Blue Oyster Cult: Perfect Water

[retsamgod]

This band is a legend among legends.

[HanoverFist247]

I liked Shadow Warrior the best for this title, but this song really does revitalize the energy for club ninja.

[melikegolf]

Buck = Guitar God

[1993afk]

i recently came to the conclusion that this is my favourite band

[HanoverFist247]

@1993afk Yeah this is one of mine. It will take sometime to sift through all of their music, but i think of them like the MGMT of the 70's and 80's. Each release was so different from the last, and yet kept that mystic sound of songs about aliens and space time and other weird shit lol

[blueoyster1000]

buck is the best,no doubt

[mrpar02]

Phenomenal guitar work. 

[Sabredance66]

very underated track.

great track and great lyrics!

BOC are still a fairly well kept secret especially in Australia!

[bocno1fan]

Very influential music that leaves you something for a lifetime, that most others never will.

[thepugs1313]

BOC Rocks! Thanks for posting, Bucks guitar work, real nice.

[07kitara]

darmstad feftival 1981....iron maiden. motorhead bleu .oyster cult.....super souvenir

[MrMetalman66]

thanks for posting this. sadly this tune got hardly any airtime back in the day. i agree B.O.C is very underrated.

[eblassx99]

great song.  If I didn't know this was BOC, and you tried to fool me and tell me it was one of the 80s incarnations of Yes, I might well believe you.

[michael6mac]

This is one of their best songs - very original lyrics.

[sooner3153]

These guys put forth musical genius instrumentally, and seem serious enough at first, then throw in some lighthearted vocal content just to have fun with us. listen for yourself

[Trilaan]

This song really does make me wish I could live in the ocean. Someone should set it to some film or images of DC's Aquaman

[kimmoj9]

Club Ninja... Heh. This song is one of the best BÖC`s. ...I wrote seven on the floor of sea...

[mrpar02]

@kimmoj9

"rolled" 7, not "wrote" 7. rolled, like dice. smoke up and get some killer headphones

[TheRanger28]

BOC is the shiznit!

[164man]

top class song !!

[sooner3153]

Yes, they are great, but, did they just have the last laugh, on us? These lyrics, they suckered us in, and now I feel like I've been had. But I enjoyed it.

[floridafreedom100]

@sooner3153 What did I miss? I don't know what the heck this song is about but how do they sucker the listener? You have me curious!

[floridafreedom100]

@sooner3153 

[floridafreedom100]

@sooner3153 What do you mean about suckering the listener? What am I missing in the lyrics?

[goddecon]

@sooner3153 every musician has the last laugh... they make competitive creatures in a hostile world forget who they are and become innocent, hypnotized by ultimately inconsequential sounds echoing out into the void

[goddecon]

@sooner3153 but as long as you like it, who really cares

[tigerlilysun]

I met Eric and Buck just after this album came out and you could tell that they knew how underrated this album was and would be, but they seemed to be in it for the music not the game of bullshit the world shovels. God bless true musicians and their passion. These guys are bad ass and as long as we believe and keep listening to their music they will always rock.

[kealsta]

Lyrics are by Jim Carrol (of the basketball Diaries fame)

BOC's Live version of this on A long days Night is actually better IMHO. More sense of urgency and aggressive.

[wakaw07]

These lyrics and the current situation in the gulf is making me sad..@!!1 Love this song!

[RoeserFan2]

:54 to 1:08. The guitar just sings.

[smilingpug]

Great song. Period.

[GeminoSmothers]

another example of why BOC is the best....

[Drizzlerman]

The cover Buck did of this and Harvest Moon on 'The Red & the Black' record with Ron Riddle and Jon Rogers are sweet renditions of a couple of his songs in need of some polishing and updating.

[Johnhoulgate]

The more I listen to this song, the more I like it.

I also wonder if this song has any connection to the Imaginos concept. It makes me think of the moment Imaginos is resurrected from under the 'perfect' water. There's mention of the gulf stream (Gulf of Mexico?) and the life of perfect order - seeing his role as Desdenova and his place among the subhumans (Blue Oyster Cult). It seems to fit.

[Durandal1717]

I really like the stripped-down redone version by The Red And The Black too.

[jpisciot]

You mean pre 1991 Metallica.

BOC RIPs... reaper style!

[rush2112pete]

Buck rips it up!

[grgoldner]

This album got killed by the critics because of the title. They should have named the album "Perfect Water".

[kngrtk]

America had three legendary bands: The Doors, Blue Oyster Cult, and (pre-2000) Metallica

[HipHipForChe]

yea, after 2,000 Metallica got to over-rated and stopped being awesome, old songs tstill cool though :)

[Jorsalfar]

I heard this song for the first time about three months ago, it has since become one of my favorites by BÖC.

[RoeserFan2]

Jorsalfar, exactly the same for me. Never heard it 'till '09, but it's an all-timer.

[ty122020]

BOC forever !

[Nintendofrog1993]

This song is ridiculously great.  One of my favorites of all time.

[NYCabby48]

So ahead-of-its-time. Great song--thanks guys...

[KyleJS30]

Amazing fuckin' song

[AcidGod1989]

I love this FUCKIN song Blue Oyster Cult is one of the greatest bands ever

[Pablotwohundred]

Oh man - BOC is hands down the greatest rock band ever...and also the most underrated.

[floridafreedom100]

@Pablotwohundred Underrated is a phrase that follows this band everywhere. I hope they got filthy damn rich making their amazing music, so they can laugh at the millions who don't know how great they are. If I were stranded on a desert island with one band's music, theirs would keep me happy as long as I needed it....

[smilingburrito]

Drowning never sounded too good until I heard this song.

[elevatorsfan]

where can I get a copy of this album????

[pkrwd]

Sam Goody?? Ebay??

[gothsdontcry]

I never knew Jacques Costeau,or my way around the city of Gorky but I've danced in the ruins and there's a madness to my method.

[Brizzlerman]

Other than Buck Dharma and his amazing sense of making fine pop songs complete with beautiful solos, the drumming in this song adds a cool touch to the song as well. Thump bump ba thump-thump bump ba thump-thump bump ba thump

[azmarkus]

Best song on Club Sandwich by far. Too bad Joe Bouchard's original bass line was replaced by Kenny Aaronson stutter-playing crap (he ruined this great song just like he did with the version of Astronomy on Imaginos).

[Jorsalfar]

I agree, that Astronomy version didn't do justice to the original song or the band!

[Jorsalfar]

What??!! Five people actually like that version?! Go and shoot yourselves, you are no true BOC fans!

[zeroxcrusher]

man, I cant believe they thumbed you down. WTF??!!