Photodump from what I believe will be my last time seeing the boys. Warner Vineyards in Paw Paw.

Good set, still full of stage energy. Ran a little short (it's an outdoor venue in a residential area so this may be a matter of noise ordinances).

Richie was adding a bit of funk to some songs that isn't usually there.

They called The Symbol Remains their last album more than once, so I guess even they agree Ghost Stories sucks.

Although not really mentioned when discussing BOC’s huge catalog, Del Rio's Song (all Imaginos history and drama aside) has energy, memorable melodies, driving rock style, memorable lyrical phrasing, high-tempo, driving momentum, energetic guitar riffs and solos and the intensity and power of Eric Bloom’s vocals. All the hallmarks of a great BOC song?

Have another listen:-

https://youtu.be/a53Ty7yi3q4?si=TQy0dx6qkK7yjYWd

I've always had a soft spot for OYFOOYK... That version of Subhuman and Diz-busters will always remain a point of their career high for me. Some Enchanted Evening's version of RU Ready 2 Rock and ET live's version of Godzilla also stick out to me.

what say yall? pic for attention

Why was he jumping around like that? Was he super hyped? What concert is this photo from?
I'm so curious I can't even sleep at night!

My favorite album is the self Titled album and my favorite song from that album is She's As Beautiful As A Foot.

My favorite song by Blue Oyster Cult overall is Don't Fear The Reaper!

I alwq

Hope you enjoy.

https://youtu.be/a53Ty7yi3q4?si=YUerX5WxVcPA-TDf

After listening to the "Secret Treaties", "Imaginos" and "Some Enchanted Evening" versions I've come to the conclusion that Some Enchanted Evening is the best version of the song, but I would like to hear what everyone has to think of this great song and what version in their opinion is the best of the best. Edit: I would also like to know what other great versions of this song are out there.

Pretty sure it came from a blanks and postage trade back in the dial up where you talk about BOC on Usenet forums days.
I will keep and cherish it forever.

45 years ago today. My first live music experience. It was great. Well, I wanted it to be and must have convinced myself it was. It wasn't really.

Overnight bus down from Scotland arriving before the gates were open. Then trying to drink our entire carryout at stupid o'clock in the morning as they wouldn't let us bring it in. Standing out in the rain for most of the day with nothing much happening then, when it stopped, bottles of piss flying about.

Slade were resurgent and had just blown the crowd away. When BÖC came on they bombed. Albert had been kicked out a day or so before, the sound was terrible (they accused AC/DC of sabotage, just as Slade did them) and Buck fucked up his solo in Reaper. It couldn't have gone much worse and Eric was furious afterwards. There was a great pic of him jumping on a commemorative mirror.

Not only that but they and Blackfoot were dropped from all the official merch. There were heightened tensions over terrorism in Europe at the time and someone decided the American bands wouldn't come.

The pics are from an unofficial programme, they weren't in the real one. I still have the t-shirt from that day. It still doesn't have Blue Öyster Cult on it.

“I Love The Night is one of the greatest songs ever written by anybody anywhere. Buck totally encapsulated the entire vampire-old myth into

some extraordinarily beautiful language, and then created an extraordinarily beautiful musical framework to launch the language out at you. It really is a sort of Moreau dreamscape.  It is amazing”.  Sandy Pearlman
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https://youtu.be/ognBcHjlcJo?si=MwJcyEjPanhZCuF3

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOCV2i8XN5yc

My stem remix & remaster of Blue Öyster Cult's self-titled 1972 debut album, made for my own enjoyment, but sharing in case someone else might enjoy it too.

I made this only for fun, and it intends to be a very respectful remix, not straying too far away from the original version, only aiming at a little more clarity, instrument separation and punch, while still preserving the mood and feel of the original.

Obviously, I don't own the music featured here. If you like the music, support the artists. Buy their records!

Blue Öyster Cult are one of the original pioneers of the gothic vampire mythos in their music. Some explicit, many oblique.

Tracks like Nosferatu serve as an overt, cinematic adaptation of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent film.

I Love the Night leans heavily into classical Romanticism and the myth of the Lamia and frames the vampire not as a monster, but as an alluring, seductive entityoffering an escape into eternal darkness.

Tattoo Vampire explores visceral bloodlust and links body modification and physical tattoos directly to predatory vampirism

After Dark hides veiled references to the daily needs and survival habits of the undead and details the nocturnal transition of a creature that only emerges once the sun sets.

Apart from these, any others come to mind?

I open my eyes From a dreamless night

With a sense of dread You could cut with a knife

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(So I'm thinking that) .

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Maybe I killed somebody .

Cause I dont know! I dont know when (??)

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I might have killed somebody!!

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Veins in my eyeballs Damage that I've done

Veins on the stairway Veins in my skull!

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I visit my friend... We have a fight... .

I'm drinking his whiskey... I'm holding his wife (!!)

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Then the image goes black .

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Did I kill somebody?

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'Cause there ain't no clue! There's no clue!

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That I killed somebody!

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Veins in my eardrum Banging at my door Veins in my brainwaves Veins on the floor

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I get the shivers

And I've got the shakes .

People screaming my name .

Like there's no mistake

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They believe it's true.... .

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Did I kill somebody? But I just don't know! -- I don't know!!

Did I kill somebody??

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Veins on the sidewalk Veins know the score Veins in my mind, oh Veins evermore .

My first concert was Blue Öyster Cult in Seattle, August 7th, 1981.

So this year, August 7th, 2026 - 45 years later - I got a tattoo to commemorate it.

In this 1992 interview with Eric Bloom, he mentions that there would be an album released after the Bad Channels soundtrack that year. I am unable to find any other mention of this or any of the songs that were reportedly performed live from it. Best guess is maybe this album became Heaven Forbid? Although Heaven Forbid wouldn’t release until 1998.

Always looked forward to them between 1984 and 1986

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWX4gIKCAIdI

My stem remix & remaster of Blue Öyster Cult's 1981 album "Fire of Unknown Origin", made for my own enjoyment, but sharing in case someone else might enjoy it too.

I made this only for fun, and it intends to be a very respectful remix, not straying too far away from the original version, only aiming at a little more clarity, instrument separation and punch, while still preserving the mood and feel of the original.

Obviously, I don't own the music featured here. If you like the music, support the artists. Buy their records!