been doing a discography run. is every böc album good? i'm on club ninja and it's fantastic
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 29 September 2019 23:13 (four years ago) link
Club Ninja has some really hokey moments ("Beat 'em Up" is pop metal trip by periodic Judas Priest collaborator Bob Halligan Jr., also recorded by Lee Aaron in 1985) but "Dancing in the Ruins is perfect. One of BÖC's absolute best tracks.
I've been super obsessed with 1998's Heaven Forbid album lately, especially "Harvest Moon", which is one of the best autumn songs I have ever heard.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 30 September 2019 00:54 (four years ago) link
Heaven Forbid has several great tracks but yeah harvest moon is the crown gem
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Monday, 30 September 2019 02:45 (four years ago) link
This thread also illustrates the shameful decline of Photobucket. It was horrible even during its heyday, but it has turned into something worse than death. The picture of Christopher Walken has a massive watermark and covered in blur. It's like Atonement, or the old practice of building churches on top of pagan monuments.
Something remains of the original, but it's distorted and blurred. Perhaps that's what the owners of Photobucket are trying to tell us. Perhaps Photobucket is actually an art project on the theme of transience and the impossibility of history. What's to say that the blurred, watermarked Walken isn't his true form? What if the pristine, non-watermarked Walken of 2007 was the aberration? What did the people of 2007 know, anyway? Why should we let them form the dominant narrative? It's 2019, and the present belongs to us.
― Ashley Pomeroy, Monday, 30 September 2019 17:15 (four years ago) link
I am at the theater in Tarrytown NY waiting for BOC to take the stage. It’s going to be awhile because right now there’s a guy in an old man hat with a funky acoustic guitar and after that there’s UFO who I have never heard nor thought about hearing but anywayFuck yeah BOC
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 22 February 2020 01:22 (four years ago) link
UFO is a fine band.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 22 February 2020 01:34 (four years ago) link
sweet should be awesomeI would like to see UFO
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 22 February 2020 01:42 (four years ago) link
Who is in the current iteration of UFO?
― henry s, Saturday, 22 February 2020 01:47 (four years ago) link
Rob De Luca, Vinnie Moore, Phil Mogg, Neil Carter, Andy Parker(pasted that in from their website)
― empire of the shunned (Matt #2), Saturday, 22 February 2020 01:57 (four years ago) link
Pete Way too unhealthy, Michael Schenker too crazy, Paul Raymond too dead so you only get 2/5 of the classic line-up (unless you think Mechanix is classic-era UFO in which case Neil Carter counts).
― empire of the shunned (Matt #2), Saturday, 22 February 2020 02:00 (four years ago) link
I kinda don't but 2/5 isn't bad...I think that's also the ratio BOC is working with.
― henry s, Saturday, 22 February 2020 02:04 (four years ago) link
oh shit Vinnie Moore, he's a shredder
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 22 February 2020 02:20 (four years ago) link
I swear when we got tickets UFO was on the bill! But it was just the acoustic guy and then BOC. Great show, though the sound was a bit off. Buck’s vocal mic and leads not loud enough for my taste. I might have been spoiled by the spectacular sound last time I saw them (in Manhattan). Their walk on music is now the end title theme from The Mandalorian <3
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 22 February 2020 04:14 (four years ago) link
Been on a big BOC kick lately, started when I picked up the surprisingly great Albert Bouchard Re Imaginos. Feel like it's time for the Stalk-Forrest Group comp to get reissued again, going for crazy money.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 11 February 2021 18:41 (three years ago) link
Well, guess I should have checked discogs first, maybe not "crazy" money. The copies on Amazon are insanely priced though.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 11 February 2021 18:42 (three years ago) link
the bar is bloom
― John Wesley Glasscock (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 11 February 2021 18:56 (three years ago) link
i support using CGI technology to replace orlando bloom with eric bloom in all the movies he's been in
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 11 February 2021 19:07 (three years ago) link
I finally got my hands on a copy of Heaven Forbid, so now I just need Curse to complete my BOC studio albums collection. Not sure I'm willing to pay $30+ for it just yet, so I'll keep waiting patiently.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 18 February 2021 23:46 (three years ago) link
it's sort of out there again, as an import though. vinyl too.
https://www.frontiers.shop/new-releases/1022/blue-oyster-cult-curse-of-the-hidden-mirror-cd-jewelcase?c=8
― Thus Sang Freud, Friday, 19 February 2021 00:16 (three years ago) link
Thanks for the tip. Gonna go sit by my mailbox.
― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 19 February 2021 00:36 (three years ago) link
Heaven Forbid has plenty of great moments. "Harvest Moon" is a top 10 BÖC track, in my opinion.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 19 February 2021 03:21 (three years ago) link
Yeah, “Harvest Moon” is killer.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 19 February 2021 03:37 (three years ago) link
I'm enjoying Heaven Forbid, but I will say the Buck songs >> the Bloom songs, for the most part.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 22 February 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
that equation holds true for a lot of their latter day catalog
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 February 2021 19:44 (three years ago) link
Fair, but the way Heaven Forbid alternates between the two for much of the album really underscores the difference.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 22 February 2021 19:48 (three years ago) link
partially, Buck's singing style is so soft, like he doesn't really raise his voice or strain at all, so it's held up remarkably well...Eric's voice is way more shot. Don't know if that started to affect his ability to write.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 February 2021 21:16 (three years ago) link
no opinions on the new album? I thought it was surprisingly listenable, if overlong
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 16:06 (three years ago) link
yeah i think people are positive generally, esp considering how late it is in their career, thread here:
Blue Oyster Cult - The Symbol Remains (2020)
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 16:07 (three years ago) link
oh snap I missed that- thanks!
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 16:09 (three years ago) link
Re-listened to Agents of Fortune and Fire of Unknown Origin this morning. The latter might be my favorite of their albums; at any rate, it always sounds ridiculously great whenever I listen to it.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 16:27 (three years ago) link
it's the best one!!!!
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 16:30 (three years ago) link
Shame it all fell apart with Albert Bouchard (the primary writer) around then, I think they had one great new wave-y album left in them.
― my shear modulus is weakening (Matt #2), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 16:33 (three years ago) link
Probably in the minority here, but I vastly prefer the demo version of "Fire of Unknown Origin" (tacked onto the Agents reissue) to the one that was eventually released. You can practically hear Patti Smith singing the earlier version, and I'll take Joe B. over Eric Bloom most any day.
― henry s, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 21:05 (three years ago) link
yeah that one is pretty great
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 21:38 (three years ago) link
I think they had one great new wave-y album left in them.
― my shear modulus is weakening (Matt #2), Wednesday, February 24, 2021 9:33 AM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
they made it, it's called the revölution by night
does suffer for albert's absence tho true
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 21:43 (three years ago) link
that's an underrated one. obv "shooting shark" is a live staple, i really love "veins" which is the second-to-last richard meltzer lyric they used i think (they used his "spy in the house of night" on club ninja but i think they didn't ask him and melz got really pissed and didn't talk to them again)
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 21:45 (three years ago) link
Albert Bouchard (the primary writer)
Well observed.
― Adoration of the Mogwai (Deflatormouse), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 21:47 (three years ago) link
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, February 11, 2021 12:41 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
listening to this again and it's really worth your time, definitely interesting to hear what he thought imaginos was going to be, his voice is a little shakier at points but still pretty good and it's really a nice sounding record (imaginos is just produced like fucking garbage)...but it *feels* like a BOC album even if it's technically a solo album
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 21:48 (three years ago) link
I got FoUO recently after rwading about it on here, funnily enough the post thay convinced me i needed it was derogatory iirc.
It's my third favorite BOC album after Tyranny and Secret Treaties. I wouldn't fault anyone for saying it's their best album.
― Adoration of the Mogwai (Deflatormouse), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 21:50 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I played Re Imaginos again last night and it's really good. It's no patch on prime BOC, but it's nice to hear something closer to Bouchard's original version and you are otm, it sounds incredible.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 21:52 (three years ago) link
woah this is cool - blue oyster cult by voices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odfQ11PByac
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 22:00 (three years ago) link
I'll take Joe B. over Eric Bloom most any day
Every time I listen to a BOC song sung by a Bouchard I think "I wish Eric was singing this".
― my shear modulus is weakening (Matt #2), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 22:11 (three years ago) link
Both of you are wrong.
xp love that demo, it's the best version
― Adoration of the Mogwai (Deflatormouse), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 22:21 (three years ago) link
FoUO and OYFoOYK are I think tied for my favorite at this point, with the latter to be understood as an avatar for all the BOC bootlegs I have mainlined Speaking of which, I scoured all over the damn place trying to find bootlegs where they perform the more interesting deep cuts from Revolution By Night (“Veins”, “Shadow of California” and “Feel the Thunder”) - I was only able to find one and its in pretty terrible sound quality Also - i think it’s a little cruel of buck that he either performs “Shark” or “Harvest” at a given show but never both of them!
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 27 February 2021 01:27 (three years ago) link
Veins is a really great deep cut
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 27 February 2021 01:34 (three years ago) link
It’s top notch and hooky as fuck
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 27 February 2021 01:46 (three years ago) link
Since you mention OYFoOYK I thought I'd mention that I checked it out a while back and was blown away by how great "Born to Be Wild" sounded, especially the mental white noise section toward the end. It might as well be late 80s Sonic Youth at that point.
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Saturday, 27 February 2021 12:46 (three years ago) link
Just sharing this here because I only just found out about it myself, but Bouchard's already got a follow-up to Re-Imaginos coming out in a few weeks (maybe digitally even sooner, this week maybe?). It's the second part of a now planned trilogy, Re-Imaginos 2: Bombs Over Germany.
tracklist:
“When War Comes”“Independence Day”“7 Screaming Dizbusters”“OD’d on Life Itself”“Il Duce”“Bombs over Germany”“Before the Kiss (A Redcap)”“Three Sisters”“Quicklime Girl (Mistress of the Salmon Salt)”“The Red and the Black”“Dominance and Submission”“Shadow of California”“Cities on Flame (with Rock and Roll)”“Half Life Times”
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 21 October 2021 14:43 (two years ago) link
oh wow, interesting
really wish this project could have been done with the whole band when lanier was still alive but still really cool to see something more approximating the original plan
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 21 October 2021 14:57 (two years ago) link
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 21 October 2021 15:23 (two years ago) link