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"(Don't Fear) The Reaper"
DontFearTheReaper.jpg
Single by Blue Öyster Cult
from the album Agents of Fortune
B-side "Tattoo Vampire"
Released July 1976 (1976-07)
Recorded 1975
Genre
  • Difficult rock[i]
  • psychedelic stone[2]
  • soft stone[3]
Length
  • five:08
  • 3:45 (single edit)
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser
Producer(s)
  • David Lucas
  • Murray Krugman
  • Sandy Pearlman
Blue Öyster Cult singles chronology
"And so Came the Last Days of May"
(1975) 		"(Don't Fear) The Reaper"
(1976) 		"This Ain't the Summer of Love"
(1976)
Official audio
"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" on YouTube

"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" is a song past American rock band Blue Öyster Cult from the band's 1976 album Agents of Fortune. The vocal, written and sung by lead guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, deals with eternal love and the inevitability of death. Dharma wrote the song while picturing an early death for himself.

Released as an edited unmarried (omitting the slow edifice interlude in the original), the song is Blue Öyster Cult's highest chart success, reaching #7 in Greenbacks Box and #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1976. Disquisitional reception was positive and in December 2003 "(Don't Fearfulness) The Reaper" was listed at number 405 on Rolling Rock 's list of the top 500 songs of all time.[four]

Background [edit]

"I felt that I had but accomplished some kind of resonance with the psychology of people when I came up with that, I was actually kind of appalled when I start realized that some people were seeing it as an advertisement for suicide or something that was not my intention at all. It is, similar, not to be afraid of [expiry] (as opposed to actively bring it about). It's basically a honey song where the love transcends the actual physical existence of the partners."

 — Buck Dharma, pb singer[v]

The vocal is nigh the inevitability of death and the foolishness of fearing it, and was written when Dharma was thinking about what would happen if he died at a young age.[5] Lyrics such as "Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity" have led many listeners to interpret the song to be most a murder-suicide pact, just Dharma says the song is about eternal love, rather than suicide.[6] He used Romeo and Juliet to draw a couple who wanted to be together in the afterlife.[7] He guessed that "40,000 men and women" died each day (from all causes), and the figure was used several times in the lyrics; but this number was about 100,000 too depression.[8]

Composition and recording [edit]

"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" was written and sung past lead guitarist Buck Dharma and produced by David Lucas, Murray Krugman, and Sandy Pearlman.[9] The song'southward distinctive guitar riff is built on the "I-bVII-bVI" chord progression, in an A minor calibration.[10] The riff was recorded with Krugman's Gibson ES-175 guitar, which was run through a Music Man 410 combo amplifier, and Dharma's vocals were captured with a Telefunken U47 tube microphone. The guitar solo and guitar rhythm sections were recorded in ane accept, while a four-rail tape machine amplified them on the recording. Sound engineer Shelly Yakus remembers piecing together the separate vocals, guitar and rhythm section into a master track, with the overdubbing occurring in that order.[11]

Mojo described its cosmos: "'Guys, this is it!' engineer Shelly Yakus announced at the end of the get-go take. 'The legendary once-in-a-lifetime groove!' ... What evolved in the studio was the extended solo section; it took them nearly as long to edit the five-minute track down to manageable length equally it did to record it."[12]

The song features prominent apply of the cowbell percussion instrument, overdubbed on the original recording. Bassist Joe Bouchard remembered the producer requesting his brother, drummer Albert Bouchard, play the cowbell: "Albert thought he was crazy. But he put all this tape effectually a cowbell and played it. It really pulled the runway together."[13] Still, producer David Lucas says that he played it;[14] while bandmember Eric Bloom claims that he was the i to play information technology.[15]

Reception [edit]

The vocal was on the Billboard Hot 100 nautical chart for twenty weeks, reaching number 12 for the weeks beginning November vi and November thirteen in 1976.[16] It was BÖC's highest-charting U.South. song and helped Agents of Fortune achieve number 29 on the Billboard 200.[17] "(Don't Fright) The Reaper" charted fifty-fifty college in Canada, peaking at number 7.[xviii] The single edit was released in the UK in July 1976 (CBS 4483) but failed to chart. Withal the unedited album version was released as a unmarried (CBS 6333) in May 1978, where it reached number 16 on the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland Singles Chart.[19]

Critical reaction was generally positive. Denise Sullivan of Allmusic praised the song's "gentle vocals and virtuoso guitar" and "haunting middle break which delivers the listener directly back to the center of the vocal one time the thunder is finished".[20] Nathan Beckett called it BÖC's "masterpiece" and compared the vocals to the Beach Boys.[21] Writing for PopMatters, James Isle of mann hailed it equally a "landmark, genre-defining masterpiece" that was "as chiliad and emotional as American stone and roll ever got".[22] Pitchfork Media as well referred to the vocal as a "masterpiece".[23] "Extremely poetic" was the verdict of Fountains of Wayne founder Chris Collingwood. "A sad ballad most a human who wants to dice with his true love earlier their love is spoiled by earthly things."'[12]

Runway listing [edit]

7" Vinyl
  1. "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" (Roeser) – 3:45
  2. "Tattoo Vampire" (Albert Bouchard, Helen Robbins) – 2:40

Personnel [edit]

  • Eric Bloom – guitar, backing vocals
  • Donald "Cadet Dharma" Roeser – guitar, atomic number 82 vocals
  • Allen Lanier – keyboards, guitar
  • Joe Bouchard – bass
  • Albert Bouchard – drums, percussion, cowbell [24]

with:

  • Michael and Randy Brecker - horns (their contribution appears simply on the extended album track and was edited out of the released unmarried)[25]
  • David Lucas – bankroll vocals, keyboards, percussion

Charts [edit]

Year Chart Summit
position
1976 Canada Height Singles (RPM)[18] vii
Usa Billboard Hot 100 Chart[17] 12
1978 Ireland (IRMA)[26] 17
Britain Singles (The Official Charts Company)[27] 16
2017 US Billboard Hot Stone Songs[28] xi

Certifications [edit]

Mutton Birds version [edit]

New Zealand band The Mutton Birds recorded a version for the soundtrack of Peter Jackson's motion-picture show The Frighteners.[ citation needed ] In 1997, information technology peaked at No.48 on the Australian ARIA singles charts, the only Mutton Birds single to chart in Australia.[30]

Continue Shelly in Athens cover [edit]

Greek duo Keep Shelly in Athens released a version of the song in 2019 [31] that was afterwards included on the soundtrack of the 2020 moving-picture show Unhinged, heard during the closing credits.

Accolades [edit]

In 1976 Rolling Stone named "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" the song of the twelvemonth[9] and, in 2004, the magazine placed the song at number 397 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Fourth dimension";[32] however, the 2010 version of the list moved it down to number 405.[9] In 1997 Mojo listed the song as the 80th best single of all time,[33] while Q ranked "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" number 404 in its 2003 countdown of the "1001 Best Songs Ever."[34]

When The Guardian released its unranked list of the "1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear" in 2009, the song was included. The publication wrote that the song's charm "lies in the disjuncture between its gothic storyline and the sprightly, Byrdsian guitar line that carries it."[6] In his book The Heart of Rock and Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made, stone critic Dave Marsh ranked the song at number 997.[35]

Legacy [edit]

"More Cowbell" [edit]

The vocal was memorialized in the Apr 2000 Sat Night Live comedy sketch "More than Cowbell". The six-minute sketch presents a fictionalized version of the recording of "(Don't Fearfulness) The Reaper" on an episode of VH1's Behind the Music. Will Ferrell wrote the sketch and played Gene Frenkle, an overweight cowbell player. "Legendary" producer Bruce Dickinson, played by Christopher Walken, asked Frenkle to "really explore the studio space" and up the ante on his cowbell playing. The rest of the ring is visibly annoyed by Frenkle, but Dickinson tells everyone, "I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!" Buck Dharma said that the sketch was fantastic and he never gets tired of it[13] just also lamented that it made the song lose its 'creepy' vibe for some time.[36]

A segment of the vocal was performed by Red Hot Chili Peppers on May 22, 2014,[37] as the determination of a drumming contest between the band's drummer Chad Smith and actor Will Ferrell. In a repeat of the 2000 SNL sketch, Ferrell again played cowbell for the rendition, which appeared on an episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. [38] [39]

In other media [edit]

Stephen King cited the song every bit the inspiration for his novel The Stand, and its lyrics are quoted at the beginning of the novel. It besides appears as the opening theme song for the 1994 TV miniseries based on the novel.[22] It was afterwards used as the end credits music for the 5th episode of the 2020-21 miniseries adaptation.

In the film Halloween, the song plays in the machine when Jamie Lee Curtis' character, Laurie Strode, is beingness stalked by serial killer Michael Myers.[40]

The 1994 film The Stoned Historic period features the song when ane of the main characters criticizes the song every bit being "a pussy song" despite it beingness performed by Blueish Oyster Cult.[41]

The 2022 horror film Ten past A24 has the vocal playing on the protagonists' van radio at the movie's climactic mid-betoken. The slasher nature of the scene, too equally the film'southward setting in 1979, suggests an intentional homage by manager Ti West to Halloween.[42]

The vocal was featured in the starting tracklist of the rhythm game Stone Ring.[43]

The song is used throughout the video game Returnal, appearing unaltered in the firm and car sequences and in a modified version against the Hyperion dominate fight, played on an organ.[44]

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ Kelly Boyer Sagert (one January 2007). The 1970s. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 181. ISBN978-0-313-33919-6. Meanwhile, Blueish Oyster Cult released ii of the decade's hard rock favorites: "Don't Fear the Reaper" and "Godzilla.
  2. ^ Strong, Martin Charles; Griffin, Brendon (2008). Lights, camera, sound tracks. Canongate. p. 18. ISBN978-ane-84767-003-8. Reaper' was a ane-off render to their 60s psychedelic roots.
  3. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Agents of Fortune - Blue Öyster Cult". AllMusic . Retrieved March 21, 2019. The album yielded the band's biggest single with "(Don't Fear) The Reaper," a multi-textured, deeply melodic soft rock vocal with psychedelic overtones.
  4. ^ Stone, Rolling (December eleven, 2003). "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone.
  5. ^ a b Lien, James (November 6, 1995). "Buck Dharma interview". College Music Journal. New York City: CMJ.
  6. ^ a b "Life and death: 1000 songs everyone must hear". The Guardian. March 19, 2009. Retrieved August half-dozen, 2012.
  7. ^ Targoff, Ramie (Autumn 2012). "Mortal Love: Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and the Practise of Joint Burying". Representations. 120 (1): 17–38. doi:10.1525/rep.2012.120.1.17.
  8. ^ "Slap-up Moments in Pedantry: Fact-checking "Don't Fear the Reaper"". Boing Boing.
  9. ^ a b c "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Rock. Wenner Publishing. vii April 2011.
  10. ^ Rooksby 2002, p. 93
  11. ^ Forlenza, Jeff (June 1, 2009). "Archetype Tracks: Blue Oyster Cult'southward "(Don't Fear) The Reaper"". Mix . Retrieved August 2, 2012.
  12. ^ a b Mojo, August 1997, p52
  13. ^ a b Farhi, Paul (January 29, 2005). "Blue Öyster Cult, Playing Forth With 'More Cowbell'". The Washington Mail service . Retrieved August 2, 2012.
  14. ^ George, Eli (June 30, 2011). "Blue Oyster Cult cowbell ringer honored". WIVB-Television. Archived from the original on July 2, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
  15. ^ Sauro, Tony (September 17, 2009). "Blue Oyster Cult's innovative use of a cowbell will never be forgotten". The Record (Stockton) . Retrieved August seven, 2012.
  16. ^ "Agents of Fortune". Blueish Öyster Cult . Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  17. ^ a b "Bluish Oyster Cult awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved August two, 2012.
  18. ^ a b "RPM Summit Singles". RPM. RPM Music Publications Ltd. 26 (7). November 13, 1976. Archived from the original on November 1, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
  19. ^ Betts 2004, p.89
  20. ^ Sullivan, Denise. "(Don't Fearfulness) The Reaper review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on August 21, 2012. Retrieved June nineteen, 2020.
  21. ^ Beckett 2004, p. 88
  22. ^ a b Isle of man, James (July 25, 2001). "Blue Oyster Cult: Agents of Fortune / Tyranny and Mutation". PopMatters . Retrieved Baronial 2, 2012.
  23. ^ "The Clash: The Essential Clash | Anthology Reviews | Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 2015-09-16. Retrieved 2015-01-18 .
  24. ^ "Blue Oyster Cult Drummer Reveals Truth Almost Cowbell on 'Don't Fear the Reaper,' Says It Sounded Like 'Crap' First". www.ultimate-guitar.com.
  25. ^ Refer to the personnel listing and artiste credits provided on the sleeve notes of the LP Agents Of Fortune, CBS records (1976)
  26. ^ "Search the Charts". irishcharts.ie. Irish gaelic Recorded Music Association. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
  27. ^ "(Don't Fear) The Reaper". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  28. ^ "Blue Öyster Cult (Don't Fright) The Reaper Chart History". Billboard . Retrieved March eleven, 2018.
  29. ^ "British single certifications – Blue Oyster Cult – Don't Fright the Reaper". British Phonographic Manufacture. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  30. ^ Australian-Charts.com website
  31. ^ Buckley, David. "Unhinged (Original Motility Motion-picture show Soundtrack)".
  32. ^ "The Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Fourth dimension". Rock List Music . Retrieved May 2, 2010.
  33. ^ "Mojo – The 100 Greatest Singles Of All Fourth dimension". Rock List Music . Retrieved August 6, 2011.
  34. ^ "Q – 1001 best songs ever (2003)". Muzieklijstjes.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved August 6, 2011.
  35. ^ Marsh 1999, p. 628
  36. ^ Spitz, Marc. "'(Don't Fear) the Reaper' Is a Creepy Melody, Fifty-fifty With the Cowbell". The New York Times . Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  37. ^ Newman, Jason (xvi May 2014). "Republic of chad Smith, Volition Ferrell Talk Trash for 'Fallon' Pulsate-Off". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 31 Jan 2015.
  38. ^ The This night Bear witness Starring Jimmy Fallon (22 May 2014). "Volition Ferrell and Chad Smith Pulsate-Off" (Video upload). The This night Prove Starring Jimmy Fallon on YouTube. Google, Inc. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  39. ^ Thomas, Sarah (23 May 2014). "More cowbell: Volition Ferrell, Chad Smith face off on This evening Show with Jimmy Fallon". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  40. ^ Spitz, Marc (20 May 2016). "'(Don't Fright) the Reaper' Is a Creepy Tune, Even With the Cowbell". The New York Times . Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  41. ^ Spitz, Marc (May 20, 2016). "'(Don't Fear) the Reaper' Is a Creepy Tune, Even With the Cowbell (Published 2016)". The New York Times.
  42. ^ Gleiberman, Owen (March 14, 2022). "'X' Review: '70s Horror Meets '70s Porn in the Rare 'Chain Saw' Homage That Earns Its Fear". Variety . Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  43. ^ "Review: 'Rock Band' hits right notes for music fans". CNN. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  44. ^ "V Standout Moments from Returnal on PlayStation 5". 4 May 2021.

References [edit]

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