Interesting Reaction To Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper

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  • @adriandelarosa6502
    @adriandelarosa6502 3 ปีที่แล้ว +282

    I've got a Fever, and the only prescription is more cow bell.

    • @debbiemccain5850
      @debbiemccain5850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      😂😂😂😂

    • @ronparsons8786
      @ronparsons8786 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      th-cam.com/video/cVsQLlk-T0s/w-d-xo.html

    • @JohnnyLichtergud
      @JohnnyLichtergud 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      nice!

    • @chrishickey7502
      @chrishickey7502 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I knew someone would hit this. Ever since that skit Will Farrell hitting that cow bell immediately pops into my mind.

    • @MicheleNicole
      @MicheleNicole 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chrishickey7502 Me too!

  • @CaptainBakerJason
    @CaptainBakerJason 3 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    The lead guitarist wrote this song when he was diagnosed with a heart condition. During the time it took to know if surgery was required, he thought about his wife as they hadn’t been married all that long and there seemed to be so much life yet to share. He took the muse of Love being so strong to transcend Death. People often wrongly conclude it’s about suicide, when in fact it’s writer, Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser, has said it is at its core a love song. Mortality is addressed naturally in the lyrics just as he was confronting it at the time in relation to his own love story. He was able to be treated successfully and in addition to decades of his guitar mastery since, he left us this masterpiece as a souvenir of that crisis. Buck recorded it on 4 track in his home, played the demo for the band. All five were gifted songwriters and musicians, and they came up with this studio arrangement that caught on like wildfire in ‘76!
    Even today, there are few rock bands that are as tight as BÖC. They are touring the USA and UK in 2021-2022, so be sure to get tickets to a show near you. Blue Öyster Cult is a relatively small musical portion in the vast spectrum of rock and roll history, however it is an extremely tasty rock morsel with an extensive catalog including their fabulous new album launched a year ago, “The Symbol Remains!” BÖC is a musical phenomenon that is best experienced live, so be sure to ✅ out this band an along with Thin Lizzy, Kansas, and other rock greats of the 70s … please be sure to push and vote for Blue Öyster Cult’s long overdue induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame that chooses to snub multi-gold / platinum artists endlessly.

    • @DrSigma24-7
      @DrSigma24-7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      THANK YOU! You are the first one I've seen in decades that knows the true story! Respect, sir, respect.

    • @imeldaquijada188
      @imeldaquijada188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ¹

    • @derekdonnell7780
      @derekdonnell7780 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Preach that knowledge . Very well put. Pay attention young boys and girl.

    • @DrSigma24-7
      @DrSigma24-7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@derekdonnell7780 Amen to that, sir.

    • @stevemiller7433
      @stevemiller7433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you for that insight. I always assumed it was a nihilistic suicide fantasy.

  • @chrisneuhaus7188
    @chrisneuhaus7188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    I'm 60 years old and this song takes me back to when I was in high school. I feel 21 years old listening to this kind of music, this, Boston, Styx, Rush, Queen, and on and on. Best music genre ever! It makes you feel alive and young all over again! Great song, great memories and great reaction! Keep doing what you are doing, love your channel!

    • @timpwhit
      @timpwhit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      63 here. I remember being very moved when I first heard this song. Of course, the Columbian Gold I was smoking might have contributed to the emotional impact just a little...

    • @maxpolaris99
      @maxpolaris99 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stevecontini5386 I'm 60 this year too. Saw Bad Co Frampton and Think Lizzy too back in the day! I tried to save all my ticket stubs but I never did, I lost em all ... I'd have a cool wall full of them. Never saw Led Zep or Pink Floyd though. :( bummer

    • @davidtcpa1
      @davidtcpa1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m 59, and other than adding Pink Floyd, I’m right there with you.

    • @davidtcpa1
      @davidtcpa1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m guessing you’d love Veteran of the Psychic Wars, too.

    • @richardlicht7927
      @richardlicht7927 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      59...saw Blue Oyster Cult at the Nassau Coliseum in 79 or 80. Rush was the opening act. Love this song.

  • @corvuslight
    @corvuslight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    "He picks up a bus and throws it back down
    As he wades through the buildings towards the center of town..."
    GODZILLA!

    • @dillydilly6073
      @dillydilly6073 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Oh no! There goes Tokyo.

    • @bluharkness3921
      @bluharkness3921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      "oh no . There goes Tokyo.. go, go , GODZILLA"

    • @samuelberz1476
      @samuelberz1476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      History shows, again and again, how nature points out the folly of man...
      GODZILLA!

    • @msaz2720
      @msaz2720 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeeesss!

    • @aaronarnold7653
      @aaronarnold7653 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ZillaGod, ZillaGod, ZillaGod.....

  • @rick5440
    @rick5440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    The music compliments the lyrics like no other song. Its absolutely brilliant. I think it is impossible to listen and not feel something.

    • @gregorytaylor3146
      @gregorytaylor3146 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Listen to Astronomy; Flaming Telepaths, Veteran of the Psychic Wars, ETI...

    • @martinperry5072
      @martinperry5072 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Try Dave Gilmour and Pink Floyd.

  • @obh4197
    @obh4197 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    70’s Rock, where musicians actually played and vocalists actually sang! No auto tune anywhere, talent showed through 🤘🤘

    • @patrickschardt7724
      @patrickschardt7724 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Many modern rock and metal vocalists can do this too. Lzzy Hale, Brittany Slayes, Floor Jansen, Amy Lee come to mind.
      Sadly many musicians today have to have some sort of computer enhancement

    • @markmiwurdz202
      @markmiwurdz202 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And the singers in these 70's rock bands didn't have the luxury of in - ear monitors! They were proper musicians back then.

    • @blaynegreiner9365
      @blaynegreiner9365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol acting like modern vocalists having in ear monitors makes them less of musicians 😅 Come off it

    • @Ozarkprepper643
      @Ozarkprepper643 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Auto-Tune. Snyone who approves is tone deaf. It lacks all the emotion a true musical artist creates. But perhaps that's the whole idea they keep saying they want us to merge with the machine. Sorry I prefer to be human Instead of some emotionless drone.

  • @chrishickey7502
    @chrishickey7502 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    High school days. I remember when these songs first came. Led Zeppelin, Bad Company, Queen, Boston, Aerosmith, Kansas, Deep Purple, black Sabbath, Grand Funk Railroad, Eagles, The Beatles greatest hits, their solo projects, Allman Bros. More than I can remember.

  • @TheDivayenta
    @TheDivayenta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    The lead guitar greatness of Buck Dharma!

    • @jeffkemper7920
      @jeffkemper7920 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Buck is probably the least appreciated guitar player ever. Such a sublime way of playing where every note is luxurious and badass at the same time. BOC are one of my favorite bands ever. Thanks for putting his name out there, @Karen Nyere!

    • @TheDivayenta
      @TheDivayenta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jeffkemper7920 do you follow British Guitarist Reacts Fil Henley? He has guest guitarists on regularly- including Buck!!!! Check it out!

    • @grahamtaylor8912
      @grahamtaylor8912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My favorite guitarist. Yeah Fil is cool too.

  • @ll7868
    @ll7868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Anyone else get flashbacks to the opening credits of The Stand? Perfect choice of using this song for those scenes of all the dead bodies.

    • @bluharkness3921
      @bluharkness3921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Every time!

    • @tanks4dmemories662
      @tanks4dmemories662 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      DFTReeper is in almost every Halloween movie and many others.

    • @4tuneagent
      @4tuneagent 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In the original Halloween movie, Jamie Lee Curtis and her friend are listening to it on the car radio in the beginning when it is still daylight..

    • @SuperChipperson
      @SuperChipperson 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Funny i seen/heard this... I just went through the whole 'The Stand' mini series two days ago. The Stand has a great soundtrack 🙂

  • @ausfuhrpramienjagar
    @ausfuhrpramienjagar ปีที่แล้ว +10

    That song made you think, didn't it? That's what it was meant to do. Incredimazing song! Btw, that's Buck Dharma on lead, picking away on a 1969 Gibson SG Standard guitar. They are still actively touring as BOC. I saw them just 6 mos ago playing a county fair in Cali. Only two original members left, but it was a great performance as always. 🙂

  • @happymethehappyone8300
    @happymethehappyone8300 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Blue Oyster Cult "I Love The Night" 🌙 Nuff Said. 🔥❤️🔥

  • @raymondott6100
    @raymondott6100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Blue Oyster Cult
    Burnin for You
    Veteran of the Psychic War
    Godzilla
    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🔥🔥🔥

  • @hairyasstruman2257
    @hairyasstruman2257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Your assessment of this song is almost what mine would be. They did a really good job of conveying that sense of dread through their instruments. BOC was way ahead of their time. Burning for You, Godzilla, Cities On Fire for Rock n Roll, and Transmaniacon MC are some other great tracks from them

    • @toddmitchell7542
      @toddmitchell7542 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      “I Love the Night”, fits that description as well….

    • @electricwizard3000
      @electricwizard3000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll

    • @ericelander9936
      @ericelander9936 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Veteran of the Psychic Wars and ETI

    • @gregorytaylor3146
      @gregorytaylor3146 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Except that they tell you that the dread is an illusion...

    • @kenklein4783
      @kenklein4783 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ericelander9936 Oh yeah killer song! Lyrics by fantasy author Michael Moorcock.

  • @randybaker6042
    @randybaker6042 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I heard this song a thousand times. Then I got a call that my father had died and when I got in the car to head for my mom's this song came on. Took on a whole different vibe. It is a masterpiece.

  • @elfman5176
    @elfman5176 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Please don’t miss out on
    Burning for You
    Blue Oyster Cult
    Everyone loves it

  • @suzanneprock7286
    @suzanneprock7286 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very popular my senior year in high school, cheers to 1977! To me, the message of this song is death will come for all of us but the reaper is nothing to fear, we cross over into real life everlasting with loved ones waiting for us. Awesome song!

    • @danielthatcher5345
      @danielthatcher5345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're freaking me out Suzanne I graduated in 77 also and I love Blue Oyster Cult

    • @suzanneprock7286
      @suzanneprock7286 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danielthatcher5345 We sure were spoiled with awesome music.

    • @danielthatcher5345
      @danielthatcher5345 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@suzanneprock7286 yes Suzanne you're right and I still am I listen to boc a lot their new album is the symbol remains

  • @madelinerene6805
    @madelinerene6805 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Such a classic...you will never get good rock music like this ever again!

  • @gill2105
    @gill2105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Lots of cowbell in the 70s-80s.. Great song, takes me back for sure.

  • @cdesha
    @cdesha 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    My dad used to tell me he had a copy of this vinyl record and when he tried to destroy it for being “satanic” it wouldn’t break. Such a shame he thought those silly things, fantastic music lol.

    • @entertoby6698
      @entertoby6698 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's so true. Beliefs like that can stop you from enjoying things, like music.

    • @vickiroman189
      @vickiroman189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too! My dad was a preacher.

    • @michaelhudson2912
      @michaelhudson2912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hail Satan

    • @cdesha
      @cdesha 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michaelhudson2912 agreed

    • @JCMari-nz5wd
      @JCMari-nz5wd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michaelhudson2912 Ave Satanas.

  • @actadiurna6733
    @actadiurna6733 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    11:25 - I interpreted the guitar solo differently: it ends with two guitars making a screaming sound which then softens into a tone that sounds exactly like a heart monitor machine when it flatlines after the patient's heart stops beating.

  • @paulkane7771
    @paulkane7771 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I've heard thousands of rock songs, and have loved many of them, but this one will forever be an all time Top 25 rock song for me.

  • @entertoby6698
    @entertoby6698 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I just heard this song recently "dont fear the reaper". I'd heard it before but it's my first time actually listening to the lyrics. Its sick and I love it!

  • @ginger4141
    @ginger4141 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Need more cowbell" 😂 Sorry! That is off the skit of SNL a must watch.

  • @strife711
    @strife711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    My favorite blue oyster cult song. When I was a kid learning to play the guitar I made it a thing for me to learn this song. It took me over a year but 20 something years later I still know how to play it. Thanks alot man for bringing back some good memories for me . Youre amazing

  • @leonardchurch7675
    @leonardchurch7675 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This was also used as the opening theme music for the original Steven King Mini-series of "The Stand"

  • @Hector-yl1kh
    @Hector-yl1kh 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well done, You actually point out what is so overlooked in rock - skilled musicianship, tight band sound, professional players at their peak, mugs need not apply. Its why I love the style.

  • @David-r6x3b
    @David-r6x3b 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    One of the greatest songs I have ever heard! The guitar was outstanding ! I am 72 years old and I sure miss the 70’s music! Brilliantly done!

  • @FourPawsInTheGrave
    @FourPawsInTheGrave 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I just saw BOC perform this past Sunday at Sea World!!!! More cowbell!!

  • @davidfellows2874
    @davidfellows2874 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Bad Ass Classic! I remember when it first came out a bunch of my High School classmates all met up at a Park and one of the guys had a Van with a huge sound system. They played this song over and over for over an hour!! And no one got sick of it! I saw them live I was in the 8th row. One of the loudest concerts I ever heard! My ears were still ringing two days later. All time Classic!

  • @m.hunterstevie2081
    @m.hunterstevie2081 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    If you want to have a good laugh and appreciate this song a little more, look up a skit from Saturday Night Live involving Blue Oyster Cult… a behind the scenes look at the recording of this song, including a quotable line which has since ruined the life of famed actor Christopher Walken. 🙃

    • @TheSchuyler75
      @TheSchuyler75 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      th-cam.com/video/cVsQLlk-T0s/w-d-xo.html

    • @bryanneal939
      @bryanneal939 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      We need more cowbell

    • @2catgumbo
      @2catgumbo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Do this and put the reaction on the channel.

    • @machineman268
      @machineman268 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What? I didn't ruin his life, where did you get that from?

    • @mamamac70
      @mamamac70 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Lol...I can't hear this song without thinking about that skit!

  • @Titus-as-the-Roman
    @Titus-as-the-Roman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Have you ever been somewhere on a quiet night and in the distance you hear a Train Whistle, this song kind of reminds me of that at moments.

  • @tracysnow349
    @tracysnow349 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Buck Dharma. Greatest guitarist EVER!

  • @leonardchurch7675
    @leonardchurch7675 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    SNL had an old skit about more cowbell

  • @realbser1956
    @realbser1956 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Melody, melody, melody. That’s what all these songs convey.
    I suggest the band Yes and their song Roundabout. Without Yes there would be no Rush. Geddy Lee has said as much. They inducted Yes into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame. Please consider this song. Loving this little journey. I feel like the song is telling us to just accept whatever is supposed to happen in life.

  • @woodrowsmith3400
    @woodrowsmith3400 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My initial reaction had to be near to yours, altho some 46 years earlier. I purchased this album on it's day of release having been a fanboy for years already. I had already seen them twice in arena settings. I had no idea the impact this song would have on my then 22yo self. I had to stop the turntable and play this over and over. Profound message of life, love and hope is what I heard that day, and still do today.
    This band is severely underrated, both as musicians and songwriters. This band is one of the best live shows...ever. I should know. I've seen them more than thirty times in the last fifty years. They play as well today as they did back then. Buck...man, what a talented and gifted guitarist. I simply do not understand why he is never mentioned in the lists of great guitarists. I simply do not understand why this band is not in the Hall of Fame.

  • @marinamartinez6886
    @marinamartinez6886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is a great song when you're driving late at night! Still remember when it first hit the radio.

  • @Music-Is-Real-Love
    @Music-Is-Real-Love 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THE MOST uplifting song about dying there is. LOVE THIS.

  • @davidtingley9978
    @davidtingley9978 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Godzilla and Burning For You are essentials from them.

  • @richardkersey8993
    @richardkersey8993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m 60 and my kids know full well that Don’t look back by Boston will be played at my funeral!

  • @TheAbominableDrFaustus
    @TheAbominableDrFaustus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I recently found out that the Blue Oyster Cult album Agents of Fortune is exactly how long it takes to mow my lawn.

  • @brockmiles1606
    @brockmiles1606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Growing up in the 60s was amazing, every month something new and exciting happening musically. Year after year. Wow. I loved it.

  • @godsofohio6734
    @godsofohio6734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A friend of mine said BOC music was like good whiskey. Smooth going down, then it reaches up and grabs you by the brain stem.

  • @mikeg.4211
    @mikeg.4211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You got it right. A classic line from this song is "Another 40,000 coming every day. We can be like they are. Come on baby."

    • @markbyers1651
      @markbyers1651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "the candles blew and then disappeared the curtains flew and then he appeared "

  • @allengator1914
    @allengator1914 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Check out some of their earlier stuff like "Cities On Flame With Rock & Roll" "She's As Beautiful As A Foot" "O.D.'ed On Life Itself" and "Hot Rails To Hell"

  • @evelynne2846
    @evelynne2846 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They were outstanding live. At their concert in the 70s. They actually played for three hours and the concert was in an orchestra hall with speakers in all walls. Most memorable concert. Thank you.

  • @jamesnichols2526
    @jamesnichols2526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dude, Veteran of the Psychic Wars. Live Version. That guitar solo will change your life if you liked the one on this track.

  • @katillac11
    @katillac11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This was always one of my favorite songs back in the '70s. I absolutely love your thoughts on this song, made me look at it a different way.

  • @coyotej4895
    @coyotej4895 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think the explanation I liked best was one time the lead told some one he sings it like its a love some from the Reaper to all man kind. The reaper is calming you and telling you its ok to embrace him when its your time because its inevitable.

  • @CardiacCat
    @CardiacCat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No you are correct. That's exactly how I've always thought of this song. Everyone remembers the first time they heard it... that line "She had become like they are. She had taken his hand" Chilling. Yet something we all will face.

  • @thomaswebster5060
    @thomaswebster5060 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Feelin that... What? dominance and submission? .. I think I love you, brother

  • @lockandloadshari
    @lockandloadshari 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Me and my best friend Bill went to see this band in 84 and they were incredible! One of the best concerts we ever went to for sure.

  • @danielschaeffer1294
    @danielschaeffer1294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Now - “I Love the Night.” One of the most gorgeous ballads ever.

  • @darthvaderthegamecat
    @darthvaderthegamecat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My favorite song ever made, I love rock :)

  • @buzzbomb67
    @buzzbomb67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow, two mid-70s MEGACLASSICS in a row! Awesome :) These songs are the reason the 70s were such an extraordinary and musically revolutionary decade.

  • @omicron2018
    @omicron2018 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "More cowbell!"
    Also check out "In Thee" and "I Love The Night" and "Burning For You."

  • @JCMari-nz5wd
    @JCMari-nz5wd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Astronomy is another great tune of theirs. Amongst dozens more.

  • @rafaelsocorro3363
    @rafaelsocorro3363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That a haunted sounds of music . It makes you fear the reaper . I love it . Great sounds of rock classic

  • @scottmccampbell72
    @scottmccampbell72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Loved hearing your thoughts on this, I like the way you explained how you felt along the song's journey.

  • @davidenders9282
    @davidenders9282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The great Buck Dharma on lead & rhythm guitar. Check out their last album The Symbol Remains released last year. Another 70's band still going strong adding to their legacy.

    • @alvonfork4
      @alvonfork4 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The whole album is fantastic! I especially like THE ALCHEMIST video, THAT WAS ME, STAND AND FIGHT, and EDGE OF THE WORLD!

  • @bjhellstream
    @bjhellstream 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is an amazing song and that solo break is awesome. But this was quite a departure from their three first albums that was heavier and grittier. So many great tracks. The red and the black, cities on flame, career of evil, astronomy.
    This is THE cowbell song. Not just any cowbell song.

  • @TheCubert120
    @TheCubert120 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loved your reaction, definitely a masterpiece. Listening to both the music and the lyrics very intensely I think the song is a 4 part story of 2 people. Lovers. Early in their relationship he keeps telling her " come on, live life with me, take my hand, Don't fear death. Then in the next they are more into their relationship and he's saying "come on, i love you, Romeo and Juliette are together forever so can we, we will keep loving eachother until we are gone, don't fear death". The haunting solo is late in life, the crescendo is the reaper finally coming. The last verse he's saying "you're on your deathbed (love of two became one) and the reaper came and you weren't afraid, you peacefully died.

  • @DavidTateVA
    @DavidTateVA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You really need to hear some Heart. "Crazy on You", "Magic Man", "Barracuda" -- the female-fronted version of mid-70s rock perfection. For extra points, react to Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven" and then Heart's cover of it at the Kennedy Center Honors for Zeppelin.

  • @midnite8729
    @midnite8729 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    They're amazing & have an ability to make a beautiful song that has dark undertones and a meaning you might not expect. They do it in "I love the night" too. That song feels really romantic, but i also heard its about vampires

  • @steveullrich7737
    @steveullrich7737 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You are so right that seventies were a time of unbelievable music; it's amazing how much good music was produced by so many bands like you said. It was a special time but at the time it was taken for granted as just normal. This is a masterpiece of music composition and great lyrics. I think you got the message of song and how the guitar solo was one entering the afterworld.

  • @stevedoug3297
    @stevedoug3297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A Classic MASTERPIECE!!

  • @LesSmith45
    @LesSmith45 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just love this reaction! I get so much joy watching you young men experiencing our music

  • @madrobotfan
    @madrobotfan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    First time watching one of your reactions. Really dug it, great job! Love the song and what you had to say about it, natural reaction, but good insights.

  • @mattjumper4343
    @mattjumper4343 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have seen them live in concert 4 times over 30 years. They are one of the best live acts in rock, period. Amazing.

  • @krisdoggett483
    @krisdoggett483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    BOC one of the best American rock bands ever!! They don't get enough love IMO. Secret Treaties is one of the best albums ever made.

  • @keefmack
    @keefmack 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1st time I saw BOC was June ‘76 just a month after this album was released. They were opening for ZZ Top. Amazing concert. This song was brand new and had yet to become played on the radio. First time most of us there heard this song was at that concert.

  • @D1Gr8hansGraf
    @D1Gr8hansGraf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oh but those cow bells!
    🔥🔥🔥🔥🤟🏽

  • @bryemartin6368
    @bryemartin6368 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Psychedelic taking you on a journey. Killer tune, first time hearing this as a kid just blew me away. Growing in the 70's with the music was Priceless!!!

  • @OHW313
    @OHW313 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow !?! One of the ultimate GOOSEBUMPS songs , and you just want it to keep playing over and over like the wild mantra that it is !😮😊❤

  • @Quarrymanly
    @Quarrymanly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What’s really funny is that when Buck Dharma (lead guitarist and soloist) brought this melody to the others they thought it would be too soft for their sound.
    This became their biggest hit in a spectacular life of an amazing band.
    You hit the message on the head. My heart guys were friends with Party Smythe who voiced some haunting parts of Vera Gemini on the same album.
    I’d suggest Morning Final from the same album very trippy and jazz influenced.

  • @ArchieArpeggio
    @ArchieArpeggio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That solo is something out of this world. I just love it. Sadly this is propably only song i know from the band that is great. I´ve tried to listen other songs but this is beyond everything else they ever recorded.

  • @LMO-f8p
    @LMO-f8p 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love how happy you are, dear Sir!! One of the best songs of the 70s perhaps all times!!

  • @forakermm
    @forakermm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awww yeah….. rolling into the school parking parking lot in your Camaro (or 280z) with this blasting… thanks for the memories! What a great time in music.

  • @leftyshredder9289
    @leftyshredder9289 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for giving buck some props he's such a underated guitar player.

  • @electricwizard3000
    @electricwizard3000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've been listening to this [one of my all-time favorite tracks] since it was new, and couldn't have said it better myself.

  • @BeauGypsy
    @BeauGypsy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I fell in love with this song. Because it was what was playing on the way to the hospital to deliver my first child. Id never heard it before but i was trying to focus on anything but contractions. I remember thinking , " i dont know if this is the song i wanna hear right now." but it never left me. My son will be 10 in a few days!

  • @tomfabozzi6309
    @tomfabozzi6309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You nailed it, T. I'd say the band would be delighted that you interpreted it this way. Love the channel

  • @mlkuhnpdx
    @mlkuhnpdx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I've been a fan of BOC since the 70s and know a lot of the early songs by heart. You have nailed it! Their songs all have a sinister side that you have tapped into. They have a song about a girl that uses salmon salt to mask the smell of the people she has murdered and buried in the rose bushes. Another song is about German pilots in World War II killing Englishmen in bombers so his country can live on. Sci fi too. Pick any song off any album and you'll experience their "thinking man's" form of rock n roll. I think that's why they weren't as popular as they should have been - they are better musicians than their contemporaries (IMO) but their songs are not for everyone. Keep reacting to them and we'll keep clicking the Like button.

  • @Music-Is-Real-Love
    @Music-Is-Real-Love 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    These transitions are so cleanly done.
    So well thought out in every way.
    Perfection.

  • @mc2mc277
    @mc2mc277 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I LOVE your reaction to this song. The solo was my late wife’ s favorite guitar solo on a Top 40 hit record….and she was one of the top female guitarists in the world for decades (had also double-billed with BOC.) Ironic you should play this during a pandemic because it was also the opening song to Stephen King;’s “The Stand” movie about a plague. I’ve been a lifelong music industry guy..musician, radio DJ, TV talking head, journalist, etc…..Check out “You Set The Scene” by Love, circa 1967…you will probably dig it.

  • @realjaxon
    @realjaxon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Blue Oyster Cult was the headliner of the first concert that I ever went to. Journey opened for them. The summer of 1975. And a great time was had by all. Good time to be alive. Great tunes. I still have this vinyl LP in my library. Have you ever seen the SNL episode with Christopher Walken ? The 'cowbell' sketch with this song and a fake BOC.

  • @switchflow5405
    @switchflow5405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Head East "Never Been Any Reason"

  • @peterjameson2100
    @peterjameson2100 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "I'm not sure I can convey this in words..." One of the best song reviews I've ever heard, and that is precisely why. This is what great music does. It conveys what cannot otherwise be conveyed. This song is a true masterpiece because it does exactly that. I admit that I this song has ironically saved me from taking my own life on several occasions, when I was at my lowest point. It reminds me, musically and in ways I cannot convey with words, that life is a spiritual experience. Meant to BE EXPERIENCED. The good and the bad. So that I can take that experience into my next life. Life isn't easy - my brother took his own life - but it isn't meant to be easy. Life is meant to be experienced in all its forms. Death is assured for all of us. Life isn't. So enjoy it and live in the moment. Thank you T, for reminding me of this wonderful idea. Keep those great reactions coming!

  • @billypilgrim5329
    @billypilgrim5329 ปีที่แล้ว

    In my late teens and into my early twenties I obsessed over this song, like no other before or after. There is mystical magic going on there, this song casts a spell.

  • @rossbach451
    @rossbach451 ปีที่แล้ว

    For your own enjoyment, "The Revenge of Vera Gemini" and "Sinful Love" are two of the best songs on Agents of Fortune. You will love it. The band had 4 legitimate lead vocalists ( Joe and Albert Bouchard, Eric Bloom and Buck Dharma), and each brought a unique flavor to the music. Great channel!

  • @nostalga44jo
    @nostalga44jo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Still gives me the chills .

  • @kierstenridgway4634
    @kierstenridgway4634 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love hearing this old stuff. It's not on my playlist, but really brings me back. I'll be putting on my list.

  • @susanlindner8626
    @susanlindner8626 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    In 2007/2008 I took my son to his 1st real concert... BOC was opening for Aerosmith(another amazing band!!!). It was an awesome show and my son loved seeing everyone on stage playing an instrument. Something alot of "bands" don't do now days.

  • @donaldendean4188
    @donaldendean4188 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have played the guitar for 50 years and my band still plays this song it never gets old you got to check more of there tunes good job .

  • @thanksfernuthin
    @thanksfernuthin 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Imagine. Passing beyond the vail. To the next world. That solo an audio representation of experiencing perhaps a reality so vivid and meaningful it makes our reality seem like just a dream. No questions. Only answers. Sights and sounds never before experienced. Incomprehensible at first as true reality is laid bare. Not a punishment... a reward. That's how I experience the solo.

  • @jebaker6942
    @jebaker6942 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Iam 65 and grew up thru the 60s 70s into the 80s. This was a time of musicianship song writing story telling. Countless musitions that put their lives and souls into what they loved to do. Been to many many concerts and loved every minute would not change a thing. I recently heard a young family band called Liliac and was blown away . Gave me hope that this music was not going away.

  • @leahlister6474
    @leahlister6474 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love, love, love what you got out of this song. I was there on the journey with you, bro!

  • @xyz8655
    @xyz8655 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this song. The last note of the guitar lead lingers into a scream

  • @casanovajones3262
    @casanovajones3262 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Such a great song! This was one of the tracks that got me into music when I was younger.

  • @stephenroberts8964
    @stephenroberts8964 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's an interesting review of the song, and I think you're absolutely right. It's a reference to how many people pass away everyday, and it's just a fact of life. I like to think of the ending of the song as if the male figure was a vampire, and he'd come to claim the love of his life, and she ran to him....but hey that's only my interpretation. Great review.

  • @JO-kp6lk
    @JO-kp6lk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's an excellent analysis
    of the elements of this song.
    It has an ethereal quality that
    I have always loved.