http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Fri, 9 Sep 2005 13:10:46 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/09/18/191827.php#comment-229203 Half of the CD could have been good ( the songs written by Scholz) if three things had been avoided: 1) The montonous "chunk, chunk" rhythm and lack of riffing. Classic Boston was about thundering riffs and clear, distinct leads. Where is that distinct guitar sound now? 2) The lack of vocals by Brad Delp. The vocals tracks that he does appear on are buried in the mix and I'd swear they were processed to sound more like Fran Cosmo. Where is that signature Delp yelp and beautiful timbre and resonance? I know he can still do it: I've got the Delp and Goudreau CD and it has his voice in all of it's glory! 3) Overuse/ prominence of keyboard and synthesizer. Where's the beef? 229203@blogcritics.org Fri, 9 Sep 2005 13:10:46 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/09/18/191827.php#comment-715 You mean like the aging foundling you're going to be in a few years? 715@blogcritics.org Fri, 29 Nov 2002 16:34:48 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/09/18/191827.php#comment-714 They're on Artemis now - home of aging foundlings. 714@blogcritics.org Thu, 19 Sep 2002 10:39:17 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/09/18/191827.php#comment-713 Is this the same Boston that said they don't like using computers??? How they were proud that no computers were used to create the music they make??? Certainly doesn't sound like it - What happened? Maybe this is 'Corporate Boston' ??? Dunno - perhaps it'll grow on me, but I can't see how the song jumped to #2 on the Progressive Rock charts... Unless they're the ones who kept listening to it non-stop. I hope the rest of the album isn't like this... 713@blogcritics.org Thu, 19 Sep 2002 05:13:09 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/09/18/191827.php#comment-712 Suck, suck, suck. Some sample lyrics: "Corporate America! Look out! Look out!" "Who's gonna save us?" "When will we evacuate to outer space?" My thoughts exactly. 712@blogcritics.org Thu, 19 Sep 2002 02:47:55 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/09/18/191827.php#comment-711 I downloaded a bit of it just to hear what it sounded like... the answer to which is, frankly and literally, shit. "More Than A Feeling" this is not. Which is actually not a bad thing, it doesn't sound terribly like them (keyboards, electronics and programming) until it gets to the chorus bit... but my God the production is terrible (muddy and indistinct with a fairly unpleasant bit of fuzz most of the way through), and the song itself is pretty average. I'm wondering if the mp3 they've put up has been deliberately roughened up and the album release will be nice and clean and Bostonish... 711@blogcritics.org Thu, 19 Sep 2002 01:51:53 EDT