Don’t Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult is a classic rock standard that came from the fear of death, there were so many urban legends around it that it caused satanic panic back in the 70s. People thought it was glorifying suicide and the occult thought it had nothing to do with either, in some ways it was actually spiritual… It was Totally misunderstood and then decades later it went viral due to it’s use in Saturday Night Live by Christopher Walken and Will Ferrell in the cowbell skit that has since become one of the most popular pop culture music crossovers ever. This was without the band even know it would be used. In fact they saw it unexpectedly after a live show while flipping through channels. The the two principals Buck Dharma and Eric Bloom from Classic rock royalty go in depth on one of the greatest rockers ever and who’s idea it was to use a cowbell.
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I’m really excited to bring you another episode from our series Revelations- where featured artists reveal rare stories about their biggest songs, along with fascinating insight about their careers. This show has been sitting on our shelves for a few years.. it was part of tv series that were developing and in the middle of a licensing that fell through when the pandemic hit. It’s from an interviews I did with Buck Dharma and Eric Bloom from Blue Oyster Cult on the classic rock standard Don’t Fear the Reaper. This interview goes in depth and contains history of the song that has not been covered before… When Saturday Night Live used it in their Cowbell skit the band had no idea they were going to use it. . The band tells what SNL got right about the band and what they didn’t and Who’s idea was it really to use a cowbell and how they did it in one take… Also Why they dedicate the song to certain people and why they want it played at their funeral…all of this is up next as we go into this song I want to thank our sponsor Zenni Eyeweart he glasses I always wear. With Zenni, it’s cost effective and simple. You go to Zenni.com you pick the color, the shape the size and the features and put in your prescription and viola, they deliver them right to your door. Check it out at Zenni.com today. Here’s Buck Dharma and Eric Bloom of Blue Oyster Cult. .
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