The 11 Best New England Bands

There are two teams playing in the Superbowl...let's not forget the east coast rival, the New England Patriots. Here are the 11 Best New England Bands:

1. Boston
2. Aerosmith
3. The Cars
4. The Pixies
5. J. Geils Band
6. Dinosaur Jr.
7. Dispatch
8. MGMT
9. Passion Pit
10. Deer Tick
11. Phish

 

The 11 Best Songs By Boston

Today marks the release of Boston's sixth album in their 37 year career.  Even though, Boston has released music in five different decades, they released less songs in their entire career than are found on a single New York rapper's mixtape.  They've had more lead singers than they have albums.   Their debut album held the record for the best selling rock debut until Appetite For Destruction.  Currently, their debut still sits in the top ten as one of the best selling hard rock albums of all time.  They've never had a live album.  They've never done a duet with Ke$ha.  They've never partied with P.Diddy.  They have less music videos than Pearl Jam.  They are about one thing...and one thing only:  Rock n' Roll!  Okay, that might be two things.

Here are the 11 Best Songs By Boston:

1. More Than A Feeling (Boston)
2. Peace Of Mind (Boston)
3. Don't Look Back (Don't Look Back)
4. I Think I Like It (Third Stage)
5. Feelin' Satisfied (Don't Look Back)
6. It's Easy (Don't Look Back)
7. Foreplay/Long Time (Boston)
8. Something About You (Boston)
9. Can'tcha Say You Believe In Me: Still In Love (Third Stage)
10. Amanda (Third Stage)
11. Someone (Corporate America)

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The 11 Best Boston Songs

When I was in college, I had a credit to a CD store. It was just enough to get one used CD. The guy who ran the store was a friend who always had some of the best music advice. That day, he had just got in a "like new" copy of The Stooges' Raw Power. He practically begged me to get the album. He told me there were very few albums in rock n roll that were more important that this one. But something else caught my eye....it was Boston's Greatest Hits. I didn't know either bands at the time. But I knew "More Than Feeling" and really liked the song. So, I decided to buy Boston. To the store owner's great disappointment in my musical choice, he almost refused to let me get the CD, calling it a black stain on rock music. And to prove it to me, he gave me the Iggy Pop CD for free. I took both albums home and listened to them back-to-back. Both were great in their own right. Raw Power was an intense flurry of no holds bar energy. Boston was uber-produced arena rock to the nth degree. What he strangely didn't realize, if you combined both albums, you got Nirvana's Nevermind (the most popular album in the world at that moment). The CD store owner had just given me one of the coolest lessons in rock history...and had done so unintentially. To this day, I still love the Stooges album...but if I had to take only one to a desert island, it would be Boston.

RIP: Brad Delp 1951-2007

Here are The 11 Best Boston Songs:

1. Peace of Mind (Boston)
2. More Than A Feeling (Boston)
3. Don't Look Back (Don't Look Back)
4. I Think I Like It (Third Stage)
5. Amanda (Third Stage)
6. Something About You (Boston)
7. Can'tcha Say (Third Stage)
8. I Had A Good Time (Corporate America)
9. Feelin' Satisfied (Don't Look Back)
10. It's Easy (Don't Look Back)
11. Corporate America (Corporate America)