tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post7711055728831542777..comments2024-03-02T07:40:22.786+03:00Comments on Only Solitaire blog: Blue Öyster Cult: MirrorsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-22928399543396117212014-10-22T23:58:11.735+04:002014-10-22T23:58:11.735+04:00Topic for the next page. Let's see what is the...Topic for the next page. Let's see what is the opinion of this blog's boss.Simpliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13125893204327162588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-83050399934035965252014-10-22T23:43:41.679+04:002014-10-22T23:43:41.679+04:00Bad taste? "Black Blade is brilliant"? I...Bad taste? "Black Blade is brilliant"? If you're setting out your standards then that sounds about right.<br /><br />Terribly cheesy power-rock riff, irritating simplistic ascending vocal melodies, superficial sci-fi atmosphere. Black Blade is BOC declaring "we're back in the game, and we don't care how dumb we sound any more!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-63301836978460182512014-10-21T23:26:18.302+04:002014-10-21T23:26:18.302+04:00Wrong reasoning. Bad taste.
"Black Blade&quo...Wrong reasoning. Bad taste.<br /><br />"Black Blade" is brilliant, and like a lot of the next album is a declaration of "We're back in the game!"<br /><br />"Imaginos" is the last gasp of the band in agony.Simpliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13125893204327162588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-76856603109162605302014-10-21T21:52:52.276+04:002014-10-21T21:52:52.276+04:00The last album by BOC that's listenable throug...The last album by BOC that's listenable throughout, isn't ridiculously cheesy (seriously, I'd rather Lonely Teardrops than the atrocious Black Blade), and full of half-baked sci-fi isms from Moorcock. Sure they would put out a few decent songs, but the only other truly good album they put out after this was Imaginos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-77880667830356005312014-10-21T02:48:07.430+04:002014-10-21T02:48:07.430+04:00Sorry, no, I don't like this. Maybe it is list...Sorry, no, I don't like this. Maybe it is listenable, maybe there is this Cars/Cheap Trick vibe combined with clever AOR... but this is the friggin' BOC, for crying out loud!<br /><br />I agree with you with the case of "The Jester" and "I Am The Storm". I will also mention the other prog-lite epic, "The Vigil", that goes from cool to uncool/lukewarm.<br /><br />But: "Dr. Music", "Mirrors", "Mooncrazy", "You're Not The One.." are sheer sleaze. <br /><br />And it goes worse, it goes schmaltz in "Lonely Teardrops" and "In Thee"... just look at those titles. And penned by, no less, but Allen Lanier, the beatnik/boho guy in their team, the Jim Carroll's best buddy, and Patti Smith's beau ("In Thee" is dedicated to her).<br /><br />Look at this cover sleeve, where is the mystique, where is the intrigue of the past? And to add the insult to the injury, on the back cover the boys are beaconing with their girly mirrors in their hands and their shiny outfits. Compare that to (then) cool lasers on Spectres.<br /><br />And finally, there is some address where, you, the bedazzled fan, will order the same dress that they are wearing. As far as I know, such a sleazy marketing was tried only by ELP on their wretched "Love Beach".<br /><br />Thankfully, this third period will turn to much better on the next two albums.Simpliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13125893204327162588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-36185700583926975232014-10-21T01:37:24.110+04:002014-10-21T01:37:24.110+04:00It's a tuneful, tasteful, and very listenable ...It's a tuneful, tasteful, and very listenable record. It certainly won't ever rank as BOC's best effort. However, it comes off as positively inspired when compared to other products of rock's late 70's "midlife crisis" (i.e., contemporary efforts by Styx, Kansas, Foreigner, Uriah Heep, and the like). Malxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17260547693221778146noreply@blogger.com