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Legend has it that notes still echoing thru out the entire universe. Brad Delp could hit notes only dogs can hear.

It IS his voice. It IS natural. The voice segues into the guitar solo and actually harmonizes with the first guitar chord - that's part of the magic you are hearing. Rick Beato does a masterful job breaking this song down - search "What Makes This Song Great Boston" to find it. But there are no production tricks "goosing" Brad Delp's voice. That's all him. Pure talent. RIP.

Boston's debut album is a masterpiece from start to finish. One of the greatest albums in music history. It's also one of the biggest selling albums of all time with over 18 million copies sold . Tom Scholz wrote, recorded and produced the album in his basement studio in 1976. Tom also plays all guitars, bass and keyboards on the album as well as designing custom effects (the powersoak, doubler, hyperspace pedal , rockman amplifier) to create the legendary BOSTON guitar sound. The phenomenal Brad Delp does ALL lead and background vocals . Sib Hasian on drums. There is NO doubling of the vocals during the insane high notes. You can hear for yourself if you look up Brad Delp vocals only on YT.

70's decade had the most diversity in music then any other decade. IMO 70's music is the best ever.

LOVE this song. When he hits that high note... shivers...❤

Boston's debut album is considered to be the best debut album ever because every song on it was a banger. That's where you should start, their first album and work your through it

Grew up in the 70’s- music was so diverse so much talent- rock r & b ballads disco southern rock. We had it all. Very blessed

Brad Delp had a set of pipes like no other. He could hit it- criminally underrated RIP

This was my #1 band back when I was a young teen about 15-16. The lead singer Brad Delp was the best singer of this era, no one could hit the vocal ranges like this subhuman being. Brad took his life, and it was a real bad feeling throughout Rock community!! RIP MY beautiful friend & brother🎸🎸☮️☮️🎶🎶🎶♾️♾️☯️☯️☯️😶‍🌫️😭 You'll never be forgotten, nor will Boston!!

Hes voice was a blessing

Was 17 in 1976 when this came out. No one sang like him . Drinking with my friends listening to great music. No stacking as you call it. Pure talent. RIP

I bought the 8 track tape in 1976 or 77 when this came out. Then, graduated to cassette! WOW! High tech! Lmao. This song is nearly as popular today as it was back then. Great song, Great Band! This album in fact, did NOT have 1 bad song on it. All were great! Great job/channel, my Man!

I was a teenager in the late 70's. We were truly blessed with the best music!!!

Shows what you don’t know. Brad Delp’s voice was just that damn good. No effects. No stacking as you call it. Pure talent .1976 was a magical year. Steve Perry snd Lou Graham also astounded with high crystal clear vocals. No gimmicks.

Brad sang this song studio and live , it is his voice no doubt

Yeah, as a kid of the 70s, a teen of the late 70's and early 80's, there were constant great songs coming out. We were so spoiled, that we didn't know how good we had it back then until we get to now when there's very little (in my opinion) worthwhile music. There is some good stuff coming out here and there, but NOTHING compared to then. Great reaction!

Your best comment "Music was just music back then" TRUE TRUE TRUE!!!

I’m not sure what you mean by the term “stacking it” with his voice but, this is Brad Delp’s real voice. Absolutely no computer created noise!

More than a Feeling is from the debut album in 1976. The stacking of the voice is called overdubbing. Brad Delp did all the vocals, and just recorded lead and backing vocals.

The 70’s had the most diverse music of all time. So much talent - rock, r and b, disco, southern rock, ballads. Everyone loved all types of music. What a time to be alive

There are good songs, great songs, and there there is this song! This is, in my opinion, one of the greatest songs ever recorded. It is definitely in my top 5, maybe even top 3, greatest songs ever.

When he goes from the very high note during "away" to the very, VERY high note, that's an F#6 to a G6. incredible. Then the guitar blends right in and takes over. That's Brad's real voice, and Auto Tune wasn't invented yet.

Did you ever react to Kansas (the band) Carry On (My Wayward Son)? If not, you need to do that one. It's an amazing song that came out in the 70's but was made popular again by the TV series Supernatural. Most of us SPN fans associate the two together now... even me who knew and loved the song before the show was ever a glimmer of a thought.

RIP to the great Brad Delp!

One of my fav songs. Great riff and vocals. Such a good vibe!

No stacking. Just Brad Delp's once-in-a-lifetime voice. Pure talent with astonishing range

You've probably heard this song in commercials, movies, it's very well known. Great song!

No, that's his voice

Best rock vocalist of all time. RIP Brad Delp🙏😊

They are among rock royalty

More than feeling, by Boston was recorded 1975-1976 and released in 1976. The demo was recorded in the lead guitarists basement!

Bro, Brad could (and did) indeed reach those octaves. He was one of those few rock vocalists who could pull it off. His story is a tragic one. RIP, Brad. Your work lives forever. 🤘🎸

They didnt have auto tune back then..pure talent

Too Much Heaven was 1979, and More Than A Feeling was 1976. Tom Scholz, one of the guitar players and producer did “stack” as you said, or overlaid the vocals, but he also did it to the guitars to give the guitars a guitar choir type of effect. He was a genius in the studio.

Yes, Being a teenager in the 70 was AWESOME!! When Rock and Motown was beloved by all. My Favorite is still the Temptations, Best vocal group EVER

I’m 62 and it truly was the best!!!!!

I WAS a teenager at that time! I just started high school when this came out in 1976. I was a white trumpet player at a 50% black school and we players all considered ourselves equals in the eyes of the music. There were awesome black musicians and awesome white, and we taught each other our grooves and feelings and it was so magical and so right. My best friend was a black sax player who was just incredible. Unfortunately, you’re right, something happened after that and things “separated “. I wish I could tell you why but I can’t and it’s a real shame.

Rip brad. There went one of the best voices of an era. This song was the staple of any car ride, blasting it out the open window as loud as you could. That song was the 70s.

Thanks for reacting to this one. This album dropped in 1976. You have probably heard it before since it has been played countless times since its release. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that this song is played every day on classic rock stations. A great song for sure. Check out "Foreplay/Long Time" also. Peace.

As music evolved so did technology which made it easier and cheaper to record and allow for individual play. This allowed more and more artist to get their music out which in my eyes led to a need to categorize them. In addition this opened up the industry for more awards and recognition.

1976... and yes, Brad Delp's voice was stacked (layered), especially on background vocals. All vocals including backing harmonies was Delp. BTW, to get a better idea about his voice's quality, tone, texture and range, check out their second album, Don't Look Back... the track "A Man I'll Never Be" is a bit slower paced but remains quintessential Boston. You won't be disappointed. I promise, cross my heart!

Glad I was a teenager when this came out... along with Kansas, Frampton “live”, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, and about 50 other artists. It was hard to keep up with your music collection. Albums for the house, 8-tracks for the car, then cassettes for both, store bought and home-made. Then to rebuy everything on CD’s only to watch everything go digital !! Our generation paid for the music industry and now it’s mostly free. Enjoy.

I’m glad you mentioned commercials. When watching tv and seeing a commercial come on, and they are playing old school songs, I laugh to myself and think of y’all when you say “where have I heard that before?” I don’t know about where you live or shop, but in some stores they play old school music. I love it. It sure perks my ears up and makes shopping a little more enjoyable. I grew up listening to all kinds of music. My dad liked Tennessee Ernie Ford(16 Tons), but his favorite singer was Nat King Coke. I remember coming home from grade school and my sister would be watching American Bandstand. That’s where I first heard black artists other than NKC. And when I got older, rushing home on a Saturday(after cleaning houses), to watch American Bandstand and right after watching Soul Train. My mother loved “Little” Stevie Wonder. Such great memories! Back then music wasn’t classified by color. I’m so thankful I was raised to appreciate really good music. I’m sorry music and the artists have changed. Oh, when I was on high school a friend and I went to see the Monkees in concert. Their warm up band was The 5th Dimension! I went crazy! I told my friend that this group was going to be really big one day. And I wasn’t wrong. They gave me goosebumps!! Anyway, I’m a 73 year old white lady that has been listening and music for over 60 years. I’ve lived through the best years of music. I hope you continue your journey through the music of the past. You won’t find any better. Take care and be well.

I was born in 1958 - I was buying records for myself by 69/70. It WAS the best of times! Peace

Your spot on music is an amalgamation of all culture, genres draw more heavily on deeper cultural topics and may hit you harder.

You must be thinking of Mickey Thomas, the lead vocalist from the Elvin Bishop band (who does bear a resemblance to the late, great Brad Delp of Boston). This song is from Boston's debut album which was released in 1976. Every track on that album is worth reacting to. I'd start with "Foreplay/Long Time" (two tracks that get played together) and "Peace of Mind." This video chops out the second verse of this song. As for Mickey Thomas, if you want to hear how great he is (also), please react to the song "Jane" by Jefferson Starship.

Song came out 1976 💗Great reaction 💗

You're spot on Mugs, this was the official video and the sound was studio produced and dubbed over the concert film. No stacking though just a bit of reverb and sustain. His voice did really have that range and power.

Best Debut album of all time not a bad song on it.

Excellent choice.

When Boston hit it was HUGE, we had never heard anything like it ….

I was 9 when that album came out, and first time hearing it, I figured it was a new age in music. (not new age music, but a new age has just begone, as in a new level that all bands will have to try and reach) Honestly, I miss the Motown black music. Much of rock-n-roll came from black influence, BTW. I do listen to nearly everything, though. But this song is one of the best produced songs in history. What makes that even more amazing is it was produced in Tom Sholz' basement. It taken like 5 years. Imagine, this song was in his head in the 1960s!

This whole album is FIRE 🔥 it was being blasted everywhere you went in 1976 sonic perfection

Brings back fond memories of my youth, graduated, summer camping and wearing out the Boston cassette, just flip it an played all day long. drinking by the fire......You are correct that it was a GREAT Time to have the music of the 60's & 70's to grow up with. Time for a whole Boston album listen....

One of the best vocalist ever no stacking dude

When you hear the ice attracts it's just his singular voice soaring above the stratosphere control and power that just keeps coming this guy never lets off the gas

I was born mid sixties. It didn't seem music was divided, however, we weren't hearing from a huge amount of people who didn't get their music out. As methods of getting your voice out increased, hip hop finally gets heard. People don't like change, like rock n roll, now with media every style of music seems to share the best of all starting with Aerosmith n Run DMC "Walk this way". I am glad to have witnessed n listened to the expansion to the world music catalog. Great reaction!

Although I was not a big Boston fanway back when, this was one of my favorite songs back then. I loved this kind of music no matter who put it out like Earth, Wind, and Fire had some great songs also, same for The Commandores. I taste ranged greatly from Rock, Country, Disco, and many others. ❤

It was as good as you can imagine.

Timeless

This album just came out when I was in College!!! We played it constantly in our apartment!! 1976!👍👍👍👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️

Boston was its own genre !

Still a great song! I remember this playing in the halls of my high school. Brad sure had some serious pipes.

Great song. So many memories. Rip.

❤ Boston and ❤ Brad Delp. RIP

Music was music. We listened to everything! Up through the 90s. It was great

I was around 8 when this came out. They KILLED IT!!!

It's Boston it's real

There is a video of More than a feeling with isolated vocals... take a look. Brad Delp is amazing

I was in high school when that album came out! Everybody in school had it! Amazing song...to me the best rock song ever!

We called it ROCK

Yes , Boston is the literal form of guitar hero. Hitch A Ride next.

I'm from Flint MI. and witnessed 1st hand all 60s, 70s and 80s music. Much of it live from Joe Lewis arena, Pontiac Silverdome, Pine Knob, IMA Arena and many other local venues. Your reaction was pretty sweet. I really enjoy black people appreciating white bands because at that time there were still racial tensions but we knew our love for our country could overcome racial and cultural divisions. The music really reflected this and brought people together. Try Golden Country from REO Speedwagon. Best ever!

Mugs, I was 16 when this album debuted, and it was the record that everyone had! I think your observation of the 70's being the best time for music! We were just coming out of the serious segregation of the 60's trying to break in a new and different way from our parents, and we had all of the musical genius of the 60's to piggyback off of. Also the synth and punk sounds hadn't become mainstream yet. I do believe in some way that disco and rap music started separating people again, because there were those who didn't like either. I love having had the teenage experience in the 70's because live music has never been the same. Nothing wrong with technology, but we had pure real talent and bands needed to pull off the sound live, not just in the studio. As always love your take on music and reactions!

I wish artists would come back to this music

One of the most wicked singers of the 70s. Easily! I WAS a teenager growing up in that era. lol J

It was so great 70s and 80s you could see three bands and get a shirt for 30 bucks great time to grow up

MUG, this ENTIRE ALBUM is AWESOME!!! I'm personally someone who doesn't like EVERY SINGLE song on an Album from groups that I love listening too!! This ENTIRE ALBUM though 🤔👍😏🙂😳😎🔥.

Boston's song "Hitch a Ride" is quite worthy.

This song - you crank it up LOUD in the car!

Is thos dubbed over a live performance or an actual live performance? There really weren't many "music videos" before 1981. As a teenager in the 70's what we considered just music suddenly became pop, country, rock & roll, rock, heavy metal, bubblegum pop, punk rock, alternative, etc.

there were a lot of genres in the 70's as well. and ALL of it was on the radio at the same time. on the same stations on the same day. very diverse selection of music on the radio in the 70's. from disco to KISS to Van Morrison to Carole king to jim croce and a ton of other artists who didn't really do the same thing. later on in the decade FM radio started to really blossom and stations became a bit more centralized on their formats. they all starting leaning towards catering to certain audiences more. and as time went on...rock music REALLY started to splinter off into a myriad of sub-genres as well.

The splitting was when radio died…. Young people could pick their playlist rather than radio playing a wider variety of music… also because if radio we heard sings from previous generations once in a while an oldie was played… the 79’s were fantastic I wish I would have known his special it was ❤️

Hahaha🎉 i love this song so much❤

Watch Rick Beato's "what makes this song great" in regard to this song. Beato isolates the vocals from the music. Not only are those extremely high notes all Brad Delp, but his voice blends in with the guitars where you don't even hear it. He was arguably the best rock singer of all time based on the range and power of his voice alone, and from all accounts, he sang like this even when they were live

Sib Hashian the drummer was The Rock's late father in law

Give Something About You by Boston a listen, my personal fav

Brad Delp had a phenomenal voice. His suicide was beyond tragic. He left a note in the garage saying he would be found inside. He had sealed himself inside a bathroom and had a couple grills going. He pinned a note on his shirt saying his name & that it was his doing. The difficulty he had with Tom DEFINITELY had to contribute in a huge way to his decision. He was an incredibly nice guy. And then there's Tom, who although talented, seems like a complete and total jerk.

The concert was dope.

Too much Heaven by the The Bee Gee's was in 1979

It came out in 1976. I still have the album.

I believe this came out in 78. Brad Delp is one of the best singers ever.

Check out Jane by Jefferson Starship, Mickey Thomas is the vocalist!

That's literally his voice. No stacking. He hated all of the recordings doing it too. He did it though

That my friend is Brad Delp he was a great singer RIP

For a couple years Brad could come close to hitting those highs live

That whole debut cd of theirs was really, really good. 🙂

Brad had a Great Voice and was way ahead of his time. Rip

That stacking effect is the guitar playing the same notes as his voice. Tom Scholz creative arrangement. Rush Yes Boston Kansas Creative musicians inspire other creative musicians.