Man, the guy singing lead is doing a bangup job on probably some of the most difficult imitation possible. If Boston ever toured again, and Brad Delp refused to join, they could sign up this guy. Not quite exactly the same, but very respectable. When I watch it, it doesn't look lip sync'ed at all. The BGVs of course are overdubbed and harmony parts. But this guy is not lip syncing this particular track - at least not the whole thing. He is working the mic pretty well - note that it's in a different studio than some of the other stuff. All of the video shots show some amount of 'redo' as is to be expected.

The ONLY problem with the sounds of the video, IMO, is the fake organ. If Jon (they guy who did the video) would have used VB3 or B4, he would have gotten a more authentic organ sound - particularly on the glissandos.

I'm impressed that he got that thick over-saturated sound out of a strat. I was trying to see which pup he was using. There's one shot where it looks like he is using the neck pup. Likely using a amp simulator of some kind that's got 'Boston' presets. The little rockman that Tom Scholz used to sell would do a respectable job at that tone back in the day. I remember when I got my first electric guitar, that was the gear I lusted after - belt mounted rockman.

I also didn't expect a Ricky bass.

I've got to get some old Boston on CD. I forgot how much I love that song.

Last edited by rockstar_not; 07/18/09 07:45 AM.
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