BOC: CotHM and other things

[Ted Jackson]

On 13 Jun 2001, at 10:06, Scruton, Jason wrote:

What works for me about "You're not
> the one..." is it not so heavy handed in portraying the main
> character, while IJLTBB is laying it on way too THICK -"first names
> only and one night stands??"
>
Yes!  Shirley's use of straightforward narrative drives me nuts.  Who
would buy one of his novels if his song lyrics are so unimaginative?
Has this guy ever heard of metaphors?

> At least when the lyrics in the old days were full of supreme
> weirdness, they kept it obscure enough from writing the songs as if
> they feel its necessary to say "Hi! We're the Blue Oyster Cult and
> here's a song where we show how in tune we are with the dark forces!"

Yeah, but back then, they had the likes of SP and RM contributing
lyrics...

> or in IJLTBB's case, its "Hi! we're BOC and in keeping with such a
> cool and ominous band name, we keenly document the seedy underside of
> office workers who have libidinous urges!"
>
Cut!  Print!  Bolts, you've hit it on the head...
>
> Which is why "Harvest Moon" is cool because you never really know what
> the evil power is supposed to be.

Well, I speculate that it's WWII which destroyed America's
innocence, or possibly Vietnam, esp. given that America's
farmlands and rustbelt town withered after the 70s...

 Funnily enough, its why I like Let
> Go, because it takes a fun filled pot shot at B!O!C! "We got the B! we
> got the O! and the C!" in keeping with the pot shot-ness of "stairway
> to the stars."
>
Sure...Let Go was a spoof, no doubt...

 > {click)
> Talking about stuff in live shows, almost all of this new album would
> probably fit well into a live set. throw in "X Ray Eyes" , "Damaged"
> and "sib" + other tunes from the real back catalog (not ETI) and
> you'd have a kickin show. However, I think they do need to keep the
> Buck Dharma guitar solo feature songs down a bit (what????) -- bucks
> boogies

Buck's Boogie is in there to give the voices a rest, I bet.  I've got no
problem with BB.  Always great to witness a BD guitar freakout.
But apart from that, I agree that the guitar hero stuff could use a
rest, replaced by a few more 'out' tunes...

 theo