Hahaha MVB that's awesome!
― I Smell Xasthur Williams (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 21:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Okay WTF I am bumping Mirrors on headphones for the first time in ages and it's fantastic. Why did I think of this as being weak? Very, VERY Buck album, suffused with that sinuous byrds-in-chrome AOR magic that became his special genius once Reaper revealed it. Awesome guitar fills all over the place. This is the BOC album Curt Kirkwood owned, I feel sure. Good god 'The Vigil' is absolute Buck noodling heaven!
Of course the version of Mirrors on my iPod only has 6 tracks. I deleted the other tracks so long ago... looking at discogs I see 'Dr. Music', 'You're Not The One' and 'Lonely Teardrops'. They must have really sucked because I have a high tolerance for BOC corn.
― I Smell Xasthur Williams (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 22 April 2010 16:19 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc9PPy0jzc8
― am0n, Thursday, 22 April 2010 16:32 (fourteen years ago) link
amirite
― am0n, Thursday, 22 April 2010 16:35 (fourteen years ago) link
I would rock the fuck out of an ILXor BOC Fan Club tshirt.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 22 April 2010 16:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Japanese manga Battle Angel Alita pays tribute to this album by naming one of Alita's cyborg bodies "Imaginos". Another character, Zapan, wears the Blue Oyster Cult logo on his forehead. One of the central characters, mad scientist Desty Nova is named for Desdinova from the song Astronomy.
― I Smell Xasthur Williams (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 22 April 2010 16:59 (fourteen years ago) link
My favourite BÖC soft rock vampire jam :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izjl-FODymg
― Matt #2, Thursday, 22 April 2010 17:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Argh fuckin' LOVE that song. The twinkly lead guitar countermelody in the chorus YESSSS.
― I Smell Xasthur Williams (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 22 April 2010 17:04 (fourteen years ago) link
I saw a copy of Imaginos a few weeks back at the local FYE...it was used but I still think it was way expensivbe...maybe in a couple of weeks I'll go back & get it...I've always wanted it. I really <3 Agents & Mirrors & Cultosaurus Erectus.
― gonna have to change jobs & change gods (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 22 April 2010 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Imaginos is a trainwreck but really worth it. The story of how it was written, recorded, re-recorded and cast is 5 tons of WTF.
― I Smell Xasthur Williams (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 22 April 2010 17:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Curse of the Hidden Mirror seems pretty good so far! huh!
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 2 February 2012 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
Secret Treaties is so great. I need to check out the first 2, I think. Apart from "Don't Fear the Reaper", Agents of Fortune didn't make much impression on me.
― o. nate, Friday, 3 February 2012 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
first 2 are great.
secret treaties is like one of the top 10 best rock albums ever recorded though
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 February 2012 02:42 (twelve years ago) link
the song "Pocket" off Curse of the Hidden Mirror rules
are you in the pocket of the moment?(in this particular second?)plugged into the socket of the moment?(in this particular second?)
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 February 2012 02:51 (twelve years ago) link
So glad you are digging on Curse and particularly that song, M@tt. Basically the Buck songs on the 2 reunion albums are awesome (see also "Harvest Moon" and the Eric songs are... okay to not-okay.
I have a feeling Buck used a bunch of songs he had left over from his brief early 80s solo career...
O.Nate, after the first 3 albs I advise jumping forward to Cultosaurus Erectus and Fire Of Unknown Origin. Then the ones in between later on.
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Friday, 3 February 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
yeah just picked up cultosaurus erectus, i feel like the song "Deadline" invented Ariel Pink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_zapr0yIfE
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 February 2012 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
jon what's the other reunion album?
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 February 2012 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
Heaven Forbid
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Friday, 3 February 2012 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
haha i just saw that on spotify and wondered what it was....what...in...the...holy...hell...were they thinking with that album cover?
btw listening to spectres right now, "Death Valley Nights" is so gorgeous
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 February 2012 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
i mean
http://wallpaper.metalship.org/images/heaven-forbid.jpg
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 February 2012 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
So awful
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Friday, 3 February 2012 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
LOL same artist, same year:http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=158648&gsub=25054
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Friday, 3 February 2012 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
also i'm not a big font dork but that font was the worst thing in the 90s
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 February 2012 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
<3 Cultosaurus Erectus. I'm at a point in my life where I feel like I really want to spend copious amounts of quality time with every BOC album between Secret Treatises and Club Ninja
― Today is Cocaine's Birthday! (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 3 February 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
I have never dared set my ear to Club Ninja, and I speak as someone who has listened to and enjoyed Imaginos and Revolution By Night.
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Friday, 3 February 2012 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
Club Ninja is half pure awesomeness ("Dancing in the Ruins," "Perfect Water," "Spy in the House of Night," "Madness to the Method") and half really embarrassing attempts to become Survivor or something ("White Flags," "Rock Not War," "Beat 'em up"). The awesome half makes it worth listening to, though.
― Gamera died for our sins (J3ff T.), Friday, 3 February 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
never been the biggest spectres, but "the night flyer" is slaying me atm
― adolf jingle balls (contenderizer), Friday, 3 February 2012 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
spectres fan, that is
― adolf jingle balls (contenderizer), Friday, 3 February 2012 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
i'm listening to revolution by night now, aside from shooting shark, a truly odd beautiful bit of 80s pop/prog (with randy jackson from american idol on slap bass according to allmusic!) it's a rough go...
i'm a bit of a club ninja apologist, but it's def better than revolution by night overall (dancing in the ruins is a classic sequel to burnin' for you)
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 February 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
i've always seen those two as being roughly equivalent, a bunch of half-baked crap supported by one truly magnificent track (shooting shark and dancing in the ruins, natch). it's been a while since i took club ninja out for a whirl though, so maybe i owe it another chance. mirrors finally clicked for me late last year.
― adolf jingle balls (contenderizer), Friday, 3 February 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
mirrors hasn't clicked with me yet, i bought it at the same time i bought cultosaurus and i just liked the latter so much better
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 February 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
I love Mirrors' first side with a passion
― Today is Cocaine's Birthday! (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 3 February 2012 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
well, it is so much better. they've got five great albums, imo (the first 3, cultosaurus and FOUO), plus some other stuff you might want to trawl for tracks.
xp
― adolf jingle balls (contenderizer), Friday, 3 February 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
drugs, you love dr. music? man i can't hang w/that
listening to mirrors now with an open mind
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 February 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
ha! it reminds me of cheesy bikini comedies the same way that Black Blade reminds me of cheesy horror movies
― Today is Cocaine's Birthday! (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 3 February 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
retract that 2nd 'cheesy'; replace it with 'low-budget'
― Today is Cocaine's Birthday! (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 3 February 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, you guys are otm about Cultosaurus being better though for sure
hate to admit it, but i kind of love "dr. music".
― adolf jingle balls (contenderizer), Friday, 3 February 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
strictly for the cheeze tho
― adolf jingle balls (contenderizer), Friday, 3 February 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
^^^ I do too
― henry s, Friday, 3 February 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, I'm way more down with the next three songs; "In Thee" esp seems appealingly plaintive...
― Today is Cocaine's Birthday! (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 3 February 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
i love that BOC is a band that would make like a commercial FM rock record and have song titles like "In Thee"
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 February 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
On Your Feet Or On Your Knees is a pretty classic double live album, too, imo
― Trip Maker, Friday, 3 February 2012 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
fire of unknown origin rules so hard
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 February 2012 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
― Trip Maker, Friday, February 3, 2012 3:00 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Then Came The Last Days of May on that record is mindblowing.
― You're a notch, I'm a legend (Bill Magill), Friday, 3 February 2012 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
On Your Feet... is so essential, one of the great guitar records of awl time.
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Friday, 3 February 2012 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
"in thee" is really pretty...but yeah mirrors doesn't totally do it for me, so far
it's not terrible, but it seems like a not-as-good cultosaurus erectus imo
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 February 2012 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah that's probably fair: I probably overdid by saying I loved Side A w a great passion. But am still down w a mediocre album from these guys; call me a fan, I guess.
― Today is Cocaine's Birthday! (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 3 February 2012 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
"the vigil" is on now, this is pretty interesting
― dave coolier (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 February 2012 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
Hot Rails to Hell. Am I right?
― You're a notch, I'm a legend (Bill Magill), Friday, 3 February 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link