FIRST TIME HEARING Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper | Reaction
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You will never forget this song. It is one of the most unique songs.
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Such an incredible song. So many people are afraid of dying it's just a part of life. Nobody's exempt from it. If you embrace the fact that you're going to die and just accept it it won't hold so much power over you.
Absolutely my friend. Once you accept the inevitable, only then will you have the opportunity to fully live life. However one does that (religion, good works, etc) doesn't matter.
These things are easy to say and sing about until you are old and at the end of your life. The story changes a little bit.
Exactly! We need to get comfortable with it. Because it will come upon us all soon enough, it's a tough thing for most people. Prepare beforehand and you can have a peaceful passing.
It is said that the human brain is unable to comprehend its own end, so I don’t know…
haha, see if you saying the same thing when life is slowly slipping away from you with each gasping breath on your last bed my friend. Godspeed.
99% of Population: One of best guitar solos in history
LFR: Drums!
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Their vocals and instrumentation makes them feel like a much larger band. They are amazing.
Blue Oyster Cult was a great band that had several iconic songs this being one of them but they don't get enough credit for being one of those iconic bands of the 70s
Was? Still are. Saw they 2 months ago and sound fantastic still.
So glad I dived into BoC a couple years ago. They might not have anything else that sounds like Don't Fear but they have some really great stuff like Black Blade, I am the Storm, Veteran of the Psychic Wars. Astronomy, the funny title but creepy sounding She's as Beautiful as a Foot. I really see no reason for them to only have like 3 recognized songs when every album has several songs that sound like something that should've definitely made it to radio.
@@greenkorn69 The Revenge of Vera Gemini sounds like Don't Fear The Reaper and it's from the same album.
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This song is a Classic!! It always makes me think of "The Stand" by Stephen King, an Epic Movie!! Love this and the cowbell!!
I freaking love this song…another awesome song by BÖC is “Then Came the Last Days of May” “Burnin’ for You” and “Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll” (That Riff….🤯)
Personally my favorite is " Veterans of a Thousand Psychic Wars"
@@acyour I feel like that song is underrated big time tbh
on your feet or on your knees ! live album ...heck ya cities on flame damned near stole the show on that album.
Now that you've listened to this, it is ESSENTIAL that you do "More Cowbell": a skit from SNL about this song!!!!! One of the funniest things they ever did, and a great tribute to this song!
Can't hear this song without hearing that🤣🤣🤣🤣
Definitely!
This right here!
Yes!! It's a must after hearing this song!!
Yes
BLUE OYSTER CULT "GODZILLA",, "BURNING FOR YOU",, "I LOVE THE NIGHT" & "THIS AIN'T THE SUMMER OF LOVE"..CLASSICS..TRUTH!!
We’ve all seen the SNL skit about this song featuring Christopher Walken. It was beyond hilarious. I’ve seen it so many times and still laugh as hard as the first time I heard it. But, the reason for the skit was to pay tribute to one of the band members that had just passed.
Thank you for posting and reacting to this. I’ve heard it all my life. I was in middle school when it came out. Listening with the lyrics (I already knew it was about death), now, it takes me to a new perspective. Oddly, the words were calming. We all die.
An all time classic the opening rif is unmistakable , it's a great driving tune too, top down sunnies on hitting the coast road BOC stonking from the stereo, with the smell of salt on the air.
That's one of my most cherished guitar solos to hear. When the radio plays the edited no-solo version I cry a little.
Death is a doorway, not an end. A transition rather than a true finality. Therefore there is nothing to fear.
You've been there? What was it like?
@@DaveRod76 you ever have a dream that felt so real that you didn't know you were dreaming, and the suddenly things get weird and the dream unravels and then you wake up and question whether you're still asleep or not? That's what it was like.
I was just telling my 17 yr old daughter who has recently fallen in love with this song that she will would not be happy hearing this song on the radio because of the edit.
I saw them live in the mid 70s. They were with Kiss and Jonny and Edgar Winter. Without a doubt the most rowdy and wild concert i ever went to.
Sounds like a great concert! Never saw BÖC.
I saw them in 1980 on the "Black & Blue" tour with Black Sabbath and again in 81 with Foghat. Yeah concerts were wilder back then.
I saw that tour in Atlanta. Bob Seger was on that bill also.
@@josecastellanos5187, yes at the Atlanta, Fulton County stadium but for some reason I don't remember Bob Seger being there.
@@cindyconner5245 yeah, the show started early, like around 3-3:30 with 38 Special. I found this on a KISS site. Atlanta, GA Fulton County Stadium Promoter: Alex Cooley, Inc. Other act(s): Bob Seger, Johnny & Edgar Winter, .38 Special, & Blue Oyster Cult Reported audience: 34,489 / 50,000 (68.98%)
Live your life to the fullest and don't fear the reaper.
The smiles that music brings is one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen in life.
I love your take on the song. I think in the beginning of the song when it says the seasons don't fear the reaper is showing us death is so natural. We fear it but it is natural. Crazy in this modern world, we are comfortable with so much unnatural stuff. The reaper is a figure most see as spooky and menacing.I like in this song, the Reaper is more of a guide instead. At our time, we can go gently and peacefully, take his hand and fly.
Everything about that song is amazing.
Gotta be the sickest guitar solo in existence...
If you liked this, try Blue Oyster Cult: "Burning for You."
Absolutely an amazing song...A song telling us we will have someone we love there to take us home, so not to fear...Thank you, Peace
I think when the instrumental happens, that’s the fear building as the reaper appears, then the calmness of acceptance begins.
I see the shredding guitar as the fear and pain as the body dies. Then, as consciousness fades, the calm music returns and the person has passed to whatever awaits.
Great song. A wonderful joyous song to put everyone in a state of serenity.
Then it changes...
I saw Blue Oyster Cult in the late 70’s in Kansas City. They had a mirror ball with lasers bouncing off of it. I was pretty intoxicated and I swear I could feel that light every time it hit me. Got lost from my friends for a while but all in all, a great freaking concert!! 😎☮️❤️
Wow you're so lucky you saw them in Kansas. How weird in a good way just reminded me of Supernatural. I'm sorry they played this song on the show, supernatural has a good soundtrack 👌
"I need more Cowbell"....if you know you know.
Damn! I’m three hours too late! 😭
I was reading to see if it was said
More Cowbell!!!
Missed the cowbell at 5:55!
Don't blow this for us, Gene!!
This is one of a select group of GOAT songs in the rock catalog.
This was my Godmother and my song and she died of cancer about 10 years ago and everytime this song comes on i tell her daughter i know your mom is trying to tell me something and last year i kept hearing tnis song over and over and i could feel her trying so hard to reach out and i had been putting off going to the dr and i finally decided to go and come to find out i had cancer and i had i put it off any longer there would have been nothing they could have done but now im cancer free for 6 months. Thats one reason this song is so important to me. Thank you for your reaction to it
one of my favorite tunes,the playoff between the voices and the melodic harmonies,,,,oh man
One of the greatest guitar solos of all time. Not too technical or flashy, just perfect for the song and mood.
One the things about BOC was their albums were supposed to be Rock Operas... according to Don Roeser “I was thinking about my own mortality. I wrote the guitar riff, the first two lines of lyric sprung into my head, then the rest of it came as I formed a story about a love affair that transcends death. I was thinking about my wife, and that maybe we’d get together after I was gone.”
Per Roeser, the mentioning of Romeo and Juliet had to do with those two lovers were denied the freedom to love in the present but had faith that they would be allowed to love in the hereafter... a love that transcends the mortal coil. We shouldn't fear death because we will see our loves in the next life so to speak
The DRUMS!! .... courtesy of Albert Bouchard, brother of the bassist Joe Bouchard.
This song was released in 1976. BOC's self-titled first album released in 1972.
Unlike other songs about the death of a lover/friend/family member, this one is accepting it as a natural process that is just a part of life. And perfectly written, played and performed.
I thought your thoughts and analysis on the song were spot on - perfectly said.
I am glad you displayed the lyrics. I've always been fixated on the music, cow bells and the scary "don't feel the reaper" hook. That was definitely deeper about telling someone to let go it's time and it's ok. Perfect scary song to play by your Halloween cemetery display or coming out of a giant Grim Reaper.
I believe it was featured in the movie, "Halloween".
I've always thought of this song as an old lady facing death, maybe illness or cancer, and her husband who passed before her is singing this song to her to say there is nothing to fear, I've been through it, we'll be together again, at the end she died and joined him...
BLUE OYSTER CULT, "DON'T FEAR THE REAPER".. HUGE CATALOGUE.. "CITIES ON FLAME WITH ROCK AND ROLL", "THEN CAME THE LAST DAYS OF MAY", "RED AND BLACK", SEVEN SCREAMING DIZBUSTERS", "M.E.262", SAW THESE GUYS AS THEY HEADLINED MY FIRST LIVE CONCERT IN 1973...
It's meant to romanticize due to the process of dying and the "peace" you feel before hand. We are so afraid to die that we forget to live.
This was the music playing at the beginning of The Stand, the broadcast version of Stephen King's epic novel. I get goosebumps every time I watch the camera moving through the bio weapons lab with Don't Fear the Reaper playing in the background.
Man I caught so much hell from my mom over this band back in the day.She used to say you are not listening to anything that has something to do with a cult. I was mama it’s just the name of the band But she give me double dose of hell about this band But I love ya mom You are always looking out for me and I appreciate it way more now than I did back then
I've never even thought of or frankly noticed the "back-and-forth" aspect you pointed out. Interesting.
One of my favorite songs in high school 1978-1981 ... 💖💖
Very versatile band and great musicians. Great catalogue. This song was in the original Halloween (78) movie. As someone with cancer, I find this peaceful. The song writer was very ill when he wrote this.
BOC is such a great group.... check out "I love the night", "Astronomy", and "Veteran of the Psychic Wars (live version is fantastic)"
I had the pleasure of seeing them live twice.
My favorite BOC song and always will be.
The beginning of Stephen King's "The Stand" (1994 and best version) features this at the beginning.
Some folks back when this was on the radio every day thought it was encouraging suicide but deep down it's a love song. Two make one etc.
Another band with this kind of vibe and depth you need to check out if you haven't already is Kansas.
Other great macabre October songs from BOC include "I Love the Night", "Nosferatu", and "Black Blade". Thanks for yet another great reaction, Van!
This beautiful, creative, and full of talent song was featured on the soundtrack for Stephen King's mini-series, The Stand in 1994.
they used to play in some small clubs in SF! under the name Soft White Underbelly. pretty cool!
This Classic Tries To Remind Us To Tell Our Friends & Loved Ones Just How Much They Mean To Us,, AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE Before They're Gone,, THE FLAMING LIPS "DO YOU REALIZE" (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
One of the things that shocked Don "Buck Dharma" Roeser was when he was asked in an interview why he wrote a song about suicide. That thought had not crossed his mind, and he was stunned to think that people thought he was advocating suicide. The song, written and sung by lead guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, deals with eternal love and the inevitability of death. He wrote the song while envisioning an early death for himself. There was no thought of suicide; he was painfully aware of the shortened lifespans of many rock 'n rollers, and was contemplating his own potential to join them, not willingly or suicidaly.
The preachers of the day were the first ones to cry "Devil Music!", "Suicide Pact!", and the like. The parasites feed on the fear they can induce in the flock.
We had the best names for bands in the 70s.
In my opinion songs are open to our own interpretations. Kinda like beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Now that you've heard this one, I've *got* to recommend 'Veteran of the Psychic Wars'.
The second most optimistic and celebratory song about death and dying in my lifetime.
You weren't wrong, Van.
That's exactly what it's about, and the sound is smooth.
The number one song with a similar theme but different circumstances would be Seasons In The Sun by Terry Jacks (not written but sung and released by Terry).
I’m not sure if this is an anti-war song (1967) or about, suicide, or possibly just death (end of life). Regardless, a Beautifully performed song.
One of the most underrated bands ever...
Next to this, my two favorites from them are "Joan Crawford" and "Black Blade". Their songs almost always have a macabre element to them.
Buck Dharma is SUPER Cool
Blue Oyster Cult is the Thinking Man's Metal. You get it Brother!! Kudos.
Thanks for sharing all these gems from my childhood. I’m at my uncles house. He’s “babysitting”, but really I’m just hanging out. All his friends and their girlfriends etc. hang out there as well. All these cool albums. I learned chess.
My #1 favorite song!! So glad you reacted to it. So damn good. There's actually some great covers, too. HIM does a great one.
Absolutely love this channel. Only so many of us whom are intellectual and can describe feeling with words. What an amazing person. Kudos!
This is what I needed to hear! Ty fam
While a person may have written a song with a specific meaning in mind, every person who hears that music, will do so through the filters of their own experiences. Every person who hears it will connect with it in a different way, and it doesn't have to be in the way the artist intended.
And this is meant to be about the acceptance of death (don't fear the reaper).
“I’m ‘bout to go to the store” had me cracking up!
I Love the Night my 2nd favorite from BÖC. 💕
This is a great song. It is sung from the perspective of the Grim Reaper about suicide. Reference the verse "Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity. 40,000 men and women everyday (Don't fear the Reaper)... A deceptfully beautiful song about a serious subject.
"Don't fear me..."
- The Reaper
We all dance with death eventually; what's that saying ? "King or street sweeper we all dance with The Grim Reaper". This song definitely, however briefly, takes the sting out of it. Cool reaction dude, we all bopped along to it, I think that's kind of the point.
Such a distinctive guitar solo. All we needs is a little more cowbell.
I hear it as don't be afraid of love.. of stepping out.. of taking that chance.. death comes to all.. don't he afraid to take chances.. Yes also about death and not to be afraid of that flight into the unknown.
This song I first heard it on my favorite show that ended 😭 SUPERNATURAL ,anywho the show has awesome music 🎶
Excellent analysis of the smog's contradictions between the smoot inviting and even "romantic" sound and vibe of the song to the message of death - which what the lyrics are about not fearing death. Great job.
You Must do Veterans of the Psychic Wars(Live version) it has one of the best guitar solos ever on it.
To me it's about love conquering the fear of death. Perhaps conquering death itself, "Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity." Death is a natural part of life and fearing it may keep you from loving others, which is what you're meant to do. Same as seasons are meant to come and go and the wind is meant to blow, all without fearing the inevitable end. "Seasons don't fear the reaper, nor do the wind, the sun, or the rain." In the end she conquers her fear of death and she's then able to embrace love (fly).
" I'm about to go to the store-" "Don't fear the Beeper."
Haven't heard this song in awhile was around when I was a baby older siblings played it lol I got to hear music from many eras
Don't Fear/Worry So Much About Death,, It's A Natural Thing To Pass On,, Just As It's A Natural Thing To Be Born,, Try To Be More Comfortable With Death & Live Your Life To The Fullest Every Second You Are Here.
I really enjoyed your reaction. I have to tell you - I believe it's important for each person to interpret songs the way they feel. And there's nothing wrong with that at all. Definitely nothing to apologize about. Also I think some songs are so cleverly written that there are several interpretations of the song. And the artist/song writer does this intentionally. Lastly, your interpretation of this particular song seemed spot-on to me.
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the guitar sound in the little fill in sllos is soooooooooo good!
Agents of Fortune album had lots of great songs. Revenge of Vera Gemini, This Ain't the Summer of Love are good. Good ones from early albums are Career of Evil (album version), Cities On Flames w/ Rock and Roll, Then Came the last Days of May, ....
My favorite line from "The Green Mile"....at the end of the movie Paul says, "We all owe a death. There are no exceptions."
I don't know how many times i have heard this song, i am not religious person-at all- but if the Reaper leading me endlessly forward through space/time/eternity feels how the never ending fade feels to me-I think that would be just fine.
Forever Young by Alphaville is a great Death song and so is Do You Realize by the Flaming Lips.
If you take hell out of the equation, eternity might indeed be an awesome thing.
This song is great during a smoke session.
The message of the song actually got misunderstood originally and accused of glorifying suicide. In reality, the song is about how we all eventually have our day and pass on, and how we need to share our love with the people we care about and understand that even eternity can't make that love disappear. Your take was pretty accurate. It's a tough subject, for sure. Blue Oyster Cult weren't just amazingly talented, all the dudes were smart, too. I definitely recommend checking out more of their tracks because they covered basically every possible type of rock music over their career. You can pick literally anything in their catalog and it'll be a banger. If you want a start, though, "Godzilla", "Burnin' For You", and "Cities In Flame With Rock N' Roll" are a good starting point for one of the most underrated bands ever.
The reference to Romeo and Juliet... And we can be like they are.. this is the lyric that makes this song's meaning open to interpretation..
Perfect opening for"the stand"
They played this song in Stephen king movie the stand which is about a virus they called captain trips that wiped out most the world
The bass player Joe Bouchard and stun guitarist Eric Bloom sing the backing vocals
The best Song for Funerals 😉
Ok, im gonna get a bit pain in the butt here :)
Once again someone mentioned the radiodang....So many songs to suggest!
Only on this album you have
*Vampire Tattoo
*Sinful Love
*Morning Final
and if you press correct link:
*Sally (a supercool bonus song wich by some strange reason wasn't implemented on the album.
Ok, lets go:
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The Vigil
Cagey Cretins
I Am The Storm
Dominance and Submission
Stairway To The Stars
Then Came The Last Days Of May
Cities Of Flame With Rock 'n Roll
Baby Icedog
Hot Rails To Hell
I Love The Night
Deadline ♥
Lips In The Hills
The Marshall Plan
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The Horseman Arrive (Moviesoundtrack)
Not even BÖC fans knows about it, but it sure instantly placed itself as one of their most heavy songs - with lyrics to die for.
Fun fact, i met the writer of the lyrics here on YT, also Alberth the drummer.
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The Return Of S:t Cecilia (From New album this very year)
Listen to Quicksilver Messenger Service, "What You Gonna do About Me" and "Fresh Air".
"... California Sunshine..." I like Shady Grove, too!
I’m sorry, I have to say it….More Cowbell!!!!😂 In all seriousness, a true Rock Classic; great song
The cowbell is the most important instrument! It represents the clock relentlessly counting down our remaining time....
This song is also in a lot of movies. I suggest The Stoned Age if you have saw it yet. Classic!
I loved this song forever
I loved your reaction!
Thank you for sharing this with me
They can still rock out, even today! Check out "Lock-down Godzilla" from last year.
Echoing Cindy Conner - you MUST hear and see live Edgar Winter Group doing Frankenstein !!! TALENT does not even BEGIN to describe Edgar Winter!!! By the way he is an ALBINO!
Saw them play last weekend for the 3rd time.They rocked.
I could watch your reactions to nursery rhymes. Fabulous
I GOT YOU MY MUSIC LOVIN BROTHER,, NO HALLOWEEN IS COMPLETE WITHOUT THIS MUST HEAR CLASSIC,, THE GUESS WHO - "SHAKIN ALL OVER" - THE SKELETON DANCE (VIDEO) 🎃🦇💀🕸🕷👻👹
I love this song.
Then Came The Last Days Of May. Nuff said.
Takes me back to riding around on sundays with my dad