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R o V e R 
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Posted: September 23 2006 at 01:51 |
(Don't fear) the poller
corny right?
vote 
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WaywardSon
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Posted: September 23 2006 at 02:25 |
I voted Black Blade, lots of great songs on that list!
Missing "Veteran of the psychic wars"
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R o V e R
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Posted: September 23 2006 at 02:27 |
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wow What a choice
Great
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Richardw
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Posted: September 23 2006 at 04:22 |
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Of those listed I voted for 'The Red And The Black'. Though my favourite BOC song is the fabulous live version of 'Then Came The Last Days Of May' from 'On Your Feet Or On Your Knees'. A wonderful song.
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Posted: September 23 2006 at 04:36 |
 WaywardSon wrote:
I voted Black Blade, lots of great songs on that list!
Missing "Veteran of the psychic wars" |
*GR genuflects* "Veteran ..." is one of my favourite songs of ALL TIME - the version on ET Live is just out of this world, with a blistering solo by the criminally underrated Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser. And the lyrics are great too... "And I've used up my weapons, and I'm helpless and bereaved...". I used to relate to this song quite a lot in difficult times of my life (not any longer, thank heavens!). Other firm favourites of mine are "7 Screamin' Dizbusters", "Quicklime Girl", "Divine Wind" (my current sig), and of course guitar tour-de-force "Last Days of May". Out of this list, though, I voted for "Black Blade".
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R o V e R
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Posted: September 23 2006 at 04:54 |
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Black Blade
i like the climax, crazy stuff
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Sean Trane
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Posted: September 23 2006 at 05:05 |
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Astronomy and Black Blade
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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mr.burns
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Posted: September 23 2006 at 05:37 |
veterans 
Edited by mr.burns - September 23 2006 at 05:37
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Father Ted: Sheep like all wool-bearing animals, instinctively travel north. Where it's colder, and they won't be so stuffy.
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: September 24 2006 at 02:45 |
Oh God! What could I say? Astronomy and Flaming Telepaths since are both from my favourite album Secret Treaties.
Nevertheless, all the songs above mentioned are great. We fans of Blue Oyster Cult should have a special place in our heart for each one! 
What a pity for the absence of Veterans of the Psychic Wars....
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Mandrakeroot
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Posted: September 25 2006 at 16:41 |
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(Don't Fear) The Reaper
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Jared
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Posted: September 25 2006 at 17:46 |
I've gone for Shooting Shark (used to LOVE that track).... with Astronomy a close 2nd...
I also used to like that track off Imaginos about Frankinstein with the long name...
The Seige & Investiture Of Baron Von Frankenstein's Castle in Bavaria... or something or other... quite cool, but not heard it in 15 years!!
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Posted: September 25 2006 at 17:49 |
The Red and the Black for Micky.. but so many great choices... always had a soft spot for Godzilla 
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Posted: September 25 2006 at 18:13 |
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Many possible selections, but I vote for "The Red and the Black." Now if "Dominance and Submission" had been on the list ...
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: September 26 2006 at 00:22 |
fandango wrote:
I've gone for Shooting Shark (used to LOVE that track).... with Astronomy a close 2nd...
I also used to like that track off Imaginos about Frankinstein with the long name...
The Seige & Investiture Of Baron Von Frankenstein's Castle in Bavaria... or something or other... quite cool, but not heard it in 15 years!! |
...Castle of Wesseiria 
good choices, btw!
Edited by Andrea Cortese - September 26 2006 at 00:22
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WaywardSon
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Posted: September 26 2006 at 00:31 |
I also remember liking a song off Revolution by night (I think that is the name of the album) The first song.
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Posted: September 26 2006 at 17:22 |
Thanks Greg! 
I also like very much the opener of the 1983 album Revolution by Night. It's titled Take Me Away and is really one of the best there along with Shadow of California and Dragon Lady and Light Years of Love and ...
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Posted: September 26 2006 at 21:52 |
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The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. - Hunter S. Thompson
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 17:08 |
Monsters/Black Blade (I only saw Black Blade after I'd already voted for the Spinal Tap-esque Marshall Plan, which was the song that finally got me into BOC; "It's gonna sound like... it's gonna sound like...  ").
Edited by Certif1ed - September 27 2006 at 17:09
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The important thing is not to stop questioning.
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Peter
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 18:13 |
Of those, Black Blade (yes, believe it or not) and Burnin' For You. 
I'm a big Moorcock/Elric fan, so that makes the first extra cool, and I just find my second choice to be a very catchy R&R song. (It's worlds away from their old sound though.)
I used to LOVE BOC -- had lots on vinyl -- but I seem to have largely outgrown them. 
(And Rainbow, and Alice Cooper and Sabbath.... Not Zeppelin or Purple though -- to me, they had more depth, and have aged better in my collection.)
Edited by Peter Rideout - September 27 2006 at 18:16
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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R o V e R
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Posted: September 27 2006 at 21:43 |
Peter Rideout wrote:
Of those, Black Blade (yes, believe it or not) and Burnin' For You.
I'm a big Moorcock/Elric fan, so that makes the first extra cool, and I just find my second choice to be a very catchy R&R song. (It's worlds away from their old sound though.)
I used to LOVE BOC -- had lots on vinyl -- but I seem to have largely outgrown them. 
(And Rainbow, and Alice Cooper and Sabbath.... Not Zeppelin or Purple though -- to me, they had more depth, and have aged better in my collection.)
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i like "Burnin for you" too
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