*crying* The lead singer of the band Boston has killed himself

[GreenPartyVoter]

Man, I LOVED that band. "More than a Feeling" is one of the songs that got me through hard times at college when I was missing my guy. :cry:

ATKINSON, N.H. (AP) - Brad Delp, the lead singer for the band Boston who killed himself last week, left behind a note in which he called himself "a lonely soul," according to police reports released Thursday.

The note was paper-clipped to the neck of Delp's shirt when police found his body at his Atkinson home, on the bathroom floor, his head on a pillow. He had sealed himself inside with two charcoal grills; toxicology tests showed he had committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.

"Mr. Brad Delp. J'ai une ame solitaire. I am a lonely soul," the note read.

Delp joined Boston in the mid-1970s and sang two of its biggest hits, "More than a Feeling" and "Long Time." He was cremated Wednesday, after a private funeral earlier in the week.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20070316/D8NSVTDG1.html

[geardaddy]

1. RIP Brad.

:(

[Dawgs]

2. I do feel sorry for the guy, but...

that band was terrible. Sorry, but I had to say it.

[Systematic Chaos]

4. Your post has no place here.

That is all.

[Dawgs]

14. Why?

I'm not allowed to have an opinion? I don't have anything against GreenPartyVoter are any member of the band. I just don't think they made very good music.

The OP made a comment that they liked Boston. I made the comment that I didn't think they were very good. Seems relevant to me.

[Beelzebud]

27. Because it's just shitty. Do you normally pour salt in peoples wounds?

It's not like it was a thread about what the greatest rock band of all-time was.

Have some fucking compassion...

[wicket]

32. I'm with you

n/t

[Dawgs]

50. Compassion?

The OP is upset over some celebrity they didn't know dying. I personally find that to be very odd.

[Alexander]

56. Ever heard of tact?

Your opinion is just as valid as anyone else's. No one is telling you differently.

But you are going into a Boston fan's thread and telling them one of their favorite bands sucks right after the lead singer killed himself.

You have the right to do that if you really feel the need, but don't be surprised if you get a cold reception.

[Dawgs]

63. Again, whatever!

I'll show sympathy when it's worth showing.

"But you are going into a Boston fan's thread and telling them one of their favorite bands sucks right after the lead singer killed himself."

Uh, excuse me for not caring more. Is his life any more important than anyone else that dies a tragic death? Does this OP know this guy? If no, then it's just weird for you to think I shouldn't be able to mention that Boston was a sucky band. If yes, then I apologize.

If you disagree then fine. You're not going to change my mind.

[Beelzebud]

64. Hell yeah Eric Cartman! You tell them!

Whateva! I do what I want!

[wicket]

81. LOL

:rofl:

[jilln]

68. Who said it was about hero worship?

Who said he was "more important"? He brought some happiness into many of our lives and yes, I for one am sad he was not happy since he brought me happines. No one says you have to care but maybe you could understand that others do.

[Alexander]

76. Don't put words in my mouth.

"then it's just weird for you to think I shouldn't be able to mention that Boston was a sucky band."

Not in the slightest. I said, don't be surprised at the cold reception you are getting, since what you are doing is tactless, in poor taste, and your timing is awful.

You could've at least started another thread saying the same thing, and it probably would've gotten a better reception.

But, by all means, do what you want.

[Left Is Write]

79. You could simply have said nothing at all.

Was it necessary to come into the thread just to shit on it? GPV is upset. She liked the band, she liked Brad Delp, and he died by suicide, which is always tragic. Don't like the band? I don't care. You just didn't have to say so at this time, in this thread.

As someone else said, tact. That's all.

[geardaddy]

5. For me it's more of a guilty pleasure.

Just like listening to them now as sort of a nostalgia thing.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. No, they were not. I can think of a zillion seriously awful bands. They are are not one of them

[AndyA]

11. In your opinion.

They sold millions of records, and I thought they were one of the better bands from the 1970s. Not as good as Fleetwood Mac, but they were up there.

Have a little respect, OK?

RIP, Brad. I'm sorry you were so lonely. Ironic, isn't it? His music helped lonely people get through for decades, and nothing was there for him. Very sad.

[Dawgs]

15. Excuse me?

Who am I not respecting?

[AndyA]

31. How about the original poster who indicated twice that they were upset?

Obviously, they liked the group and were saddened by the loss of the lead singer.

The fact that you didn't like the group does not minimize the sadness of the situation. Try being a little supportive, the guy committed suicide because he was lonely. That's a pretty bad place to be.

[Dawgs]

46. Uh, the first thing I said was that I feel sorry the guy.

Try reading my whole post next time.

[Book Lover]

59. Please stop being defensive and get this point: time and place

This is neither the time nor the place to let everyone know you didn't like Boston. Yes, you have every right to your opinion; but your further posts here suggest you are happy to defend your right to be a boor.

[Dawgs]

61. Whatever!

You're getting upset over someone saying Boston was not a good band. Yes, it was sad that this guy killed himself. But, outside of one person that went to school with the guy, I don't see why I should feel such sympathy for some fan.

You don't find that a little weird?

[MyNameGoesHere]

67. Well that says it all

Whatever! If you use that expression i am guessing you did not live through the hell of the discos 70's and the few bright spots that kept rock and roll alive. I hope i can attend your funeral so i might tell everyone, "Dawgs wasn't that good."

Peace and happy life.

[Book Lover]

70. No, I'm getting upset that someone is defending his right to be rude

Say whatever you want about Boston, fer cri-yi; I don't care. I do care when people come into threads and crap all over. It makes you and DU look bad.

But as you say, whatever.

[Eurobabe]

18. you didn't go to high school from 74 to 78 obviously.

:eyes:

[graywarrior]

28. Why?

I look too "young" hhahahahha.

[GreenPartyVoter]

29. I went to kindergarten in 76, but I still love this band :^D Maybe some of my

babysitters played their stuff and it stuck with me then. At any rate, Third Stage got me later on . :)

[graywarrior]

33. Bet you were a rocking little kindergartener-dude.

I love Boston, too. And I love the guys in the band.

[GreenPartyVoter]

36. Dudette in gauchos with a macrame belt no less. *g* I never got to see them

in concert much less just hang with them :( You were really lucky.

[graywarrior]

39. For awhile there, I was related to one of them by marriage.

That was interesting.

[GreenPartyVoter]

43. I've never been related to anyone famous, really. Although, my

ggggg-grandfer was the CO of Fort Knox here in Maine during the Civil War. There was never any action there but the conditions were so miserable he got TB and it killed him a couple of years later.

[graywarrior]

49. That's a hell of a lot more impressive than being related to a band. Trust me.

[GreenPartyVoter]

52. LOL Oh wait, I got another one

My gg grandfer came over on the same boat as Andrew Carnegie, who asked him if he wanted a pertnership in his new steel company. GG grandfer said NO! LOL (There is more to the story but I won't bore you with it now.)

[graywarrior]

58. Bet he's still kicking himself on the other side.

[GreenPartyVoter]

60. Welll.. LOL What happened was

He had a huge amount of land in.. Illinois or Indiana?? He was going to go into the tin business so he would have had a fair amount of money of his own.

BUT....

His brother, the black sheep of the family, put the land up against some gambling debts. The whole mess got tied up in the courts until after 100 years passed, at which time the land was made into a state park. (Or so I heard from my dad.)

So we missed out on some money, but weirdly that gg uncle actually did the world a favor by allowing a new park to be made. LOL

[Catherine Vincent]

22. I thought that band was good.

Some of their songs brings back the memories.

[proud2BlibKansan]

25. I disagree

I also think this is a tasteless comment at this time.

[The Cleaner]

45. You may not have liked them, but they were artistically very unique...

somebody can expand on this, but I heard once that their sound was one of a kind. Something about the electric guitars used; or the methodology in running the guitars through special amps, or something like that. Bottom line, they had a very unique, irreplaceable sound that has not since been replicated.

"I'm ready" is one of my faves.

[Dawgs]

47. It's because they were a studio band.

Not very impressive if you ask rock-n-roll purists.

[The Cleaner]

53. It's more technical - check this out

Note this website is honoring Brad Delp today and the below text cannot be seen on the website - but the search engine description said:

This company, Scholz Research & Development, first created the Rockman line of products to help achieve that trademark BOSTON guitar sound (which had ...

www.boston.org/tom.html 

[GreenPartyVoter]

48. They were so.. i dunno. I called their sound "sweet rock" Just so uplifting and lyrical and

harmony laden.

[MGD]

51. Obviously your opinion is a minority one as they get about as much radio play as Led Zeppelin

And Tom Scholz remains one of Rock and Roll's greatest guitarists and innovators.

[Deja Q]

72. It was a good band, but given the guy had a fiancee he was going to marry...

I don't believe he was a lonely soul. The one time I was in (what I thought was) a relationship, I did not feel lonely. And that's all I'm going to say about that for now...

Mentally ill, very probably. And that alone is tragic, don't anybody think I'm being heartless.

But a lonely soul? I don't buy that for one second. I can't, it makes no sense. If for no other reason, I base my beliefs on personal experience. I know 'being lonely' in ways most can't even begin to fathom.

[Left Is Write]

80. Hypno, how can you say that?

It's entirely possible to be engaged, married, with a family, surrounded by loved ones, and still feel lonely. There is no way I will judge the depth of Brad Delp's depression or the depths of his loneliness or feelings of despair. He killed himself. Absolutely NONE of us can say that what he felt was not real.

I think the worst kind of loneliness is to be surrounded by people one loves and still be unable to escape one's inner prison.

[opiate69]

82. Ahh..glad to see the ultimate authority on music has proffered his opinion..

I'd love to see you list some of your favorite bands/artists.. I'm sure we could have quite a thread discussing their bodies of work.

(wow.. talk about shitting on a thread...)

[Systematic Chaos]

3. Boston is one of my favorite "classic rock" bands.

This sucks, and I feel so bad for him. Dammit.... :(

[liberal N proud]

6. I was sitting in my car, the radio station played a Boston cut then announced his death

I was stunned.

[graywarrior]

8. I went to school with these guys and it hurts to know Brad was in that much pain.

But coming from the same home town, I really do understand it. As tragic and senseless as it is, I get it.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. :^(

[bicentennial_baby]

19. Did you hear what happened in Lynn two days ago?!

:wow: F'd up...

[GreenPartyVoter]

20. No, what happened?

[wicket]

34. A guy blew himself in an elevator with his wife

Murder-suicide.

On edit, link here:

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/03/two_people_dead.html

[GreenPartyVoter]

37. OMG! That is so awful!

[wicket]

73. Horrible - see bicentennial_baby's post below

He tried to kill their 5 year old too, but failed

That poor child.

:cry:

[graywarrior]

21. I hope my brother wasn't involved.

What happened?

[wicket]

35. Link:

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/03/two_people_dead.html

[bicentennial_baby]

40. A guy came to his ex-girlfriend's work,

their 5 y.o was there with her, he dragged her into an elevator, tried to drag the kid in too but failed, and once the doors closed, he beat on her and then blew her and himself into oblivion with a can of gas and a lighter...They were both burned beyond recognition. Blew the doors off the elevator...

And the kid was standing right there when it happened... x(

[graywarrior]

42. I just went to Lynn Daily Item online and read about it.

Not that this happens all the time in Lynn, but it happens alot in Lynn.

[PhilipShore]

10. Suicide is a worthless statement -- n/t

[jilln]

12. How do you know it was a statement?

Obviously he was in so much pain he didn't want to live any longer. I doubt this was meant as a message to anyone.

[PhilipShore]

23. I am not a shrink, so I have no comment -- n/t

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

57. s/have/should have made/g -nt

[jilln]

66. You have to be a shrink to understand your own statement?

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. AS a statement? maybe. But it's about some serious pain of both the

person who died and all the loved ones left behind. My uncle killed himself and I can remember feeling sooo oangry at him. My brother on the other hand felt horribly guilty for years because he thought maybe he could have done something.

Just a disaster is what it is.

[Midlodemocrat]

17. Yeah, because that is what suicide is all about....a statement.

:eyes:

[cali]

24. What a stupid remark

The guy was clearly in enormous pain. His death was not a statement.

[wicket]

26. Amen cali

:hug:

[davidwparker]

13. That was sad. I saw them in concert one time -- Third Stage tour. I had

heard he died, but I didn't know it was suicide.

[graywarrior]

30. Lot's of people thought Boston sucked. More thought they were awesome.

I loved that band, and I really liked the guys in the band. Brad was a good guy. I feel as if a family member died.

[GreenPartyVoter]

38. *hugs and prayers*

[BattyDem]

41. Great band; great music

I'm so sorry about Brad. :cry:

[TwilightGardener]

44. Ah, the soundtrack of my childhood! God bless him, very sad.

[WiseButAngrySara]

54. Link to You Tube..in memorium 'a man ill never be'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IupCuQXWtE8

RIP

[The Cleaner]

55. RIP Brad Delp

[Bluebear]

62. He left warning notes for the rescuers so they wouldn't be hurt

Can you imagine thinking clearly enough to care that the rescuers wouldn't be hurt by the carbon monoxide?? :(

[Greyskye]

65. RIP Brad. :-(

Boston. My best friend in high school turned me on to Boston in 1978. Their first album was the first one I ever bought myself. The melodies and harmonies they crafted often seemed more reminiscent of a symphony then a rock band.

RIP Brad. :cry:

[hatredisnotavalue]

69. I actually saw them live at UMO in either 1976 or 1977

What a great time! RIP Brad.

[GreenPartyVoter]

75. I saw Jethro Tull at UMO, but it was like a couple of years ago. They do

get some good bands up there.

[PhilipShore]

71. The DU lounge

:hide:

[swag]

74. Wow, the suicide note is a Twin Peaks reference.

[liberal N proud]

77. Love the band - but if I play the original album in the car - Speeding ticket guaranteed

Every time I play that album in the car, I just cruse and ever so gradually creep the speed up until I am caught.

When it was 8-track, I had to take that tape out of the car
When it was Cassette, I had to take that tape out of the car
Now I have to have the CD out of the car, can't play in the car. It is bad enough when it is played on the radio.

[graywarrior]

78. :)

:thumbsup:

[ChoralScholar]

83. I enjoyed a lot of Boston's stuff.

I'm sorry about people who think they are important enough to make value judgements on music. Obviously millions of people loved his music, or it would not still be popular 30 years after the fact.

I'm sick of people who are so 'liberal' they think it's cool to shit on everything, just because they can.

That's why I haven't been on in a while.

Anyway... RIP Brad.