And fuck that whole "cowbell" thing...it's pretty much all BOC are remembered for these days!
― henry s, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 00:46 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, i mean that and Godzilla are what I think of ... but then Allen Lanier sort of pops up around the edges of the CBGB scene (as Jon alluded to above) so I'm curious to see what these records are like.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 00:49 (fourteen years ago) link
(By the by, the demo of "Fire of Unknown Origin" (which was originally to have appeared on Agents of Fortune, and appears as a bonus track on the AoF reissue) is awesome, as is the Allen Lanier track "Dance the Night Away", which reveals him to be a languid crooner in the same vein as Dennis Wilson and (much later) Epic Soundtracks.
― henry s, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 00:50 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm tempted to get that Patti Smith book for the two paragraphs or so she writes about Lanier...
― henry s, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 00:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Mirrors is another great BOC MOR album. (I like to think of BOC as the Fleetwood Mac of metal, at least from Agents to Fire.) Mirrors has Lanier's best track, "In Thee". (Probably written with Patti Smith in mind. "Maybe you've bought your ticket, going back to Detroit".)
― henry s, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 00:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I missed the original poll, and would have contributed another vote for Fire of Unknown Origin. I readily admit it was my first BOC album, and that tour was my first BOC concert, which was also my first rock concert, period. But it's still a fine, fine album.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 01:00 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img.amazon.ca/images/I/41hPlFST%2B4L._SS400_.jpg
this can be found for around $15
― abanana, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 01:33 (fourteen years ago) link
where? about $25 from a third party seller on amazon ... still a good deal, I guess.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 02:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Those don't have the bonus tracks, though, do they? They're worth the couple extra bucks you'd pay for the individual albums.
― drinkin a carton of peace juice (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 03:23 (fourteen years ago) link
especially the 'Secret Treaties' ones -- totally essential!!
weird that that set skips past 'Spectres', too. That's the BOC album I've been playing the most over the last year or so
― Stormy Davis, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 03:30 (fourteen years ago) link
i think those original album classics things do have bonus tracks. at least the Sonny Rollins one I have does ... no liner notes, but a bunch of extra tracks.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 03:42 (fourteen years ago) link
all but mirrors have bonus tracks. maybe the price went up in the last few months (i bought it in january on amazon.ca marketplace for yes $15).
― abanana, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 04:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Dude I just said I rate it above Agents of Fortune!
That's nice, but it still got no votes.
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 13:23 (fourteen years ago) link
DOMINANCE...submission.
― Phoenix in Flight (Cattle Grind), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 13:23 (fourteen years ago) link
"so I'm curious to see what these records are like."
Do it, you wont be disappointed.
I voted Tyranny in this poll, but could have voted Spectres, which is awesome, but Buck's guitar on Death Valley Nights is a particular hight point.
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 13:32 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm doing it! BOC!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 14:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Seems like there's only really 3 good BOC albums then?
― Is that your Ayrshire bacon? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 14:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Fire of Unknown Origin got robbed.
― are we human or are we dancer (m coleman), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 15:01 (fourteen years ago) link
tyler you need to become a BOC superfan ASAP so you can start tracking down sweet soft white underbelly and stalk-forest group live boots for me! :)
― Ndamukong HOOS (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 15:04 (fourteen years ago) link
this ain't the summer of loooooove
― am0n, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 15:09 (fourteen years ago) link
haha, well, i've already started digging around for bootlegs: http://soundaboard.blogspot.com/2010/02/blue-oyster-cult-rochester-new-york.html
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 15:10 (fourteen years ago) link
― Is that your Ayrshire bacon? (Tom D.), Tuesday, April 20, 2010 10:56 AM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
No, there's the run of the first 5 that's unimpeachable, then a few scattered through the 80s (Fire, Cultosaurus) that are getting big play here. Not including live stuff, and weird shit like Imaginos.
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 15:17 (fourteen years ago) link
first album is gettin slept on. great debut and precursor of what's to come while retaining those burnt psychedelic vibes.has the essential 'Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll' and the sublime dealers' blues of 'Then Came the Last Days of May'.
― solid yet bouncy (herb albert), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 15:28 (fourteen years ago) link
^agree
― Ndamukong HOOS (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 15:50 (fourteen years ago) link
I hope the remaster program can crawl along one more notch to Mirrors, which really needs it. Cultosaurus and Fire Of Unknown already sound great, so I won't cry if the major-label-reissue industry perishes before they get to those (though I'd love some liner notes about that period).
― I Smell Xasthur Williams (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 15:51 (fourteen years ago) link
On Your Feet... could use it too.
and the sublime dealers' blues of 'Then Came the Last Days of May'.
^ what a fucking great song
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 16:06 (fourteen years ago) link
stairway to the stars is dope
― Ndamukong HOOS (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 16:07 (fourteen years ago) link
^this!
Yeah Secret Treaties is head and shoulders above the rest of the catalog but I was definitely raised on Some Enchanted Evening. I remember trying to draw that grim reaper when I was a kid...
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 16:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I wish the Flaming Lips would have covered the 1st BOC record, rather than (ugh) 'Dark Side...' e.g., "She's as Beautiful as a Foot" seems tailor-made for Coyne & Co.
― Chooglin'alCarbon, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 16:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Haha OTM.
― I Smell Xasthur Williams (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 16:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Basically, what we're trying to say is that every BOC album from the debut through Fire of Unknown Origin is freaking great and worth getting. Second on the love for the demo version of "Fire of Unknown Origin!"
― X-Wing fighter in hand, "Godzilla" cranked on the stereo (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 17:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Let's not overwhelm tylerw! He has to start somewhere!
Also, look up the BOC-FAQ online, it's pretty damn fun.
He was me. And I was called. FRANK! EN! STEIN!
― I Smell Xasthur Williams (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 17:40 (fourteen years ago) link
^^yeahbut if you want to cut to the chase, stick to the first three.
― nerve_pylon, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 17:42 (fourteen years ago) link
clearly i need someone to make me a career-spanning comp a la those King Crimson comps that were shared on ILM ... :)
― tylerw, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 17:42 (fourteen years ago) link
every BOC album from the debut through Fire of Unknown Origin is freaking great
St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings by Stalk-Forrest Group is nothing to sneeze at, either.
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 17:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, you might just call THAT the debut.
Man, I would love to step up and do a BOC mix... don't know if I'm oyster enough tho...
― I Smell Xasthur Williams (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 17:44 (fourteen years ago) link
and The Revolution By Night at least has the great Buck tune "Shooting Shark"
― Stormy Davis, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 17:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Revolution By Night has three great tunes: that, 'Veins', and that one with 'California' in the title.
Imaginos has a few unmissables too, and is overall so WTF that it's kind of cool.
I have to confess I've never dared listen to Club Ninja though...
― I Smell Xasthur Williams (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 17:50 (fourteen years ago) link
I would rank their ouevre thusly :Secret TreatiesTyranny & MutationBlue Oyster CultSt. Cecilia: The Elektra RecordingsSpectresAgents Of FortuneFire Of Unknown OriginCultosaurus ErectusMirrors
and I haven't heard The Revolution By Night, Club Ninja or Imaginos for years so I can hardly judge. Have never heard The Curse of the Hidden Mirror or Heaven Forbid at all tbh.
― Matt #2, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 17:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Have never heard The Curse of the Hidden Mirror or Heaven Forbid at all tbh.
There are a few fantastic Buck tunes on these, namely 'Harvest Moon', 'Stone', and 'Pocket' if I recall the titles correctly. I believe he had these left over from his abortive early 80s solo career. Well worth cherry picking off itunes or emusic. There is a fair amount of half-baked /embarrasing stuff on there too. But I would still go see them live.
― I Smell Xasthur Williams (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 17:55 (fourteen years ago) link
========The above has the "For the Heavy Metal Kids and the Yardbirds" cuts.
― Gorge, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Cool, thanks!
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
In my opinion, the classic run is Secret Treaties, Agents, and Spectres.
― X-Wing fighter in hand, "Godzilla" cranked on the stereo (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 00:54 (fourteen years ago) link
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 01:04 (fourteen years ago) link
This is for you people that have not heard BÖC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpCB-0d42-g
and for those who have!
― kissogram powers (Abbott), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 01:16 (fourteen years ago) link
It always made me happy that Current 93 covered "This Ain't The Summer of Love." Their version isn't very good, but it's the principle of the thing.
― kissogram powers (Abbott), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 01:19 (fourteen years ago) link
I also added some umlauts to the thread title bcz they make me happy, too.
richard meltzer writes the hottest lyrics
― Ndamukong HOOS (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 01:21 (fourteen years ago) link
DOMINANCE...submission
― Phoenix in Flight (Cattle Grind), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 04:08 (fourteen years ago) link
...radios appear
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 21 April 2010 04:30 (fourteen years ago) link