Classical Composer Reacts to Don't Fear the Reaper (Blue Öyster Cult) | The Daily Doug (Episode 580)

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    In this edition of #thedailydoug, I'm listening to (Don't Fear) The Reaper by Blue Öyster Cult. Of course, I'm previously aware of this classic tune...but I wanted to include it on the channel so that it could be represented along with all the other great music I've reacted to on the channel. For a song about mortality, it definitely has an upbeat vibe. I hope you enjoy!
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  • @rhubarb_runner2
    @rhubarb_runner2 Před rokem +382

    If there's one thing BOC taught me: History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of men.

  • @karlspear6729
    @karlspear6729 Před rokem +206

    Don't get in a pillow fight with death unless you are ready to deal with the reaper cushions.

  • @miaw6392
    @miaw6392 Před 3 měsíci +7

    I was listening to this at the age of 12 and it hit the adolescent melancholy. Another good BCO song is "I Love the Night."

    • @bernarrcoletta7419
      @bernarrcoletta7419 Před měsícem

      I love the night is one of my favorite songs

    • @kimberlyprieto2846
      @kimberlyprieto2846 Před 9 dny +2

      My absolute favorite song ever❤❤, the day is okay and the sun can be fun but I love to see those rays slip away❤❤

  • @pammorris7643
    @pammorris7643 Před 10 měsíci +4

    40,000 was the accurate number of deaths when this song was popular. It's almost 140,000 now...

  • @briannorman952
    @briannorman952 Před rokem +56

    That whole middle section and guitar solo is one of the scariest and greatest solos ever recorded

    • @JasonSmith-jr7jh
      @JasonSmith-jr7jh Před rokem +4

      I've been listening to this since 1976, and I've never heard it described like that...Great Point!

    • @Rio_1111
      @Rio_1111 Před rokem +1

      A certain southern German radio station plays the song rather often. But they always cut out the middle section. I really hate them for that

    • @douglemay7989
      @douglemay7989 Před rokem

      @@Rio_1111 Possibly the single version of the song.

  • @toddc28
    @toddc28 Před rokem +81

    Please do more BOC. Any song. They are criminally underrated. They have some very interesting and quirky songs with recurring themes in their music: aliens, biker gangs, and vampires to name a few.

  • @daveycretin664
    @daveycretin664 Před rokem +75

    Doug,
    I lost my 89 year old father about 12 hours ago and boy did l need this. Thank you so much. One of the best songs from one of my favorite bands. I took care of my father for the last half dozen years at home, until l just couldn’t do it anymore earlier this year. A few weeks ago, my dad got pneumonia and he just couldn’t beat it. My sister and l both told him beforehand that he could let go and be with his late wife; in essence, don’t fear the reaper. What an amazing gift this song has been to the music world for the past 46+ years. I never related it to my recent situation until your video. I will now appreciate it even more. I even liked your comic interlude as well.
    Thanks again for helping me deal with my very recent loss with your analysis of this BÖC gem.
    Sincerely yours,
    David.

    • @ericnamikas3386
      @ericnamikas3386 Před rokem +9

      Music can speak to us in the best of times and the most trying times. I am sorry to hear about your loss (I lost my own father many years ago), but also glad to hear that music carries you forward as it does me, every day.

    • @jazzpunk
      @jazzpunk Před rokem +5

      Sorry for your loss...you have joined a very large club (those that have lost their dad).
      God Bless...

    • @gamera3000
      @gamera3000 Před rokem +2

      Another song that I find comforting on that theme is Do You Realise by Flaming Lips

    • @daveycretin664
      @daveycretin664 Před rokem

      @@ericnamikas3386 ~ Thanks for your kind words, it’s definitely appreciated. Music is a comfort and a healer, too.

    • @daveycretin664
      @daveycretin664 Před rokem +1

      @@jazzpunk ~ Thank you for your support. It’s a bummer, but something that most humans must go through and endure. Music is a big help.

  • @_Helm_
    @_Helm_ Před rokem +19

    that cowbell IS the time ticking away, it is that metaphysical addition, Doug!

  • @jondhuse1549
    @jondhuse1549 Před rokem +15

    The transition from the solo guitar section back in to the riff and the melody is one of the best transitions in any rock song I know...

  • @JoriDiculous
    @JoriDiculous Před rokem +51

    Great song. But could use a little more cowbell.
    But we did get a lot of airdrumming : D

    • @bobcarn
      @bobcarn Před rokem +3

      It has almost enough, but could just use a tiny bit more.

    • @marquisdelafayette1929
      @marquisdelafayette1929 Před rokem +6

      I can never unhear the cowbell after that ! Didn’t notice it before the skit but afterwards can’t listen without it standing out like a sore thumb.
      Plus anything with Walken is gold. That man can do nothing wrong.

  • @AndyGrazianoNYC
    @AndyGrazianoNYC Před rokem +54

    Hey Dr. Doug, I'm from the Band Geeks, currently on tour with Jon Anderson playing “Yes epics and classics” . Our musical director and bass player/guitarist Richie Castellano has been playing 2nd guitar and keys with BOC for the last 20 years. He also co wrote and produced their latest record, which is super good. Love the channel!

    • @brianalger4844
      @brianalger4844 Před rokem +3

      Heard an interview here in Chicago suburbs w Jon on wgn radio a few days ago- he seems like such an upbeat funny guy- sly, sweet sense of humor !! Keep up the great work!!

    • @philf4086
      @philf4086 Před rokem +2

      Hi Andy - super impressive work on the Jon Anderson tour, especially (for me) Heart of the Sunrise. I'm not in an area where you toured, so the available videos were the cat's knees.
      Yes, I've seen a lot of Richie's work with BOC too. All of you Geeks are really a complete band. Keep up the good work!

    • @drrobram
      @drrobram Před rokem +1

      Andy, you and the Band Geek are great!!!

    • @morecomfterblur1390
      @morecomfterblur1390 Před 8 měsíci +2

      The Symbol Remains! What a good record! Ritchie Castellano knocked it out of the park!

  • @samfisher6606
    @samfisher6606 Před rokem +25

    The CZcams Channel Polyphonic did a video about this song years ago and in his video, he talks about how everyone gets the meaning of this song wrong and how it's about love overcoming death. Basically "dont fear the reaper because our love can withstand death"

  • @DirkGrosemans
    @DirkGrosemans Před rokem +11

    Talking 'bout BÖC : Veteran of the Psychic Wars is also a wonderful underrated song.

  • @edelcorrallira
    @edelcorrallira Před rokem +32

    I love that flatlining guitar, that extremely lengthy sustained note that ends in an eery moan/squeal; frankly it's incredible. Personally I love these kind of details, quite a piece.

    • @facespaz
      @facespaz Před rokem +1

      When they play this song live, I saw Eric use some sort of machine to keep the string sustaining like that, then put it in his pocket after they went back to the main riff.

    • @andriealinsangao613
      @andriealinsangao613 Před rokem +1

      ​@@facespazMust be an EBow.

    • @douglemay7989
      @douglemay7989 Před rokem

      @@facespaz Buck, not Eric.

    • @facespaz
      @facespaz Před rokem

      @@douglemay7989 Nah, it was Eric, I remember it clearly made an impression because I didn't expect it from him as the rhythm guitarist for that song

    • @douglemay7989
      @douglemay7989 Před rokem +2

      @@facespaz The stun guitar in action.

  • @sledzeppelin
    @sledzeppelin Před rokem +31

    One of the great scary songs. But as creepy as it is, it's actually quite comforting. Brilliant stuff. And that solo!

    • @Goatllama
      @Goatllama Před rokem +4

      I love that about them. They do all this absolutely dire, dark stuff, but there's usually a warmth or playfulness to it as well.

    • @shavingdave1
      @shavingdave1 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Agree!

  • @user-tn6jm7ew8v
    @user-tn6jm7ew8v Před rokem +3

    With reference to something you said in your introduction, Doug:
    My high-school music teacher (45 years or so ago now - sob!) gave me the most significant advice I have ever received on any subject. She said, "It doesn't matter how many times you hear a piece of music; if you are listening in the right way, you'll always hear something that you hadn't noticed before".
    I can't tell you how much my appreciation of music has been enhanced by that thought.
    I can give you a clear example: my favourite orchestral piece is Grieg's Piano Concerto. I've known it since I was about ten years old and had listened to it so many times, but it wasn't until one night only about three or four years ago, lying in bed listening to it again that I noticed that a few bars from the end, there is an enormous f-you upwards glissando from the piano (the orchestra's giving it the full 11 at this point, so it's not immediately apparent).
    I lay there in the dark and marvelled at the fact that a piece I'd known so well (or so I'd thought) for so long still had the capacity to surprise.

  • @j.jennings1722
    @j.jennings1722 Před rokem +52

    Your wife knew what was coming up and was preparing you for the heat, Doug! 😁
    Great song from a classic album. Every song on this album is fantastic, from "Tattoo Vampire" to "This Ain't the Summer of Love" to "Morning Final," all terrific songs. Keep it up, my man. ❤✌

    • @ericnamikas3386
      @ericnamikas3386 Před rokem +5

      Yup. Agents of Fortune is a fantastic listen! Props to Patti Smith on Vera Gemini, too!

    • @erdossuitcase7667
      @erdossuitcase7667 Před rokem +2

      More air drumming - more cowbell. Lol

  • @Chamomileable
    @Chamomileable Před rokem +6

    I've been recommending Blue Oyster Cult forever and I'm so happy to see it. One of their greatest tracks is "Nosferatu", which is a really moody and cool song loosely following the movie of the same name. Their deep catalog is full of borderline prog-rock tracks that display the band's lyricism and musical talent.

  • @mournblade1066
    @mournblade1066 Před rokem +68

    _Agents of Fortune_ is a near-perfect album--not a single bad track on it. And the guitar solo on "The Revenge of Vera Gemini" is, at around only 8 bars long, ounce for ounce one of the greatest ever.

    • @steeleye2112
      @steeleye2112 Před rokem +15

      to be honest I think BOC has the strongest run of studio albums of probably any band. From BOC to Revolution by Night, I don't think there's a song I ever skip, pretty impressive.

    • @daviddrennon4089
      @daviddrennon4089 Před rokem +8

      Patti Smith sings on this song. She used to date Allen Lanier. I love the vocal tradeoff

    • @daviddrennon4089
      @daviddrennon4089 Před rokem +5

      Listen to Astronomy into Flaming Telepaths from Secret Treaties. They are to be played together. My favorite BOC songs.

    • @goopah
      @goopah Před rokem +3

      Vera Gemini has always been a favorite. Wonderful groove.

    • @joedecker3900
      @joedecker3900 Před rokem +3

      Many great solid albums, Spectres is even a stronger album in my opinion. Fire Of Unknown Origin is my favorite overall.

  • @richpeltier9519
    @richpeltier9519 Před rokem +35

    Their latest album has some really good stuff on it. So much to choose from with BOC. They have a very deep catalog and it's almost criminal that they're only known for 2 or 3 songs.

    • @lv-426paradise3
      @lv-426paradise3 Před rokem +2

      It IS criminal.

    • @lv-426paradise3
      @lv-426paradise3 Před rokem +2

      It IS criminal.

    • @babylemonade2868
      @babylemonade2868 Před rokem +1

      What are the others I only know this one. One of those bands I’ve been meaning to listen too but haven’t

    • @richpeltier9519
      @richpeltier9519 Před rokem +3

      @Baby lemonade some of my favorite BOC songs would be; Joan Crawford (Has risen from the grave), Veteran of the Psychic Wars, Black Blade, Hot Rails to Hell, Then Came the Last Days of May, Tainted Blood, That was Me, The Alchemist, Dancing in the Ruins and Shooting Shark...off the top of my head.
      I'd recommend the newest album The Symbol Remains. It has an excellent variety of the different styles they work in.
      🤘🧙‍♂️🤘

    • @richpeltier9519
      @richpeltier9519 Před rokem

      @Baby lemonade they also had lesser hits with Burning For You and Godzilla.
      PS, I saw Blind Melon cover the song Baby Lemonade live and flipped right out because I love Syd's music SO MUCH.

  • @mitchstevens820
    @mitchstevens820 Před rokem +8

    BOC - One of the most underrated rock bands ever. Their musicianship and song writing was so next level, many people just couldn't grasp it. How many rock songs do you know where the rhythm guitar is feedbacking the entire song? Check out Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver. Brilliant!

    • @markmiwurdz202
      @markmiwurdz202 Před rokem +1

      @Mitch Stevens. Have you heard
      the phrase "thinking man's metal" to describe the music of Blue Oyster Cult?

  • @the_lichemaster
    @the_lichemaster Před rokem +15

    Then came the last days of may is a brilliant song of theirs. Fire of Unknown Origin is a great album too.

  • @richarddobson815
    @richarddobson815 Před rokem +11

    Donald 'Buck Dharma' Roeser is one of the greatest rock guitarists full stop. Check him out especially on their live album 'Some Enchanted Evening'. His playing on 'Astronomy ' is wonderful.

  • @jeffreycook5186
    @jeffreycook5186 Před rokem +31

    Nice air drumming Doug. I am a huge Blue Öyster Cult fan, and it’s really sad that most people only know them for this song and Godzilla. They have a huge catalog of amazing music and I hope you dig into it some more. I Love The Night, Astronomy and E.T.I. are three of my favorites that I think you’ll be interested in.

    • @bookhouseboy280
      @bookhouseboy280 Před rokem +3

      Astronomy and E.T.I. from Some Enchanted Evening especially.

    • @bobby666666
      @bobby666666 Před rokem +2

      Best albums are Secret Treaties and Fire of Unknown Origin. I have all the CBS albums.
      I have heard on streaming most of the solo material and various early live gigs by The Soft White Underbelly and The Stalk Forrest Group. BOC are my fave American Rock Group.

    • @Beachgirl1
      @Beachgirl1 Před rokem +6

      I love “Veteran Of The Psychic Wars”. That song is fantastic.

  • @miketobey6614
    @miketobey6614 Před rokem +6

    Insane band. Harvester of Eyes into Flaming Telepaths into Astronomy is such a perfect album sequence.

    • @craigholden564
      @craigholden564 Před 11 měsíci +2

      One of the top progression of songs I have heard. Perfectly laid out! Good call!

    • @78Mustang
      @78Mustang Před 2 dny

      Rivaled only by Morning Final into Tenderloin into Debbie Denise 👍

  • @philconner3946
    @philconner3946 Před rokem +4

    This was also used as the theme for the 1994 version of the Stephen King miniseries "The Stand."

  • @clintonsmith5163
    @clintonsmith5163 Před rokem +15

    Possibly the greatest guitar solo ever.

  • @markkershenblatt
    @markkershenblatt Před rokem +7

    Saw BOC live when they were the opening act for Rush on their Power Windows tour in Philly in 1986. I think Marillion was supposed to be the support band for this show, but they had to cancel and BOC took their place. When they started playing Godzilla, they trotted out a giant inflatable Godzilla monster and the place went nuts.

    • @markmiwurdz202
      @markmiwurdz202 Před rokem +1

      @Mark Kershenblatt. At my first BOC concert here in the U.K. in 1982, drummer Albert Bouchard put on a Godzilla head and did his drum solo during "Godzilla'! He was lit from behind his drums with a strobe effect light which gave the effect of him stopping and starting while playing. Plus during those shows BOC had their five guitar line - up, when Albert would join Eric, Buck, Allen (guitars) and his brother Joe (bass) on guitar at the front of stage. A sonic assault indeed! Stay safe and well

  • @UrbanSkyProject
    @UrbanSkyProject Před rokem +18

    Next song from Blue oyster cult needs to be Vengeance(the pact) or a full album listen of A Fire of Unknown Origin. Your choice Doug ;)

    • @stevenorman4190
      @stevenorman4190 Před rokem +1

      Agreed!!

    • @grahamnunn8998
      @grahamnunn8998 Před rokem +1

      Such a great band. Solid first two albums then the third album knocked it out the park. They never looked back.

  • @Mastabas2112
    @Mastabas2112 Před rokem +8

    Nobody ever comments on that note after the solo when the riff comes back. it just holds there sustained in a Zenon mist, no seriouly, it just keeps going then bends up.

    • @John-fc7wc
      @John-fc7wc Před rokem +1

      Yes, my favorite part of the song!

    • @uncleal6271
      @uncleal6271 Před rokem +1

      100% correct

    • @shavingdave1
      @shavingdave1 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Nicely said!

    • @StealAwayTheStars
      @StealAwayTheStars Před 3 měsíci +1

      I happened to be at that part while reading this comment, I was always aware of that note but I never fully realized just how long it holds for until now. Super cool! (and thanks for mentioning it, it was fun to pay special attention to it)

  • @caseyshawn5
    @caseyshawn5 Před rokem +4

    Good call Meg!
    That extra air drumming is just what this video needed.

  • @isaacbobjork7053
    @isaacbobjork7053 Před rokem +1

    I heard this so many times before the SNL sketch but after it I cannot unhear the cowbell

  • @Bobbias
    @Bobbias Před rokem +4

    Every time that solo kicks in. It's a departure from the otherwise very stationary feel of the rest of the song, but man it feels so good.

  • @mitvelkez
    @mitvelkez Před rokem +5

    This is an amazing song probably in my all time top 10 songs. Thanks for your review can't wait to see your reaction.

  • @mcbeezee2120
    @mcbeezee2120 Před rokem +2

    It was their 4th STUDIO album, but their ferocious double live release, "On Your Feet Or On Your Knees" was their actual 4th release. Agents was their 5th overall.

  • @gerrydantone6834
    @gerrydantone6834 Před rokem +4

    A totally unexpected and impossible to account for masterpiece. This rivals anything in rock history. Absolutely one of the greatest and darkest songs of all time.

  • @petermach8635
    @petermach8635 Před rokem +4

    A grieviously under-rated band, their material has aged really well and the musicianship is never less then first-class.

  • @mlinderict
    @mlinderict Před rokem +1

    "I don't remember this part" because it isn't in the radio edit. Love the 'shout out' to the SNC cow bell skit! 🤣

  • @mickdarcy3063
    @mickdarcy3063 Před rokem +3

    If the end of this song is the sound of eternity then i am down with it!

  • @Mirrigold
    @Mirrigold Před rokem +2

    As an 80s teenager, this was - and remains - one of my favourite songs ever, it seemed to be everywhere when I was growing up even though it came out in the mid 70s!

  • @jazzpunk
    @jazzpunk Před rokem +1

    Back in the day, I somehow stumbled upon TYRANNY AND MUTATION. Cool sounding band name, cool looking cover art. Bought the LP just on that. Loved it..."OD'd On Life Itself", "Wings Wetted Down". Then I bought the debut...then SECRET TREATIES. That was it for awhile. Recently picked this one up...one of the wife's horror movies had this as the end credits closing number.

  • @dethkatmetalbaby1867
    @dethkatmetalbaby1867 Před rokem +5

    A shockingly impressive Christopher Walken! This was fun, saw them in a little club eons ago! Great job.

  • @kabukimax1
    @kabukimax1 Před rokem +1

    that starting rift is so much a goose bump moment , and the cow bell , just total gem

  • @ParanormalLight
    @ParanormalLight Před rokem +5

    Check out the entire "Fire of Unknown Origin" and "Imaginos" albums, Doug. Always like hearing your input and reviews.!!!

    • @markmiwurdz202
      @markmiwurdz202 Před rokem +3

      The "alternate version" of "Astronomy" with Buck Dharma on lead vocals from "Imaginos" is epic!

  • @kaiser5910
    @kaiser5910 Před rokem

    It's so beautiful to see how you enjoy music. Makes me happy every time.

  • @kevdoe3360
    @kevdoe3360 Před rokem

    I love the way you explain every note etc,and us mere mortals hear a great pop song!!

  • @slatvatfatcat
    @slatvatfatcat Před rokem +3

    I always listen for that sustained note that starts near the end of the solo and extend past the first two lines of the next verse...and then soars skyward.

    • @jaimeres
      @jaimeres Před 3 měsíci

      It’s sheer genius.

  • @punker-gamer-trucker-guy

    I remember my church youth leader telling us that he's actually singing dont fear the reefer, and all that did was make me like the song more lol

  • @LuisGarcia-ee2tr
    @LuisGarcia-ee2tr Před rokem +1

    "Secret Treaties" is a spectacular BOC album, from start to finish.

  • @MindsEyeVisualGuitarMethods

    I'm not sure if anybody else mentioned it already.
    But the solo interlude with its haunting melodies was built out of the harmonic minor scale.

  • @rubbersole79
    @rubbersole79 Před rokem

    Watching the cool older dudes slow rolling down main street in their 69 Impala with air shocks, cragars, and B.O.C. jamming loud as hell through those Jensen tri-axials..........Thought I'd died and gone to heaven.

  • @purplevelvet2148
    @purplevelvet2148 Před rokem

    Ho my, I haven’t listen to this disk in years. Thanks for reminding me. I’ll sure need listen to it again this week-end.

  • @mcolville
    @mcolville Před rokem

    Yeah I think you're spot on. I was one of those folks who just assumed it was about suicide and then, when folks started to dispute that interpretation I went back and listened and I was like..."it's TOTALLY about suicide!"
    But I, of all people, *missed* the Romeo & Juliet reference. I mean, I missed what it was a reference TO! He's not saying "let's commit suicide together like they did!" Because while they both committed suicide...they didn't to it TOGETHER! They each did it in despair at the other's death!
    So he's just using it as an example of two people, in love, who will be "together forever" even after death. We still talk about Romeo & Juliet, so they literally are, now, together forever. If we give in to love, then when we INEVITABLY die, we will still be together forever.

  • @kevinrkotara6730
    @kevinrkotara6730 Před rokem +1

    I played this for a roommate in college way back in the day and it was the first time he had heard it and his first response on the Romeo & Juliet stanza was “is this a song about suicide?” And I said I always thought of it as the complete opposite as you said Doug, don’t fear the reaper and live life! Not end your life. Don’t fear death, fear never having lived! 🤘 BÖC is an awesome band. Review more songs by them! Thanks.

  • @MichaelMadarasz
    @MichaelMadarasz Před rokem +1

    She had become like they are!! A fine line...

  • @russellflagg8519
    @russellflagg8519 Před rokem +8

    Your "more air drumming" bit was delivered very sincerely by both of you. Wonderful job pulling it off without it seeming cheesy. 👍

  • @mindbomb2000
    @mindbomb2000 Před 11 měsíci

    Okay... I'm hooked on your channel. The way you enjoy music is amazing.

  • @saboabbas123
    @saboabbas123 Před rokem +1

    that song still gives me chills!

  • @chuckm6592
    @chuckm6592 Před rokem +1

    Was a fan of BOC in the mid 80's into the early 90's. Actually saw them in a rock club near me during the summer of 86 near Wildwood NJ. Damn they were loud, think they thought they were playing an arena. Had ear ringing for days. lol Then saw them a few times as an opening act. Jump to 2009, I had tickets to see Heaven and Hell in Atlantic City at a casino, and heard that BOC was giving a free show at a different casino in the afternoon. So I went up early to see them too. Didn't realize that Rudy Sarzo was with them at the time. Was a pleasant surprise! Dude can play a bass!!. Afterwards, I ran the 6 or 7 blocks to get to the other casino in time to see Heaven and Hell with Ronnie James Dio, and which would become his final live performance. Since he was diagnosed with cancer shortly after that show, and he passed away months later. Was the day I remember most from all of the concerts I have been to. 2 great shows in one day.

  • @chrisb.2178
    @chrisb.2178 Před rokem

    One of those goose bumps songs. On my playlist for over 45 years.

  • @unclelou8636
    @unclelou8636 Před rokem +1

    So many cool things going on in this song; from the droning G in the main riff (which I can play but never seems to sound right!) to the call-and-response vocals, to the almost middle-eastern feel of the lead guitar/solo... heck, even the guitar tone is amazing, and of course the lyrics. In my head, the final verse is always about a vampire coming to take his chosen female victim despite what the song is actually about... Classic tune.

  • @Succubus2Angel
    @Succubus2Angel Před 4 měsíci

    Lol! Thank you so much for the laughs! In seriousness, though, thank you also for breaking down the song in notes and your take on the instruments.

  • @roberttee9790
    @roberttee9790 Před rokem

    Took me a few seconds to catch on..Well done you two. Well done!

  • @tweetsuk
    @tweetsuk Před rokem +1

    Funny I should see you reacted to this! I put on my BOC t-shirt today, from their 2022 50th anniversary tour! By far, this is one of my all-time favorite songs of all time!

  • @heikkihyyrylainen4271

    Thanks for this album version with guitar solo. Missing from the single.

  • @I_stole_a_bike
    @I_stole_a_bike Před rokem

    Doug, you make every day of my life complete.

  • @kensolo6793
    @kensolo6793 Před rokem +3

    Hi Doug, Agents of Fortune was the Album that made me a BOC fan and I own almost there entire catalog. I first heard this album the day it was initially released. My best friends older sister was blaring this in their family TV den as she had just purchased it at the record store. When my buddy John and I heard it we had to check out who that band was that his sister was listening to and it was BOC, I was hooked. They have many great songs and are a very talented band. Out of all their albums, Spectres is my absolutely favorite. Most people don't know anything of this album other than the song Godzilla but the entire album is just one great song after another and I highly suggest this album as an extended play feature from start to finish. Nothing but great harmonies, melodies and amazing guitar work and I can never hear just one track when I listen to it as it captivates me and I must listen to the entire album and when finished it just always leaves me wanting even more. If you have not heard the entire album then you must put i on your list of absolutey must listen!

  • @johnstallings4049
    @johnstallings4049 Před 2 měsíci

    So psyvhed for ANY reviews & listening of ANYTHING by BOC but especially the 1st 3 albums! ❤😂❤

  • @frankswarbrick7562
    @frankswarbrick7562 Před rokem

    I first became familiar with this song on the K-Tel compilation "The Rock Album". Always loved it.

  • @Tadakatsu
    @Tadakatsu Před rokem +1

    This song has such a badass solo section and the radio versions almost always have it cut out. A real shame.

  • @kathrinepearson7528
    @kathrinepearson7528 Před rokem +2

    This song played in the opening of "The Stand" 1994 adapted from the Stephen King novel. Damn good movie.

    • @JackVolsFan1
      @JackVolsFan1 Před rokem +1

      Much better mini series than that abomination of a redo from couple years ago.

  • @Acoustict
    @Acoustict Před rokem

    That’s great about the air drumming. That’s clever. I love your videos (my favorite album is Close To The Edge).

  • @linkloudenback8359
    @linkloudenback8359 Před rokem +3

    They only played this song in this key on the album. The live version they played it in a different key. But they recently started to play it in it’s original key live I heard.

  • @rachaelgosser5659
    @rachaelgosser5659 Před 10 měsíci

    I absolutely love this beautiful song and always have. ❤

  • @goopah
    @goopah Před rokem +5

    You gotta do a full-album listen on this one. "Agents Of Fortune" has a huge variety of music on it, all interesting. Reaper isn't even the best song on it, though I couldn't tell you which one is. All five members wrote songs for this album, and it is the only album they did where all five members performed lead vocals (plus Patti Smith). It was their break-out album for good reason.

  • @n4rf645
    @n4rf645 Před rokem +1

    The first time I actually listened to that song the solo section blew me the heck away. I had heard the song a dozen times on radio before but they always faded out before the solo section and never understood how a song like this could be considered one of the influences of metal and specifically darker metal. Enter the spookiest solo of all time.

  • @mwhitehead1461
    @mwhitehead1461 Před rokem +1

    I love Tyranny and Mutation, the album, not me personally. I first heard it on 8 track in a car, and I needed to hear it again.

  • @dunras2003
    @dunras2003 Před rokem

    BÖC always gets me in the mood to drive through the night from sunset to dawn.

  • @grahamkemble3917
    @grahamkemble3917 Před rokem +4

    Years ago there was a TV mini series of Stephen King’s “The Stand”, with Gary Sinise. They used Don’t Fear the Reaper for the opening when the plague escaped. Great choice of song for that!

    • @bookhouseboy280
      @bookhouseboy280 Před rokem +1

      Don't Fear the Reaper was also in Carpenter's Halloween.

    • @JohnLRice
      @JohnLRice Před rokem

      Agreed, that was a great song choice! I love that mini series!

    • @makelikeatree1696
      @makelikeatree1696 Před rokem +1

      It’s also part of the prologue to the book.

    • @cezra833
      @cezra833 Před 11 měsíci +2

      That mini series is what introduced me to this song. Classic!

  • @pamnorris8954
    @pamnorris8954 Před rokem

    Thanks so much Dr. Doug ❤

  • @OLLE3770
    @OLLE3770 Před rokem +3

    Well, You did great great air-drumming during some Pink Floyd guitar solos, emphasizing that it might not just be the guitar that makes the magic during an instrument solo. Applause nevertheless. Great reaction. One of my favorite songs. I own a vinyl copy. Bought it when it was fresh...

  • @DavidBMaas
    @DavidBMaas Před rokem +2

    Their next album, Spectres, is a masterpiece from beginning to end and warrants a listen-through in its entirety.

  • @cris_j
    @cris_j Před rokem

    I. LOVE. The interruption at 5:30. OMFG, what a hilarious tribute to the SNL sketch. Thanks, Doug!

  • @crikett23
    @crikett23 Před rokem +3

    Such an underrated band... and a band with a surprising number of really good songs. While they clearly have had success, it always seemed like they should've had much more.

  • @justincrowley8787
    @justincrowley8787 Před 10 měsíci

    I think you're spot on about the cowbell marking the inevitability of time. To answer your question about what they where talking about with "The curtains flew and then he appeared." She's committing suicide, because it's clear she can't go on. Another important thing to note, is in the second verse (I hope I'm using that right) it is talking about her losing her lover. "Valentine is done, Here but now they're gone." But in the third verse, it starts with "Love of two is one, Here but now they're gone." Saying the the couple had a child that also passed. Bringing on her last night of sadness.

  • @gravm
    @gravm Před 2 měsíci +1

    Thanks Buck, hope the old tickers OK!

  • @richardtodd6843
    @richardtodd6843 Před rokem +1

    Thank God for Meg(h)an directing you to the importance of the drum parts which not only include the famous high hat also 16th note snare parts not too common in rock songs. Also the repetitive but ominous rhythm guitar parts (poss A G F E) work great coming out of some of the vocal lines, the howling lead guitar ornamental parts work great at sounding a little mournful, the classicalish part going into the instrumental section is great in its persistence under the noisy foreground part that comes in, and the smooth vocal style is perfect for the song. The bass parts are great too. BOC has lots of good songs, but it's easy to see why this one is so widely loved.

  • @danw4490
    @danw4490 Před rokem

    Legendary. More air drumming, please. Please Doug.

  • @jimlemyre1448
    @jimlemyre1448 Před rokem +2

    Ditto other comments on BOC and song suggestions. Veteran of the Psychic Wars also from Fire of Unknown Origin is another fantastic song. Black Blade from Cultosaurus Erectus was always one of my favorites from them.

    • @markmiwurdz202
      @markmiwurdz202 Před rokem

      Air drumming to "Lips In The Hills" from "Cultosaurus Erectus" is a hell of a workout!

  • @lilsuzq32
    @lilsuzq32 Před rokem

    It was a primary track on the Stephen King mini-series, The Stand, starring Rob Lowe and Molly Ringwald, in the early 1980s...Also with Bill Faggerbakke, and Stephen King himself

  • @MichaelScheele
    @MichaelScheele Před rokem

    I go into BOC's music in college. I saw heard them at a small club in Boston. My ears rang for three days afterward...in the best possible way.
    Years later, the SNL "more cowbell" skit came out. The funny part is after that skit, I became more conscious of the use of cowbell in other popular songs.

  • @jeannettesimpson9778
    @jeannettesimpson9778 Před rokem

    Saturday night was down The Nelson in Sheffield. This was always on the jukebox. It's iconic. ETA You got the air drumming

  • @brolinofvandar
    @brolinofvandar Před rokem

    I was a DJ at a small station in a small town in southern Illinois when this album came out. We had, and had been playing, Tyranny & Mutation, Secret Treaties, and the Cities On Flame single at the time. This album came out during my last year there, and this single was all I had before I left. Never actually heard the whole album much until later (I left the station to join the Navy).
    One thing I do remember is that the album was something of a jolt to existing fans such as myself and my friends. A much different sound with all the vocal harmonies. Quite the contrast to, say, Hot Rails To Hell, Cities On Flame, or Dominance & Submission. I remember reading in the industry magazine we got at the station (Record World) something about how the whole band and gone out and gotten voice lessons between doing Secret Treaties and recording Agents of Fortune.
    As to the instrumental break that you didn't remember, it was edited out of the single release. You only got to hear that part on the album version. In those days, they targeted 3:00-3:30 for a single release on average.
    BOC is one of the few bands that I've seen three times and would see again. At Murray, KY around 75/6, at the Spectrum in Philly in 83, and in a drill hall at Pax River Navy Base in 2000. Sort of early career, peak career, and, well, post-commercial success.
    The drill hall show was interesting. You grabbed a folding chair off a stack as you came in one end, the stage was at the other end. You set up where you wanted. Not that many people there, probably because it was on a Navy base. But, they still put on a good show and had a good time. The entire crowd was basically front and center in front of the stage. Probably the most actual fun of the three shows, since I also didn't have crowds, traffic, etc. to deal with.

  • @Miwna
    @Miwna Před rokem

    Finally some more BÖC. Now that you have done this and Astronomy. I'd love if you would do the whole of Secret Treaties or at least the B-side. Or perhaps their 1978 live album Some Enchanted Evening, which is also an incredible display of their talent.

  • @AtlasPicking
    @AtlasPicking Před 2 měsíci +1

    When he says 40k men and women everyday they also say like romeo and juliet which is actually a reference to suicides

  • @SixStringSteve
    @SixStringSteve Před rokem

    100%! the note G is of paramount importance in this song’s main riff. When played on the guitar, the 4th note of the 3 chords is always G. (aeaG, gbdG, fcdG, gbdG). Most guitarists will accent the first note in each group of four, then wonder why it doesn’t sound right. The answer is to accent the last note of each group of four instead, the G. Btw, in astrology the note G is Scorpio, the sign of death. Fitting, given the nature of this song. To me, the repeated G brings to mind a bell tolling, a calling to ‘bring out your dead!’ such as during the days of the plague. A deep song.

  • @christopherflynn7986
    @christopherflynn7986 Před rokem +1

    I first heard this song at the beginning of the movie "The Stand" when the virus overtook the world. Was a perfect song for the moment in that movie and a great song on it's own of course.

  • @akrocuba
    @akrocuba Před 7 měsíci

    BOC FOREVER!!!
    Great review. Their music is timeless. Their latest album, "The Symbol Remains" is outstanding and , in my humble opinion, will stand toe to toe with any of their earlier albums.
    Great job!

  • @isaacbobjork7053
    @isaacbobjork7053 Před rokem

    As a drummer that cannot have drums at home, air drumming is really nice to do!

  • @joebalusikiii5811
    @joebalusikiii5811 Před rokem

    Love it when Doug gets his groove on.