More Than A Feeling -

Tom Scholz, the band's mastermind, spent five years obsessively crafting the song in his basement.

The "deep story" of Boston’s 1976 anthem is one of obsessive technical perfection masking a bittersweet tale of nostalgia and loss . While its soaring production suggests a triumphant rock anthem, its core is a "happy-sad" fantasy about the power of music to resurrect the past. The Song's Narrative More Than a Feeling

: Its polished, "arena rock" sound was so ahead of its time that it influenced generations, even famously inspiring the main riff of Nirvana’s "Smells Like Teen Spirit." How Boston fooled the world with More Than A Feeling Tom Scholz, the band's mastermind, spent five years