Blue Oyster Cult

[Niccolo]

Just getting into this great band ...

YouTube - Blue Oyster Cult: Astronomy (Imaginos Version) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY7h4VEd_Wk)

[Niccolo]

YouTube - BLUE OYSTER CULT { THEN CAME THE LAST DAYS OF MAY } LIVE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DTY8CITQn4)

[Niccolo]

YouTube - Blue Oyster Cult: The Red and the Black (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIawk-9PApw)

YouTube - Blue Oyster Cult: O.D.'d On Life Itself (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAT5ewOfwEI)

YouTube - Blue Oyster Cult: Dominance and Submission (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpKJUa6IoBs)

[south ov da border]

good stuff...

[gs61]

one
of the best enjoy very deep..keep going

[russtafa]

Great band ,mate they were ahead of their time

[cookiepuss]

"Policemen are hiding behind the skirt's of little girls, their eye's have turned the color of frozen meat"

YouTube - Joan Crawford-Blue Oyster Cult(Studio Version) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKpxuptvQYU)

[cookiepuss]

one of my favourite BOC tunes! "Cities on Flame"

YouTube - blue oyster cult 1980 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msT-5t8rZFE)

[giovanni_hotel]

Three songs, that's it, ( Don't Fear the Reaper, Burnin for You, Godzilla), the rest suck.

[Pelheckitt]

B.O.C does a killer cover of Born to Be Wild.

[fred41]

Always liked "Harvester of Eyes"...
...Blue Oyster cult was an excellent live playing band...the studio songs don't always bring across what excellent performers these guys were...

...they also had a habit of doing what a lot of southern rock bands did at the time...big group guitar performances (at one point the drummer comes down to play....everyone plays a guitar)...they always gave you your money's worth...lasers...flame spouting godzilla..you name it.

[giovanni_hotel]

Blue Oyster Cult was formed at the University of Buffalo, so I don't think they count as a SOuthern rock band, fwiw.

Ask Jamie....!

[dakota87]

Needs more cowbell.

[LibertyHarkness]

my fav s0ng by them :)

YouTube - Don't Fear The Reaper (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKxiLCMb6Q4)

[SmithXXX]

My favorite song of all time is "Don't fear the Reaper". It's my ringtone and I have a tons of their stuff too. I see them in concert as much as I can too.

[LibertyHarkness]

yeah man thats the way :)

[hippifried]

I saw them in Nov '73. Nobody knew who they were. They were the first warmup band at a big concert in Phx, followed by a local group then another unknown band called ZZtop (Billy Gibbons clean shaven & sporting a pompadour). Needless to say the next band up, ELO, was slightly anti-climatic. War played a fabulous 20 minute version of "Slippin' into Darkness" as the sun went down, & 3 Dog Night (the headliner) never got on stage due to the massive storm that blew in suddenly.

It's amazing how vivid this memory is, despite the acid I took that day. I imagine partly because of the big adventure driving back to Flafstaff through blinding snow with a van full of drunks. Those were the days.

[Caff_Racer]

Like many of the rock bands that I like, I was introduced to their music as a young child (I must have been about 7 or 8 years old at the time), thanks to the "Monday Night Rock Show", hosted by Alan Freeman.

[Dino Velvet]

Great thread. Add me to the list of BÖC fans. Love the concert movie Black And Blue which showed a tour they did with Black Sabbath in 1980.

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YouTube - BLUE OYSTER CULT [ CITIES ON FLAME ] LIVE 1980. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZAVEzyxvJU)

YouTube - godzilla by blue oyster cult NY 1980 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiHRm2DioMA)

[fred41]

Blue Oyster Cult was formed at the University of Buffalo, so I don't think they count as a SOuthern rock band, fwiw.

Ask Jamie....!


I was comparing the stage style of southern rock bands ..not saying they are one..lol....I'm a New Yorker ...saw them a lot in the late 70's - early 80's...they used to open for a lot of bands playing MSG back then.

(saw the Black & Blue tour BTW)

[Mojo]

Marshall will buoy but Fender control!
Cities on flame now....with Rock and Roll!

A great band reduced to doing small bars. sad.

[Niccolo]

Via les bootlegs! (http://vivalesbootlegs.blogspot.com/search/label/BLUE%20OYSTER%20CULT)

Soundaboard (http://soundaboard.blogspot.com/search/label/Blue%20Oyster%20Cult)

D & P's Bootleg Tunz World (http://bootlegtunzworld.blogspot.com/search/label/Blue%20Oyster%20Cult)

[Niccolo]

I saw them in Nov '73. Nobody knew who they were. They were the first warmup band at a big concert in Phx, followed by a local group then another unknown band called ZZtop (Billy Gibbons clean shaven & sporting a pompadour). Needless to say the next band up, ELO, was slightly anti-climatic. War played a fabulous 20 minute version of "Slippin' into Darkness" as the sun went down, & 3 Dog Night (the headliner) never got on stage due to the massive storm that blew in suddenly.

It's amazing how vivid this memory is, despite the acid I took that day. I imagine partly because of the big adventure driving back to Flafstaff through blinding snow with a van full of drunks. Those were the days.
Hey man, we've got a lot of common ground after all, lol ...

[Niccolo]

B.O.C does a killer cover of Born to Be Wild.
Several killer versions, there's at least one studio version (a b-side?) and a few live versions as well.

They also did 'Roadhouse Blues' as well, there are a few bootlegs around with that track (see link (http://bootlegtunzworld.blogspot.com/2010/05/blue-oyster-cult-trocadero-06241986.html)).

[Dino Velvet]

Via les bootlegs! (http://vivalesbootlegs.blogspot.com/search/label/BLUE%20OYSTER%20CULT)

Soundaboard (http://soundaboard.blogspot.com/search/label/Blue%20Oyster%20Cult)

D & P's Bootleg Tunz World (http://bootlegtunzworld.blogspot.com/search/label/Blue%20Oyster%20Cult)

Some great links here. Thanks Niccolo.:cheers:

[Dino Velvet]

A couple more good BÖC songs.

YouTube - Blue Öyster Cult: Veteran of the Psychic Wars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jojnQxEtJHA)

YouTube - Take Me Away - Blue Oyster Cult (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KhMomocD28)

[Niccolo]

Great videos. I hadn't seen those two before.