Many CLAIM this EERIE Rock Classic is SATANIC…IN ACTUALITY--It's Deeply Spiritual!-Professor of Rock

Coming up next, an interview with Buck Dharma and Eric Bloom of Blue Oyster Cult, a band that haunted radio in the 70s with the CHILLING ROCK CLASSIC Don't Fear the Reaper. It was written as a spiritual song, but its hypnotic guitars, thrilling percussion, and stirring harmonies led to so many urban legends and false narratives about its real meaning. Don't Fear the Reaper was unfairly painted as wicked and satanic. Then decades later it captured the zeitgeist again after its iconic use on a Saturday Night Live segment. The band had no idea, and they happened to catch it on TV in their hotel room while they were on tour. Don't Fear the Reaper became a hit all over again, but today we get the real story of this mesmerizing rock classic next on Professor of Rock.

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I’m really excited to bring you another episode from our series Revelations- where featured artists reveal rare stories about their biggest songs, along with fascinating insight about their careers. This show has been sitting on our shelves for a few years. it was part of a TV series that were developing and in the middle of a licensing that fell through when the pandemic hit. It’s from an interviews I did with Buck Dharma and Eric Bloom from Blue Oyster Cult on the classic rock standard Don’t Fear the Reaper. This interview goes in-depth and contains a history of the song that has not been covered before… When Saturday Night Live used it in their Cowbell skit the band had no idea they were going to use it. The band tells what SNL got right about the band and what they didn’t. Who’s idea was it really to use a cowbell and how they did it in one take… Also why they dedicate the song to certain people and why they want it played at their funeral…all of this is up next as we go into this song I want to thank our sponsor Zenni Eyewear the glasses I always wear. With Zenni, it’s cost-effective and simple. You go to Zenni.com, you pick the color, the shape the size, and the features, and put in your prescription, and viola, they deliver them right to your door. Check it out at Zenni.com today. Here’s Buck Dharma and Eric Bloom of Blue Oyster Cult.

I think it would be cool to hear at a funeral. Leave us a comment about Don’t Fear the Reaper What is your interpretation of this 70s classic? What memories do you have that are tied to it? What did you think of its use in Halloween and SNL? Let us know in the comments below. If you enjoy our content, take a second and hit that subscribe button. That way you never miss out on any of our daily videos. We’d love to have you as a part of our community. Until next time, three chords and the truth my friends.