tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post2494050058425231877..comments2024-01-20T10:19:12.985-05:00Comments on Martin's View: Boston - Don't Look BackMartin Maenzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640466353011569116noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post-40820827776395136092013-08-12T07:31:08.199-04:002013-08-12T07:31:08.199-04:00Herc, as always, thank you for your comments and a...Herc, as always, thank you for your comments and additional information. They are always appreciated.<br /><br />Martin Maenzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640466353011569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post-55017825408253043072013-08-11T16:59:23.825-04:002013-08-11T16:59:23.825-04:00Still searching for this mythical Billboard Hot 20...<i>Still searching for this mythical Billboard Hot 200 you keep referring to;)</i><br /><br />Since I don't have an older sibling and my Dad didn't get into Boston's music until much later in his life (though he now claims he has always liked them - ha!), I picked up the sounds of Scholz and company from the proverbial streets; the very same streets where I learned all about the birds & the bees (birds peck, bees sting) and how to properly fold a dinner napkin.<br /><br />Won the first two Boston albums and a few others in seventh grade in a school-wide trivia contest. Now, almost 25 years later, I have three different vinyl copies of their first album, two different copies of <b>Don't Look Back</b> and four different copies of each album on CD. To this day, I prefer to listen to those first two albums either back to back or with their tracks on shuffle.<br /><br />Bought their next two albums but they didn't come close to that initial burst of creativity although are some great headphone segues lurking on both <b>Third Stage</b> and <b>Walk On</b>.<br /><br />Had all but given up on new music from Boston until I found the <b>Corporate America</b> disc from 2002 and listened to the first track - "I Had A Good Time". The song has a simple yet effective guitar hook, an atypical understated solo and that thick, shiny Brad Delp vocal sound on nostalgic, positive lyrics as well as a sneaky false ending. Sounds like it was unearthed from a time capsule that had been buried for 25 years. The rest of the album is actually kind of lame so if you haven't already picked up the <b>Boston's Greatest Hits</b> disc yet, look for the 2008 version with this song as the first track instead of the earlier 1997 version, which has "Tell Me" in the pole position.<br /><br /><b>Corporate America</b> somehow made it to #42 on the Billboard Hot 200[!] but the single failed to chart. Scholz, of course, sued his new label, Artemis.<br /><br /><a href="http://youtu.be/14mZ_8tY290" rel="nofollow">Listen to "I Had A Good Time" on YouTube</a>HERChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00361888365133381438noreply@blogger.com