Boston, the Best Rock and Roll band in the Universe.
I just want to say, when I listen to Boston, I get the sensation that I'm peering out over the top of a huge roller-coaster hill, waiting in eager anticipation for the drop.
O.K., so they're last couple albums may not have been up to snuff, but I still love the first three, even "Third Stage" which got so much pop radio airplay for a while. You know we don't hear the song "We're Ready" very much anymore, but I still get chills when I hear the opening guitar riff. And You know there's nothing like speeding down the freeway after work, or anytime, with the sun streaming down and a fresh breeze coming through your window smelling like field flowers when you hear "Don't Look Back" start to pound out of your radio speakers. Or maybe "ForePlay/Long Time" starts pumping out, or the unparalleled "More than a Feeling". You can have your Van Halen, You can take your Metallica(bands that I also like) just leave me my Boston in the car. The only song I believe that comes close would be "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel. The "So" album was awesome, and I still don't have it on CD.
For all of us who grew up in small town America, I was turned on to Boston by my brother Matt in the early 80's. I hadn't even heard their stuff from the first two albums, only getting "Third Stage" exposure. Matt used to crank that album up and the windows of the little parsonage we lived in would start to rattle and buzz, I could feel it from the next room. When I hear Boston, I can almost sense those teenage hormones welling up inside me, and the summer heat begins to warm my cold "huesos" (bones). I can dream about those high school girls (who never age, and their bodies always have a bounce) like Nikki Lohrmann, Sue Norway, Kristi Holland - the supermodels of my educational career. I can see the never-ending fields of corn and hear the sound of the frogs carried by the breeze. I recall the crickets at night, the hum of the streetlights, and the wonder in my head about all the colors of the choices and the paths ahead.
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