That’s when Buck Dharma, the band’s founder and one of its chief songwriters, endured what turned out to be one of the most fortuitous health scares in rock history. Such is the duality of “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper,” Blue Oyster Cult’s riveting treatise on the potential of an afterlife.Īt the time of its composition, Blue Oyster Cult had been treading the fine line between hard rock and prog rock for close to a decade, achieving a cult (no pun intended) following and rising album sales, even as the possibility of a hit single seemed like a long shot. Yet it is now also a reminder of one of the funniest five minutes or so ever achieved on television. It is one of the most popular songs of all time about death, that most somber of topics.
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