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| | TCG's Blue Oyster Cult Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-11) |
 | | Finally, "Astronomy" qualifies as BOC's version of the great metal-ballad most people associate with "Stairway to Heaven": but "Astronomy" is less saccharine, more coherent, and, at last, better. |
 | | BLUE OYSTER CULT: Their eponymous first album staked BOC's claim as a complete original: a witty, sardonic blues-acid-rock synthesis of sound, the sophistication of which blew the minds of those long numbed by the lame, plodding, lyrically-unimaginative hard rock of the times (again, I speak from my own experience). |
 | | EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIVE: "Roadhouse Blues" is a nice touch, and there are nice, dynamic versions of "Black Blade" and "Dominance and Submission," but I suspect that this made my list, in good part, because of its length (double cassette). |
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