Happy Birthday: Sometimes it's more than music.

Say what you will about the music of Tom Scholz and his Boston cohorts, but it is undeniable that this quote is not one that a person would typically equate with a rock musician: "The public has been sold a bill of goods about the free market being a panacea for mankind. Turning corporations loose and letting the profit motive run amok is not a prescription for a more livable world."

Scholz, aside from writing some unquestionably catchy tunes is also a really smart dude... I don't think that is celebrated nearly often enough in public figures, so here on his sixty second birthday I'm taking a moment to say thank you Tom Scholz for doing your part to raise the average American IQ...

Oh, and note to Wikipedia... Referring to Boston as a 'hard rock band' is kind of like calling Mozart a 'badass'. No matter how true it may have been at the time, it's just not a fact any longer... That's not to say we can't all still enjoy More than a Feeling, and likely can all appreciate it more knowing that the bass player is smarter than your average pop-star, but 'hard rock' this is not...