First Time Listening to Blue Oyster Cult 🎵 Don't Fear The Reaper Reaction

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  • Thanks for checking out our Blue Oyster Cult reaction. Don't Fear The Reaper is a very thought provoking song with an interesting sound. Hope you enjoy!
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  • @melissafaye915
    @melissafaye915 Před 2 lety +591

    This is depressing, but at my lowest, I actually planned on driving my car off a cliff and into a lake to this song, had the area picked, the sleeping pills ready...I didn't, but I got 5 minutes from the spot I chose to die at and stopped for drinks and gas. This guy that was working at the store could see how red and puffy my face was from crying, and asked me what was wrong. I told him I didn't want to freak him out or upset him with my bs, but he wasn't busy, and told me that he was a good listener, that he had been there. So we talked. And talked. And after that conversation, we had to exchange numbers, we had become very fast friends. We've been married 8 years now and I love him with all of my heart and soul. He saved me in so many ways. I listen to this song now with new ears, and I'm so grateful for my life 🙏❤ life is so fleeting

    • @sierrahp
      @sierrahp Před 2 lety +41

      Wow, Melissa, Your story makes me so happy. Thanks for sharing. Welcome home, honey. Kudos to your man, also.

    • @ivansaric2222
      @ivansaric2222 Před 2 lety +15

      Stories like this make me hopeful. Thanks for sharing this 💓

    • @davet1517
      @davet1517 Před 2 lety +4

      fear of what we leave behind and is there a next and what is it like fear of no more accomplishment gotta find something to live for lots of people don't want to die just need things to be better.

    • @treada1583
      @treada1583 Před 2 lety +5

      WOW...... beautiful

    • @debratroeak77
      @debratroeak77 Před 2 lety +6

      Thanks for sharing. As someone who is miraculously still alive after a ruptured aneurysm who did not go to the ER until after 16 hours afterwards, I do not know how I’m still alive and neither do the doctors, this song takes on a whole new meaning as I felt like I met the reaper and yet I did not fear.

  • @jlcdx1
    @jlcdx1 Před 2 lety +599

    This song shall forever signal the beginning of "The Stand" for me....but we could use more cowbell.....

    • @mztweety1374
      @mztweety1374 Před 2 lety +23

      Always more cowbell

    • @allenayers4919
      @allenayers4919 Před 2 lety +19

      Indeed more cowbell..😊

    • @oddgriffin
      @oddgriffin Před 2 lety +30

      It was the greatest choice to use this song to begin that movie. It just put you in a perfect mood to absorb what was to come in the story.

    • @denisebutcher7717
      @denisebutcher7717 Před 2 lety +21

      🤣🤣🤣 omg I forgot about the dam cowbell. I gotta have more cowbell 🤣🤣🤣

    • @meltedplasticarmyguy
      @meltedplasticarmyguy Před 2 lety +11

      How could you not have more cowbell? Is there ever enough?

  • @JimFinley11
    @JimFinley11 Před 2 lety +26

    I always remember what my maternal grandfather said to my mom when he was near death. He died of liver cancer when I was nine. She asked him whether he was scared. He shrugged and said no - if there was an afterlife he'd find himself there, and if there wasn't he'd never know, so there was nothing to worry about either way.

  • @TheOrioles93
    @TheOrioles93 Před 2 lety +39

    Maybe the most underrated rock band of all time. They were so great and talented, made so many hits and great songs. Yet they arent ever talked about as one of the greats.

    • @tracysnow349
      @tracysnow349 Před 2 lety +1

      Truth. But no one is fooling me. They are the greatest band ever in my opinion. Can't go a day without some BOC

    • @adib6992
      @adib6992 Před rokem

      I agree 🙌🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🔥❤️

    • @cernegiant398
      @cernegiant398 Před rokem

      100% @TheOrioles93

    • @666MIHI
      @666MIHI Před 5 měsíci

      this is the most underrated rock band same as savatage is the most underrated metal band

    • @robbenmitchell2286
      @robbenmitchell2286 Před 2 měsíci

      They only have two songs that are goid

  • @Frostrazor
    @Frostrazor Před 2 lety +496

    "I think newborn babies fear life."
    I mean - never have I ever thought this or read it or anything and yet somehow Lex drops this off-the-cuff unintended Socrates level philosopher ish during a rock song review - and I can't stop dwelling on this notion! holy crap!!!

    • @magicpowers
      @magicpowers Před 2 lety +41

      Yes Lex laid one of those brain benders on us. Really deep.

    • @chemquests
      @chemquests Před 2 lety +19

      It’s a bald assertion that only sounds deep. Babies are probably freaking out from the first trauma of their life, but the crying is actually beneficial to clear their lungs & would have been selected for during mammalian evolution.

    • @magicpowers
      @magicpowers Před 2 lety +66

      @@chemquests you must be fun at parties.

    • @gc5054
      @gc5054 Před 2 lety +9

      @@magicpowers BWAHAHAHAHA BWAHAHAHAHA BWAHAHAHAHA 👏👏👏👏😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤘

    • @chemquests
      @chemquests Před 2 lety +8

      @@magicpowers I couldn’t ignore comparing her to Socrates…just too much. I bet they say it like Bill & Ted

  • @josegil2227
    @josegil2227 Před 2 lety +868

    I can’t listen to this song without the need for more COWBELL!!!

    • @jmac6938
      @jmac6938 Před 2 lety +25

      LOL I was literally thinking the same thing. Come on baby we need more cowbell!

    • @benshafer65
      @benshafer65 Před 2 lety +39

      I got a fevah, and the only prescription is more COWBELL!! (Bruce Dickenson - 1972)

    • @chefg_murder1191
      @chefg_murder1191 Před 2 lety +1

      Excellent !!! 🔥🔥🔥

    • @JohnnyLichtergud
      @JohnnyLichtergud Před 2 lety +2

      Word! How about those drums!

    • @bcdsjr88
      @bcdsjr88 Před 2 lety +24

      *Christopher Walken?*

  • @richardbazile2062
    @richardbazile2062 Před 2 lety +19

    this is why we are such a fan of Lex, she is actually judging the song by her feeling, a real Rocker!!!!

  • @shellyshinju6963
    @shellyshinju6963 Před 2 lety +30

    The solo @4:06 is the Reaper’s scythe: it unexpectedly knocks the door down, singles out each person, and viscously removes each soul while engaging them in long, intimate eye contact. Friggin LOVE this solo.

    • @ChrisTian-rm7zm
      @ChrisTian-rm7zm Před rokem +1

      Whow, from now on I will always think of your words when listening to that passage of the song.

  • @dagondeluxe5589
    @dagondeluxe5589 Před 2 lety +241

    Never get tired of that stone cold classic.

  • @jeremiahrose4681
    @jeremiahrose4681 Před 2 lety +38

    per the writer of the song: " I wrote the guitar riff, the first two lines of lyric sprung into my head, then the rest of it came as I formed a story about a love affair that transcends death. I was thinking about my wife, and that maybe we’d get together after I was gone.”

  • @Kenjanz
    @Kenjanz Před 2 lety +22

    I was a teenager when I first heard this song. At the time, I didn't fear death...after all, I was only 15 or so, and felt like death was so far away that it would actually never happen. Now, in my late 50's, and poor of health, I think about death every day...and I do fear the reaper. I dont want to die, yet at the same know that it is inevitable...I just wake up every day glad that it isn't today. At least not yet.

    • @captaincapitalism264
      @captaincapitalism264 Před rokem +1

      "We shall meet again, those who have loved." (Anonymous)
      There's mounting evidence that consciousness is a non-local phenomenon, and came before matter...so in the end, science is helping us realize to not fear the reaper either.

    • @warrenbfeagins
      @warrenbfeagins Před 2 měsíci

      Hang on bruh. Hang on. 🙏🏿

  • @mowgli2071
    @mowgli2071 Před 9 měsíci +4

    "Babies look freaked out when they're born"
    And as it turns out, they're totally right to be. Babies have no idea how correct they are to be freaked out

  • @nauvoogamefarm8835
    @nauvoogamefarm8835 Před 2 lety +133

    One of my favorite things about this channel is Lex letting herself go and bouncing off Brad, and he looks totally focused and doesn’t give notice to her eccentricity. Cracks me up.

    • @scottpressman3631
      @scottpressman3631 Před 2 lety +7

      lol hes always so confused

    • @unknownx7252
      @unknownx7252 Před 2 lety +2

      I think they work out well.

    • @HiddenCharmhome
      @HiddenCharmhome Před 2 lety +1

      I love this part to them! I feel we need both “sides” of the brain and heart to complete each other and make whole

    • @kenwelch198
      @kenwelch198 Před 2 lety +7

      Brad seems to concentrate on lyrics and she just goes with the jam! Lol

    • @extdiso
      @extdiso Před 2 lety +4

      Brad is far too analytical and wants everything
      to make logical sense.

  • @elbruces
    @elbruces Před 2 lety +36

    Lex just invented the concept of a deathbed playlist. And the philosophical conjecture that newborns fear life the same way we fear death. Brilliant. Also her spazzing out at the solo drop is the typical adorableness that we come here for.

    • @edking8552
      @edking8552 Před rokem +4

      A deathbed playlist is not new. I've had mine picked out for years. I'm ill and the end can come at any time or I may last a few more. But my son knows where the playlist is. 🙂

    • @joelspringman523
      @joelspringman523 Před 7 měsíci

      She has an interesting mind.

  • @lozu8947
    @lozu8947 Před 2 lety +32

    All your reactions: Brad with a look on his face like he is analyzing the song/lyrics; you can see the wheels spinning in his head. Lex is all about the feeling; she lets the song take her.

  • @irenegade164
    @irenegade164 Před 2 lety +21

    A perfect love song. It’s especially appropriate around this time of year when it is said that the veil between our world and the next is thin. It describes a love which lasts for all eternity!

  • @tbruce8187
    @tbruce8187 Před 2 lety +82

    3:04 "It seems like newborn babies fer life." Are we just gonna pretend pretend like Lex didn't just drop this philosophical gold nugget?

    • @normancooper596
      @normancooper596 Před 2 lety +2

      I’m gonna be thinking about this for the rest of my life.

    • @frequentsee3815
      @frequentsee3815 Před 2 lety +3

      Dude she drops these little gems everywhere. It's crazy

    • @user-fu3fu4ye7j
      @user-fu3fu4ye7j Před 2 lety

      Hahahahahahahah as if

    • @leonardshevlin7260
      @leonardshevlin7260 Před 2 lety

      I didn't see anyone pretend pretend anything.

    • @mattslupek7988
      @mattslupek7988 Před 2 lety +1

      I’ve actually thought that. You’ve been sitting in this confined spot in the dark all by yourself for nine months, and then suddenly, someone’s pulling you out of that confined space into the light where all these people are. Yeah, they’re probably scared to death!!

  • @grahamtaylor8912
    @grahamtaylor8912 Před 2 lety +146

    Blue Oyster Cult are one of those bands that are just amazing..Nobody else sounds like them... You should listen to more stuff by them..

    • @danielsmith5088
      @danielsmith5088 Před 2 lety +6

      Only BOC could come up with some of the lyrics they did, or songs, even - She's as Beautiful as a Foot!

    • @grahamtaylor8912
      @grahamtaylor8912 Před 2 lety +1

      @@danielsmith5088 Agreed. I saw them in 2019 and they played that track. I never expected to hear that one..

    • @MieSyzygy
      @MieSyzygy Před 2 lety +3

      Yes, yes they should.

    • @kevincarpenter8194
      @kevincarpenter8194 Před 2 lety +1

      Not only does no one else sound like them (although Ghost attempts to), they sound like a completely different band from one song to the next.
      They helped launch Rush's career by having them as an opening act on Rush's debut album. By the time the mid 80s arrived, Rush was in a position to return the favor and I was able to see two of my favorite bands on the same evening.

    • @gj8683
      @gj8683 Před 2 lety

      @@danielsmith5088 Also, "Then Came the Last Days of May" or "Cities on Flame with Rock 'n Roll," etc. from their first album. There's so much interesting guitar work on it, for one thing. Lex would dig it.

  • @magnumsolutions
    @magnumsolutions Před 2 lety +8

    I've listened to this song for literally decades. Lex you've made me see this song in a different light. Holy shit. This is going to be my death bed song if I see it coming. And a new phrase has entered my life. Hard in, hard out. Damn.

  • @warrenbfeagins
    @warrenbfeagins Před 2 měsíci +1

    "Death is more natural than a lotta of things we do when we're alive." Damn. Great reaction and great comment. Probably the quickest understanding of the lyrics I've witnessed. 40,000 refers to births and deaths daily even though it's waaay more than that.

  • @happymethehappyone8300
    @happymethehappyone8300 Před 2 lety +42

    BLUE OYSTER CULT "GODZILLA",, "BURNING FOR YOU",, "I LOVE THE NIGHT" & "THIS AIN'T THE SUMMER OF LOVE"

    • @rticle15
      @rticle15 Před 2 lety +3

      Great stuff. I love "Take Me Away " too. Wasnt a hit but it sounds like classic BOC.

    • @sweetsweetmeat
      @sweetsweetmeat Před 2 lety +6

      Also "then come the last days of may"

    • @SiliconHaloMedia
      @SiliconHaloMedia Před 2 lety +3

      I Love the Night is amazing… always hits me as a vampire song… they always had that dark side to their lyrics with mystical, fantasy and monsters.

    • @sourisvoleur4854
      @sourisvoleur4854 Před 2 lety +1

      Godzilla cracks me up. Great song.

  • @Falconer1128
    @Falconer1128 Před 2 lety +122

    Lex: "I was literally thinking, what a perfect song to die to. A deathbed bumper."
    Never ever thought of it that way, but now, I totally want this song playing when I go out... like literally when they are pall barring my a** to the grave site... I want this song playing.
    Love your channel guys. Love your banter together, love Lex's unique take on the tracks, and Lex's smile is absolutely to die for. So happy that you are moved by the music I grew up with. Thank you for your channel. So amazing to watch young people experience my youth.

    • @almishti
      @almishti Před 2 lety +1

      hahaha yeah her saying that made me think oh man i need to put together a playlist of some songs I want to be the last songs i hear when i'm dying. Cuz ya know i might die alone idk. My friends though will know what to play at my funeral. Cuz they're my friends. :)

  • @norwegianblue2017
    @norwegianblue2017 Před 2 lety +15

    Blue Oyster Cult has a lot of songs about death, the occult, sci-fi/fantasy, ESP, UFOs, etc. One of their more haunting songs is "Then Came the Last Days of May", a song based on a real life event where three young men from New Jersey got gunned down in the desert outside of Tucson in a drug deal gone bad.

  • @mowgli2071
    @mowgli2071 Před 9 měsíci +4

    That sustained note at the end of the solo is everything

  • @noshobalosa3437
    @noshobalosa3437 Před 2 lety +47

    "I need more Cowbell"

  • @foolishwisdom1683
    @foolishwisdom1683 Před 2 lety +19

    My brother passed away in bed at home the day I was playing this song in the basement. That is the memeory I have of this song.

    • @erikweingartner
      @erikweingartner Před 2 lety +5

      Very sorry to hear that. I hope this song brings you comfort and solace, not pain.

    • @tracysnow349
      @tracysnow349 Před 2 lety

      Wow. That just gave me huge chills. Hope it's not a bad memory for you.

  • @chrissibersky4617
    @chrissibersky4617 Před 2 lety +2

    "Don't be afraid."
    - The Reaper

  • @Hector-yl1kh
    @Hector-yl1kh Před 8 měsíci +2

    The song was penned by Don Roeser who sings this track and is also the lead guitarist. He was diagnosed with a heart condition and wrote the tune as a reflection on his own mortality. It is a dark haunting, mesmerizing tune in A minor hence the melancholy overtones. The lyric regarding the 40000 is just a symbolic reference to the banality of mortality as people die in their thousands every single day. So Roeser was feeling pretty humble about the whole thing. Amazing how such things provide inspiration for what is an absolutely brilliant and highly revered rock classic. It was also their most successful song commercially.

  • @keiththomas2604
    @keiththomas2604 Před 2 lety +10

    This is the cowbell song from SNL with Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken. "More Cowbell"

  • @nickgray2741
    @nickgray2741 Před 2 lety +4

    When you said this could be some deathbed music I was surprisingly thinking the same darn thing

  • @Efferri
    @Efferri Před 2 lety +7

    Damn! Lex got deep AF on this one dropping low key knowledge on us. Babies fear life?!?! Death-bed bumper?!?! Love it!

  • @SuperHappyflowers
    @SuperHappyflowers Před 2 lety +42

    The internet was created so humans could watch Brad discover the mathematical equation that will finally explain music to us all.

    • @stonehobson2487
      @stonehobson2487 Před rokem +2

      You could win a Nobel Prize with that theory. The evidence is overwhelming.

  • @timpwhit
    @timpwhit Před 2 lety +45

    'What a perfect song to die too." I love how Lex's mind works! Not the first time she's cracked me up lmfao.

  • @msmith5121
    @msmith5121 Před 2 lety +4

    Saw these guys three times live...back in the 70's. Great live shows....they did one thing that I have never seen before in their live shows and I believe it was in this song. All five of them were across the front of the stage on guitars...no one on drums....just all on guitars. It was crazy great. Great band!

  • @kekohokko7213
    @kekohokko7213 Před 2 lety +3

    I always forget what amazing musicians Blue Oyster Cult were, until I hear this song again. The musicianship and feeling of harmony here is out of this world.

  • @sjsuismylife
    @sjsuismylife Před 2 lety +20

    You're gonna want to hear that COWbell on that track!

  • @angelabordack
    @angelabordack Před 2 lety +29

    BOC is fucking amazing!! I want this played at my funeral 🤟

  • @Catdogfrog5555
    @Catdogfrog5555 Před 2 lety +2

    “Death and life are both my dreams, wake up and know you are”

  • @kelleychilton2524
    @kelleychilton2524 Před 3 měsíci +2

    you just gotta love Lex's reactions 😂😂🤣🤣👍👍

  • @hartunja639
    @hartunja639 Před 2 lety +23

    First Zombie and now Don’t fear the reaper? Holy sh*t two of my favorit songs

  • @Trendkiller196
    @Trendkiller196 Před 2 lety +50

    Years back, I did a bunch of ecstasy at their show and shit my pants. Good times!

  • @davidthomas9276
    @davidthomas9276 Před 2 měsíci

    For some reason, what literally tears me apart is "The candles blew, and the disappeared."

  • @1205sdr
    @1205sdr Před 2 lety +2

    When this song came out it was believed to be about suicide. The 40,000 supposedly represents the number of suicides everyday. She ran to him and they flew; out the window? And became like the others were. The writer claimed it was about a love that continued beyond death. I love the imagery of the candle blowing, the curtains flying. It reminds me of the Raven EAP poem.

  • @jameskinzel8558
    @jameskinzel8558 Před 2 lety +61

    " More cowbell!!! " SNL classic.

  • @slicked9778
    @slicked9778 Před 2 lety +140

    I know you guys do music stuff but following up on this with the SNL more cowbell skit would be amazing if you haven't already seen it.

    • @zackbalins658
      @zackbalins658 Před 2 lety +5

      Epic track...epic skit. Facts!

    • @Commoncents82
      @Commoncents82 Před 2 lety +7

      Agreed, one of the best skits

    • @zackbalins658
      @zackbalins658 Před 2 lety +3

      Ol' Christopher Walken...great actor. I mean back in the days of ol' Farrell, Sandler, Farley, Spade, Shannon, as well as others...there we're so many great skits.

    • @metalloadedbakedpotato4382
      @metalloadedbakedpotato4382 Před 2 lety +3

      Iwas thinking the same thing.

    • @jmfnt3307
      @jmfnt3307 Před 2 lety +1

      Do it lol

  • @steveg2517
    @steveg2517 Před rokem +3

    when it come to reaction videos the two of you are a joy to watch when Lex starts to dance on the couch and really getting into the music, you are comical. And at the same time Brad is so deep into the music and absorbing all that is being played on top of her moving around. A real joy to take the time and check the two of you out.. Peace

  • @gregstilwell7760
    @gregstilwell7760 Před rokem +1

    This song is actually a song from Dracula to a potential bride...'Don't fear the Reaper' is the invitation to immortality

  • @andrewbaldwin9796
    @andrewbaldwin9796 Před 2 lety +41

    Blue Oyster Cult is one of those bands that has hidden gems that weren't played on the radio, like: Subhuman, Astronomy, Harvester of Eyes, Wing's Wetted Down, 7 Screaming Diz-Busters, Dominance and Submission, Screams ...🤘🤘🤘

    • @adgato75
      @adgato75 Před 2 lety +3

      Black Blade

    • @rubentullenaar2934
      @rubentullenaar2934 Před 2 lety +4

      And “Then Came the Last Days of May” my favorite

    • @RaymondBCrisp
      @RaymondBCrisp Před 2 lety +6

      Veterans of the Psychic War!

    • @EvelyntMild
      @EvelyntMild Před 2 lety +4

      Their cover of Kick Out The Jams

    • @danielsmith5088
      @danielsmith5088 Před 2 lety +3

      @@EvelyntMild Their Kick Out the Jams live version is absolutely the definitive version, imo

  • @eyespyyourspy1328
    @eyespyyourspy1328 Před 2 lety +13

    "Deathbed Bumper" freakin rollin here.
    I think this song needs More Cowbell! I Gotta Have More Cowbell!

  • @sharonkame471
    @sharonkame471 Před 2 lety +2

    5:10 to 6:10. Lex you got it! As a hospice nurse I guarantee some people are terrified. However, my grandmother was 99 and ready. She seemed mad she was still here hours before she passed.
    And I think we need to encourage people to put these kind of instructions into their advanced directives, or at least make sure someone knows what you would like to hear (and what not to play).
    (Edited for spelling)

  • @annaoswald5943
    @annaoswald5943 Před 2 lety +71

    Watching Brad's Rock/Metal journey has been difficult at times. Now that you're reacting to more classic rock, instead of hearing terms like "ear bleeder", I've been hearing more comments like "soothing, "calming" and "my speed". It's nice seeing you breakdown lyrics, while feeling the music and with a smile on your face. I think you've found a sound better for your ears.

    • @mokane86
      @mokane86 Před 2 lety +13

      One of the "problems" with online metal reactors is that the community often pushes for the harshest stuff right away for the immediate shock value.
      "Oh youve decided to give this giant ranged genre a chance? Here check out this Slaughter to Prevail!"
      Whereas most of us "natural fans" grew into it and trained our ears and brains to listen faster and have a library in our heads to juxtapose and appreciate off of.
      Probably no one who considers themselves a metalhead hadnt heard this song DFTR a dozen times and most everything in between, like for example most of the Iron Maiden, Motorhead, and Metallica catalog before listening to Jinjer.
      (And im sure anyone about to jump in with random band comments like Slayer or Cannibal Corpse understand what I mean and dont need to waste their time on what defines "standard" or "heaviest")

    • @annaoswald5943
      @annaoswald5943 Před 2 lety +3

      @@mokane86 Right on point. Brad jumped right into the fire. Whitechapel, Meshuggah, Jinjer can be shocking.

    • @markandresen1
      @markandresen1 Před 2 lety

      And break down his guardedness.

    • @homer9k655
      @homer9k655 Před 2 lety

      @@mokane86 Absolutely right! I have had the exact same thought watching reaction videos. Maybe worded slightly differently but same idea. Also the thing is that someone like me who at 54 has been a lifelong metal head still can't and have no desire to wrap my head around a lot of the super hard metal. Honestly some of the metal I have liked a lot over the years has slowly become songs I have to "be in the mood" for and some I almost never am anymore.

  • @michaelgodwin6158
    @michaelgodwin6158 Před 2 lety +15

    This song's always had one of my favorite "vibes" of basically anything I've heard. I always felt that middle instrumental was jarring, but then realized it's the part where Death takes you, and then it's over and on the other side there is that same calm, almost hypnotic groove.

  • @maxpolaris99
    @maxpolaris99 Před rokem +1

    I saw them in concert in the 80's at Scarborough Downs , was in the pit and had to get out because it was getting rough and I was out of my mind, after clearing the crowd staring at the ground wear I was staggering my feet I saw a line of shiny boots, I look up and I'm 2 feet from a riot squad formation, I salute them and do a ninety degree turn like I'm inspecting the troops, no one was smiling back at me. 😆 That was f'd up.

  • @BratsNMustard
    @BratsNMustard Před 2 lety

    On June 25, 1982, between my junior and senior year in high school, I went to see BOC live at Castle Farms in Charlevoix, Michigan. I went with my brother, his girlfriend, and her best friend, somewhat of a first date for the best friend and I who was also in my high school class. Fast forward to today, September 25, 2021. That same beautiful girl and I now have 3 wonderful sons, 2 grandsons and a granddaughter. From that first date, neither of us has ever dated another person, and Blue Oyster Cult will always have a special place in my heart. Oh, and thanks for another great reaction.

  • @jerrynorton6007
    @jerrynorton6007 Před 2 lety +19

    One of my favorite songs of all time!

    • @jerrynorton6007
      @jerrynorton6007 Před 2 lety

      Also, you keep dropping videos so fast I don't think I'll ever catch up! (Not a complaint)

  • @BalbazaktheGreat
    @BalbazaktheGreat Před 2 lety +7

    Sickest guitar solo ever recorded, in my humble opinion.

  • @da_blade5040
    @da_blade5040 Před 2 lety +1

    Saw them in the early 80s as a headline band BUT the Ultimate time I saw them was in the late 90s in a small club called "Pearl Street" , which used to have live bands play all the time, and it's was the Best!! 180 people in a bar and BOC was AMAZING!! When the drum beat started for Godzilla Every Freakd Out it was soooo much fun, Everyone Screaming the Lyrics Out Loud!! It's was Crazy AF!! 😁😁👍👍👍 We need a Reaction to "Godzilla" 🤪

  • @jean-francoispirenne6518
    @jean-francoispirenne6518 Před 2 lety +1

    I discovered the song when my old brother purchased the LP in 1975. It is still one of my favourite songs from one of my favorite groups.

  • @yodieyuh6077
    @yodieyuh6077 Před 2 lety +32

    Great ups.
    Buck Dharma is a top 10 guitarist for me. So smooth.

  • @shaidamartz3509
    @shaidamartz3509 Před 2 lety +41

    The song is about eternal love and mortality. They used Romeo and Juliet as meaning they had faith in eternal love and the 40,000 represents about the number of people that die everyday.

    • @alphaomega7191
      @alphaomega7191 Před 2 lety +3

      @@cirtapseven3742 - the number was a guess and was always incorrect

    • @tunguska-1454
      @tunguska-1454 Před 2 lety +3

      @@alphaomega7191 ​ Probably not even a guess so much as just a sizeable number that sounds assonant enough for the lyrics.

    • @alphaomega7191
      @alphaomega7191 Před 2 lety +9

      @@tunguska-1454 Your pretty much right - Buck said the following
      The line “40,000 men and women every day” was my wild guess about how many people in the world die daily. I didn’t research it - and it turned out that I was about 100,000 out. But I just needed a number I could sing.

    • @ericsierra-franco7802
      @ericsierra-franco7802 Před 2 lety +2

      The song is about mortality. Not love. Death is as natural as life. You cannot have one without the other.

    • @alphaomega7191
      @alphaomega7191 Před 2 lety +3

      @@ericsierra-franco7802 - It's about both according to Buck. He had been told he would probably die young
      I was 22 and had just been diagnosed with an irregular heart condition, which got me thinking about dying young. Don’t Fear the Reaper is basically a love song that imagines there is something after death and that, once in a while, you can bridge that gap to the other side.
      I imagined a couple: one of them dies but is able to come back for her lover, and they go to this other place no one knows about. I sang about Romeo and Juliet as an example of a couple who have successfully gone to the other dimension, but I got a lot of grief over it because everyone thought I was promoting suicide. “Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity,” I sang, but I wasn’t suggesting that people kill themselves to find out what it’s like.

  • @eliteteamkiller319
    @eliteteamkiller319 Před 2 lety +2

    The guitar solo/breakdown/rise up in this song is my favorite of all time.

  • @glenncooper9898
    @glenncooper9898 Před 2 lety

    A” DEATH BED BUMPER” freaking classic!!!!! That’s y I love her!!!!!🤣😂🤣😂😅😅

  • @8chohgee135
    @8chohgee135 Před 2 lety +19

    You know how I can tell I respect you two? By the fact that sometimes I feel *_validated_* when you guys like a song I've been listening to for over 4 decades.

    • @steveakhurst7845
      @steveakhurst7845 Před 2 lety +2

      Right ?

    • @sarawegmiller9371
      @sarawegmiller9371 Před 2 lety +2

      I haven’t been alive for that long, however, these classics they have been listening to, i grew up listening to. I have very high expectations for music lol

    • @winstonmarlowe5254
      @winstonmarlowe5254 Před 2 lety +2

      classic parasocial relationship

  • @ericsierra-franco7802
    @ericsierra-franco7802 Před 2 lety +22

    Much better rock music in the 70's than what is being produced today....period!

  • @camvillar8177
    @camvillar8177 Před rokem

    "Only you could come up with something like that." Lex, that's a compliment.

  • @ricenglish4556
    @ricenglish4556 Před 5 měsíci

    One of my all-time favorite bands and this is certainly representative of that mysterious aura they always had. That's some great Rock!!!

  • @jacksmith4460
    @jacksmith4460 Před 2 lety +12

    Classic track, one of the greats

  • @harcoisthebeezneez
    @harcoisthebeezneez Před 2 lety +10

    I got a fever, and the only prescription is MORE cowbell!

    • @Carnaza
      @Carnaza Před 2 lety

      If Bruce Dickinson wants more cowbell, I think we should give him MORE COWBELL.

  • @kennethward4985
    @kennethward4985 Před 13 dny

    My favorite song since I heard in on my car radio after high school.

  • @deckofcards87
    @deckofcards87 Před 2 lety +2

    "So smooth like a Cappuccino" Haha, her comparisons are great. I'd say Don't Fear The Reaper sounds more like a glass of Jack Daniels, personally.

  • @rick5440
    @rick5440 Před 2 lety +5

    Where the lyrics and music compliment each other in a masterful way.

  • @joecaruso9990
    @joecaruso9990 Před 2 lety +9

    You two are definitely a match made in heaven. Brad is very methodical and dissecting the lyrics and Lex just goes with it and enjoys it for what it is... Awesome!!

    • @TheUnderdogDe
      @TheUnderdogDe Před 2 lety

      I wish all couples were like them. Just watching them can make anyone feel good. 😍 Really don't care what their relation is like off camera. They provide real *FEEL GOOD* reactions whatever they react to. They should have millions of subscribers. This is what this world needs!

  • @dubbleplusgood
    @dubbleplusgood Před 2 lety

    this was the reaction i needed today. so much life! and for this song too! :)

  • @VaughnBrown1965
    @VaughnBrown1965 Před rokem

    I saw these guys in 1983. They put on a great live show. Dude rode his Harley out onstage LOL

  • @danielsmith5088
    @danielsmith5088 Před 2 lety +12

    I put Blue Oyster Cult (BOC) up there with some of the best, just below the Zeppelin and Floyd level. Their early stuff especially is consistently great. Almost anything off their first 4 albums is amazing, as well as a few of their later songs. They are very much an overlooked group in discussions of top tier bands and Buck Dharma is unjustly left out of most greatest guitarists lists. One of their later songs you should check out is Black Blade, along with any of their early songs.

    • @kevviking6612
      @kevviking6612 Před 2 lety +1

      Black Blade is a great mention, and I'm gonna throw The Vigil in there as well.

  • @saltypepper6526
    @saltypepper6526 Před 2 lety +18

    Maybe it’s a misconception
    We’re afraid of how we die, not death itself
    Great song you just get relaxed and pulled in ✌️🎶🌸

    • @Frostrazor
      @Frostrazor Před 2 lety +2

      I'm much more afraid of others around me whom I love dying than myself. I cannot tolerate the loss if/when I am left behind.

    • @elbruces
      @elbruces Před 2 lety +2

      I'm afraid of death itself. The concept of nonexistence is terrifying when you think too hard about it.

    • @saltypepper6526
      @saltypepper6526 Před 2 lety

      @@Frostrazor yes! Well said my friend ✌️🌸

    • @saltypepper6526
      @saltypepper6526 Před 2 lety

      @@elbruces yes it is scary but, what if there’s something for the “Good Souls” just on the other side of the moon? Some believe we came from the stars and we go back
      That’s why the Stars and Universe sing
      Maybe I just smoked a good bowl ☺️✌️
      Goodnight 🌙

    • @elbruces
      @elbruces Před 2 lety +1

      @@saltypepper6526
      I've thought about that too, and I don't get to believe in an afterlife just because I want to. For some reason, my brain doesn't work that way. I recognize that a lot of other people can, though.

  • @NoLegalPlunder
    @NoLegalPlunder Před 2 lety +3

    Their song Harvest Moon is similar in tone. It’s a great hidden gem of theirs that’s really haunting. Their song Dancing In The Ruins is another hidden gem. Buck Dharma, the guitarist, is a genius. Oh and the song Black Blade may be their best.

  • @bobinfaith
    @bobinfaith Před 2 lety +1

    Lex says, "What a perfect song to die to!" lol! I've been listening to Don't Fear The Reaper since 1976 and there is always a new way of interpreting this song! Timeless! Thanks, Brad and Lex!

  • @jalkabre5904
    @jalkabre5904 Před 2 lety +7

    Great band, more reactions needed. "I Love the Night" (about a vampire), "Astronomy", "Last Days of May" and "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" (especially live) are great songs to check out.

  • @steelyspielbergo
    @steelyspielbergo Před 2 lety +13

    Now you have to do SNL's 'cowbell' sketch

  • @jomac2046
    @jomac2046 Před 2 lety

    Don't Fear The Reaper was in the 1999 PC Game "Ripper" as the main theme song, . Christopher Walken, Karen Allen, Burgess Meredith, and John Rhys-Davies were character voices in the game.

  • @billpunch265
    @billpunch265 Před 2 lety

    "hard in, hard out"... i will never forget that Brad. well said

  • @marymitchell8717
    @marymitchell8717 Před 2 lety +14

    Lex is just such a joy to watch! The second I saw this I couldn't wait for you guys to get to the bridge to see your reactions!! It's so cool watching people discover my favorites for the first time :)

    • @kenperk9854
      @kenperk9854 Před 2 lety

      Even better are the spooky songs of The Alan Parson project. Great, great songs!

  • @gatorlover1969
    @gatorlover1969 Před 2 lety +9

    Classic song, one of the best ever.

  • @beverlyknapp2288
    @beverlyknapp2288 Před 7 měsíci

    You two are awesome-love this & you both!

  • @brainscott8198
    @brainscott8198 Před 2 lety +1

    Lexi sez: "Wow, what a perfect song to die to...." That's what Buck Dharma, the writer of this song said, too. She's scary good.

  • @UnexpectedTurnOfEvents
    @UnexpectedTurnOfEvents Před 2 lety +5

    Always loved this song. You're right, people fear death because nobody knows what's next, or fear that there may be no next at all. But logically there's no reason to fear a completely natural change that literally happens to everything that lives (or exists, even). There's no particular reason it would be worse than life as we know it. Probably just different. Or no awareness at all, with our molecules repurposed for other existences. And if there is nothing, well... Then definitely nothing to worry about, in that case, is there.

    • @steveakhurst7845
      @steveakhurst7845 Před 2 lety +1

      Well said .....and so true

    • @wendellmcqueary8624
      @wendellmcqueary8624 Před 2 lety

      We are nothing more than energy, and energy does not cease to exist, it just continues on. Maybe in a different form that we don't or can't recognize. But it is still energy and it will go on forever.

  • @chaddubois8164
    @chaddubois8164 Před 2 lety +13

    When I was a kid, I thought this was a Beatles song, which is about as good as a compliment you can get.

    • @tragicdeyz2641
      @tragicdeyz2641 Před 2 lety +1

      You ain't wrong Chad

    • @timharper3390
      @timharper3390 Před 2 lety

      I can’t put my finger on which Beatles song the opening guitar intro sounds just like, to me.
      Or, does it sound like the guitar intro of Every Beatles song?

    • @aqualung1466
      @aqualung1466 Před 2 lety +1

      I'm not sure how you get Beatles from Buck's voice.

    • @valkyrie5018
      @valkyrie5018 Před 2 lety

      When I was a kid I though Another One Bites the Dust was a Beatles song LMAO

    • @TheDivayenta
      @TheDivayenta Před 2 lety

      @@timharper3390 it sounds like if you took Daytripper and played it on a minor scale sorta.

  • @shelleysparks210
    @shelleysparks210 Před 2 lety +1

    I’ve loved this song for decades, & I loved Lex’s reaction. 💜

  • @GaryWNorman
    @GaryWNorman Před 2 lety

    I love y'all! Such beautiful folks!!!! Keep on keepin on!!!!

  • @dannytapp7259
    @dannytapp7259 Před 2 lety +17

    I love their song "Godzilla " it was huge when I was a kid ✌❤🤘

  • @PhatLayCes7825
    @PhatLayCes7825 Před 2 lety +5

    Binging on y'alls 🎶 reactions and dealing with this Hurricane

  • @AJ-ut8cz
    @AJ-ut8cz Před 2 lety +1

    Every second we spend avoiding death is another second spent avoiding life.

  • @gud2go50
    @gud2go50 Před 2 lety

    I love you guys perspective. Thanks.

  • @ronniebeavers9222
    @ronniebeavers9222 Před 2 lety +18

    We need a whole video of Lex when you go to your first "rock concert"!

    • @OuttaMyHead
      @OuttaMyHead Před 2 lety +1

      Hopefully someone invents a time machine so she can go back and see a big arena rock show from the late 70s or early 80s. My first arena rock concert was Rush for the Power Windows Tour. April 29, 1986 at Kemper arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The opening band? Blue Öyster Cult!

  • @glennthompson1173
    @glennthompson1173 Před 2 lety +5

    I love the Night is a chill song. The last days of May is a great tune too.

    • @tracysnow349
      @tracysnow349 Před 2 lety

      My two absolute FAVORITES! Nice call.

  • @Prut954
    @Prut954 Před 2 lety +1

    Buck Dharma described this as "a love song where the love transcends the actual physical existence of the partners." He was taken aback when he learned that many listeners heard it as a song encouraging suicide; it advocates courage in the face of death but in no way suggests we should actively bring it about. In his Songfacts interview, he explained: "It's not about suicide, although people kind of get that from the Romeo and Juliet reference. But BÖC's lyrics have always been... not obtuse, but deep. They're certainly open to interpretation, and everybody seems to have their own thoughts about what stuff means. We purposely let people do that - draw their own conclusions from the lyric."

  • @famat161
    @famat161 Před 2 lety

    "We're too big-brained." Love it.

  • @happymethehappyone8300
    @happymethehappyone8300 Před 2 lety +30

    I Just Wish There Was More Cowbell.

    • @vanhall8253
      @vanhall8253 Před 2 lety +2

      That’s hysterical. Funny video of SNL

  • @chrisd7047
    @chrisd7047 Před 2 lety +10

    'I've got a fever, and the only cure is MORE COWBELL!"