Boston – “More Than A Feeling”, “Foreplay/Long Time”, “Don’t Look Back”, “A Man I’ll Never Be”, “Feelin’ Satisfied” and “Amanda”

I really only connect one song with Boston, and that’s “More Than A Feeling”, which has definitely stuck in my mind.

Of course they had other singles in the Seventies, like “Foreplay/Long Time”, “Don’t Look Back”, “A Man I’ll Never Be” and “Feelin’ Satisfied” – I just don’t remember any of them.

The debut album “Boston” peaked at Number 3 on the album charts, becoming the second best-selling debut album of all time in the USA, and still sells well. Three of the singles from it were Top 40 hits.

“More Than A Feeling” made it to No. 5 on the U.S. singles charts in 1976:

The beginning of “Foreplay/Long Time”, a No. 22 single in 1977 from the same album, sounds like I’ve heard it before, but not from Boston…

Here’s one of the many live versions of “Foreplay/Long Time”:

“Don’t Look Back”, from the album of the same name, was a year later, in 1978, when it reached No. 4:

The same year, also from that album, “A Man I’ll Never Be” didn’t quite make the Top 30, peaking at 31:

“Feelin’ Satisfied” just got into the Top 50 (No. 46) in 1979:

And just as a contrast, here’s the studio version of “Feelin’ Satisfied”:

Finally, although not in the Seventies, here is Boston’s only Number One single (in 1986, though written in 1980), named after a girl I knew when I was a kid (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it 😉 ). It’s from the No. 1 album “Third Stage”, and is called “Amanda”:

Sweet. Bittersweet. Hope you liked it.

Paul

Tags: A Man I'll Never Be, Amanda, Boston, Don't Look Back, Feelin' Satisfied, Foreplay/Long Time, More Than A Feeling, Music of the Seventies, Seventies Rock Bands, Third Stage

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