreplay, all the lead guitar solos on Long Time, and he plays guitar on Let Me Take You Home Tonight. That is just a well known, documented fact, and there is an interview with Barry where he says this as well.
What you are hearing is actually Barry Goudreau playing his SG custom. Barry also has a better vibrato and can play much faster and more legato phrasing than Tom as well. "So after laying down Sib and Jim's drum tracks, I settled in for the lengthy ordeal of reproducing a band's worth of bass, guitar and organ performances on the new, nearly identical, recording. Barry joined me to play the awesome lead guitar on "Long Time," and Fran to play the bass track for "Foreplay." In L.A., Brad's "Let Me Take You Home Tonight" was recorded in its entirety, and its the only song to embody performances of all five musicians that eventually ended up on stage for the first ever "Boston" concert in 1976. What you hear on this CD is the final result of that saga, meticulously remastered thirty years later. No synthesizers used" Tom Scholz 2006 Boston Remaster Liner Notes
I was 19 when this album was released in 1976. This song was my favorite, and at that age, everyone loved the high energy that came from bands like Boston, this was definitely one that you just had to crank up the volume! Loved this reaction! Thank you! ✌💙✌
For me it is impossible to listen to this song without turning up the volume. Way up!! This is THE song I think about when I hear the name "Boston". However, it is impossible to narrow to one song all of the hits they had. Boston was a phenomenon that will never be duplicated. I've been waiting for you to react to this song and... as usual, you didn't disappoint. Thank you. Well done, as usual.
This is my favorite song from "Boston". I loved it the first time I heard it. The "Foreplay" part sets the hook and reels you in. This is one of the most well engineered albums ever recorded. Brad Delp's vocals are so smooth; he sure didn't need autotune! This tune embodies classic rock of the 70s.
You can literally listen to Boston's first 2 albums without ever skipping a song. They're all good. I still say Boston's first album is the best debut album of all time. If it's not... I'd like to know which one you think is. I'll take it over any debut album.
Its one on the list, others for consideration: Led Zeppelin 1 , GNR Appetite, The Doors, Van Halen 1, The Cars , Pearl Jam 10, Lynyrd Skynyrd Pronounced Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jimi Are you experienced, Steeley Dan Cant Buy a Thrill
@Doug Turasky some nice choices no doubt. I've considered all of them. I guess it's a choice of personal preference. Out of all those albums, Boston is still the only 1 where I never skip a song. I definitely listen to many of those albums without skipping a song. All great albums. The choices listed in some of the other comments are some of my favorite albums as well.
I am so glad you guys finally listened to my favorite Boston song. This is what music is all about, testing the extremes of what you can do with a score. Good reaction too!!
The harmonies of the band Boston are amazing, but they produce incredible sounds in their style of music. Such a great tune! This is what classic 70's rock was all about. Bands took advantage of their ability to produce music that was unique and took liberties with not only the style of the music, but the length of time. Of course corporate music industry stepped in and controlled much of it later on. But this was an era of music with talented musicians and actual singers. No one needed American Idol or the Voice to make it. They paid their dues playing bars & clubs to fine tune their sounds and many were brilliant in doing so. Brings back so many memories of being a kid of about 7 or 8 riding my bike in the summer sun or jumping off docks in ponds we lived around.
Without a doubt Top 5 debut albums all time ... My sister who was into pop music and r&b fell in love with Boston because of the different sound they had. Great reaction as slways
To prove how truly talented the musicians were of that day all the recordings were made from one track. Today there are dubs over dubs and Brad Delf wasn’t using voice Enhanchers. This was his pure voice. Amazing.
@LarrySalings said ,"all the recordings were made from one track. Today there are dubs over dubs" This is false. Do you even know how this record was made? Tom used a 12 track Scully one inch tape machine and there are MANY OVER DUBS on these tracks.
So glad you liked the song. This is one of my all-time favorite songs to do karaoke to. Singing Brad Delp is sort of like a high-pitched primal scream sometimes and it actually relieves stress!
Yes, Boston! Brad Delp on Vocals, Tom Scholz on Guitar, Vocals & Sound Engineering, Multi-Track Recording & Mixing on Analog Tape. Tom graduated from MIT and patented the Power Soak, it was hooked up between the Tube Amp & Speakers and enabled Guitarists to Crank up the Amp all the way to get the Power Tubes into Overdrive for Distortion & Sustain, Volume could be set at choice Levels. Tom also Patented The Rockman Guitar Headphone Amp with "Distortion, Chorus & Delay, it could be clipped onto your Belt and even used between the Guitar & Amp at Gigs. I have this 1976 Release on 8 Track & Cassette Tape. I have the Song Book and learned "Foreplay / long Time," Our Music Teacher was impressed, Since I played Trumpet for Pep Band and the Orchestra, he wanted me to concentrate on Brass more than Guitar. My Guitarists in our Band "Stillwater" Joe, Walter & I liked "Long Time, Peace of Mind, Smoking, Rock & Roll Band, and More than a Feeling," Their 2nd Release in 1978 was "Don't look back." Reaching #1 in The U.S and Canada selling 1 Million Copys 10 days after its release. Tom Scholz is heads above alot of Blues Clones, This Band kicked Butt. Boston produced some of the Hottest Recordings on Analog Tape. This is a Classic. Thanks. Peace.
@heentlasaa9974 What a load of Boston/Scholz urban legend BS. First off, Tom does not sing a single note on this record. The vcals that you hear are 100% Brad, and Tom did not record Brad's vocals producer John Boylan did, and Brads vocals were recorded at Capital Stuidios Studio C on their Quad Eight Console. Second, Tom had some major help in engineering this record. When Boylan heard Toms demos he knew that Toms drum tracks could not be used on the record, so Boylan hired LA Engineer Paul Grupp to go to Toms studio and teach Tom how to properly record acoustic instruments as well as proper mic technique. Boylan then gave a directive--all drum and acoustic instrument tracks had to be re-recorded. Tom has never admitted this fact on the record and given Boylan credit for this. Barry plays electric rhythm guitar on both Foreplay and Long Time, and Barry also plays the lead guitar solo on Long Time. Fran plays bass on Foreplay as well. The entire song Let Me Take You Home was recorded by producer John Boylan at The Record Plant LA by the band as pictured on the back of the record before the record was finished and released. The band we would come to know as Boston did in fact exist before this record was finished and released. In addition, this record was mixed at Westlake Studios by producer John Boylan, engineer Warren Dewey and Tom,
So glad y'all love one of my favorite bands. It's so much fun to watch y'all - the absolute joy on your faces - as you get to these special moments in these songs. Thank you for all you do. If I may make a suggestion, there are a pair of songs that go together from Boston's Third Stage album. The Launch followed by Cool the Engines. The one directly builds into the other and just tell a really cool story when put together.
I had no audio the first 57 seconds, no sound until the album started to play. Love Boston, truly one of the greatest albums ever released in the decade of awesome music. Notice the album cover is guitars disguised as spaceships.
Same here
Thank god you posted this. I thought I went temporarily deaf 😅
Ditto
No audio to begin?
Same here
You can’t beat 70’s music!!!!!!
When this album came out in 1976, you drove around in your car with this on 8 track playing it just as loud as you could!'man do I miss being 17. 🤟🤟
Rock and Roll Forever man!!!!!🤟🤟
You know us cool kids had cassette decks in our cars 😁
Yep, this one and Frampton Comes Alive! Blew 2 sets of speakers!!
@@bobg8378 lol mine was an Audiovox
Still do
With a matchbook wedged under the 8 track to shock absorb!
That transition from Foreplay to Long Time is, in my opinion, the greatest transition in all of Rock music. It is absolutely mind-blowing whether you're hearing it for the first time or the 100th time.
Pink Floyd on Line 2 for you, lol.
@@toddstevens13 got a particular Pink Floyd song in mind?
@@Michael-cf9cj For a couple, the entirety of The Wall, and Dark Side of The Moon, for another Have a Cigar/Wish You Were Here. That is just for starters.
@@Michael-cf9cj Or Journey's Feeling That Way/Anytime... Hey yours is a great twosome as well, no doubt. There are hundreds of really good transitional old and young , like The Guess Who's "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature, etc.
It's certainly in the running.
Brad Delp is often overlooked as one of the greatest rock vocalists.
it's a shame because not only could he sing, he was one of the nicest guys you could ever wanna meet
Isn't that a damned shame and I hated that he took his own life. That sucked
You can youtube an isolated vocal track of More Than a Feeling, You will never settle for American Idol again, phenom.
Not by me. He is in my top 5
I don't think he is overlooked - everyone mentions his name when you are talking about the greatest of all time.
Widely considered the best debut album ever. You can take the debut part out and it's just one of the finest albums ever recorded from start to finish. Absolutely zero filler. Every track stands on it's own.
Its one on the list, others for consideration: Led Zeppelin 1 , GNR Appetite, The Doors, Van Halen 1, The Cars , Pearl Jam 10, Lynyrd Skynyrd Pronounced Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jimi Are you experienced, Steeley Dan Cant Buy a Thrill
@@dturasky19 Excellent choices.
Agree!
Absolutely. I've heard it referred to as "Boston's Greatest Hits" part 1. lol
100%. There isn’t a single track from this entire album that doesn’t get airplay. I can’t think of any other album that has that distinction.
This whole album is amazing!
One Of the BEST First album debuts of all time!!!!!
Every song was a smash. I wore my needle on my player out, I played it so much.
Scholz did most of it in his basement. he was a Polaroid engineer at the time.
Yep
Absolutely love this album but I think Third Stage is my fav!!!
For a whole summer you heard this album blasting out of open car windows all over the city. Every song got steady radio play, a perfect album.
I was in high school ten years after this album came out and we were blasting the album out of our car windows! Ten years after that any time I heard it play in a bar everybody stopped what they were doing and clapped along. One of the greatest rock songs ever!
One of those cars was my '65 Mustang, lol.
Whole summer my ass. I still blast it to this day and forever. Only one of very few albums for me that I can say I never have skipped a song on.
I know I did, running around DM, IA in the 90's....🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
@@old300texan5.mine too . 65 muscle car
The only album I can think of where *every* single song on it still gets radio play. Such a great album.
Back in Black
@@haynesworld1 Yep, I stand corrected!
Thriller is the only other I can think of.
I agree with first comment, EVERY song!
This entire album is pure gold! Think about this, no auto-tune, no computer enhanced music, no piped in players. Sheer raw powerful talent!
When Boston first came out nobody sounded like them.
Tom scholz is a musical genius... He arranged all of the different instruments music pretty sure he played all of them on the record too except for drums. The lead singer Brad Delp is definitely underrated.
Definitely one of the best albums of all time.
AND he invented the Rockman to get the sound he wanted out of his guitars. It's why NOBODY sounded like them when they came out.
I daresay to this day no one has ever sounded like them. Always a GREAT thing when a group can make truly quality songs, and carve out their own unique sound.
@@Dr_Bombay He said after all the album sales and concert tours, he felt he was truly a success when he got a Rockman warranty card sent in by Ronnie Wood of the Stones.
(Tom did invent all the effects on the record, but that's not the Rockman. The Rockman is a little headphone amp you clip onto your belt. You can walk waround your backyard and practice.)
@@johnboehmer6683 I was about to say exactly the same thing. Unique sound then and nobody has done anything quite like it since.
Tom studied engineering at MIT. That doesn't get mentioned that much anymore when talking about the origins of Boston. Also, he did most of this album in his basement studio and after the fact recruited members of a band to play it live.
I saw them in concert late 70s. No music like the kind of music I grew up with. Glad you enjoyed them!
Boston is severely unknown by the younger generations some great albums and great songs.
I actually don’t know many kids under the age of 15 that don’t know More Than A Feeling. Besides all the other constant ads and movies that use it, they all know it from the Disney movie Inside Out. Every. Lyric.
@@heatherqualy9143I’m 14 💀. I love boston
We were simply spoiled by the music ! We had it so good kids 😍👭
Boston music still holds up today. It's something that transcends time itself.
Great music is timeless.
There was a LOT of 6x9 car speakers blown back in the day listening to this!1
This was their introductory album and not a bad song on it❤❤❤❤❤✌🏽☮️🤲🙏🙏🙏
Not an ok song either... just excellence from start to finish.
In 1978 at 13 yrs old, I saw Boston in concert and this was their only album. They played every song, came back for two encores and replayed every song from the album. Such an awesome experience and debut album. Every song is a classic. I know I may have bought this album a couple of times-cuz I wore out the others with so many listens. So happy you love this excellent music from Boston.
There are not many bands that could come out and do the entire concert twice, but Boston is one... probably the only one.
Good post Marsha - I saw Boston 'Live' at the Rainbow Theatre in London in Oct' 1979
That means I got to see my American hero, Mr Tom Scholz play live & exhibit his immense talent
First time I ever heard "finged tapping" live, before I'd heard Eddie V.H doing it regularly....
Tom sounded like Mozart on the guitar (& played keyboards lightning fast. live too)
Just like you Marsha, I was also a Teenager & I bought multiple copies of each of their albums
Have a listen to "Cool The Engines" from their 3rd album and it's superb preceding track "We're Ready"
Boston & Tom Scholz at their finest
Actually I have their second album which isn't near as good but still excellent!
Literally one of the greatest debut albums of all time!!!
I think it was the #1 album in sales ever until Thriller overtook it around '87 or '88. Last time I looked it was still around #18. But in my opinion, one of the top 5 non-greatest hits albums ever made, #1 debut album for sure.
@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee
You're right, but I'm sure for a time in the 80s that Boston album pulled ahead of all for a while...
@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee
Ok, well either your source was wrong or mine was...
75 million records sold and not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!?!?
Which is beyond
absurd, and ridiculous.
Katy Perry will probably get in before they do,since whomever is in charge of dominating artists for the hof don't know thier butt from a hole in the ground when it comes to rock.
The reason is: Boston is not really a band, it's a studio creation of mastermind Tom Scholz plus other musicians (although Brad Delp is an amazing vocalist)
@@backslash68wrong, just wrong. Sholz made a bunch of demo tapes in what you're describing. But he formed the band shortly there after, starting with Delp. Over the years, there have been almost 30 members in the group. Should be in the Hall
But, yet Eminem is.
As a teenager of the 70's it thrills me to see my music transend to the younger generations!!!!! And how much you love the guitar licks and the fact that the drummers of this era were no longer there only to keep the beat. Now you know why concerts then were so much fun. ENJOY!!!!
Such a sad story: lead singer Bradley Delp committed suicide some years ago. Best rock voice of the 70s if not ever!
I'm so glad that you both enjoyed it. This is my favorite song off that album. Even 42 years later it still evoke the same emotions in me.
Thanks for trying to make me feel younger but it's been 47 years. Amen to your sentiment though
@@greglegakis4177 😆
Smokin has to be my favorite. The organ is mind boggling.
I love all of the songs on their debut album, but this song is my fave as well. I jam to it every few weeks. LOUDLY! 🙂
1976 was a VERY good year for music!
@@richardsteiner8992 well for AOR-hot 100 billboard chart hits not so much
1976. I was a senior in high school, this album was everywhere
Big RIP 🙏 TO BRAD DELP! Killer vocals 👏👏👏
I hated how he died
❤😢
Also Sib the drummer.
True story: my uncle lived in the same town years later as Brad. They met as their daughters were both talking horse riding lessons at the same place. My other cousin , Rick, found out (he was away at college) and asked my uncle to get Brad to autograph the Boston poster Rick had in his room. My uncle said no, he wouldn’t bother Brad with something like that. Rick was bummed.
He came home at Spring break and saw the poster. My uncle had it autographed, but to himself! Rick still has it.
@@brianmcmaster5112 For such a likable human being, it was horrible news!
Make sure your foot is not over the accelerator pedal during the transition from Foreplay to Long Time, or you will see blue lights in your rear view mirror and you will be wondering how your car was suddenly going so fast!!!
Boston is one of my all times favorite bands. Never get tired of hearing the music.
1976, and I bought Boston's album, and was freakin' blown away!! I actually can't believe you haven't reacted to this earlier. But definitely, the best track on the album!!
When the acoustic guitar and the claps come on, and you smile like that, you are definitely my people. Love you guys.
Jay & Amber, from one of the greatest debut albums of all-time!!!
The genius of Tom Scholz on guitar and majority of the songwriting!!
Brad Delp is the only vocalist. Overdubbing and other production magic allows him to harmonize with himself. Great rock vocalist!!
Correct me if I'm wrong, didn't Tom play all the instruments on this album and he recorded it in his basement studio.
@@davidgreene6607 He also created all the phasers, flangers, chorus, and space reverb effects used on the album.
@@davidgreene6607 Besides Scholz, who played most of the instruments on nearly all of the tracks, and Delp, other musicians appear on the album such as drummers Jim Masdea and Sib Hashian, guitarist Barry Goudreau and bassist Fran Sheehan. All except Masdea became full-time band members.
RIP Brad Delp❤
@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee You knew someone woould ask, so... what was No. 1?
One of the best debut albums of all time. It sold 17million copies in the U.S. and 20 million worldwide.
You can never get tired of Boston every one of their albums is awesome
Them and Chicago both had SO MANY excellent, feel-good, summer time - type jams. And like you said, that type of vibe simply does not grow old. Chicago had the rare clunker, but I don't know if Boston had any (though of course they didn't do a ton of songs).
What an epic band
"Don't forget me when I'm been gone". RIP Brad Delp, we'll never forget you.
Can't really describe how big this album was when it came out...everyone I knew bought it.
or stole your older brothers copy....lol
EVERYONE
Still have the original vinal
I also bought it on Record, CD, and MP3...
This was a really cool time in the mid 70's, i turned 19 in 1976 the North had Boston and the South had Lynyed Skynyrd and both were damn good, there will never be another time like it, sad but true.
Those were the days! This song takes me back there instantly. We ALL loved it. I didn't know anyone that didn't like this or the entire album. I'm from the south and I always preferred Boston to LS.
The Midwest has Kansas and the West Coast had the Eagles. The 70's had the best music PERIOD.
Saw them in concert years ago- the moment the guys walk onto the stage EVERYONE stood up and no one sat back down. They sounded just like the album!
The lead singer died years ago, don't see how it could sound just like the album.
i remember seeing you there .
@@briandeeley1599 I didn't say how many years ago...I saw them in 1994. Brad died in 2007,
@@sandys1445 Sorry I need new glasses 😕🤓
One of the best intros of rock ever the anticipation and finally the song a masterpiece!.
This, Thunderstruck, and Bohemian Rhapsody are the songs I’ve seen the most reactions to. I’m shocked, SHOCKED, to find my favorite reaction channel is just now getting to this song. One million points to Gryffindor! Not sure how much Boston you’ve done, but the album this song comes from is a virtual treasure trove of hot jams. It’s from their self titled debut album, Boston, released in either 1975 or 1976. You will not be disappointed.
They need to react to Thunderstruck, Stat
@Brian McMaster I believe J's very first reaction was to Thunderstruck, but it was on a friend's channel. J was the only one he could get to react to it. J hated it at first but then started bobbing his head and started getting into it. He ended up loving it, and that's probably what started him doing this channel.
I don't remember the guy's name to find that video again, but it was awesome!
It's Rome Life reactions. I remember seeing J watching it that first time.
@@valogden Yes, that sounds familiar! Thank you!
Will see if I can find it again.. 😁
Tom Scholtz composed all the songs and played all the instruments on that album. And he did all the mixing and sound engineering. Brad Delp did ALL the vocals. All that amazing harmony? One guy. I can only imagine what must have been an interesting discussion when they decided to tour. Given the body of work, how would they find a band good enough to hold up to the sheer genius behind sound they produced? Amazin talent. Amazing album. One of the best songs of all time. Thank you for doing the reaction!!
Tom didn't play all the instruments on the album. The rest of the band played on about a third of the album except Sibby played all the drums with the exception of one drum track which Tom snuck in from Jim Masdea's track on the demo. Tom did the mixing with John Boylan, the producer from Epic Records. Boylan gave Tom most of the control but jumped in when needed. He flew out a sound engineer from Epic to show Tom how to properly record the acoustic. He did the same thing when they recorded Sibby's drums in an LA studio. And he made him turn down the guitars when they did the final mix in LA, because Tom kept pushing them to levels that were drowning out the vocals.
He only had to find a bass player and drummer for the band. Brad Delp and Barry Goodreau had been helping with the demos and arrangements for about 4 years, along with Jim Masdea. They had already played early versions of many of the songs on the albums in clubs around the Bodton area.
@73cgreene so much Boston urban legend out there now days. Tom did NOT write all of the songs on this record. Brad wrote Let Me Take You Home and he co-wrote Smokin'. If you want to talk about engineering, Tom's demo tape drum tracks were to quote producer John Boylan, "amateurish". They were so bad that Boylan hired LA engineer Paul Grupp to go to Toms studio to tutor Tom on how to record acoustic instruments properly and proper mic technique. Boylan then had all acoustic instrument tracks redone
This record was mixed at Westlake Studios LA on their new and then top of the line API console. Boylan, engineer Warren Dewey and Tom mixed this record. All of Brads vocals were recorded by Boylan at Capital Studios Studio C in LA. The band as pictured on the back of the record played all of the parts on Let Me Take You Home. Let Me Take You Home was recorded in its entirety at The Record Plant LA. Then there is the fact that Epic refused to sign "Boston" until they heard these songs played live. Once they passed that test, Epic signed Brad and Tom to a record deal. A band was put together to play these songs before the record was even completed. Barry, Brad and Fran all played on these tracks. In addition, Tom did not play a single drum track on this record and the record is much better for it.
Barry introduced Tom to Brad back in 69/70 about the time that Tom auditioned to play keyboards in Barry and Brads band. Barry, Brad, Jim Masdea and a bass player played the early versions of these songs for years in clubs for years before this record was even made. Barry did not have to take any time to learn these songs because he had been playing them for years before the record was released.
Tom has not always been upfront and forthright about how this record really came to be and who contributed to the project to make this record what is was the and still is today.
Dang, I stand corrected. Thanks for the info. Lesson learned - check facts before citing hearsay. Still a great album. I'll go read more.
Actually, Barry Goodreau plays all guitars on this track and this is literally the only track where his guitar work wasn’t discarded. Tom plays all keyboards on this one. The band was forced to re-record several tracks per an agreement they had with the record company, but in the end they ended up using most of the original recordings, as these were of superior quality than the new recordings, except for this track.
Awesome!! Many rock purists put this in the top 10 greatest Rock songs. Best instrumentation ever... IMO.
I know for a fact, that being born in 1969 exposed me to the best music of all time at the right age. I'm a lucky guy.
1967 here, so I get you
Uh you missed out on a lot…1961….
Every song on this debut album was played regularly on the FM rock stations.
Still one of the best cruising tunes. I’m a rocker from the ‘70s and ‘80s. Every rocker had Boston, on vinyl…
One of the greatest keyboard intros EVER!
Such a feel-good song!
This song is phenomenal. I love that y'all reacted to it. Still sounds fresh, even today, decades later. After hearing it thousands and thousands of times. Boston were so far ahead of their time. Excellent choice.
Brad Delp's vocals are soo damn good! 🔥 🔥RIP 🙏
I saw Boston back in the 70s. The opened the show with this and there was a ginormous pipe organ that rose up from the back of the stage.
Boston was one of my dad's favorite bands and this song was the last song that I heard with him too. R.I.P. Dad
Played 2 local shows to empty rooms when the album came out..by the 3rd local show (two weeks later) you couldnt get a ticket,by 4th show they were headlining a tour across America. The record shot up THAT quick.
They came out of nowhere
They really do call it Foreplay for a reason, most awesome intro to a song ever
One of my favorite all time songs...I have probably listened to this song many thousands of times over my lifetime and Im 62......................
Way back in the 1970's when this album came out, there was a burgeoning light show called, ''Laserium'' this was one of the songs in the premiere shows, the music the dancing lights on a planetarium's ceiling melted your mind without intoxicants or contaminants. Boston was a favorite of my younger sister, she brought in a lot of good music.
PinkFloyd Laser show!
Saw Laserium at Hayden Planetarium, Dark Side Of The Moon, back around 1976 or ‘77. Little hazy on the date, among other things, from that era.
I am a diehard Rush fan. But if I was forced to choose one single piece of music as the Greatest Song Ever.... well, honestly, I probably couldn't choose. But this would absolutely be HIGH in the running. It is pure perfection on so many levels, musically complex and easy to rock to. Lyrically a universal human vibe, so easily relateable. The song just puts an ear-to-ear grin on my face every single time.
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Attaboy. Rush is number 1 for me. Boston is number 2.
I agree this song just makes you wanna smile..what other upbeat songs are on your list?
"And time doesn't wait for me, it keeps rollin'", man, I love this line! Great reaction Jay & Amber..
When you lean back and mouth the words "Oh My God" my heart smiled... As A Boomer I am so happy you reacted to this...
One of the peak classic rock songs of ALL TIME. Just amazing.
Foreplay is how I would describe the Northern Lights to a blind person.
LOL. That is hilarious and perfectly accurate.
On this album pretty much everything except drums and lead vocals is Tom Sholz. This is what he did in his spare time in his basement. Can you imagine?!?! One of my all time favorite songs and one of my favorite translations from Foreplay to Long Time when he fades in that growling power chord on his Les Paul and breaks straight into a blistering solo. Never gets old! Much love ❤️
Barry Goudreau plays all the guitar solos on Long Time.
@@magneto7930, in the live performances, yes. But almost everything on this album was written, performed, recorded, engineered and produced by Tom Scholz. Music is/was his avocation. His side gig. I’ve read and watched quite a few interviews with him and I’m always amazed.
@Ed Johnson Almost, is very true. Tom Schultz is a genius , absolutely! However, Barry plays rhythm guitar on Foreplay, all the lead guitar solos on Long Time, and he plays guitar on Let Me Take You Home Tonight. That is just a well known, documented fact, and there is an interview with Barry where he says this as well.
What you are hearing is actually Barry Goudreau playing his SG custom. Barry also has a better vibrato and can play much faster and more legato phrasing than Tom as well.
"So after laying down Sib and Jim's drum tracks, I settled in for the lengthy ordeal of reproducing a band's worth of bass, guitar and organ performances on the new, nearly identical, recording. Barry joined me to play the awesome lead guitar on "Long Time," and Fran to play the bass track for "Foreplay." In L.A., Brad's "Let Me Take You Home Tonight" was recorded in its entirety, and its the only song to embody performances of all five musicians that eventually ended up on stage for the first ever "Boston" concert in 1976.
What you hear on this CD is the final result of that saga, meticulously remastered thirty years later. No synthesizers used"
Tom Scholz 2006 Boston Remaster Liner Notes
I was 19 when this album was released in 1976. This song was my favorite, and at that age, everyone loved the high energy that came from bands like Boston, this was definitely one that you just had to crank up the volume! Loved this reaction! Thank you! ✌💙✌
For me it is impossible to listen to this song without turning up the volume. Way up!! This is THE song I think about when I hear the name "Boston". However, it is impossible to narrow to one song all of the hits they had. Boston was a phenomenon that will never be duplicated. I've been waiting for you to react to this song and... as usual, you didn't disappoint. Thank you. Well done, as usual.
This is my favorite song from "Boston". I loved it the first time I heard it. The "Foreplay" part sets the hook and reels you in. This is one of the most well engineered albums ever recorded. Brad Delp's vocals are so smooth; he sure didn't need autotune! This tune embodies classic rock of the 70s.
You can literally listen to Boston's first 2 albums without ever skipping a song. They're all good. I still say Boston's first album is the best debut album of all time. If it's not... I'd like to know which one you think is. I'll take it over any debut album.
Its one on the list, others for consideration: Led Zeppelin 1 , GNR Appetite, The Doors, Van Halen 1, The Cars , Pearl Jam 10, Lynyrd Skynyrd Pronounced Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jimi Are you experienced, Steeley Dan Cant Buy a Thrill
Van Halens first. After that i got nothing.
Marquee Moon by Television is better.
@Doug Turasky some nice choices no doubt. I've considered all of them. I guess it's a choice of personal preference. Out of all those albums, Boston is still the only 1 where I never skip a song. I definitely listen to many of those albums without skipping a song. All great albums. The choices listed in some of the other comments are some of my favorite albums as well.
@@TheNewRevolution I cant pick just one! :)
this is one band that knows no failure....all their music rocks!!!!
This album is literally high school for me. This was me and my buddy's jam. Cruisin' time, pop in some Boston, good to go.
Always like listening to Boston. The music today can't compare to the music back then the music back then was awesome
We were jamming in the 70’s man!
I am so glad you guys finally listened to my favorite Boston song. This is what music is all about, testing the extremes of what you can do with a score. Good reaction too!!
This is one of those albums in which every single song is awesome!
"peace of mind"is my favorite Boston song.
One of the best albums of the 1070s. One of the best intros. One of the best bands. And now it’s being played on one of the best channels. 👍👍
The harmonies of the band Boston are amazing, but they produce incredible sounds in their style of music. Such a great tune! This is what classic 70's rock was all about. Bands took advantage of their ability to produce music that was unique and took liberties with not only the style of the music, but the length of time. Of course corporate music industry stepped in and controlled much of it later on. But this was an era of music with talented musicians and actual singers. No one needed American Idol or the Voice to make it. They paid their dues playing bars & clubs to fine tune their sounds and many were brilliant in doing so. Brings back so many memories of being a kid of about 7 or 8 riding my bike in the summer sun or jumping off docks in ponds we lived around.
Without a doubt Top 5 debut albums all time ... My sister who was into pop music and r&b fell in love with Boston because of the different sound they had. Great reaction as slways
Love the pure joy on Amber's face and her body movements to the song. That's what rock does to your very being, and it can be so magical.
To prove how truly talented the musicians were of that day all the recordings were made from one track. Today there are dubs over dubs and Brad Delf wasn’t using voice Enhanchers. This was his pure voice. Amazing.
@LarrySalings said ,"all the recordings were made from one track. Today there are dubs over dubs"
This is false. Do you even know how this record was made? Tom used a 12 track Scully one inch tape machine and there are MANY OVER DUBS on these tracks.
When that guitar drops though...Magnificant!!
There are no weak songs on their debut album. Choose any of them for a reaction and we'll be happy! Work through them until you've done all of them!
Hope they do Boston is still a powerhouse
The way the bass and kick are locked tight like few others. Got turned on to Boston in the 90s as a teenager and never looked back.
Probably the greatest instrumental intro of all time ❤️❤️
This. And second would probably be Funeral for a friend
Or a gold medal tie with Funeral for a Friend ?
I guess my favorites are a bit more, umm, pedestrian...lol. This would be #1, #2 is Rod Stewart's "Maggie May," and #3 is Tesla's "Little Suzi."
Three albums from my first year in college..,Fleetwood Mac Rumours, Boston, and Frampton Comes Alive…oh, and Hotel California…1976-1977…
How have you not done this one? Such a classic song, I bet a lot of guitars were purchased because of it!
Man this was super cool back in 76. Blew minds. Still does.
This was basically one guy in his basement with an 8 track
Pre comment before watching the review, in my opinion this is the best Boston song there is.
Those "spaceships" are upside down guitars.
Love Boston
Now this is GREAT music!!
They are so fluid in transitioning, masterful and keep in mind they didn’t have the studio engineering like today!!
Well, they had Tom scholz which probably rushed in studio engineering of today.
My first rock concert. Boston in 1978. Wild stage show, with orange, green, purple smoke filling the arena during Foreplay.
This is the only Album I own that EVERY single song front to back is great !!!!!
One of if not the best song of ALL TIME!!!! 😊 this JAM just BLEW EVERYONE away back in the day.....
Boston was the first band I ever saw in concert back in the fall of 1978. Sammy Hagar was the warm-up. The whole concert was fire. 🔥
This is one of those songs you can't help but to crank the volume. The whole album is excellent !
So glad you liked the song. This is one of my all-time favorite songs to do karaoke to. Singing Brad Delp is sort of like a high-pitched primal scream sometimes and it actually relieves stress!
This is a Staple for any one with old-school feel-good Work Rock music. This and Boys are back in town are on every work tape I ever made.
I saw them do this live in 1976!! It was absolutely perfect!! note for note
I watched this video with the sound off just for kicks, and I knew exactly where you were in the song based solely on your body movements. Priceless.
Once you guys are done doing every song you should listen to it beginning to end to really appreciate what an absolute Masterpiece this album is.
Yes, Boston! Brad Delp on Vocals, Tom Scholz on Guitar, Vocals & Sound Engineering, Multi-Track Recording & Mixing on Analog Tape. Tom graduated from MIT and patented the Power Soak, it was hooked up between the Tube Amp & Speakers and enabled Guitarists to Crank up the Amp all the way to get the Power Tubes into Overdrive for Distortion & Sustain, Volume could be set at choice Levels. Tom also Patented The Rockman Guitar Headphone Amp with "Distortion, Chorus & Delay, it could be clipped onto your Belt and even used between the Guitar & Amp at Gigs. I have this 1976 Release on 8 Track & Cassette Tape. I have the Song Book and learned "Foreplay / long Time," Our Music Teacher was impressed, Since I played Trumpet for Pep Band and the Orchestra, he wanted me to concentrate on Brass more than Guitar. My Guitarists in our Band "Stillwater" Joe, Walter & I liked "Long Time, Peace of Mind, Smoking, Rock & Roll Band, and More than a Feeling," Their 2nd Release in 1978 was "Don't look back." Reaching #1 in The U.S and Canada selling 1 Million Copys 10 days after its release. Tom Scholz is heads above alot of Blues Clones, This Band kicked Butt. Boston produced some of the Hottest Recordings on Analog Tape. This is a Classic. Thanks. Peace.
@heentlasaa9974 What a load of Boston/Scholz urban legend BS. First off, Tom does not sing a single note on this record. The vcals that you hear are 100% Brad, and Tom did not record Brad's vocals producer John Boylan did, and Brads vocals were recorded at Capital Stuidios Studio C on their Quad Eight Console. Second, Tom had some major help in engineering this record. When Boylan heard Toms demos he knew that Toms drum tracks could not be used on the record, so Boylan hired LA Engineer Paul Grupp to go to Toms studio and teach Tom how to properly record acoustic instruments as well as proper mic technique. Boylan then gave a directive--all drum and acoustic instrument tracks had to be re-recorded. Tom has never admitted this fact on the record and given Boylan credit for this.
Barry plays electric rhythm guitar on both Foreplay and Long Time, and Barry also plays the lead guitar solo on Long Time. Fran plays bass on Foreplay as well. The entire song Let Me Take You Home was recorded by producer John Boylan at The Record Plant LA by the band as pictured on the back of the record before the record was finished and released. The band we would come to know as Boston did in fact exist before this record was finished and released. In addition, this record was mixed at Westlake Studios by producer John Boylan, engineer Warren Dewey and Tom,
Boston was awesome!!! It's amazing what they were able to create with limited resources!
Such an cool vibe :D
One of the songs off of arguably the greatest 1st album of any band ever.
So glad y'all love one of my favorite bands. It's so much fun to watch y'all - the absolute joy on your faces - as you get to these special moments in these songs. Thank you for all you do. If I may make a suggestion, there are a pair of songs that go together from Boston's Third Stage album. The Launch followed by Cool the Engines. The one directly builds into the other and just tell a really cool story when put together.
Amber, to see you grow to love rock music just fills my soul.