The Story: Don't eat the fruit in the garden, Eden,, It wasn't in God's natural plan., You were only a rib,, And look at what you did,, To Adam, the father of Man.
The Story: You smell like goat, I'll see you in hell
Well, with a dense and lyrically impenetrable track like this, where do you begin? Early BOC comes as a shock to those who got into the band with the more listener-friendly big stadium stuff like "Don't Fear the Reaper". It's still good, but it takes a lot of time and effort to get into the complexity of the three early albums, "Blue Oyster Cult", "Tyranny and Mutation", and "Secret Treaties".
"Seven Screaming Dizbusters" comes off "T&M", and as far as I can tell is about Hell rounding up and punishing seven renegade demons who are loathed and friendless on both sides... to my mind, both sets of lyrics make sense in the context, but the official words are "Lucifer the Light". Especially on the live version, eight or nine minutes of guitar-based kick-ass. But the words...
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1/12/2011 3:29 pm
Age it happened
45
Better than original?
Yes
Convinced others you were right?
No
Was partying involved?
No
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