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Poll Question: what song you like?
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hmmm, the most part of the songs from their first album is missing. OK, Cities on Flame is the most rapresentative, but how about the wonderful opener "Transmaniacon MC"???
 
Almost all the tracks there are BOC's classics.Wink
 
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You're right, Andrea... "Last Days of May" should be there at the very least! And "Transmaniacon" is great, I agree about that! As well as some more tracks from "Cultosaurus Erectus" and "Fire of Unknown Origin".
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Raffaella, what do you think of Spectres?
 
Which is the most "prog" there in your opinion? The Golden Age of Leather or Nosferatu?
 
Both are wonderful? I love that album more than the previous Agents of Fortune...(which is great, don't want to be misunderstood...Embarrassed).
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come on and Take me away...
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Dominance & Submission from Secret Treaties, but that one wasn't a choice here so I voted for Burnin' For You.
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Don't Fear the Reaper, because it's an awesome song to listen to and to play!
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Originally posted by Frasse Frasse wrote:

Dominance & Submission from Secret Treaties, but that one wasn't a choice here so I voted for Burnin' For You.


Ah, that's the Mod's theme song (another one is KC's "Discipline"LOL)... I love the live version on "ET Live" too.
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Shooting Shark .
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HUGE BOC fanatic here... I have all their albums, and that includes that pre-BOC St. Cecilia Recordings reissue that was released a couple of years back.  I'm seeing them live (for the first time believe it or not!) in January... I can't wait.  Because I'm such a dork, I'm going to list my favorite BOC songs per-album...

BLUE OYSTER CULT - Transmaniacon MC - Cool, lo-fi rocker with almost-whispered vocals, an eerie vibe (as was par-for-the-course of their early material) and check out the neat guitar line during the chorus!
 
TYRANNY AND MUTATION - Wings Wetted Down - Most people favor the hard-rockign first side of this LP but I'm in love with the moody pieces on the second side, particularly this gem!
 
SECRET TREATIES - Flaming Telepaths - Wacked-out sci-fi rocker (the first of many) that I put as the climax of this album before Astronomy lulls you back into a relaxed state... the synth solo is amazing!
 
AGENTS OF FORTUNE - Revenge of Vera Gemini - You have to be a total BOC dork not to rate Reaper as your favorite cut on this classic... I always liked this dark track, featuring guest-vocals by Patti Smith.
 
SPECTRES - Nosferatu - Could have easily gone to I Love the Night as Well, but I find the piano runs through this song to be very creepy, and I'm a sucker for horror movies anyway.
 
MIRRORS - The Vigil - Hard rocking song from a soft-rocking LP, featuring an amazing classical guitar segment in the middle... definitely their most underrated epic, it's ripe for a re-appraisal.
 
CULTOSAURUS ERECTUS - Unknown Tongue - Zany psycho-sexual S&M-laced track with a funny ending, this has catchy vocal melodies, some great riffs, and an overal unique sound that I've yet to hear duplicated.
 
FIRE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN - Joan Crawford - C'mon, it's got to be this track...  who doesn't love a song with a chorus that proclaims that the title character has risen from the grave?  My eyes have gone the color of frozen meat...
 
THE REVOLUTION BY NIGHT - Eyes on Fire - Neat little piano ballad.  It's catchy.  I like it.
 
CLUB NINJA - Spy in the House of the Night - A lot of close-calls on this much maligned BOC album...  I had to go with this track, but it could have easily went to a couple of others as well.
 
IMAGINOS - Blue Oyster Cult - Slick remake of Subhuman, as it were... this is BOC's best album, so I love all the songs, but something about this being the eponymous track for the band just makes it seem like a right choice.
 
HEAVEN FORBID - Harvest Moon - OK, an obvious choice for once, but it's a great tune.  BOC's comeback album has some pretty good tracks... I almost picked X-Ray Eyes, as it's a return to their sci-fi schlock-rock that I love!
 
CURSE OF THE HIDDEN MIRROR - The Old Gods Return - A hard rocking tune on this, their latest album.  I'm not as familiar with this as others, but I recall the second side being slightly better than the first.


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Originally posted by Arrrghus Arrrghus wrote:

Don't Fear the Reaper, because it's an awesome song to listen to and to play!
It needs MORE COWBELL, though!
 
Wink
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O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
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I like  See you in black .    and  POWER UNDERNEATH DISPAIR. 
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Been a BOC fan for years.  Secret Treaties and Spectres are definitely my favourite albums.  Astronomy is a great track, as is "I Love the Night" and "Nosferatu".
 
Used to give the neighbours serious grief with Extra-Terrestrial Live in the 80's.
 
 
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I Love the night
last days of may,deadline,veterans and subhuman missing
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"Clock strikes twelve and moondrops burst, out at you from their hiding place..."

I like Astronomy from that list
 
Last Days of May would be right up there too, and Transmaniacon MC...yea I'm partial to the first 3 albums 'cuz those are the only ones I know well.
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(Don't Fear) The Reaper.  Read Norman Mailer's The Executioners Song if you wonder why this was my choice.
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I am of the firm opinion that Secret Treaties is the pinnacle of BOC-dom.
 
"Astronomy" FTW.  Thumbs%20Up
 
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Flaming Telepaths... or Astronomy, I voted for FT though
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All of em! Hug Well i voted for This Ain't The Summer Of Love so short and so good a great opening song from my favorite BÖC album. But i culd have voted for anyone of em.

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ooohhh  missed this one ...


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