The Mystery Behind Then Came The Last Days of May | Musical Maybes

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Lost Media, True Crime, and great guitar? Who else but Blue Öyster Cult? "Then Came The Last Days of May" is a an early standout track from BOC's first album: Blue Öyster Cult (1972). The song retells a deadly meeting between two dealers and three college kids in the Arizona desert. And, it does retell the story. While written by guitar virtuoso Buck Dharma (Donald Roeser), Buck based the lyrics of an actual event. It was an event tangentially connected to the origins and sound of the cult itself. The backstory itself has become somewhat of a mystery in itself though.

Buck tells of a trap laid for three college students on vacation. The song is an artistic interpretation of the story by the band, but the event was newspaper worthy. Strangely enough, the event was supposedly reported on by Arizona's own reporter Don Bolles in the last days of may. Every connection which emerges with the song's mysterious 1960s backstory makes it stranger. Like everything associated with Blue Oyster Cult, there is more than a touch of black humor and unnerving Horror in it.

What happened in the Last Days of May?

#BlueOysterCult - #ThenCameTheLastDaysofMay - #BuckDharma
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Video Sources (Support the creators/uploaders):
Assassination of investigative journalist Don Bolles (network compilation):    • Assassination of investigative journa...  
Blue Oyster Cult Live! Washington DC 1976! full show:    • Blue Oyster Cult Live! Washington DC ...  
Land of Geronimo: https://archive.org/details/0010_Land...
Blue Oyster Cult - Then Came The Last Days of May - Live in Paris 1975:    • Blue Oyster Cult - Then Came The Last...  
1970 16mm Film - Omega experimental - Public Domain Footage:    • Blue Oyster Cult - Then Came The Last...  
Richard Meltzer - "Rhymes with Seltzer" VHS rip:    • Richard Meltzer - "Rhymes with Seltze...  
Classic Short Film about Drugs and Smuggling 1960s:    • Classic Short Film about Drugs and Sm...  
Easy Rider (1969)
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Music:
Soft White Underbelly - "Rational Passional" (00:02-00:36)
Michael Bross (Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee OST) - "Mudokons Follow 2" (00:34-02:45)
Frédéric Chopin - "Galop Marquis", performed by Aya Higuchi (02:47-02:56)
Mark Morgan (Fallout 2 OST) - "Gold Slouch" (02:57-06:18)
Mark Morgan (Fallout 1 OST) - "Moribund World" (06:14-09:01)
Mark Morgan (Fallout 2 OST) - "Dream Town" (08:53-12:00)
Mark Morgan (Fallout 2 OST) - "My Chrysalis Highway" (12:00-13:03)
Mark Morgan (Fallout 1 OST) - "Second Chance" (13:03-17:01)
Stalk-Forrest Group - "Then Came The Last Days of May" (17:01-17:09)
Blue Oyster Cult - "Ghost Riders Disco (They Just Can't Stop)" (17:09-17:42) (https://bit.ly/3mMwj6P)
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