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| From | "Lawrence Dunn" <thedunns@capecod.net> |
| Subject | Re: BOC is not the SOS |
| Date | Sun, 6 Mar 2005 12:22:37 -0500 |
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Lots of little gems from this band right through 1981 or so. Depends whatcha
like, of course. But I'm always taken with "Burnin' for You": formulaic but
nicely executed. And I'm sweet on the title track from 1979's "Mirrors".
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Brown" <rbrown1985@yahoo.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: BOC is not the SOS
> I love "Agents of Fortune" too...great guest vocals
> from Patti Smith on two songs she co-wrote. If you
> like this album, I suggest you get, "Spectres". It has
> some great tracks like "I Love the Night", "Godzilla"
> and "RU Ready to Rock"....as well as my fav, an
> excellent blast of pure pop called "Goin' Through the
> Motions" that was co-written by Eric Bloom of BOC and
> Ian Hunter.
>
> It could use more cowbell tho'!
>
> Rich B
>
> >
> > Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 09:02:41 -0500
> > From: Dave Seaman <seamand@upmc.edu>
> > To: "audities@smoe.org" <audities@smoe.org>
> > Subject: BOC is not the SOS
> > Message-ID: <BE4DD4B1.3350%seamand@upmc.edu>
> >
> > Is anyone else a fan of Blue Oyster Cult's Agents of
> > Fortune album? I
> > remember liking it a lot as a teenager, and picked
> > it up in CD form
> > recently. What a revelation, it didn't age poorly -
> > in fact, I think it's
> > great! Not at all gothic sludge metal as one might
> > guess by BOC's long hair
> > and leather image, and sci fi/horror song titles and
> > album art -- actually,
> > the songs are really rather pop. Very good
> > melodies, harmonies, catchy
> > choruses, and a good mix of jangle and power chords.
> > Each and every song is
> > good if not great, from the riff rock/catchy chorus
> > of ETI to the glam rock
> > Tattoo Vampire to the classic Don't Fear the Reaper
> > (which IMO initiated a
> > whole sub species of power pop). As for the
> > instrumentation: there are the
> > expected bass/drums/electric guitars, but there's
> > also a healthy dose of
> > piano, organ, strings (synth), acoustic guitar,
> > percussion, female backing
> > vocals, effects, etc. throughout the disc.
> > Especially keyboards. Highly
> > recommended.
> >
> > I don't have any of their other albums - can anyone
> > suggest any? How is the
> > followup, Spectres?
> >
> >
> >
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