BOC: review of the HOB version of DFtR (ouch!)

[Erebus]

LOL :-). Maybe he should stay for an entire show. How many people here think
this guy has heard any another BOC song, other than DFtR. . . . . . . Didn't
think so.


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From: "Bolts of Ungodly Vision" <js3619 at ACMENET.NET>
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Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 9:14 AM
Subject: BOC: review of the HOB version of DFtR (ouch!)


> A hypnotic hit from the Summer of '76, "Don't Fear The Reaper" is one of
the
> greatest rock songs of all time, melding patented Blue Oyster Cult
heaviness
> with the euphoric jangle of vintage Byrds records. The song's perfection
was
> such that it proved almost impossible to duplicate in concert, as the
slightly
> rougher versions captured on such live documents as 1978's Some Enchanted
> Evening and 1982's Extraterrestrial Live attest. But even those renditions
are
> light years better than this one, which was recorded live at Orlando's
House of
> Blues in May 2000. Part of the problem is an inept mix -- the backing
vocals
> are placed much higher than the lead, and the keyboards and cowbell grow
> disproportionately loud at times -- but most of the blame has to be laid
at the
> feet of the band members themselves. The vocals are half-hearted and
tuneless,
> the drums occasionally come in at the wrong time, and the whole thing
sounds
> like the ham-fisted work of paunchy, middle-aged sanitation engineers
trying to
> recapture their lost youth by jamming B.O.C. tunes in a weekend cover
band.
> Buck Dharma's guitar licks are immediately identifiable, of course, but
even
> they sound tired and out of practice. Don't fear the Reaper, boys; call it
> quits before the B.O.C. name loses every last vestige of its magic and
> mystique.
>
>
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