Anatomy of a Nearly Perfect Song

[Doak]

1 hour ago, SuperRu said:

I'm from Boston. I still hate that song. I grew up (almost) in Boston listening to WBCN. They and everyone else played the shit out of it. Makes me want to puke every time I hear it. Sorry.

You have company.

Bought the album when it first became popular.

Still have the LP. May have it on digital.

Still cannot listen to it.

Been 30+ years and not enough time has passed ... not yet, maybe never. 

[Doak]

7 hours ago, Norton said:

I was 16 when when this came out.  Loved it then and still love it (and still have the original LP).  Not mainstream radio fare in 1970s England so no familiarity to breed contempt.  Were Boston a band though, I thought it was just one guy in the studio?

 

 

Mostly the latter:

Tom Scholz