One of the creepier mainstream hard rock songs from the '70s is Blue Öyster Cult's 1976 classic "(Don't Fear) The Reaper." It's a haunting song about dying, suicide, and not fearing either. I had the pleasure of singing this at karaoke last Friday, while dressed as the grim reaper (more on that a week from today, during my annual Halloween recap), and it went over quite well. This is a live version from 1977, the greatest year in recorded history. Of course, pop culture knows the song from the SNL "more cowbell" sketch, which I am also embedding below. And, before that, the song was prominently featured in the 1994 stoner flick, The Stoned Age, so I am embedding the part from that movie where the guys are at a BOC concert and a laser from the laser light show stops on one guy's face, causing a strange dream sequence. Notably, the clips in the movie showing BOC on stage appear to be from the same show as the concert footage of the song embedded first below.
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