I’ve been a Blue Öyster Cult fan for over 40 years and I can answer most of your questions about the band. First off, they originate from Stony Brook, Long Island, New York, so very far from Southern California, lol. The band started out their musical journey as a progressive rock band in the early 70’s. Their first few albums were a mix of progressive rock and hard rock songs, but don’t get me wrong, BÖC is a rock band, through and through. In fact the first few albums have some hard rockers as Cities On Flame With Rock and Roll, Hot Rails To Hell, Harvester of Eyes and many more. By 1976 when they released Agents Of Fortune they took a definite wider turn towards the harder side of the scale. Agents had (Don’t Fear) The Reaper and such other hard hitters as E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) which talks about the subject of UFO’s and mentions “The Men In Black” more than 20 years before the movies were made. Subsequent albums have such great heavy rock songs as Godzilla and Black Blade. As I can go on and list many of their more softer, progressive side of the coin the list I gave you should give you a good starting point to check out BÖC’s harder side. Have fun exploring the great music of Blue Öyster Cult. Stay Cool 😎 and… \m/ Stay Metal \m/
Godzilla has to be next. Lil heavier, but lots of fun. If you like this general sound, try April Wine - Sign of the Gypsy Queen (if you haven't already, of course).
Godzilla is mandatory, gotta mention the other in the "rock about monsters" category, Edgar Winter Group's instrumental "Frankenstein". ("The Ripper" by Judas Priest is about a real monster) Pick anything from April Wine's "Nature of The Beast" album, "Just Between You And Me" is a hit ballad, everything else is hard rock; "Big City Girls", "All Over Town", "Wanna Rock", "Crash and Burn" and "Tellin' Me Lies" are playlist picks from the album for me.
Love BOC. Of course, I can't hear BOC without picturing the SNL sketch with Christopher Walken... "More cowbell!" 😁 For your next BOC song, I recommend "Godzilla". Great song.
The "more cowbell schtick" ruined this classic song. Now everyone has to comment about it and it just takes away from the seriousness of the topic and the delivery. And, it sounds more like a wood block to me anyway.
The drummer is Albert Bouchard (who wrote and sang "Imaginos"). The bass is his brother, Joe. Keyboards by Allen Lanier, who dated Patti Smith (have you done her for Female Friday, yet? You should.) Lead guitar is Donald Roeser, aka "Buck Dharma", who wrote this and did the lead singing. Rhythm guitar is Eric Bloom, who's normally the primary songwriter and lead singer. While "Godzilla" is a lot of silly fun, you might also try some of the early work, featuring Bloom. From "Stairway to the Stars" to "Career of Evil" to the sublime "The Mistress of the Salmon Salt". And Roeser's first classic, "Then Came the Last Days of May", which should definitely be heard live, since Don shows off all of his chops, extending the song far beyond the version on the album. Moving into the late 1970s, the group did some work with fantasy and science-fiction themes, notably "The Vigil", "Black Blade", and "Veteran of the Psychic Wars". All worth a listen. And for more mellow 1980s/1990s work, take a listen to "Shooting Shark" or "Harvest Moon"
BOC formed in Stony Brook University on Long Island, but the two brothers, Joe (guitar) and Albert (drums) Bouchard were born in my hometown of Watertown, NY and grew up in nearby Clayton.
This is crazy, but I met Al in college. We formed a bar and frat band with Buck, The Travesty. Met Joe, who attended Ithaca College music school, later. One of my best friends, who was one of three Best Men at my wedding back in the day, including Buck and another guy, had a beautiful daughter. Inexplicably, she married a Bouchard nephew. I had a great reunion with Al and Joe at their reception. Not everything has an explanation….
"Veteran of the Psychic Wars" and a live version of "Godzilla" are a must from them. The Extraterrestrial Live versions of both these songs are great...
@@EyesOfGehenna thanks, i will have to check that out , and if there was a link ( hint-hint ) I could continue with my amazingly long lazy streak lol. (not necessary, i'm just being awkward lol )
I always liked this song and still do. My favorite lyric is "time to play 'B' sides". I used to find great songs on the 'B' sides of my 45"s such as "Black Water by the Doobie Brothers and "Undun" by the Guess Who.
I never owned more then a hand full of 45s, but that line always stood out to me. Now in my 50s with life and the world so fast paced and hectic that lyric really resonates.
I'm old enough to remember "B" sides. LOL. I still have a bunch of old 45's, but I'm not sure if I can find one of those yellow doohickies so I can listen to them on a record player.
In the early 80's...at a club in Houston called "The Limit"...a man asked me to dance to this song...we've been together for 38 years now...and still going strong.
The main riff in this song is two guitars, playing in harmony. To hear the highest expression of that technique, check out the Allman Brothers, "Jessica."
Check out their tune "Veteran of the Psychic Wars”. Back in my high school days (the seventies), I'd listen to BOC tunes over and over and over, while painting in my room. All those art supplies tended to make my room smell. My mom was worried and asked my brother to check my room for drugs. He told her no, it was just the art supplies, and she asked how he knew. He assured her he knew. He then got in trouble for admitting that. It in fact was just the art supplies, I was just an art nerd.
Michael Moorcock (author of the Elric and Hawkmoon series among others) had a big hand in developing that particular album. The song itself is actually an homage to The Eternal Champion found throughout his novels.
It's just a novelty song. BÖC has so many actual good songs. Where's Quicklime Girl? Astronomy? Golden Age of Leather? Cities on Flame (with Rock and Roll)... Even ME262 is better than Godzilla.
Blue Oyster Cult is a hard rock band/bordering on early heavy metal. (When I was in high school they did a tour with Black Sabbath called, naturally enough, the Black and Blue tour). You have listened to two of their most accessible songs, they are two great songs (I am not someone who thinks the popular songs can't be among a bands best) but they don't necessarily give a sense of what the band is about. BOC had a string of great albums through the 70's and into the 80's. Most of it is harder edged than the songs you have listened to. (The album Mirrors is an exception to that). Very clever band with a strong following. (They are the only band that I tried and couldn't get tickets to in this age of ticket resales). I suspect people will recommend Godzilla, a somewhat comic song that is probably their third most famous. A better one to get a sense of who they are would be Astronomy, or one I doubt anyone else will recommend, but one I think is the most underrated Unknown Tongue. You would probably enjoy the whole Fire of Unknown Origin album (which this song comes from). It was written for the movie Heavy Metal (named not for the music style, but rather for the adult cartoon magazine). But they decided to instead go for a variety of bands, using only one of the songs. They came to regret that decision since this was the early days of video, and they wound up having to be the rights for video for each of the songs separately. Veteran of a Thousand Psychic Wars has one of the great drum lines in rock, Sole Survivor has one of the best bass lines, and the piano intro to Joan Crawford is similar. Oh yeah, and they are from New York State, I think Stonybrook.
Yes...I remember when The Black And Blue Tour came to our Fairgrounds here in Ventura CA......it was the hot ticket....a couple of friends and I were scheming a way to afford tickets, but we missed out.....I heard it was great!
Lon, 100% agree and Unknown Tongue is a spectacular song. Dark, mysterious and filled with that classic BÖC mysticism, so beautifully crafted. Cultösaurus Erectus is the first album of theirs I ever heard and it remains one of my all time favourites. They have a great following but still never garnered the global recognition they truly deserved. Awesome band.
The wife here..My dad loved BOC!! I grew up hearing this song!! It totally brings back memories of me jumping up and down on the couch when ANY of their songs came on the radio..These guys were HUGE in my area...Southeast...Love Your Channel!!
Little known fact - in the early to mid 70s BOC were the loudest live band. I saw them at McNichols Arena in Denver and my ears rang for a week after that show 😵💫 p.s. GODZILLA!
I love you guys. Absolutely fills me with joy to see younger people who weren't around in the 70s and 80s who can hear it for the first time and enjoy it and break it down. Ya'll just get it. Peace.👌❤
I recommend seeing them live. Just before Covid shut down everything, I caught them in Lowell, MA, and they put on a hell of a show. No frills, just an incredible performance.
BOC was known as "Science Fiction Rock" . Their discography is full of gems. Next time try "Cities on Flame "(with Rock & Roll), Astronomy, Godzilla, Take Me away, Joan Crawford, I Love the Night, Black Blade or Perfect Water.
@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee Moorcock influenced and worked with a few different bands. The BOC songs Black blade, Veteran of the Psychic Wars and The Great Sun Jester was MM's hand. "Perfect Strangers" by Deep Purple was about MM's Eternal Champion stories. He has contributed to the Bands Hawkwind, Robert Calvert and Spirits Burning. He also has his own band too.
I got to see these guys with Molly Hatchet one year. For a totally different sound by B.O.C.check out the songs Godzilla , or Survivor of the Psychic Wars
This song is magic. Remember seeing them live at the Capital Centre on this tour. Complex musicianship in so many of their songs and still the vibe that can connect with everyone.
They are from New York, starting out at Stony Brook college in the late 60s early 70s. David Rosner (aka Buck Dharma) the lead guitar has a distinctive powerful but reserved, phrasing style that 'speaks' or expresses itself so well, like words. Excellent reaction
I'm so proud of you guys. You're really starting to get a real feel for music, refining your taste and fine tuning your ear, for the skill, talent and musicianship of each individual instrumentalist.... Your understanding, response to, and recognition of, these few factors are a massive indicator of how much you've grown .. Keep going,... it's a long and winding road, over the hills and far away... 😉🤙 If you look at your reflection, at the bottom of the well, what you see is only on the surface.... When you try to see the meaning hidden underneath, the measure of the depth can be deceiving..!!! The bottom has a rocky reputation..!!!! ..🎸 🎸 🎸... -Joe Walsh Lyrics from..The confessor
BOC are from Long Island, NY. They were known to play the college campus arena circuit and like Rush built their following by live shows and word of mouth. I saw them at Purdue back in the 80’s and they were killer live. The drums - yes - the drummer played and incredible drum solo and played with his hands. It was an epic solo, an epic show! 🔥🔥🔥
BOC are a great but underrated rock band. Very talented musicians in this band Albert Bouchard is the drummer. He sings as well, as do all of the band members. Albert sings on Cities On Flame (with Rock and Roll), among others, one of their earliest tracks and one of their anthems.
My wife and i saw April Wine, Nazareth and BOC years ago in Wichita, KS. Awesome hearing "Just Between You & Me", "Hair Of The Dog" and "Don't Fear The Reaper"! Also, enough pot smoke to appear like a combination of L.A. Smog and London Fog to stone the planet!!!
I’ve been a fan since I was 13. I’m 61 now and still my favorite band. Check out “ Extraterrestrial Live” from 1981. Great work! You guys are my fave channel
BOC came through the bar I used to work at. Two things stuck with me: how HEAVY their gear was. (No joke, they had a B3 and speaker cab we had to navigate through basement hallways... FUN!) and how awesome their drummer was. He looked like Mr. Clean holding court at Mardi Gras. Totally underrated.
Great reaction ! Each of you guys have grown to enjoy each other music styles and likes through this journey and it’s nice to see people appreciate music in their past. You guys rock !
J and Amber, I was so looking forward to you two doing this song!! Loved your Reactions!! So many comments thus far suggest Godzilla and I agree!! Please also hit up: "I Love The Night" ... I can almost picture Amber's face already!! 🙂👍 Thanks for all you both do!! Love it!! @Rob Squad Reactions
Saw them in concert once. Very good of course. The opening was a big Godzilla on stage, shrouded in fog (dry ice) with illuminated red eyes...and it started very slowly, building to the opening lines of the song.
I've always loved BOC, but THIS one has a really special place in my heart. Because when I was 8 years old, I met my biological father for the first time. And you know how some songs just bring you back somewhere, to a person or a place ? Well for me, the very first day I met him I can remember the TV being on and my Dad was totally chillin' on the floor with me as we were meeting one another with all the back and forth questions and answers.. and suddenly the VIDEO for this song came on and I was entranced completely!! I went closer to the TV and idk, I think my Dad was a little shocked because of my reaction to the visuals to this song. And I remember him so vividly saying.. "Yep, you're definitely my daughter". And then out of nowhere, he pulled me in and hugged me then looked me straight into my eyes and said, "Thank you Trisha.. thank you for wanting to meet me and you have no idea how much I prayed for this day. You're so beautiful. A6best of all, YOU'RE WICKED COOL !" That man changed my life ! I hadn't EVER experienced a love like that in my life, and HE actually showed me what love is. THIS song brings me right back there, to that day, that moment.. EVERY TIME I hear it. 💖💖
This is the first band I ever saw live. They had an amazing laser show. It was easy to see with all of the smoke in the auditorium... contact highs all around for everyone.
And that, my beloved children, is why you listen to the album version 1st. In the studio they perfect what they hear in their mind’s ear and capture it without any stray noise. You almost never get that kind of quality and clarity in a live performance unless you’re actually there when it happens. One notable exception is the live version of Don’t Fear The Reaper on the album, Some Enchanted Evening. There’s another guitar solo at the end that is just magnificent. Much love 💕
One of the greatest sounds in rock'n'roll is the "stun guitar" interplay between Buck Dharma and Eric Bloom (and keyboardist Alan Lanier, who sometimes adds a THIRD guitar), and the Bouchard brothers were an unstoppable rhythm section. And Jordan's first instinct of them being from the East Coast was correct- they're from New York (Long Island, to be exact).
I have been listening to blue oyster cult since I was in high school back in 82. this album , fire of unknown origin, is just an amazing album Amber, you said you liked the sound you that Burning for you had. that feel, the whole album has that same feel. it's a well put together album it's one of those kind of albums that you just put it on listen to the whole thing while you're cleaning your house or your apartment . I have done that probably at least 400 to 500 times. And I say album because I own the 33LP as well as the CD. All of the album covers are really cool to look at and you will see an Egyptian Ankh somewhere on every cover. Great band. Love them
Just saw BOC with Deep Purple this February at Hard Rock in Hollywood Florida. Both groups still sound great. Two of my top 4 favorites since the early 70's. Bloom and Dharma still rock in their upper 70's.
'80s BOC was great, their 1980 and 1981 albums were brilliant, also think you'd love their 1977 song I Love the Night too. Speaking of drums, for a similar great '80s drum sound, there's Judas Priest that decade with some of their more mellow melodic rock gems like Turning Circles, Desert Plains, Solar Angels and Bloodstone. I think this era of the band (Point of Entry album in particular) would be right up your musical alley.
I saw them in 74 at the Michigan Palace and then in 75 at the World Series of rock in Cleveland with Rod Stewart and the Faces, Aerosmith, Uriah Heep and Mahogany Rush. Well at least I think I did. Gotta love the 70s.
If you want an example of how many really good ideas they can pack into a song, have a listen to The Vigil off Mirrors, arguably one of their greatest feats of songwriting.
This is probably their most commercial song.. Blue Oyster Cult is from Long Island , NY.. or should I say, based there. They are one of the most underrated bands to ever play and have super musicians who have been with the band a long time.. Buck Dharma (Donald Roeser ) is a Grade A guitarist. As others have said they have a deep catalog.. Hard Rock to Heavy Metal. but also some others.. Let me suggest a deep cut , maybe others won't .. not hard rock.. or metal.. kind of soft rock.. In Thee, from the underrated Mirrors album.... , great song.. but you can't go wrong with what others have suggested.. nice reaction..
Buck Dharma is a top tier guitarist. Check out his solo on Kick Out the Jams from their live album Some Enchanted Evening. The tempo is crazy and he nails it
The entire Agents of Fortune Album is a banger. Not a bad song. This bands music library is vast, wide and deep. One of the best damned guitarist to ever shred. He's so good his solos are nice, smooth. Not choppy and glitchey .
This was the very first video I ever saw on MTV and my introduction to Blue oyster cult. It was epic and every time I hear it it brings me back to that day . I was 10 years old and will never forget it
Great band that doesn't get enough attention. They are still going strong! Check out "Astronomy", "Shooting Shark", "And Then Came The Last Days of May", and "Godzilla". Buck Dharma is the best guitarist this 55 year old headbanger has ever seen play live.
Yeah, still going strong indeed. For so many years, they didn't make another studio album convinced that nobody wanted to hear anything from them but the classics anyway. But Italian label Frontiers (home of many, many classic hard rock behemoths these days, Journey and Uriah Heep being only two) persevered, the band let themselves be convinced - and in the fall of 2020 "The symbol remains" appeared to universal acclaim, rightly lauded as one of the greatest comeback albums by any band in many a year, possibly of all time.
My favorite BOC song! Their harmony along with their musical ability is such a great sound that is hard to duplicate. Boston had a bit of that as well. But BOC is so unique!
BOC was formed in 1967 at the State U of NY at Stony Brook (on Long Island). Over the years they did a lot of rock genres/subgenres. The one constant member is guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser. He wrote "Burnin' for You" (1981) with Richard Melzer, and sang the vocals on that song, though Eric Bloom was often the band's lead singer.
Saw them with Black Sabbath! August 8th. 1980 lebanon Valley speedway NY. the black and blue concert!!! First and last concert they ever had at the Valley !!!😂 What a show!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳 Traffic was backed up for miles in all derictions after it was in all the papers !!! Look it up!
Not only a Long Island Band, but a Long Island band that practiced down the block from my best friends house in GreenLawn, who would have guessed what was next to come. Love BOC. They had a famous tour where they went out with Black Sabbath, and switched off opening for each other. It was called the Black & Blue Tour.
IIRC BOC is from Long Island NY. When they were “trying out” new songs for an album, they use to appear in little clubs around NY as Soft White Underbelly. Agreed. You gotta hear Godzilla.
The summer of 1981... B.O.C. "Burnin' For You", Moody Blues "The Voice", Greg Kihn Band "The Breakup Song", Alan Parson's Project "Games People Play" E.L.O "Hold on Tight". Was such a great summer!
This song came out in 1981, the year I graduated from high school. You would find in my record collection - ABBA, The Bee Gees, Toto, Billy Joel, the Oak Ridge Boys. And Fire of Unknown Origin, the album this song comes from. Changed my life 😂
"Highway Song" is on my main biker playlists: The Rider's Soundtrack ua-cam.com/play/PLlFrRPKzi7HjyGKT_4xUTqC1mfcrcmFVv.html And The Rider's Soundtrack - Stripped & Chopped ua-cam.com/play/PLlFrRPKzi7HjwhT65MUO9daRnVlMdkFWZ.html
I’ve been a Blue Öyster Cult fan for over 40 years and I can answer most of your questions about the band. First off, they originate from Stony Brook, Long Island, New York, so very far from Southern California, lol. The band started out their musical journey as a progressive rock band in the early 70’s. Their first few albums were a mix of progressive rock and hard rock songs, but don’t get me wrong, BÖC is a rock band, through and through. In fact the first few albums have some hard rockers as Cities On Flame With Rock and Roll, Hot Rails To Hell, Harvester of Eyes and many more. By 1976 when they released Agents Of Fortune they took a definite wider turn towards the harder side of the scale. Agents had (Don’t Fear) The Reaper and such other hard hitters as E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) which talks about the subject of UFO’s and mentions “The Men In Black” more than 20 years before the movies were made. Subsequent albums have such great heavy rock songs as Godzilla and Black Blade.
As I can go on and list many of their more softer, progressive side of the coin the list I gave you should give you a good starting point to check out BÖC’s harder side. Have fun exploring the great music of Blue Öyster Cult.
Stay Cool 😎 and…
\m/ Stay Metal \m/
If I'm not mistaken, you two are the most likeable in this category. Definitely for me. Greetings from Germany.
Yes,they are great
for sure,they just cheer me up
Godzilla has to be next. Lil heavier, but lots of fun. If you like this general sound, try April Wine - Sign of the Gypsy Queen (if you haven't already, of course).
April Wine is a great classic band.
Oh No! There Goes Tokyo. Go! Go! Godzilla.
Godzilla is mandatory, gotta mention the other in the "rock about monsters" category, Edgar Winter Group's instrumental "Frankenstein". ("The Ripper" by Judas Priest is about a real monster) Pick anything from April Wine's "Nature of The Beast" album, "Just Between You And Me" is a hit ballad, everything else is hard rock; "Big City Girls", "All Over Town", "Wanna Rock", "Crash and Burn" and "Tellin' Me Lies" are playlist picks from the album for me.
They definitely need to check out April Wine.
Absolutely need to hear April Wine! All Over Town is my absolute favorite of theirs!
My favorite song was Astronomy. Saw them in concert 5 times late 70's. Best times of my life.
Love BOC. Of course, I can't hear BOC without picturing the SNL sketch with Christopher Walken... "More cowbell!" 😁 For your next BOC song, I recommend "Godzilla". Great song.
That is absolutely a necessity for the next song by BoC. No question!
Godzilla
I always think of the SNL skit when Jordan gets excited about cowbells 🤣😂✌️😎🎶🤘💯
@@chrisstauffer7373 Yeah, Godzilla was a beast.
The "more cowbell schtick" ruined this classic song. Now everyone has to comment about it and it just takes away from the seriousness of the topic and the delivery. And, it sounds more like a wood block to me anyway.
The bass...the bassist is doing serious work in this song.
This was the last album with the full band, the Bouchard brothers doing the rhythm section perfectly.
One of the first songs I learned all the way through on bass. This will forever be one of my favorites.
The drummer is Albert Bouchard (who wrote and sang "Imaginos"). The bass is his brother, Joe.
Keyboards by Allen Lanier, who dated Patti Smith (have you done her for Female Friday, yet? You should.)
Lead guitar is Donald Roeser, aka "Buck Dharma", who wrote this and did the lead singing.
Rhythm guitar is Eric Bloom, who's normally the primary songwriter and lead singer.
While "Godzilla" is a lot of silly fun, you might also try some of the early work, featuring Bloom. From "Stairway to the Stars" to "Career of Evil" to the sublime "The Mistress of the Salmon Salt". And Roeser's first classic, "Then Came the Last Days of May", which should definitely be heard live, since Don shows off all of his chops, extending the song far beyond the version on the album.
Moving into the late 1970s, the group did some work with fantasy and science-fiction themes, notably "The Vigil", "Black Blade", and "Veteran of the Psychic Wars". All worth a listen.
And for more mellow 1980s/1990s work, take a listen to "Shooting Shark" or "Harvest Moon"
I saw Blue Oyster Cult open up for KISS back in 1986! I love all their songs...ya gotta hear "Godzilla".
Godzilla and veteran of the psychic wars the live Version
I saw them open for Rush! unreal!
I saw them headline @ Saginaw Civic Center in ‘78 (maybe ‘79). Was in about the 20th row center.
BOC formed in Stony Brook University on Long Island, but the two brothers, Joe (guitar) and Albert (drums) Bouchard were born in my hometown of Watertown, NY and grew up in nearby Clayton.
Joe and Albert were the soul of BOC, but the band had some differences of opinion and split up.
Buck Dharma wrote the hits, but the Bouchard's were just so integral.
Completely false
This is crazy, but I met Al in college. We formed a bar and frat band with Buck, The Travesty. Met Joe, who attended Ithaca College music school, later. One of my best friends, who was one of three Best Men at my wedding back in the day, including Buck and another guy, had a beautiful daughter. Inexplicably, she married a Bouchard nephew. I had a great reunion with Al and Joe at their reception. Not everything has an explanation….
Godzilla is another great classic by BOC, people expect it to be a novelty song but it is 🔥
Do Godzilla
Yes please
The lead guitar is sweet 🔥
LOVE Godzilla!!! ❤️
Golden Age of Leather......
"Veteran of the Psychic Wars" and a live version of "Godzilla" are a must from them. The Extraterrestrial Live versions of both these songs are great...
As an Air Force vet, I have to say that "Veteran of the Psychic War" has always been my fav from BOC. I'm glad others appreciate it as well.
"Veteran of the Psychic Wars" live, has one or the best guitar solos in rock history :)
Yeah that live version of VotPW has a long guitar solo in there that isn't on the album version and it's awesome
@@EyesOfGehenna thanks, i will have to check that out , and if there was a link ( hint-hint ) I could continue with my amazingly long lazy streak lol. (not necessary, i'm just being awkward lol )
@@MrAuskiwi101 FACT
When I was a freshman in high school we had a jukebox in our school cafeteria. I heard this song just about every day!!
Same here 😁🤘
I always liked this song and still do. My favorite lyric is "time to play 'B' sides". I used to find great songs on the 'B' sides of my 45"s such as "Black Water by the Doobie Brothers and "Undun" by the Guess Who.
Ha, mine also. The younger guys at work were like, huh what's that mean, play besides, besides what?
I never owned more then a hand full of 45s, but that line always stood out to me. Now in my 50s with life and the world so fast paced and hectic that lyric really resonates.
I'm old enough to remember "B" sides. LOL. I still have a bunch of old 45's, but I'm not sure if I can find one of those yellow doohickies so I can listen to them on a record player.
Time to play b sides. I finely get what it is after 45years!
Seen them in concert back in the 70's.
In the early 80's...at a club in Houston called "The Limit"...a man asked me to dance to this song...we've been together for 38 years now...and still going strong.
Oh I love that!!!
Drums and bass grab your attention from the start and lock you in for the whole tune. Really great song
The main riff in this song is two guitars, playing in harmony. To hear the highest expression of that technique, check out the Allman Brothers, "Jessica."
I agree! 💯💯💯
A beautiful piece of music.
And not unfamiliar to certain automotive fans... though the original is the superior version.
Or Boston
Check out their tune "Veteran of the Psychic Wars”. Back in my high school days (the seventies), I'd listen to BOC tunes over and over and over, while painting in my room. All those art supplies tended to make my room smell. My mom was worried and asked my brother to check my room for drugs. He told her no, it was just the art supplies, and she asked how he knew. He assured her he knew. He then got in trouble for admitting that. It in fact was just the art supplies, I was just an art nerd.
You seriously have to hear Godzilla!! It’s a Blue Oyster Cult staple.
i will say dont fear the reaper is their signature song but a close second.
@@Joshuadgog Needs more cowbell.
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Ahhh great song... BOC has some really incredible songs... Veteran Of Psychic Wars is another great song!
Michael Moorcock (author of the Elric and Hawkmoon series among others) had a big hand in developing that particular album. The song itself is actually an homage to The Eternal Champion found throughout his novels.
I love that song as well as others too. I would be shocked if they go that deep. ie: Lone Survivor etc.
You can not NOT react to Godzilla guys. Their most fun song ever !!!
Go go godzilla!
It's just a novelty song. BÖC has so many actual good songs. Where's Quicklime Girl? Astronomy? Golden Age of Leather? Cities on Flame (with Rock and Roll)... Even ME262 is better than Godzilla.
Helpless people on subway train scream my God as he looks in on them
Blue Oyster Cult is a hard rock band/bordering on early heavy metal. (When I was in high school they did a tour with Black Sabbath called, naturally enough, the Black and Blue tour). You have listened to two of their most accessible songs, they are two great songs (I am not someone who thinks the popular songs can't be among a bands best) but they don't necessarily give a sense of what the band is about.
BOC had a string of great albums through the 70's and into the 80's. Most of it is harder edged than the songs you have listened to. (The album Mirrors is an exception to that). Very clever band with a strong following. (They are the only band that I tried and couldn't get tickets to in this age of ticket resales). I suspect people will recommend Godzilla, a somewhat comic song that is probably their third most famous. A better one to get a sense of who they are would be Astronomy, or one I doubt anyone else will recommend, but one I think is the most underrated Unknown Tongue.
You would probably enjoy the whole Fire of Unknown Origin album (which this song comes from). It was written for the movie Heavy Metal (named not for the music style, but rather for the adult cartoon magazine). But they decided to instead go for a variety of bands, using only one of the songs. They came to regret that decision since this was the early days of video, and they wound up having to be the rights for video for each of the songs separately. Veteran of a Thousand Psychic Wars has one of the great drum lines in rock, Sole Survivor has one of the best bass lines, and the piano intro to Joan Crawford is similar.
Oh yeah, and they are from New York State, I think Stonybrook.
Yes...I remember when The Black And Blue Tour came to our Fairgrounds here in Ventura CA......it was the hot ticket....a couple of friends and I were scheming a way to afford tickets, but we missed out.....I heard it was great!
@@kdm71291 It was great! I saw the B & B tour when they were in CT. I don’t and never did consider BOC a hard rock band.
Mirrors is a great album to listen to when under the influence of psychedelics.
Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger (who’s from my hometown, Elmira, NY) would sometimes sit in with them in the old days.
Lon, 100% agree and Unknown Tongue is a spectacular song. Dark, mysterious and filled with that classic BÖC mysticism, so beautifully crafted.
Cultösaurus Erectus is the first album of theirs I ever heard and it remains one of my all time favourites.
They have a great following but still never garnered the global recognition they truly deserved. Awesome band.
This song! BOC never disappoints!
The wife here..My dad loved BOC!! I grew up hearing this song!! It totally brings back memories of me jumping up and down on the couch when ANY of their songs came on the radio..These guys were HUGE in my area...Southeast...Love Your Channel!!
I still jump on the couch
When I hear BOC
The BOC song you need to hear is called "Perfect Water" off their "Club Ninja" album. That track has Buck Darma's finest guitar work in it bar none.
Their live version of "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" has one of the best guitar parts in rock.
As an Air Force vet, I have to say that "Veteran of the Psychic War" has always been my fav from BOC. I'm glad others appreciate it as well.
Little known fact - in the early to mid 70s BOC were the loudest live band. I saw them at McNichols Arena in Denver and my ears rang for a week after that show 😵💫
p.s. GODZILLA!
Sweet 🤘😎🤘
Mid 70's? What about motörhead??!
Try hearing them in a high school gym.
I love you guys. Absolutely fills me with joy to see younger people who weren't around in the 70s and 80s who can hear it for the first time and enjoy it and break it down. Ya'll just get it. Peace.👌❤
Another great song with good drums by them is "Cities on Flame with rock and roll"
My favorite! I suggested they listen to that song too.
One of their best and doesn't get brought up
I recommend seeing them live. Just before Covid shut down everything, I caught them in Lowell, MA, and they put on a hell of a show. No frills, just an incredible performance.
The drums in this song are amazing, but as soon as you mentioned how great they were, all I could think was "Oh, wait until the guitar solo!"
BOC was known as "Science Fiction Rock" . Their discography is full of gems. Next time try "Cities on Flame "(with Rock & Roll), Astronomy, Godzilla, Take Me away, Joan Crawford, I Love the Night, Black Blade or Perfect Water.
Not one bad song in that bunch! Joan Crawford....has risen from the grave!!!
@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee Moorcock influenced and worked with a few different bands. The BOC songs Black blade, Veteran of the Psychic Wars and The Great Sun Jester was MM's hand. "Perfect Strangers" by Deep Purple was about MM's Eternal Champion stories. He has contributed to the Bands Hawkwind, Robert Calvert and Spirits Burning. He also has his own band too.
@@Mcbuzz37 I've been a Moorcock fan for ages. Love his work with BOC, Hawkwind/Calvert and Spirits Burning.
Yeah! Cities On Flame (With Rock N Roll)! They’d love it!
Dig deeper into this magnificent band. They are still touring and have a new album...and it's friggin good.akways plat love versions.
I got to see these guys with Molly Hatchet one year. For a totally different sound by B.O.C.check out the songs Godzilla , or Survivor of the Psychic Wars
It’s Veteran of the Psychic Wars...but who’s asking 😆 Listen to the live version though!
...and Sole Survivor off the same album.
This song is magic. Remember seeing them live at the Capital Centre on this tour. Complex musicianship in so many of their songs and still the vibe that can connect with everyone.
I've seen everyone from Lynyrd Skynyrd to Led Zeppelin at the Capital Centre. I miss that place.
This One Will Be Amber's Favorite:: Blue Oyster Cult "I Love The Night"
Good call Happy.
I Love The Night - Blue Oysters Cult best tune ever along with the known hits.
They are from New York, starting out at Stony Brook college in the late 60s early 70s.
David Rosner (aka Buck Dharma) the lead guitar has a distinctive powerful but reserved, phrasing style that 'speaks' or expresses itself so well, like words.
Excellent reaction
Donald Roeser
@@masterrobert86 TY
BOC is so under rated. I saw them in concert in the 90s. I think they're still touring. " Dancing in the Ruins " is another good one.
I'm so proud of you guys.
You're really starting to get a real feel for music, refining your taste and fine tuning your ear, for the skill, talent and musicianship of each individual instrumentalist.... Your understanding, response to, and recognition of, these few factors are a massive indicator of how much you've grown .. Keep going,... it's a long and winding road, over the hills and far away... 😉🤙
If you look at your reflection, at the bottom of the well, what you see is only on the surface....
When you try to see the meaning hidden underneath, the measure of the depth can be deceiving..!!!
The bottom has a rocky reputation..!!!! ..🎸 🎸 🎸...
-Joe Walsh
Lyrics from..The confessor
BOC are from Long Island, NY. They were known to play the college campus arena circuit and like Rush built their following by live shows and word of mouth. I saw them at Purdue back in the 80’s and they were killer live. The drums - yes - the drummer played and incredible drum solo and played with his hands. It was an epic solo, an epic show! 🔥🔥🔥
Blue Öyster Cult casually makes the best song ever in 1976 and casually makes it again in 1981.
BOC are a great but underrated rock band. Very talented musicians in this band Albert Bouchard is the drummer. He sings as well, as do all of the band members. Albert sings on Cities On Flame (with Rock and Roll), among others, one of their earliest tracks and one of their anthems.
Great drumming, pounding heavy bass and great catchy guitar solo. My favorite song by BOC.👍
"Perfect Water" is a great, underrated BOC tune. "Joan Crawford" is kind of a trippy song, but a real good one too.
This song is so soothing to listen to so is don't fear the reaper love them so much
Super popular song by BOC, my favorite band.. I would recommend "I Love the Night", "Sinful Love", or "Then Came The Last Days of May".. Thanks.
My wife and i saw April Wine, Nazareth and BOC years ago in Wichita, KS. Awesome hearing "Just Between You & Me", "Hair Of The Dog" and "Don't Fear The Reaper"! Also, enough pot smoke to appear like a combination of L.A. Smog and London Fog to stone the planet!!!
This is my favorite Blue Öyster Cult song. Thanks for picking this!!!❤
Jay's Favorite Will Be:: Blue Oyster Cult "Godzilla"
I’ve been a fan since I was 13. I’m 61 now and still my favorite band. Check out “ Extraterrestrial Live” from 1981. Great work! You guys are my fave channel
BOC came through the bar I used to work at. Two things stuck with me: how HEAVY their gear was. (No joke, they had a B3 and speaker cab we had to navigate through basement hallways... FUN!) and how awesome their drummer was. He looked like Mr. Clean holding court at Mardi Gras. Totally underrated.
Check out "I Love The Night", sublime song and guitar solo!
Suggestions:
ALICE COOPER - “I’m Eighteen”
FOGHAT - “I Just Want To Make Love To You”
Great choices!!!!
I can't be mad at this....
"Then came the last days of may" is one of my favourite songs from them! Love it!
The drummer is the GREAT Albert Bouchard.
The video for this song was on constant rotation in the early days of MTV.
Great reaction ! Each of you guys have grown to enjoy each other music styles and likes through this journey and it’s nice to see people appreciate music in their past. You guys rock !
Miss Amber is always so spot on.
J and Amber,
I was so looking forward to you two doing this song!! Loved your Reactions!! So many comments thus far suggest Godzilla and I agree!! Please also hit up:
"I Love The Night" ... I can almost picture Amber's face already!! 🙂👍
Thanks for all you both do!!
Love it!!
@Rob Squad Reactions
Saw them in concert once. Very good of course. The opening was a big Godzilla on stage, shrouded in fog (dry ice) with illuminated red eyes...and it started very slowly, building to the opening lines of the song.
I've always loved BOC, but THIS one has a really special place in my heart. Because when I was 8 years old, I met my biological father for the first time. And you know how some songs just bring you back somewhere, to a person or a place ? Well for me, the very first day I met him I can remember the TV being on and my Dad was totally chillin' on the floor with me as we were meeting one another with all the back and forth questions and answers.. and suddenly the VIDEO for this song came on and I was entranced completely!! I went closer to the TV and idk, I think my Dad was a little shocked because of my reaction to the visuals to this song. And I remember him so vividly saying.. "Yep, you're definitely my daughter". And then out of nowhere, he pulled me in and hugged me then looked me straight into my eyes and said, "Thank you Trisha.. thank you for wanting to meet me and you have no idea how much I prayed for this day. You're so beautiful. A6best of all, YOU'RE WICKED COOL !" That man changed my life ! I hadn't EVER experienced a love like that in my life, and HE actually showed me what love is. THIS song brings me right back there, to that day, that moment.. EVERY TIME I hear it. 💖💖
🫶🏻🥰❤ love this story. Thankyou for sharing. I cried at how wonderful that was
BOC was always an incredible
Live Band and way ahead of their time
Please check out
Cities on Flame and Dominance and Submission
You guys rock
Great driving song!!!! Also don’t fear the reaper!! BEST DRIVNG SONG THO IS “ radar love” by Golden earring!!!! Lol just an fyi!
You must of been at the same show as I was Golden Eating opened and Crushed
This is the first band I ever saw live. They had an amazing laser show. It was easy to see with all of the smoke in the auditorium... contact highs all around for everyone.
Give BOC - Godzilla a listen. Don't expect deep lyrics, just a fun song.
Godzilla is awesome!
I love Godzilla!!!! Brings back my teenage years! Thank you!
Well there is "History shows again and again
How nature points out the folly of men".
No matter what you believe, this is true. 🤷♂️👍
@@jen_alanfromchicago53 I thought that exact thing!
I love that you guys zeroed in on the drums immediately because I’ve been air-drumming to this song my whole life.
And that, my beloved children, is why you listen to the album version 1st. In the studio they perfect what they hear in their mind’s ear and capture it without any stray noise. You almost never get that kind of quality and clarity in a live performance unless you’re actually there when it happens. One notable exception is the live version of Don’t Fear The Reaper on the album, Some Enchanted Evening. There’s another guitar solo at the end that is just magnificent. Much love 💕
This is a classic rock staple. One of the best rock songs ever.
One of the greatest sounds in rock'n'roll is the "stun guitar" interplay between Buck Dharma and Eric Bloom (and keyboardist Alan Lanier, who sometimes adds a THIRD guitar), and the Bouchard brothers were an unstoppable rhythm section.
And Jordan's first instinct of them being from the East Coast was correct- they're from New York (Long Island, to be exact).
I have been listening to blue oyster cult since I was in high school back in 82.
this album , fire of unknown origin, is just an amazing album Amber, you said you liked the sound you that Burning for you had. that feel, the whole album has that same feel.
it's a well put together album it's one of those kind of albums that you just put it on listen to the whole thing while you're cleaning your house or your apartment .
I have done that probably at least 400 to 500 times. And I say album because I own the 33LP as well as the CD.
All of the album covers are really cool to look at and you will see an Egyptian Ankh somewhere on every cover.
Great band. Love them
I'm with many others, you guys have to do Godzilla. You'll love it
agree 1000%
Just saw BOC with Deep Purple this February at Hard Rock in Hollywood Florida. Both groups still sound great. Two of my top 4 favorites since the early 70's. Bloom and Dharma still rock in their upper 70's.
Love Blue Oyster Cult!
'80s BOC was great, their 1980 and 1981 albums were brilliant, also think you'd love their 1977 song I Love the Night too. Speaking of drums, for a similar great '80s drum sound, there's Judas Priest that decade with some of their more mellow melodic rock gems like Turning Circles, Desert Plains, Solar Angels and Bloodstone. I think this era of the band (Point of Entry album in particular) would be right up your musical alley.
I saw them in 74 at the Michigan Palace and then in 75 at the World Series of rock in Cleveland with Rod Stewart and the Faces, Aerosmith, Uriah Heep and Mahogany Rush. Well at least I think I did. Gotta love the 70s.
I saw them open for Uriah Heep about the same time.
If you want an example of how many really good ideas they can pack into a song, have a listen to The Vigil off Mirrors, arguably one of their greatest feats of songwriting.
I would highly recommend reacting to Godzilla! It is especially awesome for those of us who like old SciFi movies
This is probably their most commercial song.. Blue Oyster Cult is from Long Island , NY.. or should I say, based there. They are one of the most underrated bands to ever play and have super musicians who have been with the band a long time.. Buck Dharma (Donald Roeser ) is a Grade A guitarist. As others have said they have a deep catalog.. Hard Rock to Heavy Metal. but also some others.. Let me suggest a deep cut , maybe others won't .. not hard rock.. or metal.. kind of soft rock.. In Thee, from the underrated Mirrors album.... , great song.. but you can't go wrong with what others have suggested.. nice reaction..
Still waiting on that Blue Oyster Cult,"Veteran of the psychic wars" reaction.
I know right? One of their best songs.
As an Air Force vet, I have to say that "Veteran of the Psychic War" has always been my fav from BOC. I'm glad others appreciate it as well.
Buck Dharma is a top tier guitarist. Check out his solo on Kick Out the Jams from their live album Some Enchanted Evening. The tempo is crazy and he nails it
The entire Agents of Fortune Album is a banger. Not a bad song.
This bands music library is vast, wide and deep. One of the best damned guitarist to ever shred. He's so good his solos are nice, smooth. Not choppy and glitchey .
This was the very first video I ever saw on MTV and my introduction to Blue oyster cult. It was epic and every time I hear it it brings me back to that day . I was 10 years old and will never forget it
Great band that doesn't get enough attention. They are still going strong! Check out "Astronomy", "Shooting Shark", "And Then Came The Last Days of May", and "Godzilla". Buck Dharma is the best guitarist this 55 year old headbanger has ever seen play live.
Yeah, still going strong indeed. For so many years, they didn't make another studio album convinced that nobody wanted to hear anything from them but the classics anyway. But Italian label Frontiers (home of many, many classic hard rock behemoths these days, Journey and Uriah Heep being only two) persevered, the band let themselves be convinced - and in the fall of 2020 "The symbol remains" appeared to universal acclaim, rightly lauded as one of the greatest comeback albums by any band in many a year, possibly of all time.
Quite possibly the perfect rock song. Keep up the great work you two, love your videos!
Honestly find Don't fear the reaper live. The chemistry is amazing.
Needs more cowbell!
This is one of the earliest songs I can remember singing the chorus to with the radio.
Blue Oyster cult One of the classics from them is Godzilla it’s a very fun song to listen too.
My favorite BOC song! Their harmony along with their musical ability is such a great sound that is hard to duplicate. Boston had a bit of that as well. But BOC is so unique!
Check out Veteran of the Psychic Wars from the same album
BOC was formed in 1967 at the State U of NY at Stony Brook (on Long Island). Over the years they did a lot of rock genres/subgenres. The one constant member is guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser. He wrote "Burnin' for You" (1981) with Richard Melzer, and sang the vocals on that song, though Eric Bloom was often the band's lead singer.
Astronomy is great BOC song. Veteran of Psychic War from Heavy Metal the motion picture---great song... of course GODZILLA!!!!!!!
Saw them @ Civil Center in OKC in ‘78!! Incredible!!🤘🔥
Saw them with Black Sabbath!
August 8th. 1980 lebanon Valley speedway NY. the black and blue concert!!!
First and last concert they ever had at the Valley !!!😂
What a show!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳
Traffic was backed up for miles in all derictions after it was in all the papers !!! Look it up!
Not only a Long Island Band, but a Long Island band that practiced down the block from my best friends house in GreenLawn, who would have guessed what was next to come. Love BOC. They had a famous tour where they went out with Black Sabbath, and switched off opening for each other. It was called the Black & Blue Tour.
I vote for Godzilla for next BOC song.
Yes!
Me too!!! 👍
Nice reaction guys. U guys have grown in appreciation of music over the past year. It’s awesome to see
IIRC BOC is from Long Island NY. When they were “trying out” new songs for an album, they use to appear in little clubs around NY as Soft White Underbelly. Agreed. You gotta hear Godzilla.
Oh yeah!!!
I forgot about soft white underbelly!
👍👍
The summer of 1981... B.O.C. "Burnin' For You", Moody Blues "The Voice", Greg Kihn Band "The Breakup Song", Alan Parson's Project "Games People Play" E.L.O "Hold on Tight". Was such a great summer!
Blue oyster is not a real heavy band, just enough & one of my favorite bands
This song came out in 1981, the year I graduated from high school. You would find in my record collection - ABBA, The Bee Gees, Toto, Billy Joel, the Oak Ridge Boys. And Fire of Unknown Origin, the album this song comes from. Changed my life 😂
They were definitely a great band and still good listening. I wish you could check out Blackfoot " the highway song or train train "
"Highway Song" is on my main biker playlists:
The Rider's Soundtrack
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The Rider's Soundtrack - Stripped & Chopped
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