What Makes This Song Great? "More Than a Feeling" BOSTON 

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@@patrickinthesmokys5165 I did, but It also made me very sad. I was born and raised in Boston in the 70s. We Boston kids were really proud to have a hometown band break out and get that big. I saw them only once at the original Boston Garden.

Porcelain1, I always get goosebumps from hearing Brad Delp singing, if you haven't heard his Beatle juice band there is some videos out there, Google Brad Delp singing oh darling and you'll see what I'm talking about. He was the best singer I've ever seen, I got to see his Beatle juice band and I was blown away by how much he sounds like Paul McCartney and his voice is next level smoothness to it. RIP Brad Delp

Absolutely!!!

I most certainly did in 1976 and still do in 2021.

LOF....ingL!!!!! Damn straight Jon!!

Oh yeah, there was another band they named a whole STATE after, KANSAS! (I like the band Boston better though) 😆

😂😆 Lol.

@@troxem2638 Yeah, Massachusetts was just too long of a name! Lol.

@@qkcmnt1242 LOL. Yea, No way to shorten it like T-Rex did with "Tyrannosaurus Rex" either.

TRUTH!! When artistry and production mattered more than just cranking out crappy pop music to the masses.

16 driving a 66 Mustang Fastback with a cool FM converter and a power booster/EQ from J.C. Whitney :-) I never got to see Black Sabbath live.

The sound and songs that last! I was also 16 in 1976 and had 1970 Chevelle SS, wish I still had it, one of my sister's took it for a ride and totalled it that was in 1985, I came back from the Active duty oprnrf the garage...never found out which one it was.

Funny, I was16-17 and had a 70 chevelle ss 396..saw Boston no opening band,kick ass!!!!

@Harley-Dwayne HEY EVERYBODY, CHECK IT OUT!!!! IT'S HARLEY - DWAYNE !!!!!

@@brentmillsop6355 Who let the little turd drive it ?

Don - I am not a musician. Does the Pro Tools do that automatically - do you need a special recording of the song? I understand the tracks, but I didn't know it would be so readily available to be played that way. Thanks.

@@mdarrenu great question. You actually need a special file format specifically for ProTools in order to isolate tracks like he does in these videos. You can't get that kind of separation just from the stereo mix on your CD recording. Usually studio engineers have a vault of these and they'll trade copies of them with other engineers kind of like how kids trade Pokemon cards.

@@donhoffman4 Thanks Don. I would think these copies are controlled very well, but I guess if you are in the biz you can get copies apparently. I figured it was a different master file. I just wouldn't think you get copies of these unless you own the rights. Thanks again.

Don, absolutely agree on your statement!👍 This is gold for those like us that appreciate the real good music: no copies and paste, just beautiful hard work and talent. Unbeatable Classics!

@@donhoffman4 - I'm impressed with your communication skills!! You've got excellent 'verbage'!! Thank you for that insight into the situation and I didn't even need to read it twice to understand!!! That's unusual these days. :-)

Boston should have been more popular. The hiatus from 78-86 hurt so much. In their prime with no releases. The legal issues killed them. Third stage was good but then another long break. So sad

It could be the best debut album in pop/rock history in general. Like #1. Its definintely top 5. Pop included.

Definitely top 5 all time. I'd include Are You Experienced, The Doors, Zep 1, Talking Heads 77, In The Court of the Crimson King,, Black Sabbath, The Clash and several others. But when you consider the circumstances under which this album was recorded? Basically, it's 2 guys in a basement.🤟

Sholz is a Renaissance Man indeed. He fits every definition of the term.

And yet only 6 albums in 45 years ….sigh

Scholz is a friggin Genius and I am absolutely dumb founded that so many of these ridiculous mediocre bands are getting in the rock and roll hall of fame, but NO BOSTON OR TOTO. 2 OF THE GREATEST GUITAR PLAYERS OF OUR TIME... Tom Scholz & Steve Lukather.... how political is the rock and roll hall o fame....

Tom Scholz is a very smart man indeed. I reckon his intelligence exceeds that us of us mere mortals. Absolute genius, like no other. One of the smartest people alive

He was also a perfectionist@@ericcire7709

Think about it, in 1976 we had Brad Delp/Boston AND ELVIS. We were spoiled rotten and didnt even realize it.

@@armymomheatherc My dad was a big Elvis fan, but my mom never thought he was anything special, I kinda ended up middling on him--but when my dad introduced me to Carl Perkins and his version of Blue Suede Shoes, I was hooked for life.

A Man I'll Never Be is incredible. Stands the test of time. As relevant today as well as back when I was 10

True...!

That’s exactly right 😎

Saw a RU-vid video by Rick Beato (look it up) in which he dissects Boston’s recording and plays the lead singer singing without music in the background. The purity of the singer’s voice was unearthly! Wow! Talk about being “blessed with talent!” I’ve always though the singing was enhanced thru some sort of sonic tricks but I learned the truth and I was shocked and so impressed at the singing ability of Boston band members.

The feeling is the same about Foreplay/Long Time. That keyboard intro is killer and the bass solo is about the most tremendous ever recorded. Never realized until this episode how talented Boston truly is. Fantastic!

@@PR-BEACHBOY Isn't this that video?

Curator is the perfect word...he is a museum of musicality.

Kids today grew up so starved of real music and with what they did get in 'MPx' formats, it's no wonder they have so little music appreciation.

@@ChrisCooney236 Sadly very few have a clue

You tell them, I stutter.

absolutely

No one sounded like him no one he was one of the greatest

Beato said it: Superhuman.

Speakers were also pounding out his brilliance at our beach . What a talent .

We grew up during the best of times for American Music Culture in this country...man, these kids today, their brains would explode if they went back to the time we were growing up. With this ridiculousness their pushing and the god-awful politicians. You know what is sad? Back then, you went to a concert to get away from everything. Now, from both sides of the aisle it's like being a fuckin political rally. Gah...I might be conservative but fuck man. I just want to see a live show without the politics.

Every time I hear this song I'm 16 years old for 4:46. That was a long time ago. More Than A Feeling is a masterpiece.

And Rick being able to play from the heart.

Oh yeah!!!

I'm going to go with 49% / 51%He's like a little kid.

Jill St. Clair Spot on with that comment Jill! Rick reacts like the rest of us which makes it all the more refreshing.

I love it when Rick sings!

He wouldnt havve had such a great song without the input of Brad Delp the lead singer. I mean, that voice was unreal. I know Scholz was a genius in his own right but he needed all the necessary elements to make that song a hit and he found the most amazing ethereal voice in Brad Delp. Delp sounded incredible LIVE as well as in a studio version by Scholz. Give credit where credit is due to Delp and the rest of the band.

Great analogy!

I feel the same, this song was, is, will always be my number one song. ❤

Perfectly said, couldn’t agree more.

MUSIC= MAGIC.......besides my daughter , it's the best thing ever in my life And Boston is an amazing part of this gift for me

I'm 60 and I remember loving it the very first time I heard it. It's definitely in my top five all time favourites. Sublime.

definitely my favorite of all time! Chills every time

i have some morning symphonies on the toilet that are recordable by today's standards.

@@TheLinuxYes not to mention the autotune (aka flush)

Agreed!!

Yep! I’m 13 and literally can’t STAND modern music. I only listen to classic rock now. I’ve even met David Sikes! (Former bassist for Boston)

couldn't agree more

That's a cool story man.

That's awesome.

I love this story so much! What are some other records you remember being sold out that quickly?

you just jogged my memory of when I was 14 or 15 years old ,born in63 so that would have made me about 14 years old . I went to my favorite neighborhood convenience store and I always looked forward to checking out their minimal vinyl record collection that they were selling . ["brand new of course"], and there it was , the most beautiful thing I ever seen in my life ! A copy of Boston's title album , but wait ! It was the limited edition with their spaceship picture embedded right into the vinyl ! I couldn't believe what I was seeing , [your probably wondering how a 14 year old would know such amazing music ?] My sister is 4 years older than me so when she wasn't home , I would sneak in her room and listen to all her albums and her tuner which blasted out the best rock music on the radio during that time. I ended up buying that album but much to my dismay , the music sounded really awful because the ink on the vinyl was in the grooves and produced constant scratching noises that was not possible to to accept ! But I bought it for the artwork ! I kept that record with me for years and years but when I seperated from my common in law partner , she took it from me the day i couldn't be there to watch her pack her belongings , damn common in laws !!!

I absolutely believe this. That must have been a great night.

Robert plant .Freddie Mercery Steve Perry weren't o shabby

Yes, I agree Brad should have been there up with Robert Plant & Freddie Mercury. It is so wrong.

Completely agree!

Man, you said it perfectly. Almost perfectly actually...Brad Delp IS the greatest rock and roll singer ever.

werd

You shouldn't be surprised, since this is what motivated geniuses do.

@Backlineguy - Tom graduated from MIT but was actually working at Kodak when he wrote this music. Also, if I recall correctly, they created a 12 track demo of the first album in his basement and the quality was so high that the record company wanted to release the demo but Tom insisted on doing it properly in a professional studio. In that case, I'd be very interested in hearing the 12 track demo just to see how it compares.

Absolutely

Timeless, beautiful, brilliant

Yup!

The whole album was.

Agree 100%

Tom Shultz is an MIT graduate engineer.

Ha ha I thought Tom went to MIT!

Boston's first, Kansas' Leftoverture - I could listen to endlessly!

Alas, neither are in the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame…

Kansas was crazy good. The drummer jeesh....

We thought that’s how music was meant to be back then. More heartbreaking, we thought such technical brilliance and musical talent would continue flowing forward. Yet in his poetic truth, Frost revealed: “Nothing gold can stay.“

@@hollywoodjaded Well said; totally agree.

Joe …What a great memory!!

Seriously, man. This is what music appreciation is all about!

Second to none! O what a class!

He has 2.5 million students

@William Thomas -- I would get in trouble for being too early to class.

His enthusiasm is infectious..! I'm way out of depth..but always end up smiling...a truly gifted musician and teacher

I was 18 when this song was released. I'm so happy it's resonating with younger people now.

Congrats!! Good for you!!👏👏👏👏👍👋

Was a Boston fan when I was 18, but that was another day, some time ago. Boston was mother's milk to my ears. And I always loved Gibson bands.

Agree

I've listened to More Than a Feeling and Foreplay/Longtime, Amanda and Don't Look Back for many years before I really payed more attention to Boston, I became a fan in 2020 pretty much during the lockdown I listened to them more and fell in love, it's sad I'll never get to see them in concert.

44 years WTF

It’s been 44 years! Man, I’m old.

Yes time has past the brilliance of Tom Shulz he must be ET in nature could explain the album covers of mother ships and the song cool the engines ! Music of this nature is not of earth alex collier took his favored muzic to the Andromedans they listen to it on their ships Jerry Raffody songs

It always will be....it’s more than a song, it’s a feeling

Never get tired of it

He really makes me appreciate what goes into songwriting and how talented these musicians really are!

ABSOLUTELY! ... A true musical virtuoso .. He can DO IT ALL ... and LOVES it all ... and SING too! ... A great personality.

PASSION

​@Sigkim I couldn't have said it any better myself.

HAHA. Definitely!

ME TOO !!!!

I felt exactly the same when I watched this. Boston has been my all-time favorite since the day I first heard that first album. I still listen to them several times a week And I've read and listened to the story of how the band and the album came to be a dozen times. But hearing the genius of the song broken down like that gives me a whole new appreciation for Tom, Brad and Boston.

I used to babysit for a family that owned the Radio Shack system that was rebranded Japanese components of the day, with four of the big 3-way speakers that had a 15” bass driver and a full width treble horn across the top. They also had an impressive collection of rock and pop albums. I only got a chance to really experience the power of it once or twice, but I DID hear this song on it once.😑😎

I was that way with Paul Simons “Kodachrome”. Heard it very loudly on a very fine system at the age of 13. It was if I was seeing God.

Boy. I'm so glad you appreciate this song. It was something that played when I worked at caldors. I bought that Boston album, and I didn't have much money. And I was on my own trying to make a life for myself. But I bought that album and gave it to my cousin for Christmas gift. He was so thrilled! He probably was 12 or 13. Someday I'm going to have that album!

Did you ever cut the grass that day? I probably wouldn't have. Just stay in the house listening to that album over and over and over again. I'll cut the grass tomorrow.

That’s one thing I miss maybe I’m just not seeing it now but back then the stereo equipment itself in your home was such a big deal. Everybody was all about buying the best speakers, the best amps the best turntables man I miss that.

Don't you wish those giving Grammys to people who don't do music with feelings should earn the awards,,Rick is amazing

Absolutely right Tayo.... NOBODY does it better than Mr Rick Beato!!!!!!!!! Would love to see him and Tom Scholz work together. 2 incredible brains such as theirs would probably blow ALL of our minds!!!!!!!!! LOL I can just hear our tiny little brains popping left and right trying to listen to what they would come up with.

You are so right.

I totally agree with you. I first discovered Rick from his music theory videos, which I love. Then when he started the "What Makes This Song Great?" I realized there was a whole 'nother dimension to his expertise.

I watched this video again and shared it on a car website I am a moderator on. Boston is magical and Rick, you show how it's done!

I get lost here sometimes too... :-) ... Rick has the kind of knowledge most of us only dream of...

I agree, this was the fastest 26 minutes i've had in a long while!

Agree. For me, I've wanted this song to be featured since RB started this series. There's so much I learned...Drop D bass, are you kidding me...

Absolutely!

Time always flies when you're having a total blast.

Definitely The man had the voice of an angel.

Could listen to him all day.

just amazing. his voice is genuinely beautiful.

A voice I never tire of. One of the greats. Just in case you didn’t know check out Brads work in the band RTZ. Absolutely excellent !!

A kind and down to earth human being. I’d see him at the grocery store and Walmart. As a kid his daughter was the first girlfriend. I know he didn’t know who I was years later when I waved and he’d kindly wave back.

Yeahhhh I was thinking the same here, I have listened to this almost everyday

Yeah. I'm only 30 years in, heh

right?

Boston is great but not my all-time favorite band. This song, though, is my all-time favorite. I can honestly say that this is the best rock and roll song of all-time!

I was about 12! More than a feeling!

I scrolled down here to write just what you've already brought up...I watch Rick, and he reminds me of when I fist heard these great songs...big ol grin plastered on my face!

It doesnt matter wich song i choose of his, even at playing bass for 48 years, i always seem to learn 12 things about music from him! It may be how guitar parts are meshing, or vocals, drums, its wonderful that he always points out something i didnt consider:) Hes a great teacher, and i dont kno if he knows it !! ... he also seems like the kinda cool cat id like to go out and have a beer or three n just hang out n bullshit! He sure loves what hr does, and it shows, and it makes him really good at it!! Keep up the GREAT work Rick Beatto!!

this video was fuckin awesome

Francesco Peri , couldn't have said it better.

he commands respect through his mastery of his subject matter.

I love Boston, and this is why. That music is amazing because of the drive and passion it takes to do something like that. He's one of my Guitar Heroes. Gotta get me a Rockman one of these days

I remember that it was such a big deal at the time that the 2nd Boston album Don't Look Back took 2 years to release in the days bands would release full records every 6 months or so....

You can really appreciate how immaculate this song is if you try to listen to a band, even Boston themselves, play this live. It's like taking a Polaroid picture of the Mona Lisa and putting it on newsprint. It doesn't feel right without the double-tracking and studio magic.

Couldn't agree more. Also, considering the technology available in that era, just adds to the impressiveness of the outcome. Their production integrity was 10-15 years ahead of it's time with very few exceptions.

Lars Erik Vestergaard ...amen.

Sorry to be “that guy” but, if your nips dont cut diamonds after hearing the vox on this....you’re deaf.

Man, you said it...

Great comment!

Agreed

@@someguyfrommaine my nips couldve cut through diamonds after listening to brad Delps isolated vocals

YUP those first couple notes and my heart skips a beat or 2 everytime !

Absolutely right!💖

21m 30s is that feeling

Well it was 1977 and I was 17. I had never heard of the word "visceral", but had someone shown me the dictionary definition of the word I'd probably have said "THAT".

Amazing

Yeah, I rated the prechorus as one of the strongest vocal performances I'd ever heard and finding out that the vocal actually continues and doubles the guitar part afterwards blew my mind.

@@casanovafunkenstein5090 Absolutely!!! I have played back that part over and over and gives me goosebumps all the time. Amazing vocalist at his peak best!

And a great person.BeetleJuice?Beatles cover band. :-)

In the same article he apologized for the second album. He said “I spent years writing and producing the first album. The record label put a lot of pressure to cut the second album and I didn’t have enough material. That’s why side two is a little short.”

To Tom’s genius, he did something that every band dreams of - controlling the entire recording process and handing the record company a master tape that could not be improved upon, changed or messed with except possibly by angels.

Hey Tom...I'm with you bubba!!! The WHOLE ALBUM does that to me...

Epic band...epic music

Me too!

Exactly 🙌🏻

I was 16 years old and this was the first album I bought with my own money. I listened to it many times everyday for months and months. Even my dad who is a Frank Sinatra fan appreciated it and let me play it very loud. To this day More Than a Feeling is my favourite song and all my friends and family know that. My day is better every time I hear it, I have given instructions to play it at full volume at my funeral.

That album is worth more than money because it was a piece of the genius Brad Delp

Really Cool

Was your grandmother’s name Marianne?

You need to contact the American pickers and tell them, the album should be saved and documented, too cool.... and Tom Shultz

That album needs preserved. What a masterpiece

Feel exactly the same!

I love it

that's "what makes Rick so Great".

Me too!!!😍

Absolutely!! My respect for Boston has gone off the chart with this one video. The vocals, I could just listen to that.

DanP, agreed. I’ve loved this song literally since it was brand new and never ever picked up on these nuanced parts. Like Rick said in the video, they play tricks on your ears because they’re doubled and/or harmonized with guitars in an almost seamless sonic weave. Now that I know they’re there, I can’t unhear them and that’s more than OK with me. Brad Delp was without a doubt one of the greatest Rock vocalists ever. I’m so glad I got to see him perform live with Boston. He was perfectly in pitch and my appreciation for his vocals definitely deepened after seeing this video.

DanP right? hearing that first " slips awayyyyyyyyy" soloed is insane. esp. when the vibrato kicks in, it's almost like it's about to crack. Unbelievable chills. And then the higher one is one of the best things ever recorded.

Yeah, indeed. And WAAAY before autotune ruined that art.

Tazmanian Ninja ugh. I know man, it's so overused. I almost get physically ill whenever I hear it now. That's how sick of it I am. Only one band used it Tastefully in my opinion, O.L.D. Album:. Formula It may have been a vocoder or weird effect, but has a similar sound. anyway. cheers!

There is a Vocals Only version of this song on RU-vid

Boston is one of the best albums of all time period. Literally no bad songs off it. So good.

@@briangoodspeed8807 Seriously, Avril Lavigne? I realize it is a matter of taste, but her music to me is so simple compared to these songs, and it leans hard on computer fills that take alot away from the real quality of the underlying recording. I mean maybe her lyrics touched you, but the song writing is not nearly intricate enough to compare to this IMHO. Now Led Zepplin is complicated, but to me is not nearly as melodically pleasing. And it is not that I am stuck in the past. I adore many modern tracks like Avicii, The Killers and Catfish and the Bottlemen, but hnoestly I don't hear what you do in Lavigne's music.

One,thing i would it is a gret song ever,,,,

My favorite track of this LP is Smokin. The solos that each guitar player does is kicked up a notch because of the tempo. Brilliant!

It really is. Still listen to it today its a rockin' album.

You were wiser than your friends!

You should be proud Tim.

Parenting done right!

You did good, Dad. My 20yr old son is the same way. Amazed one of his HS teacher( their fav group ) by singing along when they had it on in class. Then requested, Peace of Mind, lol.

Totally agree. I have always shunned music theory folks because... good music is feeling and expression... not weird chords and analysis. Guess we were wrong!

Where did he get the individual tracks? Amazing analysis!

@@dalefried9361 he uses protools to isolate the tracks.

@@dalefried9361 He has somehow acquired the original multitracks, split individually. There's no other way to break up individual tracks.

@@ravenfn831 If music is like a language, then classical music theory is like studying a dead language, like Latin or ancient Greek. You need to know the basics of the language at first, but you can never speak it fluently until you hear a native speaker - the passion and energy and emotion behind it is what gives it it's authenticity, it's soul. It's the same with music - theory is necessary to understand the bare bones of what you're hearing, but it needs to be taught WHILE HEARING GREAT MUSIC, not separate from it. Otherwise you lose the soul of it, the passion, the whole point of music in the first place. That's why Rick is such a great ambassador for this music, he obviously loves it right down to it's core, through and through. I have a wonderful memory of Every great song I ever heard for the first time in my life, and that's not because of their impeccable theory. Keep making these videos, Rick, you're doing all of us a great service! As well as being entertaining as hell! :)

Agree

Yes, he was! I hear some say Freddie Mercury was the best R&R singer of all time. I disagree. Brad Delp is better, imo, & has to be considered among the best, if not the best.

​@@Oldtymehockey67 Completely agree!

@@Oldtymehockey67 as much as I LOVE Freddie Mercury I 100% agree with you!

Passion has no expiration date, and isn't solely the domain of the young! (Thank goodness too --as I'm eyeing the start of my 5th decade!)

With you here. Living every lip pursing power chord.

@@porcupine-hugger3552 "You're still a young man, babe. (Tower of Power)

Phloom XL I’m past my six decade, sort of like a Rick I’m sure.......

I was in my early 20s when the boys from Beantown released their first vinyl. Everyone I knew was buying that album. After watching Rick’s breakdown of “MTAF”, I was stunned to say the least. Engineered in the basement? Delp’s voice was angelic; Too bad he passed in 2007. Didn’t even make it to his 56th birthday. : (

I so agree with you

@@jasmanh15 the whole album was pretty much made in that same basement

Sounds like there’s a mild slow Phaser on it. Not exactly “clean”

A rare interview of Scholz is out on YT,type in Tom Scholz Interview,it is a foreign language but all the interviewed speak in English-great breakdown by Scholz of More Than a Feeling and the 1st album.Mary Ann,you learn was his beautiful cousin who he had a childhood crush on.Never knew that fact and I have been a life long fan since 1976.

Yeah he's also a supergenius inventor.

@@ColeWheeler4Lyfe That could be a Filter Sweep... a commonly used effect in the 1970's (listen to "Turn To Stone" by Electric Light Orchestra for example). Tom was truly an engineering genius.

@@celticwarrior4christ Yeah, I happened to stumble upon that Japanese interview a few months ago... interesting story about Mary Ann! And cool to discover how he recorded the album. I was 10 in 1976, so those songs are seared into my DNA. I took Brad's death very hard. Cheers.

Totally agree. As much as I am a guitar-player, I've spent my whole life wishing I could sang half as well as the late, great Brad Delp. Incredible.

I think Sholtz played all the instruments on the album as well. The band was just for touring.

I agree. I believe Sholtz genius could make any band with moderate talent sound like Gods. But Boston wouldn't sound like Boston without Brad Delp, and I doubt no one on Earth could have fit that music better. It was a perfect storm of exactly the right people coming together at exactly the right time.

Agreed. I saw Boston in 87 and the one thing that stuck from the concert was Delp.

Tom Sholtz absolutely is a genius. And the smartest thing he ever did was get Brad Delp to sing for Boston.

@murray ball thank you for spelling fair dinkum. Cool expression I heard a lot when traveling in Australia.

@@mztokyo7630 it is an older Aussie term but conveys admiration or disbelief - and applicable in this instance!

Yay, a fellow Aussie who appreciates Rick's videos! This one's a cracker! 🎉

I think about this every couple days. Such a loss.

HEAVEN FOR ME IS " TOM & RICK IN SAME STUDIO, RECORDING ONE OF MY SONGS(LEAD SINGER SUPPLIED BY ME, I HOPE)(TAYLOR DAYNE, RINDY MOSS(QUARTER FLASH), TONI BRAXTON, BONNIE RAITT, OR ??)

dude has super trained hearing.

I feel the same every time I listen to one of these analysis videos. They always make me feel great about loving a song even if I never understood what made is resonate with me in the first place.

Rick is the bomb. We’re lucky to have him. I’ve learned so much from these videos.

Wish he would have believed you. So sad

You are so lucky

Not being mean or critical , but since you mentioned it, do you wish you had been less drunk for that interaction or would that have taken something special away from the experience? There are things that are more interesting drunk, and things that are better clear.

@@dvjvbv irrelevant.

@@joescott906 completely

True. Just like Zeppelin and Beethoven...

Exactly Deniz. It's been 43 yrs and never gets old.

The aliens will like it, too, when they finally show up. Maybe they'll hear it and think twice about destroying us. : )

Yep

Yup

Always did on this song. More so soloed. Same on certain Robin Zander stuff.

Same here...especially those crazy high notes at the end

@@puksb Yeah, love Robin Zander's voice too.

And no better song to slip away with. AMEN!

ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!!!! (And yes, I was yelling. :-D )

How many times playing this song did we do just that. I swear to god I’d be in my truck in high school in 91 playing this song all the time in the parking lot with my eyes closed and taking it all in!

Ahhh .. except she's the one who slipped away. Totally changes the subtle dynamic of his reminiscence of lost love.. "Dream of a girl I used to know. I closed my eyes and she slipped away... She slipped awaaaaaay"

Yes, fully agree. The harmony with the guitar was incredible. I cried the day Brad took his own life. He was truly amazing and irreplaceable.

Schultz was the consummate perfectionist. And it shows in the recordings.

Brad Delp at that time had the best voice in Rock ever. 2nd is Jon Anderson...

Brad fronted a Boston-based Beatles cover band. They still play around town quite a bit but needless to say aren’t as special since Brad died.

I was a kid when i heard this song for the first time and it brought a tear to my eye. This is the first time a young black kid fell in love with rock songs like this. Truly truly an epic song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree. I mentioned this in the comments. I think this is the greatest Rock and Roll song ever recorded. I never grow tired of it.

My daughter and I discussed that while watching except we said it may be the most "perfect" rock song.

@@andrethomas7096 This was the first record I ever bought as a tender young teen because it gave me a lump in my throat when I heard it. Now, 40-some-odd years later, I have it on my iPhone and during my daily hour commute it invariably manages to come up on the "shuffle". It still gives me a lump in my throat. And it's fun as hell to play "air drums" on the steering wheel! Other drivers probably think I'm nuts flailing my arms about, but it makes the drive go by so fast.

I've always thought that this song and ABBA's "Dancing Queen" are the most perfect pop songs since 1970.

I know - it's amazing at all the little things you consciously don't notice without breaking it out like Rick did. But you do know that the song sounds amazingly perfect.

I was 17. Never forget it.