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| crnkan (Pleasant Hill, Mo) | Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 10:28 fingerpin wrote: That is funny  |
| Bleyfusz | Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 10:14 It was on september 11th 2001 that I couldn't get this album's title track out of my head. |
| linden (Santa Cruz, CA) | Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 10:09 LOL. How about "Der Kommissar" or "Rock Me Amadeus" next? It's free skate night! |
| fingerpin (oHIo) | Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 10:07 derekd wrote: And next up...Billy Squier. :) |
| linden (Santa Cruz, CA) | Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 10:07 This makes me want some Alan Parsons Project. |
| vit | Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 10:06 Time to pull out the Malibu, turn up the Krako as loud as it goes (which isn't much with one blown out speaker in back), and get lost on some off-ramps. |
| CamLwalk (Albany NY) | Posted: Nov 30, 2010 - 11:32 Wait a minute! There's hardly any cowbell at all in this track! |
| Rooney (Near Paradise) | Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 21:21 I like this song. Always have, and probably always will. So what if it's mainstream bleh. I'm better than that. I can be mainstream along with the best of them. Happy Halloween.  |
| ziakut (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 19:48 I'm burnin', I'm burnin', I'm burnin a mule!! |
| ncollingridge (Knebworth, UK) | Posted: Jul 26, 2010 - 04:08 This is one of those tracks that always makes me want to tune to BBC 6 Music instead. It's artificial 80s pap with no soul - bland simplistic harmonies, trite lyrics and guitar-by-numbers. Dullsville with no redemption. |
| tutakea | Posted: Jul 26, 2010 - 03:46 It´s really nice to here something from this wonderful LP. Unfortunately, this is by far the weakest song on the album. I wonder what made you choose this one... |
| RedGuitar (Iowa, USA) | Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 06:47 Jelani wrote: Well then, maybe stop listening to Clear Channel and stay here. (?) This is the first time i've heard this on RP and I listen almost daily. I listen to RP all day at work and I don't think any classic rock I've heard here is played too much. |
| Bosami (Deep in the heart of nowhere) | Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 06:43 So good! |
| jkhandy (Near the ocean (in my mind)) | Posted: May 23, 2010 - 10:53 thanks RP!...  |
| twcarlin (too far, and not far enough) | Posted: May 23, 2010 - 10:52 Captn_Pea wrote: Overplayed Clear Channel Crap... 2 And who listens to Clear Channel? I haven't listened to mainstream commercial radio in years. It's either NPR or a CD/Ipod . |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: May 23, 2010 - 10:50 Captn_Pea wrote: Overplayed Clear Channel Crap... 2 Well then, maybe stop listening to Clear Channel and stay here. (?) This is the first time i've heard this on RP and I listen almost daily. |
| derekd (Just Visiting This Planet) | Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 17:22 And next up...Billy Squier. :) |
| kittyharker (Arkham) | Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 17:19 Thanks for playing! |
| Bosami (Deep in the heart of nowhere) | Posted: Feb 17, 2010 - 13:17 Hairfarmer wrote: Veteran Of The Psychic Wars was the only B.O.C. song in the movie. It's a great soundtrack. I had to look up the tracklist - Weren't these in the movie? I'm almost certain they were, regardless of them being on the actual soundtrack or not. Heavy Metal (The Black and Silver) Vengeance (The Pact) |
| robspeds | Posted: Feb 17, 2010 - 13:06 BOC is a great rock and roll band. Buck Dharma is one of the greatest rock guitarists ever. Period The stuff he was playing in 1971 was not really being played by anyone else and it rocked. Kick out the jams Buck! |
| oldman (Lost in Northern Virginia) | Posted: Feb 17, 2010 - 13:04 Still over played after all these years. |
| Hairfarmer (The birthplace of Rock & Roll, baby.) | Posted: Feb 17, 2010 - 13:01 Bosami wrote: This is a fun record. Brings back a whole host of memories. That ultra-stoner animated movie 'Heavy Metal' for one. I don't know if this song was actually in the film - but I know a couple of cuts from this record were. Veteran Of The Psychic Wars was the only B.O.C. song in the movie. It's a great soundtrack. |
| iscoot4peace | Posted: Feb 17, 2010 - 13:01 snitramc wrote: I lurve Bill and Rebecca, and the play list RAWKS! But still, the only decent song by BOC played recently is Days of May? You can do better. Burnin' For You and Fear the Reaper? Sorry, now you sound like a commercial classic rock station. I totally agree...pull some nuggets out of their catalogue we HAVEN"T heard! Growing up in Ohio I had this song forced down my gullet by FM radio to the point of getting physically ill when I hear it now. Doesn't mean it's a bad song...just played to DEATH. |
| crockydile (Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way) | Posted: Feb 17, 2010 - 13:00 steuss wrote: Another example of why the 80's are the black hole of music... Wow. That's a broad brush you got there... |
| Captn_Pea (Spring Lake, MI) | Posted: Feb 17, 2010 - 13:00 Overplayed Clear Channel Crap... 2 |
| Bosami (Deep in the heart of nowhere) | Posted: Feb 17, 2010 - 12:59 This is a fun record. Brings back a whole host of memories. That ultra-stoner animated movie 'Heavy Metal' for one. I don't know if this song was actually in the film - but I know a couple of cuts from this record were. |
| philbertr (Hurricane Target Florida) | Posted: Dec 16, 2009 - 17:25 newwavegurly wrote: Come on now, people. This may be a commercial radio hit (and still get played on commercial radio), but where else are you going to hear it so masterfully played after Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire"? Rock on, Bill. I agree with WonderLizard, you go, gurly!! And Bill, you TOTALLY ROCK!! |
| snitramc (earth) | Posted: Oct 14, 2009 - 20:43 I lurve Bill and Rebecca, and the play list RAWKS! But still, the only decent song by BOC played recently is Days of May? You can do better. Burnin' For You and Fear the Reaper? Sorry, now you sound like a commercial classic rock station. |
| ryanrides (In the Woods) | Posted: Oct 14, 2009 - 20:42 Oh no! They say he's got to go... GODZILLA! |
| tpa29970 | Posted: Oct 14, 2009 - 20:34 I was on the BOC back in school. It was a very formative experience; and influenced my future ethical framework. |
| phlattop | Posted: Oct 14, 2009 - 20:33 capandjudy wrote: In 1972 when the first Blue Oyster Cult album came out, it was a breath of fresh air for hard rock fans. After their "black and white period" I agree that they surely made more money but lost their way musically. The first album has been remastered so it sounds less murky now. Agreed. The first record was great and a breath of fresh air. Downhill from there, excluding "The Reaper". |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Oct 14, 2009 - 20:32 newwavegurly wrote: Come on now, people. This may be a commercial radio hit (and still get played on commercial radio), but where else are you going to hear it so masterfully played after Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire"? Rock on, Bill. You go, gurly.  |
| jmassoglia | Posted: Oct 14, 2009 - 20:31 "Ring of Fire" segues into "Burnin' for you"? I really love Radio Paradise. |
| capandjudy (Huntington, WV) | Posted: Sep 13, 2009 - 07:53 skinnyo wrote: Used to love the early Blue Oyster Cult but at this point in time in their musical careers, they had more or less sold out for a more radio friendly sound. There are much better songs than this in their catalog. How about some "Cities on Flame". In 1972 when the first Blue Oyster Cult album came out, it was a breath of fresh air for hard rock fans. After their "black and white period" I agree that they surely made more money but lost their way musically. The first album has been remastered so it sounds less murky now. |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Jun 10, 2009 - 19:38 steuss wrote: Another example of why the 80's are the black hole of music... In fact, a lot of very fine music came out of the 80's - this isn't part of it. In fact, the only piece by Blue Oyster Cult that I've ever liked is "Don't fear the reaper". |
| Kaisersosay | Posted: Jun 10, 2009 - 08:30 Hmmm I think they got rid of the cowbell on this song,,,thats why you guys don't like it Its all about the cowbell.. |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Jun 10, 2009 - 08:30 Buck Dharma, ladies and gentlemen! Buck Dharma! I vaguely recall that the video for this one was pretty cheesy... |
| newwavegurly | Posted: Jun 10, 2009 - 08:29 Come on now, people. This may be a commercial radio hit (and still get played on commercial radio), but where else are you going to hear it so masterfully played after Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire"? Rock on, Bill. |
| strat37 (Guthrie, OK) | Posted: Jun 10, 2009 - 08:28 Time to play B-sides |
| ericconrad | Posted: Jun 10, 2009 - 08:28 Jinx!! It's cheesy, but I like it! a2 wrote: Six years between plays....yep, about right. |
| steuss (So. Cal. (don't hold it against me)) | Posted: May 09, 2009 - 15:01 Another example of why the 80's are the black hole of music... |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver, Canada) | Posted: Apr 08, 2009 - 01:09 WTF?! |
| a2 (Michigan) | Posted: Mar 07, 2009 - 12:03 Six years between plays....yep, about right. |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Mar 07, 2009 - 12:02 holborne wrote: "Wife beater music"? Do you mean cock rock? Considering that the comment you replied to was over five years old he's undoubtedly fallen off his barstool by now.  I am unashamed to say I enjoy this little fluffy pop tune. |
| sutcliff (Saint Louis) | Posted: Mar 07, 2009 - 12:01 Would have preferred "Joan Crawford". |
| holborne (New York) | Posted: Mar 07, 2009 - 12:00 drife wrote: BOC. Nothing but wife beater music for the idiot masses listening to commercial radio. A bunch of nobodys making singularly terrrible so-called music. Buck Darma is an idiot guitar player. I HATE BOC! Flame on, boys and girls.... "Wife beater music"? Do you mean cock rock? |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Mar 07, 2009 - 12:00  |
| drife (Golden, CO) | Posted: Dec 27, 2003 - 15:34 BOC. Nothing but wife beater music for the idiot masses listening to commercial radio. A bunch of nobodys making singularly terrrible so-called music. Buck Darma is an idiot guitar player. I HATE BOC! Flame on, boys and girls.... |
| lily34 | Posted: Dec 27, 2003 - 15:34 twiggy wrote: oh noooo.
 :puke: |
| toastee (Erie Pa) | Posted: Dec 17, 2003 - 09:13 skinnyo wrote: Used to love the early Blue Oyster Cult but at this point in time in their musical careers, they had more or less sold out for a more radio friendly sound. There are much better songs than this in their catalog. How about some "Cities on Flame".
I definitely agree! their first album would have to rank up there in my list of favote albums. Although I was a fan throughout their career even I admit that B.O.C.'s output was uneven and/or somewhat sold out after the first one. They were always entertaining live though. |