Batman Posted March 6, 2005 Report Posted March 6, 2005 This is what the rhapsody music site had to say about Blue Oyster Cult's smash hit "Don't Fear the Reaper" "Their songs allways take that metal cliche to an unbelievable extreme. Their final mock-classical moments of 'Dont fear the reaper' may have lost their pasquinade punch in the subsequent years of the song's perpetual rotation, but the joke is there in the bombast of those diagonal basslines and the trilling frantic lead--The song can go no further at this point, the band has taken it as far as good (or bad, really) taste will allow, and they put on the brakes in the infinitesimal moment right before they rock themselves off the cliff. That's a great moment in rock history and almost nobody got it." Well I didn't get it. What's the joke in the song?
pete38890 Posted March 6, 2005 Report Posted March 6, 2005 BOC was always a pretentious band. Trying to elevate rock and roll (which everyone understands to be a musical characature) to some classical, erudite standard is the joke.
XXX Posted March 6, 2005 Report Posted March 6, 2005 Spinal Tap did it better. Who's up to spin Shark Sandwich? Don't believe the reviews
Batman Posted March 7, 2005 Author Report Posted March 7, 2005 BOC was always a pretentious band. Trying to elevate rock and roll (which everyone understands to be a musical characature) to some classical, erudite standard is the joke. Oh, I see. That's kind of funny...I guess
TrampledUnderFoot Posted March 7, 2005 Report Posted March 7, 2005 Thats a good song...I hate critics. :beady:
InsaneTim Posted March 7, 2005 Report Posted March 7, 2005 Actually if what I've read is true the members of BOC were rock critics before they formed a band. Irony alert!
TrampledUnderFoot Posted March 7, 2005 Report Posted March 7, 2005 Actually if what I've read is true the members of BOC were rock critics before they formed a band. Irony alert! thats funny, but I still hate critics ::
Kevin Posted March 7, 2005 Report Posted March 7, 2005 Bluesboy, Would you say that disco was the climax of this movement , then ?
bluesboy Posted March 7, 2005 Report Posted March 7, 2005 Yes, On a larger scale - thru 1974 & ---> the hair bands, with Disco spiraling down to the basement with Rap ...
InsaneTim Posted March 7, 2005 Report Posted March 7, 2005 [ thats funny, but I still hate critics :: Well you know what they say, everyone's a critic.
OLD 55 Posted March 7, 2005 Report Posted March 7, 2005 I saw this list in a Rock magazine yearrrs ago: Frank Zappa's Favorite Rock Critics 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. He didn't have a great relationship with the Media really. :guitar:
bazooka Posted March 7, 2005 Report Posted March 7, 2005 Increase Your Word Power pas·qui·nade n. A satire or lampoon, especially one that ridicules a specific person, traditionally written and posted in a public place. tr.v. pas·qui·nad·ed, pas·qui·nad·ing, pas·qui·nades To ridicule with a pasquinade; satirize or lampoon. [French, from Italian pasquinata, after Pasquino, nickname given to a statue in Rome, Italy, on which lampoons were posted.]
Batman Posted March 12, 2005 Author Report Posted March 12, 2005 Actually if what I've read is true the members of BOC were rock critics before they formed a band. Irony alert! I know that Richard Meltzer (lead singer) is a critic now, I'm not sure about the rest of them
Sara Posted March 15, 2005 Report Posted March 15, 2005 Hi - I'm just here to reset the 'Last Post' date, you can ignore me and carry on...
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