I thought they were - deservedly - very highly rated. But the competition was FIERCE - sooo many amazing bands in that era. I love this song especially.
Hey Donald (Buck?) you just popped up on youtube playing Reaper.....A lot of things have changed since Smithtown '65. We were going to come out to see you when you played Riverhead a few years ago, but as usual things got gummed up. Most of are still alive and kicking, except for about 40 of us......Hope all is well....keep on rockin.
1976 77 My band was playing the Midwest towns of Decatur Ill and LaCrosse Wisc and staying at the Holiday Inn and meet the band also staying at the hotel. In Lacrosse we give Buck a ride to the sound check and our gig was a few blocks away and invite Buck to our gig and sure enough 11 and he comes through the door with a guitar and we invite him on stage and we have matching jump suits on. He loved it and the crowd did to. That’s my story with Buck.Glad he is still Rocking and so am I at 72.
I agree fully.As a matter of fact quite spooky.i made a mistake when I got the wires of a magnetic cartridge crossed. I pressed mono on the amp as i was recording on a mono cassette recorder and you should have heard what was in the background.The la la la seemed to get blown away in the wind and the main vocals seemed to be miles away.It just shows you what is in a record.
Seems to be a guy who was smart enough to write this song for his range. No screaming or gymnastics and hence he’s able to sing this song in the same key 40 + years later.
Seems it worked out that way but it’s just a great song that didn’t use screaming I doubt he wrote it thinking about him being able to sing it for fourth years
It's actually pretty strange that they're playing it in the original key, ever since the tour after Agents of Fortune was released they've been playing Reaper a whole step higher because it was easier for Buck to sing higher. I wonder why they brought it down for this show
or i guess you can say that he was smart enough to use a guitar sound you could replicate with another cheaper guitar after the band aint so popular anymore and cash is a problem.
🤩 I'm Brazilian, I live in the city of Sao Paulo. Today in 2024 I am 59 years old. I discovered BOC when I was 17 years old - I went to an undergroud store in the city center, and when I laid eyes on the cover of Some Enchanted Evening I fell in love - I asked to hear it - halfway through R Y ready to Rock I already bought it. After that, years passed and I bought all of BOC's albums (many were not re-released in Brazil, so I had to import them). BOC is the band that provided the soundtrack to my dreams and my life! Thank you Eric, Buck, Albert, Joe, Allen, and all the other musicians who were part of the Cult.
RUSH sure played like crazy in Sao Paulo... they even recorded one of their best albums there. Same with Dream Theater... We Americans... those of us on the Right Side of World Culture, Current World Affairs, and Socio-Economics... We Love Mexico, Central and South America!
Yes , I totally agree. The fact that this is a scaled down version, I wonder how many of the older great songs they can perform. My favorite BOC album is "Spectors".
For my 60th birthday my friend took me to see blue oyster cult at the Medina ball room after the first band Jefferson starship was over want out to burn one there were 6 guys out on the patio burning one after some small talk I told them I was here for my birthday And really excited to see them Low and behold it was blue oyster cult So they took me downstairs to the bar And had shots with the band Best birthday I've ever had
@@bro7269 The whole band as BOC has been underrated. When they go from headlining the NY Academy of Music on New Years Eve 1973with a no name band like Kiss as the opening act in front of Teenage Lust then Iggy Pop and2 months later Kiss sold out the same venue and over the year BOC became the opener for Kiss.
through the 60s and 70s, when I was a kid, I wanted to be a musician. I was in bands, nothing great, they always broke up for one reason or the other, mostly frustration.. but after a while, I started to realize that, it is really hard to be able to put yourself in that mood to want to play well. You can go to your 9 to 5 job and get through the day not feeling well, being in a bad mood, being preoccupied, having off the job life changing things happen to you and your family. but a musician has to feel like playing every night. You have to be in that tropical mood. And that’s not easy to flip that switch. I have been playing guitar since 1964. I’ve been about 10 different bands. I’m gone through dozens of guitars and amplifiers, I got tired of getting home at 4 AM smelling like an ashtray, only to have to go to work at 6 AM sometimes to my regular day job. That gets old.. I have a lot of respect for professional musicians now more than ever. I know you have to be good every night, you have to feel like playing, you have to smile when you don’t feel like , you have to be an actor. I used to wonder how bands could possibly complain about being on the road for months. Living in a bus together traveling, like the band with the name “the band “.. grinding it out night after night. That had to be tough. I couldn’t do it. I salute all musicians they don’t get the recognition they deserve 99% of the time.. I remember when the Beatles broke up I wondered, how could they possibly do that. Now, I don’t know how they could possibly stay together all those years. do you see famous musicians floating from band to band starting new bands and then breaking up. I’ll bet most of the time, it’s the other band members or the big name it is burned out. It’s a grind… The bands I was in, after a while, I just didn’t feel it. I ended up quitting. I’m just not cut out to be a musician..it ain’t easy.. I salute real musicians everywhere..
I'm with you Jody. I too played in rock bands in the st Louis area in the 70s. We had good bands with roadies and light and sound techs. Some bands we had to do our own work. I juggled 9 to 5 jobs trying to free myself to play 2 or 3 times a week. I am 70 now and still live off the memories. It was wonderful. The groupies ,the drinking and just general debauchery. Lol. I couldn't keep it up either and had to let it go.
@@dougiestenhouse8301 It might have been 30. I was 18 at the time, and asked then to autograph a flyer for my parents because they were fans. It made them feel old! 🤣
1993...just graduated high school....late summer in southern california...driving home from the beach in my '71 baby blue VDub Bug...epic surf sesh done...riding high on life...and this song comes on the radio....this song carries that moment...that memory for me forever....I can't remember a single wave I rode that day...but I remember that song in that specific memory...epic
There's just something about his playing, a haunting sound that's unique, that was a part of so many great songs like "Perfect Water", "The Vigil", and so many others including this. I'd put him in my top 20 favorite guitarists, I wish there was much more live content of him playing, but being lucky enough to see them play from stadium sized venues, to bars, and then to village festivals, I will consider myself lucky!
The guitar playing is still unique and impressive. At the time the style of the solos blew my mind- they had a jazzier thing to them and not basic blues box stuff. Nice
I've always loved this song. Can't believe it came out in 1976. 46 years ago. It seems like yesterday. I'm 60 years old and wonder where the years went.
Don’t trip, I’m 70 & it’s all good. I love my rock music & my animals (1 dog & 1 cat). Keep the faith & everything will turn out fine for you. Good luck to you in your life & stay healthy.
Less of key musicans. They really need a keyboard player to do many of their songs-true to the album version. If there is a keyboard player, I may not have seen it. I think he did some looping with his guitar.
It's a sad joke because bands like BOC aren't included yet rappers and pop stars are there. Like everything it is probably political in a nature. By this I don't me the governmental type politics. I do agree that it would mean a lot if these artists got their earned entrance into the HOF.
Big BOC fan here as well. Donald 'Buck' was always a favorite of mine. Beautiful tone and melodic playing style. Bucks Boogie, Last Days of May and others. Only saw them once live in 1977. Do they still finish with Born to be Wild? Once I heard 'On You Feet or On Your Knees' live album. I started buying BOC albums. Great live band.
Mad respect to these gents !!!! Saw them many times back in the day. One hell of a stage show with godzilla and all the lasers etc .. Always loved BOC .
Im 47 and had heard this song here and there throughout my life...but only when i was 40 years old did a workmate play it a lot and i properly listened to it..one of the greatest songs ever wrote.
@@clemclemson9259 I didn't say "under Rated". Others did. You yourself have often been referred to as "under Rated". I remember seeing Bakerloo several times including at South Birmingham Poly, Henry's Blues House and Mother's, Erdington , where you opened for King Crimson , standing in for Thunderclap Newman, who were banned from playing owing to the age of their guitarist and licensing laws. You have always been an impressive guitarist including with Humble Pie.
Every time I hear the name “Blue Oyster Cult”, I always think of that part in the 1982 film “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”, when the ticket scalper “Mike Damone(Robert Romanus)” gets a kid coming up to him asking him for tickets to their concert. I loved that time growing up, and that movie.
I had the pleasure of attending the black and blue concert in KC Mo.. great concert before Halloween 🎃.. guys walking through the crowd in Long dark robes for the b.o.c. occasions!!
Saw them on that tour too at the then brand new Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. They came on first but i thought they blew Sabbath away They had a 50 foot paper mache Godzilla in the wings that popped out during the song!
I saw them in 1976 at Rich Stadium (Buffalo) when The Reaper was hitting the charts. It was an amazing concert. Opening act was Ted Nugent, he had 30 stiches in his leg from a chain saw accident was still crazy, next Was Skynard when Sweet Home Alabama was just hitting the charts, Blue Oyster Cult was the head liner. An amazing lazer show with tons of fireworks. 60,000 people! It was awesome!
Buck like to slip in some pregnant pauses before he goes off. Unreal. $10 6 bands Anaheim stadium, all day and night, ZZ Top, Aerosmith, Edgar Winter, Think Metallica was one of the warm up bands, By the time Boston came on I needed a caretaker. Good thing we had auto pilot back then.
First time I ever listened to BOC was back in the early 80's.. Still in high school.. Hanging out in a garage rebuilding an engine in a Pontiac Grand Prix.. 400 cid with big double pumper Holly 4 barrel carb. Smoking lousy weed and drinking warm Miller beer..
Went from Lejeune to Bragg to see these guys in Feb. 77. A handle of Jim Beam and a 1/2 oz of "Columbian" made that night a beautiful thing! Keep on Rockin!!
Just saw them in February at the Hard Rock in Hollywood with Deep Purple. Both bands were awesome. They've been two of my favorites since the early 70's and they still rock!
Every time I hear this I think of "The Stand" mini series back in the 90's. The old Stephen King novel. This is playing at the first of the initial episode I believe.
I saw BOC in conceret in London 3 times between 1977 and 1981. The years have flown by and it’s quite a shock to see them in their seventies! This song brings back so many happy memories of a different Britain, a different London, a different ethos and an age of much more liberty.
These guys have been Rocking it out forever and they are like fine wine they just get better and better with age. I’ve seen them five or six times in my life and never ever have I been disappointed. When they first made this song famous and were on tour that year a bunch of us went to the Aragon to see them and they were touring with the Green Laser in the show and this song went on forever and ever and depending on what chemical influences you were under that night it seemed as though you had gotten drawn into this mesmerizing zone and just got better and louder and better and that’s it you were hooked and I have been ever since and as I’m printing this I’m thinking back and remembering all of those places. Later that same year in the fall at NIU again with the laser show. Saw them a few years later in Chicago again. Madison once. Rockford twice of which once was at a large bar and it was a killer show to be that up close and personal and every show has been great but that one at the Aragon really hooked me. It was a great night. Dam we had some great Rock and Roll years ago. Five or six decades of music that I don’t think will ever be matched again as music and mainly the music industry itself will never be anything close to what it was then. There will still be good music but never the same as it was. We have been lucky to have lived it. 🐢
This guy is very very talented. I saw them for the first time last week and was taken back by how good of a player he is. He's 75 now but shows no sign of it in his playing.
BOC FOREVER!!!!👍👍👍👊👊👊💪💪💪😎😎😎 In my humble opinion and being a BOC since about 1981, their last three albums do not get enough credit. These albums are simply OUTSTANDING AND REALLY ROCK!!!! Richie also does a TREMEDOUS job!! I give all the credit in the world!!! Hopefully he will continue keeping BOC's music alive for a very, very long time! 👍
@@jussitikkuri6991 he calls it the "cheeseburger guitar" lol and I don't remember for sure the make? I can't remember if it is a Stienberg or something else?
Just saw them at NYCB theater on Long Island they were amazing!! last time i saw them was 1982 with Foghat !! Timeless Buck still has it!! Long Island Legends!!
I'm glad that you clarified it was Tokyo, Japan. Stopped me getting it confused with all the other Tokyo's in the World! Just kidding, kudos to you for your musical taste!
Played it with ease like a one man show that lead guitarist/ vocalist. Saw them back on 1981 on the Black n Blue Tour outdoors at Lebanon Valley Speedway with Dio and Black Sabbath. Best concert ever hands down.
Went on a double date back in the 70s to a concert in Charlotte, NC. Saw a couple of bands, one was BOC but we didn't know much about them at the time, very early in their touring career. They rocked the house down I must say. After the show we went to Athens Greek Restaurant there in town to get some pizza. We ordered and the girls went to the ladies room. They came back and said, hey, that band is sitting over across the way. They had recognized them and spoke to them at their table. Then a couple of the band members came over to our table for a chat. We were so high I don't remember which ones came but they ask us how was the show and we said great, rocked out, really dug it you know. Just regular rockers doing a tour and living the dream. A few years later, we started hearing their songs on the FM stations and their popularity really grew. Saw them again some years later at the old Charlotte Coliseum. Great rock band.
I was working in Saudi Arabia when this was a hit, so | only heard it when I came home on holiday. I was driving up the M6 and was completely blown away. David Hamilton introduced the song as 'Perfection in black plastic.' While I was home I kept asking where I could buy this wonderful song. Finally it came on the radio again...'That's it! "Perfection in black plastic!"' Some weird looks. My brother said 'That's "Don't fear the reaper", what are you on about?' It took a while for the penny to drop, but let's be fair, David Hamilton wasn't wrong!
EVERYBODY LISTEN UP!!! For the next Blue Oyster Cult concert, everybody bring a cowbell and stick! And then when they play Reaper, play along to the beat! "More cowbell," you demand? HERE IT IS!!!
One of the most underrated bands of the Seventies. All my respect, Buck.
we listen to them everyday, but yes you are right
That man has lost some of his vocal range but his guitar work is as good as ever. A song from my youth.
I thought they were - deservedly - very highly rated. But the competition was FIERCE - sooo many amazing bands in that era. I love this song especially.
Hey Donald (Buck?) you just popped up on youtube playing Reaper.....A lot of things have changed since Smithtown '65. We were going to come out to see you when you played Riverhead a few years ago, but as usual things got gummed up. Most of are still alive and kicking, except for about 40 of us......Hope all is well....keep on rockin.
under rated... LMAO
70 years old and Buck still does not Fear the Reaper.
He was diagnosed with a terminal heart condition, 40 years ago or more, and he is STILL here! Wrote the song about that!
He'll be 75 later this year. Unreal how good he still sounds.
@@DMSProduktions shows you what they know.... then came the last days of the vaccine...
@@clemclemson9259 Oh phuck me!
I have felt for a long time that we have to make an agreement with death so we are free to be alive without the fear of death
That opening riff stopped me dead in my tracks in 1976
2023 and it still does \m/ \m/
He has taken care of himself. Fit, slim, and sober.
I saw them with Foghat in 1982. He still sounds good!
Me too
dude at ur age 1 my farts could kill u.
2024 and it’s still bangin
1976 77 My band was playing the Midwest towns of Decatur Ill and LaCrosse Wisc and staying at the Holiday Inn and meet the band also staying at the hotel. In Lacrosse we give Buck a ride to the sound check and our gig was a few blocks away and invite Buck to our gig and sure enough 11 and he comes through the door with a guitar and we invite him on stage and we have matching jump suits on. He loved it and the crowd did to. That’s my story with Buck.Glad he is still Rocking and so am I at 72.
Awesome story!
This song will always be special. There is a haunting melody to it which places it among one of the best classic rock songs ever.
Does anyone know the brand or style name for his guitar "
@@jussitikkuri6991 Yes it's a Steinberger custom guitar called the Cheeseberger.
@@jussitikkuri6991 Yes it's a Steinberger custom guitar called the Cheeseberger.
Agreed Louie 👍
I agree fully.As a matter of fact quite spooky.i made a mistake when I got the wires of a magnetic cartridge crossed. I pressed mono on the amp as i was recording on a mono cassette recorder and you should have heard what was in the background.The la la la seemed to get blown away in the wind and the main vocals seemed to be miles away.It just shows you what is in a record.
Seems to be a guy who was smart enough to write this song for his range. No screaming or gymnastics and hence he’s able to sing this song in the same key 40 + years later.
And it allows the average listener to sing along. This is a song done right.
Seems it worked out that way but it’s just a great song that didn’t use screaming I doubt he wrote it thinking about him being able to sing it for fourth years
It's actually pretty strange that they're playing it in the original key, ever since the tour after Agents of Fortune was released they've been playing Reaper a whole step higher because it was easier for Buck to sing higher. I wonder why they brought it down for this show
cmon thats the last thing you think of when writing a song. he sang what fitted the song, not having high notes etc is just a coincidence
or i guess you can say that he was smart enough to use a guitar sound you could replicate with another cheaper guitar after the band aint so popular anymore and cash is a problem.
Buck Darma is one of the most unrated Guitarist of Our Time!! All the Great Guitarist Know Him and Respect Him!!
Amen to that. Born and raised on LI. BOC in it's self is underated. Buck is and always has been top ten.
Yes that is true but we need more cow bell!
Bucks boogie. Yeah us guitarists know how great he is
@@rayhorth4345 Then came the Last days of May. Amazing , but I do also love Bucks Boogie it's just pure fun.
One of my greatest idols ever
🤩 I'm Brazilian, I live in the city of Sao Paulo. Today in 2024 I am 59 years old. I discovered BOC when I was 17 years old - I went to an undergroud store in the city center, and when I laid eyes on the cover of Some Enchanted Evening I fell in love - I asked to hear it - halfway through R Y ready to Rock I already bought it. After that, years passed and I bought all of BOC's albums (many were not re-released in Brazil, so I had to import them). BOC is the band that provided the soundtrack to my dreams and my life! Thank you Eric, Buck, Albert, Joe, Allen, and all the other musicians who were part of the Cult.
RUSH sure played like crazy in Sao Paulo... they even recorded one of their best albums there.
Same with Dream Theater...
We Americans... those of us on the Right Side of World Culture, Current World Affairs, and Socio-Economics... We Love Mexico, Central and South America!
Well said brother. If you listen very hard and for long enough you go through that doorway into BOC's world. Its worth the journey.
It's all good 👍🎸🆒🌅🆓♾️♾️♾️♾️♾️
For a guy in his mid 70s,Buck still has it.
Yes , I totally agree. The fact that this is a scaled down version, I wonder how many of the older great songs they can perform. My favorite BOC album is "Spectors".
Oddly enough it seems the well aged rock star can still bring it where other genres seem to not do it so much.
Long live Rock N Roll
You know it!
He didn't disappoint in Everett, WA that is for sure. Killer guitar
For my 60th birthday my friend took me to see blue oyster cult at the
Medina ball room after the first band
Jefferson starship was over want out to burn one there were 6 guys out on the patio burning one after some small talk
I told them I was here for my birthday
And really excited to see them
Low and behold it was blue oyster cult
So they took me downstairs to the bar
And had shots with the band
Best birthday I've ever had
That's awesome man!!
That's what true friends do.
Now you've got some bragging rights with your buddies!
@@donsmith8614 yes I do!!!
I hope my 60th birthday can be as awesome as yours! Great story!
This song never gets old.
Absolutely Correct!!!!!
Everything from the vocals to the guitars are haunting on this song. This is one of the reasons I love this song so much.
Middle-aged, greying hair and beard and he rocks better than anyone half his age. Love it!
Besides Sammy hagar
Since when is 75 middle aged?
Middle age is around 35-40
You would think that modern entertainers MIGHT wonder why guys like this still bring in the crowds.
Good music lives beyond a week from Friday...
Middle aged?
Has to be one of the most underrated guitarists.
Does anyone know the brand or style name for his guitar "
@@jussitikkuri6991 Steinburger.
I hear the term “underrated” a lot in the guitar world but in this case I think it’s fitting.
@@bro7269 The whole band as BOC has been underrated. When they go from headlining the NY Academy of Music on New Years Eve 1973with a no name band like Kiss as the opening act in front of Teenage Lust then Iggy Pop and2 months later Kiss sold out the same venue and over the year BOC became the opener for Kiss.
@@daviclar867
Thanks Davi 👍
They still sound awesome! They're on their 70s and still hit the notes...no detuning required. Well done fellas!
One of the best songs ever written ! Period !
imagine how many times they have played this song. And we still love it
Due to the popularity of snl the song sort of got a rebirthing
Steinberger
They only played it once. Its on a loop😂😂😂😂
7,647 times
its the song that keeps on paying them!!
It will go down as one of the greatest songs ever
U got that right ✅
I gotta say, i love how the video begins and hes jamming away. it sounds so flippin good man. legends!
There is something mystical in this song!
Buck never has a dull note!. He's always automatically cool!
Where's Bloom and the cowbell?
But the harmony singer comes in weak.
"automatically cool", that says it.
@@RobertLBarnard oo
0&noDates I will reschedule to you next couple weeks in oo99999999⁹9⁹99⁹999999999⁹999999
Buck Dharma: A true American musical treasure
through the 60s and 70s, when I was a kid, I wanted to be a musician. I was in bands, nothing great, they always broke up for one reason or the other, mostly frustration..
but after a while, I started to realize that, it is really hard to be able to put yourself in that mood to want to play well. You can go to your 9 to 5 job and get through the day not feeling well, being in a bad mood, being preoccupied, having off the job life changing things happen to you and your family.
but a musician has to feel like playing every night. You have to be in that tropical mood. And that’s not easy to flip that switch.
I have been playing guitar since 1964. I’ve been about 10 different bands. I’m gone through dozens of guitars and amplifiers, I got tired of getting home at 4 AM smelling like an ashtray, only to have to go to work at 6 AM sometimes to my regular day job. That gets old..
I have a lot of respect for professional musicians now more than ever. I know you have to be good every night, you have to feel like playing, you have to smile when you don’t feel like , you have to be an actor.
I used to wonder how bands could possibly complain about being on the road for months. Living in a bus together traveling, like the band with the name “the band “.. grinding it out night after night. That had to be tough. I couldn’t do it. I salute all musicians they don’t get the recognition they deserve 99% of the time..
I remember when the Beatles broke up I wondered, how could they possibly do that. Now, I don’t know how they could possibly stay together all those years.
do you see famous musicians floating from band to band starting new bands and then breaking up. I’ll bet most of the time, it’s the other band members or the big name it is burned out. It’s a grind…
The bands I was in, after a while, I just didn’t feel it. I ended up quitting. I’m just not cut out to be a musician..it ain’t easy..
I salute real musicians everywhere..
I'm with you Jody. I too played in rock bands in the st Louis area in the 70s. We had good bands with roadies and light and sound techs. Some bands we had to do our own work. I juggled 9 to 5 jobs trying to free myself to play 2 or 3 times a week. I am 70 now and still live off the memories. It was wonderful. The groupies ,the drinking and just general debauchery. Lol. I couldn't keep it up either and had to let it go.
Good post. I really appreciate the older bands who still have energy and engage with their audiences
One of the greatest songs of the rock era. Lyrically, filled with hope and courage, facing the unknown without fear or regret.
Hope? Obviously against GOD
@@shihyuchu6753
I suspect that you understand God as well as you understand poetry.
Empty set
@@scottjames1401 Could you explain?
..........Fear is the mind killer, fear is the little death........
@@archerbowyer7704 Kwisatz is that you?
Buck and Gilmour. Masters of feel. Love it.
Buck, Gilmour, and you forgot Neil Young
@@JInfinity7 LYNYRD SKYNYRD.
Most memorable solo riff of the time. Glad to see him still kicking it.
Kick ass songs never get old. Legendary!!!
Does anyone know the brand or style name for his guitar "
I was expecting Bloom to come out with the cowbell. Thank you, Christopher Walken.
Amen to that
@@jussitikkuri6991 Steinberger GR4 I think.
My band opened for BOC in 1997 during their 20th Anniversary tour.
Classic
I think you mean 30th anniversary ✌️
@@dougiestenhouse8301 It might have been 30. I was 18 at the time, and asked then to autograph a flyer for my parents because they were fans. It made them feel old! 🤣
@@murfdog19 Yup...had to have been 30th...this song came out in '75 and they had been around before the '70's...
1993...just graduated high school....late summer in southern california...driving home from the beach in my '71 baby blue VDub Bug...epic surf sesh done...riding high on life...and this song comes on the radio....this song carries that moment...that memory for me forever....I can't remember a single wave I rode that day...but I remember that song in that specific memory...epic
Love your story. I was there with you while reading it. What a good time to grow up.
Omg sitting in a basement 14 years old drinking sloe gin fizz and totally singing and rocking out. This took me back in the best way, thank you!
wow, sloe gin fizz, forgot about that drink. Well here's a toast to BOC
14 my goodness
edit unless the alcohol was aged for 14 years
Took me back with the sloe gin fizz. Just need a tequila sunrise and I’m done❤❤
Slo gin fizz was the get-laid drink we gave the girls at parties. Ah the 70's, what a time to be a teenager.
There's just something about his playing, a haunting sound that's unique, that was a part of so many great songs like "Perfect Water", "The Vigil", and so many others including this. I'd put him in my top 20 favorite guitarists, I wish there was much more live content of him playing, but being lucky enough to see them play from stadium sized venues, to bars, and then to village festivals, I will consider myself lucky!
You are a fortunate fellow.
The guitar playing is still unique and impressive. At the time the style of the solos blew my mind- they had a jazzier thing to them and not basic blues box stuff. Nice
Yeah, he's a real melodic player.
Bucks dad played Jazz Sax, he’s obviously influenced by it.
i still havent found a song as ethereal as this one
Yeah my guys Coldplay and Dave Matthews Band still got work to do, imo. I 💘 them anyway!
In terms of atmosphere. Try Joy Division. Especially the songs Love Will Tear Us Apart, Disorder, Passover and New Dawn Fades
Try Robin Trower or David Gilmour/Pink Floyd
"You Take My Breath Away" by Queen
"High Hopes" by Pink Floyd
This could go on for a week and it would still be too short! A legend of a song.
More *cowbell* please 🔔
Well why don't ya go and buy a cowbell of your very own.
I see they added a cowbell. You can see the guy playing it behind the amps. Funny!
We've got COWS 🐄🙄
@@rogertemple7193you clearly don’t get the joke
Great music great beat
Great song, great band. More cowbell, please 😉
More guitar, bass drums and vocals also 👌.
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Oh, goodie. Another re+@rd making a comment about "More cowbell". You really are original and clever, aren't you?
you need some new material..
I've always loved this song. Can't believe it came out in 1976. 46 years ago. It seems like yesterday. I'm 60 years old and wonder where the years went.
Im 54 and dont know how I got here,lol. Where did it go?
@@PolPotsPieHole I hear that. I look at these guys and think wow they're old. Then I look in the mirror and realize I'm not a teenager anymore lol.
Don’t trip, I’m 70 & it’s all good. I love my rock music & my animals (1 dog & 1 cat). Keep the faith & everything will turn out fine for you. Good luck to you in your life & stay healthy.
One of the best songs ever
Timeless tune. Sounds as fresh today as it did 45 years ago.
Less of key musicans. They really need a keyboard player to do many of their songs-true to the album version. If there is a keyboard player, I may not have seen it. I think he did some looping with his guitar.
KICK IT BROTHERS .
Always been a big fan of BOC, since the mid 70s.I would like to see them get in the Rock and Roll HOF.
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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is a joke.
@@davidrockcliffe2367 it may be a joke, but it means a lot to these bands to get recognition for their body of work.
It's a sad joke because bands like BOC aren't included yet rappers and pop stars are there. Like everything it is probably political in a nature. By this I don't me the governmental type politics. I do agree that it would mean a lot if these artists got their earned entrance into the HOF.
@@davidrockcliffe2367 yeah they wanted to put Dolly Parton in WTF?????
Just saw them last week in London and I feel honoured to have had the privilege. Reaper is eternal. Thanks BOC.
Blue Öyster Cult is my Favorite band of all time! Buck Dharma is Amazing and truly one of the best guitar players ever!
Buck is still tearing it up. Great to see he is still heart and soul performing.
One of the greatest American rock bands.
nope according to half the comments Buck is "under rated"
When you see a great band live, their timing is amazing, great posting
You can't beat the good old bands and songs, brilliant, brings back the good old days as there is no good new days.
i will never tire of listening to Buck play guitar...
Nor me. He was impressive way back when. Now? Well where do I start? He owns that instrument. Total respect.
Big BOC fan here as well. Donald 'Buck' was always a favorite of mine. Beautiful tone and melodic playing style. Bucks Boogie, Last Days of May and others. Only saw them once live in 1977. Do they still finish with Born to be Wild? Once I heard 'On You Feet or On Your Knees' live album. I started buying BOC albums. Great live band.
I grew up listening to Blue Oyster Cult...I guess one could say I've lived a charmed life
Does anyone know the brand or style name for his guitar "
I saw 'em live in the 80's... great show!
Yes we have
Enchanted even.
@@jussitikkuri6991 it's a Steinberger that Buck has had some custom work done on. It's nickname is the "Cheeseburger".
Mad respect to these gents !!!! Saw them many times back in the day. One hell of a stage show with godzilla and all the lasers etc .. Always loved BOC .
Im 47 and had heard this song here and there throughout my life...but only when i was 40 years old did a workmate play it a lot and i properly listened to it..one of the greatest songs ever wrote.
Wonderful guitar work. Buck is rarely mentioned as a great player, but this proves that he is superb.
what? what are you talking about ?? is he "under Rated" too? omg the comments...
@@clemclemson9259 I didn't say "under Rated". Others did. You yourself have often been referred to as "under Rated". I remember seeing Bakerloo several times including at South Birmingham Poly, Henry's Blues House and Mother's, Erdington , where you opened for King Crimson , standing in for Thunderclap Newman, who were banned from playing owing to the age of their guitarist and licensing laws. You have always been an impressive guitarist including with Humble Pie.
Like "Last Days of May"
Every time I hear the name “Blue Oyster Cult”, I always think of that part in the 1982 film “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”, when the ticket scalper “Mike Damone(Robert Romanus)” gets a kid coming up to him asking him for tickets to their concert. I loved that time growing up, and that movie.
Does anyone know the brand or style name for his guitar "
Hell, yeah! That might be the first reference I ever heard to this band. Great film. Incredible track...
@@jussitikkuri6991 custom Steinberger
@@jussitikkuri6991 He's playing a custom Steinberger headless guitar. Made to look like Swiss Cheese, Dharma calls it the "Cheeseberger"
" NO I DON'T HAVE ANY BLUE OYSTER CULT , I HAD THIRTY FOUR PAIRS LAST TIME WHERE WERE YOU YOU KNOW I WAS THAT CLOSE TO WORKING AT 7-11 "
Damn Buck Dharma still got it, always been one of my favorite guitar players. And I love Blue Oyster Cult. 👍
This song will never die man. Pure raw rock n roll. Jimbo, former US Navy radioman petty officer 86-96. 👍
I still listen to this song now... never gets old
This song helps me escape. Born in 1992, went travelling to Australia when i was 21. This was one of my songs ❤️
Saw them back in 1980 (at MSG)with black sabbath on their “black & blue” tour😎. My ears are still ringing😂
Me too at the International Amphitheater Chicago, IL
I had the pleasure of attending the black and blue concert in KC Mo.. great concert before Halloween 🎃.. guys walking through the crowd in Long dark robes for the b.o.c. occasions!!
And will forever ring! With the best sounds ever.
Saw them on that tour too at the then brand new Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. They came on first but i thought they blew Sabbath away They had a 50 foot paper mache Godzilla in the wings that popped out during the song!
Great band…the melody was hypnotic like the time…..wrangle doesn’t matter the melodic melody does….takes you to another place….
Iconic this track will never grow old and I am 64 👍🏴
Old guys rock on the guitar now and forever.
I saw them in 1976 at Rich Stadium (Buffalo) when The Reaper was hitting the charts. It was an amazing concert. Opening act was Ted Nugent, he had 30 stiches in his leg from a chain saw accident was still crazy, next Was Skynard when Sweet Home Alabama was just hitting the charts, Blue Oyster Cult was the head liner. An amazing lazer show with tons of fireworks. 60,000 people! It was awesome!
Buck like to slip in some pregnant pauses before he goes off. Unreal. $10 6 bands Anaheim stadium, all day and night, ZZ Top, Aerosmith, Edgar Winter, Think Metallica was one of the warm up bands, By the time Boston came on I needed a caretaker. Good thing we had auto pilot back then.
First time I ever listened to BOC was back in the early 80's.. Still in high school.. Hanging out in a garage rebuilding an engine in a Pontiac Grand Prix.. 400 cid with big double pumper Holly 4 barrel carb. Smoking lousy weed and drinking warm Miller beer..
Went from Lejeune to Bragg to see these guys in Feb. 77. A handle of Jim Beam and a 1/2 oz of "Columbian" made that night a beautiful thing! Keep on Rockin!!
That opening looper riff and solo are pretty danged impressive too!
Just saw them in February at the Hard Rock in Hollywood with Deep Purple. Both bands were awesome. They've been two of my favorites since the early 70's and they still rock!
Buck and Bloom in their mid 70's and still bringing it hard!
I remember them back in the 80s i was in my late teens some of the best yrs of my life and music they still play and sound awesome 👌
Every time I hear this I think of "The Stand" mini series back in the 90's. The old Stephen King novel. This is playing at the first of the initial episode I believe.
I saw BOC in conceret in London 3 times between 1977 and 1981. The years have flown by and it’s quite a shock to see them in their seventies! This song brings back so many happy memories of a different Britain, a different London, a different ethos and an age of much more liberty.
message in a bottle, clear and concise. perfection in a musical message
just glad they're not wearing masks and bowing to the god of political shaming
One of the great bands of the Rock Pantheon. BOC forever! 😎
I can so imagine Christopher Walken saying: "Music ? ....of course....but I only listen to one band.....The Amazing, Blue Oyster Cult"
If you have never seen this group in concert you don't know what you're missing 😊
BOC is my favorite band of all time and this is why. He crafts guitar solos unlike some guitarists just shredding mindlessly. Love ya Buck!
Seeing BOC again at end of April. 🤘
My favorite band of all time too 👊
This makes me so happy
I’m glad I was able to post. Hope you’re ok Joe!
I’ve listened to this song hundreds of times and never get tired of it, one of the classics
smooth as ever...a classic song that is part of my life's soundtrack!
GUESS WHAT! I've got a fever, and the only perception, is more cowbell!
That was such a funny SNL skit.
It's "the only prescription is...more cowbell!"
That’s old
Still gives me chills down my spine!❤
Masterpiece! Best time of rock and roll 60's and 70's!!!
Saw these guys live in 1975 live at in Duluth Minnesota. The opening band......Rush!
These guys have been Rocking it out forever and they are like fine wine they just get better and better with age. I’ve seen them five or six times in my life and never ever have I been disappointed. When they first made this song famous and were on tour that year a bunch of us went to the Aragon to see them and they were touring with the Green Laser in the show and this song went on forever and ever and depending on what chemical influences you were under that night it seemed as though you had gotten drawn into this mesmerizing zone and just got better and louder and better and that’s it you were hooked and I have been ever since and as I’m printing this I’m thinking back and remembering all of those places. Later that same year in the fall at NIU again with the laser show. Saw them a few years later in Chicago again. Madison once. Rockford twice of which once was at a large bar and it was a killer show to be that up close and personal and every show has been great but that one at the Aragon really hooked me. It was a great night. Dam we had some great Rock and Roll years ago. Five or six decades of music that I don’t think will ever be matched again as music and mainly the music industry itself will never be anything close to what it was then. There will still be good music but never the same as it was. We have been lucky to have lived it. 🐢
Buck is a great guitarist,, looking forward to see him play again,, Great upload !!!
Always loved this unique band.
Masterpiece!
Love since I was 14….now 60!
Buck looks great and sounds even better. Blown away with how good he sounds.
Probably a Steinberger, with graphite neck.
Been one of my favourite tunes forever, and was played at one of my best freinds funeral........how apt "dont fear the reaper" RIP AL
This guy is very very talented. I saw them for the first time last week and was taken back by how good of a player he is. He's 75 now but shows no sign of it in his playing.
BOC FOREVER!!!!👍👍👍👊👊👊💪💪💪😎😎😎
In my humble opinion and being a BOC since about 1981, their last three albums do not get enough credit. These albums are simply OUTSTANDING AND REALLY ROCK!!!!
Richie also does a TREMEDOUS job!! I give all the credit in the world!!! Hopefully he will continue keeping BOC's music alive for a very, very long time! 👍
Genius Song! An all time great.
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@@jussitikkuri6991 he calls it the "cheeseburger guitar" lol and I don't remember for sure the make? I can't remember if it is a Stienberg or something else?
Who on this planet doesn't know that iconic guitar opening riff??
Just saw them at NYCB theater on Long Island they were amazing!! last time i saw them was 1982 with Foghat !! Timeless Buck still has it!! Long Island Legends!!
Do you remember them as soft white underbelly. Saw them a couple of times on long Island back in the day. Turn 65 this year June 29th
Heading to my album collection and cranking this up on my stereo. What a great song. What great memories
I have been a fan of theirs for 50 years. I went to their live show in Tokyo.
From Japan.
You did the right thing
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@@jussitikkuri6991 Its like a Steinberger guitar. Just search for headless guitars
Godzilla!
I'm glad that you clarified it was Tokyo, Japan. Stopped me getting it confused with all the other Tokyo's in the World! Just kidding, kudos to you for your musical taste!
Played it with ease like a one man show that lead guitarist/ vocalist. Saw them back on 1981 on the Black n Blue Tour outdoors at Lebanon Valley Speedway with Dio and Black Sabbath. Best concert ever hands down.
I wanted to go, but I was away in college at the time, and couldn't make it in to see it. Forever regret not doing what I had to do to go.
Went on a double date back in the 70s to a concert in Charlotte, NC. Saw a couple of bands, one was BOC but we didn't know much about them at the time, very early in their touring career. They rocked the house down I must say. After the show we went to Athens Greek Restaurant there in town to get some pizza. We ordered and the girls went to the ladies room. They came back and said, hey, that band is sitting over across the way. They had recognized them and spoke to them at their table. Then a couple of the band members came over to our table for a chat. We were so high I don't remember which ones came but they ask us how was the show and we said great, rocked out, really dug it you know. Just regular rockers doing a tour and living the dream. A few years later, we started hearing their songs on the FM stations and their popularity really grew. Saw them again some years later at the old Charlotte Coliseum. Great rock band.
3:28 🔥🇮🇹
This is a sublime piece of art
Forever...
Caught them playing with Spinal Täp at the Isle of Lucy Blues Jazz festival. Buck did a 74 minute guitar two-man-solo with Nigel Tufnel. Rock history.
How great it would've been if Will Ferrell would've showed up with a cowbell. We need more cowbell.
…Yer eeeeeeeeevil mate ! ;)
Sounds like they paid attention to Will Ferrell's idea: 40 years later the cowbell is more pronounced.
Rick Beato interviews Buck ruclips.net/video/_Xvc81GL5EI/видео.html
There more than just a cowbell there is drum, guitars, bass and vocals as well a lot of people seem to forget that.
I was working in Saudi Arabia when this was a hit, so | only heard it when I came home on holiday. I was driving up the M6 and was completely blown away. David Hamilton introduced the song as 'Perfection in black plastic.' While I was home I kept asking where I could buy this wonderful song. Finally it came on the radio again...'That's it! "Perfection in black plastic!"' Some weird looks. My brother said 'That's "Don't fear the reaper", what are you on about?' It took a while for the penny to drop, but let's be fair, David Hamilton wasn't wrong!
EVERYBODY LISTEN UP!!! For the next Blue Oyster Cult concert, everybody bring a cowbell and stick! And then when they play Reaper, play along to the beat! "More cowbell," you demand? HERE IT IS!!!