50 years ago today

[She Mate Me]

The spawn of millions of epic air guitar performances…

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Too bad they kinda sucked live. Those harmonized guitars didn’t translate very well to live performances.

Still though, listening to the More Than a Feeling when that intro hits on a good set of headphones is great.

 

[She Mate Me]

Too bad they kinda sucked live. Those harmonized guitars didn’t translate very well to live performances.

Still though, listening to the More Than a Feeling when that intro hits on a good set of headphones is great.

True. They would probably kill it today with what’s acceptable in “live” performances now.

The lyrics are mostly pretty cheesy popcorn, but the production on that first album was genius. And Brad Delp could really sing.

 

[TheBannerM]

Too bad they kinda sucked live. Those harmonized guitars didn’t translate very well to live performances.

Still though, listening to the More Than a Feeling when that intro hits on a good set of headphones is great.

Well, if you think about it, it's not surprising. Scholz basically recorded the whole thing on his own in his basement with Brad Delp. They had the songs before they had a real band.

 

[BoDawg.sixpack]

Saw them at Thalia Mara in 2015. Great concert. I thought the guitars harmonized quite well.

 

[She Mate Me]

The “Recording and Production” section of this is interesting. Final Delp vocals were mostly (if not all) done in Cali…

Boston (album) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[thedoubledeuce]

50 years. Damn, that's a -

 

[Dawgbite]

Saw them several times spanning from the 1980’s to the 2010’s. I enjoyed every concert. Knew every song.

 

[theoriginalSALTYdog]

Saw them a grand total of 3 times and was never disappointed. Saw them once on the 4th of July and Tom Scholz playing the national anthem was incredible. Still the greatest debut album of all time, IMO.

 

[leeinator]

They sounded good years ago at Snowden Grove. Tom Scholz was the only original member there. He's kept their sound on track pretty well.

 

[She Mate Me]

They sounded good years ago at Snowden Grove. Tom Scholz was the only original member there. He's kept their sound on track pretty well.

Truth is, they’ve had lots of talented musicians play live as Boston through the years, but Scholz and Delp were the only essential pieces to the sound they created on albums.

 

[Darryl Steight]

50 years. Damn, that's a -

 

[Darryl Steight]

Too bad they kinda sucked live. Those harmonized guitars didn’t translate very well to live performances.

Still though, listening to the More Than a Feeling when that intro hits on a good set of headphones is great.

More Than a Feeling gets all the attention (for good reason), but damn, play Smokin' and crank that shitt up. There's not much better than that.

 

[Darryl Steight]

Too bad they kinda sucked live. Those harmonized guitars didn’t translate very well to live performances.

Still though, listening to the More Than a Feeling when that intro hits on a good set of headphones is great.

I have seen videos of live performances and they are usually not quite as good as the album... but I chalk that up to Delp singing all (or most all) the harmony parts on the record. And who the hell else is going to be able to duplicate Brad Delp live?

Sad that we lost him too early. I put him up there with Freddy, Steve Perry, and Paul Rodgers. I'd say he could be the best rock lead singer ever, but the other guys had so much more time and material.

 

[Duggar Hall Desk]

My introduction to rock n roll was the family living next door to my family. They had 4 boys who were all older than my brother and me, and their "big 3" albums were Boston, The Long Run, and Animals. [insert age jokes here]

 

[ETK99]

Too bad they kinda sucked live. Those harmonized guitars didn’t translate very well to live performances.

Still though, listening to the More Than a Feeling when that intro hits on a good set of headphones is great.

Kinda sucked? They SUCKED!