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Great Cover of Boston's Foreplay/Long Time **Now with Rush Covers too** (1 Viewer)

bigbottom said:
Buried the lede there.  Great stuff all around, but the lead singer is clear the highlight of the video.
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I agree the singer is great but I think you're under selling the musician's talent.  He plays every instrument (even the clapping) almost flawlessly.  His cover is much better than Phish's cover IMO.

 
Really enjoyed that.  Thank you for sharing.  It's rare that one person can play all of those instruments at such a high level.  And as others have said, the vocals are excellent as well.  

 
That video is from 2009 and if you click on his page he has others and now he has long hair, same body, but rock star like hair

 
Very impressive to play all the instruments so well. That singer is incredible. Reminds me of that guy who sounded just like Freddie Mercury. 

 
glock said:
Here he is now.
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I saw that a few days ago and I don't know whether to be saddened or inspired.  The camera man (presumably his dad) asks on behalf of his fans what he's been up to since the Foreplay cover.  He says he's been playing live, is about to release an album and has done 5-6 other covers.  They posted the Foreplay cover 9 years ago.  

He was already attracting attention at 9.

 
chet said:
I agree the singer is great but I think you're under selling the musician's talent.  He plays every instrument (even the clapping) almost flawlessly.  His cover is much better than Phish's cover IMO.
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Sorry, didn't intend to undersell his talent.  I acknowledged that he is great.  And it is certainly notable that he is great at multiple instruments.  It's just that I think the singer is exceptional.  And in my book, singularly exceptional beats out broadly great.  Glad you shared the vid - thanks.

 
chet said:
I saw that a few days ago and I don't know whether to be saddened or inspired.  The camera man (presumably his dad) asks on behalf of his fans what he's been up to since the Foreplay cover.  He says he's been playing live, is about to release an album and has done 5-6 other covers.  They posted the Foreplay cover 9 years ago.  

He was already attracting attention at 9.
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The trick is finding a draw other than recording YouTube vids of his one-man covers (which, of course, could be wildly successful in and of itself).  It's not like he can perform live as a one-man band.  And releasing an album where you play every instrument may be an interesting factoid, but it doesn't necessarily make the songwriting good or the sound recording any better than a band of multiple talented musicians.

But yeah, he should have been churning out as many YouTube vids as possible and monetizing it as much as he can.

 
bigbottom said:
Sorry, didn't intend to undersell his talent.  I acknowledged that he is great.  And it is certainly notable that he is great at multiple instruments.  It's just that I think the singer is exceptional.  And in my book, singularly exceptional beats out broadly great.  Glad you shared the vid - thanks.
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Agreed. Nailng the golden pipes of Brad Delp trumps beats playing like Tom Scholz. IMHO of course. And that's not a knock on Scholz's playing.

 
bigbottom said:
The trick is finding a draw other than recording YouTube vids of his one-man covers (which, of course, could be wildly successful in and of itself).  It's not like he can perform live as a one-man band.  And releasing an album where you play every instrument may be an interesting factoid, but it doesn't necessarily make the songwriting good or the sound recording any better than a band of multiple talented musicians.

But yeah, he should have been churning out as many YouTube vids as possible and monetizing it as much as he can.
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Given the apparent support he has from his folks, I'm surprised he hasn't as well.

Anyone else think that there's a little something special about him? Outside of his being an obvious musical savant...?

 
glock said:
Given the apparent support he has from his folks, I'm surprised he hasn't as well.

Anyone else think that there's a little something special about him? Outside of his being an obvious musical savant...?
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I was thinking Aspergers.  He seems fairly odd in the vid where he's covering the Yes song.

 
glock said:
Agreed. Nailng the golden pipes of Brad Delp trumps beats playing like Tom Scholz. IMHO of course. And that's not a knock on Scholz's playing.
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The singer is great no doubt but imo falls short of nailing Delps vocals...not a knock on that singer but that is some rare air.

 
peaces said:
glock said:
Agreed. Nailng the golden pipes of Brad Delp trumps beats playing like Tom Scholz. IMHO of course. And that's not a knock on Scholz's playing.
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The singer is great no doubt but imo falls short of nailing Delps vocals...not a knock on that singer but that is some rare air.
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I was going to say the same thing. Delp is one of the greatest. I will admit I am a M##shole Boston fan, so I may have a bit of bias.

I was hugely impressed with the instruments. I had never really seen 'Foreplay' done before [insert joke here  :excited: ] so I was intrigued by how some of the sounds were performed. Remember that Tom Scholz was a genius, with the original album being recorded in 1973-75, when the instruments were a bit less.

Scholz had a keen interest in music and began recording demos in his home studio while working at Polaroid. These demos attracted the interest of Epic Records who signed Scholz and singer Brad Delp to a recording contract. Scholz believed his demos were good enough to comprise the full contents of Boston's debut album, but Epic told Scholz to re-record the demos. Most of the guitar, bass, and keyboards were performed by Scholz, although other players were involved sporadically throughout the recordings. Epic did not want the album recorded entirely in Scholz's home as Scholz had intended (the label suggested using a recording studio), but most of what ended up on the album was indeed ultimately recorded by Scholz in his basement. The album was released in 1976 and became the biggest-selling debut album by any artist up to that time.
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Mr. Ected said:
I was going to say the same thing. Delp is one of the greatest. I will admit I am a M##shole Boston fan, so I may have a bit of bias.

I was hugely impressed with the instruments. I had never really seen 'Foreplay' done before [insert joke here  :excited: ] so I was intrigued by how some of the sounds were performed. Remember that Tom Scholz was a genius, with the original album being recorded in 1973-75, when the instruments were a bit less.
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I was there for Boston's debut. (old guy alert)  No doubt that Scholz was/is a genius. It's just that playing like Scholz these days is a bit easier than singing like Delp.

 
glock said:
Mr. Ected said:
I was going to say the same thing. Delp is one of the greatest. I will admit I am a M##shole Boston fan, so I may have a bit of bias.

I was hugely impressed with the instruments. I had never really seen 'Foreplay' done before [insert joke here  :excited: ] so I was intrigued by how some of the sounds were performed. Remember that Tom Scholz was a genius, with the original album being recorded in 1973-75, when the instruments were a bit less.
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I was there for Boston's debut. (old guy alert)  No doubt that Scholz was/is a genius. It's just that playing like Scholz these days is a bit easier than singing like Delp.
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Thank you for explaining what I wanted to say a whole lot better.

Because of the hiatus, I never got to see them until Third Stage (high school), not as good as the first two, but at least a good show (the old Boston Garden).

 
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Joe Summer said:
Slightly off topic, but here's a guy who covered Rush's entire "Permanent Waves" album all by himself

He nails it, IMO. The vocals aren't quite "Geddy Lee c. 1980" but they'd be passable as anything Geddy did from the '90s onward.
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Right about the vocals, there's just something a bit different.

Watch him play all those instruments, in different 'takes' (you can see the guitar open on 'The Spirit of Radio' he starts with long hair and a white guitar, then switches mid song to a man-bun and a different guitar) makes you appreciate how Rush can do them live. (especially Geddy playing keyboards with his feet, bass, and singing.)

Like/dislike the vocals of Geddy Lee, the band can play.

 
All of this "one guy plays everything" makes me just want to put my guitar out with the recycling... :kicksrock:  

 
glock said:
All of this "one guy plays everything" makes me just want to put my guitar out with the recycling... :kicksrock:  
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Not me.  I can't play anything.  I find this super entertaining.  I've listened all the way through 3 times today.  

I can't imagine having the talent to do this.  

 
Sabertooth said:
Not me.  I can't play anything.  I find this super entertaining.  I've listened all the way through 3 times today.  

I can't imagine having the talent to do this.  
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Methinks it's often a trade-off. See special/Aspergers comments above.

 
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