BLUE OYSTER CULT - "ASTRONOMY (LIVE)" (reaction)

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[@Trilaan]

"Call me 'Desdinova'! 'The Eternal Light!' These gravely digs of mine will surely prove a sight! And don't forget my dog, fixed and consequent!" Some of my all-time favorite lyrics here.

[@gravelydiggs2139]

Agreed. Hence my handle lol.

[@gravelydiggs2139]

It was this song I took my inline I.D. from years ago. My favorite song from my favorite band.

[@markoliver630]

On Tour Forever !

[@highschoolbigshot]

Such a good recording for a live song sounds even cleaner than the studio version

[@stretchgilbert]

Ah! The 4 Winds Bar! One of the many places along Hempstead Tpke. They used to play back in the day

[@jalkabre5904]

BOC has some great songs. Highly suggest "I love the Night" and "Veterans of the Psychic Wars (live version - best guitar solo I think I have ever heard)". Great band.

[@SightAfterDark]

We're loving what we've heard of them so far! Thanks Adam!

[@duncansolloway2497]

cities on fire with rock and roll is a song that does not disappoint its title

[@loilt5091]

I LOVE THE NIGHT A perfect vampire song, if there ever was one 🧛‍♂️

[@ericjohnson2137]

Allen Lanier on Keys Joe Bouchard on bass His brother Albert on drums (master cymbal work) Donald (Buck Dharma) Roeser guitar Eric Bloom vocals!

[@SightAfterDark]

They killed it!

[@williamosborne6866]

Allen Lanier (RIP) and Eric Bloom also switch off as keyboards and rhythm guitar. If you like a "jam", try this live performance of "Then Came The Last Days Of May - two amazing guitar solos (first by Allen and then by Buck) fasten your seatbelts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4PZonutm9OHg8k

[@michaelfisher7170]

So....I'm glad you liked it. I was listening to this music before either of you were born...way....WAYYY back in my junior high days in the late 70's. So I've been a BOC fan for decades. Now...I want you to know, I'm just passing this along because I've never actually researched it...that the lead guitarist...Donald "Buck" Dharma...has never, in his career, repeated a riff in any solo he's ever performed. I'm willing to believe it...I did have the privilege of seeing them live in Boston on New Year's day in 1988 at a club in Boston called The Channel that no longer exists...all I remember is being enthralled by the music and then in another dimension when they played a curtain call with Don't Fear the Reaper.......I was standing on my chair with my legs being held by my fiance and her sister. lol. Thanks so much for the video, glad to see their work is appreciated by a new generation! Cheers and keep up the good work!

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks so much for sharing much!

[@joelliebler5690]

Best version of this great tune!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🎹🎸

[@SightAfterDark]

Of course Steven! We love Steely Dan!

[@vymkodex]

"It's the nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms, just a place to hopelessly encounter time and then came me...Call me Desdanova, the eternal light, these gravely digs of mine will surely prove a sight and don't forget my dog, fixed and consequent" 🤘🏻

[@rolandgervais9320]

Buck Dharma is a guitar god!

[@jameswilson8433]

I've seen BÖC more than 20 times since '76. I've seen them play packed arenas with lasers and robotic Godzilla, and tiny dive bars with no effects except an inflatable Godzilla that a fan brought. They rock as hard either way.

[@SightAfterDark]

Sounds amazing! Thanks James!

[@tampawakos]

I have 37 ticket stubs for BOC/Soft White Underbelly

[@Gsc-2112]

Seen them over 20 times also so far your the only one other person still around to have seen the laser show before the U.S. gov banned it

[@gravelydiggs2139]

@@Gsc-2112 And I.

[@vincegamer]

I saw them in my college gymnasium in 1993. No effects but a big space. One act before then on the bill was late so they jumped in to keep us kids happy. It was so much fun

[@stevemcnary7963]

You should do Blue Oyster Cult's Then Came The Last Days Of May from the live album On Your Feet Or On Your Knees.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks Steve! We're super busy keeping up with all the reactions from Patreon, but we'll see what we can do!

[@leefranklin3054]

I think ETL captures one of the famous Allen/Buck guitar duels. Miss Allen Lanier so much.

[@dnstap]

best version of Astronomy I've ever heard...recorded in Columbus, GA in 1977...saw them live for the first time in February 1977 outside of Atlanta...

[@stretchgilbert]

Eric Bloom. One of the great Rock vocalist. Buck Dharma guitar, vocals, Allen Lanier Keys , Guitar (RIP), Joe Bouchard Bass, VOCALS, Albert Bouchard Drums

[@douglemay7989]

Rolling Stone Magazine loved this live album.

[@TTTT-oc4eb]

Superb version from a very underrrated live album!

[@leefranklin3054]

Blue Oyster Cult, best served live. Buck Dharma's solos deliver, and do not bore, STILL, 50 years later. Still on tour.

[@blackfender100]

Killer Band ! you guys would Love "The Vigil" From the Mirrors album. cheers from south Florida.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks Joe, cheers ☀️!

[@gj8683]

Try "Transmaniacon MC," the first cut from their very first record. The guitar work is amazing.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@1969gawa]

The back story to this tune is interesting too.

[@MindFeather]

interesting ... apparently i was introduced to this through the band's third recording of it -- on the HP Lovecraft inspired concept album "Imaginos" from 1988. the first recorded version was 1974's "Secret Treaties" album, and then this live version (from their second live album) was put out in 1978. and then it was recorded at least one more time later in 1994. this song has definitely traveled. it definitely took me on a trip through nostalgia even though i'd never heard this version before. thanks, y'all!

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks Garth!

[@bocswu]

There is a new version of Astronomy sung by original BÖC drummer Albert Bouchard. He put out Re-Imaginos in 2020. Desdenova travels. We Understand.

[@michaelgranberg3468]

This is called musicianship. All their songs sound different.

[@DowJonesDave]

That's Buck Dharma on guitar

[@SightAfterDark]

Great name

[@mcbeezee2120]

@@SightAfterDark As all Cult fans know, his real name is Donald Roeser. Buck Dharma is his stage name so to speak.

[@DowJonesDave]

@@mcbeezee2120 I like Buck better. I think it's Roesler if we're speaking his given name.

[@mcbeezee2120]

@@DowJonesDave Been following BOC since 1973. Here you go. I like Buck Dharma more also.👍 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Dharma

[@iAmerican1]

Meet me at The Four Winds Bar! 🍸🥃🍻

[@andrehughes1]

Great reaction to one of the best songs of all time.

[@elfman5176]

Awesome Live version Great guitar by Buck Dharma Thanks

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for watching elf man!

[@riphopfer5816]

Allen Lanier (the keyboardist) and Joe Bouchard (the bassist) are the most underrated musicians in BÖC. Also, listening to the lyrics once wouldn’t be enough to help you decipher it. Many of the band’s early lyrics were derived from an epic, supernatural/fantasy/sci-fi poem cycle written by their original producer, Sandy Pearlman. It’s VERY complex and apocryphal. Before there were summaries of the story cycle online, I used to sit under a tree on afternoons after high school with a notebook, a printout of all of their lyrics (for which I’d sent away by post), a couple of joints, and a couple packets of smokes (standard equipment for a 90s stoner/metalhead/psychedelic poet and guitarist), trying to decipher the lyrics till dark each afternoon.

[@SightAfterDark]

Sounds like great times!

[@riphopfer5816]

@@SightAfterDark They were great times; as a kid I was a jaded wanker and I took ‘em for granted. I thought I was lonely and depressed. Ha! I wouldn’t really know depression and loneliness till mi late 20s, when I began suffering symptoms of adult-onset muscular dystrophy, and I’d left all mi mates behind when I moved cross-country to follow mi dream of becoming a mix engineer in Nashville and playing in a successful rock group. When my body suddenly began working against me like someone left it full of booby-traps, I had nowhere to turn, and I began to miss the days when how many of roughly eight girls were into me was the worst of my problems. Seriously: that was actually a problem for me at one point during my adolescence, yet I was full of angst and was ‘deeply misunderstood’. I was a knobhead, is what I were.

[@WavesRay]

Divine Wind

[@mikec6733]

If you like this guitar player...try Buck's Boogie... good version is on LIVE album entitled On Your Feet Or On Your Knees. No lyrics...they rock

[@Qyngali]

Buck Dharma (guitar) never plays a song the same way lol, seriously. You can listen to 100 different live versions and there's always something different. You made me laugh when you called it a jam. :)

[@bennyh4950]

Next Reaction: ETI on this live album. It's the definitive version. Then Kick Out The Jams on this same recording.

[@terryv2006]

Blue Oyster Cult has a live DVD called A Long Days Night that totally kicks ass. Not the original drummer and bassist but a really solid line up.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for the info Terry!

[@loilt5091]

I got it...he's right, recorded in Chicago on the Summer Solstice. 👍 🇨🇦

[@aaronarnold7653]

Aloha, This should be fun...

[@Johnny67557]

It's important to know the lyrics!!! That's half the mystery!

[@dougnelsin1480]

Check out the live version of Veterans of Psychic Wars. More great guitar work by Buck Dharma!! Very atmospheric song like most of their songs.

[@SightAfterDark]

“Atmospheric” great description!

[@SightAfterDark]

“Atmospheric” great description!

[@SightAfterDark]

“Atmospheric” great description!

[@btv1676]

Syracuse War Memorial 1975 Full laser (in your face) show General Admission (Old school) Awesome show. And 4 more times over the years. ✌️

[@keefmack]

This band can flat out jam. Not only a band full of excellent musicians who are all multi-instrumentalists, they all wrote songs and 4 of them rotated singing lead vocals. Their sense of harmony and melody for a hard rocking band has always set them apart. Because they all wrote songs their albums were not full of songs that all sounded like the same song over and over, yet each song certainly had an unmistakable "Blue Oyster Cult" sound. For fun and perhaps an insight into the meaning of the name "Blue Oyster Cult" check out these songs "E.T.I", "The Vigil", "Take Me Away"

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks a lot for the tips Keef, that’s so cool that they all share in writing the songs too!

[@DowJonesDave]

It's about an immortal made immortal by aliens from Sirius, the "Dog Star," which has relevance to the occult. It's midnight and the tide is out and the moist sand has hardened into a crust. Beachside is the four winds bar, where carrie and susie are looking for where the winds come from... Our immortal takes susie for a walk on the beach, and tells her that it's never said at all, on the map that carrie reads...Behind the clock at the 4 winds bar. Then he tells her his names "Call me desdinova. eternal light" And about his Dog, "Fixed and consequent..." A STAR. The Dog Star. Sirius...and ends with a little twinkle like a star it's epic...

[@SightAfterDark]

That's AWESOME! Thanks so much for informing us!

[@jamessparks4002]

@@SightAfterDark Wikipedia has a write-up: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginos (Concept and storyline) For the most part I don't think the band really bought into it, they just like the cool mysterioso lyrics.

[@DowJonesDave]

@@jamessparks4002 I like them too. Mysterioso is a great description!

[@romeosyne]

And don't forget my dog, fixed and consequent....

[@JohnHoulgate]

I understand your point about the beginning riff sounding Medievel. You guys look pretty young, probably born after 1974? During the early 70s, there was a trend in Rock we now call Progressive Rock where bands flavored their phrasings with these medievel/fantasy sounding melodies. You hear it in bands like Yes, Jethro Tull, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Hawkwind and Styx - listen to the intro to Styx's Grand Illusion. This was very typical of those times. BOC was actually rather eclectic and not shy about throwing that into their material, though they weren't married to it like some other bands at that time. This trend was also parodied in the 80s mockumentary film "This is Spinal Tap" to hilarious effect. The Stonehenge scene comes to mind. This is one of those things that start out very serious in present times and becomes tomorrow's satire. It's all good, though.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for sharing John! We love that movie and the style!

[@fredkrissman6527]

Although a teen in late '60s to mid-70s, never got into BOC, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath (after their first lp!), Journey, or a slew of other bands around at the time... Astronomy made me boogie along though, and, as usual, your reaction was thought provoking! It was FEAST, not FAMINE, in those yrs! The Beatles, Joni, Hendrix, Dylan, Dead, Airplane, CSNY, Doors, Joplin, Tull, Yes, Zepp, Heart, Doobie Bros, FleetMac, and (prolly forgot a few!) dzns of one (or a few) hit wonders kept me busy without delving into the wide array of other artists. So thanx for considering one that was never on my radar. After the mid-70s, I moved from totally pop music to jazz (Chick Corea was one of the first; you might check out his Light as a Feather sometime!), classical, and especially world music, though a few later standouts like Everything but the Girl, B52s, Talking Heads, Blondie, Cranberries, and especially Björk brought me back to pop from time to time.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for adding your perspective Fred!

[@gravelydiggs2139]

Bob James 3. Great jazz album.

[@kensolar69]

Seen BOC 3 times, 1st time was this 'Some Enchanted Evening' tour. The infamous Motorcycle concert. Buck Darma, one of the Guitar Gods. Seen Skynyrd, Good, but live, no BOC with Buck. This was the best song I've seen them do live. Godzilla was also excellent.

[@SightAfterDark]

Sounds like excellent times, thanks for sharing Kensolar69!

[@williamallen3715]

Saw it live in 79. 2 years after this recording. And it was killer

[@SightAfterDark]

We bet it was amazing! Thanks for watching William!

[@wesleyelsberry5433]

If you want to know what the song is about, that's a deep dive. All of the following is "IIRC", corrections appreciated. There was a review of the 'Secret Treaties' album where 'Astronomy' took the anchor position, and it said something to the effect that listening to BOC one comes away with a vague sense that if one could comprehend all the pieces, they'd mesh together to give an ominous view of something deeply disturbing. Years later, the author appended a note saying that with the 'Imaginos' album, the ominous and disturbing reality became explicit. BOC was originally produced by Sandy Perlman, and a fair number of songs use materials from Perlman's "The Soft Doctrines of Imaginos" notebooks for lyrics. Perlman had his own mythic view of the intrusion of evil into human history, which involves aliens, who are also the loa of voodoo, who recruit a dying human to become their agent to intervene in human history ("The Subhuman/Blue Oyster Cult"). This agent, now called Imaginos and Desdinova, has powers to take on any disguise, become anyone, to test human responses to evil. The "Imaginos" album was supposed to be the first of a series of albums bringing together all the Imaginos-related songs. 'Astronomy' is one in which Imaginos/Desdinova has come into his powers and accepted his role. The title of the song is a reference to "the starry wisdom", mystic information given to Imaginos by his new extraterrestrial masters. Even the band's name is simply a part of Perlman's occultic mythos. Look for Albert Bouchard's websites on the "Imaginos" material; he has a list of all the songs that were part of that mythos, and there are a lot of them. His list even includes "Redeemed", though I am mystified by how that is supposed to fit in. Perlman also de-emphasized the band's members early on, seeking to make a mystique around the band putting itself out there as a nearly-anonymous unit. The debut album has no depiction of band members, and just a list of names and instruments, including the infamous attribution of "stun guitar' to Eric Bloom. Oh, and the debut album was the origin of the use of the umlaut in heavy metal band names. An earlier incarnation of the band as the Stalk Forest Group had Perlman going so far as assigning bombastic stage names to the band members. Donald Roeser, the lead guitarist, got "Buck Dharma", and has kept it ever since. Eric Bloom does not use "Prince Omega". Bloom is the lead vocalist on the most BOC songs. Buck Dharma, though, is the lead vocalist of the BOC songs that have gone highest on the charts, with "Don't Fear the Reaper", "Godzilla", "Burnin' for You", "Dancin' in the Ruins", and "Astronomy" on 'Imaginos'. Albert Bouchard takes lead vocals on several notable songs, including "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" and "Dominance and Submission". Joe Bouchard has several lead vocal credits as well. Allen Lanier, though, only had a couple, including "True Confessions". So the original line-up was Eric Bloom as frontman, lead singer, guitarist, and sometimes keyboards, Donald 'Buck Dharma' Roeser as an extraordinary talent on guitar and vocalist, Albert Bouchard on drums, guitar, vocals, and apparently a master arranger of songs as well as composer, Joe Bouchard on bass and vocals, and Allen Lanier on keyboards, guitar, and some vocals. Albert Bouchard got fired from the band while on tour after an unfortunate incident in 1981. Joe Bouchard left a few years later. Allen Lanier retired around 2006, and died in 2013. The current 2022 line-up is Eric, Buck, Richie Castellano (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Danny Miranda (bass, vocals), and Jules Rudino (drums, backing vocals). Albert and Joe Bouchard have teamed up with Dennis Dunaway of 'Alice Cooper', forming the band, 'Blue Coupe' (Blue Oyster Cult/Alice Cooper ... we can all wince once).

[@SightAfterDark]

This is the deepest anyone has ever taken us into BOC. We had no idea there were so many continuous themes and connections. Thanks so much Wesley!

[@wesleyelsberry5433]

@@SightAfterDark Thanks, there is a lot of back-story with the band. In some sense, BOC did something different. While other groups did 'concept albums', Pearlman's vision was essentially to create a concept group. Until the 'Imaginos' album, there was no BOC album entirely comprised of Imaginos material, but all of them had some of it. BOC garnered a reputation for its science fiction and fantasy associations, with Eric Bloom collaborating with novelist Michael Moorcock on several songs ('Black Blade', 'The Great Sun Jester', and 'Veteran of the Psychic Wars'), UFO/alien songs, vampire themed songs, and being involved in the 'Heavy Metal' movie (the single song that actually appears in the soundtrack is a small part of it). But Pearlman's opus and its representation in the BOC discography mostly flew below everyone's radar. The first three studio albums had the greatest influence of then-producer Pearlman, so when you see people expressing a preference for those, that is due in part to Pearlman's plan for how things would go. 'Spectres' was the last BOC album where Pearlman had a hand in the production, and some would contend, the last where there was some unified vision of what the band should be that went beyond the usual 'record music and make money' mode of operation.

[@CaptainBakerJason]

The late, great Allen Lanier provided signature keyboards that are key to the BÖC sound, and he played guitar so well that he could play lead with any band of his day - however this band had the Master, Buck Dharma, to hold down the lead guitar, but their duels back and forth on songs was second to none.

[@tampawakos]

Buck Dharma lead guitarist

[@gravelydiggs2139]

In '79 at long beach arena they were the headliners and Gamma(Montrose) opened first, then Travers before BOC, they both came out before last encore and dueled with Buck and Allen. Epic.

[@SightAfterDark]

Sounds epic for real!

[@brennanschweitzer840]

Cool reaction. Of course it's Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser on lead guitar,, and the incredible Allen Lanier (RIP) on keyboards. Plus the Bouchard brothers on bass and drums, along with Eric Bloom's vocals. Amazing band. Thank you for this.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for watching!

[@raymondregis6219]

The original version is more haunting. It's about a necromancer. I see black and white / noirish stills in my head.

[@stretchgilbert]

Since I used my pick on another BOC I'll just throw another out into the universe. The Vigil. Keep doin what you're doin. Keep it 100. Peace.

[@SightAfterDark]

Gotta love BOC!

[@larrybrantley8835]

Saw them in 1979 and then again in 1994. Great band!

[@brennanschweitzer840]

Subscribed

[@SightAfterDark]

We appreciate you!

[@steveb4186]

The beauty of blue oyster cult is that the band did not use studio effects on their first four albums. Record the song take it to the stage. Clean rock and roll by talented musicians. My first date with BOC was spring of 74 at the Paramount Theatre in Portland. Part of on your feet or on you knees was recorded that night. Listen to the first four albums both sides in order. A true musical treat. The reaper changed everything. Not better or worse just different. Still my favorite band

[@SightAfterDark]

Yeah, thanks to the reaction channel we’ve really been able to see the difference between their crossover hits and their true fan faves. They have so much range! Thanks for the tip Steve!

[@PanaMethul]

Needs more cowbell

[@SightAfterDark]

Lol

[@lancecornell9978]

Awesome request of one of the most intelligent bands out there

[@SightAfterDark]

Indeed!

[@tomwoliver]

Great choice! BOC never disappoints! Secret Treaties is their 3rd album and the Album Astronomy is on. Not a bad song on the entire album. Try out Dominance And Submission, Flaming Telepaths, and ME262 off that album as well. Just really great stuff from some outstanding musicians.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks so much!

[@thesaturdaymorningcowboy4198]

Long, long ago in a time far, far away, when LSD circulated and lent color to the concert stadiums, there was Blue Oyster Cult. Metallica were still little punks learning their first guitar chords because they knew one day, they would cover this great song when their turn came.

[@Bigrosty44]

Skynyrd deploys 3 guitars. And none of them can kiss Buck Dharma boot strings. Hope you dig deeper into the mighty BOC. Their menu runs 40 deep in the tremendous song selection

[@TheSylvanpass]

“The clock strikes twelve, and moon drops burst, out at you from their hiding place.”

[@steeleye2112]

Wow, finally, someone reacts to the version of Astronomy which has been my all time favourite song for forty years. There are some pieces of music that are much longer that might top it, but for something that's closer to normal song length, this is the one. the guitar solo at the end is for me the best guitar solo ever recorded. And now as I'm about to watch the video I'm sure I've jinxed it and you guys won't like it lol. Either way thanks for listening to the best live 11 minutes mankind has ever produced.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for watching!

[@steveravely6708]

I like the Imaginous album version of this song and from Imaginous blue oyster cult/ sub human

[@steeleye2112]

@@steveravely6708 Likewise, the live version will always be my top but the Imaginos version is really interesting.

[@stevenwilkinson1265]

BOC & Skynyrd's roadies had a good set to in the mid 1970s at a show !! .... see Veteran of the Psychic Wars live in 1981 for one of Buck's greatest filmed guitar solos, that guy can play. Bouchard brothers on drums & bass & Allen Lanier on keys. The classic five were one of the greatest 1970s rock bands. Deep talent.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks Steve!

[@bigdaddyrat7854]

Could you react to 'Devils Food/Black Widow' by Alice Cooper from the 'Welcome to my Nightmare' album. Devils Food is an intro by Vincent Price for 'Black Widow'.

[@SightAfterDark]

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[@Gsc-2112]

Back in the day BOC had the first laser light show where they shoot the laser into the audience something to really experience they did it during this song unfortunately the U. S. Government banned it

[@SightAfterDark]

Damn US government!

[@SightAfterDark]

Damn US government!

[@btv1676]

Saw that. They bounced it of a disco ball. Shooting lasers through the smoke filled arenas. Wild ✌️

[@Gsc-2112]

@@btv1676 so very few of us got to see it and even less around to talk about it still my favorite concert ever

[@michaelgranberg3468]

Look up on Utube about the BOC laser story. Interesting.

[@billshelly5332]

Always liked B.O.C. alot. Great choice. I remember reading a review years ago of one of their albums and the writer mentioned that this band would just as soon suck your blood as take your money. I'm assuming it was said tongue in cheek. Thanks for upload.

[@SightAfterDark]

HA love that! But dont thank us, thank David! He made a great choice!

[@stretchgilbert]

I just sent you guys a request for BOC. A band that I grew up on. I've seen them around 50 times live. Most of those times in the mid to late 70s. They're still out there doing it. NYC'S Own. I Saw them at the Nassau Coliseum Feb. 4th 1977. Probably the greatest Rock show I ever saw, and I've seen them all. ✌

[@SightAfterDark]

Hell yeah! Thank you!

[@SpaceFactsWax]

Thank you for uploading. I got the opportunity to witness a rocket launch in 2018. Unbelievable experience. I shared a pretty fun montage of the trip to my channel.

[@SightAfterDark]

Amazing! Thanks for your input!

[@AngryPostmanStockholm]

Not the best of versions, dunno if song is representive for them overall either. They have played for 50 y+ and have several eras with quite a mixed approaches, they are mostly not superhard or use too many attributes, but they are hard by perfection. someone said "a few songs!,,, theres a sea of songs and truly great ones can be piled. Try a few different styles to get the range of them Cagey Cretins (Perfect example of "Heavy by perfection) kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipbLg4qgjNNjidk Tattoo Vampire kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3PahKinqK2Sqas I Love The Nights kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZjRc5Z-n9GWgNE The Vigil kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHe7iYSPhadrd5I I Am The Storm kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqrYeJatjKl0Z9U Deadline kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpXbp4RvpqiYbZo Kickass bassline!! "He never finished hes coffee that night.." Lips In The Hills kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6WlnGCkq7Gmd7M Fire Of Unknown Origin kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYi9qmilbqqkb7c Veterans of the phsycic wars kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIbamWB5atxqf6s

[@moonmoon-nu5yx]

you should try blue oyster cult's last day of may live (album on your knees or on your feet) a pure moment of happiness especially buck darmah's solo. that said, it might be good to see and listen to something else, different music its different different atmosphere, it is an ethnic group from the south east of Algeria for whom honor translates into three words wife horse weapon l'algerino bawa Since the links do not go through, you would have to type , you will be very surprised algerino bawa clip officiel

[@mcbeezee2120]

Yeah, OYFOOYK is their most.......furious live release. Buck's closing solo on "Hot Rails To Hell" is spine-crushing.

[@SightAfterDark]

Sounds awesome! Thanks for the suggestion!

[@gerhardbraatz6305]

If you love hearing a live show try Peter Frampton, Do you feel like we do, from the Frampton comes alive album.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thank you!

[@stretchgilbert]

Alot of their songs are based on horror and science fiction.

[@SightAfterDark]

Haha yeah we were picking up on that

[@salvatoredebella4502]

It is a shame that all people know about this great band is just "Don't Fear the Reaper." It is a great song but they are so much more

[@SightAfterDark]

So true!

[@davidbracher8322]

Hard to believe this magnificent band is not in the Rock and Roll hall of fame. Must be politics. Because they are better than 90% of all the bands in there veteran of the Psychic Wars live...for the cherry on top.

[@SightAfterDark]

🤞 One day!

[@RG-yn4eq]

I saw BOC live twice, good shows. Guitarist just rip it up on certain tunes of which this is one.

[@SightAfterDark]

Hell yeah! Sounds awesome!

[@mcbeezee2120]

IMO, you should've selected the original, studio version from their 1974 "Secret Treaties".

[@SightAfterDark]

Our reactions are chosen by our Patrons, and this was the version chosen :) Thanks for stopping by!

[@DowJonesDave]

@@SightAfterDark that one is piano oriented, which I'm not into. I think it's over-engineered, and it ends where the lead solo starts on the live version. I don't like any studio recordings by BOC (which is what we call them, yes). I love some of their songs live. RU Ready 2 Rock Some Enchanted Evening concert opening song Extraterrestrial Intelligence from Extraterrestrial Live album Veteran of the Psychic Wars from Extraterrestrial Live Dominance & Submission from Extraterrestrial Live Hot Rails to Hell Extraterrestrial Live The whole extraterrestrial live album is good. Roger Downey replaces Albert Bouchard and makes them rumble he hits his drums a LOT harder and it comes out as this awesome rumbly arena sound that's a whole new level of crunch on the hard parts. I'd love to hear him play the choruses on astronomy but was never recorded playing that one too bad... Not requests per se, but if you like listening to real performances like I do these are the best (especially the recording quality) of BOC

[@DowJonesDave]

@@SightAfterDark Extraterrestrial Live Album to listen to on your own: kzbin.info?search_query=blue+oyster+cult+extraterrestrial+live

[@SightAfterDark]

Oh no! The solo adds so much! Prob wouldn’t have enjoyed it as much without it. Thanks for bringing us along into the world of BOC!

[@mcbeezee2120]

@@SightAfterDark If you enjoyed THAT Buck solo, have you checked out their Last Days of May performance at the Navy Pier. One of Buck's ultimates, preceded by an Allen Lanier(RIP) solo. Bonus! kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4PZonutm9OHg8k

[@Phuc_Socialist_You_Tube]

B.O.C......It ain't what it used to be....Keyboards: Alan Lanier- R.I.P., Vocals, Rhythm Guitar: Eric Bloom, Lead Guitar: Donald (Buck Dharma) Roeser, Bass: Joe Bouchard, Drums: Albert Bouchard. Albums after "Club Ninja" feature New Bass, Drums, and keyboard players.....But its lost the mystique and presence the band used to have.

[@SightAfterDark]

😞

[@douglemay7989]

Richie Castellano is no slouch. Sorry.

[@Phuc_Socialist_You_Tube]

@@douglemay7989 He ain't no A. Lanier either. A virtuoso on both keyboards and guitar....sorry.

[@cazgerald9471]

A channel could stay busy reacting to just 70s live albums

[@SightAfterDark]

1000 percent!

[@markb3186]

ALWAYS DO THE ORIGINAL FOR YOUR VIRGIN LISTEN will not watch this is not not the classic recording masterpiece that became a part of our musical souls NOT THIS THE ORIGINAL i never understand why in the hell someone would listen to a version of some classic and NOT TYHE ACTUAL CLASSIC