Post by edog40 on Apr 14, 2021 13:54:34 GMT
During an appearance on Appetite for Distortion, classic Blue Oyster Cult drummer Albert Bouchard talked about the band's 1988 studio effort "Imaginos."
The record stands out as an odd one, as it took nearly eight years to complete. The album was originally intended to be the first in a trilogy of solo albums by Albert Bouchard.
However, Albert was fired in 1981, and CBS rejected the album in 1984. Bouchard briefly returned to the fold in 1985 but left soon after. Ultimately, a re-worked version of "Imaginos" was published.
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and:
"Yeah. That was the name of the song that he had written. It was sitting around, nobody had written it yet... It is on [1988's] 'Imaginos' but it is also on 'Secret Treaties,' called 'Subhuman.' It is the same song.
"What Eric [Bloom, vocals/guitar] did was - he took out a lot of the Blue Oyster Cult references, and he took out a lot of the words. Like a Bob Dylan song, so Eric took out some of the words and he changed it around a little bit.
"I always found the words were really great, I just didn't figure what to do with them. I took Eric's version and then I added another little piece of music that fits some of the other things, and I changed the melody so I could sing all the lyrics that were there. And that was how the Blue Oyster Cult came about as Blue Oyster Cult."
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The record stands out as an odd one, as it took nearly eight years to complete. The album was originally intended to be the first in a trilogy of solo albums by Albert Bouchard.
However, Albert was fired in 1981, and CBS rejected the album in 1984. Bouchard briefly returned to the fold in 1985 but left soon after. Ultimately, a re-worked version of "Imaginos" was published.
www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/blue_oyster_cult_drummer_says_famous_album_was_major_disappointment_for_whole_band_recalls_reaction_to_fan_illegally_leaking_unreleased_material.html
and:
"Yeah. That was the name of the song that he had written. It was sitting around, nobody had written it yet... It is on [1988's] 'Imaginos' but it is also on 'Secret Treaties,' called 'Subhuman.' It is the same song.
"What Eric [Bloom, vocals/guitar] did was - he took out a lot of the Blue Oyster Cult references, and he took out a lot of the words. Like a Bob Dylan song, so Eric took out some of the words and he changed it around a little bit.
"I always found the words were really great, I just didn't figure what to do with them. I took Eric's version and then I added another little piece of music that fits some of the other things, and I changed the melody so I could sing all the lyrics that were there. And that was how the Blue Oyster Cult came about as Blue Oyster Cult."
www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/blue_oyster_cult_drummer_says_he_thought_beatles_were_crap_discusses_meaning_of_bands_name.html