Music Debate #144: Blue Oyster Cult

[Reed Rothchild | 9,526]

 

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

Burnin' For You and Don't Fear The Reaper are great songs, but the rest is barely above average. 6/10.

Edited July 23, 2023 by Bearcat-Doug

[JamesRobot | 5,800]

I haven't dived too deep into the BÖC.  I've got a greatest hits which is pretty great too be sure.  I'm sitting at a 7 but feel like if I gave them a proper listen they could tip into an 8.  Maybe even a 9.  

I saw them in the late 90s and they wailed pretty hard.  Fuck it.  I'll give em the 8 based on the performance.

[Tulpa | 3,494]

6 hours ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

Burnin' For You and Don't Fear The Reaper are great songs, but the rest is barely above average. 6/10.

Bite your tongue. I love ETI and Godzilla.

[mbd39 | 2,020]

48 minutes ago, Tulpa said:

Bite your tongue. I love ETI and Godzilla.

It's all about Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll.

 

[mbd39 | 2,020]

8/10

They have a bunch of great deep cuts along with the well known hits.

 

[Gentlegamer | 174]

Came here looking for Veteran of the Psychic Wars, not disappointed

[Ankos | 439]

This is the first band I ever saw in concert and will always hold a special place in my heart. I'll give them a 10. Definitely check out Harvest Moon if you get the chance

 

[Hammerfestus | 3,845]

One of my all time top bands.  Finally saw them live this past year.  Was excellent.  Good setlist. Old as fuck but still rockin it.

Fun fact:  When I was but a wee teenager learning to play the bass one of my first resources for doing that was a Joe Bouchard teaches bass VHS.  That is all.

[Sumez | 2,951]

Checked out some of the songs that aren't Don't Fear the Reaper, and they were all really boring

[Tulpa | 3,494]

1 hour ago, Sumez said:

Checked out some of the songs that aren't Don't Fear the Reaper, and they were all really boring

Not enough Gene Frenkle?

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

4 hours ago, Tulpa said:

Not enough Gene Frenkle?

They needed more cowbell.

[Hammerfestus | 3,845]

1 hour ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

They needed more cowbell.

Oh ha.  Ha ha.  Ha.  Witty.

[RH | 4,903]

1 hour ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

They needed more cowbell.

 

4 minutes ago, Hammerfestus said:

Oh ha.  Ha ha.  Ha.  Witty.

Yeah, I was wondering how long it'd take for a Will Ferrell or cowbell reference to be made.  It honestly took longer than I expected.

[Tulpa | 3,494]

I like how in that sketch you can see Christopher Walken cracking up in the booth behind them.

[Andy_Bogomil | 815]

Don't Fear the Reaper might be one of the best rock songs of all time but the catalogue drops off hard for me after literally a few more songs. I was pretty disappointed when I looked more in to their stuff a number of years back.

[Kguillemette | 1,544]

Not my favorite band of the "classic rock" era (that probably goes to Chicago or Boston) but I do enjoy them. 6/10.