BOC: A 'Review'

[Paul G Ward]

Gidday All,

I was reading through the current issue of the 'Trip', a mag put out by local
Melbourne public radio station 3RRR FM, when I came across a BOC review (of
sorts) by one of the announcers, and I thought I'd share it with ya all.

It was sandwiched between reviews of _Queen II_ (1973), Rolling Stones'
_Their Satanic MAjesties Request_ (1967), Brownsvile Station's _Yeah_ (1973),
Led Zep's _Presence_ (1976) and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts' _Flashback_
(1981-93), and was written by DJ "Leaping  Larry L." as a means of describing
his program "It's Clobberin' Time".


                             **** AND I QOUTE ****


Blue Oyster Cult - "Blue Oyster Cult" (1972)

"
I'm at a loss to know exactly what the '60s did to them, but
they seemed to have come out of it with something of an "I
stubbed my life out on the bedpost this morning" attitude.

Not since the Stones (who had a reason, see above) had any
band been quite so determined to single-handedly wipe out hip-
pie peace-and-love-man values, complete with a post-
"Sympathy for the Devil" song about Altamont, minus the 'sym-
pathy' part ("Transmaniacon MC"), one about stepping on your
fans to get to the top ("Stairway to the Stars"), almost cer-
tainly the most peanut-spirited, nasty psychedelic ballad ever
recorded ("She's As Beautiful as A Foot"), and a beautiful,
shimmering lyrical mirage of a song that turns out to be about
a drug deal where one guy blows three kids' brains out in  "the
no-driving lane" ("Then Came the Last Days of May"). Freaky
bunch of sick fucks. Good record too. Later they would dress
like itinerant snooker professionals and sound like REO
Speedwagon on a too-much-coffee diet, due largely to that
incurable rock 'n' roll disease known to medical science as:
"Getting Old And Stuff".
"


btw - I said "And I qoute"

Paul
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