Maybe not the best, but Will Ferrell has contributed to some of the best skits in SNL history. Roxbury, Spartan Cheerleaders, Short Shorts for USA, Celebrity Jeopardy, Harry Caray, Robert Goulet, the list goes on.
"Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult is a real song. And the first time I played it in Rock Band, I realized there was a WHOLE LOT of cowbell in it.
That is the delicious irony of the whole thing. I listened to this song for decades and never noticed the cowbell until after this skit. I love how they emphasize the cowbell when so many like myself didn't even notice it. This is great.
Actually the official version barely has any. It's there, but just barely noticeable. Still, I love the song and the skit. Even the band was dumbfounded when they found out about the skit being based around it with it being so quiet.
I just ran into Will Ferrell 2 nights ago at a restaurant. My band was eating at restaurant before our show and Will comes in. I went out to my trailer, dug out my cowbell from my drum kit, and Will signed it! Then played my show with signed cowbell from Will.
Were you in Indianapolis? He's filming a documentary(?) driving across the country and was spotted in several places around Indy. He was sitting in a lawn chair and filming in the parking lot of a Walmart on the south side and later was at the Indiana Pacers NBA game.
The absurdity is the point. This sketch did make a mark, however. Shortly after this, when touring, Blue Oyster Cult would xhoose a lucky member of the audience to join them on stage to play cowbell.
There is a long lost skit from SNL where a Census taker knocks on the door of a resident. The resident is played by Walken. It is one of Walken's best SNL skits. It used to be on YT but has disappeared now.
@@luckylady7542 I found it on NBC's site by googling "SNL where a Census taker knocks on the door of a resident". I don't think yt would let me post the link here.
During REHEARSAL Will wore a normal sized shirt. For taping, he came out wearing one too short and caught the cast off guard and they laughed in the skit. So Will laughed too.
For people of age to have seen or at least heard about this skit when it came out, "a little more cowbell" has been legendary. Proper use of this would be like "I think this is almost perfect", (response) "It needs more cowbell bro". And if your around 40 or so... you know exactly what this means. 😆
Don't Fear the Reaper is a great song. Per Wikipedia: Released as an edited single (omitting the slow building interlude in the original), the song is Blue Öyster Cult's highest chart success, reaching #7 in Cash Box and #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1976. Critical reception was positive and in December 2003 "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" was listed at number 405 on Rolling Stone's list of the top 500 songs of all time.[4]
"The cock of the walk, baby" because its supposed to be 1976 it's his way of saying "Yeah, I'm the G.O.A.T" Great vid reaction and one of my favorite skits 😂
If you watch when Bruce Dickinson goes back into the sound booth if you pay close attention you see him laughing his butt off. Then being dead serious when leaving the booth. Lol
I've got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell 😂😂😂 is literally my childhood. We would say it all the time to each other in our best Walkin impression.
When Queens of the Stone Age played SNL in 05, Will came out in this outfit and danced around the stage playing the cowbell while QOTSA played. I remember watching it live on TV as a QOTSA fan, and long time SNL fan, and went crazy lol If anyone hasn't seen it check it out. They played the song "Little Sister".
The fact that you're reviewing this seriously as a musical peice instead of a skit (unintentional? I can't tell) is even more hilarious than the comedy on display. You considered more cowbell as legitimate feedback & I fell off my chair. Thank you.
Mr Lloyd, this is SNL and this is a skit ... This song is one of Blue Oyster Cults greatest and is as a matter of fact their biggest hit and the person playing Cow Bell is the SNL player and Actor known as "Will Ferrell" and this is one of SNL's greatest skits of all time.
I saw BOC at a local casino and there was a group of women that marched and danced up and down the isles and all around the audience with cow bells when Don't Fear The Reaper was played! Classic!!!!!!!!
Christopher Walken is just so good. My favorite SNL sketch with him in it is the Googly Eyes Gardener. It's so funny, and it's entirely due to Christopher Walken's one-of-a-kind delivery.
@@kennythompson9682 yeah like I'm expecting to find someone pointing out what a legend Bruce Dickinson is but instead I find an explanation for Will Ferrell and Christoher Walken
The skit is fun. The song... is called a classic for a reason and it's not that it is almost 50 years old. this song always brings me to the same emotional place.
I can't believe you haven't heard of the "More Cowbell" meme, but of course it had its heyday before even the Internet was commercial, let alone the Web.
Bruce Dickinson didn’t produce this song. He did however work on the production when it was released on a best of compilation CD years later. And yes, it’s THAT Bruce Dickinson, lead singer for Iron Maiden. The SNL folks looked at the reissue info, not the original release info.
This became a bit at Dallas Mavericks games after Sacramento brought cowbell to a playoff game to distract players during free throws. Cuban put together a whole theme where Walken would just pop up at games and ask for the prescription of more cowbell.
Blue Oyster Cult is a real band from Long Island. They were moderately successful with this song being their biggest hit. The people on stage are not the group. They are SNL cast members. When they were preparing for a tour, they would often play at local Long Island clubs as "Soft White Underbelly." So they wouldn't draw big crowds. But everyone knew their alter name so that became ore of a joke than good in practice. The lead singer Eric Bloom is Howard Sterns cousin. He is also from Long Island. Christopher Walkin played the record producer. He is infamously known for being on the boat with Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood when she mysteriously drowned after a night of drinking.
Yes, it's a real, well known song from the Seventies, and, yes, it includes a cowbell. It's the absurdity of creating a whole sketch around that cowbell that kind of underpins this.
Lorne Michaels the guy who ran the show at SNL hated when actors would laugh and break character. He once said to cast members "Get your Sh*t together! This isn't the Carol Burnett Show" a show that was famous for actors breaking character.
I love your drive to problem solve! 😂 I think what makes it funny for me is that I knew the song well before seeing the skit and cowbell is *really* prominent.
Christopher Walken’s unknown phrase was “ the cock of the walk” alluding to the rooster’s proud strut about the barnyard , asserting his rule over hens and chicks; a conceited bossy person
🤗This defined a generation of people randomly shouting "MORE COWBELL!!!!!" every time we hear one, 🤭no MATTER where we are! 😝 I'm 58 and still shout it at shows! 😁🐰
One of the shows that randy Bachman did was about songs featuring the cow bell. The first selection was this sketch with the actual song seamlessly joined with the sketch.
They did a great job recreating the look of each Blue Öyster Cult band member at the time, but their positions and names are changed. The guy in front really looks like lead guitarist Buck Dharma but is called by the name "Eric". Eric Bloom is the lead singer of the group and Will Ferrell, with the hair, the beard and the sunglasses looks very much like the real Eric Bloom. The drummer looks just like BÖC keyboardist Allen Lanier, but is called "Bobby", perhaps because at the time this sketch was made BÖC's drummer was Bobby Rondinelli. The one in the printed shirt with the black guitar should be on drums because he looks just like drummer Albert Bouchard. Finally, the one in the leather jacket looks, I think, the least like the person he's portraying, the brother of Albert Bouchard, bass guitarist Joe Bouchard. And I don't know, but I have heard that Christopher Walken, who is called Bruce Dickinson, is actually doing an impression of Blue Öyster Cult's original manager, Sandy Pearlman. Aside from all that, this is a great sketch. I love it that Jimmy Fallon can't even LOOK at Will Farrell without breaking character. He's trying not to laugh so hard he's constantly hiding his face.
Bwahahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣 One of the funniest EVER!!!! *Schweddy Balls w Alec Baldwin *D!ck In A Box w Justin Timberlake *Choppin’ Broccoli w Dana Carvey Thnx for reacting to this; appreciate you! Stay safe & love much💖
"That don't mean nothing! He said nothing, and he expected you to know what he was saying!" - I'm ☠️! A perfect, exceedingly accurate synopsis, and one I'll be ripping off as much as possible for the remainder of my life 😂😂
Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult was one of my all time favorite bands and songs when I was growing up....this skit hit SOO hard it had me absolutely DYING!! Had to show my mom since she was the one who introduced me to their music...good god we were laughing so hard we had tears...Christopher Walken is a dayum legend!!!
I never paid attention to the lyrics of Don't Fear the Reaper, until sometime after my husband died. Actually I think it may have just come up on my UA-cam feed, and now I know how beautiful and powerful those lyrics are. But I also remember seeing this SNL skit when it was first on, and while I still find it hilarious, I find myself wishing the actual recording didn't have so much cowbell. And though I don't necessarily care much for Will Farrell, he was great in this!
Yeah that's the story I've read as well, he wore a smaller shirt on purpose and that was breaking a couple of people (not that it's hard to break Fallon but Ferrell liked to make it happen)
🤣 Cowbell sales went thru the roof after this skit! Look it up! I went to buy 1 at Manny's in NYC and 😳 they were sold out! 🙄Stuff you CAN'T make up if you tried! 🥰🐰
😂🤣 one of the best skits SNL did. You should also check out if you haven’t already..... Chris Farley SNL “Matt Foley motivational speaker” and “Chippendales Audition”
Walken said regardless of all of the movies he's done and the many things he's been apart of the thing he gets the most from people is "More Cowbell". You haven't done Blue Oyster Cult, Don't Fear the Reaper? It was their biggest hit.
Bruce of courses played by Christopher walken I know you probably don't recognize them but that's jimmy Fallon playing the drums and on the cowbell is Will Ferrell
I would definitely suggest you check out an SNL skit called Evil Boss. It doesn't seem to get as much love as More Cowbell, but I'd put it up there with any of the classic SNL skits
THE Bruce Dickinson is the lead singer of Iron Maiden. A legendary belter. This producer guy is obviously presenting himself as more important than he really is. And nobody in the band had a clue who he is.
Oh man, didn't watch it for a while. Classic. OK, peak SNL was long gone that time (Belushi, Aykroyd, Murray, Chase....), but still shined once in a while and this was hilarious. Nowadays....oh well.
True story Christopher Walken said that this skit was the thing he regretted most in his career because he can't even go to a Italian restaurant and order spaghetti without the waiter/waitress asking him if he would like more cowbell with that. He also dislikes Will Ferrell because of this and kinda blames him for it.
This is one of the all time best skits on SNL.
I will agree to disagree sir.
Maybe not the best, but Will Ferrell has contributed to some of the best skits in SNL history. Roxbury, Spartan Cheerleaders, Short Shorts for USA, Celebrity Jeopardy, Harry Caray, Robert Goulet, the list goes on.
Extremely arguable. This skit has never even made me snicker.
no
@@jasonknotts5001I’m sure the situation in which you first watched it effected your opinion.
Will Ferrell intentionally wore a smaller shirt than he wore in dress rehearsal, and the reactions it caused are priceless!
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I never knew 🤣😂🤣
"Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult is a real song. And the first time I played it in Rock Band, I realized there was a WHOLE LOT of cowbell in it.
still could have used more cowbell.
Same!! I remember tapping on that mic for what seemed like hours lol.
That is the delicious irony of the whole thing. I listened to this song for decades and never noticed the cowbell until after this skit. I love how they emphasize the cowbell when so many like myself didn't even notice it. This is great.
Actually the official version barely has any. It's there, but just barely noticeable. Still, I love the song and the skit. Even the band was dumbfounded when they found out about the skit being based around it with it being so quiet.
I just ran into Will Ferrell 2 nights ago at a restaurant. My band was eating at restaurant before our show and Will comes in. I went out to my trailer, dug out my cowbell from my drum kit, and Will signed it! Then played my show with signed cowbell from Will.
With a story like that, You need to change your name to ISCOWBELL.
Were you in Indianapolis? He's filming a documentary(?) driving across the country and was spotted in several places around Indy. He was sitting in a lawn chair and filming in the parking lot of a Walmart on the south side and later was at the Indiana Pacers NBA game.
@@Matt-fv2qb in Illinois
ahahaah that's awesome. He sounds chill
The absurdity is the point. This sketch did make a mark, however. Shortly after this, when touring, Blue Oyster Cult would xhoose a lucky member of the audience to join them on stage to play cowbell.
You troubleshooting the sketch is even more absurd than the sketch itself😄
Christopher Walken will never shake this skit.
His fever is never gonna break.
There is a long lost skit from SNL where a Census taker knocks on the door of a resident. The resident is played by Walken. It is one of Walken's best SNL skits. It used to be on YT but has disappeared now.
@@laudanum669 darn would love to see it. I'm a Walken fan.
@@luckylady7542 I found it on NBC's site by googling "SNL where a Census taker knocks on the door of a resident". I don't think yt would let me post the link here.
During REHEARSAL Will wore a normal sized shirt. For taping, he came out wearing one too short and caught the cast off guard and they laughed in the skit. So Will laughed too.
For people of age to have seen or at least heard about this skit when it came out, "a little more cowbell" has been legendary. Proper use of this would be like "I think this is almost perfect", (response) "It needs more cowbell bro". And if your around 40 or so... you know exactly what this means. 😆
I'm 45 and my husband and I still say it needs more cowbell all the time.😅
I'm 76 and I use this phrase.
24 and I say this so much 😂
Don't Fear the Reaper is a great song. Per Wikipedia:
Released as an edited single (omitting the slow building interlude in the original), the song is Blue Öyster Cult's highest chart success, reaching #7 in Cash Box and #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1976. Critical reception was positive and in December 2003 "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" was listed at number 405 on Rolling Stone's list of the top 500 songs of all time.[4]
Timeless masterpiece.
This was an absolute classic bit for us oldsters. It sparked a million "more cowbell" "Christopher Walken" impressions. Great times.
My favorite SNL skit of all time. 🤭🤭🤭
I got a fever!
And the only prescription is...
MORE COWBELL!!!!
My first reaction was "How the heck have you not seen this!?" This is a core memory for me.
"The cock of the walk, baby" because its supposed to be 1976 it's his way of saying "Yeah, I'm the G.O.A.T" Great vid reaction and one of my favorite skits 😂
I was laughing so hard at your confused reaction 😂 This is one of my all time favorite SNL skits.
YES it is a real song. It’s been a favorite of mine for decades. But since this skit came out…all I hear is the cowbell on the song now.
If you watch when Bruce Dickinson goes back into the sound booth if you pay close attention you see him laughing his butt off. Then being dead serious when leaving the booth. Lol
Sorry, we weren't looking for a solution to the situation. We were looking for more Cowbell.
one of the most classic SNL skits ever, next to James Belushi's Joe Cocker
I've got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell 😂😂😂 is literally my childhood. We would say it all the time to each other in our best Walkin impression.
When Queens of the Stone Age played SNL in 05, Will came out in this outfit and danced around the stage playing the cowbell while QOTSA played. I remember watching it live on TV as a QOTSA fan, and long time SNL fan, and went crazy lol If anyone hasn't seen it check it out. They played the song "Little Sister".
Christopher Walken is so funny - his delivery is priceless.
He also has a Great reading of the classic " The Three Little Pigs ".
They played this song in the opening of the movie, 'The Stand'. It was perfect!
Absolutely! Creepy following that raven across the desert! I had chills!
The fact that you're reviewing this seriously as a musical peice instead of a skit (unintentional? I can't tell) is even more hilarious than the comedy on display. You considered more cowbell as legitimate feedback & I fell off my chair. Thank you.
Mr Lloyd, this is SNL and this is a skit ... This song is one of Blue Oyster Cults greatest and is as a matter of fact their biggest hit and the person playing Cow Bell is the SNL player and Actor known as "Will Ferrell" and this is one of SNL's greatest skits of all time.
Not only is it a real song, it's a really good song.
Dude. It's a frickin comedy skit.
THIS IS THE FUNNIEST DAMN SKIT ON SNL- TO THIS DAY!!!!!!!!!!!
I saw BOC at a local casino and there was a group of women that marched and danced up and down the isles and all around the audience with cow bells when Don't Fear The Reaper was played! Classic!!!!!!!!
Christopher Walken is just so good. My favorite SNL sketch with him in it is the Googly Eyes Gardener. It's so funny, and it's entirely due to Christopher Walken's one-of-a-kind delivery.
The guy with the cowbell is comedic actor Will Ferrell. Christopher Walken has a long career in film, and won an Oscar for The Deer Hunter.
I wasn't aware anyone in a western country over like 15 years old doesn't know Will Ferrell's iconic comedy or Walken's iconic voice.
@@kennythompson9682 yeah like I'm expecting to find someone pointing out what a legend Bruce Dickinson is but instead I find an explanation for Will Ferrell and Christoher Walken
This is classic 👍. I say almost every day at work I need more cowbell 🤣
FINALLY been waiting for this one!!! Next one needs to be SNL-Who Wants to Eat with Christina Ricci
I got a fever. And the only prescription, is more cowbell 😂
The skit is fun. The song... is called a classic for a reason and it's not that it is almost 50 years old. this song always brings me to the same emotional place.
The shirt coming up is what made Fallon break character.
Have you seen Chippendales SNL skit???🤣🤣🤣 Do that one next
I can't believe you haven't heard of the "More Cowbell" meme, but of course it had its heyday before even the Internet was commercial, let alone the Web.
Bruce Dickinson didn’t produce this song. He did however work on the production when it was released on a best of compilation CD years later. And yes, it’s THAT Bruce Dickinson, lead singer for Iron Maiden. The SNL folks looked at the reissue info, not the original release info.
This became a bit at Dallas Mavericks games after Sacramento brought cowbell to a playoff game to distract players during free throws. Cuban put together a whole theme where Walken would just pop up at games and ask for the prescription of more cowbell.
late 90s early 2000s snl being called vintage makes me feel old af
it IS a real song! By Blue Oyster Cult!
This is one of the funniest SNL skits!!
Blue Oyster Cult is a real band from Long Island. They were moderately successful with this song being their biggest hit. The people on stage are not the group. They are SNL cast members. When they were preparing for a tour, they would often play at local Long Island clubs as "Soft White Underbelly." So they wouldn't draw big crowds. But everyone knew their alter name so that became ore of a joke than good in practice. The lead singer Eric Bloom is Howard Sterns cousin. He is also from Long Island. Christopher Walkin played the record producer. He is infamously known for being on the boat with Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood when she mysteriously drowned after a night of drinking.
Yes, it's a real, well known song from the Seventies, and, yes, it includes a cowbell. It's the absurdity of creating a whole sketch around that cowbell that kind of underpins this.
this skit is LEGENDARY! i'm happy you've seen it.
It was definitely a legit song and the humor is over the top! This is SNL...it's called humor!
04:42 Cock of the walk, baby.
It basically means someone who dominates others within a group
I can't tell you how loud I laughed when this skit happened.
Christopher Walken is a genius delivering his lines
Lorne Michaels the guy who ran the show at SNL hated when actors would laugh and break character. He once said to cast members "Get your Sh*t together! This isn't the Carol Burnett Show" a show that was famous for actors breaking character.
I love your drive to problem solve! 😂 I think what makes it funny for me is that I knew the song well before seeing the skit and cowbell is *really* prominent.
I remember the day after this broadcast, and I kept hearing more cowbell, and I would just start laughing just as hard as that night.
Man, your commentary on this video makes it even funnier. thx
Christopher Walken’s unknown phrase was “ the cock of the walk” alluding to the rooster’s proud strut about the barnyard , asserting his rule over hens and chicks; a conceited bossy person
I saw this when it first aired and I could hardly breathe I was laughing so hard. : p
Reacting to this like it's real lol man I wish they would just post the full skit somewhere without the commentary
This is a comedy sketch.
🤗This defined a generation of people randomly shouting "MORE COWBELL!!!!!" every time we hear one, 🤭no MATTER where we are! 😝 I'm 58 and still shout it at shows! 😁🐰
One of the shows that randy Bachman did was about songs featuring the cow bell. The first selection was this sketch with the actual song seamlessly joined with the sketch.
It was the record playing, not live. : ^) And yes, that was one of their biggest hits.
They did a great job recreating the look of each Blue Öyster Cult band member at the time, but their positions and names are changed. The guy in front really looks like lead guitarist Buck Dharma but is called by the name "Eric". Eric Bloom is the lead singer of the group and Will Ferrell, with the hair, the beard and the sunglasses looks very much like the real Eric Bloom. The drummer looks just like BÖC keyboardist Allen Lanier, but is called "Bobby", perhaps because at the time this sketch was made BÖC's drummer was Bobby Rondinelli. The one in the printed shirt with the black guitar should be on drums because he looks just like drummer Albert Bouchard. Finally, the one in the leather jacket looks, I think, the least like the person he's portraying, the brother of Albert Bouchard, bass guitarist Joe Bouchard. And I don't know, but I have heard that Christopher Walken, who is called Bruce Dickinson, is actually doing an impression of Blue Öyster Cult's original manager, Sandy Pearlman.
Aside from all that, this is a great sketch. I love it that Jimmy Fallon can't even LOOK at Will Farrell without breaking character. He's trying not to laugh so hard he's constantly hiding his face.
Bwahahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣
One of the funniest EVER!!!!
*Schweddy Balls w Alec Baldwin
*D!ck In A Box w Justin Timberlake
*Choppin’ Broccoli w Dana Carvey
Thnx for reacting to this; appreciate you!
Stay safe & love much💖
Whole skit is based on "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult being one of the most famous songs with a cowbell in it.
Objectively speaking, there really wasn't enough cowbell in that performance, that is absolutely clear for any musician with a high quality ear.
One of my fav SNL skits, enjoyed ur reaction ty! ❤️🔥
After you see this skit anytime you here Don't Fear the Reaper the cowbell stands out.
One of the best songs with one of the SNL skits thanks for reacting needed to see this skit another time just gets better
I've never seen this guy before, but wow, way to take fun out of a comedy sketch.
This sketch has been following Christopher Walken around ever since and its gotten very old for him.
"That don't mean nothing! He said nothing, and he expected you to know what he was saying!" - I'm ☠️! A perfect, exceedingly accurate synopsis, and one I'll be ripping off as much as possible for the remainder of my life 😂😂
Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult was one of my all time favorite bands and songs when I was growing up....this skit hit SOO hard it had me absolutely DYING!! Had to show my mom since she was the one who introduced me to their music...good god we were laughing so hard we had tears...Christopher Walken is a dayum legend!!!
This is probably my favorite and most quoted SNL skit of all time 😂🔔🔔🔔
I never paid attention to the lyrics of Don't Fear the Reaper, until sometime after my husband died. Actually I think it may have just come up on my UA-cam feed, and now I know how beautiful and powerful those lyrics are. But I also remember seeing this SNL skit when it was first on, and while I still find it hilarious, I find myself wishing the actual recording didn't have so much cowbell. And though I don't necessarily care much for Will Farrell, he was great in this!
SNL: Gardening Tips from a man afraid of plants.
WALKEN at his best, on his own. I't hysterical.
Of course this song exist. Its an absolute classic.
Finally 👍I've been waiting for you to react to this one 😆😆😆😆
Awesome! & I believe the shirt was done on purpose by will ferrell
That shirt makes the skit 🤣
Yeah that's the story I've read as well, he wore a smaller shirt on purpose and that was breaking a couple of people (not that it's hard to break Fallon but Ferrell liked to make it happen)
Walken publicly told Will “you ruined my life”. Apparently Walken can’t put in a serious broadway show without someone yelling “more cowbells”
One of my favorite all time skits from snl. Also first time i can remember hearing this song was in the movie The Frighteners lol
This is my most performed Karaoke song. Absolute classic!
🤣 Cowbell sales went thru the roof after this skit! Look it up! I went to buy 1 at Manny's in NYC and 😳 they were sold out! 🙄Stuff you CAN'T make up if you tried! 🥰🐰
It’s a real song. And you will NEVER not hear the cow bell after watching this
😂🤣 one of the best skits SNL did.
You should also check out if you haven’t already.....
Chris Farley SNL “Matt Foley motivational speaker” and “Chippendales Audition”
Haven’t seen this in years still makes my sides hurt!
"Don't Fear the Reaper" would be a great song to react to (with the lyrics, preferably) for next Halloween!
😂 great reaction to a great skit.
Also an amazing song. Should definitely do a reaction to the original
Walken said regardless of all of the movies he's done and the many things he's been apart of the thing he gets the most from people is "More Cowbell". You haven't done Blue Oyster Cult, Don't Fear the Reaper? It was their biggest hit.
Bruce of courses played by Christopher walken I know you probably don't recognize them but that's jimmy Fallon playing the drums and on the cowbell is Will Ferrell
The heavy cowbell makes the song better somehow I know this is a joke but it’s awesome
I would definitely suggest you check out an SNL skit called Evil Boss. It doesn't seem to get as much love as More Cowbell, but I'd put it up there with any of the classic SNL skits
Seasons don't fear the Reaper...nor do the wind, the Sun or the rain
THE Bruce Dickinson is the lead singer of Iron Maiden. A legendary belter. This producer guy is obviously presenting himself as more important than he really is. And nobody in the band had a clue who he is.
I, for real, hope deep in my soul the next thing you did with your life was to go review Don't Fear the Reaper on your music channel.
Really gotta check out "Cork Soakers". It's one of the best SNL skits.
Christopher Walken as the producer, Will Farrell in a tiny shirt on the cowbell, "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Club = Funny!
Oh man, didn't watch it for a while. Classic. OK, peak SNL was long gone that time (Belushi, Aykroyd, Murray, Chase....), but still shined once in a while and this was hilarious. Nowadays....oh well.
I can't hear this song without the cowbell. It feels incomplete.
True story Christopher Walken said that this skit was the thing he regretted most in his career because he can't even go to a Italian restaurant and order spaghetti without the waiter/waitress asking him if he would like more cowbell with that. He also dislikes Will Ferrell because of this and kinda blames him for it.