Saturday, March 30, 2024

Blue Öyster Cult: On Your Feet Or On Your Knees (1975)

 


I’ve never been able to wrap my head around BÖC but I try, and will always try. They totally kick ass, and they are also super weird, so they have both of that going for them, but I just have such a hard time making sense of their songs & song structure. The songs slam and they chug, but they are also full of odd detours and extraneous bits, and they never really follow any sort of traditional verse-chorus-verse formula. There’s tons of energy, especially on this double live release, and the band is super tight (as are their chops - Buck Dharma is incredible) but it’s also a lot. I can imagine just witnessing this in person being exhausting. I don’t dislike this band but I have still yet to crack the code. One of these days….

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