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re: Boston. One of the all time great albums
Posted on 4/11/25 at 1:49 pm to Crow Pie
Posted on 4/11/25 at 1:49 pm to Crow Pie
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However, is an 8 Track really a cassette?
Hearing Boston in quad on a car stereo was great, and something new.
However, I can only give 4 stars because of the track change during Gonna Hitch a Ride, a hidden gem. Such a buzz kill.
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Posted on 4/11/25 at 2:43 pm to OU Guy
Boston's debut was my entry to getting into rock and prog rock. I was 12-13 when it came out and my first 2 LP purchases were Boston, and Kiss's Rock and Roll Over. Both bought at least in part because of the covers, lol.
My favorite track was and will always be not one one of the 2 most people remember and mention, but the longer Foreplay / Long Time. The instrumental opener, Foreplay, blew me away - I had never heard anything like that with the spacey guitar sounds and organ. I always wanted more of THAT but they never really did it. The follow up records were too polished and pop rock for my taste, shorn of energy. But I soon discovered Rush which solved that.
My favorite track was and will always be not one one of the 2 most people remember and mention, but the longer Foreplay / Long Time. The instrumental opener, Foreplay, blew me away - I had never heard anything like that with the spacey guitar sounds and organ. I always wanted more of THAT but they never really did it. The follow up records were too polished and pop rock for my taste, shorn of energy. But I soon discovered Rush which solved that.
This post was edited on 4/11/25 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 4/11/25 at 3:14 pm to Mizz-SEC
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It was one of those seminal moments when you knew you were hearing something you had never heard before.
I was only 5 when that came out, so that music was always just there for me growing up..
I don't doubt that it was a different sound when it came out, but my "Boston moment" was on the other end of the spectrum...
Posted on 4/12/25 at 10:50 am to OU Guy
You guys all probably know this but turn cover upside down the spaceship is a guitar
Posted on 4/12/25 at 12:07 pm to OU Guy
"Overproduced" in a homemade basement studio? Whatever.
Scholz fooled the record company by just re-recording most of their demo, except for Delp's vocals. When he got to LA to mix it, he was surprised at how technically inept some of the engineers were.
Scholz fooled the record company by just re-recording most of their demo, except for Delp's vocals. When he got to LA to mix it, he was surprised at how technically inept some of the engineers were.
Posted on 4/12/25 at 7:19 pm to TigerBR1111
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my 1973 Pontiac Lemans.
My first car was a 76 Lemans. Was my moms car and I got it when I started driving. Straight 6. Silver. Thing was a boat but I had a ride and didnt GAF
I was armed with a cassette in mine. Got it in 1985. Looked like this . Was silver with red top. Same rims
This post was edited on 4/12/25 at 7:21 pm
Posted on 4/12/25 at 7:23 pm to OU Guy
Hitch a ride is the best song on that album. I saw them in concert in Atlanta at the Omni back in the early 80's. They didnt play that song and finished the encore. I was mad AF. Then the lights went out again and they come back out for a second encore and played a 15 min version of Hitch a Ride
One of the best things Ive ever heard in concert.
One of the best things Ive ever heard in concert.
Posted on 4/13/25 at 2:37 pm to LanierSpots
Hitch A Ride is great. ALL of the songs, except for "Let Me Take You Home Tonight" are very good to great IMO. That's the only miss for me - just a banal, generic rock song. I found out years later it was the only one not written by Scholz.
Wish I could have seen them live in their heyday.
Wish I could have seen them live in their heyday.
Posted on 4/13/25 at 5:49 pm to OU Guy
There was not a bad song on that album.
Posted on 4/13/25 at 5:54 pm to OU Guy
Posted on 4/13/25 at 10:09 pm to OU Guy
Timeless album. Not a bad song on it. Legend status!
Posted on 4/15/25 at 6:51 pm to LanierSpots
Oh man.. that’s a cool story bro
I just fired that one up and that solo just puts me in such a good mood… like a gorgeous spring afternoon with the sun shining. Hard to explain but it’s such a great tone to it
I just fired that one up and that solo just puts me in such a good mood… like a gorgeous spring afternoon with the sun shining. Hard to explain but it’s such a great tone to it
Posted on 4/16/25 at 3:28 pm to OU Guy
One of the few albums you can listen to from start to finish without hearing a bad song.
Posted on 4/16/25 at 3:36 pm to TFTC
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I find it to be one of the most manufactured and sterile sounding rock albums of all time... and I while I don't hate them or any song in particular... its an automatic station changer for me...
I’m with you, but I think the reason we flip the channel has more to with it being the ultimate butt rock anthem that is way overplayed on 97.1 Classic Rock station from any American city.
Imagine being young in the 70s, it was probably pretty epic
Posted on 4/16/25 at 4:05 pm to TFTC
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I find it to be one of the most manufactured and sterile sounding rock albums of all time... and I while I don't hate them or any song in particular... its an automatic station changer for me...
Holy shite! This might actually be the worst take I've ever seen on this site. And that's quite an accomplishment.
Posted on 4/16/25 at 5:36 pm to TFTC
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its an automatic station changer for me...
Great band, great album but something happens when you have heard the same song 647,321 times in a lifetime. Loses some of the magic.
Same with all the classic rock playlist.
Posted on 4/16/25 at 10:10 pm to Twenty 49
Beato also did one for "Foreplay / Long Time". He agrees with me, so that makes him pretty smart.
This post was edited on 4/16/25 at 10:11 pm
Posted on 4/17/25 at 7:10 am to Locoguan0
I had a very, very large commercial poster of the Don't Look Back album that took up my entire dorm room wall. Boston is right there at the top for me.
Posted on 4/17/25 at 1:55 pm to MorbidTheClown
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quote: I find it to be one of the most manufactured and sterile sounding rock albums of all time... and I while I don't hate them or any song in particular... its an automatic station changer for me...
Holy shite! This might actually be the worst take I've ever seen on this site. And that's quite an accomplishment.
Manufactured and sterile is a great description. It is a masterful technical achievement. Great musicianship. But zero passion or emotion.
It was a monster album for that time. Everybody had it in their collection
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