The bands guitarist, Buck Dharma, wrote this song and shared lead vocals on the track with Eric Bloom. "No," he said, "give me the old, plodding Godzilla. 'Godzilla' did have a long life on Classic Rock radio. Dharma said the recent versions have been a little slick for his taste.
Finally, a cover version featuring Serj Tankian, of System of a Down, appeared in 2019’s "Godzilla: King of the Monsters."īloom and Dharma both say they prefer the earlier "Godzilla" flicks, featuring some guy in a foam suit stomping on miniature cities. Alas, the 19 versions of "Godzilla" both went by without using the song. "I thought a perfect thing would be: somebody walking around with a boom box playing our song, and then Godzilla steps on his head," said Bloom. The band waited for years for its song to make it into one of the movies. "But as a heavy rock riff, it stood on its own." "I’ve always loved novelty songs, and in a way it’s a novelty song," Dharma said. Released on the band’s 1977 album "Spectres" and later as the B-side for another movie-themed single, "Nosferatu," "Godzilla" would go on to become one of the band’s biggest hits, along with "(Don’t Fear) The Reaper" and "Burnin’ for You." It remains a dependable part of the band’s live set list. Regularly broadcast on television as after-school time-killers during the 1960s and ‘70s, the mesmerizingly hokey "Godzilla" movies became lodged in the brains of two Queens kids who would go on to become the nexis of Blue Oyster Cult: Bloom and singer-guitarist Donald Roeser, better known by his stage name, Buck Dharma.īy clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. Of course, that’s always been part of the films' charm.
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The first, released by Japan’s Toho studio in 1954, is considered a monster-movie classic, but as the series progressed, the quality varied widely. Indeed, the "Godzilla" franchise comprises more than 30 titles, not all of them high-quality. 8 The cover art features Blue yster Cult's use of lasers in their live show at that. The album features one of the band's biggest hits, concert staple ' Godzilla ,' and was certified gold in January 1978.
hard-rock band Blue yster Cult, released in October 1977. "I’ve seen every Godzilla movie," said singer-guitarist Eric Bloom, proudly including the bad ones. (album) Spectres is the fifth studio album by U.S.
Kong" when it hits theaters and streaming services this week? You’re not alone - the original members of Long Island’s Blue Oyster Cult are itching to see it, too, perhaps for obvious reasons: "Godzilla," their ode to the giant, fire-breathing monster from Japan, is one of the band’s most popular songs. This album came out when he was a young teenager and he told me how he listened to it on repeat, not least this song.Excited to see "Godzilla vs. The melodies change throughout the song but they all tie in cohesively. Listen intensely to that version as well as to Don't Fear the Reaper to discover what I am referring to). Best version of Astronomy is from their album Imaginos. My first Blue Oyster Cult song, and this also is what introduced me to Godzilla at like 5 years old. I have been a BOC fan since their second album, Tyrany and Mutation. Blue Oyster Cult myth Godzilla myth it's simply obvious that this song would be such a masterpiece Blue Oyster Cult Rocks Nothing more to say. My most recent(never my last! ) June 2015! 68 total! There were only a few songs by BOC that I really liked and this is top of the. Number One! At least 5 Secret Treaties songs should be in the top 15! If I was banned for life to a deserted island and could only pick 1 Album, It would be Secret Treaties! For you later BOC fans that grew up to Reaper, Godzilla, Burnin Etc, All great songs and albums too, get the Secret Treaties remastered version and listen to the original 8 songs in order 3 times.įirst at regular volume, second at medium high volume, and third time crank it up! Blue Oyster Cult definetly put themselves in the history book with Godzilla. This should be played on the radio as much as "Burnin' For You" but you never hear this though. Not in terms of ranking but in terms of the fact that you never hear this on the radio. This is ranked 2nd but somehow it's still underrated.
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