Do you feel that Boston is overrated?

JGuy Grungeman · 01-07-2016, 06:26 PM

But the only thing changing is the opinion of the person. Perhaps "fault" was a poor choice or wording, as it seems to place blame. But my point is you can't blame something's quality for changing if that thing is always the same. If something's the same all the time, it can't change. You said it yourself: you get tired.

**Frownland** · 01-08-2016, 09:46 AM

I don't think that anyone is arguing against that point because it's pretty obvious.

JGuy Grungeman · 01-08-2016, 09:55 AM

That'snot the way it came across, since they were still trying to argue with me over the same point I've been making: that point.

**Frownland** · 01-08-2016, 09:57 AM

And they're all pretty much making the same point too, if you'd look closely.

JGuy Grungeman · 01-08-2016, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

It's just like anything else. To me the first potato chip taste the best then it's downhill from there, then become greasy salty junk food after too much, same with repeated listening to a song, or album - I loose my taste for it. I think sayings like "variety is the spice of life," and "familiarity breeds contempt" holds true for music listening.

... I guess so, Frownland. I'm so used to disagreements on line. Still, it's a common belief and I rarely find anyone who sees it may way on this subject.

Chula Vista · 01-08-2016, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman

That'snot the way it came across.

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Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman

I rarely find anyone who sees it may way on this subject.

Just saying....

SatoshiNak · 01-08-2016, 01:11 PM

I've always liked Boston. I was burnt out on them for some time though thanks to the local classic rock stations putting them on heavy rotation, then it got to where we only had one classic rock station here in Houston and I just stopped listening to the radio period and I can enjoy a lot of those bands again. Tom Scholz is one hell of a musician and it always blew me away considering how little time he had been playing guitar at the time the first Boston album was recorded.

Paul Smeenus · 01-08-2016, 01:23 PM

My take on the band is that Scholz has a unique tone, all his own, and I'll give him props for that, but over all it's about an inch deep to me. A little goes a helluva long way.

Unknown Soldier · 01-09-2016, 10:03 AM

I heard Boston for the first time in ages here being played on a classic rock station and guess what it was "More Than a Feeling" I was never a huge fan of that song but I pretty much enjoyed listening to it again.

Plankton · 01-09-2016, 11:43 AM

The very first vinyl I ever purchased for myself was "Don't Look Back". I was 13, and I had been on a steady diet of Led Zeppelin, Bob Seger, and War from what my Dad had been listening to around that time, so that album was more personal to me back then. Now days, not so much, but as far as Tom's playing, the outro solo on "Hitch A Ride" off of their debut is one of the most beautiful pieces of guitar work I've heard from him and it still holds a special place in my heart.

01-08-2016, 09:46 AM	#32 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I don't think that anyone is arguing against that point because it's pretty obvious. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	And they're all pretty much making the same point too, if you'd look closely. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	The very first vinyl I ever purchased for myself was "Don't Look Back". I was 13, and I had been on a steady diet of Led Zeppelin, Bob Seger, and War from what my Dad had been listening to around that time, so that album was more personal to me back then. Now days, not so much, but as far as Tom's playing, the outro solo on "Hitch A Ride" off of their debut is one of the most beautiful pieces of guitar work I've heard from him and it still holds a special place in my heart. __________________ See location...

01-07-2016, 06:26 PM	#31 (permalink)
JGuy Grungeman Primo Celebate Sexiness Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,662	But the only thing changing is the opinion of the person. Perhaps "fault" was a poor choice or wording, as it seems to place blame. But my point is you can't blame something's quality for changing if that thing is always the same. If something's the same all the time, it can't change. You said it yourself: you get tired.

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JGuy Grungeman Primo Celebate Sexiness Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,662	That'snot the way it came across, since they were still trying to argue with me over the same point I've been making: that point.

01-08-2016, 01:11 PM	#37 (permalink)
SatoshiNak Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 51	I've always liked Boston. I was burnt out on them for some time though thanks to the local classic rock stations putting them on heavy rotation, then it got to where we only had one classic rock station here in Houston and I just stopped listening to the radio period and I can enjoy a lot of those bands again. Tom Scholz is one hell of a musician and it always blew me away considering how little time he had been playing guitar at the time the first Boston album was recorded.