Not much to say about Brad Delp's passing, really. I wasn't too much of a Boston fan; their first heyday was before my time, and my most vivid memory of their 1980s comeback was standing forlornly along the wall at junior high dances wishing I could slow-dance with someone named Amanda to the song "Amanda." Oh, the irony.
Still, no voices embodied stadium rock and 1970s FM radio better than those of Delp and Paul Rodgers. Post-Vietnam, the '70s seem like they were a pretty unassuming time, and Delp's vocals for Boston were a perfect fit for the era. It was almost as though his voice was distinctive in its comparative nondistinctiveness, if that makes sense.
Anyway, sad to hear of his passing. The family is now saying that it was a suicide.
Update 1: If you're like me and you're thinking of '70s FM radio, you probably have the monster riff to "Long Time" stuck in your head now. If not, now you do. You're welcome.
Update 2: I mentioned Delp and Paul Rodgers as the voices that most embodied stadium rock and '70s FM radio. A co-worker, unaware of this blog, just mentioned the name of Joe Walsh, who definitely fits on that list as well.
Update 3: No, Robert Plant wouldn't be a candidate for that list, because Zeppelin is so timeless.
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