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  • I saw Boston at Starwood ampitheater in Nashville 16 years ago. I gotta tell ya it felt like being in a dream. May very well be the best show I've ever been to. I remember being a teen driving around in the summer time with the top down on my little MG Midget jamming out to Brad and Boston. Good memories man.. good memories. Hope Brad finally found the peace he was looking for. It eludes so many of us.

  • This was the last concert? They still fully rocked. Son of a bitch- I never saw em'

  • at this point brad was ready to quit this band.after the stunt T.S pulled with this doug flutie thing.i think he,d had enough.

  • Need a better camcorder or something but thanks for the video!!!

  • Yes people surf around and click the dislike button.....they don't know good music. RIP BRAD....

  • Are there people that surf around You Tube and click the dislike button for kicks?

  • brad sounds just like brad after all the time, they still the same despite bein older, I can feel that place vibrating with the power and synchronicity of the band Boston.

  • Man could Brad Delp sing some serious vocals or what...........fuck..........y­ou're lucky to have seen him man. Boston - will always love em.

  • The first time I heard More Than a Feeling, I knew I would love them forever.

  • Great, you misspelled Keith Lockhart's name. Great work.

  • Man, he never lost that incredible voice

  • a bunch of songs chopped up and a blurry video to boot...wow what more could we ask for?

  • Sound pretty tight for old guys lol.

  • I can't believe it cuts off right in the middle of his most famous note ever sung. perhaps the best high note in rock ever by a male vocalist. and you missed it. :-(

  • BOSTON always struck a place deep inside me and i suppose they always will. the music, the lyrics, the arrangements are unsurpassable. "nothing's gonna help you more than rock and roll"

  • I think it’s nice and all that you are paying tribute to Brad for all his musical accolades and everything. But the bottom line is; he was the father of two children who most certainly did not care that their father was a has been rock-star. His selfishness for days gone by far outweighed the needs of his children; and that is truly the tragic aspect of this story.

  • @seanpgh I must agree with you, I did not know of the two children...you hit the nail on the head, Thanks for your insight.

  • In 1976, I bought a copy of Boston's first album, having never heard a note of it at all, and it's gotta be one of the best "unheard-of" album buys I ever made. I still have it, the same copy. Still sounds great, too.

  • I pray that Brad is in Heaven.RIP

  • Awesome~! thanks for sharing.. I recently joined a Boston tribute band called " Journey2Boston..having live vids like this really helps

  • awesome footage thank you ,,,,one truely great band

    

  • Sounds like Brad was just as good as 30 years earlier when they debuted. I can't help but wonder what drove him to suicide, but I suspect "anti-depressants" were somehow involved.

  • @chewbacca0901 naw just copious amounts of propain !

  • yeah....soo many of the good ones from my youth....Brad, SRV, Freddie, Randy...when one of them goes-no matter how-it is, indeed, the "day the music died."

  • I still HAVE that 87' shirt! o_o

  • Yup, he sounded exactly the same in 2006 as in 1976. Boston was so ahead of their time in 1976. Curious. Is the band seen here all the original line-up?

  • I wish I still had my shirt from the "1st Day of Rock and Roll" in the Louisiana Superdome. Man, what a show! Sammy Hagar, Nazareth, Van Halen, Boston, Heart, Blue Oyster Cult... Throughout the 70's, everyone kept looking for the "next Beatles." When I first heard these guys, I thought they were it!

  • jesus its either toms tall or brad was short but there's a huge hight difference

  • Being in the right place at the right time: A++

    Best rock band: A++

    Camera quality: D-

    Camera operator: D- (leave the damn zoom alone)

  • what a big loss to rock!!

  • YEAH THE BEST ROCKNROLL BAND. BOSTON ROCK

  • great band.Brad was a great vocalist.Why did he take his life?

  • Front row,Billy.Were in the front row,!!!!!!!

  • I think my Dad was at that same concert

  • Lost for words...this is MY FAVORITE BAND ever......RIP Brad

  • This is awesome....thanks for sharing. RIP Brad

  • Why did you onlyget parts of songs instead of the whole song?

  • We miss you Brad..

  • Oh Brad. You could have gotten help with that inner pain brother. I have been in the ER because of suicide attempt and when I saw the look on my family and friends I knew that wasn't the answer. Your voice was magical in itself. You and Tom were the greatest one two punch ever.

    Brad Delp

    Robert Plant

    Freddie Mercury

    That's my top three singers and in order. Vince Neil and Axel Rose can sing a rock song but those top three can sing any song. God Bless Boston and it's fans.

  • .... from a time when it was all about the Song, and about the craftsmanship of putting that song forward on a live stage. A time when all of that mattered, because it really meant something to people. A time when concerts were cheap but you had to actually buy every single or LP to play it... and the act of just putting vinyl on a turntable was a kind of sacred ritual - you really respected the miracle of music, and what it took to get that bit of electronic magic to your speakers and 'phones.

  • No other band EVER had the unique sound and harmony of this unique incredibly talented banc....BOSTON ... the Beethoven and Motzart of rock!!!

  • this brought me to tears before it even started playing.

  • Brad's voice was such an important part of the Boston sound. If I could only tell him HOW much he was there for me growing up via the lyrics and music. RIP Brad.

  • I like many 70's & 80's rock bands but none better than Boston. And Brad Delp was my favorite lead singer of all time!! I miss him but was glad i got to see him/them in July of 1997 in Rapid City, SD. Best concert i ever saw .

  • :'(.........................

  • Wow what an intimate setting bro! Glad for you that you got to meet him- also feel your sorrow on him dying. Such a great voice.

  • RIP

    uhh, they are using More than a Feeling in Powerball lottery cheesy commercials in the NJ NY area

    yuck

  • @btwall60 Illinois lotery's also using more than a feeling for \Megmillions

  • I'm so sorry Brad...that you felt so much pain. Man you fooled me. I thought you were so happy. But inside you were crying. Thanks so much for all the wonder years of music.

  • Thank you for posting these videos - this is my only look at their concerts. Boston is a great band and a wonderful group of people with strong morals. Veggie highfive :)

  • Thanks for posting this, TJ.

    I recently uploaded a live audio performance and photo of the band "Bagshot Row" I was in with Brad and Fran in 1971. It's here on Youtube.You can do a search with Delp and Bagshot to find it if you want to check it out. Hope you're still playing. Take care, Your old piano teacher in Saugus,  Bill Hynes

  • @billpiano Hi Bill I heard the song. Thanks for posting. Three Dog Night was a tough band to cover... and Brad nailed it. Do you still play music ? Do you live in the area ?

    

  • @GOTAX66

    Dear TJ, Glad you liked it. I still have a half dozen more, if I ever get to posting them.

    The photo was taken in Beverly Ma in the old NS Community College downtown. The gig was recorded at Castle Hill in Ipswich Ma. I'm still teaching in the same Saugus location and have a weekly Jazz Jam.

    Are you back to working with your band? Happy Holidays!, Bill

  • "Boston" lives on, as does Brad.

  • This sad stuff!!

    Did not know this guy had passed until now!

  • even though the sound quality does this NO justice, I can tell that Symphony Hall made their music sound Insane good

  • Went to NU late 80s-90s, i just came across this video...thanks for sharing. Thank you Boston, RIP Brad Delp

  • Boston seems to lack something live.. I heard them back in the 70s and they kicked butt, but the rhythm section, namely the bass and drums sound like beginners, Tom, what are you thinking, get this band to kick ass again..

  • Unfortunately, I never saw Boston with all the originals. I saw them twice with the replacements and sounded great...BUT, there was a difference in sound. I could hear it. I think it's that you can't always get that precise sound from other people as they don't have the same feel as the originals. If you follow what I'm saying. I miss Brad and they could NEVER replace Brad. If they did, It would even come close to the same!!!

  • I've got to be honest, boston sounds like crap live compared to their albums, which I love.

  • SuperLadybug47 and Eddacus313 - Brad comitted suicide!

  • hey, we were lucky to get "live" boston, yet alone mr. delps' last gig...i was born in '72...could we ALL ask for this last moment to be our own...as if these tunes are not really IMPOSSIBLE to perfect...his singing was fine. YOU try that!

    thanks for the footage, i dig the live stuff...and thanks Boston, and Brad Delp...

  • what did he die from? i hate to hear of the old rock n roll band members die it breaks my heart.

  • He died to carbon monoxide poisoning

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  • You know. Your an asshole. That's all I have to say. He was a great man who was not selfish at all. Fuck Romania

  • Yeah, this music means a lot.

  • Thank you very for sharing this video, it is really generous on your part. The last record my father gave me twenty years ago before passing away was the one that contains "Amanda"... every time that I hear that song I cry remembering my father, but now, I will cry twice missing Brad...

    Thanks again, and greetings from Chihuahua, Mexico.

  • Hey Gotax66. thank you for sharing this experience with us. It's sad that there are too many children arguing back and forth here leaving comments that are unrelated to the music, so I send an extra thank you. I think I can safely speak on behalf of all the Boston fans in saying that this is greatly appreciated!

  • Why would I want to do that? I just have to watch your shitty drum playing! I've told all my drummer friends about it. We just sit around and laught at it. It is unbeliveably bad. You should be barred from ever playing a musical instrument. Except for purposes of comedy! HAHAHA!

  • personally....i'm surprised you even have friends...

  • Why? "cos Boston and your drumming S U C K?

  • fine

    if you get enjoyment out of making fun of kids who have only been playing the drums for 2 months but are still 100 times better than you

    then keep enjoying yourself

  • Yeah, I do when thy're asshole smartass kids who think they know a lot and feel comfortable insulting people who don't agree with them. And say the vilest things and then, when someone can out-insult them, they throw up their hands and say, "But I'm just a kid" like the little pussy cowards they are. Yeah, then I do. So, fuck you, k?

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  • I'm over you dude...you're boring. When I want a good laugh, I'll just go back to your drum solo. OItherwise, adios...

  • you suck

  • Your drum playing sucks, too.

  • fuck you you probably dont even know what a drum is and thats not even me

  • fuck off

  • I took another look at your drum solo. HAHAHA! I like to do that when I need a good laugh.

  • wow seeing this amazing band and seeing how much passion delp put into everything he did just makes me disgusted by what happened to this music industry, how much its falllen. its just filled now with metal, screamo and rap. its such a depressing thought how there will never be another era where this music ruled

  • rap is the worst of them all

  • @xDrumxBumx Nothing wrong with metal dude. Don't get metal confused with slipknot and trivium please.

  • @xDrumxBumx LOL. Are you saying metal musicians have no talent? I love Boston, they're one of my all time favourite bands, but metal musicians are at the top of their class when it comes to musical talent. You don't know what you're talking about kid.

    R.I.P Mr. Delp. You are very missed.

  • @blink0r did i ever say that they had no talent when it comes to there instrument skills? no KID n i know what im fuckin talkin bout bein a drummer for 5 years now n let me tell ya metal drummin is a buttload easier then jazz er classic drumming. metal is just fast. ur on the wrong page ya fuckin joey jordison follower

  • All I can say is growing up in the 70's, the first time you heard Boston it was like you were steamrolled by the future of rock n' roll - an awesome wall of sound! Unlike anything heard before (or since, truthfully).

    RIP Brad Delp.

  • makes me so sad what a talent...shows we never  can see the pain those around us feel :(

  • Wow!

    I Love Boston's Songs

    RIP Brad Delp

  • i love the Boston line up with Brad over any, but today with the new lineup they sound and feel so much more energetic? Good or bad I dont know ecept the fact that Boston still lives on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • I know of no other singer that has hit C#6, which is nearly impossibly for a male singer, or a singer that climbed 9 notes and then 11 notes in one line of two separate verses (the middle end of MTaF). Steve Perry, as everyone knows, whether you love or hate Journey, has an undeniably phenomenal voice, but I don't think even Steve Perry has hit C#6!

  • Freddie Mercury from Queen could hit C#6 surely. I believe the highest he had ever hit was during a live show in 85 or 86 and that was D#6. Brad Delp was an amazing singer as well though.

  • Boston will always the band that all other Rock & Rock bands are judged against. They were and always will be the best Rock & Rock band ever. Others may have a better guitarist or a better drummer or better keyboardist in some people minds, but, when it comes to a full band, there is no other band better.

  • i disagree, what made Boston great was their sound & their songs, look how many people came in & out of the band.

    if you want to know a band that had great musicians & defined that band that would be The Beatles or the Who, where no one musician in the band could ever be replaced. Boston was two people Tom & Brad, it was Tom's genius & writing & Brads Voice, so i don't agree w/ you, sorry.

  • the beatles are okay

  • You've got some profound problems there, pilgrim. This is popular music, not death and taxes for pete's sake!

  • @ldr1ff Well stated.

  • @ldr1ff I appreciate you loyalty, the are one of the best, but not hte best...all the best to you!

  • @ldr1ff this music still rules,but no there will never be a band like boston ever again

  • @ldr1ff I think that Boston belongs in the same league as Queen, Rush, and Pink Floyd

  • @blorgensteen man...... Boston is in a league ABOVE Queen. Rush, and Pink Floyd........ nuff said....

  • @PrairieKid03 NOT Rush; sorry man but you don't get a pass on that one :-)

    Rush is still one of the top technical & talented groups out there

  • @turfguy87 lol its ok... ive always been a huge boston fan after listening to them with my dad when i was little lol=) good memories i suppose.. but i do agree "somewhat" LOL

  • @PrairieKid03 yeah I'm big fans of them both, but Rush is in a league of their own, whether good or bad. Its the double edged sword of being a progressive band. Boston is straight up rock & roll; they're in my top 5 with Van Halen & a few others as well

  • @turfguy87 ur right man=) as far as i can see it me n u think alike when it comes to music

  • Thanks guys, that was good.

    Memphis

  • TJ...it's Q...Was randomly searching some Boston videos and who the F do I see...but you and Billy McLean....nice work dude...Gotta see you and Bill soon...

  • All I know is this : I was a teenager cruising across North America in the mid 70's in my sooped up 68 Ford Fairlane, Pioneer tape deck just blasting Brad & Tom and the rest of "Boston"

    These guys were with me for a big chunk of it and we Fucking rocked...RIP Brad.

  • Brads band all the way..Tom was too busy selling shitty guitar gear.

  • Have you ever seen the band live. It IS Brad's band.

  • yes but fran was with boston for 10 years and could hit the high notes like brad. if tom will get a vocalist that can wail then boston will be back. its toms band but brad was tom's right hand man.

  • "Tom's" band would be nothing without Brad. If so, where is "Tom's" Band? Brad was "Boston" God bless him

  • i see what you are saying. brad was the best ever. but fran cosmo is good, i saw that when i saw boston in 1995. i believe there can be a boston without brad. its gonna be diffrent i know, walk on was a good cd that brad didnt sing on. listen to fran on vocals with orion the hunter, he's good. i miss bradalot!!!! boston must keep on. brad would want that

  • it wasn't brads band, its tom's band.

    whatever brad was amazing R.I.P. brad

  • Yea, we all know that. No need to piss on a guy's grave. THe Boston thing is Tom.

  • i wasn't trying to be an asshole but thanks for making me feel like one.

  • lolwhen i went i was the only 15 year old kid there and there were two old guys smoking a J fucking awsome

  • Great tribute TJ! Boston was pretty much my favorite group when they came out. Shoot, they are all I listened to for about two weeks the debut album was so awesome and like nothig else! Wore out about 10 copies of it!

  • wow amazing!! he doesn't sound ANY different after all those years! what a beautiful voice!

  • Good, Brad deserves a lot credit for his role and I would agree in my top 5 voices also.

  • The other 4 are... 4) Dennis DeYoung, 3) Paul McCartney 2) Josh Kramer of "Saint" 1) Freddy Mercury

  • I'd agree to that list, especially 4 and 1.

  • That's fair. But I still think Dennis is better then McCartney, sorry!

  • Damn Tom Sholtz! They should have had 5 more albums! Why did they have to waste 8 years on one album?!?!? I wish they could have made more albums with more songs!!

  • Ask Epic Records.

  • 2 years ago, today. Brad, I wish you were still here, man. :.(.. .

  • "I closed my eyes and I slipped away...... . . . "very sad to hear Brad sing that - knowing that 4 months later in 2007, he did exactly that. :.(.. Very sad that he took his own life. Incredible voice he had...one of the best frontman a rock band's ever had the honor to have!

  • There is no way Boston could have sounded as good without Bard Delp's amazing voice. Tom should give him more credit and thank his lucky star that he was part of it. R.I.P. BRAD

  • Actually, if you ever get a chance to hear Tom Sholz's story about the history of the band, he gives most of the credit to Brad Delp. He also admits that there never even would have been a record deal without Brad. Don't forget, these two guys remained the closest of friends for over 35 years man!! There was alot of mutual respect between the two of them. They were more like brothers than bandmates!

  • they couldn't have made a better song to rember Brad Delp Boston all the way!

  • uo got lucky to be there

  • I own their first album on every medium it was ever released on. IE: I have an 8-track, an LP, a cassette Tape, and the CD. Assuming it was never released on reel-to-reel I have them all.

  • The camera sure recorded some good sounds. You should post the brand and model.

  • casio exilim exv7

  • I think that Brad should be concidered as 1 of the 5 all time best vocals in rock history

  • Who are the other 4?

  • lol

  • RIP man...Gosh i cant believe it. He was an Icon man!

  • God bless Brad Delp.

  • A part of me did indeed die, when I heard Brad had killed himself.

  • Who's the chick? She sounds incredible !

  • Thanks for posting this vid! 'BOSTON' is timeless... the music is so good and defines an era (70's)! Brad is sorely missed already. What a tragic loss. The only comfort we take is thru his music, and knowing that he is now feeling no pain or stress. R.I.P. Brad Delp... a LEGEND!

  • He never got over that girl Maryann he sings about in "more than a feeling"

    I am lucky to have seen him sing!

    One of the best

  • waaait a minute i don't think he wrote "more than a feeling"

  • still remember Brad Delp....

  • I liked how Brad was.He wasnt an asshole like most modern day celebreties are.You can easily go up to Brad and get his autograph and have a nice conversation with him.RIP Brad Delp,greatest singer that ever lived

  • I still haven't gotten over it...

  • Millions of Brad's fans are still grieving him and I think we always will. How can you not miss that impressive, captivating, beautiful voice of his, was such a gift, we will cherish it in our hearts and memories for ever. And he was such a kind man!!

  • Stil greiving over this one...

  • when Brad died there wasn't enough press like when heath ledger died which sucks cause i feel that Brad was an awesome artist and he deserved more... oh well RIP your voice will never die in my heaRT...

  • RIP Brad, we all miss you, we are very sad you had to leave us too soon. Thanks for helping to bring us all that amazing music.

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

    Psalms 33 - Play Play Play Music... 33 RPM

    BRAD may be with them on stage, NOW.

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

  • Wow i feel like im actually there. Great video!!

  • I saw them in Cleveland, they opened with this song, everyone was just standing around doing nothing like stick people, I freaked out and ran straight up to the front rail, Brad looked right at me and we were pumping our fists in the air, seemed like the entire show was just me and Brad for about 10 seconds.  Very sad when I learned what happened last year.

  • Did he fill the room with Carbon Monoxide?

    That's what I read somewhere. Very sad, indeed. He must have been in a deep state of clinical depression and saw no way out. What a shame.

  • I read he was in a room and lit a grill to produce carbon monoxide, and had posted a note on the room door warning whoever before opening the door that the room was filled with the gas.

  • Very sad. Thanks for the info.

  • Like most American go through clinical depression u know that what they call White Man Burden , Drugs sexs Rock n roll and then boredom same old same old

  • Yes, some people have the objectivity to enjoy their misery. Then again, it's hard to determine the level of such distress from the outside looking in.

  • The best and most unique voice in rock and roll history. Shame he had to die the way he did.

  • Delp was such a unique talent. RIP.

  • And is that Doug Flutie as in the Buffalo Bills ex-quarterack?

  • yes, he is very involved with charities in the Boston area. Amazing performance, even after all these years his voice still sounded great. RIP

  • oh my bad i didn't see the first post about Lockheart, only the one about Flutie. I was answering about Flutie, I'm not sure about Lockheart, but I'm guessing it probably is.