Amazing. The first American heavy metal band of note. Columbia signed them so they could house an "American Black Sabbath." BöC is extremely under rated.
*@Kayla Caulfield* Agree.......but (some isolated good tacks excepted) sadly they disintegrated after "Agents Of Fortune". .....Although they deserve to be legends for the first four albums alone . or even for "Agents" alone ....
The band of that era makes me wet. And I’m a dude! It just doesn’t get better than this shit. I spent Christmas Eve at Eric’s aunt’s house in ‘93, just after my father passed. He couldn’t have been kinder, Christ, I’m tearing up for the first time since my only kid died, he couldn’t have been kinder, introduced me to his wife and kids and we talked all things BOC, then family. Probably the greatest night of my life, besides the night I met my wife. At a BOC show.
That was before both rock and metal evolved into what they are now but young people who love Sabbath, maiden, Metallica, Megadeth, and later groups like Korn and avenged sevenfold need to listen to the early BOC records before the commercial breakthroughs like "reaper", "zilla" and "burning" because they will know what influenced "heavy metal", " death metal" and thrash metal. Bands like Slayer and Megadeth are not as original as people think. They just became much heavier than anything prior
same here in NYC... had the opportunity to see the BOC many times locally, especially the old Academy on 14th street/ Beacon Theater, and then when they became ""superstars" the Garden and the NAZI Coliseum. Oh yeah, the BOC put on some great shows at the Capitol in NJ!!!!
back in time when your car stereo system had speakers in every orrifice, equalizer and amp..this f'n tune ......they could hear you coming down the road 3 blocks...heh heh
For sure!.. i had equalizer, Jensen tri-axials and a top line Sony stereo and i would blast away!.. when a system in your car was a must for cruising/ boozing..hahaha
Yes "sinister" is the word that always came to my mind with BOC back in the day. Eric Bloom had that great sinister voice that fit the music perfectly and Buck had that sinister guitar that would put some fear in you. The only other guy comparable, that I can think of is Sabbath's Tony Iommi
I was a naïve, unsuspecting Alice Cooper fan in 1972 when I first saw Blue Oyster Cult. Holy crap was I blown away. I knew 5 minutes in that I was in the presence of a major band.
BOC's music never gets old. Highly underrated, especially Buck's guitar playing. He is one of the best rock guitarists ever, period. I saw them many times in their heyday. One memorable time was as Soft white Underbelly at Hammerheads in West Islip, NY.
@@MrSkyblu1 BOC has to revamp their stage show during their tour with Kiss. They were the headliners, not Kiss. But Kiss' show upstaged BOC's and they stopped the tour to develop a show with effects. Before they, they just went out and played. I liked Kiss and BOC. But BOC's musicianship and songwriting was on such a higher level than Kiss', especially Donald Roeser. Ace Frehley as a guitar player couldn't shine Roeser's shoes.
My very favorite BOC song of all time!! I saw them in concert in 2008 they blew the roof off the friggin building!! They rock hard. Buck Darma is awesome on guitar! 😄👍🌠
I think this performance is where most would say BOC was at its peak. Some of their best songs, and good enough to fill half of a live album. Any BOC fan would kill to be at this show just one more time, I think.
I have to agree. I first saw BOC in 1977 in Columbus, Ohio during the Spectres tour. Of course I was a BOC fan before that but yes late 70's early 80's was prime time for BOC. They are just flat out unlike any other band out there. There's just no comparisons to any other band with these guys.
I LOVE YOU, B O C, Been jam'mim' to you's since the 70's, Tim Crissinger, Ray Satterfield, Terry Crissinger and Mickey Marich are your biggest fans in Collinwood, Cleveland, Rocks, ohio.💙🎼🎶✌🎵🤟
Oh, boy, what a song! What a great band! Just love that riff! And it was way back then in 1981, in their best period, the one that was encapsuled in a a great live album: Extraterrestrial live (1982)!
Il never forget in 2007 I was 14 at the california state fair me and my buddy Andrew and Shane were in the way back and Buck Dharma saw us way back there and said "let those kids up here we got plenty of room!" And the security guard ushered us up to the front and we promptly had our faces and then eyes melted off he was so fucking cool, even said hey to us, fucking class act! Core memory right there
Totally rocks! Eric Bloom has such a killer voice. It is disappointing now because the new live versions sound just as awesome but goofs off now with the vocals...
@@ryanhills3456 I don't really like how much they've changed the key for the songs and sing the vocals now. And I get that they're almost 80 and can't sing like they once did but when you have to almost rewrite the song because you're losing talent, it might be time to retire.
@@ryanhills3456 I totally agree. Who cares that he can't hit those vocals anymore. If you are a true fan you will enjoy it alot more than the goofing off with the lyrics in my opinion.
Here's another trip down memory lane for me. I attended this concert at the notorious, gone but not forgotten Hollywood Sportatorium. It was the 2nd time I had seen them, I was 15 & it was memorable.
BOC could have cemented their legacy with this song alone. So many other great tunes from this band-seven screaming dizbusters comes to mind. I will never forget seeing BOC in February of '74. I was standing right in front of Bloom. He looked very sinister to my 13 year old brain!
@@randalmayeux2288 Traditionally I know him for the CheeseBerger ( Steinberger ). I can dig an Explorer played well. James Hetfield and The Edge to name two. Have a wonderful 2020 in spite of the nonsense.
My God Eric has an amazing set of lungs! Love his voice and his delivery! Buck can play guitar like no other! A great band I love and hope one day to see in RRHOFame!
Todays music won't hold up 5 days from now.At the risk of sounding like an old fart they just dont write em like that anymore. I was fortunate to have seen original BOC twice,first time in early 1976 @Albany Palace Theater and at outdoor concert on same bill as The J.Geiles band and Black Oak Arkansas. Believe was same year Dont fear the Reaper came out!
nab692000 I saw em in 1975 at Cleveland stadium on a bill with: BOC- Mahogany Rush - Uriah Heep - Aerosmith - and Rod Stewart. We left after 10 mins of Stewart - he couldn't compare to the bands we'd seen that day. Sadly - concerts like that are gone forever. But I'll never forget it!
I saw Blue Oyster Cult live as the headline group in Wilkes Barre PA in an small theater around 1976. I already had two of their records by them. Rush was the opening act, and Kiss followed up after them before BOC went on stage. My friends thought Kiss was awesome, but I never did think so (all show theatrics). In a interview with Gene Simmons even he thought BOC was a better band!
Just flashed back to Cleveland Stadium at one of the World Series of Rock Stadium. Their rendition stole the show! This became my rock anthem, and still is!
I was three too. saw em in 1975 at Cleveland stadium on a bill with: BOC- Mahogany Rush - Uriah Heep - Aerosmith - and Rod Stewart. We left after 10 mins of Stewart - he couldn't compare to the bands we'd seen that day. Sadly - concerts like that are gone forever. But I'll never forget it!
John LaVassaur i was there too. I saw em in 1975 at Cleveland stadium on a bill with: BOC- Mahogany Rush - Uriah Heep - Aerosmith - and Rod Stewart. We left after 10 mins of Stewart - he couldn't compare to the bands we'd seen that day. Sadly - concerts like that are gone forever. But I'll never forget it!
I was there too. I saw em in 1975 at Cleveland stadium on a bill with: BOC- Mahogany Rush - Uriah Heep - Aerosmith - and Rod Stewart. We left after 10 mins of Stewart - he couldn't compare to the bands we'd seen that day. Sadly - concerts like that are gone forever. But I'll never forget it!
People many anyway, give credit to e van Halen for inventing the tapping technique, but maybe they were wrong. I haven't seen BOC since the mid-seventies, but to this day their shows were amongst the best I've ever seen, and at every one of Them, they shredded their supporting acts. Ted Nugent, Journey, reo speedwagon, others I can't remember. And a great BOC story. LA police chief Ed Davis decided while under his command the unsavory element goes to this type of show So we were at LA Shrine Auditorium for BOC, the SC football team were the roving bouncers, instantly terminating any pot smokers in the crowd, "put it out" and you had to listen. While BOCs team prepared, we went into the lobby and hung out, watching the "undercover" cops scrutinize the crowd in their "trench coat disguises". Watched them a half hour, stoned out of gourd on a 3 letter favorite. They never looked our way! I miss the seventies...
Another great clip. Listening to Eric Bloom sing this and then hearing his voice now...painful. Thanks for posting another one from this classic concert Bill.
Definitely listen to this band in the late seventies love Blue oyster cult. The first area I bought in the late seventies cost as much as a car and I played the vinyl had to put headphones on. My wife was sleeping.
I saw them in '75 ( I think).. I was close enough that when those flash pots went off, I thought my eyebrows were gone, lol. Also, the only show I was at where some joker set off a tear gas grenade. Interrupted the show, but they and we all came back.
I remember seeing them that same year 1981. I was 21 and saw them at the FOX theatre in AtL Ga and it was an epic show! Back then anything went and the whole FOX was filled with smoke. I fell in love with B O C from then on and saw them prob 20 more times live😎
I went to this effing show. Lord have mercy. I knew it looked familiar. The whole building was a cloud of smoke. I Was was wasted and passed out in my car. I would have been 16. Anyways, Foghat opened but I missed the. Somebody else also, but I woke up right in time for BOC. It was a good show. How effing weird. That buck can effing play guitar.
B. O. C. THE MEN IN BLACK FROM " NEW YORK CITY " !!! These Guys know how to produce a : Rock n Roll event ;. and Then Some !!! Awesome Song and Awesome Band ! Carlito F . ♦️. U. S . A.
I saw BOC. As my first concert. On the bill was also Cheap Trick and Pat Travers. I was pretty blown away. I remember when they played Godzilla, the drummer wore a Godzilla head. Lots of fun!
@@johnmorris7969 The note progression is pretty much the same, although I think there's some slight difference in that, and the tempo is different. It's based on pentatonic minor, so most people have used a similar scale. Plus, BOC do it so much better than Sabbath.
Amazing. The first American heavy metal band of note. Columbia signed them so they could house an "American Black Sabbath." BöC is extremely under rated.
They along with Montrose really broke America away from British Rock. Anyone who likes Heavy Metal should listen to this Anthem!!
Sir Lord Baltimore and Cirith Ungol we’re more Metal than BÖC.
we already had an American Black Sabbath,,they were called "Grand Funk"
*@Kayla Caulfield*
Agree.......but (some isolated good tacks excepted) sadly they disintegrated after "Agents Of Fortune". .....Although they deserve to be legends for the first four albums alone . or even for "Agents" alone ....
You must be pretty old if you consider this metal.
Buck Dharma. Fkn legend. Shredding at 100 mph and never looks at the fretboard...
completely agree, he is a legend
The band of that era makes me wet. And I’m a dude! It just doesn’t get better than this shit. I spent Christmas Eve at Eric’s aunt’s house in ‘93, just after my father passed. He couldn’t have been kinder, Christ, I’m tearing up for the first time since my only kid died, he couldn’t have been kinder, introduced me to his wife and kids and we talked all things BOC, then family. Probably the greatest night of my life, besides the night I met my wife. At a BOC show.
This is one of the best bands of that magnificent era. It's a joke they are not in the HOF.
I agree with you 100 on that one,
Screw the HOF, where's the radio play?
I just learned that Tupac Shakur is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. No Blue Oyster Cult... Sickening.
Rock n roll HOF is definitely a joke
They're much too good for the R & R Hall of Shame
Underrated riff! No one seems to talk about this masterpiece
I agree. This is one of their amazing songs that should be a bigger part of the pantheon.
I do!
sound like Deep Purple
@@lindagreaney5136 Me too. Lol
Amen my friend! ❤️
Eric Bloom's voice was incredibly powerful in its prime, listen to that AMAZING singing! Just wow.
On your feet is the greatest live album of all time....saw them with Sabbath and Molly hatchet. They blew both bands away. Buck Was a madman
Of all the greatest live album lists or topic this never crops up. Strange. And shame me.
BOC. I wrote my senior term paper on the difference between hard rock and heavy metal of the 60's and 70's. Made the best grade in the class 110+A
That was before both rock and metal evolved into what they are now but young people who love Sabbath, maiden, Metallica, Megadeth, and later groups like Korn and avenged sevenfold need to listen to the early BOC records before the commercial breakthroughs like "reaper", "zilla" and "burning" because they will know what influenced "heavy metal", " death metal" and thrash metal. Bands like Slayer and Megadeth are not as original as people think. They just became much heavier than anything prior
Saw Blue Oyster Cult about eight times in the 70s and 80s what a wonderful concert every time.
same here in NYC... had the opportunity to see the BOC many times locally, especially the old Academy on 14th street/ Beacon Theater, and then when they became ""superstars" the Garden and the NAZI Coliseum. Oh yeah, the BOC put on some great shows at the Capitol in NJ!!!!
Still great
My first song of this band. They became my all time favorite. Have seen them numerous times. Totally priceless.
One of the best guitar rock riffs EVER!
Amen brother - 100% kick ass, take no prisoners!!
Saw them five times in the 80s...one of the greatest rock bands ever. Still listen to them today. RIP Alan Lanier...
Saw them recently in a town near me. These dudes still got it man! ✊✊✊
Agents Fortune tour. Airgon( ( Brawl)Ballroom.Chicoago
@@paulasmussen3929 Early days right there. I was still in high school listening to these guys every day in my car. Good times.
back in time when your car stereo system had speakers in every orrifice, equalizer and amp..this f'n tune ......they could hear you coming down the road 3 blocks...heh heh
For sure!.. i had equalizer, Jensen tri-axials and a top line Sony stereo and i would blast away!.. when a system in your car was a must for cruising/ boozing..hahaha
Saw them in the 70's also, the speed and ease of Bucks playing was amazing to me !
Yes "sinister" is the word that always came to my mind with BOC back in the day. Eric Bloom had that great sinister voice that fit the music perfectly and Buck had that sinister guitar that would put some fear in you. The only other guy comparable, that I can think of is Sabbath's Tony Iommi
I was a naïve, unsuspecting Alice Cooper fan in 1972 when I first saw Blue Oyster Cult. Holy crap was I blown away. I knew 5 minutes in that I was in the presence of a major band.
BOC's music never gets old. Highly underrated, especially Buck's guitar playing. He is one of the best rock guitarists ever, period. I saw them many times in their heyday. One memorable time was as Soft white Underbelly at Hammerheads in West Islip, NY.
Did they open for Zebra?????
@@lorenmansfield Never! BOC were far too big to ever open for Zebra. It was Zebra who opened for BOC.
@@ntotrr8585 BOC should have been too big to open for KISS, but that somehow happened.
@@MrSkyblu1 BOC has to revamp their stage show during their tour with Kiss. They were the headliners, not Kiss. But Kiss' show upstaged BOC's and they stopped the tour to develop a show with effects. Before they, they just went out and played. I liked Kiss and BOC. But BOC's musicianship and songwriting was on such a higher level than Kiss', especially Donald Roeser. Ace Frehley as a guitar player couldn't shine Roeser's shoes.
@@ntotrr8585 Nope.First, KISS opened for BOC but KISS became bigger and BOC ended up opening for them. Look it up.
My very favorite BOC song of all time!! I saw them in concert in 2008 they blew the roof off the friggin building!! They rock hard. Buck Darma is awesome on guitar! 😄👍🌠
I saw that tour. My gosh it was magical.
This was a huge hit for them, but they never play it on the radio any more. They only play two of their songs on the radio these days.
This band killed every live show I saw them play. If you didn't see them live, then you missed out. Phenomenal every time.
Them and AC/DC the loudest concerts I ever attended.
Their musical ability is nothing short of brilliant.
I think this performance is where most would say BOC was at its peak. Some of their best songs, and good enough to fill half of a live album. Any BOC fan would kill to be at this show just one more time, I think.
I have to agree. I first saw BOC in 1977 in Columbus, Ohio during the Spectres tour. Of course I was a BOC fan before that but yes late 70's early 80's was prime time for BOC. They are just flat out unlike any other band out there. There's just no comparisons to any other band with these guys.
"Extraterrestrial Live" is my favorite live album of all time. Great record of a great live band from their greatest period.
This Florida concert from October 1981 is one of BOC's greatest ever .. the performances across a number of songs that night were epic ...
Just like I love my ladies. A little heavy, on the bottom end, and screaming loud enough to wake the neighbors.
I'm 48 an this song came out a year before I was born. I have just discovered this gem! B.O.C!! HELL YEA'-
This has been in my rotation for 47 Years.
Never gets old.
Some of the heaviest music from that era!
Love Alberts drumming in the "intro" and the backbeat bassdrum kills it whooo*
Hell yes! The Bouchard Brothers were such a huge part of the BÖC sound and they both deserve way more credit than they get!
That's not Albert. It's Rick Downey, who replaced him.
Yup, Rick Downey…..
Albert was the one who sang this song originally.
saw them in 1974 and later in Duluth in 1978 opening for Rush what a show
Rush is a turn off.
@@lesg24 I'm sure they'd be heartbroken to hear that.
A double rush. Lucky.
Lol...Rush opened for BOC....FACTS
@@timcornell8975yes they did, few times.
I LOVE YOU, B O C, Been jam'mim' to you's since the 70's, Tim Crissinger, Ray Satterfield, Terry Crissinger and Mickey Marich are your biggest fans in Collinwood, Cleveland, Rocks, ohio.💙🎼🎶✌🎵🤟
Oh, boy, what a song! What a great band! Just love that riff! And it was way back then in 1981, in their best period, the one that was encapsuled in a a great live album: Extraterrestrial live (1982)!
Came out on their first album in 1972
Il never forget in 2007 I was 14 at the california state fair me and my buddy Andrew and Shane were in the way back and Buck Dharma saw us way back there and said "let those kids up here we got plenty of room!" And the security guard ushered us up to the front and we promptly had our faces and then eyes melted off he was so fucking cool, even said hey to us, fucking class act! Core memory right there
Man, I almost forgot howSTRONG a singer was live. Such a great fucking band to this day. Rock on!🤘😎🤘
Eric bloom has a great voice and the song has so much energy! Eric Bloom has great intensity
Totally rocks! Eric Bloom has such a killer voice. It is disappointing now because the new live versions sound just as awesome but goofs off now with the vocals...
@@ryanhills3456 I don't really like how much they've changed the key for the songs and sing the vocals now. And I get that they're almost 80 and can't sing like they once did but when you have to almost rewrite the song because you're losing talent, it might be time to retire.
wasn't eric a roadie that boc when the original singer left?
@@ryanhills3456 I totally agree. Who cares that he can't hit those vocals anymore. If you are a true fan you will enjoy it alot more than the goofing off with the lyrics in my opinion.
@@dougmphilly Sound man...
What a great performance
I liked it too! especially the open g string that has sparked great debate amongst the UA-cam comment pagers down below! HA!
My ears melted, and then my eyes. Weird.
Ya it depended on what kind of acid was around
Love the way the crowd erupts on the first couple chords , You know it's gonna be a hot version when you hear that energy !
Amazing band. Amazing identity as a band. Helped lift us out of the disco rut.
wow...the Sport -O with the generous rest rooms and great A/C system.... taking me back. And BOC, one of the greatest hard rock bands of all time!
I see you were at this show too. 😄
Absolutely, a riff to put in the history books and played for the masses.
Now that's what I call music...
Bad ass song! I got to see em with Rush! Killer show!☠️🤟🏻✌🏻⚔️
Here's another trip down memory lane for me. I attended this concert at the notorious, gone but not forgotten Hollywood Sportatorium. It was the 2nd time I had seen them, I was 15 & it was memorable.
BOC could have cemented their legacy with this song alone. So many other great tunes from this band-seven screaming dizbusters comes to mind. I will never forget seeing BOC in February of '74. I was standing right in front of Bloom. He looked very sinister to my 13 year old brain!
Everybody rocking the f*** out. Priceless.
Buck play ing a Flying V? Explorer? I can't tell. What ever, it sounds great!!
@@randalmayeux2288 Traditionally I know him for the CheeseBerger ( Steinberger ). I can dig an Explorer played well. James Hetfield and The Edge to name two. Have a wonderful 2020 in spite of the nonsense.
I was there! Hollywood Sportatorium. Incredible concert!
Lucky dog. Obviously an awesome gig thst night.
My God Eric has an amazing set of lungs! Love his voice and his delivery! Buck can play guitar like no other! A great band I love and hope one day to see in RRHOFame!
great riff, holds up 40 years later, do you think ANYTHING out there in "music" now will be even remembered in 5 years?? NO!
That's probably 41 years as it was "borrowed" from Sabs "The Wizard" according to Albert. This is an upgrade though with killer guitar from Buck.
Todays music won't hold up 5 days from now.At the risk of sounding like an old fart they just dont write em like that anymore. I was fortunate to have seen original BOC twice,first time in early 1976 @Albany Palace Theater and at outdoor concert on same bill as The J.Geiles band and Black Oak Arkansas. Believe was same year Dont fear the Reaper came out!
@@stevenwilkinson1265 the riff is similar, but they turned the song into something much more dynamic and interesting than the wizard.
@@stevenwilkinson1265 the riff is better. It makes the wizard riff sound boring
nab692000
I saw em in 1975 at Cleveland stadium on a bill with: BOC- Mahogany Rush - Uriah Heep - Aerosmith - and Rod Stewart. We left after 10 mins of Stewart - he couldn't compare to the bands we'd seen that day.
Sadly - concerts like that are gone forever. But I'll never forget it!
definatly 1 of my all time fav tunes, BOC was a very great band!! PEACE
luv these guys great veteran rockers with great riffs
New Years Eve in Oakland, full laser show, this song rocked with the laser display, great show…..
3000 guitars. Hell make it 10000. That will blast them.
I saw Blue Oyster Cult live as the headline group in Wilkes Barre PA in an small theater around 1976. I already had two of their records by them. Rush was the opening act, and Kiss followed up after them before BOC went on stage. My friends thought Kiss was awesome, but I never did think so (all show theatrics). In a interview with Gene Simmons even he thought BOC was a better band!
original heavy metal no doubt
They were a rock and roll band. Just ask them
Hardly... Look up MC5 -Kick out The Jams-
BOC did a cover of it
@@mejustme6944 huh...what...i don't get it...and I'm being nice
Just flashed back to Cleveland Stadium at one of the World Series of Rock Stadium. Their rendition stole the show! This became my rock anthem, and still is!
I was there in 1975, what a show!
I was three too. saw em in 1975 at Cleveland stadium on a bill with: BOC- Mahogany Rush - Uriah Heep - Aerosmith - and Rod Stewart. We left after 10 mins of Stewart - he couldn't compare to the bands we'd seen that day.
Sadly - concerts like that are gone forever. But I'll never forget it!
John LaVassaur
i was there too. I saw em in 1975 at Cleveland stadium on a bill with: BOC- Mahogany Rush - Uriah Heep - Aerosmith - and Rod Stewart. We left after 10 mins of Stewart - he couldn't compare to the bands we'd seen that day.
Sadly - concerts like that are gone forever. But I'll never forget it!
I was there too. I saw em in 1975 at Cleveland stadium on a bill with: BOC- Mahogany Rush - Uriah Heep - Aerosmith - and Rod Stewart. We left after 10 mins of Stewart - he couldn't compare to the bands we'd seen that day.
Sadly - concerts like that are gone forever. But I'll never forget it!
These guys are heavy as f*'k 😎
People many anyway, give credit to e van Halen for inventing the tapping technique, but maybe they were wrong. I haven't seen BOC since the mid-seventies, but to this day their shows were amongst the best I've ever seen, and at every one of Them, they shredded their supporting acts. Ted Nugent, Journey, reo speedwagon, others I can't remember. And a great BOC story. LA police chief Ed Davis decided while under his command the unsavory element goes to this type of show So we were at LA Shrine Auditorium for BOC, the SC football team were the roving bouncers, instantly terminating any pot smokers in the crowd, "put it out" and you had to listen. While BOCs team prepared, we went into the lobby and hung out, watching the "undercover" cops scrutinize the crowd in their "trench coat disguises". Watched them a half hour, stoned out of gourd on a 3 letter favorite. They never looked our way! I miss the seventies...
Underrated to say the least!!!
One of their finest moments, another reason to live life to the extreme.
My eyes are still sore from the laser burns I got at a BOC show in the 70s!
When this was new and I was a teenager,,,we didnt call it heavy metal etc.... Just Good F------g Music
First band I saw in 1975, they were awesome with a 20 minute drum solo during this song. Plenty of time to enjoy all the smoke.
Saw them in Albuquerque, NM, i was a little surprised at just how good of a show they put on !
I could watch the first minute of this video on endless loop. Soooo effing kickass!!!!!
2020 quarantine in Arkansas ☮️❤️🇺🇸
Another great clip. Listening to Eric Bloom sing this and then hearing his voice now...painful. Thanks for posting another one from this classic concert Bill.
Definitely listen to this band in the late seventies love Blue oyster cult. The first area I bought in the late seventies cost as much as a car and I played the vinyl had to put headphones on. My wife was sleeping.
"black (sabbath) and blue sunday" in detroit in late 70's...still get goosebumps... when rock and drugs were real
The most underrated heavy riff ever!!!
Kick ass Mr. Downey!!👍
Gets me going every time since I first heard it. Started out my fandom of the BOC, never turned back, even today.
I saw them in '75 ( I think).. I was close enough that when those flash pots went off, I thought my eyebrows were gone, lol.
Also, the only show I was at where some joker set off a tear gas grenade. Interrupted the show, but they and we all came back.
great band
I only saw them once in concert, in Chicago. Great show.
I was wild about this band as a teen, wow this brings back memories.. I saw them five times..
Van BC 4 times starting 1973. Great video, thanks.
I remember seeing them that same year 1981. I was 21 and saw them at the FOX theatre in AtL Ga and it was an epic show! Back then anything went and the whole FOX was filled with smoke. I fell in love with B O C from then on and saw them prob 20 more times live😎
Timeless BadA$$ Song !!!!
the very best version of this song...incredibly awesome
It's interesting how they mixed up their writing approach. They did heavy music but also did some mellow stuff. It reminds me of ELO.
I saw them open for Sabbath at SixFlags. It was my first concert. '77
This was a great tour saw it here in n Detroit in 81 with Steve Marriott and Humble pie.
I went to this effing show. Lord have mercy. I knew it looked familiar. The whole building was a cloud of smoke. I Was was wasted and passed out in my car. I would have been 16. Anyways, Foghat opened but I missed the. Somebody else also, but I woke up right in time for BOC. It was a good show. How effing weird. That buck can effing play guitar.
Happy65TH B-day Donald"Buck Dharma" Roeser(11//2012)!!!
Bloom is a monster singer and rightly so his voice is more powerful than Alberts but Albert has one of those voices that scream Rock And Rooooooooll!!
Eric bloom has that raw intensity to match the song
B. O. C. THE MEN IN BLACK FROM
" NEW YORK CITY " !!! These Guys
know how to produce a : Rock n Roll event ;. and Then Some !!!
Awesome Song and Awesome Band ! Carlito F . ♦️. U. S . A.
I saw BOC. As my first concert. On the bill was also Cheap Trick and Pat Travers. I was pretty blown away. I remember when they played Godzilla, the drummer wore a Godzilla head. Lots of fun!
That's what I want LOUD AND PROUD.
Great live version!
That riff is so good
What can you say that truely covers the smorgasbord of influences and styles in this piece. Be glad you got to hear it
The drums in this song are the truth!
saw these guys at 78 toledo speedway jam,,crazy awsome
Goddd i just eargasmed
Saw them when they came to Hawaii along with Shaken Street, Molly Hatchet & Black Sabbath, epic summer jam !
This is the version you want, nice. BOC rules Rock.
They were on absolute fire
I love this riff. Got to know it whilst listening to Church of Misery ;-)
Thing i love from this song is that is like "Zeppelin meet Deep Purple"... and mixed with BoC style... its so damn good
You should be getting a hint of Black Sabbath in there for sure ....
@@stevenwilkinson1265 Because the riff is lifted from The Wizard...
@@sunjester8254 Yep I was thinking the same. It definitely reminded me of the Wizard.
@@johnmorris7969 The note progression is pretty much the same, although I think there's some slight difference in that, and the tempo is different. It's based on pentatonic minor, so most people have used a similar scale. Plus, BOC do it so much better than Sabbath.
Well, if you want to nick a riff from a song/band, that's the place to start.
Boa banda😮
Love it ❤️
Saw them in the late 70s when they had lasers. AMAZING