BOC: Dissin' Diz Busters?

[Laj Waldner]

Hi there,

     Diz-busters was always one of my favorite songs, I love the way the
instruments flow during the verse of the song, there's just so much to
listen to, then kinda becoming more contemporary during the chorus and then
after the "Lucifer the light", exploding into the awesome riff we all know
so well. The music is definitely the most important with any band, but the
Cults lyrics are just so damn interesting, there the only band I have ever
listened to that I have actually put forth effort into trying to understand
them. If you weren't getting the lyric, maybe you were just standing to
close to the speakers like Charles Grodin was ;-), just kidding about the
Grodin crack I couldn't help myself, I consider you guys my friends and
sometimes crack a joke or two :-). I don't think Buck would be a better Jazz
musician, I couldn't hear him doing that, Jazz is a very technical form of
music I guess and when it comes to technicality none are higher than Buck,
but I have always hated Jazz, it always seemed to "random" for me, Bucks
unique and original guitar playing was just another thing that set them
apart and above the rest of the crowd. About groove, definitely, no other
band has had a better groove and no other band ever will, "Before the Kiss,
a Redcap" nuff said with that song.



BREVARD, Adrian R. wrote:

> Let me state first that this is one of the best rocking songs BOC ever
> crafted.  The Feet/Knees version used to make my tone arm smoke when
> played at 10.   I will never argue that this isn't a quality song,
> initially I loved it.  Until one day I paid close attention (as much as
> your average pot smoking teenager in '76 was capable of) and I noticed
> this...
>
> "Hey Lou- loverboy" and "And he don't mean Reed" come to mind."
>
> I didn't like Eric's little monologue.  It rubbed me the wrong way at
> the wrong time.  Yeah there was some dark tunes and dark bands in the
> 70's but this particular instant rubbed me the wrong way.  I didn't know
> then it was tongue in cheek.  I swore off the record after this.
>
> Lame I know.  However bear in mind that lyrics in the 70's were not the
> end all for me.  Most time I didn't know them or even cared.  Heck pick
> out any song (except Astronomy) sung by Eric on the first three and I
> couldn't begin to tell you what he was mumbling.  He sounded great doing
> it but the words just never sank in.  At this point in my life my fave
> players in the band were Al, Joe and Buck, they were responsible for the
> groove you got with BOC.
>
> This takes me to another tagent, BOC become my fave band the first time
> I saw them becuase of the tremendous groove they had.  Plenty of bands
> played heavy tuneage in the 70's but none of them had the same rythm as
> BOC.  I bowed down at the temple of Bouchard, Al's soulful drumming and
> Joe's thumping hip grinding bass.  Heheheheh I thought both of these
> guys were "brothers" in disguise.  Buck I found totally strange, why was
> a jazz guitarist playing heavy metal music?  To this day I firmly belive
> that Buck could play jazz music better than rock and roll.
>
> >I would say this is true for the live version on "On Your Feet..."  The
> studio version is somewhat "sour" sounding to my ears.  Especially the
> "evil sound" which is made far too evil by Eric's out-of-tune
> accompaniment to the organ! ;-)  And the live version showcases the
> band's tongue-in-cheek nature, "Hey Lou- loverboy" and "And he don't
> mean Reed" come to mind.  The improv between Buck and Al top it all off.
>