REACTION TO Boston - Rock & Roll Band | This Album Continues To Impress!

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[@Hartlor_Tayley]

No matter how many times I have heard it and going on fifty years of hearing it. This album always gave a thrill and still does.

[@KawaTony1964]

It's so sad that Brad Delp - the lead singer - committed suicide. If he only knew how important and loved he was in the minds of so many people. His singing is part of my soul, as is the singing of so many other great artists. Don't kill yourselves, artists. We love you.

[@nettiemac]

I am still verklempt over his death. Then Chris Cornell (my favorite musician) died by suicide too. Just tremendous losses…… no replacements ever possible.

[@kenw.1112]

ABSOLUTELY !! Brad was amazing and a very good person who cared about others . RIP: BRAD DELP.

[@qtrhors1]

Im 62 years young. Bought this album new when I was 16. I can sing every one of the songs on this album to this day. lol

[@rodgerbelveal6684]

62 as well... Such great music when we were teens!

[@bkbstone]

Rock on!

[@charlesgervais4673]

I've listened to this song thousands of times and I'd never before noticed how relentless the vocals are. Watching you wait for a break to comment...there just were no breaks!

[@davelimbo]

Not just great vocals, but often Brad did many in just one take!

[@ShinyElfriend]

The insane vocals at "sign a record company contract" gets me every time. One of my favorite albums back in the day, and still!

[@4EyedAnimation]

The thing about this album to me is how clean everything is, the vocal arent hidden by the killer guitars

[@davelimbo]

And yet rejected by all major label companies! Definitely ahead of their time!

[@steveshute3810]

When they reunited for the insanely highly anticipated 1987 tour, this was their opener. You can imagine the audience going berserk immediately on hearing that first riff.

[@HeRacesTheSun]

Boston's 1987 'Third Stage Tour' At Alpine Valley Music Theater, I was first in line to buy tickets for all 3 shows, and every show we loved it. A friend of mine that worked at a resort in Lake Geneva told me Boston was staying there. Tom Scholz had come out with his Rockman amps line, in my studio I had Rockman amps, so we went to brunch at that resort, and I took the Rockman face plate off and brought it with me in the rare chance I might meet Tom. At brunch we met Boston drummer Jim Masdea, he said Tom & Brad had condo's out there, and not likely to see them. So we walked out toward the condo's, and in the distance saw a tall man with long dark hair, so I 'fooled' my girlfriend into thinking it was Tom Scholz, I knew it wasn't Tom, but as we got closer I really got her to start believing my prank, then we got even closer, and we were in shock we we realized it was Tom, walking with his young son. We approached him, and I asked... "Are you Tom Scholz?" And he said yes, I told him I was a big Boston fan, and he was polite but reserved. We almost left, then I remembered, and I said..."Tom, I'm not just a Boston fan, but I'm a customer also, he looked puzzled. Then I reached in my back pocket and pulled out my Rockman face plate, and Tom got an instant huge smile and laughed. We had a nice talk, and I got a picture with him, still with his huge smile that some crazy Boston fan had brought his Rockman face plate just in case he met Tom Scholz. I still have the picture of me & Tom, and he still had the huge smile from me showing him the Rockman face plate. Tom had asked me if I'd been to one of the shows, and I told him we were at all 3 shows, and he said... "Wow, thanks for the support" Then respecting his personal time with his young son, we thanked him and moved on. That is one of my most cherished memories, and the picture of me & Tom is still displayed in my music recording studio, with my Rockman amps still Rockin' away.

[@frankluna8712]

This entire album makes your ears happy. It is absent of any horrible sounds that may offend your senses. Eargasms throughout the whole album. Guitar riffs, vocals, solos, drum beats, ethereal sounds that take you on a sonic journey.

[@sailinbob11]

They opened with it because , in my opinion, they're saying, Here we are. This is how we got here. Great album.

[@JCrook1028]

Funny thing is tho is that's not how they got there. They weren't even a band at first. Tom wrote it then had to go form a band to play it live after it was already a hit on radio.

[@vernhoke7730]

I bought this album when it came out in the summer of '76. Had just graduated high school and was a few months prior to joining the Marine Corps. This played on my turntable and the 8-Track player in my car over and over.

[@antarcticorb9197]

Tom Shole-its. That's how to pronounce it. As you probably know, this was a monster debut for this band, album sold huge, and being from Boston in college at this time of release, you could hear this playing throughout the entire city!

[@HeRacesTheSun]

It's actually Scholz, like Dr. Scholz foot pads.

[@mouseshadow5828]

Best debut album of all time

[@jackiegoodspeed1849]

Boston is a great band. I still listen to Boston. Never tire of them.

[@leslie8743]

We played this 8 track tape over and over cruizin for boys. Saw Boston in 1978 at WSU and they just finished world tour and they were so happy to be back in the states, so we got 2 1/2 hours of incredible music and Brad's voice is just as great live! ❤✌

[@fanasx4]

I still have this album which I purchased at Tower Records as a teen when it came out. It’s the only one on which I absolutely love every single song…to this day! Thank you for taking me back in time!

[@pattyward710]

I remember this growing up!!! this was fantastic!!!

[@RobertBreedon-c3b]

What debut album this is still solid gold almost 50 years old every classic rock fan has this album in their collections.

[@veadairavani5692]

I love your reaction to their album. This was how I was when it first came out. Mind blown!!

[@SueK51]

Playin' all the baahs, sleepin' in our caahs. Classic BostonSpeak!

[@leisastalnaker3790]

The BEST DEBUT ALUM EVER!!!!

[@Widdermaker]

8 bullseyes on this one. You can see why this was the biggest selling debut album of all time for many years. Ridiculously good!

[@seiraeiramasil2302]

Man, love those heights that Brad Delp hits, ranks up there as one the greatest 'late' vocalist ever! Wish he could've stayed around longer, no telling what he might've been doing today. No matter what you play from this album, you're bound to love it! Their album "Don't look Back" is also a winner, it came out in 1978, check it out. Loved this reaction, thanks!

[@ptxaholic]

They are the quintessential classic rock band, I'll never get tired of it

[@jamesknox7171]

This album debuted 46 years ago yesterday. Damn, I'm old.

[@Mary-cz8pf]

This is probably my favorite song by them. Only reason I say probably is that they have so many great ones. You should definitely do the album for a reaction. Thanks for doing this song

[@nettiemac]

Yessssss that bass line is EXQUISITE!

[@annedurant6000]

This is my favorite Boston song,boy dose it ever bring me back🥳I was so lucky to grow up in that era best music ever

[@terriweatherford6430]

LOVED them since they came out...so awesome!!!!

[@joescott8877]

At the very end of the song, where you said "Got a few...got a few thoughts on this!" and then the last, like, three seconds played--that guitar scrape and drum-roll end, and you looked like you'd been taken a bit by surprise, like it was yet one more cool thing the song was offering for your appreciation--I half-expected you to say "And, OK--got ANOTHER thought now!" This album IS a gift that keeps on giving. I received it in about 7th grade, just when I started to REALLY get into "Rock and Roll Bands"!

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Definitely enjoyed the reaction. I saw them when I was in 9th grade around 1977 I think. It was a fantastic show. And all those harmonies came off just like in the studio. And Brad Delp hits all the high notes with ease and the stacked harmonies were perfect and it was just so loud but perfectly mixed and it was really really amazing. You know what's even more amazing? The ticket price was $7.50 including all the extra fees and things. All GA (general admission).

[@thehonestman26]

That riff is awesome. It gets the whole song going.

[@roccaclassico9028]

The "c" in Scholz is silent, like "Schultz" & "Schmidt". Being old enough to remember when this album was released, it's fun to watch your reactions to it because that's the same reaction most had back then. Our collective minds were blown that a band's debut album could be this great.

[@opencarrier8607]

My fav band. Ever.

[@mikemiller3069]

My very first concert was in the fall of 1978 when I was a freshman in college. Three friends and I drove 70 miles to see Boston in the Minneapolis area. Sammy Hagar warmed up for them. I didn't know who he was at that time but he put on a good show. Then, the stage went dark for awhile and then they went into "Rock And Roll Band" beginning with flash pots and spotlights and the crowd went wild. It was a fantastic concert.

[@paigepatrick7099]

Man, I realize how much I took this music for granted growing up hearing it. It’s timeless. I thoroughly enjoy your reaction to it. Used to rock out to this in our garage as a kid.

[@bullwinkel8788]

In my humble opinion, Brad Delp has the absolute greatest voice ever!! He was so extremely multitalented!!!

[@HeRacesTheSun]

Boston's 1987 'Third Stage Tour' At Alpine Valley Music Theater, I was first in line to buy tickets for all 3 shows, and every show we loved it. A friend of mine that worked at a resort in Lake Geneva told me Boston was staying there. Tom Scholz had come out with his Rockman amps line, in my studio I had Rockman amps, so we went to brunch at that resort, and I took the Rockman face plate off and brought it with me in the rare chance I might meet Tom. At brunch we met Boston drummer Jim Masdea, he said Tom & Brad had condo's out there, and not likely to see them. So we walked out toward the condo's, and in the distance saw a tall man with long dark hair, so I 'fooled' my girlfriend into thinking it was Tom Scholz, I knew it wasn't Tom, but as we got closer I really got her to start believing my prank, then we got even closer, and we were in shock we we realized it was Tom, walking with his young son. We approached him, and I asked... "Are you Tom Scholz?" And he said yes, I told him I was a big Boston fan, and he was polite but reserved. We almost left, then I remembered, and I said..."Tom, I'm not just a Boston fan, but I'm a customer also, he looked puzzled. Then I reached in my back pocket and pulled out my Rockman face plate, and Tom got an instant huge smile and laughed. We had a nice talk, and I got a picture with him, still with his huge smile that some crazy Boston fan had brought his Rockman face plate just in case he met Tom Scholz. I still have the picture of me & Tom, and he still had the huge smile from me showing him the Rockman face plate. Tom had asked me if I'd been to one of the shows, and I told him we were at all 3 shows, and he said... "Wow, thanks for the support" Then respecting his personal time with his young son, we thanked him and moved on. That is one of my most cherished memories, and the picture of me & Tom is still displayed in my music recording studio, with my Rockman amps still Rockin' away.

[@carolynsullinsdonner6104]

MY ALL TIME FAVORITE ALBUM! Just found your channel great job!

[@michellebarry1555]

It’s definitely been talked about enough…just not in this era. Boston was the sh#t back in my youth, I listened to them constantly, wore out the album. It’s so cool to see someone your age loving classic rock. There is no music today that can compare (I know that makes me sound old but sorry not sorry, it’s true).

[@judysmith6563]

Boston was my first concert back 1979. It was one of the best

[@Mr2012Ultra]

every song a banger, my fave band all time

[@fday1964]

This album has been on and off my Playlist for years....it's great to see people discovering Boston. I was 12 when this album came out, and was a constant in my life.

[@K31011]

My first two albums as a kid were this and AC/DC Back in Black. Parents and teachers couldnt understand why I had so much energy.

[@kimberlytuten8262]

I've watched you review the whole album. Yes album. I was there when it came out and I can tell you honestly we thought " boys this can't be real." Can you imagine being a teenager when this came about? YOU probably can. It will stand the test of time. Thank you for this. I enjoy you so much. I agree with the comment before me. It gets my heart pumping and takes me back. Thanks again.

[@tammynieves5875]

High school memories!! Love watching your reactions..😆😆

[@andrewcormier529]

That was a great reaction. It is so fun to watch people find music that I've been listening to my whole life. We spent the Winter of 1976 hanging out at a buddy's house smoking as many jibbers and as much red choking hash under glass and burning the turntable with this album. Yes, I did say burning the turntable, and Peter Frampton comes alive album. What a great year that was keep rockin' and spreading the music around, for me, top 5 album of all time.

[@rustychrysler9551]

Love my Boston!

[@CardiacCat]

You are such a 70s kid in the wrong decade. You react to songs the way we did when we heard them the first time. Only we had to pick up the arm on the turntable and set it back some on the record.

[@shelleyo]

Definitely played this album “too loud” in my dorm room more than once😇

[@Q1776Q]

Every Boston song is PERFECT.

[@bullwinkel8788]

I was immediately hooked! They became my all-time favorite rock band.... Forever! I listen to them often, and I can never get enough. I'm so glad to see that you are enjoying their music!

[@kimseeds6298]

So at 17 in 1976 sitting in Pittsburg civic arena /with retractable dome. As the lights go out the dome opens the hologram guitar spaceship lowers into the arena as this song starts to play. Not been the same since.

[@erikmanzano8144]

Most underrated bands in the world. Sure fire Rock Hall of Fame . How thh N ey are not in is mind boggling!

[@89801wink]

And the crazy vocal harmonies are Brad Delp harmonizing with himself...multi-tracked.

[@eveclancy3288]

The first time I really listened to this song was in a club in the '80s. It was loud, the sound system was great and I had just the right level of buzz to really get into it. The marriage of joyous lyrics heralding the band's rise to success, with the emotional crescendo of musical riff was so powerful that I ... well, I cried. :) The genre had a lot of talent and momentum back then to celebrate itself, and it was just a cornucopia of musical gems. It doesn't look like you've reacted to Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) yet. You should. Top of the list is "Don't Bring Me Down." Then maybe "Mr. Blue Sky."

[@marcieharreld286]

Love all your reactions, especially to Boston!!! I've loved them since the very beginning!!! I have an off the wall, out of left field request for you...Billy Squire's "Stroke Me"! 😉😉🎶🎼🎵🥁🎸🎹🎤🎙🎧🤘🤘🤘

[@bobr4987]

Tim Scholz also couldn't find the exact pedals, distortion and sustain that matched what he had in mind, so he created the "Rockman" which gave this album that spacey feel. What a genius! There are videos on YT where guitarists demo the "Rockman" if you'd like to see it for yourself. Thanks!

[@glennnipper9858]

Glad to see you finally got to this song. All their songs are incredible, was in high school when their albums came out. Freakin phenomenal!!

[@brucefelger4015]

The ULTIMATE garage band

[@womanonthinice1276]

We had great parties playing this album...1980!!!!😂😂😂😂

[@kristapendergrassguardascione]

"He smoked a big cigar and drove a Cadillac car" my fave verse cause ...of course!!

[@alisonmontana8895]

I'm not sure why, but this is my favorite Boston song, when I saw them in concert they opened up with Smokin', on your reaction you read that that song isn't about Mariauna, but when they sang this song, they had a 5 ft tall bong on the stage, and when Brad hit it, a HUGE smoke clound went up from it. It might have been a stage prop, but it looked real enough. I was only 16 and hadn't ever smoked weed, but there was so much smoke in the stadium that night, that you couldn't see the other side, and I got high as a kite. It was a great night, there were about 20 people on the stage that night to make this sound, it wasn't just the guys in the 'group.'

[@steve9199]

Dude... how do you think WE felt when this album broke??? I was a sophomore in high school in '76, and doors were blown off everywhere!!

[@SWLinPHX]

I love this little semi-autobiographical ditty as something different and a bit more conventional; it had great radio appeal and a more standard pop hit structure (and runtime).

[@kenw.1112]

BOSTON FOREVER!!!❤😊😊😊

[@grannymitch9475]

I’m so glad you’re going through this album! I listened to this album all through junior high and high school. I got to see them in concert when I was in college. It is one of the most amazingly complete albums out there. There are no bad songs. I rank it up there with Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon - higher praise I cannot give. If you haven’t heard it yet, their Out of the Blue (double album) is also incredible.

[@kentmains7763]

Every song got regular radio play, every one of them a lot.

[@socalnitro]

Back seat of the parents 78 Monte Carlo In Juneau Alaska. 8 track good memories

[@brian52763]

Such wonderful memories this song brings back, especially when you are from Rhode Island like me!

[@jodimae5793]

Great song, great album. Great memories of High School, cruising and jamming to this in 1976! Btw... Tom Schultz is pronounced 'shoalts'. 👍

[@sheldonhamm4904]

yes ..your reaction to this band is to a t .. you nailed it and that is the way great music should be exprest .. this bands music is great i will never get sick of it

[@davidkopp8945]

Next should be -- Let Me Take You Home Tonight -- So Awesome!!

[@marrkhicks]

Man you really get it blessed

[@naturesounds-ib5dh]

Favorite Boston Song!

[@Calmontheoutside]

Not that it was anymore important for me, but there’s something about Boston that symbolizes that time when we were going to concerts CONSTANTLY-like maybe how younger people went/go to movies. This concert was incredible. And then maybe a month or two later you’d be going to Foghat, Styx, Foreigner, KISS, Blue Oyster Cult, REO Speedwagon, Head East, ELO, Frampton . . . We interacted with these bands by album more frequently than individual songs. Obviously certain songs played bigger roles, but you weren’t going to be overly interested in buying a concert ticket for a couple of hit songs.

[@ericklein5927]

The pick slides on this tune are phenomenal. They are loud and proud sounding.

[@KevinRCarr]

Every time I listen to one of these songs from this first Boston album, I can't help wishing/daydreaming that I'd been in the room on the day that Tom S and Brad D met for the first time. I am only able to imagine that the air/atmosphere around the two of them had to have been electric, fat with the meshing of 2 ridiculous talents; songwriter/musician and musician/vocal force of nature, as they began to combine their talents to create rock & roll magic.

[@leisastalnaker3790]

Love this song.

[@zappa1952]

Thanks for doing some research b4 listening. Some reactors will actually pause to wonder about something they easily could have found in 30 secs. BTW don't mind your pausing. Rock on!! ☺️

[@theenlightenedbarbarian1611]

Yeah, my man - kids these days have smart phones, the internet, a world of tech at their fingertips - but let me tell ya - In the late 70's & early 80's, we knew how to friggin' ROCK. Rush, Boston, Heart........ real power Rock n Roll. I can't wait to hear your reaction to Rush's La Villa Strangiato, The Trees, By-Tor & the Snow Dog, YYZ(Live in Rio), you've got some crazy reactions coming up, my friend. In the summer of '82, we had a Dodge van with two seats, wall to wall shag carpet, and a fold out bed....... 8-Track tape player in front, with ONE tape - Physical Graffiti. Yeah - Good times. :) :) :)

[@andiamop31]

SalvoG, my opinion, best guitar solo and song on the album is Hitch a Ride. Please consider this song, it doesn't get the attention it deserves.

[@korycostango5327]

When they made this song in 74 there was no band, just Tom and Brad basically playing in a basement!!!!

[@AmbassadorJenks7086]

Yes, you were born in the wrong time period. I've seen them all. I'm a musician been pounding on the tubs since I been 6 years old and been on tour and still am for40 years. We had the coolest cars and the best rock and roll. You can catch up though. it does my heart good to see someone like yourself rockin out to the old school rock. Don't get me wrong there is a plethora of great music out today that I really love. Keep on rockin my friend!

[@michaelhoward900]

MY PERSONAL FAVORITE!!!!!!!

[@russtex]

Great song!

[@jeffrobb6660]

Hey, how about some Joe Walsh solo stuff (Rocky Mountain Way) or with the James Gang (Funk 49)? Think you'd love that.

[@bullwinkel8788]

I started listening to Boston the 19 78. I

[@anthonyhaylock6655]

Yep one of the best ever albums

[@rk41gator]

Great album!

[@yambo59]

Make sure to react to the song "More Than a Feeling" - its an AMAZING piece of work

[@billyhall8233]

The first LP I ever bought, next ELO, Styx

[@jbarnes1960]

Not bad for a debut album done in Tom's garage!

[@mongosaqqara]

So fucking goooood!

[@julietate7806]

I was so lucky to have seen Boston in 1976 in Macon, GA (I was 16). That guitar / spaceship descended from the ceiling at the beginning. Another great experience was when I saw Parliament Funkadelic and they all got out of a spaceship. There were just as many white people as black people, and we all just partied & smoked together. Politically speaking, there is a false divisiveness perpetuated by old, white politicians who want to see our country literally split into "us" and "them." It's so damn sad.

[@richardjacobs7632]

Sonic excellence this album! Thanks

[@k_salter]

That went by way too fast lol. Looking forward to "Peace of Mind."

[@carolburnett2926]

Saw them at a music festival back in 78 or 79 and they were the headliner. Well, “saw” is not correct-I heard them and it was spectacular!

[@laurakali6522]

Foggy memories but I think this is what they opened with on their first tour. I was in junior high and I think half the school was at this show. Not even sure how I got to the arena or got home but back in those days things just seemed to work out.

[@Fakename70]

If you like this one, then you’ll love “The Spirit of Radio”, released 4 years later🤔

[@jamiemacdonald436]

There's not one song on the album that I would even consider an A- . It's just one of those perfect albums that 99% of bands wish they could record.

[@leisastalnaker3790]

Still a favorite