First Time Listening to Blue Oyster Cult 🎵 Don't Fear The Reaper Reaction

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  • Thanks for checking out our Blue Oyster Cult reaction. Don't Fear The Reaper is a very thought provoking song with an interesting sound. Hope you enjoy!
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  • @jlcdx1
    @jlcdx1 3 года назад +610

    This song shall forever signal the beginning of "The Stand" for me....but we could use more cowbell.....

    • @mztweety1374
      @mztweety1374 3 года назад +23

      Always more cowbell

    • @allenayers4919
      @allenayers4919 3 года назад +19

      Indeed more cowbell..😊

    • @oddgriffin
      @oddgriffin 3 года назад +30

      It was the greatest choice to use this song to begin that movie. It just put you in a perfect mood to absorb what was to come in the story.

    • @denisebutcher7717
      @denisebutcher7717 3 года назад +21

      🤣🤣🤣 omg I forgot about the dam cowbell. I gotta have more cowbell 🤣🤣🤣

    • @meltedplasticarmyguy
      @meltedplasticarmyguy 3 года назад +11

      How could you not have more cowbell? Is there ever enough?

  • @JimFinley11
    @JimFinley11 2 года назад +43

    I always remember what my maternal grandfather said to my mom when he was near death. He died of liver cancer when I was nine. She asked him whether he was scared. He shrugged and said no - if there was an afterlife he'd find himself there, and if there wasn't he'd never know, so there was nothing to worry about either way.

  • @Frostrazor
    @Frostrazor 3 года назад +520

    "I think newborn babies fear life."
    I mean - never have I ever thought this or read it or anything and yet somehow Lex drops this off-the-cuff unintended Socrates level philosopher ish during a rock song review - and I can't stop dwelling on this notion! holy crap!!!

    • @magicpowers
      @magicpowers 3 года назад +42

      Yes Lex laid one of those brain benders on us. Really deep.

    • @chemquests
      @chemquests 3 года назад +19

      It’s a bald assertion that only sounds deep. Babies are probably freaking out from the first trauma of their life, but the crying is actually beneficial to clear their lungs & would have been selected for during mammalian evolution.

    • @magicpowers
      @magicpowers 3 года назад +69

      @@chemquests you must be fun at parties.

    • @gc5054
      @gc5054 3 года назад +10

      @@magicpowers BWAHAHAHAHA BWAHAHAHAHA BWAHAHAHAHA 👏👏👏👏😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤘

    • @chemquests
      @chemquests 3 года назад +8

      @@magicpowers I couldn’t ignore comparing her to Socrates…just too much. I bet they say it like Bill & Ted

  • @richardbazile2062
    @richardbazile2062 2 года назад +25

    this is why we are such a fan of Lex, she is actually judging the song by her feeling, a real Rocker!!!!

  • @Nickylyte
    @Nickylyte 3 года назад +889

    I can’t listen to this song without the need for more COWBELL!!!

    • @jmac6938
      @jmac6938 3 года назад +25

      LOL I was literally thinking the same thing. Come on baby we need more cowbell!

    • @benshafer65
      @benshafer65 3 года назад +40

      I got a fevah, and the only prescription is more COWBELL!! (Bruce Dickenson - 1972)

    • @chefg_murder1191
      @chefg_murder1191 3 года назад +1

      Excellent !!! 🔥🔥🔥

    • @JohnnyLichtergud
      @JohnnyLichtergud 3 года назад +2

      Word! How about those drums!

    • @bcdsjr88
      @bcdsjr88 3 года назад +24

      *Christopher Walken?*

  • @TheOrioles93
    @TheOrioles93 3 года назад +47

    Maybe the most underrated rock band of all time. They were so great and talented, made so many hits and great songs. Yet they arent ever talked about as one of the greats.

    • @tracysnow349
      @tracysnow349 3 года назад +1

      Truth. But no one is fooling me. They are the greatest band ever in my opinion. Can't go a day without some BOC

    • @adib6992
      @adib6992 Год назад

      I agree 🙌🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🔥❤️

    • @cernegiant398
      @cernegiant398 Год назад

      100% @TheOrioles93

    • @666MIHI
      @666MIHI 9 месяцев назад

      this is the most underrated rock band same as savatage is the most underrated metal band

    • @robbenmitchell2286
      @robbenmitchell2286 6 месяцев назад

      They only have two songs that are goid

  • @dagondeluxe5589
    @dagondeluxe5589 3 года назад +247

    Never get tired of that stone cold classic.

  • @ShellyShinju
    @ShellyShinju 2 года назад +33

    The solo @4:06 is the Reaper’s scythe: it unexpectedly knocks the door down, singles out each person, and viscously removes each soul while engaging them in long, intimate eye contact. Friggin LOVE this solo.

    • @ChrisTian-rm7zm
      @ChrisTian-rm7zm Год назад +1

      Whow, from now on I will always think of your words when listening to that passage of the song.

    • @princeofdarknessxyz1
      @princeofdarknessxyz1 Месяц назад +1

      reminds me of that actor in supernatural julian richings...intimate eye contact

    • @Joshuadgog
      @Joshuadgog Месяц назад

      i like the hum of the guitar as it goes into the verses after the solo. its so cool!

  • @grahamtaylor8912
    @grahamtaylor8912 3 года назад +147

    Blue Oyster Cult are one of those bands that are just amazing..Nobody else sounds like them... You should listen to more stuff by them..

    • @danielsmith5088
      @danielsmith5088 3 года назад +6

      Only BOC could come up with some of the lyrics they did, or songs, even - She's as Beautiful as a Foot!

    • @grahamtaylor8912
      @grahamtaylor8912 3 года назад +1

      @@danielsmith5088 Agreed. I saw them in 2019 and they played that track. I never expected to hear that one..

    • @MieSyzygy
      @MieSyzygy 3 года назад +3

      Yes, yes they should.

    • @kevincarpenter8194
      @kevincarpenter8194 3 года назад +1

      Not only does no one else sound like them (although Ghost attempts to), they sound like a completely different band from one song to the next.
      They helped launch Rush's career by having them as an opening act on Rush's debut album. By the time the mid 80s arrived, Rush was in a position to return the favor and I was able to see two of my favorite bands on the same evening.

    • @gj8683
      @gj8683 3 года назад

      @@danielsmith5088 Also, "Then Came the Last Days of May" or "Cities on Flame with Rock 'n Roll," etc. from their first album. There's so much interesting guitar work on it, for one thing. Lex would dig it.

  • @Kenjanz
    @Kenjanz 2 года назад +23

    I was a teenager when I first heard this song. At the time, I didn't fear death...after all, I was only 15 or so, and felt like death was so far away that it would actually never happen. Now, in my late 50's, and poor of health, I think about death every day...and I do fear the reaper. I dont want to die, yet at the same know that it is inevitable...I just wake up every day glad that it isn't today. At least not yet.

    • @captaincapitalism264
      @captaincapitalism264 Год назад +1

      "We shall meet again, those who have loved." (Anonymous)
      There's mounting evidence that consciousness is a non-local phenomenon, and came before matter...so in the end, science is helping us realize to not fear the reaper either.

    • @warrenbfeagins
      @warrenbfeagins 6 месяцев назад

      Hang on bruh. Hang on. 🙏🏿

  • @nauvoogamefarm8835
    @nauvoogamefarm8835 3 года назад +136

    One of my favorite things about this channel is Lex letting herself go and bouncing off Brad, and he looks totally focused and doesn’t give notice to her eccentricity. Cracks me up.

    • @scottpressman3631
      @scottpressman3631 3 года назад +7

      lol hes always so confused

    • @unknownx7252
      @unknownx7252 3 года назад +2

      I think they work out well.

    • @HiddenCharmhome
      @HiddenCharmhome 3 года назад +1

      I love this part to them! I feel we need both “sides” of the brain and heart to complete each other and make whole

    • @kenwelch198
      @kenwelch198 3 года назад +7

      Brad seems to concentrate on lyrics and she just goes with the jam! Lol

    • @extdiso
      @extdiso 3 года назад +4

      Brad is far too analytical and wants everything
      to make logical sense.

  • @lozu8947
    @lozu8947 3 года назад +33

    All your reactions: Brad with a look on his face like he is analyzing the song/lyrics; you can see the wheels spinning in his head. Lex is all about the feeling; she lets the song take her.

  • @tbruce8187
    @tbruce8187 3 года назад +88

    3:04 "It seems like newborn babies fer life." Are we just gonna pretend pretend like Lex didn't just drop this philosophical gold nugget?

    • @normancooper596
      @normancooper596 3 года назад +2

      I’m gonna be thinking about this for the rest of my life.

    • @frequentsee3815
      @frequentsee3815 3 года назад +3

      Dude she drops these little gems everywhere. It's crazy

    • @3210-n1x
      @3210-n1x 3 года назад

      Hahahahahahahah as if

    • @leonardshevlin7260
      @leonardshevlin7260 3 года назад

      I didn't see anyone pretend pretend anything.

    • @mattslupek7988
      @mattslupek7988 2 года назад +1

      I’ve actually thought that. You’ve been sitting in this confined spot in the dark all by yourself for nine months, and then suddenly, someone’s pulling you out of that confined space into the light where all these people are. Yeah, they’re probably scared to death!!

  • @iRenegade164
    @iRenegade164 3 года назад +21

    A perfect love song. It’s especially appropriate around this time of year when it is said that the veil between our world and the next is thin. It describes a love which lasts for all eternity!

  • @jeremiahrose4681
    @jeremiahrose4681 3 года назад +40

    per the writer of the song: " I wrote the guitar riff, the first two lines of lyric sprung into my head, then the rest of it came as I formed a story about a love affair that transcends death. I was thinking about my wife, and that maybe we’d get together after I was gone.”

  • @veronicabellucci7129
    @veronicabellucci7129 Год назад +4

    It is about suicide: the Romeo and Juliette reference is proof. Doesn't stop the poignancy of it, but increases it. The 40K redefining happiness--that's suicide. A great song, nevertheless.

  • @Falconer1128
    @Falconer1128 3 года назад +123

    Lex: "I was literally thinking, what a perfect song to die to. A deathbed bumper."
    Never ever thought of it that way, but now, I totally want this song playing when I go out... like literally when they are pall barring my a** to the grave site... I want this song playing.
    Love your channel guys. Love your banter together, love Lex's unique take on the tracks, and Lex's smile is absolutely to die for. So happy that you are moved by the music I grew up with. Thank you for your channel. So amazing to watch young people experience my youth.

    • @almishti
      @almishti 2 года назад +1

      hahaha yeah her saying that made me think oh man i need to put together a playlist of some songs I want to be the last songs i hear when i'm dying. Cuz ya know i might die alone idk. My friends though will know what to play at my funeral. Cuz they're my friends. :)

  • @norwegianblue2017
    @norwegianblue2017 3 года назад +15

    Blue Oyster Cult has a lot of songs about death, the occult, sci-fi/fantasy, ESP, UFOs, etc. One of their more haunting songs is "Then Came the Last Days of May", a song based on a real life event where three young men from New Jersey got gunned down in the desert outside of Tucson in a drug deal gone bad.

  • @SuperHappyflowers
    @SuperHappyflowers 3 года назад +41

    The internet was created so humans could watch Brad discover the mathematical equation that will finally explain music to us all.

  • @nickgray2741
    @nickgray2741 2 года назад +4

    When you said this could be some deathbed music I was surprisingly thinking the same darn thing

  • @happymethehappyone8300
    @happymethehappyone8300 3 года назад +43

    BLUE OYSTER CULT "GODZILLA",, "BURNING FOR YOU",, "I LOVE THE NIGHT" & "THIS AIN'T THE SUMMER OF LOVE"

    • @rticle15
      @rticle15 3 года назад +3

      Great stuff. I love "Take Me Away " too. Wasnt a hit but it sounds like classic BOC.

    • @sweetsweetmeat
      @sweetsweetmeat 3 года назад +6

      Also "then come the last days of may"

    • @SiliconHaloMedia
      @SiliconHaloMedia 3 года назад +4

      I Love the Night is amazing… always hits me as a vampire song… they always had that dark side to their lyrics with mystical, fantasy and monsters.

    • @sourisvoleur4854
      @sourisvoleur4854 3 года назад +1

      Godzilla cracks me up. Great song.

  • @mowgli2071
    @mowgli2071 Год назад +6

    "Babies look freaked out when they're born"
    And as it turns out, they're totally right to be. Babies have no idea how correct they are to be freaked out

    • @clivehope8409
      @clivehope8409 Месяц назад

      After they come out of the womb of course they look freak out, coming out of the womb I'm sure you looked freaked out coming out of the little space

    • @mowgli2071
      @mowgli2071 Месяц назад

      @@clivehope8409
      As I said, they're totally right to be

  • @slicked9778
    @slicked9778 3 года назад +140

    I know you guys do music stuff but following up on this with the SNL more cowbell skit would be amazing if you haven't already seen it.

    • @zackbalins658
      @zackbalins658 3 года назад +5

      Epic track...epic skit. Facts!

    • @Commoncents82
      @Commoncents82 3 года назад +7

      Agreed, one of the best skits

    • @zackbalins658
      @zackbalins658 3 года назад +3

      Ol' Christopher Walken...great actor. I mean back in the days of ol' Farrell, Sandler, Farley, Spade, Shannon, as well as others...there we're so many great skits.

    • @metalloadedbakedpotato4382
      @metalloadedbakedpotato4382 3 года назад +3

      Iwas thinking the same thing.

    • @jmfnt3307
      @jmfnt3307 3 года назад +1

      Do it lol

  • @magnumsolutions
    @magnumsolutions 2 года назад +8

    I've listened to this song for literally decades. Lex you've made me see this song in a different light. Holy shit. This is going to be my death bed song if I see it coming. And a new phrase has entered my life. Hard in, hard out. Damn.

    • @clivehope8409
      @clivehope8409 Месяц назад

      @@magnumsolutions It's going to be my death bed also

  • @elbruces
    @elbruces 3 года назад +38

    Lex just invented the concept of a deathbed playlist. And the philosophical conjecture that newborns fear life the same way we fear death. Brilliant. Also her spazzing out at the solo drop is the typical adorableness that we come here for.

    • @edking8552
      @edking8552 Год назад +4

      A deathbed playlist is not new. I've had mine picked out for years. I'm ill and the end can come at any time or I may last a few more. But my son knows where the playlist is. 🙂

    • @joelspringman523
      @joelspringman523 Год назад

      She has an interesting mind.

  • @tomhenson7168
    @tomhenson7168 2 года назад +2

    Buck Dharma wrote this song while dealing with a health issue that could have been deadly.

  • @angelabordack
    @angelabordack 3 года назад +29

    BOC is fucking amazing!! I want this played at my funeral 🤟

  • @Efferri
    @Efferri 3 года назад +7

    Damn! Lex got deep AF on this one dropping low key knowledge on us. Babies fear life?!?! Death-bed bumper?!?! Love it!

  • @efakter1
    @efakter1 3 года назад +133

    That song never gets old. Timeless rock classic.
    Time to do “Godzilla” by Blue Oyster Cult now

    • @zynius
      @zynius 3 года назад +2

      And "Astronomy".

    • @countdoomiest
      @countdoomiest 3 года назад +4

      Cities on flame with rock n roll

    • @jetfowl
      @jetfowl 3 года назад +4

      'Veteran of the Psychic Wars' too!

    • @johnklein6040
      @johnklein6040 2 года назад

      Joan Crawford

    • @shaysonclay1943
      @shaysonclay1943 Год назад

      Flaming telepaths will blow your minds.. the entire secret treaties album is an essential listen for any rock fan.

  • @michaeljustice124
    @michaeljustice124 3 года назад +21

    “I got a fever and the only prescription is MORE COWBELL!”

  • @noshobalosa3437
    @noshobalosa3437 3 года назад +47

    "I need more Cowbell"

  • @aaronarnold7653
    @aaronarnold7653 2 года назад +2

    Aloha, Love when Lex breaks out her... air guitar 4:10...cow bells...more cow bells...try listen Cities on Fire...more...air guitar.

  • @yodieyuh
    @yodieyuh 3 года назад +32

    Great ups.
    Buck Dharma is a top 10 guitarist for me. So smooth.

    • @jamesgomez753
      @jamesgomez753 3 года назад +9

      Criminally underrated guitarist

    • @kevviking6612
      @kevviking6612 3 года назад +4

      Agreed!

    • @DaveR_36
      @DaveR_36 2 года назад +1

      Hes so underrated hes a great guitarists

  • @warrenbfeagins
    @warrenbfeagins 6 месяцев назад +3

    "Death is more natural than a lotta of things we do when we're alive." Damn. Great reaction and great comment. Probably the quickest understanding of the lyrics I've witnessed. 40,000 refers to births and deaths daily even though it's waaay more than that.

  • @sjsuismylife
    @sjsuismylife 3 года назад +20

    You're gonna want to hear that COWbell on that track!

  • @kelleychilton2524
    @kelleychilton2524 7 месяцев назад +2

    you just gotta love Lex's reactions 😂😂🤣🤣👍👍

  • @keiththomas2604
    @keiththomas2604 3 года назад +10

    This is the cowbell song from SNL with Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken. "More Cowbell"

  • @Catdogfrog5555
    @Catdogfrog5555 2 года назад +2

    “Death and life are both my dreams, wake up and know you are”

  • @foolishwisdom1683
    @foolishwisdom1683 3 года назад +19

    My brother passed away in bed at home the day I was playing this song in the basement. That is the memeory I have of this song.

    • @e_r_i_k_w
      @e_r_i_k_w 3 года назад +5

      Very sorry to hear that. I hope this song brings you comfort and solace, not pain.

    • @tracysnow349
      @tracysnow349 3 года назад

      Wow. That just gave me huge chills. Hope it's not a bad memory for you.

  • @1205sdr
    @1205sdr 3 года назад +2

    When this song came out it was believed to be about suicide. The 40,000 supposedly represents the number of suicides everyday. She ran to him and they flew; out the window? And became like the others were. The writer claimed it was about a love that continued beyond death. I love the imagery of the candle blowing, the curtains flying. It reminds me of the Raven EAP poem.

  • @annaoswald5943
    @annaoswald5943 3 года назад +71

    Watching Brad's Rock/Metal journey has been difficult at times. Now that you're reacting to more classic rock, instead of hearing terms like "ear bleeder", I've been hearing more comments like "soothing, "calming" and "my speed". It's nice seeing you breakdown lyrics, while feeling the music and with a smile on your face. I think you've found a sound better for your ears.

    • @mokane86
      @mokane86 3 года назад +13

      One of the "problems" with online metal reactors is that the community often pushes for the harshest stuff right away for the immediate shock value.
      "Oh youve decided to give this giant ranged genre a chance? Here check out this Slaughter to Prevail!"
      Whereas most of us "natural fans" grew into it and trained our ears and brains to listen faster and have a library in our heads to juxtapose and appreciate off of.
      Probably no one who considers themselves a metalhead hadnt heard this song DFTR a dozen times and most everything in between, like for example most of the Iron Maiden, Motorhead, and Metallica catalog before listening to Jinjer.
      (And im sure anyone about to jump in with random band comments like Slayer or Cannibal Corpse understand what I mean and dont need to waste their time on what defines "standard" or "heaviest")

    • @annaoswald5943
      @annaoswald5943 3 года назад +3

      @@mokane86 Right on point. Brad jumped right into the fire. Whitechapel, Meshuggah, Jinjer can be shocking.

    • @markandresen1
      @markandresen1 3 года назад

      And break down his guardedness.

    • @homer9k655
      @homer9k655 2 года назад

      @@mokane86 Absolutely right! I have had the exact same thought watching reaction videos. Maybe worded slightly differently but same idea. Also the thing is that someone like me who at 54 has been a lifelong metal head still can't and have no desire to wrap my head around a lot of the super hard metal. Honestly some of the metal I have liked a lot over the years has slowly become songs I have to "be in the mood" for and some I almost never am anymore.

  • @vickirecord5534
    @vickirecord5534 2 года назад +1

    I saw Blue Oyster Cult before they were well known in the all of 1971 as a warm up band for The Byrds. Kick-ass rock n roll from the jump. Don't get too analytical with them.. Just listen to Buck Dharma's guitar.

  • @ericsierra-franco7802
    @ericsierra-franco7802 3 года назад +22

    Much better rock music in the 70's than what is being produced today....period!

  • @brainscott8198
    @brainscott8198 2 года назад +1

    Think about it...a newborn baby has been in a nice, warm, wet environment for 9 months...peacefully sleeping, mostly....and as soon as they're out, they wake up to a cold, antiseptic room and get slapped on the ass...talk about harshing the buzz, man...lol.

  • @eyespyyourspy1328
    @eyespyyourspy1328 3 года назад +13

    "Deathbed Bumper" freakin rollin here.
    I think this song needs More Cowbell! I Gotta Have More Cowbell!

  • @brainscott8198
    @brainscott8198 2 года назад +1

    Lexi sez: "Wow, what a perfect song to die to...." That's what Buck Dharma, the writer of this song said, too. She's scary good.

  • @harcoisthebeezneez
    @harcoisthebeezneez 3 года назад +10

    I got a fever, and the only prescription is MORE cowbell!

    • @Carnaza
      @Carnaza 2 года назад

      If Bruce Dickinson wants more cowbell, I think we should give him MORE COWBELL.

  • @jamesreynolds852
    @jamesreynolds852 2 года назад +1

    This song is about suicide.
    "40,000 men and women everyday" was the number of people who killed themselves each day back when this song was written.

  • @happymethehappyone8300
    @happymethehappyone8300 3 года назад +30

    I Just Wish There Was More Cowbell.

    • @vanhall8253
      @vanhall8253 3 года назад +2

      That’s hysterical. Funny video of SNL

  • @cavenderandrews9098
    @cavenderandrews9098 3 года назад +1

    "NEEDS MORE COWBELL!!!" - (i'll let you google that SNL reference, lolol)

  • @shaidamartz3509
    @shaidamartz3509 3 года назад +41

    The song is about eternal love and mortality. They used Romeo and Juliet as meaning they had faith in eternal love and the 40,000 represents about the number of people that die everyday.

    • @alphaomega7191
      @alphaomega7191 3 года назад +3

      @@cirtapseven3742 - the number was a guess and was always incorrect

    • @tunguska-1454
      @tunguska-1454 3 года назад +3

      @@alphaomega7191 ​ Probably not even a guess so much as just a sizeable number that sounds assonant enough for the lyrics.

    • @alphaomega7191
      @alphaomega7191 3 года назад +9

      @@tunguska-1454 Your pretty much right - Buck said the following
      The line “40,000 men and women every day” was my wild guess about how many people in the world die daily. I didn’t research it - and it turned out that I was about 100,000 out. But I just needed a number I could sing.

    • @ericsierra-franco7802
      @ericsierra-franco7802 3 года назад +2

      The song is about mortality. Not love. Death is as natural as life. You cannot have one without the other.

    • @alphaomega7191
      @alphaomega7191 3 года назад +3

      @@ericsierra-franco7802 - It's about both according to Buck. He had been told he would probably die young
      I was 22 and had just been diagnosed with an irregular heart condition, which got me thinking about dying young. Don’t Fear the Reaper is basically a love song that imagines there is something after death and that, once in a while, you can bridge that gap to the other side.
      I imagined a couple: one of them dies but is able to come back for her lover, and they go to this other place no one knows about. I sang about Romeo and Juliet as an example of a couple who have successfully gone to the other dimension, but I got a lot of grief over it because everyone thought I was promoting suicide. “Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity,” I sang, but I wasn’t suggesting that people kill themselves to find out what it’s like.

  • @dht084
    @dht084 Год назад +1

    Don't miss the point. Maybe go read Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare before you listen to these lyrics, then you'll get it. They aren't preaching to you, this is Romeo speaking to Juliet

  • @michaelgodwin6158
    @michaelgodwin6158 3 года назад +15

    This song's always had one of my favorite "vibes" of basically anything I've heard. I always felt that middle instrumental was jarring, but then realized it's the part where Death takes you, and then it's over and on the other side there is that same calm, almost hypnotic groove.

  • @sharonkame471
    @sharonkame471 3 года назад +2

    5:10 to 6:10. Lex you got it! As a hospice nurse I guarantee some people are terrified. However, my grandmother was 99 and ready. She seemed mad she was still here hours before she passed.
    And I think we need to encourage people to put these kind of instructions into their advanced directives, or at least make sure someone knows what you would like to hear (and what not to play).
    (Edited for spelling)

  • @joespradley2323
    @joespradley2323 3 года назад +16

    You have to do Godzilla by them it’s another favorite of mine! Thanks guys this is one of my fav songs by them🙏🏼🌹

  • @rockyrodriguez9733
    @rockyrodriguez9733 Год назад +1

    Everytime I hear this song I just want to go work on my car or go to my work shop on work on some flywheels drive lines drums rotors torque arms brake pads and steel and aluminum walking beams cutting and grinding everytime I hear this song I love classic rock

  • @Trendkiller196
    @Trendkiller196 3 года назад +50

    Years back, I did a bunch of ecstasy at their show and shit my pants. Good times!

  • @howiedavis2316
    @howiedavis2316 Год назад +1

    I have to add to the suggestions for BoC, please do 'Veteran of the Psychic Wars'. It is truly a deep dark hidden gem.

  • @steelyspielbergo
    @steelyspielbergo 3 года назад +13

    Now you have to do SNL's 'cowbell' sketch

  • @jbinpo
    @jbinpo 3 года назад +1

    I think this song is about suicide. A girl who lost her love, and shes devastated, she "hears him" calling to her "take my hand, we can be together forever, don't be afraid to die ( dont fear the reaper ) until one day "it was clear that she couldnt go on" , so she takes his hand ( dies ) and she became like they are ( 40,000 suicides per year )

  • @timpwhit
    @timpwhit 3 года назад +45

    'What a perfect song to die too." I love how Lex's mind works! Not the first time she's cracked me up lmfao.

  • @msmith5121
    @msmith5121 2 года назад +4

    Saw these guys three times live...back in the 70's. Great live shows....they did one thing that I have never seen before in their live shows and I believe it was in this song. All five of them were across the front of the stage on guitars...no one on drums....just all on guitars. It was crazy great. Great band!

  • @jameskinzel8558
    @jameskinzel8558 3 года назад +61

    " More cowbell!!! " SNL classic.

    • @EDKsurly
      @EDKsurly 3 года назад +5

      They should DEF watch that skit!

    • @Ass_Burgers_Syndrome
      @Ass_Burgers_Syndrome 3 года назад

      Back when they were still actually funny !!

  • @ifax1245
    @ifax1245 2 года назад +1

    "I got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell..."

  • @jerrynorton6007
    @jerrynorton6007 3 года назад +19

    One of my favorite songs of all time!

    • @jerrynorton6007
      @jerrynorton6007 3 года назад

      Also, you keep dropping videos so fast I don't think I'll ever catch up! (Not a complaint)

  • @uslegions2619
    @uslegions2619 Год назад +1

    For some reason, when you type this in the search engine, it doesn't show up. I accessed this via the playlist folders.

  • @danielsmith5088
    @danielsmith5088 3 года назад +12

    I put Blue Oyster Cult (BOC) up there with some of the best, just below the Zeppelin and Floyd level. Their early stuff especially is consistently great. Almost anything off their first 4 albums is amazing, as well as a few of their later songs. They are very much an overlooked group in discussions of top tier bands and Buck Dharma is unjustly left out of most greatest guitarists lists. One of their later songs you should check out is Black Blade, along with any of their early songs.

    • @kevviking6612
      @kevviking6612 3 года назад +1

      Black Blade is a great mention, and I'm gonna throw The Vigil in there as well.

  • @xenxike500
    @xenxike500 9 месяцев назад +1

    Please correct me if I am wrong but I have read a few times that this is about suicide??????

  • @hartunja639
    @hartunja639 3 года назад +23

    First Zombie and now Don’t fear the reaper? Holy sh*t two of my favorit songs

  • @saltypepper6526
    @saltypepper6526 3 года назад +18

    Maybe it’s a misconception
    We’re afraid of how we die, not death itself
    Great song you just get relaxed and pulled in ✌️🎶🌸

    • @Frostrazor
      @Frostrazor 3 года назад +2

      I'm much more afraid of others around me whom I love dying than myself. I cannot tolerate the loss if/when I am left behind.

    • @elbruces
      @elbruces 3 года назад +2

      I'm afraid of death itself. The concept of nonexistence is terrifying when you think too hard about it.

    • @saltypepper6526
      @saltypepper6526 3 года назад

      @@Frostrazor yes! Well said my friend ✌️🌸

    • @saltypepper6526
      @saltypepper6526 3 года назад

      @@elbruces yes it is scary but, what if there’s something for the “Good Souls” just on the other side of the moon? Some believe we came from the stars and we go back
      That’s why the Stars and Universe sing
      Maybe I just smoked a good bowl ☺️✌️
      Goodnight 🌙

    • @elbruces
      @elbruces 3 года назад +1

      @@saltypepper6526
      I've thought about that too, and I don't get to believe in an afterlife just because I want to. For some reason, my brain doesn't work that way. I recognize that a lot of other people can, though.

  • @thehdogs4125
    @thehdogs4125 2 года назад +1

    I’ve got a fever! And the only prescription is more cow bell!

  • @chrisd7047
    @chrisd7047 3 года назад +10

    'I've got a fever, and the only cure is MORE COWBELL!"

  • @PaulaHowley
    @PaulaHowley 2 года назад +1

    Whenever I hear this song I always think of that opening scene from The Stand.

  • @andrewbaldwin9796
    @andrewbaldwin9796 3 года назад +41

    Blue Oyster Cult is one of those bands that has hidden gems that weren't played on the radio, like: Subhuman, Astronomy, Harvester of Eyes, Wing's Wetted Down, 7 Screaming Diz-Busters, Dominance and Submission, Screams ...🤘🤘🤘

    • @adgato75
      @adgato75 3 года назад +3

      Black Blade

    • @rubentullenaar2934
      @rubentullenaar2934 3 года назад +4

      And “Then Came the Last Days of May” my favorite

    • @RaymondBCrisp
      @RaymondBCrisp 3 года назад +6

      Veterans of the Psychic War!

    • @EvelyntMild
      @EvelyntMild 3 года назад +4

      Their cover of Kick Out The Jams

    • @danielsmith5088
      @danielsmith5088 3 года назад +3

      @@EvelyntMild Their Kick Out the Jams live version is absolutely the definitive version, imo

  • @traceyk6541
    @traceyk6541 8 месяцев назад +1

    I dont think people are so much afraid of death as much as they are afraid as what they may miss...

  • @jacksmith4460
    @jacksmith4460 3 года назад +12

    Classic track, one of the greats

  • @deckofcards87
    @deckofcards87 3 года назад +2

    "So smooth like a Cappuccino" Haha, her comparisons are great. I'd say Don't Fear The Reaper sounds more like a glass of Jack Daniels, personally.

  • @BalbazaktheGreat
    @BalbazaktheGreat 3 года назад +7

    Sickest guitar solo ever recorded, in my humble opinion.

  • @MrDiddyDee
    @MrDiddyDee 3 года назад +3

    Hey Brad, I believe you're loosening up. You're one very lucky guy, man, despite the theme of the song, Lex's smile is so goddamn cute all the way through this track, and she's SO smart.

  • @jalkabre5904
    @jalkabre5904 3 года назад +7

    Great band, more reactions needed. "I Love the Night" (about a vampire), "Astronomy", "Last Days of May" and "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" (especially live) are great songs to check out.

  • @davidgoza5620
    @davidgoza5620 3 года назад +1

    40,000 was, at the time of the writing of the song, was the average daily death toll world wide.

  • @danielmplaylist2231
    @danielmplaylist2231 3 года назад +4

    Try : RUSH / THE SPIRIT OF RADIO. Have a nice day to both of you 🇨🇦🤘😎🤘🇨🇦

  • @jerryholbrook13
    @jerryholbrook13 2 года назад +1

    blue oyster colt goes back to the 1960s they been aroumd awhile i like a few of theyre songs .

  • @Commoncents82
    @Commoncents82 3 года назад +8

    In my honest opinion, I think people gravitate to religion because they fear death. Most people fear that death could be the end, so they want to believe/hope there's something after this life. I'm not saying there isn't, but no one truly knows. That's why I feel we need to live life to its fullest now, instead of hoping there will be something when more when they die.

    • @aaronmullenix5409
      @aaronmullenix5409 3 года назад

      I know... It's really not that hard to figure out... The hard part is believing the truth once you know it....

    • @leonardshevlin7260
      @leonardshevlin7260 3 года назад +2

      Some religions make up new BS reasons to fear death, while also trying to convince fools to avoid life.

    • @Commoncents82
      @Commoncents82 3 года назад

      @@leonardshevlin7260 I couldn't agree more. I feel most organized religion is individuals that seek power and control. Control over people's actions and life to feed their own egos and self worth.

    • @aaronmullenix5409
      @aaronmullenix5409 3 года назад

      I know

    • @outtahere321
      @outtahere321 3 года назад

      There is an afterlife..... it is called Heaven or Hell.

  • @slowride9049
    @slowride9049 3 года назад +1

    You should react to the SNL version🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @rick5440
    @rick5440 3 года назад +5

    Where the lyrics and music compliment each other in a masterful way.

  • @AJ-ut8cz
    @AJ-ut8cz 3 года назад +1

    Every second we spend avoiding death is another second spent avoiding life.

  • @UnexpectedTurnOfEvents
    @UnexpectedTurnOfEvents 3 года назад +5

    Always loved this song. You're right, people fear death because nobody knows what's next, or fear that there may be no next at all. But logically there's no reason to fear a completely natural change that literally happens to everything that lives (or exists, even). There's no particular reason it would be worse than life as we know it. Probably just different. Or no awareness at all, with our molecules repurposed for other existences. And if there is nothing, well... Then definitely nothing to worry about, in that case, is there.

    • @steveakhurst7845
      @steveakhurst7845 3 года назад +1

      Well said .....and so true

    • @wendellmcqueary8624
      @wendellmcqueary8624 2 года назад

      We are nothing more than energy, and energy does not cease to exist, it just continues on. Maybe in a different form that we don't or can't recognize. But it is still energy and it will go on forever.

  • @danbaldwin9511
    @danbaldwin9511 3 года назад +1

    My eulogy! There the tears of the earth are dry, There the hidden things are made clear, There the works of life are tried, by a juster judge then here.

  • @dannytapp7259
    @dannytapp7259 3 года назад +17

    I love their song "Godzilla " it was huge when I was a kid ✌❤🤘

  • @cryptoking7093
    @cryptoking7093 3 года назад +1

    So many memories with this song but I got a fever and the cure is more cowbell!

  • @PhatLayCes7825
    @PhatLayCes7825 3 года назад +5

    Binging on y'alls 🎶 reactions and dealing with this Hurricane

  • @maxpolaris99
    @maxpolaris99 Год назад +1

    I saw them in concert in the 80's at Scarborough Downs , was in the pit and had to get out because it was getting rough and I was out of my mind, after clearing the crowd staring at the ground wear I was staggering my feet I saw a line of shiny boots, I look up and I'm 2 feet from a riot squad formation, I salute them and do a ninety degree turn like I'm inspecting the troops, no one was smiling back at me. 😆 That was f'd up.

  • @rongainey
    @rongainey 3 года назад +4

    Fair warning: my take on this song has always been MUCH darker than yours, and the vast majority of the commenters here, though a tiny few seem to agree with me.
    I always thought it was pretty straightforward. It's a suicide pact song. The second verse is especially direct. "Romeo and Juliet... together in eternity." The point of view is not The Reaper, IMO, as people rarely talk about themselves in the third person.
    It's an obsessed young lover trying to talk his girlfriend into being "together in eternity".
    The other references are about suicide, and this guy making his case. It's common, it will end the pain, etc.
    Not a great message, not one I endorse, but I think that's it.
    Great song, nevertheless.

    • @elbruces
      @elbruces 3 года назад +1

      Except in the last verse, she dies and he (the singer) doesn't.

    • @rongainey
      @rongainey 3 года назад

      Not the same person. Three verses are all different. Third verses' "she" is addressed in the third person, second verse is addressed as second person, and even first person as "we".

    • @PlateOshrimp499
      @PlateOshrimp499 3 года назад

      @@elbruces Yes, but this song is his ode to her, and presumedly, he kills himself after finishing the song, if he honors their pact. Definitely darker than just not fearing death. The 40,000 going every day is a period-accurate number of daily suicides.

  • @Prut954
    @Prut954 3 года назад +1

    Buck Dharma described this as "a love song where the love transcends the actual physical existence of the partners." He was taken aback when he learned that many listeners heard it as a song encouraging suicide; it advocates courage in the face of death but in no way suggests we should actively bring it about. In his Songfacts interview, he explained: "It's not about suicide, although people kind of get that from the Romeo and Juliet reference. But BÖC's lyrics have always been... not obtuse, but deep. They're certainly open to interpretation, and everybody seems to have their own thoughts about what stuff means. We purposely let people do that - draw their own conclusions from the lyric."

  • @nicholaswhisler9844
    @nicholaswhisler9844 3 года назад +3

    Every time the Romeo & Juliet verse comes along, I always feel a twinge of sadness come over me.

  • @jasonmichaels5796
    @jasonmichaels5796 3 года назад +1

    This is about a girl contemplating suicide, and death telling her not to fear the reaper.

  • @NoLegalPlunder
    @NoLegalPlunder 3 года назад +3

    Their song Harvest Moon is similar in tone. It’s a great hidden gem of theirs that’s really haunting. Their song Dancing In The Ruins is another hidden gem. Buck Dharma, the guitarist, is a genius. Oh and the song Black Blade may be their best.

  • @chefcabbage
    @chefcabbage 3 года назад +1

    I got a fever, and the only cure is more cowbell, baby.

  • @steveg2517
    @steveg2517 Год назад +3

    when it come to reaction videos the two of you are a joy to watch when Lex starts to dance on the couch and really getting into the music, you are comical. And at the same time Brad is so deep into the music and absorbing all that is being played on top of her moving around. A real joy to take the time and check the two of you out.. Peace