I’ve noticed one thing across the board. Everyone that reacts to this song is blown away by foreplay and when longtime starts the smiles come out. Every time. Love it.
Yea - we keep talking off screen after and our biggest argument for it being the greatest is that the band didn't evolve and there isn't progression...right out of the gate they kill it! Even with Led Zeppelin they have progression...with Whole Lotta love...clearly progression and many more. I think VH and GNR are contenders as they came out so strong. I know for sure appetite for destruction is SOLID fire all the way through...I don't know if VH debut is fire all the way through but every song I can think of is incredible.... But then here comes Boston with Tom being the mastermind and inventing equipment to make the sound and being before GNR and VH...so boom they take the lead again. At least for us so far.
@@reactioninaction7415in 1977 I was sitting in the back seat of a 1976 Pontiac Firebird. It was a guy I knew but not real close to. He popped in an 8-track of Boston. I was nothing short of stunned. I'd never heard anything like it. It went on to become my favorite album of all time. Scholtz is a genius. Brad Delp is in my top 3 vocalist of all time. RIP Brad
@@leopresnell8653 I was driving my Z-28 and repeatedly playing this 8-track. What a masterpiece. LIstened to it on vinyl today and it still makes me smile
This was recorded on a 12 track analog recorder in Toms basement no pre recorded tracks Tom Scholz ias a classically trained pianist Check out Tom Scholz sound machine on RUclips This was 2 guys in a basement There were no personal computers when this was released let alone recorded Most of the effects you hear were built by Tom he had an electrical engineering degree from MIT The band was put together to tour the album due to its success
Rocking this song in the late 70's, flying down the road or cruising the circuit looking for girls. The memories are timeless. WHAT a time to be alive!!!
Guys, this came out in 1976...there was NO cut & paste back then, no looping, etc, and no synthesizers. All these unique sounds were created by effect boxes and pedals Tom Scholz BUILT himself. He was an MIT grad with a Masters in physics. Along with the 12 track recording system he bought and put IN HIS BASEMENT. He recorded and mixed this whole album on reel-to-reel tape. Every part was recorded live in real time, not using ProTools on a computer. Scholz played all the guitars, bass and keyboards, had another guy on drums, and Brad Delp doing ALL the vocals. Scholz was an f-ing genius
Daniel Lloret Tom has a masters in mechanical engineering from MIT. Recording on reel to reel tape was standard operating procedure at that time. The 3M 24 track 2 inch tape machine was pretty popular at that time. Tom recorded on 12 track 1/2 tape Scully tape machines. All of Brads vocals were recorded by producer John Boylan at Capital Studios Studio C on 24 track 2 inch tape. The recorded was not mixed in Toms basement studio. There is no way Toms Dan Flickinger mixer/console could mix this record. This record was mixed at Westlake Studios on an API console. Tom does not play all of the instrument tracks on these two songs either. Barry plays electric rhythm guitars on both Foreplay and Long Time and Barry plays the lead guitar solo on Long Time. Fran plays bass on Foreplay. Sib plays drums on all album tracks except one and that drum track was played by Jim Masdea
The drummer's name is Sib Hashian. Fun fact, he is the father of Dwayne Johnson's wife. Sad fact, He passed of heart failure on stage during a performance.
So fun to watch you both enjoying music together! My daughter and I share a similar experience. Thank goodness our kids get our music. We were lucky to grow up with such epic music
I "saw" them at Alpine Valley music theater in East Troy, WI in the 80's. That place is an outdoor theater, and acoustically perfect! Actually, I "heard" them because I was way back in the "grass" seats and they didn't have big screens back then! But it was awesome!
The fast keyboards during Foreplay are played on a Hammond organ run through a Leslie rotating speaker - no loops. Look up Lachy Doley - he and Mike Portnoy put together a cover of this song with a few others and you can watch Lachy play that part on his Hammond. It’s INSANELY accurate ✌🏻
Cassette tapes came out and you put this album on listen nonstop and never lose the vibe. Best debut album ever. Second album Don't Look Back is just as good.
Keep going... it keeps gettin' better into and through the 2nd album. To this day, I toss Boston on the turntable to enjoy and... share with all my neighbors. I just can't help it. Boston MUST be played LOUD!
Oh Yeah, these guys were right up there with the greats like Queen, as the most recognizable , unique , and overall intelligent rock bands of the 70's. I played in bands over my life , and back in the late 70's I owned some of Tom Sholz Rockman, guitar effects equipment. Many do not know that Tom Sholz, was a graduate of MIT , and an electronics engineer. In the 70's and into the early 90's had his own line of Guitar effects equipment called "Sholz Rockman" that mimicked the unique sounds they achieved. I owned a few of these pieces but sadly I do not have them still. They would be worth a pretty penny today if I did.
The claps are hands clapping. Not two pieces of wood! Haha! One thing about Brad Delp, is that he was one HUGE Beatles fan. That man knew some hand claps from his favorite Beatles albums (more the earlier stuff than the later) and they would not have substituted the real thing -- human hands -- for some contrivance. Trust me. Also, who did the drums for this album? I'm freaked if it was Brad Delp. I'maboutta lose my sh**!
I saw 2 of those 3 shows. Tom had recently injured his leg playing basketball. During the show, Brad mentioned that we have a new album...we'd like to play it for you. They played 3rd Stage - in order. It sounded Perfect. Yes, the pipe organ was there.
Did you notice on the album cover the "space ships" are upside down guitars and in the background the earth is exploding? And by the way, every song on this album is indeed a banger. No clunkers on this masterpiece of a debut album!
Boston is one of the more underrated rock bands from back in the day. Very good reaction vid. I'm surprised you guys have not yet reacted to any of the old school Chicago songs! I'm not talking about the Karate Kid/Love ballad Chicago from the 80's and 90's, but the hard rockin Chicago from the late 60's and 70's with Terry Kath and the bangin horn section....songs like 25 or 6 to 4, Make me Smile, Free, Beginnings, and all of their other early hits!
This album--like many at the time--was mainly the work of one man. At the time it became common for many 'groups' to actually be one man putting down tracks where he was either the singer--as here--or hired a vocalist, and studio musicians. Only after the album had a hit, and the TV shows like American Bandstand began demanding the group for appearances did a group form. Notable 'groups' that arose this way were: Village People (who's debut album features only 4 songs all sung by the only man who would later be the lead singer of the Village People--Victor Willis--and each song on it would prove to be a hit); Ritchie Family (who became known for CONCEPT albums like African Queens) and of course Milli Vanilli.
First time I heard this one my friend brought the album over and we played it on my dad's expensive "Hi-Fi" "Quadriphonic" stereo with a massive heavy amp and four huge speakers... We turned it up... and turned it up again... and just where that kid turned it up we did too and blew 2 out of four channels; it cost half my summer's earnings to have the thing fixed - only to be banned from ever even looking at it again....
After 46 years this is still my favorite song of that album and it still makes my skin goose flesh to this day. Now that's powerful. Glad to see you both love this song as I and so many others do. Great reaction and commentary.
Foreplay by itself was done in 1969, it was the first song Tom worked on in the album. No computers were used. Nothing but home-made analog filters and effects.
I was just a kid when this came out, but remembering what it was like, and reminded by the way your reaction is, let me call it now, as there are only a few songs written that almost always have this reaction..... You guys smiled so hard your face will hurt later. LOL
That is a Patented sound. Not to be sold without consent by Boston. They own it still I believe. R.I.P. Brad, thanks for the legendary vocals Ma Man. Miss ya.
Exactly how can a sound be patented? The guitar sound you hear on these two songs is not the Rockman or any of the modules that would become the Rockman amps. What you hear are Marshall tube amps being driven so hard that the power tubes are clipping. This is where the Powersoak comes in. Tom had his bucket brigade technology based doubler at this time as well.
@@neechee5150 I could have swore I read it was something blown in his Mesa Boogie amp and he had them build it. Also read that he patented the sound. Don't know if they still hold it. Could be wrong though. Hate to put out mis-info.
I'm an old fart that grew up with this music. I feel SO, bad for you guys that are just hearing it. Boston is a great band, but don't miss out on other 70s and 80s bands. Styx, Kansas, the Eagles. You got some catching up to do.
This is the greatest album of all time. Every song is just Wow makes you smile if you really wanna smile big listen to hitch a ride that absolutely is the best song on the album.
Foreplay was the first piece of music Tom wrote in 1969. On the demos Jimasdea was the drummer, but was replaced by Sib Hashian on the album except for the song Rock N Roll Band in which Jim played on. The organ is a Hammond organ that rant through a Leslie speaker. The hand claps are real hands provided by Ton, Brad, and (I believe Tom's wife at the time Cindy).
Sib Hadrian played drums on everything except Rock and Roll Band. If you look up the liner notes on the album, they go into a lot of detail on how the band came together. It’s an amazing story!! Cheers!
take a look at the cover album those are Guitars on flight like a UFO i still have my copy of this album in Cassette format. Thank to technology it is now all over the net. One of the Album that can NEVER EVER BE DELETED on my jogging / driving Play list. During the late 90's my young cousin who started learning to play the base, played me an Ugly Kid Joe album and I played my B O S T ON album in return. He and his friends got blown away! hehehe Especially when played in a Good Audio system or Head phones. Hearing all those instrument and vocals is amazing.
All those effects are guitar with Tom's custom pedals. No synthesizers were used. Or to put it more precisely, nothing with a VCO, the guitar is the oscillator.
Drummer John “Sib” Hashian set the beat on Boston's first two albums - the eponymous 1976 rock landmark and 1978 chart-topping sequel “Don't Look Back” . Not Brad Delp but this album rocks, no doubt!
TwwVee....Sweet. We might want some Drum tracks. Yea we bought two guitars but now see a bass and a guitar is really going to take us there! We'll show the bass on the channel. We are stoked!
This band sounded as good live as what you just listened to. It had to be the best concert I've ever been to. I saw them in Amarillo, TX , if all places.
This song was played by one guy, with a drummer. It was actually recorded and produced in his basement. The band was formed after. PS only one vocalist. If you were to switch from left to right you will hear him singing both sides but they are slightly different. The same method was used with a 6 string and a 12 string guitar playing the same parts.
All of these songs are fire but this by far was the most popular on the album as well as "More Than A Feeling." This was a great party song with a keg of beer and bon fire by the lake which is how we partied in the 70's. It was the first song you wanted to hear from Boston.
As mentioned, no computers, synthesizers, or sampling - just instruments. The effects were Tom on guitar with a little help from a leaky transistor. I'm a big Boston fan, but my #1 band is Styx where Dennis DeYoung did a lot of synthesizer work - nothing wrong with that. Styx has plenty of guitars also. Check out "CASTLE WALLS" or "Prelude 12/Suite: Madame Blue". The synthesizer sounds from The Who's Baba O'Reily are a progression of one sequence - i.e. no repetition. Pete connected up an unheard of (at-the-time) number of synthesizer modules to get that long of a sequence capability. Programming that contraption was a very tedious long process that people of today have no idea of how many hours went into it.
Love watchin the youngsters having to deal with the best Rock and Roll put down. Tom Scholz - MIT tech grad - rebuilt guitars from scratch and installed his own electronics. Every second of this album was by design, and really the best Rock there was. I was in high school, and man we smoked a lot of pot taking this masterpiece in. They didnt have "organ effects" back then, and no synths. That's a Hammond organ - rebuilt to Tom's specs. Absolute brilliance
Tom and Brad did everything, but Scholz did call in a drummer to reinforce the percussion and play on a couple of tunes. Also, I love how they switch up from the acoustic guitar to the electric the third time around.
When producer John Boylan heard Tom's drum tracks, he new that Toms drum tracks were not usable because they were in his words "amateurish". Boylan then hired LA engineer Paul Grupp to teach Tom proper mic technique and how to record acoustic instruments. Boylan gave Tom a directive-- all drum tracks and acoustic instrument tracks have to be rerecorded. Sib plays drums on all of the tracks except one and that drum tracks is played by Jim Masdea. Besides Sib these two songs feature Barry on electric rhythm guitars on both Foreplay and Long Time, and Barry plays the lead guitar solo as well. Fran plays bass on Foreplay. Let Me Take You Home was recorded at the Record Plant in LA and the band as pictured on the back of the record cover played all of the tracks.
That’s an actual organ in Foreplay - nothing looped or sequenced here. This would have been the last track on the first side of the record, so the track order makes sense if you look at it from the 70’s perspective, lol. That’s exciting you guys are getting a bass, too! I’m a guitar player, but had to buy a bass many years ago just to learn some Geddy Lee bass lines, and I totally love it. Left hand is pretty much the same, except frets are a little farther apart, and you don’t play chords very often. Right hand technique can be very different. You can play with a pick if you want - and don’t let any bass snobs tell you can’t. Chris Squire played with a pick. I think you can really be expressive, however, playing finger-style. Just start slow and practice alternating picking with your first and second fingers. You’ll have to show us when you get it. Cheers!
We will show it for sure. We are siked. We bought two guitars but now we see to have a bass player and a guitar will open up playing in a way more natural and fun way. We can't wait..Thanks for sharing about your bass. Also we see you post a lot. Thanks Matthew Hoag.
BOSTON, "FOREPLAY / LONG TIME". SAY WHAT YOU WANT. YES THOSE FIRST THREE SONGS ARE AWESOME. YET MY FAVORITE OFF THIS ALBUM IS "SMOKIN". WHY BECAUSE I CAN SAY THIS ONE IS MINE....LOL
I love this whole album, but the Cool The Engines double song is my goto Boston. I had this one on vinyl. He also was an engineer. Created his own effects ans set a standard distortion. Buy a Rockman personal amp (headphone) and its his dostortion.
You guys did do "Something About You,." Unfortunately, this is Boston's best album by far. However, check out "Party" from "Don't Look Back." Of course after you go through this unmatched catalog...I take that back...."Back in Black," AC/DC and "Van Halen" self titled, are there too in my humble o......You guys are 🔥🔥along with Boston....Keep Rock'n
lol - yea been researching it and I can totally see how you can go from P Bas to Jazz Bass to what is it PJ Bass. I can see the progression completely.
It's hard to tell from your description but from what I could discern, I believe the 'bass' riff you described as really tuned down low & loose wasn't actually a bass. It was a clavinet.
No synthesizers were used on Boston's albums. Tom Scholz prided himself on that. Just guitar, bass, vocal, organ, percussion, and guitar effects (many of which were invented by Mr. Scholz himself).
Rookies .... how bout a full laser light show at the Miami Planetarium 1986 ... presented by WSHE 103.5 ..... the full album..... fully engraved in my memories
U guys really need todo Live ELP Royal Albert Hall 1993 Tarkus or Pictures at an Exhibition / 1997 Montreux jazz festival same songs. U will b blown away ✌🏼❤️
I’ve noticed one thing across the board. Everyone that reacts to this song is blown away by foreplay and when longtime starts the smiles come out. Every time. Love it.
You will never convince me that this isn't easily the greatest rock debut album of all time. Every. Song. On. This. Album. Is. Absolutely. Fire!
Yea - we keep talking off screen after and our biggest argument for it being the greatest is that the band didn't evolve and there isn't progression...right out of the gate they kill it!
Even with Led Zeppelin they have progression...with Whole Lotta love...clearly progression and many more. I think VH and GNR are contenders as they came out so strong. I know for sure appetite for destruction is SOLID fire all the way through...I don't know if VH debut is fire all the way through but every song I can think of is incredible....
But then here comes Boston with Tom being the mastermind and inventing equipment to make the sound and being before GNR and VH...so boom they take the lead again. At least for us so far.
@@reactioninaction7415I think you should take a peek at Bostons Walk On album from 94'....😏
@@reactioninaction7415in 1977 I was sitting in the back seat of a 1976 Pontiac Firebird. It was a guy I knew but not real close to. He popped in an 8-track of Boston. I was nothing short of stunned. I'd never heard anything like it. It went on to become my favorite album of all time. Scholtz is a genius. Brad Delp is in my top 3 vocalist of all time. RIP Brad
@@leopresnell8653 I was driving my Z-28 and repeatedly playing this 8-track. What a masterpiece. LIstened to it on vinyl today and it still makes me smile
@@garyolshan4177 I completely understand. The music of our youth keeps me sane.
Ha! No computers, no autotune. Just pure talent & vision.
This was recorded on a 12 track analog recorder in Toms basement no pre recorded tracks Tom Scholz ias a classically trained pianist
Check out Tom Scholz sound machine on RUclips
This was 2 guys in a basement
There were no personal computers when this was released let alone recorded
Most of the effects you hear were built by Tom he had an electrical engineering degree from MIT
The band was put together to tour the album due to its success
Harold Jones Tom has a masters degree in mechanical engineering from MIT.
Ha ha you have “Smokin” to come 😎🎸
Aight smokin must be great..person above this mentioned too!
Smokin' is an absolute must. I have this LP from 1976 that is a mainstay on my Pioneer turntable from 1977!
Rocking this song in the late 70's, flying down the road or cruising the circuit looking for girls. The memories are timeless. WHAT a time to be alive!!!
Guys, this came out in 1976...there was NO cut & paste back then, no looping, etc, and no synthesizers. All these unique sounds were created by effect boxes and pedals Tom Scholz BUILT himself. He was an MIT grad with a Masters in physics. Along with the 12 track recording system he bought and put IN HIS BASEMENT. He recorded and mixed this whole album on reel-to-reel tape. Every part was recorded live in real time, not using ProTools on a computer. Scholz played all the guitars, bass and keyboards, had another guy on drums, and Brad Delp doing ALL the vocals. Scholz was an f-ing genius
Daniel Lloret Tom has a masters in mechanical engineering from MIT. Recording on reel to reel tape was standard operating procedure at that time. The 3M 24 track 2 inch tape machine was pretty popular at that time. Tom recorded on 12 track 1/2 tape Scully tape machines.
All of Brads vocals were recorded by producer John Boylan at Capital Studios Studio C on 24 track 2 inch tape. The recorded was not mixed in Toms basement studio. There is no way Toms Dan Flickinger mixer/console could mix this record. This record was mixed at Westlake Studios on an API console.
Tom does not play all of the instrument tracks on these two songs either. Barry plays electric rhythm guitars on both Foreplay and Long Time and Barry plays the lead guitar solo on Long Time. Fran plays bass on Foreplay. Sib plays drums on all album tracks except one and that drum track was played by Jim Masdea
Hands down! The best reaction to this song!!
47 years later and it NEVER GETS OLD
We will be reacting to the rest of this debut album in order.
The drummer's name is Sib Hashian. Fun fact, he is the father of Dwayne Johnson's wife. Sad fact, He passed of heart failure on stage during a performance.
These guys deserve way more likes. When they smile it makes me smile
Let's go Chris!
An absolutely timeless, beautiful, and rocking album!!!
By far!!!....ONE OF THE BEST REACTIONS FOR THIS SONG I HAVE HEARD!!!...great job you guy's!!! Keep on rolling 🙂
Thanks glad you enjoyed
The only thing that Tom Scholz didn't do himself on this CD was lead vocals. Dude's OG for real!
@@djremy3394 For real!
No synthesizers, no computers . . . Nothing digital. All guitars baby!
Amazing!
If music can add years to your life, Boston would make you immortal if you aren't careful!
So fun to watch you both enjoying music together! My daughter and I share a similar experience. Thank goodness our kids get our music. We were lucky to grow up with such epic music
YES - totally agree!
For the rocket ship (sound), listen to their best song, "Cool the Engines".
You will definitely hear the rocket sounds in "Cool The Engines".
I "saw" them at Alpine Valley music theater in East Troy, WI in the 80's. That place is an outdoor theater, and acoustically perfect! Actually, I "heard" them because I was way back in the "grass" seats and they didn't have big screens back then! But it was awesome!
Believe it or not this was produced in thier basement. Real instruments.
When my older brother put a cassette tape deck in my 1972 brown Ford maverick when I was 16 (1979) this WAS the first tape in
The fast keyboards during Foreplay are played on a Hammond organ run through a Leslie rotating speaker - no loops. Look up Lachy Doley - he and Mike Portnoy put together a cover of this song with a few others and you can watch Lachy play that part on his Hammond. It’s INSANELY accurate ✌🏻
QOW! Thanks for telling us.
On point
Giving it a listen, thanks - Justin Johnson's in on this too, I've seen his guitar videos.
Cassette tapes came out and you put this album on listen nonstop and never lose the vibe. Best debut album ever. Second album Don't Look Back is just as good.
I understand why you'd think they were using computers, but no.......just genius.
LOL - awesomely put!
Hard to believe that song will be 50 years old in 2 more years
The organ is kickass !! Something you won't hear in church !!! 🤣
Keep going... it keeps gettin' better into and through the 2nd album. To this day, I toss Boston on the turntable to enjoy and... share with all my neighbors. I just can't help it. Boston MUST be played LOUD!
Oh Yeah, these guys were right up there with the greats like Queen, as the most recognizable , unique , and overall intelligent rock bands of the 70's. I played in bands over my life , and back in the late 70's I owned some of Tom Sholz Rockman, guitar effects equipment. Many do not know that Tom Sholz, was a graduate of MIT , and an electronics engineer. In the 70's and into the early 90's had his own line of Guitar effects equipment called "Sholz Rockman" that mimicked the unique sounds they achieved. I owned a few of these pieces but sadly I do not have them still. They would be worth a pretty penny today if I did.
Bro - we want that effect! Bet you had a lot of fun with that pedal!
@@reactioninaction7415 They are on EBAY quite often . Go to EBAY and search Sholz Rockman guitar effects
BEST driving song ever
The claps are hands clapping. Not two pieces of wood! Haha! One thing about Brad Delp, is that he was one HUGE Beatles fan. That man knew some hand claps from his favorite Beatles albums (more the earlier stuff than the later) and they would not have substituted the real thing -- human hands -- for some contrivance. Trust me. Also, who did the drums for this album? I'm freaked if it was Brad Delp. I'maboutta lose my sh**!
LOL - his hand clapping was on point!
My youngest son is a guitarist he plays electric guitar and bass. First day he had his bass he played: let’s groove, and Flash light
You haven’t even heard them all yet! “Hitch A Ride”, “Rock-n-Roll Band”, “Smokin’”…. Good god, man! It’s an unbelievably good album!
Hitch a Ride is truly my favorite song on this album. Possibly of all Boston’s catalog.
I saw them live in Los Angeles back in the late 80’s and they actually had a huge pipe organ! It was a great concert!
MAN I wish we could've seen that.
I was at the first show at the forum in 1987. They played 3 sold out nights. It was so good.
@@wolfpack9958 yep! We were at the same show!
Just wait till you hear The Launch/Cool The Engines
I saw 2 of those 3 shows.
Tom had recently injured his leg playing basketball.
During the show, Brad mentioned that we have a new album...we'd like to play it for you.
They played 3rd Stage - in order.
It sounded Perfect.
Yes, the pipe organ was there.
Did you notice on the album cover the "space ships" are upside down guitars and in the background the earth is exploding? And by the way, every song on this album is indeed a banger. No clunkers on this masterpiece of a debut album!
Yea we noticed.
Under the dome is also the skyline of Boston.
Boston is one of the more underrated rock bands from back in the day. Very good reaction vid. I'm surprised you guys have not yet reacted to any of the old school Chicago songs! I'm not talking about the Karate Kid/Love ballad Chicago from the 80's and 90's, but the hard rockin Chicago from the late 60's and 70's with Terry Kath and the bangin horn section....songs like 25 or 6 to 4, Make me Smile, Free, Beginnings, and all of their other early hits!
Awesome reaction guys !!!!
Thanks
Seen them twice in the late 70's n early 80's, like putting a record on, so cool n so blessed I got 2!!
Great job guys, rock on!!!
Good you are starting to get Boston. Its now here for all time at your pleasure. I have been listening to this masterpiece for 40+ yrs.
This album--like many at the time--was mainly the work of one man. At the time it became common for many 'groups' to actually be one man putting down tracks where he was either the singer--as here--or hired a vocalist, and studio musicians. Only after the album had a hit, and the TV shows like American Bandstand began demanding the group for appearances did a group form. Notable 'groups' that arose this way were: Village People (who's debut album features only 4 songs all sung by the only man who would later be the lead singer of the Village People--Victor Willis--and each song on it would prove to be a hit); Ritchie Family (who became known for CONCEPT albums like African Queens) and of course Milli Vanilli.
First time I heard this one my friend brought the album over and we played it on my dad's expensive "Hi-Fi" "Quadriphonic" stereo with a massive heavy amp and four huge speakers... We turned it up... and turned it up again... and just where that kid turned it up we did too and blew 2 out of four channels; it cost half my summer's earnings to have the thing fixed - only to be banned from ever even looking at it again....
After 46 years this is still my favorite song of that album and it still makes my skin goose flesh to this day. Now that's powerful. Glad to see you both love this song as I and so many others do. Great reaction and commentary.
Thank you Joe!
Drums are Sib Hashian who is The Rock’s Father in Law. Small world. Nothing in this track is looped, Scholz is just that good of an organ player.
Foreplay by itself was done in 1969, it was the first song Tom worked on in the album. No computers were used. Nothing but home-made analog filters and effects.
I was just a kid when this came out, but remembering what it was like, and reminded by the way your reaction is, let me call it now, as there are only a few songs written that almost always have this reaction..... You guys smiled so hard your face will hurt later. LOL
Every song is a banger!!
Tom Scholz was a classically trained pianist.... he did ALL the keyboard/organ work, LIVE on tape, no loops at all
This the number one hit
When a song is so fukkin good you expect them to apologize afterwards, it IS good!
High vibe tunes for sure!❤
Great reaction guys. All of my friends and I were blown away when this came out.
That is a Patented sound. Not to be sold without consent by Boston. They own it still I believe. R.I.P. Brad, thanks for the legendary vocals Ma Man. Miss ya.
Exactly how can a sound be patented? The guitar sound you hear on these two songs is not the Rockman or any of the modules that would become the Rockman amps. What you hear are Marshall tube amps being driven so hard that the power tubes are clipping. This is where the Powersoak comes in. Tom had his bucket brigade technology based doubler at this time as well.
@@neechee5150 I could have swore I read it was something blown in his Mesa Boogie amp and he had them build it. Also read that he patented the sound. Don't know if they still hold it. Could be wrong though. Hate to put out mis-info.
I'm an old fart that grew up with this music. I feel SO, bad for you guys that are just hearing it. Boston is a great band, but don't miss out on other 70s and 80s bands. Styx, Kansas, the Eagles. You got some catching up to do.
This is the greatest album of all time. Every song is just Wow makes you smile if you really wanna smile big listen to hitch a ride that absolutely is the best song on the album.
Foreplay was the first piece of music Tom wrote in 1969. On the demos Jimasdea was the drummer, but was replaced by Sib Hashian on the album except for the song Rock N Roll Band in which Jim played on.
The organ is a Hammond organ that rant through a Leslie speaker.
The hand claps are real hands provided by Ton, Brad, and (I believe Tom's wife at the time Cindy).
Okay, I think it's off their second album: "Feeling Satisfied". Get to it soon!!
Inventor of the Razor guitar sound
Sib Hadrian played drums on everything except Rock and Roll Band. If you look up the liner notes on the album, they go into a lot of detail on how the band came together. It’s an amazing story!! Cheers!
take a look at the cover album those are Guitars on flight like a UFO
i still have my copy of this album in Cassette format. Thank to technology it is now all over the net.
One of the Album that can NEVER EVER BE DELETED on my jogging / driving Play list.
During the late 90's my young cousin who started learning to play the base, played me an Ugly Kid Joe album and I played my B O S T ON album in return. He and his friends got blown away! hehehe
Especially when played in a Good Audio system or Head phones. Hearing all those instrument and vocals is amazing.
All those effects are guitar with Tom's custom pedals. No synthesizers were used. Or to put it more precisely, nothing with a VCO, the guitar is the oscillator.
Also real hand claps. And Tom played all the guitars and bass. The guy is a phenom.
Drummer John “Sib” Hashian set the beat on Boston's first two albums - the eponymous 1976 rock landmark and 1978 chart-topping sequel “Don't Look Back” . Not Brad Delp but this album rocks, no doubt!
Michael - nice fact check...saw your earlier comment so...good to see you come back with the answer.
One more fact about Sib, His daughter is married to the Rock
P-bass is da shiz. I'll whip up some drum parts for you if you like. Great reaction as always, thanks guys.
TwwVee....Sweet. We might want some Drum tracks. Yea we bought two guitars but now see a bass and a guitar is really going to take us there! We'll show the bass on the channel. We are stoked!
This album was one of the first 8 tracks I bought. Great album
Pure bliss
Man love your guys emotion hearing it, now imagine a 6 year old hearing it when it came out, I called them the ufo band lol😮
This music is why I wear hearing aids as a 60 year old man. But in my teens we couldn't get it loud enough !!
This band sounded as good live as what you just listened to. It had to be the best concert I've ever been to. I saw them in Amarillo, TX , if all places.
This song was played by one guy, with a drummer. It was actually recorded and produced in his basement. The band was formed after. PS only one vocalist. If you were to switch from left to right you will hear him singing both sides but they are slightly different. The same method was used with a 6 string and a 12 string guitar playing the same parts.
Cool reaction, awesome channel! My favorite Boston song, sadly was impossible to equal their debut.
That’s a Hammond organ, one of the most classic sounds in rock music.
All of these songs are fire but this by far was the most popular on the album as well as "More Than A Feeling." This was a great party song with a keg of beer and bon fire by the lake which is how we partied in the 70's. It was the first song you wanted to hear from Boston.
As mentioned, no computers, synthesizers, or sampling - just instruments. The effects were Tom on guitar with a little help from a leaky transistor.
I'm a big Boston fan, but my #1 band is Styx where Dennis DeYoung did a lot of synthesizer work - nothing wrong with that. Styx has plenty of guitars also. Check out "CASTLE WALLS" or "Prelude 12/Suite: Madame Blue".
The synthesizer sounds from The Who's Baba O'Reily are a progression of one sequence - i.e. no repetition. Pete connected up an unheard of (at-the-time) number of synthesizer modules to get that long of a sequence capability. Programming that contraption was a very tedious long process that people of today have no idea of how many hours went into it.
Goudreau is the guitarist in this one. Schultz plays the keyboards. Check out the live version from Giants Stadium 1979z
Claps are all hands. See if you can read the back of the album. Solid 👊🏽
Love watchin the youngsters having to deal with the best Rock and Roll put down. Tom Scholz - MIT tech grad - rebuilt guitars from scratch and installed his own electronics. Every second of this album was by design, and really the best Rock there was. I was in high school, and man we smoked a lot of pot taking this masterpiece in. They didnt have "organ effects" back then, and no synths. That's a Hammond organ - rebuilt to Tom's specs. Absolute brilliance
Tom Scholz was raised on classical music.
And it is basically one man playing all the instruments and recorded in his basement
Tom and Brad did everything, but Scholz did call in a drummer to reinforce the percussion and play on a couple of tunes.
Also, I love how they switch up from the acoustic guitar to the electric the third time around.
When producer John Boylan heard Tom's drum tracks, he new that Toms drum tracks were not usable because they were in his words "amateurish". Boylan then hired LA engineer Paul Grupp to teach Tom proper mic technique and how to record acoustic instruments. Boylan gave Tom a directive-- all drum tracks and acoustic instrument tracks have to be rerecorded. Sib plays drums on all of the tracks except one and that drum tracks is played by Jim Masdea.
Besides Sib these two songs feature Barry on electric rhythm guitars on both Foreplay and Long Time, and Barry plays the lead guitar solo as well. Fran plays bass on Foreplay. Let Me Take You Home was recorded at the Record Plant in LA and the band as pictured on the back of the record cover played all of the tracks.
Tom Schultz played every instrument and voiced every song his basement
Time to put a Boston poster up behind you both.... I think you are sold on this group. Top 5 favorite band for me because of this album.
Might be true!
Had this in an 8track would play this in 70’s in my piss yellow Firebird with my Blaupunkt
That’s an actual organ in Foreplay - nothing looped or sequenced here. This would have been the last track on the first side of the record, so the track order makes sense if you look at it from the 70’s perspective, lol. That’s exciting you guys are getting a bass, too! I’m a guitar player, but had to buy a bass many years ago just to learn some Geddy Lee bass lines, and I totally love it. Left hand is pretty much the same, except frets are a little farther apart, and you don’t play chords very often. Right hand technique can be very different. You can play with a pick if you want - and don’t let any bass snobs tell you can’t. Chris Squire played with a pick. I think you can really be expressive, however, playing finger-style. Just start slow and practice alternating picking with your first and second fingers. You’ll have to show us when you get it. Cheers!
We will show it for sure. We are siked. We bought two guitars but now we see to have a bass player and a guitar will open up playing in a way more natural and fun way. We can't wait..Thanks for sharing about your bass. Also we see you post a lot. Thanks Matthew Hoag.
man, check out SMOKIN. just one of the best pure rock jams ever! holy shit!
BOSTON, "FOREPLAY / LONG TIME". SAY WHAT YOU WANT. YES THOSE FIRST THREE SONGS ARE AWESOME. YET MY FAVORITE OFF THIS ALBUM IS "SMOKIN". WHY BECAUSE I CAN SAY THIS ONE IS MINE....LOL
Man another mention of Smokin...Sheesh must be FIRE
I love this whole album, but the Cool The Engines double song is my goto Boston. I had this one on vinyl. He also was an engineer. Created his own effects ans set a standard distortion. Buy a Rockman personal amp (headphone) and its his dostortion.
Cool the engines must be awesome.
Real claps baby
They are guitars - not UFO's.
Tom Scholz did the entire tracks. Sib Hasshien was the drummer but Tom did this track in his basement with no vocals.
No synthesizers were used on this entire album - it is all straight organ work.
You guys did do "Something About You,." Unfortunately, this is Boston's best album by far. However, check out "Party" from "Don't Look Back." Of course after you go through this unmatched catalog...I take that back...."Back in Black," AC/DC and "Van Halen" self titled, are there too in my humble o......You guys are 🔥🔥along with Boston....Keep Rock'n
Thanks Dan!
Tom Schultz played every instrument and voiced every song his basement 😊
On a 4 track recorder
The next song is banger!!
As a bassist, get a J/P if you only want 1 bass. Otherwise you will wind up with 6 like me!
lol - yea been researching it and I can totally see how you can go from P Bas to Jazz Bass to what is it PJ Bass. I can see the progression completely.
It is probably the the generation gap but dad knows how to move to this music and enjoy it.
It's hard to tell from your description but from what I could discern, I believe the 'bass' riff you described as really tuned down low & loose wasn't actually a bass. It was a clavinet.
Boston drummer is Sib Hashian
Brad Delp had one of the best voices in all of rock history!!!!
No synthesizers were used on Boston's albums. Tom Scholz prided himself on that. Just guitar, bass, vocal, organ, percussion, and guitar effects (many of which were invented by Mr. Scholz himself).
You forgot to mention the Clavinet which is featured on these tunes
Rookies .... how bout a full laser light show at the Miami Planetarium 1986 ... presented by
WSHE 103.5 ..... the full album..... fully engraved in my memories
U guys really need todo Live ELP Royal Albert Hall 1993 Tarkus or Pictures at an Exhibition / 1997 Montreux jazz festival same songs. U will b blown away ✌🏼❤️
Stay Tuned for sure we will do a lot more ELO
@@reactioninaction7415 ELP NOT ELO!!!!! Emerson Lake & Palmer guys…….✌🏼