Yeah - I kind of have a theory that most of the music I like has a feeling of ... success against odds, or something, to it. I have tried to analyze it, and I think it's a feeling that they're all playing at or beyond their own limits, and that they dig that completely. Which is why sometimes very "simple" music can kick ass while mind-bogglingly "advanced" music can be a yawn. It's about that limit, the edge, and I feel Boston is way way safe. They sound so skilled they could pull that off while helping their kids with their homework... It's not a rock solid theory, but I find it good enough. Boston is too far into safe and secure to be exciting. To me.
Hendrix, both himself and the band, were pushing it. As were both the Mothers or Miles Davis and the Ramones. See what I mean? It's a theory based on the fact that I like both simple and complex music, and examples of both pass me by without making a mark, other stuff is magic. Boston may have sounds and recording techniques and skills, but no magic. For me. That's all. So I won't say Boston one is over-rated, I'll be diplomatic and say I don't get it.
Can You Do That Again..?
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- KVRAF
- 4222 posts since 23 Feb, 2004 from Tucson Arizona USA
I really liked Boston's first album, and I still do... BUT... I remember seeing the line "No Synthesizers Used"... And thinking, "they say that like it's a good thing." It actually turned me away. I never cared much about that band after reading that.Hink wrote:the worst imo in the history of music and the one of the most slimy (no make that the most) things a band ever did by using the fans goes to Boston.
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- Rad Grandad
- 38041 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
wasn't it queens A night at the Opera that said no synths? I could be wrong or we could both be right...tbh I have never bought that album on CD, I did have it on vinyl years ago, and dont't look back...however I feel as if they said screw the fans we just want money. As a result I have never bought anothe copy of the first album...and quite frankly I don't remember it saying that, but it's more likely you're right then me cause it's been close to 20 years since I cared enough for them to own the album...
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.
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- KVRAF
- 1530 posts since 20 Apr, 2005 from southsubchicago
queen wrote "no synths" in some variation on all their records up untill "flash" soundtrack afaik, they wanted to point out they got all the sounds on their records withs guitar and vox OD's... and, for the first four i say...BRAVO!
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KVR: come for the music, stay for the polemics and grammar lessons...
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- KVRAF
- 4908 posts since 10 Aug, 2004 from Colorado Springs
Boston's 3rd stage has it in the liner notes, then in sort of fine print, they talk about how the drums were real, while they were actually sampled and triggered.
Hmm, sounds like a synth to me.
-Scott
Hmm, sounds like a synth to me.
-Scott
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- Rad Grandad
- 38041 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
and backwards recording...ogre battle is a great example of that...ross g wrote:queen wrote "no synths" in some variation on all their records up untill "flash" soundtrack afaik, they wanted to point out they got all the sounds on their records withs guitar and vox OD's... and, for the first four i say...BRAVO!
rg
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.