Posted on 07/25/2017 7:52:23 PM PDT by NFHale
Boston's "A Man I'll Never Be" From Their second album, "Don't Look Back" Released in 1978.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmc_t7m2pC4
Boston. Good clean rock. The Cars. Fun cool pop. Van Halen. Rulers of the Universe.
All was fine until one day in the early 1980’s there was a man named Henry Rollins and he introduced ugliness: Punk. Grunge. Rap. Rollins still hosts a weekly show on KCRW in Santa Monica. Wow.
Amanda by Boston still is a great song survives today.
Ha! I bought the Scholz-Rockman amp because of this song!
Hey RL, what’s up buddy!
I remember bringing the first Boston album home, and playing it on my stereo - pieced together junk from cast-offs I found in the trash piles and repaired.
The only decent thing I had were speakers, and the power amp was like 150W or so. So it could crank.
When “More Than A Feeling” started, I literally got a chill up my spine, it was incredibly moving to me.
Still, to this day, “when I hear that old song they used to play”, as it says.... I get chills from it.
One Hell of a debut album, for sure...
RE Beatles:
I like their stuff from the Rubber Soul, Help, Sgt Pepper time frame. To me, it was their most creative period, and you could hear their style changing. Abbey Road is magnificent as well - “Her Comes The Sun” is another one that gets me.
There isn’t too much out nowadays that does that to me.
Brad had some pipes for sure, God rest his soul.
An amazing vocal range.
RE “...One of the lousiest and ...”
Friend, obviously I completely disagree with you. :^)
I found them to be an amazing group, with a unique sound that no one else had.
I’ve played lead guitar in bands since the mid 70s - everything from hard rock, heavy metal, Hendrix to Page to Eddie VH and Iron Maiden. All have their place.
Boston had and has a special place for me musically.
I also love jazz, Irish/celtic, 70s funk, Motown, and violinist music.
Your entitled to your opinion, brother. “We just Disagree” like Dave Mason said.... :^)
Loved the Doobie brothers back in the day. Blackwater has some wonderful finger-pickin’ and grinnin’ in it...
Here’s another song I love - Derek Warfield and The Young Wolfe Tones “Will Ye Go Lassie Go”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MchCQ8Np-00
Amazing and beautiful... play it loud, and remember a beautiful Lassie from back in th’ day... when yer skies were always blue, the summer never ended, and life was an adventure....
Lefty, even you might like this haha!!! :^)
I think I burned the track out on the vinyl... wore it through.
Still love this tune.
You know, friends, when I saw these back to back comments this morning, it caused a massive coffee snort on the keyboard.
Comments of the Month!!! Haha!!!
Bravo!
“..Punk. Grunge. Rap....”
Yeah, it turned to shiite real fast.
I remember when MTV actually used to play MUSIC videos...
Yeah, I’m old ... But I can still shred on the guitar! haha!!
I never knew Brad, I only know what I’ve read. That said, it appears that Brad was a Man that didn’t understand human nature - nor did his friends - and instead of accepting his humanity and apoligizing to all involved and moving on from his stupid and embarassing mistake, he killed himself. That didn’t have to happen. Very sad. If you want to know what happened, just google it.
Yeah, I can remember being surprised when I first heard that on my car radio in 1986. I'd read that there was a long-delayed third album, but I still had a big grin on my face all the way to the office that day. Went and bought the cassette at lunch later that day.
As for Rollins and the musical wasteland that he has wrought, do you suppose that something like this may have actually occurred in some parallel universe where musical genres combined and fused, rather than competing for dominance? I hope so - it makes me smile.
You are right. Very sad. Suicide isn’t generally a rational act.
Doing well, NFHale...:)
In the early eighties, I bought myself a pair of Bose 901s after I got out of the Navy, and played them so loud the neighbors called the cops on me. I deserved it...I don’t know what I was thinking, had all the windows open on a summer night, and those things were cooking!
I loved all the Beatles, but oddly, came to appreciate their early stuff later...I guess I came of musical age around the time of Revolver, and liked all that stuff.
Sigh. I don’t listen to much popular music, but I admit I have actually purchased a few songs recently that were created in this century!
"... when yer skies were always blue, the summer never ended, and life was an adventure..."
That about describes my life. I have been a lucky man.
Hahah!!! Great response!
-H
My life has ... had it’s moments of mirth and misery. And that IS life, I suppose.
But at the end of each day, I’m here in America... and I’m an American... and because of that, ANYTHING is possible. And I’ll tell you this, my friend - I thank whatever God there is for the blessing of being born here, born to parents that loved me and did the best they could with whatever was handed to them, good or bad...and gave me a chance at a better life than they had.
There is no better place... and it is worth fighting and dying for.
I still run a Marshall 40W (hybrid) head pre-amp output through my Mesa Boogie 100W Mark III head and cabinet (all tube).
There’s a REASON they called the Mesa “Pure Screaming Hell”...
:^) If you don’t feel it sucking the air out of your lungs, it ain’t loud enough... haha!!!
“Amanda” is a beautiful tune.
I envy you, I had to get rid of all the loud stuff.
Now I have to use amp-sims (Guitar Rig5) when I write and record.
Now I know I’m going to commit heresy, but the average listener couldn’t tell you that my Marshalls/Fenders/Orange/Boogies are all “fake”.
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