BOC: Dissin' Diz Busters?

[John A Swartz]

I'll throw in a few thoughts on the 7 Screamin' ones...

My first BOC album was Some Enchanted Evening, but I quickly assimilated
all of them (on 8-track!), and I recall that OYFOOYK was one of the first
ones.  As has been said here by others before, that opening track, Subhuman,
quickly became the definitive BOC song for me - rockin', and yet
psychadelic - and the blend of textures of the instruments - 2 guitars, keys,
bass, and drums - raw yes, but oh so good.  My next favorite track from
that album was probably 7 Screaming Diz-Busters -- I remember this song
as the ultimate BOC tunes for wacked-out lyrics at that time.  And the
music!  Again, lots of instrumental texture here - and also more variety
of musical styles than Subhuman - from a mellow, almost jazzy feel to the
prototype speed metal - with lots of great soloing from Buck, and some
great shifts in the song before and after Eric's "Lucifer the Light"
monologue.  I heard a live broadcast of BOC in the early 80s that included
a 1975 show in Seatle (that appears on the infamous "Live in the West" tape),
where Eric's monlogue is about "the dude in the sharkskin suit", and how
Eric makes a deal with the devil to become a rock star.  The instrumentation
on that version is even BETTER than OYFOOYK - the way the band comes to a
halt after Buck's solo, and right before Eric's rap - and then just the
brothers Bouchard come in, Albert providing a simple stark beat to Joe's
pounding out a simple bass figure - then in comes some sinewy keys by
Allen, and Eric does his thing, and then after he sings "I'm comin' to
take you away", and then "1 2 3 4!" and the band slams it for the final
30 seconds -- ooh, the memories...

Pardon me, I gotta go change my underwear now...  ;-)


John