[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

[Last Dakotan]

Truly Sad. They were my band in the '70's

[Jaded]

Bummer. Rest in peace.

[torchthemummy]

Wow. So sad. I believe his last concert was performed in my town in NH last Saturday. I was gonna go but then lapsed in getting a ticket.

[incredulous joe]

You had to play this album VERY LOUD! Brings back some good memories.

May he rest in peace and his spirit rock on!

[BOBWADE]

That really sucks.

[Captainpaintball]

JUST TODAY, I copied a bunch of songs from my CD collection to an SD card, and the first Boston album is one of the discs that I grabbed. I put all of the others back, but for some reason I left that one aside. I eventually put it back, but I kept thinking about why I forgot about that particular CD. Coincidence?

[Dominnae]

I'm really sad about this.

I've loved them for a long time, "More than a feeling" was
the second tune I learned to play on my guitar
(right after Stairway..)

I was little when their first album came out, I really did grow listening to Boston.

All I can say is..
That band in Heaven got a kick ass vocalist today.

[GOP_Lady]

Boston is one of mine and my husband's favorite bands. Great unique sounding guitars -- nothing even similar. Too bad their career was troubled by lawsuits, or we would have had even more Boston. God's speed, Brad.

[Zetman]

That's too bad. Their first album is one of my favorites. As a result, was the first CD I ever bought, and then the first CD I downloaded onto my newly purchased iPod just a couple of months ago. Truly some great music.

I got to see them live in concert twice back in the 90's, when they returned to the road for the first time in many years (at Pine Knob, outside of Detroit). I am glad I had the opportunity.

RIP

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Oh no. What a voice. The Voice Of A Generation to be sure.

Gad I'm getting old.

I heard "Amanda" today in my car and it still makes me sway.

[JerseyJohn61]

The tune "More Than A Feeling" reminds me of a bright, sunny
afternoon spent washing friends cars back in high school.

"I just close my eyes and I drift away"....JJ61

[doug from upland]

One of the greatest songs ever.

MORE THAN A FEELING

I looked out this morning and the sun was gone
Turned on some music to start my day
I lost myself in a familiar song
I closed my eyes and I slipped away

Its more than a feeling, when I hear that old song they used to play (more than a feeling)
I begin dreaming (more than a feeling)
till I see marianne walk away
I see my marianne walkin away

So many people have come and gone
Their faces fade as the years go by
Yet I still recall as I wander on
As clear as the sun in the summer sky

Its more than a feeling, when I hear that old song they used to play (more than a feeling)
I begin dreaming (more than a feeling)
till I see marianne walk away
I see my marianne walkin away

When Im tired and thinking cold
I hide in my music, forget the day
And dream of a girl I used to know
I closed my eyes and she slipped away
She slipped awa y. she slipped away.

Its more than a feeling, when I hear that old song they used to play (more than a feeling)
I begin dreaming (more than a feeling)
till I see marianne walk away
I see my marianne walkin away

[DB]

Boston was pretty much Brad Delp. A fantastic musician. One of my favorite bands with Foreplay-Long Time and Hitch a Ride among my favorite songs.

[Sprite518]

Boston was not bad, but I could not stand that one song,

"Blinded by the Light"..... Way over played.... Every time a radio station would play it that would be my que to turn the station....

[raygun]

I don't knonw what to say, except they were the epitome of "techno-band" back-in-the-day.

This is almost akin to the day that U.F.O. died.

I remember when Elvis and John Bonham died. I won't go into the details of my Mom's encounter with unknown neighbors whilest jamming Elvis loud and clear that long lost August day, nor my encounter with several irate individuals while I was in U.S.A.F. tech school when Bonhamm died.

The funny thing is that though I was had the pleasure of being main floor center (about 20 rows back), I have no Boston whatsoever in my repetoire.

Boston shall live on in my mind akin to the Beatles.

I don't know what I'm personally going to do to commemerate this sad event, but I'll figure out something.

We're getting old guys. I'm certain that the younger generation are yawning and rolling their eyes.

That albumn cover that you show as autographed, that was during the days of CSN.

Right. That's a cool album cover that you have there. Looks like I may have to find some dope.

Allow me to run through some works by Joe Satriani and see if it feels all good. I'll have to get back to you on all that, and what not.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Rest in peace.

[Alberta's Child]

Damn, this is too bad.

I believe Boston's debut album was the first LP that was mixed specifically for its sound on the FM dial. Band member Tom Scholz was something of a neurotic perfectionist (an MIT student at the time, I think) who spent several years perfecting that sound for the album's release.

The hit track "More Than A Feeling" remains one of the most frequently-requested songs on the radio, and it never gets old.

[Blind Eye Jones]

I saw them open up for Jeff Beck in Toronto. Never a really big fan and thought the music was both bubble gum and pretentious. Now I actually teach one of my students the More Than A Feeling song and I have a bit more of an appreciation for the band because of that song with its sundry chord changes. It's a perfect pop song in all its glory and I respect the craft that went into making it.

[bigcat32]

Wow, Boston's first album was the first album I ever purchased way back in Jr. High School.

RIP

[randog]

That's too bad. Luckily, I got to see Boston, one of my favorite bands, several years ago. Brad had to have a backup singer help him hit those high notes, but he and the boys put on a helluva show.