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  • Michael will never sing like Brad, and Brad WILL NEVER sing like Michael. I like both singers, but, to compare those guys is just the most dumbless thing to do in the whole world! Brad rocks! Michael rocks. And you, mr. "I'm the old school guy with my never-changed opnion about rock'n'roll" really, really sucks!

  • Michael Sweet is in my top 5 favorite singers

  • Every year one of the local radio stations has a "Memorial Day 500". Which is listener voted top 500 rock songs of all time. In the last 25 years, More than a Feeling, has been #1, 14 times. The other 11?, Stairway to Heaven...

  • Michael Sweet is great singer in Stryper but Boston, that is not he´s style, Brad Delp is unique and irreplaceable. The best cover of this song I listened is from Ingram Hills. Really good sound.

  • @Ktronica Perhaps you´re under the influence of your personal taste but Michael Sweet is a great rock and heavy metal singer with a powerful voice.. he also knows how to sing harmonies...and happen he plays lead guitar very well. I love Brad vocals singing along with Barry but what can we do? that´s the band there is.. and Carlo & Sweet did it very well (my humble opinion)

  • @cantoresdefreites Michael Sweet should not be the replacement.... He sounds like Stryper....... and can't sing or hit the high notes like Brad either....... Replace Brad? That's impossible it seems and very sad this happened!!

  • @jamzusa um.. he is replaceable..as he is replaced dumbass. I went to the comments page and you've been a busy little troll.. you have your opinion okay..and that's kewl.. but Brad Delp is DEAD.. for whatever the connotations of your reply to me, it matters not what he did, why he did it.. he did it, and is DEAD and therefore REPLACED.. got it? He ain't here and if your purist self can't see past a band moving on, then you got some issues. get over yourself.. for your sake okay?

  • @Ktronica Evidently, Delp is replaceable. He's dead, and welp, you are right, I mean, Delp had a very unique voice, however, Sweet is also capable of hitting the high "C". Also, Michael Sweet didn't kill himself in a bizarre barbeque 'ing' suicide. Kinda gives new meaning to the name of that song, "Smokin" don't it? I'm sure that he had more than a few feelings that went unchecked that led him to lose his peace of mind. Who would you recommend? Or are you such a purist, you'd call it quits?

  • @Polt318 Um, he is NOT replacable... Michael Sweet canNOT hit the notes Brad could......... People kill themselves for all kinds of reasons but obviously the pain inside is the main reason someone does this. I know..

  • @jamzusa Michael Sweet does an adamant job of replacing Brad Delp, ... really.. 

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  • Sweet was and is there at just the right time! With Shultz doing what he does best, Tommy living his dream and Sweet's production experience - it is time for a new cd!

  • A pathetic shame that the surviving members couldn't get along for one night to play for Brad.

  • RIP Brad!

  • OMG that was horrible. Not just the singing which was abyssmal but the guitars as well. Give it up Tommy Boy you are tarnishing your baby. (Boston)

  • @laylow12000 Your judging audio that is from a digital camera or a phone. I have watched some other clips of Boston on the 2008 tour and they sound great! Actually sound better then they have in some time.

  • At least Michael is Trying his best.... we don't want him to sound like Brad Delp

  • I think we can all agree Brad's voice was amazing, unique, and hard to compete with. While Michael is no Brad Delp, he's still doing a pretty awesome job. People should be thankful that Boston is still even playing music... would you rather have them continue playing great songs, or just stop completely? I personally would rather they keep going... So just enjoy them for what they are people :)

  • @KokaHirameke You know where its at! So happy Boston is still rocking!

  • Not good..... not good at all.

  • tal wilkenfeild is playing with jeff beck

  • These guys sound great !!!!!

  • I may be wrong, but I think she's the cutest bassist from all over the planet, and is called Tal Wilkenfeld (i say that i may be wrong because they don't make focus in any moment,,,) she's a prodigy aside from being a beauty and she played between others, with the allman brothers and went on tour with,., no less than Jeff Beck....and she's now only 23 or 24but is on the road from her early 17

  • @robertosampere she is kimberly Dahme. not Tal , tal plays w/ jeff beck & is 1/2 the size of kimberly..jeez tal w. what planet are you on?

  • @MOSKII58 I'm in a planet where videos in youtube doesn't let me see who's playing, and I know the face and body of Tal and also know she plays in beck's band have two dvd's of them playing,.. simply I thought she may be the one, and commenting music you don't need to be so disdainful when someone is wrong, a little more humbly will make you a better human being. see you

  • hwo is the bassist girl?

  • I agree completely. The new boston lineup sucks.

  • @StephenHardyMusic ... What a terrible thing to say. Tom was devastated when Brad died but had the courage and strenght to continue. He gave us all this amazing music and all you can do is insult him now? And what incredible things have you acomplished in your life that make you such a worthy critic ??

  • @dessertjeff ... Yes, Tom Scholz was Boston. He wrote basically all the songs. I'm aware of that. Tom did a good job on trying to continue, so kudos to him, but the lineup is gay. Seriously, a head-banging drummer that belongs in a bad 80's music video, a girl who wears a cowgirl hat, a lead singer who wears eye shadow, it is NOT Boston.

    And critics don't have to be successful, they just have to be critics.

  • @StephenHardyMusic Unless you have some amazing musical talant and are going some where with it you shouldent insult Tom Sholze, an enginer grad, owner of 32 pattents, and the writer and mastermind of Boston's 60 million albums sold! I guess they sucked so bad on the greatest hits tour thats is why they played 50 shows and sold allot of them out. Go read the reviews they were very positive.

  • @dessertjeff that's why idiots can be critics... not one drop of musical talent& a lot of jealousy

  • Congrats for Micheal he hit that as good as anyone except Brad could! Happy to see Boston pull together after the tribute and go on tour and planing on putting out a new album sometime in 2010.

  • wow I alway thought Michael Sweet was a good singer. I must say he does a wonderful job singing for Boston.

  • LOVE this tune....thanks Den xx

  • Damn, that was good. Sounded excellent. Missing Brad Delp...

  • LOVE STRYPER!!!

  • WOW!!!! Never a big Stryper fan.....homeboy can SING!!! Wish the whole song was here!

  • geez he a good singer eh who is he

  • Michael Sweet. Lead singer for the Metal Band Stryper. He's also an awesome Shred Guitar Player.

  • this guys good but Brad Delp will never be equaled.

    R.I.P

  • I love Boston, and I love Stryper. Different kinds of music, both incredible in their own rights. Brad Delp's voice was instantly recognizable. But Michael Sweet is every bit the vocalist Brad was....again, just different. Michael is one of a very short list that could pull off Brad's incredible vocals.

    RIP Brad, and RIP to Michael's wife, Kyle.

  • @theaterdreamer Stryper??? Awful.

  • I never had the pleasure of hearing Boston live, but I have heard Michael Sweet many times. In my 25+ years of concert going I have never heard a better "live" singer than Michael Sweet. The guy is nearly flawless.

    Would be cool to get to hear Boston on tour with him.

  • @GuitarScratchRemover Michael Sweet canNOT sing as high or as good as Brad Delp no contest! LISTEN TO HIS VOICE AND COMPARE... geez... Two different human beings to begin with and Brad was a much better singer. You canNOT replace Brad and it's very sad.

  • Hi jamzusa, If you read my original post, I never said Sweet was better than Brad. I merely said in the many concerts I have been to, Sweet is the best live singer I personally have heard on more than one occasion (in my opinion). That doesn't mean he's the best on the planet or better than Brad. In fact, I wasn't even making a comparison between the two even though you are. I was just saying I wouldn't mind hearing Sweet sing with Boston.

  • @theaterdreamer I disagree about Michael Sweet completely. He canNOT hit the notes Brad can and proves it in this song. Good to say something nice about Michael though but not accurate at all.

  • @theaterdreamer He canNOT sing like Brad and that's that!... LISTEN!

  • the green screen looking video, thats the one

  • watch the video, In God we trust, its a perfect vocal performance, and... he hits a pitch that is higher than any boston song ever recorded, and this was live mind you

  • was that kimberly playing the 12 string?

  • Brad Delp was the best, but I have to say, this guy is pretty good for a backup, whats his name?

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  • I believe that is a guy named Michael Sweet.

  • Brad was a vocal gift to us all, and such an important part of my growing up. he is, and will always be the voice to my generation.

  • q buen tributo! aunque la voz de brad era unica e irrepetible

  • I got to meet Brad at a show for Beatle Juice. He's was a great guy and he'll be missed dearly.

  • doesnt it seems they playing the intro a little slow? oh well AWESOME SONG!!!

  • Brad Delp RIP genius

  • Boston Rocks! God Bless You Brad! You are truly missed. There has been a hole in rock and roll since you've been gone...

  • brad had a voice that could not be compared

  • floridaredhead: true, but do you want the song retired? Do you never want anyone to sing it again? Do you want the band to break up? No. Well, then let's embrace the newest members and give them some respect. They are good.

  • Man the guy who wrote one of the greatest songs ever... gone. What a horrible feeling.

  • It is indeed sad, but what song are you referring to? Tom Scholz wrote "More Than A Feeling" along with virtually all the other Boston songs...alone and in his basement.

  • Really? I did not know that...

  • Yeah, but I still agree with your original sentiment: very sad that Brad got to a point where he felt he had to take his life. It also freaks me out a bit that I met these guys while in college before you were born. :-) For a really sad R&R story, check out "Badfinger" one of the best bands of the early 70's and expected to be the next "Beatles" by many before the two front men took their own lives.

  • Stan Polley should rot in hell for that.

  • yeah and it's because of that egomaniac Scholz that we had to wait 7 years for 3rd stage to be released.

  • @Skiddledeedoo Tom Scholz wrote... More Than A Feeling, Brad used his vocal genious to sing it and add his magic.

  • @Skiddledeedoo Funny but not funny your last comment there... Yeh, it's sad he's gone and was one of the best if not THE best in his day... NOT replacable ESPECIALLY by this Michael Sweet guy. Everyone seems to be tone deaf and can't tell when someone's hitting high notes or not. Michael canNOT hit the notes Brad did and sounds like Stryper....

  • Of course there will never be another Brad Delp! But I like it that a normal everyday Dad has a chance to live a dream come on people This is America be real

  • Sounds like Stryper.

  • i just joined you tube and was shocked to find brad dead.there can never be another john lennon or brad delp.

  • why is everyone like to compare?

  • Sweet has a good voice and all.

    But as I said on another video with DeCarlo singing: there will only be ONE Brad Delp.

    No one can touch Brad.

  • i think Tommy is an amazing singer and a big cheers from Canada goes to him.

  • 21/F here. home alone with a webcam n

  • Rest in Peace, Light, Love, Joy, Waves, Rhythm, Brad.

    Psalms 33 - Play Play Play Music... Smokin' 33 RPM

    BRAD may be with them on stage, enjoying.

    Waves,Freqs,Planes,Dimensions- Quarks,Fields,Energy HAPPEN

  • With no comparison, Michael Sweet's got a nice voice, but the late Brad Delp is beyond compare, amazing voice.

  • I MISS BRAD HE WAS AMAZING im not saying this is guy isent good he is good but i like brad better R I P BRAD DELP

    !

  • Not a bad video, I haven't wanted to see any of the concerts from this year, even when they were here in concert in July. I last saw them in July of 03, Brads, beautiful, perfectly precisioned voice, it was what I fell in love with since they debuted in Aug of 1976, the 1st three albums with just his voice singing lead and all the harmony, what a very sad loss for Brad's millions of fans, we've lost so much good music with his passing. I hope you have found your peace of mind, on the other side.

  • yes, and he is an AWESOME Christian also.

  • michael sweet is fucking amazing.

  • Sweet is to STYXX and REO Speedwagon sounding - too operatic, big, extended vibrato better for Broadway than Boston.

  • haha wow, i love michael sweet

  • WOW! Michael Sweet is singing lead for Boston!! WOW!!!!!

  • Ehh pretty good!!

  • "you'll forget about me after I've been gone" I will NOT forget about you Brad. Hope you found your "peace of mind"

  • Oh wow michael sweet sings this excellent :D

  • I think Michael is perfect fit for this band and just a great person to boot

  • Did 'Tom' kill 'Brad'?

    meaning ~~>

    Lead him to his ultimate demise & to his death.? sad sad sad ~~

    R I P

  • heard it heard it heard it. Give me proof. Its not like the band practiced everyday. Or every week for that matter.

  • brad did sucide....:[

  • Michael Sweet rocks with Stryper but he can't clearly nail this song. I love MS but i miss Brad Delp. Rock on BOSTON!

    Check out my video with Arnel Pineda (Journey) with his former band ZOO performing this song.

  • Arnel Pineda did a great job covering this boston song!

  • I agree. Michael Sweet has a great voice. And Boston is one of my favorite bands. For metal. I cringed when I found out he was singing for Boston. I just don't see the two as compatible.

  • Ach. Messed up my own words. What I was trying to say is that Michael Sweet has a great voice for metal, but not necessarily the best voice for Boston.

  • i donno the new singer sux

  • because this guy sounds nothing like brad delp?

  • this is a great singer...so why did they hire this new singer from HomeDepot?

  • rest Brad Delp cuz back in the day i d play this song to a girl and uh yeah!!..nevermind here comes the wife

  • Brad Delp couldn't carry this song by himself the older he got. Sweet did a great job.

  • kstarheel5150 - you couldn't carry a bag of your own turds! How dare you criticize Brad Delp. May he continue to rest in peace.

  • Brad is one of my favorite vocalists of all time. I guess your post just shows how stupid you are. You obviously missed my point, but I'm sure you miss a lot of points. Dolt.

  • Your point was beyond stupid, dorkus maximus. You don't even know what you're talking about, and you ride the short bus to work.  I win!

  • kstarheel5150: I couldn't believe you said that. I met Brad Delp in person, even got a chance to shake his hand. He's very nice person, and not arrogant. If you have nothing to say, just don't insult.

  • OMG! Can you read? I didn't insult Brad. The older he got, he didn't sing as high and other singers helped out. That's it, that was the point. It's not an insult, it's an observation. I love Brad, one of the top 5 best singers EVER! Good lord... quit reading more into the post. I didn't say he couldn't sing, he just didn't have the range he used to.

  • Yes your right, plus, they were either doing songs in a different key or they tuned down when they tuned guitars, MS has a great voice.

  • The tendency is there for your notes to become lower as you age. I think, however in comparison to other singers, Brad maintained a fairly decent quality. If you hear Jimi Jamison from Survivor, you'll know what I mean. That is deterioration. Brad, however, is easily among the best five ever and has a solid argument in my book for the first natch.

  • obviously you understand nothing about suicide. no one was 'robbed' of anything.

  • Michael sweet is God, not being herertical or anything.

  • ..you should hear ARNEL PINEDA of the ZOO band do this..just type arnel zoo boston... more depth and more passion

  • Michael is also very generous with his time, as his wife is fighting ovarian cancer. I hope this brings them some good income to help them get past this financially-draining situation. God bless you, Michael.

  • Tommy Decarlo should be singing this song! Michael Sweet aint no Brad Delp! Now Tommy can really pull off the Brad Delp impersonation but Michael can't.

  • omfg i love this song but jeezus the singer slaughtered this..

  • if they could have picked up the tempo a little it wouldn't have been nearly as bad, he was forced to sustain high notes longer, but i think he did a damn good job. there are certain singers nobody can replace (Mercury, Perry, DDY, Peter Cetera, Delp), so it's not fair to give someone talented heat for trying.

  • Michael has more talent by himself then ANYONE who was ever in this horrible band. Mike, don't be like 1992...leave this garbage band and start on the new STRYPER album.

  • good job Mike

  • brad is a great singer, and michael sweet as well. you really cant compare them since they have different style. There are brad's song that mike cant sing, and there Michael sweet's song that brad cant sing because of michael sweet's range. Try to see In God we trust song by STRYPER. Theres no way brad can reach those high notes from start to the end of the song..

  • Listen to the song "Honestly" by Stryper.

    Nobody but Michael Sweet could sing it better.

    Boston should be honored to have such a great vocalist.

  • Couldn't have said it better!

  • I think it is great what Tom Scholz is doing - you know Walking On even without Delp. Michael Sweet does a terrific job on More Than A Feeling sounding as good as ever live!!!!!

  • Steve Perry! Steve Perry! Don Dokken! Ann Wilson! Jon Anderson Yes now there you go Jon anderson could still hit the high notes!

  • I want everyone to know that I had had the honor of meeting Michael Sweet and I love his band Stryper and how can you all say he does not belong.

  • sweet rly didnt sound great here....but u cant say he's a bad singer, look up some stryper stuff thats recent and u'll see he's still got a great voice

    boston rocks

  • To his defense, this has to be one of the hardest songs to sing on the planet.

  • agreed...the voice range needed to sing this is ridiculous.

  • I really think that Tom should start another group if he chooses, and leave Boston as we all should remember them. Brad Delp was and is one of the greatest voices of rock and Boston can never be even close without him.

    Honoring Brad is cool but PLEASE do not try to replace, it cannot be done.

  • although i agree (in theory) that he cant be replaced.... i think the greater tragedy would be to start other bands and letting the music die ... Michael Sweet will do a great job and do a great justice to the music

  • ARNEL PINEDA second demotion, if he will get fired from Journey

  • Everyone is entitled to speak their minds without having anyone complain. I understand Boston wants to honor Brad but this is not the voice for the job. Fran would be a better choice and would honor him well. The world lost a great singer when Brad left so let us celebrate by honoring him with someone who can do the job. No one can replace a lead singer and to try is not fair. I hope they make it but I will not be able to be there as I am still choked up about Brad. Get another singer!

  • Arnel Pineda!

  • this singer for Boston is NOT Arnel....that is my point get someone who sounds similar.....

  • This sorry 80s religious cheesedick shouldn't grace the same stage as Brad Delp did. Sorry Tom Scholz do the honorable thing and start another band with a different name but don't drag the great name of Boston though the dirt with this cheep crap. Michael Sweet sounds like a hasbeen 80s glam rocker that needs to have a loser show like Bret Michaels.

  • YOU my friend are a sad case and

    should listen to yourself! May God and

    Brad forgive ur temper...

  • SmokinJoeC.....God will honor each and everyone's opinion. God will not judge lest he be judged hmmm....sad case, someone who has an opinion is a sad case? Rethink that my friend some of us are still upset by the death of Brad and we all take it out in different ways....If you know music the way others do then you would also agree this isn't the man for the job. Some of us are more colorful in our interpretation of it but it is their opinion and I will honor that.

  • Brad: RIP. I have to say, whoever the new vocalist is isn't bad at all.

  • The Michael Sweet Of Stryper

  • hes ok i guess... but brad was THE greatest. that song he wrote before he died called rockin' away is the best song i ever heard.

  • --Man, sounds GREAT--- good video and performance!!! wish the whole song and vid was on!!

  • Michael Sweet stepped in and did a great job.

    The "Away" note was amazing! And he still has more range without falsetto.

  • Boston with Michael Sweet?????

    What wonderful partnership!!!!!!

    Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • RIP Brad, great effort guys, wish I could have been there.

  • very good! AWESOME!

  • dude, why did you only put on half the song???

  • cause thats all i recorded, my battery was dying, sorry man

  • boston with michael sweet is the best bosper of all time. thanks michael, thanks tom, god bless you guy.

  • wow this is great. i wish i had been there.

  • they rock

  • Sweet did a great job of standing in for someone who could sadly not be there to share their art. There should be no more Boston without Brad as he was irreplaceable. While I enjoyed Queen w/Paul Rodgers, it should have been called something else, instead of casing in on a "Trademark"

  • you're a traditionalist, you don't like change, I understand where you are coming from, there's been very few bands who replace their lead vocalist w/ much success.

    in fact the only band that comes to mind is AC/DC brian Johnson did a great job replacing Bon Scott.

    perhaps boston might be better off going for a completely new sounding frontman, instaed of trying to find someone who sounds like Brad, but that would be a bummer for all their classic songs..well just have to see.

  • Wow amazing job. But I expect no less from Michael Sweet. The guy is a true talent

  • Michael has still got it! He can still hit those high notes.

  • Michael Sweet stole the show. Not bad for only 5 days notice. I guess that explains why Stryper sold over 10 million albums.

  • The fans want a memorial reunion tour for Brad w/ Barry, Fran, Sib and Fran C. Will Tom "the great" listen to the fans? He never has! He yukked up the greatest band ever in 1980. Eat shi* Tom.

  • where were the Bibles on stage??

  • getchasum behave yourself! Sweet saved the show..don't know what Sammy and Mickey's problems were (don't care either), but he did a decent job. There's NO ONE that really could've replaced Brad anyway.

  • haha. that would of been cool! Butsomehow i dont think they would allow it here..

  • I would not hesitate to take one if it were offered!

  • good job mi8chael

  • Great Job Michael!

  • why? Why? WHY? only half the song? This is my favorite Boston song, and I love michael sweet. Please, post the full song...

  • sorry, this is all i recorded

  • Damn.  Mikey pulled it off....timing still needs work, but he did a bang-up job.

  • I keep saying it over and over. I am now a BoSTon and Michael Sweet/Stryper Fan. Lovin Sweet; Missing Brad; and Fran will be back...

  • The show was great. Barry was there playing on the same stage with Tom on Don't Look Back. And Michael Sweet did a great job. So shut the fuck up.

  • Didnt you know Barry Goudreau WAS there?

  • I don't know what these guys are talking about but Michael Sweet did a awesome job! Take into consideration Brad Delp had one of those voice that no one can duplicate, and Michael did just about as good as a job as anyone could. Stryper and Boston rocks!!!

  • lame! Withour Brad, sucks!

  • I am a huge Boston fan. Met Brad, seen so many concerts. I appreciate the post but they played this too slow and there were so many better choices than this dud singing. Forgot the E on purpose.